Ellen Lucretia Bryars
b: 2 AUG 1859
d: 1 JAN 1945
b: 2 AUG 1859
d: 1 JAN 1945
From: [email protected]
To: John Reed
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Katrina
John, This is some info on gggrandmother Ellen Lucretia Miles:
Ellen Lucretia Bryars, daughter of James Lazarus Bryars and his wife ErinElizabeth Miles, was born in Atmore, Alabama. The following is recordedin "History of Escambia County Alabama" authored by Annie C. Waters,pages 226 and 227.
"The development of Atmore churches coincides with the development of thetown; they stand today as monuments to the forethought of early Atmorepioneers.
J. L. Bryars, a Baptist pastor at Pine Barren Church in Florida, walkedfour and one-half miles with a twenty-one month old baby and five otherchildren to Williams'' Station to conduct the area''s first preachingservice.
Mrs. R. W. Brooks, the second oldest of these children, has to becredited with the following memories. She was the wife of Rev. R. W.Brooks, the grandmother of Hugh Esneul, Mrs. Stewart Hoomes, and Mrs.Charles Lowery of today''s Atmore. We owe so much to her and herlong-missing scrapbook, to say the least of her keen sense of humor, muchless her loving to tell things as they were. This trait she passed on toMrs. Essie Esneul, the late mother of the three above mentioned.
Anyway, Mrs. Brooks would tell how she, as a girl of eleven, and an oldersister swept out the old sawmill which was operated by John Roberts,while her father stood pine blocks upon end and laid rough slabs acrossthem to seat the congregation. This initial church service was held aboutwhere Biggs Boarding House now stands.
The little cedar log church that was the first built in Williams'' Stationdidn''t last too long. The community outgrew it, and just a few yearsafterward a second church was erected. This building was located in whatis now Mrs. H. H. Dees'' backyard.
It too gave way to a larger First Baptist Church just across the street.This old building still stands and today is known as the PipkinApartments. Examine its lines when you pass; a picture of a church willsoon come to mind. Rather a large building for so small a town.
The new edifice on South Main and Horner Streets was dedicated in 1917, abeautiful building with its curved sanctuary, its balcony, its originallandscaped sidewalks, its coal burning furnace, yes, and its piles ofcoal and our Sunday best clothes that didn''t go together at all.
This church has a wonderful history and heritage of its own. From such ahumble beginning to the present day, truly its congregation and the Cityof Atmore have been blessed. There was just one Baptist church then--nowthere are several--all, I''m certain, with histories of their own."
Thanks for any info you can send me on the Lowery children. Jay
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To: John Reed
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Katrina
John, This is some info on gggrandmother Ellen Lucretia Miles:
Ellen Lucretia Bryars, daughter of James Lazarus Bryars and his wife ErinElizabeth Miles, was born in Atmore, Alabama. The following is recordedin "History of Escambia County Alabama" authored by Annie C. Waters,pages 226 and 227.
"The development of Atmore churches coincides with the development of thetown; they stand today as monuments to the forethought of early Atmorepioneers.
J. L. Bryars, a Baptist pastor at Pine Barren Church in Florida, walkedfour and one-half miles with a twenty-one month old baby and five otherchildren to Williams'' Station to conduct the area''s first preachingservice.
Mrs. R. W. Brooks, the second oldest of these children, has to becredited with the following memories. She was the wife of Rev. R. W.Brooks, the grandmother of Hugh Esneul, Mrs. Stewart Hoomes, and Mrs.Charles Lowery of today''s Atmore. We owe so much to her and herlong-missing scrapbook, to say the least of her keen sense of humor, muchless her loving to tell things as they were. This trait she passed on toMrs. Essie Esneul, the late mother of the three above mentioned.
Anyway, Mrs. Brooks would tell how she, as a girl of eleven, and an oldersister swept out the old sawmill which was operated by John Roberts,while her father stood pine blocks upon end and laid rough slabs acrossthem to seat the congregation. This initial church service was held aboutwhere Biggs Boarding House now stands.
The little cedar log church that was the first built in Williams'' Stationdidn''t last too long. The community outgrew it, and just a few yearsafterward a second church was erected. This building was located in whatis now Mrs. H. H. Dees'' backyard.
It too gave way to a larger First Baptist Church just across the street.This old building still stands and today is known as the PipkinApartments. Examine its lines when you pass; a picture of a church willsoon come to mind. Rather a large building for so small a town.
