The Dicy Parker Edge Garrett Bible 1834 — photos, transcription, and summary
Note: it is highly unusual for me to share photos of private family documents online. For one thing, I fear someone will post the photos on Ancestry.com without properly stating what the image shows, jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions about the information, or without giving me credit for my hard work.[1] For another, I do not believe the individuals named in these documents would want their private information bandied about on the internet for all and sundry to see. However, I know there are people out there looking for information on their ancestors, and I have information here that cannot be obtained elsewhere. So I am sharing this for them.
Numbers within brackets are endnotes. They contain extensive information-- including sources and a reconstruction of the John J Canada familly-- and should not be ignored.
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In my research, I mail out hundreds of letters to people and leave even more posts on boards in the hope someone can provide information—documents, photos, anything—to further my work. In general, I never hear anything back. But occasionally, out of the blue, someone responds or tracks me down via these posts and letters. Such was the case here, when an individual contacted me and said they had an old Bible I might be interested in.[2]
The Bible was published by C. Alexander & Co of Philadelphia and is printed “Alexander’s Stereotype Edition.” The publication date is damaged, but clearly says “183-”, and based on other editions I’ve found of this Bible online, that date is most likely 1834.
From my examination of it, I believe this Bible originally belonged to Dicy Parker Edge Garrett and that she received it in the early to mid 1830s. The family record within it dates from that time through to the beginning of the 20th Century. Given this early date, much of the information contained in the Bible is not available anywhere else, such as the names of children who died without ever appearing in a census record.
I believe most, but certainly not all, of the handwriting is Dicy Garrett’s. As usual, I have transcribed this record with mistakes and all.[3] [Misspellings at that time were not necessarily an indication of lack of education. Instead, spelling had yet to be fully standardized until after the Civil War. Therefore, people often spelled words the way they sounded, which can be especially interesting given the dialect of English they spoke.]
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Transcription with photos
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Alexander Edge and Dicy Parker was maried August the 31st 1830 [4]
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Alexander Edge dyed September 29th 1833 [5]
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Mansel Garrett & Dicy Edge was Maryed August the 17th 1837— [6]
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Alexander Edge and Dicy Parker was Maryed the August the 1st 1830 [7]
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John F. Garrett & Frances Canada was Maryed aug 17 1870 [8]
W. P. Moore [9] & Maryann Garrett was Maryed Dec 18 – 1858 [10]
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Mansel Garrett was borned September the 13th 1811 [11]
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Dicy Parker daughter of Allen & Nancy Parker [12] was borned January the 20 1809 [13]
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Francis M Edge daughter of Alexander & Dicy Edge was borned October the 31st 1831
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Emaline Edge was borned January the 10th 1833 [14]
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Alexander Edge son of Alexander & Dicy Edge was borned May the 1st 1834 [15]
W P Moore was Borned April 29 – 1831 his wife was Maryann Garrett
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Francis M Edge dyed the 26th of Sept 1832
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Mansel Garrett died July 1 1899 [16]
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Dicy Garrett died September 15, 1897
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W. P. Moore Died Spt 24 – 1916
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Benjamin Franklin Garrett sone of Mansel & Dicy Garrett was born-ed October the 29th A. D. 1838 [17]
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Maryann Garrett Daughter of Mansel & Dicy Garrett was borned November the 15th A. D 1840
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Jewleyan Garrett Daughter of Mansel & Dicy Garrett was borned November the 29th 1841
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Janetty Therressa Gar-rett Daughter of Mansel and Dicy Garrett was borned Febuary the 2nd A. D. 1843
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Elisabeth Garrett Daughter of Mansel & Dicy Garrett was borned 28th of January in the [year] of our Lord 1845—
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B. F. Garrett Dyed May 31 – 1908 [18]
