Mary Virginia Hill "Jennie" FRENSLEY

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Text Document made in 1940 of Mary Virginia Hill Frensley on file.

PICTURE ON FILE. COPY OF DIARY ON FILE. BIRTH:ON WHITE'S CREEK ROAD. SUMMARY FROM VIRGINIA'S DIARY: WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD, WE MOVED TO TOWN (EDGEFIELD). THE OLDEST BOY GOT A JOB IN SUTHERLAND'S SAW MILL LOCATED ON THE RIVER BANK JUST NORTH OF WOODLAND ST. BRIDGE. THE YOUNGER DRAKE BOY GOT ODD JOBS AND LATER A JOB WITH THE L. & N. R.R. ADDIE WENT TO WORK WITH A NOTED DRESSMAKER. TOMMY HAD ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY AND IN TOWN. HE WAS NEVER A BOOKISH LAD, HE WANTED TO WORK AND HELP HIS MOTHER, HE WAS NEVER LAZY. HE WORKED IN A BAKERY, GROCERY, GRIST MILL, LUMBER YARD. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 15 HE HE WENT TO MONTGOMERY BELL SCHOOL FOR A SHORT TIME. THAT WAS HIS LAST SCHOOLING. I STARTED MY EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL OF MRS. JACKSON B. WHITE, WHERE I SPENT 2 SESSIONS. I HAD LEARNED THE ALPHABET AND COULD READ PARROT FASHION MCGUFFEY'S FIRST READER FROM HAVING HEARD TOMMY READ. I STUDIED WEBSTER'S BLUEBACK SPELLING BOOK, AND LEARNED TO WRITE. I THEN WENT TO THE EDGEFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY ON THE CORNER OF WOODLAND AND 7TH. ST. I REMAINED THERE 2 YEARS ADVANCING LABORIOUSLY, WORKING HARD, BUT NEVER QUITE SUCCEEDING IN GETTING THE COVETED PINK TICKET REPOAR. WHEN I WAS ELEVEN, I ENTERED THE MAIN ST. SCHOOL IN THE 5TH GRADE, AND HERE I REMAINED UNTIL I GRADUATED. MY TEACHER WAS MRS. LIZZIE MILLER (OF BLESSED MEMORY). HOW I LOVED HER. SHE WAS THE PASSION OF MY CHILD HEART. SHE RECOGNIZED MY LONGINGS AND ASPIRATIONS AND BY SOME INTUITION, SHE DISCOVERED MY MODEST ABILITIES AND ENCOURAGED ME TO "HITCH MY WAGON TO A STAR". TIME WENT ON, AND I GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE, AS VALEDICTORIAN OF MY CLASS JUNE 1879. I BEGAN TEACHING AT SEARIGHT SCHOOL IN NORTH EDGEFIELD IN SEPT. 1879. THIS BEGAN 57 YEARS OF TEACHING FROM ABC'S AT SEARIGHT TO THE 12TH GRADE SENIORS AT HUME-FOGG.(AT THIS POINT VIRGINIA NAMES ALL THE SCHOOLS WHERE SHE TAUGHT AND THE ASSOCIATE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS). CONCLUSION:WHATEVER ABILITY I HAVE TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN WRITING, I OWE TO SARAH A. WHITE WHO TAUGHT ME IN THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADES. SHE DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO ENCOURAGE AND PUSH ME ALONG. I MUST OWE THE LOVE OF POETRY TO MY LITTLE MOTHER. SHE WAS ALWAYS CLIPPING POEMS FROM THE FEW PAPERS WE COULD AFFORD TO GET. I REMEMBER SHE HAD A VOLUME OF POEMS WRITTEN BY AMERICAN WOMEN POETS. I WISH I HAD IT NOW

