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CAMERON - DICKEY - STORY Families of GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE    1850 - 1880
These three families all lived next door to each other in 1850 in Giles County, Tennessee.  If you follow them through the census records through 1880, some apparent family connections begin to appear.  Is there any more information out there somewhere regarding what is documented below?
  1850 Giles County, Tennessee Census   1860 Giles County, Tennessee Census   1870 Giles County, Tennessee Census   1880 Giles County, Tennessee Census
       
  census pg house
 #		 Last First Age Sex Birth   census pg house
 #		 Last First Age Sex   house
 #		 Last First Age Sex Birth   house
 #		 Last First Age Sex Relation
       
       
  377 144 Cameron William C 36 M TN                 277 Cameron William 5? M                
    Cameron Elizabeth Ann ? 33 F TN     Elizabeth 54 F    
WILLIAM     Cameron George W 12 M TN     James 27 M    
CAMERON     Cameron Sar??? E 10 F TN   Have not found this household on this census   Pollie 22 F   Have not found this Household on this census
HOUSEHOLD     Cameron John H 8 M TN     William 20 M    
  378 144 Cameron James W 6 M TN     This is the William Cameron in the
Dickey Household #176 in 1880		    
    Cameron Mary Ja? 4 F TN        
      Cameron William P 2 months M                       Albert 17 M                
       
       
       
  378 152 Story John 49 M NC   60 409 Story John 39 M   175 Story John 69 M NC   176 Dickey Lossen 2? M  
JOHN     Story Sally 45 F Virginia   Sarah 54 F   Story Sarah R 64 F Virginia   Dickey M?ttie 22 F wife
STORY     Story Elizabeth E 20 F TN   Cameron Ben R 17 M   Dickey John L 1? M   Story Sarah 74 F grandmother
HOUSEHOLD     Cameron Benjamin 7 M TN     John Lossen ? - goes by "Lossen" and is "Head of
House" in 1880. How does he relate to the Dickey
household living next door all these years ?		   Cameron William 30 M cousin
    Benjamin is a son of William Cameron
 of House #144 above		       This is the son in Cameron household #277 in 1870
census and a brother to Benjamin Cameron that
lived in this household in 1850 and 1860
          Emerson Viola 11 F cousin  
                                                  How does an EMERSON teenage girl end up in this
household as well as household #141, both of which
contain STORY family members? EMERSON's related ?		  
       
       
       
  378 153 Dickey John 27 M TN                 164 Dickey John ? 46 M     144 Dickey John ? 56 M  
JOHN     Dickey Heann??? 22 F TN     Dickey Sallie 34 F   Dickey Caroline 25 F wife
DICKEY       Have not found this household on this census   Dickey James R 7 months M   Dickey Frank 17 M nephew
HOUSEHOLD           Dickey Laura 9 F daughter
                                                Dickey Mary 83 F mother
       
       
       
  378 154 Story James 42 M NC   62 421 Story James 52 M   2 Story James 61 M NC   141 Story James 71 M  
JAMES     Story Elizabeth 36 F TN   Elizabeth 45 F   Story Elizabeth R 56 F TN   Story Elizabeth 66 F wife
STORY     Story Daniel P 19 M TN   James 19 M   Story Elizabeth A 2? F TN   Story Mo?l??e 18 M son
HOUSEHOLD     Story John W 14 M TN   Polly 16 F   Story Peggy A 15 F TN   Emerson ?an 13 F cousin
    Story James H 9 M TN   Mordica 13 M   Story Sarah E 13 F TN   How does an EMERSON teenage girl end up in this
household as well as household #176, both of which
contain STORY family members? EMERSON's related ?		  
    Story Mary H 6 M TN   Elizabeth E 12 F   Story A?la? M 8 M TN   Johnson ??rn 27 M son-in-law
    Story Mordacai 3 M TN   Peggy A 5 F     Johnson Sallie 23 F daughter
      Story Elizabeth E 1 F TN         Sarah E 3 F                   Johnson ?a?m? 3 M grandson
       
       
  compiled by William Kemner - April 25, 2004      
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Other relationships in these three families:

Elizabeth (wife of James Story) in Household #154 in 1850 is believed to be a CAMERON and sister to William Cameron SR of household #144 in 1850 – I have seen information from others regarding this but as yet have not seen the sources documenting this. Of other interests, note that according to the 1850 census both William and Elizabeth are age 36 ! They may have to be twins depending upon how close the dates are actually proven to be, census records are not accurate sources for real dates.

Household #152 and #144 connection in 1850

Benjamin Cameron is listed in the household of John and Sally Story #152. Ben is the son of William Cameron (household #144). Why is he living with the Story family? By 1880 Benjamin’s brother William Cameron Jr. ends up living in the same household with Sally Story. (see next paragraph) Either Sally is a CAMERON; or Ben and William’s mother Elizabeth Ann Cameron is a STORY! Which is it?

Further evidence leans towards Sally being a CAMERON. Her household in 1880 lists her as “grandmother” to the Head of Household Lossen Dickey. Also in that household is William Cameron Jr. who is listed as “cousin” to Lossen Dickey. That does not necessarily mean this next statement is true, but it is possible then that Sally would then also be grandmother of William Cameron Jr. However, her age does not make it possible for her to be the mother of either one of William Jr.’s parents.

Emerson and Dickey

How do these two names tie in ? See notes and questions in the charts above.

Is Daniel Cameron the link?

Are all these related to the common ancestor of Daniel Cameron? There are many messages on web forums out there that suggest that a Daniel Cameron of Giles County, Tennessee was the father of both Elizabeth (Cameron) Story and William Cameron Sr. as well as other children. These messages have Daniel in several locations besides just Giles County. I have yet to see any supportive evidence of who the parents of William and Elizabeth are. Daniel could very well be the father, but we need to see some sources. If there is such documentation, could Sally be another child of Daniel?