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John William Tinsley 1828–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Apr 1828

Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 22 Mar 1898

Death Location: Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States of America

Father: Willis Tinsley

Mother: Sarah Howell

Spouse(s): Mary Hardin

Children(s): Henry Tinsley, JoAnne Simpson, Rose Tinsley, James Tinsley, Nathan Tinsley

John William Tinsley was born in 1828 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, the child of Willis Nathan Willie Tinsley And Sarah Howell. In 1870, John William Tinsley resided in Jobes Precinct, Mason Creek, McLean, Kentucky, USA. John William Tinsley married Mary E Hardin, and had children including Henry Clay Tinsley, James S Tinsley, Joanne Tinsley Simpson, Nathan Savage Tinsley, Rose Ella Tinsley. John William Tinsley passed away in 1898 in Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John William Tinsley was born in 1828 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, the child of Willis Nathan Willie Tinsley And Sarah Howell.
  • In 1870, John William Tinsley resided in Jobes Precinct, Mason Creek, McLean, Kentucky, USA.
  • John William Tinsley married Mary E Hardin, and had children including Henry Clay Tinsley, James S Tinsley, Joanne Tinsley Simpson, Nathan Savage Tinsley, Rose Ella Tinsley.
  • John William Tinsley passed away in 1898 in Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Willis Tinsley
1802–1870
Birth Location: Shelby County, KY
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Sarah Howell
1804–1863
Birth Location: Barren, Kentucky, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Hardin
1834–1876
Birth Location: Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
MH

Children(s)

Henry Tinsley
1861–1939
Birth Location: McLean, Kentucky, USA
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JoAnne Simpson
1867–1933
Birth Location: Masons Creek, Perry, Kentucky, USA
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Rose Tinsley
1873–1899
Birth Location: Masons Creek, Perry, Kentucky, USA
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James Tinsley
1864–1900
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
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Nathan Tinsley
1870–1955
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
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John Tinsley's Ancestors

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John Tinsley
1828–1898
Birth Place: Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Parents
Willis Nathan "Willie" Tinsley
1802–1870
Shelby County, KY
Sarah Howell
1804–1863
Barren, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
Samuel (Lee Tinsley) Sr.
1770–1826
Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America
Olive Willis
1770–1820
, , Kentucky, United States
Great-Grandparents
Joshua Tinsley
1730–1815
Sarah Parks
1736–1789
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas III
1685–1764
Margaret Vawter
1699–1764

