James "Mac" McDonald Curtis married Ms. Emmaline Jones on December 31, 1857 and raised fourteen children on their farm in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. "Mac" had at least one brother named John and one half brother named Joseph Morris. Little is known of Mac's childhood and parents. It is told that he was "orphaned" at an early age. He attended the private Tolbert Fanning School. Tolbert Fanning married him and Emmaline and they named a son after Tolbert. Mac and John's mother was Sarah. She first married a Morris, then a Curtis and lastly Pikney Jones. Her maiden name has not been discovered.
Mac was an orphan, but not in modern day terms. Mac lost his father but not his mother. Listed below explains how an orphan was viewed in the 1800's.
ORPHANS:
For most of history an orphan was a fatherless child, irrespective of whether the mother was living. A child living with his mother and stepfather was an orphan in the eyes of the courts and the law. Indeed, translations of the Bible tell us that this is the historic norm. In some languages, in fact, the term is specifically restricted to children without fathers. More practically, in a society in which women had few rights there were no special laws respecting children who had lost their mothers. All the laws and early legal texts discussing orphans specifically limited themselves to fatherless children.
Mac was an orphan, but not in modern day terms. Mac lost his father but not his mother. Listed below explains how an orphan was viewed in the 1800's.
ORPHANS:
For most of history an orphan was a fatherless child, irrespective of whether the mother was living. A child living with his mother and stepfather was an orphan in the eyes of the courts and the law. Indeed, translations of the Bible tell us that this is the historic norm. In some languages, in fact, the term is specifically restricted to children without fathers. More practically, in a society in which women had few rights there were no special laws respecting children who had lost their mothers. All the laws and early legal texts discussing orphans specifically limited themselves to fatherless children.
James "Mac" McDonald Curtis married Ms. Emmaline Jones on December 31, 1857 and raised fourteen children on their farm in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. "Mac" had at least one brother named John and one half brother named Joseph Morris. Little is known of Mac's childhood and parents. It is told that he was "orphaned" at an early age. He attended the private Tolbert Fanning School. Tolbert Fanning married him and Emmaline and they named a son after Tolbert. Mac and John's mother was Sarah. She first married a Morris, then a Curtis and lastly Pikney Jones. Her maiden name has not been discovered.
Mac was an orphan, but not in modern day terms. Mac lost his father but not his mother. Listed below explains how an orphan was viewed in the 1800's.
ORPHANS:
For most of history an orphan was a fatherless child, irrespective of whether the mother was living. A child living with his mother and stepfather was an orphan in the eyes of the courts and the law. Indeed, translations of the Bible tell us that this is the historic norm. In some languages, in fact, the term is specifically restricted to children without fathers. More practically, in a society in which women had few rights there were no special laws respecting children who had lost their mothers. All the laws and early legal texts discussing orphans specifically limited themselves to fatherless children.
Mac was an orphan, but not in modern day terms. Mac lost his father but not his mother. Listed below explains how an orphan was viewed in the 1800's.
ORPHANS:
For most of history an orphan was a fatherless child, irrespective of whether the mother was living. A child living with his mother and stepfather was an orphan in the eyes of the courts and the law. Indeed, translations of the Bible tell us that this is the historic norm. In some languages, in fact, the term is specifically restricted to children without fathers. More practically, in a society in which women had few rights there were no special laws respecting children who had lost their mothers. All the laws and early legal texts discussing orphans specifically limited themselves to fatherless children.
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