Easley Genealogy

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There is a strong possibility that my Easley family are descendants of Robert Easley who was born ca1650 and died March 9, 1711/12 and married Ann Parker. Robert who probably was a Quaker likely came to America from Norwich in Norfolk Co, England. A positive link has yet to be made.

John Easley born before 1774 probably in South Carolina, died before 1850 probably in Lawrence County, Alabama, is thought to be the father of as many as ten chilren. He is thought to be, but not proven, the son of John Easley, born between 1738 and 1741 and Ann Gowen. In the 1790 census, Ann (Gowen) Easley had one male over 16 in her household. John (b. bef 1774) married about 1800 to Nancy (?) who was born about 1783 in South Carolina. Many have speculated that Nancy's surname was 'Hightower'. This is purely speculation as no documentation has been found to prove or disprove these thoughts.

Following are some quotes from Dr. Virginia Easley DeMarce, the foremost expert on Easley genealogy:

"A John Easley subsequently appears in the documents closely associated 
 with Ann (Gowen) Easley, but is not fully documented as a son of John 
 and Ann (Gowen) Easley.

 I believe that this son may well be the John Easley who appears as of 
 the 1820 census in Lawrence County, Alabama. However, I have no full 
 documentary proof of the connection. If it is the right filiation, we 
 do not know where this family was between 1801 and 1818."

Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, Inc., 1820 State Census of Lawrence County, Alabama, A Special Edition of Valley Leaves, A Quarterly Publication. Huntsville, AL, P.O. Box 1512, 35807, September 1977 shows the following:

p.19 Elizabeth Plant, 1 wm over 21, 2 wm under 21, 1 wf
     Isaac Plant, 1 wm over 21, 2 wm under 21, 1 wf over 21, 2 wf under 21
     Daniel Easely, 1 wm over 21, 1 wf over 21
p.20 John Easely, 1 wm over 21, 4 wm under 21, 1 wf over 21, 2 wf under 21
     Millinton Easely, 1 wm under 21, 1 wf under 21
     Mayberry Plant, 1 wm over 21, 1 wf under 21"

The children of John Easley and wife Nancy are thought to be the following:

1 Daniel Easley born before 1800; married Elizabeth Plant in Lawrence County, Alabama on October 13, 1819.
2 Millington Easley born about 1801 in North Carolina; married Nancy Plant in Lawrence County, Alabama on August 28, 1818.
3 Lucy Easley born before 1804; married James H. Owens in Lawrence County, Alabama on December 2, 1818.
4 Sally Easley born before 1805; married Mayberry Plant in Lawrence County, Alabama on October 2, 1819.
5 Richard Hightower Easley born between 1805 - 1810 in Alabama or Tennessee
6 John Osborn Easley born between 1810 - 1814 in Hickman County, Tennessee
7 Daughter Easley born between 1800 - 1820
8 Daughter Easley born between 1800 - 1820
9 Son Easley born between 1800 - 1820
A Son Easley born between 1800 - 1820

2 Millington Easley born ca1801 in NC; married August 28, 1818 in Lawrence Co, AL to Nancy Plant who was born in South Carolina. There were several Easley-Plant marriages in Lawrence County just before 1820.
Millington Easley to Nancy Plant Aug 28, 1818 James H. Owens to Lucy Easley Dec 02, 1818 Maberry Plant to Sally Beasley Oct 02, 1819 (note: Also another listing has her as Sally EASLEY) (note: Millington named a son John Mayberry Easley) Daniel Easley to Elizabeth Plant Oct 13, 1819
It is thought, but not proven, that the above Easleys were the children of John Easley (and wife Nancy ?), who was listed on the 1820 Lawrence County, AL Census along with Millington and Daniel Easley. This John Easley is thought to be, but again not proven, the son of John Easley and Ann Gowen. Here is the data for the 1820 Lawrence County, Alabama Census.
1820 Lawrence Co AL Male | Female | total | freed | | Head of Household +21 -21 | +21 -21 | white | color | slave | Tot ------------------ --- --- | --- --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Easely, Daniel 1 0 | 0 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 Easely, John 1 4 | 1 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 Easely, Millinton 0 1 | 0 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2

I have not found Millington in 1830 but he and his family were in Chickasaw County, Mississippi by the 1840 census. Then on February 27, 1841 he patented two parcels of land in Chickasaw (Yalobusha?) County the first listed as NE-1/4 of SE-1/4 of Section 8 Township 22N Range 8E 40.04 acres, the second listed as SE-1/4 of NE-1/4 of Section 8 Township 22N Range 8E 40.04 acres. These two parcels of land were located just northwest of the present day community of Sabougla. On November 30, 1848 a Nancy Easley patented land in Chickasaw County listed as NW-1/4 of Section 17 Township 14S Range 1E 159.65 acres. This land includes the exit off of present day Hwy 8 onto the Hollis Switch road and some of the land south of that intersection on Hwy 8, Calhoun County. I feel that this was Millington's mother.

