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     Lee McMurry was born in 1865 in Tennessee.^1,2,3
     

     Lee McMurry was listed at age 5, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of William Clark McMurry in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 21 July 1870.³

     Lee Murry was listed as a son at age 15, born in Tennessee, in the household of Anna Murry in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1880 enumerated 3 June 1880.²

     William McMurry was born in 1849.¹
     Anne Sloan lists this William as a son of William and Hannah. However, he never appears in a Census. Could it be that he died as an infant? The next son that is born, in 1861, is also named William.

     William Clark McMurry was born circa 1820 in Kentucky.^1,2,3,4 He married Hannah Elizabeth Sloan on 31 October 1848 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee.^5,6 William died in August 1879 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.¹
     

     The following was found in the Nashville City Directory pertaining to William C. McMurry:

     1865, William McMurry, Clerk, home S. Market & Murfreesboro Pike
     1866, W. C. McMurry, Clerk, home S. Market near S. Nashville
     1867, William C. McMurry, Druggist, 19 Public Square, home 2 S. Jefferson
     1868, William C. McMurry, Druggist, 19 Public Square, home 42 S. Jefferson
     1869, W. C. McMurry, prescriptionist, 11 Public Square, home 332 S. Sumner
     1870, W. C. McMurry, prescriptionist, 12 Public Square, home 332 S. Sumner
     1871, W. C. McMurry, prescriptionist, 12 Public Square, home 122 Filmore
     1880, Hannah E. McMurray, widow of William, Fillmore near Maury
     1881, Elizabeth McMurray widow of William, home 104 Maury

     William was a druggist for most of his life, but it got so the hours were too long for him. He quit the drug business and had a coal yard when he died.⁷

     In the Census of 1850, enumerated 18 October 1850, W. C. McMurry was listed as a head of household in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 30, occupation as a merchant, born in Tennessee.. Also enumerated in the household: Elizabeth McMurry.²

     In the Census of 1860, enumerated 15 June 1860, William Clark McMurry was listed as a head of household in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 40, occupatin as a farmer with real estate value of $10,000 and personal estate value of $1000, born in Kentucky. Also enumerated in the household: Angeline Elizabeth McMurry, Ida Vanetta McMurry, Eliza McMurry and Ellen A. McMurry.⁴

     In the Census of 1870, enumerated 21 July 1870, William Clark McMurry was listed as a head of household in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 51, occupation as a physcian with property value of $200, born in Kentucky. Also enumerated in the household: Hannah Elizabeth McMurry, Angeline Elizabeth McMurry, Ida Vanetta McMurry, William Mortimer McMurry, Lee McMurry, Frances McMurry and Evila Belle McMurry.³

     William Mortimer McMurry was born in August 1861 in Tennessee.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7} He married Emma M. ? circa 1888.⁴
     

     William went by the name of Willie.

     William was an engineer on the Pan-American, queen of the Old Reliable passenger trains, for the Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad. The following is a transcription of an article that appeared in the employee's magazine of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in June 1935. The article was transcribed and provided by Ben Hullan.⁸

“Putting The Pan-American Over The Ether Waves”

Since it began its daily-except-Sunday broadcast over Radio Station WSM on August 15, 1933, the Pan-American, queen of Old Reliable passenger trains, has thrilled and puzzled many people. Listeners in Cuba, Canada, and in almost every state in the United States, have written many letters expressing their appreciation of this novel broadcast, asking numerous questions and offering various suggestions. Is the broadcast authentic or faked? How fast is the train running? How many cars are in the train? Who are the engineers? How old are the engineers? What type of engine pulls the train? How is the broadcast made? These are some of the things they want to know, and an individual reply has been made to every one of the many hundred letters, answering the questions asked and giving other information of interest.

The broadcast, which goes on the air at 5:08 p.m. each week day, is the real thing and requires about two minutes. The announcer opens with a short announcement that the sounds of the train as it passes the 878 foot tower of WSM 12 miles south of Nashville are about to be broadcast. As he finishes the train is heard approaching, the engine whistle blowing the regulation grade crossing signal of two long blasts, one short, and a final long blast. As the train rushes toward the microphone the sound increases in volume until it seems that the engine is about to come right through your room. The whistle stops, the train passes the microphone and fades into the distance, then the announcer concludes the program with a brief talk about the Old Reliable, its trains and the places they go.

