James Dunahoo - Elizabeth Wright - Eliza Choate
- My 4th Great Uncle and Aunt
Descendants are DOUBLE COUSINS to me
Also spelled: Dunaho, Donahoo, Donaho
Son of Alexander Dunahoo and Charlotte Hensley
Daughter of Philemon Wright and Charity (Gilliland?)
GEDCOM ON WORLD CONNECT
CAMPBELL, DUNNAHOO, HENSLEY, KENDALL, SMITH, VINSON , WRIGHT
James H. Dunahoo
--b. abt 1826 Wayne Co., TN--d. September 14, 1887 Tishomingo Co., MS
----buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
--m/1 Elizabeth WRIGHT
--September 1, 1853 Ripley Co., MO
----b. August 9, 1838 probably Tishomingo Co., MS
----d. October 9, 1870 Tishomingo Co., MS
------buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
------d/o Philemon W. 'P. W.' 'Phil' Wright and Charity ?
--------gd/o William Wright and Frances 'Fanny' CAMPBELL
----------gt gd/o Jacob Wright and Elizabeth ?
----------gt gd/o James Campbell, Sr. and Jane SAMPLE
--m/2 Eliza 'Louisa' CHOATE
--abt 1875 probably Tishomingo Co., MS
----b. May 12, 1848 Mississippi
----d. September 28, 1938 Oklahoma
------buried Sentinel, Cemetery, Sentinel Ok
------she was m/1 to a Mr. WHORTEN
Eliza's Oklahoma Death Certificate list her as Eliza Dunahoo, with her Maiden name Choat. Her head stone has the same birth and death dates are the same has her name as Louisa Dunahoo Lankford, now I don't know how that turned out that way but it have Louisa on the head stone.
Chronology
- 1826 Wayne Co., TN
--James H. Dunahoo was born
- 1830 Wayne Co., TN
--James would be one of the males under age 5 with Alexander Donohoo, his father
- 1838 Tishomingo Co., Ms
--Elizabeth Wright Was born
- 1840 Tishomingo Co., Ms
--James would be one of the males age 10-15 with Alexander Donohoo, his father
- 1840 Tishomingo Co., MS
--Elizabeth is under age 5 with Phil Wright, her father
- 1850 Tishomingo Co., Ms
--James is age 24 with A. and Charlotte Dunahoo, his parents
- 1850 Randolph Co., AR
--Elizabeth is age 12 with P. W. and Charity Wright, her parents
- 1853, September 1 - Ripley Co., Missouri
Marriages, 1833-1900, T - Z - Ripley Co., Missouri
"WRIGHT, ELIZABETH DONAHOO, JAMES H. 1 SEP 1853"
- 1860 Tishomingo Co. Census, page 449 (P.O. Burnsville)
James H. DONAHO 34 TN Farmer $800 $725 Elizabeth 21 MS Granvill 6 ARK Charity 4 MS
*He was living next door to his sister, Esther Malinda Donaho who had married her brother, Granville Lafayette Wright. Esther and Granville were my Direct ancestors.
- 1860's - Civil War
James was a private in Morelands Alabama Calvary.
- 1870, October 9 -Tishomingo Co., Ms
--Elizabeth (Wright) Dunahoo died - 1870 Tishomingo Co., MS, Twp 2 Range 9, #276
Dunahoo, James H 44 yrs TN Elizabeth 32 yrs MS James H 2 yrs MS HORTON, Eliza 22 yrs MS domestic servant HORTON, Manda 1 Yr MSThis family was living next door to Esther Malinda (Donahoo) -widow of Granville Lafayete Wright who had now married William R. Wingo.
Elizabeth would die shortly after this census and James would marry Eliza 'Louisa' (Choate) Whorton. The child, Amanda Orlena 'Manda' Whorten would marry Daniel Leander 'Lee' 'Dan' Lankford, the son of James Collins Lankford and Arminta Dunahoo, the sister of James H. Dunahoo.
