Tyrance Emerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1790-1800
    Christening: 
          Death: After 1845
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ann Downing (12 Aug 1799 - fall 1855) 1 
       Marriage: After 1830
       Children:
                1. Josiah D. Emerson (Abt 1833-1863)
                2. Benjamin H. Emerson (1834-1897)
                3. Mary E. Emerson (1834-1892)
                4. James K. P. Emerson (Abt 1840-      )
                5. Andrew Downing Emerson (1845-Abt 1908)
Notes
General:
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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Sources

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

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