Here are the census records for 1840 Chickasaw County, Mississippi
1840 Chickasaw Co MS Males || Females Head of Household |-5 | 5>10 | 15>20 | 20>30 | 30>40 ||-5 | 10>15 | 15>20 | 30>40 | ------------------ |---|------|-------|-------|-------||---|-------|-------|-------| Easley, Milington 1 1 1 0 1 || 1 1 0 1 Easley, Hardy 0 0 0 1 0 || 0 0 1 0

Millington was enumerated on the 1841 and 1845 Mississippi censuses for Chickasaw County. In 1850 he was listed on the West District of Chickasaw County, Mississippi with his wife, Nancy, and his younger children listed as follows: Mary A. born 1836 in Tennessee; James H. born 1838 in Mississippi; Eliza born 1842 in Tennessee; and Sarah M. born 1843 in Mississippi.

By 1860 Millington and Nancy were living in Arkansas County, Arkansas next door to their daughter 25 Nancy J. Easley Stokes and her husband William Stokes.

Below is the possible outline for Millington Easley and Nancy Plant. Children:

21 Hardy H. Easley born 1820 in Alabama

22 Amelia Easley born 1824 in Alabama; married Whitfield Hitt who was born 1819 in South Carolina and by 1850 (census) had three children. Also living with them in 1850 is a Nancy Easley listed as 67 years of age. I feel that this Nancy Easley was the wife of John Easley of Lawrence County, Alabama and Amelia's grandmother. This Nancy then would also have been the mother of Millington Easley.

221 Francis M. Hitt born about 1841

222 James W. Hitt born about 1844. There is a James W. Hitt listed on the 1900 Webster County census who is married to Alice. In 1900 they had been married for fifteen years and had no children.

223 Nancy Hitt born about 1848

23 John Mayberry Easley born December 25, 1830 in Tennessee; died February 26, 1893 in Calhoun Co, MS; buried Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery; married November 16, 1850 in Chickasaw Co, MS to Mary Ann Francis Watkins.

24 Elizabeth "Betsy" Easley born September 28, 1831 in Tennessee; died in the 1920s in her 93^rd year; married first Hardin Riddle who was born 1823; married second on January 31, 1861 to John Ellis who was born June 17, 1833 and died October 24, 1862. According to the 1900 census she was the mother of eight children none of whom were living. Over the years Betsy had several nieces who lived with her who include 252 Sarah Frances "Frankie" Stokes, 268 Cora T. Rodgers, and 291 Fannie Osbrooks/Alsobrooks. Betsy's children include the following:

241 Nancy J. Riddle born 1845 in Arkansas

242 Samuel L. "Sammie" Riddle born October 22, 1848 in Mississippi; died December 8, 1866

243 Milton Riddle born March 19, 1854; married December 14, 1879 to Emma Jane Starnes who was born December 27, 1859; died August 18, 1908 and buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, Mississippi.

244 William S. Riddle born February 20, 1856; died August 7, 1866

245 R.G. Riddle died June 7, 1876

246 Eliza Elizabeth Ellis born November 13, 1861; died August 13, 1864

25 Nancy J. Easley born 1833 in Tennessee; was living with the Henry McGarity family in 1850 Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It had been summized that Nancy J. Easley married Henry's son James Madison McGarity. This has been proven false via a Bible record in the possession of the descendants of James Madison McGarity which states that Nancy was nee Nancy Elm Tate McDonald, not Easley. I now feel Nancy married William Stokes who was born 1833 in South Carolina. They can be found on the 1860 Arkansas County, Arkansas census living next door to her father and mother, Millington and Nancy Plant Easley, and two of their other children, James H. and Eliza. The children of Nancy J. Easley and William Stokes include:

251 James M. Stokes born 1854 in Mississippi

252 Sarah Frances "Frankie" Stokes born 1856 in Mississippi.

253 John H. Stokes born 1858 in Arkansas

254 Eliza Ann Stokes born 1860 in Arkansas

26 Mary A. Easley born 1836 in Tennessee (1850 Census); died September 25, 1887; married Seth W. Rodgers who was born 1835 in Georgia and died October 3, 1875. They were the parents of these children:

261 James M. Rodgers born November 12, 1858

262 George W. Rodgers born December 9, 1861

263 Francis Jane Rodgers born March 26, 1865; married Alson V. Swanson who was born about 1862 the son of Moses and Narcissa A. Swanson.

264 Seth W. Rodgers born May 8, 1866; married Eliza Worley who was born March 1876 in Arkansas.

265 Martha F. "Mattie" Rodgers born June 9, 1867

266 John H. Rodgers born June 9, 1869; died June 1941; never married

267 Samuel Rodgers possible twin to John H. since he was listed on the 1870 census as the same age.

268 Cora T. Rodgers born January 1, 1874/1876; married Jim Boling

27 James H. Easley born about 1839 (from the 1860 Arkansas census) in Mississippi; married Mary --- and by the 1870 census had the following children:

