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About Dove History and Stories
The "Dove History and Stories" site is a work in process and is therefore  continuously updated with information from verbal, handwritten, photographic  and other sources. The site contains collected data from the following principle  family names but includes many other family names: DOVE, KNIGHT, MINOR, WARREN,  KILGORE, SIDES, GURGANUS. All data is shown as obtained (verbal, hand written, or  from documents or pictures) and will be changed as necessary due to error. Copies of  documents, your pictures, or pictures of headstones are very welcome. In spite  of every effort to be factual with published information, this site is not "Pure,  infallible history", but a collection of facts and stories. Some are possibly fictional as created in the  minds of our ancestors, both living and dead . As in most families there are some skeletons in  closets and some may show their face on occasion, but no harm is intended as these "facts"  and "stories" are integral parts of our heritage. If you have pictures, documents, or stories that you would like to see included in this site, please go to "Contact Me" and let me know. We have the capacity to add up to 5000 pictures and documents, so your participation is welcomed along with your verbal stories. Have fun and check back often to see what and who has been added. You may find a surprise or two. Thanks for visiting and please sign the Visitors Book... Jim R. Minor ....(jrm)

UPDATE 7/19/19: Several corrections and additions were made to the Curtis Bunion Family members and a photocopy of an email to me from Carolyn Miles Wallach re her family members. I have attempted to make those corrections.  If they are still corrections to be made, please let me know by email. To see all the photos in the Curtis Bunion Dove folder, including Carolyns' email,  click "Photo" in Bunions' site. 

UPDATE 11/10/18: Some Jim Butler Knight and  Bryant William Dove data updated as well as  Wesley Chapel's role as a family cemetery for Knights... JRM  UPDATE: Nadia Saleen Minor added to the website...jrm

UPDATE: Nov. 20, 2016: The passing of Stevan Tiffin while on a vacation/fishing trip to Alaska was  added; On October-3-2016: I invited our cousin Terry Tate to update our Dove family history for  those descendants of Bud and Bunion Dove who left Alabama and moved to Texas in the late  1800's. 
 Cousin Terry Tate will add stories, names, and pictures. This will introduce our western family  members to those of us living in the East and other parts of the US who are descendants of  Benjamin and Mary Jane Roberts. Enjoy and feel free to make contacts among yourselves... jrm

UPDATE AS OF JUNE 5,2016: My new email is jimminor35@gmail.com. Please use this address to  contact me directly to add information, pictures, or just to chat... Jim Minor 6-5-16  
 FAMILY DEATHS IN 2014: Raymond Howell Dove, the youngest son of George Roland Dove, passed  away on August 1, 2014 at his home near Sulligent, Alabama from cancer. Raymond was the last  surviving child of George Rolland Dove... jrm

FAMILY DEATHS IN 2013: Foster Dove, son of Benjamin "Dude" Dove, passed away in March 2013  in Alabama. Details will be posted as received... jrm

FAMILY DEATHS IN 2011: I am sorry to report to you that we have lost the most Senior Member of  the Minor family in Parrish, Walker County, Alabama. Aunt Bessie Jewell Mullinax-Minor, age 93,  passed away on Tuesday May 17, 2011 at her residence in Parrish. Aunt Bessie was born and grew  up in nearby Liberty Hill community, the daughter of Virgil Mullinax and Mary Evans-Mullinax where  she met and married Isaac Milford Minor, son of James (Jim) W. Minor and Mannie Warren-Minor,  all of whom have preceded her in passage to that realm of peace with God. The funeral will be  Thursday, May 19 at 2:00 PM at the Parrish Church of Christ. Visitation will be from 12:30 untill  2:00 PM. She will be laid to rest in the Gray Cemetery with her husband Milford at her side. She  will be sadly missed by all who knew "Aunt Bessie"... jrm

DOVE REUNION 2013: The 2013 Dove Reunion will be held June 1st 2013 at the Gattman, MS  Community Center. Please invite all your family and relatives. Bring your favorite covered dish and  drinks and join us at 10:00 AM Central Time for fun and fellowship. If you have old pictures, bibles,  newspaper articles, etc, please bring them to share with other members of the family. Invite our  Knight and Roberts cousins to attend.... jrm 
     
 DOVE REUNION 2012: The 2012 Dove Reunion was held at the Gattman Community Center on  June 2, 2012 in Gattman , MS. A covered dish meal was enjoyed by all. The 2012 Reunion will be  held the first Sat. in june at the Community Center in Gattman. Every on is encouraged to bring old  pictures, albums, or heirlooms for others to enjoy.  You can contact me at 423 472 7636 other  information. In the meantime check this website for new information. Please ask all your family  members to come to The Dove Reunion in 2013... jim minor
  
