GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM THE OFFICIAL STATE DEATH CERTIFICATES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED IN MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1914-1919 WHO WERE BORN BEFORE AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 1860
Abstracted and Prepared by Jonathan K. T. Smith
1994

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1914
Volume 37

DAVE THADUS POPE (w)
Oct. 24, 1844, Tn-Jan. 25, 1914, Jackson
Wm. Pope, Tn.; Mary Strayhorn, Tn.
RC

HANNAH POPE (colored)
1844, Tn.-Jan. 28, 1914, Jackson
Eliza Pope, Tn.
RC

WILLIAM S. WELLS (w)
June 8, 1854, Tn.-Jan. 15, 1914
Wm. Wells, Va.; Sallie Fitzpatrick, Tn.
HC

EDWARD BENJAMIN CURTISS (w)
June 18, 1859, Tn.-Jan. 4, 1914, Jackson
Horace H. Curtiss, NY; Mary, Lebanon, Tn.
HC

JOHN BRACHEN (w)
1835, Ire-Feb. 27, 1914, Jackson
Owen Brachen
CAL

EDWARD M. MOFFITT (w)
April 14, 185-, Tn.-Feb. 28, 1914, Jackson
James Moffitt, Tn.; Caroline Hefley, Tn.
CAL

JOHN FRANKLIN BARKSDALE (w)
Dec. 29, 1842, Gibcon Co., Tn.-Feb. 6, 1914, RR #7, Jackson
John Rogers Barksdale, NC; Nancy Bik, NC.
Lavinia, Tn.

MRS. MARY WILDE (w)
May 27, 1843, Germany-Feb. 11, 1914, Jackson
parents, "not known."
RC

MOSES S. NEELY (w)
Died Feb. 13, 1914, aged 80 yrs, 7 mos, 13 ds.
James B. Neely, NC; Isabella Nash, NC
RC

TENE ANN SPENCER (colored)
Aug. 4, 1850, Tn.-Feb. 16, 1914, Jackson
Isaac Joplin, Tn; Sophia Joplin, TN
MO

JAMES MADISON YOUNG (w)
April 5, 1838, Haywood Co., Tn.-Feb. 22, 1914, Civil District 10
E. G. Young, Va; Rebecca Byles, Va.
Pleasant Plains

MARTHA JANE WILLIFORD (w)
Sept. 17, 1860, Madison Co., Tn.-Feb. 10, 1914, Madison Co., Tn.
Jas. H. Nelson, Madison Co.; Kittie Thompson, Madison Co.
Antioch

WILLIAM G. LEWIS (w)
Jan. 7, 1857, Madison Co.-Feb. 16, 1914, CD 16, near Humboldt, Tn.
Benj. Lewis, Tn; S. A. Fulghum, Tn.
Rose Hill, Humboldt, Tn.

SUSIE REEVES MURTAUGH (w)
Aug. 17, 1849, Madison Co., Tn. Feb. 20, 1914, Hunterville, Tn.
Robert Mauldin Reeves, SC; Luvina Reeves, SC.
Jackson, Tn.

MRS. MARTHA F. WOODWARD (w)
Mar. 17, 1847, Ky.-Feb. 4, 1914, Jackson
Joe Adams, Va.; Martha S. Sublett, Ky.
HC

JOHN MAYS (colored)
1839, Tn.-Feb. 5, 1914
MO

ELIZABETH FLOWERS JOHNSON (w)
May 12, 1844, Memphis-Feb. 4, 1914
Wm. Flowers, NC; Eunice White, Tn.
RC

THOS. N. NORTON (w)
Nov. 3, 1839, Tn.-Jan. 23, 1914, CD 8.
Henry Norton, NC; MiS5 Wheeler, uflk.
Liberty Grove, Th.

J. L. HUDGINGS (male-w)
Aug. 8, 1854, Tn.-Feb. 24, 1914, CD 9
Tom Hudgings, Tn;
Rains Cemetery

JAMES DRAYDEN LANE (w)
Oct. 11, 1833, SC-Mar. 14, 1914, Hatchie
Vildo, Tn.

