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Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Alexander Washington Brabson was born August 6, 1805 in Telford, Washington Co., Tennessee to Thomas and Jane Miller Brabson; he died September 6, 1888 in Telford, Washington Co., Tennessee.

Thomas Brabson father of Alexander married to Jane Miller February 15, 1795 in Berkeley, Virginia (later WV) ; John Boyd Minister matrimony rites. Sometime around 1800 they made their way to Tennessee where Thomas bought land in Greene Co and Washington Co., Tennessee. Thomas sold land to the DeVaults who later built the DeVault on this same land.

John Brabson and Mary Reese were the parents of Thomas and John Bowen Brabson. Thomas settled in Washington Co and John Bowen made his way to made his way to Sevier Co., Tennessee.

Thomas and Jane Miller Brabson known children:

(1) John Miller Brabson

(2) Alexander Washington Brabson

(3) Alfred B Brabson

(4) Margaret Brabson

(5) Lucinda Brabson Dugger

Alexander W. married (1) Elizabeth Gammon Earnest, and (2) Emily Maria Stephens.

Alexander Washington Brabson was a physician serving Washington County, Tennessee for many years. He graduated from Washington College Academy and Lexington, Kentucky.

A daughter June Brabson was born to Alexander and Elizabeth and she is buried with her mother in the Ebenezer Church Cemetery on the Nolichucky River.

Children born to Alexander and Emily Maria:

(1) Emma J Brabson Broyles

(2) Thomas Melvin Brabson (Texas)

(3) Eliza Caroline Brabson Cecil

(4) Matilda Brabson Morrow

(5) Martha "Mattie" Maria Brabson Miller

(6) Ethelbert Dudley Brabson

(7) Julia Kate Brabson Haws

(8) Benjamin Ernest Brabson.

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

(unknown newspaper):

News of the death of J. Harrison Haws, prominent Sullivan Countian, and well known in Kingsport, at his home on the Horse Creek Road, near Haws' Cross Road, was received here today. Reports are that Mr. Haws, who is about 80 years of age, died suddenly of heart failure about 11 o'clock yesterday morning.

He was former president of the old Interstate Trust and Savings Bank, now the Farmers and Merchants Bank here. His son, S. N. Haws, now in New York City, is also prominently connected in Kingsport.

Funeral and interment will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock according to the report from Jonesboro, the undertaking establishment there having the body in charge. Arrangements are pending, awaiting word from S. N. Haws. Interment will take place at Jonesboro.

-Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by a brother, Tom Haws, of Horse Creek Road and many other relatives in this section.

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

(unknown newspaper)

Mrs. Rowena Peoples Haws, 84, widow of the late Harrison Haws, died at her home on the Fall Branch road early this morning.

She is survived by one son, S. N. Haws, of Waterboro, S. C., but formerly of Kingsport; four granddaughters, Mrs. W. P. Murphy and Miss Kathleen Haws, New York City; Miss Mary Claire Haws, Knoxville, and Miss Helen Harrison Haws, Waterboro, S. C.; and a niece, Miss Blanche Ryland, who made her home with her.

Funeral services will be conducted from the home Friday at 10 a.m., with the Rev. J. C. Coldiron officiating. Interment rites will be held at the Jonesboro cemetery.

The Johnson City Staff, Johnson City, Tennessee; Tuesday, 12 June 1923; Page 5; (Newspapers.com):

Merrke-Scales (sic)

Jonesboro, June 12. -- Handsomely engraved cards bearing the following have been received by Jonesboro friends: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hugh Scales request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Evelyn Howe, to Mr. Robert Herndon Merrke (sic), on Saturday, the twenty-third of June at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Mocking Bird Valley, Louisville, Kentucky.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the late Capt. Isaac E. Reeve (sic), a prominent lawyer of Jonesboro, and has visited friends here.

no children.

Evelyn remarried to Theodore A. Wacker (1901 - 1957) in 1951 at Punta Gorda, Florida, and was residing at Laurel, FL in 1957 when her mother and husband both passed. Evelyn remarrid a third time to Clement Dwight Shaw (1904 - 1988) in 1963, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and was divorced from him in 1964.

Obituary -- The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 09 March 1977; Page 42; (Newspapers.com):

R. Herndon Mercke, 77, president of Jefferson Woodworking Co., died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at Baptist Hospital East.

He was a native of Louisville and lived at 136 N. Peterson Ave. He had been with the family-owned company 58 years. He was a member of Harvey Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife, the former Helen H. Buster, and a daughter, Mrs. Sally Heym, of Boston, Mass.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cave Hill Cemetery.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to charity.

Newspaper articles:

unknown newspaper; Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981; (Ancestry.com):

Miss Cabaniss to Wed Joseph Hugh Scales III

Mr. and Mrs. William Jelks Cabaniss announce the engagement of their daughter, Joan Sanson, to Joseph Hugh Scales, III of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Birmingham.

Miss Cabaniss is a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harmon Cabaniss and of Mrs. Harold Robert Sanson and the late Mr. Sanson. A graduate of Brooke Hill School, she was a student of Sweet Brier College, Sweet Brier, Va., for a year.

The bride-elect is a member of Theta Kappa Delta Sorority and Holiday Assembly.

Mr. Scales is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwrd Reeves Scales of Louisville, formerly of Birmingham. His grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Torbitt Castleman and Mrs. Joseph Hugh Scales of Louisville and the late Mr. Scales.

Mr. Scales is a student at Vanderbilt University where he is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity. He was graduated from Kentucky Military Institute.

Plans for a June wedding will be announced.

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky; Sunday, 17 June 1956; Page 49; (Newspapers.com):

Cabaniss -- Scales

The marriage of Miss Joan Sanson Cabaniss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jelks Cabaniss of Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. Joseph Hugh Scales, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reeves Scales of Birmingham, formerly of Louisville, took place at 8:30 o'clock yesterday evening in the Church of the Advent, Birmingham.

Miss Florence Cabaniss was her sister's maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Misses Lura Lanier, West Point, Ga.; Pinki Matheson, Alexandria, Va.; Lila Wrape, Collierville, Tenn.; Elizabeth Weaver, Memphis; Margaret and Elizabeth Scales of Birmingham, formerly of Louisville; Mary Ann Schanbacher,, Virginia Cabaniss, Forsyth Sellers, Sandra Burt, Ann Schuler, and Catherine Shook.

Mr. Edward Reeves Scales was his son's best man, and ushers, included Messrs. Walter Abernathy, Louisville; William E. Stack, Chattanooga; Scott Beard, Vincennes, Ind.; Sam Scales of Birmingham, formerly of Louisville; and William Cabaniss, Jr.

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Joan remarried to Dr. Timothy Randolph Harrison, Jr. 17 AUG 1963.

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama; Wednesday, 1 AUG 1962, p.20 (Newspapers.com):

'Miss U.S.A.'

of 1961 marries

local sportsman

The marriage of Sharon Brown, former "Miss U.S.A." from Minden, La., and Joe Scales was announced today. The wedding took place last week.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Brown of Minden. She attended Louisiana Tech at Ruston. She was queen of the 1962 Sugar Bowl game, where Alabama beat Arkansas, 10-3, and represented her state as "Miss Louisiana" in the Miss Universe pageant in 1961. She won the "Miss U.S.A. title.

Scales, well-known local golfer, was captain of the 1956 Vanderbilt football team. He is in the investment business.

Mrs. Scales was in Birmingham May 10-13 as queen of the Magic City Open Golf Tournament at Altadena Valley.

The couple is at home in the Park Lane Apartments.