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Do you have an ancestor, or knowledge of an individual, who lived in Sumter County at some time? All families that came before us were the founders of our county. Ancestors who farmed or had cattle ranches or even the folks that who held public office, or who founded a school, church, etc.?
We have so many interesting people that came to Sumter County and their biography is part of what made our county what it is today.If so, you are invited to submit a biography
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George McIntosh Troup Simmons, 1836
- 1897
My
grandfather, Dr.
Simmons, was the first permanent
doctor in Bushnell area.
He and his wife, raised their six children
about
2 miles out of town on Lake Annie, now called Simmons Pond. George was
also a farmer and owned an orange grove and would ship his produce on
cargo
boats down the Withlacoochee River. George was also a Mason and a
charter
member of New Hope Methodist Church in Istachatta. He enlisted in his
brother's company, Holman Felix Simmons Co., Co F., 8th Florida
Infantry
serving
as assistant surgeon in Talladelga Hospital. He also served as a school
teacher from time to time.
He is buried in Tema Cemetery.
Submitted
by: Barbara
J. Daugherty
SPURGEON
"JIGGS" UPSHAW
Jiggs
played a prominent
role in the early days of
Sumter County cattlemen. He managed the Monarch Ranch for over 25 years
and was a well respected member of the community.
Submitted
by: Douglas
Sigmon
William
Gready Hope 1816-1897
William
was born in
Woodville, Mississippi, the son
of "Captain" Adam Hope and Jane Gready. He ran unsuccessfully for
county
office there on two occasions, served with the "Woodville Rifles" in
the
Mexican War under his neighbor Jefferson Davis, married Caroline Newell
in Woodville in 1848, and when she inherited slaves from her father,
the
family moved to Amite, La., and after the War to Mckinney, Texas.
William
came to Sumter County to live near his oldest son in 1894, and died
there
at the age of 81. He is buried in the Stewart Chapel Cemetery
near
Webster. He left a fascinating diary
that describes life in
Sumter County before the turn of the century.
Submitted
by Brett
Hope
Andrew
Benjamin Albritton
Andrew
Benjamin Albritton
was born July 14, 1882 at
Orange Springs,
Florida
(Marion County). He
was the son of Arthur
Jackson Albritton and Martha Ann Waldron both natives of Florida. After
completion of his high school education he went into the mercantile
business
and raising cattle. He then entered the University of Georgia at
Augusta
and graduated in 1912 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. To earn
extra
money he would return home in the summers to run timber on the
Ocklawaha
River. After graduation, he began practicing medicine in Wildwood and
operating
a drug store in downtown Wildwood until his death in May 1945. He was a
Past Master of Wildwood Blue Lodge, member of the City Council and he
served
as a medical examiner during the World War and a director of the Bank
of
Wildwood. On June 27, 1915 Andrew Albritton married Thelma Caruthers
daughter
of David Crockett Caruthers and Anna (Caruthers) Caruthers. They had
three
children: Dr. David C. Albritton a practicing physician in Ocala, Fl.,
Agnes, a registered nurse, who married F. L. McGehee, Sheriff of Marion
County, and Dolly who married John Bropson. Andrew had one brother
Glover
that lived in Sumter Co.
Submitted
by Kay
McGehee Love
| BRIDGES-Dr. Clinton H. Bridges and brother Reverend John Wesley Bridges-From COLEMAN--Adamsville Cemetery-COMING SOON Submitted by Mildred Brady Venitucci |
| George Perry Bailey Confederate Veteran who settled in Oxford, Sumter, Florida.
GEORGE PERRY BAILEY is the great grandfather of CLYDE WINSTON MANN BAILEY, of Bailey Ranches, Inc. 3709 County Road 214, Oxford, Sumter County, Florida.
SOURCE: The Legacy of the Florida Pioneer "Cow Hunters": In Their Own Words By Nancy Dale Chapter Three, Pg 18 -23, Mann Bailey, Oxford http://books.google.com/books/
GEORGE PERRY BAILEY’s last known recorded residence was District 1, Sumter County, Florida in the Florida State Census dated June 30, 1885. GEORGE’S third wife was SUSAN MOTHERSHED, the widow of JOSEPH TODD COPELAND PERRY, who was killed in the Civil War. She is buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, Florida. In 1900, the widow, SUSAN M. BAILEY is residing with her son, WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRY and his wife, ELIZABETH WATSON GIBSON in Oxford, Florida.
