Jesse Thomas DUNIVANT & Elizabeth P. FUQUA

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Jesse Thomas DUNIVANT
Elizabeth P. FUQUA

Husband: Jesse Thomas DUNIVANT
Birth: 1834/5, Caswell Co., NC
Occupation: farmer
Father: Jesse DUNIVANT
Mother: Frances OVERBY

Marriage: 7 Apr 1866, Caswell Co., NC

Wife: Elizabeth P. "Betsy" FUQUA
Birth: 1825, Caswell Co., NC
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Unknown
Mother: Mary FUQUA

Children — born in Yanceyville Twp., Caswell Co., NC:

1. Henry DUNIVANT, b. 1862/3
2. Martha DUNIVANT, b. 1864/5 or 1 Jan 1862

Please note that the children were born before Thomas and Elizabeth married. So, are they the result of a pre-maritial affair, or did Thomas have a prior wife?

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Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Thomas DUNNAVANT
Spouse: Elizabeth FUQUA
Marriage: 07 Apr 1866, Caswell, North Carolina
Source: An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina. Division of Archives and History.

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Jessee T. DUNIVANT (æ 13, b. Caswell Co., NC) is living in Caswell Co., NC, with his parents (q.v.). They are listed next to Thomas & Polly (TOLER) DUNIVANT and Emeline FUQUA. Elizabeth P. FUQUA (æ 25, b. Caswell Co., NC) is unmarried and living with her mother (q.v.).

3a. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find Jesse.

3b. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #128 of 153): Yanceyville P.O., Caswell Co., NC, Roll M653_891, p. 377A/757, PN 145, 1128/1131, enumerated 20 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Betsy Fuqua 34 F Seamstress 25 NC

Emiline Fuqua 33 F NC

William Fuqua 13 M NC

Eliza Fuqua 6 F NC

Henry Fuqua 3 M NC

Fannie Fuqua 2 F NC

All four children are Emeline FUQUA's. Listed two households from Peggy FUQUA, sister of Betsy and Emeline.

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 56 — Henry is indexed "Hersey"): Yanceyville P.O., Yanceyville Twp., Caswell Co., NC, Roll M593_1128, p. 469B, PN 2, 16/16, enumerated 28 Jul/Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Dunvant Thomas 35 M W Farmer 16 N Carolina

_______ Elizabeth 36 F W Keeping house "

_______ Henry 7 M W at home "

_______ Martha 5 F W at home "

Fuqua Eliza 14 F W at home "

_____ Fannie 12 F W at home "

Elizabeth is fibbing about her age. The FUQUA children are Elizabeth's nieces (see above).

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 34): Leasburg Twp., Caswell Co., NC, Roll 956, p. 260A, PN 17, SD 2, ED 16, enumerated __ Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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145 145 Dunavant Jesse T W M 45 / Farmer / / NC NC NC

________ Elizabeth W F 47 Wife / Keeping house / / NC NC NC

________ Henry W M 20 Son / Farm Laborer / NC NC NC

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). See especially the "Caswell County Family Tree" by the Caswell County Historical Association.

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