Stephen LEFEW
(-Bef 1800)
Elizabeth
Elihu LEFFEW
(Abt 1785-1873)
Anna SHELTON
(Abt 1780-Abt 1855)
Harber LEFFEW
(Abt 1822-After 1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Hannah WILLIAMS
2. Catherine WHALEN

Harber LEFFEW 3

  • Born: Abt 1822, Grainger County, Tennessee 3
  • Marriage (1): Hannah WILLIAMS on 8 Feb 1845 in Grainger County, Tennessee 1
  • Marriage (2): Catherine WHALEN before 1870 2
  • Died: After 1880, Rockcastle County, Kentucky 4

bullet   Another name for Harber was T. Harber LEFFEW.1

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bullet  Research Notes:

Believed to be Elihu and Anna (Shelton) Leffew's son because (i) he purchased Elihu's land after Elihu moved to Kentucky with Jane Lawson and (ii) together with Anny/Anna he conveyed 15 acres to Perthina/Parthena on 5 Feb 1853 (Bk M, Pg 511).

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1840, Grainger County, Tennessee. 5

Household of Harber Leffew (indexed as Henbest Seffens): 1 male age 20-29, 1 female 15-19, 2 females 20-29, 1 female 50-59

2. Census: 1850, Grainger County, Tennessee. 3

Dwelling 1422 (aka 6), Family 1484 (aka 6), District 12
Harber Leffew, age 28, male, farmer, $180 R/E, born in Tenn, cannot read or write
Hannah Leffew, age 27, female, born in Tenn, cannot read or write
Mary A. Leffew, age 3, female, born in Tenn
Lucindy Leffew, age 2, female, born in Tenn
Phebe Leffew, age 6/12, female, born in Tenn

3. Census: 1860, Grainger County, Tennessee. 6

Dwelling 1427, Family 1427, District 12
Harber (indexed as Norber) Leffew, age 38, male, farmer, R/E $250, P/P $80, cannot read or write
Hannah Leffew, age 36, female
Mary Leffew, age 14, female
Lucinda Leffew, age 12, female
Manerva Leffew, age 6, female
Alfred Leffew, age 5, male

4. Census: 1870, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. 2

Dwelling 19, Family 18, Voting District No. 2, P. O. Mt. Vernon
Leffew, Harber, age 48, male, white, farmer, $600 R/E, $600 P/P, born in Tennessee, cannot read or write
Leffew, Catherine, age 24, female, white, keeping house, born in Kentucky
Leffew, Alfred, age 15, male, white, works on farm, born in Tennessee, cannot read or write
Leffew, William, age 9/12, male, white, born in Kentucky in Aug

5. Census: 1880, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. 4

Dwelling 475, Family 475, E. D. 94
Leffew, Harber, white, male, age 59, married, farmer, born in TN, father born in VA, mother born in KY
Leffew, Catherine, white, female, age 34, wife, married, born in KY, parents born in KY
Leffew, William, white, male, age 10, son, single, born in KY, father born in TN, mother born in KY
Leffew, Sarah, white, female, age 8, daughter, single, farm laborer, attended school, cannot write, born in KY, father born in TN, mother born in KY
Leffew, Susan, white, female, age 5, daughter, single, attended school, born in KY, father born in TN, mother born in KY
Leffew, Harvey, white, male, age 2, son, single, born in KY, father born in TN, mother born in KY
Leffew, John, white, male, age 6/12, son, single, born in KY, father born in TN, mother born in KY

[This is the last census record for Harber. Wife Catherine is enumerated in the 1900 census as a widowed mother-in-law in the household of Alfred and Ellen Lentz. Ellen was 28 and so she appears to be the Sarah of the 1880 census.]


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Harber married Hannah WILLIAMS on 8 Feb 1845 in Grainger County, Tennessee.1 (Hannah WILLIAMS was born about 1823 in Tennessee 3 and died before 1870 2.)


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Harber next married Catherine WHALEN before 1870.2 (Catherine WHALEN was born about 1846 in Kentucky 2 and died after 1900.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

Full name provided by Tina Lephew Cooke, who found it on the birth record for their daughter, Susan Leffew (born Sep 1874 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky), and the death record for their daughter, Sarah Leffew Lentz (died 30 Mar 1925 in Fearn Creek, Jefferson County, Kentucky). Records discovered at FamilySearch.org.

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Sources


1 Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives (database online at Ancestry.com).

2 1870 Census, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, Ancestry.com Images Online, Roll M593_497, Page 38A (Ancestry.com Census Image 3 of 27).

3 1850 Census, Grainger County, Tennessee, Roll M432_880, Page 99B (Ancestry.com Census Image 10 of 21).

4 1880 Census, Rockcastle, Kentucky, Online at Ancestry.com, Roll 440, Page 346C (Ancestry.com Census Image 51 of 51).

5 1840 Census, Grainger County, Tennessee, Roll 525, Page 126 (Ancestry.com Census Image 73 of 106).

6 1860 Census, Grainger County, Tennessee, Roll M653_1250, Page 504 (Ancestry.com Census Image 5 of 19).


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