The following information is from a Bible that was in the possession of Mrs. Beulah Nell Browder Bright who lived in Sweetwater, Tennessee in 1958.

Father:     Will E. Browder born  January 26, 1870
Mother:    Martha A. Fite born July 11, 1869
Children:  Lela Bell born March 28, 1892 (died August 22, 1910)
      Beulah Nell born March 28, 1892
      Thomas Clifford May 18, 1894 (died February 14, 1937)
      Maud Ella, May 11, 1896
      Nettie Elizabeth, July 23, 1900
      Annie Lynn, September 22, 1902
      Mable Emma, July 25, 1905  (married Thomas Langley, has son Kenneth)
      Clyde Henderson, May 20, 1908
      Clarence William, May 20, 1908
      Neal Davis, March 15, 1911

Births:

Charlie Washington Qualls was born October 3, 1877
Mary Bell Qualls was born January 29, 1881
Philip Eligia Qualls was born December 10, 1897
Mary Kate Qualls was born March 8, 1900
William Taylor Qualls was born October 29th, 1902
Essie May Qualls was born May 4, 1905
Myrtle Efffie Qualls was born January 2, 1908
Nettie Etheleane Qualls was born October 29th, 1910
Franklin Aberham Qualls was born April 9, 1913
Annie Qualls was born February 3, 1916
Lola Anzelee Qualls was born December 25, 1918
F. P. Ogle Qualls was born June 5, 1922
Warn Elven Clemmer was born Ap . . .  (rest missing)
Shirley Qualls was born February 24, 1941

Marriages:

Charlie W. Qualls and Mary Bell Qualls was married January 10th, 1897
Mark Evans and Essie Qualls was married March 30th, 1919
Huse Clemmer and Kate Qualls was married 1921
Phillip E. Qualls and Toy Brown was married April 16, 1922
Earl Watson and Ethellean Qualls was married September 29th, 1928
Fred Clayton and Myrtle Qualls was married November 11, 1928
Mollie Qualls and Johnnie Clayton was married June 10th, 1934.

Deaths:

William Taylor Qualls died June 19th, 1904
Mary Kate Clemmer died July 17th, 1924
Warn Elven Clemmer died July 5, 1924
Mary Bell Qualls died November 1, 1973
J. P. Ogle Qualls died April 27, 1925
Charlie Qualls died August 28th, 1926
Frank A. Qualls died April 25, 1973
Myrtle Owens died March 8, 1975

Marriages of Polk County, TN by Viola Jones gives the following Qualls names and dates:
 

•  Annie  Qualls married Arrie Price October 28, 1933 by M. C. Ledford, MG
•  Charley Qualls married Bell Woody January 10, 1897, by Rev. J. P. Masingale
•  Clyde Qualls married Buena Crump June 29, 1930 by T. M. Hicks, MG
•  Cora Qualls married Beeler H. Jenkins May 11, 1902 by R. A. Pannell, JP
•  Essie Qualls married Mark Evans March 30, 1919 by T. M., Hicks, MG; (2nd Burk Shelton)
•  Ethelean Qualls married Earl Watson Sept. 30, 1928 by T. M.Hicks, MG; (2nd Eldon Howard)
•  Etheline Qualls was issued a license to marry Alex Brock April 1928, no record of the vows.
•  Gus Qualls married Bell Duggan May 18, 1907 by J. J. Woody, JP
•  Isaac B. Qualls married Sina Harbison August 8, 1909 by D. N. Crumley, MG
•  Kate Qualls married General Swafford July 30, 1919 by  W. A. Kerr, JP
•  Laura  Qualls married Biggs T. Waldrop November 5, 1922 by T. M., Hicks, MG
•  Lizer Qualls married C. A. Mason June 20, 1910 by D. N. Crumley, MG
•  Myrtle Qualls married Fred Clayton Nov. 11, 1928 by T M., Hicks, MG; (2nd Roscoe Owens)
•  Nelson Qualls married Belle Jenkins July 6, 1902 by Joe B. Love, JP
•  P. E. Qualls married Toy Cronan April 16, 1922 by Rev. R. L. Austin
•  Phillip Qualls was issued a license to marry Annie Mae Morgan Aug. 3, 1918, no record of vows
•  Phillip Qualls married Hazel Pruitt November 21, 1935 by J. Creed Brock, JP
•  Will Qualls married Ora Belle Knox May 17, 1927 by Isaac A. McClary, MG

Some other marriages are given in the Billy Harrison oral history family records:

