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One contributor said there was a divorce before 1900.
According to Death Certificate buried in Athens at Cedar Grove no marker.
Cemetery has no marker, and exact burial location unknown.
Birth location on birth certificate list birthplace as Overton County, Tennessee, but birthplace believed to be Meigs County, Tennessee.
Sources
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Tina Starks, Sunday, January 5, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
Census 1840--1910
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-6Y9: 12 April 2016), Marty Riggs, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 12, family 83, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,049.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-CSF: 15 July 2017), Martin Riggs, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 205, sheet 56D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1272; FHL microfilm 1,255,272.
Cedar Grover Cemetery --- Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, United States.
Research Notes
Dates & locations on Find A Grave Memorial 198563743 differ somewhat with the rest of the source information.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
28 Aug 1908 McMinn County Tn