Annual William Christopher Hyde Family Reunion, October 12, 2024

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Come one! Come All! To the Annual William Christopher Hyde Reunion (Saturday, October 12, 2024) at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park in McCalla, AL. It’s time again for the Annual Hyde Reunion of William Christopher Hyde’s relatives and friends.

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Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park is located off of the Bucksville Exit of Interstate 59 (Exit 100). There are signs that you can follow. Also, if you are coming from I-459 then it is the first exit at McCalla (Exit 1). You go past McAdory High School several miles and it is on the left. The road you are traveling is Eastern Valley Road. It has a big sign that says Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. Tannehill is located in three Counties: Jefferson, Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties. The reunion starts around 10:00 AM.

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THE REUNION is at the Kiwanis Shed near the PLAYGROUND and by the museum. After you get to the entrance of the park you will turn right. Look for signs. The shed should also have a sign that says Hyde Reunion on it.

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William Christopher Hyde was the Tin Peddler who moved all over AL and he was born 3/28/1828 in Hall Co, GA. He lived in these Counties in AL: Fayette, Walker, Jefferson, Bibb and Shelby and St. Clair.

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He married twice and had 10 children by each wife. Here are his family names:

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His first wife was Caroline Margaret Farley born Abt. 1825 in AL, d. Bet 5/1867-4/20/1872. Burial place Unknown.

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Children of William Christopher Hyde and Caroline Margaret Farley:

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  1. Elizabeth Hyde b. Abt. 1846 in MS, m. Joseph Sewett 4/5/1866 in Shelby Co, AL
  2. May Hyde b. Abt. 1850 in MS
  3. Jane Hyde b. Abt 1853 in AL, d. Unknown, m. David Deramus 3/26/1872 in Autauga Co, AL, no known children
  4. James “J.M.” Montgomery Hyde b. Abt 1854 in AL, d. 11/1925 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co, AL. He married 3 times and two were to 2 different Sarah’s:
    1st wife Mary Jane “Molly” King Maddox (b. Abt 1844, d. before 1892) m. 3/28/1872 in Autauga Co, AL (they had 5 known children)
    2nd wife Sarah A McGaughy Bradford (b. Abt 1851, d. Abt 1895 in Montevallo, Shelby Co, AL) m. 3/27/1892 in Shelby Co, AL (no known children)
    3rd wife Sarah Ellen Vernon (b. 10/1863 MS, d. 3/13/1947 in Cullman Co, AL) on 9/14/1897 in Arkadelphia, Blount Co, AL (they had 4 known children)
  5. Julia Hyde b. Abt. 1855 in AL, d. Unknown
  6. Margaret E. Hyde b. Abt. 1857 in AL, married John Ellis Pickett and A. J. Hatcher and had one known daughter.
  7. Arvel (Arv, Arvil) Francis Hyde b. 20 Jul 1860 in St. Clair AL, d. 1/30/1956 in Rutledge Springs, Jefferson Co, AL, married at least twice.
    1st wife Mary Arzeba Mitchell (b. 6/20/1861 in Tn., d. 7/6/1915) (they had at least 8 children)
    2nd wife Eliza Francis McCay m. on 5/3/1918 in Springville, St. Clair Co, AL (b. 12/13/1890 in AL, d. 10/19/1971 in Bessemer, Jefferson Co, AL)  (they had 4 children)
  8. William “Willie” Dalton Hyde b. 1865 in AL, d. Unknown (he went missing and was never found), m. Jalie B. Taylor (b. Abt 1880, d. 5/19/1949) in Walker Co, AL (they had 6 children)
  9. Susan “Susie” Hyde (b. 5/14/1867 in AL, d. 6/19/1932 in Sayreton, Jefferson Co, AL), m. Zadock “Doc” Monroe Booth (b. 1/1855 in AL, d. 6/12/1913 in Dogwood, Shelby Co, AL) on 1/31/1866 in Shelby Co AL (they had 15 children).
  10. We do not know who the 10th child of William Christopher Hyde and Caroline Farley Hyde was but we have been told that William Christopher Hyde’s two wives had 10 children each.

