The Second Marriage of
William Elias Sykes
WILLIAM ELIAS
SYKES AND AMANDA VIRGINIA TURNER
Researched and Written by James M. (Jim) Sykes
This is a work in progress and is being provided at this time to assist other researchers.
(Second
Generation of Joshua Sykes, Jr and Leodicia Mangum)
(Third Generation
of Joshua Sykes, Sr and Anne Morris)
Children of William Elias Sykes and Amanda
Virginia Turner
William
(Buck) Elias Sykes was born on October 16, 1831 in Smith County and died on
January 12, 1908 in Smith County. On October 28, 1860, Buck second married
Amanda (Mandy) Virginia Turner, who was born on February 19, 1838 in Smith
County and died on her 84th birthday, February 19, 1922, in Smith County. Buck
and Mandy are buried in the Sykes Cemetery. Buck and Mandy had eight children:
1.
Sarah
Minerva Sykes was born on February 5, 1862 and died on May 23, 1944. Her name
is shown as Sara Manurvia in the family Bible.
2.
Mary Etta Sykes
was born on August 5, 1866 and died on June 30, 1947. Her middle name is shown
as Etter in the family Bible.
3.
Lucy Lee
Sykes was born on September 5, 1869 and died on August 16, 1955.
4.
Connie
Frances Sykes was born on August 29, 1871 and died on December 9, 1951.
5.
William
Joshua Sykes was born on September 15, 1873 and died on August 26, 1951.
6.
Thomas
Wilson Sykes was born on September 14, 1875 and died on December 16, 1946.
7.
Robert Franklin
Sykes was born on October 12, 1877 and died on February 11, 1965, and
8. Jessie Edward Sykes was born on July 25, 1879
and died on August 23, 1897 after falling, or being thrown, from a horse.
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(Third
Generation of Joshua Sykes, Jr and Leodicia Mangum)
(Fourth
Generation of Joshua Sykes, Sr and Anne Morris)
Children of Sarah Minerva Sykes and Josiah S.
Prowell
Sarah
Minerva Sykes married Josiah S. Prowell on September 26, 1880. Josiah was born
on January 15, 1830 in Smith County and died on July 19, 1901. Sarah and Josiah
Prowell had two children:
1. Walter Joshua
Prowell was born March 5, 1887 and died on July 7, 1896, and
2. Jesse Weaver
Prowell was born May 9, 1892 and died on September 8, 1900.
Sarah
second married Pitts Hearn who was born in 1844 and died in 1928. Sarah and
Pitts Hearn did not have any children. Sarah, Josiah, Walter Joshua and Jesse
Weaver are buried in the Union Hill Cemetery.
Mary
Etta Sykes married John B. Hall on September 8, 1889. John was born in
October, 1866 and died on May 11, 1890. Mary and John did not have any
children. Mary died on June 30, 1947 and is buried on the property formerly
owned by Elmer and Lillie Washer Wills in Sykes, Tennessee.
Lucy Lee Sykes married William Riley Washer on
November 19, 1891. William Riley was born on March 27, 1862 and died on July
13, 1912. Lucy and William Washer had six children:
1. William Washer was born
on September 15, 1892 and died on June 23, 1966.
2. Era Virginia Washer was
born on June 27, 1894 and died on March 14, 1970.
3. Jennie Marcella Washer
was born on October 2, 1896 and died on November 4, 1899.
4. Lillie Parlea Washer was
born on November 16, 1903 and died on December 5, 1985.
5. Paul Washer was born on
August 23, 1905, and
6. Melissa Washer was born
on May 10, 1908.
Lucy died on August 16, 1955. William and
Lucy are buried in the Sykes Cemetery.
Connie
Frances Sykes married Archibald D. Gwaltney on October 8, 1892. Archibald was
born on December 20, 1871 and died on December 29, 1894. Connie and Archibald
had one son:
1.
James Campbell Gwaltney who was born on August 4, 1893 and
died on April 30, 1968.
Connie
died on December 9, 1951. Connie and James are buried in the Union Hill
Cemetery. Archibald is buried in the Gwaltney Cemetery in Sykes, Tennessee.
William Joshua Sykes married Willie Taylor on
December 24, 1902. Willie was born on April 9, 1883 and died on February 23, 1934.
William and Willie had two children:
1. Gladys Dale Sykes was
born on July 25, 1907 and died on April 16, 1976 and
2. Allie Jewel Sykes was
born on July 27, 1921 and died on June 14, 1949.
William died on August 26, 1951.
Thomas Wilson Sykes first married Martha Frances
Hall on July 29, 1897. Martha was born in 1877 and died in 1926. Thomas and
Martha had five children:
1. Louvie Dicey
Sykes was born on February 12, 1898 and died on March 13, 1992.
