BRANCH NO. 31
 

BRANCH CAPTAIN: John Moore at johnm@mtaonline.net

 

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LAST NUMBER USED: 112
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                                                                          UNKNOWN LATTA

       Resided in Ireland.  Names of known children:

       114   JOHN - b. Abt. 1727, D: 1823 in North Carolina, USA

                                                                 

                                                                         1 JAMES (1) LATTA
SEE BEGINNING OF BRANCH 6.    James Latta was born about 1732 in Ireland.  (DAR Papers note birth as 1735) Immigration: 1738 from Northern Ireland. (Since he was about 6 years of age, he would have come to America with his family.)     He died on August 16, 1804 in Orange County, NC. (Source: DAR Application: #476234).  He married ____ Synott Bet. 1756-1758 in Orange Co., NC.  She was the daughter of Michael Snyott.  Children:

112   THOMAS (2) b. abt. 1755 (Source: Robert H. Latta Collection Library of Congress, Rare Books Room, CS71.L36).  SEE HEAD OF BRANCH 7.
2       JAMES, JR. (2) 
113   JOHN (2)
 
Notes for James Latta:
The population in backcountry North Carolina grew from a few hundred in the 1740s to 39,000 European-Americans and 3,000 African-Americans by 1767. (Kars Marjoleine, Breaking Loose Together, The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002, p. 16.) In 1750, the assembly created Anson County, which spanned the entire western Piedmont. In 1752 Orange County was erected, located between Rowan to the west and Granville to the east.
 
"Settlement and Early History" by Ruth Blackwelder.
The great migration from Pennsylvania to Piedmont Carolina came in the middle of the eighteenth century. Scotch-Irish and German immigrants, finding the price of land too high for them in Pennsylvania, journeyed southward along the "Great Wagon Road" through the Shenandoah valley to Carolina
 
James Latta recorded stock mark Oct 1754 Orange County Court
I have James Latta in 1755 Tax book of Orange Co NC
Land conveyed from John Earl Granville to James Latta 1756
Reappointment of constabe 1756 James Lattay (Latta)
 
"Petitions to Earl Granville and the King" in 1758 signed by John Latta and James Latta
 
"To the Right Honorable Earl of Granville, Viscount Carteret and Baron Carteret of Hawns in the County of Bedford in ye Kingdom of Great Brittan; one of the Lords of His Majestys Most Honorable Privy Council and Knight of the Most Nobel Order of the Garter, ect. The Petition of His Majestys Most Dutiful & Loyal Subjects, Protestant Dissenters, and your Lordships most Dutiful Tenants, Inhabitants of Rowan County, an Infant Settlement on ye Back frontiers of the Province of North Carolina, on behalf of themselves and their brethren in ye joining frontier Countys of Anson and Orange, a few of whom are the subscribers." The Petitioners go on to say, "We are originally your liege people. Mostly originally from the North of Ireland, trained and brought up under Presbyterian Church Government, and we and our forefathers have resided sometime in ye Northern Province of Pennsylvania, Jersey and New York, where we were exempted from paying, or supporting, any clergy save our own, and we come here encouraged by gracious proposals to Protestant Dissenters published in your Lordships name and by your agents, Mssr. Mosley & Halton, whereby we hoped to enjoy like freedom" (such as they had in Penn., Jersey and New York). They were complaining about being taxed to support the Church of England, when they were already supporting their own Protestant churches. They were petitioning to be relieved of such taxes. The petition was signed by John Latta and James Latta and many other Orange County residents. (copy in possession of Larry D Draughon; Branch 7)
Note: This Petition was probably written (according to Mr. William D Bennett, noted author and researcher) before 1758, because one of the men mentioned in the Petition died in 1759 and another died in 1760, and John Earl Granville died in 1763.
 
James Latta appointed overseer of road 1761
James Latta conveyed to brother John Latta 147 acres 23 Aug 1763
James Latta appointed overseer of road 1765
 
Hillsborough was an earlier Piedmont colonial town where court was held, and was the scene of some pre-Revolutionary War tensions. In the late 1760s, tensions between Piedmont farmers and coastal planters welled up in the Regulator movement, which had its epicenter in Hillsborough. Several thousand people from North Carolina, mainly from Orange County, Anson County, and Granville County in the western region, were extremely dissatisfied with the wealthy North Carolina officials whom they considered cruel, arbitrary, tyrannical and corrupt. With specie scarce, many inland farmers found themselves unable to pay their taxes and resented the consequent seizure of their property. Local sheriffs sometimes kept taxes for their own gain and sometimes charged twice for the same tax. At times, sheriffs would intentionally remove records of their tax collection in order to further tax citizens. The most heavily affected areas were said to be that of Rowan, Anson, Orange, Granville, and Cumberland counties. It was a struggle of mostly lower class citizens, who made up the majority of the population of North Carolina, and the wealthy ruling class, who composed about 5% of the population, yet maintained almost total control of the government. It is estimated that out of the 8,000 people living in Orange County at the time, some six or seven thousand of them were in support of the Regulators.
 
Governor William Tryon's conspicuous consumption in the construction of a new governor's mansion at New Bern fuelled the movement's resentment. As the western districts were under-represented in the colonial legislature, it was difficult for the farmers to obtain redress by legislative means. Ultimately, the frustrated farmers took to arms and closed the court in Hillsborough, dragging those they saw as corrupt officials through the streets and cracking the church bell. Tryon sent troops from his militia to the region and defeated the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance in May 1771. Several trials were held after the war, resulting in the hanging of six Regulators at Hillsborough on June 19, 1771.
 
 
In 1774 Orange Co., was divided into 16 districts. The 14th District, St. James, included Thomas Gibson´s land just above but not including George Gibson´s land. The 15th District, St. Mary, was adjacent to and south of the 14th District. The dividing line between the 14th and 15th crossed the Flatt River and ran across the dividing line between George and Thomas Gibson´s land. The 15th District was defined as follows:
Begins at the Granville line where it crosses the Nap of Reed running West including Arthur Magnum, George Gibson, Charles Moore & Robert McCornwell on the South, thence South, including Robert McConwell, William Rigs, George Rigs, John Latta, James Latta, John Douglas, John Woods, Nathaniel Lewis, John Scarlet, John Piper, Thomas Trammel & John Hart on the East, thence East including John Hart (through William Reeds plantation him not included) to Wake County line just North of Robert Abercrombie´s plantation, him not included.
The 15th District is in present day Durham Co. (established 1881). The 14th District is in present day Person Co. (established 1791).
 
Orange NC Land Entry #711
06 Oct 1778 John McCley enters a claim to 255ac land lying in Orange co. on the branches of Buck Quarter, a branch of Eno, bounded on the South by lands of Wm. Pinkston, Saml Clenney, & TIMOTHY CAIN, on the east by Wm. Clenney, on the north by John Grey & Wm. Montgomery and on the west by Jas. Latta & Thos. Holden, Sr. tracts.
 
1779 James, John and Thomas Latta tax rolls Orange Co
 
Orange NC Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Feb 1780
John Cate bound in 5000 pds for appearance at next court. TIMOTHY CAIN in 500 pds bond for his appearance. Ordered William Dunagan, William Ray, George Newton, George Horner, TIMOTHY CAINE, John Douglas, William Whitehead, Stephen Wilson, John Latta, James Latta, William Pinkerton, and J??? Cate apptd jury to view road going by William Jacksons and make report to next court. Court adjourned. present: WILLIAM CAINE, John Butler, John Steel.
Orange NC Deed Book 04-153
 
Orange NC Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Feb 1780
John Cate bound in 5000 pds for appearance at next court. TIMOTHY CAIN in 500 pds bond for his appearance. Ordered William Dunagan, William Ray, George Newton, George Horner, TIMOTHY CAINE, John Douglas, William Whitehead, Stephen Wilson, John Latta, James Latta, William Pinkerton, and J??? Cate apptd jury to view road going by William Jacksons and make report to next court. Court adjourned. present: WILLIAM CAINE, John Butler, John Steel.
 
"Affidavit of John Latty (Latta) and Others" September 7, 1780
John Latty (Latta), James Latty (Latta), William Montgomery, John Douglas, John Woods and William Cain make Oath before me, William Courtney, one of the State's Justices assigned to keep peace for the county of Orange, That the Corps of Light Horse under the command of Colonel Armong have billeted themselves on said deponents; and without regard to the laws of humanity or the sacred rights of the citizen, have wantonly and cruelly destroyed and by violence wrested from the said deponents their property inasmuch as they have taken possession of their dwelling houses, barns and other houses, together with the furniture and grain in them, and converted the same to their own use, and have also pulled down their fences and turned the horses into the corn fields of the said deponents; and arbitrarily and forcibly taken from them sheep, ect. And the said deponents farther depose that they have, with the rest of their fellow citizens contributed their quotas of grain and other provisions to the support of the army stationed at Hillsborough. Sworn to before me this 7th day of Sept., 1780 Wm. P. Courtney, J.P. (Signed by: James Latta, William Montgomery, John Douglas, William Cain and John Wood.)
 
Orange NC Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Nov 1785
Deed: John Douglas to James Latta proved by WM. CAINE.
 
1785 James Latta Sr and three sons listed 1785 tax list St Marys district
 
Orange NC Deed Book 04-153
30 Oct 1787 William Ray & wife Mary to JOHN CAIN, 140pds, 200ac on Little River at the mouth of a branch. s/ William Ray, Mary (x) Ray.
wit/ James Latta. Jurat; John Wattson.
 
Orange NC Deed Book 04-154
30 Oct 1787 Stephen Wilson & wife Sarah, to JOHN CAIN, 30pds, 63ac on Little River adj. William Ray, McCulloch. wit/ James Latta. Jurat:
Robert (x) Horner.
 
1790 (2) James Latta, (2) John Latta & Thomas Latta Orange Co NC
 
Page 1298. State Records, N. C. Clark XXVI Tax list for St. Mary's District, 1790.
No. Carolina Orange Co., Hillsboro District. White and Black polls. Acres.
James Latta, Sr. 0,1 91 over 50 yrs of age
James Latta, Jr. 1,0 190
Thomas Latta, 1,0 93
 
 
1800
James Latta 00001-00001
James Latta Jr 20110-20010
John Latta 01201-12101
John Latta 10210-31110 I beleive this to be the person labeled as John B Latta although I have not seen documentation of him listed as John B.. John Moore
Thomas Latta 31210-02010
Thomas Jr 10010-41010
 
James Latta to Thomas Latta
Know all men by these presents that I, James Latta Senior, Have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute make and appoint my trusty Son, Thomas Latta my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name and stead, and to my use, to ask demand levy sue for and receive, all such sums of money, owning payable and belonging to me, any manner or means whatsoever, by James Latta junior (my Son) giving and granting unto my said attorney by these presents my full and whole powers, strength and authority, in and about the premises, to have use and take all lawful ways and means, in my name for the recovery thereof and upon the receipt of any such debts, dues, or sums of money as aforesaid, acquittances or other sufficient discharges for me and in my name to make seal and deliver, a sufficient receipt to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do, as if I was personally present. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and four.
James (his mark) Latta Sr. Orange County August Term 1804
 
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Correspondence
I have been researching the Lattas for about 13 years now and still have not been able to sort out the southern branches. I am a descendant on what is sometimes called "branch 7." I have reviewed the information that you sent and have a few comments.
I believe Thomas Latta who married Polly Moore was known as "Thomas B. Latta" and eventually moved to Graves County, Kentucky. Further, I believe 2 Thomas Latta did not marry Janey Scarlett, but rather married Sussanh Jackson. Relatedly, while it is often stated that the father of John B. Latta was John Latta, I believe his father was James Latta the original Latta settler in Orange County, NC. As I am sure you know, the Latta patriarch in Orange County known as John Latta was the brother of James the original settler. John, the brother did have a son named John, but not "John B." John, the son of John the patriarch, married a Cabe and died as a young man, leaving his children under the guardianship of his father John, the patriarch.
Joshua Armstrong
 
James Latta was born 1732 in Ireland, and died Aft. August 16, 1804 in Orange County, North Carolina (Source: DAR Application: #476234). He married _______ Synott Bet. 1756 - 1758 in Orange County, North Carolina?, daughter of Michael Synott.
 
