BIO SKETCH by Direct Descendant, Rose H. Bonnell, 27 Sep 2023:
COUPLE: Brinkley Hows/House (1809-1876), son of John C. and Penelope (King) House/Hows, married
Anna Allen (1812-1886), daughter of George Sugg and Pharraba "Pharaby" (Russell) Allen.
INFO ON THE FATHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN CLAYTON'S 1880 HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, in the biographical sketch of "William H. Lovell," husband of Brinkley's sister L. Ruhama House, [p. = 484-B, has nine unnumbered inserts between page 484 and 485, eight biographies and one blank page equating to A-H + blank, so ours equates to 484-B] "William H. Lovell resided with his parents until 1832, when on April 4, he married Miss L. Ruhama House, daughter of John C. House, Esq., who came to Davidson County in 1814 from near Raleigh, N.C. She was born Sept. 21, 1813." and [p. 90], a John House served as Justice in 1851. "1851: John House. Quorum: Joseph H. McEwen, Hawes Graves, Isaac Paul.
(REF: History of Tennessee, by W. W[oodford]. Clayton, 1880, page 90, and bio in unnumbered bio section, two pages after page 484, equating to numeric value of unnumbered 486; URL: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Davidson_County_Tennessee/8ipEAQAAMAAJ, image 467.).
INFO ON THE MOTHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN THE FAMILY BIBLE OF HER DAUGHTER L. RUHAMA (HOUSE) LOVELL: ""Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851."
BRINKLEY'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50046184/john-carroll-hows (1776 NC-1855 KY); MOTHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50045922/susan-penelope-hows (1771 NC-1851 KY). ALERT: I FOUND SOURCE OF THE ERROR FOR THE ERRONEOUSLY-ADDED SUSAN! MIX-UP OF DATA IN THE WILLIAM H. AND LORUHAMA (HOWS/HOUSE) LOVELL FAMILY BIBLE. CONFLATED WITH NAME OF GRANDDAUGHTER: THEREFORE "Susan/Susannah" AS A FIRST NAME FOR PENELOPE IS CONCLUSIVELY WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED!!! HAVE SENT A SEPARATE EDIT REQUEST FOR THAT TODAY.
PROOF OF ERROR, DETAILED.
FYI: I finally found where the purported first name Susan/Susannah comes from, having disbelieved it, as it is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, NOT that of Neel in 1961, NOR Maupin in 1980, NOR Sumner-Fortner-Metts-Morris, 2008 (REF: books owned by me and in my possession). NEITHER is it on the 1803 NC Marriage Bond, which simply identifies her by the nickname Penny; (REF: Ancestry.com 2015 Database, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Wake County Marriage Bonds (1778-1869), between John C. House and Presley King for marriage of John C. House and Penny King, dated 7 Nov 1803; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60548/images/42091_343365-02085, image 6055 of 12676.). It is also, NOT used in the Trigg Co KY Deeds, see Deed Bk J, page 303, 2 Apr 1849; (REF: Copy from Trigg Co KY Courthouse, in my ownership and possession). NOR is it used in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Trigg Co KY, District No. 2, page 349-B, dated 29 Aug 1850, dwelling & family # 323; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4192509_00568, image 46 of 102). In all these she is simply identified by ONE given name, Penelope, (NOT Susan Penelope, NOR as S. Penelope), SOLELY identified as Penelope. With absence of any evidence otherwise, therefore, I believe Susan was NOT in her name!!!
FOUND CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF THE MIX-UP: According to the William H. Lovell and L. Ruhama House Family Bible record page photo, posted by Caitlin Clyne Lovell on 17 Jan 2018, original recorded data includes the following: "From the William H. Lovell Family Bible (owned by Joseph Charles Lovell Jr.)." RHB SUMMARY. OVERLOOKED ITEM: Info for Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, is in the faded entry of "Penelope Hows" located in right column under Deaths, listed between deaths of William Washington Lovell, and that of her husband John C. Hows, unfortunately, was overlooked and mixed-up with the plainly identified lower entry of the ERRONEOUS CONFLATION: "Susannah Penelope Cox, daughter of W. H. Lovell and Loruhama Lovell, departed this life 28th March 1884." TRUE INFO, IN FADED INK: "Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851." (REF: Photo of original viewed and transcribed now by me, RHB, 27 Sep 2023; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/90080771/person/75007095679/media/67e3ac24-48ca-4d5f-9890-90ea75838836?_phsrc=bBX4753&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=2&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=75007095679&sort=-created.)
THEREFORE, I AM SENDING A SEPARATE SUGGESTED EDIT REQUEST TO REMOVE SUSAN/SUSANNAH FROM PENELOPE'S NAME.
CEMETERY FYI: Book, The Statistical Handbook of Trigg County, Kentucky: Gateway to the Jackson Purchase in Kentucky and Tennessee, by Eurie Pearl Wilford Neel, 1961, page 417, reveals that the "House Cemetery, Linton, KY., Highway 1254, Trigg County, KY -- [was transcribed by] Eurie Pearl & C. M. Neel [on] 23 Nov 1957.
ALERT: 1957 TRANSCRIPTION ERROR IN 1961 NEEL BOOK: Brinkley and Anna are listed as Haws, rather than Hows & Hous, as listed on their respective tombstones. ALERT: That Cemetery Transcription is the EXACT SAME DATE as the Family Bible transcription, cited herein, which suggests two things, that the Bible was also transcribed by the Neels that day, and that likely the house adjoining or a house adjacent to the cemetery could have been owned by a descendant, if not by Alma R Dawson Simmons, herself. DESCRIPTION: House Cemetery, Linton, Trigg Co KY, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2135124, Directions: Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) west of Linton to Lake Vista Drive, top of hill. FYI: John C. Hows and Penelope Hows are buried nearby at Hows Cemetery, Linton [Trigg Co] KY, transcribed 28 Nov 1957 by C. M. & E. P. Neel, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2346831; Directions: "Hwy 68 west, turn onto Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) About 1 mile past Fuller Cemetery, turn right onto Osprey Dr. (Approx. 2 miles west of Linton.)." ALSO: Neel, page 303 heading, and 306 content, records Vital Statistics from the KY State Archives, for deaths of three children of Jno. C. Hows: [1] male, born & died Oct 1852; [2] male, born & died Spring 1852 [sic]; [3] male, age 5, born & died Spring 1852.