GEORGE P. BAILEY, a Confederate Veteran, most probably died and buried in Sumter County, Florida between 1885 and 1900. Genealogy research needs to be accomplished in Sumter County, Florida within this fifteen year window to find GEORGE P BAILEY’S exact death date.
GEORGE P. BAILEY is the son of KENNEDY WILLIAM “KW” BAILEY who served in as a musician in the War of 1812 at Charleston, South Carolina. GEORGE is the grandson of WILLIAM FLEMING BAILEY a Revolutionary Soldier, who has a Patriotic Memorial at Salem Cemetery, Heath Springs, Lancaster County, South Carolina.
GEORGE PERRY BAILEY served in the Confederate States Army, first in 1861 as a drum major in the “Tuskaloosa Plow Boys”, Company “G”, 38th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. On 30 April 1864, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, George Perry Bailey enlisted as a Private by Captain Slaughter and was later detailed as the Commissary Sergeant with Captain George W Hassell's Company "G" 3rd Regiment, Alabama Reserves.
George Perry Bailey - Military Page - Ancestry.com
After the end of the Civil War, GEORGE P. BAILEY moved from Alabama to Florida to grow oranges. GEORGE is residing with his third wife, SUSANNA MOTHERSHED and children in Orange County, Florida, near Clay Springs in the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census.
GEORGE PERRY7 BAILEY (KENNEDY WILLIAM6, WILLIAM FLEMING SR.5, JAMES4, JOHN II3, JOHN I2, STEPHEN1), the son of KENNEDY WILLIAM BAILEY and MARY POLLY ANN PERRY, was born March 20, 1816 in Lancaster District, South Carolina, He married (1) REBECCA SLAUGHTER Abt. 1834. She was born 1807 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1857 in Alabama. He married (2) MARY CRAWFORD January 14, 1858 in Fayette County, Alabama, daughter of JOHN CRAWFORD. She was born Abt. 1827 in South Carolina. He married (3) SUSAN MOTHERSHED Abt. 1864. She was born March 1834 in South Carolina, and died November 23, 1916 in Oxford, Sumter County, Florida. SUSAN MOTHERSHED BAILEY is buried at Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, Sumter County, Florida.
SOURCES & REFERENCES and MORE ON GEORGE P. BAILEY’S FAMILY & DESCENDANTS
George Perry Bailey, Individual Genealogy Data Page, Rootsweb: Marble's Ancestors Database http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.
From BAILEY Descendant / Researcher: DeCody Brad Marble |
James
Caruthers
James
Caruthers and his
wife Elizabeth Hull were born
in Burke County Georgia
around
1800. James received
Armed Occupation Act permit
389 in May 1843 and
settled
at Shady Brook in
Sumter County. James established
and operated a
saw
mill there. He is
listed in the Marion County
Commissions minutes as the
builder
of the first county
courthouse, which was
a log structure. The
building
was first used by
the county commission on
September 7, 1846. James
was
paid $225 for the job
with an additional allowance
of $80.00 for a judges
bench,
jury box and other
interior furnishings. James
died about 1848. His
widow
Elizabeth recorded
her mark and brand Dec. 13,
1850. Her oldest son
Thomas
recorded his mark
and brand in May 1850.
The brother of James, William Brinson was born Dec. 2, 1808 in Burke Co Georgia.
He claimed his land under the
occupation act April 17,
1843 and received permit 365 at the land office of
Newnanville (Alachua Co.
Fl). he married (1)
Millicent
Hull (who died in
a fire) (2)Delilah Hall
in Alachua County on
October
30, 1844. Delilah
was the daughter of Soloman
Hall. William died
August
2, 1882 and Delilah
died March 1893. Both are
buried at Oak Grove
Cemetery,
Wildwood,
Florida. Several descendants of
the Caruthers brothers
have
remained in Sumter County and
Marion County, Florida.
