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James Benjamin OLIPHANT

James Benjamin OLIPHANT

Male 1886 - 1931  (44 years)


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  • Name James Benjamin OLIPHANT 
    Birth 4 Dec 1886  Burns, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _FSFTID KP7Z-T1H 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KP7Z-T1H 
    _UID CDFD4C1D281C49A19D2E5D32DABB414ADB92 
    Death 15 Aug 1931  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Martin Garton Ce, Burns, Dickson, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5669  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2024 

    Father James Monroe OLIPHANT,   b. 15 Apr 1853, La Vergne, Rutherford, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1904, Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Frances Rosannah "Rosa" GARTON,   b. 15 Mar 1851, Burns, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1935, Bon Aqua, Hickman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1875  Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma May CARTER,   b. 28 Jun 1892, Williamson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1959, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 22 Aug 1909  Williamson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lucille Esterlena OLIPHANT,   b. 18 Aug 1925, Redford Township, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 2001 (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F536732406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Biography

      James was born in 1886. He was the son of James Oliphant and Rosa Garton. He passed away in 1931.

      James married Emma May Carter and together this were the children: Myrtle Odell Oliphint Female 1911– 1993 • Lillian May Oliphant Female 1913– 1979 • Mary Catherine Oliphant Female 1915– 1994 • James Washington Oliphant Male 1917– 2003 • Clarence Everett Oliphint Male 1919– 1991 • Mildred Pauline Oliphint Female 1921– 1998 • Margaret Lowise Oliphint Female 1923– 1998 • Lucille Estalina Oliphint Female 1925– 2001 • Dorothy Lee Oliphint Female 1929– 1994 •
      DNA

      Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Karen Schilling and Jim Carney, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are James Oliphant and Rosa Garton, the great grandparents of Karen Schilling and great great grandparents of Jim Carney. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2nd cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 65.9 cM across 6 segments.
      Citation generated by DNA Confirmation app, version 3.02 (updated 25.Sep.2024) - Carney-4356 11:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

      Sources

      Jim Carney https://www.jnlcarney.com/carney/ birth/death/marriage certificates, census, familysearch.org, etc