Forest H. Phifer, Jr.

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Forest Phifer
Birth Year: abt 1921
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Street address: North Chancery Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 307
Attended School: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Forest Phifer 39
Mary Phifer 35
Gertrude Phifer 16
Clifford Phifer 14
James Phifer 12
Forest Phifer 9
Sue Phifer less than 1 year

1940 Census
Name: Forest Phifer Junior
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1922
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Inferred Residence in 1935: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: Same House
Occupation: Clerk, drug store
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 60
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: $432
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Phifer 44
Gertrude Phifer 25
James Phifer 21
Forest Phifer 18
Sue Phifer 10
Virginia Phifer 8

MILITARY RECORDS

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Forest H Phifer
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Tennessee
State of Residence: Tennessee
County or City: Knox

Enlistment Date: 1 Apr 1942
Enlistment State: Tennessee
Enlistment City: Camp Forrest
Branch: Air Corps
Grade Code: Private

Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Actors and actresses
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 67 in.
Weight: 126 lbs.

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From Find A Grave from John Dowdy

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47791572

Bombardier 2n/Lt Forest H. Phifer DFC KIA
Hometown: McMinnville Tenn.
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb group
Service# O-734829
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
Pilot Captain Edward L. Fowble DFC KIA

Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 4-Oct-43
Serial Number: 42-40773
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: I for Item
Location: Marrakesh Morocco
Cause: Crew of 14 KIA

In the aftermath of the Wiener Nuestadt raid 42-40773 was damaged and leaking fuel. Parts were unavailable in Tunisia. The 389th was ordered back to Hethel so Captain Fowble attempted to divert to Morocco to make repairs. Fowble crashed 1 mile short of Marrakesh, in first leg of return to Hethel from Tunis, due to fuel exhaustion with 12 aboard killed, three men were badly injured, two of which later died.

Lt. Phifer was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross" for his valor in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refinery. The refinery does not produce oil for six months. The 389th earns Presidential Unit Citation and lose six aircraft on this mission.


Buried:
Grave location, biography and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=PH&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GScntry=260&GSsr=1&GRid=56249648&


Died:
National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

Name: Forest H Phifer
Inducted From: Tennessee
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 564th Bomber Squadron 389th Bomber
Death Date: 3 Oct 1943
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Forst Phifer [Forest Phifer]
Age: 10
Birth Date: Sep 1889
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 4, White, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Thomas Phifer
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Mary Phifer
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Phifer 35
Mary Phifer 28
Forest Phifer 10
Emmet Phifer 8
Lillie Phifer 5
Thomas Phifer 2

1910 Census
Name: Forister Phifer [Forest]
Age in 1910: 19
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 4, White, Tennessee
Street: Spacks Ferry Road
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Thomas Phifer
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Mary A Phifer
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Industry: Home Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Out of Work: N
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Phifer 46
Mary A Phifer 38
Forest Phifer 19
Little Phifer 15
James T Phifer 12
Willie S Phifer 10

1920 Census
Name: Farest Phifer [Forest Phifer]
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 4, White, Tennessee
Street: The Phifer Bend Road
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary L Phifer
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farming
Industry: Horticultural
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Farest Phifer 29
Mary L Phifer 26
Gertrude Phifer 6
Clifford W Phifer 4 years 4 months
James O Phifer 2 years 2 months

1930 Census
Name: Forest Phifer
Birth Year: abt 1891
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Street address: North Chancery Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 307
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: $4,000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 21
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Nurseryman
Industry: Nursery
Class of Worker: Employer
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Forest Phifer 39
Mary Phifer 35
Gertrude Phifer 16
Clifford Phifer 14
James Phifer 12
Forest Phifer 9
Sue Phifer 0

Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Forest Phifer
County: Warren
State: Tennessee
Birthplace: White Co. Tennessee
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1890
Race: White

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107529338&ref=acom

Died:
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 6
Name: Forest Phifer
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1890
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 47
Occupation: Nurseryman
Death Date: 9 May 1938
Death Place: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Suicide, at barn owned by the deceased; shotgun discharge, just above the heart
Father's name: Thomas Phifer
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Mary Simons
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 13814

Forest married Mary Boyd 04 Sep 1912, Warren Co. TN. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Henry Harrison Boyd and Susan Edna TATE) was born 12 Aug 1894, Sequatchie Co. TN; died Jan 1980, Nashville, Davidson Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Mary B A Boyd
Age: 5
Birth Date: Aug 1894
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Johnathan Boyd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Susan E Boyd
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Johnathan Boyd 39
Susan E Boyd 23
Ohernado C Boyd 12
James Boyd 10
Mary B A Boyd 5
Athelia M Boyd 3
Ollie Mea Boyd 6 months