271 Minnie Easley born about 1867

272 John Easley born about 1869

28 Eliza Easley born September 5, 1842 in Tennessee

29 Sarah M. Easley born 1843; married Lemuel Alsobrooks

291 Fannie Octavia Alsobrooks; married William Edgar Young

23 John Mayberry Easley (Millington) born December 25, 1830 in TN; died February 26, 1893 in Calhoun Co, MS; buried Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery; married November 16, 1850 in Chickasaw Co, MS to Mary Ann Francis Watkins who was born November 1, 1834 in Greene Co, AL the daughter of John and Sarah McGarity Watkins; died May 12, 1923 and is buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery. John Mayberry Easley was a private Company G 42^nd Mississippi Infantry. John was in Chickasaw County, MS by 1840. He was a small man and would sit in a chair with his feet on a box and he wore chin whiskers. His Civil War record indicates also that he was a small man of five feet, five inches tall, fair, complexion, light hair and gray eyes. John was working on a farm in 1850 in Chickasaw County, MS and living with the Jefferson Davis family. His wife Mary Ann was only sixteen when they married. On January 2, 1855 he bought land from John A. Watkins recorded as follows: SEĽ of Sect Ľ S 5 T14 R1E District Land offered for sale at Pontotoc - Warranty Deed - Acknowledged January 2, 1855 - Consideration $1.00 - filed for record. Their old homeplace is located near the New Liberty Community Center. According to copies of his military records, he joined Captain J.M. Gaston's Company, 42^nd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, which subsequently became "Infantry" on May 13, 1862 at Benela, MS for three years of the war. His name does appear on the company muster roll, and he was present from time of enlistment until July 1, 1863. He was lost in action near Gettysburg July 1, 1863. On a record dated "Near Petersburg Virginia, March 25, 1865", it stated that he was confined at Fort Delaware. A record of Prisoners of War at Fort McHenry, Maryland states that he was confined July 4, 1863 by General Schenck and sent to Fort Delaware. He signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of American on June 11, 1865 and was released from prison. Find here a list of his children:: 231 James Marion Easley born October 3, 1851 in the New Liberty community in Calhoun County, MS. He died September 8, 1945 in Pauls Valley, OK and is buried at Paoli Cemetery, OK. Married about 1870 in Calhoun County to Nancy Melinda Dye who was born June 17, 1851 in Calhoun County and died July 3, 1899 in Maysville, OK and is buried at Beefcreek Cemetery, Maysville, OK.; 232 William Jackson Easley born September 1, 1853 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS. He died July 4, 1936 in Vance, MS; buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married September 16, 1873 probably in Yalobusha Co, MS to Cynthia Elvenie VanHorne who was born February 14, 1853 in Yalobusha Co, MS and died November 16, 1933 in Derma, MS and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery.; 233 John Andrew Easley born September 1, 1853 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS. He died March 14, 1928 in Burdette, AR and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery. He married first to Julia Ann Vanlandingham who was born 1857 and died in late March 1878 and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery. John Andrew Easley married second Martha E. Yates born about 1858 and died January 7, 1882. He then married third Almedia Pittman who was born February 1853 at Vardaman and died in March 1918 and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery.; 234 Martha Jane Easley born December 11, 1855; died February 1856; buried Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; 235 Henry Milton Easley born February 22, 1857 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS. He died June 15, 1931 at Pittsboro, MS and is buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS. Married December 20, 1877 in Calhoun County, MS to Emma Janes Starnes Riddle who was born December 27, 1859 in Calhoun County, MS; died August 18, 1908 in Derma, MS and is buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS.; 236 Newton Thomas Easley born November 24, 1859; died 1938 at Stewart, MS. He married first on August 5, 1880 to Martha Janie Mitchell who was born February 1859 in Mississippi; died November 1908 in Calhoun County, MS. He married second to Fannie Taylor Morrison Ayers; married third to Florence Summers.; 237 Francis Urich Easley born December 9, 1862 in the New Liberty community; died November 27, 1922 at McAlester, OK and is buried at Tannehill Cemetery, 10 miles NW of McAlester, OK. He married first to Nancy Vanlandingham; married second on December 19, 1886 to Margaret Texanna Mitchell who was born October 14, 1869 in Calhoun County, MS and died November or December of 1943 and is buried at Tannehill Cemetery.; 238 Charles G. Easley born March 10, 1867; died May 20, 1878 and is buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS.; 239 Mary Ella Easley born April 5, 1869 in Calhoun County, MS; died September 8, 1956 in Arkansas and is buried at Sandy Ridge, AR. She married in 1888 in Calhoun County, MS to Robert James Orr who was born January 20, 1859 in South Carolina and died September 8, 1934 near Burdette, AR and is buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS.; 23A Joseph R. Easley born in March 1871 in Calhoun County, MS; died January 1931; married Rose Ella Guest who was born January 17, 1869 and died July 6, 1927 and is buried in a small cemetery between Dundee and Lula, MS east of Highway 61. They had no children.; 23B Jasper Neal Easley born September 20, 1873 in the New Liberty community in Calhoun County, MS. He died May 29, 1964 in Grenada, MS and is buried at Tunica, MS. He married February 12, 1899 at Marion Ward's in Calhoun County, MS to Alice Viola Ward who was born April 13, 1876 in Calhoun County, MS and died October 2, 1941 in Dundee, MS and is buried at Tunica, MS.

