PARENTS:
William Gaither and Jane Patterson Renfro
William Nathan was the son of William Gaither Renfro. He spent his early years in neighboring Mitchell County, before his father "Gaither" moved to Yancey Co. William Nathan was primarily a farmer. He conducted some logging. According to family oral tradition, he moved across the state line to neighboring Unicoi Co.,TN shortly before 1900 where he operated a livery stable. That was where he his wife Nancy Phillips Renfro, and small family were enumerated in the 1900 Census.Three of his daughters, Edith, Beulah, and Nola, were born in Erwin. He may have returned to live at Patterson's Branch following the death of his father in 1904. According to NC Masonic records William became a Mason at Lodge 548 at Bee Log in Dec 1905.He may have returned to Erwin to live for brief times. William was working on his farm when he suffered a cardiac problem and died in 1916. His tombstone on a hill near the Renfro farm bears Masonic emblems.
RESEARCH WARNNG: William Nathan Renfro was only ever married to ONE lady: my great-grandmother Nancy Sue Phillips on 10 Nov 1895 at Higgins, Yancey Co,NC (1877-1933) He and his brother, James Wesley Renfro, both married Phillips sisters. He died working on his farm in Dec 1916, leaving Nan a widow with eight children, seven at the home.
The attachment of a "Julia McKinney "as a second wife is completely in error and without any authoritative citation.I t was made without my concurrence. Checking into that Julia McKinney on Ancestry.com, one finds a "suggested" Virginia marriage link (with neither date nor county location} to only the name "Natharn" sic Renfro.
As a direct Renfro descendent and the memorial manager, I have requested the submitter to provide authoritative proof, not just some Ancestry.com hazy "suggestion of a citation. As the insertion of that material was made without my concurrence, I have requested that it be removed. As many errors find their way into Ancestry.com and are assumed as ground truth unchallenged, I would caution any of my cousins or other researchers from adopting this major error.
William Gaither and Jane Patterson Renfro
William Nathan was the son of William Gaither Renfro. He spent his early years in neighboring Mitchell County, before his father "Gaither" moved to Yancey Co. William Nathan was primarily a farmer. He conducted some logging. According to family oral tradition, he moved across the state line to neighboring Unicoi Co.,TN shortly before 1900 where he operated a livery stable. That was where he his wife Nancy Phillips Renfro, and small family were enumerated in the 1900 Census.Three of his daughters, Edith, Beulah, and Nola, were born in Erwin. He may have returned to live at Patterson's Branch following the death of his father in 1904. According to NC Masonic records William became a Mason at Lodge 548 at Bee Log in Dec 1905.He may have returned to Erwin to live for brief times. William was working on his farm when he suffered a cardiac problem and died in 1916. His tombstone on a hill near the Renfro farm bears Masonic emblems.
RESEARCH WARNNG: William Nathan Renfro was only ever married to ONE lady: my great-grandmother Nancy Sue Phillips on 10 Nov 1895 at Higgins, Yancey Co,NC (1877-1933) He and his brother, James Wesley Renfro, both married Phillips sisters. He died working on his farm in Dec 1916, leaving Nan a widow with eight children, seven at the home.
The attachment of a "Julia McKinney "as a second wife is completely in error and without any authoritative citation.I t was made without my concurrence. Checking into that Julia McKinney on Ancestry.com, one finds a "suggested" Virginia marriage link (with neither date nor county location} to only the name "Natharn" sic Renfro.
As a direct Renfro descendent and the memorial manager, I have requested the submitter to provide authoritative proof, not just some Ancestry.com hazy "suggestion of a citation. As the insertion of that material was made without my concurrence, I have requested that it be removed. As many errors find their way into Ancestry.com and are assumed as ground truth unchallenged, I would caution any of my cousins or other researchers from adopting this major error.
PARENTS:
William Gaither and Jane Patterson Renfro
William Nathan was the son of William Gaither Renfro. He spent his early years in neighboring Mitchell County, before his father "Gaither" moved to Yancey Co. William Nathan was primarily a farmer. He conducted some logging. According to family oral tradition, he moved across the state line to neighboring Unicoi Co.,TN shortly before 1900 where he operated a livery stable. That was where he his wife Nancy Phillips Renfro, and small family were enumerated in the 1900 Census.Three of his daughters, Edith, Beulah, and Nola, were born in Erwin. He may have returned to live at Patterson's Branch following the death of his father in 1904. According to NC Masonic records William became a Mason at Lodge 548 at Bee Log in Dec 1905.He may have returned to Erwin to live for brief times. William was working on his farm when he suffered a cardiac problem and died in 1916. His tombstone on a hill near the Renfro farm bears Masonic emblems.
RESEARCH WARNNG: William Nathan Renfro was only ever married to ONE lady: my great-grandmother Nancy Sue Phillips on 10 Nov 1895 at Higgins, Yancey Co,NC (1877-1933) He and his brother, James Wesley Renfro, both married Phillips sisters. He died working on his farm in Dec 1916, leaving Nan a widow with eight children, seven at the home.
The attachment of a "Julia McKinney "as a second wife is completely in error and without any authoritative citation.I t was made without my concurrence. Checking into that Julia McKinney on Ancestry.com, one finds a "suggested" Virginia marriage link (with neither date nor county location} to only the name "Natharn" sic Renfro.
As a direct Renfro descendent and the memorial manager, I have requested the submitter to provide authoritative proof, not just some Ancestry.com hazy "suggestion of a citation. As the insertion of that material was made without my concurrence, I have requested that it be removed. As many errors find their way into Ancestry.com and are assumed as ground truth unchallenged, I would caution any of my cousins or other researchers from adopting this major error.
William Gaither and Jane Patterson Renfro
William Nathan was the son of William Gaither Renfro. He spent his early years in neighboring Mitchell County, before his father "Gaither" moved to Yancey Co. William Nathan was primarily a farmer. He conducted some logging. According to family oral tradition, he moved across the state line to neighboring Unicoi Co.,TN shortly before 1900 where he operated a livery stable. That was where he his wife Nancy Phillips Renfro, and small family were enumerated in the 1900 Census.Three of his daughters, Edith, Beulah, and Nola, were born in Erwin. He may have returned to live at Patterson's Branch following the death of his father in 1904. According to NC Masonic records William became a Mason at Lodge 548 at Bee Log in Dec 1905.He may have returned to Erwin to live for brief times. William was working on his farm when he suffered a cardiac problem and died in 1916. His tombstone on a hill near the Renfro farm bears Masonic emblems.
RESEARCH WARNNG: William Nathan Renfro was only ever married to ONE lady: my great-grandmother Nancy Sue Phillips on 10 Nov 1895 at Higgins, Yancey Co,NC (1877-1933) He and his brother, James Wesley Renfro, both married Phillips sisters. He died working on his farm in Dec 1916, leaving Nan a widow with eight children, seven at the home.
The attachment of a "Julia McKinney "as a second wife is completely in error and without any authoritative citation.I t was made without my concurrence. Checking into that Julia McKinney on Ancestry.com, one finds a "suggested" Virginia marriage link (with neither date nor county location} to only the name "Natharn" sic Renfro.
As a direct Renfro descendent and the memorial manager, I have requested the submitter to provide authoritative proof, not just some Ancestry.com hazy "suggestion of a citation. As the insertion of that material was made without my concurrence, I have requested that it be removed. As many errors find their way into Ancestry.com and are assumed as ground truth unchallenged, I would caution any of my cousins or other researchers from adopting this major error.
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