SOME OF MY TRULY SOUTHERN KINFOLK

"You're a true southerner if your family tree doesn't fork much." (Paraphrasing humorist Jeff Foxworthy)

Generation 1.

1. WILLIAM MITCHELL NORWOOD, JR. was born 17 April 1831 in Prospect area, Giles Co., TN. He married MARY MORNING "POLLY" BROWN 28 Feb. 1854.

Children of WILLIAM NORWOOD and MARY BROWN include:

v. JESSIE FRANKLIN NORWOOD, born 12 Feb. 1865, Prospect, TN.

vi. SARAH SERENA "SALLY" NORWOOD, b. 10 December 1866, AL.

ix. JASPER HARRIS NORWOOD, b. 17 July 1876, Giles Co., TN

Generation No. 2

2. JESSIE FRANKLIN NORWOOD was born 12 February 1865 in Prospect, TN.

He married (1) JANE FLANAGAN 1884 in AL. She was born 1857.

Children of JESSIE NORWOOD and JANE FLANAGAN ADAMS include:

i. DOLLY 9 ADAMS, b. Abt. 1882; married JASPER HARRIS NORWOOD.

vii. OSCAR ERVIN NORWOOD, born 29 July 1899, AR.

3. SARAH SERENA "SALLY" NORWOOD was born 10 Dec. 1866 in AL

She married LEMUEL MOSES TOMERLIN 11 July 1893. He was born 14 May 1849

Children of SARAH NORWOOD and LEMUEL TOMERLIN include:

ii. LURA MORNING TOMERLIN, b. 26 October 1896

x. ALFRED THOMAS TOMERLIN, Sr. b. 01 Nov. 1907, Giles Co., TN

5. JASPER HARRIS NORWOOD was born 17 July 1876 in Giles Co., TN near Prospect. He married (1) MARY "EMMA" TOMERLIN 22 May 1899, daughter of LEMUEL TOMERLIN and PRISCILLA RUTHERFORD. She was born 18 August 1870 in Giles Co, TN.

He married (2) DOLLY ADAMS Aft. 1910, daughter of JESSIE NORWOOD and JANE FLANAGAN ADAMS. She was born Abt. 1882. He later "remarried" Emma Tomerlin.

Children of JASPER NORWOOD and EMMA TOMERLIN are:

i. NOBLE NATHANIEL NORWOOD.

ii. IVOR TENNESSEE NORWOOD was born 23 Oct. 1905 in TN. She married OTHA LEE SMITH. He was born 26 June 1905 in AL. She is a genealogist presently (April 2000) living in mid-Tennessee..

Generation No. 3

OSCAR ERVIN NORWOOD was born 29 July 1899 in AR. He married LURA MORNING TOMERLIN in Lexa, AR, daughter of LEMUEL TOMERLIN and SARAH NORWOOD. She was born 26 Oct.1896.

Notes for OSCAR ERVIN NORWOOD: Oscar married his first cousin, LURA MORNING TOMERLIN,. She was born 26 Oct. 1896. She married OSCAR ERVIN NORWOOD in Lexa, AR, son of JESSIE NORWOOD and JANE FLANAGAN. He was born 29 July 1899 in AR.

ALFRED THOMAS TOMERLIN was born 1 Nov. 1907 in Prospect area, Giles Co., TN. He married EVELYN "RUTH" MOWRY 16 June 1928 in Miami, FL, daughter of LEONARD MOWRY and MARGARET RICHARDSON. She was born 26 October 1909 in Homestead, FL.

Children of ALFRED TOMERLIN and EVELYN MOWRY include:

i ALFRED THOMAS10 TOMERLIN, JR., b. 24 March 1929, Homestead, FL.

He married BETTY ALVANELL MEEKS 23 November 1952 in Vero Beach, FL; She was born 17 November1934, Emanuel Co., GA.

Alfred's Aunt Dorris (Mowry) Dodson's youngest child, ( viii ) Rachel, married Betty's older brother, Austin Meeks.

Betty's aunt's youngest brother Joe Roberts married Alfred's second cousin Barbara Grubbs in South Florida

Descendants & Kinfolk of Lemuel Moses Tomerlin

LEMUEL MOSES TOMERLIN was born 14 May 1849 in Limestone Co., AL. He

married (1) PRISCILLA ELIZABETH RUTHERFORD 27 December 1868 in Pulaski, Giles

Co., TN. She was born Abt. 1853 in AL. He married (2) SARAH SERENA "SALLY"

NORWOOD . She was born 10 December 1866 in AL.

Children of LEMUEL TOMERLIN and PRISCILLA RUTHERFORD include:

i. MARY EMMA "EMMER" TOMERLIN, b. 18 Aug. 1870, Giles Co, TN.

ii. LAURA A. TOMERLIN, b. 13 November 1877, TN

iv. ROBERT "WALTER" TOMERLIN, b. Abt. 1881, TN.

v. MELISSA ANN TOMERLIN, b. 1883, TN; d. 1922.

vi. CHARLIE? "WILL" TOMERLIN, b. Abt. 1886, TN.

Children of LEMUEL TOMERLIN and SARAH NORWOOD include:

ix. LURA MORNING TOMERLIN, b. 26 October 1896.

xvii. ALFRED THOMAS TOMERLIN, Sr. b. 01 November 1907

Generation No. 2

MARY EMMA "EMMER" TOMERLIN. She married JASPER HARRIS NORWOOD

22 May 1899, son of WILLIAM NORWOOD and MARY BROWN.

Children of MARY TOMERLIN and JASPER NORWOOD include:

LAURA A. TOMERLIN was born 13 November 1877 in TN.

She married EDD RANDOLPH, son of JAMES RANDOLPH and MARY TOMERLIN. He was born Abt. 1876 in TN.

ROBERT "WALTER" TOMERLIN was born Abt. 1881 in TN.

He married ROBERTA "PINKIE" RANDOLPH, daughter of JAMES RANDOLPH and MARY TOMERLIN. She was born 1884 in TN.

MELISSA ANN TOMERLIN was born 1883 in TN.

She married EDMUND S. TIPPER, son of GEORGE TIPPER and NANCY NORWOOD. He was born 19 January 1881 in TN.

Children of MELISSA TOMERLIN and EDMUND TIPPER include:

ii.WILLIAM MILTON TIPPER , b. 1901.

He married LAVIRGIE H. RANDOLPH, She was born Feb. 1906.

CHARLIE "WILL" TOMERLIN was born Abt. 1886 in TN.

He married VIRGIE RANDOLPH, daughter of JAMES RANDOLPH and MARY TOMERLIN. She was born Abt. 1886.