Tannehill, David Milton

Tannehills of Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Christine Lennon, Great Granddaughter of Bessie Tannehill & Rufus Shelby Walsh
255 Vine Street #202, Harrisonburg VA 22802 <Celain@worldnet.att.net>

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID MILTON9 TANNEHILL (NINIAN8, JAMES7, PHILLIP6, PHILLIP5, JOHN4, ANDREW3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1 TANNAHILL)1 was born November 24, 1824 in Bibbs Co. AL1, and died December 07, 1864 in Pt. Lookout MD, died as a prisoner1. He married NANCY MURPHY1. She was born December 04, 1824 in Bibbs Co. AL1, and

died August 23, 1876 in Tannehill, Winn Pr., LA1.

Notes for DAVID MILTON TANNEHILL:
He was captured at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi, and sent to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died.

A federal prison camp for Confederates was built on Point Lookout, Maryland, at the extreme tip of St. Mary's County, on the barren peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay. The camp was convenient to the battlefields in the East and therefore became the largest Union prison. The camp was established after the Battle of Gettysburg to incarcerate Confederate prisoners. The camp was in operation two years, July, 1863-June, 1865.

The prison consisted of "two enclosures of flat sand, one about thirty and the other about ten acres, each surrounded by a fence fifteen feet high, without tree or shrub. The camp was only about 5' above sea level.

Because of the topography, drainage was poor, and the area was subject to extreme heat in the summer and cold in the winter. This exacerbated the problems created by inadequate food, clothing, fuel, housing, and medical care. As a result, approximately 3,000 prisoners died there over 22 months.

It is estimated that a total of 52,264 (WOR) prisoners, both military and civilian, were held prisoner there. Although it was designed for 10,000 prisoners, during most of its existence it held 12,600 to 20,000 inmates.

The camp's Provost Marshall was Mjr. Brady assisted by Mjr. Gen. Benjamin Butler.

The following picture* is believed to be a print, drawn in ink, and then type-set added. According to the picture, there were two camps: one larger camp entitled "rebel camp", and a smaller enclosure roughly 1/3 in size entitled "camp for rebel officers." The original is approx. 2' x 1.5' in size, and entitled "Point Lookout Md.--View of Hammond Gen.L Hospital & U.S. Gen.L Depot For Prisoners of War."

"In reference to the point lookout print, you will find that that print was made about 1863 as a piece to place "above the fireplace " sold by the local Saint Mary's newspaper."

According to Mr. Edwin W. Beitzell's book this picture is a lithograph of Point Lookout made between July 1863 - Feb. 1864.

Today there are monuments erected to the men who died while held at Point Lookout. A common marker contains an alphabetized list of those who died. The marker was erected by the State of Maryland in the 1930s. Over the years much of the Point Lookout site and grave yards were lost to the waters and sands of the bay. The grave sites were move several times after 1866. The present cemetery site is Scotland. There are two monuments at Scotland in memory of the Confederate dead, one by the state of Maryland and the other by the Federal Government. The Maryland monument was moved to its present site in the cemetary at Scotland in 1938. The State of Maryland made an effort to reduce further loss by lining the shore with large boulders in later years.

There is a visitor center that contains displays on the Chesapeake Bay, some books and material on the prison camp and a small museum. The museum contains pictures of former prisoners, a couple of uniforms and a small number of weapons.

Reference Resources: A large list of reading material can be found at the Point Lookout P.L.P.O.W. Org. web page.

"Photographic History of The Civil War", Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, edited by William C. Davis & Dell I. Wiley.

"Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates", by Edwin W. Beitzell of St. Mary's County, Maryland. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-85750.
-Richard A. Courtney

More About DAVID MILTON TANNEHILL:
Burial: 1864, Scottsville MD1

Notes for NANCY MURPHY:

Members of their (David & Nancy) respective families came to Winn Parish with them.

