Richard Marion "Dick" Magness

Male 1839 - 1884  (45 years)


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  • Name Richard Marion "Dick" Magness 
    Birth 15 Jan 1839  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Lawyer  [3
    Residence Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Military CSA Veteran  [1, 5
    Death 0May 1884  Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Person ID I776  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 6 Jul 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  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann "Sallie" McGowan,   b. 21 Apr 1839, Shubuta, Clarke County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1920, (Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 22 Aug 1862  (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1870  (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Magness,   b. (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Robert Green Magness,   b. 31 Jan 1867, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1930, (Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. Mattie R. Magness,   b. 18 Feb 1868, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1941, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. Cornelia Magness,   b. 0___ 1869, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jan 1839 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Aug 1862 - (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 0___ 1870 - (DeKalb County) Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 0May 1884 - Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • "...was a Confederate soldier, wounded in battle, which left him a cripple.

      He afterwards became a lawyer and moved first to Nashville, then to Franklin, where he died.

      He was a man of handsome, impressive appearance and a capable and successful lawyer.

      His issue reside in Birmingham, AL." [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S806] Thomas G. Webb | DeKalb County, TN Historian | 835 South College Street, Smithville, TN 37166 | Abstracted from his boo (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S339] "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD8D-259 : accessed.

    3. [S903] "The House of Magness", by John B. Cowden, 1876-1965, published 1956., p. 19 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1429] "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDBT-NRC : accessed 06 Jul 2014.

    5. [S1431] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SR4J-1MG : accessed 2014-07-06),.

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

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

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