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DEATH:CARNEY FAMILY CEMETERY IS ON WHITES CREEK,DAVIDSON COUNTY,TENNESSEE PROOF OF ALL: VIRGINIA HILL FRENSLEY"S CHRONICLES OF MY FAMILY 11-JUL-90:THOMAS O. LAID IN A VAULT AT MT. OLIVET CEMETERY IN DAVIDSON COUNTY FROM 20-DEC-1881-03-MAR-1882.HIS BODY WAS MOVED FROM OLIVET BY ROESCH-PATTON FUNERAL HOME.AN OFFICE WORKER AT ROESCH-PATTON CHECKED THE RECORDS AND SAID HIS FUNERAL HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN HELD BY CORNELIUS FUNERAL HOME. THOMAS SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR IN THE 1ST. REGIMENT,TENNESSEE INFANTRY, CAPT. CHEATHAM'S CO.E. HE APPEARS ON THE COMPANY MUSTER-IN ROLL ON MAY 28, 1846 AND ENLISTED FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. HE WAS DISCHARGED BY REASON OF SURGEON'S CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY AT CAMARGO 05-SEP-1846 AS A PVT. HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE COMPANY MUSTER-OUT ROLL IN NEW ORLEANS,23-MAY-47. NOTE:12-JUL-90:THE ONLY CAMARGO I CAN FIND IN THE ATLAS IS CAMARGO,BOLIVIA IN S.AMERICA. COPY OF MILITARY RECORDS ON FILE. 14-JUL-90:IMFORMATION ON THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS O. FRENSLEY HAS BEEN UPDATED USING IMFORMATION FROM SUSAN F. MCCLARY AND HER MOTHER HENRIETTA HALL FRENSLEY. THIS IMFORMATION HAS HELPED FILL IN SOME OF THE BLANKS LEFT FROM V.HILL'S DIARY.COPY OF CARTWRIGHT MARRIAGE RECORD ON FILE. LAST NAME FRENDSLEY DAVIDSON COUNTY,TENNESSEE MARRIAGE RECORD READS THOMAS FRIENDSLEY TO JANET T. DRAKE, 11 NOV. 1857. THERE IS ANOTHER RECORD THAT WE CANNOT MATCH THAT READS THOMAS (A.?) FRIENSLEY TO NANCY E. CARTWRIGHT 14-NOV-1849,DAVIDSON CTY,TENN. CAUSE OF DEATH:TYPHOID FEVERTOMBSTONE AND 1860 DAVIDSON COUNTY,TENNESSEE CENSUS

Thomas married Talitha Janet Jane FRENCH on 11 Nov 1857 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Talitha (daughter of Henry FRENCH, Jr. and Sarah Purley PURSLEY) was born on 9 Aug 1825; died on 22 May 1897 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From daughter Mary Virginia Frensley in 1940 narration:
"Mother kept toll gate, father a blacksmith. Mother and father separated. Mother had good neighbors and friends who came nobly to her help, and she had an indomitable will. She kept the toll gate, did fine sewing, cultivated a garden, was never idle. Though she was a Kentuckian (and always proud of it), her Virginia ancestry made her loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Her house was a home for homesick Union boys, and her young daughter (Addie) was a strong attraction added to the simple, but well-prepared food of mother's table. She braved many dangers during that troublesome period, but her courage never faltered, my brave, little mother."

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BIRTH..BETWEEN 1765-1783 (1810 CAROLINE COUNTY,VIRGINIA CENSUS) PROBABLY BETWEEN 1777-1780 (1810 CENSUS, WALDEN MARRIAGE, TWO MALES ON 1800 TAX LIST) DIARY OF V. HILL STATES: "GRANDFATHER WAS A FRENCH TAILOR. GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER MIGRATED FROM VIRGINIA TO DAVIDSON COUNTY,TENNESSEE." ON 1880 CENSUS BOTH GEORGE W. AND WILLIAM D. STATE BOTH THEIR PARENTS WERE BORN IN VIRGINIA. WILLIAM IS LISTED IN 1803 IN BOWLING GREEN, VIRGINIA ON THE LIST OF VIRGINIA POST OFFICES AND COMMUNITIES.

