Spouse: William Authur HOOD. William Authur HOOD and Cora Lee UTLEY were married about 1910 in , , Tennessee. Children were: LIVING, LIVING, LIVING, LIVING, Ivan HOOD, LIVING, Wilma June HOOD.
Francis Marion UTLEY was born in Aug 1881.
Spouse: Dovie LEWIS. Children were: Cora Lee UTLEY.
Nancy Angeline VANZANT was born on 3 May 1855 in of, Franklin, Tennessee. She died on 26 Jan 1937 in , Franklin, Tennessee. She was buried in Winchester City Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee.
Spouse: Squire John MOORE.
Bettie VARNER was born in 1849 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Frank BROWN.
Catherine VARNER was born in 1840 in , , Tennessee. She died DEAD. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
David VARNER was born in 1830 in , Hamilton, Tennessee. He died DEAD. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Easter VARNER was born in 1810 in , , Tennessee. She died in 1880 in , Hamilton, Tennessee. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Gideon LOVELADY. Children were: Jerome LOVELADY, Jane LOVELADY, William LOVELADY, James LOVELADY, Hastings LOVELADY, Maria LOVELADY, Lewis LOVELADY, Margarette LOVELADY, Isabelle LOVELADY, Gennie LOVELADY.
Elizabeth VARNER was born in 1822 in , , Tennessee. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Calvin HARVEY.
Elizabeth VARNER was born in 1853 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Ross HAIR. Ross HAIR and Elizabeth VARNER were married on 3 Sep 1872 in , , Tennessee. Children were: James HAIR, Mary HAIR, Robert HAIR.
Ester VARNER was born in 1843 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Jack HICKMAN.
George VARNER was born on 5 Mar 1816 in , , Tennessee. He died on 6 Jun 1902. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Rhoda WITT. George VARNER and Rhoda WITT were married on 9 Jun 1842 in , , Tennessee.
George VARNER was born in 1835 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Carolyn BROCK.
George VARNER was born in 1877. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
George VARNER was born in 1877 in , Hamilton, Tennessee. Parents: Madison VARNER and Mary JONES.
Harriett VARNER was born in 1852 in , , Tennessee. She died DEAD. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Hezekiah VARNER was born in 1837 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Mary JULIAN.
Huldah VARNER was born in 1828 in , , Tennessee. She died in 1887. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Jack VARNER was born in 1846 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
James VARNER was born in 1780. He died in 1854.
Spouse: Jane Austin SUTTON. Children were: Madison VARNER, Easter VARNER, Lewis VARNER, Maria VARNER, George VARNER, Allen Varner, Mary VARNER, Elizabeth VARNER, Jane VARNER.
James VARNER was born in 1871. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Spouse: Mary Ellen ADAMS. Children were: LIVING, LIVING.
James Madison VARNER was born in 1838 in , , Tennessee. He died in 1884. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Jane VARNER was born in 1824 in , , Tennessee. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Sam WITT.
Jessie Roosevelt VARNER was born in 1904 in , Rhea, Tennessee. He died in Feb 1949. Parents: Robert Allen VARNER and Emma Hester Angeline MCGUIRE.
Spouse: LIVING. Children were: LIVING, LIVING, LIVING.
Joe VARNER was born in 1880 in , Hamilton, Tennessee. Parents: Madison VARNER and Mary JONES.
John VARNER was born in 1869. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Lawrence VARNER was born in 1892. Parents: Robert Allen VARNER and Emma Hester Angeline MCGUIRE.
Lewis VARNER was born in 1812 in , , Tennessee. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Polly HUGHES. Children were: George VARNER, Hezekiah VARNER, Madison VARNER, Mary Ann VARNER, Ester VARNER, Jack VARNER, Bettie VARNER, Nancy J VARNER, Elizabeth VARNER.
Lewis VARNER was born in 1831 in , , Tennessee. He died DEAD. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Lewis Madison VARNER was born in 1883. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Spouse: Susie HUNTER.
Madison VARNER was born in 1808 in Hamilton Co., TN. He died in Hamilton Co., TN. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Nancy WILLIS. Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS were married on 6 Sep 1827 in Hamilton Co., TN. Children were: Huldah VARNER, David VARNER, Lewis VARNER, William Riley VARNER, James Madison VARNER, Catherine VARNER, Thomas Marion VARNER, Robert Alton VARNER, Terrell VARNER, Sarah VARNER, Harriett VARNER.
Spouse: Mary JONES. Children were: George VARNER, Joe VARNER.
