Thomas Jefferson Hearn of Clarke County, Alabama

There are branches of Hearns in Alabama. Where do they tie in? They seem to have come orginally from NC.

Here is Thomas Jefferson Hearn of Clarke County, Alabama, born 3-15-1842 and died 2-28-1886. I suspect A J Hearn nearby is Andrew Jackson Hearn a brother of Thomas Jefferson Hearn. Known children of T.J. Hearne are William Monroe Hearn, born 12-10-1881 and died 12-27-1934; and Oscar Butler Hearn, born 4-20-1885 and died 2-23-1965.

US 1880 Census, Alabama, Clarke County, Beat 19, pag 4, 5
Family 35
T J Hearn, W, M, 38, Farming, Ala, Ala, N.C.
M C Hearn, W, F, 32, wife, keeping house, Geo, Geo, Geo
Nancy Hearn, W, F, 54, Assist H keeping, S.C., S.C., S.C.,
G W Hearn, W, M, 70, Uncle, Geo, Geo, Geo
Lula B Hearn, W, F, 10, dau, at school, Ala, Ala, Geo
Mary F Hearn, W, F, 7, dau, Ala, Ala, Geo
John E Hearn, W, M, 5, son, Ala, Ala, Geo
Water J Hearn, W, M, 9/12, son, Ala, Ala, Geo

On the next page
Family 38
A J Hearn, W, M, 32, Preacher, Ala, Ala, N.C.
M H Hearn, W, F, 34, wife, keeping house, Ala, Ala, N.C.
Mattie Hearn, W, F, 8, dau, at school, Ala, Ala, Ala
Peter(?) Hearn, W, M, 5, son, Ala, Ala, Ala
Cord Hearn, W, F, 1, dau, Ala, Ala, Ala
C W Reed, W, M, 2, nephew, Ala, Ala, Ala

1910 Census, Alabama, Clarke, Beat 19
Family 103
JE Armistad, head, M, W, 41, M1, 23 years, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Julia B Armistad, wife, F, W, 41, M1, 23 years, 10 children 9 living, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Thomas Armistad, son, M, W, 20, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Rosie Armistad, dau, F, W, 18, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Rye May Armistad, dau, F, W, 16, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Mamie Armistad, dau, F, W, 14, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Marrie Armistad, dau, F, W, 10, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Garlan Armistad, son, M, W, 8, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Cecil Armistad, son, M, W, 6, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Liffels(?) Armistad, M, W, 4, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Norman Armistad, M, W, 2, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Mollie Hearn, Mother-in-law, F, W, 65, widowed, 9 children, 6 living, Georgia, Texas, United States
Oscar Hearn, Brother-in-law, M, W, 24, sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Georgia

Lorenzo D. Hearn and Marie C. Hearn

Found in the Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, the following:

Lorenzo D. Hearn
Marie C. Hearn
Ohio

Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.

Description:
This database is an index to and images of pension cards of Civil War veterans in the United States. Each record includes the veteran's name and state in which he, or his dependents, filed the application. The digitized image of the index card itself, contains additional information on the individual, such as unit of service, date of filing, and application and certificate numbers for the pension case file housed at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington D.C

Foster A. Hearn

Ancestry.com has their new collection of military records on line for free until June 6. Hard to identify people with just initials, but this one is clear:

Foster A. Hearn from the 12th Tennessee Infantry, captured at Shelbyville Tennesse, Jun 30, 1863, died Camp Morton Oct 17, 1863, cause of death (see below). This would almost certainly be Foster Hearne born 1842, the son of Wilson A Hearne and Sarah "Sally" Baird, of Wilson Tennesee. Source: "Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865", Ancesty.com, page 34590, page 146 Foster is buried in Section 32 of Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. There are actually two death records. One does not list his death, but the other says it was "Fetris Remitten". "Sickness and Death in the Old South" defines remitten fever as malaria. A medical friend tells me that Fetris is latin for fever. So Fetris Remitten would be be malaria.

West Virginia Hearnes and Shumates

Jennifer Lyon wrote and shared the following:

I have always thought that Bud Shumate, listed on 596 in the book, and who married Aura Elizabeth Hearn (Daughter of Andrew & Martha) probably had another name (i.e. Bud was a family name or nickname). Especially as I cannot find anyone named "Bud" Shumate in the 1900 or 1910 census. As I recall, the Hearne book lists them as having had 2 children, Lula May and Guy, before Aura Elizabeth died in 1895.