Back row left to right:
Jasper Neal Easley, Newton Thomas Easley, Francis Urich Easley, John Andrew Easley, William Jackson Easley, Henry Milton Easley, Joseph R. Easley
Front row left to right:
James Marion Easley, Elizabeth Easley "Aunt Betsy" Ellis, Mary Ann Francis Watkins Easley, Mary Ella Easley Orr

Children of John Mayberry Easley

231 James Marion Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born October 3, 1851 in the New Liberty community in Calhoun County, MS. He died September 8, 1945 in Pauls Valley, OK and is buried at Paoli Cemetery, OK. Married about 1870 in Calhoun County to Nancy Melinda Dye who was born June 17, 1851 in Calhoun County and died July 3, 1899 in Maysville, OK and is buried at Beefcreek Cemetery, Maysville, OK.: 2311 Mary Jane Easley born August 22, 1873 in Pittsboro, MS; died January 17, 1946 in Bismarck, AR; buried at Caney, AR; married first to Gus Hurst who died in 1902 and is buried at Klondike, OK. Mary Jane married second on March 29 1903 in DeRoche, AR to Lee McCowen who was born October 7, 1866 in Dolby Springs, TX and died January 21, 1936 in Bismarck, AR and is buried in Caney, AR.; 2312 Elzey A. Easley born 1877 in Mississippi; married Theresa Hightower.; 2313 Lemuel Richard "Dick" Easley born January 22, 1880 in Malvern, AR; died May 1953 in Garvin County, OK and is buried in Garvin County. He reportedly married five times. He married second on April 23, 1907 to Pearle Pointer who was born 1890 and died 1918 in Maud, OK. "Dick" Easley married fifth to Cora Hughes Gardner.; 2314 Lillian Ella Easley born September 18, 1881 in Malvern, AR; died February 24, 1970 in Pauls Valley; buried Paolia Cemetery, OK; married first to Henry Bowers in Texas. Ella married second on November 21, 1907 at Paoli, OK to Ira Allen Dennis who was born March 24, 1885 in Hunt County, TX and died February 27, 1955 in Pauls Valley and is buried in Paoli Cemetery. He was the son of Allen B. Dennis, Sr. and Josie Smith Dennis.; 2315 Minnie Ida Easley born August 18, 1886 in AR; died October 12, 1957 in Fresno, CA; married Henry Andrew Hall who was born October 22, 1885 and died May 1925 and buried Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, CA. Minnie moved from Arkansas to Pauls Valley, Oklahoma as a girl and then on to Fresno, California by 1913.; 2316 Henry Newton Easley born May 2, 1888 in Malvern, AR; died Aug 1966 in Pauls Valley, OK; married January 11, 1914 in Arkadelphia, AR to Amanda Dyess who was born January 31, 1895 in Arkadelphia, AR. Henry was a Jehovah's Witness.

232 William Jackson Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born September 1, 1853 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS. He died July 4, 1936 in Vance, MS; buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married September 16, 1873 probably in Yalobusha Co, MS to Cynthia Elvenie VanHorne who was born February 14, 1853 in Yalobusha Co, MS and died November 16, 1933 in Derma, MS and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery.: 2321 infant Easley born and died the same day in 1874 in Pine Valley; 2322 Mary Jane "Mamie" Easley born July 17, 1876 in Pine Valley; joined Mt. Hermon Church, New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS in August 1910; died May 23, 1926 near Clarksdale at Lyon, MS and is buried in Lyon Cemetery; married March 24, 1895 in Calhoun County, to John Thomas "John Tom" Vanlandingham who was born April 21, 1876 in the Ellard community, Calhoun County, the son of Samuel Jason and Fannie (Jennings) Vanlandingham. He died December 10, 1954 in Clarksdale and is buried in Lyon Cemetery.; 2323 Frances Iola Easley born September 16, 1879 in Pine Valley, Yalobusha County, MS; died September 18, 1970 in Somerville, TN and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemtery, Calhoun County, MS; married May 6, 1909 near Derma, MS to Sidney Beauford Barker who was born January 7, 1878 in Benela, Calhoun County, MS and died January 30, 1944 in Houston, Chickasaw County, MS and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery.; 2324 Felix Clifton Easley born January 21, 1882 in Pine Valley, Yalobusha County, MS; died February 13, 1972 in Columbus, Lowndes County, MS; buried Mt. Hermon Cemetery; married first on November 6, 1904 near Vardaman, Calhoun County, MS by Elder Newt Easley, his uncle, to Maude Maybelle Brand who was born May 1, 1883 near Vardaman and died February 15, 1941 in Eupora, Webster County, MS and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery. She was the daughter of James Edward and Annie Liza (Burgess) Brand. Felix Clifton Easley married second Ola Dee (Mitchell) Pruett, the daughter of Dial Mitchell. Felix Clifton Easley and Ola Dee had one child named Wallace Easley. (Ola Dee Mitchell had two children, Imogene and Virginia, with her first husband, Mr. Pruett. She also married a third time to a Mr. Poe from the Duck Hill, Montgomery County, MS area. She is buried at Mt. Pisgah P.B. Church Cemetery near Duck Hill.); 2325 Willie Pauline Easley born about 1884 died about 1886; 2326 John Charles "Charlie" Easley born January 15, 1886 in Pine Valley, Yalobusha County, MS; died March 10, 1967 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, MS; buried Oak Springs Cemetery Calhoun County, MS; married August 5, 1916 in Calhoun County, MS to Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Simpson who was born October 17, 1886 in Yalobusha County and died December 6, 1961 at home near Calhoun City and is buried at Oak Springs Cemetery.; 2327 Lexie Mitchell Easley born September 29, 1888 in Calhoun County, MS; died about 1892 in New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS; 2328 William Henry Easley born March 11, 1891 in New Liberty community; died January 29, 1977 at the Lamar County Hospital, Vernon, AL; buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lowndes County, MS; married February 22, 1913 in Calhoun County, MS to Caroline "Callie" Griffin who was born February 10, 1891 in Marks, MS; died December 15, 1975 in Vernon, AL and is buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery.; 2329 Rosie Ethel Easley born February 10, 1894 in Derma, Calhoun County, MS; died July 4, 1973 in Houston, Chickasaw County, MS; buried Wake Forest Cemetery, Mantee, MS; married July 18, 1918 in Calhoun County to James Otho Hightower who was born November 26, 1893 and died March 3, 1957 in Vardaman, Calhoun County, MS and is buried in Wake Forest Cemetery.; 232A Agatha Ann Easley born December 16, 1897 in Derma, Calhoun County, MS; died September 2, 1969 in Columbus, Lowndes County, MS; buried Bethel Cemetery, Houston, Chickasaw County, MS; married first on May 3, 1919 to William Sidney Foster who was born April 24, 1892 in Woodland, MS and died April 17, 1957 in West Point, MS. Agatha Ann married second on October 19, 1963 at Columbus, MS to Golden G. Perkins who was born January 19, 1890 in Lamar County, AL and died May 17, 1975 and is buried in Lamar County, AL.