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Maryann Garrett the wyfe of W. P. Moore Died April 4 1923
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Jewleyan Garrett Dyed January the 30th A. D. 1842 [19]
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Janetty T Garrett daughter of M & D Garrett dyed on the 11th of January AD 1864 [20]
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Elisabeth Garrett daughter of M & D Garrett dyed on the 12th of January AD 1864
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William Mansel Garrett Son of Mansel & Dicy Garrett was borned Sept the 10th AD 1846
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John Fuller Garrett son of Mansel & Dicy Garrett was borned Decm-ber the 17th AD 1849 [21]
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Johney Mansel Garrett son of John F & Francies Diner Garrett was born-ed January the 4th AD 1885
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Francis Dina Garrett daughter of J. J. Canada & Malica Canada was born March the 7th A. D. 1855. [22]
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William M Garrett son of M and D Garrett dyed the 4th January AD 1864
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Johney Mansel Garrett son of John F. Garrett Died Jaun 30th 1902. [23]
John Fuller Garrett Died Aug 20th 1924
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Summary
A simplified version of the Parker-Edge-Garrett family with those individuals named in the Bible:
Dicy Parker
Born: 20 January 1809, probably North Carolina
Daughter of Allen Parker (1785 – 1860) and Nancy Parker (1789 –1859)
Died: 15 September 1897, Calhoun County, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery,
Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama
Married: 1 or 31 August 1830, probably in Georgia
1) Alexander Edge
Died: 29 September 1833
Married: 17 August 1837, probably in Georgia
2) Mansel Garrett
Born: 13 September 1811, South Carolina
Probable son of Jonathan and Jane Garrett
Died: 1 July 1899, Calhoun County, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery,
Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama
Children:
1) Francis M Edge
Born: 31 October 1831
Died: 26 September 1832
2) Emaline Edge
Born: 10 January 1833, Georgia
Married: 29 December 1850, Talladega County, Alabama
John W. Ford
Born: 25 June 1832, Georgia
Died: 27 September 1902
Buried: Hokes Bluff First Baptist Church, Hokes Bluff, Etowah
County, Alabama
Had Issue
Died: bef 1868
3) Alexander Edge [Jr]
Born: 1 May 1834, Georgia
Married: 27 July 1851, Calhoun County, Alabama
Lucinda B Graham
Born: May 1833
Probable daughter of William and Rebecca Graham
Had Issue
Died: 1 February 1899, Arkansas
Buried: Pope Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas
4) Benjamin Franklin Garrett
Born: 29 October 1838, Georgia
Married: 25 August 1859, Calhoun County, Alabama
Martha C Canada
Born: 29 June 1842, Alabama
Daughter of John J Canada and Malisa Jenkins
Died: 6 February1901, Calhoun County, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Choccolocco,
Calhoun County, Alabama
Had Issue
Died: 31 May or 21 June1908, Calhoun County, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Choccolocco, Calhoun
County, Alabama
5) Mary Ann Garrett
Born: 15 November 1840, Alabama
Married: 18 December 1858, Calhoun County, Alabama
Willis P Moore
Born: 29 April 1831
Probable son of James C and Elizabeth Moore
Died: 24 September 1916
Buried: Langston Cemetery, Langston,
Jackson County, Alabama
Had Issue
Died: 4 April 1923
Buried: Langston Cemetery, Langston, Jackson County, Alabama
6) Jewleyan Garrett
Born: 29 November 1841
Died: 30 January 1842
7) Janetty Therressa Garrett
Born: 2 February 1843, Alabama
Died: 11 January 1864, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Choccolocco, Calhoun
County, Alabama
8) Elisabeth Garrett
Born: 28 January 1845, Alabama
Died: 12 January 1864, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Choccolocco, Calhoun
County, Alabama
9) William Mansel Garrett
Born: 10 September 1846, Alabama
Died: 4 January 1864, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Choccolocco, Calhoun
County, Alabama
10) John Fuller Garrett
Born: 17 December 1849, Alabama
Married: 17 August 1870, Calhoun County, Alabama
Frances Dina Canada
Born: 7 March 1855, Alabama
Daughter of John J Canada and Malisa Jenkins
Died: 28 December 1940, Calhoun County, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery,
Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama
Children:
i) Johney Mansel Garrett
Born: 4 January 1885, Alabama
Died: 30 January 1902, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery,
Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama
Died: 20 August 1924, Alabama
Buried: Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Choccolocco, Calhoun
County, Alabama
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End Notes
[1] It is a well-known fact that I am not a fan of Ancestry.com, although I do admit to making use of some original documents found there—the 1820, 1860, 1866 censuses, for example—when they cannot be found at FamilySearch.