Notes for James Latta:
 
James Latta's date of birth is also noted 1735. (DAR Papers)
 
I am not certain that this James is married to Ms. Synott -JJA (9/13/96)
 
Orange Co., NC Book 11:210, FHL 305929
 
More About James Latta:
 
Immigration: 1738 from Northern Ireland
 
 
Orange NC Will Book D-510
Will of Stephen Scarlett; 06 Jul 1817 / Aug 1817
Wife: Sally
Dau: Rachel & Synthia Scarlett (unmarried)
Sons: James Scarlett (youngest), John Scarlett (eldest)
Daus: ELIZABETH CAIN, Mary Latta, Sally Latta, Jane Latta,
Susanna Cole, Rachel Scarlett, Synthia Scarlett.
Exr: Wife Sally and son James
Wit: William Lewis, Henry Bunch, Abraham (x) Crabtree
 
(Wayland F. Dunaway, Scotch Irish in Colonial Pennsylvania, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944, p. 10.) Only about 4,000 Scotch-Irish had emigrated from Northern Ireland to America between 1700 and 1730. More than 60,000 arrived between 1730 and 1770. By the time of the American Revolution, 100,000 had relocated to America. (Jon Butler. Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776. Harvard College, 2000, pp. 23-25.) The majority was comprised of agricultural workers and general laborers. Only a few were skilled. (Ibid., p. 24.) They made up the largest European ethnic minority in America by 1776. (Ibid., p. 25.)]

 

Orange Co., NC, Deed Book 4, page 424, April 25, 1791

Thomas Latta of Orange, planter, to John Latta of same, seventy pounds, 93 acres, on waters of Mountain Cr., begin at a stake a cor. of John Latta Junior on the line of a tract of land formerly belonging to William Johnston, along sd. line S 36 ch. to a red oak which the Thomas Latta deed called a black oak now dead, S40E 16 ch. to a post oak, N23E 50 ch. along James Wlaker's line to a spanish oak another cor. of John Latta, W 33 ch. to the beginning being the dividing line between John Latta & Thomas Latta one of a tract from James Wilkinson to Charles Abercromby 11 February 1773, Abercromby to Thomas Burford 21 April 1778, Burford to Jean Latta 5 February 1783, Jean Latta to  Thomas Latta 27 January 1784; signed: Thomas Latta; witness: James Walker, James Walker Junior; proved May 1791 Term by James Walker Junior.

REF: Orange County Records, Vol IV, Deed Book 4 abstracts, edited by William D. Bennett, C. G., published Raleigh, NC, 1990, ppgs. 73-74.

 



                                                                          2 JAMES, JR. (2) LATTA
     ____ (1).  Lived in Orange Co., N.C. and fought in the Revolutionary War.  Married.  His three sons moved to Maury Co., Tenn.  Children:
3    JAMES (3).
4    JOHN B. (3) b. May 5, 1764 in NC; d. September 15, 1827.
5    THOMAS (3).
24  MARTHA (3) m. John Robinson.

                                                                      3 JAMES (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  b. _______________; d. _________________; m. Martha Moore.  It has been stated that "In 1813 he started from Orange Co., N.C. for Tenn. but died on the way; was buried under a tree."  However, there is an estate record for a "James Latta" in 1815 in Maury County, Tennessee, which looks like it is his. It looks like his brother, John Latta, and his widow, Martha Latta, bought items from the estate sale.  There is also a "Thomas Lata" who bought items.  Was this his other brother? Perhaps he stopped in Maury County also, since he moved from North Carolina to Williamson County, Tennessee.    Tennessee State Library & Archives: Nashville, TN Roll #179 - Probate Records, Maury County Clerk's Office, Wills: Vol. 1 (1806-1815). 
Pg 136 -  Inventory of chattel property owned by James Latta, dec’d, late of Maury Co., Tenn.  May 15, 1815, signed by John Latta.  Pg 137 -  June 16, 1815.  Sale of James Latta, dec’d.  Buying: Thomas Taylor, Thomas J. Hardaman, Martha Lata, William Webb, Josiah Hogan, Thomas Goad, John Latta, John Polk, Pleasant Crews, William Henty, Joseph Wingfield, John Kindows, Thomas Lata, James Oneal, David Wherton, Julius Burton, John Canada, William Seallars, Charles Neely, Andrew Mills, William Gant, John P. Powell, John Duckworth, Allen Rainey, Luke Patterson, Shadrick Chandler, Green B. Rogers.

    His widow with her two sons, accompanied by John, his brother, and his family, continued the journey to Maury Co., Tenn.   After his death, Martha married William Huchison on Nov. 23, 1819 (Maury County Marriages).  Martha and William Hutchinson had a daughter named Mary "Polly" Hutchison who married Tilman Morris in the 1840s.   James' grandson, Sims, said that James was returning from the Revolutionary War. (Or could it have been the War of 1812?) LATTA JAMES 1 REG'T (METCALFE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. PRIVATE PRIVATE 122 602 COLONEL WILLIAM METCALF DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia DATES: November 1814 - May 1815 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Maury, Warren, and Giles Counties CAPTAINS: John Barnhart, Daniel M. Bradford, Barbe Collins, John Cunningham, Lewis Dillahunty, Alexander Hill, Bird S. Hurt, John Jackson, Thomas Marks, William Mullen, Andrew Patterson, William Sitton, Obidiah Waller BRIEF HISTORY: Part of the division under Major General William Carroll's at New Orleans, this regiment comprised the right section of Carroll's line at the breastworks at Chalmette. Muster rolls show casualties in the engagements of December 1814 and January 1815. Lieutenant Colonel James Henderson was killed in the skirmish of 28 December 1814. Captain Daniel Bradford led the elite corps known as "Carroll's Life Guard." The division reached New Orleans in mid-December 1814 after an excursion down the Mississippi River. 

Children:
7      MOSES (4) b. abt. 1806 in North Carolina.
6      JOHN (4) b. 1810 in Knob Creek, Maury Co., TN.


                                                                           4 JOHN B. (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  Born in N.C. May 5, 1764; d. September 15, 1827; m. 1) Mary Jackson in NC on June 10, 1804; and 2) Elizabeth Wood.  Went from Orange Co., N.C. to Maury Co., Tenn. in 1813.  Mrs. Emily Prowell, grand daughter of James Latta Sparkman, said he married Mary Jackson, who was born January 11, 1761 and died August 18, 1828.  William J. Latta, son of 11 Calvin Latta, wrote that all but Wiley, Thomas and John were the children of Elizabeth Wood Latta.  As Rebecca's son was named John Jackson, it looks as if he had been named after Mary Jackson, the mother of Rebecca.  James' wife's name is also given as Elizabeth Wood of N.C.  Another writer gives the names of the children of Mary Jackson as all but Wiley, Calvin, Nancy, Caroline and Martha.  It is said of Elizabeth Wood Latta that one of her sons had a daughter named Emily and one son died returning from the army.  Martha's husband, Jesse Mitchell, said that three of sons and three daughters lived in Williamson Co., Tenn. prior to 1852.  Mrs. Emily Prowell, daughter of Jane Latta Sparkman, writes from Leiper's Fork, Tenn. March 1, 1916, (she was then 84 years of age), (she left out Wiley, Calvin, Nancy, Caroline, and Martha) the rest were all the children that I never knew of. If there were more, I never knew it. All of John Latta's daughters are dead, and all of their children except Rebecca's son, Samuel Sparkman and his wife, and James' daughter, Emily Powell. If I had an Uncle Calvin Latta I never knew of it. I never knew anything of an Aunt Martha. I think there must be some mistake in the history of John Latta given you by Dr. William Latta and Jesse Mitchell. For they have him born five years later than my chronology, and I feel sure he married Mary Jackson, for I have a piece of all fancy work she did with her name on it. I do not think I had an Aunt Martha to marry a Mitchell as late as 1846. My mother, (Jane Latta Sparkman), was the only unmarried daughter when my grand father died about 1827 and she married in 1828 or 1829. I think my Uncle John married a Mitchell, and possibly his name was John Calvin. (This could not be, as John and Calvin were brothers, according to William, son of Calvin). I think it must be the same John Latta that Dr. William Latta and Jesse Mitchell have with one mistake, John, James and Thomas were brothers of Rebecca.

1814 DEED to John Latta from William Polk for 222 3/4 acres of land in Maury Co TN.  In John' will probated 11 Aug 1829, he mentions his wife Elizabeth and daughters Jane Latta, Ruth wife of Seth Sparkman, Sarah Moore, Mary Robinson, and son, Thomas B Latta. He mentions John and Moses Latta and calls them his sons but they could have been his orphaned nephews.

WILL OF JOHN LATTA - In the name of God Amen. I John Latta late of Maury County state of Tennessee being in sound mind and memory and willing to the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my last will and testament, I first of all I resurrect my sole to God who gave it my body to the earth who gave it to be buried in a like manner at the discretion of my and forsaking such worldly or goods when which it had pleasured God to bless me. I give bequeath and distribute in the following parameters this after my funeral expense and debts paid and I bequeath to my daughter Jane our horse his shoes and saddle and bridle one chair four sheets two beds and featherbed one pot and six plates six and six knives and forks One negro girl named Charity, and of the said negro girl Charity amount to more than her equal share Jane is to pay back and if the said negro does not amount to her equal part then it is to be made up to Jane & equal with the rest. The other property before mentioned not to be valued in her part only the negro. I give and bequeath to my daughter Rebecca wife of Seth Sparkman one negro girl named Chorlett said if last negro Chorlett dect net amount to her part besides what they had already got. Rebecca to be made equal to the rest but if said negro Chorlett should amount to more than share then Rebecca to pay back. I give and bequeath to Shadrack Chandler ten dollars and to the heirs of the body of Elizabeth Chandler my daughter. I give and bequeath one M??? to be equally divided between them but after Shadracks death if Elizabeth his wife is not provided for then Elizabeth to be supported by rest that then during her natural life or widowhood. I give and bequeath to Moses Latta one hundred dollars to his brother John Latta twenty five dollars. And pay with it that my son Moses Latta and my son John Latta and my daughter Mary Robinson and my daughter Sarah Moore give an equal part of all my property besides what they already got. Save my land & three negros Charity & Buck David & Milley May be valued and sold or properly dist and my heirs can agree. only the two first named negros Charity and Chorlett valued & I also will that my son Thomas B Latta & that Alex B Moore & John Moore be the sole executors of this my will and testament in who set my hand the 11th of August 1829 Moses Latta Sign.