233 John Andrew Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born September 1, 1853 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS. He died March 14, 1928 in Burdette, AR and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery. He married first to Julia Ann Vanlandingham who was born 1857 and died in late March 1878 and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery. John Andrew Easley married second Martha E. Yates born about 1858 and died January 7, 1882. He then married third Almedia Pittman who was born February 1853 at Vardaman and died in March 1918 and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery.: Children of John Andrew and Julia Ann (Vanlandingham) Easley; 2331 Alto Easley born December 8, 1876; died April 13, 1948 in Houlka, Chickasaw County, MS; buried at Ellzey Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married in 1893 in Calhoun County, MS to Robert Lee "Bob" Stroup who was born July 14, 1875 in Calhoun County, MS the son of Alberry A. and Mary Stroup and died September 26, 1929 in Houlka, MS and is buried in Ellzey Cemetery.; 2332 Sarah Jane Easley born March 18, 1878; died October 29/31, 1947 in Vardaman, MS; buried at New Liberty Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married July 12, 1896 in Calhoun County, MS to William Alsey Brannon who was born October 2, 1876/1877 in Calhoun County, MS and died September 2, 1963 in Vardaman and buied at New Liberty Cemetery.; Children of John Andrew and Martha E. (Yates) Easley; 2333 William Andrew Easley born June 1880; Last seen in the early 1930's. Anna Belle Powell Tucker says that she was told the William Andrew came to the home of one of the Easleys in Arkansas, one of the children by his father's third wife. He walked up on the porch, and asked "Where's Pa?" When they told him that his father had been dead for several years, he turned around two or three times, walked off the porch, and has not been seen since. She said that he was married several times, that he had a daugther by his first wife, and that she believed he lived around Little Rock, Arkansas. He was talented in art.; 2334 Emily Etta Easley born December 27/28 1881; deid February 12, 1968, Clarksdale, MS; buried at Lula-Rich Cemetery; married November 19, 1899 at Pittsboro, MS to Starling Alexander Powell who was born July 29, 1874 in Clay County, MS and died August 3, 1941 in Dundee, MS and is buried at Lula-Rich Cemetery

Children of John Andrew and Meadie (Pittman) Easley; 2335 Lee Allen Easley born February 1885 in Vardaman, Calhoun County, MS; died October 18, 1950 in Chickasaw County, MS; buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery; married first in 1904 at the Lloyd community, Calhoun County, MS to Minnie Bailey was died in 1905 in Vardaman and is buried at Lloyd Cemetery. Lee Allen Easley married second to Dora Eddington. Dora is buried in Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery. Lee Allen Easley married third to Hattie Franks who died in 1976 in Jackson, TN and is burried at Macedonia Cemetery, Chickasaw County, MS; 2336 Elisha Thomas Easley born July 16, 1886 in Vardaman, Calhoun County, MS; married August 1905 to Dixie Sarah Brannon who was born February 9, 1889 in Vardaman and died January 9, 1976 in Batesville, MS and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Batesville, Panola County, MS. They were married for over 70 years.; 2337 Pearlie A. Easley born February 1888 in Vardaman, Calhoun County, MS; died February 1919 in Calhoun County; buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery; married Robert Ross Dye who is buried at Cherry Hill Cemetery, Coahoma County, MS beside his daugther.; 2338 Leona Easley born August 29, 1889 in Calhoun County, MS; died August 13, 1971 in Blytheville, AR; buried in Blytheville, AR; married November 16, 1913 at Vardaman, MS to Joseph Moses "Joe" Ellis who was born September 6, 1890 in Calhoun County and died April 17, 1973 in Memphis, TN and is buried in Blytheville, AR; 2339 John Henry Easley born November 19, 1891 in Vardaman, MS; died December 20, 1969 in Blytheville, AR; buried in Blytheville, AR; married in November 1911 at Vardaman, MS to Carrie Dean Ellis who was born August 16, 1892 in Vardaman, MS the daughter of Sam and Dora Ellis, a sister of Joe Ellis who married John Henry's sister, Leona. Carrie Dean died August 16, 1962 in Blytheville, AR and is buried at Dogwood Cemetery

