Henry Sanders Altom was the 7th child of John Andrew Jackson and Mary Ann (Davis) Altom and grandson of Spencer and Christina (Shipman) Altom. He was born in Henderson County, Tennessee April 29, 1858. On December 27, 1883 he married Harriet A. HOUSTON in Independance, County, AR. There appear to have been no children by his first marriage and after Harriet's death in 1887 he remarried Laura Belle JACKSON Sept. 2, 1888. Of that union they had the following children:
Nobie Pearl (SHARP)
Bernice Brown (MAYHUE)
Henry Aubrey
Andrew Jackson
Odie Belle (BAILEY)
Arlie Chester
Audrey May
Ernest Earl
Lee Roy
Herschel Stanley
Henry died May 19, 1915 and was buried at Mt. Zion Cemetary. His wife, Laura Bell, died 4/18/1949 and is also buried at Mt. Zion Cemetary.
Nobie Pearl was born 6/17/1889 and Married Biram Cleburne SHARP. Their children were: Cloyd Glynn, Doyle, Allene, Doris Wanda, and Mildred.
Bernice(6/29/1890-8/2/1972) married Nola Agnes MAYHUE. Their children were: Maurice, Aubrey Bernice, Ava Almalie, and Mildred Geraldine.
Henry Aubry(10/15/1891-8/30/1893)
Andrew Jackson(2/2/1893-7/14/1974) married Donnie FERGUSON. Their children were: Audrey Bernice, Dorothy Eloise, and a son and daughter who died at or near their birth.
Odie Belle (3/15/1894-3/29/1975) married O. BAILEY. They had one foster child named Otta Jean OWENS
Arlie Chester(3/28/1896-9/11/1898)
Audrey Mae(12/27/1897-9/15/1898)
Ernest Earl(8/17/1899-3/10/1993) Married Edna LAWRENCE. Their children: Ernestine, Lawrence Earl, Jacqueline, and Kenneth.
Lee Roy(9/6/1902-5/25/1968) married Mary Jane ANDERSON. Their children: Hilda Loreli, Margarette Glee, and Marilyn Louise.
Hershel Stanley(8/23/1909-4/10/1990) married Anna I. DOSSETT. Their children: Stanley Wayne, Leota Jean, Alfreda, Joetta, Noel Dean, and Ronald Edward Altom.