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F James Hobart Ray,
F Rollin Ray,
F Wayne Baxter Ray,
F William Edgar Ray.
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F MARGARET LEE RAY, daughter of Baxter B. and Martha Ray was born March 18th, 1878 and is living on a farm at Pensacola, N.C.
Her husband, S.C. Blankenship, was born June 3rd, 1874 and they were married April 26th, 1894. children:G Amy Agnes Blankenship,
G Vivian Estelle Blankenship,
G Lissie Maud Blankenship,
G Rose L. Blankeship,
G Nora Lucile Blankenship,
G Martha Magdalene Blankenship,
G Ray C. Blankenship,
G James Alvin Blankenship.
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G AGNES BLANKENSHIP, daughter of s.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship was born February 21st, 1895, and on September 24th, 1911 she was married to charlie Banks.
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G VIVIAN ESTELLE BLANKENSHIP, daughter of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship, was born nar Pensacola, N.C., December 16th, 1896. She married Dewey Jameson, May 6th, 1922.
G ELIZABETH MAUDE BLANKENSHIP, daughter of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship was born October 16th, 1898. She married Grady Elkins, December 14th, 1917.
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G CARRIE ROSE BLANKENSHIP, daughter of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship was born March 25th, 1904. On October 4th, 1922 she married Ray Riddle.
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G NORA LUCILE BLANKENSHIP, daughter of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship married Clarence Beaty July 1, 1923. She was born February 14th, 1907.
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G MARTHA MAGDALENE BLANKENSHIP, daughter of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship was born March 10th, 1911. She was in college at Mars Hill, N.C. in 1929.
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G RAYMOND C. BLANKENSHIP, son of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship was born January 16th, 1914 and is in school at Pensacola, N.C.
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G JAMES ALVIN BLANKENSHIP, son of S.C. and Margaret Ray Blankenship was born December 22, 1919. He is in School at Pensacola, N.C.
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F ELIZABETH RAY, daughter of Baxter B. and Martha Ray was born November 7th, 1880. On February 14th, 1902 she married Tarpley Anglin, a prosperous merchant of Burnsille, North Carolina, where they now live. Tarpley Agnlin ws born September 8th, 1872. Children:G Bruce Angline,
G Veron Anglin,
G Thelma Anglin,
G Elizabeth Anglin,
G Joseph Anglin,
G Harold Anglin.
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F LEONRA RAY, daughter of Baxter B. an Martha Ray, was born January 22nd, 1883.
On June 30th, 1898, she was married to Dr., J. B. Riddle, a successful physician and surgeon of Morganton, N.C. Dr. Riddle was born September 17th, 1870, graduated from Medical Department of Vanderbilt University i the spring of 1898.
The names of the three children in the family are:G Georgia Riddle,
G Bennett Riddle,
G Kathleen Ridle.
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G GEORGIA RIDDLE, daughter of Dr. J. B. and Leonora Ray Riddle was born June 14, 1900 and was married in 1928 to Dr. M. H. R. Chamblee of Raleigh, N.C.
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G BENNETT RIDLE, sonof Dr. J. B. and Leonora Ray Riddle was born April 30, 1902 and on August 1, 1929 married Evelyn James of Atlanta, Ga.
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G KATHLEEN RIDDLE, daughter of Dr. J. B. and Leonora Ray Rddle was born Novmber 2, 1904 and in august, 1930 married David Kerr of Chattanooga, Tenn.
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F CORRIE RAY, daughter of Baxter B. and Martha Ray, was born January 19th, 1886, and died September 4th, 1906. On august 20th, 1905 she married Shuford Abertheny and they lived in Hickory, N.C. He was killed in a railroad accident shortly after the death of his wife.
Shuford and Corrie Ray Abertheny had one child, a girl:G Corrie Elizaeth Abertheny. - 0 -
G CORRIE ELIZABETH ABERTHENY, daughter of Shuford and Corrie Ray Abertheny was born May 21st, 1906 and died May 21st, 1907, at the age of one year. After her death a school was erected in China in her memory, which is called The Corrie Elizabeth School for Girls.
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F ESSIE RAY, daughter of Baxter B. and Martha Ray, ws born February 5th, 1889, and is now living at Pensacola, N.C.
