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AMON YARBRO FAMILY (Son of Aquilla?)

from the research of David Donahue, published February 22, 1998

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During his life time, David researched the history of several Decatur and Henderson County families. His research provides important basic research on the history of families that now live or have lived in these two counties. Like all research, it is not perfect and is known to contain both errors and omissions. By policy, David's original research will not be updated to correct these errors but will be maintained in the state left by David. However, we are happy to publish the family research of any families connected with Decatur or Henderson County. We will also publish comments as notes to David's research. Please email me your comments and/or family research that you would like posted to this web site to Jerry L. Butler at jlb30504@gmail.com.

1. Amon M.[1] Yarbro. Born, 20 Jan 1818. Died, 3 Oct 1865. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.

   He married Amanda Jane Haley. Born, 20 Oct 1827. Died, 17 Mar 1901. Burial in City Cem., Decatyurville, Decatur Co., TN. Children:

   1. Penelope Elizabeth (Neppie)[2] Yarbro.
2. Penelope Elizabeth (Neppie)[2] Yarbro (Amon M., 1). Born, 15 Oct 1849. Died, 3 May 1883. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.

   She married Reubin Smith, son of George Washington Smith and Jane White, 1867. Born, 10 Feb 1847. Died, 15 May 1907. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Occupation: Merchant. "Reubin Smith, merchant, is a native of Decatur County. . . . [He] is the eldest child born to his parents. He was reared on the farm, and at the time of the breaking out of the war was attending the Decaturville Academy; but at this time all schools were closed, consequently his education was not completed. Soon after the conclusion of the war he began clerking in the dry goods store of Young, Storm & Smith, and in 1874 became a partner with his father in a general merchantile business, which he has continued up to the present [1887]. . . . He is a Democrat, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for the past twenty-one years." [Goodspeed's History of Tennessee] Children:

   1. Ella J.[3] Smith. Born, 26 Oct 1867. Died, 8 Feb 1869. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.
   2. Emma Morris Smith.
   3. George Ernest Smith.
   4. Carrie Mae Smith.
   5. Charles Alston Smith. Born, circa 1878. Census: 1880, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1938, in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
   6. Reubin P. Smith. Born, 2 May 1883. Died, 1 Jul 1885. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.

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3. Emma Morris[3] Smith. Born, 11 Apr 1870. Died, 26 Jun 1936. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1880, in Decatur Co., TN.

   She married Willie A. Brasher, son of Philip R. Brasher and Arie B. (Ora) Russell, 20 Dec 1885, in Decatur Co., TN. Born, 20 Feb 1868. Died, 25 Aug 1945. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1880, in Decatur Co., TN. Children:

   1. Charlie Benjamin[4] Brasher.
   2. Fred Thurman Brasher. Born, 22 Sep 1888. Died, 5 Feb 1981. Burial in City Cem., Dyersburg, Dyer Co., TN. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1955, in Marietta, AR. He married Bertha Estelle Carlton, 29 Dec 1912.
   3. Neppie Brasher. Born, 10 Dec 1890. Died, 9 Feb 1897. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.
   4. Beulah May Brasher. Born, 26 Jul 1892. Died, 21 Sep 1957. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. She married, first, Neil Brown Howell, 19 May 1912, in Decatur Co., TN. She married, second, John L. Gaskin.
   5. Hallie Phillip Brasher.
   6. Ora Nell (Nellie) Brasher. Born, 5 Jul 1898. Died, 27 Oct 1975. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1955, in Tigrett, Dyer Co., TN. She married Ernest Holland, 22 Dec 1917.
   7. Infant Son Brasher. Born, Mar 1900. Died, Mar 1900.
   8. Mary Ella Brasher. Born, 4 Jan 1903. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1955, in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. She married Sam D. Mayberry, 10 Sep 1920.
   9. Rosa Brasher. Born, circa 1903. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN.
   10. Myrtle Jane Brasher. Born, 7 Oct 1905. Died, 15 Nov 1987. Burial in City Cem., Yorkville, Gibson Co., TN. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1955, in Newbern, Dyer Co., TN. She married Robert Taylor Harris.
   11. Ruby Mabel (Totsy) Brasher. Born, 13 Jul 1908. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1955, in Covington, Tipton Co., TN. She married Arnold Lovett, 16 Sep 1926.
   12. Mittie Catharine Brasher. Born, 10 Aug 1911. Resided: 1955, in Hobart, Lake Co., IN. She married, first, Aaron Simrell, 26 Mar 1932. She married, second, William Bell Thompson, 23 Dec 1933.