Madison VARNER was born in 1839 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Beth WINDHAM.
Maria VARNER was born in 1814 in , , Tennessee. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Jack BROWN.
Mary VARNER was born about 1820 in , Hamilton, Tennessee. Parents: James VARNER and Jane Austin SUTTON.
Spouse: Howard PATTERSON.
Mary Ann VARNER was born in 1841 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Charles CARD. Charles CARD and Mary Ann VARNER were married on 5 Dec 1857 in , , Tennessee.
Myrtle VARNER was born on 31 Aug 1897 in Dayton, Rhea , Tennessee. She died on 24 Jun 1962 in Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee. She was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee. Annie Ruth Hood Ayers wrote this about her mother:
When my father and mother moved to Alabama, my mother and her three older children, Robert, Ralph and Thelma, along with my Grandmother Varner and two of her children, Nora and Jessie,
along with the house hold funiture, travled on a steam boat. They stayed with mother's Uncle Jim and Aunt Mary Eleen Varner, in Chattanooga, until the steam boat came. Apparently, my father and Grandfather Varner had gone ahead.
My mother carried what money she had pinned to her under clothes. My Grandmother Varner was so frightened, that she would hardly leave her cabin to eat, for fear of being robbed.
My mother always laughed when she would tell about one night, when they put in at a landing to load a jackass. It must have created some excitement, because everyone piled on deck to watch what was going on.
My mother loved coffee and apparently they didn't get much on the boat. Mama watched the cook pour a cup of coffee and leave it to cool, while he went out on deck to watch. Mama drank his coffee and poured another cup. When he came back, it was still to hot, so he went back. She drank that cup and poured another. This happened four or five times and he never knew what happened to his coffee.
Peggy Ayers Rollins:
During World War II, the four older Hood boys. Robert, Ralph, Joe, and Doyal, were off to fight. In a letter written to Robert, dated August 18, 1942, She writes,
(edited for clarification, some of the spelling was changed or sometimes a word added, but the feelings in the letter are the same .)
Dear Son,
I will answer your letter. I just came in from Alabama last night. I went over Friday with Joe. Thelma's folks are all well, and we are so far. Joe won't need any money, he has to leave tomorrow for army camp. He got his money and call on Monday, after you at home, and just got himself some slippers. He didn't need any more clothes. It sure hurt Thelma when we left her and I have been so full ( I guess she meant full of emotion) for the last two or three days, till I cant hardly stand it. To think he just got in and has to go again. He has been working so hard trying to get wood and everything done before he had to go. I wouldn't went to Thelma's at all but he wanted me to go so bad with him, I said, I always have a job and just let it all go and went with him. But it seems like I can't take it in the morning when he has to go and Doyal has not heard yet. Ralph has to go 11 Of October. I guess I should be brave and not take it so hard but I would rather be dead than see them go. Joe bought enough asbest shingles to cover the house Thursday. Well, I guess I better close as I got lots to do and don't care much if I don't do anything either. The man got dad's ceader yesterday, and as for other news I don't no anything at all.
answer soon,
with love Mother
Joe and Ralph were in the army, and Doyal went into the Navy. Robert went in last, and was in the Sea B's. Amazingly enough, all four of the boys returned home saftly, but I am sure that it was due, in part, the the prayers of a faithfull Mother. I know that it greived her heart so much, to have her sons off in foreign lands, fighting in a war, and not hearing any news for months at a time.
Nannie was a big woman, with a sense of humor, and one of the best cooks around. When we would go there on Sundays after church, she would always have a big table full of food. She raised her own garden, so there was always lots of vegetables, whether they were fresh, home canned or frozen. One of my very favorite things, was her home made peach cobbler. They were made from the peaches that she had canned herself, and tasted so good. (When I would call her on the phone, she would ask what I wanted her to fix, and I always asked for the peach cobbler). We always had some kind of meat that they had either raised or Granddad had gotten when he went hunting or fishing.
Nannie always loved dishes, and she had more of them than anyone I think I ever knew. But she had always needed a lot of dishes, because she had such a large family, and she would also cook for the farm hands. I use to really like drinking out of her pretty metal glasses, that she had in several different colors.