On January 6th, 1917 she married Ewart Wilson. children:G Virginia Wilson
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F JULIA MAE RAY, daughter of Baxter B. and Martha Ray, was born September 6th, 1891. On april 27th, 1912 she married Theodor Wilson, born april 26, 1892. He is a merchant and Postmaster at Pensacola, N.C. They have the following children:G Theodore Wilson, Jr.,
G Benjamin Wilson.
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F JAMES HOBART RAY, son of Baxter B. and Martha Ray, was born March 12th, 1896, and lives at Burnsville, N.C. He served throughout the World War in the United States Army, and was a Sergeant in the eighty First Division, and during the last year of the War saw actie service in a Machine Gun Company in France.
On November 26th, 1925 he married Mildred Hensley.
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E SIDNEY RAY, son of Nathan and Margaret Susanna Pickens Ray married Hannah Ray.
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E SIDNEY RAY, son of Nathan and Margaret Susannah Pickens Ray married Hannah Ray.
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E JULIA RAY, daughter of Nathan and Margaret Susannah Pickens Ray, married John Silver, son of Col., Samuel Silver, and lives at Eagle, Idaho.
They had two daughters, twins,
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E ROBERT RAY, son of Nathan and Margaret Susannah Pickens Ray died when a very young man.
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1795-1871
COL. ROBERT PICKENS, planter and slave holder of Anderson County, grandson of Robert Pike Pickens, the immigrant; brother of Rev. Andrew Pickens who moved to North Carolina; father of Col. W. Smith Pickens and Rev. Robert Mason Pickens; grandfather of Monroe Pickens, Robert welborn Pickens and W. Holbert Pickens.
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E JOE ANDREW RAY, son of Nathan and Margaret Susannah Pickens Ray married a girl in the State of Oregon, an lives there. (1923)
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D AMELIA TABITHA PICKENS, daughter of Rev. andrew and D.a. Edwards Pickens, was born October 2nd, 1844 and died April 2nd, 1851
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COLONEL ROBERT PICKENS
1795 - 1871
C ROBERTPICKENS, the youngest son of Captain Robert and Dorcas Hallum Pickens, was born in Anderson County, S.c., May 14th, 1795, and died in the house in which he was born, November 1st, 1871. He was a farmer by occupation, an influential citizen in his community Before the Civil war, he owned a great many slaves, an made his occupation as a farmer a cussess. Although but five years old at the time of his death, the writer can remember the home an some of the surroundings. The house was two stories, built of logs, weatherboarded and ceiled, as many homes were at that time. There were two large rooms down stairs, with the stairway leading up between them to the second story, where there were two other large rooms. The piazza in front ran almost the entire lenght of the building. Back of the two main rooms, thre was an adition containg bed rooms and dining room. From this there was a long covered passage leading bac to the kithen and pantry. In the front yard, thre were large oak trees furnishing a delightful shade. The greatest curiosity was thegrandfathe clock sitting on the floor in the right hand front room This old home was burned a few years ago.
Death called Robert Pickens suddenly at night. Many people came to his funeral from all the surrounding country for he was loved and respected by all. he was buried in the Pickens graveyard.
On November 17th, 1814 he married Martha (Patty) Smith, who was born August 9th, 1798, and died Decmeber 1st, 1835. Martha Smith was the niece of John smith, who married Robert Pickens' sister Martha Pickens, and sister of John and IsraelSmith who married daughters of John Pickens.
The second wife of Robert Pickens was Nancy T. Pegg, whom he married aprl 11th, 1837. She was born May 14th, 1810 and died October 12th, 1873.
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The children of Robert Pickens and Martha Smith were:
D. Margaret Pickens,
D Sarah Smith Pickens
D John Norton Pickens,
D William Smith Pickens,
D Robert Mason Pickens,
D Martha Ann Pickens,
D James Madison Pickens,
D Charles Franklin Pickens,
D Israel Wesley Pickens.
The children of Robert and Nancy Pegg Pickens were as follows:D Elizabeth Carolina Pickens,
D Andrew Monroe Pickens,
D Thomas Jefferson Pickens,
D Sidney Asbury Pickens,
D Virginia Angeline Pickens,
D Dorcas Emeline Pickens,
D Mary Mandeline Pickens,
D Adison Gamewell Pickens,
D Saina Jane Pickens.
