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Nancy Alice <I>Stalsworth</I> Lear

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Nancy Alice Stalsworth Lear

Birth
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Death
5 Feb 1934 (aged 89)
Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, USA
Burial
Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Nancy's father was Amos Stalsworth, b. about 1804, d. about July 1844. Her mother was Catherine (Murphy), b. about 1800, d. about 18 December 1844, daughter of William Murphy, (Find A Grave Memorial #20802743). Both her parents died at Indian Ridge, Grainger Co., Tennessee, but their actual burial place is unknown.

Jane (Stalsworth) Townsley raised her baby sister, Nancy Alice (Stalsworth) Lear, after their mother, Catherine (Murphy) Stalsworth, died when Nancy was twelve weeks old. (Their father had also died about July of 1844.)

About 1867 in Missouri, Nancy Stalsworth married Francis Frederick Lear, who was born in Jamaica, and served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. They had 8 children: William, twins Amos Francis, (who died 1874) & George Frederick; William Edward Boyd; Jane Catherine; Arthur Daniel; Francis Cordelia & Cora Gracie Lear.

1870 Census - Jefferson Co., Missouri
1880 Census - Blanket, Brown Co., Texas
Nancy's father was Amos Stalsworth, b. about 1804, d. about July 1844. Her mother was Catherine (Murphy), b. about 1800, d. about 18 December 1844, daughter of William Murphy, (Find A Grave Memorial #20802743). Both her parents died at Indian Ridge, Grainger Co., Tennessee, but their actual burial place is unknown.

Jane (Stalsworth) Townsley raised her baby sister, Nancy Alice (Stalsworth) Lear, after their mother, Catherine (Murphy) Stalsworth, died when Nancy was twelve weeks old. (Their father had also died about July of 1844.)

About 1867 in Missouri, Nancy Stalsworth married Francis Frederick Lear, who was born in Jamaica, and served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. They had 8 children: William, twins Amos Francis, (who died 1874) & George Frederick; William Edward Boyd; Jane Catherine; Arthur Daniel; Francis Cordelia & Cora Gracie Lear.

1870 Census - Jefferson Co., Missouri
1880 Census - Blanket, Brown Co., Texas

Inscription

N.A. LEAR
NOV. 4, 1844
FEB. 5, 1934



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