Category: Hoots

Maude Hoots married William Henry Thompson connecting the Hoots branch to the Thompson branch of my family tree

  • Henry “Lace” Hoots

    Henry “Lace” Hoots

    Connie Kelly

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    Henry Hoots, my 5x great grandfather, was born about 1827 in McMinn County, Tennessee. McMinn County is northeast of Chattanooga southwest of Knoxville. He was the third son of David and Hannah (Welch) Hoots’ 14 children. David was a farmer, born in Deep Creek, Surry County, North Carolina in 1804, raised mostly in Cumberland county…… Read more

  • From Clarissa to Clema

    From Clarissa to Clema

    Connie Kelly

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    Clarissa Jane Wishon (DNA match confirmed) was my 4x great grandmother; she was born in Kentucky in 1830, the last of seven children for Adam and Nancy Miller Wishon (5x great grandparents). Adam was a plasterer and later a farmer. The Wishons moved to West Central Illinois shortly after her birth from Kentucky, from North…… Read more