Jesse and Matilda's farm bordered Zion Church of Christ where they raised 12 children.This family supported the Confederacy and sent their four oldest sons into military service. George and Josiah died in battle.A picture, taken in 1899, showed Matilda and her seven children still living in TN with their spouses. Jesse had died in 1888. William Jefferson had died in 1891. Elizabeth and James Bailey had moved to TX. The occasion was a family reunion at Matilda's farm in which 100 people attended. Had birth year as 1815. Source - Siftings from Putnam County, TN, pg. 113.