Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society

07/16/2026

Anachy Sadler Biography
Anachy Sadler was born about 1845. Her maiden name was Suggs and she affirmed in her application for a USCT widow’s pension that she had belonged to Widow Suggs in Robertson County until the war came and she ran away to Clarksville. Her parents are unknown but Peter and Elsey Suggs stated in a deposition that they raised Anachy from a baby. She had one brother, William Suggs, and a nephew, John Bell, both of whom are mentioned in one of her wills.
On January 4, 1858, Anachy married Benjamin Sadler in Robertson County. Benjamin was owned by Robert Sadler and Anachy stated that they had the permission of both their owners to marry. They had one child who was stillborn before the war. Benjamin enlisted in Company K, 16th USCT in Clarksville on February 9, 1864 as Benjamin Rush which was a name his mother gave him. Benjamin died in the General Field Hospital in Chattanooga on July 7, 1864 of pneumonia. Anachy did not marry again. Anachy applied for a widow’s pension on July 5, 1865 and was approved for a pension of $8 per month on March 27, 1866. Her pension was increased to $20 on November 4, 1916 when she turned 70 years old. Her pension attorney was J. C. McMullen of Clarksville who apparently scammed her. Pension agents by law were only allowed to be paid $10 and this was paid by the Pension Department. Anachy paid him $10 and when her first check of $300 came, she stated he took $30 of it.
With her first pension check, Anachy bought a house and lot at 104 Dodd Street which she paid $175 for on October 17, 1900. The 1910 census shows her living alone in that house. She stated she supported herself by market gardening and cooking. The 1910 census is the only one she is currently found in due to her first name appearing in quite a few different spellings: Amika, Anachy, or Anaka are the most common.
Anachy is also unusual because she had a total of three wills. Except for her brother, William, none of the people listed in the wills are family members. The first will written in 1901 left all her property to Willie Tandy, wife of J. T. Tandy, a resident of Allensville, Kentucky. Anachy stipulated that it was Willie’s free from the debts, contracts and liabilities of her present husband or any future husband. In 1904, Anachy wrote a second will which left Willie and her husband the house and land on Dodd Street. Willed the rest of her real and personal property to Barbra Allen Stokes in consideration for service during illness. She left William $10 and left $5 to Jim Bell, her sister’s son. The last will was written in February 1917 and leaves all property to Howson Powell and his wife who lived at 1004 Franklin Street.
Anachy Sadler died April 22, 1917 of local blood poisoning complicated with cardiac valvular insufficiency. The doctor who attended her in her last illness and signed her death certificate was C. A. Kelly whose office was at 115 South First Street. William H. Keesee buried her in Mt Olive Cemetery on April 23, 1917.
Now the story gets complicated. Howson Powell sent a claim for reimbursement of burial expenses to the Pension Office. He claimed Anachy came to live with him in 1910 and that he and his wife cared for her until her death. His reimbursement claim was rejected because the nursing and burial expenses were $98.75 and the assets Anachy left amounted to $363.43.
Powell sent another letter to the Pension Office dated April 26, 1920 in which he said John Thomas Tandy known as Tom Tandy sent for Powell and his wife to come to the courthouse. Powell hired lawyer Daniel (this was the first year after Anachy died which would be 1918). Nothing was done until November 1919 when Montgomery County Court vacated the will in Powell’s favor and accepted the one in Tandy’s. Powell claimed they had a number of false witnesses among whom was Joe Farley “who wanted and got the place for his son-in-law.” Powell was asking for help getting the house and land back and reimbursement for the cost of the lawyer which was $25 and the court costs of $51. The Pension office replied that they could not help him.
Anachy Sadler was a woman who seemed not to have family involved in her life. Two sets of people who were not related fought over the few possessions she left behind.

Bibliography
Montgomery County, Tennessee Census (1910)
Montgomery County, Tennessee County Clerk Minutes Volume 44. Pages 367, 373, 374.
Montgomery County, Tennessee Deed Book Volume 35. Page 92.
Pension File 100678, Rush, Benjamin alias Benjamin Sadler; National Archives, Washington D. C.
Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Tennessee State Library and Archives.

06/30/2026

06/27/2026

On July5, 2026 at 3 pm Phyllis Smith, Mt Olive's Historian, will give a talk on the 16th and 101st USCT at the Custom House Museum. The talk is free. Come and learn about Clarksville's little known Civil War History.

