25. Edward Turner WEEMS (Britton , Thomas Scott , Thomas Scott , John ) was born 1 on 26 Feb 1835 in Holmes, Mississippi. He died on 23 Sep 1888 in Grays Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. He was buried in Saron Cemetery.
Will of Lucy Duly, Attala County, MS
Attala County Deeds, Book M, Page 185, 186
Contributed by Betty Jean Weems NeatheryLucy Duly } To : Gift } Attala County Mississippi April 6, 1873 Emily Hodges Et al} I, Lucy Duly being in Sound mind and Memory do make this My last Will and Testament To wit ...and I further request that Should I not be among the living on the first day of January 1874 that My Land to wit W « of SE ¬ Section Seven in Township fourteen Range 9 East in Attala County Shall be put up and sold to the highest bidder and the money divided equally between my five children. Witness My hand & Seal this April 6th 1874 Test - M. L. Williams (Seal) her T. P. Hodge (Seal) Lucy (L) Duley (Seal) Mark State of Mississippi } ...
Edward married Rosanna Jane WOOD. Rosanna was born 1 on 30 May 1841 in Georgia. She died on 8 Jun 1858 in Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi. She was buried in Holmes, Mississippi.
They had the following children:
89 F i Martha Estelle WEEMES was born 1 on 2 Jun 1859 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. She died on 25 Apr 1948 in Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi. She was buried in Durant, Holmes, Mississippi. Martha married Robert Henry HEWITT on 25 Dec 1880 in Durant, Holmes, Mississippi. 90 M ii Britton WEEMES was born 1 on 14 Feb 1861 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. 91 F iii Rose Anna WEEMES was born 1 on 10 Dec 1862 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. She died in Attala, Mississippi. Rose married Stephen H. BOYETT on 14 Dec 1895 in Holmes, Mississippi. 92 F iv Lucy Ann WEEMES was born 1 on 10 Dec 1862 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. She died in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico. Lucy married John W. SNELSON on 15 Jun 1881 in Holmes, Mississippi. 93 M v Edward Franklin WEEMES was born 1 on 7 May 1866 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. He died about 1951. Edward married Nannie MCNEER on 24 Jun 1905 in Holmes, Mississippi. 94 M vi Thomas Wesley WEEMES was born 1 on 26 Mar 1869 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. He died in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Thomas married Beulah MORRIS on 6 Feb 0096 in Holmes County, Mississippi. 95 F vii Mary Emine WEEMES was born 1 on 4 Jun 1872 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. Mary married (1) A. C. PACE on 15 Jul 1900 in Holmes, Mississippi. Mary married (2) Earl SHEPHERD. 96 M viii William Sherman WEEMES was born 1 on 15 Feb 1874 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi.
Research needed, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Marriage Records:
Weemes, Willie & Emma Griggs Dec. 23, 1897 Book K, Page 74+ 97 M ix Stephen Walter WEEMES Sr. 98 M x Benjamin Turner WEEMES was born 1 on 13 Sep 1877 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. He died in 1911 in Colorado. He was buried in Holmes, Mississippi.
Holmes County, Mississippi Marriages:
WEEMS, B T LIVELY, Clara Lee 1900 July,01Benjamin married Clara Lee LIVEY on 30 Jun 1900 in Holmes, Mississippi. 99 F xi Minnie May WEEMES was born 1 on 7 May 1879 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi.
Holmes County, Mississippi Marriages
FRAZIER, A L WEEMS, Minnie 1897 December,12Minnie married A. L. FRAZIER on 7 Dec 1897 in Holmes, Mississippi. 100 F xii Blanche L. WEEMES was born on 2 Mar 1882 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. She died in Columbia Doctor's Hospital, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 101 F xiii Lillie Attie WEEMES was born on 2 Mar 1883 in Gray's Mill, Holmes, Mississippi. She died in Columbia Doctor's Hospital, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Lillie married JACKSON.