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1. | Tebitha Peters was born about 1796 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Tebitha married Henry Nave Bowers on 5 Nov 1815 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Henry (son of Leonard Bowars Or Bowers and Rebecca Nave) was born on 23 Aug 1790 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Rebecca Bowers ![]() Rebecca married Nathaniel J. Pierce on 24 Dec 1857 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Nathaniel (son of Griffin Pierce and Mary Crawley) was born on 7 Feb 1837 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 4 Jan 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | James T. Bowers ![]() James married Mary Elizabeth Cannon on 19 Sep 1852 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born in Jan 1830 in North Carolina, , , ; died before 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Evaline Bowers ![]() |
5. | Paulina Bowers ![]() |
6. | Landon H. Bowers ![]() Landon married Lucreasy (Bowers) about 1854 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lucreasy was born in May 1883 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Celina E. Bowers ![]() Notes: In the 1910 Carter County, TN Census, Celina is living with her son Robert Charles Collins and his wife Rettie. Celina married Elisha Collins on 26 Oct 1854 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elisha (son of Gilson Oliver Collins and Martha Campbell) was born on 9 Oct 1831 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, ; died on 19 Jun 1896 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Valley Forge Methodist Church, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | William Buell Pierce ![]() |
9. | William Henry Bowers ![]() William married Elizabeth Ann "Liza" Hackett on 12 Feb 1871 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born in Mar 1856 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Landon Bowers ![]() |
11. | Nelson Bowers ![]() |
12. | Robert B. Bowers ![]() Robert married Emily J. "Emma" Jenkins about 1885 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Emily (daughter of Elijah Jenkins and Angeline Crow) was born in Sep 1864 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Jan 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Eliza J. Bowers ![]() |
14. | John B. Bowers ![]() John married Minnie Williams about 1890 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Minnie was born about 1870 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Margaret Bowers ![]() |
16. | Martha Bowers ![]() |
17. | Emmert Bowers ![]() |
18. | John Bowers ![]() |
19. | Eva Bowers ![]() |
20. | Rebecca Collins ![]() |
21. | Andrew G. Collins ![]() Andrew married Crosha Josephine Fondren on 4 Oct 1883 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Crosha (daughter of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Fondren) was born in Sep 1868 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | Teter Emmert Collins ![]() Teter married Elizabeth J. "Bettie" Gouge on 23 May 1890 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Reuben Patterson Gouge and Hannah Simerly) was born on 9 Jul 1871 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died on 20 Jan 1943 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Collins Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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23. | Mary D. Collins ![]() |
24. | William W. Collins ![]() Notes: Birth and death dates come from Viola Collins |
25. | Robert Chrisley Collins ![]() Robert married Loretta Hyder on 15 Jun 1902 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Loretta was born on 13 Jan 1886 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Aug 1966 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | Dr. Ruble Arthur "A. R." Collins ![]() Notes: COLLINS, A. R. (Dr.) Ruble married Kate Beatrice Nave on 2 Oct 1898 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Kate (daughter of Henry J. Nave and Sabina J. "Vina" (Nave)) was born in Mar 1880 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | David A. Bowers ![]() |
28. | Daniel Thomas Bowers ![]() Daniel married Bertha Oliver about 1902 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Bertha (daughter of Elijah D. H. Oliver and Matilda Collins) was born on 10 Feb 1888 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died in SP 1978 in Greene County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Onks Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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29. | James L. Bowers ![]() Notes: Lawson G Smith and James L Bowers, both from Fish Springs, were brothers-in-law and best friends. They were both shot to death during an argument at a pie supper on March 15, 1913. The argument was over "outsiders" from Siam who some of the local girls had invited to the supper. That didn't set well with Lawson and Jim, and at some point in the evening, "Bowers and Smith finished their supper, left their seats and walked hurriedly" toward the boys from Siam, where the two "attacked the boys viciously." The outsiders pulled out their concealed pistols and shot Jim and Lawson. "Bowers was shot at such close range that the front of his double-breasted blue serge suit was set on fire. . . . A few seconds later, Lawson Smith fell heavily as the well-aimed bullets riddled his body" (pg. 17). Timbs writes that not too long before their tragic deaths, they had been warned by an elderly resident to "'settle down and stop all this trouble making.'" Jim Bowers' reply: "'I'll never settle down. I want to die with my boot on'" (17). James married Nellie O. Smith on 15 Feb 1908 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Nellie (daughter of William G. Brownlow Smith and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Matheson) was born in Mar 1889 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1973 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Rittertown Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
30. | Roter B. Bowers ![]() |
31. | Dora Bell Bowers ![]() |
32. | C. E. Bowers ![]() |
33. | George T. Bowers ![]() George married Esse E. Stout on 4 Jul 1914 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Esse (daughter of Anderson K. Stout and Julia Ann Cassidy) was born about 1895; died on 2 Jul 1991 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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34. | Maggie L. Bowers ![]() |
35. | Soffie M. Bowers ![]() |
36. | Bertha Bowers ![]() Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Gertrude Bowers ![]() |
38. | Bruce Bowers ![]() Bruce married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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39. | Elizabeth Bowers ![]() |
40. | Clinton Bowers ![]() Clinton married Virginia "Virgie" Calloway on 31 Aug 1919 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Virginia was born about 1903 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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41. | Nick Bowers ![]() |
42. | Kate Bowers ![]() |
43. | Arsilla "Zillie" Bowers ![]() |
44. | Nannie Leona Collins ![]() Nannie married Edward Milbourne Shell on 16 Jun 1906 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Edward (son of Samuel P. Shell and Jane Elizabeth Taylor) was born on 2 Aug 1881 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 Jan 1960 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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45. | Joseph B. Collins ![]() |
46. | Mammie Collins ![]() |
47. | Annie E. Collins ![]() Annie married Charlie M. Brown about 1913 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Charlie was born about 1882 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
48. | Robert E. Collins ![]() |
49. | Ida M. Collins ![]() |
50. | Elisha Davis Collins ![]() Elisha married Gladys Bentley on 18 Mar 1944 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Gladys (daughter of Sherman William Bentley and Sadie Jones) was born on 12 Apr 1922 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 7 Jul 2015 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Collins Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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51. | Luther M. Collins ![]() Luther married Irene Miller about 1929 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Irene was born about 1909 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1999 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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52. | Bonnie B. Collins ![]() |
53. | Rettie Collins ![]() Rettie married Dannie Harmon Hill on 31 Aug 1935 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Dannie (son of William M. Hill and Celia A. Whitehead) was born on 23 May 1903 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 31 Dec 1950 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Whitehead Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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54. | Geneva Christine Collins ![]() Geneva married John Love Whitehead on 15 Oct 1927 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. John (son of Henry Edman Whitehead and Mary Elizabeth Shell) was born on 25 Apr 1898 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 Sep 1966 in Washington County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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55. | Lossie Ruble Collins ![]() Lossie married Ota Bell Hyder on 29 Sep 1928 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Ota was born on 29 Aug 1909 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 Dec 1997 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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56. | Living ![]() |
57. | Living ![]() |