by Sharon Hall | Feb 10, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
This family lived in Sumter County, South Carolina, and as the largest slaveholders in the state, were avid supporters of the Confederate cause. The patriarch of the family, William Holmes “April” Ellison, Jr. was a successful entrepreneur and readily offered the...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 3, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
I ran across this unique surname while researching ancestors in Pulaski County, Kentucky. If you regularly read Tombstone Tuesday articles, you’ll know that I’ve written a few of late highlighting some residents of that county, who as far as I know are not related to...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 27, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Remember Elijah Soper was born on May 4, 1794 in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont to parents Mordecai and Naomi (Owen) Soper. According to The New Soper Compendium by Earl Soper, Mordecai’s place of birth is disputed – some believe he was born in England while...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 20, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Jesse Lovask Green was born on February 1, 1802 to parents Amos and Elizabeth (Searcy) Green in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Amos and Elizabeth were the parents of several children, possibly as many as twelve or thirteen. In 1810 there were eight household...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 13, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Iredel Wright was born to parents Henry Monroe and Rebecca (Cordell) Wright in December of 1859, according to the 1860 Census, this despite the fact that his tombstone reads December 12, 1860. According to family historians, Henry who was born in 1826 had been...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 6, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Simpson Socrates Nix was born on April 10, 1841 in Weakley County, Tennessee to parents Riley and Mary Ann (Alexander) Nix. Riley and Mary Ann were born in North Carolina, both in 1820, and they married on October 17, 1838 in Henry County, Tennessee. Their family...
