Grandmother of Alva Vanderbilt.
Robert Desha was granted a divorce from Eleanor on Oct. 3, 1833 for adultery (Sumner County Chancery Court, Vol A - C, Nov. 1826 - Apr. 1844, pp. 964-66). Some family trees show her death as Oct. 30, 1833, but according to Vanessa DeSha she married Levi Luther Lightner from Illinois and died in 1839 and her will filed in Illinois.
Grandmother of Alva Vanderbilt.
Robert Desha was granted a divorce from Eleanor on Oct. 3, 1833 for adultery (Sumner County Chancery Court, Vol A - C, Nov. 1826 - Apr. 1844, pp. 964-66). Some family trees show her death as Oct. 30, 1833, but according to Vanessa DeSha she married Levi Luther Lightner from Illinois and died in 1839 and her will filed in Illinois.
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