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William’s second wife: Selia/Celia Bircheat (several different last name spellings) b. 10/24/1847 in AL, d. 5/10/1910, she is buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Shelby Co by William Christopher Hyde.

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Children of William Christopher Hyde and Selia (Celia) Bircheat Hyde.

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  1. Joel W. Hyde b. 3/6/1873 in Fayette, Fayette Co, AL, d. 9/5/1892 and he is also buried at Antioch Baptist Church.
  2. Christopher Hyde (AKA Buddy Hyde) no known middle name for Christopher (b. 12/30/1874 in Fayette Co, AL, d. on 2/12/1919) m. Sara Elizabeth Clark on 8/1/1897 (b. 1/10/1878, d. 9/20/1963 in Tuscaloosa, AL) (they had 5 children)
  3. Shelby Lee Hyde (Shep) was a Primitive Baptist Preacher. (b. 8/13/1876, d. 10/29/1964 in AL), he married twice:
    1st Wife: Mary Elizabeth “Callie” Jane Majors on 2/18/1900 (b. 3/26/1884, d. 8/14/1952 in Jefferson Co, AL, they had 9 children)
    2nd Wife: Osceala “Ossie” Norris (b. 6/27/1891, d. 11/3/1965 in Shelby Co, AL). Shep married his sister-in-law Ossie after his brother John Newton and wife “Callie” died.
  4. Austin Augustin/Augustus (A. A.) Hyde (b. 5/11/1878 in Fayette, Fayette Co, AL, d. 10/25/1958 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL) m. “Sarah” Jane Sylina Ann White on 9/19/1899 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL (b. 5/6/1882, they had 10 children)
  5. Burl Boston Hyde (b. 9/20/1879 in Walker Co, AL, d. 2/20/1957 in Bibb Co,AL) m. Mary Ann Blake on 9/20/1913 (b. 8/26/1887 in AL, d. 2/10/1963, Bessemer, Jefferson Co, AL, they had 8 children)
  6. Rufus F. Hyde was a Primitive Baptist Preacher (b. 10/27/1881 in Walker Co, AL, d. 7/19/1947 in Chilton Co, AL), m.Amie Viola Williams on 7/20/1902 (b. 1882 in AL, they had 10 children)
  7. John Newton Hyde (b. 5/19/1885 in Walker Co, AL, d. 8/5/1947 in Bibb Co, AL) m. Osceala “Ossie” Norris on 4/4/1910 (b. 6/27/1891, d. 11/3/1965, they had 6 children), “Ossie” married her brother-in-law “Shep” after her husband John and Shep’s wife “Callie” died.
  8. Thomas “Tom” Jefferson Hyde (b. 4/18/1887 in Shelby Co, AL, d. 4/1971 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL) m. Jeanette “Nettie” Kaziah Majors on 8/27/1908 in Columbus, MS at a Railway Station (b. 4/1893 in AL, d. 12/30/1976 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL, they had 8 children). ”Nettie” Majors (married “Tom” Hyde) and “Callie” Majors (married “Shep” Hyde) were sisters. Two brothers married two sisters.
  9. Caroline “Carrie” Hyde Collins (b. 9/6/1888 in Bibb Co, AL, d. 6/16/1971) m. Joseph Michael Collins on 4/18/1903 in Bibb Co, AL (b. 4/5/1881, d. 5/17/1954 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL, they had 15 children)
  10. Henry “Clay” Hyde (b. 8/16/1890 in Bibb Co, AL, d. 7/5/1960 in Bessemer, Jefferson Co, AL) m. Alice Marie Clark on 3/3/1911 in Shelby Co, AL (b. 2/11/1895, d. 12/31/1945 in Marvel, Shelby Co, AL, they had 14 children) Alice Clark (m. “Clay”) and “Lizzie” Clark (m. “Buddy”) were sisters. Two brothers married two sisters.

