SAMUEL FIELDER HAMBLETT & LYDIA MELISSA BEAVERS
Lydia was born on 29 January 1829 in Georgia. She was the daughter of Joseph BEAVERS and Sarah ROBINSON. Her family moved to Paris, Mississippi in Lafayette County where she met and married Samuel Fielder HAMBLETT. She died on July, 11, 1885 and is buried in the Hamblett Cemetery located west of Paris. Sam Hamblett remarried after her death.
THEIR CHILDREN
- JOHN THOMAS(1 May 1847 in Paris, MS).
- JAMES BROWN(13 September 1848 in Paris, MS).
- PERMILLIA (10 Feb 1850 in Paris, MS).
- MARTHA VICTORY (10 Feb 1850 in Paris, MS.)
- GEORGIA LAFAYETTE (15 January 1852.)
- WILLIAM FIELDER (9 November 1853 in Paris, MS)
- FRANCIS MARION (30 aPRIL 1855 in Paris, MS).
- GEORGE WASHINGTON (23 Jan 1857 in Paris, MS).
- JOSEPH WARREN (22 November 1858 in Paris, MS).
- MARGARET VANDELIA (9 August 1860 in Paris, MS).
- JEFFIE SONA (11 January 1862 in Paris, MS).
- MARSHALL (23 November 1863 in Paris, MS).
- ALICE ADELIA(17 February 1866 in Paris, MS).
- EDNA IRENE(9 July 1868 in Paris, MS)
" THEIR DESCENDANTS:
- 1. JOHN THOMAS HAMBLETT born 1 May 1847, Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 14 August 1899; married AUGUSTA E. ROBERTSON, 16 December 1875, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
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2. JAMES BROWN HAMBLETT born 13 September 1848, Paris , Lafayette County, Mississippi; He married CYNTHIA ELIZABETH ADELINE VICK, 7 August 1879, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. She was born 12 January 1859, Mississippi; died 26 October 1880. After Cynthia's death, James moved to Merkel,Taylor County, Texas where he died 14 December 1944.
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3.SARA (SALLIE)PERMILLIA HAMBLETT (TWIN)
was born 10 February 1850 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 19 January 1875. She married DAVIS M. RAGLAND 26 February 1874 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He was born Abt. 1849. Children of Davis and Sarah Hamblett RAGLAND was:
15. WILLIAM FRED RAGLAND, b. Abt. 1875, Delay, Mississippi. -
4. MARTHA VICTORY HAMBLETT (TWIN) b. 10 February 1850, Paris, Lafayette County, Misissippi; d. 10 July 1962, Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
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5. GEORGIA LAFAYETTE HAMBLETT was born 15 January 1852 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 11 June 1881 in Grenada County, Mississippi. She married E. SILAS WATSON 21 December 1871 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He was born Abt. 1851 in Alabama.
Their children were:
16. SUSA WATSON
17. G.W. WATSON -
6. WILLIAM FIELDER HAMBLETTwas born 9 November 1853 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 22 April 1930 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas. He married (1) MISSOURI CORA LEE CLARK 8 February 1882 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. She was born 29 July 1862 in Wyatt, Mississippi, and died 13 March 1891 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Their children were:
18. ARTHUR OLIVER HAMBLETT
19.JOSEPH sAMUEL HAMBLETT
20.EUNICE EULA HAMBLETT LYLES
21.WILLIE LEE HAMBLETT
After the death of Cora, WILLIAM FIELDER HAMBLETT then married (2) LILLIAN VENONA ROGERS 21 October 1891 in Springdale, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. She was born 1 December 1868 in Springdale, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, and died 2 April 1915 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas. Their children were:
22.VIRGINIA HAMBLETT
23.VENONA HAMBLETT
24.WILLIAM ROGER HAMBLETT
25.THOMAS LORING HAMBLETT
26.LELAND QUAY HAMBLETT
27.VANNIE HAMBLETT -
7. FRANCIS MARION was born 30 April 1855 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 16 September 1895. He married IONA (Leona?)FURR 16 February 1888 in Lafayette. She was born 19 June 1864 in Mississippi, and died 4 August 1889. Children of Francis and Iona Hamblett were:
28.BESSIE I. HAMBLETT -
8. GEORGE WASHINGTON HAMBLETT b. 23 January 1857, Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi; d. Dallas, Texas; married CORA LEE HIGGINBOTHAM on 31 July 1881 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. She was born about 1857. Their children were:
29.T. HAMBLETT
30.CLAIRE HAMBLETT
31.HAYWOOD HAMBLETT
32.BLANCHE HIGGINBOTHAM HAMBLETT -
9.JOSEPH WARREN HAMBLETT died 26 Novemebr 1858 in Lafayette County, MS.
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10. MARGARET VANDELIA HAMBLETT was born 9 August 1860 in Paris, Lafayette County, Missis
sipi, and died 30 October 1884. She married ISAAC W. YANCEY 11 December 1879 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He was born 22 December 1858 in Mississippi.Their children were:
33.EDWARD MARION YANCEY
34.CYNTHIA MARCELLA YANCEY
35.SAMUEL HAMBLETT YANCEY -
11.JEFFIE SONA HAMBLETT was born 11 January 1862 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 8 March 1907. She married JOSEPH HENRY PALMER 14 October 1885 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He was born 5 May 1860 in Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 17 February 1947 in Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi.Their children were:
32. JULIUS EARNEST PALMER
36. FRED R. PALMER
37. MARGARET IRENE PALMER
38. GERTRUDE PALMER
39. INEZ PALMER
40. VIVIAN PALMER
41. CORA CORINNE PALMER
42. VERA LUCILLE PALMER
43. MAMIE MADGE PALMER -
12.MARSHALL HAMBLETT died 7 August 1864 in Lafayette County, MS.
- 13. ALICE ADELIA HAMBLETT died 16 September 1885 in Lafayette County, MS.
- 14.EDNA IRENE HAMBLETT married THOMAS JEFFERSON KING on 4 Feb 1894 in Lafayette County, MS. She died on 13 January 1958 in Merkel, Texas.
Florence Louiza Thompson Beavers:
(left to right) DeWeise Beavers, Quinnie Beavers Arceneaux, Lola Beavers Ellzey, Leola Beavers Lafayette, Orland Beavers, Lyda Beavers Burfford, Laverle Beavers. Not pictured: Hank Beavers.
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Where HAMBLETTS Lived:
Lafayette County, Mississippi
The Joseph Beavers' family settled near Paris, Mississippi just south of Oxford circa 1838. They resided there until 1857. One daughter,Lydia Melissa Beavers Hamblett, is buried
in the Hamblett cemetery located
west of the town of Paris.
Taylor County, Texas
Several of Sam and Lydia's children moved to Merkel at the turn of the century. Some made this their permanent home while others returned home to Paris, MS.
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January 15, 2003