Three sons died at Tannehill, as did Nancy, and were buried there. Later, the cemetery was moved to Jerusalem Cemetery at the request of the area's first railroad (Arkansas railroad, later Rock Island RR). At that time period the public wanted RR transport desperately and accommodated their wishes. These graves were put in one grave marked "Grandmother." A Nancy M. T. marker was added later. R. L. Tannehill made this move and his remaining brother, Louis Monroe T., objected causing a large disagreement. :.M.T. is buried at Winnfield Cemetery, as is R.L.T. -Donovan Hearne Walsh

Children of DAVID TANNEHILL and NANCY MURPHY are:
i.DAVID MILTON10 TANNEHILL1, d. 18731.
ii.MARION A. TANNEHILL1, d. 18671.
iii.JOHN HARRISON TANNEHILL1, d. 1860, Tannehill, Winn Pr., LA1.
iv. WILLIAM NINIAN TANNEHILL1, b. 18451; d. August 16, 1863, battle at Ft.Delaware DL prison1.
2. v.RICHARD LAFAYETTE TANNEHILL, b. March 11, 1848, Bibbs Co. AL; d.
December 07, 1917, Winnfield LA.
vi.LOUIS MONROE TANNEHILL1, b. May 10, 1850, Near Tuscaloosa, AL1; d. June 30, 19331; m. HENRIETTA HELEN LONG1; b. July 18, 18551; d. January 18, 19191.

Notes for LOUIS MONROE TANNEHILL:
From the July 1, 1932 Winnfield News-American

L. Monroe Tannehill Succumbs to Long Illness Wednesday

Funeral Services Thursday Morning at 10 O'clock at Home

Louis Monroe Tannehill died at his home here Wednesday morning at seven o'clock following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Tannehill was 82 years, 1 month, and 19 days old at the time of his death, having been born near Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 10, 1850 of the parentage of William (should read David Milton) Tannehill and Nancy Murphy Tannehill who moved to Louisiana soon afterwards.

At the beginning of the Civil War his father and older brothers enlisted in the Confederate Army, leaving him and his brother Richard Lafayette Tannehill at the home with the mother. The father and brothers never returned and he grew to manhood at the old home place the site of which bears the name of Tannehill six miles north of town.

He was married to Harriet Long and to them were born seven children, the mother and three of the children preceding him in death.

Mr. Tannehill was among the first mail riders in this country and for more than twenty years he carried the mail between Winnfield and St. Maurice and Montgomery, making the trip twice each week in a jumper. This service was discontinued when trains began their daily trips between these towns.

He was a member of the Baptist church, Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M., Winnfield Chapter No. 59, R. A. M. Bethlehem Commandery K. T., and Palestine Chapter No. 55 O. E. S. His position in these fraternal organizations was counted unique in that he was Tyler in the Eastern Star Lodge and sentinel in each of the others, which offices he had held for more than thirty years.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Alwin Stokes at the home and concluded at the grave with Masonic services Thursday morning at ten o'clock. Acting pallbearers were Knight Templars, J. M. Breedlove, W. J. Walker, F. E. Welch, Jesse L. Corley, H. F. Halstead, and Cranford Melton.

Surviving him are four children, Mrs. Sina Whitecotton of Shreveport, Mrs. John O'Laughlin of El Dorado, Ark., Mrs. V. M. Hale of Alexandria, and S. P. Tannehill of Shreveport.

vii.MARY FRANCIS TANNEHILL1, b. 18531; d. 18581.

Generation No. 2

2. RICHARD LAFAYETTE10 TANNEHILL (DAVID MILTON9, NINIAN8, JAMES7, PHILLIP6, PHILLIP5,
JOHN4, ANDREW3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1 TANNAHILL) was born March 11, 1848 in Bibbs Co. AL2, and died December 07, 1917 in Winnfield LA3. He married (1) MARIA ELIZABETH SELLINGER January 23, 1877 in Vernon LA4, daughter of JOHN SELLINGER and MINERVA WYATT. She was born January 03, 1858 in near Wyatt LA, and died January 04, 1891 in Winnfeild, LA5. He married (2) LULA LONG6 April 22, 1893.

Notes for RICHARD LAFAYETTE TANNEHILL:

One of the respected landmarks and straightforward lives in Winn Parish is that of Mr. Tannehill. His family came from Alabama and his father's name was David Milton Tannehill. He was a farmer and about 1845 he married Miss Nancy Murphy in the native state. He responded to this country's call in the Civil War in the early '60s and died in prison at Point Lookout in 1863, and was numbered with the army of the dead who never lived to rejoice over the triumphs they won. They had reared a large and useful family. The wife died in Winn Parish May , 1875.

