Anna Myrle Tabb
F, b. 29 November 1929, d. 4 January 1930
Anna Myrle Tabb was born on 29 November 1929 at OK. She died on 4 January 1930.
Winnie May Brewer
F, b. 27 July 1892, d. 16 May 1961
Mildred A Locke
F, b. 12 June 1907, d. 5 December 1992
Her married name was Ford. Mildred A
Locke married
Thomas Richard Ford. Mildred A Locke was born on 12 June 1907 at OK. She died on 5 December 1992 at Sayre, OK, at age 85.
Thomas Richard Ford
M, b. 23 March 1901, d. 29 August 1990
Maxine Helen Ford
F, b. 30 March 1927, d. 27 September 2001
Her married name was Hardin. Maxine Helen
Ford married
Clifford E Hardin. Maxine Helen Ford was born on 30 March 1927 at Carter, OK. She died on 27 September 2001 at Oklahoma City, OK, at age 74.
Clifford E Hardin
M, b. 14 November 1922, d. 4 July 1985
Alfred Aldo Locke
?, b. 1910, d. 1972
Alfred Aldo Locke was born in 1910. Alfred Aldo Locke died in 1972.
Josephine Jane Locke
F, b. 17 November 1859, d. 26 April 1877
Josephine Jane Locke was born on 17 November 1859 at Pearce Springs, MI. She died on 26 April 1877 at age 17.
Jesse Culp Locke
M, b. 19 March 1863, d. 11 April 1934
Jesse Culp
Locke was born on 19 March 1863 at Pearce Springs, MI. He married
Emma Virginia Fail on 5 January 1885. Jesse Culp Locke married
Fannie Mae Singley on 3 June 1900. Jesse Culp Locke died on 11 April 1934 at age 71.
Emma Virginia Fail
F, b. 10 March 1864
Fannie Mae Singley
F, b. 1880, d. 1964
Juddie E Locke
?, b. 15 April 1865, d. 16 January 1908
Juddie E
Locke was born on 15 April 1865 at Pearce Springs, MS. Juddie E Locke married
Alonza B Pittman on 21 September 1885. Juddie E Locke died on 16 January 1908 at age 42.
Alonza B Pittman
?, b. January 1857
Wellington Trott Locke
M, b. 28 October 1869
Wellington Trott Locke was born on 28 October 1869 at Isney, AL.
Jennie Locke
F, b. 1870
Jennie Locke was born in 1870 at Isney, AL.
Sidney Stanton Locke
M, b. 1 March 1872, d. 16 March 1968
Sidney Stanton Locke was born on 1 March 1872 at Isney, AL. He died on 16 March 1968 at age 96.
Leopold Locke
M, b. 27 April 1875, d. August 1954
Leopold
Locke was born on 27 April 1875 at Isney, AL. He (an unknown value) on 30 August 1950.
1 He died in August 1954 at age 79.
Citations
- [S40] Vann Helms, The Josias Locke Family Newsletter, Dear Cousin,
(I don’t have the cousin’s first name. She was a daughter of John Locke, who was the son of Judson Lafayette Locke, whose grandfather was Jesse McCullough Locke, a son of Josias.)
I received your letter this morning. Interesting indeed. I have had regrets for some years that we did not organize and “clan” together some years ago, and establish our family tree. Like most other family trees that I know, some branches would not stand out so much, but on the whole, it would certainly stack-up on average, the equal of any that I have known.
Now, I have a fairly good line on the Lockes from colonial days down to date. Old man Jud, (Judson Lafayette Locke) John’s father, (and her grandfather) and I were first cousins. That is, our fathers were brothers. My dad was Jesse Culp Locke. His brothers were Henry Locke, Newell Locke, Dr. Joe Locke, a Ben Locke who went against the Confederacy, and was never recognized by the rest of the bunch, and Judson Lafayette Locke, an old bachelor who died up about Marion or Green Pond, Alabama. The latter is for whom John’s dad was named. John’s father had some brothers; Jesse, Hayes, and Ben Frank. They called him Ben Frank because there was a Ben in our family too.
Judson is a Locke name. I think it came from the old Baptist pioneer who founded the Judson Institute at Marion, Alabama. His name was Adoniram Judson. All the Baptists have some kind of history of him. This is merely my conjecture.
The original Locke bunch came from Tennessee. They filtered in from colonial times through Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas, into Tennessee. I have a nephew, Judson Locke, Chief of Police at Gulfport, Mississippi, who had a sister called Juddie as a feminine for Judson.