FRANK P. LONG (w)
Nov. 23, 1837, Tn.-Mar. 27, 1914
W. H. Long, NC; Eliza Peges, NC
HC

 

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MRS. SALLIE POMEROY (w)
May 19, 1855, Tn.-Mar. 28, 1914, Jackson
A. S. Reid, NC; M. Lorance, NC
HC

JOHN EDMOND GLASS (w)
June 21, 1838, Tn.-Mar. 15, 1914, Jackson
James W. Glass, Va; Frances Collins, Va
RC

MARTHA ANN HAYLEY (w)
July 11, 1836, Powhatan Co., Va.-Mar. 17, 1914, Jackson
John H. Day, Va; Martha Breden, Va
RC

JULIUS A. JONES (v)
Dec. 3, 1829, NC-Mar. 23, 1914, Jackson
Morgan Jones, NC; Lucy Burrowe (?), NC
RC

MARTHA D. WILLIAMSON (w)
Jan. 13, 1848, Ala-Mar. 24, 1914, Jackson
Raford Kent, Ala; L. Kent, Ala.
RC

RICHARD HENRY CUNNINGHAM (w)
Mar. 19, 1856, Tn-Mar. 29, 1914, Bemis, Tn.
James Cunningham, father
BEC

MRS. MARY ELLIS (w)
Sept. 15, 1855, Tn.-Apr. 17, 1914, CD 10
Jim Flowers, NC; Sarah Burkett, Tn.
BAS

HENRY HOGSHEAD (colored)
1824, Tn.-Apr. 22, 1914, Jackson
Harrison Hogshead; Maria Hogshead
Oak Grove

WESLEY SPIVEY (colored)
1857, Tn.-Apr. 27, 1914, Jackson
Richmond Spivey, Tn.; Edith Spivey, Tn.
Bethlehem

CATHERINE TYLER (colored)
1849, Ga.-Apr. 10, 1914, Jackson
Margie Porter, Ga., mother
MO

MRS. PHOEBE FRANKLIN (w)
1848, Pa.-Apr. 12, 1914, Jackson
RC

MRS. M. TUCHFELD (w)
Jan. 1841, Austria-Apr. 12, 1914, Jackson
J. J. Gushanfeld, Austria, father
B. Israel

A. H. MAYO (w)
June 6, 1835, Tn.-Mar. 25, 1914, Jackson
Adolphus Mays, NC; - Fulbright, NC
Mays Cemetery

RUFUS A. MAYS (w)
Jan. 18, 1839, Madison Co.-Mar. 21, Pinson
James G. Mays, NC; - Fulbright, Madison Co.
Mays Cemetery

MRS. LOUISE MATILDA ROBINSON (w)
Mar. 29, 1858, Tn.-May 4, 1914, Beech Bluff
Daniel Allison, Tn., father
Pleasant Hill

JENNIE JOHNSON (colored)
1845, Va-May 21, 1914, CD 8
BCH

MARY ELIZABETH HARDIN (w)
1851, Madison Co.-May 26, 1914, Pinson
James K. Pope, Madison Co.; Maudie Hopkins, Madison County
East Laurel

SARAH E. KING (w)
Nov. 10, 1839, Tn-May 20, 1914, Jackson
Wm. Wilson, NC; Polly Ducworth, NC
RC

MISS HARRIETT HOPPER (v)
1842, Tn.-May 8, 1914, CD 14
Turley Hopper, Va; Harritt Bruce, Va.
Cotton Grove, Madison County

RANSOM E. HOPPER, SR. (w)
Feb. 1, 1839, Tn-May 29, 1914, Jackson
Noel Hopper, father
RC

PHILIP B. WILKINSON (w)
Dec. 16, 1846, Va -May 7, 1914, Jackson
W. R. Wilkinson, Va; Susie Denis, Va.
HC

MRS. PERSILA JANE THOMPSON (w)
Mar. 2, 1834, Tn.-May 6, 1914, Jackson
Walter Greer, Tn; Persila Greer, Tn.
HC

BILL NEAL (colored)
1844, Ga.-May 9, 1914, Jackson
BC

HENRY FRANK SMITH (w)
May 18, 1837, Tn.-May 11, 1914, Jackson
? Smith; Polly Whitlow, Tn.
RC

SANDY PETTIGREW (colored)
1855, Tn.-May 7, 1914, Jackson
? Pettigrew, NC; Emline Aikens, Tn
MO

MARTHA HICKS (w)
Apr. 21, 1846, Gibson Co., Tn.-May 28, 1914, Jackson
Dan. Hicks, NC; ? Wall, NC
Harris Grove

 

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H. V. BRANCH (male-w)
July 25, 1856, Ark.-May 10, 1914, Jackson
K. Branch, Tn.; S. Dunaway, Ark.
Murray City, Tennessee

