Scott Co., TN Massengales - I Need Help!
I have a female ancestor whose maiden name was Talitha Massengale.I do often find her first name spelled "Tabitha" but have pretty much established that her full given name was actually "Talitha Cumi Massengale".Talitha was born in 1842 and married Julian Reed (s/o Isaac and Pharaba McDonald Reed) in Scott Co., TN in 1860.They moved to Whitley Co., KY sometime during the mid-1860s.I simply cannot determine who Talitha's parents were.I cannot find her anywhere in the 1850 census and by the 1860 census, she was already married to and living with Julian Reed.I have some vague clues that she may have had a considerably younger brother named Eligah G. Massengale (b abt 1860).Eligah "E.G." Massengale later moved to Whitley Co., KY and married a Perkins there.Eligah Massengale and Talitha and Julian Reed always seemed to travel in the same orbit.Thus, I suspect but cannot prove a close familial relationship.Talitha died in the 1890s so there is no Death Certificate.Eligah moved to California after 1920 and died there a few years later.Julian Reed married two more times (his second wife was another Msssengale) but I haven't a clue what became of him after the 1920 Whitley Co. census.Eligah's parents were John and Mary Duncan Massengale (perhaps siginificantly, I am also unable to locate them in 1850) so, possibly, they were Talitha's parents too.But I can't defintely connect Talitha to them in any way.This has been a terribly frustrating brickwall for me for a LONG time.Can anyone help??
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