Updated 8/17/10

Paul Maxwell Hight

1885-1926

Married Eugenia Wright, March 10, 1917
Son, Jim Thomas Hight 1918-2005

Left photo James Cordie Hight with Paul (L)& Seavy (R) & 2nd wife Minne Rone

Right Photo (Uncle) Bill Hight with Seavy

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Paul and Eugenia

Their son, Jim Thomas

Thomas (Jim Thomas) and Aunt Pat at Aunt Susie's

Paul

Notice the stick baby seat.

Jim Thomas & Eugenia

Hight Lineage:

John Hight (m.Eleanor Nichols)
Charnel Hight (m.LucyFinch)
William Henry Hight (m.Martha Meekins Smith)
Goodman Smith Hight (m.Sallie Rust)
James Cordie Hight (m1.Lillie Park, m2. Minnie Rone)
Paul Hight (m. Eugenia Wright)
Jim Thomas Hight (m. Minna Stallard)

Fountain Heights Grade School

Jim Thomas is #9

Eighth Grade Class 1933

Thomas is last person on right in front row.

Summary of Jim Thomas

Jim Hight (always called Thomas "back home"), originally

 joined the Tenn. National Guard (Troop 109th Cavalry)

 out of high school and then was 

persuaded he would have a better future in

 the U.S. Navy which he joined in 1937. 

So, he was true "Old Navy" - defined as having been

 in before Pearl Harbor. In fact, he 

was aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6) on

 the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 

and later also participated in the Battle of Midway.

 He stayed in the Navy for 30 years,

 rising through the enlisted ranks and 

retired as an officer (LT) on Oct. 1, 1967.

This new information above was provided by Paul's descendants, the Nelsons.

Paul Hight, the Genius

The Hights had remarkable carpenter skills, and passed the propensity down to descendants. Paul, Seavy, and Rick were known for their building projects. Some said Paul could build anything. Paul Hight was also recognized as a genius. Once he made a telegraph machine that he and Seavy could talk back and forth before they had phones. Paul buried coiled pipe in the ground at Jim Hights well so the water would always be cold. It was. After Paul bought the back place, he bought a surveying instrument and built a new road to the house. It was nearly a mile long and only had 8 or 10 feet of fall over the whole distance. On top of that, it had to curve around a hillside. To look at it, you thought it was about level, there was such little amount of fall. With only mule drawn equipment, he built the dirt road with such perfection, a car would coast the whole distance. There is a field on the back place we call the “foundation field” it’s a concrete foundation to a barn Paul had started before he died. More about Paul’s skills will be seen in the discussion of Netties House.
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