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Family Group Record: Jacob Marion Biffle and Sarah Francis Tyler

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen

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Husband
   Jacob Marion Biffle 
   Born: February 24, 1842 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Died: August 24, 1922 Place: Pontotoc County, Mississippi ; he is buried in Cook Cemetery
   Parents: Andrew Crawford Biffle and ? Vansant
1st Wife
   Sarah Frances Tyler  
   Born: September 22, 1846 Place: Giles County, Tennessee
   Married: November 27, 1866 Place: Giles County, Tennessee
   Died: September 30, 1876 Place: Hardin County, Tennessee; she is buried in Hutton Cemetery, Hardin County, Tennessee
   Parents: Henry Thoms Tyler and Nancy Anna Beal
Children
1 Thomas Crawford Biffle
Sex Born: August 31, 1867 Place: Giles County, Tennessee
M Married: March 4, 1888; Sarah Clementine Davidson Place:
   Died: January 3, 1948 Place: Pontotoc County, Mississippi
2 Ellen Biffle
Sex Born: ca. 1869 Place: Tennessee
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place: she isn't found in 1880 census, so may have died before that date
3 Henry Jacob Biffle
Sex Born: January 20, 1874 Place: Tennessee
M   Married: January 18, 1897; Ella Ann Washington Place: Pontotoc County, Mississippi
   Died: February 11, 1958 Place: He is buried in Indian Creek Cemetery
4 Luella Frances Biffle
Sex Born: September 1876 Place: Tennessee
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
2nd Wife
   Mary Rebecca McCannon 
   Born: September 1853 Place: Tennessee
   Married: December 23, 1876 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Died: Place:
   Parents:
5 Lizzie Biffle
Sex Born: October 1878 Place: Tennessee
F   Married: ca. 1895; Ellis Aycock Place:
   Died: Place:
6 Annie Belle Biffle
Sex Born: January 1879 Place: Tennessee
F   Married: March 27, 1903; Joseph Benjamin Washington Place:
   Died: September 9, 1958 Place:
7 Emma Delphina Biffle
Sex Born: September 1880 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
F   Married: December 21, 1904; Robert Marion Washington Place:
   Died: March 16, 1938 Place:
8 John A. Biffle
Sex Born: January 1882 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
M Married: ca. 1910; Luciel H. ? Place: Pontotoc County, Mississippi
   Died: Place:
9 Willie Biffle
Sex Born: May 1884 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
10 Mary Biffle
Sex Born: November 1886 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
11 Nellie Biffle
Sex Born: June 1889 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
12 Marvin Biffle
Sex Born: May 1891 Place: Tennessee
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
13 Wilson Webster Biffle
Sex Born: May 1, 1894 Place: Pontotoc County, Mississippi
M  Married: ca. 1920; Belle E. ? Place: Pontotoc County, Mississippi
   Died: March 1976 Place: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
14 Birdie I. Biffle
Sex Born: March 1897 Place: Mississippi
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
  • 1860 U.S. Census, District #5, Wayne County, Tennessee, M653, Roll 1277, p. 242; he is found living with his sister Elizabeth E. Biffle in the household of Jacob Barnett Biffle.
  • 1870 U.S. Census, District 16, Giles County, Tennessee, Roll 1529, pg. 345.
  • 1880 U.S. Census, District 4, Wayne County, Tennesse, Film T9-1284, pg 34A
  • 1900 U.S. Census, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, T623-825, p. 93
  • 1910 U.S. Census, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, T624-756, p.127; E.D. 100, p. 6A
  • 1920 U.S. Census, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, T625-890, p. 12B, E.D. 103; household above is Robert Marion Washington, husband of Emma Delphinia; below is son Thomas Crawford Biffle
  • 1930 U.S. Census, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, T626-1163, p. 4A, E.D. 16 (Mary R. Biffle and Frances L. Biffle)
  • Information on marriages into the Washington family comes from Terrie Routh; these were descendents of James Hirum Kirkham Washington; Ella and Robert are found in the 1880 U.S. Census, Pontotoc, Mississippi, T9-0662, p. 62A.
  • Jacob Marion Biffle fought in the Civil War and carried a bullet in his leg for 40 years. When it worked out near the skin, son Tommy cut it out with his pocket knife. It was flat like a nickel. He enlisted in the CSA in June 1861, Waynesboro, Tenn., under Capt. Ashby, Co. G., First Tennessee Cavalry, Ashby's Brigade.
  • Jacob Marion lived between what is now Cook Memorial Baptist Church and Highway 32, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; he moved to Pontotoc County, January 1894.
  • His obituary states that he had a total of 13 children, 3 with Sarah Frances Tyler and 10 with Mary Rebecca McKannon (McCannon?); I show 4 children with Sarah France Tyler.


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