Alfred Marion HIGHTOWER
NOTES: June 2008 - See 1850, 1860 and 1870 US Census in my Mantlo census file.
*See Death Certificate in my Mantlo certificates file.
See Kentucky Marriage Record in my Mantlo certificates file. It has them both age 21, born 1836.
NOTES: March 2013 - On www.findagrave.com website I verified his birth, (they have Jul 1841) death, spouse & parents.
Find A Grave Memorial# 77196577
* His death certificate has 1838 for his birth. He was age 77 when he died.
NOTES: Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 - from Ancestry.com
Name: Marion Hightower
Death Date: 15 Oct 1916
Death Location: Todd
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 1838
Birth Location: Todd, Kentucky
Father's Name: Pinkney Hightower
Father's Birth Location: Todd, Kentucky
Mother's Name: Annie Stokes
Mother's Birth Location: Todd, Kentucky
NOTES: November 2013 - See "The Decendants Of Abijah Hightower" in the file of papers we copied while on our trip.
NOTES: March 2013 - On www.findagrave.com website I verified her birth, (they have Mar 1833), death, spouse
& two children, Alfred and Thomas.
Find A Grave Memorial# 77196497
NOTES: April 2013 - Found headstone in BillionGraves.com. It has John Walter Hightower 1858 - 1918.
NOTES: July 2016 - See Find A Grave Memorial# 148950816. Children are different.
NOTES: ****This child is NOT listed on "The Decendants Of Abijah Hightower" in the file of papers we copied while on our trip.
NOTES: June 2008 - See Death Certificate in my Mantlo certificates file.
NOTES: June 2008 - See Death Certificate in my Mantlo certificates file. It says her cause of death was 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
degree burns. Senility. Due to: Caught clothing on fire in front of grate at county farm.
NOTES: November 2013 - See "The Decendants Of Abijah Hightower" in the file of papers we copied while on our trip.
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NOTES: June 2008 - See Death Certificate in my Doman/Mantlo certificate file. It says his wife is Willie May.
NOTES: March 2013 - On www.findagrave.com website I verified his birth, death, spouses & parents.
Find A Grave Memorial# 66050208
Plot: Sec. D, 9D, #8
NOTES: July 2016 - See Find A Grave Memorial# 35947831
also her marriage info came from "Descendants of William Robert Hightower" chapter 6 p230 #1971
this has her name as Endora A Hightower.
NOTES: June 2008 - See Death Certificate in my Mantlo certificates file. Certifiate has dob 25 Feb 1873,
I had 27 Feb 1872. He was widowed, wife was Victoria.
Alford age 67 years 2 months 24 days when he died.
NOTES: March 2013 - On www.findagrave.com website I verified his birth, death, spouse & parents.
Find A Grave Memorial# 77197007
NOTES: February 2012 - Looking on ancestry.com, found headstone for Thos Alexander Hightower
and Mary Ellen Hightower.
NOTES: March 2013 - On www.findagrave.com website I verified his birth, death, spouse & parents.
Find A Grave Memorial# 77197332
NOTES: April 2013 - Verified info from Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953. Has his buial 20 July 1920
He married Sarah Emiline Deason Feb 1857 at Todd, Kentucky . Sarah Emiline Deason was born at Christian, Kentucky Mar 1830 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
John William Hightower
born 17 Dec 1858.
Sal Hightower
born Dec 1859.
Mary Jane Hightower
born 1860.
Julia Bell Hightower
born 7 Jan 1862.
Abijah B Hightower
born 23 Apr 1863.
Eudora a Hightower
born 28 Apr 1866.
Alford Pinkney Hightower
born 27 Feb 1872.
Thomas Alexander Hightower
born 20 May 1875.
Alfred Marion Hightower died 15 Oct 1916 at Todd, Kentucky .
Sarah Emiline Deason died 1908 at Kentucky .