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Descendants of Major Passons

Generation No. 2

2. EDWARD THROCKMORTON³ PASSONS (MAJOR², THOMAS¹) was born July 25, 1836 in White Co., TN, and died November 20, 1919 in Sparta TN. He married EVELINE YORK December 30, 1857, daughter of HARMON YORK and NANCY TALLEY. She was born January 22, 1837 in Spencer TN, and died January 14, 1911 in Spencer TN.

Notes for EDWARD THROCKMORTON PASSONS:
E. T. Passons served with Co 1 of the Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry in the Civil War.They were under the command of Col John Savage. They fought in many important battles of the war. E. T. Passons is mentioned in a series of articles written for the Spencer Times by C. W. Clark. They fought at Perryville ,Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Atlanta. Many of the great generals of the South are mentioned in the article. At various times the Van Buren boys were under the command of Gen. Bragg, Gen. Longstreet. Gen. Polk and Gen. Joe Johnson.

More About EDWARD THROCKMORTON PASSONS:
Burial: Long Graveyard at Spencer TN
Military service: Bet. 1862 - 1865, Co 1 Sixteenth Tennessee Inf

More About EVELINE YORK:
Burial: Long Graveyard at Spencer TN

Children of EDWARD PASSONS and EVELINE YORK are:

	i.	NANCY ANN⁴ PASSONS, b. October 30, 1858; d. June 04, 1859.
	ii.	MARY ELIZABETH PASSONS, b. November 30, 1861; d. April 18, 1875.
	iii.	VIOLET LEE PASSONS, b. August 06, 1864; d. June 30, 1950; m. WILLIAM ROBERT GRISSOM, January 04, 1883.
	iv.	REVEDY JOHNSON PASSONS, b. February 28, 1868; d. August 1945.
	v.	IDA ISABELL PASSONS, b. May 28, 1871; d. January 11, 1954; m. JEFF SIMS.
	vi.	EMMA EVALINE PASSONS, b. April 28, 1873; d. November 14, 1942; m. CHARLEY ROBERTS.
	vii.	OLIVER MAJOR WILLIAM PERRY PASSONS, b. June 27, 1876; d. May 15, 1946; m. EMMA SPARKMAN, December 18, 1902.
3.	viii.	EDWARD HARMON PASSONS, b. June 22, 1879, Spencer TN; d. July 08, 1945.

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