But your grandfather had more sisters than “Toke”. Eutoka also was an Indian name. Just what it means I have never learned. There was Mary, (Mrs. Vineyard), who died up in the same region that old man Judson died. She had one son, Zellicoffer Vineyard, who lives at or about Marion, Alabama. He was called Zellicoffer by old Judson because of his devotion to his Confederate General who was mortally wounded at the battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky, and old Judson, then just a lad, bore him from the field.
Aside from Mary, there was Mrs. Alice Diamond, John’s aunt, and Eutoka, who married Frank Lee. Mrs. Diamond is buried at Lumberton, Mississippi, just a few minutes drive from my home. Her husband, old Mr. Lucius Diamond, is there too. I helped to place him there. The rest of the Diamond family is at Columbia, Mississippi. I’m sure that John remembers the Diamonds.
All of Jud’s brothers are dead now. Hayes at Laurel, Ben F. on Crighton Rt. 7, at Sommes near Mobile, and old man Jess, from Oklahoma. I saw Jess two or three times before he died. He died in his nineties. An interesting character he was. I only hope that I grow old as he did.
Now, before I get off the subject, John’s grandfather was old Mr. J. H. (Henry) Locke. He was a brother to my dad. I was at the place when he died. It was at the home of Frank Lee and Eutoka. His wife, Aunt Matilda, who was John’s grandmother on his father’s side, had gone some three or four years before that.
Now, as for Jud’s family, I’ll give you all I recall. I am the “guy” who never forgot anything and never learned anything. The last distinct recollection that I had of a meeting with Jud was up at McMillin’s, just after the “Sims War”. John remembers that. As I remember it, Jud was one of the “marked” men that they didn’t get. (An article follows about “The Sims War”)
So you are the daughter of John, who was the son of Judson, who was the son of Henry and Matilda. You’ll have no trouble in establishing that fact and more, but as I recall, your grandfather was married to Sallie McKenzie somewhere in Texas, but where? They must have married at least 70 years ago. If John can remember from the “fireside” talks that families have, the name of the towns in which his mother was a girl, you might go back to the public records and trace Grandmother Sallie that way. I recall Sallie’s Indian features as being an unmistakable index, but what tribe would have to be revealed. Now, I want to see you get in on the “pot” mentioned, and there is no mistake about your carrying your share of Indian blood. You can prove that John is your father, that Judson was your grandfather, and that J. H. (Henry) Locke was your great-great grandfather, and that your great-great-great grandfather can be had if necessary, but that doesn’t throw any light on Grandmother Sallie’s background. You are necessarily forced to make your proof through her line. Is there anybody anywhere that can give you a lift there?
You know that Texas is a big state. I was out there some two years. I always thought that Jud was in South Texas. That would have thrown him close to the Mexicans, who are, for the most part, Indian and Spanish. So, get in after that feature of it. It’s the McKenzie blood that you need to establish.
As I recall it, I am about three years older than John, then came Jake, with HIS Indian features, and two girls called Lena and Linn. The latter might have been named Linda, but they gave her Linn for short. To be a little more personal before I close, just where is John, and why in the heck doesn’t he reveal himself some time? Some years ago, I heard that Jake came here, bought and dismantled a saw mill or something, and hauled it away. I heard about it some months after. As I recall, John married the little Gilder girl. Perhaps that’s your mother, unless something happened.
David R Locke
M, b. 1 April 1877
David R Locke was born on 1 April 1877 at Isney, AL.
Charlie Locke
M, b. 1879, d. 1879
Charlie Locke died in 1879. He was born in 1879 at Isney, AL.
Rena Aldomena Locke
F, b. 17 May 1852
Rena Aldomena Locke was born on 17 May 1852.
Sarah Ann Locke
F, b. before 1823
Sarah Ann Locke was born before 1823 at Chester, SC.
Josiah Locke1
M, b. 6 June 1830, d. 3 March 1868
Josiah
Locke witnessed (an unknown value.)
2 He was born on 6 June 1830 at Chester, SC. He married
Mary Elizabeth McClellan on 19 September 1853. Josiah Locke died on 3 March 1868 at TN at age 37.
Citations
- [S33] Kristen Mildenhall, "Kate Locke Ancestry."
- [S63] Kate Locke, "Josiah Locke", Josiah Locke was born 6 June 1830 in Chester County, South Carolina to Joseph Locke and Mary Culp. Josiah was their first son and was named after his paternal grandfather, Josias John Lock, who had died in 1826. Josiah was one of at least four male relatives born from 1826 to 1836, named after Josias John Lock.
