Mary "Polly" Sheldon

Notes:

Mary is identified as a daughter of Remington Sheldon in the following excerpt (notes from Chandler Smith Cheek):

"Sheldon, Israel et. als. vs Sheldon, Gilbert et. als., The Supreme Court of State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, SC, In Equity for Partition, No 2078, October Term 1882.
(1) George Sheldon of Pawtucket, Rhode Island died December 13, 1879, intestate, unmarried and left no children. He was the son of Remington Sheldon, now deceased, who was the father of nine children, as follows:
Polly (Mary) who married Simeon Smith and died leaving issue."
(and so on)

Mary married Simeon Smith, Jr. 26 Dec 1802, Pawtuxet, RI. Simeon (son of Simeon Smith, Sr. and Martha Peck) was born 11 Jun 1779, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 10 Feb 1846, Thomasville, GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The online transcription of cemetery records at the Georgia Genweb site has her date of death as 16 Oct 1850.

Mary married Edward Remington Abt 4 Sep 1826, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI. Edward (son of William Remington and Martha "Pattey" Adams) was born 7 Jun 1804, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 18 Apr 1878, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA; was buried , The Old Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, Simeon A. Smith is age 44, living in District 81, Thomas Co., GA. His wife Susan is 37. They have five children in the household: Simeon 12, Achilles 9, Readen (?) 7, James 5, & Cora 2. The family is there is 1860, too, but just initials are given for their first and middle names in the census.

In 1870 Simeon & Susan, ages 65 & 58, are at Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA. Achilles 29 & Susan 19 are with them.

Simeon married Susannah "Susan" Parramore Bef 1838, Thomas Co., GA. Susannah (daughter of John Parramore and Nancy Brinson) was born 14 Jan 1812, Telfair, GA; died 22 Dec 1874, Thomasville, GA. [Group Sheet]

Huldah married Edward Seixas 24 Dec 1834, Thomas Co., GA. Edward was born 2 Jun 1799, NY; died 7 May 1871, Thomasville, GA; was buried , The Old Cemetery, Thomasville, GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

James went to Irwin Co., GA, in 1828. After marrying, James & Lodoiska moved to Thomasville, GA, "where he was a postmaster and junior partner in a mercantile firm with his father, whom he . . . had come with from Pawtucket [Pawtuxet] to the South, and a Col. E. Remington. The business was known as Simon Smith Jr. and Sons." (source: obit, reprinted in the Magnolia Monthly, Jan 1964)

The family moved to Flordia about 1848. James W. Smith was a Representative in the Florida Legislature from 1850 to 1860.

His gravestone contains this inscription:
I've safely passed the billows' roar
Upon life's stormy sea
And here upon the shining shore
I'm waiting now for thee.

James married Lodoiska Parramore 22 Dec 1833, Thomas Co., GA. Lodoiska was born 5 Feb 1817, Jacksonville, Telfair Co., GA; died 4 Jun 1886, Madison, FL; was buried , Smith Cemetery, Wakulla Co., FL. [Group Sheet]

Martha married Alfred Harvey Bef 1847, Thomas Co., GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give source credit to Lois Sorensen, Remington family researcher and compiler, and to other sources as noted herein.)

Some information on Frank's family came from Chandler Smith Cheek and Linda Poast.

In the 1850 Federal Census, Francis & Ann are a young married couple with a four-month-old baby, Mary, living with his parents and siblings at Thomasville, GA. In 1860 F. H. Remington is age 32 (b. RI) and his wife Ann is 30 (b. GA); their children are Mary, 7; S., 4; and F., 1. They are in Thomas County, GA. In 1870 they are still at Thomasville, with five of their children. It appears that the first Mary may have died young, and later another daughter was also named Mary. In 1880 Frank & Ann are still at Thomasville, and with them are Willie D., 17, & Gertrude, 18. Also in the household are daughter Mary E. Walthour and her son Frank R., 6.

Notes from Chandler: In 1855, F. H. Remington was made Worthy Master of the Thomasville Masonic Lodge. In 1858 he was elected Clerk and Treasurer of the Thomasville City Council/ Aldermen.

Francis married Ann Elizabeth Dasher 22 Nov 1849, Lowndes Co., GA. Ann (daughter of Christian H. Dasher and Elizabeth Waldhauer) was born 30 Aug 1829, Thomas Co., GA; died 28 Mar 1888, Thomasville, GA; was buried , Old Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give source credit to Lois Sorensen, Remington family researcher and compiler, and to other sources as noted herein.)