Willard Qualls, son of Nelson and Bell Jenkins Qualls, married Mayme Ellis
Eva Lee Qualls, daughter of Nelson and Bell Qualls, married George Crump.
Beeler Qualls, son of Nelson and Bell Qualls, married Ella Mae Harris
Geneva Qualls, daughter of Nelson & Bell, married Cleadis Norwood
Kate Qualls, daughter of Charlie and Bell Woody Qualls married Houston Clemmer
Anzalee, dau. of Charlie & Bell, married John Clayton; 2nd Lee Dunn; 3rd Frank Rogers
Frank Qualls, son of Charlie & Bell, married Frankie Burchfield; 2nd Pauline Burns
Qualls buried in Old Ocoee / Four Mile Cemetery, Benton TN
 

•  Bell D. Qualls (wife of Phillip A.) born February 8, 1880, died December 25, 1963
•  Charles Robert Qualls, son of Phillip & Toy, born Sept. 23, 1922, died April 19, 1971
•  Charlie W. Qualls, husband of Mary Belle, born October 3, 1877, died August 28, 1926
•  Dellar Qualls, dau. of Phillip A. & Catherine, born and died  June 13, 1891
•  Essie Qualls, dau. of Phillip A. and Catherine, born August 6, 1887, died Jan. 28, 1891
•  Fletcher A. Qualls born March 28, 1905, died January 16, 1973
•  Jack Qualls, son of Phillip and Toy, born September 23, 1924, died March 16, 1965
•  Jackie Elaine Qualls, dau. of Jack Qualls born April 26, 1949, died February 1, 1951
•  James E. Qualls, son of P. A. and Catherine, born Nov. 20, 1867, died March 20, 1895
•  Catherine �Katie� Clayton Qualls, born September 3, 1847, died November 4, 1904
•  Mary Belle Woody Qualls, wife of Charlie W., born Jan. 29, 1881, died Nov. 1, 1973
•  Mattie Qualls, dau. of P. A. and Catherine , born March 4, 1872, died June 2, 1893
•  Michael Anthony Qualls, Sgt. US Army, born March 12, 1863, died November 25, 1990
•  Paul E. Qualls, son of T. B & Laura Qualls, born/died March 6, 1927
•  Phillip A. Qualls, h/o of Bell, Co. D. 7th TN MTD INF, b. Jan. 26, 1846; d. Oct. 8, 1929
•  Rassie L. Qualls, born January 23, 1908, died March 2, 1967
•  Robert Dale Qualls, infant son of Robert Qualls, born and died  July 1, 1943
•  Ruth Qualls, born November 10, 1907, died December 19, 1926
•  Taylor Qualls, born October 29, 1902, died June 19, 1904
•  W. Qualls, only one date, possibly death August 7, 1923
•  Willie Qualls, son of Phillip A. and Catherine, born July 2, 1889, died Nov. 29, 1889

Qualls buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Benton, Tennessee
 

•  John T. �Dude� Qualls, born October 8, 1935, died April 19, 2001
•  Beeler Edward Qualls, born June 15, 1915, died August 16, 1981; US Army WW II
•  Buenia Crump Qualls, born September 20, 1910, died Dec. 26, 1999; wife of Clyde T.
•  Clyde T., Qualls, born July 13, 1905, died July 3, 1985; (married June 29, 1930)
•  George Robert Qualls, born November 15, 1912, died April 3, 1943
•  Willie Mae Scroggins Qualls, born March 6, 1920, died Sept. 24, 1997; w/o George R.
•  J. Harbison Qualls, born August 12, 1913, died August 23, 1974; s/o Ike & Sina
•  B. �Ike� Qualls, born May 24, 1874, died November 11, 1951; husband of Sina
•  Sina Harbison Qualls, born November 24, 1879, died January 1, 1968; m. Aug. 8, 1909
•  M. Belle Jenkins Qualls, born February 24, 1882, died Nov. 18, 1972; w/o J. Nelson
•  J. Nelson Qualls, born October 26, 1879,died January 9, 1960; married July 6, 1902
•  Robert Steve Qualls, born Nov. 26, 1940, died Aug. 22, 1984; s/o Geo. R & Willie Mae

The following information is taken from a Bible found in a piece of  furniture purchased from a relative of the Dixon family.  The Bible has a 1943 copyright by the John A. Dickson Publishing Company.  The family pages have suffered water damage, rendering some unreadable.

