Lenora Ann Dedman is from the York County-Mecklenburg County, Virginia Dedmans.
Anna Laura Griffith, Dedman Family Historian and author of "Dedman-Deadman Family History" reports on p. 18 that Lenora's third husband, William S. M. Workman, died in 1879 and was buried in the Workman family cemetery in Weakley County, Tennessee. This cemetery is not recognized by Find A Grave databases.
[Lenora died in Graves County, KY, but is presumed to be buried beside her husband in the Workman family cemetery. She would have died after December 1865]
Lenora Ann Dedman was the daughter of William Howard Dedman and Elizabeth D. Haile Dedman. She moved with her parents and her uncle John R. Dedman and his wife Susannah to the Leatherwood Creek area in western Maury County and eastern Hickman County before 1840. John R. Dedman's wife, Susannah Harris Dedman died in 1841, probably in connection with the birth of her daughter Virginia Ann Dedman. John and Susannah had five children, two young sons who died in infancy, and three daughters: Elizabeth, Mary R., and Virginia Ann.
With three young daughters to raise, John R. married his niece, Lenora Ann Dedman, daughter of his brother William Howard Dedman. The marriage was illegal in Tennessee, and the Tennessee General Assembly declined to legitimize it. John R., Lenora Ann, and their four (then) children moved to Graves County, KY, where they changed the spelling of Dedman to Deadmon. They had six children, the last two born in Kentucky. They were: Van Buren Deadmon, Sarah L. Deadmon, Cassandra P. Deadmon, Amanda Deadmon, F. O. Deadmon, and John James Deadmon.
Lenora married (2) Madison Glover Johns. They had three children: C. A. Johns, Nancy Johns, and Marcus Lafayette Johns (named for Lenora's younger brother Marcus Lafayette Dedman.
Lenora married (3) William S. M. Workman. they had three children: Marcus Workman, Delila Levina Workman, and Alice Dean Workman.
Anna Laura Griffith, Dedman Family Historian and author of "Dedman-Deadman Family History" reports on p. 18 that Lenora's third husband, William S. M. Workman, died in 1879 and was buried in the Workman family cemetery in Weakley County, Tennessee. This cemetery is not recognized by Find A Grave databases.
[Lenora died in Graves County, KY, but is presumed to be buried beside her husband in the Workman family cemetery. She would have died after December 1865]
Lenora Ann Dedman was the daughter of William Howard Dedman and Elizabeth D. Haile Dedman. She moved with her parents and her uncle John R. Dedman and his wife Susannah to the Leatherwood Creek area in western Maury County and eastern Hickman County before 1840. John R. Dedman's wife, Susannah Harris Dedman died in 1841, probably in connection with the birth of her daughter Virginia Ann Dedman. John and Susannah had five children, two young sons who died in infancy, and three daughters: Elizabeth, Mary R., and Virginia Ann.
With three young daughters to raise, John R. married his niece, Lenora Ann Dedman, daughter of his brother William Howard Dedman. The marriage was illegal in Tennessee, and the Tennessee General Assembly declined to legitimize it. John R., Lenora Ann, and their four (then) children moved to Graves County, KY, where they changed the spelling of Dedman to Deadmon. They had six children, the last two born in Kentucky. They were: Van Buren Deadmon, Sarah L. Deadmon, Cassandra P. Deadmon, Amanda Deadmon, F. O. Deadmon, and John James Deadmon.
Lenora married (2) Madison Glover Johns. They had three children: C. A. Johns, Nancy Johns, and Marcus Lafayette Johns (named for Lenora's younger brother Marcus Lafayette Dedman.
Lenora married (3) William S. M. Workman. they had three children: Marcus Workman, Delila Levina Workman, and Alice Dean Workman.
Lenora Ann Dedman is from the York County-Mecklenburg County, Virginia Dedmans.
Anna Laura Griffith, Dedman Family Historian and author of "Dedman-Deadman Family History" reports on p. 18 that Lenora's third husband, William S. M. Workman, died in 1879 and was buried in the Workman family cemetery in Weakley County, Tennessee. This cemetery is not recognized by Find A Grave databases.
[Lenora died in Graves County, KY, but is presumed to be buried beside her husband in the Workman family cemetery. She would have died after December 1865]
Lenora Ann Dedman was the daughter of William Howard Dedman and Elizabeth D. Haile Dedman. She moved with her parents and her uncle John R. Dedman and his wife Susannah to the Leatherwood Creek area in western Maury County and eastern Hickman County before 1840. John R. Dedman's wife, Susannah Harris Dedman died in 1841, probably in connection with the birth of her daughter Virginia Ann Dedman. John and Susannah had five children, two young sons who died in infancy, and three daughters: Elizabeth, Mary R., and Virginia Ann.
With three young daughters to raise, John R. married his niece, Lenora Ann Dedman, daughter of his brother William Howard Dedman. The marriage was illegal in Tennessee, and the Tennessee General Assembly declined to legitimize it. John R., Lenora Ann, and their four (then) children moved to Graves County, KY, where they changed the spelling of Dedman to Deadmon. They had six children, the last two born in Kentucky. They were: Van Buren Deadmon, Sarah L. Deadmon, Cassandra P. Deadmon, Amanda Deadmon, F. O. Deadmon, and John James Deadmon.
Lenora married (2) Madison Glover Johns. They had three children: C. A. Johns, Nancy Johns, and Marcus Lafayette Johns (named for Lenora's younger brother Marcus Lafayette Dedman.
Lenora married (3) William S. M. Workman. they had three children: Marcus Workman, Delila Levina Workman, and Alice Dean Workman.
Anna Laura Griffith, Dedman Family Historian and author of "Dedman-Deadman Family History" reports on p. 18 that Lenora's third husband, William S. M. Workman, died in 1879 and was buried in the Workman family cemetery in Weakley County, Tennessee. This cemetery is not recognized by Find A Grave databases.
[Lenora died in Graves County, KY, but is presumed to be buried beside her husband in the Workman family cemetery. She would have died after December 1865]
Lenora Ann Dedman was the daughter of William Howard Dedman and Elizabeth D. Haile Dedman. She moved with her parents and her uncle John R. Dedman and his wife Susannah to the Leatherwood Creek area in western Maury County and eastern Hickman County before 1840. John R. Dedman's wife, Susannah Harris Dedman died in 1841, probably in connection with the birth of her daughter Virginia Ann Dedman. John and Susannah had five children, two young sons who died in infancy, and three daughters: Elizabeth, Mary R., and Virginia Ann.
With three young daughters to raise, John R. married his niece, Lenora Ann Dedman, daughter of his brother William Howard Dedman. The marriage was illegal in Tennessee, and the Tennessee General Assembly declined to legitimize it. John R., Lenora Ann, and their four (then) children moved to Graves County, KY, where they changed the spelling of Dedman to Deadmon. They had six children, the last two born in Kentucky. They were: Van Buren Deadmon, Sarah L. Deadmon, Cassandra P. Deadmon, Amanda Deadmon, F. O. Deadmon, and John James Deadmon.
Lenora married (2) Madison Glover Johns. They had three children: C. A. Johns, Nancy Johns, and Marcus Lafayette Johns (named for Lenora's younger brother Marcus Lafayette Dedman.
Lenora married (3) William S. M. Workman. they had three children: Marcus Workman, Delila Levina Workman, and Alice Dean Workman.
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According to Dedman family researcher Anna Laura Griffith, Lenora died in Graves County, Kentucky where several of her children by John Roland Dedman lived.
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