Tenth Generation (Continued)
Family of Amanda Lucinda Buckalew (2651) & LaFayette B. Osborne

4556. Nancy A. Osborne. Born in 1859 in Clarke Co., AL. Nancy A. died in Clarke Co., AL. Nickname: Sophia.

On 26 August 1894 when Nancy A. was 35, she married C.H. Henderson, in Clarke Co., AL.

They had the following children:
6901 i. Sophia (1894-)
6902 ii. John (1896-1961)
6903 iii. Nobe (1898-1985)

4557. Mary Magdala Osborne. Born on 3 November 1861 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL. Mary Magdala died in Clarke Co., AL, in 1939; she was 77. Buried in Kelley Cem. Nickname: Mac.

Lived all her married life in Sandflat community of Thomasville, Clarke Co., AL.

In 1882 when Mary Magdala was 20, she married James Henry Hardy, son of James Frank Hardy. James Henry died in 1948 in Clarke Co., AL. Buried in Kelley Cem.

Relative of associated Peacocks.

They had the following children:
6904 i. James Walter (1885-1964)
6905 ii. Lillie R. (1902-1985)
6906 iii. William Conrad
6907 iv. Napoleon Bonaparte (1889-1960)
6908 v. Bertha
6909 vi. Hattie
6910 vii. Clem
6911 viii. Jack
6912 ix. Ida

4558. Rebecca Osborne. Born on 23 February 1862 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL. Rebecca died in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL, on 22 January 1936; she was 73. Buried on 24 January 1936 in Bassett Creek Church Cem., off hwy 43 between Fulton and Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. Nickname: Becky.

On 21 January 1886 when Rebecca was 23, she married James Frank Dumas, in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. Born on 5 October 1859 in Clarke Co., AL. James Frank died in Clarke Co., AL, on 11 September 1938; he was 78. Buried on 13 September 1938 in Bassett Creek Church Cem., off hwy 43 between Fulton and Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL.

Alternate death date: 9 Nov 1938.

They had the following children:
6913 i. Baby (1889-1889)
6914 ii. Baby (1891-1892)
6915 iii. Fred Thomas (1896-1984)
6916 iv. Raymond
6917 v. George

4559. Sarah D. Osborne. Born in 1864 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL.

On 4 October 1891 when Sarah D. was 27, she married E. F. McKinley, in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL.

4560. Roxie Ann Osborne. Born on 13 August 1866 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL. Roxie Ann died in Mt. Vernon, Mobile Co., AL, on 7 November 1933; she was 67. Buried on 9 November 1933 in Dacy Cem., Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL.

On 28 February 1897 when Roxie Ann was 30, she married Prentiss Orlando Wilkerson, in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. Born in September 1875 in Sumter Co., AL. Prentiss Orlando died in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL, in 1910; he was 34. Buried in Dacy Cem., Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL.

They had the following children:
6918 i. Essie Mae (1900-1970)
6919 ii. Mamie Lucinda (1902-)
6920 iii. Henry Hammond (1904-1971)
6921 iv. Perry Allen (1905-1994)

4561. George Harrison Osborne. Born on 4 March 1868 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL. George Harrison died in Lee, Madison Co., FL, on 16 September 1946; he was 78. Buried on 18 September 1946 in Burnham Christian Church Cem., Jasper, Hamilton Co., FL.

George Harrison first married Virginia Moseley, in Clarke Co., AL. Born in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. They were divorced.

They had the following children:
6922 i. Henry Grady (1892-)
6923 ii. Gertrude
6924 iii. Mattie Lou

On 16 February 1927 when George Harrison was 58, he second married Selma Maude Wynn, in Arcadia, De Soto Co., FL.

4562. Andrew L Osborn. Born in 1869 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL.

4563. Alma Osborne. Born on 13 August 1869 in Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. Alma died in Mt. Vernon; Mobile Co., AL, on 7 November 1933; she was 64. Buried in Whatley, AL.

Alma married Skipworth.

4564. Lucy H. Osborne. Born in 1872 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL.

On 29 November 1891 when Lucy H. was 19, she married Lee M. Buckalew (4514) , son of William H. Buckalew Jr. (2625) (6 April 1839-31 July 1916) & Mary Jane Stephens (February 1838-19 October 1906), in Clarke Co., AL. Born in January 1870 in AL.

They had the following children:
6793 i. Jesse (1891-)
6794 ii. Belle (1895-)

4565. Victoria A. Osborne. Born in 1875 in Cane Creek, Fulton, Clarke Co., AL. Victoria A. died in Clarke Co., AL, in 1948; she was 73. Buried in Bassett Creek Church Cem., off hwy 43 between Fulton and Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. Nickname: Miss Vickey.

From: nldonaldson@webtv.net (nancy donaldson)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:57:27 -0600 (CST)
To: buckles@mindspring.com

Hi Les, I am sending you a letter that may possibly help you to understand the previous information as well the next that will come after the letter. Hope it will help.

