There were 15 Woody family members baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Blount County from 1892 to 1921.
Timeline of Baptisms
1890
*23 Dec 1892: Sarah Woody
2nd-Generation
*10 Dec 1893: Samantha Naillon
1st-Generation
*10 Dec 1893: Jonathan Woody
1st-Generation
*7 Jul 1894: Cora Woody
2nd-Generation
3 Sep 1896: James Woody
2nd-Generation
1900
23 Mar 1902: George Woody
2nd-Generation
6 Jun 1904: Pearl Woody
2nd-Generation
7 May 1909: Fanathera Gardner
2nd-Generation
1910
31 Aug 1918: Minta Harris
3rd-Generation
1920
26 Sep 1925: Bessie Harris
3rd-Generation
*The first Woody family members Sarah and her parents, Jonathan Woody and Samantha Naillon, likely were baptized in Cocke County, Tennessee, based on a review of mission journals and where the missionaries were assigned at the time of their baptisms. Sarah was baptized in 1892 and her parents in 1893. All three were living in Blount County, Tennessee as early as 1895 – Sarah Woody in Millers Cove, and Jonathan and Samantha also in Millers Cove and then in Townsend. The first documentation of Sarah Woody living in Blount County is April 5, 1895 in the mission journal of Elder William Hayes, again July 9, 1895 in the mission journal of Elder James Hubbard, and also at later dates in other mission journals. The first documentation of Jonathan Woody and Samantha Naillon living in Millers Cove is September 28, 1895 in the mission journal Elder John Hinckley, in Townsend on February 2, 1904 in the mission journal of Elder Leroy Armstrong, and possibly in Millers Cove June 5-7, 1902 in the mission journal of Elder Abinadi Porter.
Jonathan Woody (1857-1927)
10 December 1893: Jonathan Woody was baptized by Jedediah Grant Shumway and confirmed by Joseph Cross Orme
Elder Jedediah Grant Shumway (1866-1942)
Jedediah Grant Shumway served in the Southern States Mission from 1892 to 1894. In his mission acceptance letter to Wilford Woodruff, he wrote: “Dear brother, your letter of Feb the 2 was received Feb the 9, it bund quiet a surprised. But will be their on the day a pointed 30 of March to go with the rest of the Elders if all is well.” While serving in Tennessee, he was arrested by the local magistrate. He was fined $14.70 for correcting the lies of a local preacher who was telling a false history about the Church. His time as a missionary is briefly documented in the transcribed mission journal of Elder Robert Young. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1895. They had seven children together. He served again, shortly after his wife died, in the Southern States Mission and East Central States Mission from 1928 to 1929. Elder Shumway baptized Jonathan Woody in Walland in 1893.
Elder Joseph Cross Orme (1860-1933)
Joseph Cross Orme served in the Southern States Mission from 1893 to 1895. His time as a missionary is documented in the transcribed mission journals of Elder William Hayes, Elder Robert Young, and briefly in that of Elder James Hubbard. In his mission acceptance letter to Wilford Woodruff, he wrote: “I will accept… I have not used my time as I ought so I am not very well posted on the principles of the Gospel. But God being my helper I will go and do my best to help role (sic) his woork (sic) on.” He married in the Logan Temple in 1888. They had two children when he left to serve in the East Tennessee Conference. In 1910, his wife died shortly after giving birth to their ninth child, leaving him a widower to provide for the children. He remarried, in 1912, and had four more children. He entered politics early in his career and was elected City Marshall and Mayor of Tooele, and City Councilman in both Utah and Idaho. He served as Bishop, in the Stake Presidency, and as Stake Patriarch. In the 1920s, he invited the Woody Family from Blount County to immigrate West, which many of them did, and at one point in the 1920s there were 32 Woody family members active in the Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. Sarah Margaret Woody is the first member with a complete baptismal record for our ward. She was baptized in 1892. Elder Orme confirmed Jonathan Woody, her father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Walland, in 1893.
Samantha Caroline Naillon (1857-1927)
10 December 1893: Samantha Caroline Naillon was baptized by unidentified missionaries – likely Elders Shumway and Orme
Jonathan Woody and Samantha Caroline Naillon were baptized the same day in December 1893, following the example of their daughter, Sarah Margaret Woody, who was baptized the year before. They married in 1876 and had eight children together. A number of Jonathan Woody’s siblings were also baptized around the same time period, as well as siblings of Samantha Naillon. Though, by 1895, they were living a short distance from Millers Cove, it is uncertain where they were living when they were baptized. The missionaries who baptized them were assigned to Cocke County at the time of their baptisms. Jonathan and Samantha migrated with many family members to Utah, then Idaho, and finally to Oregon. Samantha’s family included at least 14 members who were baptized between 1892 and 1898. Some of the Woodys and Naillons migrated West after their baptisms.
Elder Joseph Cross Orme confirmed Jonathan Woody, in 1893. Following his mission, he invited them to migrate West and by the early-1920s they were living in Idaho. The brother of Joseph Cross Orme shared the following story about Jonathan Woody and his family:
“One of his [Joseph Cross Orme’s] Tennessee converts, [Jonathan Woody], came to Utah, and later moved to Twin Falls, Idaho. This man had a large family, [Woodys, Harrises, and Naillons], some active, others inactive in the Church, and the man himself became very indifferent and told Joe [Cross Orme], when he called on him, that he was not interested in church work any more. Joe stopped with him all night, recalled incidents in “The South,” etc. Next morning at day break to up and helped the man pile hay, and talked as they worked, by so doing he found out the man’s bishop had offended him. So Joe gets word to the bishop secretly of what was the matter, and asked the bishop to try and fix it up. About a year later, Joe met his southern friend again and he said, “Brother Orme, I am so glad to see you. A few days after you were here at my home, the bishop called and asked my forgiveness, and got me going to meetings again. I thought of my conversion, of the purpose of my emigrating to the West; of how I had laid down on the job, and then I decided to get busy, so I converted my son-in-law, my daughter-in-law, and only last week we made a bus load of 32 of my family, went to the temple and had us all sealed and connected up, husbands and wives, parents and children, and we are all happy in knowing we’ve done the right thing.”
