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Tansey, Jesse

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Last Name Tansey
First Name Jesse
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Death Date 9/5/1880
Birth Date 1/1/1812
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Cemetery Mooresville Cemetery
Family Information
Spouse 1) Margaret "Polly" Carter; 2) Eliza A. Hunt
Survived By Children, Angelina Wilhite, Elizabeth Davis, Martha Farmer, Albert Joseph, Jemima Newby, and Mary Johns.
Other Age 68 years, 1 month, and 27 days. Married first wife in Morgan Co., Ind. on Jan. 12, 1832; she died 1852. Married second wife on Oct. 2, 1854; she died in 1875. Father of six children. [From Becky's Bit column, Mooresville Times, June 18, 1986: "Polly Carter buried at Bethesda Cemetery adjacent to grave of David Walker Hadley."][Jesse may have married a third time: 1880 US Census shows his wife as Elizabeth, age 48, born in Tennessee; her mother, Sarah Parker or Barker, age 73, is listed as living with Jesse and Elizabeth.]
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