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James Addison Rorex

Male 1816 - 1894  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Addison Rorex was born 14 Feb 1816, Blount County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1894; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee

    James — Rebecca Badgett. Rebecca was born 3 Apr 1829, Blount County, Tennessee; died 29 Sep 1867; was buried Pisgah Presbyterian Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Anna Eliza Rorex  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Aug 1852, Blount County, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1916, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Oct 1916, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 3. Burl B. Rorex  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1856, Tennessee.
    3. 4. John M. Rorex  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1858, Tennessee.
    4. 5. James A. Rorex  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1860, Tennessee.
    5. 6. Samuel G. Rorex  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1862, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Margaret C. D. Rorex  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1864, Tennessee.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anna Eliza RorexAnna Eliza Rorex Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born 30 Aug 1852, Blount County, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1916, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Oct 1916, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Anna married John Burnett Stokely 1872. John (son of Jehu Stokely and Jane Adeline Burnett) was born 9 Aug 1846; died 1 Sep 1890; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. William Burnett Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Apr 1873; died 26 May 1945; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 9. James Rorex Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1875; died 1922.
    3. 10. John Mays Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Aug 1876; died 1919; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. 11. Jehu Thomas Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Feb 1878; died 14 Aug 1950, Jefferson County, Alabama; was buried Woodland Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia.
    5. 12. Fanny Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 24 Mar 2000.
    6. 13. George Susong Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Oct 1882; died 24 Oct 1916; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. 14. Carrie Lou Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 15. May Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Burl B. Rorex Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born Abt 1856, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee


  3. 4.  John M. Rorex Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born Abt 1858, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee


  4. 5.  James A. Rorex Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born Abt 1860, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee


  5. 6.  Samuel G. Rorex Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born Abt 1862, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee


  6. 7.  Margaret C. D. Rorex Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born Abt 1864, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  William Burnett Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 24 Apr 1873; died 26 May 1945; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    William married Edith Estes 24 May 1899. Edith was born 30 May 1879; died 21 Aug 1971; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. William Burnett Stokely, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Mar 1900; died 17 Oct 1966; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 17. Anna Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 May 1902; died 17 Sep 1993; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. 18. Mary Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1908; died 23 Sep 1999.
    4. 19. Fannie Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Feb 1917; died 7 Dec 1949; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. 20. Edith Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jun 1918; died 18 Nov 1988; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

  2. 9.  James Rorex Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 1875; died 1922.

    James — Janie May Jones. Janie (daughter of Benjamin Dickinson Jones and Townszella Jane Randolph) was born 1885; died 1965. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. Benjamin Dickerson Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1912; died 26 Oct 2000, Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Oct 2000, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 22. James Rorex Stokely, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Oct 1913, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1977, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. 23. Alfred Jehu Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1916, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 2005, Whitestown, Indiana; was buried 13 Jul 2005, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    4. 24. Janie Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 10.  John Mays Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 13 Aug 1876; died 1919; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Cocke County, Tennessee

    John married Amelia Graham 30 Oct 1901, Montgomery County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 11.  Jehu Thomas Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 16 Feb 1878; died 14 Aug 1950, Jefferson County, Alabama; was buried Woodland Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia.

    Jehu married Kate Smith 10 Oct 1906. Kate was born 22 Oct 1883; died 30 Dec 1985; was buried Woodland Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 27. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 28. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 12.  Fanny Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1) died Bef 24 Mar 2000.

    Fanny — Frederick Senft Fisher. Frederick died Bef 24 Mar 2000. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. John S. Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point was born Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 2002.
    2. 30. Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 31. Ann Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 13.  George Susong Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 20 Oct 1882; died 24 Oct 1916; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  Carrie Lou Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1)

  8. 15.  May Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.James1)


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  William Burnett Stokely, Jr.William Burnett Stokely, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (8.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 9 Mar 1900; died 17 Oct 1966; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    William — Anna B. Hooper. Anna (daughter of Gov. Bennie Walter Hooper and Anna Belle Jones) was born 6 Oct 1902, Tennessee; died Bef 12 Feb 2003. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. William Burnett Stokely, III  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 33. Ann Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 34. Jane Randolph Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 17.  Anna Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (8.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 8 May 1902; died 17 Sep 1993; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Anna — James Horace Burnett. James (son of James Huff Burnett and Lena Lee Wells) died Bef 24 Jul 2013. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 35. James Horace Burnett, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Nov 1930; died 7 Nov 2002; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 36. Edith Burnett  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 18.  Mary Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (8.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 1908; died 23 Sep 1999.