Long before they moved West, the Naillons likely were living near Pigeon Forge and the Woodys were living in Millers Cove, in January 1895, when Elder William Hayes documented receiving word of Doctor Lafayette Naillon’s baptism, which occurred on January 6, 1895:
[Saturday] – 12 January [1895] In letter from Elder [Edward William] Payne got word of the baptism of Doctor [Lafayette] Naillon, also his marriage to our good sister [Sarah Ann] Laws. It was snowing this morning but I had laid around town so long that I was anxious to get into the country. We went up into forks of the river and nearly froze out it being a bitter cold day especially in the PM. Called on Fritz Newbert for a few hours but they had sickness so we went about a mile and stayed for the night with Harmon Kreis, where we had a nice warm bed and a fire in our room for which we were very thankful to our Heavenly Father. Before morning it had registered 8 below zero, which is the coldest I have ever seen in the South.
By April 1895, Jonathan and Samantha were living in Millers Cove near the home of JC and Sarah Garland.
[Friday] – 5 April [1895] After planting a field of potatoes, we went to spend the day with [Nathan] Dempsey Harris and [his] wife, [Sarah Margaret Woody]. On our way our dog treed a squirrel. We got the gun and after spending about 3 hours and shooting 8 shots, succeeded in killing it. Bro[ther Joseph John Calvin (JC)] Garland fired some brush heaps and the wind came up and scattered the fire which got into the woods and fences, and we had an awful time to get it cut off by creating a pathway through the leaves in head of it. Brother J[ohn] R[oland Halliday] not feeling well. His pulses (sic) are 112.
In August 1895, Elder James Willard Hubbard documented visiting Jonathan Woody and Samantha Naillon, as well as the extended family members, in his journal in the following entries:
Monday – 19 [August 1895] Went to [the] P. O. and back to Bro[ther Jonathan] Woody‘s where we took dinner. We then went to Mr. [James Bennett] Laws to stay overnight, a distance of about 10 miles.
Tuesday – 20 [August 1895] Had a feast of peaches. Left Mr. [James Bennett] Laws and went to Mr. Arrington. These gentlemen are very friendly investigators. Stayed at Mr. Arrington’s all night.
Wednesday – 21 [August 1895] Returned by way of Mr. [James Bennett] Laws where we took dinner and had a conversation with Sister Sarah Ann [Laws] Naillon, Mr. [James Bennett] Laws‘ daughter. [Then] to Bro[ther Joseph Reed Vance] Naillon‘s where we stayed all night. Sister Marg[a]ret Naillon [Sutton] did our washing, she is the most faithful of all these folks. We promised her a picture of the Elders at conference.
In 1904, Elder LeRoy Armstrong labored for about two weeks in Blount County and documented meeting Jonathan and Samantha Woody in the following journal entries:
[Tuesday] – 2 Feb[ruary] 1904 Townsend, Blount Co[unty]. We left Bro[ther James Isaiah] Franklin’s and started out canvassing. After we got out a wase (sic), we found the measeles (sic) so bad that we stop[p]ed canvassing, for Elder [Wilford Woodruff] Freeman had never had them. We came on to Bro[ther Jonathan] Woody’s and stayed that night. We were going out coon hunting but it began to rain just about the time we were going to start. Then, it turned off into hailing and how it did come down for a while. We got on a big way of singing and had a big time.
[Wednesday] – 3 Feb[ruary] 1904 Walland, Blount Co[unty]. Soon after breakfast we left Bro[ther Jonathan] Woody’s and went down to [Joseph John Calvin (JC)] Garland’s. We we came up to the door, they did not ask us to come in, so, [if] anything, it made me feel pretty funny, but we went in any how, but did not feel much welcome. Elder [Wilford Woodruff] Freeman went up to the mail box after dinner and there he got some photos for us, some large ones of his self and some [illegible] photo of us both. While he was gone, I went up in the woods and fixed my pants. At night some loving folks came in and they had a rough and tumbled time for a while. The girls and boys would wrestle. This is the way. Feb[ruary] 3[rd] warmed up.
[Sunday] – 7 Feb[ruary] 1904 Walland, Blount Co[unty]. We left Bro[ther John Goulder] Harmon and came over to [Joseph John Calvin (JC)] Garland’s and got our grips. Then went up to Bro[ther Jonathan] Woody’s. Just after we got there, how it did rain and blow and there [were] places in the house that you could throw a cat through and the rain came in and wet the bed and the folks had a hard time to keep in the dry. But after it stop[p]ed raining, we had a good time talking with the people and we sang some for them. The night before we got there, Bro[ther Jonathan] Woody and his son caught 5 possums. Some had possum for dinner to [illegible].
[Monday] – 8 Feb[ruary] 1904 Wallen (sic), Blount Co[unty]. We left [Jonathan] Woody’s and started for Sevier Co[ounty]. Came to Walland and got our mail. We had too many tracts to carry so we went some over to [Joseph John Calvin (JC)] Garland’s. We had a heavy load but we made it thru to John Baker before run down. He seemed quite pleased to see us as Elder [Wilford Woodruff] Freeman had been there before and visited on him when he got hurt.
At least four of Jonathan and Samantha’s children were baptized before they moved West. Jonathan died in 1927, at the age of 69, in Oregon. He is buried in the Eddyville Cemetery in Eddyville, Oregon. Samantha Naillon died in 1938, at the age of 81, and is buried in the Taft Pioneer Cemetery in Lincoln City, Oregon.
Sarah Margaret Woody (1877-1934)
23 December 1892: Sarah Margaret Woody (Harris) was baptized by Alma Henry West and confirmed by John Hyrum Koyle
Elder Alma Henry West (1856-1901)
Alma Henry West served in the Southern States Mission from 1891 to 1893. In his mission acceptance letter to Wilford Woodruff, he wrote: “I received my appointment… and was somewhat surprised to think that I have been selected to fill a mission to the Southern States… I can get ready if it is the will of Him that is over all. I accept the calling realizing the great responsibility resting on me who is called to go into the world to preach the gosple (sic) and to fill the mission honorably.” He married in the Salt Lake Endowment House in 1884. He and his wife already had four children when he was called to the East Tennessee Conference. He was a well-known railroad man and master mechanic for the Utah-Eastern and later Saltair Railroad. Elder Henry West served as president of the East Tennessee Conference and his correspondence is documented with missionaries in the transcribed mission journal of Elder Robert Young. Elder West baptized Sarah Margaret Woody in Millers Cove, in 1892. She is the first member with a complete baptismal record in our ward.