A rather unique and interesting demonstration of the genuineness of the broadcast was provided just a few days ago by a mocking bird perched near the microphone. During the brief pause between the opening talk and the approach of the train listeners could plainly hear the bird singing.

A great deal of preparation was necessary to get this broadcast started, and considerable care must be exercised each day so that it will “click” just right. Many tests were necessary to determine the best location for the “mike.” After this was decided it was necessary to run a wire from the microphone location to the transmitting station near the tower seven-tenths of a mile distant. There the wire was connected with a line to the WSM studio in Nashville. The train signals picked up by the microphone are carried over this line through the control room at the studio and back through the transmitting station to the tower which radiates the sound waves that are caught by your radio.

Inasmuch as the announcements on the program are made from the Nashville studio there arose the problem of timing the opening announcement so that it would end just an instant before the train sounds come in. After much testing this was solved by making a wire connection between an annunciator that was installed in a shanty that had been placed at the microphone location and a point in the track 3,000 feet north. When the front wheels of the engine reach this point the annunciator bell rings in the cabin and the broadcast begins.

Next there arose the question: “Where shall the engineer start and stop whistling?” This called for more testing and the placing of whistling posts. The post marking the spot where the engineer starts whistling is 1200 feet north of the microphone; the post where the whistle ends is just a few feet north of the “mike.”

Each day about four o’clock the radio engineer goes down to the shanty and makes tests to see that everything is O.K. If any trouble has developed there is still time to make repairs. If not, he returns to the transmitter. Fifteen minutes before The Pan-American is due the engineer goes back to the shanty and again tests his apparatus. Then he sits down to await the ringing of the annunciator bell in the shanty which tells him that The Pan-American has arrived at the point 3,000 feet north. He speaks into a telephone on which three men--an operator at the transmitter, another in the control room at the studio, and the announcer also at the studio--are waiting and tells them to start the broadcast. Immediately the controls are manipulated and the announcer starts his opening talk. This is timed so that he will finish just as the train reaches the whistling post 1,200 feet north of the shanty.

About a mile north of the shanty, which is located on the west side of the track opposite WSM’s tower near Brentwood, Tenn., there is a separation of the double track. One line leads to Athens, Ala., via Columbia, Tenn., and the other leads to Athens via Lewisburg, Tenn. Between Brentwood and Athens these are two single track lines and as The Pan-American goes via Lewisburg it crosses over from one track to the other at Brentwood and in doing this is required to slow down to 20 miles per hour. Then it encounters an up-grade and does not begin to regain speed until just before it reaches the spot where the annunciator wire connects with the track 3,000 feet north of the microphone. When it passes the shanty it is running about 45 miles per hour. Later on when it gains full momentum it “highballs” through the scenery at 60 miles an hour, or faster. There are generally six cars in The Pan-American as it passes the microphone. This varies of course according to the ebb and flow of travel, but there are never less than six. These include one diner, one club lounge car, two Pullmans, one day coach and one combination coach and baggage car.

Three engineers are regularly assigned to The Pan-American between Nashville and Birmingham Ala., who take part in the broadcast by sounding the whistle at the proper time. They are Tom Burns, who began railroading on the L. & N. in 1880 and who has been an engineer for 48 years; Jack Hayes, who entered L. & N. service in 1887 and has been pulling throttles for 40 years; and Bill McMurry, who has been a railroader for 53 years and has spent all but seven years of that time as an engineer. All three live in Nashville. Many fans have learned to identify these engineers by the differences in their whistling technique.

When The Pan-American has eight cars or less it is drawn by a K-5, or 4-6-2, type engine. When there are more than eight cars and greater power is needed to maintain the schedule an L-1, 4-8-2, locomotive is used.

