Abijah HIGHTOWER

                   NOTES: April 2007 - Web site for Kentucky Cemeteries (see my note book for address) Stokes Chapel Cemetery (Renamed
Stokes Community Cemetery) Elkton, Kentucky
had the following information with A J Hightower listed there. Scroll to bottom, next to last name.
A J HIGHTOWER
born Jun 27, 1822 - died Dec 14, 1893

NOTES: June 2008 - See 1850,1860, 1870 and 1880 US Census in my Mantlo census file. 1880 census lists all children.

NOTES: March 2013 - On www.findagrave.com website I verified his birth (27 Jun 1822), death (14 Dec 1893),
                          spouses & parents.
                          Find A Grave Memorial# 51520328

NOTES: September 2013 - In "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979" marriage date or event date is 5 Jan 1843, with Anne Grumbley.

NOTES: November 2013 - See "The Decendants Of Abijah Hightower" in the file of papers we copied while on our trip.
                                  chapter 3 has Evaline & Andrew getting married in , Montgomery, Tennessee.
                    ****He was Todd Co. Magistrate and caretaker of county fare.
                  

                   NOTES: October 2013 - See headstone in Find A Grave memorial # 27744162
                  

                   NOTES: IGI has 1834 as William's birth date. Family group sheet with the papers Ruth Hightower Smith compiled has 1832. I think his dob is 1832 as the 1860 census has his age 28 and Louisa 25.

NOTES: June 2008 - See Kentucky Death Record in my Mantlo certificates file. William R age 46 when he died.
June 2008 - See 1860 US Census in my Mantlo census file. W R Hightower age 28, Louisa age 25.

NOTES: April 2013 - In the 1870 US Census, Wm R Hightower age 36, Louisa C age 37, Ellen age 14, Lucy B age 4,
                        Thomas age 2 and Sarah C age 7 months.

NOTES: Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 on anestry.com
Name: 	William R Hightower
Death Date: 	26 Sep 1878
Death Location: 	Todd
Residence Location: 	Todd
Age: 	46
Gender: 	Male
Ethnicity: 	White
Birth Date: 	abt 1832
Birth Location: 	Todd
Father's Name: 	Elijah Hightower
Mother's Name: 	Lizzie Hightower

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1870 Kentucky census has:
Wm R Hightower 36 yrs, Louisa 37 yrs, Ellen 14 yrs, Lucy B 11 yrs, Thomas 2 yrs, Sarah C 7 mons

NOTES: November 2013 - See "The Decendants Of Abijah Hightower" in the file of papers we copied while on our trip.
                                 has his DOB 1834 not 1832.
                  

                   NOTES: June 2008 - See Kentucky Death Record in my Mantlo certificates file.
Kentucky, Death Record, 1852-1953  -  from ancestry.com
     Abijah Hightower
     Death Date: 	Jun 1859
     Death Location:  Todd
     Residence Location: Todd
     Age: 	23
     Gender: 	Male
     Ethnicity: 	White
     Birth Date: 	abt 1836

NOTES: November 2013 - See "The Decendants Of Abijah Hightower" in the file of papers we copied while on our trip.
                  

                   NOTES: Marriage info found in ancestry.com in all Kentucky marriages, 1851-1900.

NOTES: September 2013 - In Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 it has James A & S.J. Johnson marriage 16 Nov 1864.
                  

                   NOTES: Aug 2010 - Added Mary as per 1850 US census, she was 11 months old, census taken July 1850.