05/21/2026

Lizzie, Maggie, and Fannie Talley Biography

The Talley family initially lived in Civil District 16, Montgomery County, Tennessee, and were enslaved to Frederick Talley and his son Guilford Talley. Abe Talley, the father, was born in 1858. On January 14, 1878, Abe married Lizzie Jackson in Montgomery County. Lizzie was born in 1862 and her family was enslaved by James Jackson whose plantation, The Forks of Cypress, was in Alabama.
Abe and Lizzie Talley first appeared in the 1880 Montgomery County census living in District 20. Abe, aged 22, working as a farmer and Lizzie listed as a housekeeper. Abe’s sister, Dora Ramey, aged 16, was living with them. By 1895, Abe and Lizzie were living in Clarksville at 527 South First Street. On March 13, 1896, Abe bought the north half of city lot #8 which fronted on Quarles Street in Ward 10. He paid $100 for the half lot.
The 1900 census listed the family living at 208 Wood Street. Abe, aged 56, worked as a day laborer. He owned the house with a mortgage. Lizzie, aged 38, was working as a laundress. Also in the household were children Maggie, aged 18, Mattie, aged 17, Annie, aged 14, Sam, aged 13, and Fannie, aged 11. All the children were in school. Lizzie’s mother, Elizabeth Jackson, aged 75 was also living with them.
Abe Talley died on December 31, 1908 of tuberculosis. No record has been found indicating where he was buried. On May 24, 1909, Lizzie bought the southern half of lot #8 from G. B. Lyle for $40 and in that same year, Maggie Talley was working as a teacher and was one of the Musical Directors for the “Teachers’ Intellectual Carnival and Musical Lyceum” in November.
The family was still together and living at 606 Wood Street in the 1910 census. Lizzie, aged 44, worked as a laundress and owned the house with no mortgage. Mattie, aged 26, and Annie, aged 21, both were teaching. Fannie, aged 18, was a cook for a private family and Mattie, aged 24, worked as a house girl for a private family. Lizzie’s niece, Elnora Jackson, aged 13, was attending school. No record of where Sam was in 1910 has been found.
On September 6, 1912, the Nashville Globe, an African American Newspaper, had a small article stating that Maggie was going to open a school in Glendale. No further mention of the school has been found. On January 27, 1915, Lizzie Talley died of Mitral Insufficiency with a contributing factor of dropsy. She was buried in Mt Olive on January 29 by William Keesee. No headstone has been found for her. She was a member of St. John’s Baptist Church. One year later, Annie married Orman Batson in Cunningham, Tennessee on December 16, 1916. In July 1917, Maggie was hired as a teacher at Center School in District 13. One month later on August 3, 1917, Fannie Talley died of typhoid fever and was buried by William Keesee in Mt Olive two days later. Fannie does not have a headstone. By 1918, Mattie had married Raymond Russell and the couple had moved to St. Louis, Missouri. No Montgomery County marriage license has been found for the couple so the date and location of their marriage is unknown.
In October 1918, Annie and Orman Batson sued Maggie Talley and Mattie and Raymond Russell over the land and house Lizzie left behind. They felt that Lizzie’s estate could not equitably divided without selling the property. Directly in the court filing, the Batsons acknowledged that they did not know where Sam Talley was and had not heard from him in years. Two months later on December 9, 1918, Maggie and Mattie bought Annie’s interest in Lizzie’s property for $140. Maggie continued to live at 106 Wood Street because in July 1919, Maggie put an ad in the newspaper asking for the return of a year-old heifer calf that had strayed or been stolen from 106 Wood Street. She offered a reward for its return.
The 1920 census recorded the dissolution of the family. Maggie is recorded living in John Clark’s house at 121 Wood Street renting a room. It is unclear if this house was the same house but with a renumbered address or if it was a different house. It seems clear from the census that Maggie no longer owned the Talley Wood Street property. Maggie was 35-years-old and worked as a teacher. Mattie and Raymond Russell were listed living on Finney Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Raymond, aged 31, worked as a cook in a train’s dining car. Mattie, aged 30, had no listed occupation. Annie and Orman Batson owned a farm free of mortgage on the Clarksville and Charlotte Road in Montgomery County.
Maggie Talley was found unconscious in her home on Wood Street at 8 pm on February 17, 1920 by neighbors. She died before a physician could arrive. Her death certificate listed cause of death as pulmonary edema. William Keesee buried her in Mt Olive on February 20.
Sam Talley died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 1, 1948. His death certificate recorded that he was a patient at Western State Hospital, an insane asylum near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and that he had been a patient there for 45 years. This means he was admitted in 1903. It is unknown why the family did not know his location.
Mattie Talley Russell died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1970 and is buried with her husband Raymond in Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Missouri. Annie Talley Batson died on February 2, 1981 in Clarksville. She was a retired school teacher and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery with her husband.
Of the four children of Abe and Lizzie Talley, only two married and none had children. The family line was continued by nieces and nephews. Today, Fredrick DeShon Murphy is a decedent of this family. He is a historian who established Montgomery/Dickson County, TN & Hopkinsville, KY African American History Group which is responsible for several historical markers in Clarksville celebrating African American History and the “King Iron” traveling exhibit which explored the untold stories of the enslaved who worked in Tennessee’s Iron furnaces.


