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1. Title:   MEMORIES OF OAK GROVE
Author:   GOLDMAN DEWITT FREELAND
Publication:   WWW.TNGENWEB.ORG/SUMNER/SUMNOGF2.HTM

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a. Continued:   Memories of Oak Grove Part Two The Sherrons, The Freelands, The Angleas, and The Others
 by Goldman Dewitt Freeland Reprinted with permission. The Sherrons
  William "Buck" Sherron lived to be in his 90's and when he
 died he had, in addition to his 13 children, 64
 grandchildren, 87 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great
 grandchildren. Their 13 children were: Thornton, Tom,
 Frankie, Mary, Bill, Effrom (sometimes spelled Effraon),
 Nancy Sarah , William, John, America Tennessee, Charlie and
 Robert. Their birth dates range from 1846 to 1872 - a 26
 year period. One child was born out of every two years. I
 will take these children one at a time to show you their
 significance around the Oak Grove Community.

 Thornton Sherron - He had three children, Morgan, Matt and
 Ella. Morgan's children were Alene, Joe, Hershel, Henry,
 Fannie Bell and Bessie. Matt married a Durham and had
 children named Alfred, Luther, Virgil, John, Lloyd, Ollie
 Paul, Carroll, Bertha, and Willie.

 Alfred Durham's son, John W., was my partner in the country
 store ice routes. Ella Sherron Simpson had four girls and a
 boy. The girls were named Gertie who married a Martin,
 Susie who married a Hunter, Alvia who married a Fisher and
 Rosalie who married a Parrish. Jessie, the boy, married
 Neely Presnell, the preacher's daughter.

 Tom Sherron - The second of the 13 children had 9 children
 and lived to be about 104 years old. His children were
 Walter, Willie, Tommy, Maude, Chaney, Ethel, Vernie, Laura
 and Ann. Ann later married a Duffer. Chaney married a
 Simpson. One of the other girls married a West. Her name
 was Laura as I recall. Anyway, this West lady had 3 boys
 that I remember, namely, Johnny, Russell, and Albert. The
 other children of Tom Sherron I know little about.

 Frankie Sherron Purdue - The third child of the 13 married
 Reese Purdue and from this marriage they had Ann Fleming,
 Gilbert, Brode, Carry, Evna Martin, Pearl, Fannie Hunter,
 Izzie Moye, Lillie Hunter, and Mattie.

 Out of this group the significance to Oak Grove in
 particular was Ann Fleming. Ann had children names Robe,
 Ernest and M.B. Robe married "Miss Mabel Anglea", Charlie
 Anglea's sister, and they lived practically in front of the
 Presbyterian Church when I grew up. They were both active
 in the community and in the church and loved by many people.
 They had a daughter named Dorothy who was about the age of
 one of my sisters - Theda.

 Mary Sherron Neal - The fourth child of the thirteen married
 George Neal. George and Mary Sherron Neal had 10 children -
 Emma, Charlie, Hack, Luther, Herman, Nannie, Mag, Callie,
 George, and Gus.

 Taking these one at a time of those I know, I will begin
 with Hack Neal. He was pastor for the Presbyterian Church
 for a period of time. He was a Presbyterian Minister. He
 and his wife had children Narcella, William, and Carlyle.

 Maggie, one of the girls of George and Mary, married a
 Purdue. He died and she later married Brade Maddox. From
 Purdue they had children named Prater Purdue and Mildred
 Johnson. From Brade Maddox they had Basil Maddox and
 Kenneth Maddox. The Maddoxs lived across the road from us
 when we were growing up and Basil and I played together a
 lot.

 Gus, one of the boys of George and Mary, married Emma
 Clendening. They had children named Lila, Dorothy, Jimmy
 and Bobby. Dorothy is a nurse at the hospital in
 Fountainhead. Jimmy is a nationally known lawyer living in
 Nashville. Bobby is a retired officer of the military
 service and he lives in Gallatin at this time with his
 wife.

 Lila married Beuford Ligon. Lila and Beuford were a
 significant part of Oak Grove as well as Lila's parents.
 They continued to make Oak Grove a part of their activity as
 they live in Gallatin. They had as children, Linda, Barry,
 and Beth who grew up in Oak Grove.

 Bill Sherron - The fifth of this 13 number had one child
 named Nora.

 Effrom Sherron - The sixth of these 13 children had sons
 named Willie and Johnny.

 Nancy Sherron - She was known as "Nanny" and was the seventh
 of the 13 children. She married an Isaac McGlothen. They
 had children named Bill, Taylor and Bertha. Bertha married
 Will Freeland.