According to his Civil War service records, Josiah was 6'2'' with brown hair, black eyes, and a light complexion.
Around the age of 15-19, Josiah moved with his family to Meigs County, Tennessee. On 21 September 185311 Family bible says 21st, County record says 19th, at the age of 23, Josiah married Mary Elizabeth McClellan (1832-1866), daughter of Robert McClellan and Martha McClellan. Their first son, Samuel W. was born in 4 Nov 1854, followed by a daughter Mary Ann (b. 8 May 1857). Samuel W. died at the age of 4y in 25 Nov 1858. More children followed with Joseph Marcellus born in 20 Oct 1859 and Gus Thomas Leon in 23 June 1862.
During these years, Josiah lived the life of a Tennessee farmer, until he enlisted with the Union as a Private in the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Company H (Union) in 1863. According to his service records, Josiah joined up October 16, 1863 in Nashville, TN and was mustered in on November 12, 1863 in Nashville, TN. He was captured by the Confederates on September 24, 1864 in Athens, Alabama and held as a prisoner-of-war until he was released on March 21, 1865 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Josiah was then transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he remained from May 7, 1865 until June 27, 1865. He was officially mustered out on August 3rd, 1865 from Pulaski, TN. At this point, Josiah would have returned to his home in the ravaged region of Eastern Tennessee.
Josiah & Mary Elizabeth both died very young, with Mary Elizabeth dying at age 34 on 6 June 1866 following the birth of twin daughters, Elizabeth Usceline and Dorthula Eveline on 31 May 186622 Family bible pages. One of the twins, Elizabeth Usceline, would die a few short weeks later on July 1433 Family Bible says July 14th, but Kate Locke’s bio said June 23rd—Family Bible is probably more accurate.. Josiah died two years later on 3 March 1868 at age 38, possibly from complications from his service in the Civil War.
The deaths of Mary Elizabeth and Josiah left their four young children as orphans, the oldest child only 11 years old and the youngest only 2. The children were placed into multiple homes and raised apart until the oldest daughter, Mary Ann, was able to bring them back together in Jasper, TN. It is still not known why the children were not placed with family members. Most likely there were no family members able to care for them. Josiah’s parents had both died, his step-sister was a widow with her own children, and the area had just been ravaged from the Civil War.
Mary Elizabeth McClellan
F, b. 1832, d. 6 June 1866
Mary Elizabeth
McClellan was born in 1832 at Meigs, TN. As of 19 September 1853,her married name was Locke. She married
Josiah Locke, son of
Joseph L Locke and
Mary Culp, on 19 September 1853. Mary Elizabeth McClellan died on 6 June 1866 at TN.
Gus Thomas Leon Locke1
M, b. 23 June 1862, d. 24 December 1915
Gus Thomas Leon
Locke was born on 23 June 1862 at Marion, TN. He married
Lula Powell before 1892. Gus Thomas Leon Locke married
Elizabeth Caroline Parker on 17 July 1892. Gus Thomas Leon Locke died on 24 December 1915 at age 53; I originally had 22 Dec 1915.
Citations
- [S33] Kristen Mildenhall, "Kate Locke Ancestry."
Elizabeth Caroline Parker
F, b. 27 November 1868, d. 28 January 1941
Elizabeth Caroline
Parker was born on 27 November 1868 at Bledsoe, TN. As of 17 July 1892,her married name was Locke. She married
Gus Thomas Leon Locke, son of
Josiah Locke and
Mary Elizabeth McClellan, on 17 July 1892. Elizabeth Caroline Parker died on 28 January 1941 at Blackfoot, ID, at age 72.
Kate Locke
F, b. 17 April 1899, d. 2 February 1985
Kate
Locke “My father was an orphan at a very early age. His mother died in childbirth when twins were born on June 6, 1886. One of the twins died on June 23, only a few days after they were born.
Grandfather passed away March 3, 1868. The children were put into different homes until they were older, at which time they again moved together until they were each married. One twin married a man the family didn’t approve of. He took her away, and they never heard from her again.”. She was born on 17 April 1899 at Jasper, TN. As of 17 September 1919,her married name was Brower. She married
George Stephen Brower on 17 September 1919. Kate Locke died on 2 February 1985 at age 85.
George Stephen Brower
M, b. 12 August 1895, d. 15 February 1996
Family | Kate Locke b. 17 Apr 1899, d. 2 Feb 1985 |
| Children | |
Dorothy Katherine Brower
F