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4. George Ernest[3] Smith. Born, 12 Jul 1873, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Died, 9 Oct 1938, in Selmer, McNairy Co., TN. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1880, in Perry Co., TN. Occupation: Merchant.

   He married Carrie Pirtle, daughter of George W. Pirtle and Unknown, 12 Jul 1894, in Decatur Co., TN. Born, 1875. Died, 1953. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Children:

   1. Ernest[4] Smith. Born, 21 Nov 1896, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Died, 5 Feb 1980, in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN. Resided: 1938, in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN. He married Mary Kathryn Gregory.
   2. Infant Smith. Born, 28 Sep 1909. Died, 28 Sep 1909. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.
   3. Roy Smith. Resided: 1938, in Henderson, Chester Co., TN.
   4. George Smith. Resided: 1938, in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
   5. Pauline Smith. Resided: 1938, in Selmer, McNairy Co., TN.
   6. Grace Smith. Resided: 1938, in Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama.
5. Carrie Mae[3] Smith. Born, 7 Jul 1875. Died, 30 Nov 1967. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1938, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN.

   She married Granville L. Dennison, son of Curry Pettigrew Dennison and Nancy Jane Bray, 24 Dec 1891, in Decatur Co., TN. Born, 18 Feb 1870. Died, 23 Aug 1926. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Children:

   1. Charles L. (Charles)[4] Dennison. Born, 22 Dec 1892, in Decatur Co., TN. Died, 19 Feb 1977, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Burial in Hollywood Cem., Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. He married Bertha M. Cantrell. Charles L. Dennison was a veteral of World War I. An obituary mentions both that he was a deacon at First Baptist Church and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He had no children.
   2. Morris Lamont Dennison. Born, 5 Jun 1895. Died, 28 Sep 1895. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.
   3. R. (Robert?) Manley Dennison.
   4. Willie Ray Dennison. Born, 8 Mar 1899. Died, 29 May 1899. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.
   5. Allie Ruth Dennison. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.
   6. Mildred Dennison. Born, circa 1902. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN.
   7. Glenn E./Edward Glenn Dennison. Born, 1903, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Died, 1930, in Cairo, Alexander Co., IL. Burial in City Cem., Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. An article in the Lexington Progress, May 2, 1930, notes that the body of Edward Glenn Dennison was found in the river near Cairo, Illinois. He had last written March 17, 1930, to say he was returning home from Chicago. His suitcase had been found three weeks earlier on the docks at Cairo. He had lived in Jackson, Tennessee, until he got a job in Des Plains, Illinois.
   8. Ada Dennison. Born, circa 1907. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. The following letter by Ada Dennison was published in the "Decatur County Herald" on December 12, 1915. "Dear Santa: I want you to bring me a toy drum, some apples, some oranges. Bring my sister a rubber ball and candy. Bring me some nuts. I am a good girl and will be all my life. Your friend Ada Dennison."
   9. Lillian Dennison. Resided: 1930, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN.
   10. Mae Elizabeth Dennison. Resided: 1930, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN.

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6. Charlie Benjamin[4] Brasher. Born, 5 Oct 1886. Died, 17 Feb 1966. Burial in Eagle Lake, Colorado Co., TX. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1955, in Eagle Lake, Colorado Co., TX. Charlie Ben Brasher deserted his first wife and two children.

   He married, first, Mary Ella Adair, daughter of George Washington Adair and Mary C. Shipman, 22 Oct 1906, in Decatur Co., TN. Born, 28 Apr 1883. Died, 1 Feb 1969. Burial in Campground Cem., Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Children:

   1. Vera Jane[5] Brasher.
   2. George William Brasher.

   He married, second, Hallie Tharp.

7. Hallie Phillip[4] Brasher. Born, 6 Dec 1894, in Decatur Co., TN. Died, 26 Oct 1959, in Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge P, LA. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: circa 1930, in Dyer Co., TN. Resided: after 1939, in LA. An obituary for him does not list children.

