Notes

James W. Redus, son of James Redus, Jr and Martha Hutton Redus, was born in Pennsylvania December 6th, 1772.  After living in Tennessee, James W. and his wife Lydia moved to the Lamar County area sometime after 1817.  James W. and Lydia are on the 1850 Marion County (now Lamar County) census living near present day Beaverton.  Their granddaughter, Zilpha Lucinda Redus, daughter of Miller H., was living with them at that time.  James W.'s sons Henry Morgan and James F. (both born in Tennessee) were at this time living roughly southeast of Vernon.  His sons, George Washington and William Clementine were also living near Beaverton in the northern part of the county.  James W.'s daughter, Mahala, married Isacc Dickerson Falkner in Tennessee and the two of them also moved to Lamar County probably around this time.  Isacc and Mahala eventually moved on to Arkansas and one of their sons, Burrell Lanier Falkner, became the first probate judge of Lamar County.  Mahala's great, great, grandson, Jimmy Faulkner, is the namesake of Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama.

James W. died March 6th, 1859, in Shannon, Lee County, Mississippi.

James W. Redus's brother Aaron Redus, owned a large plantation near Amory, Mississippi at this time.  His brothers William Penn and Thomas were some of the first settlers of Athens in Limestone County, Alabama.

Sometime after 1850, William Clementine Redus moved to Shannon, Mississippi and James W is reported to be buried there although no proof or burial place has been given.

Henry Morgan Redus was born July 31st, 1808 in Grainger County, Tennessee.  He married Abbie Elizabeth Molloy, the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Dale Molloy, in Tishomingo County, Mississippi on February 21, 1833.

It is not know exactly when Henry Morgan moved to Lamar County but his oldest son, James Franklin Redus, according to James Franklin's obituary, was born in Fayette, County, Alabama in 1834.  Lamar County in 1834 was part of Fayette County and it isn't known whether this means the part of Fayette County that is today Lamar County or was actually Fayette County.  But Henry Morgan obtained land patents for land southwest of Vernon in Lamar County in 1839 and was living on that land by the 1850 census.  So Henry Morgan moved to Lamar County sometime from the early 1830's to 1850.

Henry Morgan and Elizabeth had the following children:

          James Franklin Redus, born August 5th, 1834
          Daniel Dale Redus, born February 7th, 1836 and died February 22, 1849 at age 13.
          Tilitha Jane Redus, born August 6th, 1837
          William Dixon Redus, born February 13th, 1839
          Thomas Benton Redus, born January 27th, 1843
          Chelnisse Almira Redus, born March 27th, 1844
          Lydia Luvica Catherine Redus, born July 27th, 1845
          Martha Redus, born July 28th, 1847

Abbie died July 13th, 1849 and Henry Morgan married Jane Neeland March 20th, 1850 in Monroe County, Mississippi.  Sometime between 1850 and 1855, Henry Morgan and Jane moved to Boone County, Arkansas.  Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus writes that Henry and all his family moved to Arkansas except for James Franklin Redus and his family.  Henry Morgan and Jane gave birth to four more children:

          Sarah Ann Redus, born November 2nd, 1855 in Lead Hill, Arkansas.
          Henry Woods Redus, born January 15th, 1858
          George Nathaniel Redus, born about 1860
          John Lewis Redus, born March 17th, 1863 in Mississippi.

Henry Morgan Redus died September 25th, 1892 and Jane died February 4th, 1892.  Both were buried in Lead Hill Cemetery, Boone County, Arkansas, but later moved to Milum Cemetery, Arkansas because of the construction of Bull Shoals Lake in 1951.

James Franklin Redus, Henry Morgan Redus's only child to remain in Lamar County, married Huldia Elizabeth Ferguson on December 20th, 1855 in Crossville, Alabama (from obituary).  There is a Crossville today in the eastern part of Lamar County but Crossville at that time referred to an area on the western side of the county on the old Military Road near the Mississippi state line.  Huldia's first name is often given as "Hulda", however, her grave marker gives her name as "Huldia Elizabeth Redus." Her death notice only refers to her as Elizabeth so that is how I refer to her in this writing.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Jane Ferguson who is buried at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church which is less than a mile west of Shiloh Methodist Church.  Jane's father is unknown, but Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus wrote that he, along with a daughter and granddaughter, were buried in a small cemetery marked by stones next to "the old Bass place" where she once lived (unknown today).  His last child was born in 1848 and he doesn't appear in the 1850 Census so he probably died between 1848 and 1850.

Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus, writing on March 29, 1954, said,
"The Civil War came and southern men called "Tories" brought terror and death forcing men off to war claiming they had authority.  They came in the night and at gun point carried Father Redus.  They didn't want to give time for him to put his shoes on, but Mother Redus told them he was going to put on his shoes.  He was not heard from for twelve days, and they feared that he was dead.  He was in jail at Fayette.  From there he was taken to war, leaving Mother Redus and small sons, Jim Henry and Gan  She had to plant and plow corn, made enough for bread.  She said they often had just buttermilk and cornbread.  Father Redus was captured and carried to Long Island.  The Yankees were good to him, but he worked on a ship until his feet froze, so he suffered from that...This is as was told to me by Father and Mother Redus."^{2 (note 1)}
 
There are prisoner of war records listing a James F. Redus, I Company, 18th Alabama Infantry, who was captured at Resaca, Georgia on May 16, 1864.  He was transferred through the prison system and eventually enlisted in the U. S. Navy on June 10, 1864.  There were other "James F. Reduses" around at the time, but I believe this refers to Henry Morgan Redus's son since Hattie Redus also writes that he was captured and served on a ship.
 
J. F. and Elizabeth Redus are both listed in the Shiloh United Methodist Church register in 1886.³
 
 Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus, writing on April 5th, 1936, said,
"One day in April 1903, Father Redus came before breakfast and told me that he had a vision that he was ill and we were all around his bed.  With tears in his eyes he said if that vision was like death he didn't mind dying.  He didn't want to eat, but I begged him to eat a little and drink some coffee.  On June 14, 1903, he had a stroke and didn't live long.  He told his sons, "don't cry boys, let me go easy and happy."  He was then living at the Rube Burrow's place.  He was laid to rest in Mt. Nebo Cemetery near our little Lola D.  Bro. R. H. Jones held the service.  How we all missed him."

An article titled "In Memory of Mr. Frank Redus", written by "a friend", was published in the The
Lamar Democrat June 24th, 1903 on page 4.  "Resolutions of Respect", giving many details of James Franklin's life, was submitted by the local church and published August 5th, 1903, also on page 4.

Huldia Elizabeth Redus died February 26th, 1915 and was buried next to her husband in Old Mount Nebo Cemetery.  An obituary titled "A Good Woman Gone Home" was published in "The Lamar Democrat" on March 3, 1915 on the front page.
 
James Franklin and Elizabeth had nine children.^{(note 2)}
     James Henry Redus was born December 28th, 1856.  He married Nancy Clementine Gartman
     October13th, 1879.  He worked as a farmer near or next to his parents for several years.  Between
     1900 and 1910, James Henry moved to Columbus, Mississippi where he worked as a clerk in a
     dry goods store. (see note 3)  Unknown if he ever moved back to Lamar County, but he and Nancy
     were both buried at Shiloh.  James Henry and Nancy had ten children. 
               Myrton Emmett Redus was born August 10th, 1880 in Lamar County.  He married Luna
               A. Youngblood (born May 18, 1888) on January 20th, 1920 in Pickens County, Alabama.
               Myrton died November 11th, 1960 and Luna died June 4th, 1935, both in Lowndes County,
               Mississippi.  They had one child.
                         Irma Jean Redus was born June 24th, 1924 and died December 26th, 1995.  She
                         married Leon Johnson who was born about 1928.
               Opie Redus
               Annie Idena Redus was born September 22, 1884 and died November 3rd, 1884.  She
               was buried in Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery.
               Effie Livert Redus was born February 20th, 1886.  She married William James Mattox
               June 30th, 1909 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.  She lived in both Columbus, Mississippi
               and Lamar County.  She died March 15th, 1961 and William James died July 26th, 1918
               and both were buried in Vernon City Cemetery.
               Lula Belle Redus was born March 30th, 1888 and died August 20, 1891.  She was buried
               in Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery.
               James Wesley Redus, born August 8, 1890,  married Minnie Alberta Cash in Lowndes
               County, Mississippi on August 8th, 1911.  He died October 24th, 1948 and Minnie
               Alberta died March 15th, 1982.  They had four children:
                         Mary A. Redus
                         Hilda Redus
                         Mamie Redus
                         James Wesley Redus, Jr married Carol Gloria Sweeper and moved to Memphis,
                         Tennessee where some of his descendents still live today.
               Lois A. Redus was born in July 1896.  She married W. W. Milligan in October 1915.
               Ruby May Redus was born in February 1898.
               Fannie Pearl Redus was born June 20th, 1900 and died September 28th, 1912.  She was
               buried in Shiloh Cemetery.
               Gertrude M. Redus was born about 1902.
     William Gan Redus was born August 25th, 1859 in Lamar County.  He married Bertie Denman,
     born in October, 1867, on December 16th, 1886 in Lamar County.  Gan and Bertie had eight
     children.
               Brice Redus was born May 9th, 1889.
               Gertrude Redus was born in June, 1891 and died in 1968.  She married Loamie Pridmore
               and they had 3 children:
                         Pauline Pridmore
                         Gerald Pridmore
                         Maggie Lee Pridmore
               Franklin G. Redus was born in June, 1894
               Norma Redus was born November 12th, 1898
               An Infant Daughter was born March 10th, 1901
               Paul William Redus was born May 12th, 1903
               Lockie Redus was born October 3rd, 1905
               Herndon Redus was born in 1910.
 