Thomasville, Al. 36784; June 5,1992

Dear Ms.Donaldson

Reference you inquiry in the Clarke Co. Historical Society's concerning the Wilkerson -Osborn (e)families in Clarke County.

Although I am not a relative, I do have some knowledge of Wilkerson-Osborne family to which you refer and feel obliged to share with you he information that I have. I too am a researcher and know that a small bit of information can be of help at times.

I will begin with the family that I knew best. Victoria Osborne (she used the E) married Caleb Blake Sawyer in Clarke County prior to 1898., (their oldest was born about 1898) Mr. "Blake"
and Miss "Vickey" were next door neighbors to our family, the Motts from 1931 until 1945. The old Sawyer home is locate on the Sandflat to Fulton Road about 1/4 of a mile south of U.S. Highway 43 near the present location of the Okalona Methodist Protestant Church.

I have many fond memories of the Sawyer family because we shared many of the same hardships of the 1930 depression years. They had four daughters and one foster son . The foster son was named John Columbus "Jackie" Wilson. Jackie was only two years older than myself. He and I were great buddies during our teenage years.

Jackie's mother was Mamie Wilkerson who appears o have been a sister to your father and a neice to Miss"Vickey" . Mamie married John Wilson. John and Mamie divorced in the early 1920s' and Jackie came to live with Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer at the age of about five. Jackie always referred to them as Uncle "Blake and Aunt "Vickey". Jackies mother Mamie came to see Jackie several times during the late 1930s' often staying several days with the Sawyers. Jackie became a Radar Technician in the Signal Corps in World War11. After the war, he earned a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from LSU at Baton Rouge. Worked for the Dresser-Atlas Corporation in Houston Tx. for many year, retired and is presently living in Houston. Your Aunt Essie after her marriage to Mr. "Benny" Day, bought our old home near the Sawyer place in 1946 and lived there until her death in 1970. Her son Albert, by her previous marriage to Massey Walker, continued living our old place until his death in 1945. I am sure that you know that all of Essie's family is buried at Bassetts Creek Cemetery.

Now back to Miss "Vickeys" children. Miss "Vickey's" oldest daughter was named Hattie. She was born about 1898 in Clarke County near Fulton. She married Pearl Furr. They had one child born and died on Aug. 26,1921. "Miss Hattie" was probably the first lady telegrapher in Clarke County.

After finishing telegrapher's school, she worked for the railroad for a short time before the depression hit. She was unemployed during the depression years and stayed at home with Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer. Pearl Furr, her husband, was a steam shovel operator and worked away from home most of the depression years.Because of her telegrapher training, "Miss Hattie" became depot agent for the Southern Railroad Company at Fulton Alabama during the early 1940's and continued to work tere until she retired until sometime around 1965. When "Miss Hattie" became agent at Fulton, she moved to Fulton and brught "Miss Vickey" and "Mr. Blake with her. "Miss Vickey" died in 1948 and "Mr. Blake" died there in 1960. Both are buried in the Bassetts Creek Cemetery. "Miss Hattie lived a number of years after retiring, most were spent in the Arrington Nursing Home in Jackson, Al. suffering from Alzheimers. She is also buried at Bassetts Creek in an unmarked grave near her mother and daddy.

The second oldest daughter was named Ada Jane. She married Archie Fendley, my mother's brother. For detailed information on this family, I am enclosing a computer print-out of my research.

The third oldest girl was named Gladys. She was born in 1908 and died in 1978. Gladys was an R.N. and served as a 1st Lt. in the U.S. WW11. She married W.C. Scott and had two or three childen. After WW11 Gladys and her husband made their home in New Orleans and I did not get to know the Scott family. Gladys and her husband are buried at the Bassetts Creek Cemetery.

The fourth and youngest girle was named Oscllo Juanita. Everyone called her "Baby" even after she was grown. Juanita married N.L. Wilson (no relation to Jackie) sometime in the late 1940s' or early 1950s'. They lived in Fulton for a few years after they married but then moved to Tuscaloosa, Al. where N.L. was employed. Juanita died in 1971. Juanita and N.L. had one daughter named Jane. After moving to Tuscaloosa I lost track of the famly.

