John Thomas Chunn in North Carolina in 1825 to Henry Chunn and Hannah Garrett. As a young boy, his family moved to Maury County, Tennessee. When he was 21, he married Mariah Shires on 18 Mar 1846.[1] John's sisters, Emily and Sarah had married into the Shires family, marrying brothers, Jacob and Joel, respectively. Mariah was the daughter of of Jacob and Joel's brother David Shires.
William A. Chunn, b. 2 Dec 1850; d. 20 Jul 1910; m. 24 Dec 1896, Sarah "Sallie" Mayfield.
Sarah C. Chunn, b. abt. 1854
David J. Chunn, b. 6 Apr 1857; d. 17 Mar 1923.
Victoria Chunn, b. 2 Sep 1860; d. 8 Jan 1922; m. 6 Oct 1886, James T. Culver.
Research Notes
I was unable to locate John and Mariah in the 1870 and 1880 census records.
There is a Find A Grave profile for John the gravestone gives his birth as 1819 and his death 1900-2.[4]
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 10, Marshall, Tennessee; Roll: 890; Page: 24b.
↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: District 25, Maury, Tennessee; Page: 523.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Find A Grave: Memorial #8385272.
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