WILLIAM T. McKNIGHT (w)
Oct. 24, 1832, Tn.-June 22, 1914
James McKnight, NC; Miss Prince, Tn.
Ebenezer

SALLIE AUSTIN (black)
1836, Tn.-June 22, 1914, Madison Co.
BCH

JOSEPH DEBERRY (colored)
Nov. 171849, Tn.-May 22, 1914, CD 8
Solomon Deberry, NC; Gracie Deberry, NC
Cerro Gordo

SARAH JOHN GRAY (w)
Dec. 10, 1843, Halifax Co., Va.-June 5, 1914, Spring Creek
Geo. Washington Mills, Va; Lucy A. Fergerson, Halifax Co., Va.
Hope Hill

JANE WHITLOW (colored)
1852, Tn.-June 28, 1914, Jackson
Cerro Gordo

EMELINE HUTCHINS (colored)
1845, Tn.-June 14, 1914, Jackson
Alex Hutchins; Annie Thurston, Tn.
MO

GEORGE FRANKLIN CASSELBERRY (w)
July 30, 1845, Tn.-June 7, 1914, Jackson
W. W. Casselberry, Ala; Elizabeth Martin, Ala.
Middleburg, Tennessee

MARIA THOMAS (colored)
1844, Ms.-June l0, 1914, Jackson
Sarah Canon, mother
MO

ANNA KATHRYN WOOD (w)
June 7, 1860, Harrisburg, Pa.-June 11, 1914,
Alford F. Zimmerman, Pa; Isabelle F. Hill, Pa.
Warrensburg, Missouri

JOHN MAHOMES (colored)
1841, Ga.-May 3, 1914, CD 9
Robert Long Mahomes, Ga.; Emily Mahomes, Ga.
Epperson Cemetery

MISS MAGGIE WILLIAMSON (w)
Nov. 9, 1836, Carroll Co., Tn.-June 27, 1914, Denmark, Tn
Anthony Williamson, Carroll Co.; Eliza Kerr Lee, Carroll Co.
Denmark

FANNIE E. MOORE (w)
May 8, 1851, Henderson Co., Tn.-July 31, 1914, CD 10
Wesley Gordon, Tn; Emily King Gordon, Tn
RC

ELIZABETH RAINEY (w)
July 8, 1844, Lion co., Ky-July 13, 1914, CD 4
J. H. Prewitt, Madison Co; Elizabeth Turley, Lion Co., Ky.
No burial place cited

LUCINDA SCOTT (colored)
1854, Ms.-July 27, 1914, Jackson
MO

(Rev.) WILLIAM W. LEAVELS (colored)
June 10, 1855, Ky.-July 30, Jackson
Jake Leavels, Ky; Mary Onsley, Ky
Humboldt, Tn.

MRS. BECKY CAVNESS (w)
1854, Tn.-Aug. 2, 1914, Beech Bluff
? Wilkins, NC; Rebecca Wilkins, NC
Burial location illegible

ANDREW J. TILLMAN (w)
Nov. 5, 1849, Tn.-July 16, Jackson
John Tillman, NC; Nancy Edwards, NC
Ardmore, Oklahoma

LURA A. RUFF (w)
Nov. 18, 1857, Tn-July 18, Jackson
B. F. Jones, SC; Sallie Moore
HC

EDMONIA WILCOX (colored)
1858, Ms.-July 20, 1914, Jackson
Phene Fleming; Polly Fleming
MO

MARTHA JANE McGLAUGHLIN (w)
July 27, 1847, Henderson Co., Tn.- July 27, 1914, Jackson
Sherrod Barrow, NC; Bell ?
Oak Wells, Tennessee

MRS. REBECCA B. BLANKS (w)
Feb. 20, 1831, Tn.-July 6, 1914, Jackson
H. Burrow, Tn; Lillie House, Tn.
Trezevant, Tennessee

 

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GEORGE W. BLEDSOE (w)
Apr. 10, 1845, Ms-July 3, 1914, Jackson
Marshall Bledsoe, Ga.; Elizabeth Moore
RC

(Dr.)ADOLPHUS GAYLEAN ANDREWS (w)
July 30, 1830, Henderson Co., Tn-Aug. 16, 1914, Spring Creek
Gray Blount Andrews, NC; Sallie Harmon, Montgomery Co., Tennessee
BC

