John A Shrum (son of Tilman D Shrum and Mary "Polly" Gifford)
John is listed as heir of Tilman D Shrum, in his father's 1897 Will.
Find A Grave Memorial# 64003498 for Tilman D Shrum: shows the entire Last Will and Testament. Below is an excerpt:
"I this day make my will to my airs G.W.shrum, John A.Shrum, J.F. Shrum, Elisebth Drury, Mary How, Nancy Martin, Malviney Shrum, Jane Green, Delley n Shrum Garrets. I want my estate equal divided a mong my children…."
John is listed among the children of Polly Shrum in a 1871 court case:
In a 1871 Macon Co., Tenn., court case (William C. Gammon vs. Barnett Gifford and others), William Gammon and his wife Mary Malinda Gifford asked for reimbursement from the children of Gideon Gifford, Sr. for the care of Mary's mother Catherine Slaughter Gifford in her old age. This case went on until 1875.
(reference full transcript in the profile of grandfather Gideon Gifford)
1871: listed in court case as "Polly Shrum who is dead leaving Gideon, John, Joel, Mary, Malvina and Jane Shrum as her children"
1875: The final decree included names "Gid Gifford [Shrum], John Shrum, Joel Shrum, Mary Shrum, Malvena Shrum, Mary Shrum, James [Jane?] Shrum" along with many of their aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Note: mother Mary "Polly" Gifford Shrum is the step-daughter of Catherine Slaughter.
BIRTH / DEATH
Estimated birth: about 1830 per the following records:
Birth: between 1831-1835, per census in 1840, age 5-9
Birth: 1830, per census in 1850, age 20
Birth: 1830, per census in 1860, age 30
Birth: 1828, per cenus in 1880, age 52
Birthplace: assumed to be Smith County, Tennessee, per
Both parents were living in Smith Co, TN prior to marriage,
and parents lived on Goose Creek (then Smith Co, TN) throughout their marriage.
Note: The northern portion of Smith County became Macon County in 1842.
Death: between 1880 and 1900:
between 1880 census and widowed wife on 1900 census
Unsourced death: 28 May 1886
Place of Death: assumed Tennessee, per
his last census location in 1880, and location of widowed wife in 1900
Middle name Allen, per wife's headstone pictured on Find A Grave #64003351
Inscription reads "Suson Leath Wife of John Allen Shrum"
MARRIAGE
Wife: Susanna Leath
Married about 1850, per census in 1850 "married within the year"
CENSUS / TIMELINE
1840 Census: Smith, Tennessee
Name: Timon Shonne [Tilmon Shrum]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Smith, Tennessee
Henry Shrum ........ 36 ... TN, TN, TN ... brother
OTHER
CHILD:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: John Thomas Shrum
Birth Date: 8 Jun 1850
Birth Place: Transdale, County, Tennessee
Age: 81
Death Date: 26 Jul 1931
Death Place: Bethpage, Sumner County, Tennessee
Burial Date: 27 Jul 1931
Cemetery Name: Bethpage
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: John Allen Shrum <-------------------
Father's Birth Place: Macan County, Tennessee
Mother's Name: Susan Leath <-------------------
Mother's Birth Place: Macan County, Tennessee
FHL Film Number: 1876779
CHILD:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Charlie Shrum
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1857
Birth Place: Macon County, Tennessee
Age: 61
Death Date: 23 Jul 1918
Death Place: Bethpage, Sumner, Tennessee
Burial Date: 24 Jul 1918
Cemetery Name: Bethpage Cemetery
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: John Shrum <-------------------
Father's Birth Place: Macon County, Tennessee
Mother's Name: Susan Leath <-------------------
Mother's Birth Place: Macon County, Tennessee
FHL Film Number: 1299696
CHILD:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Ike Shrum
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1859
Birth Place: Trousdale, Tennessee
Age: 76
Death Date: 4 Feb 1936
Death Place: Sumner County, Tennessee
Burial Date: 5 Feb 1936
Cemetery Name: Bethpage
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: John Shrum <-------------------
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary Leath <-------------------
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
FHL Film Number: 1876836
GRANDSON (living with John A Shrum in 1880):
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: John Wade Hood Shrum
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1873
Birth Place: Trousdale County, Tennessee
Age: 60
Death Date: 16 Mar 1934
Death Place: Sumner County, Tennessee
Burial Date: 17 Mar 1934
Cemetery Name: Bethpage Cem
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: John Thomas Shrum
Father's Birth Place: Trousdale County, Tennessee
Mother's name: Alesy During <------- [died Jan 1880]
Mother's Birth Place: Mason County, Tennessee
FHL Film Number: 1876811
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Allen by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Allen: