ONE BRANCH OF THE TARTER TREE (Note: The symbol (&) is to be read "who married.") Michael, John, and Christine Tarter were brothers; to John was born Jesse who had the following children: Silas, Riley, John who married Margery Hendricks; Horace, Tilman, and Alva. To John and Margery were born Ellen & Bud Roy; Alva & Mary McClure; Luvirna & N.J. Estman; Sarah M. & Frank Roy; Selecte & Dr. Frank Taylor; and Louanna & Jesse Drake. To Alva and Mary were born Otis C. & Pricilla Eastman (children: Eugene, John, Heber, Jerome, and James); to Alva was born also Clarence & Bessie Deathrage; and Virgil K. & Mabel Harmon. To Christine were born Enoch & Lucinda Bernard. Cyrus who married Malvina Gadberry; Reeder & a Gadberry; James & Sally Bernard; and Squire who first married a Trimble and later a Schoolcraft. To Enoch and Lucinda were born Jerome & a Weddle; Napoleon & a Delk; Wm. W. & a Wilson; and Logan & Anna Cain. To Cyrus and Malvina were born Armenus who married a Walden; Dock & a Southerland; and Erasmus who married Sarah Wilkinson; L.G.; Frederick; and Parthenia. To Reeder and wife were born Joe, Sam, and Mary. To James and Sally were born Henry Clay, Abner & a Thomas; Lincoln & a Tarter, Beckey Liz, and Eppa. To Squire and his wives were born Chris & a Dunbar; Milford & a Brown; Sam, Merrill Green, Joel, and Wess. To Erasmus and Sarah were born Cy who married Arizona Foley (children: Mary, Orpha, Homer, Lola, Velma, and Elvie); Mary & Marion Beasley; Scythia, and George. To Jerome and wife were born Roscoe, Jerome, Chris, Logan, and Helen. To Logan and Lucinda were born Gertrude and Kenneth. To Napoleaon and Hester Delk were born Paul L., who married Grace Emerson; Bernard who married Myrtle Brashears; and Jessie who married James Roy. To Wm. And Mary Wilson were born Garfield who married Ollie Weddle; Hershell & May Roy; Findlay & Loal Weddle; Blaine & a Pettyjohn; McKinley, and Hobard.