Captain Leroy Jackson "Cain" Magness

Male 1834 - 1906  (71 years)


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  • Name Leroy Jackson "Cain" Magness 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 4 Jun 1834  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farming  [2, 3
    Military CSA Veteran  [4, 5
    Death 11 May 1906  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial Aaron Cantrell Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I4158  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2014 

    Father Perry Green "Old Grandsir" Magness,   b. 23 May 1796, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1884, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" Cantrell,   b. 20 Jul 1799, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1863, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1815  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malissa Faulkner,   b. 1 May 1836, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1905, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1857  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
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    Residence (Family) 0___ 1880  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Robert C. Magness,   b. 1 Dec 1860, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1919, (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. Benjamin Lee "Ben" Magness,   b. 29 Oct 1863, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1934, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Asa Faulkner Magness,   b. 8 Jun 1866, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1936, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     4. Annis "Annie" Magness,   b. 0___ 1868, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1920, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
     5. Perry Green Magness,   b. 31 Dec 1870, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1931, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     6. Mary Elizabeth Magness,   b. 27 Sep 1873, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1955, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     7. Martha E. "Mattie" Magness,   b. 9 Oct 1874, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1948, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     8. Leroy Jackson Magness,   b. 25 Mar 1883, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1941, Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F1624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Jun 1834 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Nov 1857 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 0___ 1880 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 May 1906 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Aaron Cantrell Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S839] 1860 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 112 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S49158] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD79-14B : accessed.

    3. [S888] 1870 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 69 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S49154] Donna Mosher Lawlor | Pedigree | 29 Apr 2013 | spfd@insightbb.com.

    5. [S52957] http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa23b.html.

    6. [S102] "DeKalb County Cemeteries",by Thomas G. Webb,DeKalb County Historian,Audrey D., p. 71.

    7. [S928] "The Cantrill-Cantrell Genealogy" A Record of the Descendants of Richard, p. 13 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1480] http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Magness-10.

    9. [S13177] "Mary Polly Cantrell Magness", Cemetery Profile, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37040194/mary-polly-magness, abstra.

    10. [S1655] "Warren County,Tennessee Marriage Records:1852-1900", compiled & printed by Fred Clark,RR 1 Box 9-B, Ridge Road, Quebeck (Reliability: 3).