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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-263near Williamsport in Maury County, Tennessee. Thomas went to Nashville toclerk in a grocery store where he met his wife, Ann Eliza. On April 9, 1873,Thomas Church married Ann Eliza (Barnes) Brown in Nashville, Tennessee.Ann was perviously married to Frank Brown and they had one daughter: AnnaD. “Dollie” Brown (born May 19, 1870). Frank and Ann Brown were laterdivorced. Ann was born on November 23, 1846 in Nashville, Tennessee and isthe daughter of Major R. A. Barnes and Eliza A. (Drake) Barnes. Eliza Drakewas previously married to a Mr. Hyde. From 1880 to 1900, Thomas and AnnieChurch were living in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee. Thomas andAnnie Church were the parents of at least seven children:. . . Nannie Maria Church, b. May 26, 1874, Tennessee. . . Mamie Elizabeth Church, b. May 26, 1874, Tennessee. . . Lula Barnes Church (3.3.2.3), b. May 10, 1877, Tennessee. . . Annie E. Church, b. May 16, 1879, Tennessee. . . Robert Melville Church (3.3.2.5), b. January 30, 1883, Maury County, Tennessee. . . Maude S. Church (3.3.2.6), b. October 26, 1887, Maury County, Tennessee. . . Thomasine Clair Church (3.3.2.7), b. June 1, 1890, Maury County, TennesseeAnn Eliza (Barnes) Church died on February 6, 1903 and was buried in theChurch Cemetery in Hickman County, Tennessee. On December 26, 1906,Thomas Church married a second time to Mary Rebecca (Atkinson) Grimes(born 1850). In 1910, Thomas and Mary Church, were living in Maury County,Tennessee. Mary (Atkinson) Church died in June of 1925. Thomas S. Churchwas known as “T. S.” Thomas S. Church died on December 6, 1926 and wasburied in the Church Cemetery in Hickman County, Tennessee. Anna D.“Dollie” Brown died on May 11, 1912. Nannie Maria Church died as a child onJune 13, 1874 and was buried in the Church Cemetery in Hickman County,Tennessee.Mamie Church moved to Oklahoma where her half-sister, Dollie, and her familylived. In 1909, Mamie Elizabeth Church married Joseph M. Willey. Joseph hadnine children from his previous marriage. Joseph and Mamie had no children oftheir own. Joseph Willey died and Mamie returned to Tennessee where hersister, Maude, lived. Mamie (Church) Willey died on April 28, 1948 and wasburied in the Church Cemetery in Hickman County, Tennessee. Annie E.Church died as a child of diptheria on December 12, 1881 and was buried in theChurch Cemetery in Hickman County, Tennessee.References: 1) 1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Maury County, Tennessee; 2) “CenturyReview of Maury County, Tennessee, 1807 - 1907,” Page 296; 3) Hickman CountyCemetery Records, Part I; 4) Letter, Mildred (Johnston) Bratton to Robert Casey,September 17, 1985LULA BARNES CHURCH (3.3.2.3) is the daughter of Thomas Samuel Churchand Ann Eliza (Barnes) Church. Lula was born on May 10, 1877 in Tennessee.On June 7, 1899, Lula Church married John S. Beasley (born May, 1870 inTennessee) of Centerville, Tennessee. They were both teaching school atLeatherwood at the time. John later became a doctor and Lula becamePostmistress at Centerville, Tennessee. In 1900, John and Lula Beasley wereliving with Lula’s father, Thomas Samuel Church, in Maury County, Tennessee.