Email from ksparkman@bellsouth.net on May 27, 2008:  Branch 31.  Interesting footnote that may be of assistance to black researchers.  Read the will of John Latta on your site today, and he bequeathed a negro girl name Charlotte (with horrible spelling) to his daughter Rebecca Sparkman (wife of Seth).  Well, Charlotte's birth is recorded in the family Bible of Seth Sparkman's father William. 

Children  with Elizabeth Wood:

26     WILEY (4).
11     CALVIN (4) b. abt. 1812 in NC
27     NANCY (4) m. Mr. Sellers in Maury Co., Tenn. about 1847.  In 1871 lived in
Jackson Co., Ill.
28     CAROLINE (4).
29      MARTHA A. 94) m. Jesse Mitchell in Maury Co., Tenn. in 1846.  In 1905 they
lived in Shelby, Crawford Co., Ark.  He was a brother of Arminta Mitchell who m. Calvin Latta, Martha's brother.

Children with Mary Jackson:

8       JOHN (also seen as John Jackson) (4).
9      THOMAS B. (4) b. in Orange Co., NC; m. Polly Moore on Oct. 4, 1803 in Orange Co., NC.
10     JAMES (4).

30       ELIZABETH (4) m. Shadrack Chandler on Feb. 27, 1810 in Maury Co., Tenn.  (Bondsman: Jas. Latta) Children: Rebecca, Amelia, Sarah, John, Shelby, and James.
31      REBECCA (4)
b. 24 Feb. 1797, Orange Co., NC; d. 20 Apr. 1883, Boston, Williamson Co., TN; bur. Sparkman Cemetery, Williamson Co., TN (see tombstone picture below) ; m. Seth Sparkman, son of William Sparkman and Rosanna Williams, of Boston, Williamson Co., Tenn. July 9, 1822.  She lived near Franklin, Maury Co., Tenn.  Children: Mary, William, John, Seth, Samuel, James, and Nathan. Daughter, Mary Sparkman Alexander buried in the Alexander Cemetery, Maury County, TN.   Williamson County, TN Land RecordsWILLIAM SPARKMAN and SETH SPARKMAN witness deed 19 Apr. 1819 from GEORGE ROPER to STEPHEN PIGG; $150 for 50 acres on the head waters of Lick Creek lying on both sides of the Natchez Road where PIGG lives.  Entered 15 June 1819.  Deed Book F, pg. 53.

32      SARAH/Sally (4) b. Oct. 20, 1794 (Maury County Cousins, page 365) in Williamson Co., Tenn.; m. Alexander Moore of Maury Co., Tenn.  Alexander Moore was born October 10, 1789. (Maury County Cousins, page 365) Alexander Moore's sister, Mary Millie Moore, married #5 Thomas Latta, Sarah's uncle. Children: James and John.
33       MARY (4) m. John Robinson of Boston, Williamson Co., Tenn. December 9,
1813.  Lived in Boston, Tenn.  Children: Rebecca, Mary Ann, Matthew Sparkman, John Latta, Srah Jane, and Charles Marion.
34       JANE (4)
b. 1803, Orange Co., NC; d. 1850, Williamson Co., TN; bur. (believed) Sparkman Cemetery, Williamson Co., TN; m. Charles Robinson Sparkman, son of William Sparkman and Rosanna Williams, of Boston, Tenn. Lived in Williamson Co., Tenn.  Children: Mary, Emily, Thomas, Jane, and Margaret.


Sparkman Cemetery, Boston, Williamson Co., TN

Seth and Rebecca (Latta) Sparkman

http://bellsouthpwp.net/k/s/ksparkman/cemetery_listings.htm

Seth & Rebecca Sparkman

Seth and Rebecca Latta Sparkman, date unknown

Picture from Kendall Sparkman. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/t/Michael-e-Watkins/index.html



                                                                          5 THOMAS (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  SEE BRANCH 6, #4 Thomas Benton Latta.   Married Mary Millie Moore, daughter of Catherine Robinson and John Moore.  Catherine Robinson was born in Orange County, NC.  Catherine Robinson Moore and John Moore both died in Williamson Co., TN.  Mary Millie Moore was born in 1783 in Kentucky.
http://hometown.aol.com/tlc4304113/michealrobinsonal.html

Williamson County, Tennessee Land Records:  WILLIAM SPARKMAN deed to JAMES WALDRIP 22 Jan. 1805; $40 for 30 acres on Leepers Fork adjacent SPARKMAN.  JOHN MOORE and THOMAS LATTA, witness.  Entered 23 Aug. 1805.  Deed Book A1, pg. 661.

Williamson County, Tennessee Court Records: Inventory Book I, Page 156; Jan. Court, 1807.  Inventory of the Property of CATHERINE MOORE, dec'd.; estate sale 27 Nov. 1806; buyers include JOHN MOORE, JESSE SPARKMAN, THOMAS LATTA, JESSE WHITE, CHARLES ROBINSON, WILLIAM SPARKMAN, BETSY MOORE, HENRY MOORE, DAVID ROBINSON, WILLIAM SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MOORE, JOHN ROBINSON.  DAVID ROBINSON & JOHN MOORE, Admr.

Thomas later lived in Louisiana.  Had children.



                                                                          6 JOHN (4) LATTA
     James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in 1810 at Knob Creek, Maury Co., Tenn.; m. Louisa
Craig, daughter of William Craig, of Tenn.  He lived at Columbia, Tenn.  He formerly lived in N.C. and in 1837 with his family in a covered wagon, went to Texas, not liking it there he returned to Tenn.  Eleven children all born in Maury Co., Tenn. and those that are dead died there.  He died in 1873.  In 1813 brought to Tenn. in a covered wagon.  The 1850 Slave Census for Maury County, Tennessee, lists slave owners John Latta, Samuel Latta, and William Latta. These were John's sons listed below.  John Latta owned one 14 year old and one 12 year old male slave.  Samuel Latta owned one 29 year old, one 28 years and one 9 year old male.  William Latta owned one 25 year old and one 28 year old male, and one 26 year old female slave.
12   WILLIAM ALBERT (5) b. Dec. 30, 1835; d. Feb. 9, 1877. Confederate soldier.  Buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN (outside the confederate lot). Cemetery record:
30 Dec 1835 - 9 Feb 1877.  (C.S.A.;  MCTC).  Buried ROSE HILL CEMETERY.  There were two, one served in the 3rd Tn Inf., the other in lst Tenn Inf.  No records were found matching this search criteria.  (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors).
35    SOPHIA (5) b. September 27, 1837; d. soon after the Civil War.  Married William
Marion Ham on September 11, 1859.  Had two children, John Davis, b. June 9, 1860; d. June 8, 1861.  Sophia Ann b. May 17, 1862; m. Abb. Adkinson August 30, 1885.  When his wife died
William Ham m. his wife's sister, Susan.
36   JAMES (5) b. March 8, 1839; d. August 22, 1855.
13   SIMS (5) b. April 6, 1860; d. 193_.  Confederate soldier.  Buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN (outside the confederate lot). Cemetery record:
6 Apr 1840 - 24 Sep 1934.  Father.  (95 yrs.).  (Pvt. Co. E, Tenn. Cav., C.S.A., Cross.;  MCTC).  Buried ROSE HILL CEMETERY.  6th (Wheeler's) Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.  (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors)
37   MARTHA (5) b. January 8, 1842; d. January 18, 1891; m. Thomas J. Stewart
December 2, 1866.  Children: Walter (m. Ida Edwards), Blanche (m. William Colquit), Allison Templeton, Stewart "Allie" (m. Mary Ethlene Lanius in 1919).  Allie lived in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas. All born in Maury Co.
14   JOHN (5) b. April 14, 1844; d. Nov. 12, 1912.  Confederate soldier. Buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN (outside the confederate lot).  Cemetery record:
1844 - 1912.  C.S.A. Cross.  Was the son of John and Lousie Craig Latta.  He was born on 14 Apr 1844 in Maury County.  His marriage to Anna Narcissa Cherry produced four sons and four daughters.  During the War Between the States he serve in Co. E., lst Tenn. Infantry and later in Co. E., 6th Tenn Cavalry.  He died in 1912.  (MCTC).  6th (Wheeler's) Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.  (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors).

38    SUSAN (5) b. May 30, 1846; d. about 1889; m. William Marion Ham (or Hann) February 27, 1866.  Children: Minnie Mazie m. William Burnett.  Three children.  Mattie Louise m. Harran E. Famsey.  William Wallace m. Jane McClelland.  Four children.  Walter Mack.
39     LOUISA (5) b. September 11, 1848; d. September 19, 1857 in Maury Co., Tenn.
40     MOSES (5) b. August 31, 1850; d. August 9, 1855 in Maury Co.
41     SAMUEL (5) b. December 20, 1853; d. August 30, 1855 in Maury Co.
42     FRANCES TOWLER (5) b. July 12, 1855; d. September 11, 1861 in Maury Co.

1880 Census - Columbia, Maury Co., TN

 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 John LATTIE   Self   W   Male   W   70   NC   Retired   NC   NC 
 Wm. M. HANN   SonL   M   Male   W   43   TN   Blacksmith   NC   NC 
 Susan HANN   Dau   M   Female   W   34   TN   Keeping House   NC   TN 
 Sophia HANN   GDau   S   Female   W   18   TN   Seamstress   TN   TN 
 Minnie HANN   GDau   S   Female   W   15   TN   At School   TN   TN 
 Mattie HANN   GDau   S   Female   W   6   TN      TN   TN 
 Willis W. HANN   GSon   S   Male   W   2   TN      TN   TN 


 



                                                                             7 MOSES (4) LATTA
     James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  abt. 1806 in N. C., d. Dec. 27, 1872 in Concord, Maury Co, TN.  28 Oct. 1829 Maury Co. court minutes - Moses Latta indicted for disturbing public worship. 
1830 - 8 Dec. Samuel Craig buys 72 acres on Knob Creek from Moses Latta for $650 (the part of William Craig left for Matilda Graig Latta). 1837 Maury Co. tax list Dist. 19 - Jno F. Craig, Robert Craig, Robt. Campbell, Jr., Samuel Craig, Moses Latta. 1840 - Apr. Samuel W. Craig dies. John Latta appt. guardian of minor children, Robt. Campbell admin. of estate. 1840 - 20 May Estate sale of Samuel Craig - purchasers include widow Susan, Robt. Campbell, Jackson Craig (Wm. Jackson), John Shadden; estate holds notes on John F. Craig, John & Moses Latta. Jackson Craig buys 2 sows and 2 pigs.    On Sept. 25, 1827 he married Matilda Craig, half sister to Louise Craig, who married his brother, John.  Matilda was born abt. 1807 in Maury  Co., TN.  She died March 2, 1893. They lived in N.C. and at Santa Fe., Maury Co., Tenn.  1850 Census, Dist. 18, Maury Co., TN: Moses Latta, 45, farmer, Matilda Latta, 44, William J. Latta, 17, Mary E. Latta, 15, Mariah E. Latta, 14, John Latta, 12, Nancy Latta, 10, Adaline Latta, 8, and Moses Latta, 3.  1860 Census, Dist. 1, Maury Co., TN: Moses Latta, 54, Matilda Latta, 52, John Latta, 20, N. H. Latta, 18, E. A. Latta, 16, and Moses Latta, 12.   Children:
15   MOSES (5). b. June 1847 in Maury, TN.  He married Talitha Ann E. Watson.
16   WILLIAM J. (5). b. abt. 1833 in TN, died 1865 in Maury, TN.  He married Mary Eliza Akin.