ANNA'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214937/george-sugg-allen (1776 NC-1853 TN); MOTHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214939/pharraba-allen (1786 TN-1866 TN). Buried near Cheatham/Davidson County Line on their land, on hilltop behind their home, in Allen Cemetery, Cheatham County, TN, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2324021. Cemetery Transcription provided by Karen Martin. Location is described by her as follows: "The Allen Family Cemetery is located on River Road about 2 miles North of the Cheatham/Davidson County line. It is in a part of Cheatham County that used to be Davidson County. It is in the Lost Hollow Subdivision up on a hill, behind the first house on the right, just at the entrance of the sub-division. The house was built in the early 1800's by George Sugg Allen and remained in the Allen family until the late 1980's. The cemetery was transcribed in August of 1997 when Michael R. Allen and Ernie Crouch discovered 2 unrecorded graves, while cleaning the cemetery."
(REF/URL: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/cheatham/cemeteries/allen.txt.)
Account of my Sept 1993 personal visit to the George and Pharraba (Russell) Allen Home and Cemetery ancestral property was published in Aug 1994. (REF: The Cadiz Record (Cadiz, Kentucky), Wednesday, August 3, 1994, page A3, "Cemeteries in Tennessee" by Rose Bonnell; URL: https://www.digifind-it.com/IDIViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/jlslibrary/data/newspapers/Cadiz%20Record/1994/1994-08-03.pdf, image 3 of 32.)
MARRIAGE: The marriage license of Brinkley and Ann/a was obtained in Davidson County, Tennessee.
"Hows, Brinkley to Ann Allen, issued on Aug 5th 1834" (with no recorded return of solemnization in this license-marriage book), page 459, heading "Marriage Record."
(REF: Ancestry.com 2008 Database: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002;"
URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/639580:1169, image 263 of 298.)
FYI: Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House, left a Family Bible record!
BIBLE: Alexander's Stereotype Editor [sic, Edition?], The New Testament, Lord of our Savior Jesus Christ,
183_ Philadelphia [unknown why last digit is missing, was it smudged and unreadable?]. TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 23, 1957. OWNER: In 1957, their Bible was owned and "in possession of Mrs Arthur Wayne Simmons, Linton, Trigg County, Kentucky." IDENTITY: Alma Richardson (Dawson) Simmons, (widow of his brother Archie). RELATIONSHIP: of Alma (Dawson) Simmons to Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House: Great-granddaughter. Alma is daughter of Elbert Carroll and Emma (Graham) Dawson, granddaughter of Algernon Sidney and Elvira America (Hows/House) Dawson, and Great-granddaughter of Brinkley and Anna. (HER OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52422446/alma-richardson-simmons
HIS OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87346891/arthur-wayne-simmons.)
BIBLE TRANSCRIPT ACCESSIBLE! (REF: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/trigg/bibles/h200001.txt
and http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/bible/trigg_Bible.html (provided by Betty Sellers).
[ENTRIES FYI: Spelling suggests partial literacy of original recorder, common then in farming families.]
FAMILY DATA: Among many other vital facts, the Brinkley and Anna Bible provides this info:
MARRIAGES:
George S Allen and Pharaba Russell Allen was married Dec 15 1803.
Brinkley House and Ann Allen was married the 7th of Aug 1834.
[REPETITION ERROR: Possible original recording error, or, probable Transcription error, appears to be a copy error, misremembering which line is being copied, see repetition:]
[ERROR!!!] Algernum S. Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [ERROR!!! Wrong bride and date.]
[CORRECT!!!] Elbert Carroll Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [CORRECT!!!]
[FACT!!!]: Algernon S. Dawson and Elvira America House married Jan 21 1854. [FACT!!!]
(REF: Trigg Co KY Marriage Abstract Table: Grooms of "D" Surnames,
URL: http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/marriage/wed-d.html.)
BIRTHS [PARTIAL]:
Brinkley House: Sep 17 1809.
Anna Allen: Oct 24 1812.
Elvira America House: May 04 1836.
Algemon [sic,= Algernon] S Dawson: Mar 27 1830.
DEATHS [PARTIAL]:
Elvira America Dawson the wife of Alge [sic, = Algernon] Sidney Dawson and the daughter of
Brinkley and Annie House: Jan 31 1875.
Brinkley House: Sep 07 1870.
BORN [ALL]:
George S. Allen: Oct 03 1776.
Pharaba Allen: Oct 10 1786.
Polly Allen: Nov 28 1804.
James Rupert Allen: May 11 1806 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING MIDDLE NAME, NOT RUSSELL BUT RUPERT!].
Barnabus M Allen: May 11 1806.
Felix A Allen: Aug 11 1810.
Anna Allen: --- 24 1812 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
Elizabeth Allen: Dec 23 1814.
Mursa Allen: Oct 08 1817 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING FIRST NAME: MURSA, RATHER THAN THURSA!].
Arnold M Allen: Jun 05 1819.
Robert Allen: Aug 03 1821.
Elbert C Allen: --- 22 1826 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
George Washington Allen: Dec 29 1831.
[ALERT: RECORDER IS UNSPECIFIED, BUT BELIEVED TO BE WIFE/MOTHER: ANNA (ALLEN) HOWS/HOUSE, WHO DIED IN 1886, SINCE HER DEATH DATE IS NOT RECORDED THEREIN.--RHB.]
PRESENT LOCATION OF FAMILY BIBLE IS UNKNOWN.
FYI COMPARISON: The University of Indiana owns a similar Bible, with the following description:
"Bible. Alexander's stereotype edition the Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments, translated from the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised: with Canne's marginal notes and references to which are added and index: and alphabetical table... Philadelphia: Stereotyped and published by C. Alexander & Co. , 1839 (N.T. t.p. date 183?)"
(REF: The [Professor] Carleton Hodge collection: books from the library of Carleton Hodge, Collection No.: Z7770 .H6, Box 24 of 56 boxes, URL: https://archives.iu.edu/html/InU-Li-VAE1176.html.)
REPOSITORY INFO: Lilly Library, 1200 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, Business Number: 812-855-2452, Email: [email protected], Website: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library.
FAMILY OF BRINKLEY AND ANNA:
According to Family Data, verified by U.S. Federal Censuses of 1840 Davidson Co TN, and 1850 Trigg Co KY, their daughter, Elvira America House, was their only child.
Evidently Brinkley and Anna cared about family, and by the engraving on the mother's tombstone, their child cared deeply about them.