Martha Adams Remington was named after her paternal grandmother, Martha "Pattey" Adams.

Martha ran a hotel called the Mitchell Hotel or Piney Wood Hotel. See notes below.

"In this large lot is also buried a woman of tremendous energy with a great and kindly heart. Back in Thomasville's great winter resort days, Martha Adams Remington, known then to Thomasville and to the world as "Mrs. Bowers" operated the Piney Woods Hotel in all of the sparkling glory at a time when Akin, SC, St. Augustine, FL, and Thomasville, GA were the great winter resorts of the Atlantic Seaboard. Miami, FL, then wasn't even a whisper as a winter resort. Martha Adams Remington married twice, first to Mr. Davies, and after his death to Dr. Peter S. Bower. Mrs. Bower operated the great hotel while her husband, Dr. Bower, ministered to the guests who had come down from the North on account of ailing health. And so it is fitting that Mrs. Bower, in her day one of the grand ladies of the South, should be buried in the Old Cemetery with gallant Confederate soldiers, and near the grave of her kindly husband, Dr. Peter S. Bower." (THE OLD CEMETERY by James B. Burch, from Thomasville Cultural Centers)

From the Georgia Genweb site, cemetery records (somewhat edited) from The Old Cemetery, Thomasville: Theodosius B. Davies, 15 June 1825 - 28 Jan 1859, h/o Martha Adams Remington, d/o Col. Edward Remington. Martha is said to be the first white child to have been born in this city after the town was formally incorporated. Martha Adams Remington Davies later married Dr. P. S. Bower. Dr. Bower was born 4 Dec 1833 died 19 Dec 1892.

Peter Shively Bower, 4 Dec 1833 - 19 Dec 1897 CSA Dr. h/o Martha Adams Bower, 29 July 1831 - 5 May 1898; mn Remington

Martha married Theodosius Bartow Davies 3 May 1848, Thomasville, GA. Theodosius (son of William Davies and Sarah Grant Land) was born 15 Jun 1825, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA; died 28 Jan 1859, Thomasville, GA; was buried , Old Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA. [Group Sheet]

Martha married Peter Shively Bower Aft 28 Jan 1859. Peter was born 4 Dec 1833; died 19 Dec 1897, Thomasville, GA; was buried , The Old Cemetery, Thomasville, GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give source credit to Lois Sorensen, Remington family researcher and compiler, and to other sources as noted herein.)

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Mary S. Remington's grave marker reads that she was born in Thomasville, Georgia, and died in Newnansville, Florida. It also notes that her parents were Edward Remington and Mary A. Remington. Beside her in the old Newnansville Methodist Cemetery are two infant grave markers for 1857 and 1859. She died just four days after the second child.

Mary's parents came from Rhode Island to Thomasville. Her father's (Edward 1803-1878) heritage is unknown, but her mother's (Mary A. Smith 1804-1856) line goes back to Captain Simeon Smith and Mary Sheldon from RI. Her siblings included: Edward S., Martha, and Francis Remington.

Mary grew up in Thomasville and attended the Fletcher Institute just south of town. She is listed as a teenager on the 1850 U. S. Census. Four years later she would marry another youngster, Lewis G. Pyles, who was also listed on the same census living in town. His parents were Samuel R. Pyles (1788-1837) from Glynn County, Georgia, and Charlotte Wynn (1793-1842) of Savannah, Georgia.

The two were married in Thomasville a day after her birthday in 1854. The exact date they moved to Newnansville is unknown. Their first child was Samuel R. Pyles, born in 1855 or 1856, who was named after Lewis's brother and father. Numerous Ancient Records of Alachua County provide a good timeline for Lewis because he represented Mary's father in his mercantile business in Newnansville.

Mary died within days of the death of her third child, leaving her only surviving son motherless. In 1860, the U. S. Census denotes Lewis G. Pyles as the Registrar in the Newnansville General Land Office. His son was also in his household. When the Civil War started, Lewis was elected as a Major in the 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment.

His Regiment participated in the Battle of Seven Pines and he was severally wounded. By then he had been promoted to Lt. Colonel and to Colonel, but was not able to fight anymore. He returned to Newnansville and was in a skirmish on the City of Gainesville.

Lewis died in Archer, Florida, in 1866, probably at the home of his sister, Charlotte Louise Pyles who had married George Helvenston. There is no marker known for his grave site in Newnansville or Archer.

Young Samuel R. Pyles was then an orphan with no male uncles in Florida. It appears that his maternal grandfather, Edward Remington, took his grandson to Thomasville to raise. He appears on records in the Thomasville area in 1876 and 1879 and then on the 1880 U. S. Census as a druggist. Between 1889 and 1893, he was living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and working for a railroad.

