Tennessee Family Group Sheet for the Peter McELROY family

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Submitted by: Betty Pace
Email address: olebet@mtco.com

Husband: Peter McELROY
Birthdate: abt.1809 Ireland
Death date:aft. 1870 and bef. 1880
father: ? Ireland
mother: ? Ireland

Marriage date: abt. 1845
Marriage place: Tn.

Wife: Amanda WOMBLE
Birthdate:Mar. 1827 Tn.
Death date: July 23, 1907 Roane Co. Tn.
buried:"Dry Hill Cem."
father: William WOMBLE born:1801
mother: Elizabeth ? born:1802

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James McELROY
Birthdate: 1844 Tn.
Spouse:
Marriage date:
Death date:

Child No. 2: Nancy A. McELROY
Birthdate: 1852 Morgan Co. Tn.
Spouse: Raymond REID/REED
Marriage date:Oct. 13, 1874 Roane Co. Tn.
Death date: Tn.

Child No. 3: Andrew McELROY
Birthdate: Oct. 7, 1855 Tn.
Spouse: Georgiaanna "Anna" SCARBROUGH
Marriage date: July 25, 1872 Roane Co. Tn.
other marriages: Rebecca Jane SIMPSON born:Aug. 31, 1866 Roane Co. Tn.
Death date:June 5, 1953 Roane Co. Tn. buried: "Glen Alice Cem." Roane Co. Tn., Rockwood
Death date: Andrew died: Mar. 8, 1914 buried:"Glen Alice Cem." Rockwood

Child No. 4:Sarah Elizabeth "Eliza" McELROY
Birthdate: Oct. 1864 Ky.
Spouse: Alexander "Alex" ASHBROOK born:June 21, 1869 Tn. died:Jan. 13, 1919
buried: "Odd Fellows Cem." Rockwood, Roane Co. Tn.
Marriage date: July 22, 1884 Roane Co. Tn.
Death date: alive in 1930 Rockwood, Able Valley Rd. Roane Co. Tn.

Child No. 5: Amanda "Mandy" J. McELROY
Birthdate: Nov. 27, 1865 Ky.
Spouse: Bryant KNOX born:July 8, 1867 Tn. died:Aug. 10, 1950 Roane Co. Tn.
buried: "Dry Hill Cem." - SS:Amanda
Marriage date:Aug. 28,1894 Roane Co. Tn.
other marriages: Jasper GARLAND Jan. 1, 1882 Roane Co. Tn.
Death date:Nov. 6, 1934 Roane Co. Tn. "Dry Hill Cem." SS:Bryant

Child No. 6: Peter McELROY, Jr.
Birthdate:Jan. 1876 Ky. died: 1920 Rockwood, Roane Co. Tn.
Spouse: Josie HINDS
Marriage date:July 12, 1912 Roane Co. Tn.
other marriages: none
Death date: 1920 Rockwood, Roane Co. Tn.

Another Daughter: ?
 
 
Documentation:
Source:1928 Roane Co. Tn. District #5, Rockwood- Death Certificate
Mrs. Bill OODY married, born:May 8, 1862 Ky. died: July 17. 1928 Roane Co. Tn.
Father: Peter McELROY born: Ireland mother:"not known"
Place of burial: "Dry Hill Cem." Roane Co. Rockwood, Tn.

Source: 1928 Roane Co. Tn. District # 4 Roane Co. Tn. Lela WILSON married, b.(age 32)
died:Mar. 1928 in Roane Co. Tn. Father: G. W. OODY b. Tn. Mother: Bell McELROY
Place of burial: "Dry Hill Cem." Note:Dry Hill Cem. is up the Mt. from Rockwood.

NOTE: There was an entire large tombstone with the name McELROY in "Emery Gap Cem." (between Rockwood and Harriman, Tn.) Tombstone is destroyed and the whole McELROY family plot is destroyed.

Source: 1850 Census Murray Co. Ga. Sep. 17 H.H. 363
Peter McELROY age 41, b: Ireland 1809 Laborer.
Amanda wife age 21 b: Tn.
James son age 4 b:Tn.

Source:1860 Census Morgan Co. Tn. Dist. 4, P.O.Morgan Co Court House. Jan. 28
Peter McELROY age 45 b:Ireland, Miner.
Amanda wife age 32 Tn.
James son age 13, Tn.
Nancy dau. age 8, Tn.
Sarah age 6/12, Tn.

Source:1870 Census Clinton Co. Ky. Dist. 2. June 25.
Peter McELROY age 53 b: Ireland, works @ coal mine. (mother and father born: Ireland)
Amanda wife age 42 Tn.
Andrew son age 18 Tn. (works @ coal mine.)
Nancy A. dau. age 15 Tn.
Sarah E. dau. age 11 Tn.
Amanda dau. age 5 Ky.
Peter son age 2 Ky.