 The Freelands lived near Oak Grove down toward Sulphuria at
 the creek. They had two children - Oscar and Jewel. Oscar
 married Inez Thornton and had Nancy and Billy as children.
 Jewel married Raymond Jones and they had children named
 Joanne and Charles William.

 This whole family was active and some are still active in
 the Oak Grove Church and community. Bill and Taylor, I
 remember, had good jobs with the railroad and moved from Oak
 Grove as young men.

 Sarah Sherron Brown - Sarah Sherron was eighth of the 13
 children and married Jim Henry Brown. This marriage
 produced 12 children - Lannie Butt, Harris, Joe, Fount,
 Bill, Muncie, Dewey Gilliam, Lula Hodges, Hattie Ashlock,
 Vallie Brown, Meazzy Hodges, and Follie. Harris had 2 or 3
 children - 2 daughters. One was named Thelma.

 Joe of this group contributed most to the number of people
 in Oak Grove. Joe married Arah Lambert and they had
 children named Edith, J.D., Marguerite, Sarah, Claudene,
 Billie, Pattie, Harold, Betty and Connie. They were all
 significant parts of Oak Grove church, school and community.
 Some of the children and grandchildren are still active in
 the Oak Grove community.

 Hattie Brown Ashlock had children by Will Ashlock named
 Leslie and Ardeth. Ardeth married Tommy Hodges. Leslie
 married Paulene Moye. Lula Hodges of Jim Henry Brown and
 Sarah Sherron had a daughter named Beulah Mayes.

 Lannie Butt of the children of Jim and Sarah Brown had
 children named Virgil, Roy, James, Cecil, and Rufus. Bill
 Brown of the marriage of Jim and Sarah Brown, married Rosie
 Cantrell and had children named Mabel, Pete. and Rufus.

 William Sherron - William was ninth of the 13 children. He
 was one of the men who left the community and went to Texas
 when he was young and I know nothing about his family.

 John Sherron - He was tenth of 13. He married Cass Anglea,
 my grandfather's sister, and had children named Harry,
 Harvey, and a daughter named May. May married Henry Brown
 and from this marriage they had two children named Harland
 and Hubert. I don't know about Harvey Sherron's family
 since he left and went to Indianapolis at a young age.
 Harry never married.

 America Tennessee Sherron Anglea - This Sherron was my
 grandmother. She was the 11th of the 13 and she married
 George Anglea. They had children named Witt, Cassie,
 Chaney, Norma, Paul, and Harrison. Witt married Nola Doris
 and had no children. Chaney and Norma died when they were
 teenagers. Paul married Pauline Walden - the doctor's
 daughter. They had children named Billy and Joanne.

 Harrison Anglea married Myrtle Presnell - the preacher's
 daughter and had no children. Cassie, my mother, married
 Harris Freeland, my father. They had 8 children - all still
 living. They are Allene, Annie V., Dewitt, Christine,
 Theda, Lorene, Donald, and Jeanette.

 Allene married Wayne Durham and had children named Richard,
 Ward and Sherry. Annie V. married Victor Allen. They have
 one daughter named Anita. Dewitt married Sarah Clay and had
 children named Sandra, Sheila, and Debby. Christine married
 Sturge Poorman - a doctor from Philadelphia. They have
 children named Sturgis, John and Donald. Theda married
 Graham Snow who later died. She is now married to Chic
 Thomas. She has no children.

 Lorene married Haskel Douglas and they have Kathy, Teresa,
 and Bill. Donald, my only brother, married Sue Barker and
 they have children, Carole, Robert, and Mark. Jeanette, my
 youngest sister, married Bill Evatt and they have children
 named Julie, Alan, John and David.

 Charlie Sherron and Robert Sherron - These boys were number
 12 and 13. They had no children as far as I know.

 <center><strong><font size=+1>The
 Freelands</font></strong></center>

 Sid Freeland, my grandfather, had two brothers and one
 sister who lived in the Oak Grove Community. His brother,
 Elvis, ran a store there in the early days. Elvis later
 moved toward Corinth. Will married Bertha and lived in Oak
 Grove. (Editor's Note: Mr. Freeland hand wrote a
 correction. There was third brother named Albert.) Elvis,
 Sid, Will, and Annie, the sister were the children of John
 Freeland who came from North Carolina into the Corinth
 Community.

 My grandfather, Sidney Freeland married Julie Gant and they
 had children named Cleve and Harris. After Julie died
 Sidney Freeland married Lizzie Parker and they had a son
 named Clare. I have already told you about the family of
 Harris, my father.