According to Alachua County Deed Book 35 records filed in 1891, he was married to Mary J. Pyles and living in Ohio. His cousin, William E. Davies, acting as the Administrator for their grandfather, was settling the lands that Edward Remington had accumulated in Alachua and Levy County, Florida.

The final years for Samuel R. and Mary J. Pyles are not known. Perhaps other cousins of the Remington-Davies-Smith line might know and be able to fill in this last mystery.

Additional Comments:
The Newnansville Old Methodist Cemetery is located at the present town of Alachua in Alachua County. Alachua County Ancient Records can be viewed online at: http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/clerk/searchmenu.html
Search Ancient Records for Marriages, Deeds, Probate and Transcriptions for Remington and Pyles.

More on Remington-Davies-Smith can be read in the Thomasville Gen., History and Fine Arts Library Quarterly: Origins V2 Dec 1991 and V6 1996.

CSA Service Records and the book "Soldiers of Florida" give Lt. Col. Lewis G. Pyles Confederate Service Record.

More on the Pyles-Wynn families can be gleaned from Glynn Co., GA Court House records and from the Alachua Co., Gen. Soc's quarterly LATCHUA COUNTRY NEWS.

Mary married Lewis G. Pyles 19 Jul 1854, Thomas Co., GA. Lewis (son of Samuel R. Pyles and Charlotte Wynn) was born 1831, Newnansville, FL; died 18 Feb 1866, Archer, Alachua Co., FL; was buried , Newnansville, FL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Edward was likely named after both his father and his uncle, Edward Seixas, who married his maternal aunt, Huldah Sheldon Smith.

Edward, born c.1841, appears to be in Brooks, GA, in the 1860 Federal Census. There he is listed E. S. Remington, age 19, b. GA, a merchant. The age agrees with this Edward. If it is indeed he, then his middle initial was S, and he was following in the professional footsteps of his (assumed) father.

He may also be this individual (info from GA Genweb site): "Remington, Edward S. -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 8t. Regiment Georgia Infantry May 21, 1861. Transferred to Company A, 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 20, 1862. Becoming unfit for duty he was detailed sub-agent for collection of wool at Thomasville, Georgia, May 1, 1864. Paroled, Thomasville, Georgia, May 10, 1865."

In the 1870 Federal Census, Edward & Jane, both age 29, are living at Thomasville, Ga. Also with them is Nannie Livingston, age 9, two members of the Davis family, and the Butler family. I think Nannie may be Jane's child from a previous marriage (?).

From the following website: http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/Archive/default.cfm

The State of Georgia } Before me personally appeared Edward S Remington
Thomas County } and Jane Remington wife of Edward S Remington
who acknowledges that they Executed signed sealed and delivered the fore
going deed of conveyance for the uses and purposes therein contained and expressed
Acknowledged and subscribed before me this } E. S. Remington
31st day of March AD 1890 } J L Remington
(seal) T. N. Hopkins }
Commr of Deeds for Florida }
Filed for Record April 27th 1891 Recorded May 6th 1891
J A Carlisle Clerk
per E C Wimberly DC

(Transcribed by Charles Blankenship 3 November 2002)

Edward married Lucinda "Jane" Wyche 25 Jan 1868, Thomasville, GA. Lucinda was born Abt 1841, FL; died Aft 31 Mar 1890. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

An email from Linda Poast says that Simeon was born and died the same day: 20 Apr 1846. This is confirmed by cemetery data online at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/thomas/cemeteries/oldcem.txt

Notes:

S. A. Smith, age 24 GA, (Simeon ) is listed as living with his parents and siblings at Thomas, GA, in 1860. His wife, G, is there with the family also.

In 1870 S. A. & Georgia Smith are living at Valdosta, Lowndes Co., GA. They have three children: Thomas, Susan, & Georgia.

Simeon married Georgia Unknown Bef 1 Jun 1860. Georgia was born Abt 1835, GA; died Aft 1 Jun 1870. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In 1870 Reddin P. Smith is married to Hattie and living at Thomas, GA. They have three children: Simeon, Reddin, & Lillie.

Notes:

When Susan was of college age, she went to Warren, RI, for her education. (source: obit)

Susan married Chandler Holmes Smith, Sr. 21 Feb 1856, Shell Point, Wakulla Co., FL. Chandler (son of Remington Smith and Martha "Patty" Holmes) was born 23 Feb 1831, Pawtuxet, RI; died 29 Jun 1899, Madison, FL; was buried , Oak Ridge Cemetery, Madison, FL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She died from sucking yellow jasmine.