Elder John Hyrum Koyle (1864-1949)
John Hyrum Koyle served in the Southern States Mission from 1891 to 1893. In his mission acceptance letter to Wilford Woodruff, he wrote: “I say in reply I am willing to go.” In 1885, he married in the Logan Temple and had four kids by the time he received his call to serve. Though his family lived in a lean-to, his wife encouraged him to go. They sold one of their two milk cows to help pay for his mission. While serving the Lord, he was attacked by mobs on several occasions, shot at, and once even poisoned in an attempt at his life. His stories about his labors in the the East Tennessee Conference have been preserved in “books of remembrance” on Family Search. He is mentioned once in the transcribed mission journal of Elder Robert Young. He and his wife had 13 children together. Elder Koyle confirmed Sarah Margaret Woody – the first member in our ward with a complete baptismal record – a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Millers Cove, in 1892.
Sarah Margaret Woody is the first member with a complete baptismal record who was baptized. Sarah was baptized in 1892. Based on these baptismal records, she is also the first person of her family to be baptized. Over the next two decades, dozens of her siblings, in-laws, extended family members, and even her parents would be baptized. However, her husband, Nathan Dempsey Harris, never became a member of the Church. She married Nathan on September 4, 1894. In 1895, they were living in Millers Cove when Elder William Hayes and Elder John Halliday had just returned to from Knoxville. Elder Hayes documented a visit with the newly-wed couple in his journal, on April 5, 1895.
[Friday] – 5 April [1895] After planting a field of potatoes we went to spend the day with [Nathan] Dempsey Harris and wife [Sarah Margaret Woody]. On our way our dog treed a squirrel. We got the gun and after spending about 3 hours and shooting 8 shots, succeeded in killing it. Bro[ther Joseph John Calvin (JC)] Garland fired some brush heaps and the wind came up and scattered the fire which got into the woods and fences, and we had an awful time to get it cut off by creating a pathway through the leaves in head of it. Brother J[ohn] R[oland Hallaway] not feeling well. His pulses are 112.
In July 1895, Elder James Hubbard visited Sarah and Nathan and briefly commented on his visit while Elder Hayes was recovering at the home of JC Garland from malaria:
Tuesday – 9 [July 1895] I bound oats most all day for Bro[ther Joseph John Calvin (JC)] Garland. Bro[ther William Lehi] Hayes is improving. Elder [Joseph Cross] Orme and I went a distance of about a mile to stay with Mr. [Nathan] Demps[e]y Harris, a very poor but clever man whose wife, [Sarah Margaret Woody], belongs to the Church.
Nathan Harris and Sarah Woody had ten children together. Between 1907 and 1921, eight of their children were baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Three of Sarah’s siblings were also baptized, as well as her father, mother, aunt, and other extended family members.
In 1907, Nathan Harris was convicted for “attempt to commit murder” and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary. Blount County court records show that Nathan Harris did “assault with a pistol one Sherman Flint with the intent at the time to then and there unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, maliciously, and of malice aforethought, kill and murder the said Sherman Flint against the peace and dignity of the state.” In 1909, Nathan Harris received a pardon on “account of his physical condition” and the “pitiable condition of his family.”
Sarah Woody died in 1934, at the age of 57, and is buried in Higgins Chapel Cemetery in Flag Pond, Tennessee.
In 1935, Nathan Harris was living in Erwin, Tennessee, nearby lived his children Virgil Hiram, Frank McPherson, and Bessie Marie. Elder LeRoy Palmer visited Nathan and his children. He noted that Nathan Harris expressed his desire to be baptized; however, it does not appear he was able to do so in the following journal entries due to poor health:
[Thursday] – 18 July [1935] We tracted again this AM. I had a long conversation with a fellow. In the afternoon we tracted a house and the lady of the house, [Bessie Marie Harris], said she had been a member of the Church. She also said her father, [Nathan Dempsey Harris], and brothers were members. We were very much overjoyed so we began to find where her family lived. We found them and found out that all the boys were members but the father, [Nathan Dempsey Harris], was not. We had a meeting scheduled so we invited them all out. They all came and while there the old man, [Nathan Dempsey Harris], said he wanted us to baptize him.
[Friday] – 19 July [1935] We did some tracting for a while, we visited with Sister Bessie [Marie] Harris, for a while. We left her some reading material. From there we went and had our hair cut. The barber cut our hair for 30 cents, his regular price was 40 cents. We told him our work. Since we both had it cut he charged us less. We then went to Mrs. [Bessie Marie] Harris‘ where we held a good meeting with a good crowd. Upon request, we stayed all night with the Harris people.
[Saturday] – 20 July [1935] We went back to our rooms and slept for a while. We were unable to sleep last night on account of little things. In the afternoon we held a street meeting. There was a fair crowd and a good spirit attended. We held another meeting at Mr. [Nathan Dempsey] Harris‘ at night. The crowd was poor and the talk I gave on the apostacy was worse than poor; the very worst I have give, I believe.
[Sunday] – 21 July [1935] We spent the forenoon in study. Then about noon we came up to Mr. [Nathan Dempsey] Harris‘ for dinner. We had a fine dinner. We had to stay there until late because of the rain. In the evening we went back to the room and from there we went to a meeting with the Casey people. It was a Church of God meeting. The sermon was fine as long as the fellow talked about his subject but he began to condemn preachers and missionaries that were going over the world scattering out tracts and preaching false doctrine. He said for them to take all they could get and bring them to him, he would burn them up. He made me mad by my testimony grew stronger. I felt sorry for a preacher that was so misinformed.
