Edward Hembree Jr. was born 1809 or 1815 in what is now Anderson
County,
South Carolina. He was the son of Edward Hembree Sr (b1779 SC
d.c.1863 SC)
and Phene -- (b.1774 SC d.bef.1860 SC). Edward Jr. died
"suddenly" on
February 11, 1858 near Walhalla (Pickens District, now Oconee
County), SC,
leaving a widow and eight children. (The "Sr" and "Jr" are used
to keep them
separate. They never used those labels - Edward may have been a
middle
name.)
He married c. 1838 Elizabeth Sanders (b.1818 SC d.aft 1880 TN),
daughter of
William Sanders (1792 NC - 1862 SC) and Sarah Ann (Sallie) Moore
(1792 SC -
c. 1868 SC). Elizabeth may have remarried in Sevier Co, TN.
Children:
1. Sarah Ann Hembree
b. July 1840 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. 3 March 1909 in Knoxville, TN
m(1) 1858 William Augustus Todd (1827 SC-1862 VA) son of William
Todd and
Marianna Bolton Richards of Oconee Co -- had 2 sons
m(2) 1867 Washington Albert Love (1830-1895) son of D.L. Love
and Sylva Love
of Waynesville, NC -- had 1 son
2. Mary Emeline Hembree
b. 5 March 1842 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. 4 March 1921 in Sevier Co. TN
m. 11 September 1864 Robert A. Lumpkin (b. 1846 d.bef. 1880) of
Oconee Co, SC
son of ---- Lumpkin (d.bef 1860) and Nancy -- had 1 son, 2 daus
3. Elizabeth Catherine Hembree
b. 1843 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. aft 1880, bef 1909 in Knox Co or Sevier Co. TN
m(1) c1865 Milton R. Garrett (b.1848 d. ?) son of Stephen
Garrett & Martha
Hunnicut of Oconee Co, SC had 3 sons, 1 dau
m(2) ?1883 Asa Rogers in Sevier Co, TN?
4. William Edward Hembree
b. 19 December 1845 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. 4 July 1930 in Franklin Co. OH
m. 1 January 1868 Sarah Lavina Dougherty (b.1847 OH d.Dec 1890
OH) dau of
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ of Franklin Co, OH had 2 sons, 5 daus
5. James Elijah (or Edward) Hembree
b. 1847 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. bef 1905 in Knox Co. TN
m. 1866 Martha Jane Sanders (b.1851 SC d. ? TN) dau of Squire
Joseph Sanders
& Elizabeth Smith of Oconee Co, SC had 2 or 3 sons, 5 daus
6. Francis Caroline Hembree
b. 25 October 1850 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. 22 March 1911 in Douglas Co. OR
m. 1874 Winniford Ellison (b.1848 TN d.1933 OR) son of Alfred
Ellison &
Lucinda Hale of Cocke Co, TN had 3 daus
7. John Calhoun Hembree
b. 4 January 1853 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. 10 September 1900, in Sevier Co. TN
m. 1 October 1872 Nancy Cresswell Randles (b.1850 TN d. 1900 TN)
dau of
Henry Randles & Rhoda Huffaker of Sevier Co, TN had 3 sons, 5
daus
8. David Francis Hembree
b. 13 April 1855 in what is now Oconee County, SC
d. 20 May1900 in Knox Co, TN bur Thorn Grove Cemetery
m. 1878 Modena (Deenie) A. Dewberry (b.1861TN d.1901TN), dau of
Joseph S.
Dewberry & Martha J. Irwin had 2 sons, 7 daus