Virgie Viola D. Davenport

Notes:

Virgie Viola D. Nidiffer, 98, departed this life to be with the Lord on
Tuesday, January 4, 2005.

Mrs. Nidiffer was the daughter of the late M.A. and Martha Treadway Davenport.
She was the strength of her family, a beloved mother, grandmother and friend.
She will be missed by all who knew her, as much as she was loved by all.

Mrs. Nidiffer was a charter member of East Side Christian Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil
Nidiffer; two sons, William C. and Paul E. Nidiffer; a daughter, Lilly
Beatrice Nidiffer; three brothers, Wilburn, Harley and Herman Davenport; a
sister, Evelyn Edmondson; a grandson, Randy Russell; a granddaughter, Diane
Russell; and a great-grandson, Jacob Grayer.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Gordon and Marcella Nidiffer,
Bluff City; two daughters and sons-in-law, Edna and Ralph Grindstaff and
Dorothy and Gene Oliver, all of Elizabethton; 12 grandchildren; 29 great-
grandchildren; 26 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 8, in the
Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Mr. John Smith, minister,
officiating. Music will be under the direction of East Side Christian Church
and Jerry Greene, soloist. Interment will follow in the Davenport Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary
pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons. The family will receive
friends at the funeral home from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, prior to the funeral
service. Friends may also call at the residence, Charity Hill Road,
Elizabethton, anytime. Those who prefer memorials may make donations to the
American Heart Association, 208 Sunset Drive, Suite 356, Johnson City, TN 37601.

Virgie married Cecil Nidiffer about 1925. Cecil was born about 1905; died about 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Milburn married Martha Ellen "Margie" Treadway about 1901 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Martha (daughter of William B. "Bill" Treadway and Elizabeth B. "Lizzie" DeLoach) was born on 18 Jun 1881 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth B. "Lizzie" DeLoach on 11 Jul 1880 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas D. DeLoach and Perlina M. Oliver) was born about 1851 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 Jun 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Treadway Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 Carter County, TN census, John is living in the household of his son Andy J. Treadway.

John married Jemima N. Harden on 16 Sep 1844 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Jemima was born on 5 Apr 1826 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 7 Apr 1889 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A birth certificate, or other civil record, which proves that Thomas was the son of John DeLoach has not been found. He is listed as such based upon the following circumstantial evidence: The 1840 Sullivan County Census lists John DeLoach with two sons between the age of 20-30. Thomas, and probably Nathan, could have been these sons. In the 1850 and 1860 Carter County censuses, Thomas has the household adjacent to John. There are no other DeLoach males listed in Northeastern Tennessee which could have been the father of Thomas. In the 1880 Carter County census, Thomas lists his father as being born in South Carolina. John was born in South Carolina.

Thomas married Perlina M. Oliver on 6 Oct 1842 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Perlina (daughter of George R. Oliver and Susannah White) was born in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died after 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Siam Road, Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The name of Perlina is spelled differently is almost every civil record concerning her. The spelling P E R L I N A will be used for this record. This comes from the records of Jackie and Dawn Peters of Elizabethton, TN. Jackie is a descendant of the Oliver family of Northeastern Tennessee, as is Perlina. According to Jackie's records, Perlina's parents were George R. Oliver and Susannah White. His GEDCOM has been imported to show the ancestry of Perlina. The records of Albert Grindstaff, Independence, Missouri, also lists this same lineage. Census records indicate that Perlina's DOB was between 1820 and 1830; it was probably 1825 as shown on the 1850 and 1900 censuses. She is listed on the following Carter County censuses: 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 Paulina 25 Polina 33 Palena 50 Pulina 50 garbled 75 In the 1850 thru 1880, she is listed as the wife of Thomas. In the 1900 Carter County census, she is in the household of her son, William DeLoach, and his wife, Frances Oliver. The Carter County Quarterly Minutes for January 1902 include a court order awarding Pliny DeLoach $4.00 as a Pauper Present. In the Treadway Cemetery of Carter County, there are the following graves: Died William DeLoach 4 September 1927 Francis DeLoach 18 November 1939 Plina DeLoach ???