[2] This Bible is not in my possession, nor will I reveal the name of the owner. I was allowed to make scans of it—some blurry on the edges due to the difficulty of scanning such a large and old book—so that I could make the information contained within it available to the descendants and family of Dicy Parker Edge Garrett.
[4] Given the birth places for Dicy’s eldest surviving children, it is presumed Alexander Edge and Dicy married in Georgia. Furthermore, Allen Parker [see below] was living in Georgia in 1830. Checking the census records for Georgia in 1830, I found an “Alexander Eg” in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. The record itself is very dark and difficult to read. However, in my opinion, it reads in the very least “Alexander Edg”. There are two white people in the household, 1 male age 20-30, and 1 female age 20-30, which fits Dicy age of 21 at the time. Furthermore, there are no children. However, there are numerous slaves.
[5] He died while Dicy was expecting their third child, Alexander Edge [Jr].
[6] No additional record can be found for the date of their marriage. Given the birth locations for Dicy’s three eldest children, including her first child with Mansel, they were probably married in Georgia.
The family of Mansel and Dicy Garrett can be found in the US Census records:
1840 Talladega County, Alabama
1850 Talladega County, Alabama - Mansel is listed as a [??] Baptist Minister, which is consistent with his title of “Rev” on his gravestone
1860 Ranges 8 & 9, Calhoun County, Alabama
1870 Post Office Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama - next door to son Benjamin Franklin Garrett and his family, and two doors from Alexander Edge and his family
1880 Post Office Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama - next door to son John Fuller Garrett and his wife, and Benjamin Franklin Garrett and his family.
[7] This date does not match the one listed above.
[8] According to the Alabama Marriage index, John Fuller Garrett and Frances Dina Canada were married on 7 August. However, I read the Bible as saying 17.
[9] Willis P Moore. According to his son’s death record, his middle name was Pickens. Dates in this Bible match those on his gravestone at Langston Cemetery, Langston, Jackson County, Alabama, as do the dates for Maryann Garrett Moore [findagrave.com]. The 1850 US Census for Benton [Calhoun] County shows him in the household of James C and Elizabeth Moore, his probable parents. His probable brother, James B Moore, married Lucy Ann Graham in 1841. Maryann Garrett’s half-brother, Alexander Edge, married Lucinda Graham in 1851, and it is probable that Lucy Ann Graham and Lucinda Graham were sisters, the daughters of William and Rebecca Graham, with whom Lucinda was living in 1850 in Benton County. [“Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957,” index, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org).]
[10] They were married in Calhoun County. The index for Alabama marriages erroneously lists the year as 1868 with the date of 16 December—probably the date the marriage license was obtained. The year is clearly wrong as the couple, along with their eldest child, Martha, appear in the 1860 census in Calhoun County. The couple had three children [also stated in the 1900 & 1910 censuses]—Martha E Moore [Mrs Daniel L Porter] (1859-1927), Mary Emmaline Moore [Mrs Frederick A Michaels] (1861-1918), and Robert Coleman Moore (1867-1945) [married Alice Woodall], all of whom are buried in Jackson County, Alabama. [findagrave.com, Alabama Death Index, and “Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957,” index, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org)]
[11] The dates listed here for Mansel Garrett are the same as on his gravestone. He was most likely born in South Carolina, as all but one census records list it as his birthplace [the other being North Carolina]. I cannot find him prior to the 1840 census when he appears in Talladega County, Alabama. Next door to him in 1840 is Newton Garrett, a young man between 20 & 30 with a wife and young son. Two doors up from Mansel Garrett is Jonathan Garrett, age 50-60, with a wife age 50-60, plus 3 female teens and 2 male teens in the household. In 1850, Jonathan Garrett, age 61 born in South Carolina, is found in Benton [Calhoun] County with his wife, Jane, age 65, also born in South Carolina. This is probably the same couple. I am inclined to believe they were Mansel’s parents, and various internet sites make this claim, without giving supporting evidence. These sites also list Dicy’s maiden name wrong.
[12] This is probably Allen Parker (1785-1860) and his wife Nancy (1789-1859), both buried in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Lineville, Clay County, Alabama, along with their son, Aaron Parker (1829-1898). The 1850 Census shows the couple living in Carroll County, Georgia with their three youngest children: Rob?le 21, Aaron 20, and Sarah 18, all born in Georgia. Both Allen and Nancy are listed as having been born in North Carolina. Notably, all census records for Dicy Parker Edge Garrett alternate between North Carolina and South Carolina for her birthplace, while her three eldest surviving children [Emaline, Alexander, and Benjamin Frankin] are all listed as being born in Georgia.
Tracing backwards, an Allen Parker can be found in the census records in:
1840 District 757, Campbell County, Georgia
1830 Campbell County, Georgia
1820 Chatham, North Carolina
1810 Chatham, North Carolina
In 1880, Dicy’s brother, John Parker, lives with the Garretts in Calhoun County, Alabama. His age of 57 gives him an approximate birth year of 1823.
[13] The dates listed here are the same as on Dicy’s gravestone.
[14] After the 1850 census record, I cannot find any further information on this daughter. I find it difficult to believe Dicy would not have recorded her death had she died before 1860, as Dicy diligently records the deaths of all her other children. UPDATE: According to records found at Ancestry.com, Emaline Edge married John W. Ford on 29 December 1850 in Talladega County. The ceremony was performed by "M. Garrett" [her stepfather]. John W. Ford was probably related to the Garrett family via his mother--how, I have no determined. John and Emaline Ford appear in the 1860 US Census in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, with two children, Sarah and John. They probably had other children as well. In the 1870 Census, John W. Ford [as "Wesley"] is listed in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, next door to his parents. He is listed with his second wife [Martha, who appears to have been Martha Ann Wesson, but I cannot find a marriage record for them], along with son John [18] and a son by his second wife, William [age unclear but probably 1 and some months]. Assuming John W. remarried c1867/68, it is save to conclude Emaline died between 1860 and 1867, probably in Jacksonville. There is a date of 31 March 1866 for her death found online, but I cannot find a source for this information. Other than Evaline's birth date, Dicy never records any other information on this daughter.
[15] Alexander Edge was a posthumous child, born seven months after the death of his father. He married Lucinda B Graham (b May 1833) on 27 July 1851 in Calhoun County, Alabama [“Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957,” index, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org)]. She appears in the 1850 US Census of Benton [Calhoun] County, Alabama, in the household of William and Rebecca Graham. See note above. Alexander Edge and his family appear in the census records in 1860 and 1870 in Calhoun County, close to Mansel and Dicy Garrett. In 1880, the family appears in Independence, Pope County, Arkansas. According to Findagrave.com, Alexander Edge died 1 February 1899 and is buried in Pope Cemetery in Crawford County, Arkansas. However, there is no photo of his gravestone and no other members of the Edge family is listed in the cemetery. The birth date listed there matches the date listed in this Bible.
[16] Mansel and Dicy Garrett are both buried at Harmony Baptist Church, Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama, as are most of their children and many of their grandchildren [all near members of the Downing, Baugh, and Morris families]. Unfortunately, their gravestones have been badly vandalized, all broken in half, toppled over, and in desperate need of repair. [On my to-do list when I sell that international bestseller.]
[17] According to his gravestone, Benjamin Franklin Garrett served in the Confederate Army as a Private in Co G 10th Alabama Infantry. He married Martha C Canada on 25 August 1859 in Calhoun County, Alabama [“Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957,” index, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org)]. Canada is a variation of the name Kennedy, and as a result, it can be difficult to research the family. Her younger sister, Francis Dina Canada, married Benjamin Franklin Garrett’s younger brother, John Fuller Garrett.
According to Martha C's gravestone at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama, she was born on 29 June 1842 and died on 6 February 1901.
Benjamin Franklin Garrett and Martha C Canada had 6 known children:
(1) James Daniel Garrett (1861 – 1884) [married Deanna Jordan Garrett McKee]
-- no issue
(2) Victoria Garrett [Mrs Joseph Key Jobson] (1863 – 1927) – had issue
(3) Alice E Garrett [Mrs John W Hughes] (1866 – 1923) – had issue
(4) William T Garrett (1868 – 1923) [married Fannie Belle Hewett Garrett Farr]
– had issue
(5) Doktor F Garrett (1873 – 1896)
(6) Martha Caroline “Carrie” Garrett [Mrs Bird Monroe Denson] (1885 – 1966)
– had issue
All are buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama, where the gravestones of all three boys have been badly vandalized.
Census records indicate Martha C Canada [Mrs Benjamin Franklin Garrett] was the daughter of John J Canada and his first wife, Malisa Jenkins. Her middle name was probably Caroline, in keeping with her youngest daughter’s name. However, according the death record of her son William T Garrett, her middle name was “Culline.” I view this as a transcription error. Interestingly, this record also lists her maiden name as “Kennedy” [Alabama Death Index].
John J Canada (b c1817 in South Carolina) married Malisa Jenkins (b c 1826 – d bef 1869) in Calhoun County, Alabama, on 3 June 1841 [“Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957,” index, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org)]. The family is difficult to trace due to their last name. It is a variation of the Irish name Kennedy, and while “Canada” is the name that appears on gravestones, contemporary records list it as Canada, Canady, and Kennedy, as well as other, stranger spelling, while some family members took the name Kennedy. I suspect it was pronounced Canady, with a strong Southern accent.
I have been able to locate the family in the following censuses:
1850 30th District, Benton [Calhoun] County, Alabama
1870 Munford, Talladega County, Alabama
1880 Polkville, Calhoun County, Alabama [Pelham Range]
1900 Polkville, Calhoun County, Alabama [widow and son only]
The 1860 and 1866 records have yet to be found, but I believe the family was in Talladega County as part of Balas Canada’s Civil War service record lists his father as “John J Canady” in “Talladega County” in 1863. Additionally, “J J Kennedy” age 48, joined the Confederate Army in 1864 in Talladega and served in Co A, 3rd Alabama Reserves. He was a Prisoner of War and paroled in Talladega on 22 May 1864. His widow, Telitha Canada, later applied for a pension. [fold3.com]
A reconstruction of the Canada family likewise is difficult due to the missing 1860 census. Various internet sites give the couple as many as 15 children, but I require documentation. The following is a rough reconstruction based on the census records listed above, death records, and Dicy Garrett’s Bible:
(1) Martha C Canada [Mrs Benjamin Franklin Garrett]
(2) Balas Canada (b c1846 – 18 June 1862) CSA, Co H, 30th Alabama Infantry, killed at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee [fold3.com]
(3) Edmond Canada (b c1847)
(4) John S Canada (b 23 January 1847 or 1848 – 1 October 1932). John presents a problem. The proof of his place in the family is his Alabama death record which states his parents were “John Canada” and “Mellis A Jenkins.” I have no doubt whatsoever that he is a member of this family. In 1870, he is listed next door to the family in Talladega County, only as “John Canada Jr” and with a new wife, “Susan.” John S Canada, however, had just married Fannie Waites in Talladega County. But I view both simply as census errors. The other problem is that while John S was born in either 1847 or 1848 [his gravestone lists the former, his Alabama death record the latter], he does not appear in the 1850 census. In the spot that should be occupied by John, we see Edmond. Given that Edmond completely disappears from the record after this census, I can’t help but wonder if “Edmond” is a census mistake and should really be “John S,” as both may have the same birth year. Hopefully, a Canada family Bible exists somewhere to solve this quandary. John S’s second wife was Menervia C Cotton, Mrs Oglesby. [“Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957,” index, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org)]
(5) Margaret Canada (b c1848)
(6) Mary Canada (10 June 1846 – 10 January 1921) [Mrs John V Sparks], married on 29 September 1872 in Calhoun County, Alabama. The couple is buried at New Bethel Cemetery on Pelham Range. There is some confusion about the exact year of her birth and the year of her death.