[Monday] – 22 July [1935] We tracted a little this AM in an attempt to find a Mrs. Marion who had been reported to be a member of the Church. It rained nearly all day. I had to get my shoes half-soled so I spent some time at that. We went up to Mr. [Nathan Dempsey] Harris‘ to hold a meeting but no one came, so we only visited with them.
[Tuesday] – 23 July [1935] We came up to Bro[ther] George [Washington] Hensley‘s today. He is a member of the Church and is a good one. Br[other Nathan Dempsey] Harris and his boys brought us up. The Hensley people were very glad to see us. There had not been any elders there for two years. It is sure good to see them and to eat good ranch food after starving around town for a week. We had the intention of going down to a meeting but we decided not to go on account of rain.
[Wednesday] – 24 July [1935] We did not do much to celebrate the coming of the Saints into Utah. If no one did any more than we did from outward appearance it was not celebrated. How my thoughts were there. I remember the many good times I have had on that day at home. I was not homesick but would like to see the folks and some of my friends at home. However, I feel to rejoice that I have been found worthy to represent such a noble cause. I know God has been with us as he was Brigham Young and the Saints when they came across the plains. I am sure if we as a people will be faithful to the end we will be blessed through perilous times.
[Thursday] – 25 July [1935] I cannot say I spent a good night last night because I was unable to sleep. About 2 o’clock I had to get up and relieve myself of my supper. Again this morning I had to feed the bugs because there were no fish. I have been sick to the stomach all day. However, I ate a little dinner and a little more supper. I slept some during the day so tonight I feel some better but do not feel like challenging anyone for a foot race even then. I did a little studying but other than that I did not do any good for anyone.
[Friday] – 26 July [1935] A good night’s sleep will restore you when tonic or pills will fail. Thus after having had such I feel much better this morning. I sat down after breakfast with Parley Pratt’s Key to Theology in my hand and hardly put it down until I was through with it. I love to read his writings. He has such a clear and beautiful way of making himself understood. After dinner, Bro[ther George Washington] Hensley, Elder [James Ammon] Simmons and myself went out to pick blackberries. We picked about six gallons. That was my first attempt at picking them. We have been very well cared for during our sojourn with the Hensleys. They sure are find people. They are living their religion as well or better than any persons I have met since I came out. They are being blessed for so doing. They do not have to worry about the necessities of life. They believe in the passage which reads, “Seek ye after the Kingdom of Heaven and in righteousness and all else will be added unto you.” I only wish people would live up to their religion so they would be in a position to receive blessings the Lord has in store for them. I will close this epistle because I believe we are going to have chicken for supper, that is my weakness now.
[Saturday] – 27 July [1935] We got up this morning and picked some more blackberries. About noon Frank [McPherson] Harris came over to take us back to Erwin. We arrived in Erwin about 4 o’clock and made our way out very soon to Johnson City. We caught a ride pretty soon after we left Erwin. Upon arriving in Johnson City we called on the lady missionaries. We visited with them for 35 to 50 minutes then again headed for Kingsport. We had not reached the city limits until we hailed a ride and the fellow hauled us all the way in. When we arrived at the Parks’ home we found it locked and no way to find where the folks were. Since we were so tired and night was coming on we sat down thinking possibly they would soon come. After waiting for some time, we decided to go in through the window, which we did. We spent the rest of the night in getting our clothes cleaned. It was about 12:30 when we finally gave up to go to bed.
[Sunday] – 28 July [1935] We attended Sunday School this morning. We had a good crowd. Immediately after Sunday School we went out for a picnic. After that we held a service commemorating the 24th of July. We had a fine program. I believe everybody was well pleased with the results. After all the people left from Bro[ther] and Sis[ter] Moore’s the missionaries had a good visit. I made a date with Sister [Lucille] Thomas for July 28, 1936. I am putting this in here to help me remember it. Steve and Gladys [Montgomery] came for us. We rode home with them after we had bade the lady missionaries goodbye. We stayed all night with Steve and Gladys.
[Thursday] – 26 Sep[tember 1935] We came to Johnson City today, had pretty good luck. We caught two rides. We did not have to walk but a little ways. We helped a fellow out of a ditch with his car, so another fellow that helped him out asked us to ride on into Johnson City with him. We took dinner with the lady m[issionaries] and attended a show. We also studied for a while in the afternoon.
[Friday] – 27 Sep[tember 1935] We came to Erwin today. We found the Harris people quite well with the exception of Mr. [Nathan Dempsey] Harris who seems to have something wrong with his back. A fellow that first picked us up hauled us all the way to Erin. We visited with the people, made our reports, and wrote some letters.
[Saturday] – 28 Sep[tember 1935] We have completed dressing and breakfast. We have already bid part of the Harris family good-bye. So we will have to be on our way back to Johnson City pretty soon. We went to Johnson City without any trouble. We had dinner with the lady m[issionaries]. We went down and bought a suit and hat for Elder [James Ammon] Simmons. We called for Mr. Parks to come and get us, which he did. Therefore we spent the night in Kingsport.
Nathan Harris died two years later in 1937, at the age of 73. He is also buried in Higgins Chapel Cemetery.
Cora Bell Woody (1878-1908)
7 July 1894: Cora Bell Woody was baptized by Elder Hyrum Bair and confirmed by Elder Joseph Orme
Elder Hyrum Lester Bair (1872-1957)
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Elder Hyrum Lester Bair (1860-1933)
Joseph Cross Orme (1860-1933) served in the Southern States Mission from 1893 to 1895. His time as a missionary is documented in the transcribed mission journals of Elder William Hayes, Elder Robert Young, and briefly in that of Elder James Hubbard. In his mission acceptance letter to Wilford Woodruff, he wrote: “I will accept… I have not used my time as I ought so I am not very well posted on the principles of the Gospel. But God being my helper I will go and do my best to help role (sic) his woork (sic) on.” He married in the Logan Temple in 1888. They had two children when he left to serve in the East Tennessee Conference. In 1910, his wife died shortly after giving birth to their ninth child, leaving him a widower to provide for the children. He remarried, in 1912, and had four more children. He entered politics early in his career and was elected City Marshall and Mayor of Tooele, and City Councilman in both Utah and Idaho. He served as Bishop, in the Stake Presidency, and as Stake Patriarch. In the 1920s, he invited the Woody Family from Blount County to immigrate West, which many of them did, and at one point in the 1920s there were 32 Woody family members active in the Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. Sarah Margaret Woody is the first member with a complete baptismal record for our ward. She was baptized in 1892. Elder Orme confirmed Jonathan Woody, her father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Walland, in 1893.