COUPLE: Brinkley Hows/House (1809-1876), son of John C. and Penelope (King) House/Hows, married
Anna Allen (1812-1886), daughter of George Sugg and Pharraba "Pharaby" (Russell) Allen.
INFO ON THE FATHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN CLAYTON'S 1880 HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, in the biographical sketch of "William H. Lovell," husband of Brinkley's sister L. Ruhama House, [p. = 484-B, has nine unnumbered inserts between page 484 and 485, eight biographies and one blank page equating to A-H + blank, so ours equates to 484-B] "William H. Lovell resided with his parents until 1832, when on April 4, he married Miss L. Ruhama House, daughter of John C. House, Esq., who came to Davidson County in 1814 from near Raleigh, N.C. She was born Sept. 21, 1813." and [p. 90], a John House served as Justice in 1851. "1851: John House. Quorum: Joseph H. McEwen, Hawes Graves, Isaac Paul.
(REF: History of Tennessee, by W. W[oodford]. Clayton, 1880, page 90, and bio in unnumbered bio section, two pages after page 484, equating to numeric value of unnumbered 486; URL: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Davidson_County_Tennessee/8ipEAQAAMAAJ, image 467.).
INFO ON THE MOTHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN THE FAMILY BIBLE OF HER DAUGHTER L. RUHAMA (HOUSE) LOVELL: ""Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851."
BRINKLEY'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50046184/john-carroll-hows (1776 NC-1855 KY); MOTHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50045922/susan-penelope-hows (1771 NC-1851 KY). ALERT: I FOUND SOURCE OF THE ERROR FOR THE ERRONEOUSLY-ADDED SUSAN! MIX-UP OF DATA IN THE WILLIAM H. AND LORUHAMA (HOWS/HOUSE) LOVELL FAMILY BIBLE. CONFLATED WITH NAME OF GRANDDAUGHTER: THEREFORE "Susan/Susannah" AS A FIRST NAME FOR PENELOPE IS CONCLUSIVELY WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED!!! HAVE SENT A SEPARATE EDIT REQUEST FOR THAT TODAY.
PROOF OF ERROR, DETAILED.
FYI: I finally found where the purported first name Susan/Susannah comes from, having disbelieved it, as it is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, NOT that of Neel in 1961, NOR Maupin in 1980, NOR Sumner-Fortner-Metts-Morris, 2008 (REF: books owned by me and in my possession). NEITHER is it on the 1803 NC Marriage Bond, which simply identifies her by the nickname Penny; (REF: Ancestry.com 2015 Database, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Wake County Marriage Bonds (1778-1869), between John C. House and Presley King for marriage of John C. House and Penny King, dated 7 Nov 1803; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60548/images/42091_343365-02085, image 6055 of 12676.). It is also, NOT used in the Trigg Co KY Deeds, see Deed Bk J, page 303, 2 Apr 1849; (REF: Copy from Trigg Co KY Courthouse, in my ownership and possession). NOR is it used in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Trigg Co KY, District No. 2, page 349-B, dated 29 Aug 1850, dwelling & family # 323; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4192509_00568, image 46 of 102). In all these she is simply identified by ONE given name, Penelope, (NOT Susan Penelope, NOR as S. Penelope), SOLELY identified as Penelope. With absence of any evidence otherwise, therefore, I believe Susan was NOT in her name!!!
FOUND CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF THE MIX-UP: According to the William H. Lovell and L. Ruhama House Family Bible record page photo, posted by Caitlin Clyne Lovell on 17 Jan 2018, original recorded data includes the following: "From the William H. Lovell Family Bible (owned by Joseph Charles Lovell Jr.)." RHB SUMMARY. OVERLOOKED ITEM: Info for Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, is in the faded entry of "Penelope Hows" located in right column under Deaths, listed between deaths of William Washington Lovell, and that of her husband John C. Hows, unfortunately, was overlooked and mixed-up with the plainly identified lower entry of the ERRONEOUS CONFLATION: "Susannah Penelope Cox, daughter of W. H. Lovell and Loruhama Lovell, departed this life 28th March 1884." TRUE INFO, IN FADED INK: "Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851." (REF: Photo of original viewed and transcribed now by me, RHB, 27 Sep 2023; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/90080771/person/75007095679/media/67e3ac24-48ca-4d5f-9890-90ea75838836?_phsrc=bBX4753&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=2&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=75007095679&sort=-created.)
THEREFORE, I AM SENDING A SEPARATE SUGGESTED EDIT REQUEST TO REMOVE SUSAN/SUSANNAH FROM PENELOPE'S NAME.
CEMETERY FYI: Book, The Statistical Handbook of Trigg County, Kentucky: Gateway to the Jackson Purchase in Kentucky and Tennessee, by Eurie Pearl Wilford Neel, 1961, page 417, reveals that the "House Cemetery, Linton, KY., Highway 1254, Trigg County, KY -- [was transcribed by] Eurie Pearl & C. M. Neel [on] 23 Nov 1957.
ALERT: 1957 TRANSCRIPTION ERROR IN 1961 NEEL BOOK: Brinkley and Anna are listed as Haws, rather than Hows & Hous, as listed on their respective tombstones. ALERT: That Cemetery Transcription is the EXACT SAME DATE as the Family Bible transcription, cited herein, which suggests two things, that the Bible was also transcribed by the Neels that day, and that likely the house adjoining or a house adjacent to the cemetery could have been owned by a descendant, if not by Alma R Dawson Simmons, herself. DESCRIPTION: House Cemetery, Linton, Trigg Co KY, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2135124, Directions: Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) west of Linton to Lake Vista Drive, top of hill. FYI: John C. Hows and Penelope Hows are buried nearby at Hows Cemetery, Linton [Trigg Co] KY, transcribed 28 Nov 1957 by C. M. & E. P. Neel, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2346831; Directions: "Hwy 68 west, turn onto Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) About 1 mile past Fuller Cemetery, turn right onto Osprey Dr. (Approx. 2 miles west of Linton.)." ALSO: Neel, page 303 heading, and 306 content, records Vital Statistics from the KY State Archives, for deaths of three children of Jno. C. Hows: [1] male, born & died Oct 1852; [2] male, born & died Spring 1852 [sic]; [3] male, age 5, born & died Spring 1852.
