1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, DeKalb County, Tennessee, page 97B, David Pitman Household.

2 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, Amos Allen Household.
1) Amos ALLEN:age 35, born in TN, married, farming, father born in NC, mother born in SC
2) Harriet ALLEN: wife, age 32, born in TN, married, keeps house, mother born in TN
3) Hannah D. ALLEN: daughter, age 15, born in TN, single
4) Amanda ALLEN: daughter, age 12, born in TN
5) William G. ALLEN: son, age 9, born in TN
6) Khart K. ALLEN: daughter, age 7, born in TN
7) Elie C. ALLEN: son, age 5, born in TN
8) Harriet A. ALLEN: daughter, age 3, born in TN
9) James H. ALLEN: son, age 2 months, born in TN
10) Mashekhail ALLEN: Mother in Law, age 61, widowed, born in TN
(note: the Allen name for Mashehail is incorrect as written by the census taker).

3 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, Jackson Allen Household.
(The Surname is recorded as ALLEY instead of ALLEN by the census taker)
1) Jackson Alley: age 31, born in TN, farming, parents born in SC
2) Susanna Alley: wife, age 32, born in TN, keeps house, father born in NC, mother born in SC
3) Hannah Alley: daughter, age 5, born in TN
4) Staley Alley: son, age 2, born in TN
5) Hannah Alley: mother, age 65, born in NC, knitting, parents born in NC
6) Petina Alley: sister, age 45, born in TN, father born in NC, mother born in SC
7) Messie Alley: sister, age 97?, born in TN, father born in NC, mother born in SC
.

4 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee.
(The Surname was recorded as ALLEY instead of ALLEN by the census taker)
1) Jackson Alley: age 31, born in TN, farming, parents born in SC
2) Susanna Alley: wife, age 32, born in TN, keeps house, father born in NC, mother born in SC
3) Hannah Alley: daughter, age 5, born in TN
4) Staley Alley: son, age 2, born in TN
5) Hannah Alley: mother, age 65, born in NC, knitting, parents born in NC
6) Petina Alley: sister, age 45, born in TN, father born in NC, mother born in SC
7) Messie Alley: sister, age 27, born in TN, father born in NC, mother born in SC
.

5 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, Winslow Allen Household.
1) Winslow ALLEN: age 43, born in TN, married, farming, parents born in NC
2) Lucy ALLEN: wife, age 43,born in TN, married, keeps house, parents forn in NC
3) William B. ALLEN: son, age 20, born in TN, single, works on farm
4) Winslow ALLEN: son, age 18, born in TN, single
5) Bethlora ALLEN: daughter, age 17, born in TN, single, at home
6) Mary T. ALLEN: daughter, age 14, born in TN, single, at home
7) Isaac U. ALLEN: son, age 9, born in TN, single, at home.

6 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, James B. Allen Household.
1) James B. ALLEN: age 25, born in TN, married, farming, parents born in TN
2) Juela ALLEN: wife, age 21, born in TN, married, keeps house, parents born in TN
3) Zab Lee ALLEN: son, age 3, born in TN
4) Donnie ALLEN: son, age 1, born in TN
5) Hollis ALLEN" son, age 1, born in TN.

7 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, William Allen Household.
1) William ALLEN: age 38, born in TN, married, farming, parents born in NC.
2) Tadlia ALLEN: wife, age 28, born in TN, married, keeps house, parents born in TN
3) Hirce ALLEN: daughter, age 11, born in TN
4) John R. ALLEN: son, age 10, born in TN
5) Miram L. ALLEN: daughter, age 8, born in TN
6) Louise ALLEN: daughter, age 5, born in TN
7) Epps ALLEN: son, age 3, born in TN.

8 Ibid, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee.
(The Surname is recorded as ALLEY instead of ALLEN by the census taker)
1) Jackson Alley: age 31, born in TN, farming, parents born in SC
2) Susanna Alley: wife, age 32, born in TN, keeps house, father born in NC, mother born in SC
3) Hannah Alley: daughter, age 5, born in TN
4) Staley Alley: son, age 2, born in TN
5) Hannah Alley: mother, age 65, born in NC, knitting, parents born in NC
6) Petina Alley: sister, age 45, born in TN, father born in NC, mother born in SC
7) Messie Alley: sister, age 97?, born in TN, father born in NC, mother born in SC
.