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William Christopher Hyde’s parents are Austin and Agnes “Nancy” Roberts Groce/Grose/Gross (“Nancy” married Joshua Groce first). Their families are as follows:

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Agnes “Nancy” Roberts (NOT MARY GROSS), b. Abt 1783 in SC, d. Abt 1831

m. Joshua Grose, d. Abt 1819 according to the Zach Roberts Family Deed

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Agnes “Nancy” Roberts Grose and Joshua Grose children (note: since Joshua Groce died about 1819, Joshua and Nancy’s children show up as children of Austin Hide on the 1820 Pendleton Co, SC, and 1830 Hall Co, GA, Censuses):

Child 1, F, b. Bet. 1810-1815 (child of Joshua & Nancy Grose)

Child 2, M, b. Bet. 1815-1820 (child of Joshua & Nancy Grose)

Child 3, M, b. Bet. 1815-1820 (child of Joshua & Nancy Grose)

Child 4, M, b. Bet. 1815-1820 (child of Joshua & Nancy Grose)

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Austin Hide, M, b. Bet. 1790-1794, d. Aft. 1860

Wife 1, Agnes (Nancy) Roberts (NOT MARY GROSS), b. Abt 1783 in SC, d. Abt 1831

Child 5, F, b. Bet. 1820-1825 (child of Austin & Nancy Hide)

Child 6, F, b. Bet. 1820-1825 (child of Austin & Nancy Hide)

Child 7, M, b. Bet. 1825-1829 (child of Austin & Nancy Hide)

Child 8, M, William Christopher Hyde (b. 3/28/1828 in Hall Co, GA d. 10/29/1913, in West Blocton, Bibb Co, AL) married twice:

1st wife Caroline Farley (b. Abt 1825, m. Abt. 1845, d. Bef. 1872, they had 9 known children)

2nd wife Selia /Celia E. Bircheat (b. 10/24/1847 m. 4/20/1872 in Fayette Co, AL, d. 5/10/1910, they had 10 children)

Child 9, F, Julia Ann, b. 8/21/1830 in GA, d. 10/26/1897 in Montevallo, Shelby Co, AL, m. Elam Booth on 1/11/1847 (b. Abt 1828, d. 12/18/1898)

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Wife 2, Mary Gross (NOT Agnes Nancy Roberts Groce), b. Abt 1808 in SC, m. Abt 1832, d. Aft 1880 in Shelby Co, AL

Child 10, F, Mary, b. 7/4/1833 in Shelby Co, AL, d. 9/4/1910 in Shelby Co, AL, m. David Pickett Abt. 1848 (b. Abt 1826 in Shelby Co, AL, d. 5/7/1865)
Child 11, F, Delia, b. Abt 1835, d. Bef. 1850

Child 12, F, Francis, b. 6/30/1843 in AL, d. 4/5/1920 in Boothton, Shelby Co, AL, m. James Wesley Booth on 9/29/1861 (b. 6/18/1834 in Boothe Township, Shelby Co, AL, d. 12/25/1892)
Child 13, M, Pleasant, b. Abt 1845 in SC (according to 1860 US Census Montevallo, Shelby Co, AL), d. Unknown
Child 14, F, Martha, b. 8/1847 in AL, d. 2/1924, married twice:
1st husband Zachariah “Taylor” Honeycutt b. 1847 in Bibb Co, AL, m. 11/14/1869 in Columbiana, Shelby Co, AL, d. 2/1924
2nd husband Andrew James Goggins, b. Abt 1848, m. 1/19/1902 in Shelby Co, AL, d.12/11/1923 in Columbiana, Shelby Co, AL

Child 15, F, Georgia, b. Abt 1850 in AL (according to 1860 US Census Montevallo, Shelby Co, AL, AND 1870 US Census Jonesborough, Township 20 Range 3, Jefferson Co, AL (compare William C. Hyde in Jonesborough Township 19 Range 4, Jefferson Co, AL), d. Unknown
Child 16, F, Mary “Anna” b. Abt 1855 in AL, d. 4/14/1930, m. Gonzelo A. Varnon, b. Abt 1854, d. 12/24/1892

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Julia Bell Hide is NOT Austin Hide’s first wife and she is NOT William Christopher Hyde’s mother. There is NO KNOWN RECORD CONNECTING HER TO AUSTIN HIDE  Julia Bell was only by word of mouth.

