Person:John Torbett (25)

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John Harrington Torbett
b.6 May 1806 Piney Flats, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
d.29 Nov 1858 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1796
  1. James TorbettAbt 1797 - 1828
  2. William Hughes TorbettAbt 1802 - 1844
  3. John Harrington Torbett1806 - 1858
  4. Amanda M. F. Torbett1808 - 1874
  5. Sarah TorbettAbt 1810 - Abt 1835
  6. Granville C. Torbett1810 - 1872
  7. Francis A. Torbett1812 - 1839
  8. Dr. George W. Torbett1814 -
  9. Elizabeth TorbettAbt 1820 - Abt 1850
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Dec 1828
  1. Helen Marion Torbett1831 - 1850
  2. Horace Rice Torbett1832 - 1862
  3. John Burton Torbett1834 - 1862
  4. Felix Huston Torbett1836 - 1876
  5. Grandville Armstrong Torbett1839 - 1912
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Mar 1841
  1. Mary Eviline Torbett1843 - 1888
  2. Sabine Delorte Torbett1844 - 1865
  3. Josephine Torbett1846 - 1857
  4. Thomas Riddle Torbett1848 - 1859
  5. Susan Caroline Torbett1851 - 1864
  6. Alice Amanda Torbett1856 - 1905
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Facts and Events
Name John Harrington Torbett
Gender Male
Birth? 6 May 1806 Piney Flats, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Marriage 11 Dec 1828 to Nancy Jane Burton
Marriage 11 Mar 1841 to Margaret T Igou Riddle
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with Nancy Jane Burton
Death? 29 Nov 1858 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Burial? Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

John first lived in Monroe Co., and moved to Chattanooga about1838. He was the Hamilton Co. Recorder in 1843 and 1844. He moved from Monroe Co, TN to Chattanooga where his first wife, Nancy Jane (Burton) Torbett died in 1839. 

He married Maragaret Riddle in 1841 and moved to Waldron, Scott, AR before 1856.

His son John Burton Torbett, private in CSA, was killed in Civil War in Washington Co.,AR and his son Horace Rice Torbett, private CSA, was wounded at Shiloh and died 3 weeks later in Chattanooga. 


He developed the town of Vannville in 1842. He moved back to Marion County after 1846 and to Scott County, Arkansas after 1854. He was a member of the Arkansas legislature when he died and is remembered as "Judge."

John died in Littlerock and his funeral was held in the State Capitol.

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