| NAME: | AGE |
VITAL STATS | RELATIVES | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACLIN, Mrs. Imogene | 101 |
(b) Fayette Co., TN ("at grandmother's home...nine day after the Battle of Shiloh". (d) Memphis, TN Services at the Presbyterian Church at Mason, TN Burial: ____. |
. | Obit. (partial) + Pict. |
| MAGEE, Sylvester | 126 |
(b) NC plantation on May 29, 1841. (r1) slave in MS (r2) Hattisburg,MS.. |
(P) Ephraim & Jeanette (both slaves on
the J.J. SHANKS plantation in Carpet, NC) (Sib): one of eight children; (NOTE): took his name from one of his early owners, Hugh MAGEE, who bought him on the slave market at Enterprise (?MS) when he was 19.. Later sold to Victory STEEN, who operated a plantation near Florence in Rankin County, and lived there until the Battle of Vicksburg... fall of Vicksburg prompted him to run away from the STEEN plantation and he joined the Union Army (twice wounded). |
"Smile from the Lord" Leads Ex-Slave to 126th Birthday (UPI newswire story with photo). |
| MARCHMAN, Mrs. Lillie | 93 |
(r) Lucy, TN (r) Memphis, TN (Mary Galloway Home) |
. | Human interest + pict. (recalling Yellow Fever epidemic) |
| MARTIN, Archibald H. | 91 |
(r) Memphis x past 15 years. (d) Memphis, TN J.T. Hinton Funeral Home; burial at Forest Hill Cemetery. |
(Sib): not named . | Obit. |
| MARTIN, Mrs. Minna B. | 91 |
(b) Germany (r) 1890: came to USA (r) ca. 1891: moved to Memphis (d) Memphis, TN Memphis Funeral Home: burial: Forest Hill Cemetery. |
(Sp) Emil MARTIN (dec'd 1955) (Ch): Mr. H.E.H. MARTIN, Paul W. MARTIN, 4 grandchildren. |
Obit. |
| MARVICK, Mrs. Mary | 107 |
(b) 1873, Yugoslavia (r) 1894-came to USA. (r) Fairmont, W.Va. |
(Son-in-law): Frank NICOLETTI | H.I. story + pict./caption "new citizen". |
| MASON, Dr. Robin F. (male) |
92 |
(b) 1886: Peaches Mill, TN | (Uncle): Robin ____, M.D. (mother's brother): well-known near Clarksdale. (r1) 1900: moved to Memphis with father. (r2) 1908 practicing medicine in Memphis. (r3) WWI: served in France. |
Human Interest (long) + story. |
| McCLAIN, Mrs. James | 101 |
(b) Miss. (r) Memphis, Tn |
(P) "slave parents" (Ch) Mrs. Lula REED |
Birthday note |
| McCLAIN, Mrs. Ella | 102 |
(b) Feb 22, Duck Hill, Ms. | (Sp) James McCLAIN (dec'd 1920 at 82) (Ch). 18 children (first born at age 14); Mrs. Lula REED. |
Birthday note. |
| McCLAIN, Mrs. Ella | 105 |
(b) Feb 22, 1870 ,Duck Hill, MS. (r) 1922: came to Memphis |
(P) "slave parents". (Ch) Mrs. Lula REED |
Birthday story + Pict. (daughter has written a book about her mother's life experiences.) |
| McCLAIN, Mrs. Ella | 111 |
(b) Feb 22 (r) Memphis, TN |
. | news item |
| McDONALD, Harry | 104 |
(r) Edmonds, Wash. | . | birthday note (letter from President Ford). |
| McDONALD, Mrs. Juliet J. | 76 |
(r) Memphis, TN | (Ch) "making it on her own for 42 years now, raised two boys and two girls, has grandchildren...". | Human Interest + pict. Owner of Baby Sitters Service, Inc (Memphis) |
| McDONALD, Miss Nellie | 91 |
(b) Middleton, Tenn. (r1) 1941: came to Memphis (d) Memphis, TN Memphis Funeral Home: burial: Memorial Park . |
(Sib): Mrs. Effie COWART (Niece): Mrs. Nell Mitchell GANDY; (Nephew): Donald R. MITCHELL |
Obit. |
| McGEE, Josie | . |
(d) Memphis,TN | . | Obit. (see: GRAY, Mrs. Josie) |
| McNEES, Mrs. Clara D. | 102 |
(b) May 20 (d) Memphis, TN |
(Sp): A.R. McNees (dec'd) | Obit. + Pict. |
| MERRIWEATHER, Andrew | 107 |
(b) June 18, 1873, "probably in" Hernando, MS (r) Hernando, Miss (raised first family) (r2); Tunica, Ms (with second wife); (r3): Olive Branch, Ms (after wife's death); (r4): Capleville, TN; (r5) Olive Branch, Ms. (r6) Memphis, TN |
(Sib) 5 or 6 children (Grandmother) was "Cherokee Indian , a slave". (Mother): "found in a boat as a baby and raised by a white family" (no names given). (Sp2) married at 18, died at 38, three weeks after Josephine born. (not named) (Ch): "8 children by first wife; 9 children by second wife". Josephine MERRIWEATHER (age 30). |
Birthday article (long) + Pict. "learned to ride horseback and shoot while working with Wild Bill Hickok in rodeos". |