Father:      W. C. Dixon, born June 20, 1858, passed on April 30, 1920.
Mother:     Lucinda Caroline Cook Dixon, born April 26, 1853, passed on January 26, 1929.
Brother:    Frank M. Dixon, born October 6, 1901, passed on March 6, 1935.
Sister:       Sally Ethel Dixon, born March 11, 1890, passed on September 21, 1956.
Daughter:  Lena Viola Martin, born April 28, 1917, passed on December  25, 1969.
Brother:     James Bartlie Dixon, born March 20, 1878, passed on September 19, 1946.
Sister:        Callie Dixon, born September 27, 1880, passed on April 28, 1968.
Sister:        Ladoskey Lora Dixon, born April 7, 1876, passed on July 29, 1958.
Brother:     Flavis Alexander Dixon, born March 30, 1892, passed on February 7, 1968.
Brother:     Frankie Marshel  Dixon, born October 6, 1901, passed on April 6, 1935.
Sister:        Mary Ann Dixon, bornApril 30, 1872 passed on September 10, 1945.
Brother:     Charlie C. Dixon, born November 28, 1874, passed on June 27, 1966.

( The following notations are on loose papers tucked in the Bible.)

Bettie Jane Dickson, born December 9, 1883
William W. Dickson, born October 26, 1885
Iva  Larl Dickson, born November 6, 1887
Barbra Delta Dickson, born November 8, 1891
William Taylor Martin, born November 4, 1935
Reba Lee Martin, born July 21, 1915
Reba Lee Rice passed away August 9th, 1966.
C.L. Rice passed away August 7, 1968

From an obituary clipping: Clifford Lewis Rice, 34, died at his home near Benton.  He was  associated with his father in the operation of East View Garage near Ocoee.  He is survived by his wife, Peggy Parks Rice of Benton; a daughter, Pamela Rice; sister, Mrs. Augustine Keith; maternal grandmother, Mrs Delton Martin; paternal grandfather, C.C. Rice and two nieces.

Another obituary clipping:  Mrs. Nancy Jane Rice, age 74,  passed away Friday  afternoon following an illness of several weeks.  Survivors include her husband, Clifford C. Rice, one daughter, Elizabeth Ash, three sons, Ronald, J.L. and August Rice; five sisters, Mrs Frank Bain, Mrs Ernest Goodner, Mrs Charles Rymer, Mrs Luther Snyder, Mrs. C.M. Dunn; three brothers, John, Ed, and Kenneth Howard.

   We do apologize for not knowing who owned the Arp family Bible nor any other information about where the records came from, but they appear to be copies directly from a family Bible. We suspect they were part of the Grayson Newman collection of genealogical papers kindly donated to PCHGS by his sister, Lydia Kilpatrick.  Names are spelled here just as on the original.

Births:

James A. Arp was borned July 8th, 1825
Mary Ann Emaline Grayson was borned February 9th, 1830
Benjamin C. Arp was borned April 21st, 1847
Nancy Malisa Arp was borned October 12th, 1849
Mary Catherine Arp was borned September 12th, 1854
Annis Alvira Arp was borned March 29th 1856
Martha Ann Arp was borned January 1st, 1859
Lurena Cordelia Arp was borned October 3rd, 1861
Harriett S. Arp was borned March 6th, 1863
William Thomas Arp was borned March 26th, 1865
James Hesekiah Arp was borned April 28th, 1867
Alice Caledonia Arp was borned February 27th, 1869
Albert Burton Arp was borned February 17th, 1872
(Handwriting changes.)
Ida Arp was borned April 17, 1882
Emma Arp was borned August 16, 1902
James Haden Arp was borned September 2?, 1903
Clyde Arp was borned September 28, 1905
Grace Arp was borned August 24, 1907
Pauline Arp was borned July 22, 1909
Charles Ed Arp was bornd May 1, 1914
Claude Arp was borned July 17, 1917 (?)
Bonnie Arp was borned
Ray Arp was borned May 11, 192?