Cora Bell Woody was baptized in 1894. Elder Lester Bair documented her baptism in the following journal entry:
July 4[-8], 1894 We arrived at Bro[ther] Naillon’s on the 3rd of July, and awoke on the morning of the 4th without hearing the sound of a cannon, the beating of a drum, or the glimpse of a flag, an ice cream, or lemonade; nothing took place during the day that reminded us of the 4th of July. We are visiting among the Saints, holding meetings, and doing what good we can, during this month and next. On the 7th of July, I baptized [Elijah] Russell Naillon and Cora Belle Woody in [the] Pigeon River, Naillon, Cocke Co[unty], Tenn[essee]. About 50 people gathered to see the ordinance performed. The next day was Sunday; we took part in the Sunday School that I helped to organize some time ago, and found it in a flourishing condition. We then held [a] meeting at four o’clock PM. The house would not contain the eager listeners…
She married Elisha Gardner in 1903. Cora Woody suffered for many years before she passed away of “consumption.” In 1899, Elder James Hubbard was laboring in Monroe County when he heard about the Woodys who had moved and were living nearby. The missionaries visited the home where her family was. They found her with a fever and documented staying up with her, tending to her throughout the night in the following journal entries:
[Tuesday] – 5 Dec[ember 1899] Walked all day and got lost in the woods. After wandering around in the woods for some time, we received entertainment [at] about 9 PM.
[Wednesday] – 6 Dec[ember 1899] Upon hearing that there were some Saints that were in Monroe Co[unty], we concluded to go over and visit them and found Miss Cora [Bell] Woody down with the fever. We sat up with her all night.
[Thursday] – 7 Dec[ember 1899] Left Bro[ther Jonathan] Woody’s and went over about three miles southwest to visit another family of Saints. I also put a pair of half soles on my shoes. This is two miles southeast of Sweet Water (sic).
Elder Gustavious Williams, who was serving in Blount County at the time teaching at the newly-established “Sabbath School” in Millers Cove, teaching school children by day and preaching by night, spoke at her funeral. The Elders Journal noted her passing on April 2, 1908. She was noted as “a devoted Latter-day Saint.”
She died 15 years after her baptism, at the age of 31, and is buried in Chilhowie Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Happy Valley, Tennessee.
George Woody (1893-1909)
23 March 1902: George Woody was baptized and confirmed by Othello Roundy
Elder Othello Roundy (1875-1957)
Othello Roundy served in the Southern States Mission from 1902 to 1904. In his mission acceptance letter to George Reynolds, he wrote: “I received your letter last knight (sic) and in reply will say I am ready and willing at any date to fill a mission.” Elder Abinadi Porter documented his labors in Blount County with Elder Othello Roundy in his transcribed mission journal. He was one of 13 children in his family. He married in the Logan Temple, at the age of 37. They raised one daughter together. He spent his career working for the United States Postal Service. Elder Roundy baptized George Woody, Robert Filmore Garland, Joseph Franklin Harmon and Laura Bell Harmon, and confirmed the first named and William Council Harmon as member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Millers Cove, in 1902.
George Woody was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1902. He died in 1909, at the age of 16, in Sweetwater, Wyoming. It is unknown where he is buried. George Woody became a “child of record” on September 3, 1896. Elder John Heiner Hinckley – who is President Gordon B. Hinckley’s great uncle – was laboring in Blount County for a few weeks when he met the Woody family. George Woody received a blessing that day as documented in Elder Hinckley’s missionary journal in the following entry:
[Thursday] – 3 September 1896 Was fast day. We had a fast meeting at Bro[ther Joseph John Calvin (JC)] G[arland]’s. All fasted all day, also all spoke. We blessed four children, two of Jonathan Woody‘s and two of John G[oulder Monroe] Harmon‘s. The first was James Russell Woody, son of Jonathan Woody and Samantha Caroline Naillon Woody. Was born April 22, 1888 at Naillon Locke Co[unty], Tenn[essee]. Blessed by Elder James A[lma] Muir on third day of September 1896 at Miller[s] Cove, Blount Co[unty], Tennessee. George Larken Woody, son of ditto, [Jonathan Woody and Samantha Caroline Naillon Woody], was born Mary 18, 1890 (sic) at ditto…
…Was blessed by Elder W[illia]m [Wright] Fairbourn on same day. [Blessed] Joseph Franklin Harmon, son of John G[oulder Monroe] Harmon and Mary Jones (sic) Davis Harmon, born April 13, 1889 at Happy Valley, Blount Co[unty], Tenn[essee]. Blessed by John H[einer] Hinckley same day. [Blessed] W[illiam] Council Harmon, borned (sic) [in] Miller[s] Cove, Blount Co[unty], Tenn[essee] Sept[ember] 17, 1892. Blessed by James A[lma] Muir ditto. James Russell Woody was baptized on [the] same day by James A[lma] Muir, confirmed by W[illia]m [Wright] Fairbourn. We had a meeting at Samuel [Patterson] Harmon‘s at night. I did the speaking. [Stayed the night at] Joseph [John Calvin (JC)] Garland‘s.
