Rebecca "Becky" Parris was the second child of James Nathaniel Parris and Louisa Parris. There is some uncertainty about her birth date: Her death certificate and interment order list September 15, 1870, but her grave marker has 1871. A family history lists "about 1873". Records show she was born in Georgia.
At that time, her parents James and Louisa lived on a farm near Dalton, Georgia. The 1870 census lists them in nearby Gilmer County. By 1875, James and Louisa had relocated their family to Tennessee, where they settled in Hickman County.
On December 19, 1886, Becky married Dea Lefan in Hickman County. Dea and Becky had a daughter, Mattie Lee, born September 1889.
(Dea and Becky may have had another daughter, Pearl, who died very young. There is a marker for Pearl Lefan, 1893 - 1894, in the Centerville Cemetery in Hickman county. Documentation for the cemetery may exist which links Pearl to Dea and Becky. This needs further research.)
Family notes indicate that Dea Lefan was killed in a railroad accident. These notes do not list a date.
On July 14, 1894, Becky married Henry Allen Posey in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Becky and Henry had six children: Janie, Gladys, Nathan, Frank, Louise, and a son Paul, who died at age two.
Henry and Becky lived for many years near Lexington, Alabama, close to Tennessee. Sometime after the 1940 census, they moved to Columbus, Indiana.
Henry and Rebecca Posey both died in Columbus. Henry died in June, 1947, and Becky died in January, 1954.
Henry is buried in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Becky is buried at Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana.
At that time, her parents James and Louisa lived on a farm near Dalton, Georgia. The 1870 census lists them in nearby Gilmer County. By 1875, James and Louisa had relocated their family to Tennessee, where they settled in Hickman County.
On December 19, 1886, Becky married Dea Lefan in Hickman County. Dea and Becky had a daughter, Mattie Lee, born September 1889.
(Dea and Becky may have had another daughter, Pearl, who died very young. There is a marker for Pearl Lefan, 1893 - 1894, in the Centerville Cemetery in Hickman county. Documentation for the cemetery may exist which links Pearl to Dea and Becky. This needs further research.)
Family notes indicate that Dea Lefan was killed in a railroad accident. These notes do not list a date.
On July 14, 1894, Becky married Henry Allen Posey in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Becky and Henry had six children: Janie, Gladys, Nathan, Frank, Louise, and a son Paul, who died at age two.
Henry and Becky lived for many years near Lexington, Alabama, close to Tennessee. Sometime after the 1940 census, they moved to Columbus, Indiana.
Henry and Rebecca Posey both died in Columbus. Henry died in June, 1947, and Becky died in January, 1954.
Henry is buried in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Becky is buried at Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana.
Rebecca "Becky" Parris was the second child of James Nathaniel Parris and Louisa Parris. There is some uncertainty about her birth date: Her death certificate and interment order list September 15, 1870, but her grave marker has 1871. A family history lists "about 1873". Records show she was born in Georgia.
At that time, her parents James and Louisa lived on a farm near Dalton, Georgia. The 1870 census lists them in nearby Gilmer County. By 1875, James and Louisa had relocated their family to Tennessee, where they settled in Hickman County.
On December 19, 1886, Becky married Dea Lefan in Hickman County. Dea and Becky had a daughter, Mattie Lee, born September 1889.
(Dea and Becky may have had another daughter, Pearl, who died very young. There is a marker for Pearl Lefan, 1893 - 1894, in the Centerville Cemetery in Hickman county. Documentation for the cemetery may exist which links Pearl to Dea and Becky. This needs further research.)
Family notes indicate that Dea Lefan was killed in a railroad accident. These notes do not list a date.
On July 14, 1894, Becky married Henry Allen Posey in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Becky and Henry had six children: Janie, Gladys, Nathan, Frank, Louise, and a son Paul, who died at age two.
Henry and Becky lived for many years near Lexington, Alabama, close to Tennessee. Sometime after the 1940 census, they moved to Columbus, Indiana.
Henry and Rebecca Posey both died in Columbus. Henry died in June, 1947, and Becky died in January, 1954.
Henry is buried in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Becky is buried at Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana.
At that time, her parents James and Louisa lived on a farm near Dalton, Georgia. The 1870 census lists them in nearby Gilmer County. By 1875, James and Louisa had relocated their family to Tennessee, where they settled in Hickman County.
On December 19, 1886, Becky married Dea Lefan in Hickman County. Dea and Becky had a daughter, Mattie Lee, born September 1889.
(Dea and Becky may have had another daughter, Pearl, who died very young. There is a marker for Pearl Lefan, 1893 - 1894, in the Centerville Cemetery in Hickman county. Documentation for the cemetery may exist which links Pearl to Dea and Becky. This needs further research.)
Family notes indicate that Dea Lefan was killed in a railroad accident. These notes do not list a date.
On July 14, 1894, Becky married Henry Allen Posey in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Becky and Henry had six children: Janie, Gladys, Nathan, Frank, Louise, and a son Paul, who died at age two.
Henry and Becky lived for many years near Lexington, Alabama, close to Tennessee. Sometime after the 1940 census, they moved to Columbus, Indiana.
Henry and Rebecca Posey both died in Columbus. Henry died in June, 1947, and Becky died in January, 1954.
Henry is buried in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Becky is buried at Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana.
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