     George Robert Redus was born April 22nd, 1862 and died that same year.  Place of burial is
     unknown.
     John Wesley Redus was born April 13th, 1866 and also died that same year.  His place of
     burial is unknown.
     Lula Redus was born in September 1869.  She married Benjamin Franklin Wright (born June
     1861) on December 29th, 1887 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.  They had six children.
               Ethel B. Wright, born October 1888 in Alabama.
               John F. Wright, born June 1890 in Alabama.
               Vernice E. Wright, born in 1892 in Alabama.
               Mervin L. Wright, born January 15th, 1894 in Alabama.
               William M. Wright, born June 1896 in Alabama.
               Thomas Henry Wright, born July 8th, 1898 in Alabama.
     Charles Clark Redus was born March 31st, 1870 in Alabama.  Charlie married Hattie Ellen Taylor
     November 6th, 1889 in a ceremony held in her parents home and conducted by T. W. Springfield,
     Hattie's grandfather.  Hattie was the daughter of George Bennett Taylor and Martha Susan
     Springfield Taylor.  They moved from Lamar County to Pickens County and some of their
     daughters lived in Columbus, Mississippi.  In her later years, Hattie Redus wrote her memoirs which
     has been a valuable resource for researchers.
               Floy Olga Redus was born April 22nd, 1892 in Lamar County, Alabama.  She married
               David Lee Lawrence April 10th, 1914 and they had five children although this writer
               only knows of two.  Floy died in December, 1977.
                         Mildred Lawrence died December 18, 1921
                         David Lawrence died April 24, 1922
               Edna Earl Redus
               Lillian Oleta Redus
               Charla Mae Redus
               Lola D. Redus was born February 20, 1903.  She died March 4th, 1905 and was
               buried next to her grandparents, James F. and Elizabeth Redus, in Old Mount Nebo.
               Flora Ellen Redus
               Georgia Louise Redus lived most of her life in Columbus, Mississippi.  She died February 5,
                    1996 and was buried in Andrews Chapel Cemetery, Pickens County, Alabama.
     Daniel Dale Redus was born November 3rd, 1872.  He married Pearl Shelton, the daughter of
     Daniel Marion and Harriett Luvina Shelton born October 30th, 1876, on October 13th, 1895.  Daniel
     Dale worked as a rural mail carrier for many years, retiring April 1, 1935.  He was very active with
     the Methodist Church in Vernon and was elected to the Vernon City Board of Education in 1910.  In
     his later years Daniel Dale and Pearl lived in a house located near the intersection of today's Lamar
     County Road 9 and Alabama Highway 17.  This house was torn down in the 1970's.  Daniel and
     Pearl had seven children.
               Minter Dale Redus was born August 29th, 1897 in Lamar County, Alabama.  He married
               Betty Mae Lampkin, born June 30th, 1900 to Thomas Manly and Alice Venora Adair
               Lampkin, on October 18th, 1920.  Minter Dale and Betty Mae moved to Birmingham and
               Minter worked for the TCI Steel Corporation for 37 years before retiring because of poor
               health and moving back to live in Vernon.  Minter died of a heart attack December 5th, 1968
               and was buried in Vernon City Cemetery.  Betty Mae died May 10th, 1976 and was buried
               next to her husband.  Minter and Betty Mae had two children.
                         Minter Dale Redus, Jr
                                   Ronald Earl Redus
                                             John Mitchell Redus was born May 22, 1967 and resides in Vernon,
                                             Alabama and works in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
                                             Timothy Dale Redus was born February 22, 1970 and married Tina 
                                              Perkins December 1st, 2001.  They and their children live in Lamar
                                              County, Alabama.
                                                       Daniel Dale Redus
                                                       Timothy Luke Redus
                                             Rachel Lynn Redus was born May 1st, 1972.  She married first Bobby
                                             Joe Wheeler, Jr and second Kenny White.  They live in Lamar County
                                             Alabama.
                                                       Bobby Joe Wheeler, III
                                                       Hillary Mason Wheeler
                                                       Kenlyn White
                                             James Paul Redus was born December 30th, 1976.  He married Lashae 
                                             Higdon and they reside in Lamar County, Alabama.
                                   Roger Kyle Redus was born December 9th, 1950.  He married Doris Carol
                                   Butler, the daughter of Banks and Doris Thomas Butler, in June 1969.
                                             Roger Kyle Redus, Jr resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
                                             Marsha Carol Redus married James David Williams in 1994. They and
                                             their children live in Lamar County, Alabama.
                                                       James Dillon Williams
                                                       Macy Banks Williams
                                                       Jackson Lee Williams
                         Robert Earl Redus was born February 23rd, 1929.
               Henry Wood Redus was born September 22, 1899 in Lamar County, Alabama.  He married
               Anna Belle Catledge, born March 20th, 1905, on September 22, 1936 in Columbus,
               Mississippi. The two of them had one child and resided in Columbus, Mississippi.  Henry
               Wood died November 22, 1942 and was buried in Vernon City Cemetery, Vernon, Alabama.
               Anna Belle died November 24th, 2000 and was buried in the Elmwood Mausoleum in
               Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
                         Carole Anne Redus resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
               Joe Price Redus was born September 11, 1901 in Lamar County, Alabama.  He married
               Bessie Thompson and the two of them taught school in Lamar County.  Joe Price died in
               October of 1976 and Bessie died May 2nd, 1990.  She had been living in Fitzgerald, Ben
               Hill County, Georgia, to be near her son, Daniel.  Joe Price and Bessie were both buried
               in Vernon City Cemetery.
                         Daniel Gregory Redus married Betty Holliday of Vernon, Alabama.  Betty was the
                         daughter of J. T. and Addie Lee Holliday of Vernon.  He died March 31, 2005 in
                         Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery there.
               Abbie Lucille Redus was born August 20, 1903 in Lamar County, Alabama.  She first married
               Mr. McCrummer and and then Lewis William Marshall on July 8, 1945.  They lived in
               Birmingham, Alabama, with Abbie working as an elementary school teacher and Lewis
               working for the railroad.  Abbie died January 16th, 2006 at the age of 102.
               Hattie Lou Redus was born February 14th, 1907.  She married Orman Chester Davidson.
               Orman was born April 14th, 1903 and died in February 1986.  He worked as a pharmacist
               in Birmingham, Alabama.  Hattie Lou died in June 1986.
               Frank Redus was born March 24th, 1911 and died the next day.  He was buried in
               Vernon City Cemetery.
               Evelyn Redus was born May 5th, 1915 in Lamar County.  She married William Rufus Black
               on September 22nd, 1939.  Evelyn was a school teacher in Birmingham and died there
               December 1st, 1983.
     Thomas Ezra Redus was born September 26, 1876 in Lamar County but lived much of his life in
          Columbus, Mississippi.  He died October 20th, 1966 and was buried in Andrew's Chapel in
          Pickens County, Alabama.
          Glenice Geneva Redus



