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Ephrum Masengil

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Ephrum Masengil

Birth
Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
Death
12 Jan 1918 (aged 72)
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Civil War veteran
1863, First State Troops (Six Months, 1863-64)

surname spelling varies ~ Massengale; Massengil; Massengill

Story handed down & mentioned in Webb Family Bible says that Ephrum was found on the Trail of Tears as an infant, wrapped in an Indian blanket; however, the Trail of Tears took place 1838-1839, before Ephrum was born (in 1845)

1860 - living in Ninth Dist, Whitfield Co., Georgia
1870 - living in Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia
1880 - living in Red Clay, Whitfield Co., Georgia
1900 - living in Civil Districts 11-12, Bradley Co., Tenn
1910 - living in Civil District 1, Bradley, Tenn

Parents:
John Masengill (b. 1807, SC; died bet. 1860-1870 in Whitfield Co., GA & Sinda (b. 1812, SC)

Wife:
Ellen (married 13 Oct 1866, Whitfield Co., GA)

Other Child:
~ Eugenia "Genie" W (b. May 1875, Red Clay, Whitfield Co., GA; liv. in Bradley Co., TN in 1900)

Siblings:
~ Riley (mem. #10338506)
~ Mary (b. 1836, SC)
~ John (b. 1840, SC)
~ Sarah (b. 1843, SC)
~ James (b. 1847, SC)
~ Son (b. 1849, SC)
~ Averilla (b. 1852, SC)

occupation: farmer

cause of death: asthma

(sources: "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955", with the spelling of Ephraim Massengale; United States Census, 1860, Georgia, Whitfield, 9th District; United States Census, 1850, South Carolina, Pickens, Pickens county under surname spelling "Mapengil"; "South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865")
Civil War veteran
1863, First State Troops (Six Months, 1863-64)

surname spelling varies ~ Massengale; Massengil; Massengill

Story handed down & mentioned in Webb Family Bible says that Ephrum was found on the Trail of Tears as an infant, wrapped in an Indian blanket; however, the Trail of Tears took place 1838-1839, before Ephrum was born (in 1845)

1860 - living in Ninth Dist, Whitfield Co., Georgia
1870 - living in Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia
1880 - living in Red Clay, Whitfield Co., Georgia
1900 - living in Civil Districts 11-12, Bradley Co., Tenn
1910 - living in Civil District 1, Bradley, Tenn

Parents:
John Masengill (b. 1807, SC; died bet. 1860-1870 in Whitfield Co., GA & Sinda (b. 1812, SC)

Wife:
Ellen (married 13 Oct 1866, Whitfield Co., GA)

Other Child:
~ Eugenia "Genie" W (b. May 1875, Red Clay, Whitfield Co., GA; liv. in Bradley Co., TN in 1900)

Siblings:
~ Riley (mem. #10338506)
~ Mary (b. 1836, SC)
~ John (b. 1840, SC)
~ Sarah (b. 1843, SC)
~ James (b. 1847, SC)
~ Son (b. 1849, SC)
~ Averilla (b. 1852, SC)

occupation: farmer

cause of death: asthma

(sources: "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955", with the spelling of Ephraim Massengale; United States Census, 1860, Georgia, Whitfield, 9th District; United States Census, 1850, South Carolina, Pickens, Pickens county under surname spelling "Mapengil"; "South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865")


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