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All the research that has been done up to this point on our family was done by the Fox side. I will be adding all the information I have going from Rosamon to the present. According to Tennessee Census Records and information obtain from my Uncle Homer C. Mantooth when he was still alive. Who remember his grandparents and when and where they were buried. Rosamon b. May 16, 1815 WashingtonCo, TN d. March 27, 1906 rests in the Hartsell Cemetary, Cocke Co,Tn M. James Mantooth some time in 1838 James Mantooth b. cira 1817 - TN d. After the 1860 census - Cocke Co. TN James was called "Irish Jim" and "Red Headed Jim". His date of death and place of burial are not known. Various sources place him at the Inman Cemetary, the Fox Cemetary and any of the three Mantooth Cemetaries. These cemetaries have rows of graves that are marked only by a slate rock stuck into the ground. There is also and unmarked grave by Rosamon's in the Hartsell Cemetary. They had nine children: a. George (circa 1843 - Civil War) b. Esau (Dec. 23, 1845 - May 27, 1910) c. Martha J. (circa 1847 - d. William (Dec. , 1849 - e. Mary A. (May , 1852 - Aug. , 1919) f. Elizabeth (cira 1854 - g. Julia (July , 1854 - Nov. 3, 1912) h. Issac C. (Nov. , 1859 - March , 1934) i. Lettie (Oct. , 1860 - mid 1940's) George Mantooth b. circa 1843 - Cocke Co, TN d. in Civil War George and his brother Esau had a parting of the ways over the Civil War. Esau joined the Union Army, so george joined the Confedrates. He was never heard from again. Esau Mantooth/Monteith b. Dec. 23, 1845 - Cocke Co, TN d. May 27, 1910 - Union cemctary Knoxville, TN m. Arminta Atchley Nov. 13, 1865, Dandridge,TN b. Circa 1847 - TN m. Nellie V. Huley - Circa 1888 b. March 16, 1865 - Jasper,AL d. Dec. 7, 1944 - New Prospect Cemetary, Jasper, AL Esau was a private in the Civil War in Company K, 8th Tennessee Union Volunteers (cavalry). Following the war, he became a railroad engineer - fireman and was a member of the crew that took the first train from Knoxville to Ashville. We have heard several colorful tales fo Esau's exploits, to inclde one story that he made the regular Knoxville - Ashville run run and had a family at each end of the line. We have never been able to verify any family in North Carolina. ONe day Esau returned from his home in Dandridge to the Edwina Community of Cocke County to vist his parents. While he was in the house, Sheriff Joe Draper rode his horse into the front yard and shouted, "Esau, I've come to get you." Esau stepped out the front door with a loaded shotgun leveled at Joe. His brother Bill knocked the gun upward and the shot went over Joe's head. Julia Mantooth Born July 1854 - Cocke Co, Tn died Nov. 3, 1912 Married Steven Mantooth Circa 1877, cocke Co. Tn Steven Mantooth Born Oct. ,1849 Cocke Co.TN Died April 25,1923 Julia and Steven are both layed to rest in the New Gray Cemetary in Knoxville,TN. They were first cousins. Steven's nephew Berry also married Julia's younger sister Lettie. Julia and Steven had 6 childern. 1. Lou Ella (Mar 30, 1879 - Jan 7, 1941) 2. Joseph Pid (Nov.11, 1880 - Oct 17, 1949) 3. Magnolia (Oct.11, 1883 - Mar 18, 1923) 4. Nathan Stokely (Dec.29, 1885 - Feb.22, 1963) 5. Dixie (Aug.27, 1891 - Mar 15, 1927) 6. Hugh Willian Eli (Nov.16, 1894 - Feb. 6, 1942) Lou Ella Mantooth born march 30, 1879 - Cocke CO, TN Died January 7, 1941 - rests in New Gray Cemetary Knoxville, TN She married Roy Ray Richmond - after 1900 census Roy was born october 7,1884 at Painted Rock, NC and died on April 7, 1947 and rests at New Gray Cemetary Knoxville, TN Lou Ella and Roy had 3 children. 1. Nancy Louella (Aug 3,1898 - Feb 15, 1984) 2. Cark Elvin (Apr 12, 1914- Apr 13, 1974) 3. Virginia Ruth Ella (Jan 21,1918 - N	Rosamon Hartsell of Washington Co, TN Updated September 24, 2000
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