Rufus HARKLEROAD
Birth:
Abt 1817
Marriage:
21 Jul 1864
Sullivan, Tennessee
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
MARRIAGE TO SARAH JANE SMITH FROM SULLIVAN COUNTY MARRIAGE BOOK, VOL ONE, PAGE 12. BIRTH YEAR FROM CONFEDERATE MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 26 REG'T TN INFANTRY WHICH LISTS HIS AGE AS 47 AS OF 20 JAN 1864.
Sarah Jane SMITH
Birth:
24 Apr 1842
Death:
20 Oct 1900
Burial:
Morningside, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
1900 CENSUS LISTS BIRTH AS APRIL 1840
CEMETERY FROM DUKES AND LUCILLE HARKLEROAD
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Death:
Bef 1897
Notes:
FROM THE RECOLLECTIONS OF THELMA (BARNETT) PADERICK. THIS STORY WAS ALSO TOLD TO DEBRA (WARD) HAGIE BY MARY ANN (HARKLEROAD) BARNETT.
MY GRANDFATHER (MOM'S DAD) TOOK HER (MARY ANN HARKLEROAD) AND HER BROTHER TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WHEN MY MOTHER WAS AN INFANT. THAT FIRST WINTER IN WASHINGTON, MY GRANDMOTHER (MARGARET ELIZABETH HARKLEROAD) DIED - I DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH. MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT HER DAD (LANDON HARKELROAD) AND SOME MEN MADE HER COFFIN. THEY LIVED WAY BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEY BROUGHT HER OUT ON A SLED. SNOW WAS UP TO THEIR KNEES. MY GRANDFATHER CARRIED MY MOTHER AND MY UNCLE SAT ON THE COFFIN. THEY WALKED ALL DAY. THEY BURIED MY GRANDMOTHER IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
MY MOTHER SAID THAT SOMEONE WROTE HER FROM WASHINGTON AND TOLD HER THAT MY GRANDMOTHER'S GRAVE WAS IN THE CENTER OF THE CEMETERY IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
2
Birth:
10 Jun 1865
of Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
13 Aug 1929
Knox, Tennessee
Notes:
BURIAL FROM LUCILLE HARKLEROAD
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Rufus Harkleroad - Sarah Jane Smith
Rufus Harkleroad
was born at Abt 1817.
His parents were Martin Harkleroad and Elizabeth .
He married Sarah Jane Smith 21 Jul 1864 at Sullivan, Tennessee . Sarah Jane Smith was born at 24 Apr 1842 .
They were the parents of 2
children:
Margaret Elizabeth Harkleroad
Laura Ruth Harkleroad
born 10 Jun 1865.
Sarah Jane Smith died 20 Oct 1900 .