90   MARY E.  (5) born abt 1835 in TN.
91   MARIAH CAROLINE   (5) born abt 1836 in  TN; m. Carroll Pinkney Saunders.  Children: George W., Eliza Polk, O. Pinkney, and Alfred M. Saunders.
92 JOHN  (5) born abt 1838 in TN.
93  NANCY H.  (5) born abt 1840 in TN.  She married Louis J. Hutchison on 11 Jan
1862 in Maury County, TN.   Louis J. Hutchison was born abt 1815 in TN. Children of Nancy H. Latta and Louis J. Hutchison were as follows: Miles W. Hutchison, born abt 1863 in TN; Rosetta Hutchison, born abt 1866 in TN; Orleans Hutchison, born abt 1868 in TN; Lelia Hutchison, born abt 1872 in TN; Nana Louiza Hutchison, born abt 1875 in TN; James M. Hutchison, born abt 1879 in Maury, TN.
94   E. ADALINE  (5) born abt 1842 in TN.   Shows as "E. A." ae 16 in the
1860 census.

Notes for Moses LATTA
1850 Maury Co., TN census, 18th Dist., p 204.
1860 Maury Co., TN census, 1st Dist., p 300.
1870 Maury Co., TN census, 18th Dist., p 547.
 
Obit: _The Columbia Herald_, Maury Co., TN, 3 Jan 1873:
 
Mr. Moses LATTA was found frozen to death on the morning of the 27th of December, near his house. He left Sante Fe on the evening of the 26th under the influence of whisky.  He carried two bottles with him.  He was seen within half a mile of his house about sundown.  His wife waited for him until late, and supposing he had stopped for the night with a neighbor, retired, and rising early, found his horse in the yard.  She went to the barn about two hundred yards, and there found the body of her husband.  Mr. LATTA was over fifty years of age, honest and respected by all his neighbors - his only fault was an occasional over indulgence in intoxicating drinks.  He leaves several children of respectability in the neighborhood.  He is an uncle of our present estimable Sheriff, Sims LATTA.

Obit of Matilda Craig Latta, The Columbia Herald (TN), 10 March 1893
 
Mrs. Matilda Latta died Thursday afternoon on the 2nd at the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Dennis Hicks, near Concord in this county.   She was 86 years old and her feebleness coupled with the effects of la grippe which attacked her last year caused her death.  Her body was laid to rest at Concord Church on Friday. She  was the widow of Moses Latta who died many years ago.  She leaves numerous descendants.  Her only living son is Mr. Moses Latta; Mrs. Joe Slaton of Nashville and Mrs. Hutchinson are her daughters.  She had been a life long member of the Methodist Church and the memory of her good deeds lives after
her.


                                                                        8 JOHN JACKSON (4) LATTA
     John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Mrs. Emily Prowell (see note on page 2), said that she
thought her Uncle John married a Miss Mitchell.  His brother, Calvin, married an Armita Mitchell, daughter of John and Mary Mitchell, in Maury Co., Tenn in 1842.  Perhaps he married one of her sisters.

 

 

  •                                                           9 THOMAS B. (4) LATTA (Branch 6, Family 4)
         John (3) John (2) ____ (1). b. in Maury Co., Tenn. November 23, 1782; d. August
    13, 1848; buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves County, KY; m. Mary Ann Moore, daughter of James and Catherine Moore, on Oct. 4, 1803 in Maury Co., Tenn.  She was born September 27, 1782 and died June 28, 1858. She is also buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.  Thomas Latta came into western Kentucky (Hickman County) early.  He and wife Mary are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery located near the Graves, Hickman County line.  They have many descendants in the area of Graves, Fulton and Hickman counties in the purchase area.    He moved to Graves Co., Ky. with his family, buying and selling land. Both are Buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Graves Co., KY.  I have heard my father say that Thomas fought under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815.  They moved to Hickman Co, Ky. about 1829.  All children born in Maury Co., Tenn. (Children indexed in Branch 6)
    __     ELIZABETH (5) b. May 4, 1805; d. March 6, 1887; buried in an unmarked grave in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves County, KY; m. Hardy Kirby.  Children: Aaron Shelby, Thomas Wright, Jane, Catherine, and Francis Marion.
    __      JAMES ALEXANDER (5).
    __     JANE (5) b. February 24, 1809; d. August 10, 1866 (57 yrs, 5 mos, 16 das) in Graves County, KY; buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves County, KY; m. Sinnett Lafoon, son of Mark and Sarah Lafoon,  on Nov. 19, 1829 in Hickman County, KY.  No children.
    __      JOHN (5).
    __     CATHERINE (5) b. November 5, 1813; d. Nov. 22, 1875; buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves County, KY; m. James Boone in Graves Co., Ky. on May 6, 1841.  Children: Louise E. b. July 7, 1847; d. 1873; m. Dr. Wedington in 1869.  William M. b. May 22, 1851; d. 1903; m. Blanche Clanton in 1870.  Jane Ann b. May 22, 1851; m. Thomas Lovelace in 1889.  Andrew A. b. April 8, 1854; m. San Seay in 1875.
    __     WILLIAM HARVEY (5).
    __     THOMAS HENDERSON (5) b. Nov. 29, 1818; d. Sept. 4, 1896; buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves County, KY.
    __      ALEXANDER ROBERTSON (5).
    __     SALINA MARY (5) b. June 10, 1823; d. August 14, 1858; buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves County, KY
    __     ELIZA (5) b. November 26, 1825; d. August 4, 1826.
    __     MARY (5) b. March 7, 1842; d. May 15, 1852.
    __     THOMAS B. (5) b. April 27, 1843; d. September 17, 1848.
    __     ALONZO P. (5) b. October 18, 1845; d. October 29, 1850.



                                                                               10 JAMES (4) LATTA
         John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Married Martha Patsey Moore in Orange Co., NC on June 27, 1804. 

    Did these 3 brothers (John, Thomas, and James) move to Hickman County, KY???

    Hickman County, KY - Deed 11-23-1829
    William Beard to James Latta, both of Hickman Co, KY. For consideration of $130 said Beard sells unto said Latta 160 acres of land being the NEQ SECT 3 T1 R2 West.
    Wit Benjamin Farmer                                 Signed William Beard
    Thomas Latta                                                  Chloe (X) Beard
    John Beard                                                   wife of William

    1840 Census - Hickman County, KY lists John Latta (3 family members), James Latta (7 family members), Thomas Latta (6 family members), and William Latta (7 family members).


                       
                                                                                   11 CALVIN (4) LATTA
         John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in N.C. in 1812 or 1813.  He was a carpenter and bridge builder by trade. Married Arminta "Minta" Mitchell, daughter of John and Mary Mitchell, in Maury Co., Tenn in 1842.  Went to Tenn. when 12 years old.  Lived in Maury Co., TN and went to southern Illinois in 1852 and lived near Salem, Marion Co.  Then went to Jefferson Co., Ills. in 1852, P.O. address Mt. Vernon, Ills.  Eleven children.  The six eldest were born in Maury Co., Tenn.  The other five in Jefferson Co., Ills.  Calvin and his son, William James Latta's biography can be found at: 
    http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/labette/1901/l/lattawj.shtml

    Children:
    43     MARY ELIZABETH (5) b. about 1842.  Widowed twice. Married a Spawr, a Johnson, and a __________.  Married three times.
    44     JOHN MONROE (5) b. November, 1844 in Tennessee; d. August 21, 1929 in Farrington, Jefferson County, Illinois. 
    45     WILLIAM JAMES (5) b. March 23, 1847; m. Sarah E. Ryder at Chetopa, Kan.
    October 30, 1881.  She was b. March 25, 1858.  In 1938 lived at 1018 Maple St., Coffeeville,
    Kan.  Dentist. 

    46     CYNTHIA ROWENA (5) b. Feb. 25, 1847.
    47     JOSEPHINE CLEMENTINE (5) called Josie b. about 1841; d. at Morgansfield,
    Ky. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ghormley m. Ben. Hopgood.  Buried in Little Bethel
    Cemetery.  Children: Mrs. Ben. Ghormley.  Calvin.  Henry lived at East Prairie, Mo.  Mrs. Henry Diddle.  Mrs. Minnie Lucas and Gus.
    48     JEROME BONAPARTE PILLOW ("Jessie" in 1870 Census) (5) lived at Greenville, Hunt County, Texas. 
    49     MARTHA JANE (5) m. a Johnson.  Lived in southern Illinois. (There is a Martha J. Latta who married a George D. Jones on March 5, 1876 in Jefferson Co., IL (Vol. 6, page 57).
    50     HARRIET DELILAH ALICE (5) called Allie; Married 1) Mr. Adkins, 2) James W. Hopgood, son of H. T. Hopgood and Catherine Urton, on July 7, 1875 in Gallatin Co., IL (Vol. C, page 92).  James was born in 1855 in Union Co., KY and died July 14, 1893.  They had one daughter, Effie Kate Hopgood, born Dec. 1, 1881 in Union Co., KY.
    51     TENNESSEE KNOVALINE or NOVALINE T. (5) m. James A. Jackson on August 15, 1880 in Jefferson Co., IL (Vol. 6, page 58). Deceased by 1901.
    52     GERTRUDE (Sciola G. in 1880 census) (5) married a Mr. Benson (probably the John Benson listed in the 1880 Census below); deceased by 1901.
    53     EUGENIA BELZONIA (5) called Zora; m. John F. Whitlow on May 29, 1881 in Jefferson Co., IL (Vol. 006, page 129). Lived in southern IL.