The broadcast was originally made at 5:38 p.m., but on February 5 was moved up to 5:08 on account of the shortening of the southbound Pan-American’s schedule which puts it by the shanty 30 minutes earlier.

     William Mortimer McMurry was listed at age 8, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of William Clark McMurry in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 21 July 1870.²

     Willie Murry was listed as a son at age 18, born in Tennessee, in the household of Anna Murry in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1880 enumerated 3 June 1880.³

     William Mortimer McMurry was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census enumerated 4 June 1900, in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 38, occupation as a railroad man, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Emma M. McMurry.⁴

     William Mortimer McMurry was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census enumerated 22 April 1910, in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 49, occupation as a locomotive engineer, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Emma M. McMurry.⁵

     William Mortimer McMurry was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census enumerated 7 January 1920, in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 57, occupation as a engineer on a steam railroad, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Emma M. McMurry.⁶

     In the Census of 1930, enumerated 15 April 1930, Will McMurry was listed as head of household in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 69, occupation as a locomotive engineer for a railroad, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Emma M. McMurry.⁷

     Olivia B. McWherter married Frances McMurry, son of William Clark McMurry and Hannah Elizabeth Sloan, on 12 June 1889 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.¹

     Laura Moon married Henry Richard Lawrence, son of Carl Greenville Lawrence [Sr.] and Jessie Kidder Harper.¹

     Edna Moore was born circa 1893 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 She married Frank Omohundro Harper, son of James Thomas Harper and Ida Vanetta McMurry, circa 1912.^1,3
     

     Edna Harper was listed as wife at age 27, born in Tennessee, in the household of Frank Omohundro Harper in Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1920 enumerated 7 February 1920.²

     Edna Harper was listed as wife at age 36, born in Tennessee, in the household of Frank Omohundro Harper in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1930 enumerated 7 April 1930.³

     Unknown Moore married Anna M. ?.

     Edgar Walter Morris was born on 4 July 1877 in Dentville Co., Copiah Co., Mississippi.¹ He married Parthenia Deleanous Clark.

     Jesse Faye Morris married Henry Richard Lawrence, son of Carl Greenville Lawrence [Sr.] and Jessie Kidder Harper.¹

     Daniel Coleman Mullins was born circa 1785 in Virginia.^1,2,3,4 He married Oridema Lyle between 1805 and 1809 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.^1,5 Daniel died in 1857 in Short Mountain, Cannon Co., Tennessee.¹
     

     Daniel moved to Warren Co., Tennessee, by 1812 and appeared in the tax list. In the 1820 Warren Co., Tennessee Census his household consisted of 6 males and 3 females. In the 1840 Warren Co., Tennessee Census his household consisted of 5 males and 3 females.

     On 15 January 1841, Daniel Mullins witnessed the sale of land near Short Mountain, Cannon County, Tennessee by Ezekiel Mullins and Joseph Mullins.

     There is a story in the Old McGuffey Reader that is family lore in the Mullins family. It seems Daniel went to town for supplies, leaving his wife and children at home. They were asleep one night when Didema suddenly awakened, heard noises, and whispered to the children to slip out the window. She was the last and so large she could barely get through the window. But they all got out and ran to hide in the forest in a hugh tree stump. The next morning they found that Indians had ransacked and destroyed everything in the house.

     On 20 February 1840, Daniel C. Mullins deeded 15 acres on the head waters of the east fork of Stone's River to Job Stephens.⁶ Daniel C. Mullins deeded 50 acres to Robert K. Stephens on 3 Dec. 1840.⁶ On 30 December Hiram Morris deeded 22 acres on Sycamore Fork of the Clear Rock to Daniel C. Mullins.⁶ Daniel C. Mullins deeded 20 acres on Cyemore fork of clear fork to William B. Nokes (believed to be brother or Thomas Nokes Jr., husband of Susan Mullins) on 1 September 1841. On 23 October 1846, Daniel C. Mullins deeded 50 acres in the 9th District to James Smithson and William S. Clark.⁶ I am assuming that this is Daniel C. Sr. although some of these transactions could be Daniel C. Jr.¹

     Daniel Coleman Mullins was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Rutherford Co., North Carolina. Enumerated were:
          1 white male < 10, Jubilee?
          1 white male 10-16, unknown
          1 white male 16-25, Daniel Coleman
          1 white female 16-25, Oridema.

     Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Warren Co., Tennessee. Enumerated were:
          3 White Males Under 10, Joseph, Daniel Jr., David
          1 White Male 10-16, Jubilee
          1 White Male 16-26, Unknown
          1 White Male 26-45, Daniel Sr.
          1 White Female Under 10, Unknown
          1 White Female 26-45, probably Oridema
          1 White Female 45 and over, Unknown.⁷

     Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Cannon Co., Tennessee. Enumerated were:
          1 White Male 5-10, William
          2 White Males 10-15, Unknowns
          1 White Male 30-40, Jubilee
          1 White Male 50-60, Daniel
          1 White Female 5-10, Louisa
          1 White Female 15-20, Unknown
          1 White Female 40-50, Oridema.⁴

     In the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850, Daniel Coleman Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 65, occupation as a farmer with property value of $700, born in Virginia. Also enumerated in the household: Oridema Mullins, Jubilee Mullins, Louisa Mullins, William H. Mullins, Daniel Coleman Mullins Jr. and Martha Jane Mullins.³

     Daniel Coleman Mullins Jr. was born circa 1816 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 He married Martha Jane Mullins on 25 July 1839 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^1,4,5 Daniel died before 1860 in Tennessee.¹
     

     Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Cannon Co., Tennessee. Enumerated were:
          1 White Male 20-30, Daniel
          1 White Female 15-20, Martha Jane.⁶

     Daniel Coleman Mullins Jr. was listed at age 34, born in Tennessee, occupation as a farmer, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.³

     David Lyle Mullins was born on 4 March 1818 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 He married Leah E. Covington on 4 June 1840.^4,5,6
     

     David was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Cannon Co., Tennessee. Enumerated were:
          1 White Male 20-30, David
          1 White Female 20-30, Leah.⁷

     In the Census of 1850, enumerated 18 October 1850, David Lyle Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 31, occupation as a blacksmith with property value of $25, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Leah E. Mullins.⁴

     In the Census of 1860, enumerated 5 July 1860, David Lyle Mullins was listed as a head of household in Coffee Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 40, occupation as a wool ? with real estate value of $300 and personal estate value of $150, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Leah E. Mullins.³

     In the Census of 1870, enumerated 8 June 1870, David Lyle Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 50, occupation as a blacksmith with property value of $300, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Leah E. Mullins.²

     John W. Mullins was born in 1821 in Tennessee.¹ He married Hannah C. Sapp on 20 June 1845 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^1,2,3 John died before 1859.
     

     On 26 September 1846, John W. Mullins deeded 54 acres to John Young of the East Fork of Stone's River.⁴ On 5 May 1847 Isaiah Neely deeded 175 acres in the 6th District to John W. Mullins.⁴ John W. Mullins deeded a negro woman name Charlotte, age 32, to Robert Bailey for $400 on 2 September 1848.⁴ Stephen Harriman issued a trust deed to John W. Mullins on 31 August 1848.⁴ John W. Mullins issued a trust deed to A. D. Fugett on 20 April 1849.⁴ John W. Mullins issued a title bond to George Ashford on 24 March 1844.⁴ and issued a title bond to Bazel Ashford on 20 September 1848.⁴ On 31 December 1852, John W. Mullins and B. C. Ashford deeded to John Young, their interest in a tract of land on Stone's River in the 7th District, Widow Mullins dowery.⁴

     In the Census of 1850, enumerated 2 September 1850, John W. Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. He was listed at age 29, occupation as a farmer with property value of $1,050, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Hannah Mullins.⁵

     Joseph Mullins was born between 1810 and 1820 in Tennessee.¹ He married Nancy Ashford on 16 August 1838 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^2,3,4 Joseph died before 1850.
     

