Posted By:Albert H.Brigance
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Subject:Re: Mary A. Christenberry
Post Date:September 24, 2003 at 05:36:44
Message URL:http://genforum.genealogy.com/christenberry/messages/201.html
Forum:Christenberry Family Genealogy Forum
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Mary,
I apologize for the delay in responding. I had not checked my older posting for some time.
I'm posting my file for your Mary (Christenberry) Carter in hopes it might help your or others. I would appreciate receiving any correction or additions you might make.
Thanks for the information I have received from you.
Al B.
Ancestral Line: (1st Gen.) John QUESSONBURY/CHRISTENBERRY (1746-after 1810)
/2 Moses (1782, NC-1864, TN)

Continued from page 37
Desc. of (3rd G.) William (1809, TN?-1899, TN) & Nancy (RICHARDSON) CHRISTENBERRY
1. Alfred Giles CHRISTENBERRY ________________For descendants, see page 39.__
DOB:ca 1832 per 1850 Census of Madison Co., TN
DOM: 3/7/1854 at age 22, Calloway Co. KY
Living in Weakly Co., TN in the 1860 Census and Brinkley District,
Calloway Co., KY in the 1880 Census (Vol 4 Ed. 99, Sheet 113 46)
Died: Bur.:West Fork Cem.,Calloway Co.,KY (no stone)
Mar.: Martha Shelton DOB: ca 1834 per marriage license and 1880 Cen._
Parents:eldest of four daughters of John and Grace Harper Shelton
Living in Calloway Co., KY at the time of marriage and 1880 Cen.
2. Medicos Moses (Jim) CHRISTENBERRY _________For descendants, see page 50____
Note: James M. on some military records DOB: 1833 per 1850 Census
Apparently migrated to AR by 1859 and then he came back to TN by 1862.
Mil.: First served in the Civil War on the Confederate side. Later served
in the Union Army. Was captured by the Confederate and spent as a
prisoner of war at Andersonville, GA. Later died in a military
hospital in Nashville,TN.
Pensions:Susan/Susannah, second wife, filed Applic. #141287, 1/29/1867,
Cert. # 132627. Applications # 290327 for J.J. & W. C, minors,
was filed 3/6/1882, Cert. # 214377.
Died:3/6/1865, Nashville,TN Bur.:probably in the Nat.Cem.in Nashville,TN
1st Mar.:Louisa Mathes DOB: ,AR DOM: ________________________
Separated, probably not divorces per pension file.
Louisa's 2nd Mar.: _____________Goss (or Doss)
Migrated to AR and the Indian Territory.
2nd Mar.:Susannah Myracle (aka Susan McLean) _____________________________
DOB:9/13/1819 (per mem. stone) DOM:8/4/1862, Gibson Co., TN
Apparently no children.
Died: 11/11/1903 Bur.: Rosehill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN
As Medicos's widow, Susannah received a war pension for many
years.
3. Mary Maria "Nicy" CHRISTENBERRY DOB: ca 1835 per 1850 Cen.
DOM:3/12/1866, Henry Co., TN
(Records indicate the license was "Not Returned".)
Mar.:Charles Pinkney Carter
Par.:Landon & Ann Elizabeth (TRIPLETT) CARTER
Note:Family found in the 1850 & 1860 Fauquier Co., VA Census.
Listed in the 1891 Veterans Schedul for Weakley Co., TN
Listed with his grandson Neal Bowden in the 1920 Shelby Co.
(Memphis) 1920 Census.
Died:1925.
Ch.:1. Lennie R. Carter DOB:7/23/1867, TN
Died:11/2/1901 while giving birth to her third child, a male
Mar.:Nathan Dempsey Bowden.
Bur.:Patterson Cem., Weakley Co., TN (with third child
Note:Grave reads L.R. and N.C. Bowden (a mistake per Mary
Schroeder)
2. Willie Carter DOB:ca 4/3/1870
3. Pinkney Charles "Carlie" Carter (ggrandfather of Mary Schroeder)
Mar.:Ela Owenby (from Carroll Co., TN per Mary Schroeder).
Ch.:1. Herman Nesbit Carter
2. Holland Thomas Carter
3. Joe Weldon Carter (adopted later by Mr. and Mrs. B .J.
Brevard of Camden, TN per Mary Schroeder.)
Source: Mary Schroeder, YanknRebel@cs.

4. John Jasper (Jack) CHRISTENBERRY DOB:2/28/1839, Bedford Co., TN
Lived in Huntingdon, TN
Mil.:Entered Civil War (Confederate) 4/12/1861. Listed in battles:
Bull Run, Shiloh-Farmington, Chuckamorga-Missionary Ridge, and 100
days from Dalton to Atlanta. Paroled at Edenton Georgia, 5/10/1865
(per pension application). Note: The pension application indicated
there had been a marriage but that wife was deceased. Also,one son.
Tenn Confederate pension Application #8965 from Carrol Co., TN
Died:ca 1925? at 86 years of age. See obituary on page 52.
Obit.:John Jasper CHRISTENBERRY died Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the home of his cousin, J.K.Tubeville, Mill Creek Valley Road. Aged
86 years. Mr. CHRISTENBERRY had gone from the Old Soldiers' Home to
visit Mr. Turbeville when he died suddenly from heart disease. The
body was conveyed back to the home, where following services conducted
by the Rev. W. T. Cunningham at 2 o'clock this afternoon, he was buried
in the home graveyard.
Mr. Christmenberry had been at the home several years. He formerly
lived at Huntingdon, TN. He served in Forrest's Calvary during the
Civil War. (TN Archives files - no date)
Bur.:"Old Soldiers Home" graveyard (Tulip Grove), Hermitage, TN
1st Mar.:Sallie A. Dill DOM:2/7/1867, Carroll Co., TN
Note: In the Oak Hill Cem. located within the city limits of Huntingdon,
TN, is a marker which reads "Two infants of J.J.& Sallie A. Christen-
berry (no dates). Also, "Jessie CHRISTENBERRY, 11/17/1870 - 8/17/1871.
2nd Mar.: Irine E. _________________ DOB:ca 1854 per 1910 Census
Ch.:1. Fred CHRISTENBERRY DOB:12/ /1881, TN
Mar.: Eva __________________ DOB:9/ /1878, TN John Jasper
Ch.:1. Nell CHRISTENBERRY DOB:10/ /1896, TN
2. Charline CHRISTENBERRY DOB:11/ /1899, TN
5. Frances Helen CHRISTENBERRY DOB: 1842, TN (1839 per 1850 Census)
Never married according to inf. from Herbert William CHRISTENBERRY.

