45 Wood This family lived some year and a half in a house built by Harry Peters after the DeVolins left in the early 1960's. They came here from Illinois by way of Florida. They moved east of Macon when they left from here.
46 Young Thomas Young, son of Michael Cadet and Lois Sadler Young of Brunswick County, Virginia, was a minuteman, patriot, and manufactured ammunition for the Continental Army. He married Judith Johnson of Virginia. They were the parents of eight children. Judith died in Virginia in 1774. Later Thomas married Lucy Ragsdale, and moved to Rowan (now Iredell) County, North Carolina. He furnished three sons and three sons-in-law to the Revolutionary, War. (From the family Bible of Thomas Young). Henry, third child of Thomas and Judith Johnson Young, was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1760. He married Mary Ann Brooks and moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. Later he and his brother, William, and their families emigrated to Sumner County, Tennessee. Henry and Mary Ann Brooks Young were the parents of nine children: Martha (Patsy Young, married (1) Marmaduke, (2) Kimbrough; Thomas T. Young III, married Sarah Martin. Their children were: Jacob Young, settled in Paducah, Kentucky; Frances Young, married Judge William C. Cothan of Carroll County, Mississippi (Marriage Bk. A, p. 182, Carroll County, Miss.); Ruth Young, married Dr. Anthony. They were the parents of three sons. Elizabeth Brooks Young married James Zachariah George of Carroll County (Marriage Bk. A, p. 709, Carroll County, Miss.). Henry Clinton Young married Sally Humphries of North Carolina. Their children: Almanda Malvina Young, married A Mr. Ramey; William Humphreys Young, married Susan Thompson. Joseph Young married Elizabeth Hale. They moved with their family to Carroll County, Mississippi in the 1830's. William Young married __Starr. Elizabeth Young married ___ Wilson and lived in West Tennessee; Mary Ann Young married ___Hale; Archibald Young never married. Alexander Franklin Young married Elizabeth L. Davis from York District, South Carolina. They lived in Columbus, Mississippi on Second Avenue North where Memorial Funeral Home now stands. A. F. and Elizabeth Davis Young were the parents of six children: Ella Young married Edward McGavock and lived in Nashville, Tennessee; Lelia Young married John Sykes of Aberdeen, Mississippi; Laura Young married ___ Whitfield; Alexander Franklin Young, Jr., married Emily Melissa Fox; Saidee Young married Ernest Bell; John Davis Young married Alice Baskerville. A. F. and Emily Fox Young were the parents of one child, Hampton Gay Young, married Jessie Maude Pilkinton of Mayhew, Mississippi. Hampton G. and Maude P. Young were the parents of two children; Alexander Franklin Young, III, who never married--died young. Elizabeth Irion Young, married William Watkin Rogers, Jr.
- Page 1 and 2: HISTORY OF SESSUMS COMMUNITY THROUG
- Page 3 and 4: I. Introduction Table of Contents I
- Page 5 and 6: Anderson, James James Tatum Anderso
- Page 7 and 8: 3 Askew, G.D. The Quayle House Late
- Page 9 and 10: 5 Barrett, J. T. J. T. Barrett and
- Page 11 and 12: 7 Burks Edward Meeks Burks and his
- Page 13 and 14: 9 Carpenter, Vivian Murray The Vivi
- Page 15 and 16: 10 John Palmer and Carrie Gertrude
- Page 17 and 18: 12 Dobbins Bobbie and Jewel Dobbins
- Page 19 and 20: 14 Foster, James James Foster moved
- Page 21 and 22: 16 Gay James Gay left Devonshire, E
- Page 23 and 24: 18 Mrs. Harrell died in the summer
- Page 25 and 26: 20 he, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Peters m
- Page 27 and 28: 22 In Sessums Mr. Kean is remembere
- Page 29 and 30: 24 McIlwain Near Sessums community,
- Page 31 and 32: 26 Oswalt Arvie and Maudie Swindoll
- Page 33 and 34: 28 He had other interests besides f
- Page 35 and 36: 30 Reese, Jack Jack Reese is the so
- Page 37 and 38: 32 Reese, Danny Danny and Linda Ree
- Page 39 and 40: 34 Seitz, Jim Jim was a brother of
- Page 41 and 42: 36 Henrietta Eleanor Sessums marrie
- Page 43 and 44: 38 Stiles Stiles Home around 1900.
- Page 45 and 46: 40 Tomlinson John Tomlinson from Oh
- Page 47 and 48: 42 This Bell family and their desce
- Page 49: 44 Their children are: Louise, marr
- Page 53 and 54: 48 INTERESTING FACTS A Dr. Henry He
- Page 55 and 56: 50 With this building then belongin
- Page 57 and 58: 52 The school building, now used as
- Page 59 and 60: 54 Organization History of the Sess
- Page 61 and 62: 56 Early Improvements When the chur
- Page 63 and 64: 58 Current Goals.--The Sessums Meth
- Page 65 and 66: 60 Rice Henry Miss Willie Ridgeway
- Page 67 and 68: 62 After a hard struggle over the y
- Page 69 and 70: 64 Sessums Voters of Early 1960's A
- Page 71 and 72: 66 Sessums was quite a thriving cen
- Page 73 and 74: 68 There were many interesting stor
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