Fayett was born in Alabama in 1848, but was reared principally and educated in Louisiana. When the Civil War broke out he was too young to go, but was a precocious overgrown boy and in the sparsity of men he enjoyed a distinction that rarely comes to any man. In 1877 he married Miss M. E. Selinger, and April 22, 1893 he married Miss Long. He is the father of fifteen children and right well may be proud of them. He was sheriff in Winn Parish for ten years, and was at one time a prominent candidate for governor of the State. He has always been a man of unswerving integrity and has in many ways subserved the interests of his section.

He is a Mason and Knight of Pythias; has an elegant home in Winnfield, and about sixty lots in a new addition to the town. He is a farmer and operates his farm nearby and is now engaged in mercantile operation also.

Motto: "Spotless integrity and proper treatment of my fellow man."

(The above article was copied from The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXVII, No. 8-9, published September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, LA., which is on file at the Watson Memorial Library, Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA., and was submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)
Richard L. Tannehill...
An, ex-sheriff, Richard L. Tannehill was born in Bibb County, Alabama, March 11, 1848, but since he attained his ninth year he has been a resident of Winn Parish. His parents, David M. and Nancy Murphy Tannehill, were born in Alabama, the father being a soldier in the Confederate Army. He was captured at Snyder's Bluff, Miss., and died in prison in the fall of 1863 at Fortress Monroe, his widow surviving him until 1877, when she, too, passed away, her death occurring in this parish. She was born in 1825, being only eleven days younger than her husband. Mr. Tannehill is the second of seven children, only two of whom are now living.

Mr. Tannehill came to Louisiana in 1856 and for two years lived in Bienville Parish, but on January 1, 1859, Winn Parish became his home, and has continued so to be up to the present time. He resided on a farm, six miles north of Winnfield, until the fall of 1874; when he was elected sheriff of this parish and has held the office for a period of ten years, a fact that speaks louder than words can do as to his popularity and efficiency. Prior to his election he was engaged in farming, but he afterward removed to Winnfield and is now president of the Farmer's Union of Winn Parish, an organization which has been in existence since August, 1886, and is now in a flourishing condition.

>From August, 1887, to 1890 he was treasurer of the State Union. Since the expiration of his term of office in 1885 he has been farming and is in a prosperous condition, financially. He was married in 1876 to Miss Maria E. Sellinger, a native of Louisiana, born in 1860, and to them the following family of children has been born: George M., Herbberd N., Clarence E., Richard L., Ena, Lena, Bessie, and Ella M. Mr. Tannehill is a Democrat and is a member of Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M. of Winnfield.

(The above article was copied from "Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana", published 1890 by Southern Publishing Company. Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies.)

More About RICHARD LAFAYETTE TANNEHILL:
Oath of Office: May 05, 1880, Sheriff 7

Children of RICHARD TANNEHILL and MARIA SELLINGER are:
i.ELLA MAY11 TANNEHILL7.
ii.LENA TANNEHILL7, m. CHARLES PACE8. Twin: of Ena
iii.RICHARD L. TANNEHILL9, b. 1880; d. October 02, 1924; m. ELMER
PATRICK10.

Notes for RICHARD L. TANNEHILL:
October 4, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise...

R. L. Tannehill, Jr., Passed Away Wed. After Brief Illness

Member of Prominent Family Dies In Alexandria Hospital

Funeral services for Richard Lafayette Tannehill, Jr., 44 years old, who died in an Alexandria hospital Wednesday evening, October 2nd, were held at the First Baptist Church Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock with burial in the Winnfield Cemetery.

The news of the passing of this splendid citizen was received with great sadness throughout the entire community. Mr. Tannehill was member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the parish. Son of the late R. L. Tannehill and Bettie Sellinger Tannehill he has been a citizen of the parish practically all his life and along with his family has been identified with all the progressive movements of the parish.

In 1912 the wedding of Mr. Tannehill and Miss Elmer Patrick was solemnized and to this union were born four children, three of whom survive.

Continuously for the past ten years the deceased has been connected with the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway as conductor and was held in highest esteem by his associates because of the sincerity and integrity of character which symbolized his upright life.

Fraternally he was affiliated with several Masonic bodies: Eastern Star Lodge No. 151 F. & A. M., Winnfield Chapter No. 59 R. A. M., and the Shreveport Consistory No. 2.

One week ago Mr. Tannehill was taken ill and went to the hospital in Alexandria for treatment and gradually grew worse until the end came Wednesday night.