William married Susannah G. Elizabeth CHILES in 1810. Susannah was born on 12 Oct 1790 in Ireland Or Virginia; died on 24 Aug 1853 in South Nashville, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MARRIAGE..OBITUARY OF SUSAN ELIZABETH SAYS WIFE OF WILLIAM LEE..NO OTHER WILLIAM OLD ENOUGH, 1810 CENSUS NO FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSE, AUGUST 1811 NEXT CHILD BORN. REFERENCE: OBITUARY AND MARRIAGE NOTICES 1844-1863 BY RUSSELL P. BAKER DIARY OF V.HILL STATES: "GRANDMOTHER WAS IRISH"

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Henry married Sarah Purley PURSLEY. Sarah was born in 1796; died in 1847. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MARRIAGE REF..MARRIAGES OF LOUISA COUNTY,VIRGINIA 1766-1815 1782-87..SIMON FRIENSLEY..SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY,VA. TAX RECORDS 1788..SIMON FRIENSLEY IN FREDERICKSBURG OR SURROUNDING AREA..GENEALOGICAL COLUMN OF THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT. 21 MAR. 1832, P2491 1800..SIMON FRENSLEY ESTATE..NEXT TO JAMES FRENSLEY..1800 CAROLINE COUNTY TAX LIST (FROM THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST, VOL. 14) WE HAVE NOT YET PROVEN THE LINK FROM SIMON TO HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THIS LINK. ONE IN PARTICULAR, IS THE FACT THAT CHARLES ALFRED FRENSLEY NAMED HIS DAUGHTER ELIZABETH WALDEN FRENSLEY. THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF SIMON ARE THEREFORE THEORY AT THIS POINT AND ARE BASED ON RESEARCH DONE BY MANY FAMILY MEMBERS. ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF POST OFFICES AND COMMUNITIES LOCATED IN CAROLINE CTY., VIRGINIA:BOWLING GREEN,SIMON FRENSLEY, 1794,1798,1799 30-JUL-91:DOLORES HALL CALLED AND TOLD ME ABOUT A RECORD THAT SOME ONE ELSE HAD FOUND THAT SAID JAMES FRENSLEY AND SON SIMON (AGE 14), BOTH FROM ALSACE-LORRAINE, FRANCE; LEFT FRANCE IN 1771. 12-NOV-91:COPY OF MARRIAGE RECORD FROM LOUISA COUNTY SPELLS LAST NAME AS FRENSLY, AND THE DATE THAT THE MARRIAGE BOND WAS RECORDED WAS APRIL-6-1776. THERE IS NO DATE LISTED FOR THE ACTUAL MARRIAGE. 27-JAN-92:LETTER FROM RESEARCHER THAT WE HIRED TO CHECK ON THE WALDEN RECORDS SAYS THAT SIMON IS LISTED AS SIMON OR SYMON ON THE 1784, 1785, AND 1786 TITHABLES LIST. REF:STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, TITHABLES, 1723-1790 BY VOGT & KETHLEY. IN 1776 THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN STAFFORD CTY. AND KING GEORGE COUNTY, IT'S NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, AND ALL THAT PORTION OF KING GEORGE COUNTY WHICH LAY BETWEEN STAFFORD COUNTY AND THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER WAS TAKEN INTO STAFFORD.

Simon married Elizabeth WALDEN on 6 Apr 1776 in Louisa County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles WALDEN and Mary LEA) was born about 1761; died about 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH..OLDER THAN 45 ON THE 1810 VA. CENSUS, BETWEEN 60 AND 70 ON THE 1830 VA. CENSUS..DEATH..SHOWS ON 1830 VA. CENSUS. ELIZABETH HAS A MALE UNDER 10 LIVING WITH HER ON THE 1810 CENSUS. SHE IS LISTED AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. SHE ALSO IS SHOWN ON THE 1820 CENSUS WITH A MALE CHILD UNDER 10 LIVING WITH HER. SHOWS IN 1803 IN BOWLING GREEN,VIRGINIA POST OFFICE AND COMMUNITIES LIST. THE NAME WALDEN IS ALSO SPELLED WALDON ON VARIOUS RECORDS DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS. GARY GRIFFIN REFERS TO "DRAPER, AUTHOR OF THE DRAPER MANUSCRIPT AS MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT "IN EARLY RECORDS WALDON, WALDEN, AND WALLINGS WERE THE SAME FAMILY." COPY OF THE INTRODUCTION TO THE DRAPER MANUSCRIPTS AND SEVERAL OTHER PAGES INCLUDING A PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR LYMAN COPELAND DRAPER (1815 -1891) ON FILE.