There are special little memories of her, that I have. She always wore and apron with a bib on it, and sometimes, she would go out to the hen house to gather the eggs, and she would come back with the tail of the apron held tight, and nestled in the center, was all of the eggs, or, sometimes it would be apples that she had picked out of her orchard. I use to like to watch her, as she would comb her long hair that went almost to the floor, and then she would make two long braids, and carefully wrap it around her head, and pin it in place. I loved to be hugged by her. She was so soft, and it just felt so good. I liked going to the refrigator with her when it was time for us to go home, and she would say, "Nannie saved you something this week, and then she would give me some tiny little Bantam eggs. And then, one thing that made me feel so special, one fall, she took me to the fence that ran along the front yard, and said she wanted to give me something, and that there was only one, so she was giving it to me. She took a knife, and cut it open for me, and it was so delicious. It was a wild passion fruit. It was the tastiest thing I had ever had, and to this day, I have never had another one, but I have never forgotten the taste, or my Nannie giving it to me. The best I can remember, this was the fall of 1961, just a few months before she died. I kept going back every year to look for another one, but never saw one there again. Parents: Robert Allen VARNER and Emma Hester Angeline MCGUIRE.
Spouse: James Cleveland HOOD. James Cleveland HOOD and Myrtle VARNER were married on 29 Oct 1911 in Meigs Co., TN. Children were: Baby Girl HOOD, James Robert HOOD, Ralph HOOD, Thelma HOOD, Joe Lee HOOD, Jessie Doyal HOOD, LIVING, LIVING, LIVING, LIVING.
Nancy Ann VARNER was born in 1875. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Spouse: Fred FINNEY.
Nancy J VARNER was born in 1851 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Lewis VARNER and Polly HUGHES.
Spouse: Gabe HOFF. Gabe HOFF and Nancy J VARNER were married on 18 Dec 1878 in , , Tennessee.
Nora Mae VARNER was born on 8 May 1901 in , Rhea, Tennessee. She died on 1 Feb 1984 in Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee. She was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee. Parents: Robert Allen VARNER and Emma Hester Angeline MCGUIRE.
Robert Allen VARNER was born on 11 Nov 1873 in TN. He died on 24 Dec 1957 in Franklin Co., TN. He was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Franklin Co., TN. I was seven years old when Grandpa Varner died, and I don't remember much about him, except his snow white hair, and Daddy cutting it for him, and him setting there in the front room at Nannie Hoods' and that he lost his eye sight, but a day or two before he died, he was able to look across and see the mountain. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Spouse: Emma Hester Angeline MCGUIRE. Robert Allen VARNER and Emma Hester Angeline MCGUIRE were married on 25 Dec 1891 in TN. Children were: Lawrence VARNER, Myrtle VARNER, Nora Mae VARNER, Jessie Roosevelt VARNER.
Robert Alton VARNER was born in 1846. He died on 20 Jul 1862 in Civil War. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Sarah VARNER was born in 1849. She died in 1853 in , , Tennessee. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Tennessee Adaline VARNER was born in 1881. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Spouse: Joe BENSON.
Terrell VARNER was born in 1847. He died in 1864. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Thomas Marion VARNER was born on 21 Mar 1844 in Hamilton Co., TN. He died DEAD in Hamilton Co., TN. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Spouse: Nancy Elizabeth GROSS. Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS were married on 26 Nov 1868 in Hamilton Co., TN. Children were: John VARNER, James VARNER, Robert Allen VARNER, Nancy Ann VARNER, George VARNER, William Farris VARNER, Tennessee Adaline VARNER, Lewis Madison VARNER.
William Farris VARNER was born in 1879. He died in 1944. William Farris owned quite a bit of property in the Hixon area of Hamilton Co., TN. Some of that property is now the property of Hamilton Co., and known as Chester Forost Park. It is a recreational park on Chickamauga Lake. From Alyce Brooks, decendant of William and Pearl. Parents: Thomas Marion VARNER and Nancy Elizabeth GROSS.
Spouse: Pearl Jane BEENE.
William Riley VARNER was born in 1835 in , , Tennessee. He died DEAD. Parents: Madison VARNER and Nancy WILLIS.
Malcolm VAUGHN was born on 30 Mar 1915. He died on 4 Sep 1990 in , Franklin, Tennessee. Parents: LIVING and LIVING.
Spouse: Leila Florence GATTIS.
Mariah VAUGHN.
Spouse: James H KINNINGHAM. James H KINNINGHAM and Mariah VAUGHN were married in 1852 in , Franklin, Tennessee.
Julia Marie VONLOWE was born about 1862 in Oudenburg, Beligum. She died in Beligum.
Spouse: Frank MEYNS. Children were: Leona Marie MEYNS.
R P WADE.
Spouse: Albert D TATE. Albert D TATE and R P WADE were married on 28 Sep 1868 in , Franklin, Tennessee.