6. William S.CHRISTENBERRY DOB: 1841, TN per 1850 Census
Mil.: Sgt., A Co., 15th Inf. CSA. Was in the battle at Shiloh.
Battle of Perryville, wounded and left for dead by Gen. Bragg.
Captured by the Union, hospitalized and then sent to Mobile.
Died: 1/11/1892 (12/27/1891 per Pen.Applic.), probably Gibson Co. TN
Bur.: Walnut Grove Methodist Church Cem., Gibson Co., TN
Mar.: Helen ("Mamie" Bartlett) (Catherine M.) (Mary C.) See Note below.
Ch.:1. Frank N. CHRISTENBERRY
DOB: 12/ /1871 per 1900 Soundex of Carrol Co.,TN
Enumerated as 10 years of age and the grandson of William
CHRISTENBERRY in the 1880 Census of Carrol Co., TN
Mar.:Ada A. WRIGHT per John T. Wright DOB:2/4/1873 Died:7/4/1915
Note: Helen CHRISTENBERRY (DOB:9/ /1892, TN) was listed with
Frank N. in the 1900 Soundex, perhaps a daughter.
2. Herbert Aden CHRISTENBERRY _______For descendants, see page 51.__
DOB:5/ /1872, TN per 1900 Census of LA
Died:10/21/1939, New Orleans, LA See page 52 for inf.
1st Mar.:Anna Schmitt, DOB: 7/ /1876, Germany per 1900 Census
DOM:2/24/1897, New Orleans, LA Died: after the 1900 Census

2nd Mar.: Annie Jane Corbin
Note: The 1900 Soundex listed the name as Helen born 9/ /1832. Herbert
Aden CHRISTENBERRY listed his mother's name as Mamie Bartlett on
his marriage certificate. Catherine M. CHRISTENBERRY, age 60,
is enumerated with James B. Goodman as mother in the 1910 Mobile
Co., AL Census. Mary C. CHRISTENBERRY filed an application in
Mobile Co., AL to receive a pension on W.S. CHRISTENBERRY (Co. A
15h Tenn) 8/26/1914. J.J. CHRISTENBERRY "swore" the application
7/20/1914 as "being personally acquainted with W. S." The
birthdate and age for "Helen" and Catherine M. do not match but
one may be incorrect. The author suspect these four names are
all for the same person, but there is the possibility William
S. had more than one marriages.

7. Thomas D.CHRISTENBERRY __________________For descendants, see page 70.__
DOB:4/11/1843, TN per Fam. Files; 1845 (1847 per 1900 Carroll Co. Census)
(Born April ll, 1843 per stone in Lavinia Cem., Carroll Co., TN)
Note: There was a Thomas in A Co., Newsons, of the Confederate.
Mil.:Enlisted in the 12th Kentucky Calvary, 9/20 1863
DOM:ca 1868 per 1900 Caroll Co TN Census
Occup.:blacksmith and owned 108 acres which son-in-law George Franklin
Haskins purchased in 1908.
Died:9/15/1922, of acute dyscentery while living at 219 Standard St.,
Jackson,TN (TN Death Cert.38-444) Bur.:Lavinia Cem., Carroll Co.,TN
Mar.:Anna/Annie Johnson per Christie Haskings_____________________________
DOB:12/13/1848 per stone in Lavinia Cem;
12/ /1949, TN per family records
Died: 10/3/1922 while living at 230 Standard St., Jackson, TN
(TN Death Cert.#38-452) Bur.:Lavinia Cemetery, Carroll Co.,TN

8. Mahala Clorisay (or E.) CHRISTENBERRY DOB: 1847, TN (1845 per 1850 Census)
Note: This may have been the M.Cliffirc CHRISTENBERRY who died in Carroll
Co., TN in Sept., 1880 with pneumonia at the age of 30.

9. Taylor CHRISTENBERRY DOB: 1849, TN
Listed in the 1870 Census of Carroll Co., TN as a blacksmith.
Reported by Louise Grant as "Killed in a duel -name of opponent (also
reported as killed) and reason unknown".

Note:‚ A Mrs. Christanberry is listed as a land owner in Humboldt (TN) in
1877, bound on the Northeast by Sharpe St., on the South by Mitchell St.
and on the Northwest by L.N.& G.S. R.R. This Mrs. Christanberry would
appear to have been the surviving wife of Medicos Moses (Jim), Susannah
Myracle or the wife of William S. CHRISTENBERRY.

Source: Excerpted from the Christenberry/Christenbury Genealogy by Albert
H. Brigance