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William Darnell

Parents

Children with Ruth Hodges (b. 15 November 1821, d. 4 September 1881)

Son	Milton S. Darnell+ (b. about 1847)
Daughter	Sarah E. ("Sally") Darnell+ (b. 22 April 1849, d. 21 November 1895)
Daughter	Josephine Darnell (b. 5 November 1851, d. July 1854)
Daughter	Nancy Caroline Darnell (b. 6 October 1853, d. August 1857)

Person Exhibits

Biography

Anecdote		Both William Darnell (born 1817) and Ruth Hodges (born 1821) were born in Tennessee.  The names of their parents are not known.  There were several Darnell and Hodges families in Tennessee during the same time period, with various spellings and misspellings, making research difficult.  William Darnell and Ruth Hodges married on September 18, 1841 in Grainger County, Tennessee.  He was 24, she was 20. They are found in the 1850 census in Grainger County, the surname written “Darnold.”  William’s age is listed as 28 and Ruth’s as 25.  Based on these ages, William’s birth year would be 1822 and Ruth’s 1825-but their grave stones, possibly more accurate, record their birth years as 1817 and 1821 respectively.   William worked as a laborer. Their children (listed in the 1850 census) are: 1.  Sarah E. Darnell, age 4, born about 1846 (her tombstone says she was born in Morristown, Tennessee in 1849), married Samuel Ebzan Love (our line) 2.  Milton Darnell, age 2 (born about 1848) William died fairly young, in the summer of 1854 at age 37.  The cause of his death is not known, but there was a cholera epidemic in Tennessee that year.  Ruth did not remarry.  In 1860 she was still in Grainger County with her two teenaged children, working as a seamstress.  In 1880 Ruth was in Knoxville, Tennessee, widowed, living with married daughter Sarah E. Love and Sarah’s family.  Ruth died the following year, 1881, at 60. William and Ruth’s graves are found in Liberty Hill Methodist Church Cemetery in Hamblen County, Tennessee.  William’s birth date is recorded as January 4, 1817 and his death date as July 29, 1854.  Ruth’s date of birth on her broken headstone is November 15, 1821, and her date of death September 4, 1881.   In the 1880 census, Ruth stated her parents were born in North Carolina.  But not enough information is known to be able to trace either the Darnell or the Hodges line further back.
DNA Verified		8 DNA matches through William Darnell
Person Source		He had person sources.1
Birth	4 January 1817	He was born on 4 January 1817 in Grainger, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.2
Marriage	18 September 1841	He and Ruth Hodges were married on 18 September 1841 in Grainger, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.3,4
Residence	17 August 1850	He lived in Grainger, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 17 August 1850. Name: Wm Darnold, Age: 28, Birth Year: abt 1822, Birth Place: Tennessee, Gender: Male, Race: White, Occupation: Laborer, Industry: Industry Not Reported, Record ID: 8054::6146093, Household Members: Rutha Darnold, Sarah E Darnold, Milton Darnold.5
Death	20 July 1854	He died on 20 July 1854 at age 37 in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.6
Burial	after 20 July 1854	He was buried after 20 July 1854 at Liberty Hill Methodist Church CemeteryBG in Hamblen, Tennessee, United StatesBGO. Liberty Hill Methodist Church Cemetery7

Citations

1. [S23] Culpepper Web Site, online http://gen.culpepper.com/default.asp. Hereinafter cited as Culpepper Web Site.
2. [S131] Bev Loomis1, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6824325/person/-536792849, (Concord, VA.)
3. [S24] "Otto Katz Chronological Log of Events," (MS). Hereinafter cited as "Otto Katz Chronological Log of Events."
4. [S83] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Hereinafter cited as Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.
5. [S262] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Grainger, Tennessee; Roll: 880; Page: 7b
6. [S1517] Katz Family Tree, william Darnell
7. [S356] Bethel Cemetery - Frisco Texas, William Darnell