Records in Tennessee list him as Bryant Sparkman, not Thomas Bryant Sparkman as this particular branch of the family has been told by their Grandmothers and Grandfathers. So evidentally he went by Bryant Sparkman.
Thomas Bryant served his country during the Civil War as a Private in Company C., of the 35th Infantry.
17. Eleanor Cummings
Eleanor Comis Cummings was born in 1793/94 in Virginia, most likely Henry County, and she died about 1862. Her parents were Joseph Cummings and Rosanna Collier Medley Seibers. She was first married to James Hill, son of Thomas Hill and Catherine Shropshire and brother to Elijah Hill who married her sister Sarah Catherine Cummings. James Hill died from wounds sustained while fighting in the Battle of New Orleans (January 1815) on January 12, 1815. This was a battle of the War of 1812 in which Andrew Jackson's troops defeated the British after the peace treaty was signed on December 24, 1814, ending the war of 1812. James Hill & Eleanor were the parents of four children at this time and she was left a young widow with four small children to raise. While she was yet unmarried, she had an illegitimate daughter by one Thomas Ripley and the father of this daughter was hauled into court by James' father Thomas Hill, and was forced to pay child support for his daughter. After about three years Thomas Ripley disappears from the area and no one knew where he had gone. Becuse of the scandal, Thomas Hill went to court to obtain custody of his four grandchildren by his late son, James. He won the court case.
Eleanor then married about 1819-1820 to Thomas Bryant Sparkman. The 1820 & 1830 census records of White County show that the daughter of Eleanor & Thomas Ripley is living in the home of Thomas Bryant Sparkman, and we can only assume that she more than likely took the Sparkman name. Nothing more is known about her.
It is interesting to note that Eleanor & Thomas Bryant Sparkman's first child, Lewis Sparkman was married and lived in White County for a time, before moving his family to Morgan Co., Alabama where his grandson, U. S. Senator John J. Sparkman was born in 1899.REF: White County Court Records
Tax Lists White County 1816,1817,1818
More About Wren Urial "Rial" Hughes:
Burial: Bell County, TexasMore About Wren Hughes and Rhoda Dobbins:
Marriage: 31 January 1848, Washington County, Texas195
Children of Wren Hughes and Rhoda Dobbins are:
i. John W. Hughes, born 1827; married Ophelia C. Smith 29 December 1873 in Bell County, Texas; born 1827; died Bef. 1927.More About John Hughes and Ophelia Smith:
Marriage: 29 December 1873, Bell County, Texas11 ii. Emily Ophelia Hughes, born Abt. 1839 in South Carolina or Texas; died 07 March 1878 in Texas; married (1) William Emlee Gilliam 02 January 1859 in Burleson County, Texas; married (2) Larkin Clark Scott 11 August 1872 in Bell County, Texas, by Reverend Eaves.
iii. Toliver Johnson Hughes, born Bet. 1849 - 1851; died 1888; married Kate Smith 15 February 1871 in Bell County, Texas; born Abt. 1851.More About Toliver Hughes and Kate Smith:
Marriage: 15 February 1871, Bell County, Texasiv. Caroline "Charity" Hughes, born Unknown; married Starritt D. Smith; born Unknown.
28. Amos Black
He died at his home
ID: I0195 Name: Benjamin W. PIRTLE 1 2 3
Sex: M Birth: 10 JAN 1816 in KY
Birth: 10 JAN 1816 3
Death: 1887 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Death: 1887 3
Burial: 1887 Pirtle Cemetary, Toone, Hardeman Co., TN Reference Number: IND645 Father: William (Billy) C. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3466> b: 16 JUL 1790 in Granville Co. SC Mother: Abagail GREGORY </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3467> b: 1798 in SC Marriage 1 Harriet E. DUBOIS </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0083> b: ABT. 1813 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Married: 4 JAN 1838 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN 4
Children
Mary M. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0201> b: ABT. 1838 in Unknown
Marriage 2 Harriett E. DUBOIS </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3513>
Married: 4 JAN 1838 3
Marriage 3 Sarah Jane LEATHERS </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2266> b: 25 FEB 1819 in VA
Married: 16 SEP 1839 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN 5
Marriage fact: 1887
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
Note:
[Pirtle.GED] Copy of Marriage bond in file Sarah Jane Leathers was his second wife. [Pirtle2.FTW] Copy of Marriage bond in file Sarah Jane Leathers was his second wife.
Children
James Wesley PIRTLE I </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0210> b: 1842 in TN
Benjamin Franklin PIRTLE II </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2311> b: 30 DEC 1845 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Mary PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0992> b: 1848
Dorothy G. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0466> b: 1850 in TN
Sarah Abigail PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0467> b: 1852 in Hardeman, Co., TN
Nancy Ann PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0468> b: 1854
Elizabeth Ann PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0469> b: 1856 in Hardeman Co., TN
Martha Lucinda PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2265> b: 1858 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Tennessee P. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0470> b: 1860 in Unknown
John R. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0471> b: 28 APR 1861 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Marriage 4 Sarah Jane LEATHERS </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3464>
Married: 16 SEP 1839 3
Children
Martha Lucinda PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3413>
Abagail PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3426>
James Wesley PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3579> b: 1842
Sources:Title: 1850:TN:CENSUS:INDEX:Hardeman Co Author: Copy of Index Page 127 in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Repository: Note: Atlanta, GA Federal Archives 1994 Call Number: HR-1666-371 Media: Census Page: Index lists Page 127: Text: Benjamin W. age 35, Sarah age 33,James age 6, Benjamin age 4, Mary age 3, Dorrathy age 1, KY, VA
Title: BOOKS:"Toone, Tune and Toon in America" History of Toone, TN: Author: Contributors: Mr.& Mrs. E. F. Murdaugh; Mr. C. M. Foote, Sr.; Mrs. Cora Keller; Publication: Mrs. Pearl Keller; and other senior citizens; also the faculty of Toone School Repository: Note: Copy in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Call Number: Media: Book Text: Frances Ann Fry; Carolyn Pirtle Hutcheson; Hardeman Co, TN History Book, title unknown, page 249 & 250 copies in my file. Sources: "Toone, Tune and Toon in America" History of Toone, TN; Contributors: Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Murdaugh; Mr. C. M. Foote, Sr.; Mrs. Cora Keller; Mrs. Pearl Keller; and other senior citizens; also the faculty of Toone School
Title: gedcom file:Fleet.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jun 12, 1999
Title: MARRIAGES:TN:Toone, Hardeman Co., Marriage Book Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: She must have died with the second child. He remarried Sept 16, 1939 to Sarah Jane Leathers.Copy of Marrige Bonds in file.
Title: MARRIAGES:TN:Toone, Hardeman Co., TN Marriage Book: page with Pirtle's in file. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book