The funeral cortege arrived form Alexandria Thursday at noon and proceeded to the home of the deceased to await the funeral hour. Accompanying the remains were many sorrowing relatives and friends.

Rev. A. H. Cullen, pastor of the Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. C. C. Wier, pastor of the Methodist Church and Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the service at the church and Eastern Star Lodge No. 151 concluded the services at the cemetery.

Surviving the deceased are his wife and three children, Maxine, Louise, and George Patrick, three brothers, H. N. Tannehill of Trout, G. M. Tannehill of Urania, and C. E. Tannehill of Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. C. L. Pace of Alexandria, Mrs. R. S. Walsh of Winnfield, and Mrs. Q. T. Hardtner of Urania; his stepmother, Mrs. Lula Tannehill of Winnfield and the following half-brothers and sisters: A. W. Tannehill of Memphis, Tenn., Estelle, Nancy, Nevin, Francis, Murphy, Dee, and Jack Tannehill of Winnfield; Mrs. E. F. Fort of Beaumont, Texas, and Elisha Tannehill of Alexandria, La.

iv.CLARENCE EUGENE TANNEHILL11, m. BERTIE FUSHEE12.
v.HERBERT NINIAN TANNEHILL13, m. ENA BUTLER13.
3. vi.GEORGE MILTON TANNEHILL.
vii.ENA TANNEHILL14, d. September 24, 1895, Age nine14.

More About ENA TANNEHILL:
Twin: of Lena14

4. viii.ELIZABETH TANNEHILL, b. September 12, 1887; d. January 1975.

Children of RICHARD TANNEHILL and LULA LONG are:

ix.EDITH ESTELLE11 TANNEHILL15, b. January 17, 1895, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA; d. March 30, 1984, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.

Notes for EDITH ESTELLE TANNEHILL:

April 4, 1984 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American
Estelle Tannehill, Former Enterprise Publisher, Rites Held Sunday
Miss Estelle Tannehill, a prominent and well-known Winn Parish business woman, native and lifelong resident of Winnfield, died Friday afternoon, March 30, 1984. Dr. Calvin Phelps officiated funeral services at First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, April 1, and burial followed in the Tannehill family grave plot in Winnfield City Cemetery.

Miss Tannehill was a member, one of only four feminine members, of the Louisiana Press Association. She served in 1935 as the 33rd president of the 104 year old news organization. She was honored in 1980 at the 100th anniversary celebration in Baton Rouge of this media group's formation.

Edith Estelle Tannehill, the eldest daughter of Richard Lafayette Tannehill, an early Winn Parish sheriff, and Mrs. Lula Long Tannehill, was born January 17, 1895 in Winnfield. She enjoyed a happy upbringing as a member of a large and close-knit family of ten children and eight half brothers and sisters.

She was a graduate of Winnfield High School, Louisiana State Normal (now Northwestern State University) in Natchitoches and subsequently taught school at Logansport, Urania, and Winnfield before entering the newspaper profession. While working temporarily, possibly between Winnfield school semesters, at Winnfield Furniture Store, she purchased the Dalton Weekly paper and began a career as owner-publisher of the Winnfield News-American. She later sold her newspaper to Winn Parish Enterprise and it was combined with that publication.

Miss Tannehill was noted for her penchant for wearing tailored hats, Panama in summer and felt in winter. Her working years spanned an era of state political and nationwide economic change and she met each challenge with forthright candor.

She was a long standing member of First Baptist Church and an interested participant in Sunday School until recently declining health restricted her activities. She was also a long time and active member of the Spicer-Wallace Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

She is survived by one brother, Murphy A. Tannehill of Urania, La.; four sisters, Mrs. Vivian T. Fort of Beaumont, Texas, Mrs. Nancy T. Robbins of Hot Springs, Ark., Mrs. Nevin McKinney and Mrs. Dee T. Johnson of Lake Charles.

Pallbearers were Don Walsh, Pat Tannehill, Charles Tannehill, Antone Tannehill, Jr., Jack Tannehill, Barry McKinney, and Rob Johnson.