D MARGARET PICKENS, oldest daughter of Robert an Martha Smith Pickens, ws born at Three andTwenty, Anderson County, South Carolina, January 27th, 1816, and died near Cuming, Forsythe County, Georgia, June 14, 1905. She married Simeon P.Rogers, who was at the tiem of their marriage, working on here father's farm as overseer, July 23rd, 1832. They continued to live with her parents for a while but soon bought a farm near the old homestead. After several years, they moved to Frsyth County, Georgia and lived on a farm near Cumming Courthouse. Margaret Pickens Rogers was the mother of eleven children, and at the time of her death she was grandmother of forty-one children and had about as many great-grandchildren. She was 89 years old.
The children of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens Rogers were as follows:E Nancy S. Rogers,
E William Jefferson Rogers,
E Mary Ann Rogers,
E Robert PIckens Rogers,
E Martha I. Rogers,
E Sarah S. Rogers,
E James O. Rogers,
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E Margaret E. Rogers,
E Julia A. rogers,
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E NANCY S. ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens Rogers, was born October 21st, 1833, and died September 1st, 1845.
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E WILLIAM JEFFERSON ROGERS, son of Simeon P and Margaret Pickens Rogers was born July 8th, 1836. He served as a soldier in the Confederate Army, and his death, September 5th, 1864 was caused by a wound received in actin
On October 27th, 1854, he married Amanda Chatham.
The children of William Jefferson and amanda Chatham Rogers were:F James Madison Rogers,
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E MARY ANN ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens rogers,was born October 9th, 1838, died February 10th, 1921, and she,with her husband, G. Jackson Holbrook were buried at Bethlehem Church, a few miles west of Cumming Ga.
Mary An Rogers and G. Jackson Holbrook were married February 28th, 1858, and their children were:F Zillia Hoolbrook,
F Margaret Dellie Holbrook,
F Sarah Azalee Holbrook,
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F ZILLIA HOLBROOK, daughter of G. Jackson and Mary Ann Rogers Holbrook, ws born December 20th, 1859. On March 6th, 1881, she was married to Julius Alexander Hawkins, and lived in Forsyth County, just a few miles west of Cumming, Ga.,
The childen ofJulius Alexander and Zillia Holbrook Hawkins were:G Clarence C. Hawkins,
G Clifford J. Hawkins,
G Gladys Hawkins,,br>G Annis Hawkins. - 0 - G CLARENCE C. HAWKINS, son of Julius Alexander and Zillia Holbrook Hawkins, ws born Novembe 7th, 1882, and was
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killed in anautomobile and train collision July 13th, 1919. About 1906, he married Neva Bagley. They had teh following children:H Beryl Hawkins,
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G LITTLE LEN HAWKINS, son of Clarence C. and Neva Bagley Hawkins was born July 26th, 1909 and deid December 11th, 1909
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G CLIFFORD J. HAWKINS, son of Julius Alexander and Zillia Holbrook Hawkins, ws born April 29th, 1884. He has been married twice. first, to annie Perkle. Second to Azzie robbs.
The children of Clifford J. and Annie Perkle Hawkins were:H Leard Hawkins,
H Mather Hawkins,
H Winnelle Hawkins,
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MATHER HAWKINS,, son of Clifford J. and Annie Perkle Hawkins, was born April 10th, 1911 and died November 30th, 1911.
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H ALEXANDER DEWEY HAWKINS, was born Nobember 29, 1919 and died March 26th, 1920.
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G GLADYS HAWKINS, daughter of Julius Alexander andZillia Holbrook Hawkins was born July 23rd, 1893, and died July 20th, 1894
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G ANNIS HAWKINS, daughter of Julius Alexander and Zillia Holbrook Hawkins, ws born November 5th, 1890, and married J. Felton covington, January 3rd, 1909.Names of children:
H Obrience Covington,
H Erline Covington,
H Joe Felton Covington,
H Geraldine Covington. - 0 -
F MARGARETTE DELLIE HOLBROOK, daughter of G. Jackson and Mary Ann Rogers Holbrook, was born in Georgia, June 9th, 1862, and died November 12th, 1913.
She married Rev. W. L. Singleton. They had no children.
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In Forsyth County, near Cumming. On February 18th, 1892, she was married to Noah E. Montgomery, a successful farmer and business man of Forysth County.
The children of Noah E. and Sarah Azalle Holbrook Montgomery are as follows:G Virginia D. Montgomery,
G &bnsp;Robert J. Montgomery,
G Earle E. Montgomery,
G Noah Howell Montgomery,
G Ruth a. Montgomery,
G Francis L. Montgomery. - 0 -
ROBERT JATHNEAL MONTGOMERY died August 11th, 1894.