9 Opelika Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), 14 Oct 1957, Obituaries.

10 Ibid, Jan 1958, Obituaries.

11 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, Amos Allen Household.
1) Amos ALLEN:age 35, born in TN, married, farming, father born in NC, mother born in SC
2) Harriet ALLEN: wife, age 32, born in TN, married, keeps house, mother born in TN
3) Hannah D. ALLEN: daughter, age 15, born in TN, single
4) Amanda ALLEN: daughter, age 12, born in TN
5) William G. ALLEN: son, age 9, born in TN
6) Khart K. ALLEN: daughter, age 7, born in TN
7) Elie C. ALLEN: son, age 5, born in TN
8) Harriet A. ALLEN: daughter, age 3, born in TN
9) James H. ALLEN: son, age 2 months, born in TN
10) Mashekhail ALLEN: Mother in Law, age 61, widowned, born in TN
(note: the Allen name for Mashehail is incorrect as written by the census taker).

12 Ibid, Bursons, Randolph County, Alabama, John J. Brown Household.

13 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 4, E.D. 53, Sheet 1, Vol 52, John Brown Household.

14 Stephen A. McLeod, The House of Cantelou & Co.: The Story of a Southern Family (Rose Printing Co., 2503 Jackson Bluff Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32314, 1995), page 183.

15 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, page 159C, Daniel Cantrell Household.

16 Opelika Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), Thursday, 31 Mar 1972, Obituaries.

17 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, District 6, DeKalb County, Tennessee, page 158A, William R. Cantrell Household.

18 The Roanoke Leader (Roanoke, Randolph Co., AL), Wehadkee News.

19 The Decatur Daily - Online Edition (Decatur, Alabama - http://www. decaturdaily.com), http://www.legacy.com/DecaturDaily/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=16127652.

20 Hartselle Enquirer (Hartselle, Alabama, http://www.hartselleenquirer.com), 28 Dec 2005 Obituaries.

21 Opelika Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), 4 Nov. 1954, Obituaries.

22 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama, Beat 4, E.D. 108, Sheet 8, Vol 20, Reel 18, James H. Denis Household.

23 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Rockdale, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 3, E.D. 52, Sheet 11, Vol 52, James H. Dennis Household.

24 Ibid, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 4, Sup Dist 4, E.D. 53, Sheet 8, Vol 52, Reel 37, A. N. Dorrough Household.

25 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Randolph County, Alabama, Dist 141, sheet 11, Absolom N. Dorrough Household.

26 The Opelika-Auburn Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), 29 Feb 1972 Deaths and Funerals.

27 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 9, Meadows Crossroads, Lee County, Alabama, Burrill McConnell Household, sup dist 4, E.D. 42, sheet 5.

28 Robert Cecil Cofield, Personal Journal of Calvin Heptinstall (May 1991), (Original Journal page 195). The handwritten pages of Calvin Heptinstall's journal were copied and placed in this book by Robert Cofield who was the great grandson of Calvin. The date of Calvin's birth was written in his own handwriting in this journal. Other records show him being born in 1830.
.

29 1860, U.S. Census, population schedule, Franklin, Heard, Georgia: Calvin Heptinstall Household: Page 702: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/heard/census/1860/pg00695.txt.

30 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Chulafinnee, Cleburne County, Alabama, Calvin Heptinstall Household.

31 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pine Hill, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 14, Sup Dist 4, E.D. 64, Sheet 4, Reel 37, Calvin Heptinstall Household.

32 Joseph T. Maddox, Early Georgia Marriages, Book 4, Carroll County, page 22.

33 1860, U.S. Census, population schedule, Bowden, Carroll County, Georgia, 9th Dist, page 581, W. B. Heptinstall Household.

