1. Alternate date of birth: 13 Dec 1858
1. I came up with a name of Docie Barnwell as spouce for Hezikai....????
James "Newt" Newton David MC MINN
1. Alternate date of death: 15 Apr 1931.
2. Newt was a carpenter and farmer.
3. Newton moved his family to Asheville, North Carolina in 1889 and worked on the construction of the Biltmore Mansion, then later moved back to Henderson County and settled on the Love property on the South side of Couch Mountain and reared their family.
4. He helped in the construction of the old Wheeler Hotel which stood where Bruce Drysdale School now stands. It was later named Carolina Terrace. The hotel was destroyed by fire during a snow storm in 1930.
3. He served on the Locust Grove School Board on Couch Mountain.
1. The 1930 census listed the year of birth for Emma as 1868.
1. John Lee was born at Clear Creek Twp, Henderson, North Carolina.
2. John Lee was a farmer and he played the accordian.
3. John was son of James Newton McMinn & Malinda Maxwell.
4. He is buried in the Moores Grove Methodist Church Cemetery.
5. John Lee McMinn told his family that James McMinn was brown-eyed and heavy set like older McMInns. He taught his children to be independent and to be proud they were McMinns.
1. Flora's death probably stemmed from childbirth.
1. John Lee was born at Clear Creek Twp, Henderson, North Carolina.
2. John Lee was a farmer and he played the accordian.
3. John was son of James Newton McMinn & Malinda Maxwell.
4. He is buried in the Moores Grove Methodist Church Cemetery.
5. John Lee McMinn told his family that James McMinn was brown-eyed and heavy set like older McMInns. He taught his children to be independent and to be proud they were McMinns.
1. Rebecca's parents were Genio Scott Clingenpeel (1855-1937), Louisa Phillips, (1847-1937...
2. Grandparents Kyle A. Clingenpeel 1855 - Bef 1900, Nancy A. Powell 1825-Aft 1900.
3. Alternate date of marriage: 6 May 1892 as given by Noma Lee Taylor.
4. Chris, Bob & Joan dipped "her" snuff....
5. Rebecca is buried in the Moore's Grove Methodist Church Cemetery.
6. In Memory of Rebecca (Clingenpeel) McMinn
by: Noma Lee McMinn TaylorMy Grannie Becky moved to Huckleberry Mountain from Green County, Tennessee in 1890. Volly Hill was there and told her Father about land here for sale. Her sister, Seleda [Sleta], said they all came on a train to Hendersonville where Mr. Hill met them and they stayed with him until they could make other arrangements. Her Father, Genio, brought what he could haul of household goods on a big wagon over the mountains.
Grannie went to Green Mountain School and Church near Fruitland. When she married Grandpa John they lived right below her folks. They lived several places. When they settled beyond the Locust Grove Church, Grandpa was overseer of the Baldwin place in the mountains, which later Youngbloods bought. His sons, Jesse and Walt bought land from Mr. Baldwin for him. At first they lived in an old log house but later built a fine one. Grady, Effie and Jesse, thier children, lived nearby.
I went to singings with Grannie at her brother, John Clingenpeel's. L. K. Moore played the organ there. I went to ice cream socials at the camp with her. I remember going to John Maxwell's birthday part with her. Some one there sung, "There is an old and faded picture on the wall". Grannie sung in a high nasal sound. I would go after the cows to the tops of the high mountains and hunt pine knots with her.
The thing I remember most was Grannie's house, especially the kitchen. The house had five rooms. There was a double fireplace. One in the front room and one in the dining room, but she also had a wood burning cook stove.
In the kitchen, Granpa made a walnut harvest table with a separate bench in back. Straight oak bottomed chairs were on the other side. There were two oil lamps with clear glass globes and decorated bases on the table.
On the table was where she made biscuits in a buckeye dough tray about nineteen inches long. Also, it was where she made mill-ground corn bread. She had a homemade round sifter, that she used to sift the meal and flour. There was a fine buffet that belonged to Grandpa's Mother, Grannie kept her eggs in. A wash stand stood beside the back door and a granite water bucket, with a steel wire bail and handle. An enamel wash pan and soap dish sat on a stand at the back door. Running water was just outside the door piped from Ogney Spring, but there was no faucet. A nail beside the door held the drying towel made from a soft flour sack. Nearby was a red oil lantern. A handmade broom stood in the corner. Between the back door and cook stove was a coffee grinder on the wall. On the cook stove were irons, a coffee pot and regular pots. Bread pans stayed in the oven. A pantry was on one end next to the fireplace where canned goods were kept. She had wooden barrels of flour and meal sitting around and a cold pack speckled pot. Fifteen gallon crock jars were for pickles. Several churns stood about. Jars of molasses and pure mountain honey had their place. Dried peppers, leather britches and herbs were hanging aroung the room. At the dining room fireplace was a ten quart Dutch oven, where she cooked a pone of corn bread with coals on the lid. A stewing pot with legs, a round bottom kettle and a huge frying pan were on the hearth and hung on nails beside the fireplace. There was a tripod and a chain for hanging pots. You know, I can remember all this and can not for the life of me remember where she kept her dishes.
N.L.T. 1998
1. James is buried in the Ebenezer Church Cemetery.
1. Joel & Mary lived in Brickton.
1. Ida Sumey's family is unknown, except some older folks say she was part Drake, lived at Finley Cove-Jones Gap area.
2. (Source) Grannie Becky and dates of death from tombstones)
1. Bertice was at least two years old when she died.
1. Alternate date of marriage per Noma McMinn Taylor: 28 Sep 1900.
1. Alternate dates of death: 15 Jan 1956, 1960, 1966.
1. 1920 Census Miami County, Indiana, Peru Twp, page 219; ED 159, sheet 34 & 34d offers Clinton M. son, 16, NC. [Making his birth year in 1904.
2. This is most likely William Clinton born 17 Mar 1906.
1. William never married.
1. The Wabash Plain Dealer Wabash, Indiana
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Morris E. McMinn
Morris Elmer McMinn, 90, 604 Rennaker St., LaFontaine, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, May 20, 2004, At Rolling Meadows Healthcare Center.
He was born May 23, 1913, in Hendersonville, N. C. to Robert W. and Hannah M. (Clingenpeel) McMinn.
He is survived by several nephews and nieces. Four brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Monday in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru, with Rob Barton officiating.
Preferred memorials are to LaFontaine United Methodist Church.
Arrangements are being handled by McDonald Funeral Home.