Out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral were Dr. and Mrs. Antone Tannehill, Tupelo, Miss.; Dr. and Mrs. Richard Tannehill, Baton Rouge; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tannehill, Ruston; Mr. and Mrs. Pat Tannehill, Nederland, Tex,; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tannehill, Houston, Tex.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rhea Tannehill and son, Rhea, Union, Miss.; Mrs. Courtney Tannehill, Philadelphia, Miss.; Mrs. A. W. Tannehill, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Mrs. Estelle Dorman, Raymond, Miss.; Mrs. Letitia Fort, Dickinson, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley (Louise Tannehill), Glenmora.

Mrs. Maxine Hudson, Alexandria; Mrs. Poddy Blake, Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. Harold McKinney and Kristie, Carylass, La.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belgard, Pineville; Sellinger Walsh, Glenn Tannehill, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tannehill, and Mrs. Norphlet Powers, all of Urania.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doughty, Jena; Mrs. Leonora Daniels, Trout; Mr. and Mrs. Howard McCarty and Mary Margaret, Olla; Mr. and M.S. James Tannehill and Mrs. Quentin Hardtner, all of Shreveport; Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Hardtner, Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred (Eileen Latham) Nabors, Mansfield; Mrs. Laura Woodring, Rev. James Reed, Wade Shaddock, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lobdell and Mrs. Meredith Hold, all of Lake Charles; also the Rev. Robert P. Johnson III, Birmingham, Ala.; Col. (Ret.) R. Poinsett Johnson, Lake Charles; and Barry McKinney, Little Rock, Ark.

Mrs. Vivian T. Fort, of Beaumont, Texas, was the only immediate survivor not able to attend her sister's funeral.

A biography...From: February 2, 1977 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American
Neighbors

She traded ads for groceries in the 1930s.

And, for 22 years, Estelle Tannehill, 1400 E. Lafayette, owned and edited the Winnfield News-American, "at one time a competitor and now a part of the 'Winn Parish Enterprise'."

To keep the newspaper going, Miss Tannehill said she had to do a lot of "missionary work."

"I had to go out and convert people to advertising. At that time a weekly didn't make any money. People would say 'I'll help you out with an ad'."

"They had to be shown it was an investment, not an expense. A political year was the only time we got a little advertising."

These same people always wanted their social news in the paper, she said.

Miss Tannehill owned the paper from May, 1924 to May, 1946. She got it from N. C. Dalton who bought the old "Winnfield Times," the local newspaper after World War I. He started "Sgt. Dalton's Weekly," the paper of the Ku Klux Klan.

"The News-American was for the parish news and the weekly was for rabble-rousing. About 10,000 copies of the "Weekly" went out all over the country."

Dalton hired Miss Tannehill to keep his books. "If anything else came up, I had to do that, too."

Then in 1924, Dalton moved to Monroe and Miss Tannehill took over. She told Dalton she would not print the "Weekly".

Trained as a teacher, she took a semester of journalism courses at LSU in 1927 and was initiated into Theta Sigma Phi, a woman's journalism society.

"When I was initiated into Theta Sigma Phi, I had to wear a paper dress to class, over my regular dress."

In addition to trading ads for groceries and her "missionary work," Miss Tannehill sponsored newspaper subscription contests to increase circulation.

"I think we gave away two cars, but a contest would bring in $5,000 in subscriptions, too. The press association frowned on contests, but they worked for me."

Miss Tannehill served as president of the state press association in 1935.

By the beginning of the 1940s, weekly papers started to make money, Miss Tannehill said.

"That's when people began to put in chain stores. When they had a big sale, they wanted posters and ads. After a while, some would even call or bring in an ad."

Among the stories she covered from her office in the building between Taylor Pontiac and Winnfield Tire Center, was an electrocution across the street in the jail where the city police station is located now.

"The sheriff asked me if I wanted to witness it."

She didn't. But about everybody else in the parish wanted to be there when the man convicted of killing another man died. (See note below)

"That day people were just crammed into that street. They couldn't see it happen, of course. They just wanted to be nearby when it did."

Politics and the Longs were news. But, although Huey Long was her cousin, she didn't support him editorially in her paper.

"I knew him as a boy. I didn't know him much as a man, because I didn't much like him as a man."

She did like Earl Long. In 1954, when she had completed a second, or was it third or fourth, career as a hospital administrator, Earl Long called her with a job offer. Until the next administration change, she inspected the tourist information bureaus in Winnsboro and Tallulah for the Dept. of Commerce and Industry.

The Longs were not the only politicians in her family. Miss Tannehill's father, R. L. Tannehill, was the first elected mayor of the village of Winnfield in 1898. Before that he served 10 years as sheriff. He ran for governor on the Populist ticket.