John Tinsley's Descendants

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John (William) Tinsley (14 Apr 1828–22 Mar 1898) m. Mary (E) Hardin (8 August 1834–2 February 1876)
  1. 1. Henry (Clay) Tinsley 1861–1939 m. Elizabeth (Jewel) Malin 1867–1947
    1. 1. Annie (B) Tinsley 1886–1966 m. Thomas (A.) Woods 1879–1956
      1. 1. Gladis (M) Woods 1908–1994
      2. 2. Travis (Clay) Woods 1909–1943
    2. 2. Alberta (Geraldine) Tinsley 1888–1962 m. William (C) Sexton 1881–1950
      1. 1. Claude (Franklin) Sexton 1907–1971 m. Reva (Iris) Mays 1912–2000
      2. 2. Hattie (Emmalyn) Sexton 1914–1994 m. Samuel (Edgar) Fuller 1912–1986
        1. 1. Dennis (Wayne) Fuller 1941–1941
        2. 2. William (Edgar) Fuller 1938–2003 m. Barbara (Jean) Whitehorn 1950–1993
        3. 3. Eugene (Wesley) Fuller 1939–1947
      3. 3. Bertha (Belle Sexton) Harper 1919–1993 m. John (R) Harper 1913–1985
        1. 1. John (R Harper) Jr 1939–1997
        2. 2. William (Marshall) Harper 1945–1976 m. Maria (Inez) Robles 1943–2021
        3. 3. Emma (Geraldine) Harper 1937–2024
      4. 4. Betty (Jo) Sexton 1922–1988 m. Frank (Porter) Sluder 1921–2004
      5. 5. William (Clay) Sexton 1926–2020 m. Joyce (Evelyn) Fox 1932–1995
    3. 3. John (Thomas) Tinsley 1891–1987 m. Ona Bollard 1888–1932 m. Omega (L "Oma") Vancely 1912–
      1. 1. J (D) Tinsley 1914–1997 m. Emogene (Grace) Ward 1919–1998
        1. 1. J.W. Tinsley 1939–1998
      2. 2. Malin Tinsley 1920–1996 m. Pauline Shaw 1921–1976
        1. 1. Darrell (Malin) Tinsley 1943–2024
        2. 2. Jerry (Thomas) Tinsley 1945–1950
      3. 3. Edith Tinsley 1913–1991
      4. 4. Charles (Thomas) Tinsley 1928–2020 m. Conception ("Connie") Serrano 1933–2003
    4. 4. Charlie (A) Tinsley 1893–1910
    5. 5. Edgar (Lee) Tinsley 1895–1956 m. Flora (Marie) Smith 1905–1958
      1. 1. Nina (Louise) Tinsley 1925–2019 m. William (Huey) Davis 1917–2004 m. William (T) Easley 1910–1979
        1. 1. Jimmie (Alton) Davis 1946–1966
      2. 2. Violet (Imogene) Tinsley 1927–2001 m. Antero (Acosta) Acierto 1912–1981 m. M (E) Winchester 1922–
        1. 1. Danny (Kaye) Winchester 1947–1994
      3. 3. Virginia Tinsley 1930–2004
      4. 4. Rosetta (Geneva) Tinsley 1926–1927
      5. 5. Bobbie (Ray) Tinsley 1934–1936
      6. 6. Freddie (R) Tinsley 1934–1936
    6. 6. Carl (Ernest) Tinsley 1898–1972 m. Dollie (Sue) Wood 1901–1974
      1. 1. Hester (Lee) Tinsley 1919–2009 m. Charles (Ray Mollineaux) Sr. 1915–1965
        1. 1. Wanda (Lee) Mollineaux 1941–2013 m. James (Forest DeMoss) Jr 1940–2016
        2. 2. Joseph (Albert) Mollineaux 1946–1969
        3. 3. Mildred (Geneva) Mollineaux 1939–1940
        4. 4. Marilyn Mollineaux 1948–2023
      2. 2. Vester (T) Tinsley 1927–1995 m. Clara (Jean) Borders 1931–2006
        1. 1. Leslie (Wayne) Tinsley 1949–2015
        2. 2. Brenda (Sharon) Tinsley 1951–1969 m. Gerald (B) Riggs 1947–1969
      3. 3. William (Albert) Tinsley 1925–1968
      4. 4. Charles (James) Tinsley 1940–2013 m. Patricia (Anne) Cady 1942–2022
      5. 5. Betty (Jewel) Tinsley 1933–2016 m. Reuben (David) Potts 1925–1974 m. Raymond (Junior) Wyman 1933–2010
        1. 1. Patricia (Ann) Wyman 1950–2016 m. Jimmy (Don) Eberhardt 1950–2011
      6. 6. Henry (Clay) Tinsley 1930–1957
      7. 7. Raymond (Thomas) Tinsley 1934–2017 m. Barbara (Charlene) Spivey 1939–2000
      8. 8. Essie (Marie) Tinsley 1922–1997 m. James (Gerald) Cagle 1918–2001
        1. 1. Carl (Leroy) Cagle 1939–2024
        2. 2. Virgil (Ray) Cagle 1941–1993
      9. 9. Lester Tinsley 1927–1928
    7. 7. Roy (Clay) Tinsley 1903–1982 m. Tinsley 1910–2002
      1. 1. Bobby (Roy Clay) Tinsley 1939–2021
      2. 2. Betty (Lee Tinsley) Polm 1930–2005
      3. 3. Martha (Helen Louise) Tinsley 1937–2006 m. Sheldon (D) Stine 1934–2012
      4. 4. EmaJean (Marie) Tinsley 1928–2017
  2. 2. JoAnne (Tinsley) Simpson 1867–1933
  3. 3. Rose (Ella) Tinsley 1873–1899
  4. 4. James (S) Tinsley 1864–1900
  5. 5. Nathan (Savage) Tinsley 1870–1955

John Tinsley's Timeline

3 Records

1828
14 Apr 1828
Birth of John William Tinsley in Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Shelby, Kentucky, United States
1870
1870
Age 42
John William Tinsley resided here in Jobes Precinct, Mason Creek, McLean, Kentucky, USA
Jobes Precinct, Mason Creek, McLean, Kentucky, USA
1898
22 Mar 1898
Age 70
Death of John William Tinsley in Clay, Arkansas, United States
Clay, Arkansas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1828
    Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Jobes Precinct, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: M593_487; Page: 226A
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Jobes Precinct, Mason Creek, McLean, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Jobes Precinct, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: M593_487; Page: 226A

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: McLean, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Birth Records, 1847-1911, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1898
    Event Place: Clay, Arkansas, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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