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Dr. John Spencer CARNEY

Dr. John Spencer CARNEY[1]

Male 1848 - 1901  (52 years)

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  • Name John Spencer CARNEY 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 1 Jul 1848  Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID KJ46-5CZ 
    _UID 8B7AA142DB554143BBCC7D606A4DAFF85EED 
    Died 7 Mar 1901  Nutbush, Haywood, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1655  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2023 

    Father Joshua "Poke" CARNEY,   b. 8 Mar 1816, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Judith Jane DEMONBREUN,   b. 27 Mar 1822, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1901, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1845  2ND Marriage, Davidson Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family America Jane GARDNER,   b. 10 Oct 1851, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1926, Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Claude Shannon CARNEY,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Alonza C. CARNEY,   b. 1875, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Joseph Monroe CARNEY,   b. 14 Jul 1875, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1956, White Haven, Shelby, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Hiram Spencer CARNEY,   b. 22 Dec 1884, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1965, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F14042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Robert Spencer Carney:
      My Gt Grandfather John Spencer Carney was a country doctor and farmer who died in 1901, about 50 (52) years old. He did not have a medical degree but was licensed on the basis of apprenticeship. Oral tradition was that he was a medical aid or something similar for the Confederate Army. If true, he would have just been a young teenager. Most medical people in the South were civilians, not in the military, and not strictly veterans. Thus, documentation is absent. Sometime after the war he moved from Cheatam Co west to Haywood Co TN. My Aunt Ruth told me that he had a farm and had his medical office in his home on the farm. After Dr Carney's death his widow and 3 sons (Joseph Monroe, Claude Shannon & Hiram Spencer) moved slightly west to Ripley in Lauderdale Co.

      Explaining west Tn geography. That part of the state was only opened for white settlement in 1820's. Lauderdale Co is on the Mississippi River. Ripley was a thriving farming town... mostly cotton. John Spencer settled just to the east in Haywood Co. Tn. Modern maps show his farm's location (Carney Road) as in Lauderdale Co. The closest cross-roads town is Nutbush Tn. It's most notable as the singer Tina Turner's hometown.

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.