Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Hunter

Contributed by Erick Montgomery
©1999

Sarah Jane Hunter (daughter of Thomas Meguiar Hunter and Artelia Gant) was born 22 June 1839 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 22 October 1900 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Thomas Jefferson Moncrief 21 November 1854 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Sanders Moncrief and Susannah Phillips. He was born 10 November 1831 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 15 August 1914 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Sarah Hunter and Thomas Moncrief are:

  1. Zilphia Ann Ross Moncrief, born 11 September 1855 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 10 August 1943 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Francis ("Levi") Levi Moncrief, born 15 July 1858 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 15 November 1934 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. William ("Buck") Reeves Moncrief, born 14 October 1861 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 29 September 1929 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Thomas Lewis Moncrief, born 08 May 1866 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 23 March 1925 in Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee.
  5. Mary ("Bet") Elizabeth Moncrief, born 16 March 1868 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 26 May 1919 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. James ("Jim") Arteler Moncrief, born 21 May 1870 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 07 March 1965 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, Kentucky.
  7. J. M. L. Moncrief, born 28 May 1872 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 12 January 1874 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  8. Gideon Robert Moncrief, born 08 November 1874 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 February 1936 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  9. Samuel Gross Moncrief, born 18 February 1877 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 20 January 1949 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  10. Mona W. Moncrief, born 03 July 1879 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 06 March 1904 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  11. A. Luther Moncrief, born 11 September 1882 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died in Texas.

Zilphia Ann Ross Moncrief (daughter of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 11 September 1855 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 10 August 1943 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Thomas William Hunter 22 June 1873 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Andrew Hunter and Clarinda Taylor. He was born 18 October 1847 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 07 November 1922 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Zilphia Moncrief and Thoams Hunter are:

  1. Lulu Carr Hunter, born 24 December 1874 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 14 February 1918 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Wade Hampton Hunter, born 28 March 1877 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 08 December 1958 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Olie Francis Hunter, born 07 June 1880 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 31 January 1976 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Lesbia Hazelton Hunter, born 01 September 1882 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 21 July 1937 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Amy Maibelle Hunter, born 31 March 1892 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died April 1984 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Francis ("Lee") Levi Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 15 July 1858 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 15 November 1934 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Emily A. Hawkins 06 November 1880 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of James Hawkins and Martha Bundy. She was born 04 June 1857 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 10 June 1892 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (2) Julia Clarinda Martin 22 August 1892 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 19 April 1875 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 20 March 1962 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Francis Moncrief and Emily Hawkins are:

  1. Nola Davis Moncrief, born 22 September 1883 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 10 November 1956 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married (1) James Joseph Trammell; born 1880; died 1945. She married (2) Albert Owen Gilliam 24 December 1899 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 04 September 1881 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 12 July 1917 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Zettie Beulah Moncrief, born 12 March 1887 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 21 April 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Herbert Nathaniel Moncrief, born 24 January 1890 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 07 August 1972 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Cora Bessie Kirkham 31 July 1910 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 21 March 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Francis Moncrief and Julia Martin are:

  1. Bertha V. Moncrief, born 23 January 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 13 August 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Lola Moncrief, born 24 August 1895 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 07 October 1916 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Sr. William Holeman Clemons 25 January 1914 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 13 August 1893; died 24 September 1967.
  3. Edgar Ewing Moncrief, born 27 July 1905 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Edith Viola Brown 27 March 1926 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 15 September 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Eva Mai Moncrief, born 09 March 1908 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Redmond Franklin Dobbs 16 December 1930 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 03 April 1908 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 14 November 1976 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

William ("Buck") Reeves Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 14 October 1861 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 29 September 1929 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Georgia Anne Willerford 28 October 1883 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 06 July 1866 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 17 July 1937 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of William Moncrief and Georgia Willerford are:

  1. Lillie Virginia Moncrief, born 29 January 1885 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 06 October 1957. She married Charles Leslie Commins 28 May 1922 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 26 January 1894.
  2. Walter ("Pete") Ensley Moncrief, born 06 January 1886 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1939. He married Nettie Lou Durham; born 1891; died 24 December 1978 in Winter Park, Orange Co, Florida.
  3. Edith Alma Moncrief, born 08 August 1888 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Vestal E. Thomas 28 October 1933 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 23 September 1890; died 10 December 1967.
  4. Sr. Lonnie Coleman Moncrief, born 10 December 1890 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 06 July 1949. He married Mary Frances Cobb 1928 in Franklin, Simpson Co, Kentucky; born 05 June 1893; died 13 July 1964.
  5. Zela Foster Moncrief, born 18 December 1892 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 23 October 1971. She married Ellis T. Maggart; born 14 November 1891; died 14 December 1968.
  6. William McCloud Moncrief, born 03 February 1895 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 September 1895.
  7. James Russell Moncrief, born 09 July 1896 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 23 January 1906.
  8. Georgia Mai Moncrief, born 1898; died 1898.
  9. Mamie Daisy Moncrief, born 19 June 1899. She married Alvis Berkley Cothron 24 December 1924 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 26 July 1897; died 30 January 1925.
  10. Jane Elizabeth Moncrief, born 04 July 1905. She married (1) Clarence Albert Lillard; born 28 April 1887; died 12 September 1972. She married (2) John Willis Atkinson 11 September 1926 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Thomas Lewis Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 08 May 1866 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 23 March 1925 in Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee. He married Mary Elizabeth Parker 29 October 1885 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 05 May 1865 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 09 July 1944.

