Tombstone Tuesday Elsie J. Neal 1844 - 1917

Elsie J.

Wife of

M.R. Neal

Oct. 25, 1844

Mar. 3, 1917

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed November 2017.

According to her death certificate,[1] Elsie Jane Neal was the daughter of Johon [sic] B. Parsons, born North Carolina, and Sinthania Powell, born Tennessee.

Elsie J. Parsons married Mason R. Neal 18 June 1865 Jackson County, Illinois.[2] They were enumerated on the 1910 Livingston County census.[3] At that time Elsie and M.R. Neal had been married 45 years. Elsie had given birth to six children with three still living.

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #14908 (1917), Elsie Jane Neal, Ancestry.com

[2] Illinois Compiled Marriages 1851-1900, Elsie J. Parson and Mason R. Neal, Jackson County, Illinois, Ancestry.com.

[3] 1910 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Dist. 3, Roll: T624_491, p. 6A, E.D. 0102, Ancestry.com.

Published 10 Sep 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com

Check It Out!

A wrong name on a document can cause all sorts of problems. If you accept only one record for proof of relationship, you may be  creating a brick wall for yourself. For example, if you accept the identity of Betty Gibbs' father on her death certificate, you could be wasting time searching for a man who does not exist.

James M. and Betty T. Gibbs died just two days apart in 1937 and both are buried in Pinckneyville Cemetery, near Salem, in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Gibbs

Betty T.

May 6, 1862 - Dec. 6, 1937

James M.

Oct. 4, 1860 - Dec. 8, 1937

On her death certificate, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) Gibbs is listed as the daughter of James Monroe and Lucinda Jones .[1] What a coincidence that Bettie's husband and her father share the same name.  That is definitely a red flag and begs to be checked out to make sure the name is correct. It didn't take long to determine her father's name was wrong.

The first record checked was a marriage record.  James M. Gibbs married Bettie Taylor in 1880 Crittenden County. [2] Going backward a few years shows the following:  Elizabeth Taylor was living in the household of Calep [sic] and Lucinda Taylor on the 1870 census.[3] Ah ha!  Lucinda is listed as Bettie's mother on Bettie's death certificate, but was Lucinda's maiden name Jones?  Yes!  Caleb W. Taylor married Miss Lucinda K. Jones in 1861 Crittenden County.[4]  So, it appears that even though the name of Bettie Gibbs' father is incorrect on her death certificate, the name of her mother is correct.  She was, in truth, the daughter Caleb Taylor and Lucinda Jones.

To provide additional proof that Bettie's maiden name was Taylor, documents of her children are helpful.  Bettie's maiden name is given as Taylor on the death certificates of two of her children, Dennis C. Gibbs in 1952[5] and Maude E. Tyner in 1915,[6] as well as the marriage record of her son, James O. Gibbs in 1927 in Detroit, Michigan.[7] 

Case closed!  Betty's maiden name was definitely Taylor and not Monroe.

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #32172, Frances Elizabeth Gibbs, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Dec 2017.

[2] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II  1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 119. Married at Mrs. Taylor's.

[3] 1870 Crittenden County, KY Census, Roll M593_457, p. 452A, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Dec 2017.

[4] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, KY Marriage Records, Vol. I 1842-1865 and Abstracts of Wills  Book 1 1842-1924, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1990), 89.

[5] Kentucky Death Certificate #52 10560, Dennis C. Gibbs, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Dec 2017.

[6] Kentucky Death Certificate #15908, Maude E. Tyner, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Dec 2017.

[7] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage Certificate of James Ollie Gibbs #63 2326, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Dec 2017.

Published 6 July 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - William and Darthulie Jennings

Jennings

William

Aug. 5, 1861

Feb. 18, 1940

Darthulie

Jan. 1, 1860

Feb. 3, 1936

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, near Salem, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 November 2017.