ANNA'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214937/george-sugg-allen (1776 NC-1853 TN); MOTHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214939/pharraba-allen (1786 TN-1866 TN). Buried near Cheatham/Davidson County Line on their land, on hilltop behind their home, in Allen Cemetery, Cheatham County, TN, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2324021. Cemetery Transcription provided by Karen Martin. Location is described by her as follows: "The Allen Family Cemetery is located on River Road about 2 miles North of the Cheatham/Davidson County line. It is in a part of Cheatham County that used to be Davidson County. It is in the Lost Hollow Subdivision up on a hill, behind the first house on the right, just at the entrance of the sub-division. The house was built in the early 1800's by George Sugg Allen and remained in the Allen family until the late 1980's. The cemetery was transcribed in August of 1997 when Michael R. Allen and Ernie Crouch discovered 2 unrecorded graves, while cleaning the cemetery."
(REF/URL: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/cheatham/cemeteries/allen.txt.)
Account of my Sept 1993 personal visit to the George and Pharraba (Russell) Allen Home and Cemetery ancestral property was published in Aug 1994. (REF: The Cadiz Record (Cadiz, Kentucky), Wednesday, August 3, 1994, page A3, "Cemeteries in Tennessee" by Rose Bonnell; URL: https://www.digifind-it.com/IDIViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/jlslibrary/data/newspapers/Cadiz%20Record/1994/1994-08-03.pdf, image 3 of 32.)
MARRIAGE: The marriage license of Brinkley and Ann/a was obtained in Davidson County, Tennessee.
"Hows, Brinkley to Ann Allen, issued on Aug 5th 1834" (with no recorded return of solemnization in this license-marriage book), page 459, heading "Marriage Record."
(REF: Ancestry.com 2008 Database: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002;"
URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/639580:1169, image 263 of 298.)
FYI: Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House, left a Family Bible record!
BIBLE: Alexander's Stereotype Editor [sic, Edition?], The New Testament, Lord of our Savior Jesus Christ,
183_ Philadelphia [unknown why last digit is missing, was it smudged and unreadable?]. TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 23, 1957. OWNER: In 1957, their Bible was owned and "in possession of Mrs Arthur Wayne Simmons, Linton, Trigg County, Kentucky." IDENTITY: Alma Richardson (Dawson) Simmons, (widow of his brother Archie). RELATIONSHIP: of Alma (Dawson) Simmons to Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House: Great-granddaughter. Alma is daughter of Elbert Carroll and Emma (Graham) Dawson, granddaughter of Algernon Sidney and Elvira America (Hows/House) Dawson, and Great-granddaughter of Brinkley and Anna. (HER OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52422446/alma-richardson-simmons
HIS OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87346891/arthur-wayne-simmons.)
BIBLE TRANSCRIPT ACCESSIBLE! (REF: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/trigg/bibles/h200001.txt
and http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/bible/trigg_Bible.html (provided by Betty Sellers).
[ENTRIES FYI: Spelling suggests partial literacy of original recorder, common then in farming families.]
FAMILY DATA: Among many other vital facts, the Brinkley and Anna Bible provides this info:
MARRIAGES:
George S Allen and Pharaba Russell Allen was married Dec 15 1803.
Brinkley House and Ann Allen was married the 7th of Aug 1834.
[REPETITION ERROR: Possible original recording error, or, probable Transcription error, appears to be a copy error, misremembering which line is being copied, see repetition:]
[ERROR!!!] Algernum S. Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [ERROR!!! Wrong bride and date.]
[CORRECT!!!] Elbert Carroll Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [CORRECT!!!]
[FACT!!!]: Algernon S. Dawson and Elvira America House married Jan 21 1854. [FACT!!!]
(REF: Trigg Co KY Marriage Abstract Table: Grooms of "D" Surnames,
URL: http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/marriage/wed-d.html.)
BIRTHS [PARTIAL]:
Brinkley House: Sep 17 1809.
Anna Allen: Oct 24 1812.
Elvira America House: May 04 1836.
Algemon [sic,= Algernon] S Dawson: Mar 27 1830.
DEATHS [PARTIAL]:
Elvira America Dawson the wife of Alge [sic, = Algernon] Sidney Dawson and the daughter of
Brinkley and Annie House: Jan 31 1875.
Brinkley House: Sep 07 1870.
BORN [ALL]:
George S. Allen: Oct 03 1776.
Pharaba Allen: Oct 10 1786.
Polly Allen: Nov 28 1804.
James Rupert Allen: May 11 1806 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING MIDDLE NAME, NOT RUSSELL BUT RUPERT!].
Barnabus M Allen: May 11 1806.
Felix A Allen: Aug 11 1810.
Anna Allen: --- 24 1812 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
Elizabeth Allen: Dec 23 1814.
Mursa Allen: Oct 08 1817 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING FIRST NAME: MURSA, RATHER THAN THURSA!].
Arnold M Allen: Jun 05 1819.
Robert Allen: Aug 03 1821.
Elbert C Allen: --- 22 1826 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
George Washington Allen: Dec 29 1831.
[ALERT: RECORDER IS UNSPECIFIED, BUT BELIEVED TO BE WIFE/MOTHER: ANNA (ALLEN) HOWS/HOUSE, WHO DIED IN 1886, SINCE HER DEATH DATE IS NOT RECORDED THEREIN.--RHB.]
PRESENT LOCATION OF FAMILY BIBLE IS UNKNOWN.
FYI COMPARISON: The University of Indiana owns a similar Bible, with the following description:
"Bible. Alexander's stereotype edition the Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments, translated from the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised: with Canne's marginal notes and references to which are added and index: and alphabetical table... Philadelphia: Stereotyped and published by C. Alexander & Co. , 1839 (N.T. t.p. date 183?)"
(REF: The [Professor] Carleton Hodge collection: books from the library of Carleton Hodge, Collection No.: Z7770 .H6, Box 24 of 56 boxes, URL: https://archives.iu.edu/html/InU-Li-VAE1176.html.)
REPOSITORY INFO: Lilly Library, 1200 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, Business Number: 812-855-2452, Email: [email protected], Website: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library.
FAMILY OF BRINKLEY AND ANNA:
According to Family Data, verified by U.S. Federal Censuses of 1840 Davidson Co TN, and 1850 Trigg Co KY, their daughter, Elvira America House, was their only child.
Evidently Brinkley and Anna cared about family, and by the engraving on the mother's tombstone, their child cared deeply about them.
BIO SKETCH by Direct Descendant, Rose H. Bonnell, 27 Sep 2023:
COUPLE: Brinkley Hows/House (1809-1876), son of John C. and Penelope (King) House/Hows, married
Anna Allen (1812-1886), daughter of George Sugg and Pharraba "Pharaby" (Russell) Allen.
