Person:William Hight (3)

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William Garrett Hight
b.27 Mar 1845 Midland, Rutherford, Tennessee
d.31 Jul 1928 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Feb 1837
  1. Sarah Jane Hight1838 - 1917
  2. Tabitha Hight1839 - 1863
  3. Nancy Hight1841 - 1929
  4. John Patterson Hight, M.D.1843 - 1924
  5. William Garrett Hight1845 - 1928
  6. Mary Caroline Hight1847 - 1890
  7. Jefferson Taylor Hight1848 - 1917
  8. Siota Frances (Fanny) Hight1850 - 1943
  9. Joseph Birl Hight1853 - 1893
  10. Isaac Lemuel Hight1856 - 1945
  11. Robert Mathis Hight1857 - 1895
  12. Lilly Forest Hight1863 - 1949
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Nov 1865
  1. Eula Restoria Hight1868 - 1943
  2. Naomi Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hight1870 - Abt 1970
  3. Mary Nancy (Nannie) HightAbt 1873 - Abt 1957
  4. William Edgar J. Hight1874 - Aft 1920
  5. Alice Evelyn Hight1878 - 1879
  6. Nola Portia Hight1885 - 1902
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Feb 1896
Spouse and Children
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m. 31 Jul 1902
  1. Anne Elizabeth Hight1904 - 1990
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Facts and Events
Name William Garrett Hight
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Mar 1845 Midland, Rutherford, Tennessee
Census? 1850 Bedford Co TN, page 165
Census[3] 1860 District 10, Rover, Bedford, Tennessee, pg 226
Marriage 7 Nov 1865 Bedford, Tennessee, United Statesto Lucy Jane Taylor
Census[4] 1870 Bedford County, Tennessee, p 287
Census? 1880 Bedford County, TN (ED 10, Sheet 15)
Marriage 10 Feb 1896 Bedford, Tennessee, United Statesto Margaret “Bettie” Cheshire
Census? 1900 Bedford County, TN (ED 9, Sheet 12A)
Marriage 31 Jul 1902 Bedford, Tennessee, United Statesto Edna Elizabeth Reeves
Census? 1910 Civil District 7, Bedford, TN (Page: 12A; ED 9)
Census? 1920 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennesse (ED 9; page 18 B)
Occupation? Farmer, Merchant
Death? 31 Jul 1928 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee
Burial[1][2] 2 Aug 1928 Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee
Religion? Missionary Baptist


Postmaster March 25, 1874 until 1878

William Garrett Hight attended public school four or five months each year for about three years. The school was about one mile for his home. He worked on his father’s home, “plowed from the time the crop commenced in February until finished in July, then help togehter crop.”

Before the Civil War, William Garrett owned no property. When he enlistede he was living in Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee., Some of those who served with him were: Ike Mofrris, R. H. Donally, Col. Robert Matthes (or Wathrs W. (illegile) Allison, Bill Blume, W. H. Arte4rn (Spelling mikght be misinterpreted) who did not go southb in the retre3at, Bill Wesgt who was “living somewhere in Gibs. Co., TN” in 1922, and Dr. Joe Street who lived somewhere in Texas in 1922.

References
  1. ↑ Marsh, Helen C. and Timothy R. Cemetery Records of Bedford County Tennessee. (Southern Historical Press, Inc.).
  2. ↑ Obit: Shelbyville Gazette, 2 Aug 1928 page 1
  3. ↑ with father
  4. ↑ with mother-in-law Elizabeth ?? Taylor
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