The community of Tannehill where he had a sawmill was named for him.

Mrs. Tannehill had served as the first administrator of the Winnfield General Hospital, form 1948-1952.

"I hadn't been in very many hospitals so I spent a month visiting them. I asked them how they got the money and how they spent it."

After she gave up that administrator's post, she got the job of opening another hospital in Kountz, Texas.

It was in 1946 that Miss Tannehill sold out to her brother Jack and to Dennis Shell. She helped the two of them with the paper afterward, but she has been out of the newspaper business now for more than 30 years.

"I've had times I wondered why I did it," she said. "But I liked it, liked knowing everybody in the parish. And I miss it."

(Note: The above reference to an electrocution is somewhat confusing. Two "legal" executions took place in post-reconstruction Winn Parish; one, the electrocution of William Ayres, a black man convicted and electrocuted for rape, and two, William Harper, who was hanged for the murder of William Harper. Both executions took place on the block where the current day Winnfield Police Department is housed. At the time of these two executions the Winn Parish Jail occupied the current police department building. It is difficult to tell which execution Miss Tannehill or the reporter is referring to.)


x. ANTOINE TANNEHILL15.
xi. VIVIAN TANNEHILL15.
xii. NANCY TANNEHILL15.
xiii.FRANCIS MARION TANNEHILL15.
xiv.ELIZABETH TANNEHILL15.
xv. MURPHY TANNEHILL15.
xvi.NEVIN TANNEHILL15.
xvii.JACK TANNEHILL15.
xviii.DEE TANNEHILL15.
xix.ELISHA TANNEHILL.

Notes for ELISHA TANNEHILL:
March 6, 1942 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Services For E. Tannehill Held At Pineville

Funeral services for Elisha Tannehill, who died in a Shreveport hospital midnight Saturday, were held at the Pineville Methodist Church Monday morning at ten o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. B. D. Boddie, assisted by the Rev. R. M. Bentley, and interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery at Pineville.

The deceased son of Mrs. Lula Tannehill, and the late R. L. Tannehill, had been in failing health for several years and had undergone an operation Tuesday before.

Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Mabel S. Tannehill and young son, Fred L. Tannehill, both of Pineville, his mother, Mrs. Lula Tannehill and six brothers, H. N. Tannehill of Trout, C. E. Tannehill and Murphy Tannehill of Urania, A. W. Tannehill of Hattiesburg, Miss., F. M. Tannehill of Minden, and Jack L. Tannehill of Kansas City, Kans.; eight sisters, Mrs. Lena Pace of Alexandria, Mrs. R. S. Walsh, Mrs. Q. T. Hardtner, of Urania, Estelle Tannehill and Mrs. R. P. Johnson, Jr. of Winnfield, Nancy Tannehill of New Orleans, Mrs. E. F. Fort of Beaumont, Texas, and Mrs. Ha___ H. McKinney of Athens.

Pallbearers included Lee Barron, Claude Pace, Lou Campbell, R. M. Fitztumn, Ben Windham, P. D. Bassonette, Robert Stacks, and Earl Denning.

Generation No. 3

3. GEORGE MILTON11 TANNEHILL (RICHARD LAFAYETTE10, DAVID MILTON9, NINIAN8, JAMES7,

PHILLIP6, PHILLIP5, JOHN4,

ANDREW3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1 TANNAHILL) He married DORA SCHADER17.

Child of GEORGE TANNEHILL and DORA SCHADER is:

i.GEORGE12 TANNEHILL, b. December 02, 1978.

Notes for GEORGE TANNEHILL:

December 6, 1978 Winn Parish Enterprise

Services Held For George Tannehill

The funeral of George M. Tannehill, Jr., 69, of Winnfield was held at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Methodist Church with the Revs. Grayson B. Watson, Charles Haley, Robert Gage, Calvin Phelps and Bishop Lonnie Bramlett officiating.

Burial was in Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

He died early Saturday, December 2, 1978 in the local hospital after a brief illness.

