Lewis H Featherston b. 01 Sep 1821 Alabama, United States of America d. 06 Jun 1906 Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America: Featherstone One Name Study

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Lewis H Featherston

Lewis H Featherston

Male 1821 - 1906  (84 years)

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  • Name Lewis H Featherston  [1] 
    Born 01 Sep 1821  Alabama, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 54538 
    Died 06 Jun 1906  Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Aft 06 Jun 1906  Bethelem Methodist Church Cemetery, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gravestone    		 Gravestone
    Lewis H. Featherstun
    Birth 1 Sep 1821
    Death 6 Jun 1896 (aged 74)
    Burial
    Bethlehem Cemetery
    Capleville, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
    Person ID I54538  Featherstone Main
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2021 

    Father Lewis Featherston,   b. 1780, Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1845, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Sarah Hurt,   b. 1781, Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1883  (Age 102 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1810  Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F14742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sallie Lavinia Felts,   b. 28 Dec 1831, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Oct 1850  Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Lewis Porter Featherston,   b. 16 Jul 1851, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1922, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Renick M Featherston,   b. 08 Oct 1853, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Makus Howard Featherston,   b. 05 Feb 1859, Mississippi, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1881, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     4. Herschel C Featherston,   b. Aug 1860, Shelby County, Tennesee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1932, Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     5. George Patrick Featherston,   b. 02 Apr 1870, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Apr 1954, Clearmont, Lake County, Florida, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F17411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Gravestone    		Gravestone
    Lewis H. Featherstun
    Birth 1 Sep 1821
    Death 6 Jun 1896 (aged 74)
    Burial
    Bethlehem Cemetery
    Capleville, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA

  • Sources 
    1. [S1730] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E. Elaine Boston, (2014).

    2. [S1730] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E. Elaine Boston, (2014), Lewis H. Featherstun was born on 1 Sep 1821 in Alabama. He died on 6 Jun 1896 at the age of 74 in Shelby County, Tennessee. He was buried at Bethelem Methodist Church Cemetery in Shelby County, Tennessee.

    3. [S1730] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E. Elaine Boston, (2014), Lewis Featherstone was born in 1780 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He died in 1845 at the age of 65 in Shelby County, Kentucky. He had his estate probated in 1845 in Shelby County, Tennessee.
      Lewis Featherstone and Sarah "Sally" Hurt were married on 20 Dec 1810 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Sarah "Sally" Hurt, daughter of Absalom Hurt and Sarah Stokes, was born on 2 Apr 1781 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. She died in 1883 at the age of 102 in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
      Lewis Featherstone and Sarah "Sally" Hurt had the following children:

      2i.George Featherstone was born in 1813 in Alabama.
      +3ii.Mary Featherstone, born 1814, Alabama; married A. H. Heron, 6 Feb 1838, Fayette County, Tennessee.
      +4iii.Martha A. Featherstone, born 1815, Alabama; married William A. Jones, 1 Dec 1842, Shelby County, Tennessee.
      +5iv.Harriet Featherstone, born 1 Apr 1816, Alabama; married William G Wyman, 26 Jun 1845, Shelby County, Tennessee.
      +6v.Susan Stokes Featherstone, born 1818, Alabama; married William Parsons Bradley, 26 Jun 1845, Shelby County, Tennessee; died Jul 1850, Shelby County, Tennessee.
      +7vi.Lewis H. Featherstun, born 1 Sep 1821, Alabama; married Sallie Lavinia Felts, 16 Oct 1856, Shelby County, Tennessee; died 6 Jun 1896, Shelby County, Tennessee.
      +8vii.John Patrick Featherstone, born 10 Nov 1831, Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi; married Mary Elizabeth McCully, 1855; died 1 Sep 1906, Leake County, Mississippi.


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The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.

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Some common falacies

Featherstonehaugh or it's many variations is not pronounced Fanshaw which is a name in it's own right