Innis Family Picture
Innis Family Tree Provided by family member ‘Kate’ and used with her permission. The photo is undated. It’s always so nice to have a face to go with a name.
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Kentucky Records
Innis Family Tree My first search was in Ancestry and simply for John Ennis (the spelling from the 1850-1860 census) to see if I could follow both John and his son John, who was born about 1824. Amazingly, one of the records that came up was a death record for John W. Ennis from the … Read more
Tennessee & Kentucky State Archives
Innis Family Tree Since I have done some of the basic research on Ancestry to establish the family line, I thought I would take a quick look at the archives in Tennessee and Kentucky to see what other things they might offer. I was very disappointed to go to the Tennessee State Library and Archives … Read more
John Innis Family
Innis Family Tree Moving back a generation I will now look at the family of John and Nancy Innis. From my 17 Feb 2010 post I have established the family as: John H. Innis, born c.1800-1805, Virginia, Nancy [Unknown] born c.1800-1805, Virginia – first wife, Nancy [Unknown] born c. 1822, Kentucky – second wife, John, … Read more
Where Did I Look
Innis Family Tree Before I move back a generation and over to Tennessee and Kentucky, let me tell you some of the places that I looked for this last group of Innis siblings. I don’t always get a chance to tell you in the posts, but there are a lot of side trips made while … Read more
The Texas State Library and Archives
Innis Family Tree Have you visited the Texas State Library and Archives yet? They are getting it right and I’m hopeful they will keep working at it and loading more things into their digital archives. Take a look at what’s available under genealogy. There is an Online Public Access Catalog to see what they have … Read more
Liva Caldonia Innis Taylor
Innis Family Tree Liva Caldonia Innis was born 15 Jan 1883 in Clinton County, Kentucky and died 22 Oct 1956 in Whitewright, Grayson, Texas.1 Liva was married to Alonzo Huston Taylor and was the easiest of the children to locate. Her death record was the first one that came up when I searched for Thomas … Read more
Tabitha Alice Innis Parrigin
Innis Family Tree Tabitha Alice Innis was born 15 Apr 1874 in Clinton County, Kentucky and died 13 April 1947 in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas.1 She was married to Daniel Webster Parrigin in about 1892 – yes he was the brother of William G. Parrigin. So Minerva and Tabitha married the Parrigin brothers and Louisa … Read more
John H. Innis
Innis Family Tree John H. Innis was born 6 Sep 1872 in Clinton County, Kentucky, and died 13 Nov 1918 in Yowell, Dallas, Texas.1 His death certificate indicates he is buried in Shiloh Cemetery in Yowell. He appears to have been married twice, first to Eliza E. (Unknown) who died in 1904 based on a … Read more
Mary Tennessee Innis Shelley
Innis Family Tree Mary Tennessee Innis is the third child of Thomas H. Innis and Elizabeth N. Davis. She was born about 1869 in Clinton County, Kentucky and was married to James Wilkerson Shelley. James W. was the younger brother of Louisa’s husband Guian Almerine Shelley. James lists himself as widowed on the 1930 census … Read more