 

Note:  Jones County was created from parts of Marion and Fayette Counties in Feb 1867 and abolished in Nov 1867.  Recreated as Sanford County in Oct 1869 and renamed Feb 1877 to Lamar County.

James F. Redus on 1850 Census

  
George W. Redus's Land Patents

     
Henry Morgan Redus's Land Patents
 
Henry Morgan Redus on 1850 Census
 
Henry Morgan Redus on 1880 Census

James Franklin Redus on 1850 Census
 
James Franklin Redus on 1870 Census
 
James Franklin Redus on 1880 Census
 
James Franklin Redus on 1900 Census

 
James F. and Huldia Elizabeth Redus With Children

James F. Redus POW Records
 

Shiloh Register (offsite link)
 

 

 

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James F. & Elizabeth Redus's Grave Markers
Old Mount Nebo Cemetery
 

James Henry & Nancy Redus Grave Markers
Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery

Gertrude Redus Pridmore's Obituary

Norma Redus's Obituary

Herndon Redus's Obituary

Charles Clark Redus & Hattie E. Taylor's
Marriage License

Georgia Louise Redus's Obituary

Daniel Dale Redus

Daniel Dale Redus Obituary
Pearl Shelton Redus Obituary
 

Daniel Dale & Pearl Redus with children

Minter Dale & Betty Mae Redus with sons
Minter Dale, Jr and Robert Earl, about 1934


Minter Dale & Betty Mae Redus

Minter Dale Redus's Obituary

Henry Wood Redus's Obituary
 

Henry Wood Redus's Grave Marker
Vernon City Cemetery, Vernon, Alabama

Daniel Gregory Redus Obituary