Interestingly enough I find in the 1910 census, one Harvey M. Shumate with grandchildren Lena, age 14 and Guy, age 12, living in Mercer County, West Virginia (1910 WV Census, Mercer County, Plymouth, ED #134, Dwelling #193, Family #197). I am wondering if these 2 children could be Aura's children and if Harvey Shumate could be "Bud's" father. In the 1900 census, Harvey doesn't have these 2 grandchildren enumerated with him, but he does have a widowed son Henderson. Guy Shumate's age doesn't match with the recorded death information for Aura Elizabeth, though.

Returning to the 1910 census, searching for Henderson, I find him in the same ED (Dwelling #161, Family #165), listed as married twice, with second marriage of duration 9 years. The 4 children listed in the household appear to be of ages to only be those born in the second marriage (which is reported as 4 born/4 living). (Note that Henderson is of an age to have been married to Aura Elizabeth Hearn.)

There is a Guy E Shumate age 22 enumerated in Roanoke, VA in the 1920 census (which matches a birth year of 1898 that a Guy Earl Shumate reported in the WW1 draft registration, living in Mercer County WV). He lists occupation as a pipe fitter for the railroad and has presumed wife Leona (both are listed as "lodgers" in the Walter Draper household (Roanoke Highland Ward 2, ED #31, Dwelling #478, Family #584).

I tried search the WV death index for Guy and Henderson Shumate but neither appears there.

Separately here are some cemetery records for other members of the WV Hearn families (copied from http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/oakvale2.txt)

Chapman Johnston
Feb. 10, 1882
Aug. 19, 1951

Savannah Hearn Johnston
July 3, 1888
March 29, 1978

From a Shumate Cemetery in Mercer County WV
(http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/shumate.txt)

Infant Hearn
Son of J. E. and E. T. Hearn
Born Sept. 4, 1888
Died Sept. 5, 1888

From the Comer-Powell cemetery, Mercer County WV
(http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/comrpowl.txt)

Nell Gore Hearn
1908 - 1934

From the Dunagan-Whitaker Cemetery, Mercer County WV
(http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/dunawhit.txt)

Mother
Mary J. Hearn Whittaker
Apr. 23, 1843 - Mar. 8, 1879

From Mount Olivet Cemetery, Lashmeet, Mercer County WV
(http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/mtolivet.txt)

White
Husband of Anna Hearn Eddie Son of Nannie Hearn
Born May 25, 1875 Born May 25, 1875
Died Jun. 21, 1902 Died May 2, 1896
Twin Brothers
From Oakvale Cemetery part 2
(http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/oakvale2.txt)

A. L. J. Boyd
Wife of J. R. Boyd
and Daughter of L. L. & Rhoda L. Hearn
Born Sept. 24, 1870
Died Feb. 10, 1905
Her Crown Was Finished In Glory, And
She Was Summoned To Attend The Coronation.

Bell
W. R. Bell Ida Hearn Bell
1866 – 1929 1873 – 1955

Hearn
Levi Lawson Rhoda L. Tiller
June 13, 1848 Nov. 4, 1846
Jan. 24,
1916 Nov. 26, 1903

Infant Hearn
Daughter of L. L. & Cora Dobbins Hearn
Mar. 11, 1910

from Walnut Grove
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/walnutH.txt

Nellie Hearn 3-26-1903 2-19-1970
Raymond Hearn 12-10-1901 3-25-1928
Nancy E. Hearne 7-27-1840 3-27-1920

Sydney E. Hearne 6-6-1872 5-21-1931
Mar. 11, 1910
B. of L. E.

Gone But Not Forgotten

From the White Cemetery
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/mercer/cemetery/whitecem.txt

John C. Kenna Hearn
Son of Levi & Rhoda L.Hearn
Born June 7, 1825
Died June 18, 1878
He Died In His Expanding Soul
Had N'er Burnt With Wrong Desires
Had N'er Spurned At Heavens Control
Or Ever Quenched His Sacred Fires.

Ardelia B. Hearn
Dau. of L. G. & A.
Hearn
Born Aug. 19, 1845
Died Mar. 21, 1863

Harvey Hearn
Son of L. G. & A. Hearn
Born Aug. 17, 1856
Died Nov. 29, 1861

Farewell
Levi G. Hearn
Born June 27, 1816
Died June 27, 1890
He Walked With God Near 16 Years.

Ester Susan Hearn Martin
Born Mar. 8, 1859
Died Dec. 22, 1899

Aura White Hearn
Wife of Levi G. Hearn
Born Mar. 30, 1816
Died Nov. 30, 1910

Also, Hiram and Marthan Ann Hearn Little are enumerated in 1880 in Wyoming County West Virginia (Barkers Ridge, Dwelling #2, Family #2), along with Martha's brother John B(ruce) Hearn.

