Branch No. 31
Branch Captain: John Moore, P. O. Box 13429,
Trapper Creek, AK 99683, johnm@mtaonline.net
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LAST NUMBER USED: 108
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1 UNKNOWN (1) LATTA
Born____ Died____
Married______. Children: Had at least five sons who came to America about 1700.
Two settled in Pa. and three in N.C.
Children:
2
JOHN (2).
2 JOHN (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).
5
THOMAS (3).
24 MARTHA
(3) m. John Robinson.
3 JAMES (3) LATTA
John (2) ____ (1). Married
twice. Had a daughter by his first wife. Supposedly named "Hutchinson", who
married James Henderson. Second wife, Martha Moore. Supposedly died on the way
to Maury County, TN. However, there is an estate record for a "James Latta" in 1815 in Maury County,
Tennessee, which could be his. The was an inventory and estate sale.
Tennessee State Library & Archives: Nashville, TN Roll
#179 - Probate Records, Maury County Clerk's Office, Wills: Vol. 1 (1806-1815).
His widow with her two sons, accompanied by John, his brother, and his family,
continued the journey to Maury Co., Tenn. His grandson, Sims, said that James
was returning from the Revolutionary War. After his death, Martha married
William Hutchinson in 1819. This is where the "Hutchinson" names comes in.
Martha and William Hutchinson had a daughter named Mary "Polly" Hutchison who
married Tilman Morris in the 1840s.
Maury County,
Tennessee
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.
Children:
6 JOHN
(4) b. 1810 in Knob Creek, Maury Co., TN.
7 MOSES
(4) b. abt. 1806 in North Carolina.
25
____________/HUTCHINSON?? (4) half sister to
John and Moses, m. James Henderson. She was by first wife.
4 JOHN B. (3) LATTA
John (2) ____ (1). Born in N.C. May 5, 1764; d.
September 15, 1827. Went from Orange Co., N.C. to Maury Co., Tennesee in 1813. Mrs.
Emily Prowell, grand daughter of James Latta Sparkman, said he married Mary Jackson, and 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.
Children:
8 JOHN
(4).
9
THOMAS B. (4).
10 JAMES
(4).
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.
30 ELIZABETH
(4) m. Shadrack Chandler on Feb. 27, 1810 in Maury Co., Tenn. (Bondsman: Jas.
Latta) Children:
Rebecca. Amelia m. Mr. Rone. Sarah m. Mr. Rone. John. Shelby m. Lonarie
Fitzgerald. James m. ________.
31 REBECCA
(4) b. in Williamson Co, Tenn. February 24, 1797; d.
April 20, 1883; m. Seth
Sparkman of Boston, Williamson Co., Tenn. July 9, 1822. She lived near Franklin, Maury Co., Tenn. Children: Mary Williams m. John
Alexander. William Latta m. Luvinda Wakefield. John Jackson m. Elizabeth Burns. Seth
Golden m. Lucy Cummins. Samuel Thompson m. Eliza A. Oakley. James Thomas (father of
Latta Sparkman of Amarillo, Texas) m. twice. 1) Marietta Dabney 2) Laura King.
Nathan Aman m. Emily Roundtree.
32 SARAH/Sally
(4) b. in Williamson Co., Tenn.; m. Alexander Moore of
Maury Co., Tenn.
Alexander Moore's sister, Mary Millie Moore, married #5 Thomas Latta, Sarah's
uncle. Children: James m. Mary Bunch. John m. Angeline McKee. They lived in
Maury Co., Tenn.
33 MARY
(4) m. John Robinson of Boston, Williamson Co., Tenn. December 9, 1813. Lived in Boston, Tenn. Children: Rebecca m.
Nicholas Robinson. Mary Ann m. Matthew Sparkman. John Latta m. Mary J. Daniels and Elizabeth
McAlpin. Sarah Jane m. Shadrack Robinson. Charles Marion m. Elizabeth Hassell.
34 JANE
(4) b. in 1803 in Orange County, NC; died in 1850; m. Robinson Sparkman of Boston, Tenn
on March 21, 1828. Lived in Williamson Co., Tenn.
Children: Mary. Emily m. Thomas Prowell. Thomas m. Margaret Trimble. Jane m. John Wood. Margaret. 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.
William’s surviving
family record Bible was a New Testament published in 1817 in Boston by W.
Greenough Printers. The only entries made
after the 1820’s are contained on the second page, and are for individuals
believed to be slaves of William’s son Seth Sparkman (there not being any record
of slave ownership by William).
Charlotte, the oldest individual on the page, was bequeathed to Rebecca, wife of
William’s son Seth Sparkman, in the 1829 will of her father, John Latta.
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.

Rebecca Latta Sparkman tombstone
Sparkman Cemetery, Maury Co., TN
Also in the cemetery is:
Sparkman, Jane Latta,
d. 1850 (b. 1803, wife of Charles
Robinson Sparkman [son of William Sparkman and Rosanna Williams], daughter of
John B. Latta and Mary Jackson)
5 THOMAS (3) LATTA
John (2) ____ (1). Married
Mary Millie Moore, daughter of Cathrine Robinson and John Moore. Cathrine
Robinson was born in Orange County, NC. Cathrine Robinson Moore and John Moore
both died in Williamson Co., TN. Mary Millie Moore was born in 1783 in Kentucky.