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If you need any more information or directions on how to go please email me at LDLat7@gmail.com. I will be happy to give you directions. Or tell you more about this family if interested.

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Everyone that is related or knows this family please come. We will be having dinner there too. Bring a dish with you and let’s enjoy each other’s company. Also, please bring old pictures and any information on your family that you have.

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For more information about Tannehill please check their website at https://tannehillstatepark.org/

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Let’s keep this Reunion going on for generations to come!!
Hope to see you there!!

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Thanks,

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Leah Hyde Latimer

27 comments

  • Please advise as to when the next Hyde reunion will be for 2015. I am grandchild to Albert M Hyde, great grandfather was James Montgomery Hyde. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

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  • Janie,

    I will contact Leah Hyde Latimer and see if she knows the detail on the 2015 William Christopher Hyde Reunion. If she knows, I will send you a message as well as post it here.

    Dan C. Hyde

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    • Dear Daniel and Janie and whoever else is interested in the William Christopher Hyde Family Reunion.
      It will be 2 weeks from tomorrow on Saturday, September 12,2015 at Tannehill State Park in Alabama close to McCalla and Bessemer, Alabama. Please bring lunch and any information that you have about our family. If you know of anybody else that is interested and not on the internet or facebook or this website please invite them too. I hope to take pictures of the various family groups of this family. Please don’t leave until that is over and please plan to stay as long as you like after lunch. This is so that we all can get to visit a while. I plan to have a sign in book and name tags when you arrive. Please come early. We plan to get there around 10 or 10:30 a.m. Central time. Your cousin, Leah Hyde Latimer

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  • I forgot a detail. It will be in the main part of Tannehill at the Kiwanis Shed.

    Thanks again,

    Your cousin,

    Leah Hyde Latimer

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    • When is the next William Christopher Hyde Reunion? He was my husbands 2 great grandfather.We have been trying to find information on his family. We would love to attend a reunion. Thank you. James donald Hyde sr. Martha Hallman Hyde

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  • Hello, I am the Great granddaughter of Ped Honeycutt, his daughter was Ozella Honeycutt Allen. I currently live in Thomaston, ga. i am searching for the descendants of WmChristopher Hyde; Ped’s Mother was was Martha Honeycutt, Selia Bircheat daughter, she married Zachariah Honeycutt; these are Ped Honeycutt’s parents. Do you have any family history you could share with me. We really never knew of this side of the family. Also was, caroline; Selia’s mother native American. Cannot wait to hear of this side of the family.

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    • Hey Jo Ann,

      Thanks for your email. The Descendants of William Christopher Hyde are very huge. He married twice and had 10 children by each wife. I am from his second marriage. Did you see the information that I put on this website about the reunion in 2013? It lists all of his children by both wives. You were asking about Caroline Honeycutt being Native American. The pictures that we have sure look like she was but there is no proof anywhere that I have found that she is. I have looked at the archives in Oklahoma and all over the internet and could not find any information about that. Back then if they were Native Americans they listed themselves as white on the Censuses so they could stay on their land. Caroline Honeycutt’s parents were Celia Nancy Jane Strigling and Joel Honeycutt.
      The next William Christopher Hyde family reunion will be at Tannehill State Park in Alabama (Kiwanis Shed) on Saturday, September 10, 2016. Hope you can come.
      I would like to keep in touch and if you want more information about William Christopher Hyde’s children please send me your email address or contact Daniel and tell him to contact me and I will be glad to give you more information and put you on my email list for the reunion.

