Saturday, January 07, 2006
The House of ... (PART III.b.)
George Washington: A farmer with assets of $200. On November 4, 1851, George was paid $20 for about two and one-half acres of land by the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. He picked up his family and moved from Virginia to the West Hills area in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Washington Fletcher: Born while his father and mother were still living in Virginia. At the age of 22, he married Julia Dunn, who was from a prominent Knoxville family. Like his father, he, too, was a farmer.
James Robert: Started out in the furniture making business. Jim fought in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and 1899. He was promoted to sergeant during this time. However, for some odd reason was demoted to corporal while serving in the Philippians. Jim would go on to marry Frances Ferguson.
Robert Kenneth: Born on the kitchen table on May 4, 1922. The doctor did not recall the name the family wished to call the boy. Therefore, the doctor took Jim's middle name and made it the boy's first name. However, the doctor did remember Kenneth. But when Kenneth (what his family called him) joined the military he had to go by Robert. His children and wife would later call him Bob. As mentioned, Bob (Grandpa to me) served in Europe during World War II.
Cornelius: My dad. The name he goes by, and his first, is Christopher. He met my mom at the University of Tennessee while he was working on his degree in Engineering Physics. He was later called into the ministry, and he is currently a pastor of a small church in South Knoxville.
Wesley: That is me!
Washington Fletcher: Born while his father and mother were still living in Virginia. At the age of 22, he married Julia Dunn, who was from a prominent Knoxville family. Like his father, he, too, was a farmer.
James Robert: Started out in the furniture making business. Jim fought in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and 1899. He was promoted to sergeant during this time. However, for some odd reason was demoted to corporal while serving in the Philippians. Jim would go on to marry Frances Ferguson.
Robert Kenneth: Born on the kitchen table on May 4, 1922. The doctor did not recall the name the family wished to call the boy. Therefore, the doctor took Jim's middle name and made it the boy's first name. However, the doctor did remember Kenneth. But when Kenneth (what his family called him) joined the military he had to go by Robert. His children and wife would later call him Bob. As mentioned, Bob (Grandpa to me) served in Europe during World War II.
Cornelius: My dad. The name he goes by, and his first, is Christopher. He met my mom at the University of Tennessee while he was working on his degree in Engineering Physics. He was later called into the ministry, and he is currently a pastor of a small church in South Knoxville.
Wesley: That is me!
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 10:44 PM 
