James James James
William James Mahala
Henry Miller Wesley George
Henry Morgan Redus b. Jul 31, 1808, Grainger County, Tennessee, m. (1) Feb 21, 1833, in Mississippi, Abbie Elizabeth Molloy, b. Jan 1, 1814, (daughter of Daniel Molloy and Elizabeth Dale) d. Jan 13, 1849, buried: Fayette County, Alabama, m. (2) Mar 31, 1850, in Monroe County, Mississippi, Jane Neeland, b. 1819, S. Carolina, d. Feb 1892, Lead Hill, Arkansas. Henry died Sep 1892, Lead Hill, Arkansas, buried: Old Nebo Cemetery. Children by Abbie Elizabeth Molloy: i James Franklin Redus b. Aug 5 1834, Fayette County, Alabama, m. Dec 20, 1855, in Crossville, Alabama, Hulda Orlean Elizabeth Ferugson, b. Jun 18, 1838, Lamar County, Alabama, d. Feb 24, 1915, Caldonia, Mississippi, buried: Old Nebo Cemetery. James died: Jun 4, 1903, Vernon, Alabama, buried: Old Nebo Cemetery. ii Daniel Dale Redus b. Feb 7, 1836, Fayette County, Alabama, d. Feb 22, 1849. iii Leththa Jane Redus b. Aug 6, 1837, Fayette County, Alabama, d. Feb 22, 1846. iv William Dixon Redus b. Feb 13, 1839, Fayette County, Alabama, m. Josephine Alice McCoy, b. Centralia, Illionis. William died Oct 30, 1915. v Thomas Benton Redus b. Jan 27, 1843, Fayette County, Alabama, d. Aug 14, 1865. vi Chelser Almira Redus b. Mar 27, 1844, Fayette County, Alabama, d. Feb 11, 1926. vii Lydia Luvica Catherine Redus b. Jul 27, 1845, Fayette County, Alabama, m. Nov 28, 1870, in Lead Hlll, Arkansas, William Adams Greever, b. Jul 26, 1836, d. Apr 4, 1913. Lydia died May 24, 1916. viii Martha Redus b. Jul 28, 1847, Fayette County, Alabama, d. Jun 1849, Fayette County, Alabama. Children by Jane Neeland: ix Sarah Ann Redus b. Nov 2, 1855, Lead Hill, Arkansas, m. Stephen W. Pierce. Sarah died May 26, 1933. x Henry Wood Redus b. Jan 15, 1858, m. in Lead Hill, Arkansas, Mary Alice Brown. Henry died Jul 1931. xi George Nathaniel Redus b. ca. 1860. xii John Lewis Redus b. Mar 17, 1863, m. in Boone County, Arkansas, Jean Potter. John died 1948.
Old Mount Nebo Cemetery
James Franklin Redus Plot
James Franklin Redus and Huldia Orlean Elizabeth Ferguson
Obituary of James Franklin Redus--The Vernon Courier, July 30, 1903 RESOLUTION OF RESPECT Again the angel of death has visited our community. Our venerable and beloved brother, J.F. Redus was the one carried away. In his death the church has lost a faithful worker; the Sunday School a worthy member; and the state a loyal citizen. Brother Redus (or as he was familiarly called by his friends "Uncle Frank") was born August 5, 1834, in Fayette County, Alabama. He joined the M.E.C. South at Mt.Nebo August 21, 1848; was married to Miss Elizabeth Ferguson, December 20, 1855; to which union there was nine children, eight boys and one girl; the daughter and six sons together with their mother live to morn his death. He died Sunday evening June 4th, 1903, at nine o'clock. He was a consistent Christian, always ready to extend words of encouragement to the despondent and ever ready to counsel the young. He was an optimist in the highest sense of the word; always striving to see the good in everything. When prosperity bloomed around him he rejoiced, praised God for the sunshine of his love, often singing "Palms of Victory I Shall Wear." When adversity compassed him, when sadness and disappointment hung like a cloud before him, he peered through its darkness to catch a glimpse of the bright morning star that he might thereby be guided into the perfect day. He labored to make the world better by his life and himself for having lived therein. Our community enjoyed a grand privilege in feeling the influence of his kind disposition and it should cherish his name & Christian character. Therefore, be it resolved: 1.) That we, as a church, and as a Sunday School, while we deeply deplore the loss of our venerable brother and co-laborer, thank God for the worthy example he set before us and trust that its purifying influence may long be felt in our community and by our citizens. 2.) That we extend our tenderest sympathies to the bereaved family of the deceased & trust that the Holy Spirit will comfort them in their grief. 3.) That we humbly submit to the will of God who doeth all things well and knoweth what is best. 4.) That a copy of these expressions of love, sympathy and respect be sent to the family of the deceased; also a copy to the Alabama Christian Advocate and to the Vernon Courier for publication. E.L. Boyd, W.O. Pennington, & J.T. McMantts, Committee.
