Tyrance Emerson and Ann Downing

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Husband Tyrance Emerson

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           Born: 1790-1800
     Christened: 
           Died: After 1845
         Buried: 

       Marriage: After 1830

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Wife Ann Downing ¹

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           Born: 12 Aug 1799 - Chester Co., South Carolina 1
     Christened: 
           Died: fall 1855 - Tennessee 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Andrew Downing (1771-1844) 1 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Jones (1772-1847) 1 3

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   Other Spouse: Baltis Hinkle (Abt 1797-Abt 1827) - 3 Jan 1820 - Madison Co., Alabama 4

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Children

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1 M Josiah D. Emerson

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           Born: Abt 1833 - Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jul 1863 - Helena, Phillips Co., Arkansas 5
         Buried:  - Confederate Cem., Helena, Phillips Co., Arkansas

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2 M Benjamin H. Emerson

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           Born: 10 Jun 1834 - Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1897 6
         Buried:  - Midlothian, Ellis Co., Texas

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3 F Mary E. Emerson

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           Born: 25 Sep 1834
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1892 7
         Buried:  - Hitt Cem., Success, Clay Co., Arkansas

         Spouse: William Harvey Polk (1832-1868)

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4 M James K. P. Emerson

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           Born: Abt 1840 - Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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5 M Andrew Downing Emerson

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           Born: Nov 1845 - Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1908 - (Palo Pinto Co., Texas)
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Tyrance Emerson

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The following is in a biographical sketch of William Hinkle, the eldest son of Tyrance Emerson's wife Ann.

"For her second husband the mother of our subject wedded Tyrance Emerson, by whom she had five children. Her death also occurred in Tennessee, in the fall of 1855, at the age of fifty years."

CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Wayne Co., Tennessee
Turence Emerson 1121001 -- 1010001; 3 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
1 < 5 1
1 5-10
2 10-15 1
1 15-20
20-30
30-40
1 40-50 1 </pre>

He is in the sequence Turence Emerson, x, Wm Beckam, 7x, Wm Hinkle. In 1830 Ann Downing was a widow in the household of her father. She remarried after 1830. Presumably the father of the 4 older children is her first husband Baltis Hinkle, and the father of the 3 younger children is her present husband.

CENSUS COMPARISON:

<pre>
1830 1840
male
<5 (2) 10-15 (12) Baltis D., May 1828
5-10 (5) 10-15 (15) Alexander, abt 1824
5-10 (7) 15-20 (17) John, Dec 1822
5-10 (9) 15-20 (19) William, Apr 1821 (still with Andrew Downing in 1840)
female
<5 (4) 10-15 (14) Catharine, abt 1826 </pre>

NAME:

The name 'Tyrance' occurs once, in a biographical sketch of his wife's son William Hinkle, published in 1896. No one in the United States in the 1850 census is named 'Tyrance'. Tyrance Emerson's name was probably 'Terence'.

EMERSON CHILDREN:

In 1860 James K. P. Emerson (20, Tn, Tanners Apprentice) is living in Wayne Co. with A. P. Downing, and Andrew Emerson (15, Tn, Farm laborer) is living in Wayne Co. with J. J. Downing. It seems obvious that they are Ann's children by her second husband.

In 1850 Ann Emerson and her sons are not in the census. Mary E. Emmerson (15, Tn) is living in Hardin Co., Tennessee in the household of James L. Smith (44, farmer). Mary is the right age to be the female < 5 in the 1840 census entry for Turence Emerson in Wayne Co. Mary married William H. Polk, and in 1860, Josiah D. Emison (27, Tn) is in their household. The presence of Josiah makes it very likely that Mary really is the daughter of Tyrance Emerson and Ann Downing. Josiah, then, is the son 5-10 in the 1840 census entry for Turence Emerson. Wayne and Hardin are adjoining counties.

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General Notes: Wife - Ann Downing

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The following is in a biographical sketch of Ann's eldest son William Hinkle.

By trade the father of our subject was a carpenter. He died in Alabama when our subject was about six years old, at the age of thirty years. William was the oldest in the family of five children, the others being John, Alexander, Catherine and Baltis; but himself and John are the only ones now living. After the death of Mr. Hinkle his widow returned to the home of her parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Jones) Downing, whose children were: Mary, John, Catherine, Annie, William, James, Sarah and Jonathan. Mr. Downing died in Tennessee, in 1844, at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. For her second husband the mother of our subject wedded Tyrance Emerson, by whom she had five children. Her death also occurred in Tennessee, in the fall of 1855, at the age of fifty years.

1 "Downing Bible," http://www.biblerecords.com/downing.html.

2 History of Texas, Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Families of the State; Volume 1, Central Texas, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1896, pg 281. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: jdamewood.

4 Precision Indexing, Alabama Marriages, Early to 1825, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

5 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 262250721.

6 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 34758112.

7 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 108460601.