Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Sutton Family

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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^Òt 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^Òs 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

   Feb. 23, 1912
   
   Vol. XXI No. 42
   
                                THE SUTTON'S
                                      
   Andrew Sutton, who married Sallie Ross, came from Dooly county. Their
    children were: Seaborn, John R., Joe, Jack, Martha, Cornelia, Betsy,
                           Susie, Kate and Celia.
                                      
     Seaborn married Catherine Oliver. Their children were: Sallie, who
     married George L. Paulk; she died. Reason married Susie Lawrence;
   daughter of Rev. R.A. Lawrence; Jimmie married Jake Young, son of Hon.
                               George Young.
                                      
    John H., son of Andrew Sutton, married Flora Hooks. She died leaving
    Alice who married A.J. Hutchinson; and Jane single. John R. married
                        Miss Bowen the second time.
                                      
     Joe, son of Andrew, married Missouri Sumner, daughter of old Joe.
     Their children were Henry, who was Tax Receiver of Tift County for
     four year, 1909-13. He married Sarah Fletcher, daughter of Elbert.
     Susanna, daughter of Joe, married Boy Fletcher, son of Black Jim.
                                      
    Martha, daughter of Andrew Sutton, married Ashley Sumner, son of old
                                  William.
                                      
      Cornelia, daughter of Andrew Sutton, married John Sumner, son of
                                   Jesse.
                                      
                           Susie and Betsy died.
                                      
                     Celia married Jim King; she died.
                                      
                Kate married Jesse Sumner, son of old Jesse.
                                      
     Jack, son of Andrew, married Maria Robertson. Their children were:
      Jack, who married Miss Owens; Dan, who married Cab Smith: Their
    children were: Tullie and Luther. Tullie married Martha Whiddon. He
     was killed by William Sumner. Luther married Carrie Cromer. Alice
                           married Tom Barfield.
                                      
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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 or just plain wrong information so use this as a starting
     point, not the final end to your research. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL
   DOCUMENT. It is a summary of the genealogical findings of one man, Gus
       Adams, which were unsubstantiated and should be used as such.
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