235 Henry Milton Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born February 22, 1857 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS. He died June 15, 1931 at Pittsboro, MS and is buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS. Married first on December 20, 1877 in Calhoun County, MS to Emma Janes Starnes Riddle who was born December 27, 1859 in Calhoun County, MS; died August 18, 1908 in Derma, MS and is buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS. Henry Milton Easley married second around Christmas 1911 in Calhoun County, MS to Sarah Ann Virginia (Sallie) Stark who was born January 2, 1880 near Atlanta, GA and died January 3, 1953 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, MS and is buried at Antioch Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS: Children of Henry Milton and Emma Jane (Starnes Riddle) Easley; 2351 Olive Tolitha "Ollie" Easley born October 15, 1878 in Calhoun County, MS; died April 2, 1951 in the New Liberty community, Calhoun County, MS; buried at New Liberty Cemetery; married July 7, 1895 in Calhoun County, MS to William Alexander "Will" Ramage who was born October 3, 1869 in Attala County, MS and died January 6, 1944 in the New Liberty community and is buried in New Liberty Cemetery. He was the son of James Ramage; 2352 Annie Eliza Easley born August 19, 1880 in Calhoun County, MS; died June 19, 1945; buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery; married on May 5, 1895 to William McDonald "Bill" Kilgo who was born December 18, 1977 in MS and died March 8, 1963 and is buried at Mt Hermon Cemetery; 2353 Willie Easley born about 1882; died at age 16 in early 1898 and is buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery; 2354 Price Hucaby Easley born Mary 17, 1887 in Calhoun County, MS; died February 11, 1927 in the Wardwell community; buried in Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married September 8, 1908 in Calhoun County, MS to Virgie Ward who was born January 25, 1894 in Calhoun County, MS the daughter of Marion H. and Nancy Elizabeth (Harville) Ward. Virgie died December 10, 1974 in Calhoun County, MS and is buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery. Virgie married second on December 1935 to T.E. Streeter; 2355 Walter Easley died at age one; buried at New Liberty Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; 2356 Henry Archie Easley born August 10, 1889 in Calhoun County, MS; died May 4, 1969 in Columbus, Lowndes County, MS; buried at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Webster County, MS; married December 24, 1915 at Derma, Calhoun County, MS to Ora Bell Dye who was born January 16, 1891 in Derma, MS; 2357 Lillie Belle Easley born June 15, 1892 in Calhoun County, MS; died December 2, 1977 in Grenada, Grenada County, MS; buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married January 22, 1908 to Charlie Pascal Ward who was born January 1885 in Calhoun County, MS and died May 19, 1966 in Grenada, MS and is buried at Duncan Hill Cemetery. He was the son of Marion H. and Nancy Elizabeth (Harville) Ward; 2358 James Bascomb "Jim" Easley born July 18, 1894 in the Hollis community, Calhoun County, MS; married November 1, 1913 in Pittsboro, Calhoun County, MS to Minnie Eliza Bounds who was born May 14, 1893 in Calhoun County, MS and died August 19, 1971 in Pittsboro, MS and is buried in Pittsboro Cemetery. She was the daughter of David Elias Bounds. Jim Easley was at one time the sheriff of Calhoun County, MS; 2359 Edgar Smith Easley born April 3, 1897 in Calhoun County, MS; died March 4, 1975 in Tupelo, Lee County, MS; buried in Oak Springs Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married June 22, 1919 near Derma, MS to Dora Idell "Dode" Parker who was born August 23, 1900 in the Duncan Hill community and died July 23, 1971 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, MS and is buried at Oak Springs Cemetery. She was the daughter of Chauncey "Bobo" Parker; 235A Elizabeth Estelle Easley born September 16, 1900 near Vardaman; married January 16, 1921 in the Lloyd community to Robert Barton "Bob" Edington who was born June 8, 1899 at Troy, Pontotoc County, MS and died November 18, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS and is buried at New Liberty Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS. They had no issue.

Children of Henry Milton and Sallie (Stark) Easley; 235B Robert Mayberry "Bobbie" Easley born September 19, 1912; married first on May 4, 1935 in Calhoun County, MS to Edna Rea Pitts who was born April 18, 1917 in Arkansas. (Divorced); 235C Gladys Easley born March 20, 1919 and was the secretary for Calhoun, Chickasaw, Webster Health District, Calhoun City, MS

