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My Arbuckle Ancestors


Henry C. Arbuckle was born about 1815 in VA. He married Elizabeth Taylor (born about 1816 in NC; died after 1860 in Tallahatchie County, MS).


Excerpt from a letter from an Arbuckle genealogist: It appears Henry C. Arbuckle may be a son of William B. Arbuckle who lived in Hawkins County, TN, and was from VA. Or he may be a son of Joseph Arbuckle from PA who lived in Amherst County, VA, and then moved to Rutherford County, TN.


Henry C. Arbuckle and Elizabeth Taylor had the following children:

  1. Sarah Emily Arbuckle born about 1834 in TN; married 20 Sep 1860 Allen Gentry
  2. James P. Arbuckle born 16 Feb 1838 in TN; married 13 Sep 1860 in Tallahatchie Co., MS to Melinda Owen; died 19 Aug 1893 in Levesque, Cross Co., AR
  3. Sabry Jane Arbuckle born Sep 1839 in Tallahatchie Co., MS; married 29 Dec 1859 to Hampton Holcomb Little; died 4 July 1931 in MS. For information on this family see my Little page.
  4. Green Berry Arbuckle born Aug 1843 in Tallahatchie Co., MS; married 1865 to Julia (?)
  5. John A. Arbuckle born about 1844 in Tallahatchie Co., MS; married 2 July 1868 Martha Wagner
  6. Henry Arbuckle born about 1846 in Tallahatchie Co., MS
  7. Lafayette F. Arbuckle born Nov 1850 in Tallahatchie Co., MS; married 16 Nov 1872 Sarah Elizabeth Little






James P. Arbuckle (son of Henry C. Arbuckle) was born 16 Feb 1838 in Tennessee and died 19 Aug 1893 in Levesque, Cross Co., AR. He was a blacksmith and farmer. He married Melinda Owen on 13 Sep 1860, Charleston, MS. Melinda was born 12 Oct 1840 in GA and died 15 Nov 1899, in Levesque, Cross Co., AR. James P. Arbuckle and Melinda Owen had the following children, all born in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi:

  1. James Jarrett Arbuckle born 21 July 1861; married P. E. Thomas 28 Sept 1885 in Charleston, MS; married second, Julia Eveline Gee on 23 Jan. 1887, in Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi. James Jarrett and Julia had six children.
  2. Maud Elizabeth Arbuckle born 7 May 1864; died 1 May 1918
  3. Emily A. Arbuckle born 5 Aug 1866; no other info
  4. Ida Rilla Arbuckle born 23 May 1868; died 22 Apr 1885
  5. Mary Vilanta Arbuckle born 2 Feb 1870; married Levi C. Johnson 12 Jan 1888
  6. Malissa J. Arbuckle born 13 Sep 1872; no other info
  7. William Henry Arbuckle born 24 Aug 1874; married Emma Josie Owen about 1903; seven children
  8. Josif Liffus Arbuckle born 13 Sep 1876; died 29 Nov 1876
  9. William Lafayette Arbuckle born 20 Nov 1875; died 22 Nov 1877
  10. Malinda Arbuckle born 27 June 1879; married Allen Risner in Cross Co, AR, 30 May 1895












BITS AND PIECES:


OBITUARY: Hayti, Missouri--Gladys Arbuckle [born 9 Oct 1912], 84, homemaker, died of heart disease Sunday [11 May 1997] in Hayti. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Church of the Nazarene in Caruthersville, where she was a member, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery here. H.S. Smith Funeral Home of Caruthersville has charge. Mrs. Arbuckle, the wife of Mitchell Arbuckle, also leaves a son, Vernon Arbuckle of Kansas City; two sisters, Myrtle Miller of Caruthersville and Ann Cook of Hayti, and a grandchild.--From the Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN


Roane County, Tennessee Marriage: Catherine ARBUCKLE to Etheldred TAYLOR 11 December 1811