Talitha Janet Jane FRENCH

1825 - 1897  (71 years)

• Name	Talitha Janet Jane FRENCH
  Birth	9 Aug 1825
  Gender	Female
  _UID	29F66967FDBF49E29B50059FC6A79A52BEA4
  Death	22 May 1897	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I27450	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Henry FRENCH, Jr.,   b. 1795   d. 1850 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Sarah Purley PURSLEY,   b. 1796   d. 1847 (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F13826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Osborn FRENSLEY,   b. 4 Mar 1824, Tennessee d. 19 Dec 1881, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1857	Davidson County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Thomas Edward FRENSLEY, Sr.,   b. 11 Sep 1858, Whites Creek Pike, Tennessee d. 19 Feb 1940, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age 81 years)   2. Mary Virginia Hill "Jennie" FRENSLEY,   b. 27 Mar 1863, Davidson County, Tennessee d. 1 Jan 1946, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F12127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

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  Talitha Janet French Frensley

  
  

• Notes

  From daughter Mary Virginia Frensley in 1940 narration: "Mother kept toll gate, father a blacksmith. Mother and father separated. Mother had good neighbors and friends who came nobly to her help, and she had an indomitable will. She kept the toll gate, did fine sewing, cultivated a garden, was never idle. Though she was a Kentuckian (and always proud of it), her Virginia ancestry made her loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Her house was a home for homesick Union boys, and her young daughter (Addie) was a strong attraction added to the simple, but well-prepared food of mother's table. She braved many dangers during that troublesome period, but her courage never faltered, my brave, little mother."