34 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Rockdale, Randolph County, Alabama, E.D 52, Sheet 12, Line 18, William Heptinstall Household.

35 Roberts, Laney James, The Generations of Reuben (The College Press, Collegedale, TN, 1977
).

36 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Cedar Creek Dist, Coweta Country, Georgia: page 320, John Robinson Household.

37 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Cedar Creek Distict, Coweta County, Georgia: page 41, sup dist no. 4, E.D. no. 37, John Robinson Household.

38 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 21, Crawford, Marshall County, Alabama: E.D no. 96, Sheet no. 11, Vol 42, Real no. 30, John C. Robinson Household.

39 1860, U.S. Census, population schedule, Franklin, Heard, Georgia: Page 720, House Number 413, Family Number 398: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/heard/census/1860/pg00712.txt.

40 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Franklin, Heard, Georgia: Page 330B, House Number 788, Family Number 746: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/heard/census/1870/pg0330b.txt.

41 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia.

42 Ibid, Stone Mountain, DeKalb Country, Georgia.

43 Ibid, Pierce Chapel, Lee County, Alabama, Benjamin A. U. McConnel Household.

44 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 9, Meadows Crossroads, Lee County, Alabama, sup dist 4, E.D. 42, sheet 6, vol 35.

45 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, District 7, DeKalb County, Tennessee, page 171C, Elisha Luna Household.

46 Ibid, District 7, DeKalb County, Tennessee, page 171C, Samuel Luna Household.

47 Ibid, District 9, DeKalb County, Tennessee, page 217A, Leroy J. Magness Household.

48 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 9, Meadows Crossroads, Lee County, Alabama, Edmund F. McConnell Household, Sup Dist 4, E.D 42, sheet 6, vol 35, reel 25.

49 Opelika Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), 9 May 1921, Obituaries.

50 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Lee Country, Alabama, E.D. 161, Vol. 68, Sheet 2.

51 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 7, Pierce Chapel, Lee Co., AL, Joseph McConnell Household.

52 Opelika Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), 1 Nov 1991, Obituaries.

53 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Meadows Cross Roads, Lee County, Alabama, page 210D, William Mc Conly Household.

54 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 7, Pierce Chapel, Lee Co., AL, William F. McConnell Household.

55 Ibid, Bursano, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 5, E.D. no. 54, Sheet no. 8, Vol 52, Reel no. 37, Lewis O. Robinson Househould.
1) Lewis O. Robinson: age 24, born Feb 1876 in Georgia, married, farmer, renting farm, can read and write, parents born in Georgia.
2) Anna E. Robinson: age 21, born Oct 1878 in Georgia, married, wife, parents born in Georgia.
3) Mary E. Robinson: age 2, born Aug 1897 in Alabama, single, daughter.

56 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Franklin, Heard, Georgia: Page 330B, House Number 789, Family Number 747:.

57 Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama), 31 Dec 2005.

58 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 4, Sup Dist no. 4, E.D. no. 53, Sheet no. 1, Vol 52, Reel no. 37, Z. H. Noles Household.

59 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Randolph County, Alabama, Dist 142, Roll 31, Sheet 10, Page 57, Zack Noles Household.

60 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Lamar Dist, Randolph County, Alabama, page 493, James Parmor Household.

61 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama, James Parmer Household.

62 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lamar Dist, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 4, E.D. no. 53, Sheet no. 16, Vol 52, J. H. Parmor Household.

63 Ibid, Bursano, Randolph County, Alabama, Pct 5, E.D. no. 54, Sheet no. 8, Vol 52, Reel no. 37, Lewis O. Robinson Househould.

64 The Roanoke Leader (Roanoke, Randolph Co., AL), April 1914 - http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape763gnw.txt.

65 Opelika Daily News (Opelika, Alabama), 31 Aug 1956: Father Opelikian Succumbs in Hogansville Ga.

66 The Randolph Leader (Roanoke, Alabama), 29 June 2005 Obituaries.

67 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pct 9, Meadows Crossroads, Lee Co., AL, Burrill McConnell Household, dwelling 98, family # 109.