- abt 1874 - MS
--James H. Dunahoo married Eliza 'Louisa' Choata - 1880 Beat #2 , Tishomingo Co., Burnsville Mississippi #196-42
James DONAHOO Self M Male W 53 TN Farmi Louesa DONAHOO Wife M Female W 32 MS Keeping House --- MS James H. DONAHOO Son S Male W 12 MS Works On Farm TN MS Amanda Q. DONAHOO Dau S Female W 10 MS At Home TN MS Louesa DONAHOO Dau S Female W 4 MS TN MS
- 1887, September 14 - Tishomingo Co., MS
--James H. Dunahoo died
Widow - Eliza (2nd wife)
- 1900 Tishomingo Co., Ms, Beat 1
L M Roberson 27 head w m Dec 1872 27 m-8 yrs AL AL AL farmer Lou Roberson 24 wife f w Nov 1875 24 m-8 yrs MS MS MS Marian Roberson 6 son m w Oct 1893 Lizza Roberson 4 dau f w Apr 1896 Liza Dunahoo 53 m-i-l w f May 1847 53 wd MS
and also at
- 1900 McLennan Co., Texas
Leand Lankford head Nov 1866 33 Ms Orlene Lankford wife Mar 1869 31 MS Eliza Dunahoe m-i-l May -- UNKN MS
- 1920 Washita Co., Oklahoma
Leander Lankford 53 MS head Orleana Lankford 50 MS wife Eliza Dunahoo 72 MS m-i-l widowed Ray Rogers 28 KS roomer Charles H Lanik 31 TX roomer
- 1930-Washita Co., Oklahoma, Elk Township, Sentinel, Ward 2, Sheet 9B, #215-220
--enumerated April 9, 1930J. L. LANKFORD head M W $12,000 63 married 23 MS MS MS Orlena wife F W 61 married 21 MS TN MS Liza DUNAHOO m-i-l F W 81 married 20 MS MS MS
James and Elizabeth's Children
Granville Lafayette Donahoo
--b. May 22, 1855 Randolph Co., AR
--d. October 23, 1862 Tishomingo Co., MS
----buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
Charity Donahoo
--b. January 7, 1857 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. October 11, 1862 Tishomingo Co., MS
----buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
Mary F.Donahoo
--b. February 14, 1859 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. December 15, 1859 Tishomingo Co. Ms
----buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
Charlotty Donahoo
--b. November 5, 1860 Tishomingo Co., Ms
--d. November 1, 1862 Tishomingo Co., Ms
----buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
William H. Donahoo
--b. June 17, 1863 Tishomingo Co. Ms
--d. June 28, 1864 Tishomingo Co., MS
----buried North Crossroads Cemetery (Old Hepsebia), Tishomingo Co., Ms
James H. 'Jimmy' Dunahoo, Jr.
--b. February 7, 1868 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. July 31, 1943 Tishomingo Co., Ms
----buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Iuka, Tishomingo Co., MS
--m. Dollie A. McMASTERS
--October 31, 1892 Tishomingo Co., MS
----b. January 1, 1869 Mississippi
----d. November 13, 1962 Tishomingo Co., MS
* * * * * Burial
Photo: Courtesy of Brenda Whitfield
James and Eliza's Children
Louisa 'Lou' 'Lue' Donahoo
--b. Nov 19, 1875 Tishomingo Co.,MS
--d. August 22, 1961
----buried Patrick Cemetery, Tishomingo Co., MS
--m. Levi M. ROBINSON
--1892 probably Tishomingo Co., MS
----b. November 5, 1871 Alabama
----d. July 25, 1943
------buried Patrick Cemetery, Tishomingo Co., MS
Children of Louisa Donahoo and Levi M. Robinson
Marion J. Robinson
--b. October 1893 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. 1970
----buried Patrick Cemetery, Tishomingo Co., MS
Children of Marion Robinson and Lenner ?
Cleve B. Robinson
--b. January 29, 1917 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. November 20, 1998
----buried Patrick Cemetery, Tishomingo Co., MS
Liza Paralee Robinson
--b. April 8, 1896 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. October 25, 1904 Tishomingo Co., MS
----buried Patrick Cemetery, Tishomingo Co., MS
Monroe Robinson
--b. 1902 Tishomingo Co., MS
Dora Robinson
--b. 1905 Tishomingo Co., MS
Lena Robinson
--b. 1907 Tishomingo Co., MS
Lee Robinson
--b. 1910 Tishomingo Co., MS
Celia Robinson
--b. 1913 Tishomingo Co., MS
Gusta Mae Robinson
--b. Nov 11, 1917 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. October 23, 1919 Tishomingo Co., MS
----buried Patrick Cemetery, Tishomingo Co., MS
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