Title: Sue L. Clotworthy Letter

Date/Date Range :   1903 March 28

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In this letter to her third cousin John Bell Brownlow, Sue L. Clotworthy outlines the genealogy of their mothers' families (primarily the Gaines and the Taylors), which connects them to Presidents Zachary Taylor and James Madison. She also discusses the importance of genealogy, which can even trace "our Gaines line [...] to him, Adam" and to royalty.

Call number: MS-3036

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection purchased by the UTK Special Collections Library in February 2007.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Sue L. Clotworthy Letter, MS-3036. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Susan Letitia "Sue" Rice (1848-1934) was born to Charles Augustus and Amanda Melvina (Gaines) Rice and married John Baird Clotworthy in 1869. Her third cousin John Bell Brownlow (1839-1922) was the son of William Gannaway and Eliza Ann (O'Brien) Brownlow. Eliza Brownlow and Amanda Rice were second cousins.

John Bell Brownlow was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee on October 19, 1839. He graduated from Emory and Henry College in Virginia and then served a long internship at his father's newspaper. During the Civil War, Brownlow commanded the Union's 9th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. After the war, he served as a special agent for the United States Treasury Department (1865-1866) and then worked for the United States Post Office. In 1904, Brownlow and his son, William G. Brownlow II, started Knoxville's first real estate firm, J.B. & W.G. Brownlow Co. John Bell Brownlow died in 1922.

In this letter to her third cousin John Bell Brownlow, Sue L. Clotworthy outlines the genealogy of their mothers' families (primarily the Gaines and the Taylors), which connects them to Presidents Zachary Taylor and James Madison. She also discusses the importance of genealogy, which can even trace "our Gaines line [...] to him, Adam" and to royalty.

For other Brownlow collections, see MS-266, MS-1940, MS-2716, MS-2857, and others.

• Brownlow, John Bell, 1839-1922.
• Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
• Madison, James, 1749-1812.
• Genealogy -- Charts, diagrams, etc.