Tiny Stubblefield

Brief Life History of Tiny

When Tiny Stubblefield was born on 11 March 1901, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Ira K. Stubblefield, was 50 and her mother, Josephine Johanna Minchey, was 42. She married Elbert Brantford Mathews on 30 October 1918, in Macon, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 3, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 4, Jackson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 11 June 1929, in Warren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 28.

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Family Time Line

Elbert Brantford Mathews
1902–1974
Tiny Stubblefield
1901–1929
Marriage: 30 October 1918
Edith Olene Mathews
1920–1997
Carlos Edward Mathews
1923–
Estelle Mathews
1925–2016

Sources (8)

  • Tina E Mathews, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Tiny Stubblefield, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Tinie Stubblefield Mathews, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1904 · The Black Patch War

From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English (Cambridgeshire): perhaps a habitational name from Stubblefield in Otterden (Kent), apparently named with Middle English stuble ‘stalk of grain, stump of a grain stalk left in the ground after reaping’ + feld ‘open country, field’.

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

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