INFO ON THE FATHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN CLAYTON'S 1880 HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, in the biographical sketch of "William H. Lovell," husband of Brinkley's sister L. Ruhama House, [p. = 484-B, has nine unnumbered inserts between page 484 and 485, eight biographies and one blank page equating to A-H + blank, so ours equates to 484-B] "William H. Lovell resided with his parents until 1832, when on April 4, he married Miss L. Ruhama House, daughter of John C. House, Esq., who came to Davidson County in 1814 from near Raleigh, N.C. She was born Sept. 21, 1813." and [p. 90], a John House served as Justice in 1851. "1851: John House. Quorum: Joseph H. McEwen, Hawes Graves, Isaac Paul.
(REF: History of Tennessee, by W. W[oodford]. Clayton, 1880, page 90, and bio in unnumbered bio section, two pages after page 484, equating to numeric value of unnumbered 486; URL: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Davidson_County_Tennessee/8ipEAQAAMAAJ, image 467.).
INFO ON THE MOTHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN THE FAMILY BIBLE OF HER DAUGHTER L. RUHAMA (HOUSE) LOVELL: ""Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851."
BRINKLEY'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50046184/john-carroll-hows (1776 NC-1855 KY); MOTHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50045922/susan-penelope-hows (1771 NC-1851 KY). ALERT: I FOUND SOURCE OF THE ERROR FOR THE ERRONEOUSLY-ADDED SUSAN! MIX-UP OF DATA IN THE WILLIAM H. AND LORUHAMA (HOWS/HOUSE) LOVELL FAMILY BIBLE. CONFLATED WITH NAME OF GRANDDAUGHTER: THEREFORE "Susan/Susannah" AS A FIRST NAME FOR PENELOPE IS CONCLUSIVELY WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED!!! HAVE SENT A SEPARATE EDIT REQUEST FOR THAT TODAY.
PROOF OF ERROR, DETAILED.
FYI: I finally found where the purported first name Susan/Susannah comes from, having disbelieved it, as it is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, NOT that of Neel in 1961, NOR Maupin in 1980, NOR Sumner-Fortner-Metts-Morris, 2008 (REF: books owned by me and in my possession). NEITHER is it on the 1803 NC Marriage Bond, which simply identifies her by the nickname Penny; (REF: Ancestry.com 2015 Database, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Wake County Marriage Bonds (1778-1869), between John C. House and Presley King for marriage of John C. House and Penny King, dated 7 Nov 1803; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60548/images/42091_343365-02085, image 6055 of 12676.). It is also, NOT used in the Trigg Co KY Deeds, see Deed Bk J, page 303, 2 Apr 1849; (REF: Copy from Trigg Co KY Courthouse, in my ownership and possession). NOR is it used in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Trigg Co KY, District No. 2, page 349-B, dated 29 Aug 1850, dwelling & family # 323; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4192509_00568, image 46 of 102). In all these she is simply identified by ONE given name, Penelope, (NOT Susan Penelope, NOR as S. Penelope), SOLELY identified as Penelope. With absence of any evidence otherwise, therefore, I believe Susan was NOT in her name!!!
FOUND CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF THE MIX-UP: According to the William H. Lovell and L. Ruhama House Family Bible record page photo, posted by Caitlin Clyne Lovell on 17 Jan 2018, original recorded data includes the following: "From the William H. Lovell Family Bible (owned by Joseph Charles Lovell Jr.)." RHB SUMMARY. OVERLOOKED ITEM: Info for Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, is in the faded entry of "Penelope Hows" located in right column under Deaths, listed between deaths of William Washington Lovell, and that of her husband John C. Hows, unfortunately, was overlooked and mixed-up with the plainly identified lower entry of the ERRONEOUS CONFLATION: "Susannah Penelope Cox, daughter of W. H. Lovell and Loruhama Lovell, departed this life 28th March 1884." TRUE INFO, IN FADED INK: "Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851." (REF: Photo of original viewed and transcribed now by me, RHB, 27 Sep 2023; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/90080771/person/75007095679/media/67e3ac24-48ca-4d5f-9890-90ea75838836?_phsrc=bBX4753&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=2&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=75007095679&sort=-created.)
THEREFORE, I AM SENDING A SEPARATE SUGGESTED EDIT REQUEST TO REMOVE SUSAN/SUSANNAH FROM PENELOPE'S NAME.
CEMETERY FYI: Book, The Statistical Handbook of Trigg County, Kentucky: Gateway to the Jackson Purchase in Kentucky and Tennessee, by Eurie Pearl Wilford Neel, 1961, page 417, reveals that the "House Cemetery, Linton, KY., Highway 1254, Trigg County, KY -- [was transcribed by] Eurie Pearl & C. M. Neel [on] 23 Nov 1957.
ALERT: 1957 TRANSCRIPTION ERROR IN 1961 NEEL BOOK: Brinkley and Anna are listed as Haws, rather than Hows & Hous, as listed on their respective tombstones. ALERT: That Cemetery Transcription is the EXACT SAME DATE as the Family Bible transcription, cited herein, which suggests two things, that the Bible was also transcribed by the Neels that day, and that likely the house adjoining or a house adjacent to the cemetery could have been owned by a descendant, if not by Alma R Dawson Simmons, herself. DESCRIPTION: House Cemetery, Linton, Trigg Co KY, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2135124, Directions: Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) west of Linton to Lake Vista Drive, top of hill. FYI: John C. Hows and Penelope Hows are buried nearby at Hows Cemetery, Linton [Trigg Co] KY, transcribed 28 Nov 1957 by C. M. & E. P. Neel, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2346831; Directions: "Hwy 68 west, turn onto Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) About 1 mile past Fuller Cemetery, turn right onto Osprey Dr. (Approx. 2 miles west of Linton.)." ALSO: Neel, page 303 heading, and 306 content, records Vital Statistics from the KY State Archives, for deaths of three children of Jno. C. Hows: [1] male, born & died Oct 1852; [2] male, born & died Spring 1852 [sic]; [3] male, age 5, born & died Spring 1852.
