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Elizabeth Ann Turner1,2,3

#16861, (1905 - 1998)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Elizabeth Ann Turner was born on 9 Dec 1905 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.4,5,6
  • Elizabeth died on 11 Jun 1998 at age 92.7,8
  • She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in her grandparent's family plot.9
Elizabeth also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations

  1. Elizabeth Ann Turner, Elizabeth Ann, Delayed Certificate of Birth.
  2. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows name as Elizabeth Ann Turner.
  3. Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Elizabeth A. Turner.
  4. Elizabeth Ann Turner, Elizabeth Ann, Delayed Certificate of Birth, shows date, city, and county.
  5. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Elizabeth A. Turner, Soc. Sec. No. 411-09-1109 , shows date.
  6. Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 4 and state.
  7. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Elizabeth A. Turner, Soc. Sec. No. 411-09-1109 , shows month, year, and last residence as 38104 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.
  8. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
  9. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.

Narcissa Tuck1,2,3

#16862, (1872 - 1944)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Narcissa Tuck was born on 30 Jul 1872 in Memphis, Tennessee.4,5,6
  • Narcissa married Thomas Jefferson Macgowan, son of Evander L. MacGowan and Mary Jane Burrow, on 10 Mar 1897 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, with Rev. Alonzo Monk officiating.7,8,9
  • Narcissa died on 2 Mar 1944 in McCrory, Woodruff Co., Arkansas, at age 71.10,11,12
  • She was buried on 4 Mar 1944 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the lot of her mother's aunt, Sarah, and her husband, Quintus Atkinson.13,14,15
Narcissa also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations

  1. Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Narcissa Tuck.
  2. Wills, Shelby Co., Tennessee, 8:289-92, Sarah E. Atkinson, 1882, shows name as Narcissa Tuck.
  3. Thomas J. Macgowan household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Narcissa Macgowan.
  4. Narcisse Macgowan, Narcisse, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  5. Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 7 and state.
  6. Thomas J. Macgowan household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows month, year, age 27, and state.
  7. Thos J. Macgowan and Marcissa W. Tuck, marriage register, shows date and officiant.
  8. Thomas J. Macgowan household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows married 3 years.
  9. Narcisse Macgowan, Narcisse, Certificate of Death, shows him as her late husband.
  10. Narcisse Macgowan, Narcisse, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, and county.
  11. Frazier, Jorja, "RE: Elmwood Cemetery - Atkinson - Bacon records," e-mail to author, 11 Sep 2007, shows Mrs. M. T. McGowan, buried 03/04/1944, in space 18 of the Atkinson log.
  12. Schaefer, Dale, "Chapel Hill #299," e-mail to author, 5 Aug 2013, shows that the record actually shows name as Mrs. N. T. McGowan, and that the daily burial log show that she died in McCrory Arkansas.
  13. Frazier, Jorja, "RE: Elmwood Cemetery - Atkinson - Bacon records," e-mail to author, 11 Sep 2007, shows her as Mrs. M. T. McGowan, date, lot, and space 17.
  14. Schaefer, Dale, "Chapel Hill #299," e-mail to author, 5 Aug 2013, shows that the record actually shows name as Mrs. N. T. McGowan.
  15. Narcisse Macgowan, Narcisse, Certificate of Death, shows cemetery, city, and state.

John Ripley Greer1,2,3

#16863, (ca. 1855 - 1931)
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Parents

  • Father: David Searcy W. Greer
  • Mother: Martha Jane Dunlap

Key Events:

  • John Ripley Greer was born ca. 10 Mar 1855 in Tennessee.4,5,6
  • John married Elizabeth Tuck, daughter of Adam Paul Tuck and Emma Williams, on 20 Oct 1898 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, with Rev. W. F. Hammes officiating.7,8
  • John died on 29 Mar 1931 in 3548 Southern, Memphis, Tennessee, at age ~76, at his home.1
  • He was buried on 30 Mar 1931 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the lot of his wife's aunt, Sarah, and her husband, Quintus Atkinson.9,10
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Elizabeth Tuck:

Citations

  1. John Ripley Greer, John Ripley Sr., Certificate of Death.
  2. John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  3. David S. W. Greer household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as John R. Greer.
  4. John Ripley Greer, John Ripley Sr., Certificate of Death, shows age 76 yrs 19 days at death 29 Mar 1931, and state.
  5. John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows month, year as 1858, age 42 and state.
  6. David S. W. Greer household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 27 and state.
  7. John R. Greer and Elizabeth M. Tuck, marriage register, shows date and officiant.
  8. John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows married 2 years.
  9. John Ripley Greer, John Ripley Sr., Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.
  10. Frazier, Jorja, "RE: Elmwood Cemetery - Atkinson - Bacon records," e-mail to author, 11 Sep 2007, shows date, lot, and space 16.