Marriages

James A. Arp and Mary Ann Emmeline Grayson were married February 11, 1845
Albert Burton and Ida Deweese were married 1901

Taken from an 1855 Bible published in New York by the American Bible Society and shared by Jimmie Faye Wilson, 1832 Evergreen Dr., West Palm Beach, FL, 37406-5231

Births

James H. Rymer was bornd December 19, 1841
Roseanah Rymer was bornd may the first, 1840
Harvy H. Rymer was born January the first, 1865 (a second entry says January 4th, 1861)
Sereptha Jane Rymer was bornd July the 25, 1864
Robert Fidily Rymer was bornd October the 20, 1866
Rhoda Catherine Rymer was borned the 20th May, 1869
Lafayette Erwin Rymer was born October 8, 1875
James H. Rymer born December 19, 1840
Rose Ann Rymer born May 1, 1841
Harvey H. Rymer born January 4, 1861
Annivia Rebecca Rymer was born October 28, 1877
George Debord born on Sunday, November 15, 1795
Elizabeth Debord born August 18, 1806
William Rymer born on Wednesday, April 22, 1828
David T. Rymer born on Sunday December 18, 1829
John A. Rymer born on Sunday February 22, 1831
Mary M. Rymer born on Thursday, September 19, 1833
Jacob M. Rymer born on Saturday, April 14, 1838
James H. Rymer born on Saturday, December 19th, 1840
Rachel Ann Rymer born on Tuesday September 11, 1845

Deaths

H. H. Rymer died May 23, 1896, age 35
James H. Rymer died February 16, 1908; age 67
Rose Ann Rymer died June 26, 1909; age 67
Robert F. Rymer died August 30, 1910; age 43
Nannie Gammon Rymer died June 25, 1914; age 33
Rhoda Catherine Rymer died March 16, 1933; age 64
Srepta Jane Rymer Howard died April 14, 1943
Annivia Rymer died September 21, 1955; age 77

Marriages
(The following marriages are not taken from this Bible, but from an article submitted by William A. Wilson, Jr. in The Heritage of Polk County, TN 1839-1997 published by the Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society.)

James Henry Rymer married Rose Ann Kerr on November 18, 1860
Srepta Jane Rymer married George Washington Howard
Robert Fidily Rymer married Jane Bates
Rhoda Catherine Rymer married M. Bowen
Erwin Lafayette married 1st Nancy Ann Gammon; 2nd, Waneta Miller
                                                    

Marriages:
(The marriage information is from other sources and does not include dates.)
Nancy Catherine Headrick married Haskins Caldwell
James Headrick married Sallie Dunn
Alexander Headrick married Letitia Fry
Pernety Caroline Headrick married ___ Fork
Marion Clinton married Lizzie Martin May 30, 1907
William Henry married Blanche Spivey

Deaths:
*John Headrick died September 26, 1914
*Rebecca Ann Saltz died March 26, 1914
*James Headrick died December 4, 1937
(*taken from their grave markers in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Tennga GA.)
Manervia Jane Headrick died June 8, 1908
Rebecca Louise Headrick died March13, 1883
Crane Headrick died June 16, 1894 (other records)
George Washington Headrick died December 3, 1892
Marion C. Headrick died March 2, 1944
William Henry Headrick died January 17, 1954

Original source unknown; from files at the Polk County Historical & Genealogical Society Library (Items in parentheses were found in other records.)

Births / Deaths:

James (Madison) Hampton born April 6, 1849 (Buncombe Co. NC); died November 11, 1926
Elizabeth (Malissa) Brown Hampton, born Jan. 16, 1853 (GA); died Dec. 28, 1935, (Polk Co.)
(Elizabeth's father was listed as Frank Brown on her death certificate; no father known.)
Robert 'Bob' Hampton born October 13, 1870; died 1956
(Joseph) Arvil Hampton born May 15, 1873, (Union County); died Oct. 1945, (Polk Co. age 72.)
Katherine Hampton, born October 14, 1876 NC; (Flossie Bates, age 19, b. NC died 1920, Polk Co.; dau. of Lafayette and Katie Hampton Bates.)
Margaret Hampton, born September 14, 1880; died September 16, 1958
*Ella Hampton, born February 25 (no year given); died April 1956
(James) Garfield Hampton, born 1883 (NC); died 1914 in Polk County, at age 33
Sarah Hampton, born 1885; died 1910
Florence Hampton, born 1891; died 1987
*(According to the 1930 Polk county Census, Ella would have been born around 1888 and thus the next to youngest child of James and Elizabeth. We placed her where she was in the above list we found in our files.)

Marriage Notes:

Robert married Alice Lefevers from North Carolina
Arvil married a Rominger from Cleveland
Kate married (Lafayette) Bates and a Craig. She is buried at Wetmore (maybe Delano?)
Margaret married a Hubbard from South Carolina
*Ella married (James Beaureguard 'Gard') Harper from Hall County, Georgia

There is a picture of James Addison and Margaret Hampton Hubbard in our files. She would be Ella's sister. There is also a picture of Ella's parents, James and Elizabeth Brown Hampton.