Bibliography
1877 Map of Montgomery County, Tennessee.

“Clarksville native set to present at the 2017 Slave Dwelling Symposium.” Leaf-Chronicle.
September 12, 2017.

Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory (1895, 1911).

“Colored Woman Found Unconscious.” Leaf-Chronicle. February 18, 1920.

“List of Teachers Elected Saturday.” Leaf-Chronicle. July 9, 1917.

“Miss Maggie Talley went to Glendale.” Leaf-Chronicle. September 8, 1912.

Montgomery County, Tennessee Census (1880, 1900,1910, 1920).

Montgomery County, Tennessee Court. Annie Batsin and Orman Batson vs. Maggie Talley,
Mattie Russell, and Raymond Russell. Montgomery County, Tennessee Archives.

Montgomery County, Tennessee Deed Books (29, 44, 58)

Montgomery County, Tennessee Marriage Index, 1799-1953.

Sam Talley. Death Certificate no.11618. June 1, 1948. Kentucky Bureau of Vital Statistics,
Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

“Strayed or Stolen.” Leaf-Chronicle. July 18, 1919.

Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Nashville,
Tennessee.

“The Teachers’ Intellectual Carnival and Musical Lyceum.” Leaf-Chronicle. November 12, 1909.

03/26/2026

Henry Anglin Biography
Henry Anglin was born in 1859 to Frank Anglen and Nancy Coke and was the second eldest of eight children. The 1870 census shows Frank Anglen, age 30 earning his living as a farmer in District 17. The family farm was located in the center of District 17. He was fairly well-to-do as the census recorded his real estate worth $250 and a personal estate worth $150. Nancy Anglen was 37 years old and is recorded as keeping house. The children listed in the household are, Manerva, aged 16, Henry, aged 13, Elizabeth, aged 10, Paulina, aged 8, James, aged 5, and a set of twins, Viola and John, aged 4 months. On December 26, 1877, eldest daughter, Minerva, married John Ramey.
The 1880 census recorded the family still in District 17. Frank, aged 59, was farming and Nancy, aged 49, was listed as a housekeeper. Minerva and John Ramey are living with the family. John is listed as a servant, and, curiously, Minerva is listed as single. Minerva, aged 25, Henry, aged 21, and James, aged 13 are listed as laborers probably working on the farm. Pauline, aged 16, is listed at home and the rest of the children, Elizabeth, aged 19, Violet, aged 12, and John, aged 10, are listed as attending school. Interestingly, now Violet and John are listed as two years apart while the previous census listed them as the same age. One addition to the family is daughter, Arrie, aged 7.
Henry married Mattie Adams on October 1, 1896 and started his own household. The 1900 census reported that Henry, aged 45, rented a house at 1040 College Street in Clarksville and was still working as a farm laborer. Mattie, aged 42 was working as a laundress. The couple had one child, Anna, aged 2. Sometime between the 1900 census and the 1910 census, Mattie and Anna must have either left Henry or died because in 1910 Henry, aged 53, was now living alone in a rented house on Fire Mill Ferry Road in District 12. He was working as a butcher in a meat market. He employed Mary Webb, aged 52, as a housekeeper and Alex Martin, aged 28, was boarding with him. On August 10, 1903, Henry was fined $6 in City Court for disorderly conduct.
In 1920, Henry, aged 63, was renting the same house and working as a butcher. He lost his boarder and was living still with Mary Webb who is now listed as an aunt. In the 1930 census, Henry, aged 79, is listed renting a house for $5 on Edmonson Ferry Road. He does not have an occupation but was listed as married which might indicate that Mattie left him taking Anna with her. Mary Webb, aged 72, also is listed without an occupation but is now recorded as Henry’s cousin.
Henry Anglin died on February 16, 1931 of kidney disease and exposure. The information on his death certificate was provided by Mary Webb. He was buried in Mt Olive Cemetery on February 18, 1931 by A. J. Winters. No further information has been found on either Mattie Anglin or Mary Webb.

