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| I wish I could say I was a "lucky duck" but only black birds in this snapshot. |
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| Fog in the valley |
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| Smoke rising from a distant chimney |
Monday, November 21, 2011
A Beautiful Morning!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
John Latta
John Latta, son of William, married Lucretia Slayton on May 20, 1842 in Maury County. They had two children before Lucretia's death: William Washington and Mary Elizabeth. In December of 1847 William married Angeline E. Gant. They had three sons: John Gant, Thomas and James A. Latta. Angeline died in May of 1860 due to complications related to "child bed fever" as listed on the 1860 census mortality schedule.
By 1861 the children lost their father, John, as well. It was reported one of John's relatives, Jane Latta Jones, widow of Lemuel Jones, raised the youngest three children.
By 1861 the children lost their father, John, as well. It was reported one of John's relatives, Jane Latta Jones, widow of Lemuel Jones, raised the youngest three children.
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Newspaper October 16, 1874
William Latta is my gggg grandfather from mother's side of the family. William was born on December 5, 1787 in South Carolina. He was the second of five children born to John and Margaret Neely Latta. William and his, Elizabeth, had four children: John, Margaret, Elizabeth and Sarah Jane. They raised their family in Santa Fe, Tennessee.
His death was noted in the October 16, 1874 edition of the Columbia newspaper, "The Herald and Mail." Below I have written the exact wording from the paper's column.
"Our community has just sustained a loss of one our oldest and best citizens, Mr. William Latta. He was eighty years old, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and had been living at his present farm for over sixty years.He has been drawing a pension from the Government for several years, as a survivor of the war of 1812. His burying was largely attended. He was a most peculiar man in many things; one instance we will mention: he has had a cherry plank prepared for his coffin for about thirty years-the plank were sawed by hand with a whip saw, before saw mills were in use in here, and were sawed very correctly, but one and a quarter inches thick, he raised a family of children but has seen all but two die around him. Three years ago there were eight pensioners drawing pensions from this Post office, now but three are left."
William Latta may have been a peculiar man, but what I found peculiar, was the wording of the article. It was very entertaining to read!
His death was noted in the October 16, 1874 edition of the Columbia newspaper, "The Herald and Mail." Below I have written the exact wording from the paper's column.
"Our community has just sustained a loss of one our oldest and best citizens, Mr. William Latta. He was eighty years old, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and had been living at his present farm for over sixty years.He has been drawing a pension from the Government for several years, as a survivor of the war of 1812. His burying was largely attended. He was a most peculiar man in many things; one instance we will mention: he has had a cherry plank prepared for his coffin for about thirty years-the plank were sawed by hand with a whip saw, before saw mills were in use in here, and were sawed very correctly, but one and a quarter inches thick, he raised a family of children but has seen all but two die around him. Three years ago there were eight pensioners drawing pensions from this Post office, now but three are left."
William Latta may have been a peculiar man, but what I found peculiar, was the wording of the article. It was very entertaining to read!
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