    Mary — Kenneth M. Eberts. Kenneth died Bef 23 Sep 1999. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 37. Mary Ann Eberts  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 38. Marvin Eberts  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 19.  Fannie Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (8.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 4 Feb 1917; died 7 Dec 1949; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Fannie married Lyle Moore, Jr. 31 Oct 1936, Cocke County, Tennessee. Lyle (son of Lyle Stickley Moore and Margaret "Madge" Mims) was born 31 Aug 1914; died 31 May 1983; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  5. 20.  Edith Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (8.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 22 Jun 1918; died 18 Nov 1988; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Edith married Lyle Moore, Jr. 18 Jun 1955. Lyle (son of Lyle Stickley Moore and Margaret "Madge" Mims) was born 31 Aug 1914; died 31 May 1983; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 21.  Benjamin Dickerson Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (9.James3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born Abt 1912; died 26 Oct 2000, Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Oct 2000, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Benjamin married Eula Clement 1948. Eula (daughter of Lillard Clement and Louisa Dalton) was born 11 Jul 1916, Thorn Hill, Grainger County, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 2008, Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Sep 2008, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 39. Ben D. Stokely, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 40. Lowell Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 41. Janie May Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Oct 1950; died 23 Jul 2008; was buried 25 Jul 2008, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

  7. 22.  James Rorex Stokely, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (9.James3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 8 Oct 1913, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1977, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    James Stokely was born in Newport, Tennessee in 1913. He attended both the University of Tennessee and Princeton University. With his wife, Wilma Dykeman, he wrote several books. He was the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many of which focused on issues of civil rights in the South. In addition, he owned and managed Stokely Apple Orchard in Newport, TN (1940-53) and in Asheville, NC (1944-53). He died in 1977.

    James married Wilma Dykeman 1940. Wilma (daughter of Willard Jerome Dykeman and Bonnie Cushman Cole) was born 20 May 1920, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 22 Dec 2006, John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried 29 Dec 2006, Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 42. Dykeman Cole "Dike" Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 43. James Rorex "Rory" Stokely, III  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 23.  Alfred Jehu Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (9.James3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born 26 Mar 1916, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 2005, Whitestown, Indiana; was buried 13 Jul 2005, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

    Alfred married Betsy Home 1940. Betsy was born Abt 1915; died 1952. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 44. Alfred J. Stokely, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 45. Randolf H. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 46. Barbara E. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

    Alfred married Jeanette Tarkington Abt 1953. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 47. Martha T. Stokely  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 24.  Janie Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (9.James3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

    Janie — Morris Weinberg. [Group Sheet]


  10. 25.  Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

  11. 26.  Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

  12. 27.  Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (11.Jehu3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

  13. 28.  Stokely Descendancy chart to this point (11.Jehu3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

  14. 29.  John S. Fisher Descendancy chart to this point (12.Fanny3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1) was born Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 2002.

    John married Mary Katherine Veltman 18 Aug 1948. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 48. Frederick Stewart Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1959; died 24 Mar 2000.
    2. 49. John Stokely Fisher, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 50. Kitty Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 51. Frances "Fran" Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 52. Mary Katherine Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 3 Sep 2002.

  15. 30.  Fisher Descendancy chart to this point (12.Fanny3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

  16. 31.  Ann Fisher Descendancy chart to this point (12.Fanny3, 2.Anna2, 1.James1)

    Ann — Stanley. [Group Sheet]



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