1910 Census
Name: Mary Boyd
Age in 1910: 16
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 7, Warren, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: John H Boyd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Edna Boyd
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
John H Boyd 50
Edna Boyd 32
Mary Boyd 16
Ethelia Boyd 13
Ollie Boyd 10
Opal Boyd 4

1920 Census
Name: Mary L Phifer
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 4, White, Tennessee
Street: The phifer Bend Road
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Farest Phifer [Forrest]
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky [Tennessee]
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Farest Phifer 29
Mary L Phifer 26
Gertrude Phifer 6
Clifford W Phifer 4 years 4 months
James O Phifer 2 years 2 months

1930 Census
Name: Mary Phifer
Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Street address: North Chancery Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 307
Dwelling Number: 27
Family Number: 29
Age at First Marriage: 18
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Forest Phifer 39
Mary Phifer 35
Gertrude Phifer 16
Clifford Phifer 14
James Phifer 12
Forest Phifer 9
Sue Phifer less than 1 year

1940 Census
Name: Mary Phifer
Respondent: Yes
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: Same House
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $9000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Phifer 44
Gertrude Phifer 25
James Phifer 21
Forest Phifer 18
Sue Phifer 10
Virginia Phifer 8

Died:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Mary Phifer
SSN: 412-84-3593
Last Residence: 37215 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
BORN: 12 Aug 1894
Died: Jan 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1965)

Notes:

Married:
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
Name: Mary L Boyd
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 4 Sep 1912
Marriage Place: Warren, Tennessee
Spouse: Forrest Phefer

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Jonathan Bayed [Jonathan Henry Harrison Boyd]
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Home in 1870: District 8, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Dunlap
Household Members:
Name Age
Fesendo Bayed 30 [Fernando Boyd]
Elizabeth Boyd 32
Jonathan Boyd 9
Daniel Boyd 3
Right Boyd 1

1900 Census
Name: Johnathan Boyd [Johnathan H Boyd]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Feb 1861
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Susan E Boyd
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Seed nursery man
Household Members:
Name Age
Johnathan Boyd 39
Susan E Boyd 23
Ohernado C Boyd 12
James Boyd 10
Mary B A Boyd 5
Athelia M Boyd 3
Ollie Mea Boyd 6 months

1910 Census
Name: John H Boyd
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 7, Warren, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Edna Boyd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Nursery
Industry: Forest Nursery
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 17
Household Members:
Name Age
John H Boyd 50
Edna Boyd 32
Mary Boyd 16
Athelia Boyd 13
Ollie Boyd 10
Opal Boyd 4

1920 Census
Name: John H H Boyd
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 6, Warren, Tennessee
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Susan E Boyd
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Manager
Industry: Forest Nursery
Employment Field: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
John H H Boyd 66
Susan E Boyd 41
Opal Boyd 13
Hairm Grows 22 [hired hand]
Kelly Mccomack 24 [hired hand]
Dock Hillis 18 [hired hand]
Ben Taylor 22 [hired hand]

BIOGRAPHY

http://boydnursery.net/about-us/

He was the founder of Boyd Nursery Company in Warren County Tennessee, which has been under family ownership for five generations. At one time they were the third largest provider of nursery stock in the world.

By 1887, JHH Boyd had started his nursery business in the Gage community, Sequatchie Co. TN. Operating under the name JHH Boyd, Nurseryman and Seed Collector, JHH began to experience significant success. By the late 1890s, his products were being sent all over the world by virtue of his established reputation of having exotic and rare plants and seeds. In 1904 JHH moved to Irving College to be closer to the railroad and because the soil was better suited for growing large fields of nursery stock.

In 1907, JHH was approached by Frederick Law Olmsted for the purchase of plants for the reforestation program being conducted within the Biltmore Estates of Asheville, North Carolina. Sending an order of close to a million seedlings in a refrigerated railroad car, the Biltmore Estates shipment helped establish Forest Nursery on solid financial footing.

While the orchard business experienced a drastic decline during prohibition, interest in landscaping brought an increase in the sale of other trees, plants, and vines. Grafting and budding became standard processes in the industry allowing standing mutations and more attractive plants. JHH was ever quick to notice to an unusual shrub or tree and add it to his stock. The pink dogwood is a classic example of this practice. JHH?s unique passion for flora discovery and fertilization led him to experiment and innovate his industry.

