The children were named: George Washington Nazworth, Theodore Roosevelt Nazworth, Walter Taft Nazworth, Albert Warren (Tiny) Nazworth, Janie Nazworth, Pearlie (Shug) Branch), Carlton Nazworth. George was from a previous relationship, but was considered brother.
My dad said when he was about 5 or 6 he woke up to find his mother gone and James Thomas told him "your mama left us" and then he went about his business on the farm, but my dad remembers crying and crying all day. A half brother was born after Mary left James Thomas and his name was Marcus (Red) Nazworth. James Thomas died when my father was 10. The eldest son from the first family came and got my father and his brother Carlton to live with them and sent the two girls, Janie and Pearlie to live with families in town. All others were told they were old enough to make it on their own.
When I was a young girl, my father took us to visit relatives in Florida and I asked him where my grandfather was buried. He said he had been buried on the land where they last lived and it would be overgrown with vegetation and I would never be able to visit it. To my surprise one day I googled James Thomas' name and I found this memorial with a picture of his gravestone! It is interesting to note that my grandfather's date of death (not year) is the same as my birth.
As posted by the original creator:
Was living in Havana, FL as of 1907; he had bad eyesight and several bad ribs at that time, having broken three of his ribs while diving into a ditch during the war.
Civil War: First enlisted in Company G, 5th Georgia Infantry in May 1863 and was transferred in 1864 to Villepigue's Light Artillery Battery at Suwanee Station, FL. Fought in the Battle of Natural Bridge. Was discharged at the end of the war.
The children were named: George Washington Nazworth, Theodore Roosevelt Nazworth, Walter Taft Nazworth, Albert Warren (Tiny) Nazworth, Janie Nazworth, Pearlie (Shug) Branch), Carlton Nazworth. George was from a previous relationship, but was considered brother.
My dad said when he was about 5 or 6 he woke up to find his mother gone and James Thomas told him "your mama left us" and then he went about his business on the farm, but my dad remembers crying and crying all day. A half brother was born after Mary left James Thomas and his name was Marcus (Red) Nazworth. James Thomas died when my father was 10. The eldest son from the first family came and got my father and his brother Carlton to live with them and sent the two girls, Janie and Pearlie to live with families in town. All others were told they were old enough to make it on their own.
When I was a young girl, my father took us to visit relatives in Florida and I asked him where my grandfather was buried. He said he had been buried on the land where they last lived and it would be overgrown with vegetation and I would never be able to visit it. To my surprise one day I googled James Thomas' name and I found this memorial with a picture of his gravestone! It is interesting to note that my grandfather's date of death (not year) is the same as my birth.
As posted by the original creator:
Was living in Havana, FL as of 1907; he had bad eyesight and several bad ribs at that time, having broken three of his ribs while diving into a ditch during the war.
Civil War: First enlisted in Company G, 5th Georgia Infantry in May 1863 and was transferred in 1864 to Villepigue's Light Artillery Battery at Suwanee Station, FL. Fought in the Battle of Natural Bridge. Was discharged at the end of the war.
Family Members
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William Henry Nazworth
1866–1951
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Mrs Laura Virginia Nazworth Carnline
1868–1960
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Ira Jackson Nazworth
1877–1952
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Benjamin Franklin Nazworth
1882–1966
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George Washington Nazworth
1904–1981
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Theodore Roosevelt Nazworth
1907–1947
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Walter Taft Nazworth
1909–1995
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Albert Warren "Tiny" Nazworth
1911–1965
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Pearlie Nazworth Branch
1916–1989
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SGTMAJMC William Chiever Nazworth
1918–1999
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Rubin M Nazworth
1926–1986