Wade & Webb Family History

Tabitha McKinney1822–1889

Jones · Autauga · Hickory Flat · Howell Cemetery

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 1822 Jones County, Georgia

Marriages

  1. 24 Dec 1841 James W Howell, at Chambers, Alabama 2

Death and burial

  1. 1889 Burial: Howell Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers, Alabama
  2. 13 Mar 1889 Death: Chambers County, Alabama 6

Family

Parents
Eli McKinney 1800–1857
Spouse, 24 Dec 1841
James W Howell 1812–1887
Children
Joseph H Howell 1844–1885
James W., Jr. Howell 1850–1852
Mary Frances Howell 1846–1926
William Harrell Howell 1852–1924
Henry S. Howell 1863–1930
Sarah Howell 1848–1910
Elijah 'Eli' Jefferson Howell 1842–1911
Francis H Howell 1845–1846
John Thomas Howell 1857–1922
Emanuel Howell 1854–1858

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Tabitha McKinney
  2. Sister of Eli Harris McKinney Sr.
  3. Emma Louise McKinney, daughter
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Tabitha McKinney was born in Jones County, Georgia, in 1822, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the year or place and names her parents as Eli McKinney and Sarah "Sallie" Gresham.1 She married James W. Howell in Chambers County, Alabama, in December 1841; the county index entries give the day variously as 22, 23 and 24 December, and some of them give her name as Tabitha M. McKinney.2 Inference The differing days probably reflect a licence, a bond and the wedding itself recorded on successive dates, which the original register would distinguish.2 The tree names ten children, born between 1842 and 1863: Elijah "Eli" Jefferson, Joseph H., Francis H., Mary Frances, Sarah, James W. Jr., William Harrell, Emanuel, John Thomas and Henry S. Howell; three of them, Francis, James Jr. and Emanuel, died in childhood.3 The federal censuses of 1860, 1870 and 1880 list Tabitha Howell in the household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them) of James Howell: in the Northern Division of Chambers County in 1860, in election precinct 1 at Prattville, Autauga County, in 1870, and at Hickory Flat, Chambers County, in 1880.4 Her husband died in Chambers County on 25 September 1887.5 She died there on 13 March 1889 and was buried in the Howell Cemetery at Fredonia, Chambers County, where the Find a Grave index records her as Tabitha McKinney Howell.6 The Alabama death record of Tabitha Sallie Belcher, who died on 4 March 1910, names her parents as James and Tabitha Howell.7 Inference She is probably the daughter the tree calls Sarah Howell (1848–1910), "Sallie" being a familiar form of Sarah, though the tree does not record her married name.7

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Tabitha McKinney.

  1. 24 Dec 1841Tabitha M McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 24 Dec 1841Tabitha M McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 1841Tabitha McKinney in entry for James W. Howell, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  4. 23 Dec 1841Tabitha McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  5. 23 Dec 1841Tabitha McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  6. 22 Dec 1841Tabitha McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  7. 22 Dec 1841Tabitha McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  8. 22 Dec 1841Tabitha McKinney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  9. 23 Dec 1841Tabitha McKinney, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  10. 1860Tabitha Howell in household of James Howell, "United States Census, 1860"
  11. 1870Tabitha Howell, "United States, Census, 1870"
  12. 1880Tabitha Howell, "United States, Census, 1880"
  13. 4 Mar 1910Tabitha Howell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  14. 1930<Unknown>, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  15. Tabitha McKinney Howell, "Find a Grave Index"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K6QX-R27: birth 1822, Jones County, Georgia, no source attached; parents Eli McKinney and Sarah Sallie Gresham back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, James W Howell and Tabitha M McKinney, 24 Dec 1841. Record: James W Howell and Tabitha M McKinney, 24 Dec 1841 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, James W Howell and Tabitha McKinney, 23 Dec 1841. Record: James W Howell and Tabitha McKinney, 23 Dec 1841 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, James W Howell and Tabitha McKinney, 22 Dec 1841. Record: James W Howell and Tabitha McKinney, 22 Dec 1841 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K6QX-R27: marriage 24 Dec 1841, Chambers, Alabama back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K6QX-R27: children Elijah Eli Jefferson (1842–1911), Joseph H (1844–1885), Francis H (1845–1846), Mary Frances (1846–1926), Sarah (1848–1910), James W. Jr. (1850–1852), William Harrell (1852–1924), Emanuel (1854–1858), John Thomas (1857–1922), Henry S. (1863–1930) back to the text
  4. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Tabitha Howell in entry for James Howell, 1860. Record: Tabitha Howell in entry for James Howell, 1860 "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Tabitha Howell in entry for James Howell, 1870. Record: Tabitha Howell in entry for James Howell, 1870 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Tabitha Howell in entry for Jas. Howell, 1880. Record: Tabitha Howell in entry for Jas. Howell, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K6QX-R27: residences 1860 Northern Division, Chambers; 1870 Election Precinct 1 Prattville, Autauga; 1880 Hickory Flat, Chambers back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KNSG-8RD (their page): death 25 Sep 1887, Chambers, Alabama back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K6QX-R27: death 13 Mar 1889, Chambers County, Alabama; burial 1889, Howell Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Tabitha McKinney Howell. Record: Tabitha McKinney Howell, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  7. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Tabitha Howell in entry for Tabitha Sallie Belcher, 4 Mar 1910. Record: Tabitha Howell in entry for Tabitha Sallie Belcher, 4 Mar 1910 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, James Howell in entry for Tabitha Sallie Belcher, 4 Mar 1910. Record: James Howell in entry for Tabitha Sallie Belcher, 4 Mar 1910 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K6QX-R27: child Sarah Howell (1848–1910) back to the text