The person listed below is the daughter of Ada Sawyer Fendley and a granddaughter of Victoria Osborne Sawyer. She has an interest in the family geneaology and may be able to supply you with addresses of some of these people. ( she did not answer my letters) Mrs. Betty Burge 110 Deas St. Jackson, Al. 36545 Tel. 205 -246-2279 Hardy and Mary Magdaline Osborn. They had two children that I knew, Walter and Lillie. I think that there were others. Mr. Walter Hardy married Lenora Jackson who was the oldest daughter of Charles Burke Jackson,Jr. and Zilphia Jane Andrews. Walter and Lenora had two daughter that I knew, the oldest is nsmed Eunice. Eunice married Dick Wixey. She lives in the Greenwood Community four mles north of Grove Hill on U.S.43. David Keller who runs Kellers store in Greenwood is her son-in-law. The other daughter is Eula Cee. She married first Raymond Harper, second Willard Edge. Eula Cee lives in the Saraland-Chickasaw area. (she died somewhere around the time I received this letter) Miss Lillie Hardy married Maborn Jackson, the secon oldest son of Charles Burke JacksonJr. and Zilphia Jane Andrews. Mrs. Elvin C. Fendley,5113 Perrin Road, Mobile, Al. is a daughter of Lillie and Maborn. Adell and her husbad Elvin did extensive research into their family before his death and I feel sure thatshe would be glad to send you a xerox copy of her family records. (but she did not) I have her phone listed as 661-0245. (if she hasn't passed away by now she said she was moving back to Clarke Co. to be near her family) Rip Osborn (this family dropped the e)

I am familiar with only one of Mr. Rip and Miss Charlotte's children, Their son John. John married Alma Kelley, and they only had one son, Lionel. Alma died several years ago and John married Mildred Lucker. John's present address is Route 2, Thomasville, Al. 36784, Tel. 363-5161. John is presently about 85 years old and has a fairly good memory about the family. Perhaps you would like to visit him. His son Lionel lives in Thomasville, and is the manager of Delchamp's Food Store here in Thomasville. I told Lionel about your inquiry and I was going to send you some information on the family. He showed an interest in the family genealogy but said that hehas not done any research. I spoke with John on the phone and shared smething of your inquiry with him. He said that his grandmother Amanda was a Buckalew. I aso learned from him that Lafayette "Fate" Osborne (the e is used) and Amanda are buried in the Heley Cemetery at Fulton. From grave markers I obtained the following: Lafayette Osborne ,Pvt. 5th Alabama Regiment C.S.A. b. May 25, 1830 did July 16, 1916 Amanda Osborne 1835-1914

These graves are near the family plot.I lo noted the following Wilkerson graves.Robert J. Wilkerson b. Dec. 5, 1870 d.May , 1917. adjacent to this grave were the graves of five Wilkrson children marked only wth concrete slabs with no dates. The children's slabs were identified as Thomas Wilkerson. Berlielee Wilkerson, Minnie Wilkerson, Addie Wilkerson and Ida Wilkerson. At the foot of Ida's grave was an adult slab marked Grandmother Wilkerson. The Henley Cemetery contains one grave marked Henderson, no dates or other information. The Bassetts Creek Cemetery contains the following Osborn (e) graves. J. Tom Osborn b. 22 Feb.1867 d. 16 May 1947, M. Jane Osborn b. 29 May 1861 d. 19 Feb. 1948, Rip G. Osbon b. 11 Jan. 1877 d. 13 May 1941, Scharlotte Osborn b. 21 March 1883 d.4 Oct. 1960, Bell Osborne b.29 Aug. 1896 d. 17 Dec. 1896, Maggie Osborne b. 29 Aug. 1896 d. 4 Dec. 1936. Prehaps I have duplicated some information that you have, but better to do that than leave it out. I trust that this letter has not been too long and boring.But like most
genealogists, I have no learned how to be brief. I hope that some of the information will be useful. If you get to Thomasville on anyofyour research trips, give me a call at 636-4373. I live behind the Alabama Grill, next door to my son's Radio and Televisions Sales and Service business. (Mott Radio Service) Yours Truly, Roy L. Mott Sr. 416 Mosley Ave., Thomasville,Al. 36784. P.S. Most people know me by my middle name, LaVerne

On 17 November 1898 when Victoria A. was 23, she married Caleb Blake Sawyer, in Clarke Co., AL. Born in 1872 in Clarke Co., AL. Caleb Blake died in Clarke Co., AL, in 1960; he was 88. Nickname: Mr. Blake.

They had the following children:
6925 i. Hattie (~1898-)
6926 ii. Ada Jane (1902-1974)
6927 iii. Gladys (-1978)
6928 iv. Oscillo (?) Juanita (-1971)

4566. Rip Gordon Osborne. Born in January 1878 in Cane Creek, Clarke Co., AL. Rip Gordon died in Clarke Co., AL, on 13 May 1947; he was 69. Buried on 15 May 1947 in Henley Cem., Fulton, Clarke Co., AL.

On 4 January 1905 when Rip Gordon was 27, he married Charlotte Walker, in Clarke Co., AL.

4567. Moody S. Osborne. Born in February 1880 in Cane Creek, Clarke Co., AL. Moody S. died in Clarke Co., AL. Buried in Good Hope Cem.

On 18 October 1905 when Moody S. was 25, he married Sarah Perla Phillips, daughter of G. W. Phillips, in Peacock; Clarke Co., AL.

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