James M Nettles (1829 - 1862)

Born 1829 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Debra Marie Nettles — married 1857 (to 1862) in Greene, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 31 May 1862 at about age 33 in Arkansas, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1829. He was the son of James Nettles and Tempsey Bettis. He passed away in 1862.

Sources

• Nettles Family in Clay County Before 1850

Posted Thursday, November 6, 2014, at 10:56 AM O. L. Dalton wrote in a 1963 Piggott Banner this paragraph, which cause d me a lot more research--

"The Nettles families followed their kins lady, Mrs. B. B. Payne, to Ar kansas, and it was said that at one time around the turn of the century , three-fourths of the population in this Greenway, Pollard and Piggott a rea were Paynes and Nettles. Boswell Blackwell Payne married Miss Nancy N ettle (1817-1897) in Tennessee in 1836 and came to the Greenway communi ty in the late 1830's or early 1840's. Mrs. Payne was a licensed midwif e before coming to Arkansas and immediately became a great boon to this d octor-less community. She assisted at the birth of babies all over the c ommunity, often going many miles, at times riding double behind the per son coming for her unless a horse was provided. Her fee for any distanc e was never over $2.00 and many times her services were donated." Her p arents were Jesse and Catherine Nettles. It seems from my working papers that all the Nettles in Clay County cam e from the same line. We start with the oldest, (1st) William (1718-179 6) and Dorcas Maypole Nettles, who had a son, Shadrack Nettles (1750-18 24). William was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and died in W ayne County, Tennessee. (2nd) Shadrack had six children--Callie, Willia m "Bill" Nettles, who married Deborah Meredith (1800-1875) in Wayne Cou nty and later came to Clay County; Jesse, who may be the father of Nanc y Nettles Payne; Margaret or "Peggy"; James, who married Tempy Bettes a nd came to Clay County and Shadrack L. Nettles, Jr. Tempy and James had t hese children, and perhaps more--James M., Lucinda and Riley J. Tempy w as living with her grandson, James M.'s family in 1860 in the Chalk Blu ff area. William "Bill" and Deborah Meredith Nettles, son of Shadrack, had these c hildren--John M. Nettles, born 1816 and died 1862 in the battle at Shil oh; William Riley, who married Alpha Jane Johnson; Emeline; Frederick M .; Shadrack; Marie and Henry Andrew, who married Margaret Alexander. William Riley Nettles, son of William, married Alpha Jane Johnson and h ad John William, who later married Maurine Bare; Mary E.; Susan D.; Joh n William; William F., who married Melvina Brown and later Mary Ellen H amhock and Clarissa Elizabeth, who married Monroe Templeton and had 16 c hildren. William F. Nettles married Melvina Bare and they had nine chil dren, including-Willie, who married Henry Battle, Newton, Julie, Dollie T oombs, Lulu, Cora who married George Earl Baker, Vivian who married And rew Jackson Neeley and Nola, who married a Herren. Joseph Lee Neettles, s on of William Riley, married Minnie Bell Davis and had Virgie, who marr ied Mack Evans and had Pauline Abney, Maxine Morgan and Marilyn Evans. John William Nettles, son of William Riley and Alpha Jane, married Maur ine Bare, daughter of Joshua, and had these children-Ada H., who marrie d William L. Kilbreath; Elbert, who married Clara Sipes Johns; William J ames, who married Lou Latta and their children were Orley, Bynum, Alex, L ona Jones, Cecil Nettles, Glovia, Lemuel, who married Junell Morrow; Vi rgil and Corine. Orin, who married Mrs. Edna Kegley; Luther D., who mar ried Ada Neeley; Nancy; Johnnie Riley, who married Lula Thompson (and s he later married Claude Williams) and Etta, who married Ernest Watson. Henry Andrew Nettles (1842-1897), son of William and Deborah, married M argaret Alexander (1856-?) and their children included--Grace Nettles ( 1886-1971) a milliner who had worked in Chicago, Memphis and Piggott; J ane, who married Robert A. Carter; Pearl, who married Grover C. Brown a nd later Alex Parker; Henry Clay, who married Virginia Ann Pollard; Ire ne, who married O. L. Brown, and Margaret A., who married C. C. Holbroo k and later J. W. Graves and died in California. Henry Clay Nettles, son of Henry Andrew, married Virginia (Virgia) Ann P ollard and they had 12 children--John Jackson, who died young; Omer E., w ho died young; Winnie, who died young; Rev. Henry Arvol, who married Li lia Edna Robbins; Dora, who married Andrew Jackson McGhee; Rachel, who m arried Raymond Ridgeway; Florence, who married Vernice L. Davis and lat er a Gower and then a Cudd; Marvin Guy Nettles, who married Eva Jackson ; Fred, who married Rosemary; James William, who married Alma Lu Baker; W oodrow Wilson and Orville.

Source;

1860 Greene Co. Arkansas Census, pg 615b, Concord Township, HH 617/605

James M Nettles 31 Deborah Nettles 22 Sarah E Nettles 3 Mary J Nettles 2 C S Nettles 4/12 Tempey Nettles 62 mother to James M Nettles Lucinda Nettles 15 sister R J Nettles 25 brother

NETTLES, J.M. Pvt Enl 6 Nov 1861 at Pocahontas, AR. Listed as dead 31 A ug 1862