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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-211References: 1) 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Humphreys County, Tennessee; 2) “Historyof Humphreys County, Tennessee,” by Jill Garrett, 1963, Page 279; 3) “HumphreysCounty, Tennessee Cemetery Records, 1969, Page 135; 4) ”Humphreys County,Tennessee," 1983, Volume 2, Page 366; 5) Letter, Margaret (Rice) Whitfield to RobertCasey, April, 1987; 6) GEDCOM file, Jaime (Teas) Dilger, September, 2000JAMES JOSEPH TEAS, JR. (2.3.6.4.1) is the son of James Joseph Teas andAnnie (Ladd) Teas. James was born on August 5, 1892 near Bakerville,Tennessee. Jim attended school at Cherry Bottom and after the family moved toWaverly in 1905, he attended school in Waverly. He later attended school atCulver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. After World War I broke out,James enlisted and was assigned to the 114th Field Artillery. He servedoverseas from May 26, 1918 until March 23, 1919 and was in the battles ofSaint Mihiel, Meuse Argonne, Offense of Woevre and others. After the war, Jimwent to work as a salesman for Armour and Company and lived in Paragould,Arkansas. In June of 1922, Jim Teas married Alta Murphy of Paragould. Alta(Murphy) Teas died in May of 1923 and was buried in Paragould. Jim wastransferred to Ottawa, Kansas where he lived several years as a salesman forArmour and Company.Jim Teas then resigned and entered the Palmer School of Chiropractic inDavenport, Iowa. He later attended the Lewis Hotel Training School inWashington, D. C. where he met Marie Cecilia Henry. In July of 1934, JamesTeas married a second time to Marie Cecilia Henry at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Marie is the daughter of Earnest Herman Henry and Irene Henry.James and Marie Teas were the parents of two children:. . . Mary Lou Teas, b. April 29, 1935. . . Irene Cecilia Teas, b. May 6, 1944James and Marie Teas lived in Davenport, Iowa for a few years, then lived inRock Island, Illinois and moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1937. In Memphishe operated a five and ten cent store, a tourist home and had a chiropractic officein his home. They then moved to Bardstown, Kentucky where he was anInspector for the Alcholic and Beverage Commission of the United StatesTreasury Department. They moved back to Memphis where he was in the realestate business until ill health forced his retirement. Marie worked forGoldsmith’s Department Store in Memphis until her retirement. James Teasdied on March 1, 1960 and was buried in the National Cemetery in Memphis.Mary Lou Teas married Donald Church and they live in Oliver Springs,Tennessee. Donald and Mary Church have three children: - Donald Church,Jr., - Cecelia Church, - Charmaine Church. Irene Teas graduated fromCentral High School in Memphis in 1962 and received several scholarships. Shereceived her Bachelor of Science degree from Memphis State University in 1966and Master of Science degree from the University of Illinois in June of 1968.Irene lived for few years in Mobile, Alabama where she worked as a Librarian ata college there. Irene is single and lives in Englewood, Colorado where she iscurrently employed by the Colorado Department of Transportation.