Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families
Bonnie Sherrill Chalk
1913 - 2011 (97 years)1. Bonnie Sherrill Chalk was born on 29 Aug 1913 in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee (son of John Presley Chalk and Mary Julia Ruth); died on 14 Mar 2011 in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee. Family/Spouse: Mary Nelle Brumley. Mary (daughter of Ben Allen Brumley, Sr and Melinda Alabama Sumners) was born on 6 Dec 1914 in Mississippi; died on 3 Jul 1991 in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Jackye Q Chalk was born on 8 Feb 1954; died on 16 Jan 2014.
2. John Presley Chalk was born about 1885 in Tennessee, United States (son of William Henry Chalk and Dicie Malinda Ham). John + Mary Julia Ruth. Mary (daughter of Henry Clayton Ruth and Mary Eliza Guinn) was born about 1887 in Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Julia Ruth was born about 1887 in Tennessee, United States (daughter of Henry Clayton Ruth and Mary Eliza Guinn). Children:
- Rual Chalk was born about 1907 in Tennessee, United States.
- Irene Chalk was born about 1909 in Tennessee, United States.
- 1. Bonnie Sherrill Chalk was born on 29 Aug 1913 in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee; died on 14 Mar 2011 in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee.
Generation: 3
4. William Henry Chalk was born on 7 Sep 1855 in Arkansas (son of James Whitfield Chalk and Emily Goff); died on 4 Mar 1935 in Sardis, TN. William + Dicie Malinda Ham. Dicie (daughter of Allen Ham and Amanda Booth) was born on 21 Mar 1856 in Tennessee; died on 3 Nov 1904 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Dicie Malinda Ham was born on 21 Mar 1856 in Tennessee (daughter of Allen Ham and Amanda Booth); died on 3 Nov 1904 in Tennessee. Children:
- 2. John Presley Chalk was born about 1885 in Tennessee, United States.
6. Henry Clayton Ruth was born in 1844 in Tennessee (son of Samuel Clayton Ruth and Sally Ann East). Henry + Mary Eliza Guinn. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Guinn and Julia Drake) was born about 1850 in Hardin, TN; died in Hardin, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Eliza Guinn was born about 1850 in Hardin, TN (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Guinn and Julia Drake); died in Hardin, TN. Children:
- 3. Mary Julia Ruth was born about 1887 in Tennessee, United States.
Generation: 4
8. James Whitfield Chalk was born on 13 Mar 1831 in Henderson, TN (son of James Askew Chalk and Malinda Simons); died on 18 Aug 1914 in Decaturville, TN. James + Emily Goff. Emily (daughter of William Henry Goff and Sarah Long) was born about 1835 in Tennessee; died in From 1855 to 1860 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Emily Goff was born about 1835 in Tennessee (daughter of William Henry Goff and Sarah Long); died in From 1855 to 1860 in Tennessee. Children:
- 4. William Henry Chalk was born on 7 Sep 1855 in Arkansas; died on 4 Mar 1935 in Sardis, TN.
10. Allen Ham was born on 29 May 1809; died on 2 May 1878 in Henderson, TN. Allen + Amanda Booth. Amanda was born about 1820 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Amanda Booth was born about 1820 in Alabama. Children:
- 5. Dicie Malinda Ham was born on 21 Mar 1856 in Tennessee; died on 3 Nov 1904 in Tennessee.
12. Samuel Clayton Ruth was born about 1811 in Kentucky. Samuel + Sally Ann East. Sally (daughter of John East and Elizabeth Payne) was born in 1820 in Henry Co., VA; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Sally Ann East was born in 1820 in Henry Co., VA (daughter of John East and Elizabeth Payne); died after 1870. Children:
- 6. Henry Clayton Ruth was born in 1844 in Tennessee.
14. Benjamin Franklin Guinn was born about 1817 in Greene, TN (son of Daniel Guinn and Mary Ann Polly Broyles); died about Oct 1870 in Hardin, TN. Benjamin + Julia Drake. Julia was born about 1825 in Tennessee; died about 1860 in Hardin, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Julia Drake was born about 1825 in Tennessee; died about 1860 in Hardin, TN. Children:
- 7. Mary Eliza Guinn was born about 1850 in Hardin, TN; died in Hardin, TN.