Lemuel T. Tankersley

Brief Life History of Lemuel T.

When Lemuel T. Tankersley was born on 19 May 1824, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States, his father, Henry Tankersley, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Nannie Brock, was 34. He married Sarah Ann Clark on 25 February 1858, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and Tails Creek, Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 14 May 1896, in Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel T. Tankersley
1824–1896
Sarah Ann Clark
1830–1886
Marriage: 25 February 1858
Thomas Floyd Tankersley
1848–
Mary Ann Tankersley
1850–
John Henry Brown Tankersley
1858–1923
James Simpson Tankersley
1860–1950
George Davis Tankersley
1861–1944
Wilburne Grant Tankersley
1863–1920
Thomas Floyd Tankersley
1866–1945
Mary Ann Tankersley
1870–1920
Nicholas Lafayette Tankersley
1870–1961

Sources (40)

  • Lemuel Tankesly, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lemuel Tankersley, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Lemuel Tankersley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1832

Historical Boundaries: 1832: Gilmer, Georgia, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (West Yorkshire and Lincolnshire):

habitational name from Tankersley in Yorkshire, named from the Old English personal name Thancrēd (genitive Thancrēdes) + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. This surname has now died out in Britain.

occasional variant of Donkersley, itself a variant of Dunkerley , see Dunkley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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