2. Jessie Milton
Sykes was born on November 3, 1900 and died on March 17, 1999.
3. Charles Thomas Sykes was
born on May 12, 1904 and died on January 4, 1997.
4. Hoyal Johnson Sykes was
born on October 14, 1911 and died on October 6, 1997, and
5. Alton Bernice Sykes was
born on September 9, 1914.
Thomas
second married Mrs. Ella Chapman on March 18, 1928. Ella was born on February
9, 1893 and died on January 1, 1968. Ella is buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
near Alexandria, Tennessee. Thomas and Ella did not have any children. Thomas
died on December 16, 1946 and is buried in the Union Hill Cemetery.
Robert
Franklin Sykes married Lanna Thomas Wills on February 24, 1901. Lanna was born
on June 18, 1882 and died on July 7, 1964. Robert and Lanna had four children:
1. Clara Mae Sykes
was born on June 23, 1903 and died on September 10, 1987.
2. Claude Albert Sykes
was born on July 31, 1905 and died on January 11, 1962.
3. Walter Elias
Sykes was born on August 14, 1909 and died on September 17, 2001; and
4. Grace Virginia
Sykes was born on September 20, 1913 and died on April 8, 2001.
Robert
died on February 11, 1965. Bob and Lanna are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Jessie
Edward Sykes was born on July 25, 1879 and died on August 23, 1897 from
injuries he received from falling or being thrown from a horse. Jesse never
married and is buried in the Sykes Cemetery.
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(Fourth
Generation of Joshua Sykes, Jr and Leodicia Mangum)
(Fifth Generation
of Joshua Sykes, Sr and Anne Morris)
William Washer was born on September 15, 1892.
William married Clara Reese who was born on November 15, 1893. William and
Clara did not have any biological children but they adopted one son. William
died on June 25, 1966.
1.
Unknown at this time.
Era Virginia Washer married Sam Raymond Murphy.
Sam was born on April 24, 1899 and died on March 10, 1972. Era and Sam had
three children:
1. William Hoyal Murphy was
born on January 23, 1919.
2. Grady Fred Murphy was
born on October 30, 1921, and
3. Vergilee Gadell Murphy
was born on November 26, 1923.
Era Virginia died on March 14, 1970.
Jennie Marcella Washer died at the age of three.
Lillie Parlea Washer married Elmer Thomas Wills.
Elmer was born on April 29, 1902 and died on September 8, 1980. Lillie and
Elmer had three children:
1. Willene Estelle Wills was
born on May 9, 1925.
2. Virginia Jean Wills was
born on November 19, 1926, and
3. Thomas Douglas Wills was
born on November 11, 1934.
Lillie died on December 5, 1985. Lillie and Elmer
are buried in the Union Hill Cemetery.
Paul Washer married Nonnie Warrell. Nonnie was
born on July 20, 1910. Paul and Nonnie did not have any children.
Melissa
Jane Washer married Garland Blake Nipp. Garland Blake was born on September 6,
1908. Melissa and Garland had two children:
1.
Joyce Jeanette Nipp was born on July 26, 1930, and
2.
Nonnie Sue Nipp was born on February 25, 1933 and died on
August 5, 1933.
James Campbell Gwaltney
married Wavey Elizabeth Reasonover on July 6, 1913. Wavey Elizabeth was born on
November 27, 1897 and died on August 9, 1969. James and Elizabeth had seven
children:
1. Johnnie
Archibald Gwaltney was born on November 14, 1893 and died on August 11, 1917.
2.
Frances
Aloda Gwaltney was born on March 14, 1919.
3.
George
Glydale Gwaltney was born in 1922 and died on August 15, 1988.
4.
Bart Cordell
Gwaltney was born on November 11, 1924 and died on September 29, 1999.
5.
Mary Oleda
Gwaltney was born on December 1, 1926.
6.
William
Edward Gwaltney was born on December 29, 1933 and died on March 13, 1934, and
7.
Rebecca Jean
Gwaltney was born on March 6, 1935 and died on January 28, 2002.
James
died on April 30, 1968. James and Elizabeth are buried in the Union Hill
Cemetery.
Gladys Sykes was born on July 25, 1907. On
December 2, 1926 Gladys married Joe J. Vaughn who was born on March 25, 1901.
Gladys and Joe had two daughters:
1. Jolene Jewel Vaughn was born on May 29, 1929, and
2. Joyce Vaughn was born on October 13.
1932.
Gladys died April 16, 1976.
Allie Jewell Sykes was born on July 27, 1921. He
first married Helen Marie Hawks. Allie and Helen had one child.