Notes:

Mary is age 17 in the 1870 Federal Census. In 1880 she is Mary E. Walthour, age 28 and living with her son and her parents at Thomasville, GA.

Mary married George Walthour 15 Aug 1872. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Clarence Alvin Lloyd 26 Jul 1883, Thomasville, GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1870 Federal Census, Simeon is age 14 and works as a messenger in a telegraph office. In 1880 he is married to Mary J. and living at Apalachicola, FL, working in a sawmill as of 18 June. He must have died shortly after that -- perhaps as a result of an accident at the mill?

Simeon — Marie Josey Hinsey. Marie was born Abt 1863, FL; died Aft 1 Jun 1880. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1880 Federal Census, F. H. Remington is age 21, single, and living at Valdosta, Lowndes Co., GA.

In the April 1910 Federal Census, Frank H. & Mollie J. Remington, ages 50 & 46, are living at Precinct 6, Stephens Co., TX. According to the census data they have been married 24 years and have had 9 children, 8 of whom are still living. In the household with them are: Elsey M., 23 (a son, single), Marvin 20, Earnest 16, Willie E. 14, Clara L. 12, & Alton T. 4. All of the children were born in TX.

Francis married Martha Jane Stout 3 Jan 1886, Rockwall, TX. Martha was born Abt 1865, MO; died 13 Apr 1936, Caddo, Stephens Co., TX. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to consistent census data, he would have been born around 1862/63.

In the 1870 and 1880 Federal Censuses, Willie is living with his parents at Thomasville, GA. In 1870 Willie is 8, and in 1880 he is 17.

The following census data may also apply to this particular William D. Remington:
In 1910 W. D. Remington is 45 and his wife Tyne is 30. They are on Baltimore Ave. in Waycross, Ware Co., GA. In 1920 William D. Remington is age 57, and his wife Tyne is 40. They are still living at 21 Baltimore Ave. in Waycross, Ware Co., GA. In 1930 they are still there; William D. is 67 and Tyne J. is 50. The 1920 census data says that both of Williams's parents were born in GA, while the 1930 census says they were both born in RI; but these inconsistencies may be due to misunderstandings or errors by the informants or the census takers (his father was born in RI, his mother in GA). Also in the household in 1930 is a niece, Ethel Campbell, age 16.

Family history says William died in Caddo, TX (needs research to confirm).

I have entered the information for this marriage to Tynie Jones, with the assumption it belongs to this particular William (pending further research). Census data shows no other William Remington or W. Remington born in Georgia.

William married Tynie Jones 2 May 1906, Ware Co., GA. Tynie was born Abt 1880, GA; died Aft 1 Apr 1930. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married Francis "Frank" Jones Winn 7 Jun 1866, GA. Francis died 12 Jun 1907; was buried , Old Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give source credit to Lois Sorensen, Remington family researcher and compiler, and to other sources as noted herein.)

In the 1880 Federal Census, Samuel Pyles is single and age 24, a druggist, living on Broad St. (?) in Thomasville, GA.

The following biographical sketch was contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Charles Blankenship, PylesSRP@aol.com (Author: Charles Blankenship)

Samuel R. Pyles, the child of Mary S. Remington and Lewis G. Pyles, was born either in Thomasville, GA, or Newnansville, FL. The 1860 Census says that he was born in Florida, but the 1900 and 1910 enumeration taken in Idaho and California said Georgia. Samuel's mother was the child of Edward and Mary Remington who had moved from Rhode Island to Thomas Co., GA, in the 1830s. His father Lewis was the son of Charlotte Wynn of Savannah, GA, and Col. Samuel R. Pyles of Glynn Co., GA.

Young Samuel's mother died in 1859 just a few days after the birth and death of an infant child. She is buried in the old Newnansville Methodist Cemetery outside the present day town of Alachua, Alachua Co., FL. His father, Lewis, continued to live and work as a Registrar in the General Land Office in the old town. Both young Samuel and Lewis were listed living in town in 1860.

When the Civil War broke out, Samuel's father was elected as a Major in the 2nd FL Infantry Regiment as a Staff Officer. At the Virginia Battle of Seven Pines in May of 1862, he was severely wounded. He was a Lt. Col. at that time and was promoted to full Colonel, but did not serve with the 2nd FL Reg't again. Instead, returning home, he recovered and was in some Florida skirmishes. Florida Masonic records indicate that he died in Archer, Florida in 1866.

