So did this John Coleman Jeffries also marry Amanda Young? I showed a marriage for them in 1866. If the marriage record and the obit are correct, Macajah would have died about 1944, right? Thanks, Mike Vance ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <KYGREEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:12 PM Subject: [KYGREEN] Macaja "Cager" JEFFRIES Obit - Question > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Karen_Jorgensen > Surnames: Jeffries, Edwards, Matney, Carter, Hendricks > Classification: obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17798/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Mr. Cager Jeffries, 75, of near Liletown, died suddenly at his home last > Sunday. He was living by himself near the S. V. Mills & Son store, but at > the time of his death one of his sons, Everett was visiting him. They were > out in the yard talking, Mr. Jeffries in a chair leaning back against a > tree, when his son noticed him falling forward. He was dead by the time > his son reached him. Uncle Cager had spent his entire life in the > community in which he died and was highly respected by all who knew him. > Burial was in the Edwards cemetery Monday. Surviving are the following > children, Mike Jeffries, Willie Jeffries, Everett Jeffries, Mrs. O. J. > Carter, Mrs. Mearl Matney and Mrs. Kemp Hendricks. > Obituaries of Green Co. Ky., Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, > p. 109 > > The Ennis Family, by Wendell Ennis, 1988, p. 363, listed as Cager > Jefferies > > Marriages of Green Co., Ky., 1874 - 1890, compiled by Judy Froggett, p. > 76: > Micajah Jeffreys and Maggie N. Edwards. Bond 20 May 1889. g. M. Shipley > on bond. Groom age 20, lst mg., farmer, born Green Co., parents born > Green Co., resides Metcalfe Co. Bride age 21, lst mg., born Green Co., > father born Green Co., mother born Hart Co. Married at Brice Edwards' 23 > May 1889 by B.F. Wilcoxson. Wit. W. M. Clark and J.W. Jeffreys. > > EDWARDS CEMETARY, compiled by Bill Clark, June 2000 > Located on the Clark's Farms > Fieldstone (Macajah Jeffries)(son of John Coleman Jeffries & Jane Slinker) > Fieldstone (Maggie Nora Jeffries)(wfe Wm C. Jeffries) > (dau of Brice & Sarah A.R. Cobb Edwards) > Jeffries, William C. 5 Feb 1890 - 10 Aug 1946 > (son of Macajah & Maggie Nora Edwards Jeffries) > > 1910 Green Co. Ky. Miracode census index > Mccager Jeffries; ED: 0044; W; 39; Ky; Visit: 0163; Green; Relation: > Husband; Relatives: Wife Nora 42, Ky Son William 20, Ky Dau Nannie 16, Ky > Dau Beulah 14, Ky Son Mike 10, Ky Dau Sallie 08, Ky Son Everett 05, Ky Dau > Mary 03, Ky > > Does anyone know the death date of Macajah? > Thank you. > Karen > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYGREEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >