Agnes Fair

Robert married Dora Shoemaker about 1902 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Dora was born about 1889 in North Carolina, , , ; died on 12 Apr 1943 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Highland Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Tuesday, April 13, 1943
MRS. DORA S. FAIR
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Shoemaker Fair, age 56, who died Monday, April 12 at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Ralph Johnson, 710 North East street, will be conducted at the Free Will Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. with the Rev. J. C. Howington in charge, assisted by Rev. Mack Hodge. Interment will be in the Highland cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the church from one to two o'clock Thursday.
Music will be in charge of Mrs. Myrtle McManus with special music by Luther Hampton and Mrs. N. T. Williams.
Survivors are her husband, Robert Fair; four children, Mrs. Roy Angel, Mrs. Viola Fair, Clyde Fair, of Elizabethton; Lester Fair, Hagerstown, Md.; two step daughters, Mrs. Brown Burrow, Mrs. Claude Nidiffer, of Elizabethton; mother, Mrs. Laura Hennegar; three sisters, Mrs. Eula Keys, of Dar, Va., Mrs. Etta Shelton, Marion, Ohio; Mrs. Cordie Shelton of North Carolina; four brothers, John Shoemaker, Lenoir, N. C.; Fred Shoemaker, N. C.; Charlie and James Hennegar, Marion, Ohio; fourteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
Flower bearers will be Mrs. Clarence Howington, Mrs. Clara Morrow, Mrs. John Fair, Mrs. Ida Deloach, Mrs. Walter Nave, Mrs. Eliza Crumley, Mrs. Mae Jenkins, Mrs. Edgar McKinney, Mrs. Joe Cardwell, Mrs. Sheriff Fair, Mrs. Mary Fair, Miss Lucille Grayson, Mrs. Lawrence Roberts, Mrs. Eliza Campbell, Miss Mary Ann Perry, Mrs. Jess Elliott, Mrs. Bob Treadway, Mrs. Cora Price, Mrs. Al Hathaway.
Active pallbearers will be John Puryear, Spence White, Monroe Winters, Harry Bowers, Ollie Garrison and Joe Brooks.

Samuel married Annie E. Turner on 2 Jan 1870 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Annie (daughter of Leander Turner and Ruth Elenor A. Arrowood) was born in Dec 1851 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 Feb 1930 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Wednesday, February 19, 1930
MRS. ANNIE E. SHORT
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie E. Short, 78, who died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Merritt, 401 South Main street, will be held at the Free Baptist church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The last rites will be conducted by the Rev. M. P. Murphy and the Rev. J. C. Howington. Interment will be made in the Highland cemetery.
Mrs. Short had been married three times, first to S. H. Fair, second to W. A. Carter, and third to John H. Short.
She is survived by two brothers, Mack Turner and Saul Turner of Coeburn, Va.
Children surviving are James Fair, Mrs. Maggie Cooke, Bob Fair, S. S. Fair, Mrs. John Merritt, Tom Fair, Jerry Fair, Mrs. R. R. Nave, all of Elizabethton, and Mrs. W. A. Robinson of Huntington, W. Va.; George Short, step-son of Palm Beach, Florida. Mrs. Short had fifty-three grandchildren and fifty-two great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers are Hacker Carringer, R. L. Peeks, J. C. Lowrie, L. D. Chambers, J. A. Denny, and Avery Bowers.

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1840 Carter County, TN
Civil District No. 5

Sherard FurrMales1(0-5), 1(5-10), 1(20-30)
Females1(0-5), 1(20-30)

1850 Carter County, TN
5th Civil District

Household 122
Sherrod Pharr41TNMarried 1836
Amanda36TN
James D. 14TN
Elizabeth C.13TN
Joseph A. 11TN
William B. 9TN
Francis M. 6TN
Jonathan 4TN
Samuel 3TN
George D.6/12TN

1860 Carter County, TN
Elizabethton, First Division

Household 97
Sherd Pharr53TN
Amanda J.42TN
Wm B.21TN
Jonathan H.15TN
Samuel14TN
George W.12TN
Martha 9TN
Mary P. 7TN
Robert 5TN
Amanda M. 1TN
Truman Hilton76MD
Mailda Hilton75VA


Shadrack FAIR 72 TN VA NC
Martha C. FAIR 33 TN -- TN
Hily Bell FAIR 7 TN TN TN
Alfred B. FAIR 5 TN TN TN
Wiley C. FAIR 2 TN TN TN
Marget C. FAIR 1M TN TN TN

Sherwood married Amanda Hyder on 12 Feb 1835 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Amanda (daughter of Jonathon Hyder and Jean Edens) was born about 1814 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a member of the 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, with the rank of Private, age 43, Company G, serving from Thursday, September 24, 1863 – Tuesday, September 5, 1865.
Leander Turner, pvt., Co. M, 44, Company Muster-in Roll. Gallatin, Tenn., Sunday, May 15, 1864. Joined for duty and enrolled: Thursday, September 24, 1863, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3. Remark: Residence, Carter Co., Tennessee Cong. Dist. Tenn. H2-160-1866. J. B. Gage. Transferred to Capt. Wilcox Co. G., per regimental order No. 8, Wednesday, June 1, 1864 by order Col. J. K. Miller, Monday, May 16, 1864. Mustered-out, Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday, September 5, 1865. Am't for cloth'g in kind or money adv'd $45.61. Bounty paid $25. Private per enlistment. Deserted from Johnson's Station, Tenn., Thursday, October 16, 64, returned Thursday, February 23, 65, restored to duty by Presidental Proclamation.
Charge of desertion removed Friday, February 16, 1866. Present for duty. Discharge furnished. Notation: Monday, July 16, 1866. The charge of desertion in this case will be removed. A. M. Muzzy.
Leander A. Turner received a war pension from the government.
Leander's son Solomon Turner also served in the Civil War. Solomon was assigned to G Company in the 13th Cavalry as a Private.
Death date according to his Civil War pension record. Ruth A. Turner's application number was 241963 and certificate number was 184667.

Leander married Ruth Elenor A. Arrowood on 2 Aug 1842 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Ruth was born about 1821 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]