JAMES LAPSLEY (colored)
1858, Ala.-Aug. 22, 1914, Jackson
Peter Lapsley, Ala; Elsie Lapsley, Alabama
MO

MRS. S. L. McREA (w)
May 12, 1837, Tn.-Aug. 5, 1914, Jackson
Thomas Edvards, NC; Miss Kennedy, NC
HC

ELIZA REED (colored)
1844, NC-July 3, 1914, CD 8
Mary Foster, NC, mother
BCH

MRS. SARAH SINGLY (w)
Feb. 16, 1847, Tn.-Aug. 20, 1914, CD 8
G. Frances, NC, mother
Liberty Grove

JOHN ALEXANDER BRYAN (w)
May 1826, Tn.-Aug. 25, 1914, Denmark
John Turner Bryan, Md; Elizabeth Raines, Middle Tennessee
Ebenezer

JOHN G. HAYNES (w)
Jan. 14, 1827, NC-June 18, 1914, Pinson
Andrew Haynes, NC; Sallie Dismukes, NC
Big Springs

CAROLINE CAMPBELL (colored)
c 1826, Tn-June 9, 1914, Pinson
Henry Jones, Md; ? Jones, Tn.
Big Springs

FRANCES C. WELLS (w)
Aug. 25, 1848, NY-Apr. 9, 1914, Pinson
Elkany Calker, Pa; Elmira Platt, Pa
HC

MRS. JANE HOLLAND (w)
Jan. 22, 1840, Tn.-Sept. 20, 1914, CD 10
James M. Childers, Va; Bethania Childers, Tennessee
No burial location cited

AMANDA CHILDERS (w)
Aug. 17, 1837, Tn.-Sept. 9, 1914, Malesus.
Charles Alston, Tn; Rebecca Moshall, Tn
Ebenezer

LYTHA COLE (black)
Sept. 4, 1848, Ga-Sept. 4, 1914, CD 9
Robert Maholnes, Ga; Emily Maholnes, Ga Epperson Cemetery

MRS. KITTIE BUTLER (colored)
1814-Sept. 27, 1914, Jackson
Beech Bluff

MRS. T. W. BRYANT (v)
Nov. 4, 1858, Tn-Sept. 27, 1914, Jackson
L. T. B. Williamson, Tn; Callie Williamson, Tennessee
Denmark, Tennessee

MILTON B. HURT (v)
Aug. 29, 1846, Tn-Sept. 14, 1914, Jackson
Robert B. Hurt, Tn; Susan Allen Deberry,
Tennessee
RC

JOSEPH ALEXANDER GIBBS (w)
Dec. 18, 1853, Tn-Sept. 19, 1914, CD 17
Felix Gibbs, Tn; Martha Kendrick, Tn
Rocky Springs

KATHERINE WAITINGTON (w)
Mar. 1832, Madison Co., Tn.-Sept. 17, 1914, CD 17
Isaac Croom; ? Sturdevant
Big Springs

ELIZABETH SKINNER (w) Aug. 30, 1830, Henderson Co., Tn-. Aug. 15, 1914, Pinson
? Moss, Tn, father
Montezuma, Tennessee

MRS. KATIE DAVIS (colored)
1859, Tn-Sept. 11, 1914, Jackson
Ned Caruthers, Tn, father
MO

MARY COOPER SHELTON (w)
June 17, 128, Nashville-Sept. 1, 1914, Jackson Henry J. Cooper; Pennula Talbot, England.
Somerville, Tennessee

WILLIAM T. LEE (w)
Mar. 15, 1833, NC-Sept. 5, 1914, Jackson
Tom Lee, Tn; Nancy Cooper
HC

SARAH CAROLINE DUKE (w)
Aug. 16, 1840, Tn-Oct. 16, 1914, Jackson
G. Duke, Tn; Sallie Long, Tn
Beacon, Tennessee
[HTML editor's note: she probably is buried in an unmarked grave at Duke Chapel cemetery in Henderson Co.]