Pearl Woody (1895-1981)
6 June 1904: Pearl Woody was baptized and confirmed by Wilford Woodruff Freeman
Elder Wilford Woodruff Freeman (1880-1939)
Wilford Woodruff Freeman served in the Middle States Mission and Southern States Mission from 1903 to 1905. When he was called to serve, he had already been married eight years and had three children. Elder Freeman returned home early due to a family illness and wrote a letter to Joseph F. Smith to report on his labors in East Tennessee: “The people of East Tennessee are very hospitable and in the main (sic) I received very kind treatment. The work is progressing nicely in that section.” He and his wife had ten children together. Elder Freeman baptized Lucinda Josephine Burchfield and Pearl Woody in Tuckaleechee Cove, whom he also confirmed – as well as David Lafayette Whitehead in Happy Valley – as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elder David Samuel Warren (1882-1965)
David Samuel Warren served in the Middle States Mission and Southern States Mission from 1902 to 1904. In his mission acceptance letter to Joseph F. Smith, he wrote: “I will say that with the help of god i (sic) will be ready to start.” He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1906. They raised four children together in Utah while he worked as a deputy sheriff for Davis County. He served two stake missions. In 1904, Elder Warren baptized General Washington Harmon, in Cades Cove, David Lafayette Whitehead, in Happy Valley, and confirmed the first named and Lucinda Josephine Burchfield, in Walland, as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Pearl Woody was baptized, in 1904, with her sister, Cora Bell. She immigrated to the West before other members of her family. She married Robert Taylor Naillon in Idaho, in 1909, at the young age of 14. Robert Naillon was baptized in 1930. They ultimately moved to Washington State and had 15 children together, 14 of which lived to adulthood and were all baptized and confirmed members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the 1930s and 1940s. Pearl traveled to Salt Lake City in 1953 and visited the Salt Lake Temple. Robert Naillon died in 1958, at the age of 80. He is buried in Washougal Memorial Cemetery in Washington. Pearl was sealed to Robert in the Salt Lake Temple in 1963. She died in 1981, at the age of 86, and is also buried in Washougal Memorial Cemetery.
James Russell Woody (1888-1942)
3 September 1896: James Russell Woody was baptized by James Alma Muir and confirmed by William Wright Fairbourn
Elder James Alma Muir (1859-1945)
James Alma Muir served in the Southern States Mission from 1895 to 1897. He married in the Salt Lake City endowment house in 1883. They had one son together. His son was six years old when he left to serve in the East Tennessee Conference. Elder Muir is discussed in the mission journal of Elder John Hinckley. He helped build the Salt Lake Temple and managed the quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The granite of the Salt Lake Temple remains to this day with the cuts made by James. He began working in the quarries at age 11. He cut the bases of the block for the Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith statues that are located on Temple Square today. He attended the Salt Lake Temple dedication, in 1893. He served as Bishop of the Granite Ward for 17 years. Elder Muir baptized James Russell Woody, in 1895, and confirmed John Goulder Harmon, in 1896, and Polly Ann Harmon, in 1895, in Millers Cove, as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elder William Wright Fairbourn (1861-1918)
William Wright Fairbourn served in the Southern States Mission from 1896 to 1897. Elder Fairbourn departed for his mission shortly after having married in the Salt Lake Temple. His autobiography noted the hostility the elders experienced: “The people of Tennessee were hostile toward the elders and not a bit friendly. As Missionaries [we] were mobbed and withstood many hardships.” Elder Fairbourn became seriously ill on his mission and was returned home, in January 1897. He and his wife raised five children together. Elder Fairbourn is discussed in the mission journal of Elder John Hinckley. Elder Fairbourn baptized John Goulder Harmon and confirmed Mary Jane Davis and James Russell Woody members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Millers Cove, in 1896 and 1895, respectively.
Fanathera Dora Gardner (1893-1931)
7 May 1909: Fanathera Dora Gardner was baptized by Heber John Smith and confirmed by Wallace Hunt Larson
Elder Heber John Smith (1886-1979)
Heber John Smith served in the Southern States Mission from 1907 to 1910. In his mission acceptance letter to Joseph F. Smith, he wrote: “I received your call to the mission field and accept it with pleasure.” He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1915. He held various Church callings including the first Bishop of the Draper 2nd Ward. He and his wife raised five children together while he owned and operated a farm in Draper. Elder Smith baptized Fanathera Dora Woody in Walland in 1909.
Elder Wallace Hunt Larson (1887-1954)
Wallace Hunt Larson served in the Southern States Mission from 1908 to 1911. He served as a Snowlfake Arizona Stake Missionary in 1938. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1913. They raised four children together. He was a business manager, rancher, high school teacher, high school principal, and became a Arizona State Legislator who led the House Education Committee for many years. Elder Larson confirmed Fanathera Dora Woody a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1909.
Fanathera Dora Gardner was born in Chillhowie, in 1893. She was baptized in Blount County, in 1909, and married James Russell Woody, who is the son of first-generation members Jonathan Woody and Samantha Caroline Naillon. A baptismal record for James Russell Woody was only recently found in a journal of Elder John Hinckley. The following journal entry documented James Russell Woody’s baptism:
[Thursday] – 3 September 1896 Was fast day. We had a fast meeting at Bro[ther Joseph John Calvin (JC)] G[arland]’s. All fasted all day, also all spoke. We blessed four children, two of Jonathan Woody‘s and two of John G[oulder Monroe] Harmon‘s. The first was James Russell Woody, son of Jonathan Woody and Samantha Caroline Naillon Woody. Was born April 22, 1888 at Naillon Locke Co[unty], Tenn[essee]. Blessed by Elder James A[lma] Muir on third day of September 1896 at Miller[s] Cove, Blount Co[unty], Tennessee. George Larken Woody, son of ditto, [Jonathan Woody and Samantha Caroline Naillon Woody], was born Mary 18, 1890 (sic) at ditto. Was blessed by Elder W[illia]m [Wright] Fairbourn on same day. [Blessed] Joseph Franklin Harmon, son of John G[oulder Monroe] Harmon and Mary Jones (sic) Davis Harmon, born April 13, 1889 at Happy Valley, Blount Co[unty], Tenn[essee]. Blessed by John H[einer] Hinckley same day. [Blessed] W[illiam] Council Harmon, borned (sic) [in] Miller[s] Cove, Blount Co[unty], Tenn[essee] Sept[ember] 17, 1892. Blessed by James A[lma] Muir ditto. James Russell Woody was baptized on [the] same day by James A[lma] Muir, confirmed by W[illia]m [Wright] Fairbourn. We had a meeting at Samuel [Patterson] Harmon‘s at night. I did the speaking. [Stayed the night at] Joseph [John Calvin (JC)] Garland‘s.