236 Newton Thomas Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born November 24, 1859; died 1938 at Stewart, MS; buried at Stewart, MS; married first on August 5, 1880 to Martha Janie Mitchell (See Mitchell); married second Fannie Taylor Morrison Ayers; married third Florence Summers; was a Primitive Baptist preacher at Mt. Hermon Church located on Hollis Switch Road in Calhoun Co, MS.: 2361 Charles Edgar Easley born August 5, 1881 in Pittsboro, MS; died June 18, 1961 in McAlester, OK; buried Tannehill Cemetery, McAlester, OK; married November 27, 1904 in McAlester, Indian Territory (change to state in September 1907) to Cynthia Ethel Green who was born August 10, 1889 in Stringtown, Indian Territory and died September 8, 1973 in McAlester, OK and is buried at Tannehill Cemetery; 2362 Lou Bera Easley born June 2, 1883 Calhoun County, MS; died January 25, 1968 in Grenada, Grenada County, MS; buried Lloyd Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; married first on November 5, 1899 in Calhoun County, MS to James William Bailey who was born September 12, 1878 in Calhoun County, MS and died September 25, 1923 and is buried at Lloyd Cemetery. Lou Bera married second on October 6, 1933 to D.A. Lunceford (Divorced). She married third Ed Lee. She married fourth on January 18, 1953 to B.H. Cox; 2363 Vinie Ella Easley born December 29, 1884 in Yalobusha County, MS; died May 18, 1967 in Wachula, FL; buried Friendship Cemetery, Zolfo Springs, FL; married December 22, 1910 to Walter Lee Lewelling who was born April 9, 1882 in Yalobusha County, MS and died November 9, 1947 in Zolfo Springs and is buried at Friendship Cemetery; 2364 Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Easley born July 24, 1887 in Pittsboro, Calhoun County, MS; died April 12, 1969; buried Clear Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery; married November 1911 to George Washington Anthony who was born December 16, 1872 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, MS and died July 27, 1960 in West Point, MS and is buried at Clear Springs Cemetery; 2365 Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Easley born April 17, 1893 Calhoun County, MS; died November 2, 1923 of TB; buried at Pryor Cemetery near Stuart, OK; married Eunice Sizemore who was born November 15, 1902; 2366 Martha Lois Easley born December 25, 1895 near Vardaman, Calhoun County, MS; married July 31, 1910 near Water Valley, Yalobusha County, MS to Benjamin Franklin "Ben" King who was born December 6, 1885 in Water Valley; 2367 child Easley born and died before 1900

237 Francis Urich Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born December 9, 1862 in the New Liberty community; died November 27, 1922 at McAlester, OK and is buried at Tannehill Cemetery, 10 miles NW of McAlester, OK. He married first to Nancy Vanlandingham; married second on December 19, 1886 to Margaret Texanna Mitchell who was born October 14, 1869 in Calhoun County, MS and died November or December of 1943 and is buried at Tannehill Cemetery.: Child of Frank and Nancy (Vanlandingham) Easley; 2371 Andrew Easley drowned in a stock pond when very young.

Children of Frank and Margaret Texanna (Mitchell) Easley; 2372 Jesse Maberry Easley born October 10, 1887 in Calhoun County, MS; died October 31, 1923 in Wagoner, OK; buried Elmwood Cemetery, Wagoner, OK; married October 1, 1912 in Calhoun County, MS to Lillie May Ramsey who was born October 7, 1892 in Calhoun County, MS; 2373 Feba A. Easley born July 15, 1890 and died October 18, 1890; 2374 Martha Ella Easley born October 12, 1891 in Water Valley, Yalobusha County, MS; died February 9, 1967 in Modesto, CA; married July 4, 1908 in McAlester, OK to George J. Willingham who was born May 14, 1878 in east Texas and died 1951 in Modesto, CA and is buried in Modesto, CA; 2375 unknown Easley died as an infant; 2376 Willliam Preston Easley "Boatner" born September 27, 1895 in Calhoun County, MS; died January 2, 1968 in Marietta, OK; buried Matietta, OK; married April 10, 1920 at DeQueen, AR to Willie Bell Parker who was born July 10, 1904 in Texas. Preston changed his name to Boatner and raised his family under that name.; 2377 unknown Easley died as an infant; 2378 unknown Easley died as an infant; 2379 Mary Ann "Annie" Easley born August 1901 in Jackson, MS; died November 4, 1971 in McAlester, OK; buried at Tannehill Cemetery; married March 7, 1920 to Benjamin Franklin Hicks who was born June 17, 1898 in McAlester, OK; 237A Edgar Jefferson Easley born July 11, 1909 in McAlester, OK; married September 1, 1931 to Flossie Opal Harvey who was born December 17, 1914; 237B unknown male Easley born after 1909 but before 1915. The first person to be buried at Tannehill Cemetery

239 Mary Ella Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born April 5, 1869 in Calhoun County, MS; died September 8, 1956 in Arkansas and is buried at Sandy Ridge, AR. She married in 1888 in Calhoun County, MS to Robert James Orr who was born January 20, 1859 in South Carolina and died September 8, 1934 near Burdette, AR and is buried at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS.: 2391 Violet Elizabeth Orr born January 29, 1889 in Calhoun County, MS; married (his second) January 12, 1912 in Calhoun County, MS to Lemual Zora "L.Z." Spraberry who was born August 20, 1883 in Calhoun County, MS and died March 5, 1960 in Eupora, Webster County, MS and is buried at Bradford's Chapel Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS. He was the son of George W. Spraberry; 2392 John William Orr born April 17, 1890 in Calhoun County, MS; married first in 1910/1911 in Calhoun County, MS to Clara May Hardin who was born in Calhoun County, MS and died December 1922 in Calhoun County, MS with flu and pneumonia and is buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS. John William married second on Marcy 21, 1924 in Calhoun County, MS to Mary Alma Williams who was born August 9, 1900/1901 in Calhoun County, MS and died June 7, 1974 in Monte Vista; 2393 James Franklin Orr born March 1892 Calhoun County, MS; died February 1969 in Blytheville, AR; buried Sandy Ridge, AR; married Camille Cole. (Divorced.); 2394 Beadie Orr born January 1895 Calhoun County, MS; married first Harve Stockton; married second to E.L. Rhodes; 2395 Joseph Orr born December 24, 1896 Calhoun County, MS; died June 19, 1973 in Blytheville, AR; buried Sandy Ridge, AR. Never married; 2396 Mary Lavenia Orr born January 22 1900 Calhoun County, MS; married October 5, 1920, Pittsboro, Calhoun County, MS to Alphus Weeks who was born February 12, 1900 in Pittsboro the son of W.S. Weeks; 2397 Jesse Cleveland "Clealon" Orr born June 18, 1901 Calhoun County, MS; married March 31, 1923 in the Wardwell community to Ollie Conner who was born November 13, 1903 in Webster County, MS; 2398 Priest Orr born 1903 in the Pine Ridge community, Calhoun County, MS; married first Earlene Flemione; married 2nd unknown; 2399 Boyd Orr married Rhoda Steel; 239A Modenia Orr married Odis Cole