ANNA'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214937/george-sugg-allen (1776 NC-1853 TN); MOTHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214939/pharraba-allen (1786 TN-1866 TN). Buried near Cheatham/Davidson County Line on their land, on hilltop behind their home, in Allen Cemetery, Cheatham County, TN, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2324021. Cemetery Transcription provided by Karen Martin. Location is described by her as follows: "The Allen Family Cemetery is located on River Road about 2 miles North of the Cheatham/Davidson County line. It is in a part of Cheatham County that used to be Davidson County. It is in the Lost Hollow Subdivision up on a hill, behind the first house on the right, just at the entrance of the sub-division. The house was built in the early 1800's by George Sugg Allen and remained in the Allen family until the late 1980's. The cemetery was transcribed in August of 1997 when Michael R. Allen and Ernie Crouch discovered 2 unrecorded graves, while cleaning the cemetery."
(REF/URL: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/cheatham/cemeteries/allen.txt.)
Account of my Sept 1993 personal visit to the George and Pharraba (Russell) Allen Home and Cemetery ancestral property was published in Aug 1994. (REF: The Cadiz Record (Cadiz, Kentucky), Wednesday, August 3, 1994, page A3, "Cemeteries in Tennessee" by Rose Bonnell; URL: https://www.digifind-it.com/IDIViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/jlslibrary/data/newspapers/Cadiz%20Record/1994/1994-08-03.pdf, image 3 of 32.)
MARRIAGE: The marriage license of Brinkley and Ann/a was obtained in Davidson County, Tennessee.
"Hows, Brinkley to Ann Allen, issued on Aug 5th 1834" (with no recorded return of solemnization in this license-marriage book), page 459, heading "Marriage Record."
(REF: Ancestry.com 2008 Database: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002;"
URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/639580:1169, image 263 of 298.)
FYI: Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House, left a Family Bible record!
BIBLE: Alexander's Stereotype Editor [sic, Edition?], The New Testament, Lord of our Savior Jesus Christ,
183_ Philadelphia [unknown why last digit is missing, was it smudged and unreadable?]. TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 23, 1957. OWNER: In 1957, their Bible was owned and "in possession of Mrs Arthur Wayne Simmons, Linton, Trigg County, Kentucky." IDENTITY: Alma Richardson (Dawson) Simmons, (widow of his brother Archie). RELATIONSHIP: of Alma (Dawson) Simmons to Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House: Great-granddaughter. Alma is daughter of Elbert Carroll and Emma (Graham) Dawson, granddaughter of Algernon Sidney and Elvira America (Hows/House) Dawson, and Great-granddaughter of Brinkley and Anna. (HER OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52422446/alma-richardson-simmons
HIS OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87346891/arthur-wayne-simmons.)
BIBLE TRANSCRIPT ACCESSIBLE! (REF: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/trigg/bibles/h200001.txt
and http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/bible/trigg_Bible.html (provided by Betty Sellers).
[ENTRIES FYI: Spelling suggests partial literacy of original recorder, common then in farming families.]
FAMILY DATA: Among many other vital facts, the Brinkley and Anna Bible provides this info:
MARRIAGES:
George S Allen and Pharaba Russell Allen was married Dec 15 1803.
Brinkley House and Ann Allen was married the 7th of Aug 1834.
[REPETITION ERROR: Possible original recording error, or, probable Transcription error, appears to be a copy error, misremembering which line is being copied, see repetition:]
[ERROR!!!] Algernum S. Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [ERROR!!! Wrong bride and date.]
[CORRECT!!!] Elbert Carroll Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [CORRECT!!!]
[FACT!!!]: Algernon S. Dawson and Elvira America House married Jan 21 1854. [FACT!!!]
(REF: Trigg Co KY Marriage Abstract Table: Grooms of "D" Surnames,
URL: http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/marriage/wed-d.html.)
BIRTHS [PARTIAL]:
Brinkley House: Sep 17 1809.
Anna Allen: Oct 24 1812.
Elvira America House: May 04 1836.
Algemon [sic,= Algernon] S Dawson: Mar 27 1830.
DEATHS [PARTIAL]:
Elvira America Dawson the wife of Alge [sic, = Algernon] Sidney Dawson and the daughter of
Brinkley and Annie House: Jan 31 1875.
Brinkley House: Sep 07 1870.
BORN [ALL]:
George S. Allen: Oct 03 1776.
Pharaba Allen: Oct 10 1786.
Polly Allen: Nov 28 1804.
James Rupert Allen: May 11 1806 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING MIDDLE NAME, NOT RUSSELL BUT RUPERT!].
Barnabus M Allen: May 11 1806.
Felix A Allen: Aug 11 1810.
Anna Allen: --- 24 1812 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
Elizabeth Allen: Dec 23 1814.
Mursa Allen: Oct 08 1817 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING FIRST NAME: MURSA, RATHER THAN THURSA!].
Arnold M Allen: Jun 05 1819.
Robert Allen: Aug 03 1821.
Elbert C Allen: --- 22 1826 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
George Washington Allen: Dec 29 1831.
[ALERT: RECORDER IS UNSPECIFIED, BUT BELIEVED TO BE WIFE/MOTHER: ANNA (ALLEN) HOWS/HOUSE, WHO DIED IN 1886, SINCE HER DEATH DATE IS NOT RECORDED THEREIN.--RHB.]
PRESENT LOCATION OF FAMILY BIBLE IS UNKNOWN.
FYI COMPARISON: The University of Indiana owns a similar Bible, with the following description:
"Bible. Alexander's stereotype edition the Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments, translated from the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised: with Canne's marginal notes and references to which are added and index: and alphabetical table... Philadelphia: Stereotyped and published by C. Alexander & Co. , 1839 (N.T. t.p. date 183?)"
(REF: The [Professor] Carleton Hodge collection: books from the library of Carleton Hodge, Collection No.: Z7770 .H6, Box 24 of 56 boxes, URL: https://archives.iu.edu/html/InU-Li-VAE1176.html.)
REPOSITORY INFO: Lilly Library, 1200 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, Business Number: 812-855-2452, Email: [email protected], Website: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library.
FAMILY OF BRINKLEY AND ANNA:
According to Family Data, verified by U.S. Federal Censuses of 1840 Davidson Co TN, and 1850 Trigg Co KY, their daughter, Elvira America House, was their only child.
Evidently Brinkley and Anna cared about family, and by the engraving on the mother's tombstone, their child cared deeply about them.
COUPLE: Brinkley Hows/House (1809-1876), son of John C. and Penelope (King) House/Hows, married
Anna Allen (1812-1886), daughter of George Sugg and Pharraba "Pharaby" (Russell) Allen.