Birth:
POB source

http://boydnursery.net/about-us/

On February 11, 1861, Jonathan Henry Harrison Boyd was born to Fernando Campbell Boyd and Jane Winchester Boyd of Roane County, Tennessee.

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, company information, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50913957

Jonathan married Susan Edna TATE 21 May 1893, Sequatchie Co. TN. Susan (daughter of Dock Mayburn TATE and Adelaide Deering) was born 03 Dec 1877, Jackson Co. TN; died 29 Dec 1958, Warren Co. TN; was buried , Hebron Cemetery, Irving College, Warren Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: Susen E. Tate [Susan E Tate]
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: D. M. Tate
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Adelade Tate
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
D. M. Tate 33
Adelade Tate 33
Mary S. Tate 12
Virginia Tate 10
Bathiah A. Tate 8
Susen E. Tate 6
Martin L. Tate 4
Ophelia E. Tate 6 months

1900 Census
Name: Susan E Boyd
Age: 23
Birth Date: Dec 1876
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Johnathan Boyd
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Johnathan Boyd 39
Susan E Boyd 23
Ohernado C Boyd 12
James Boyd 10
Mary B A Boyd 5
Athelia M Boyd 3
Ollie Mea Boyd 6 months

1910 Census
Name: Edna Boyd
Age in 1910: 32
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 7, Warren, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John H Boyd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 17
Number of Children Born: 4
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
John H Boyd 50
Edna Boyd 32
Mary Boyd 16
Ethelia Boyd 13
Ollie Boyd 10
Opal Boyd 4

1920 Census
Name: Susan E Boyd
Age: 41
Birth Year: abt 1879
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 6, Warren, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John H H Boyd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
John H H Boyd 66
Susan E Boyd 41
Opal Boyd 13
Hairm Grows 22 [hired man]
Kelly Mccomack 24 [hired man]
Dock Hillis 18 [hired man]
Ben Taylor 22 [hired man]

1940 Census
Name: Edna Boyd
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Home in 1940: Warren, Tennessee
Street: Viola Road
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Warren, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: Rural, Warren, Tennessee
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 5th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Hiram Stubblefield 30
Opal Stubblefield 32
Boby Stubblefield 10
Edna Stubblefield 6
Edna Boyd 62


Birth:
Place of birth is not confirmed.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50913968&ref=acom

Died:
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959
Name: Susan Edna Boyd
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 81
Death Date: 29 Dec 1958
Death Place: Mcminnville, Warren, Tennessee
Father's name: D M Tate
Mother's name: Adelaide Deering
Certificate Number: 58-32724
Informant: Athelia Barnes [daughter]

Notes:

Married:
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
Name: S E Tate
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 21 May 1893
Marriage Place: Sequatchie, Tennessee
Spouse: J H H Boyd

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Doctor M Tate
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1850: District 24, De Kalb, Alabama
Gender: Male
Family Number: 137
Household Members:
Name Age
Adron Tate 31
Seletha Tate 26
Elizabeth J Tate 10
Harriette E Tate 6
Doctor M Tate 4
William S Tate 3
Susan Tate 7 months

1860 Census
Name: Doctor M Tate
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Alabama
Home in 1860: Northern Division, De Kalb, Alabama
Post Office: North Bend
Family Number: 375
Household Members:
Name Age
Aaron Tate 47
Salithe Tate 39
Elizabeth Tate 20
Harriet Tate 17
Doctor M Tate 15
William Tate 13
Susanna Tate 11
Nancy Tate 9
John Tate 5
Margaret Tate 7
Ritty Tate 1

1880 Census
Name: D. M. Tate
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adelade Tate
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
D. M. Tate 33
Adelade Tate 33
Mary S. Tate 12
Virginia Tate 10
Bathiah A. Tate 8
Susen E. Tate 6
Martin L. Tate 4
Ophelia E. Tate 6 months

1900 Census
Name: Doto?? M Tate [Dock Mayburn Tate]
Age: 53
Birth Date: Oct 1846
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adlaide Tate
Marriage Year: 1867
Years Married: 33
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Dock M Tate 53
Adlaide Tate 57
Martin L Tate 23
Athelia E Tate 20
William D Tate 18
Elizabeth S Tate 14

1910 Census
Name: Dock M Tate
Age in 1910: 63
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adilaid Tate
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 44
Survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy: CA
Household Members:
Name Age
Dock M Tate 63
Adilaid Tate 65
Athelia Tate 30

