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![]() Cleo, U.S., Margarette 1915 ![]() Joy, Ralph, Margarette |
spouse: (1)Fannie HUGHES (2)Cleopatra (Cleo) HOSKINS
NAME.................... Ulysses Simpson Grant VERNON
BIRTH/PLACE/RECORDS..... 3 NOV 1883 Crockett TN
MARRIAGE/PLACE/RECORDS.. (1)25 SEP 1904 Crockett Co TN
(2)26 JUL 1911 Trenton Gibson Co TN
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 10 AUG 1940 Jackson TN
BURIAL.................. Elizabeth Methodist Church Cemetary Crockett TN
PARENTS................. Thomas A VERNON & Nancy J WILLIAMS
GRANDPARENTS............ Obediah VERNON & Elizabeth Jane GOOLSBY
> WIFE..................(1)Fannie HUGHES (2)Cleopatra (Cleo)Elizabeth HOSKINS
BIRTH/PLACE/RECORDS..... 17 FEB 1889 Rutherford, Gibson Co TN
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... JUL 1954 Jackson, Madison Co TN
BURIAL.................. (2)Elizabeth Methodist Church Cemetary Crockett TN
PARENTS................. (2)Stephen Edward HOSKINS & Nancy (Sue) MAYS
CHILDREN................ 6 (all by Cleo HOSKINS)
Note: Cleo was a cousin to Fannie HUGHES. All of US and Cleos' children were
born in Rutherford, Gibson Co TN., except for Margarette, who was born in
Crockett Co TN.
US Grant Vernon was a farmer, but lost his farm in the Great Depression.
He became a teacher and then a salesman. Later he worked as a guard at
the Jackson TN Coca-Cola plant, where he was attacked and killed by two
men, one of whom he had befriended by securing a job.
His daughter, Margarette, a nurse, was on duty at the hospital when he was
brought in.
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* CHILD 1................. Billy VERNON b & d 22 MAY 1912 (stillborn)
buried Walnut Grove Cem, Gibson Co TN
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* CHILD 2................ Margarette Frances VERNON b 7 OCT 1914
MARRIAGE.................. Earl WILSON 2 Sep 1944 Santa Monica, CA
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL......... 4 AUG 2002 Tuscon, Pima AZ
CHILDREN..................
1. Living WILSON
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* CHILD 3................. William Ralph VERNON b 16 AUG 1916
d 21 SEP 1998
MARRIAGE.................. Laura Kathleen UNDERWOOD 8 NOV 1935
in Jonesboro Craighead Co AR
b 29 JUL 1915
d 17 DEC 1993
CHILDREN.................. 3 Living daughters
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* CHILD 4................. Jessie Blanche VERNON b 13 FEB 1919
d 27 FEB 1919
notes: died from Typhoid fever.
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* CHILD 5................. Thomas Edward VERNON b 22 FEB 1923
d AUG 1924
notes: died from Colitis.
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* CHILD 6................. Joy Nell VERNON b 31 AUG 1925
MARRIAGE................. (1) LeRoy STANLAND, Jr. 7 Aug 1944
b 18 DEC 1918 Wilmington, NC
d 15 MAY 1952 Memphis, Shelby Co TN
burial: 16 May 1952, Jackson, Madison Co TN
son of LeRoy STANLAND, Sr. and Audrey WHITE
(2) Spencer Allen TRUEX, Jr. 1 Oct 1959 Jackson Madison Co TN
b 31 JUL 1916 Jackson, Madison Co TN
son of Spencer TRUEX, Sr. and Lida HICKS
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL.........
CHILD 6................... (1) 1 Living daughter, 1 Living son
(2) 1 Living child
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Sources:
Family records, marriage records, death records
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