INFO ON THE FATHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN CLAYTON'S 1880 HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, in the biographical sketch of "William H. Lovell," husband of Brinkley's sister L. Ruhama House, [p. = 484-B, has nine unnumbered inserts between page 484 and 485, eight biographies and one blank page equating to A-H + blank, so ours equates to 484-B] "William H. Lovell resided with his parents until 1832, when on April 4, he married Miss L. Ruhama House, daughter of John C. House, Esq., who came to Davidson County in 1814 from near Raleigh, N.C. She was born Sept. 21, 1813." and [p. 90], a John House served as Justice in 1851. "1851: John House. Quorum: Joseph H. McEwen, Hawes Graves, Isaac Paul.
(REF: History of Tennessee, by W. W[oodford]. Clayton, 1880, page 90, and bio in unnumbered bio section, two pages after page 484, equating to numeric value of unnumbered 486; URL: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Davidson_County_Tennessee/8ipEAQAAMAAJ, image 467.).
INFO ON THE MOTHER OF BRINKLEY HOWS/HOUSE IS RECORDED IN THE FAMILY BIBLE OF HER DAUGHTER L. RUHAMA (HOUSE) LOVELL: ""Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851."
BRINKLEY'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50046184/john-carroll-hows (1776 NC-1855 KY); MOTHER OF BRINKLEY: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50045922/susan-penelope-hows (1771 NC-1851 KY). ALERT: I FOUND SOURCE OF THE ERROR FOR THE ERRONEOUSLY-ADDED SUSAN! MIX-UP OF DATA IN THE WILLIAM H. AND LORUHAMA (HOWS/HOUSE) LOVELL FAMILY BIBLE. CONFLATED WITH NAME OF GRANDDAUGHTER: THEREFORE "Susan/Susannah" AS A FIRST NAME FOR PENELOPE IS CONCLUSIVELY WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED!!! HAVE SENT A SEPARATE EDIT REQUEST FOR THAT TODAY.
PROOF OF ERROR, DETAILED.
FYI: I finally found where the purported first name Susan/Susannah comes from, having disbelieved it, as it is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, is NOT used in the Trigg Co KY cemetery transcription books, NOT that of Neel in 1961, NOR Maupin in 1980, NOR Sumner-Fortner-Metts-Morris, 2008 (REF: books owned by me and in my possession). NEITHER is it on the 1803 NC Marriage Bond, which simply identifies her by the nickname Penny; (REF: Ancestry.com 2015 Database, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Wake County Marriage Bonds (1778-1869), between John C. House and Presley King for marriage of John C. House and Penny King, dated 7 Nov 1803; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60548/images/42091_343365-02085, image 6055 of 12676.). It is also, NOT used in the Trigg Co KY Deeds, see Deed Bk J, page 303, 2 Apr 1849; (REF: Copy from Trigg Co KY Courthouse, in my ownership and possession). NOR is it used in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Trigg Co KY, District No. 2, page 349-B, dated 29 Aug 1850, dwelling & family # 323; (URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4192509_00568, image 46 of 102). In all these she is simply identified by ONE given name, Penelope, (NOT Susan Penelope, NOR as S. Penelope), SOLELY identified as Penelope. With absence of any evidence otherwise, therefore, I believe Susan was NOT in her name!!!
FOUND CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF THE MIX-UP: According to the William H. Lovell and L. Ruhama House Family Bible record page photo, posted by Caitlin Clyne Lovell on 17 Jan 2018, original recorded data includes the following: "From the William H. Lovell Family Bible (owned by Joseph Charles Lovell Jr.)." RHB SUMMARY. OVERLOOKED ITEM: Info for Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, is in the faded entry of "Penelope Hows" located in right column under Deaths, listed between deaths of William Washington Lovell, and that of her husband John C. Hows, unfortunately, was overlooked and mixed-up with the plainly identified lower entry of the ERRONEOUS CONFLATION: "Susannah Penelope Cox, daughter of W. H. Lovell and Loruhama Lovell, departed this life 28th March 1884." TRUE INFO, IN FADED INK: "Penelope Hows, wife of John C. Hows, and mother of Loruhama Lovell, departed this life the 12th May 1851." (REF: Photo of original viewed and transcribed now by me, RHB, 27 Sep 2023; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/90080771/person/75007095679/media/67e3ac24-48ca-4d5f-9890-90ea75838836?_phsrc=bBX4753&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=2&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=75007095679&sort=-created.)
THEREFORE, I AM SENDING A SEPARATE SUGGESTED EDIT REQUEST TO REMOVE SUSAN/SUSANNAH FROM PENELOPE'S NAME.
CEMETERY FYI: Book, The Statistical Handbook of Trigg County, Kentucky: Gateway to the Jackson Purchase in Kentucky and Tennessee, by Eurie Pearl Wilford Neel, 1961, page 417, reveals that the "House Cemetery, Linton, KY., Highway 1254, Trigg County, KY -- [was transcribed by] Eurie Pearl & C. M. Neel [on] 23 Nov 1957.
ALERT: 1957 TRANSCRIPTION ERROR IN 1961 NEEL BOOK: Brinkley and Anna are listed as Haws, rather than Hows & Hous, as listed on their respective tombstones. ALERT: That Cemetery Transcription is the EXACT SAME DATE as the Family Bible transcription, cited herein, which suggests two things, that the Bible was also transcribed by the Neels that day, and that likely the house adjoining or a house adjacent to the cemetery could have been owned by a descendant, if not by Alma R Dawson Simmons, herself. DESCRIPTION: House Cemetery, Linton, Trigg Co KY, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2135124, Directions: Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) west of Linton to Lake Vista Drive, top of hill. FYI: John C. Hows and Penelope Hows are buried nearby at Hows Cemetery, Linton [Trigg Co] KY, transcribed 28 Nov 1957 by C. M. & E. P. Neel, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2346831; Directions: "Hwy 68 west, turn onto Hwy 164 (Linton-Canton Rd.) About 1 mile past Fuller Cemetery, turn right onto Osprey Dr. (Approx. 2 miles west of Linton.)." ALSO: Neel, page 303 heading, and 306 content, records Vital Statistics from the KY State Archives, for deaths of three children of Jno. C. Hows: [1] male, born & died Oct 1852; [2] male, born & died Spring 1852 [sic]; [3] male, age 5, born & died Spring 1852.