Fanathera and James immigrated to Utah, Idaho, and then Oregon with other Woody and Naillon family members in the 1920s. They had 12 children together, nine of which lived to adulthood. Fanathera died, not long after moving to Oregon, in 1931, at the age of 38. She is buried near her mother-in-law, Samantha Naillon, in Taft Pioneer Cemetery in Lincoln City, Oregon. James died in 1942, at the age of 53, and is also buried in Taft Pioneer Cemetery.
Millburn Asher Harris (1898-1978)
11 August 1907: Millburn Asher Harris was baptized by George Leonard Hobson and confirmed by Arnold Rose Meacham
Elder George Leonard Hobson (1882-1957)
George Leonard Hobson served in the Southern States Mission from 1905 to 1907. In his mission acceptance letter to George Reynolds, he wrote: “I am willing to take the mission required of me and will be ready to go…” While serving in Tennessee, he published an article in the Deseret Evening News: “There is a great demand for Elders in the South, as in other parts, and work is fast bearing fruit. There is much religious confusion existing among the religious denominations of the state.” He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1912. They raised seven children together in the mountains of Summit, Utah. Elder Hobson baptized Lillie Hayes Garland, Olive Retta Harmon, Milburn Asher Harris, and Champion Burke Harris, and confirmed the first and last named as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all in Millers Cove, in 1907.
Elder Arnold Rose Meacham (1884-1959)
Arnold Rose Meacham served in the Southern States Mission from 1905 to 1908. In his mission acceptance letter to George Reynolds, he wrote: “While I have not any habits, I can’t say that I have entirely kept the Word of Wisdom [but] I am willing to go to any country where you wish to call me.” In 1908, he married in Logan, Utah. They raised two children together. Elder Meacham confirmed Olive Retta Harmon and Milburn Asher Harris as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Millers Cove, in 1907.
Milburn Asher Harris was born in Millers Cove in 1898. He was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the same day as his brother, Champion, in 1907. In 1923, he married Eliza Guinn. They raised five children together. Milburn died in 1978, at the age of 80, and is buried in McMahan Cemetery in North Carolina. Eliza Guinn died in 1980, at the age of 76. She is also buried in the McMahan Cemetery.
Champion Burke Harris (1899-1915)
11 August 1907: Champion Burke Harris was baptized and confirmed by George Leonard Hobson
Elder George Leonard Hobson (1882-1957)
George Leonard Hobson served in the Southern States Mission from 1905 to 1907. In his mission acceptance letter to George Reynolds, he wrote: “I am willing to take the mission required of me and will be ready to go…” While serving in Tennessee, he published an article in the Deseret Evening News: “There is a great demand for Elders in the South, as in other parts, and work is fast bearing fruit. There is much religious confusion existing among the religious denominations of the state.” He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1912. They raised seven children together in the mountains of Summit, Utah. Elder Hobson baptized Lillie Hayes Garland, Olive Retta Harmon, Milburn Asher Harris, and Champion Burke Harris, and confirmed the first and last named as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all in Millers Cove, in 1907.
Champion Burke Harris was born near Millers Cove and baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1907, at the age of eight, with his brother Milburn. He died some time in 1915, at the age of 15 or 16.
Minta Lovada Harris (1902-1990)
31 August 1918: Minta Lovada Harris was baptized by Daniel Stanley Adams and confirmed by Horace Raymond Pond
Elder Daniel Stanley Adams (1894-1990)
Daniel Stanley Adams served in the Southern States Mission from 1917 to 1919. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1920. They raised eight children together. He began attending church as a kid with encouragement from his brother-in-law. Soon thereafter, he learned about the Word of Wisdom and stopped making coffee at home for his family. His brother-in-law ordained him to each priesthood office growing up. He married in the Salt Lake Temple and attended the University of Utah. Elder Adams baptized Minda Lovada Harris, Virgil Hiram Harris, and Dempsey Roosevelt Harris, whom he also confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Happy Valley in 1918.
Elder Horace Raymond Pond (1893-1972)
Horace Raymond Pond served in the Southern States Mission from 1916 to 1919. In 1920, he married in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised six children together. He attended Brigham Young Academy, was a dairy and poultry farmer, and a politician as a member of the Utah House of Representatives. He was President of the Benson Stake for 12 years and Stake Patriarch for 26 years. Elder Pond confirmed Minta Lovada Harris and Virgil Hiram Harris members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Walland, in 1918.
Minta Lovada Harris was born near Millers Cove, in 1902, and was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1918, at the age of 16, with two of her brothers. She had one child named Billie Grace. She married three times and each husband died shortly after they married. She died in 1990, at the age of 88, and is buried on family property with her third husband, James Haire.
Dempsey Roosevelt Harris (1905-1932)
31 August 1918: Dempsey Roosevelt Harris was baptized and confirmed by Daniel Stanley Adams
Elder Daniel Stanley Adams (1894-1990)
Daniel Stanley Adams served in the Southern States Mission from 1917 to 1919. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1920. They raised eight children together. He began attending church as a kid with encouragement from his brother-in-law. Soon thereafter, he learned about the Word of Wisdom and stopped making coffee at home for his family. His brother-in-law ordained him to each priesthood office growing up. He married in the Salt Lake Temple and attended the University of Utah. Elder Adams baptized Minda Lovada Harris, Virgil Hiram Harris, and Dempsey Roosevelt Harris, whom he also confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Happy Valley in 1918.
Dempsey Roosevelt Harris was baptized with his brother, Virgil, in 1918. He was never married and did not have any children. He died in 1932, at the age of 26, and is buried in Brushy Mountain Prison Cemetery in Tennessee. It is possible he was an inmate at the state prison. The “graveyard record” identifies him as a “miner” and the prison system, at that time, employed the inmates as coal miners.