 

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MATTIE McKIE ALLEN (w)
May 20, 1859, Ms-Oct. 15, 1914, Jackson
Wm. McKie, Ms.; Sarah Moore, Ms.
HC

J. M. DARR (w)
Sept. 11, 1855, Tn.-Oct. 17, 1914, Jackson
? Darr, Tn; Mary Swan, Tn
RC

J. P. RANDOLPH (v)
Nov. 1, 1841-Oct. 10, 1914, Jackson
J. D. Randolph, NC, father
CAL

LOUIS MAHONE (N)
Jan. 8, 1842, Tolbert Co., Ga.-Oct. 31, 1914, CD 9
Epperson Cemetery

MARTHA G. ARGO (w)
Sept. 1, 1854, Tn-Oct 3, 1914, Jackson
John Argo, Tn; Nancy Moffitt, Tn
Lexington, Tennessee

J. W. STANLEY (male-w)
Sept. 8. 1855, Tn-Oct. 7, 1914, Jackson
H. Stanley, Tn; Nancy Meecham, Tn
HC

(Dr.) JOE THOMAS PHILLIPS (w)
Mar. 1837, Ms-Oct. 27, 1914, E. Chester Extd., Jackson
RC

MARY ELLA BLACKMON (w)
Nov. 5, 1854, Tn-Nov. 18, 1914, CD 12
B. F. Howard, Tn; J. F. Timberlake, Tn
BC

NANCY E. VICKERS (w)
Mar. 22, 1840, Carroll Co., Tn.-Nov. 18, 1914, CD 12
Wm. Bennett, Carroll Co.; Sarah Harmon, Carroll Co.
Liberty, Tennessee

MRS. TENNESSEE MILLS (w)
1830, Tn-Nov. 16, 1914, Beech Bluff
Dick Golden, NC, father
Rocky Springs

ANN DAVIS (w)
May 8, 1836, NC-Nov. 4, 1914, CD 8
John Lee, NC, father
Liberty Grove

THOMAS J. McKNIGHT (v)
Dec. 25, 1851, Tn. -Nov. 18, 1914, CD 8
R. T. McKnight, Tn; K. Reeves , Tn
Ebenezer

A. W. DEES (male-w)
Mar. 28, 1828, Ill.-Nov. 13, 1914, CD 8
Daniel Dees, Tn; Mintley Green, Tn
Hardeman Co., Tennessee

BARTLEY GAREY (w)
Dec. 25, 1844, New Orleans-Nov. 28, 1914
HC

MRS. MARY TAYLOR (w)
June 20, 1860, Tn-Nov. 18, Jackson
Samuel Taylor, Tn; Laura Harris, Tn
HC

JOHN WILLIAM JONES (w)
Mar. 12, 1849, Tn-Nov. 17, 1914, nr. Jackson
John N. Jones, Tn; Mary Stephens, Va.
BC

MANERVA LEEVELS (colored)
June 10, 1860, Tn-Nov. 30, 1914, Jackson
Richard Jones, Va; father

ELVIRA BROWN (colored)
1850, Tn-Dec. 5, 1914, CD 14
Abram Jackson; Caroline Jackson, SC

SEALS GILMORE (colored)
1850 , Ms-Dec. 2, 1914, Jackson
Jack Gilmore, father
MO

WILLIAM R. WADLEY (w)
Feb. 26, 1842, Tn.-Dec. 17, 1914, Jackson
Miles Webb, Tn; L. Arnold, Tn
Henderson, Tennessee

JAMES FRANKLIN STILL (w)
Oct. 8, 1836, Marshall Co., Ky.-Dec. 16, 1914, Jackson
Wyatt F. Still, Tn; ? Wimoth, Ky
RC

MARY ANNE NEFF (w)
Mar. 8, 1840, Tn.-Dec. 11, 1914, Jackson
Z. Inman, father
RC

R. FENNER SMITH (w)
June 11, 1837, Tn.-Dec. 17, 1914, Jackson
Dr. Robert Fenner, NC; Anna Jones, NC
RC

WINNIE OUTLAW (colored)
1860, Ms-Dec. 19, 1914, Jackson
Burl Stevart; Scilla Stewart
Denmark, Tennessee

 

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J. J. NIMMO (v)
Mar. 6, 1833, Tn-Dec. 24, 1914, Jackson
John Nimmo, Ill., father
Mansfield

MRS. MARY WADLEY (w)
Nov. 13, 1841, Tn.-Dec. 30, 1914, Jackson
Miles Darden, NC; Omelia Cooper, Alabama
West Tennessee

BRYANT GILL (mulatto)
Dec. 15, 1837, NC-Dec. 15, 1914, CD 10
father, "a white man";
Gillis Cem.

B. C. LONG (male-w)
Jan. 10, 1849, Ms.-Dec. 30, 1914, CD 10
N. Long, SC father
Antioch, Tennessee

 

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