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Elijah DENBY - Martha MILNER

My 4th Great Uncle

Son of James Denby and Patience Norfleet

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Last modified 19 Dec 2008

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Elijah Denby

--b. 1758/59 Franklin Co., NC
--d. July - Dec 1812 Franklin Co., NC
--m. Martha MILNER
--abt 1780 probably Franklin Co., NC
----b. 1760/65
----d. 1816 Franklin Co., NC
------d/o Pate Wells 'Patewell' Milner and Jacobina WILSON
--------gd/o John Wilson and Mary STEVENSON

Jacobina (Wilson) Milner was a sister to Janetta (Wilson) who married Thomas Norfleete - the father of Patience (Norfleet) Denby - Elijah's mother.

Chronology

Children

  1. Barsheba (Denby) Stallings


    --b. abt 1780 Franklin Co., NC
    --d. ft 1822 probably Indiana
    --m. Jesse STALLINGS
    --abt 1803 probably Franklin Co., NC
    ----b. 1778 Franklin Co., NC
    ----d. abt Dec 14, 1819 Posey Co., Indiana
    ------s/o Reuben Stallings and Mary Jackson JOHNSON
    --------gs/o Moses Stallings and Unknown
    ----------gt gs/o Elias Stallings and Susannah DENBY

    How is this Susannah (Denby) Stallings related to to James Denby?

    Children of Barsheba Denby and Jesse Stallings

    1. Sarah 'Sally' (Stallings) Jerauld

    2. Temperance 'Tempy' (Stallings) Gray

    3. Mary 'Polly' (Stallings) Jordan

    4. Malinda (Stallings) Lamphere

    5. Elizabeth 'Betsey' (Stallings) Stallings Johnson

    6. Thomas Norfleet Stallings

  2. Mary (Denby) McMullen

    --b. 1784/94
    --d. Unknown
    --m. Micajah McMULLEN
    --before July 1812 probably Franklin Co., NC
    ----b. Unknown
    ----d. Unknown

  3. Henry Hill Denby, Sr.

    --b. 1784/90 Franklin Co., NC
    --d. Dec 1844 - Jan 1845 Gibson Co., Indiana
    --m. Dillary 'Delany' 'Dillany' STEPHENS
    --September 19, 1810 Johnston Co., NC
    ----b. 1790 - 1800
    ----d. abt Oct 1843 Gibson Co., Indiana
    ------d/o William Stephens and Charlotte COLLINS
    --------gs/o Edward Stephens and Mary Unknown
    --------gs/o Andrew Collins and Martha Unknown

    Children of Henry Hill Denby and Dillary Stephens

    1. William 'Norfleet' 'Norphlet' Denby

    2. Henry Hill Denby, Jr.

    3. Emily (Denby) Varner

    4. Martha (Denby) Carbaugh

    5. Thomas H. Denby

    6. Son One Denby

    7. Daughter One Denby

    8. Daughter Two Denby

  4. Sarah H. (Denby) Allen

    --b. 1784/90 Franklin Co., NC
    --d. Unknown
    --m. Charles ALLEN
    --January 20, 1821 Hancock Co., Georgia
    ----b. Unknown
    ----d. Unknown

  5. James Denby (Demby)

    --b. 1785/86 probably Franklin Co., NC
    --d. 1830/50 probably Pitt Co., NC
    --m/1 Unknown
    --about 1813 North Carolina
    ----b. Unknown
    ----d. UnknownPenny Unknown
    --abt 1820 North Carolina
    ----b. abt 1800 North Carolina
    ----d. aft July 19, 1870 probably Pitt Co., NC

      Children of James Denby and Unknown

    1. Elijah Marmaduke Norfleet Demby

    2. Louisa 'Lucy' (Denby) Cory

      Children of James Denby and Penny --

    3. Unknown Daughter Denby

    4. James Allen Denby

    5. Unknown Male Two Denby

  6. John Denby

    --b. 1790/94 Franklin Co., North Carolina
    --d. 1845/48 Tallahatchie or Coahoma Co., MS
    --m/1 Winny 'Wenn' MANN
    --March 31, 1819 Wake Co., NC
    ----b. abt 1791 North Carolina
    ----d. after 1850 probably Marshall Co., MS
    ------d/o Richard Mann and Lucy MARTIN
    --------gd/o John Mann and Unknown
    --m/2 Lucy W. BRIDGERS
    --February 12, 1822 Franklin Co., NC
    ----b. 1800/01 North Carolina
    ----d. after June 27, 1860 Live Oak Co., Texas
    ------d/o Josiah Bridgers, Sr. and Martha WILLIAMS
    --------gd/o Benjamin Bridgers and Penny DRAKE

      Children of John Denby and Winney Mann

    1. William Anderson Denby

      --b. 1820/21 North Carolina
      --d. AFTER 1880 probably Newton Co., Texas
      --m. Sarah Ann WEEKS
      --July 18, 1842 Carroll Co., MS
      ----b. 1822/25 Alabama
      ----d. AFTER 1880 probably Newton Co., Texas

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      William Anderson Denby
      Photo: Courtesy of Henry Lamar Denby

      William Anderson Denby

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      William Anderson Denby and wife, Sarah (Weeks)
      Photo: Courtesy of Henry Lamar Denby

      William Anderson Denby and wife Sarah (Weeks0

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      William Anderson Denby and family
      Photo: Courtesy of Henry Lamar Denby