23B Jasper Neal Easley (John Mayberry, Millington) born September 20, 1873 in the New Liberty community in Calhoun County, MS. He died May 29, 1964 in Grenada, MS and is buried at Tunica, MS. He married February 12, 1899 at Marion Ward's in Calhoun County, MS to Alice Viola Ward who was born April 13, 1876 in Calhoun County, MS and died October 2, 1941 in Dundee, MS and is buried at Tunica, MS.: 23B1 John Marion Easley born January 20, 1901; died August 17, 1903; buried Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS; 23B2 William Thomas "Tommie" Easley born January 4, 1903; married first on December 23 1928 in Tunica, MS to Hattie Mae Alderson. (Divorced) Tommie married second on August 15, 1953 in Cleveland, MS to Dorothy Gertrude Casey who was born February 28, 1921 in Gibson, TN; 23B3 Euva Mae Easley born February 17, 1905; married April 10, 1930 at Lake Cormorant, MS to Henry Clyde Graham who was born September 28, 1905 in Ethel, Attala County, MS and died February 4, 1969 in Clarksdale, MS and is buried at Lyon, MS; 23B4 Verna Lee Easley born April 22, 1907; married September 6, 1944 in Hernando, MS to Robert Brankstone who was born February 28, 1876 in Pittsburgh, PA and died December 21, 1958 in Memphis, TN and is buried at Forrest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, TN; 23B5 Tildon Easley born August 4, 1909; died May 1, 1969; buried Starkville, MS; married in Philadelphia, MS to Mildred Johnston; 23B6 Truman Jackson Easley born February 11, 1912; died November 9, 1944; buried Tunica, MS; married Nancy Coleman; 23B7 Ella Bernice Easley born September 25, 1914; married November 4, 1933 at Clarksdale, MS to Floyd Embry who was born November 10, 1904 Calhoun County, MS; died December 11, 1974 in Bruce, MS and is buried in Bruce, MS; 23B8 Alice Gertrude Easley born June 20, 1918; married November 29, 1933 at Clarksdale, MS to George Willie "Joe Bill" Tomlin who was born October 3, 1915 in Tillatoba, MS and died January 21, 1969 in Tunica, MS and is buried in Tunica, MS

Grandchildren of John Mayberry Easley

2362 Lou Bera Easley (Newton Thomas, John Mayberry, Millington) born June 2, 1883 in Calhoun Co, MS; died January 25, 1968 in Grenada, MS; buried Lloyd Cemetery, Calhoun Co, MS; married first November 5, 1899 in Calhoun Co, MS to James William Bailey; married second on October 6, 1933 to D.A. Lunceford; married third Ed Lee; married fourth on January 18, 1953 to B.H. Cox. (See Bailey)

23621 Beulah Lee Bailey born October 7, 1901 married on October 8, 1916 to James Lafayette Brand who was born August 14, 1892 at New Liberty and died April 10, 1957 in Clarksdale, MS. He is buried at New Liberty Cemetery.

23622 Earl Hicks Bailey born January 10, 1902 in Vardaman, MS; married on December 21, 1929 at Cleveland, MS to Inez Harden who was born October 17, 1908 in Cleveland, MS.

23623 Leslie Edgard Bailey born February 14, 1904, died March 19, 1978 in Clarksdale, MS; married first Maude Erma Inmon who was born February 6, 1905 and died August 3, 1940. He married second to Eva Coleman.

23624 James Hosea Bailey born October 2, 1906 in Vardaman, MS; died April 30, 1979; married November 27, 1935 in Houston, MS to Laurette Edmondson who was born November 1, 1911 in Vardaman, MS

23625 Dee Bailey born about 1909; died June 8, 1975 in Clarksdale, MS; married Novelle Mary Foster

23626 Janie Lorette Bailey born October 17, 1911 at Shirley Ridge Community, Calhoun County, MS; married by Reverend H.H. Wallace on February 26, 1927 in Calhoun City, MS to James Taylor Caviness (See Caviness) who was born September 27, 1904 in Calhoun County, and died January 12, 1989 in Calhoun City, MS.

23627 Jay B. Bailey born October 11, 1914 and married on January 25, 1942 in Eupora, MS to Billye Elizabeth Oswalt who was born October 25, 1921.

23628 S.T. Bailey born January 25, 1917 and died in December 5, 1944 in World War II; buried at Lloyd Cemetery. S.T. was in an engineering division in Germany. They were returning to base when one of the members in his squad step on a land mine. Nearly all were killed.

23629 Ben Travis Bailey born June 18, 19(18?) and married first Maxine -----. He married second Irene Nichols.

2362A Lois Wynette Bailey born November 13, 1920 and married Andrew Jackson Inmon who was born October 10, 1915 at Vardaman, MS.