Bibliography
“City Court.” The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee). August 10, 1903.
Montgomery County, Tennessee census (1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930).
Montgomery County, Tennessee Marriage Index, 1799-1953.
Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Nashville, TN.

02/19/2026

Mt Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society will be presenting their annual Black History Month program at Ft. Defiance, Clarksville, Tennessee on February 28, 2026 at 1 pm. I hope everyone can make it

02/19/2026

Stocker (Stacker) Family Biography
Lewis Stacker was born in 1840 to George Stacker and Bettie Ventress who were both from Yellow Creek in Montgomery County, Tennessee. The Stacker family cannot be located with any certainty in the 1870 and 1880 Montgomery County censuses because the name Stacker was very prominent in the White community. The White Stacker family was large and had several members named George. Lewis’s family was probably enslaved by the White Stacker family since they were heavily involved in the iron industry. Iron works and rolling mills required a large amount of laborers. The earliest record of Lewis Stacker is in 1895 when he married Bobbie “Barbra” Martin. The Clarksville City Directory of 1895 listed Lewis and Barbara Stacker living at 805 Elder Street.
Bobbie Martin Stacker was born in 1869 to Charlie and Clorian “Cloe” Martin. The 1870 Montgomery County, Tennessee census shows the Martin family living in District 20 with Shiloh as their post office. Bobie’s father was listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $300 and a personal estate of $500 which indicates he was well off economically. Bobie is listed as one year old and was the youngest of the eight children listed. The 1880 census indicates there was a younger child, Chadwick born in 1872. Ada, the child born the year before Bobie, was not listed in the 1880 census which means she probably died.
Apparently the house and lot where Lewis and Bobbie were living in 1895 belonged to Bobie’s father because in January 1898, Charles Martin deeded the house and lot to Bobbie with the proviso that they paid $200 by August 1, 1898. The deed acknowledges a payment of $90 that was already received. The deed stipulates that the transfer is to Bobbie Stacker and her heirs “to be her sole and separate estate free from the debts and control of her present or any future husband.”
The 1900 census recorded that Lewis Stacker, aged 60, was working as a porter in a dry goods store. They were still living at 805 Elder Street but were listed as renting the house. Bobbie, aged 55, was working in a to***co factory. Three children were listed: George, age 13, John, aged 11, and Cloe (Cara), aged 2. Both boys were attending school. Also in 1900, Bobbie’s father, Charles Martin died. His will states that Lewis and Bobbie failed to fully pay the $200 for their house so he left Bobie the house as her portion. He left the rest of his estate to his son Charles and a grandson. C. W. West.
Changes are evident in the household in the 1910 census. George and John had moved out on their own. Cloe was listed as Clara, aged 12 and Lewis, Jr., aged 9 months joined the household. Lewis, aged 50, was listed as a factory laborer and Bobbie was also working as a factory laborer. They were still listed as renting their house which was renumbered as 601 Elder Street.
On January 3, 1915, their son, John Stacker, aged 27, died of heart disease. He had been working as a tailor. John Stacker was buried in Mt Olive Cemetery the next day by William H. Keesee. His grave is unmarked by a headstone.
Lewis Stacker died on March 5, 1915 of heart disease. His death certificate noted that he was sick for the last seven months of his life. He was listed as 41 years old and was buried in Mt Olive Cemetery on March 9 by William H. Keesee. It should be noted that Lewis got younger with each documentation of his age. He is listed as 60 in 1900, 50 in 1910 and 41 in 1915.
The 1920 census listed Bobbie, aged 50, living at 805 Elder Street with no occupation and owning the house free of mortgage. Clara, age 20 and a son born in 1910 also named John, who was now 10 years old. It can be assumed that this son is actually Lewis, Jr. even though he is listed as John.
The 1930 census listed Bobbie, aged 60, living at 717 Elder Street. The house was valued at $600 and she is listed as owning it. Apparently, she went back to work because her occupation is listed as To***co classer in to***co factory. She is living with her aunt, Katie Eastley, aged 72 and two grandchildren: Jack J. Atkinson, aged 4, and Barbery Atkinson, aged 10 months.
On February 1, 1931, Bobbie Stacker died of pneumonia and organic heart disease. She was listed as 60 years old and was buried in Mt Olive Cemetery on February 3 by William H. Keesee. Lewis and Bobbie Stacker have one of the most impressive headstones in the cemetery. Their name on the tombstone is listed as Stocker but the majority of documentation found lists them as Stacker. Clora Adkinson, Bobbie’s daughter, posted a bond of $1000 on February 4, 1931 as the administrator of Bobbie’s estate.