At that time, young Samuel was an orphan. All his male paternal uncles were dead and most likely he was living with his paternal aunt, Charlotte L. (Pyles) Helvenston in Archer. His maternal grandfather, Edward Remington, probably took Samuel to Thomasville to live and become educated. Some records from that area indicate that he was a registered voter by 1876 and attended a wedding for a paternal cousin in 1879.

The 1880 Census shows that he was a druggist at his cousin W. E. Davies' Drug Store in Thomasville. By October of 1882, a Rhode Island Equity Partition [Shelton vs Sheldon] states that he was living in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. The Cincinnati City Directory between 1889 to 1892 lists him as a city resident and working for a railroad by the last year.

Meanwhile, his grandfather had died in 1878 and his cousin [W. E. Davies] began to settle their grandfather's land holdings in Levy and Alachua Co., FL. An Ancient Record [DBK 35] filed in 1890, states that he was married and that he and his wife, Mary J. Pyles, were still living in Hamilton Co., OH. She relinquished her dower rights and both received monetary payment in consideration of the same.

Not much is known of their movements, except by researching the 1900, 1910, and 1920 Census records and their proper names. In 1900, Samuel R. and Mary J. Pyles appear in De Lamar, Owyhee Co., ID. Samuel was a hotel manager and they were living at the hotel that boarded "gold miners" in a Silver Mining town. The enumeration indicated that they had been married for 17 years, so they must have married in OH in 1883. Mary's birth state was Ohio and her parents were from WV and England. Ten years later, the states were reversed and by 1920, her father was listed as being from VA.

In 1910, the couple are listed as living on Hill Street in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA. Samuel's occupation was retail clerk in a Cigar Store. Their marriage years were stated as 27 to confirm the 1883 date. Both the 1900 and 1910 stated that Samuel was born in Georgia. The 1900 had his father born in FL, but mother in RI. By 1910, it showed FL and GA.

The question as to children for Mary J. Pyles on the 1910 was answered "0-0" to indicate that she never had children. Thus, the line of Lewis G. Pyles and Mary S. Remington ended with the passing of their son, Samuel R. Pyles. The 1920 Census for Santa Monica, CA, indicates that Mary J. Pyles was widowed and still living in the same town. Her husband Samuel R. Pyles died between 1910 and 1920. She does not appear on the 1930 census, so she probably died after 1920.

Additional Comments:
Lewis G. Pyles Civil War Service Records are available at the National Archives. Ancient Records of Alachua County, Florida are online dating from the 1830 through the early to middle 1860s. Biographies for his parents are both online and through the Alachua Co. Gen. Society's quarterly: 'LATCHUA COUNTRY NEWS. His mother's family is well documented in Thomasville, GA, where they are buried. Except for 1870, Samuel R. Pyles appears on every Census through 1910. Because he and his wife used their first names and middle initials, it is easy to research their westward trek.

Samuel married Mary Jennie Garwood 11 Apr 1883, Hamilton Co., OH. Mary was born , OH; died Between 1920 and 1930. [Group Sheet]

James — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Audrey — Randall Pope. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Dr. Smith, a physician, received his early education in Madison, FL. When it was demonstrated he was an exceptional student he was sent to the Bingham School in North Carolina, the University of Florida (I understand he was a founding member of the ATO fraternity there but I have not seen evidence of that), Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and post-graduate medical education in Berlin, Germany, and Vienna, Austria. He returned to Madison, FL, to practice medicine. He married Marie Vann Dial on November 21, 1895. Marie and Chandler had eight children who survived one of whom was Rosa Alexandria Smith, my mother. Dr. Smith died August 17, 1918. He was the city of Madison's first automobile fatality. Suffering from chronic hearing loss he did not hear or see the car driven by a young and inexperienced female who hit him as he attempted to walk across the street." (notes from Chandler Smith Cheek)

In the Federal Census of 1910, the family is living at Madison, FL.

They had three children that died young: Susan, Marie, and Julia. See findagrave.com

Chandler married Marie Vann Dial 21 Nov 1895. Marie was born 15 Apr 1874, Madison, FL; died 26 Oct 1943; was buried , Oak Ridge Cemetery, Madison, FL. [Group Sheet]

Simeon married Alberta Rebecca Cliatt 19 Jun 1901, Dawson, GA. Alberta (daughter of William Albertus Cliatt and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jordan Slaughter) was born 9 Jun 1882, Russell Co., AL; died 3 Oct 1951, Gainsville, FL. [Group Sheet]