Name: John Henry Tankezsley
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Event Date: 15 May 1952
Event Place: Langdale, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Race (Original):
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Age (Original): 72y
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
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Father's Name:Bab Tankezsley
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Mother's Name: Mary Jane Hargett


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Children
- Evelyn Lamert TANKERSLEY
- James Lee TANKERSLEY
- Jessie Carl TANKERSLEY
- John Homer TANKERSLEY
- Mary Gladys TANKERSLEY
- Ruby Jim TANKERSLEY
- William Joseph TANKERSLEY
- Waymon Dewey TANKERSLEY b: 6 APR 1917
- Essie May TANKERSLEY b: 1 JUL 1923 - 27 OCT 1992

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WWI Draft Card shows birth date to be 16 Mar 1880

__U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
__Name: John Henry Tankersley
__County: Chambers
__State: Alabama
__Birth Date: 16 Mar 1880
__Race: White

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*** many thanks to Roger Thornton (#46936431) and Sandra Bonner Adair (#47415309) for additional info.

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Robert Tanksley, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
Name: Robert Tanksley
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Spouse's Name: M. J. Hargett
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Event Date: 30 Jan 1875
Event Place: , Harris, Georgia

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Robert Tankersley, "United States Census, 1910"
Name: Robert Tankersley
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Langdale, Shawmut and River View, Chambers, Alabama, United States
District: 35
Gender: Male
Age: 73
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: Georgia
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Household ID: 60
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374018
Digital Folder Number: 004327187
Image Number: 00686
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Robert Tankersley M 73 Georgia
Wife Mary Tankersley F 62 Georgia
Son William Tankersley M 23 Georgia
Son George Tankersley M 21 Georgia

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John H. Tanksley, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
Name: John H. Tanksley
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Spouse's Name: Minnie Harris
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Event Date: 29 Dec 1901
Event Place: Chambers, Alabama
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59307-3
System Origin: Alabama-EASy
GS Film number: 1290839
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See also:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/
igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=bllalowh&id=I16326

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They had a daughter:

Mary Gladys Bone, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
Name: Mary Gladys Bone
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Event Date: 28 Jan 1969
Event Place: Langdale, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Female
Race (Original):
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Age (Original): 54y
Birth Year (Estimated): 1915
Birth Date (Original):
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Father's Name: John H. Tankersley
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Mother's Name: Minnie Lou Harris
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GS Film number: 1992706
Reference ID: 5407

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John's parents were: Robert TANKERSLEY (ca. 1839 in Lincoln County, Georgia - 1912) and Mary Jane Hargett (b. ca. 1850)

and John's siblings:
- Allie TANKERSLEY b: ABT 1877
- Ballie TANKERSLEY b: FEB 1880
- William J. TANKERSLEY
- George F. TANKERSLEY
- Sam TANKERSLEY

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He had a nephew: Cody Herbert Greer

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His paternal grandparents are: William Brooks TANKERSLEY, Jr. (b. ca. 1813 in Columbia County, Georgia)and Mary H. CLAY (b. ca. 1813 in Georgia).

His paternal great grandparents are: William Brooks TANKERSLEY and Margaret TANKERSLEY.

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Other connected family members include: Julia Mozelle Holliman Tankersley

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