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Facts and Events
Mary Ann Buchannan's m1 Abraham Evans poses problems.
In 1850 District 9, Warren, Tennessee, USA there is:
Abraham Evans 50
Ann Evans 22
Leonadis Evans 21
Virginia Evans 19
James Evans 18
Lafayett Evans 17
Abraham Evans 12
In 1850 District 25, Bedford, Tennessee there is:
Abraham Evans 58
Mary Evans 49
Evans children:
Ann 36
John 22
Virginia 21
James 19
Lafayette 18
America 14
Abraham 12
Shoptner (Shofner) children:
Wilson 10
Jane 9
Katharine 17
Caroline 15
Mary 12
Sarah 18
Obviously, the Bedford one is the correct one, but what a coincidence that both families have Virginia, James, Lafayette and Abraham. I would guess that maybe Abraham was enumerated with his children from his m1 Elizabeth Mary Porter, who died in 1850. Some of these would have been old enough to leave on their own while Dad went to Bedford to get remarried. Then he moved to Bedford TN to marry Mary Ann Buchannon and live with her and her Shofner children and was enumerated again. But the age of the head of family in contradictory. The Warren Abraham in 50; the Bedford Abraham 58. His marriage to 'Mary Shofner' (Mary Ann Buchannan) record says he was born 1792 in NC (U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900), so the age of the Bedford Abraham is the correct one. The similarities with the Warren family might be a complete coincidence.
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