1. Sandra
Fay Sykes was born on November 11, 1942.
Children
of Allie Jewell Sykes and Mary Helen Horton
Allie second married Mary Helen Horton. Allie and
Mary had two children.
1. Anthony (Tony) Wayne Sykes was born on October 23, 1945,
and
2. Barry Joseph Sykes was born on July 18, 1949.
Louvie
Dicey Sykes was born on February 12, 1898. She married William Dewitt Hall who
was born on June 30, 1896. They had two children:
1.
Howard Edward Hall was born on November 30, 1918, and
2.
Dorothy Dean Hall was born on October 8, 1920 and died on June 16, 1963.
Louvie
died on March 13, 1992 and William died on November 4, 1957.
Children
of Jessie Milton Sykes and Frankie Lawrence Granstaff
Jessie
Milton Sykes was born on November 3, 1900. On September 15, 1931 he married
Frankie Lawrence Granstaff who was born on December 10, 1910. Jessie and
Frankie had four children:
1.
Billy Milton Sykes was born on January 10, 1933 and died in October 1983.
2.
Bernice Wilson Sykes was born on July 15, 1934.
3.
Fantley Gene Sykes was born on January 2, 1937, and
4.
Shelley Faye Sykes was born on May 25, 1940.
Jessie
died on March 17, 1999 and Frankie died on December 4, 1967.
Children
of Charles Thomas Sykes and Zelma Forkum
Charles Thomas Sykes was born on May 12, 1904.
Charles first married Zelma Forkum who was born on March 20, 1910. They had two
children. Zelma died on October 11, 1961.
1.
Charles Ronald Sykes was born on May 11, 1939, and
2. Jerald Thomas Sykes was
born on September 2, 1941.
Children of Charles Thomas Sykes and Helen
Bernice Ezzell
On March 14, 1964 Charles second married Helen
Bernice Ezzell. Charles and Helen had one son:
1.
James Keith Sykes was born on June 18, 1966.
Charles died on January 4, 1997 in Nashville,
Tennessee.
Hoyal Johnson Sykes was born on October 14, 1911.
On December 22, 1935 he married Alene Hall who was born on October 6, 1915.
Hoyal and Alene had two children:
1.
David Johnson Sykes was born on December 4, 1937, and
2. Jerry Arbury Sykes was born on July 17,
1943.
Alton Bernice Sykes was born on September 9,
1914. On November 16, 1940 he married Clara Carson who was born on March 12,
1911. Alton and Clara did not have any children.
Clara
Mae Sykes was born on June 23, 1903. She married David Christopher Curtis who
was born on February 24, 1903. Clara and David had three children.
1.
Dorothy Mae Curtis was born on June 13, 1926 in Nashville, Tennessee (twin).
2.
Doris Marie Curtis was born on June 13, 1926 in Nashville, Tennessee (twin).
3.
David Christopher Curtis, Jr. was born on October 12, 1931 in Nashville,
Tennessee
Clara
died on September 10, 1987 and is buried in Temple, Texas. Dave died on March
21, 1957 and is buried in Temple, Texas.
Claude
Albert Sykes
Claude Albert Sykes was born on July 31, 1905. He
married Muriel Dale. Claude and Muriel divorced and did not have any children.
Claude died on January 11, 1962 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashville,
Tennessee.
Walter Elias Sykes was born on August 14, 1909.
He married Sadie Emma Edens who was born on August 28, 1910. Walter and Sadie
had three children:
1. Robert Harvey Sykes was born on February 5, 1929 in Nashville,
Tennessee and died on January 22, 2001 in Franklin, Tennessee.
2. James Murray
Sykes was born on October 30, 1934 in Nashville, Tennessee.
3. Nancy Carolyn Sykes was born on June 5, 1938 in Nashville,
Tennessee.
Walter died on September 17, 2001 and is entombed
at Woodlawn Mausoleum, Nashville, Tennessee. Sadie died on September 17, 1992
and is entombed at Woodlawn Mausoleum, Nashville, Tennessee.
Grace
Virginia Sykes was born on September 20, 1913. She married Glenn Murray
Mitchell who was born on April 11, 1910. Grace and Glenn had three children:
1.
Janice Elaine Mitchell was born on March 4, 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee.
2.
Rebecca Jane Mitchell was born on July 27, 1948 in Nashville, Tennessee.
3.
Thomas Murray Mitchell was born on September 4, 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee
Grace
died on April 10, 2001 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashville,
Tennessee. Glenn died on March 28, 1998 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
At
this time, information on the other descendants of this marriage remains
private. Any member of the family may obtain additional information by
contacting the writer.
Last Updated November 2005