Surnames of families who have lived in Tipton County, continue to live in Tipton County or those who have left the county.
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A, Unidentified Children
Unidentified Children A | The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Anderson of South Covington, died last Sunday morning, after several days’ illness, and was laid to rest in Munford cemetery Monday, Rev. A. W. Russell conducting the services at the grave. (Two-Year old Daughter | The Covington Leader; Covington, Tenn; 21 Jun ...
Acree, Sam Lee
Sad Casualty.A Pleasure Boat Drawn Under a Coal Barge.Five Persons Find a Watery Grave.Drs. Garkey and Miller, Mr. Adams and Dr. Acre’s Little Son DrownedNarrow Escape of the Survivors. Sam Lee Acree | One of the most lamentable casualties that we have been called upon to report in many months, occurred last evening about dusk across ...
Adair, Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Adair | Aged four years and seven months, son of Mr. R. B. Adair, of the Solo neighborhood, died Friday night at 11 o’clock and was buried in the Townsend graveyard Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. A. H. Bezzo conducting the funeral services. The Covington ...
Adams, Benjamin
Benjamin Adams, of Tipton County, Tennessee, was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on April 12, 1812. He is the son of Collins and Martha Goodsum Adams, both natives of Virginia. Parents His father was born in 1768 and was married twice: first to Miss Mary Tias, a native Southampton, Virginia and by this marriage ...
Adams, Eliza
ELIZA ADAMS | Eliza, or Aliza, was born in Tipton County about 1841. She was married to John Adams born around 1824 in Tennessee. They had one known son, John Adams born about 1861. John Sr. died before 1910 and we find Eliza living with her son in the 1910 US Census. ...
Adams, James Lewis
Parents James Lewis Adams is a well known citizen. He is a farmer and a lumber dealer of Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee. A native of Roberson County, Tennessee, born on June 24, 1838. He is a son of Rev. Louis and Lucinda (Thacker) Adams. The father was born in Virginia on October 11, ...
Adams, Jim T “JT”
Jim “JT” Adams, age 90, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, and husband to Ruby Anne Glover Adams, departed this life Friday, December 11, 2020, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Jim was born August 22, 1930, in Tipton County, the son of the late Lester and Mary Adams. He was married November 5, 1950 ...
Adams, John
Parents of John Adams John Adams, a prosperous, energetic farmer of Tipton County, was born in Chester County, S. C., December 25, 1817. His parents were Samuel and Mary (Park) Adams, who were both natives of Ireland. The father was born in 1781 and died in 1807. The mother was born in 1791, and died in ...
Adams, John Henry “Fatman”
John Henry “Fatman” Adams | 67, of Gallaway passed away Friday, December 1, 2017. He is survived by two children, Malyka Adams and Sharla Milton; his mother Virneta Adams; four brothers (Robert Adams, Jr (Zennia) Randy Adams, Keith Adams, and Gregory Adams) and nine sisters (Christine Gaither, Eva Nell Gaither, Dorsey Stallion (Robert), Dora Powell, ...
Adams, Lester Grover
DEATH — Lester Grover Adams, of near Rialto, died suddenly Wednesday morning after an attack of pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. H. Hutchison at Townsend Cemetery this (Thursday) morning. He is survived by his widow, two children, his parents, three brothers and two sisters. [The Covington Leader, Covington, Tenn., March 3, ...
Adams, Lewis
Lewis Adams was born on October 11, 1798, in Tennessee. He married Lucinda Thacker in Allen County, Kentucky on July 4, 1818. Their first home was in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee. Later they moved to Robertson County Tennessee, where they lived from 1830 to 1850. After this time, they moved to ...
Adams, Lucinda Thacker
Lucinda Thacker was born on 1 Oct 1803, in Allen, Kentucky. Her father was Edward P Thacker, born 1 Jan 1775 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He died on 8 Nov 1845 in Allen County, Kentucky. Her mother was Elizabeth Polly Morgan, born 18 Nov 1779 in North Carolina. She died on ...
Adams, Susan
Susan Adams Death Certificate No.: 17573 Name: Susan Adams Date of Death: May 19, 1930 Sex: Female Color: White Age: 63 Marital Status: Widowed Place of Death: Munford Cause of Death: Corrosive Sublimate Poisoning – Suicidal Date of Birth: Feb 28, 1867 Place of Birth: Tennessee Occupation: Housekeeper Father: Martin Turnage Father’s Place of Birth: Tennessee Mother: Rebecca Manley Mother’s Place of Birth: Tennessee Burial Place: Bethel Cemetery Burial Date: May 20, 1930 D.C. Signed By: J. C. Witherington Family of Susan Adams 4x Great Grandfather (Paternal): William George Turnage Sr. (1700-~1770 North Carolina)4x ...
Adkins, Henry
Henry Adkins was born on February 2, 1795, in Sussex, Virginia. His father, William, was 31 and his mother, Sussanna, was 29. He married Peggy Stewart on December 19, 1814, in Sussex, Virginia. Later, he married Margaret J. Stewart (Stuart). *** See marriage record on Margaret J. Stuart’s post. *** ...
Adkins, Margaret J Stewart
Margaret J Stewart (Stuart) Adkins was born on July 6, 1790, in Sussex, Virginia. She married Henry Adkins on December 19, 1814, in Sussex, Virginia. They had six children during their marriage. She died on December 3, 1849, in Tipton County, Tennessee, at the age of 59. Adkins Family Graveyard Munford, TN 27 ...
Adkison, Adeline Geneva Delashmit
Adeline Geneva Delashmit Adkison – Mrs. Adeline Adkison burned to death at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Abe J. Fite of Atoka, Friday morning about 9:00 o’clock. Just how the nearly 89-year old woman’s clothing caught fire may never be entirely explained. Mrs. Adkison’s son, Joseph Bernard Adkison, filled the coal stove in the ...
Adkison, George Washington
The Covington Leader, Thursday, April 25, 1918 GEORGE WASHINGTON ADKISON | A well-known citizen of the Beaver neighborhood, died at his home on Wednesday of last week, and was buried at Indian Creek graveyard Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. C. E. Norman, of the Munford Methodist Church, conducting the funeral services. Mr. Adkison was 52 ...
Aldridge, Mart
MART ALDRIDGE | Mart Aldridge, an inmate of the county poorhouse, who claimed to be 109 years of age, died there Friday afternoon. In the United States, poorhouses were most common during the 19th and early 20th centuries. They were often situated on the grounds of a poor farm on ...
Alexander, Harriett “Hattie” E
Harriett “Hattie” E Alexander was born on 9 Aug 1857 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. She married William N Young in 1878. During their marriage, they had six children. They were: William Julius Alexander, father of Hattie Margaret Grace b. 1880 d. 1965 William Ruthey b. 1881 d. 1904 James Rogers b. 1882 d. ...
Alexander, James Evans
JAMES EVANS ALEXANDER | Alexander, James Evans, lawyer, statesman, orange and fruit grower, was born December 17, 1860, near Covington, Tenn. He was educated at the Tipton male high school; and at the Lebanon law School of Cumberland University. He has been mayor of Enterprise, Florida; post office inspector under President Cleveland’s first administration; and ...
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