Mary Frances WILLIS^[1]

1847 - 1921  (73 years)

• Name	Mary Frances WILLIS
  Born	22 Aug 1847	Shackle Island, Sumner County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  _UID	AAB2D1D7A50F4484B9AC3D76B3AE898E10C2
  Buried	1921	Carney Family Cem, Davidson Co, Tennessee
  Died	9 Jul 1921	Joelton, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I28317	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph WILLIS,   b. 1822, Sumner County, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1885, Sumner County, Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Martha GIBSON,   b. 1827, Hendersonville, Sumner Co., Tennessee ,   d. 1880-1890, Sumner County, Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Married	2 Dec 1843	Sumner County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F3120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Tyler CARNEY,   b. 28 Aug 1841, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Sep 1897, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee  (Age 56 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1866	Davidson County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Joseph Edward CARNEY,   b. 1868, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ida CARNEY,   b. Abt 1870, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Luther CARNEY,   b. Abt 1871, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. James Goldsbury CARNEY,   b. 9 Feb 1871, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Dec 1943, King George Co., VA  (Age 72 years)   5. Anna CARNEY,   b. Abt 1874, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Martha Rebecca CARNEY,   b. 4 Sep 1876, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 1963, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio  (Age 86 years)   7. Isaac Or Grady CARNEY,   b. 18 Jun 1879, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Ellie CARNEY,   b. Aft 1880, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Maude CARNEY,   b. Aft 1880, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F10721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH:ONE RECORD 20-AUG,ANOTHER 28-AUG. 13-FEB-91 FROM WESLEY SULLIVAN:JOHN TYLER WAS ACTIVE IN THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS IN A FEDERAL PRISON AT ROCK ISLAND,ILLINOIS AND MAMMY (MARY) CARNEY GOT SOME GOLD AND BOUGHT HIM OUT OF THE PRISON. HE LOST A LEG DURING THE WAR. JOHN'S WAR RECORDS ARE LISTED IN THE ARCHIVES IN NASHVILLE, NOT MUCH, BUT SOME. I HAVE A PAIR OF PICTURES IN LARGE OVAL FRAMES OF JOHN AND MARY, SEVERAL PICTURES OF MARY IN LATER YEARS, AND PICTURES OF OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS I CAN'T IDENTIFY. THEY CAME FROM THE HOME PLACE WHEN UNCLE GRADY DIED YEARS AGO. I ALSO HAVE A BATTERED CARNEY BIBLE WITH THE LISTINGS ON JOHN TYLER'S CHILDREN. STORY AS TOLD BY JEROME SULLIVAN SR.:I SUPPOSE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE YANKEE TROOPS COMING BY MAMMY CARNEY'S AND WANTING HER TO COOK THEM A MEAL. SHE SAID "I WON'T COOK FOR NO DAMN YANKEES". AND THEY HUNG HER UP TO SOME OPEN BEAMS AT THE HOME PLACE, BUT THEY LET HER DOWN BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED. SHE WAS, AS IS ALL THE FAMILY, REAL SPUNKY. GRANNY WENT TO A METHODIST CHURCH UP HER ONCE AND THE PASTOR TOLD HER HE DIDN'T LIKE THE SOUTH AND SHE TOLD HIM SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE NORTH AND NONE OF IT'S DAMN PREACHERS. MARY F. WILLIS to John T. Carney, 27 Feb 1867, Sumner Co., TN

  
  

• Sources

  [S400] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).