    1870 Census - Mt. Vernon Township, Jefferson Co., IL

    27/27 LATTA,    Calvin   56 M W Carpenter-Farm   2000 800 NC 
                    Minta    50 F W Housekeeper               TN 
                    Jessie   19 M w At Home                   TN 
                    Martha J 16 F W At Home                   IL  15
                    Alice    14 F W At Home                   IL  15
                    Noraline 12 F W At Home                   IL  15
                    Trudie   10 F W At Home                   IL  15
                    Zora      7 F W                           IL 
     

    1880 Census - Mt. Vernon Township, Jefferson Co., IL

    120/120 LATTA, Calvin           68      widower   NC NC NC
                 Tennessee N             21      dau          IL  NC  AL
                 Sciola G                   19      dau           IL  NC  AL
                 Bellzora                    16      dau          IL  NC  AL
                 BENSON, John            33      laborer    IL TN TN

    1900 Census, Farmington, Jefferson Co., IL

    Latta, John W., b. Nov. 1844, age 55, wd, b. TN, father NC, mother Alabama, farmer

    Latta, John R., son, b. Jan. 1879, age 21, single, b. IL, father TN, mother TN, farm laborer

    Latta, Otto, son, b. July, 1885, age 14, single, b. IL, father TN, mother TN, farm laborer

    Latta, Calvin, father, b. Apr. 1812, age 88, wd, b. NC, father NC, mother NC



     

    Menta Latta, wife of Calvin Latta

    Old Union Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

     



                                                                      12 WILLIAM ALBERT (5) LATTA
         John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ 91).  Born in Maury Co., Tenn. December 30, 1836; d. February 9, 1877 at Columbia, Tenn.  Buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, TN, along with his brothers Sims and John. Married Mary Sinah Braden of Giles Co., Tenn. near Pulaski July 15, 1863.  She was born December 17, 1843 near Lynnville, Tenn.  Died 1936.  He was a soldier in the Confederate Army and death caused by wounds at Battle of Shiloh, Miss. (April 6-7, 1862.  Three eldest children born in Giles Co. and the other two in Columbia, Tenn. Children:
    17   WILLIAM BRADEN (6).  In 1939 living at 1901 20th Ave., S. Nashville.
    54   HETTIE GARDNER (6) b. in Giles Co., Tenn. near Pulaski March 7, 1867; m.
    William Thomas Edwards at Columbia, Tenn. December 22, 1887.  He was born at Wayland
    Springs, Tenn. November 23, 1866; d. at Nashville, Tenn. August 1, 1932.  Was with telephone
    company for 47 years and retired as Dist. Plant Chief at age of 65.  Children: Walter Latta.  Mary Louise b. at Nashville 1892; d. October 8, 1916.  Sadie Claire b. at Nashville November 17, 1894;m. Earl G. Arnold of Pa. June 16, 1931.
    55   JOHN OSCAR (6) b. Giles Co., Tenn. August 9, 1869; d. February 8, 1938 at
    Memphis, Tenn.  Was hotel clerk at Franklin, Tenn. later guard in the Federal Reserve Bank.
    Single.
    18   SIMS CRAIG (6) b. Nov. 11, 1871.
    56   ADA LOUISE (6) b. at Columbia, Tenn. July 3, 1874; m. Rev. Frank J. Mapel of
    St. Louis, Mo. at Nashville, Tenn. September 6,1900.  Children: William Latta b. at Osborn, Mo. July 24, 1902; m. Evelyn E. Raines at Marysville, Mo. October 14, 1925.  Two children.  Frank Baldwin b. at Platte City, Mo. August 27, 1903; m. Virginia E. Pollak at St. Louis, Mo.
    September 6, 1926.  Children.  Walter Latta Edwards b. Columbia, Tenn. February 10, 1889; m. Nancy Warren at Fayetteville, Tenn. April 28, 1910.  Stationed at Old Hickory Powder Plant
    during the World War.  In 1939 in radio and electric business at Nashville.  Children ____.  Ruth b. February 5, 1911, received her law degree at age of 23.  Dorothy b. June 27, 1913; m. William L. Patton of Nashville.  Children: William L.  Mary Deloris.

    1880 Census - Columbia, Maury Co., TN

     Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
     Mary S. LATTIE   Self   W   Female   W   37   TN   Keeping House   TN   TN 
     Wm. B. LATTIE   Son   S   Male   W   15   TN   At School   TN   TN 
     Hettie G. LATTIE   Dau   S   Female   W   13   TN   At School   TN   TN 
     J. O LATTIE   Son   S   Male   W   10   TN   At School   TN   TN 
     S. C. LATTIE   Son   S   Male   W   8   TN   At School   TN   TN 
     Ada L. LATTIE   Dau   S   Female   W   5   TN      TN   TN 
     E. E. BRADON   Sister   S   Female   W   28   TN      TN   TN 


     



                                                                                 13 SIMS C. (5) LATTA
         John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in Maury Co., Tenn. April 6, 1840; d. at Columbia, Tenn. on Sept. 24, 1934.  Married Mary Cordelia Hackney November 11, 1860.  She was born June 15, 1844 and died  March 12, 1927.  They are both buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, TN.   General Sims Latta said his father had made an historical record of the family in the Carolinas.  Named Sims after a friend of the family.  Enlisted in Troop "E" 1st Tenn. Cavalry, Confederate Army, and served the entire four years.  Came out a Sergeant.  Also served in the 6th (Wheeler's)  Battalion, Tennessee Calvary, Co. E, Confederate Army.  After the war he served as policeman, constable, sheriff and dept. U.S. Marshall.  Farmer.  Joined the Confederate Veteran organization and in October 1930 was elected Brig. General.  Presbyterian.  Never used profanity or touched tobacco, liquor of any kind, tea nor coffee. 
    Children:
    57    IDA BELLE (6) b. October 18, 1861; m. Lemuel Phillips Padgett (member of Congress)
    November 11, 1880.  Lemuel was the son of John B. and Rebecca Padgett. He was born Nov. 28, 1865 and died August 2, 1922 in Washington, DC.  He is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN.  Children: Bessie L., John B., William L., and Lemuel Phillips Padgett.  In the Rose Hill Cemetery, there is:
    GARTNER, Josephine Latta, 1 Jun 1912 - 8 Jun 1914. (Dau. Noland G. Latta & Bessie Padgett.), Block 'D'
    58     SIMMIE LEE (6) b. November 6, 1863; m. John F. Johnson June 1, 1882.  Six
    children.  Second husband, James T. Wilhoite, in 1900.  One child.  In 1916 she was living at
    Franklin, Tenn.  I am indebted to her for a good part of this history.
    59     EDGAR CRAIG (6) b. May 7, 1869; m. Margaret "Maggie" H. Vaughn June 6, 1892. She was born in 1871 and died in 1957.  She is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, TN.  Married twice.  No children in 1906.
    60     HERBERT JONES (6) b. May 26, 1872; m. Maye Sandusky at St. Louis, Mo.
    December 22, 1896.  Married twice.
    19   CLYDE C. (6) b. abt. 1878.

    1880 Census - District 9, Maury Co., TN

     Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
     Sims LATTA   Self   M   Male   W   40   TN   Farmer   NC   TN 
     Mary C. LATTA   Wife   M   Female   W   36   TN   Keeps House   VA   VA 
     Ida B. LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   18   TN   Teacher   TN   TN 
     Simmie L. LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   16   TN   Teacher   TN   TN 
     Edgar LATTA   Son   S   Male   W   11   TN   Pupil   TN   TN 
     Herbert LATTA   Son   S   Male   W   8   TN   Pupil   TN   TN 
     Clide LATTA   Son   S   Male   W   2   TN      TN   TN 
     Joseph F. NEWKIRK   Other   S   Male   W   37   KY   Gardner   ---   --- 
     George ROBINSON   Other   M   Male   MU   35   TN   Farm Hand   ---   --- 
     Amanda ROBINSON   Other   M   Female   B   34   TN   House Woman   ---   --- 
     Samuel R. ROBINSON   Other   S   Male   B   12   TN   At Home   TN   TN 
     Scott ROBINSON   Other   S   Male   MU   7   TN   At Home   TN   TN 
     Doot ROBINSON   Other   S   Male   B   4   TN   At Home   TN   TN 




                                                                                      14 JOHN (5) LATTA
         John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in Maury Co., Tenn. April 14, 1844; d.
    November 12, 1912; buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury Co., TN; m. Anna Narcissa Cherry on September 2, 1868.  She was born in 1848 and died in 1909.  Also buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery. When John Latta was 20 years of age, he entered the Confederate Army.  For 30 years he was a chief law officer at Columbia, Tenn.  The City of Columbia was chartered in 1807.    The name Columbia was given to the area carved from the territories of the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaw Indians.  In 1899, John Latta was appointed Town Marshal or Chief of Police.  Latta also had the distinction of appointment as the City of Columbia's first Fire Chief on May 29, 1901. John Latta served as Police Chief from 1899-1904.  Children all born and married in Maury Co., Tenn.  Children:
    61    MYRTLE L. (6) b. June 29, 1869; d. Oct. 5, 1932; m. William P. Boyd on April 8, 1891.  Child: Mary Cooper b. November 27, 1895; m. Norman Christley at Columbia. Rose Hill Cemetery:
    BOYD, Myrtle L., 29 Jun 1869 - 5 Oct 1932. (Wife W.P. Boyd; Dau. John Latta & Anna Cherry.), Block 'D'
    20   FRED (6) b. abt. 1871; d. Oct. 20, 1944. Buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Maury County, TN.
    62   CLIFFORD H. (6) d. abt. 1872 as an infant.
    63   IRENE (6) b. May 11, 1864; m. James Gartner April 20, 1898.  One child living,
    Charlotte, b. October 10, 1899.  Phillip died.
    64    MAMIE (6) b. June 9, 1876; m. James Jackson November 25, 1896.  Children:
    Eugenia b. December 3, 1899.  Ben Wilson b. November 12, 1903.
    21   FRANK (6) b. Oct. 13, 1881; d. bef. 1920 in TN.
    65   KATE (6) b. August 29, 1879; m. Emmett Dugger November 10, 1901.  One
    child.  Rose Hill Cemetery:
    DUGGER, Kate Latta, 29 Aug 1879 - 27 Jun 1947. "Block G."
    22   BENJAMIN H. (6) b. April 3, 1884 in TN; d. January 26, 1938.