     On 15 January 1841 Jubelee and Joseph Mullins deeded 97 acres to Harrison Smith on clear Fork of Stone's River.⁵ On 23 June 1841 Jesse Sullins deeded 66 acres on the east fork of Stone's River to Joseph Mullins.⁵ On 17 August 1843, Joseph Mullins deeded 38 acres in the 7th District to John Young.⁵

     On the 1850 U. S. Census for Cannon Co., Tennessee, Nancy appears with her father. It appears that Joseph may have died prior to 1850.

     Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Cannon Co., Tennessee. Enumerated were:
          1 White Male 20-30, Joseph
          1 White Female 20-30, Nancy.²

     Jubilee Mullins was born circa 1810 in North Carolina.^1,2,3
     

     On 15 January 1841 Jubelee and Joseph Mullins deeded 97 acres to Harrison Smith on clear Fork of Stone's River.⁴

     Jubilee Mullins was listed at age 40, born in Tennessee, occupation as a blacksmith, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     Louisa Mullins was born circa 1833 in Tennessee.^1,2,3 She married Henry Cox on 15 February 1863 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.⁴
     

     Louisa Mullins was listed at age 17, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     Martha Jane Mullins was born circa 1823 in Tennessee.^1,2,3,4 She married first Daniel Coleman Mullins Jr., son of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle, on 25 July 1839 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^1,5,6 She married second John Young on 23 June 1870 in Cannon Co., Tennessee.^1,5
     

     Martha Jane Mullins was listed at age 27, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Daniel Coleman Mullins in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 19 October 1850.²

     In the Census of 1860, enumerated 20 July 1860, Martha Jane Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 335, no occupation with property value of $250, born in Tennessee.³

     In the Census of 1870, enumerated 19 July 1870, Martha Jane Mullins was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 48, occupation keeping house with property value of $100, born in Tennessee.⁴

     Milton Jasper Mullins was born on 30 March 1830 in Tennessee.^1,2 He married Evaline Sanders Crockett on 12 September 1860 in Red River Co., Texas.² Milton died on 8 November 1884 in Red River Co., Texas, at age 54.²
     

     I believe that Milton Jasper Mullins is the Milton J. Mullins listed with Susan (Mullins) Nokes in the 1850 U. S. Census and is her brother making him the son of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle.

     Milton Jasper Mullins was listed at age 18, born in Tennessee, as a member of the household of Susan Nokes in Cannon Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1850, enumerated 8 September 1850.¹

     Susan Mullins was born in August 1811 in Short Mountain in Warren Co., Tennessee.^2,3,4,5,6 She married first Thomas Nokes Jr., son of Thomas Nokes, before 1835. She married second Nathaniel Harper circa 1852. Susan died of old age on 3 July 1886 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, at age 74.⁷ She was interred on 4 July 1886 in City Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee.²
     

     Susan was also known as Susanah.

     Susan is probably the oldest daughter of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle of the Short Mountain area of Cannon Co., Tennessee. There are several facts that when taken together leads me to this conclusion.

1. A tape interview with Bessie (Harper) Hulan, a granddaughter of Susan's, indicated that Susan was the oldest of a large family of about 10 children from the Short Mountain area of Cannon Co. This tape is in the possession of Dick Hulan.⁶

2. On the 1820 Warren Co., Tennessee census there is an unidentified female in the age range of less than 10. Susan was born circa 1813 based on census records and cemetery records or Aug 1811 based on a taped interview with Bessie Hulan, Susan's granddaughter. Cannon Co. was formed from Warren Co. and other in 1836. The Short Mountain area in Cannon Co. is near the border of Warren Co.

3. This female does not appear in the household of Daniel C. Mullins in the 1840 Cannon Co. Census. I have been unable to find Daniel in the 1830 Census. Susan married her first husband, Thomas Nokes, circa 1835.

4. Thomas Nokes died before June 1847. In the settlement of his estate on 28 June 1847, recorded in the June term of 1849, there are settlement payments to David Mullins and to John W. Mullins, both sons of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle.⁸

5. In the 1850 Cannon Co. Census, Susan is listed as Susanah along with her Nokes children Martha, Mary, Sarah, and William and with a Milton Mullins and a Sarah Ann Mullins both of an age that they could possibly be unidentified children of Daniel and Oridema enumerated in the 1840 Cannon Co. Census. This, however, cannot be certain. They may be of some other relation.

