Nancy (Brightwell) Prince
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Nancy June (Brightwell) Prince (1834 - aft. 1900)

Nancy June Prince formerly Brightwell aka Thompson
Born in Gibson County, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 2 Feb 1853 in Gibson County, Tennesseemap
Wife of — married about 1870 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 65 in Calico Rock, Izard, Arkansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Nancy (Brightwell) Prince migrated from Tennessee to Arkansas.
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Nancy was born in 1837 in Tennessee to Leonard Brightwell and his wife, Amanda Richardson.[1]

Nancy's father, Leonard, was farming in District 6, Gibson County, Tennessee in 1850.[1] In his household were his wife, Amanda and daughter, Nancy. Leonard's birthplace is listed as North Carolina, Amanda's Virginia, and Nancy's Tennessee. Leonard and Amanda could not read.

She married James Peyton Thompson in Tennessee and they soon left for Arkansas.[2] Their children were Amanda, John, Sara, Ava Safrona, James,[3] Nancy and Thomas.

She remarried after his death to an unknown Prints and had one son, Robert, with him.[4]

Nancy died sometime after 1900[5] and is buried in an unmarked grave at Spring Creek Cemetery, Izard County, Arkansas.[6]

Research Notes

Not sure where precise dob comes from.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCDD-12L : accessed 20 Nov 2013), Nancy Brightwell, Gibson county, Gibson, Tennessee, United States; citing dwelling 1327, family , NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 878. Ancestry Record 8054 #6121716
  2. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4N1-F3Z : accessed 20 Nov 2013), James P Thompson and Nancy A Brightwell, 5 feb 1852, 1853.
  3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W7-TSX : accessed 22 February 2016), Nancy Thomson in entry for Jas P Thomson, 1860.
  4. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWC-H7J : 26 August 2017), R N Priest in entry for Nancy Priest, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 86, sheet 420B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0047; FHL microfilm 1,254,047.
    Nancy Priest Self Female 42 Tennessee, United States
    R N Priest Son Male 10 Arkansas, United States
  5. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FW-X4F : accessed 15 July 2019), Nancy A Prints in household of Thomas P Thompson, Athens & White River Townships, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 6A, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,062. Living with son, Thomas. Son, Robert Prints, is next door.
  6. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122601021/nancy-june-prince: accessed 9 October 2022), memorial page for Nancy June Brightwell Thompson Prince (6 Dec 1837–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122601021, citing Spring Creek Cemetery, Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by 𝔍𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖕𝖍 (contributor 47832442) .
  • 1870 US Census, in the household of James Thompson (?where}.




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