    Also buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery:

    GARTNER, Josephine Latta, 1 Jun 1912 - 8 Jun 1914. (Dau. Noland G. Latta & Bessie Padgett.), Block 'D'
     

    Rose Hill Cemetery, Maury Co., TN - www.findagrave.com (photos by Kim Shockney)

    1880 Census - Columbia, Maury Co., TN

     Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
     John LATTA   Self      Male   W   36   TN   City Marshall   NC   TN 
     Anna LATTA   Wife   M   Female   W   32   TN   Keeping House   NC   NC 
     Mertia LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   10   TN      TN   TN 
     Freddy LATTA   Son   S   Male   W   9   TN      TN   TN 
     Irene LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   5   TN      TN   TN 
     Manna LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   3   TN      TN   TN 
     Kate LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   9M   TN      TN   TN 
     Mary CHERRY   Mother   W   Female   W   76   NC      NC   NC 
     Thomas CHERRY   Son   S   Male   W   40   TN   Harness Maker   NC   NC 
     Tenna JOHNSON   Other   S   Female   B   25   TN   Cook   TN   VA 



                                                                                   15 MOSES (5) LATTA
         Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. June 1847 in Maury, TN.  d. 1913 in Williamson, TN.  Married twice. On Oct. 21, 1868, he married Talitha Ann E. Watson.  Lived near Spring Hill, Maury Co., Tenn.   Talitha Ann E. WATSON, born abt 1847 in Williamson, TN.  His second wife was Florida (---), born Apr 1853 in TN.   Moses Latta was a farmer and logger. A story told by Clarence Latta grandson of Moses Latta to his son Shirley Latta and retold to me (Linda Zollinger). It appears that Moses once spent some time in jail for stealing a mule but the story is not as straight forward as it appears. I have not tried to verify the story from court records but will relate the story as told. It seems it was the custom of the times for people to put their green stock out to those that had none to allow them to be broke and trained into useful animals. A Mr. Pope arranged for Moses to train his mule and in exchange for this Moses would have the use of it for a specified amount of time. Apparently, Mr. Pope felt Moses was abusing the mule so he went and took it from him. Moses feeling that he was entitled to use the mule for a longer period went and retrieved the mule. Mr. Pope then appeared with the sheriff and hauled Moses off to jail. Moses moved to Western Tennessee after Talitha died somewhere near William and Etta Latta Jacobs. He traded his life as a tenant farmer for a life as logger. He did remarry but as of this time I do not know her name. I do know that Moses had a brief stay in Dyer Co TN in 1873 as he appears on the tax list. I need to search for him in 1900's as maybe Jacobs followed him to Dyer Co in 1904?
    Children of Moses and Talitha:
    66     SIMS AARON (6) b. July 1873 in Maury, TN.  He married Mattie Ann Chappell.  lived near Spring Hill, Maury Co., Tenn.

    95     MAGGIE (6) b. March 1870 in TN; died 1955.  She married  Maud Taylor.  He was born in March of 1866 in TN.   Children: Benjamin, Willie Maude, Louisa, and George. 
    96      ETTA L. (6) b. 15 Jan 1872 in , Maury, TN; died 20 Dec 1957 in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, Dyer, TN.  She married (1)  George YOUNG; (2) William Thomas JACOBS on 5 Oct 1889 in Williamson, TN. He was born 28 Oct 1867 in TN and died 5 Feb 1949 in Trimble, Dyer, TN; buried  in Trimble, Dyer, TN; (3) D. R. FIELDS on 1 Dec 1908 in Dyer, TN.  Children of Etta L. LATTA and William Thomas JACOBS were as follows: Emma, Zeb, Martin, Jamison, Atha, and Ross. 
    97   STEPHEN (6) , born abt 1876 in , Maury, TN.  He married Donna Wright.
    Children of Moses and Florida (---):
    98   HULDA (6), born Nov 1885 in TN.

    1880 Census - District 4, Williamson, TN

     Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
     M... LATTA   Self   M   Male   W   33   TN   Farming   VA   TN 
     Thalitha LATTA   Wife   M   Female   W   31   TN   Keeping House   TN   TN 
     Maggie LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   11   TN   At School   TN   TN 
     Etta LATTA   Dau   S   Female   W   9   TN   At School   TN   TN 
     Simon LATTA   Son   S   Male   W   6   TN      TN   TN 
     Stephen LATTA   Son   S   Male   W   4   TN      TN   TN 
     Rufus MANNY   Other   M   Male   W   24   TN      TN   TN 
     Ellen MANNY   Other   M   Female   W   29   TN      TN   TN 
     Emma MANNY   Other   S   Female   W   2M   TN      TN   TN 


     

                                                                     16 WILLIAM J. (5) LATTA
         Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  He was born abt. 1833 about two miles from Santa Fe, Maury Co., Tenn.  Died at Carter Creek near Spring Hill, Maury Co., Tenn. in 1865. Married Mary Eliza Akin, daughter of John Akin and Elizabeth Adeline Craig, on Dec. 21, 1856 in Williamson, TN.  She was born at Carter Creek Pike in Williamson Co., Tenn. abt. 1832 and died at Carter Creek in 1891.  Was a member of the Christian Church.  William was a Methodist and lived near Santa Fe.  After his death she married Robert McKee on October 10, 1866 in Williamson, TN. They had a daughter, Julie, born in 1868.  Children:
    67     JOHN (6) b. abt. 1860 at Show Creek near Santa Fee, Tenn.; d. two years of age.
    23   JAMES HENRY (6).  born abt 1858 in Shelby, TN.  He married F. A. (---).



                                                                     17 WILLIAM BRADEN (6) LATTA
         William A. (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born Giles Co., Tenn. near Pulaski December 8, 1865; d. at El Paso, Texas February 17, 1917; m. Pansy Loomis of San Luis Obispo, Calif. at El Paso, Texas May 9, 1900.  Real estate and investment business at El Paso.  She was born February 8, 1878, died Alexandria, VA, 1961, buried El Paso, TX.  After his death, she married Mr. William G. Dunn.  1920 Census, El Paso, Prescinct 37, El Paso, TX: Pansy Latta, 40, WD, b. CA; William B. Latta, 5, b. TX; Laura Loomis, 63, mother, Refugio Bagura, 20, servant, female, b. Mexico.

     Children:
    68     LAURA LOUISE (7) b. February 26, 1901.
    69     MARY (7) b. March 24, 1904.
    70     BARBARA (7).
    (All three of the Latta daughters died at an early age, dates of death,
    places of burial are unknown  (as of 2003)

    71    WILLIAM BRADEN JR. (7) b. October 15, 1914; d. June 22, 2005

    Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista, AZ: Monday, June 27, 2005

    Obituaries

    Maj. Gen. W. B. Latta (U. S. Army retired)

     

    Oct. 25, 1914 - June 22, 2005

    Another American patriot and public servant has joined the Long Grey Line. A bright young man, when he enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1933, he was assigned to tend the Signal Corps pigeons. When he retired nearly 40 years later, he had commanded the Army's worldwide, satellite based communications system.  Bill Latta was born in El Paso, Texas, on Oct. 25, 1914, and passed away at sunset on June 22, 2005, in Boise, Idaho. He was the only son of W. B. Latta, a pioneering Texas telegrapher and real estate developer, and Pansy Loomis Latta. His father died when he was quite young and he was raised by another stern Scot, William G. Davis.  Bill graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1932, where he did well academically and become the commander of the school's ROTC unit. The Depression, and the death of his stepfather, compelled returning to the family home in El Paso. There, he received a letter from Lt. Col. John J. Mudgett, his high school ROTC instructor. It told him Army enlistees with a high school degree could compete for appointments to West Point. A year after his enlistment at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Pvt. Latta entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. His class of 301 graduates, Class of 1938, was called "the last small, quality class."   When the U. S. Army was poised on the brink of World War II, the stage was not set. After he attended Wire School at Fort Monmouth, N.J., Lt. Latta was tasked to remain and create, from scratch, the U. S. Army Signal Corps Officer Candidate School. The Signal Corps OCS was the institution that grew the Signal Corps from its total of 289 men to more than 30,000 over the course of the war. It continued to train officers until the early 1990s when the School was moved to Fort Gordon, Ga.  Serving as the aide to Maj. Gen. Olmstead, the Army's chief signal officer, Bill asked visiting Brig. Gen. George S. Patton what he was doing. Patton replied, "Starting a tank battalion, want to come along?" With Gen. Olmstead's blessing, he went to work for Gen. Patton. A mere 11 months after Pearl Harbor, in November 1942, Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa at Casablanca, the first dress rehearsal for D-Day, began America's role in the war in earnest.  Communications were hampered by the lack of radio trucks, which remained in the wells of ships standing off shore. Now Capt. Latta was ordered by Patton to get them. Commandeering an LST, he returned to the ships carrying the communications gear and convinced both ship's captains to stop what they were unloading and dig into the bowels of the ship to offload the radio trucks. Later that evening, a German U-boat snuck into the harbor and sunk both ships.  When Roosevelt and Churchill met at Casablanca, they stayed at a hotel previously occupied by the German Army. Anticipating its use by Allied forces, they left the hotel riddled with listening devices. The Signal Corps/Bill's solution: pull out every piece of wire found anywhere in the building and rewire the entire hotel for electricity and communications Š in 3 days. His second amphibious invasion was into Sicily in 1943. He had met a beautiful Army nurse, 2nd Lt. Beatrice Thompson, whom everyone knew as Tommie, who had also come ashore at Casablanca with the Ninth Evacuation Hospital. Together, they managed to overcome the Army bureaucracy and they were married in Palermo, Sicily, on May 21, 1944. Two months later, they shared their third invasion, this time into the south of France.  At the conclusion of the war, Col. Latta, signal officer for the XXI Corps, decided to remain for a career. The Army accommodated him by returning him his permanent rank of captain. He had made it back to major when he was assigned to Harvard Business School. He considered the B School to be his supreme intellectual challenge. In 1950, he was awarded an MBA, one of two given "with distinction." Additionally, he attended the Army's Command and General Staff School and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He put in substantial time at the Pentagon. It was a black day in his career when he signed the orders removing horses from the curriculum at West Point.  He had a nose for conflict. The Army got him to five of the seven continents; he was shot at on three. It started in Morocco, North Africa and continued into Sicily, France and Germany. When he was assigned to the island of Taiwan, the Chinese began to shell the off-shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. When the Berlin Wall went up in 1961, he returned to 7th Army to prepare for the Soviet invasion of Europe. When assigned to NORAD, the Cuban Missile Crisis was his first order of business. When visiting South Vietnam on an inspection tour, he was shelled by the NVA.  He received his second star upon returning to Fort Monmouth, this time as the commanding general of the Army's Electronics Command. He was always proud of his boss, Gen. Besson's, selection criteria: "I'd rather have the SOB on my team than somebody else's." Under his guidance, the Army invented, developed and distributed for use in combat one of its most potent weapons, the night-vision technology that gave the Army the ability to see in the dark and revolutionized America's war-fighting tactics.  In 1969-1971, he was assigned to command the Army's communications system from Fort Huachuca, Ariz. His final assignment was as the chief of staff for the Central Nations Treaty Organization, based in Ankara, Turkey.  He said his vocation was the Army and his avocation was people. Tall, stern and, literally, commanding, warm and fuzzy he was not. Nonetheless, as the commander of major military installations, he saw his charge to be one of problem solver. In one of his many recognitions and awards, he was called "The Accomplisher." He understood the Army's role and effect on its surrounding communities as supportive and mutually beneficial, not confrontational. These beliefs resulted in substantial, positive economic and social benefits to the Army and the two large communities outside of his commands of Forts Monmouth and Huachuca; Monmouth County, N.J. and Cochise County, Ariz., respectively.  Gen. Latta was awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal for his work directing the placement of the electronic equipment that protects America from inside NORAD's Hardsite in Cheyenne Mountain, Colo. He was awarded the Legion of Merit on four separate occasions, beginning in World War II and ending at his retirement. He never regretted declining a Purple Heart, figuring getting hit by shrapnel from the Navy (ours) shouldn't count. He proudly wore the service ribbons showing the 46 months he was at war overseas at the start of his career.  Very early on, the general recognized the importance of two emerging technologies, transistors and the computer. Whether buying $20 million worth of transistors in 1953, when no Army equipment used them, or writing "A More Effective Army Through Electronic Data Processing" in 1957, the Army, what we now call Silicon Valley, are better off for his foresight.  He and his wife chose Sierra Vista, Ariz., the small town outside the gates of Fort Huachuca, as their place to build a unique home with the sweat and assistance of his sons and daughter. They lived there for almost 30 years. He was a lifelong supporter of education. He insisted on it for his children. Bill headed the Catalina (Arizona) Council of the Boy Scouts for five years and was awarded Scouting's Silver Beaver. He was active in community affairs in Sierra Vista for many years. He helped found, design and build his house of worship, Faith Presbyterian Church. He was an engineer and a builder. He was an accomplished photographer, a master gardener, an orchardist and even raised orchids indoors. He loved Coke and seafood. Using his beloved Macintosh computer, he ran Latta Engineering Services, delivering CAD drawings to local builders and architects, until he was 85 years old.  After commenting on the differences between the civilian leadership during World War II and Vietnam, he once wrote: "As I look back I was and remain impressed by the few professionals that we had, but even more by the citizens that turned into officers and soldiers in such a short time. Š The only common ingredient was the citizen soldier, he was and remains superb, he is courageous, innovative tenacious and bursting with initiative. Given good leadership, or even fair leadership, he learns very quickly and is the greatest."  West Point's motto is "Duty, Honor, Country." Bill lived his life under that standard and largely succeeded. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Compelled by declining health, Bill moved to Boise to be near his son in 2002. At the 7th Annual All Service Academies Ball this past holiday season, he was honored by Gov. Kempthorne, Sen. Craig and the 200-plus attendees as the oldest living graduate of any of the academies, but especially his beloved West Point.  He resided at the Idaho State Veterans Home for the past three years. The family takes this opportunity to thank and praise the wonderful, attentive and kind staff of the Home for the fine care and support they provided in his final years. Dr. Cliff Tenley and the staff of St. Lukes Internal Medicine also are commended for their understanding and compassion.  Gen. Latta was a proud member of the Association of Graduates of West Point (Beat Navy!), a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, the Military Officers of America Association, the Association of the United States Army, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, the National Defense Industry Association, the American Legion and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.  Gen. Latta was preceded in death by his parents and his three sisters. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Beatrice T. Latta. He also is survived by his two attorney sons, Bill Jr. (Sheri) of Boise, and Bob (Jeanette) of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; his college professor daughter, Dr. Laura Gaudet of Chadron, Neb; a granddaughter, Christina Flanagan Latta of Boise and Moscow, Idaho; and three grandsons, Andrew, William and Thomas Latta of Los Altos Hills, Calif.  Hating funerals, he will be interred in a graveside ceremony, with full military honors, at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. The ceremonies will occur at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2005.  A reception for family and friends will follow at a location to be named at that time. No flowers, please.
    Arrangements are by Summers Funeral Homes in Boise, Idaho, and Jensen's Sierra Vista Mortuary in Sierra Vista.