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H ROBERT JACKSON MONTGMERY, son of Noah e. and Sarah Azalee Holbrook Montgomery, ws born August 9th, 1894, and abut 1922 married Mabel Howell.
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F LUTHER HOLBROOK, son of G. Jackson and Mary Ann Rogers Holbrook, was born in forsyth County, Ga. He never married. He lives with his sister, Zillia Holbrook Hawkins.
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E ROBERT PICKENS ROGERS, son of Simeon Pickens and Margaret Pickens Rogers was born May 13th, 1840. He was a farmer and lived a few miles west of Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia. He also taught school and served his community n various ways. During the Civil War, he served more than three years in the Confederate Armyu.
On December 23rd, 1866, he married Eliza Jane Estes, and they had the following children:F Ida Bell Rogers,F William Luther Rogers,
F Iris Nevada Rogers,
F James Levi Rogers,
F Alice Gray Rogers,
F Andrew Jackson Rogers,
F Dollie Rogers,
F Asbury Holbert Rogers. - 0 -
E MARTHA I. ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens rogers, was born March 3rd, 1842. Her husband was a minister in the Baptist church. They lived in Forsyth County, Ga.,
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until 1903, when they moved to Sand Mountain, Ala., where they were iving when last heard from. Their cildren were:F Jefferson Westbrook
F Joseph Westbrook,
F Fernanda Westbrook,
F Sandy Westbrook,
F Robert Westbrook,
F Belle Westbrook,
F Georgia Ann Westbrook. - 0 -
F SARAH S. ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens Rogers was born January 31st, 1844, and on October 21st, 1886 she married a Mr. manning, who ws born in November 1839 and died in September 1893. After Mr Manning's death she continued to live with her brothers and siters. She had no children of her own.
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E JAMES O. ROGERS, son of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens Rogers was born August 19th, 1846. December 18th, 1872 he married ella Orr, who died February 29th, 1892 and left him with several small children.
James O. and Ella Orr Rogers had the following children:
F Minnie rogers,
F Margaret Rogers,
F Flora rogers,
F Oscar Rogers,
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D MARGARET E. ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens Rogers was born May 10th, 1848, and died december 26th, 1913. On March 14th, 1878 she married a Mr. Kemp, who was born in 1844. As she did not have nay children of her own, she was able to give an orphan boy a home from babyhood to young man hood. She also gave another young man a home from the age of sixteen until he could complete a course in medical college.
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E JULIA A. ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. and Margaret Pickens Rogers was born July 6th, 1850. On June 6th, 1872 she married a Mr. Garrett. They had the following children:F Virginia Florence Garrett,
F Butler garrett.
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EMELINE F. ROGERS, daughter of Simeon P. amd Margaret Pickens Rogers, was born January 9th, 1853 and died June 22nd, 1918. She was buried near her home in cherokee County.
On November 6th, 1873, she married Seaborn Westbrook, and they had the following children:
F James Carther Westbrook,
F &nsp;Luther Westbrook,
f Theora Westbrook,
Ethel Westbrook,
F Ano Westbrook,
F Margaret Westbrook,
F Maude Westbrook,
F Cleo Westbrook,
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E LEVI WESLEY ROGERS, son of Simeon P. andMargaret Pickens Rogers was born November 10th, 1854, and died May 15th, 1890. A letter written by his mother just five days after his death gave the following information:
"Levi Wesley Rogers was a consistent member of the church, was superintendent of his Sunday School, led in prayer, kept up family prayer at home. After a sickness of nineteen days with congreston of the brain he died in May 15th, 1890 at his home in DeKalb County, Georgia. His wife and seven children survived him."
On Decmeber 20th, 1877 he married Annis Burgess and they had the followign children; F Claude Rogers,
F Clifford Rogers,
F Henry Rogers,
F Roert Rogers,
F&Nbsp; Franklin Rogers
F Mildren Rogers,
F Estelle Rogers.
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D SARAH SMITH PICKENS, daughter of Roert and Martha Smith Pickens was born May 12th, 1818, and died November 27th, 1833. She is buried in the Pickens graveyard.
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D JOHN NORTON PICKENS, son of Robert and Martha Smith Pickens was born December 28th, 1819, and died in early childhood, December 24th, 1822.
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