Re: Columbus "Lum" Fortner, b. 1882(NC)>TN
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Re: Columbus "Lum" Fortner, b. 1882(NC)>TN
Patty Gerhart 4/07/00
Patty, I know this is an old msg, but I would DIE if someone could actually give me information on my Columbus "Lum" Fortner (b. 1874, Booneford, NC).I have lots of Fortners in census copies, but cannot find mine.There is a Cornealus listed as 6y.o in 1880 census, we're beginning to wonder if that might be him.
I'd appreciate anything.My Columbus arrived in East TN about 1901 from Booneford. Was a logger/farmer. Married my gggrandmother, Maggie Carden Estep Fortner.He died Jan 1940, Elizabethton, TN.Obituary mentioned that a Ralph Fortner, relative, came from NC for the funeral.That's all we have, after 20years of searching every record we could think of, including funeral home records in NC and East TN.