     

     
                                                           18 SIMS CRAIG (6) LATTA
         William A. (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born at Columbia, Tenn. November 11, 1871; m. Annie Parker of Nashville, Tenn. February 26, 1897.  In 1906 he was in the coal business at Memphis, Tenn. Afterwards shipping clerk for Bell Telephone Co.  Children:
    72     MARSHALL ALLISON (7) d. at four years of age.
    73     GERTRUDE (7) b. in Memphis, Tenn. September 27, 1906; m. Fanner Lewis at
    Memphis in 1931.  He was commercial agent for Acme Fast Freight.  One child, Ann Virginia, b. December 3, 1935.

                                                               19 CLYDE C. (6) LATTA
         Sims (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born June 20, 1877; m. Mada Carson of Birmingham, Ala. September 18, 1901.  Children:
    74     Unknown (7)



                                                                     20 FRED (6) LATTA
         John (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born March 8, 1871; d. Oct. 20, 1944; buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, TN; m. Nancy Ellen "Ellie" Collier on March 26, 1891. She was born in 1871 in TN and died in 1948.  In 1939 Fred was the State Comptroller at Columbia, Tennessee, and at one time was mayor of Columbia.  Children:
    75     ANNIE LOUISE (7) b. November 27, 1894; d. June 10, 1920; m. Richard C.
    Wells of Chicago, Ills. at Columbia, Tenn.  One son, Richard Latta.
    76     MILDRED MAY (7) b. May 28, 1904; m. twice.  One was Hilton C. Warren.  In
    1937 lived at Jackson Highway, Columbia, Tenn.

     

     



                                                                      21 FRANK (6) LATTA
         John (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born October 13, 1881; m. Eliza Mitchell February 12, 1902.   She was born in 1879 and died in 1923.  She is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, TN.   Children:
    77     MARY M. (7) b. abt. 1910 in Maury Co., TN; m. Robert Allen.  One son, Robert, b. January 17, 1939.
    78     WINONA ANN (7) m. Victor Reynolds.

    115    FRANK, JR. (7) b. May 12, 1908; d. May 12, 1908; buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, TN. (LATTA, Frank, Jr., 12 May 1908. "Son M/M Frank Latta.", Block "A")

    116    JOHN J. (7) b. abt. 1915 in Maury Co., TN.

     



        

                                                                 22 BENJAMIN H. (6) LATTA
         John (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born April 3, 1884; d. January. 26, 1938; m. Frances Marion Ricketts on November 24, 1915.    Children:
    79     MARION BENINGTON (7) b. July 26, 1918 in TN.



                                                                 23 JAMES HENRY (6) LATTA
         William J. (5) Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in October 1957 in Shelby Co., Tenn.; Married: Fannie A. Leonard.  She was born April 1855 in TN.  In 1916 lived at Martin, Weakley Co., Tenn.  1900 Census, Civil Dist. 14, Weakley, TN: J. H. Latta, 42, farmer, b. Oct., 1857, b. TN, F. A. Latta, 45, wife, b. Apr. 1855, W. C. Latta, 17, M. G. Latta, 15, C. G. Latta, 10.   1910 Census, Civil Dist. 3, Weakley, TN: James H. Latta, 54, farmer, Fanny A. Latta, 57, Cuthbert G. Latta, 21, farm laborer.   Children:
    80     WILLIAM CHARLES (7) b. Nov 1882 at Carter Creek near Spring Hill, Maury, TN.  He married Cora C. THOMAS, daughter of John J. and Eliza Thomas.
    81     MINNIE GERTRUDE (7) b. Feb 1885 near Martin, TN; d. 1955; m. a Mr. McDurman. Children: Lyrline. 
    82     GEORGE CUTHBERT (7) b. Dec 1887 near Pilot Oak, Graves Co., KY.  He married  Ruth High, daughter of James High.
    99     INFANT (7) b. bef 1900; d. bef 1900.

     

                                                                      44 JOHN MONROE (5) LATTA
         Calvin (4) John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. November, 1844 in Tennessee; d. August 21, 1929 in Farrington, Jefferson County, Illinois; m. Anna ____________, abt. 1868 in Maury County, TN.  
    Children:
    109     BESSIE (6) b. 1869 in Columbia, Maury Co., TN.
    110     JOHN R. (6)  b. Jan. 24, 1879 in Illinois; d. March 23, 1965 in Jefferson Co., IL; married Lorena Katherine Waud, daughter of Robert George Waud and Mary Elizabeth Burton Waud.  Two children: Irvie Latta and Keith Latta.
    111     OTTO E. (6)  b. July 30, 1885 in Illinois; d. Nov. 30, 1961 in Jefferson Co., Illinois; buried in the Bethel Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL; married Ethel Sylvia Waud, daughter of Robert George Waud and Mary Elizabeth Burton Waud.  One son: Marvin H. Latta.

    1900 Census, Farmington, Jefferson Co., IL

    Latta, John W., b. Nov. 1844, age 55, wd, b. TN, father NC, mother Alabama, farmer

    Latta, John R., son, b. Jan. 1879, age 21, single, b. IL, father TN, mother TN, farm laborer

    Latta, Otto, son, b. July, 1885, age 14, single, b. IL, father TN, mother TN, farm laborer

    Latta, Calvin, father, b. Apr. 1812, age 88, wd, b. NC, father NC, mother NC

     

     

                                                                         45 WILLIAM JAMES (5) LATTA
         Calvin (4) John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. March 23, 1847; m. Sarah E. Ryder at Chetopa, Kan. October 30, 1881.  She was b. March 25, 1858.  In 1938 lived at 1018 Maple St., Coffeeville, Kan.  Dentist.  Children:  One child that died in infancy.
    BIOGRAPHY:
    W. J. LATTA, D. D. S., one of the foremost dentists of Chetopa, Labette county, Kansas, was born near Columbia, Tennessee, in 1847, and is a son of Calvin and Arminta (Mitchell) Latta.  Calvin Latta was born in North Carolina in 1812, and is a carpenter and bridge builder by trade. He lived in North Carolina until he was twelve years old. In 1852 Mr. Latta removed to Jefferson county, Illinois, where he bought a farm. He was engaged in general farming, - in which he was assisted by his sons; - and also followed his trade. His wife died in that county, aged fifty-seven years. Mr. Latta still lives there. Their children were: Mary E. (Spawr) (Johnson), who has been twice widowed; John M.; W. J.; C. R. J. C., of Kentucky; Martha J. (Johnson), who lives in Southern Illinois; Jerome B. P., of Hunt county, Texas; Harriet C. (Hopgood), of Kentucky; Tennessee K., deceased; Gertrude (Benson), deceased; and Mrs. E. B. Whitlow, who lives in Southern Illinois.

    Dr. W. J. Latta attended the common schools in his vicinity and assisted on his father's farm until he reached the age of twenty-one years. Always ambitious to secure a good education, he quit business and went to Eureka, Illinois, and then to college at Morganfield, Kentucky. He then learned his father's trade, but finding the duties too arduous for his constitution, in October, 1868, he began the study of dentistry at Ashley, Illinois, with a brother-in-law. At that time there were but two dental colleges in the United States, and students pursued their courses mainly with preceptors. Dr. Latta studied and practiced with his preceptor, and was located at different places in Southern Illinois for a period of eight years. In 1876 he went to Texas, and practiced in Dallas county for four years. He then located in Chetopa, June 19, 1880. He opened his office in August of that year, and since that time has attended to a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Latta has a thorough knowledge of dentistry, and, inheriting a mechanical nature from his father, the choice of his profession was a wise one. He is a painstaking worker, conscientious and faithful, and has the confidence and respect of all who come in contact with him.

    Dr. Latta was married, in Labette county, to Miss S. E. Riter, who was born in Central Illinois. She came to Cherokee, Kansas, at the age of twelve years, and before her marriage taught vocal and instrumental music. She studied with Mrs. Handley, a very successful teacher in St. Louis. Mrs. Latta now has a class in music in Chetopa. She is highly accomplished, and moves in the best social circles of Chetopa. Dr. and Mrs. Latta had one child which died in infancy.

