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Trudy I'm sure this is wrong - Mrs. Otey died in 1861. He had only one wife - Elyn Pannell ------------------------------------ University of the South Jessie Ball dePont Library University Archives Manuscript Collection MSS 088 James Harvey Otey Papers Box 1 of 3 Folder 1 "Biographical" ------------------------------------ THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH (615) 598-5931 Historiographer Sewanee, Tennessee 37375
TO: Mrs. Guy H. Lackey, Jr. P.O. Box 241 Mountain View, ARK. 72560
December 2, 1983
Dear Mrs. Lackey: Our last day of classes is Dec. 13, with exams following. Our first day of classes is January 17. I hope you can make plans within that schedule.
I have put together a list of Bishop Otey's children. Three died before he did: Sarah McGavock in 1847, aged 16; Heber in 1832, aged 9, and Fanny in 1848. Six survived him: Paul, who died in Memphis in 1873, a physician; Virginia Minor who lived in Virginia; Henrietta Tomes (the Nashville daughter, I think); Mary Govan; Eliza (or Donns) Compton; and Mercer. I have a feeling that the lady who came to see me from California was Donna's daughter, but I's not sure.
I enclose a page from Beersheba Springs: A History, published in 1983, and as far as I knew everything in it is correct except that Mrs. Otey was Eliza Pannill from Petersburg, VA, and not Sally McCabock. I am writing to Mr. Gower to ask where that information came from. We will look forward to your visit.
Cordially,
Elizabeth N. Chitty
Trudy, she says she's seen "Tomes" on some papers -
Paul H. Otey died, Memphis 9/28/1878