 DOVE REUNION 2011:  The Dove Reunion is June 4, 2011 at the GATTMAN COMMUNITY CENTER in  GATTMAN, MS. Max Dove, son of Trannie Dove and grandson of "Roll" Dove is the Master of  Ceremonies this year. If you have questions or comments PLEASE call Max or me at 423 472 7536.  Please bring a covered dish, any old pictures or historical items for others to see and join your  cousins at 10:00 AM for fun, information on the latest in the family and some good food.  Invite all  your family members and be sure to bring the children. The date for 2012 will also be the First  Saturday in June 2012 and the building has been reserved for that date.  
 DOVE REUNION 2010: The REUNION was held AT THE GATTMAN COMMUNITY CENTER (the old Ele  School Bldg) on June 26th at 10:00 AM. It was the only date the bldg. was  available.  Max Dove, Rex Dove and Wayne Dove and other cousins were in charge this  year.

REUNION 2009: The DOVE Family Reunion was held at the old Gattman School in Gattman,  MS on Saturday, June 6, 2009. The affair was attended by family and friends from MS,  AL, GA, TN, TX, CO. Many old and new family pictures will be added to this web site  in the next few days along with family history book winners. If you made pictures at  the reunion and will share them, please send them to ibsjim35@bellsouth.net by email  or you can mail copies to me by usps.  The 2010 event was the fourth Saturday in  June...  Jim

REUNION 2009: The MINOR Family Reunion was held at the Pleasantfield Community Center  on Saturday, Aug. 1st, 2009. It was great fun, fellowship and food in quality and  volume that is seldom experienced. Family heirlooms, pictures, and documents were on  hand for all to see. Thanks for visiting with us and being a part of the Family. We  look forward to seeing you again next year. The first group of pictures are in the  Minor Reunion Photo Album. See yourself there. If you have pictures that you can  share, send them to me by email or CD or prints or any other way and they will be  added to the Minor Reunion Photo Album... jrm (jim r minor)

MINOR REUNION 2010: The 2010 Minor Reunion was held at the Pleasantfield Community Center  near Parish, Alabama on August 7th. It began at 10:00 AM and prox 83 family members attended.  Sarah Francis Breland and James Howard Minor, children of Anderson Minor, chaired the event this  year. There were old photos, Bibles, documents brought by family members for others to see. A  covered dish was the mealticket to the event. Everyone enjoyed the fellowhip and good food and  we look forward to seeing you next year. 
 HOW TO PUT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY AND PHOTOS IN THIS SITE:
 The Minor, Warren, Earnest, Hutto, Sides, Gurganus, Kilgore, Dove, Knight and other related  families have a website at the following address: http://dovehistory.tribalpages.com/. If you are  related to any of these families, please give me the data so I can add you and your family  members.  When you access the site you will need to use the password which is 'rolland'.... and  you will be able to see all families in the site although in some cases there is limited data on each  family member with some pictures. Only by using the password can you view the site. Please  send me your family history and pictures by contacting me at my e-mail address which is jimminor35@gmail.com or call me at 423-472-7536. Or you can send me an e-mail with your  phone number and I will call you. Be sure to let me know if you find errors in any of my information  and I will correct them. I hope you enjoy the site... Jim Minor (jrm)

RECENT ADDITIONS, CHANGES, CORRECTIONS: June 15, 2016: See new email address below.  Nov. 3, 2011: added Coquat and Dove data.Feb. 1, 2011: DOVE REUNION DATE ADDED added.  Aug: Pictures added;July 202010:Presently updating the James Anderson Minor Family data. Feb  1-2, 2010: Updated Roberts Ancstors;Oct. 2009: Enoch Spencer Minor data updated. Sept.  2009:Updated Knight photos and Andrew Jackson Knight family files and JC & Jerry Walter  Knightfiles;Aug. 2009: Completed list of Felix and Raymond Dove's families; Added Texas Dove  Photo Album with all known ID's;
  July 2009:There are errors in the Jerome Knight Family data that must be corrected; May 2009:  Corr. to bemade to Ben E Dove's biographical sketch. May:Added more Knight pics and data;April  09: Added Knight data; Added pics of John Wesley Minor and Bunion Dove family pics; March 09:  Added Curtis Bunion and William Edward Dove data and made corr.; Feb.09: Added Tate family of  Curtis Bunion Dove & Photo Album; Jan. 09: Added "Nancy" as first name to Adeline Minor; Nov.  2008: Kilgore and Sides data added;Jan.2009:Updated Isaac Hutto & Martha Earnest-Hutto- Smallwood data.  Pls check the Assignment Photo Album for unassigned pictures and documents...  jrm
    
 NOTE: To send pictures or documents, please call me or use my personal e-mail (see above) or US  Mail address which I will send to you when requested.

Please give any member of our family names listed above this website address and the password.  Thanks a million and visit your site often. jim Minor (jrm)
The 2014 Dove reunion was held at Gattman, MS as scheduled. No pictures are available at this time... jrm

Getting Around
There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.

In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.

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