1920 Census
Name: Dock M Tate
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Street: Lovag Road
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adlad Tate
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Labor
Industry: Farmer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Dock M Tate 74
Adlad Tate 76
Athela Tate 37

RESOURCES

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He enlisted in the Confederacy on August 7, 1863, in Jackson County, AL in Company "K", 3rd Confederate Regiment. He was released May 5, 1865. He stated he had a wife and one daughter, aged 28, but did not give her name. He stated later that he had eight children, six girls and two sons, but none of their names were recited. He married in Warren County, TN on July 5, 1866 by the Reverand Lyon Brown at St. Mary's Church, Adelaide Deering, born March 10, 1843 of McMinnville, Warren County, TN. Witnesses at their wedding Thomas Brown and Annie Rogers. She stated she was born in TN, her father born in VA and her mother in TN. She died on June 2, 1932 after having received his pension for some time.

Reference: Pension files #7999 and 10345; Federal Census 1880 Jackson County, AL, 1880 Sequatchie County, TN.

In a letter from James Striegel Tate to Ethel Updike on June 9, 1978, he wrote:

"Dock Mayburn Tate was born in DeKalb County, AL on October 8, 1846. He was the son of Aaron Tate, Jr.) On August 7, 1863 he enlisted in Co. "K" of the 3rd (also 11th) Confederate Cavalry Regiment in Jackson County, AL. He was paroled on May 5, 1854 at Guntersville, AL. On July 22, 1908 he filed for a pension which was granted under number 10,345. He died at Cagle, Sequatchie County, TN on August 5, 1923. On July 5, 1866 in Warren County, TN he married Adelaide Deering, born in McMinnville TN. On December 20, 1923 she filed for a widow's pension which was granted under No. 7999. Her application stated there were two sons (aged 41 and 46) and six daughters (aged 38, 44, 49, 51, 53, 54). They are not on the Sequatchie Census for 1870 and 1880 is too dim to read."

From the James Striegel Tate Papers, 1742 - 1980, Tennessee State Library and Archives

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79421674&ref=acom

Died:
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 159
Name: Dock Mayburn Tate
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1846
Birth Place: Alabama
Age: 76
Death Date: 5 Aug 1923
Death Place: Cagle, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Father's name: Aron Tate
Mother's name: Ward
Certificate Number: 147

Dock married Adelaide Deering 05 Jul 1866, Warren Co. TN. Adelaide was born 10 Mar 1843, McMinnville, Warren Co. TN; died 02 Jun 1932, Sequatchie Co. TN; was buried , Cagle-Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: Adelade Tate
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: D. M. Tate
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keep House
Household Members:
Name Age
D. M. Tate 33
Adelade Tate 33
Mary S. Tate 12
Virginia Tate 10
Bathiah A. Tate 8
Susen E. Tate 6
Martin L. Tate 4
Ophelia E. Tate 6 months

1900 Census
Name: Adlaide Tate
Age: 57
Birth Date: Mar 1843
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Doctor M Tate
Marriage Year: 1867
Years Married: 33
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 7
Mother: How many children: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Doctor M Tate 53
Adlaide Tate 57
Martin L Tate 23
Athelia E Tate 20
William D Tate 18
Elizabeth S Tate 14

1910 Census
Name: Adilaid Tate [Adelaide Tate]
Age in 1910: 65
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Dock M Tate
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 44
Number of Children Born: 8
Number of Children Living: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
Dock M Tate 63
Adilaid Tate 65
Athelia Tate 30

1920 Census
Name: Adlad Tate [Adelaide Tate]
Age: 76
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 2, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Street: Lovag Road
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Dock M Tate
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: None
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Dock M Tate 74
Adlad Tate 76
Athela Tate 37

1930 Census
Name: Adalade Tate
Birth Year: abt 1847
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Home in 1930: District 1, Bledsoe, Tennessee
Street address: Dirt Road
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
John M Hitchcock 51 [son-in-law]
Elizabeth Hitchcock 43 [daughter]
Livingston Hitchcock 5 [grandson]
Adalade Tate 83
Athelia Tate 43 [daughter]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79421675

Died:
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 6
Name: Adla Tate [Adelaide Tate]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1843
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 89
Death Date: 2 Jun 1932
Death Place: Sequatchie, Tennessee
Father's name: Deering
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Unknown
Informant: John Hitchcock [son-in-law]
Certificate Number: 12966