BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

8-210 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESROBERTA LOUELLA TEAS (2.3.6.3) is the daughter of Robert Teas andAmanda M. (Bryan) Teas. Roberta was born in 1860 in Humphreys County,Tennessee. On October 23, 1880, Roberta “Babe” Teas married James ThomasCotham in Humphreys County, Tennessee. James was born in 1866 in HickmanCounty, Tennessee and is the son of Stephen Jones Cotham and Mary Rachel(Pinkerton) Cotham. James and Roberta Cotham were the parents of twochildren:. . . Amy Gertrude Cotham, b. 1881. . . James Andrew Cotham, b. August 21, 1883, Waverly, TennesseeThomas and Roberta Cotham lived in Elmo, Arkansas. James T. Cotham died in1888 in Elmo, Arkansas and Roberta (Teas) Cotham died on August 14, 1897 inElmo, Arkansas. On October 28, 1911, James Cotham married Minnie MayHackney and they had one daughter: - Ruth Elizabeth Cotham. James A.Cotham died on January 2, 1962 in Newport, Arkansas. Ruth Cotham marriedRobin Myers Stamps.References: 1) “History of Humphreys County, Tennessee,” by Jill Garrett, 1963, Page279; 2) Letter, Margaret (Rice) Whitfield to Robert Casey, April, 1987; 3) GEDCOMfile, Jaime (Teas) Dilger, September, 2000JAMES JOSEPH TEAS (2.3.6.4) is the son of Robert Teas and Amanda M.(Bryan) Teas. James was born on September 24, 1864 in Hurricane Mills,Tennessee. On November 11, 1891, James Teas married Annie Ladd inHumphreys County, Tennessee. Annie was born on October 19, 1866 inHumphreys County, Tennessee and is the daughter of William P. Ladd and Mary(McIllwain) Ladd. James and Annie Teas were the parents of at least threechildren:. . . James Joseph Teas, Jr. (2.3.6.4.1), b. August 5, 1892, Bakerville, Tennessee. . . Arbie Hester Teas (2.3.6.4.2), b. June 29, 1894, Tennessee. . . Altie Mary Teas, b. August 17, 1896, TennesseeJames Teas, Sr. graduated in medicine in 1888 from the University of Tennesseeat Nashville and first practiced at Buffalo for three years. He then moved toBakerville and practiced there for fourteen years. In 1900, James and AnnieTeas were living in Humphreys County, Tennessee. Annie (Ladd) Teas died onNovember 25, 1901 and was buried in the Ladd Cemetery near Bakerville,Tennessee. In 1905, James Teas settled in Waverly, Tennessee. In 1910, JamesTeas was living with his children in Humphreys County, Tennessee. On June 5,1911, James Teas, Sr. married a second time to Mrs. Nannie Coldwell Harris(born 1870). Nannie was the widow of J. C. Harris who died on December 22,1906 and they were the parents of two children: J. C. Harris, Jr. and CatherineHarris who married Davis Porch. James and Nannie Teas lost their house in aspectacular fire in 1920. James Teas, Sr. died on July 23, 1932 and Nannie Teasdied in 1971. Altie Mary Teas died as an infant on October 1, 1896 inHumphreys County, Tennessee and was buried in the Ladd Cemetery nearBakerville, Tennessee.