The reunion
Two days in September.
On Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27, 2025, descendants of Colonel Jonathan Latimer came together in Sumner County for the Latimer Family Reunion. It was a chance to reconnect with cousins, meet new ones, and spend time with the house that carries the family’s name.
The family heard from Sumner County Commissioners Jeremy Mansfield, Tim Jones, Deborah Holmes and Chrissi Miller. We are grateful to each of them for being there.
The house
Inside, for the first time.
For many of the descendants, it was their first time inside the house. Charles Latimer raised it in the 1790’s, of hand hewn logs cut on this property, on land his father gave him.
The group walked the grounds, looked up at the stone chimney, and gathered in the front room, where the hewn logs show around the old fireplace. There is a log house inside that brick house, and it was good to stand in it together.
The family
Cemeteries, a sword, and a long table.
The reunion also toured local cemeteries together, and there was plenty of good food and fellowship. The family had history to look over, too: Colonel Latimer’s sword, family photographs, and historic documents.
Thank you to every Latimer who made the trip, to the families who brought photographs and papers to share, and to everyone who kept the crowd fed.