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Thomas 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, 1836; d. Feb. 9, 1877.
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_.
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.
38 SUSAN
(5) b. May 30, 1846; d. about 1889; m. William Marion Ham 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.
7 MOSES (4) LATTA
James (3) John (2) ____ (1).
abt. 1806 in N. C., d. Dec. 27, 1872 in Concord, Maury Co, TN. 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.
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. LATTA
(5) born abt 1835 in TN.
91 MARIAH C. LATTA
(5) born abt 1836 in TN. She married on Oct.
10, 1866 in, Williamson, TN Robert McKEE, born abt 1820 in TN.
92
JOHN LATTA (5) born
abt 1838 in TN.
93
NANCY H. LATTA
(5) born abt 1840 in TN. She married Louis J. Hutchison on 11 Jan 1862 in , Maury, TN Louis J. Hutchison, 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 LATTA (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
(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.
If his name was John Jackson Latta, the information below might refer to him:
Exerpts from Maury County Deeds: "February 6, 1835, John J. Latta owed $75. Richard Goad went on his note. Latta signed over his personal property to Goad, title to revert to Latta if Latta paid his note. Property included one stillcap and worm, twoflakestands, 20 stilltube, 5 whiskey barrells, 18 head of hogs, 2 feather beds and furniture, one table and six chairs & 3 spinning wheels, also 3 pots, & two ovens, & one loom."
9 THOMAS
B. (4) LATTA
John (3) John (2) ____ (1). I have no history of him.
10 JAMES (4) LATTA
John (3) John (2) ____ (1). Married and had children.
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 Mitchell,
daughter of John and Mary Mitchell, in Maury Co., Tenn in 1842. Went to Tenn.
when 12 years old. Lived in Maury Co. 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 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.
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. about 1844.
45
WILLIAM JAMES
(5) b. March 23, 1847.
46 CYNTHIA ROWENA
(5).
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 Prarie, Mo. Mrs. Henry Diddle. Mrs. Minnie Lucas and Gus.
48 JEROME BONAPARTE
PILLOW (5) lived at Greenville, Hunt
County,Texas.
49
MARTHA JANE (5) m. a
Johnson. Lived in southern Illinois.
50 HARRIET DELILAH
ALICE (5) called Allie; m. Mr. Adkins. Married
James W. Hopgood, son of H. T. Hopgood and Catherine Urton. 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 (5) deceased by 1901.
52 GERTRUDE
(5) married a Mr. Benson; deceased by 1901.
53 EUGENIA BELLZORA
(5) called Zora; m. Mr. Whitlow. Lived in
southern 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.
13 SIMS C. (5) LATTA
John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in Maury
Co., Tenn. April 6, 1840; d. at Columbia, Tenn. 193_. Married Mary Cordelia Hackney
November 11, 1860. 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. 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. Six
children.
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 Vaughn June 6, 1892. 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).
14 JOHN (5) LATTA
John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in Maury
Co., Tenn. April 14, 1844; d.
November 12, 1912; m. Anna
Narcisas Cherry September 2, 868. When 20 years of age entered the Confederate
Army. For 30 years chief law officer at Columbia, Tenn. The City of Columbia was
chartered in 1807. The men first appointed to serve as town marshals were: J. W.
Craig, Perry Cohea and Samuel McClosky. 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. In
1910 they lived there. Children all born and married in Maury Co., Tenn.
Children:
61 MYRTLE
(6) b. June 29, 1869; m. William P. Boyd April 8, 1891. Child: Mary Cooper b. November 27, 1895; m. Norman Christley at
Columbia.
20
FRED (6).
62 CLIFFORD H.
(6) d. 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).
65 KATE
(6) b. August 29, 1879; m. Emmett Dugger November 10, 1901. One child.
22 BENJAMIN
(6).
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.
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 LATTA
(6), born Mar 1870 in , , TN; died 1955. She married Maud TAYLOR, born Mar 1866
in , , TN. Children: Benjamin Ablin TAYLOR, born 4 Jul 1890 in Springhill,
Williamson, TN. He married Annie Exie ROBERTSON; Willie Maude TAYLOR, born Jun
1891 in TN. She married Clint WARREN; Louisa TAYLOR, born Oct 1899 in TN.
"Lula"; and George TAYLOR, born 1909/10 in , Williamson, TN. He married Bernice
FERGUSON.
