Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Luke Family
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J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net
Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of
Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County,
GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and
then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved
in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came
to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and
decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from
home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited
with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations,
and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the
"Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933.
These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the
different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write
up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and
where they originated.
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his
wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton
Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to
age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and
copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter.
She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the
brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn
them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^t saved these family
histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been
found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^s and
part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source
CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of
a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in
these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you
can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as
your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy
information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be
forwarned is to be forarmed.
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Tifton Gazette
March 8, 1912
Vol. XXI No. 44
THE LUKE'S
Daniel Luke was one of the Pioneers of Irwin County. His children
were: Mack, Joshua, Jasper, John, Jesse, James C., David P., Mary and
Elizabeth.
Mack married Sally Miller. Their children were: John B., who died in
the war; William married Miss Tucker: Jane, who married John B.
Turner; Sarah, who married Sol. Griffin; Honor, who married Jack
Griner; Jim, who married Melissa Avera; Dave, who married Miss Sutton
and Malcolm, who married Miss Musselwhite.
Joshua Luke, son of old Dan, married Nancy Tomberlin. Their children
were: William, who married Martha Mims (he died in the war); Thomas,
who married Fanny Plair (also died in the war); Hamilton, who died in
the war; Jim, who married Faithy Paulk, he died; Columbus, who married
Sarah Paulk, daughter of Jim; J.Wright, who never married; Jacob , who
married Mary Lee; and Betty, she married James Hunter.
Of the children of Columbus and Sarah Luke, Co., T.J. married Miss
Ollie Wooten; Susannah married J. Fountain; Wright died; Betsy and
Dan.
Jasper, son of Dan, married Miss Gay, their children were: Dan and
John.
James C., son of Dan, married Melinda Covington. Their children were:
Marcus, John F., Betty, Sally and Mary.
Marcus married Mary Hancock. She died, leaving Dr. John, who married
Miss Henderson, daughter of William, and Jesse, who married Willie
Fletcher; who died; he next married Miss Taylor. Marcus' second wife
was Miss Betty Salter.
John F., son of James C. , married Jesse Hancock. They moved to
Florida. They were parents of Marcus, Jr., who married Bertha Bass,
daughter of Col. Z. Bass. He was Clerk of Superior court of Irwin
county for several years.
Eugene, brother of Marcus, is single. He was assistant Clerk for many
years.
Jesse Luke, son of Dan, married Gincey, daughter of Joseph Fletcher.
Their children were: George A., Mark, William, John J. , Mary Vann,
Mahala and Nancy.
George A., son of Jesse, married Nancy Marshall; she died, leaving one
child, Martha, who married Henry Crawford. He next married Margaret
Brooks; they parted. He then married Mrs. Nancy Cravey, widow of
Mitchell Cravey, who was killed by Poplar Stick Bill Branch. Their
children were: Judy, who married Jim Ray; Janey, Columbus, and Jonah,
who are in Florida. George A. was a Confederate veteran. He died in
Florida in 1903.
Mark, son of Jesse, married Ellen Paulk, daughter of Rev. Zara. Their
children were: Dan, who married Minnie Parden. He was shot to death by
Bud Royals, at Sycamore. William married Susie Alexander; Lucy married
Bill Cravey; Warren married Miss Varnedoe; Richard not married; Dr.
Jacob married Miss Baker, daughter of county commissioner J.W. Baker,
of Tift; Nora married Mr. Hill; Dave, Dempsy and John, single.
William, son of Jesse Luke, died in the war.
John J., son of Jesse, married Fannie Player; their children were:
William, Unie, who married W.H. Paulk, of Fitzgerald; and another
daughter, who married Eli Walker.
Mary Vann, daughter of Jesse Luke, married Rev. Dan Parker, they moved
to Florida.
Mahala, daughter of Jesse, married John Alexander. Their children
were: John, Jim, who married Miss Alexander, and Henry, who married
Mary Winn. She next married Louis Smith. She died, leaving Mary Vann,
who married Joe McCartney.
Nancy, daughter of Jesse Luke, married Jeff Dees. They parted; she
then married Rev. Wm. Butler. Their children were: Willie, who married
Martha Sumner, daughter of Seaton; Warren, who married Ruby Spurlock;
Sallie and Jane, single.
David P. Luke married Abbie Turner; she died. He next married Sarah
Bird. Their children were: Arthur, John, Betty, and Perry.
Mary, daughter of old Dan Luke, married Sam Young.
Jesse Luke married Millie Fletcher, daughter of Black Jim.
Elizabeth, daughter of old Dan Luke, married Abraham McCall.
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Please take note that this information came from long ago and has not
been corrected for accuracy. Many of these sketches have names
transposed so use this as a starting point, not the final end to your
research.
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