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William H. Hampton's death certificate photo of Uncle Bill Hampton & "Saw" White logging timber 
son of Rev. John Henry Hampton* & Phoeba Jane Roberts* of Beaverdam Township, Cherokee CO, NC
m 26 Dec 1897 Cherokee CO, NC at George Dockery's home, by W. R. B. Bell, JP, wit: N. Bryson, George Dockery, & ___ Dockery, TO
Nancy Jane Woody b 10 May 1878 NC d 5 Aug 1964 Athens, McMinn CO, TN Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Etowah, McMinn CO, TN
dau of Rev. John Dekalb Woody & Nancy Jane Dockery of Cherokee CO, NC
issue:
1(M) Arthur Denvil Hampton b 25 Dec 1896 Monroe CO, TN [per bc] d
Arthur Denvil Hampton's birth certificate
Arthur Denvil Hampton's WW I draft card
m TO
Elizabeth ________ b d
2(M) John S. Hampton b 1898 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 1898 (infant)
3(M) Odis David Hampton b 14 Apr 1900 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 16 Mar 1985 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, TN
Rev. Odis David Hampton's obituary
m 7 Jul 1925 Monroe CO, TN TO
Edith Cardin b 27 Jan 1905 [per tombstone; [per ss index 1902] Monroe CO, TN d 12 Apr 1988 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, TN
Edith (Cardin) Hampton's obituary
4(M) Henry Calvin Hampton b 17 Sep 1904 Unaka, Cherokee Co, NC d 19 Jan 1946 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Etowah, McMinn CO, TN
Henry Calvin Hampton's death certificate
m 29 Feb 1932 McMinn CO, TN TO
Artie Marie Burton b 11 Feb 1919 McMinn CO, TN d
5(F) Ella "Eller" Hampton b 18 Sep 1906 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 4 Nov 2000 buried McMinn Memory Gardens, McMinn CO, TN
m 7 June 1926 McMinn CO, TN TO
James Herbert Burton b 30 Jul 1902 McMinn CO, TN d 19 Mar 1987 McMinn CO, TN buried McMinn Memory Gardens, McMinn CO, TN
6(F) Leona "Lonnie" Jane Hampton b 6 Dec 1908 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 30 Aug 1911 Tellico, Monroe CO, TN buried Tellico Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
7(F) Delie Mae Hampton b 13 May 1909 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 11 Jul 2002 Tarpon Springs, Pinellas CO, FL buried South Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 17 May 1927 Madisonville, Monroe CO, TN TO
Rev. William Thurber "Tuck" Burger b 3 Jun 1904 Mt Vernon, Monroe CO, TN d 1 Jan 1976 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried South Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
8(F) Minnie Hampton b 1 Aug 1912 Unaka, Cherokee CO, NC d 9 Nov 1995 buried Sunset Cemetery, Madisonville, Monroe CO, TN
m 20 Nov 1928 Monroe CO, TN TO
Edward "Ed" Jacks b 6 July 1899 d 25 Jan 1962 buried Sunset Cemetery, Madisonville, Monroe CO, TN
9(F) Edith Hampton b 1919 Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC d 1919 Smokemont, Cherokee CO, NC
Many thanks to Cousin Joyce (Hampton) Burkett, granddaughter of Rev. Ode and Edith (Cardin) Hampton, and most of all to my mother, Beulah (Cline) Nipper, without whose help this never would have begun!
* great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
