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Joseph Sylvester Tew 1848 – 1937 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1848

Birth Location: Barbour, Alabama, United States

Death Date: 11 Feb 1937

Death Location: Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States

Father: James Tew

Mother: Mary Dykes

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Joseph Sylvester Tew was born in 1848 in Barbour, Alabama, United States, the child of James Martin Tew and Mary Luvinia "Viney" TEW Dykes. Joseph Sylvester Tew passed away in 1937 in Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States.

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Biography

  • Joseph Sylvester Tew was born in 1848 in Barbour, Alabama, United States, the child of James Martin Tew and Mary Luvinia "Viney" TEW Dykes.
  • Joseph Sylvester Tew passed away in 1937 in Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States.

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Joseph Tew's Ancestors

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Joseph Tew
1848 – 1937
Birth Place: Barbour, Alabama, United States
Parents
James Martin Tew
1821 – 1864
Sampson, North Carolina, USA
Mary (Luvinia "Viney" TEW) Dykes
1814 – 1903
Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
John (Thomas B.) Tew
1762 – 1846
, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
Patience Blackman
1771 – 1870
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Daniel Tew
1745 – 1785
Jean Williams
1740 – 1805
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Tew's Timeline

2 Records

1848
28 May 1848
Birth of Joseph Sylvester Tew in Barbour, Alabama, United States
Barbour, Alabama, United States
1937
11 Feb 1937
Age 89
Death of Joseph Sylvester Tew in Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States
Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1848
    Event Place: Barbour, Alabama, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1937
    Event Place: Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States

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