Mr. Tannehill was a Urania native and was a retired district ranger for the U. S. Forest Service. He was a member of the Society of American Foresters, a charter member of the Louisiana Forestry Association and a charter member of the North Louisiana Group of Foresters. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University where he was captain of the basketball team. He was a member of the Winnfield First Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances M. Tannehill; a son, George Murphy Tannehill of Winnfield; a daughter, Georgianna Allen of Winnfield; his mother, Mrs. Dora S. Tannehill of Urania; two brothers, Dr. Theodore L. Tannehill of Tullos and Glen F. Tannnehill of Urania; a sister, Mrs. Marietta T. McDade of Belcher; and one grandchild..

4. ELIZABETH11 TANNEHILL (RICHARD LAFAYETTE10, DAVID MILTON9, NINIAN8, JAMES7, PHILLIP6,
 PHILLIP5, JOHN4, ANDREW3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1 TANNAHILL)18,19 was born September 12, 188720, and died January
1975 20. She married RUFUS SHELBY WALSH April 15, 1910 in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana21, son of
MARCUS WALSH and BRUNETTE HEARNE. He was born December 23, 1879 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee22.
Notes for RUFUS SHELBY WALSH:

Children of ELIZABETH TANNEHILL and RUFUS WALSH are:

i.RUFUS SHELBY12 WALSH, b. June 11, 1912; d. April 198231; m. LOYCE

HAGEN32.

ii.RICHARD LAFAYETTE WALSH, b. April 25, 1914, LA; d. August 06, 1997,

Winnfeild, LA; m. MARJORIE ELAINE CLINTON, (living).


Marriage Notes for RICHARD WALSH and MARJORIE CLINTON:

From the Winnfield News-American, Friday, April 7th, 1944, Society Page:

Miss Marjorie Elaine Clinton Weds Richard L. Walsh... The home of Mr. and mrs. Lanie O. Clinton in Pineville, La., was the scene of the beautiful wedding of Miss Marjorie Elaine Clinton and Richard Lafayette Walsh of the United States Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Walsh of Winnfield. La., the Rev. Jerome Cane of Urania officiating. Sunburst arrangements of Easter Lillies and white roses formed the adornments of the improvised altar. Donald Walsh, brother of the groom lighted the candles, prenuptual music was given by Miss Marie Miniard of Urania, who sang "Because" accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Irving Ward Steinman.

The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, chose forher wedding gown pure silk ivory satin, with self-shirred band extending from the low sweetheart neckline in a panel down the entire front of the gown. Long fitted sleeves terminated in points over the hand. The very bouffant spirit extended in to a long graceful train. Her veil of real hand-made lace was edged in seed pearls to the full length of the train. The bride carried a bouquet of white American Beauty rose. "Something old and borrowed" a rosepoint handkerchief used by Mrs. Wm. H. Heard, close friendof the groom's family, was carried.

The maid of honor was her cousin Miss Faye Waldrop of Winnsboro, who wore a gown of white marquisette with billowing skirt and and bodice of silk, carried an arm bouquet of gladioli.

James Scott, Jr., of Alexandria served as best man. Georgiana Tannehil, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Tannehill of Winnfield, and Mariette Tannehill McDade of Belcher cousins of the groom, were the flower girls, while Charles and Richard Tannehill, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy A. Tannehill of Urania, also cousins of the groom, served as ring bearers.

After the ceremony a reception was held for the members of the family and close friends. The bride's table was covered with a lace cutwork cloth, edged with Easter lilies, roses and silax from which Miss Margaret Clinton of Alexandria, Miss Norphleet Tannehill and Mrs. George Sellinger Walsh of Urania served punch and wedding cake. Later in the evening the bride and groom left for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast for their honeymoon.

The bride is a graduate of Whitworth College, Brookhaven, and later received her degree in music from Louisiana State Normal, Natchitoches. She was a member of the Delta Sigma Epsilon and choral club of Normal. She was music supervisor in the Urania school.

The groom served overseas several months in the South Pacific and Pearl Harbor, with the United states Navy. He attended L.S.U at Baton Rouge, where he was a member of the Delta Signma Phi. Before entering the service he was an employee of the Urania Lumber Company.


iii.GEORGE SELINGER WALSH, b. February 21, 191635; d. June 24, 199235;

m. MARY ELIZABETH BARR36.

iv.JOSEPH BETH WALSH, b. December 27, 1917; d. December 197538; m. EVA

ELIZABETH SKINNER.

v.DONOVAN HEARNE WALSH, b. September 07, 1926; m. SHIRLEY RAE LEWIS.

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