Elizabeth Tuck Bacon was born on 5 Oct 1874 in Tennessee.4,5,6,7
Elizabeth married Cooper Turner, son of William A. Turner and Ann Eliza Jones, on 5 Oct 1899 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, with R. D. Surratt officiating.8,9
Cooper Turner and Elizabeth T. Bacon, marriage bond.
Sarah E. Atkinson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Lizzie Tuck Bacon.
Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Elizabeth B. Turner.
Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date, with year as 1875.
Mrs. M Bacon household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows month, year as 1874, age 25 and state.
Sarah E. Atkinson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 6 and state.
The birth year of 1874 from the 1900 census is consistent with age 6 shown in the 1880 census, so I conclude that the gravestone inscription showing the year as 1875 is in error.
Cooper Turner and Elizabeth T. Bacon, marriage bond, shows date and officiant.
Mrs. M Bacon household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows married 8 months.
Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.
Citations
Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 2:291, Thomas Tuck will, 22 Sep 1788, shows John as his son.
Macon, Alethea Jane, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 16.
Halifax Co. Marriage Register, pg 86, record for John Tuck and Edy Stanley, shows date and officant.
Eady Tuck widow's pension file, W. 6314, Revolutionary War Pension Files, affidavit of applicant 23 Jun 1840, and affidavit of Thomas Tuck, 12 Aug 1840, show date.
Edy married John Tuck, son of Thomas Tuck and Sarah, on 10 Nov 1791 in Halifax Co., with Thomas Dobson officiating.6
Edy also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.
Citations
Halifax Co. Marriage Register, pg 86, record for John Tuck and Edy Stanley.
Eady Tuck widow's pension file, W. 6314, Revolutionary War Pension Files, affidavit of applicant 23 Jun 1840, shows name as Eady Tuck (signed with mark); affidavit of Thomas Tuck, 12 Aug 1840, shows name as Edy Tuck; Edy Tuck letter 9 May 1845 (signed with that name); affidavit of William Tuck, 28 Apr 1845, shows name as Eady Tuck.
Macon, Alethea Jane, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 16, shows name as Edey Stanley.
Eady Tuck widow's pension file, W. 6314, Revolutionary War Pension Files, affidavit of applicant 23 Jun 1840, shows age 64; declaration of applicant 24 Apr 1850, shows age 75.
Macon, Alethea Jane, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 16, citing 1840 census, shows year.
Halifax Co. Marriage Register, pg 86, record for John Tuck and Edy Stanley, shows date and officant.