The new edifice on South Main and Horner Streets was dedicated in 1917, abeautiful building with its curved sanctuary, its balcony, its originallandscaped sidewalks, its coal burning furnace, yes, and its piles ofcoal and our Sunday best clothes that didn''t go together at all.
This church has a wonderful history and heritage of its own. From such ahumble beginning to the present day, truly its congregation and the Cityof Atmore have been blessed. There was just one Baptist church then--nowthere are several--all, I''m certain, with histories of their own."
Thanks for any info you can send me on the Lowery children. Jay
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- 2 AUG 1859 - Birth - ; Atmore, Escambia, Alabama
- JAN 1945 - Burial - ; Oak Hill Cemetery, Atmore, Escambia, Alabama
- 1860 - Census - U.S. ; Baldwin, Alabama
- 1870 - Census - U.S. ; Pensacola, Escambia, Florida
- 1 JAN 1945 - Death - ; Atmore, Escambia, Alabama
| PARENT (M) James Lazarus Bryars | |||
| Birth | 7 DEC 1832 | Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama | |
| Death | 13 NOV 1908 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| Marriage | 1 MAR 1857 | to Erin Elizabeth Miles at Escambia, Florida | |
| Marriage | ABT 1869 | to Malinda Caroline Daily at Escambia, Alabama | |
| Father | Charles Edward Bryars | ||
| Mother | Catherine Margaret Hubbard | ||
| PARENT (F) Erin Elizabeth Miles | |||
| Birth | 1836 | Wawbeek, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Death | 20 AUG 1868 | Wawbeek, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Marriage | 1 MAR 1857 | to James Lazarus Bryars at Escambia, Florida | |
| Father | James Miles | ||
| Mother | Lucretia Ellen Franklin | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| F | Margaret Catherine Bryars | ||
| Birth | 3 MAR 1864 | Williams Station, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Death | 9 MAR 1947 | Jacksonville, Duval, Florida | |
| Marriage | 8 JUL 1888 | to John Parker at Escambia, Florida | |
| M | James Zebedee Bryars | ||
| Birth | 18 OCT 1857 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| Death | 21 DEC 1921 | Plateau, Mobile, Alabama | |
| Marriage | 11 FEB 1886 | to Leila Crawford Dick at Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| F | Ellen Lucretia Bryars | ||
| Birth | 2 AUG 1859 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Death | 1 JAN 1945 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Marriage | 12 MAY 1876 | to Robert Warren Brooks at Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| M | Benjamin Francis Bryars | ||
| Birth | 30 NOV 1861 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Death | 3 OCT 1922 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| Marriage | 15 AUG 1888 | to Eula Lee Franklin | |
| M | Charles Daniel Bryars | ||
| Birth | 27 JUN 1866 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| Death | 7 JAN 1883 | ||
| F | Lucy Elizabeth Bryars | ||
| Birth | 2 AUG 1868 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| Death | JUL 1906 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
| Marriage | to William Timothy Dick | ||
| PARENT (M) Robert Warren Brooks | |||
| Birth | 12 JUL 1852 | ||
| Death | 22 FEB 1942 | ||
| Marriage | 12 MAY 1876 | to Ellen Lucretia Bryars at Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Father | ? | ||
| Mother | ? | ||
| PARENT (F) Ellen Lucretia Bryars | |||
| Birth | 2 AUG 1859 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Death | 1 JAN 1945 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Marriage | 12 MAY 1876 | to Robert Warren Brooks at Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Father | James Lazarus Bryars | ||
| Mother | Erin Elizabeth Miles | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| F | Lillian Brooks | ||
| Birth | |||
| Death | |||
| Marriage | to John Gatlin | ||
| F | Essie Brooks | ||
| Birth | 5 JUL 1883 | ||
| Death | 2 MAY 1973 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
| Marriage | to Hugo E. Esneul | ||
1 Ellen Lucretia Bryars b: 2 AUG 1859 d: 1 JAN 1945
+ Robert Warren Brooks b: 12 JUL 1852 d: 22 FEB 1942
2 Essie Brooks b: 5 JUL 1883 d: 2 MAY 1973
+ Hugo E. Esneul b: 2 JUN 1875 d: 25 NOV 1947
3 Elizabeth Virginia Esneul b: 24 JUN 1912 d: 30 APR 2004
+ Stewart H. Hoomes b: 3 SEP 1905 d: 25 MAY 1994
3 Hugo Esneul b: 4 DEC 1907 d: 30 OCT 2000
3 Jerome Esneul b: 19 AUG 1910 d: 15 NOV 1995
3 Forbes Esneul b: 31 MAR 1914 d: 20 AUG 1930