Daughter of William Gan Redus and Bertie Denman
Daughter of Charles Clark Redus and Hattie Ellen Taylor
"Memoirs of
Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus"
The Years 1871-1889
George Bennett Taylor and Martha Susan Springfield were married at her home on Military Road on November 17, 1870. I was born October 21, 1871, in the home of Grandfather Jesse Little Taylor, eight miles west of Vernon.
When I was one year old my parents moved out to themselves in a log cabin. Grandfather sold his farm, moved to Vernon, built a dwelling and store an sold goods for several years. Father moved to Vernon and worked in the store. When I was 3 years old he bought 80 acres of land, a mile and a half miles southwest of Vernon, built a log house with side rooms, front and back porches, a log barn and smoke house, cleared his land and fenced with rails.
We had a serious calamity, the loss of our house by fire. I grieved most over my little speckled hen that was setting under the house.
My first few days at school when five were to Dr. G.C. Burns, my great-uncle at Vernon. I went to five three-months schools in a log cabin in the woods; two of them taught by my mother, one by Aunt Hattie, one by Alonzo Guin, and one by Aunt Alice Springfield, Mother's sister. I went to Prof. Jim Guyton, Prof. Black, Prof W.K. Brown and Prof. Oliver Roland Hood of Vernon. I walked about three miles (one mile alone) to Miss Alice Blackman two summer schools in an old dwelling on Jackson Highway.
I joined the Free Will Baptist Church at ten years of age during a union meeting held in the courthouse at Vernon by Rev. D. W. Ward, Pastor of the Methodist Church. My Grandfather, T.W. Springfield, baptized me with six other girls, four of them his own; also several young men were baptized. It was at sunset in the branch on north side of Vernon, October 1882.
I went to high school at the Vernon Academy. I walked from one to three miles in all kinds of weather, to get this education. Father paid some of the tuition, $2.50 a month, by cutting and hauling wood for the three stoves in the Old Academy at Vernon.
At sixteen I taught a summer school for the community children at $1.00 a scholar per month, some of which I never received.At seventeen I secured a teacher's license.
I began a school five miles south of Vernon near Shiloh Methodist Church, January 1, 1889. The building was a log cabin with log benches, no backs, a stick and dirt chimney, a bucket and gourd for water, sedge straw broom, and no blackboards. I boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Loftis in a two-room house. Charles Clark Redus came on a Sunday, and hired to Mr. Loftis to help with a crop, and took a horse to pay for his work.My school closed March 5 until June, so I boarded at Mr. Tom Nobles to finish school in September--five months for $85.
When I came into the Frank Redus family November 6, 1889, I felt very strange in a home I'd never seen. I had only met the family a few times at Shiloh Church. I tried to be a faithful daughter-in-law and loved them for they were my own husband's people.
Father Redus' mother was Abbie Elizabeth Molloy, his father was Henry, a local Methodist preacher. Their children were Frank, William, Thomas, Dale, Lydia, and Chelnissa. His last wife was a Nealand and their children were John and Henry Wood. All moved to Arkansas except Father and Mother Redus.
The Civil War came and southern men called "Tories" brought terror and death forcing men off to war claiming they had authority. They came in the night and at gun point carried Father Redus. They didn't want to give him time to put his shoes on, but Mother Redus told them he was going to put on his shoes. He was not heard from for twelve days, and they feared that he was dead. He was in jail in Fayette. From there he was taken to war, leaving Mother Redus and small sons, Jim, Henry, and Gan. She had to plant and plow corn, make enough for bread. She said they often had just buttermilk and cornbread. Father Redus was captured and carried to Long Island. The Yankees were good to him but he worked on a ship until his feet froze. He was a true Christian of old time religion and died of a stroke on June 4,1903.
Father Redus' two uncles, Jimmy and Miller Redus were hanged by the Tories because they thought they had money. Uncle Jimmy was alone at the old "Grandma" Ward place. Mr. Mose Denman and a black man went the next day, cut the rope and took his body down, burying it in his garden on planks. Later he was moved to old Mt. Nebo Cemetery. A note on a tree by his body said, "Death to anyone who took him down." The same night Uncle Miller Redus was with his two girls at the old "Combs" place and he was hung. One Tori pulled one of the girls off the porch by her hair. One girl stayed by his body, while the other went and got Sis Pennington to go miles in the night to get help to take their father down. Most all of the men were gone to war. Mr. Pennington was hanged. Mr. Guin and wife found him hanging from a tree in the woods.
I can remember both Lucy and Jenny Redus. They married Penningtons and brought their families often to Furnace Church.
This is as told me by Father and Mother Redus.