ANNA'S PARENTAGE IDENTITIES:
FATHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214937/george-sugg-allen (1776 NC-1853 TN); MOTHER OF ANNA: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42214939/pharraba-allen (1786 TN-1866 TN). Buried near Cheatham/Davidson County Line on their land, on hilltop behind their home, in Allen Cemetery, Cheatham County, TN, Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2324021. Cemetery Transcription provided by Karen Martin. Location is described by her as follows: "The Allen Family Cemetery is located on River Road about 2 miles North of the Cheatham/Davidson County line. It is in a part of Cheatham County that used to be Davidson County. It is in the Lost Hollow Subdivision up on a hill, behind the first house on the right, just at the entrance of the sub-division. The house was built in the early 1800's by George Sugg Allen and remained in the Allen family until the late 1980's. The cemetery was transcribed in August of 1997 when Michael R. Allen and Ernie Crouch discovered 2 unrecorded graves, while cleaning the cemetery."
(REF/URL: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/cheatham/cemeteries/allen.txt.)
Account of my Sept 1993 personal visit to the George and Pharraba (Russell) Allen Home and Cemetery ancestral property was published in Aug 1994. (REF: The Cadiz Record (Cadiz, Kentucky), Wednesday, August 3, 1994, page A3, "Cemeteries in Tennessee" by Rose Bonnell; URL: https://www.digifind-it.com/IDIViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/jlslibrary/data/newspapers/Cadiz%20Record/1994/1994-08-03.pdf, image 3 of 32.)
MARRIAGE: The marriage license of Brinkley and Ann/a was obtained in Davidson County, Tennessee.
"Hows, Brinkley to Ann Allen, issued on Aug 5th 1834" (with no recorded return of solemnization in this license-marriage book), page 459, heading "Marriage Record."
(REF: Ancestry.com 2008 Database: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002;"
URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/639580:1169, image 263 of 298.)
FYI: Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House, left a Family Bible record!
BIBLE: Alexander's Stereotype Editor [sic, Edition?], The New Testament, Lord of our Savior Jesus Christ,
183_ Philadelphia [unknown why last digit is missing, was it smudged and unreadable?]. TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 23, 1957. OWNER: In 1957, their Bible was owned and "in possession of Mrs Arthur Wayne Simmons, Linton, Trigg County, Kentucky." IDENTITY: Alma Richardson (Dawson) Simmons, (widow of his brother Archie). RELATIONSHIP: of Alma (Dawson) Simmons to Brinkley and Anna (Allen) Hows/House: Great-granddaughter. Alma is daughter of Elbert Carroll and Emma (Graham) Dawson, granddaughter of Algernon Sidney and Elvira America (Hows/House) Dawson, and Great-granddaughter of Brinkley and Anna. (HER OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52422446/alma-richardson-simmons
HIS OBIT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87346891/arthur-wayne-simmons.)
BIBLE TRANSCRIPT ACCESSIBLE! (REF: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/trigg/bibles/h200001.txt
and http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/bible/trigg_Bible.html (provided by Betty Sellers).
[ENTRIES FYI: Spelling suggests partial literacy of original recorder, common then in farming families.]
FAMILY DATA: Among many other vital facts, the Brinkley and Anna Bible provides this info:
MARRIAGES:
George S Allen and Pharaba Russell Allen was married Dec 15 1803.
Brinkley House and Ann Allen was married the 7th of Aug 1834.
[REPETITION ERROR: Possible original recording error, or, probable Transcription error, appears to be a copy error, misremembering which line is being copied, see repetition:]
[ERROR!!!] Algernum S. Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [ERROR!!! Wrong bride and date.]
[CORRECT!!!] Elbert Carroll Dawson and E.J. Graham married Aug 02 1885. [CORRECT!!!]
[FACT!!!]: Algernon S. Dawson and Elvira America House married Jan 21 1854. [FACT!!!]
(REF: Trigg Co KY Marriage Abstract Table: Grooms of "D" Surnames,
URL: http://www.westernkyhistory.org/trigg/marriage/wed-d.html.)
BIRTHS [PARTIAL]:
Brinkley House: Sep 17 1809.
Anna Allen: Oct 24 1812.
Elvira America House: May 04 1836.
Algemon [sic,= Algernon] S Dawson: Mar 27 1830.
DEATHS [PARTIAL]:
Elvira America Dawson the wife of Alge [sic, = Algernon] Sidney Dawson and the daughter of
Brinkley and Annie House: Jan 31 1875.
Brinkley House: Sep 07 1870.
BORN [ALL]:
George S. Allen: Oct 03 1776.
Pharaba Allen: Oct 10 1786.
Polly Allen: Nov 28 1804.
James Rupert Allen: May 11 1806 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING MIDDLE NAME, NOT RUSSELL BUT RUPERT!].
Barnabus M Allen: May 11 1806.
Felix A Allen: Aug 11 1810.
Anna Allen: --- 24 1812 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
Elizabeth Allen: Dec 23 1814.
Mursa Allen: Oct 08 1817 [NOTICE THE DIFFERING FIRST NAME: MURSA, RATHER THAN THURSA!].
Arnold M Allen: Jun 05 1819.
Robert Allen: Aug 03 1821.
Elbert C Allen: --- 22 1826 [UNKNOWN WHY THE MONTH IS MISSING].
George Washington Allen: Dec 29 1831.
[ALERT: RECORDER IS UNSPECIFIED, BUT BELIEVED TO BE WIFE/MOTHER: ANNA (ALLEN) HOWS/HOUSE, WHO DIED IN 1886, SINCE HER DEATH DATE IS NOT RECORDED THEREIN.--RHB.]
PRESENT LOCATION OF FAMILY BIBLE IS UNKNOWN.
FYI COMPARISON: The University of Indiana owns a similar Bible, with the following description:
"Bible. Alexander's stereotype edition the Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments, translated from the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised: with Canne's marginal notes and references to which are added and index: and alphabetical table... Philadelphia: Stereotyped and published by C. Alexander & Co. , 1839 (N.T. t.p. date 183?)"
(REF: The [Professor] Carleton Hodge collection: books from the library of Carleton Hodge, Collection No.: Z7770 .H6, Box 24 of 56 boxes, URL: https://archives.iu.edu/html/InU-Li-VAE1176.html.)
REPOSITORY INFO: Lilly Library, 1200 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, Business Number: 812-855-2452, Email: [email protected], Website: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library.
FAMILY OF BRINKLEY AND ANNA:
According to Family Data, verified by U.S. Federal Censuses of 1840 Davidson Co TN, and 1850 Trigg Co KY, their daughter, Elvira America House, was their only child.
Evidently Brinkley and Anna cared about family, and by the engraving on the mother's tombstone, their child cared deeply about them.
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