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Family Group Record: Minerva Elizabeth Biffle and Henry P. Tuggle

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen

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Husband
   Henry Palmer Tuggle 
   Born: Feb 26, 1819 Place: Patrick County, Virginia
   Married: June 4, 1850 Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
   Died: Feb 26, 1891 Place: Texas; he is buried in Hill County, according to the Confderate pension application.
  

He first married Mary Brandenberg and they had 4 children: William (ca. 1843), Nancy E. (ca. 1844), James (ca. 1846), and Mary A. ca. 1849
Parents: James Tuggle (1790, Virginia) and Nancy McAlexander/Alexander
Wife
   Elizabeth Minerva Biffle (or possibly Minerva Elizabeth Biffle) 
   Born: ca. 1835 Place: Tennessee (the 1880 census shows this to be Alabama, 1870 Tennessee, 1860 Georgia)
   Died: after 1920 Place: Texas (possibly Erath County); she may be buried in Evergree Cemetery, Lipan,Texas
   Parents: Goldman Biffle and Elizabeth Boyd
Children:
1 Henry Goldman Tuggle
Sex Born: October 24,1853 Place: Texas
M   Married: ca. 1877; Emma Draper Place: Texas
   Died: after 1920 Place:
2 John Tuggle
Sex Born: ca. 1855 Place: Texas
M   Married: Place:
   Died: possibly before 1870 Place:
3 Edward Tuggle
Sex Born: January 1858 Place: Texas
M   Married: ca. 1879; Mary C. ? Place: Texas
   Died: Place:
4 Robert W. Tuggle
Sex Born: ca. 1860 Place: Texas
M Married: Elizabeth Belle Reeves Place:
   Died: Place:
5 Franklin Wilson Tuggle
Sex Born: August 11, 1863 Place: Texas
M   Married: ca. June 1, 1891; Blanche Moore (1872-1912) Place: Texas?
   Died: June 21, 1950 Place: Lipan, Texas; he is buried in Zephyr, Texas
  Family history has Blanche eloping out of the window of Daniel Baker College, Brownwood, Texas, on June 1, 1891. Her dates are December 5, 1872 to March 20, 1912.
6 Sarah Tuggle
Sex Born: ca. 1866 Place: Texas
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
7 Charles Tuggle
Sex Born: ca. 1869 Place: Texas
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
8 L. Tuggle
Sex Born: ca. 1871 Place: Texas
F  Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
9 J.H. Tuggle
Sex Born: ca. 1874 Place: Texas
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
  • 1850 U.S.Census, Dallas County, Texas, M432-910, p. 81, Henry is a blacksmith living alone;
    1850 U.S. Census,Dallas County, Texas, M432-910, p. 102, his children, William T., Nancy E., James, and Mary A., are in the household of Absolum Brandenberg
  • 1860 U.S. Census, Hill County, Texas, M653-1297, p. 104; lists three older children (Thomas:1843; Nancy:1845; Mary: 1847) who may have been Henry's by a first marriage, they are too old to be Minerva's. Found on same pages as Henry Branch Barbee and Sorphronia, Thomas J. Duncan and Amanda, and John Biffle and Nancy, all are siblings of Minerva.
  • 1870 U.S. Census, Hill County, Texas, M593-1591, p. 446; Henry is a blacksmith
  • 1880 U.S. Census, Bosque County, Texas, T9-1291, p. 362B;There is an O Tuggle, b. 1868, listed, is this Charles?
  • 1900 U.S. Census, Brown County, Texas, T623-1615, p. 138; Minerva is a widow living in Frank Tuggle's household, she is listed as having had 9 children, 6 living
  • 1910 U.S. Census, Brown County, Texas, T624-1535, p. 179; Minerva is a widow living in Frank Tuggle's household
  • 1920 U.S. Census, Erath County, Texas, T625-1801, p. 209; Minerva is a widow living in Robert W. Tuggle's household
  • Minerva filed a Confederate Pension Application in Brown County, application #06599; Henry Palmer Tuggle sered in Company I, 10th Texas Infantry.


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