Samuel,
brother to
William B. and James was also born
in Burke Co. Georgia.
He
moved to another county
in Florida.
Submitted
by Kay
McGehee Love
William
W. Caruthers
William
W. Caruthers was
the son of James and Elizabeth
Hull Caruthers. He was born in 1835 Burke County Georgia. His family
moved
to Florida around 1843. He served in Captain J.J. Dickinson's Company H
of the 2nd Florida Cavalry during the Civil War. He enlisted at
Flotard
Pond where the company was formed and he was mustered out May 20, 1865.
He drove cattle for the government during the time when cattle was
driven
to market in huge trail drives. He was a member of the Baptist Church
in
Wildwood. He married Rebecca Duncan, born in Lancaster County, South
Carolina
and daughter of John and Jincy Duncan. In January of 1852 the Duncans
left
Lancaster County, SC along with the Crenshaw and Perry families,
travelled
by wagon train until they arrived in Sumter County in March 1852. Many
descendants
from these families still reside in Sumter County. William W. Caruthers
died
in Sumter County, April 27, 1892 and Rebecca died September 15, 1904.
They
are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Wildwood, Fl.
Submitted by Kay McGehee Love
Thomas Preston Caruthers Sr.
Thomas Preston Caruthers Sr. the son of Preston Caruthers and Marion Perry was a lifelong resident of Oxford, Florida being born there on August 26 1889. In January 1910, he married Hattye Bowman, daughter of Richard Pope Bowman and Addie Odell. Thomas Preston and Hattye raised four children, two of whom still live in Oxford. He was a highly respected farmer, a man of his word and a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Oxford serving as Sunday School Superintendent for thirty-six years and church deacon for sixty years. His grandchildren and great grandchildren fondly called him “Papa”. During their lifetime “Papa” and “Grandma” lived and farmed land located on U.S. Highway 301 just south of Oxford. In “Papa’s” later years when his health prevented him from farming full time, he sold his watermelon and cantaloupe seeds to all the area farmers. “Papa” died August 19, 1971.
He and “Grandma” are buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Oxford, Florida.
Submitted by Judy Hux Rainey
Emily “Milly” Carver Griffin died between 1885 and
1888. Caleb died on
12 September 1898 in
Woodruff, Jim.
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Submitted by tmcgowin@earthlink.net
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Born Edward W. Northrup, 2 April 1856 in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County Iowa. Died 6 November 1931 in Sumter County FL. Son of Mahlon H. Northrup. His mother died in childbirth. For some unknown reason, in the 1890's he dropped the second r in Northrup and changed his middle initial from W. to D. He is buried in Indian Hill Cemetery with no headstone or marker. His 1st wife, Rachel Emily (Gunter) Northup, died in 1914 in Wauchula, FL He and his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Barber were married on 26 January 1917 and lived in Sumter County until he died.
Daniel Lewis Smith Children
Daniel Lewis (b.24-July-1830 d. 25-Feb-1879) and Ann A. Craig (b.31-Dec-1835 d. 8 Oct-1879)
In 1880, John Quincy was the head of household with all his younger brothers and sisters living with him. After his parents died in the same year, he kept his family together.
In 1884, at the age of 25, John Quincy and Ferdinand Dunklin Smith at the age of 11, came to Center Hill, Florida from Butler Co. Georgia. The other brothers and sisters came by 1885 because they are listed in the census..JQ-29, Thomas Webb-16, Ferd Dunklin-12, Daniel Clinton-8, Rachael Ellen-24. By the 1900 census they lived next to each other with their families. In the 1910 census, their Aunt Willie Sweatt Berry is living by Thomas Webb Smith. Other related families are the Beville Bozeman, Edmund, Hooten, Lee
Robertson, Sweatt, and Craig and others
Daniel C. Smith was the postmaster of Center Hill for 29 years
Thomas Webb Smith was a merchant.
There are still many of the descendents of this Smith family living in the Center Hill area.
Submitted by Cookie Keller cookieandkim@comcast.net
Wing Family History
(to be added soon)
Center Hill
Love Cemetery