96 ETTA L. LATTA
(6) born 15 Jan 1872 in , Maury, TN; died 20 Dec 1957 in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN;
buried in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN. She married (1) George YOUNG; (2) on 5 Oct 1889 in Williamson, TN William Thomas JACOBS,
born 28 Oct 1867 in , , TN; died 5 Feb 1949 in Trimble, Dyer, TN; buried in
Trimble, Dyer, TN; (3) on 1 Dec 1908 in , Dyer, TN D. R. FIELDS. Etta L. LATTA
Jacobs buried Fairview Cemetery.Children of Etta L. LATTA and William Thomas
JACOBS were as follows: Emma L. JACOBS, born abt 1891; Zeb O. JACOBS, born 30 Oct 1892 in Spring Hill, Maury, TN; died 18
Aug 1958 in Finley, Dyer, TN. He married Bessie SPRY; Martin L. JACOBS, born abt
1895; Jamison Carridine JACOBS, born 26 Feb 1896 in , , TN; died 3 May 1963 in
Finley, Dyer, TN. He married Lillian CARROLL; Atha Thomas JACOBS, born 1 Nov
1899 in , Maury, TN; died 24 Oct 1905 in Trimble, Dyer, TN; buried in Trimble,
Dyer, TN. Buried Pierce Cemetery; Ross A. JACOBS, born 1900 in , Williamson, TN;
died in , Dyer, TN; buried in Newburn, TN. He married Lucile GLASCOW.
97
STEPHEN LATTA
(6) , born abt 1876 in , Maury, TN. He married Donna WRIGHT.
Children of Moses and
Florida (---):
98
HULDA LATTA
(6), born Nov 1885 in 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 on Dec. 21, 1856 in Maury, 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 Mr. McKee.
Children:
67 JOHN
(6) b. 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.
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, 1915.
|
Obituaries Maj. Gen. W. B. Latta (U. S. Army retired) Oct. 25, 1914 - June
22, 2005 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. 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. 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. 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. |
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.
Two children:
72 MARSHALL ALLISON
(7) d. at four years of age.
73 GERTRUDE
(7) b. in Memphis, Tenn. September 27, 1906; m. Fanner Lewis atMemphis 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. Child:
74 Unknown
(7)
20 FRED (6) LATTA
John (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born
March 8, 1871; m. Ellie Colier March 26, 1891. In 1939 State Comptroller at Columbia,
Tenn.
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.
Four children:
77 MARY
(7) m. Robert Allen. One son, Robert, b. January 17,
1939.
78
ANN (7) m. Victor
Reynolds.
22 BENJAMIN (6) LATTA
John (5) John (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born
April 3, 1884; m. Frances Marion Ricketts November 24, 1915. He died January 26, 1938.
Child:
79
MARION BENINGTON (7)
b. July 26, 1918.
23 JAMES HENRY (6) LATTA
William J. (5) Moses (4) James (3) John (2) ____ (1).
Born abt. 1858 in Shelby Co., Tenn.; Married: F. A. (----). She was born April 1855 in TN.
In 1916 lived at Martin, Weakley Co., Tenn. All his children married there.
Notes for James Henry
LATTA
1900 Weakley Co.,
TN census, Dist. 14, E. D. 127, p 9A.
Notes for F. A. (---)
The 1900 census indicates "Mother of 4 children, 3
living".
Children of James Henry LATTA and F. A. (---):
80 WILLIAM CHARLES
LATTA (7) born 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 LATTA
(7) born Feb 1885 near Martin, TN. She married (---) McDURMAN.
82
GEORGE CUTHBERT LATTA
(7) born Dec 1887 near Pilot Oak, Graves Co., KY. He married (---) HIGH,
daughter of James HIGH.
99 INFANT LATTA
(7) born bef 1900; died bef 1900.
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.
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.
Dr. W. J. Latta attended the common schools in his vicinity and assisted on his father's farm until he reached the age of twentyone 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.
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.
Notes for Sims Aaron LATTA
1900 Maury Co., TN census, Civil Dist. #22,
49-92/3-70.
1920
Williamson Co., TN census, 83-154/6-51.
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.
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)
80 WILLIAM CHARLES (7) LATTA
James Henry (6) William J. (5) Moses (4) James (3)
John (2) ____ (1). born Nov 1882 in Maury, TN. He married Cora C. THOMAS, born
abt 1882 in TN.
Notes for William Charles LATTA
1920 Weakley Co., TN census, Dist. 14, E. D. 149, p4B.
"Farmer".
Children of William Charles LATTA and Cora C.
THOMAS were as follows:
106 EUNICE LATTA,(8)
born abt 1904 in TN.
107 LORENA LATTA,(8)
born abt 1911 in TN.
108
DORTHA LATTA,(8)
born abt 1918 in 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.
83
WILLIAM BRADEN LATTA, JR.(8)
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.
______________________________________________________________________________
THIS IS THE END OF THE
BRANCH.....................................NOTES BELOW
______________________________________________________________________________
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.
Century Review, 1805-1905 of Maury County, TN states on page 237 (google books) "W. J. Latta, born on Duck River, 11 miles N.W. of Columbia, June 1878, is the son of W. W. and E. A. (Dockery) Latta. His mother's parents, J. M. and Annie (Puckett) Dockery, were among early settlers from S. C. to Maury Co. W. J., in 1903, married Pauline, daughter of Rowann and Lou (Fields) Irwin. Mr. Latta owns a 100a. farm, well adapted to the production of corn, wheat, oats, and stock raising, to which he devotes his time.