(7) Francis Dina Canada [Mrs John Fuller Garrett] – see below
(8) Millie Canada (b c1852)
(9) William Canada/Kennedy (6 July 1857 – 16 April 1935) married Mary Alice Holdridge (1868 – 1958) on 5 April 1885 in Jackson County, Alabama. Buried in Downing, Comanche County, Texas. His Texas death certificate lists his parents as “John Kennedy” and “Jenkins.”
(10) Henry W Canada – according to the 1900 US Census of Calhoun County [a few doors down from his half-brother in Polkville], he was born in April 1859. He is NOT to be confused with the Henry W Canada who married Sarah J Burns [that man, I suspect, may have been his uncle]. In 1880, Henry appears in the Philips household in St Clair County, Alabama [Philips being his step-mother’s maiden name]. On 10 February 1881, he married Alty/Auby D. Hale. By 1900, he was a widower. I have been unable to trace him further.
(11) Jemison G Canada (18 March 1860 – 18 October 1933), lives next door to his father in the 1880 Census in Polkville. Married Rosa/Rose A Haynes, 29 September 1878 in Calhoun County, Alabama. Died in Garland County, Arkansas [Arkansas Death Index].
(12) Elizabeth Canada (b c1861)
(13) Cornelius Canada (b c1864)
Online sources list two additional children whom I cannot find any record of: James P Canada and Presha M Canada. These two children may very well be members of the family; I simply cannot find evidence of it. Again, perhaps that elusive Canada family Bible will enlighten us further in the matter. UPDATE: "Presha M Canada" is Precious Melissa Canada (15 January 1862 - 28 February 1920) . She can be seen two doors down from her father--and next door to her brother, Jemison--in the 1880 US Census for Calhoun County, Alabama, in Polkville [on Pelham Range] with her husband Simeon Thomas Haynes (15 June 1862 - 31 May 1931). They were married 18 December 1879 in Calhoun County. Had issue. The couple is buried at New Bethel Cemetery on Pelham Range. A picture of the couple can be found at Findagrave.
Malisa Jenkins Canada died prior to 29 August 1869, as on that date, John J Canada married a widow, Telitha Phillips Nichols, in Talladega County. She was the daughter of Zeno and Patience Phillips, who can be seen in the Canada household in 1880 in Polkville. Telitha also went by the name Elitha, the name which she is listed under in the 1870 census, which is understandably transcribed as “Eliza.” In 1850, “Elitha Phillips” married John “Niccols” in Perry County, Alabama. As she was underage, her father, Zeno, had to give written permission. Census records vary significantly in giving the year of her birth, but she was probably born about 1835. I have been unable to trace her after 1900.
John J Canada and Telitha Phillips had one child:
(14) Joseph Roland Canada (27 July 1875 – 17 July 1949) – married Fannie Lee Ledbetter on 4 May 1902 in Calhoun County, Alabama. Both are buried at Edgemont Cemetery in Anniston.
According to his obituary in The Jacksonville Republican, John J Canada died on 9 September 1895 and was buried at New Bethel Cemetery on Pelham Range in Calhoun County. There is a grave marked “Canada” alongside several unmarked graves, one of which could be his. However, there is some confusion over his death and burial. His widow, Telitha, in her application for a CSA widow’s pension, stated he died on 8 September 1896. I have no doubt she made a mistake, at least on the year. Furthermore, there are claims that he was buried in Easonville, St Clair County. At this time, I can neither confirm nor refute that claim.
[18] His gravestone lists his date of death as 21 June 1908.
[19] I have been unable to locate her grave but most likely, it is in Talladega County.
[20] So Mansel and Dicy Garrett lost three of their children—all in their late teens or early 20s—in January 1865. All three—Janetty, Elisabeth, and William Mansel—are buried at Harmony Baptist Church, Choccolocco, Calhoun County, Alabama. The dates listed here are the same as on their gravestones.
[21] The dates for John Fuller Garrett match those found on his gravestone.
[22] Francis Dina Canada Garrett died on 28 December 1940. Her obituary is posted at findagrave.com. Her parents were John J Canada and Malisa Jenkins, and she was a younger sister of Martha C Canada Garrett who married Benjamin Franklin Garrett [see above for more information].
[23] January 1902. The dates for his birth and death match those found on his gravestone at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. He was his parents’ only child.