Rebecca Elizabeth (Chambers) Tatum (abt. 1796 - 1876)

Born about 1796 in Indiana Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Tatum — married 10 Feb 1814 in Wayne, IN

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1876 at about age 80 in Marble Rock, Floyd, Iowa, United States

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Biography

SOURCE: The following is quoted from the "Signs of the Times,", 1876, page 118

DIED - In Floyd County, near Marble Rock, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1876, Mrs. Rebecca Tatum, aged 81 years. Mother Tatum was born in the state of Indiana. She experienced a hope in Christ when in her fifteenth year, and was baptized by Elder James Chambers. She afterwards married James Tatum, who also experienced a hope in Christ and joined the Old Baptists in Indiana, and afterwards moved to Illinois where they were constituted into a church called Bethel, in Fulton County, where he was ordained to the gospel ministry. In 1848 they moved to Iowa where they were again constituted into a church, called Little Cedar, in Floyd County, and where they both lived in good standing until she was called away by death, to the better world. I was with her nearly all the time, the last week of her stay here. Her five sons were also with her. A few days before she died she called us all to her bedside and requested us to sing, "Jerusalem, my happy home", which we tried to do. She shook hands with us all and told us not to weep for her, but for ourselves and our children. She told father not to weep, for they would not be parted long. The evening she died, she said, "Oh, Jane, I shall die. ", I said to her, "Mother, do you want to die?", She said, "Yes," and died a few hours afterwards. She went to sleep, from which she never awoke. She leaves her aged companion, five sons, two daughters, and a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her disease was of the lungs and of long standing. We realize our loss, but believe it is her eternal gain.

JANE TATUM Nora Springs, Iowa.

Sources

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27VL-5PV : 21 January 2016), James Tatem and Becky Chambers, 10 Feb 1814; citing Wayne, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,838,642.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV3-Q5V : 17 October 2014), Rebecca Tatum in household of James Tatum, Iowa, United States; citing p. 11, family 87, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,891.

1860 Federal Census at Floyd County, Iowa

- James TATUM 70 M farmer 4000 765 NC

- Rebecca TATUM 67 F KY

- Jesse TATUM 32 M farmer IN

- **sthy SMITH 17 M farmer IL

- Sarah SMIDY 17 F IA

FILM #: M653-322, Part 1

PAGE #: 382

HH #: 494/479

Enumerated 23 July, 1860

NOTE: Sarah Smiddy married James Riley Morphew, son of James Morphew and Rebecca Hogan.

1870 Federal Census at Ulster TWP, Floyd Co, Iowa

- TATUM, James 79 M W farmer 2000 610 NC

- TATUM, Rebecca 74 F W keeping house NC

- TATUM, Jesse 46 M W farmer KY

- TATUM, Wesley W. 27 M W farmer IL

- TATUM, Ida 4 F W IA

FILM #: M593-392, Part 1

PAGE: 348A

HH #: 84/87

Enumerated 9 July, 1870