 Elvis Freeland ran the country store there in Oak Grove in
 the very early days and later his son Luther ran the country
 store. Elvis also had a son named Omar who had two sons, I
 believe, and two daughters. I remember Lloyd and Christine.
 Lloyd, I believe, is an active part of Sumner County right
 now. Luther Freeland had a son named Talman who married and
 had at least one daughter whom I've met.

 Will Freeland, I mentioned, married Bertha and they had two
 children, Oscar and Jewel, and lived in Oak Grove.

 Annie Freeland, grandfather Sid's sister, married John Brown
 and had two sons named Henry and Harvey, mentioned
 elsewhere.

 <center><strong><font size=+1>The
 Angelas</font></strong></center>

 George Anglea, my other grandfather, was a son of Robert
 Anglea, a Civil War casualty, who is buried near Cross Roads
 close to Oak Grove. You can get detailed history about the
 Anglea Family from a book called "Band of Angleas" written
 by Robert W. Anglea.

 One other person I want to mention that has the name Anglea
 is Charlie Anglea. He was a distant relative of my mother
 and, of course, me. Charlie Anglea ran one of the three
 country stores as I grew up in Oak Grove. He married Nannie
 Allen Anglea from Edenwold, Tennessee. They were a highly
 respected couple who were active in their church, teachers
 of young people and a big part of the community. They had a
 son named Bert.

 Now that just about takes care of the close relatives and my
 connection with Oak Grove. Let me go to other people, some
 of whom are distant relatives, in Oak Grove. They are
 mentioned in no particular order except maybe where they
 lived.

 <center><strong><font size=+1>The
 Others</font></strong></center>

 Charlie Cook and his wife, Vera, had children named
 Christine, Kenneth, Delores, Evelyn, JoAnne, and Jean. All
 of these people were a big part of the Oak Grove community
 as I grew up. They were active in school and church. As a
 teen-ager I played with Kenneth along with Basil Maddox,
 J.D. Brown, and others. Some of these children along with
 their grandchildren are probably still active in the
 community. I know that the younger children are active in
 the Oak Grove community at this time.

 At the center crossroads of Oak Grove, in a two story
 building with a porch, lived Albert Bradley and his wife,
 Miss Clare. They had a daughter named Maude who married
 Esco Hinton (the blacksmith, the gristmill operator and the
 carpenter). They had one son named Harley J. who was an
 early teen businessman with whom I sometimes worked.

 A family named Simpson was a big part of Oak Grove. Joe
 Simpson and wife Nora had three children - Tennessee,
 Dennis, and Alton. Tennessee and Alton remained active in
 Oak Grove throughout this period. Alton married Rachel
 Reddick. They had children named Barbara and Roger.
 Tennessee is mentioned elsewhere.

 There was a gentleman named Will Cantrell, I remember, that
 lived near Oak Grove. There was a couple named Mr. and Mrs.
 Homer Campbell, Will Cantrell's sister, who had two children
 named Austin and Clayton. There was a Mr. and Mrs. Bud
 Crowder who had a son named Roscoe.

 There was a Mr. and Mrs. Brode Fleming. Brode and his wife
 Mallie Butt had children named Floyd, Allene and Pauline.
 Allene and Pauline were twins. They were a very significant
 part of the community and teenage crowd when I grew up.

 Minus Denning lived down the road towards Fairfield. He
 married one of the daughters of Mary Sherron. She and Minus
 Denning had children named Opal, G.D., Hazel, and Lucille.
 I know at least two of these people are still a part of the
 area of Oak Grove.

 There was a preacher named Reverend Tom Neal who lived in
 Oak Grove after he retired and of course attended Oak Grove
 church. I recall when he retired he preached his farewell
 sermon titled "The Great Plan of Salvation." I have a copy
 of that sermon.

 There was a Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thornton from Oak Grove living
 towards. Liberty. They had children named Herchel, Kay and
 Pat. Herchel had children named Opal and Hoyt, near my
 age.

 There was another family that was a significant part of Oak
 Grove - Mr. and Mrs. Tom Durham. Tom Durham married Annie
 Reddick. Annie Reddick was a sister of Harris Reddick who
 was a sheriff of Sumner County part of the time I was
 growing up. Henry Durham, Tom's brother, was a bachelor.
 He lived and farmed with the Tom Durham family most of the
 time when the children were growing up.

 Tom and Miss Annie had children named Beulah, Wayne and
 Edith. Beulah was the wife of Morphew Douglas. People
 called him Doug. He was a barber in Gallatin. Beulah and
 Doug had a son named Larry. Beulah and Larry are still
 living. Doug died an early death, a very unfortunate
 happening. Wayne, the son, married my sister, Allene
 Freeland and their family has already been mentioned.
 Edith, the other daughter, married Wilson Walker and had a
 child - Patsy.