      Thanks,

      Leah Hyde Latimer

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    • I am a descendant in Alabama. My Mom is Helen Lee Hyde Foust. I had her DNA done….came out 58% western Asian/middle eastern (Native American) also report said there are 4 DNA markers that determine if you are Jewish and among modern day Jews half of them only have 1 marker. My Mom had 3! I own a copy of the first published History of the American Indian by James Adair. Published in 1775. He gives the evidence he found that our 5 civilized tribes had Jewish/middle east roots. What was Selia’s mothers name? Is she on a Dawes roll?
      Linda

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      • Hi Linda,

        This is Leah Hyde Latimer. I remember your mom coming to the William Christopher Hyde Reunion.

        Selia’s mother’s name was Caroline Honeycutt or Hunnicutt. She was born in 1812 in Alabama and died October 9, 1909 in Corona, Walker, Alabama. Her father’s name was Christopher Columbus Bircheat Sr. Born in 1818 in North Carolina They married on April 30, 1842 in Shelby County, Alabama. Selia’s mother Caroline, I can’t find her on the Dawes Roll. A lot of the people that were Native Americans did not put that on the Census’ because they wanted to stay on their land.

        Caroline’s mother’s name was Celia Nancy Jane Strigling Born 1797 and Caroline’s father was born in 1784 in SC. That is all I have on Caroline’s parents.

        The next William Christopher Hyde Family Reunion will be on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Tannehill State Park in McCalla, Alabama. It will be at the Kiwanis Shed in the main part of the park. I hope to see you and your mother and any other of your family members there and also anyone who is related to this family. I can’t put you on and email list because we can’t put our email addresses on this website.

        I hope this answers your questions. I hope to see you at the reunion in September.

        Thanks,

        Leah Hyde Latimer

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  • Ped Honeycutt’s parents were Zachariah Taylor Honeycutt and Martha Hyde Honeycutt; who was the daughter of Celia Bircheat Hyde; her Mother has been isted as Caroline Honeycutt Bircheat. Was curious who the parents of Caroline was.Does anyone have any information and I would love to be put on your newsletter list and know when the reunions are.

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    • Hello, This is Leah Hyde Latimer.

      Caroline Honeycutt Bircheat’s parents are Celia Nancy Jane Strigling b. 1797 in SC and Joel Honeycutt b. 1784 in SC. That is all that I have on Caroline’s parents.

      The next William Christopher Hyde family Reunion will be Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Tannehill State Park in McCalla Alabama. It will be at the Kiwanis Shed in the main part of the park.
      I can’t put you on an email list because we can’t put our email addresses on this website.

      Thanks,

      Leah Hyde Latimer

      Thanks,

      Leah Hyde Latimer

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    • Hey Jo Ann Fullman Beverly,

      I just now realized that you put that Martha Hyde Honeycutt was the daughter of Celia Bircheat Hyde. That is NOT correct. Cellia Bircheat Hyde had only one daughter and her name was Caroline “Carrie” Hyde Collins. Martha Hyde Honeycutt is a sister to William Christopher Hyde. Martha Hyde Honeycutt is the daughter of Austin Hide (William Christopher Hyde’s father) and Mary Gross (Austin Hide’s second wife). Martha Hyde Honeycutt was born August, 1847 in Alabama and died February, 1924. She was married twice 1st to Zachariah “Taylor” Honeycutt who was born in 1847 in Columbiana, Shelby Co., Alabama and died February, 1924. Her second husband was Andrew James Goggins born abt 1848 and they married on January 19, 1902 and Andrew died on December 11, 1923 in Columbiana, Shelby Co., Alabama. There are more than one Caroline and it does get people mixed up. So I guess Caroline “Carrie” Hyde Collins was named after her grandmother (Celia Bircheat Hyde’s mother) Caroline Honeycutt Bircheat. I hope this helps. I hope you get to read this post.