Bibliography
Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory (1895, 1922).

Montgomery County, Tennessee Census (1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930).

Montgomery County, Tennessee Deed Book 31, pages 242-244.

Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.

Will Books; Author: Tennessee County Court (Montgomery County); Probate Place:
Montgomery County, Tennessee. Will Books, Vol. R-S, 1869-1906.

Probate Records, 1913-1967; Author: Tennessee County Court (Montgomery County); Probate
Place: Montgomery County, Tennessee. Administrators Bond Book, Vol 5, 1928-1942.

11/19/2025

James Broaddus Biography
According to his death certificate, James Broaddus was born on December 15, 1862 in Bare Spring in Stewart County. Such a specific date is unusual since the birth of African American babies was not recorded, and parents usually estimated the year of a child’s birth. He was born to Thomas Broaddus and Mariah “Maria” Ventress and was part of a large family.
The 1870 census listed the family living in Civil District 12 which included Clarksville City proper. Thomas was 35 and working as a laborer. Wife, Maria, was 26 and keeping house. Four children: James, 7; Nannie, 5; Charlie, 3; and Sylvester, 10 months made up the rest of the household.
The family is living in Clarksville proper by 1880. Their address is described as between Marian & Jefferson, Spring & First Street. Thomas, aged 40 is still working as a laborer. Maria, aged 35 is still keeping house. James and Nannie had moved out on their own. It is probable that Sylvester had died between the two censuses. The six children living in the house during the 1880 census were: Ira, aged 16; Mary, aged 19; Charles, aged 12; Tom, aged 10; John, aged 7; and Alex, aged 3. James married Sallie Haskins on March 3, 1886 but between March 1894 when her youngest child was born and the 1900 census, Sallie Broaddus died.
James is listed as a 38-year-old widower working as a warehouse laborer in the 1900 census. The family was living at 5 Henry Street which James owned free of mortgage. Three children are living with him: Mariah, aged 13, James, aged 10, and Olivia, aged 6.
Due to the various spellings of Broaddus, the family has not yet been found in the 1910 census. The 1911 Clarksville City Directory listed James still living on Henry Street and working as a laborer. James Junior was working at the Dunlop Milling Company and Olivia was working as a laundress. By about 1917, James Junior had moved to Chicago, Illinois and was working at the Washburn Crosby Flour Mill when he registered for the draft. He was married to Lena Broaddus and was living at 6841 St. Lawrence Avenue. James Junior was inducted into military service on March 30, 1918 and sent to Camp Meade, Maryland.
James Junior was back in Clarksville by 1920 without wife Lena. The Broaddus family was living at the same house now numbered 516 Henry Street. James Senior, aged 58 was working as a laborer in a to***co factory. James Junior, aged 29, was working as a flour mill packer. Daughter, Mariah, aged 32, had married Horace Roach, aged 37, a farm laborer. They and their three children: Sara, 5; James, 4; and Marietta, aged 2 months were living with James Senior. Also in the household was granddaughter Imogene, aged 8.
Horace Roach, aged 48, was the head of the household by 1930. The family had moved to 412 Kellog Street and consisted of Horace who worked as a laborer in a to***co factory, wife Maria, aged 41, also laboring in a to***co factory, children Sara, aged 15, James, aged 14, and Marietta, aged 10. James Broaddus, aged 67 is living with them and has no listed occupation.
James Abraham Broaddus, Senior, died on August 24, 1939 of influenza due to exposure. He was buried in Mt Olive Cemetery by Roberts-Ivie-Vance Undertakers on August 28, 1939.

Bibliography
Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory (1911).
Montgomery County, Tennessee Census (1870, 1900, 1920, 1930).
Montgomery County, Tennessee Marriage Index, 1799-1953.
Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Tennessee State Library and Archives,
Nashville, Tennessee.

The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Lists of Men
Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty in the District of Columbia; NAI Number: 1159403; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System (World War I), 1917-1939; Record Group Number: 163

United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

11/16/2025

Many African American men from the 16th and 101st USCT were treated and some died in this hospital