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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1926 - 2009 (83 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 3. | Ethel Lee FRENSLEY was born on 29 Jun 1899 in Tennessee (daughter of Thomas Newton FRENSLEY and Lena Eoleen CARNEY); died in Dec 1992 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Other Events:
- _UID: 870C04CCA0B149C49CE8BAFBC0DD15913D5E
Notes:
1930 Census shows Ethel L. Frensley (now Fisher) with mother Lena M. Frensley aged 59 living with the Fisher Family.
SS Death Index shows death and SS#
Children:
- 1. Thomas W. FISHER, Jr. was born on 9 Jan 1926 in Tennessee; died on 2 Jul 2009 in Antioch, Davidson Co., Tennessee.
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Mollie EASTHAM and died. Other Events:
- _UID: CDCB79F3F0FB4324B6E24D8D325AAAD8D604
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| 7. |  Lena Eoleen CARNEY was born on 22 Feb 1869 in Davidson County, Tennessee (daughter of Elijah Wilson "E.W." CARNEY and Mary Emma BROWN); died on 31 May 1942 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried on 2 Jun 1942 in Nashville, City Cemetery. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: MX86-D5R
- _UID: 8E2EC96C187846388C63AE565D2A55E6B461
- Residence: 1880, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 1900, ED 104 Nashville city Ward 15, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 1910, Civil District 12, , Tennessee
- Residence: 1920, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 1930, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 1935, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 1940, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 31 May 1942, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
Notes:
Born 3 months after father remarried.
Living in 1880 with the Brown family.
Death Cert varifies mother as Emma Brown. Died of Cerebral Hemorage due to Hypertension.
Children:
- Thomas Earl FRENSLEY was born on 29 Jun 1899 in Tennessee; died on 17 Apr 1956 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
- 3. Ethel Lee FRENSLEY was born on 29 Jun 1899 in Tennessee; died in Dec 1992 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
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Generation: 4
| 14. |  Elijah Wilson "E.W." CARNEY was born on 17 Jun 1835 in Davidson County, Tennessee (son of Joshua "Poke" CARNEY and Sina Paralee BINKLEY); died on 4 Mar 1885 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee; was buried in Tennessee. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: GGLT-F43
- NOT THE SAME AS Elijah WIlson Carney born 1827: NOT THE SAME AS Elijah WIlson Carney born 1827
- _UID: ABC4C95D6BA847B69AC1D4C485FA65E763E1
- Name: 1835, Davidson Co, Tn; NOT THE SAME AS Elijah WIlson Carney born 1827
- Residence: 1850, Davidson, Tennessee
- Residence: 1860, Tennessee
- MilitaryService: 1861-1865, Davidson, Tennessee; Private in Confederate forces enlisted Camp Trousdale Eighteenth Infantry, take prisoner To General U.S. Grant at Fort Henry
- Residence: 1870, Tennessee
Notes:
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH Elijah Wilson Carney born in Shelbyville 2 Mar 1827, married to Amelia B.
Elijah W. Carney married Mary Emma Brown b. 1843 Williamson Co. TN, a daughter of John G. and Martha E.(-?-) Brown, on 06 Nov 1867 in Davidson Co. TN. They had a daughter Lena Eoleen Carney abt. 1869. Lena lived with her widowed grandmother Martha E. Brown before marrying Thomas Edward Frensley on 21 Feb 1889 Davidson Co. TN. Thomas E. and Lena Carney Frensley had fraternal twins in 1900, Ethel and Earl Frensley. Lena Carney Frensley was buried in David Read's lot, Sec 15 in Nashville's City Cemetery on 02 Jun 1942. Her grandfather John G. Brown was also buried in Read's lot on 02 Dec 1875.
Elijah divorced Emma Brown and then married Martha Ann Stewart (both marriages documented in Tennessee State Marriages) and 3 months after wedding, Lena was born to first wife Emma.
Found in 1850 Census, 4-5 years after mother Sina died in Davidson, Tennessee:
Joshua, age 31 (actual was 34)
?Juda? Carney, age 28 - who is this? Must be Judith but spelling is unfamiliar?
Henry Carney, age 15 - Elijah's Twin?
Elij Carney age 15 - abrev. spelling of Elijah
Marella Carney age 12 - Marilla alt spellling
Jas (James) Carney age 11
William Carney age 9
Sinai P. Carney age 5 - mispelling of Sina
Mary E. Carney age 4
John S. Carney age 2
Was living 2 houses down from Ennis B. Carney. Household of Ennis:
Ennis B. Carney age 35, male farmer, born in Tennessee
Willliam Carney, age 11
Jesse Carney, age 6
John Carney, age 2
Found in 1880 Census in Lauderdale, Tennessee with family.
NameE. W. Carney
Age44
Birth DateAbt 1836
BirthplaceTennessee
Home in 1880District 2, Lauderdale, Tennessee, USA
House Number9
Dwelling Number251
RaceWhite
GenderMale
Relation to Head of HouseSelf (Head)
Marital StatusMarried
Spouse's NameMartha Carney
Father's BirthplaceTennessee
Mother's BirthplaceTennessee
OccupationFarmer
NeighborsView others on page
Household members
NameAge
E. W. Carney44
Martha Carney25
Ellen Carney9
Matilda Carney7
Pamly Carney4
Jessie Carney2
Elijah was taken prisoner in Confederate forces unconditional surrender to General U.S. Grant Fort Henry
Enlistment Date: 7 Aug 1861
Enlistment Place: Camp Trousdale
Rank: Private
Military Unit: Eighteenth Infantry
Died young at age 49, 20 years after war end in 1885. After his death, his cousin John Spencer Carney helped out Marth Ann "Mattie" get by without the income lost due to Elijah's early death. Robert S. Carney writes to me in May 2021:
"I went through an odd assortment of paper scraps left by our great grandfather John Spencer Carney. I found a few tax receipts ~1895 where he had paid land taxes for a Mrs. E. W. Carney who owned 40 acres."
Elijah married Mary Emma BROWN on 6 Nov 1867 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John G. BROWN and Martha E. Read) was born in 1843 in Williamson County, Tennessee; died on 11 May 1880 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Mary Emma BROWN was born in 1843 in Williamson County, Tennessee (daughter of John G. BROWN and Martha E. Read); died on 11 May 1880 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: M4QR-N48
- _UID: 470F0292A1D54D5CBD976004071B22B2B788
Notes:
Nashville Public Library documents marriage in the Nashville marriage index, 1864-1905; Marriage Book 5, Pg 464
Children:
- 7. Lena Eoleen CARNEY was born on 22 Feb 1869 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 31 May 1942 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried on 2 Jun 1942 in Nashville, City Cemetery.
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