According to his death certificate, [1] William Jennings was born in Kentucky and was the son of T.J. Jennings, born Tennessee, and Elizabeth Boone, born Kentucky.  William Jennings died in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky 17 February 1940.[2]

Darthula A. Jennings was born in Kentucky and died in Salem. She was the daughter of Beverly Boswell, born Kentucky, and Sarah Cooper, born Kentucky.[3]

W.M. Jennings and Darthula A. Boswell were married 7 March 1881 at the home of B.T. Boswell in Crittenden County. [4]

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #5048, Wm. Jennings, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Jan 2018.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Kentucky Death Certificate #5451, Darthula A. Jennings, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 Jan 2018.

[4] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II, 1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 122.

Published 27 March 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Robert E. Deboe

Robert E.

Deboe

Oct. 5, 1876

Dec. 30, 1917

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 November 2017.

According to his death certificate,[1] Robert E. Deboe was the son of Joe Deboe and Sallie Freeman, both of whom were born in Kentucky. Robert E. Deboe's occupation was listed as "Merchants Police" and the informant on the death certificate was Mrs. Marcella Deboe. The death certificate lists his death date as 6 October 1917.

R.E. Deboe, saloon keeper, was a boarder in the household of Robert and Olive Moss on the 1900 Massac County, Illinois (Brooklyn Precinct) census.[2] Other boarders in this household were Belle Deboe, age 34, and J.H. Deboe, age 21. Both were single.

R.E. Deboe, age 29, married Mabel Neal, age 28, on 20 October 1903 in McCracken County, Kentucky. Deboe, saloon keeper,  was a resident of Paducah and this was his first marriage. Mabel Neal lived in Marion (Crittenden County?) and was born in Illinois.[3]

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #34053 (1917), Robert E. Deboe, Ancestry.com, accessed 25 November 2017.

[2] 1900 Census, Massac County, Illinois, E.D. 48, Sheet 9, household of Robert and Olive Moss.

[3] Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914, Ancestry.com, accessed 25 November 2017.

 Published 20 February 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Mary C. Franks

Mary C. Franks

wife of

J.J. Franks

Nov. 11, 1856

Sept. 10, 1911

Darling we miss thee

FRANKS

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, near Salem, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 November 2017.

According to her death certificate,[1] Mary Cathrine Franks was born in Crittenden County, Kentucky and was the daughter of Stephen A. Farmer and Rebecca Allison, both of whom were born in Tennessee.

Miss Mary C. Farmer married Jesse J. Franks 17 February 1875 Crittenden County. W.T. Moore performed the wedding ceremony, which occurred at the home of S.A. Farmer. Witnesses were W.R. Farmer, Hugh McMaster and R.S. Clark.[2] 

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #23896, Mary Cathrine Franks, Ancestry.com, accessed 13 November 2017.

[2] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records Vol. II  1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 71.

Published 30 January 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Solomon G. and Florence Lee

Lee

Solomon G. Lee

Dec. 20, 1850

Apr. 16, 1930

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Florence his wife

Feb. 19, 1862

Nov. 16, 1945

Buried Pinckneyville Cemetery, near Salem, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 November 2017.

According to his death certificate,[1] Solomon Green Lee was born in Tennessee and was the son of William Thomas Lee and Sarah Mahala Davis, both of whom were born in South Carolina. Solomon G. Lee was a farmer.

Florence Lee was the daughter of Dempsey Stalions and an unknown mother.[2] The death date on her death certificate is given as 15 November 1945.

Solomon G. Lee first married Isabel Lucas, daughter of Ingram C. Lucas and Mary Ann Hill, in Crittenden County, Kentucky on 26 January 1873.[3] She passed away 3 December 1880 and is buried at Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County.[4]  Solomon G. Lee married Miss Florence Stalions 15 February 1882 in Crittenden County.[5]

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #12464, Solomon Green Lee, Ancestry.com.

[2] Kentucky Death Certificate #26756, Florence Lee, Ancestry.com.

[3] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II  1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991)54.

[4] Find A Grave Memorial #63581614, Isabel Lee.

[5] Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II 1866-1886, 129.

Published 26 December 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/