Family of Annie Adelia HIGHTOWER

Birth: 6 APR 1869 (Carroll Co., MS)
Death: 17 DEC 1957 (Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., MS)
Burial: Springhill Cemetery (Tallahatchie Co., MS)

Grandparents	Parents	Siblings
William HIGHTOWER b. about 1775 (GA?) d. before 1840 Elizabeth SKINNER b. 18 DEC 1789 (GA?) d. 22 MAR 1845	Pleasant L. HIGHTOWER b. about 1833 (GA) d. about 1871	Alice HIGHTOWER b. 1863 (MS) d. between 1880-1900 John A. HIGHTOWER b. 31 MAY 1866 (MS) d. 22 AUG 1936 Harriet Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) HIGHTOWER b. 23 FEB 1870 (MS) d. 16 FEB 1954 (Child) MINYARD* b. between 1872-1880 (MS) d. before 1880 (Child) MINYARD* b. between 1872-1880 (MS) d. before 1880	Minnie MINYARD b. about 1876 (MS) d. between 1880-1900 Mattie MINYARD b. about 1879 (MS) d. between 1880-1900 Fannie Josephine MINYARD b. 20 NOV 1880 (MS) d. 31 MAR 1967 Mary Clemmie MINYARD b. JUL 1883 (MS) d. 13 OCT 1957 James Monroe (“Bud”) MINYARD b. 20 DEC 1885 (MS) d. 31 JUL 1951
Green C. EMMONS b. 1825 (MS) d. 20 MAR 1862 Margaret LESLIE b. 26 MAR 1824 (MS) d. 16 JAN 1859	Frances L. (“Fannie”) EMMONS b. 12 NOV 1846 (MS) d. 26 NOV 1946

Spouse	Marriage	Children
Steven Seaborn JONES b. JUL 1856 (MS) d. between 1900-1905	14 DEC 1887 Grenada Co., MS	Joseph Ernest (“Joe”) JONES b. 15 MAY 1890 (MS) d. 12 DEC 1956 (Child) JONES b. between 1888-1900 (MS) d. before 1900	John Lawrence JONES b. 15 FEB 1896 (MS) d. 1 JAN 1945 Bessie Marie JONES b. 1 MAR 1899 (MS) d. 5 APR 1960
Mr. AKINS b. unknown (MS) d. unknown	between 1900-1905 MS	Freddie Lee AKINS b. 30 MAR 1906 (MS) d. 15 AUG 1978
Henderson Nolan PATTERSON b. 16 MAR 1856 (AL) d. 10 JUL 1948	between 1910-1920 MS	None

*The 1900 and 1910 census records show that Fannie EMMONS gave birth to 11 children with 6 living in 1900 and 1910. The information given here for birth and death dates of the two unknown siblings are speculation. It is also uncertain whether the two unknown siblings were fathered by Pleasant HIGHTOWER or Everett MINYARD.

Tombstone of Henderson Nolan PATTERSON

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