| MERRIWEATHER, Lee | 100+ |
. | . | human interest + picture "I knew Jeff(erson) Davis in Memphis" (author) . |
| MILES, Mrs. Louise | 100 |
(r) Memphis, TN | . | Birthday note + Pict. |
| MILLER, "Bull" | 105 |
(b) "in slavery" (r1) moved from VA to Somerville, TN when very young (as slave) (r2) Memphis, TN (r3) age 77: escaped from Ark. State Pen. near Pine Bluff (r4) on W.W. TAYLOR farm south of Tunica, MS |
(Sp): "Baby" MILLER ("jumped the broom"
in the 1870s) (Ch) 21 children. |
human interest story + Pict. |
| MILLER, Mrs. Leah Lloyd | 101 |
(b) Dec 14, 1861, Rhyle, Wales (r) 1885: came to Memphis (d) Memphis, TN |
(Sp): Edwin MILLER (drilled the first artesian well in Memphis) (Cousin): David Lloyd George (dec'd): British premier during WWI. (great-nieces and great-nephews): "several". |
Obit. + Pict. |
| MONRAD, Mrs. Karen | 77 |
(r) Seattle Washington | (Sp): William P. HOLT (age 102) | Celebrating wedding. (see: HOLT, William P.) |
| MOODY, Lula | . |
(b) March 15, 1874 (r) Miss (r2) 1968, Memphis, TN |
. | Birthday notes (see: TAYLOR, Mrs. Lula MOODY) |
| MOOERS, Charles A. | 100 |
(b) December 15, Maine (r) Knoxville, TN |
(Sp1): Gertrude BROOME (dec'd 1927) -- aunt of Harvey
BROOME ; (Sp2): Vera WALTON |
Birthday note + Pict. |
| MOORE, William J. | 108 |
(r) north Ark; (r) Harrison, Ark. |
. | Birthday note; "nation's oldest living war veteran" (Spanish-American war); 1914: bought the Boone County Telephone Company. |
| MORRIS, Mrs. Carolina BROWN | 91 |
(d) Memphis, TN Memphis Funeral Home; burial: Memorial Park. |
(Ch): Mrs. Earnest HERRON; Mrs. J.A. WILSON, Mrs. W. Garner PEGG, James MORRIS, William H. MORRIS. (Sib): "one brother and two sisters, one of whom, Mrs. Monette PRATHER, lives in Memphis"). (Sp): James E. MORRIS (dec'd) |
Obit. |
| MORRISON, Herbert | 93 |
(b) Feb 1 (m) Sept 15, 1887, Metropolis, Ill. (r) Paducah, KY (r2) Memphis |
(Ch): Mrs. H. L. (Beulah) GRISSOM, Mr. Murrel MORRISON, Mr. Richard MORRISON, Mr. Earl MORRISON. 5 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren. |
celebrating 75th wedding anniversary.. .(see Lena MORRISON) |
| MORRISON, Mrs. Lena | 92 |
(b) Jan 1 (r) Paducah, KY (m) Sept 15, 1887, Metropolis, Ill. (r2) Memphis |
(P) parents died in childhood; lived with half-sister until married. |
celebrating 75th wedding anniversary...see Herbert MORRISON |
| MORRISON, Miss Mary ("Miss Mamie") |
90 |
(b) North Memphis (r) Valparaiso University (Ind). (r2) 1890's: teaching in Shelby Co (TN) schools. (d) Memphis, TN. Memphis Funeral Home; burial: Elmwood Cemetery. |
(P) George EMERSON, Rachel Donelson Rawlings MORRISON (Sib): Mrs. Newt Ford RAINES (dec'd last October). (Niece): Mrs. Richard Benjamin MOORE; Mrs. James S. MADDUX, Miss Ada RAINES (nephew) Dr. Samuel L. RAINES; Thomas Ford RAINES; John Morrison RAINES. |
Obit with pict. |
| MORROW, Joseph | 101 |
(r) Ambridge, Pa. | . | Article: "65 Past 100 Draw Social Security" |
| MOSELY, Mrs. Laura T. | 103 |
(r) Memphis, TN (r2) Menlo Park, Cal. (d) Menlo Park, Cal. Memphis Funeral Home. |
(Sp): __bert L MOSELY. (Ch): Mrs. George TUCKER, Mrs. L.H. SPENCER, 6 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchildren. |
Obit. |
| MOSELEY, William | 100 |
(r) Desoto Co,MS (r2) 40 years ago: Memphis, TN |
(P) "both parents were slaves" (Ch) Mrs. Emma RICE (62); Mrs. Lelia WHITE (72), Mrs. Ora Lee KEY; Mr. Johnson MOSELY (67); 7 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren. |
Birthday note + Pict. |
| MOTEN, Mrs. Anna | 102 |
(b) March 1 (r) Jackson, TN |
. | Article: "65 Past 100 Draw Social Security" |
| MUCKLER, Mrs. Mary | 102 |
(r) Dell Rapids, S.D. | . | Article: "65 Past 100 Draw Social Security" |
| MURRAY, Dr. Sara Conyers ("Dr. Sally") | "nearly 90". |
(b) 1879 (r) "rural Lauderdale and Crockett Counties" x 50 years. (r) South Fork of the Forked Deer River |
(Sp) (name not given): entered medical school after his death |
Human Interest story + pict.: "first woman to graduate from the UT College of Medicine"; retired in 1959 at age 80. |