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CONFIRMEDAlfred & Rachael Frizzel are Jobie Hooks's grandparents 1880 census lists Jobie as their grandson (record image).
CONFIRMEDLewis Tolliver → Mathew → Mary Alice → Lorene Mathew's 1958 death record names Louis Tolliver & Mandy; Mary Alice's death record names Mathews Tolliver & Mary Calloway (indexes).
CONFIRMEDIda Mae Townsend = Ida Mae Atkins in 1940 Same five children listed as Townsends in 1930 and under Atkins on Dudley St. in 1940 (record images).
CONFIRMEDHunty = Rosa Mae Townsend Stokes; Idell = her daughter Ideil 1991 obituary names sister Willie Mae and daughter Ideil Stokes (record image).
CONFIRMEDA Hooks married a Ross in Bullock 1884 'Colored' marriage license: William Hooks + Anna Ross (record image).
CONFIRMEDCooks, Hollenheads and a Rowell lived side by side in 1940 One Union Church census page, sheet 7A (record image).
OPENRoss and Rouse are one Bullock family under two spellings (strong) Hood Ross, 6, in 1870 (Sardis Beat) and Hood Rouse, 60, in 1930 (Bruceville): same rare first name, ages 6 years apart. Deciding record: Hood in 1880–1920 under either spelling with Richard or Matilda.
DECLINEDClem Roberson & Mary McDade (m. 1911) are Willie Roberson's parents Willie was born 1906 and his 1927 marriage names his father as Dorn Roberson.
OPENWhich Hooks family William Hooks (m. Anna Ross 1884) belongs to Deciding record: William & Anna Hooks in an 1890s–1900s census or a child's death record naming them.
CONFIRMEDSnap = John Wesley Rowell, born Jan 29, 1943, Union Springs; died Feb 1998 Social Security Applications & Claims Index (Ancestry): name, birth date, Union Springs birthplace; 1983 public-records index puts John W. Rowell, born 1/29/1943, in Detroit.
OPENSnap's line back to an 1870 Bullock Ross/Rouse household Next deciding record: Adley Rowell's parents (1930/1940 census or her death record).
CONFIRMEDSnap's mother was born a ROUSE — Adlay Rouse Hooten (1920–1964) Alabama death record 1964 (Troy): Adlay Hooten, father Amos Rouse, mother Kizieh Rodgers, husband Sidney Hooten. Find a Grave: Adlay Rouse Hooten, Old Mount Pleasant churchyard, Pine Level.
CONFIRMEDAmos Rouse = Amos Rowell of Union Church, Bullock Adlay's 1946 marriage names Amos Rowell & Keziah Rogers; Amos's 1930 Union Church household has Kizzie's daughter Carrie, whose SS record names Amos Rowells & Kizahi Rogers.
CONFIRMED'James W Cooks', 7, in the 1950 census is Snap Pine Level 1950: Sidney & Adelaide Hooten with Johnie Lee 10, James W Cooks 7, Joe Frank Bailey 5 — this is where 'James (John) Wesley' comes from.
OPENRita's line is kin to the Hollinheads through Amos Rowell's household 1910: Isaac Hollinhead, 7, lived with Amos Rowell. Deciding record: Isaac's parents.
OPENJoe F. Harris (1979 obituary) = Joe Frank Bailey, 5, in the 1950 Hooten home Deciding record: Joe F. Harris's birth or death record naming Adlay.
OPENKizzie Rogers's parents were Joseph & Della Rodgers of Porters 1900/1910 census Porters, Montgomery Co. Deciding record: Kizzie's death record.
OPENRev. Tom Cook (Mt. Pleasant pastor 1979) = Will Tom Cook, Benny's brother Deciding record: Rev. Tom Cook's death record or obituary naming his parents.
OPENAdline Gray (m. Willie Roberson 1927) is Sherman & Mandy Gray's daughter (strong) Adeline, b. 1909, in Sherman Gray's Pine Level household in 1910 and 1920. Deciding record: Adline Roberson's death record or SS application naming her parents.
OPENRosie Lee Gray's family (Elliott Gray & Adela Nora) and Sherman Gray's family are one Gray family Deciding record: Elliott Gray's parents.
OPENJosh Jackson (d. 1951, son of Sote/Letan Jackson & Ann Boswell) is Rosie Pearl's father Deciding record: Rosie Pearl's birth/death record or a census with Josh, Hattie and Rosie Pearl together.
OPENArthur James Sr. = Arthur James b. 1887, son of Freeman & Alice James (Greenwood, Bullock) Deciding record: Arthur Sr.'s death record or his marriage to Sarah Henderson.
DECLINEDMack Jackson (Ester Gray's husband) is Josh Jackson's kin Mack appears as son of John W. & Amanda Jackson, Pine Level 1900; not in Josh's household. Reopen if Mack's death record says otherwise.
CONFIRMEDJohnny Lee Rowell (d. Detroit 1979) is Snap's older brother 1979 Alabama Journal obituary index lists sibling John W. Rowell, plus Joe F. Harris and Sidney, Otis & Annie Lois Hooten. Full obituary read Oct 20 (Alabama Journal & Montgomery Advertiser clippings): died Detroit June 29, 1979, formerly of Pine Level; buried Mt. Pleasant churchyard.
OPENAunt Clarissa named for the Bullock Clarissas (Ross, Rouse, Stokes, 1870) Deciding record: Mr. Rowell's mother's/grandmother's name.
OPENDad's family related to the McDades Deciding record: a McDade in the Brown, Gray, Vandiver, Caldwell or MacCloud lines (marriage or death record naming parents).
OPENMcDade–Jackson marriages (1876, 1878) and Eddie's Jackson side Deciding record: Josh Jackson's parents (his death record or SS file).
OPENHow Willie Roberson and Eddie Hooks Sr. were first cousins Deciding record: Dorn Roberson's wife (Willie's mother) — census 1910/1920 or Willie's SS application.
CONFIRMEDBenny James Cooks is Snap's father (Rita's grandfather) Snap's Social Security claims record names his father Benny J. Cooks — matches the family account.
OPENRoss + James marriages (1888, 1914) and Arthur James Sr. Deciding record: Arthur James Sr.'s parents.
OPENBettie Rouse + Edgar Townsend (1940) and Milton Townsend's family Deciding record: Edgar Townsend's parents (U L Townsend named on the marriage index).
OPEN'Negro man John' (1850 Hooks estate) = John Hooks (1867 voter) Deciding record: later Hooks estate papers naming John with Rebecca, or a Freedmen's record.
OPENSinai Hooks's relationship to the Frizzels Deciding record: 1866 Alabama state census or a death record.