Elizabeth Tuck Greer1,2,3

#16864, (1900 - 1987)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Elizabeth Tuck Greer was born on 14 Mar 1900 in Tennessee.4,5,6
  • Elizabeth married Vance Maynard Thompson on 22 Dec 1919 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, with Rev. William H. Coleman officiating.7,8
  • Elizabeth died on 3 Jun 1987 in McCrory, Arkansas, at age 87, at her home.4,9,10
  • She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.11
Elizabeth also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Vance Maynard Thompson:

  • Vance Maynard Thompson Jr.
  • Elizabeth Thompson
  • John Greer Thompson
  • William Hadley Thompson
  • Henry Ripley Thompson

Citations

  1. John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Elizabeth T. Greer.
  2. John R. Greer household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Elizabeth Greer.
  3. Vance Maynard Thompson and Elizabeth Tuck Greer, marriage register.
  4. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 8681481, Elizabeth Greer Thompson, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  5. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Elizabeth Thompson, Soc. Sec. No. 429-86-6775, shows date.
  6. John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows month, years, age 2/12 and state.
  7. Vance Maynard Thompson and Elizabeth Tuck Greer, marriage register, shows date and officant.
  8. Vance M. Thompson household, 1930 U.S. Census, Woodruff Co., Arkansas, shows married, with his first marriage at age 22 and hers at 19.
  9. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Elizabeth Thompson, Soc. Sec. No. 429-86-6775, shows month, year, and last residence of 72101 Mc Crory, Woodruff, Arkansa.
  10. Elizabeth Greer Thompson, Elizabeth Greer obituary, The Tennessean, shows died yesterday, at her home, and she was "of McCrory, Ark."
  11. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 8681481, Elizabeth Greer Thompson, includes tombstone photo.

Malcom McNeill1,2,3

#16866, (1796 - 1875)
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Parents

  • Father: Henry McNeill
  • Mother: Dorothy Pryor

Key Events:

  • Malcom McNeill was born on 18 Feb 1796 in Person Co., North Carolina.4,5,6
  • Malcom married first Mary Branch.7,8,9
  • Malcom married second Anna Branch, sister of his first wife, on 29 Jul 1817.10,11
  • Malcom married third Martha Rivers, daughter of Capt. Thomas Rivers and Elizabeth Edmunds Jones, on 12 Oct 1820.12,13,14
  • Malcom married fourth Elizabeth D. Lynch, daughter of Capt. John Lynch and Anne Terrell, on 29 Nov 1829.15,16,17
  • Malcom married fifth Catherine Boddie, daughter of George Boddie and Lucy Williams, on 4 May 1846.18,19,20,21
  • Malcom died on 21 Feb 1875 in "Hemphill", Kentucky, at age 79.22,23
  • He was buried in the Boddie Family Cemetery, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.24
Malcom also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Child with Anna Branch:

  • John Pryor Branch McNeill

Children with Martha Rivers:

Child with Elizabeth D. Lynch:

  • Malcolm L. McNeill Jr.

Child with Catherine Boddie:

  • infant daughter McNeill

Citations

  1. Malcom McNeil household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 67, shows name as Major Malcom McNeill.
  3. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135, shows name as Malcom Mc Neill.
  4. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows date, county, and state.
  5. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135, shows date.
  6. Malcom McNeil household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 54 and state.
  7. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 237, shows as his first marriage.
  8. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows as his first of five marriages.
  9. Perrin, William Henry, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part I, pg 310, shows he had four wives, the first named Branch.
  10. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows date, that she was his second wife, and was sister of his first.
  11. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 237, shows as his second marriage.
  12. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows date, and her as his third wife.
  13. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 237, shows as his third marriage.
  14. Perrin, William Henry, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part I, pg 310, shows he had four wives, the second named Rivers.
  15. Wake, David, "Thomas Henry McNeil," e-mail to author, 13 Apr 2010, shows date and as his third marriage.
  16. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135, shows her as "consort of M. McNeill."
  17. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 237, shows as his forth marriage.
  18. Wake, David, "Thomas Henry McNeil," e-mail to author, 13 Apr 2010, shows date, and has his fourth and her second marriage.
  19. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows her as his fifth wife.
  20. Perrin, William Henry, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part I, pg 310, shows he had four wives, the fourth named Body.
  21. Malcom McNeil household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  22. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows date, place, and state.
  23. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135, shows month and year.
  24. Meador, Anna Hunsaker; Meador, Timothy Reeves, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 135.

Martha Rivers1,2,3

#16867, (1800 - 1827)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Martha Rivers was born on 19 Feb 1800 in Virginia.4
  • Martha married Malcom McNeill, son of Henry McNeill and Dorothy Pryor, on 12 Oct 1820.5,6,7
  • Martha died on 5 Aug 1827 at age 27.4
Martha also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Malcom McNeill:

Citations

  1. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 237, shows name as Martha Rivers.
  2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 67, shows name as Martha Rivers.
  3. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pp 136, 166.
  4. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 166.
  5. Boddie, John Thomas; Boddie, John Bennett, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 136, shows date, and her as his third wife.
  6. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 237, shows as his third marriage.
  7. Perrin, William Henry, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part I, pg 310, shows he had four wives, the second named Rivers.

John P. Caruthers1,2,3

#16868, (1818 - 1886)
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Parents

  • Father: James Caruthers
  • Mother: Statira Finley

Key Events:

  • John P. Caruthers was born on 9 Jul 1818 in Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., Tennessee.4,5,6
  • John married second Flora Rivers McNeill, daughter of Thomas Henry McNeill and Rebecca Ann Tuck, and niece of his first wife, on 29 Jul 1861 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, apparently after having been married 17 Jul 1861 in Coahoma Co. Mississippi.7,8,9
  • John died on 3 Sep 1886 in 4 Burton Place St., Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at age 68.10,11,12
  • He was buried on 5 Sep 1886 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the lot owned by his brother-in-law, Malcom M. McNeill.13,14,15
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Child with Elizabeth Rivers McNeill:

  • Malcolm Caruthers

Children with Flora Rivers McNeill:

Citations

  1. John P. Caruthers and Flora R. McNeill, marriage bond.
  2. Atkinson, Sarah E., Shelby Co. Tennessee loose probate records, bond 20 Oct 1883 by Malcom McNeill, et at, for $250; bond same date for $500; Petition filed 20 Oct 1883 by Malcom McNeill, et at, all show name as Jno P. Caruthers.
  3. Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  4. Judge John P. Caruthers, Judge John P. obituary, The Daily Inter Ocean, shows date, town, county, and state.
  5. G. R. Grant household, 1850 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 31 and state.
  6. Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 50 and state.
  7. John P. Caruthers and Flora R. McNeill, marriage bond, shows date, county, and state of bond, and license was issued same date.
  8. "Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935," Ancestry.com, record for J. P. Caruthers and Flora R. McNeill, shows date as 17 Jul 1861 and county as Coahoma.
  9. Elizabeth C. Terhune v. The Commercial National Safe Deposit Company et al., Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, 245: 622-634, shows he married her after the death of his first wife.
  10. Judge John P. Caruthers, Judge John P. obituary, The Daily Inter Ocean, shows died yesterday.
  11. "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for John P Caruthers, shows date, address, city, county, and state.
  12. Illinois State Archives, Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, online, record for John P Caruthers, citing cert no 90311, shows date, city, and county.
  13. "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for John P Caruthers, shows cemetery.
  14. Judge John P. Caruthers, Judge John P. obituary, The Daily Inter Ocean, shows date of funeral.
  15. Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for John P Carruthers, shows lot and date.

Robert Lee Caruthers1,2,3

#16869, (1865 - 1911)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Robert Lee Caruthers was born on 5 Jan 1865 in "Oak Grove", Monroe Co., Mississippi, though some records, including published biographies, show he was born in Memphis, apparently because he spent most of his childhood there. Some of those records, including his grave marker, show he was born a year earlier, which is impossible because his younger brother was born in Nov 1963.4,5,6,7
  • Robert married Mary Burton Danks, daughter of William Newton Danks and Susan A. Llewellyn, on 7 Mar 1887 in Cook Co., Illinois.8,9,10
  • Robert died on 5 Aug 1911 at age 46.1,11
  • He was buried on 7 Aug 1911 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the lot owned by his uncle, Malcom M. McNeill.12,13
Robert also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Mary Burton Danks:

  • Robert Lee Caruthers
  • David Newton Llewellyn Caruthers
  • Dorothy Caruthers
  • Harry Caruthers

Citations

  1. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52811039, Robert Lee “Bob” Caruthers, includes tombstone photo showing name as Robert Lee Caruthers.
  2. Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Robert Caruthers.
  3. John P. Cruthers household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as Bobert L. Cruthers.
  4. Malcom Caruthers, Malcom letter to Martha Rivers McNeill Boddie, 26 Jan 1865, dated at Oak Grove, announcing his new [half] brother Robert.
  5. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52811039, Robert Lee “Bob” Caruthers, shows date, with year as 1864, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  6. Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 5 and state, as Mississippi.
  7. Wm. N. Danks household, 1910 U.S. Census, Peoria Co., Illinois, shows age 46 and state, as Tennessee.
  8. "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," FamilySearch.org, record for Robert L. Caruthers and Mamie B. Danks, citing record no. 580, shows date, county, and state.
  9. Robert L. Caruthers household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows married 11 years.
  10. Wm. N. Danks household, 1910 U.S. Census, Peoria Co., Illinois, shows married 23 years.
  11. Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Robert Lee Carruthers, shows date.
  12. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 52811039, Robert Lee “Bob” Caruthers , includes tombstone photo.
  13. Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Robert Lee Carruthers, shows lot and date.

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