Records are from the Ancestry.com census images and the Mercer County WV genweb pages.

www.hearnweb.com

Great site on the Hearn name. www.hearnweb.com It began years ago as the Hearn Herald. While centered around the family of Charles Aubrey Hearn and Florence Conner Hearn, it has a wealth of information about those Hearnes spelled Hearn (without the e). Great site, run by Charles L. Hearn.

Cites several references:

1. William T. Hearne, Brief History and Genealogy of the Hearne Family. (Examiner Printing Company, Independence, Missouri, 1895 and 1907). Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Derby Square, Salem, Mass. 01970, 753 pages. This book is often referred to simply as "Hearne History". (See above for on-line version.)

2. William T. Hearne, Addendum, 1912 (Examiner Printing Company, Independence, Missouri, 1912). 52 pages, beginning with p. 755, a direct continuation from last pages (753 and blank 754) of the 1907 edition. Out of print; available in some genealogical reference libraries.

3. Eakins, Ruth Hearn, Hearn-Hearne History, 1993. 187 pages, available from the author: Mrs. Ruth Hearn Eakins, 19585 U.S. Hwy 421, Watha, NC 28471.

4. Batchelder, Pauline Manning, compiler and editor, A Somerset Sampler: Families of Old Somerset County, Maryland, 1700-1776, 1994. Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society, Salisbury, Maryland 312 pages (Hearn/Hearne material on pp 127 - 160). Available from Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society, PO Box 3602, Salisbury, MD 21802-3602.

Mary Temperance Hearn and Charles Albert Agustus Hearn

In 1900, these two families are living right next to each other. These are families on the brink of change. The census is taken on June 1, 1900. Sarah, Charles' wife will give birth to Roscoe in 6 weeks. Charles AA Hearn will die in five months. Isaac Wilber Hearn will marry in two months and then will die in four months. What an emotional roller coaster for this family.

Mary T Hearn, head, W, F, Feb 1834, 66, Wid, New York, New York, New York
Isaac W Hearn, son, W, M, Apr 1872, 28, Sgl, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, medical student
Perry W Hearn, son, W, M, Jan 1877, 23, Sgl, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, literary student
Family 1

Charles A A Hearn, W, M, Oct 1864, 35, Md 11 years, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Farmer
Sarah Hearn, wife, W, F, Oct 1866, 33, Md 11 years, 3 children 2 living, Indiana, Germany, Germany,
Arthur P L Hearn, son, W, M Aug 1890, 9, sgl, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana
Edith A Hearn, dau, W, F, Aug 1896, 3, sgl, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana
Family 2

1900 Census, Indiana, Jay, Noble Township, page 90

Roscoe's information in the Social Security Death Index:

Roscoe HEARN
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1900
Death Date: Sep 1980
Social Security Number: 306-05-8903
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Indiana
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 46764
Localities: Etna-Troy, Whitley, Indiana
Larwill, Whitley, Indiana
Richland, Whitley, Indiana

Charles Lycurgus and Della Hearne, 1920

Charles Lycurgus Hearn and wife, Della are in Albertville in the 1920 census.

Charles L Hearn, M, W, 37, Md, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Della Hearn, F, W, 36, Md, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Aubrey Hearn, son, M, W, 12, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Mildred Hearn, dau, M, W, 11, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Kernutt Hearn, son, M, W, 9, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Fred Hearn, son, M, W, 7, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Glenn Hearn, son, M, W, 5, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Mary Nell Hearn, dau, F, W, 3, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Family 92, 4 East of NC & St L Railway
Albertville, Marshall, Alabama

They are referenced on page 759 in Hearne.

Fletcher E Hearn

Fletcher and his family are living in Birmingham in 1920.

Fletcher E Hearn, M, W, 34, Md, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Mary J Hearn, F, W, 28, Md, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Margaret R Hearn, dau, F, W, 5, Sgl, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
1739 Cotton Ave, Birmingham, Jefferson, Avenue
Family 231, Sheet 14, Page 102

Hearne says of Fletcher: "Fletcher Earnest Hearne, is also working under civil service appointment in Post Office, Birmingham Ala." (page 760) Finding Fletcher in the census supports this

William Tremaine Gravestone Arlington

Visited Arlington National Cemetery today, and found the gravestone of William C. Tremaine.

Hearnes in the California Death Index

Found a great source for the California Death Index on line. Guess what? There's bunches of Hearnes in the index. I was already able to find a match to Hearne:

HEARNE, FRANCES WILD, FEMALE, b 08/14/1863, OHIO, d. 07/21/1940, ALAMEDA, mother's name AMES.

Frances Wild is found on page 247 of Hearne.