      Thanks, Leah Hyde Latimer

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  • Thank you for the info about Caroline parents. I found her and a picture of her on geni. I am sorry we cannot come to the reunion as I will be speaking at the Native American Women’s Conference that weekend in Deadwood SD. Please check out our website and the ministry we have with our First Nations people. http://www.gaitstoheaven.org

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  • Thank you. I found Caroline’s info and picture but did not have her parents on geni. I am so sorry but we cannot come to the reunion as I am the speaker for the Native American Women’s Conference that week-end in Deadwood SD. God has given me a ministry with our First Nations people. I will be on the Pine Ridge Reservation in SD and Navajo Nation in AZ this summer also. So excited to have an actual picture of one of our Native ancestors. Hope to be able to meet in person some day.

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  • My father is James William Meeks who is the great grandson of Wild Bill Hyde as I knew him growing up. My father’s mother (my grandmother) is Esther Irene who is the daughter of Rufus Hyde and Amie Viola. This is so exciting to find this page and how much I’d love to get down there to be apart of the reunion!

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  • I’m looking for more information on his parents as I’ve hit a snag with my search. I’ve found a lot about his wife (my great great great grandmother) Selia Bircheat.

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  • Hey Amanda,

    It is great hearing from you. I’m sorry that you missed the reunion last Saturday, September 10, 2016. Please come to the next reunion next year in September 2017. I really want to meet you. As for information on William Christopher’s parents it is hard to explain. I have some of his sisters names and information. Would you please send me your email address so that we can keep in touch about the reunion next year and the information that I need to explain to you about William Christopher’s parents?

    Hope to hear from you soon,

    Your cousin,

    Leah Hyde Latimer

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  • Just saw this about the reunion. Miss that so much .grew up going ever year till we moved out of state to Texas for my mom heart transplant in the 80s. He is my great great grand pa. Elna Celia Hyde my grandmother that help raised me in Alabama

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  • The next William Christopher Hyde Family Reunion will be Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Tannehill State Park in McCalla, Alabama. It will be at the main part of the park at the Kiwani’s shed by the playground and museum. Everyone that is related and friends of William Christopher Hyde’s family are invited to come! He’s the one that had 20 children, 10 children each by two wives. The Reunion starts at 10 am and last until 3 or 4 pm. We will be having dinner there also. So please bring dinner and some folding chairs and any information or pictures that you want to share. If you have any questions please leave your questions here on this website. I will try to answer them the best way that I know of. Thanks, Leah Hyde Latimer

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    • I would love to come to the next reunion. I’m sure we’re related. My family is from Jefferson and walker counties and I think arvel is my great grandfather. We’re getting old and all this information will be lost to our children

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      • David, My name is Leah Hyde Latimer. I just now saw your post. We’ve already had the reunion for this year but our next one is Saturday, October 12, 2024 at the same place at Tannehill, State Park Close to McCalla, Alabama in Jefferson County. The Park is actually in Jefferson, Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties. The Reunion usually starts at 10 am. Please get there early. Yes we are related. Arvel Hyde was my 1/2 great Uncle. There were two families of William Christopher Hyde (Arvel Hyde’s father) Arvel was a 1/2 brother to my grandfather Austin Augustin Augustus Hyde. You and your family are welcome to come and spread the word to all of your relatives. If you want or need any information or have any questions about Uncle Arvel or his father and mother and grandparents please respond here. Thanks, Leah Hyde Latimer.

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  • Hello. I just came across this site and need to talk to someone about these events and see if another is scheduled. I’m almost positive that arvel was my grandfather which would make Christopher my great great grandfather.

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  • My name is Leah Hyde Latimer. I just now saw this. We’ve already had the reunion for this year. The next reunion will be on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at Tannehill State Park in Jefferson County, Alabama. Tannehill is actually in three counties, Jefferson, Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties. The Reunion usually starts at 10 am. Please spread the word to your relatives. Arvel was my 1/2 gr uncle. Arvel was the 1/2 brother to my grandfather Austin Augustin Augustus Hyde. And Arvel’s father was William Christopher Hyde not Christopher Hyde because there is also a Christopher Hyde that is the son of William Christopher Hyde. If Arvel is your grandfather then William Christopher Hyde will be just your Great Grandfather. If you need more information about the Reunion or information about the family please respond here. Thanks, Leah Hyde Latimer

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