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Dear Michael, My name is Judy Alice Cox Bennett. Lena Kirk Cox was my gramdmother. My father's name was Wilson Cox and he had three older brothers. Elvin was the oldest then Theo,(T.A.), Issac was third and my father, Wilson was the youngest. I don't have all of the information on my uncles, but am interested in seeing them added to the family tree. Thanks so much. You can contact my daughter Karen if you would like to. This is her e-mail. Judy brynkar [bryanh@nemr.net] 7/4/2002

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN, Wife. Wife was born about 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

James married KIRK, Lena. Lena (daughter of KIRK, Wiley C. and BRASSFIELD, Selena Ellen) was born about 1876; died on 3 Dec 1948; was buried in Grundy County, Missouri (Galt East Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wiley married BRASSFIELD, Selena Ellen about 1875. Selena (daughter of BRASSFIELD, Jesse Huston and KIRK, Hazel Ann) was born on 17 Oct 1860 in Mercer, Missouri, USA; died on 24 Feb 1948; was buried in Grundy County, Missouri (Galt East Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

N.P. married UNKNOWN, Polly Ann. Polly was born about 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GRANVILLE, Grundy County, Missouri

Granville, an old town, flourished in the eighteen fifties, very near the present site of Dunlap. It had a general and grocery store, whose principle trade was in whisky, and a blacksmith shop. Here occurred the killing of McAfee and Phipps, about 1859.

In about 1859 there was a double killing at the town of Granville. In a quarrel, George McAfee shot Joseph Phipps. At the time Joseph Phipps war married to Hazel A. Kirk. One of Hazel's brother's (Wiley Clark Kirk) then shot and killed George McAfee. Hazel later married Jesse Huston Brassfield.

George McAfee was a Mason. Only legend remains, but the story goes that he was killed over a dispute concerning racehorses, two men were killed and buried near the creek bank. Only remnants of one stone were found; broken and scattered. It is recorded that George McAfee (November 25, 1821 - June 29, 1859) is commemerated at the site of the McAfee Cemetery in Grundy County, Missouri.


Buried:
Coon Cemetery

Jesse married KIRK, Hazel Ann on 25 Dec 1860 in Grundy, Missouri, USA. Hazel (daughter of KIRK, Thomas Riley and GWIN, Martha) was born on 28 Nov 1825 in Anderson, Tennessee, USA; died on 6 Apr 1919 in Mercer, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GRANVILLE, Grundy County, Missouri

Granville, an old town, flourished in the eighteen fifties, very near the present site of Dunlap. It had a general and grocery store, whose principle trade was in whisky, and a blacksmith shop. Here occurred the killing of McAfee and Phipps, about 1859.

In about 1859 there was a double killing at the town of Granville. In a quarrel, George McAfee shot Joseph Phipps. At the time Joseph Phipps war married to Hazel A. Kirk. One of Hazel's brother's (Wiley Clark Kirk) then shot and killed George McAfee. Hazel later married Jesse Huston Brassfield.

George McAfee was a Mason. Only legend remains, but the story goes that he was killed over a dispute concerning racehorses, two men were killed and buried near the creek bank. Only remnants of one stone were found; broken and scattered. It is recorded that George McAfee (November 25, 1821 - June 29, 1859) is commemerated at the site of the McAfee Cemetery in Grundy County, Missouri.


Buried:
Coon Cemetery