   He married Helen Lee Eldrige (also Aldrich), 22 Jun 1918. Born, 1897. Died, Nov 1981. Children:

   1. Alice Jean[5] Brashear. Born, circa 1921. Died, 8 Aug 1921. Burial in Ebenezer Cem., Madison Co., TN.
8. R. (Robert?) Manley[4] Dennison. Born, 21 Jan 1897, in Decatur Co., TN. Died, 28 May 1975, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Burial in Hollywood Cem., Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Census: 1900, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1930, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Occupation: Machinist. Manley Dennison lived in Jackson after 1918 and at the time of his death lived at 811 Whitehall Street. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. An obituary lists three surviving sisters: Mrs. John D. Wilson, Jackson; Mrs. Barney L. Flowers, Humboldt; and Mrs. Max Gabe, Venice, FL.

   He married Hopie Almira M. Born, 28 Oct 1898, in Jackson, Madson Co., TN. Died, 18 Aug 1977, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Burial in Hollywood Cem., Madison Co., TN. Hopie dennison was a graduate of Union University and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Children:

   1. Robert (Bob)[5] Dennison. Resided: 1975, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN.
   2. Charley Dennison. Resided: 1975, in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
   3. Unknown Daughter Dennison. Resided: 1975, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. She married Sam McNatt.
   4. Unknown Daughter Dennison. Resided: 1960, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. She married Harrell Teddleton.

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9. Vera Jane[5] Brasher (Charlie Benjamin, 6). Born, 26 Oct 1907. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1991, in Bath Springs, Decatur Co., TN.

   She married, first, Abraham (Abe) Fisher, son of Madison (Mat) Fisher and Hattie Leasure, 26 Jul 1926. Born, 1900. Died, 1962. Burial in Campground Cem., Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1940, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Children:

   1. Billy Curtis[6] Fisher. Born, 1 Apr 1930. He married Betty Lou Rhinehart, 5 Dec 1953.
   2. George Madison Fisher.

   She married, second, Willie Loyd Holland, son of Oliver Holland and Cynthia Scott, after 1969. Born, 1900.

10. George William[5] Brasher (Charlie Benjamin, 6). Born, 8 Sep 1909. Died, 28 Apr 1991, in Jackson, Madison Co., TN. Burial in Campground Cem., Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1910, in Decatur Co., TN. Census: 1920, in Decatur Co., TN. Occupation: Farmer.

    He married Eloise Velma Lacy, daughter of Hiram G./Granville H. Lacy and Lillian A. Rushing, 19 Oct 1928. Born, 30 Nov 1908. Died, 22 Feb 1992, in Parsons, Decatur Co., TN. Burial in Campground Cem., Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1948, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Children:

    1. Melba Louise[6] Brasher. Born, 26 Dec 1929. Resided: 1991, in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She married, first, Julian B. Flemming, 26 Dec 1954, in Decatur Co., TN. Divorce, 1975. She married, second, John D. Johnson, 2 Oct 1981.
    2. Mary Lillian Brasher. Born, 6 Jul 1933. Resided: 1991, in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME. She married Leo Octave Fortin, 17 Oct 1953.
    3. Fred Lacy Brasher.
    4. Betty Sue Brasher. Born, 28 Aug 1945. Resided: 1991, in Parsons, Decatur Co., TN. She married, first, Jerry Paul Stout, son of Harwood Stout and Mary Jane Davis, 31 Aug 1963. She married,
11. George Madison[6] Fisher. Born, 13 Dec 1933.

    He married Jimmie Dean Wyatt, daughter of Gilbert Wyatt and Agness Britt, 11 Jun 1955. Children:

    1. Gregory[7] Fisher.
    2. Tina Fisher.
12. Fred Lacy[6] Brasher (George William, 10). Born, 9 Oct 1937. Resided: 1991, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN.

    He married Helen Fay Welch, daughter of Lewis Justice Welch and Mary Winona Houston, 31 Oct 1959, in Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1986, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Resided: 1996, in Decaturville, Decatur Co., TN. Children:

    1. Jonathan Alan[7] Brasher. Born, 16 Oct 1962, in Newport News, VA. He married Lori Ann Richardson, daughter of J. C. Richardson and Linda Lois Pulley, 27 Jul 1991, in Decatur Co., TN.