Virgil Hiram Harris (1908-1977)
31 August 1918: Virgil Hiram Harris was baptized by Daniel Stanley Adams and confirmed by Horace Raymond Pond
Elder Daniel Stanley Adams (1894-1990)
Daniel Stanley Adams served in the Southern States Mission from 1917 to 1919. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1920. They raised eight children together. He began attending church as a kid with encouragement from his brother-in-law. Soon thereafter, he learned about the Word of Wisdom and stopped making coffee at home for his family. His brother-in-law ordained him to each priesthood office growing up. He married in the Salt Lake Temple and attended the University of Utah. Elder Adams baptized Minda Lovada Harris, Virgil Hiram Harris, and Dempsey Roosevelt Harris, whom he also confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Happy Valley in 1918.
Elder Horace Raymond Pond (1893-1972)
Horace Raymond Pond served in the Southern States Mission from 1916 to 1919. In 1920, he married in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised six children together. He attended Brigham Young Academy, was a dairy and poultry farmer, and a politician as a member of the Utah House of Representatives. He was President of the Benson Stake for 12 years and Stake Patriarch for 26 years. Elder Pond confirmed Minta Lovada Harris and Virgil Hiram Harris members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Walland, in 1918.
Virgil Hiram Harris was baptized and confirm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 10. He married Ella Geneva Hughes in 1936. They had one daughter together who died in an accident with Ella Hughes in 1945. Virgil Harris married Marie Louise Vance, who is from Maryville, Tennessee, and they had three boys together. Virgil died in 1977, at the age of 69, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Erwin, Tennessee. Marie died in 1993, at the age of 65, and is buried in the same cemetery with Virgil.
Frank McPherson Harris (1911-1967)
13 August 1921: Frank McPherson Harris was baptized by Royal Q. Jensen and confirmed by Douglas Love Paxman
Elder Royal Q. Jensen (1899-1964)
Royal Q. Jensen served in the Southern States Mission from 1920 to 1922. Years later he also served in World War II. He spent his career working as a machinist for General Motors and William Claypool Company. He never married or had any children. Elder Jensen baptized Frank McPherson Harris and Ernest Edgar Washington Harris and confirmed the last named a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Walland, in 1921.
Elder Douglas Love Paxman (1896-1969)
Douglas Love Paxman served in the Southern States Mission from 1919 to 1921. He was born and raised in Utah. While working as a loggerman in Canada – during the draft for World War I – before his mission, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Armistice was signed while he was in training and he received his discharge papers. He received his mission call the end of that year. Of his mission, he wrote: “We made most of our friends from the poor class people. In the city, the upper class had a servant answer the door and that was as far as we got. We missed a lot of meals but there were berries and nuts along the road and we didn’t suffer.” In 1924, he married in the Cardston Alberta Temple, where is wife was from. They raised three children together in Canada. Elder Paxman confirmed Frank McPherson Harris a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Millers Cove, in 1921.
Frank McPherson Harris was baptized with his brother in 1921, at the age of nine. He married Hono Lula Peterson in 1936. Hono was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1950, with their son, Clarence.. They had three children together, one of which survived to adulthood. Frank Harris died in 1967, at the age of 55, and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Erlanger, Kentucky. In 1968, Hono Harris visited the Salt Lake Temple and was sealed to Frank Harris. She died in 1981, at the age of 65, and is buried in Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Sandy, Utah.
Ernest Edgar Washington Harris (1913-1986)
13 August 1921: Ernest Edgar Washington Harris was baptized and confirmed by Royal Q. Jensen
Elder Royal Q. Jensen (1899-1964)
Royal Q. Jensen served in the Southern States Mission from 1920 to 1922. Years later he also served in World War II. He spent his career working as a machinist for General Motors and William Claypool Company. He never married or had any children. Elder Jensen baptized Frank McPherson Harris and Ernest Edgar Washington Harris and confirmed the last named a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Walland, in 1921.
Ernest Edgar Washington Harris was baptized the same day as his brother, Frank McPherson Harris, on August 13, 1921, at the age of eight. In 1937, he married Hazel Alice Hensley. They had two children together, one of which died as an infant. Ernest died in Ohio, in 1986, at the age of 73. He is buried in Glen Haven Cemetery in Haven, Ohio.
Bessie Marie Harris (1916-2014)
26 September 1925: Bessie Marie Harris (White) was baptized by Floyd Oliver Garfield and confirmed by Frank Edgar Douglas
Elder Floyd Oliver Garfield (1902-1976)
Floyd Oliver Garfield served in the Southern States Mission from 1924 to 1926. He married in the Logan Temple in 1928. They raised four children together. He worked as a shipping clerk at Edwards Air Force Base and later at Hill Air Force Base. He and his wife served senior missions in Australia, from 1951 to 1954, and in England, from 1961 to 1963. Elder Garfield baptized Bessie Marie Harris in Walland, Minnie Proctor and John Francis Cooper, in Cades Cove, and the last two named – as well as Doris Blanche Russell – he confirmed as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Doris Blanche Russell was confirmed at her home on Crooked Creek.
Elder Frank Edgar Douglas (1901-1976)
Frank Edgar Douglas was born in Ogden, Utah and served in the Southern States Mission for 26 months from 1924 to 1926. He married Drue Eliason in 1932. They had two children together. Frank became a dentist and remained in Utah the remainder of his life. He gave baby blessings to James Alma Garland and Nole Toliver Harmon. He confirmed Minnie Proctor and Bessie Marie Harris as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Bessie Marie Harris was baptized when she was nine years old. She married Joseph Christopher White in 1936. They had nine children together, five of whom lived to adulthood. Joseph White died in 1962 and is buried in Jobe Cemetery in Erwin, Tennessee. Bessie Harris married Alfred Leonard Crovato, who was baptized in 1986. She visited the Washington D. C. Temple in 1986. The following year Bessie and Alfred were sealed together in the Washington D. C. Temple. She died in 2014, at the age of 98, and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Kingsport, Tennessee. Alfred died in 2013, at the age of 98, and is also buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
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| Jonathan Woody |
| Samantha Caroline Naillon (Woody) |
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