Family of John A. HIGHTOWER

Birth: 31 MAY 1866 (Carrollton, Carroll Co., MS)
Death: 22 AUG 1936 (Rome, Sunflower Co., MS)
Burial: Longview Methodist Cemetery (Carroll 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 Annie Adelia HIGHTOWER b. 6 APR 1869 (MS) d. 17 DEC 1957 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
Cora EMMONS b. SEP 1876 (MS) d. after MAR 1940	19 MAR 1916 Grenada Co., 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.

Obituaries for John A. HIGHTOWER
Tombstone of John A. HIGHTOWER

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