Between 1861 and 1865, our country fought over whether slavery should be allowed or not. The Union lined up on one side and the Confederacy lined up on the other and they commenced to killing each other over the disagreement. The Union won the American Civil War and as a result, not only was slavery ended but the idea of 'human rights' or that all humans are created equal gained traction, which, I think, kept momentum behind America's path toward equal rights for all people that we still fight today, albeit, less bloody.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Alexander Yarbrough
Alexander Yarbrough on a Wagon [4]
Alex married Laura Belle Martin in Stewart County, TN on the 25th of April 1882. [1] My family all calls her Laura Belle, just like her daughter. I matched her with Laura Martin via her marriage to Alexander Yarbrough and her death date, which matched family stories. There is some confusion over Laura Belle Martin's birth date though. Her headstone (in this post) and her Social Security Death Index record says Sept 12, 1861, the marriage record says she was 18 in 1882, making her born about 1864 and the census says she was 37 in 1900, making her birth year about 1863. The marriage record could have been a transcription or miscalculation error as I have not seen the original, the census is written very clearly and I am not sure of the source of the date on the headstone. So take that for what you will but she was born sometime between 1861 and 1864.
The 1900 census shows Alex, 37, his wife Laura, who is also 37, married for 17 years, at that point, with seven children. Oscar, 16, Mary, 13, John, 11, Ella, 8, Ethel, 6, Effie, 3 and Millie, 1. [7]
On February 12, 1901, Laura Belle Yarbrough, my great grandmother, was born to Alex and Laura Belle.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Laura Belle Yarbrough
My connection to the Yarbrough family comes via Helen Paulene Maynard, my grandmother. She was born to Barnes Maynard and Laura Belle Yarbrough, November 7th in 1924. She married John Michael Sinks. She died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia. [5][6]
Her mother, my great grandmother, Laura Belle Yarbrough, was born on 12 Feb 1901 in Montgomery Co., TN [3] [11] to Alexander Yarbrough and Laura Belle Martin. The 1910 census shows Alex, 49, married to Mary, 24 with Laura's children, Ethel, now 16, Effie, 14, Millie, 11 and Laura (Belle) who is now 9 years old. [11]
When Laura Belle Martin passed away, my great grandmother, Laura Belle Yarbrough, was only three years old. Alexander remarried to a lady named Mary (Dib) Kirlacy. Dib and Alexander had several children that would be Laura Belle's half siblings. My family remembered Virginia, Sally, "Betsy", Sam. [1] Bessie was 9 years old in the 1920 census. [8] I have seen on other family trees, but have not yet verified that Lorene (Sally) was born in 1924 and died in 2002 and Virginia Ruth was born on 03 Mar 1928 in Clarksville, TN and died on 26 Apr 1976.
Laura Belle Yarbrough married Barnes Maynard, the son of James (Jim) Henry Maynard and Callie Potter [2] on on 23 Sep 1917 in Clarksville, TN, becoming Laura Belle Maynard. [4] According to a story I got from my first cousin once removed, Callie (my great, great grandmother) once told her (my cousin), Barnes and his family went out west in a covered wagon and settled somewhere in Oklahoma. But Barnes and Laura had fallen in love before they left and Barnes wanted to come back and marry her so the whole family came back with him.[2]
Laura and Barnes had Robert Earl [9], Helen Paulene [9]. They appear in the 1920 census as Laura and Barnes "Mayner", 19 and 21 years old, respectively with a 5 month old Robert Earl. [8] They appear in the 1930 census with a 10 year old Robert E and a 5 year old Helen P.[10]
Her mother, my great grandmother, Laura Belle Yarbrough, was born on 12 Feb 1901 in Montgomery Co., TN [3] [11] to Alexander Yarbrough and Laura Belle Martin. The 1910 census shows Alex, 49, married to Mary, 24 with Laura's children, Ethel, now 16, Effie, 14, Millie, 11 and Laura (Belle) who is now 9 years old. [11]
When Laura Belle Martin passed away, my great grandmother, Laura Belle Yarbrough, was only three years old. Alexander remarried to a lady named Mary (Dib) Kirlacy. Dib and Alexander had several children that would be Laura Belle's half siblings. My family remembered Virginia, Sally, "Betsy", Sam. [1] Bessie was 9 years old in the 1920 census. [8] I have seen on other family trees, but have not yet verified that Lorene (Sally) was born in 1924 and died in 2002 and Virginia Ruth was born on 03 Mar 1928 in Clarksville, TN and died on 26 Apr 1976.
Laura Belle Yarbrough married Barnes Maynard, the son of James (Jim) Henry Maynard and Callie Potter [2] on on 23 Sep 1917 in Clarksville, TN, becoming Laura Belle Maynard. [4] According to a story I got from my first cousin once removed, Callie (my great, great grandmother) once told her (my cousin), Barnes and his family went out west in a covered wagon and settled somewhere in Oklahoma. But Barnes and Laura had fallen in love before they left and Barnes wanted to come back and marry her so the whole family came back with him.[2]
Laura and Barnes had Robert Earl [9], Helen Paulene [9]. They appear in the 1920 census as Laura and Barnes "Mayner", 19 and 21 years old, respectively with a 5 month old Robert Earl. [8] They appear in the 1930 census with a 10 year old Robert E and a 5 year old Helen P.[10]
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