    Dr. Latta was a Democrat early in life, but changed to the Greenback ticket in Texas, and is now a strong Prohibition Populist. He served as police judge two years in Chetopa. He has always been an active worker in the Christian church, of which Rev. W. F. Guy is the present pastor. Dr. Latta owns his own home in Chetopa. He has been very successful and is well and widely known.  http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/labette/1901/l/lattawj.shtml#57702



                                                                       66 SIMS AARON (6) LATTA

     Moses (5) Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). born Jul 1873 in , Maury, TN.  He married  Mattie Ann CHAPPELL, born Jan 1876 in TN.
     
    Children of Sims Aaron LATTA and Mattie Ann CHAPPELL were as follows:
    100   MARY E. LATTA (7) born Apr 1896 in  Maury, TN.
    101   CLARENCE LATTA (7) born abt 1900 in  Maury, TN.
    102   HOWARD LATTA (7) born abt 1903 in  Maury, TN.

     




                                                                 
     71 WILLIAM BRADEN (7) LATTA, JR.

    William B. (6) William A. (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. October 25, 1915.  Graduated U. S. M. A., B.S. Eng., 1938.  Fought with Patton in WWII.  Married U. S. Army Nurse Corps Lt. Beatrice Lillian Thompson (b. Amsterdam, NY) May 21, 1944 in  Palermo, Sicily.  Distinguished 40 year career in the U. S. Army, beginning as a private tending pigeons and ending as the Commanding General of the Army’s satellite based Strategic Communications Command.  Retired to Sierra Vista, AZ in 1972; self employed as Latta Engineering Services until age 85. He moved to Boise, ID in 2002 to live near his son and granddaughter.

    Children:
    83    WILLIAM BRADEN LATTA, JR.(8) b. Boston MA, May 20, 1949.

    85    ROBERT PALMER LATTA (8) b. Valley Forge, PA, January 30, 1954 
    89    LAURA BARBARA LATTA (8) b. Boston, MA, August 24, 1950.  Univ. of Texas, B.
    S., 1973, Antioch Coll., M. Ed. 1976, University of Northern Colorado, Ph.
    D., Educational Psychology, 1995.  Married/divorced James Gaudet, 1976-91. 
    Assoc. Prof. Laura Latta Gaudet is the chair of the Dept. of Counseling,
    Psychology and Social Work at Chadron State College, Chadron, NE.
     

                                                                   80  WILLIAM CHARLES (7) LATTA

    James Henry (6) William J. (5) Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). born Nov 1882 in Maury, TN.  SS Index says b. Nov. 5, 1882 and died November 1962.  He married  Cora C. THOMAS, born abt 1882 in TN.  1920 Census, Civil Dist. 14, Weakley, TN: Will C. Latta, 37, farmer, b. TN, Cora C. Latta, 38, wife, Emma Latta, 16, daughter, Laverne Latta, 9, daughter, Dortha Latta, 3, daughter.    Children:
    106   EUNICE (8) b. abt 1904 in TN.
    107   LORENA (8) b. abt 1911 in TN.
    108   DORTHA (8) b. abt 1918 in TN.

     

                                                                    82 GEORGE CUTHBERT (7) LATTA
         James Henry (6) William J. (5) Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. Dec 1887 near Pilot Oak, Graves Co., KY.  SS Index says born Dec. 11, 1888 and died Feb. 1963.   He married  Ruth High, daughter of James High.  1910 Census, Civil Dist. 3, Weakley, TN: James H. Latta, 54, farmer, Fanny A. Latta, 57, Cuthbert G. Latta, 21, farm laborer.    1930 Census, Union City, Obion, TN: George C. Latta, 41, laborer, building, Ruth Latta, 37, seamstress, dress factory, Wallace E. Latta, 15, son.   Children:
    ___     WALTER  (8) b. abt. 1816 in TN. 
     


                                                               83    WILLIAM BRADEN (8) LATTA, JR.

    William Braden (7) William B. (6) William A. (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1)  b. Boston MA, May 20, 1949. B. A., Colgate  University 1971, J. D., Golden Gate Univ. School of Law, 1976.  Married Patricia A. Flanagan, Herkimer, NY December 12, 1977.  She passed away August 25, 2001.  Bill Jr. has been an attorney in Boise, ID since 1977. 
    Child:
    84    CHRISTINA FLANAGAN LATTA(9) b. February 25, 1981, Boise ID.  Boise State
    University, B. A. English w/ High Honors, magna cum laude, 2003.  Entering
    law school, Fall, 2004.


                                                                 85 ROBERT PALMER (8) LATTA

    William B., Jr. (7) William B. (6) William A. (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). b. Valley Forge, PA, January 30, 1954.  Stanford  University, B. A. Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976; J. D., Stanford Law School 1979.  Bob has been an attorney in Palo Alto, CA since 1979.  
    Married Paula Mooring 1987, divorced 1993.  Child:
    87     ANDREW BRADEN LATTA (9), b. June 22,1991, Stanford, CA.
    Robert Palmer Latta then married Debra Jeanette Dyal on February 27, 1995, Los Altos, CA. b.
    Champaign-Urbana, Il, August 5, 1956, B. A. Harvard/Radcliffe, 1978. 
    Children:
    88    WILLIAM GORDON LATTA (9), b. Mountain View CA, November 25, 1995
    89    THOMAS PALMER LATTA (9), b. Mountain View CA, November 25, 1995.
     

                                                                        97  STEPHEN (6) LATTA

    Moses (5) Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  born abt 1876 in Maury, TN.  He married  Donna WRIGHT.

    Children of Stephen LATTA and Donna WRIGHT were as follows:
    103  MOSES LATTA (7)
    104  STEVE LATTA (7)
    105  CLIFF LATTA (7)
     

         

                                                                           110 JOHN R. (6) LATTA
         John Monroe (5) Calvin (4) John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. January 24, 1879 in Illinois; d. March 23, 1965 in Jefferson Co., IL; m. Lorena Katherine Waud, daughter of Robert George Waud and Mary Elizabeth Burton on Nov. 27, 1904 in Jefferson Co., IL.  1930 Census, Farrington, Jefferson Co., IL: John R. Latta, 51, b. IL, father TN, mother IL, farmer, Lorena C. Latta, 46, wife, Irvie, 23, Keith, 20.   
    Children:
    112     IRVIE (7) b. March 18, 1907 in Jefferson Co., IL; d. July 28, 1969 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL; buried at Harmony Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL.
    113     KEITH (7) b. July 17, 1910 in Jefferson Co., IL; d. April 1983 in Bluford, IL.; m. L. Maxine ____________.  Obituary: Keith Latta, 72, of Bluford, died at 9:55 am Sunday, Apr l0,
    1983. He was a retired  farmer and avid horseman. Mr Latta was born in Farrington Twnship, July 17, 1910, the son of John R. and Lorena (Waud) Latta. On April 19, 1943 he married Maxine Brookman, who survives. Mr. Latta was a long time member of Harmony Missionary Church, where services will be held at 1:30 pm Wednesday with the Rev. Melvin Chambliss
    officiating. Burial will follow in Harmony Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm on Tuesday and untill 11 am on Wednesday at the Bluford Funeral Home, and from noon Wednesday until the Funeral Hour at the church. In addition to his wife survivors include three daughters, Mrs
    Gale (Shirley) Breeze, and Mrs. Robert (Sandy) Jackson, both of Bluford, and Mrs. Sharon Hails of Texico. seven grandchildren. one gr gr grandchild, several nieces and nephews. Mr. Latta was preceded in death by one brother, Irvie and his parents.                                



     

    John R. Latta and Lorena K. Latta

    Harmony Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    Irvie Latta

    Harmony Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    Keith Latta and J. Maxine Latta (1883-1967)

    Harmony Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    Leslie E. Latta

    Also buried at Harmony Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    (Would this be another child to John and Lorena?

    Opal M. Latta

    Also buried at Harmony Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    Would this be another child of John and Lorena?

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffer/cems/harmcem.htm

     

     

                                                                                    111 OTTO E. (6) LATTA
         John Monroe (5) Calvin (4) John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  b. July 30, 1885 in Illinois; d. 1961; buried at the Bethel Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL; m. Ethel Sylvia Waud, daughter of Robert George Waud and Mary Elizabeth Burton on Feb. 15, 1905 in Jefferson Co., IL.  1910 Census, Farrington, Jefferson Co., IL: Otto Latta, 24, Ethel Latta, 24, Marvin Latta, 4.  1920 Census, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL: Otto Latta, 34, b. IL, Father TN, mother IL, farmer, Ethel S. Latta, 33, b. IL, Marvin H. Latta, 14, b. IL.   
    Children:
    114     MARVIN H. (7) b. Nov. 15, 1905 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Illinois; d. July 1985 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL;  there is a Cora Belle Latta (1905-1947) buried beside of Otto and Ethel Latta in the Bethel Cemetery (could this be Marvin's wife?)

     

    Ethel S. Latta and Otto E. Latta

    Bethel Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    Cora Belle (Latta)

    Bethel Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IL

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffer/cems/bethelcem.htm

     

                              


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    THIS IS THE END OF THE BRANCH.....................................NOTES BELOW
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         Information furnished by Mrs. Mary S. Latta, care of Rev. F.J. Mapel, Platte City, Mo.
    William H. Latta of El Paso, Texas.  Sims Latta of Cilumbia, Tenn.  James H. Latta of Martin,
    Tenn.  Simmie Latta Wlhoite, daughter of Sims Latta, Franklin, Tenn.  Hettie Latta Edwards,
    Nashville, Tenn.
     

    Additional Information on William Braden Latta furnished by:  W. B. Latta, Jr., Attorney at Law, P. O. Box 2192, Boise ID     83701-2192 in 2003.


    * Also look at branch 6 & 7 for a tie *

     

    In the records for the Maury  County Cousins, Vol. 2, found at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/6263/paupers.html

    Latta, ***grave dug on 6 July 1856 for "Miss Latta's child a pauper."

    Latta, *** on 8 July 1856, coffin furnished by J. R. Lamb for Miss Latta's child, a pauper.

    Latta, *** on 25 Oct. 1856 County furnished coffin and paid for burial of Mrs. Latta, a pauper.

     

     

    1880 Census - District 18, Maury Co., TN

    James M. DOCKERY   Self   M   Male   W   61   SC   Farms   SC   SC 
     M. E. DOCKERY   Wife   M   Female   W   53   TN   Keep House   TN   TN 
     Elizabeth LATTIE   Dau   W   Female   W   33   TN   Home   TN   TN 
     Ophelia LATTIE   GDau   S   Female   W   10   TN      TN   TN 
     Oralona LATTIE   GDau   S   Female   W   6   TN      TN   TN 
     William James LATTIE   GSon   S   Male   W   2   TN      TN   TN 
     Noah LATTIE   GSon   S   Male   W   8   TN      TN   TN 

    William James Latta (June 16, 1878-May 28, 1946 is buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Maury Co., TN.

    Annie B. Latta (Oct. 27, 1868-Oct. 12, 1944) is buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Maury Co., TN.

    William Washington Latta - listed on the Columbia War Memorial Wall - Civil War.
     

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