Children of Thomas Moncrief and Mary Parker are:

  1. Allie Missouri Moncrief, born 1886.
  2. Ollie Bessie Moncrief, born 20 December 1889 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 22 July 1975 in Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee. She married (1) Milus Hassel McCormack 27 September 1908 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 03 March 1879; died 22 December 1931. She married (2) John Luther Freeland 02 February 1933 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 16 October 1885.
  3. Isabell Moncrief, born 06 January 1892 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Howard Ross Hunter 15 June 1914 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 04 July 1884 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 28 October 1969 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. William Clarence Moncrief, born 27 May 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 22 September 1971 in Goodlettsville, Davidson Co, Tennessee. He married Beatrice Morris 02 August 1917; born 25 April 1898 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died August 1977 in Goodlettsville, Davidson Co, Tennessee.
  5. Virgil Thomas Moncrief, born 12 March 1897 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died June 1923. He married Frances Irvine 04 October 1917 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 02 May 1898; died 09 June 1960.

Mary ("Bet") Elizabeth7 Moncrief (daughter of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 16 March 1868 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 26 May 1919 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married James Henry Norman 23 December 1884 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He was born 24 July 1865 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 26 September 1943.

Children of Mary Moncrief and James Norman are:

  1. William ("Willie") Head8 Norman, born 16 December 1890 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 05 February 1950. He married Onie Arterburn 12 November 1916; born 05 February 1895; died 14 March 1965.
  2. James Harry Norman, born 08 July 1893 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 29 March 1970. He married Allene Reddick 16 November 1913 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 27 August 1896 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 21 June 1967.
  3. Clarence Andrew Wilson Norman, born 28 December 1903 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Barbara Clara McDonald 21 December 1935 in Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan; born 27 December 1902.

James ("Jim") Arteler Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 21 May 1870 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 07 March 1965 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, Kentucky. He married ("Vinie") Nancy Lovina Troutt 17 May 1898 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of George Troutt and Martha Perry. She was born 15 October 1878 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of James Moncrief and Nancy Troutt are:

  1. Pauline Moncrief, born 27 August 1900. She married Grover C. Todd 22 December 1945.
  2. James Basil Moncrief, born 20 October 1901 in Westmoreland, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 24 September 1985 in Bristol, Virginia. He married Helen Otting 08 November 1942.
  3. Earl Wilson Moncrief, born 23 August 1903; died 13 April 1964. He married Bertha Henry 27 May 1927.
  4. Lucile Moncrief, born 26 May 1910 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 26 May 1910 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Gideon Robert Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 08 November 1874 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 18 February 1936 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Julia Orma Holmes 15 August 1894 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, daughter of Calvin Holmes and Amanda Rippy. She was born 13 July 1878 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 06 November 1904 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (2) Mattie C. (Harris) Gilliam 12 May 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 12 March 1881 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 28 August 1957 in Florida.

Children of Gideon Moncrief and Julia Holmes are:

  1. Aubry Moncrief. He married Adeline
  2. Caminet Moncrief. She married Paul Nimmo Harris 02 November 1918 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Claude S. Moncrief, born 29 November 1898 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 May 1900 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. George A. Moncrief, born 17 February 1901 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 25 July 1901 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Carrie Alma Moncrief, born 30 October 1904 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 26 March 1973 in Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee. She married Arthur Taylor McMurtry 23 May 1920.

Children of Gideon Moncrief and Mattie Gilliam are:

  1. Dennis Moncrief, born in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Unknown He married (2) Lally Bell Doss 23 December 1928 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  2. Harry Moncrief, born in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Eula Hinton
  3. V. G. Moncrief, born 18 May 1910 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 25 February 1912 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Bertha Moncrief, born 01 May 1915 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 09 January 1925 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Robert Ray Moncrief, born 17 October 1918 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 December 1962. He married (1) Unknown He married (2) Lois Evelyn Hodges 07 November 1936.

Samuel Gross Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 18 February 1877 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 20 January 1949 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Willie Myrtle Anglea 14 September 1896 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 11 October 1879 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 23 October 1959 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Chilren of Samuel Moncrief and Willie Anglea are:

  1. Velma Beulah Mncrief, born 20 March 1898 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 16 January 1985 in Portland, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Simon Cecil Williams 03 January 1915 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 13 March 1897; died March 1977.
  2. Dewey Moncrief, born 10 October 1902 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 15 July 1904 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. infant son Moncrief, born 22 March 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 22 March 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Loven Andrew Moncrief, born 30 December 1908 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Mary Bell Hendricks 05 December 1936 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Mary Viola Moncrief, born 08 May 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married William Altrice Holmes 01 December 1928 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 08 March 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 21 September 1970 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. Clara Mable Moncrief, born 27 April 1913 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 27 April 1913 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Mona W. Moncrief (daughter of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 03 July 1879 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 06 March 1904 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Nathaniel Buckner Perry 06 October 1895 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He was born 15 February 1873 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 27 December 1956 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Mona Moncrief and Nathaniel Perry are:

  1. Hayden Perry. He married Leona Screese
  2. Larry Perry, born 03 August 1897 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 20 March 1927 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Baby Graves

A. Luther Moncrief (son of Thomas Moncrief and Sarah Jane Hunter) was born 11 September 1882 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died in Texas. He married Unknown.

Children of A. Moncrief and Unknown are:

  1. Floyd Moncrief.
  2. Myrl Moncrief.
  3. Alma Moncrief.


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