 Will Ashlock, who I may have already mentioned, married
 Hattie Brown and had children named Leslie and Ardoth.
 Ardoth married Tommy Hodges and had James Bob, Charles and
 Wardene. Leslie married Paulene Moye and had one
 daughter.

 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lambert of the community had children named
 Willie, Arah, Ivey and Jody. Arah was the wife of Joe
 Brown. Ivy was the wife of Dr. Hunt.

 Neely Lee and wife lived near the Sherron cemetery. They
 had children named Bates, Otis, Harvey, Annie Bell, Lucille,
 and Artealia.

 There was a Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gray, who lived down towards
 Brackentown. They had children named Roy, Cull, Dale, Mabel
 and Clara Bell.

 Toward Portland there was a family named Mr. and Mrs. Tom
 Hinton. They had children names Newt, Eula Bell and
 Rhea.

 Isaac McGlothen lived nearer my grandmother Anglea's place.
 He and his wife had a son named Verge, and two daughters
 named Babe and Sister. I know only of those names.

 Mr. and Mrs. Houston Douglas lived down toward Brackentown
 and they were the grandparents of Morphew Douglas who lived
 with them and he grew up in the Oak Grove community.
 Another grandson of Houston Douglas was Haskel Douglas who
 married my sister, Lorene.

 John Brown, who lived down the Gallatin Road, married my
 grandfather's sister, Annie, a Freeland, and they had
 Harvey, Henry, and Linnie. Harvey Brown was the county
 court clerk of Sumner County for a number of years.

 I have mentioned Reverend and Mrs. Sam Presnell. He was a
 minister at Oak Grove and retired after being a minister
 there in the Presbyterian church. He and Mrs. Presnell had
 children named Neeley, Nell, Fan, Martin, Sid, Myrtle,
 Doris, and Marie.

 Part of the children grew up away from Oak Grove while Rev.
 Presnell was a minister at another location but Martin,
 Myrtle, Doris, and Marie lived in Oak Grove. Myrtle married
 my mother's brother, Harrison Anglea.

 Lee Calvert of Oak Grove married Tennessee and they had
 children, Merlin, Elmer and Evelyn. Evelyn later married
 Clemon Gilliam. Gilliam was a nephew of Dee Gilliam who ran
 one of the country stores in Oak Grove for years. He and
 his wife Evelyn have been a positive, contributing factor of
 the Oak Grove community, Oak Grove church and the Sherron
 Cemetery. Evelyn died just a short time ago and left a big
 hole in the community because she had been serving as a
 leader, organist and pianist there at the church for
 years.

 Other families I recall include Mr. and Mrs. George Perigo.
 They had children but I don't remember their names. Mr. and
 Mrs. Herman Roark had children but I can't think of their
 names either. Mr. and Mrs. Loan Lee had children named
 Oscar, Floyd, Ruth and Anna Bell. He was a homemade
 veterinarian.

 The Elder Charlie Crouch lived down the Gallatin Road and
 off to the right of this road. He was a minister of the
 Church of Christ in Corinth but his children J.D. and Brody
 attended the Oak Grove grammar school.

 Then there was a Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gant down by the branch
 near my grandfather's house. They had children, Eulela and
 Bobby. Bobby, I remember, along with Oscar Freeland and
 maybe one or two more, were among the first of the Oak Grove
 Community to finish four years of high school sharing rides
 to Portland before the school bus days.

 Alf Sarver, the son of Jeremiah Sarver and his wife Sis
 Anglea who lived down the Fairfield road had a big farm (a
 plantation type farm). On this farm was a graveyard for
 slaves who were buried there in the very early days. The
 black people still had "decoration day" for this slave
 graveyard. Because some of those people, including some of
 the black people buried there, had taken the name Freeland
 from my ancestors. My Dad, my granddad and uncles were
 invited and we went to those decoration days.

 I remember these black people talking to me about what their
 ancestors said about the Freelands in the early days. The
 nice things they said about releasing them from slavery and
 allowing them to work on the place as free people made me
 very proud as a very young boy.

 There was a Mr. and Mrs. Brode Gant who had two sons named
 Luther and Herman. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hodges had children
 that lived near grandfather Freeland's place toward Corinth
 but I can't recall their names. I've already mentioned Alf
 Sarver who married Sis Anglea Sarver and is included in the
 "Band of Angels" book. This Mr. and Mrs. Alf Sarver had a
 daughter named Frances Elizabeth who married Charles
 Clendining and they had as their children Mary Lottie and
 Charles who was a part of the Oak Grove Community and went
 to school at the Portland High School on the school bus.
 Now that is about all of the people I remember that made up
 Oak Grove as I grew up and slightly before I grew up.



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