      William Anderson Denby and family

      Children of William Anderson Denby and Sarah Ann Weeks

      1. Amanda Jane Denby

      2. John Henry Denby

        --b. January 7, 1845 Carroll or Holmes Co., MS
        --d. June 28, 1918 Sabine Co., Texas
        ----buried Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine Co., Texas
        --m/1 Esse Elizabeth BAGWELL
        --January 17, 1869 Newton Co., Texas
        ----b. 1846 South Carolina
        --m/2 Minnie SKINNER
        --August 6, 1885 Texas or LA

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        John Henry Denby (right)
        Late 1860's
        Photo: Courtesy of Henry Lamar Denby

        John Henry Denby (right) - late 1860's

      3. Samuel Perkins Denby

        --b. May 22, 1846 Carroll or Holmes Co., MS
        --d. May 30, 1923 Denbytown, Shelby Co., Texas
        ----buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Shelby Co., Texas
        --m/1 Mary Martha Darcus 'Molly' SANDERS
        --November 5, 1869 Newton Co., Texas
        ----b. April 6, 1846 Mississippi
        ----d. May 7, 1884 East Hamilton, Shelby Co., Texas
        --m/2 Cynthia Jane ROBERTS
        --May 28, 1888 Shelby Co., Texas
        ----b. 1847 Shelby Co., Texas
        ----d. May 22, 1908 Rusk Co., Texas
        --m/3 Tempie Ann LEE
        --May 10, 1913 Shelby Co., Texas
        ----b. 1881 LA
        ----d. 1923 Noble, Sabine Co., Texas

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        Samuel PerkinsDenby
        Photo: Courtesy of Henry Lamar Denby

        Samuel Perkins Denby

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        Samuel Perkins Denby and wife, Martha
        Photo: Courtesy of Henry Lamar Denby

        Samuel Perkins Denby and wife, Martha

      4. Anna Catharine (Denby) Strayhan

      5. Martha Ann (Denby) McBride

      6. William Jasper Denby

      7. Nancy Jane (Denby) Stark

      8. Francis Preston 'Frank' Denby

      9. George Swift Denby

      10. Thomas McFarland Denby

      11. James Rufus Denby

      Children of John Denby and Lucy W. Bridgers

    2. Daughter Denby

    3. Martha B. (Denby) Osborn

      --b. January 24, 1824 Franklin Co., NC
      --d. November 19, 1866 Live Oak Co., Texas
      --m. Zachariah H. OSBORN
      --abt 1847 probably Tallahatchie Co., MS
      ----b. March 20, 1819 Franklin Co., TN
      ----d. December 24, 1908 Live Oak Co., Texas

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      Martha (Denby) Osborn
      Photo: Courtesy of Mercedes Harkey Hardy

      Martha (Denby) Osborn

      Mercedes writes:

      I suspect this tin type is of Martha B. Denby who married Zachariah H. Osborn . My grandmother, Alethia Bell Lawhon looks very much like her grandmother, Martha and not much like her own mother, Lucy B/W Osborn.

      Children of Martha B. Denby and Zachariah H. Osborn

      1. Lucy W. (Osborn) Lawhorn McCowen

        --b. December 15, 1847 Tallahatchie Co., MS
        --d. April 9, 1931 Three Rivers, Live Oak Co., Texas
        ----buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Whitsett, Live Oak Co., Texas
        --m/1 Hugh Perry LAWHORN
        --April 9, 1871 Live Oak Co., Texas
        ----b. 1837 Georgia
        ----d. 1880
        --m/2 Banner McCOWEN
        --1882 Live Oak Co., Texas
        ----b. November 3, 1844 Wabash, Indiana
        ----d. April 30, 1915 Whitsett, Live Oak Co., Texas
        ------buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Whitsett, Live Oak Co., Texas

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        Hugh and Lucy (Osborn) Lawhorn
        Photo: Courtesy of Mercedes Harkey Hardy

        Hugh and Lucy (Osborn) Lawhorn

        Mercedes writes:

        This is a tin type of my great grandparents Hugh Perry Lawhon and Lucy W. Osborn - is suspect this is their wedding picture. Lucy is Martha B. Denby's daughter.

      2. John D. Osborn

      3. Christopher 'Bunt' Osborn

      4. Mary Osborn

    4. Thomas Benjamin Denby

  7. Elizabeth Denby

    --b. 1790 - 1800 Franklin Co., NC
    --d. Unknown

  8. Son Denby

    --b. 1790-1800 Franklin Co., NC
    --d. 1800/10 Franklin Co., NC

  9. Thomas H. Denby

    --b. 1799 - 1800 Franklin Co., NC
    --d. after 1850 probably Clay Co., Illinois
    --m/1 Martha BRIDGERS
    --abt 1820 North Carolina
    ----b. 1800/10 North Carolina
    ----d. 1830/33 Franklin Co., NC
    ------d/o Josiah Bridgers, Sr. and Martha WILLIAMS
    --------gd/o Benjamin Bridgers and Penny DRAKE
    --m/2 Mary COLLINS
    --July 2, 1833 Franklin Co., NC
    ----b. 1814/15 North Carolina
    ----d. after 1850 probably Illinois

      Children of Thomas H. Denby and Martha Bridgers

    1. Ann Eliza Denby

    2. Mary Hill 'Polly' (Denby) Hudson Mitchell

    3. William Josiah

      Children of Thomas H. Denby and Mary Collins

    4. Martha (Denby) Fields

    5. Sarah Candelia (Denby) Compton

    6. Thomas H. Denby, Jr.

    7. John J. Denby

    8. Elijah Denby

    9. Noplly Denby

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