Source:1880 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 13, June 16
Mandy McELROY age 57 Wd. Tn. Tn. Tn.
Andy son age 22 Wd. Coal miner.
Eliza dau. age 20.
Peter son age 14.

Source:1900 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 12, June 29
Amanda McELROY age 73, Wd. b: Mar. 1827 Tn. (had 13 children-4 alive)
Peter son age 26 b:Jan. 1876 Ky. single, Coal Miner.

Child No. # 1
I found no information after the 1860 Ky. Census.

Child No. # 2
1850 Census, Meigs Co. Tn.
Blackston REED b:1817 Tn.
Jane wife age 27 Tn.
"RAYMOND" son age 9 Tn.
Julus son age 8 Tn.
James son age 6 Tn.
Hannah dau. age 4 Tn.

Note: In 1870 Roane Co. Tn. Blackston Reed is known as Thomas REED. T.B. REED paid taxes in Roane CO.
Source:1880 Census Roane Co. Tn.
Thomas REED age 65 Farmer Tn. Tn. Tn.
Jane wife age 65, Tn. Tn. Tn.
Mary dau. age 23, Tn.
Tressee dau. Tn.

Source:1880 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 11
Raymond REED age 40 Tn. Tn. Tn.
Nancy wife age 28 Tn. Ireland Tn.
James son age 4 Tn.
Amanda dau. age 2 Tn.
Angeline dau. age 2 mo. Tn.

Child No. # 3
SOURCE: Roane Co. Tn. Death Certificate # 68 Andrew McELROY age 55 died: 1914
Wife #1 Parents: James SCARBROUGH and Anna DAVIS Roane Co. Tn.
NOTE: Andrew and wife Georgia Anna SCARBROUGH'S Children were George Thomas McElroy born:May 28, 1873 and William "Bill" McELROY born:June 1877.
Wife #2 Parents:1880 Census Rhea Co. Tn. Dist. # 2
Madison Simpson age 55 clerk in mill, Tn. NC. NC.
Nancy wife age 49 Tn.
John son age 19 Tn.
"REBECCA" dau. age 14 Tn.
Johnson son age 19 Tn.
James son age 12 Tn.
Dougan son age 9 Tn.
Luke son age 7 Tn.
Elizabeth dau. age 5 Tn.

Child No. # 4
1900 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 13 June 13
Alex ASHBROOK b. July 1833 Tn.
Elizabeth wife, b. Oct 1864 Ky. md. 17 yrs. 12 children 4 alive
Robert son age 11,
Albert age 9.
Walter age 7.
Julie O. dau. age 3.
James McELROY b. Sep. 1878 age 26 boarder, Wd.
James McELROY b. Sep. 1881 age 19 boader.

Child No. # 5
1900 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 13
Bryant KNOX b. Apr. 1875 age 27 Tn.
Amanda wife b. Nov. 1868 age 31 Ky. Ireland. 0 children.

1910 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 5, Rockwood
Bryant KNOX b. 1873 Tn. md. 15 yrs. Maudy b. 1865 Ky. Ireland Tn.

1920 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 5, Rockwood
Bryant KNOX 52 Tn.
Mandy wife 55 Tn Ireland Tn.
Will EMORY age 13 Nephew Tn. Tn. tn.

Child No. # 6
Josie HINDS's Parents:1900Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. # 12 June 18
William HINDS age 45 Tn.
Maggie wife age 40 NC NC NC, Md. 23 yrs. 8 children 4 alive
"JOSIE" dau. June 1883 age 16, Tn.
Albert son age 12.
"TAYLOR" son age 6, Tn.
Mary dau. age 20 divorced 1 child, 1 alive.
William D. HODGE b. Feb. 1889 grandson Tn.
NOTE:(W. H. HODGE married Mary Ann HINDS Mar. 20, 1898 Roane Co. Tn.)

Tennessee Death Certificate: Peter McELROY age 51 died:1920 # 248
Tennessee Death Certificate: Mrs. Peter McELROY age 35 died: 1920 # 249
Note: They had 3 small children when they died. Their name are, Will , Perry, and dau. Juanite.

1930 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. 5, Rockwood, Apr 21
Taylor HINDS age 40 md. at age 21 Tn.
Ida wife age 34 md @ age 15 Tn.
Pauline dau. 9 Tn.
Ruby dau. 41/2.
"JUANITE" age 10 niece, Tn.

1930 Census Roane Co. Tn. Dist. 5, Rockwood, Apr. 21
Bryant KNOX age 58 md. @ age 22 Tn. Tn. Tn.
Amanda wife age 62 md. @ age 20 Ky. Ireland. NC.
Will H. son age 25 Tn. miner.
"WILL McELROY" nephew Tn. Ky. Tn. Looper, Hosiery Mill.
"PERRY McELROY" age 14 nephew Tn. Ky. Tn.

SOURCE:Cemetery Books of Roane Co, Tn. by "The Roane Co. Genealogy Society"
Ancestry.com., Tn. Death Certificates.