Nancy Emelline (Phillips) Hardaway (abt. 1836 - 1872)

Born about 1836 in Indiana, United States

Wife of Ishmael Napoleon Hardaway — married 12 Jan 1853 in Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1872 at about age 36 in Monroe, Arkansas, United States

Biography

Nancy Emorine Phillips about 1836 – 16 April 1872 • L66N-X2L​​

Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950

Name: Ishmail N. Hardaway Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Nancy E. Phillips Spouse's Gender: Female

Event Date: 12 Jan 1853 Event Place: , Shelby, Tennessee

Deb (Lewis) Durham answered a question about Nancy Emelline (Phillips) Hardaway (abt.1836-1872)

United States Census, 1860 Hampton Township, Monroe, Arkansas, United States Page 59

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Ishmael N Hardanay M 35 VA

Emeline Hardanay F 30 Iowa [1830]

John C Hardanay M 5 Tenn

Millard F Hardanay M 3 Tenn

1870 Arkansas, United States -- Name: Nancy Hardaway Female Age: 34 White Birth Year (Estimated): 1835-1836 Birthplace: Indiana

NOTE: INDIANA formed Dec 11, 1816. ILLINOIS formed Dec 18, 1818. IOWA formed on Dec 28, 1846. INDIANA borders Lake Michigan to the NW, MICHIGAN to the N, OHIO to the E, KENTUCKY to the S and SE, and ILLINOIS to the W.

LOOKED at map (google) and googled formation Iowa, Indiana. Iowa formed 1846 and Indiana formed 1816.

Technically, Nancy E. was NOT born in Iowa [b. 1830/36] Indiana and Iowa do not share a common border. Indiana and Illinois DO share a common border which "accounts for" some of the confusion between being born in IL and being born in IN in different census yrs

So I eliminate Iowa as a birthplace since it didn't exist when she was born, and didn't exist until 1846 -- she's also cited by Denzil and Maxine Carlisle as born in 1832; in the 1860 Census she's cited as born 1830; and in the 1870 Census she's cited as born 1834/35.

All this confusion is not uncommon. It is NOT the usual of situation but we can say x% of population doesn't know their actual DOB year nor their birth State or Territory -- in the Census years 1850 - 1940.

THE QUESTION -- It is not impossible Nancy Emorine Phillips was a (childless?) widow Mrs Phillips when she married Ishmael, the first born (known to me) child born Jan 1855, 2 yrs after the marriage date.

OF COURSE there's been researchers since at least 1950/58 (Denzil Carlisle and his wife Maxine, nice people, met them, among them) and others and still nothing said about the origins and parental / marital history of Nancy E Phillips prior to her marriage to Ishmael, at least nothing I found anywhere on line.

RESPONSE (left Unnamed by me) -- I know nothing of this family; however, it seems unlikely that at age 17 she would be widowed and remarried (given a year's mourning). While it is true that age and custom do not bar a marriage, it is how I start when seeking information to establish parameters for my search.

A widower with small children might seek a mother for his children quickly (for many it is a sibling of his wife or a maid servant).

But a 17-year-old widow having remarried? Perhaps in a time or place when 12-year-old girls are married off, but why go down research rabbit holes searching for zebras instead of horses, rather than begin by looking for horses?

ANSWER by Smith-157141 -- I doubt that a year of mourning was widespread given what I have seen in my own researches in south, south west and western states in the lower USA (or would be USA) 1850 through 1940

Custom is all very nice if you have the funds to support your lifestyle for that year, a network of friends and family, others to help and to rely on -- and if those did not exist, then what? if a man has a suckling child and a dead wife, where does he turn to? If a woman is widowed and no family or friends on the horizon and no funds, and no skills beyond "housewife" then what are her options?

I think necessity coupled with opportunity will over-ride any custom.

I AM NOT SAYING HERE that Nancy E Phillips WAS a widow when she married Ismael, only that she COULD have been. It is one more supposition among a number of suppositions that when stated in black and while might possible lead to the answer of what were the origins of Nancy -- like who were her parents? siblings? etc

Sources

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH9-JD6C : 22 December 2016), Ishmail N Hardway and Nancy E Phillips, 12 Jan 1853; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,784,640.

Descendants of John Clack Hardaway 13 Jul 2003 https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1203&p=localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.tulare

The descendants of John Clack Hardaway and Mary Hardaway Harwell of Virginia,: Chambliss and Sarah Carlisle of North Carolina, Unknown Binding – 1958 by Maxine Fallers Carlisle (Author) https://www.amazon.com/descendants-Clack-Hardaway-Harwell-Virginia/dp/B0007F06IY

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87B-Z36 : 13 December 2017), Ishmael N Hardanay, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCC-W2S : 12 April 2016), J N Hardaway, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 18, family 155, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,558.

Nancy Emelline Hardaway (Phillips) https://www.geni.com/people/Nancy-Emelline-Hardaway/6000000001584891046

Nancy Emorine Phillips https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L66N-X2L

Nancy E(whatever) Phillips https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/824173/nancy-emoline-emmerine-phillips-unconnected?show=826753#c826753