6. In the 1860 Davidson Co. Census, Sarah is listed with her second husband, Nathaniel Harper, her Nokes children Mary and William, Sarah Ann Mullins from above, and an Ida Mullins age 70. This could possibly be Oridema.

7. In the scrapbook of Ida Vanetta (McMurray) Harper, wife of James Thomas Harper, was a newspaper article date October 28, 1868, from The Tyler Reporter (Texas) concerning the sudden death of Capt. W. H. Mullins of the law firm of Long & Mullins, by suicide. It states that he was from Tennessee and 34 years of age making him born in 1834. This matches another son of Daniel and Oridema, William H. Mullins born ca. 1834. This article must have been in the possession of James Thomas Harper who probably obtained from his mother Susan and was added to Ida's scrapbook sometime after their marriage in 1872. This would be a strong indication that W. H. Mullins was probably a brother of Susan's and an uncle of James Thomas.⁹

     These facts when taken together leads me to believe that Susan was the oldest daughter of Daniel Coleman Mullins and Oridema Lyle.

     In the Chancery Court of Cannon County are several entries in a case involving Medford Caffey and Susan Nokes, William B. Nokes, the children of Susan Nokes. To summarize the proceedings, they seem to center around the challenge of title rights to three parcels of land purchased by Thomas Nokes from Medford Caffey, one of which was sold by Thomas Nokes to David M. Jarret and the other two sold by Thomas Nokes to William B. Nokes. The final decision of the court was award of the titles to the said parcel of lands to David M. Jarret and William B. Nokes, and Medford Caffey ordered to pay the court costs.¹⁰

     There is an entry in the Cannon Co. Deed Books of the sale of 15 acres in the 6th District to Susan Harper, Administratrix of Thomas Nokes, 15 September 1856.¹¹

     Susan had to take care of the Hickman children, George and Thomas, after the death of their mother, Susan's daughter Mary. Mary is said to lost her mind and died after her baby daughter was born.⁶ This baby daughter does not appear in any of the census with the family and perhaps was still-born or died shortly after death which may have contributed to Mary's mental condition.

     Susan was a school teacher for 45 years of her life. She taught in Woodbury, Cannon Co., Tennessee, and also in Nashville during the Civil War. She taught at a private school (pay school). At one time she was teaching in a little log cabin near Cedar Grove Church out of Lebanon. Her farm was just five miles out of Lebanon on Hunter's Farm Pike. It is said that she could sing like a lark and if she had been a man she would have been a preacher.⁶

     In Brown's History of Woodbury and Cannon County, Tenn. he describes a store operated by Bates and Hume that was located in part of a house "now occupied by Mrs. Quarles." He states "Many years agor Mrs. Harper taught school there, at which time (it being the custom of the country) she taught her pubils Geography by having them to sing the names of the Capitols of the States and the river upon which they were situated. Thus: "Maine, Augusta, on the Kennebeck River; Vermont, Montpelier, on the Onion River; New Hamptshire, Concord, on the Merrimac River," etc."¹²

     In the Census of 1850, enumerated 8 September 1850, Susan Nokes was listed as a head of household in Cannon Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 38, occupation as a teacher with property value of $330, born in Tennessee. Also enumerated in the household: Martha Ann Nokes, Mary J. Nokes, Sarah Nokes, William H. Nokes and Milton Jasper Mullins.³

     Susan Harper was listed at age 51, born in Virginia, occupation as a high school teacher, as a member of the household of Nathaniel Harper in Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1860, enumerated 7 June 1860.⁴

     Susan Mullins was listed at age 55, born in Tennessee, occupation as a school teacher, as a member of the household of George W. Hickman in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the Census of 1870, enumerated 30 June 1870.¹³

     In the Census of 1880, enumerated 12 June 1880, Susan Mullins was listed as head of household in Wilson Co., Tennessee. She was listed at age 68, occupation as a school teacher, born in Tennessee.¹⁴

     Unknown Mullins was born between 1825 and 1830.²