Family of Harriet Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) HIGHTOWER

Birth: 23 FEB 1870 (Carrollton, Carroll Co., MS)
Death: 16 FEB 1954 (Beggs, Okmugee Co., OK)
Burial: Beggs Cemetery (Beggs, Okmugee Co., OK)

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 Annie Adelia HIGHTOWER b. 6 APR 1869 (MS) d. 17 DEC 1957 (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
Henry Leroy WINDHAM b. 21 NOV 1861 (AL) d. 21 JUN 1948	10 JAN 1889 Grenada Co., MS	Alma Gage WINDHAM b. 17 MAR 1890 (MS) d. 1 FEB 1978 Tessie M. WINDHAM b. MAY 1892 (MS) d. about 1912	Ira Lee WINDHAM b. 13 APR 1896 (MS) d. 19 JUL 1963 David M. WINDHAM b. 4 SEP 1904 (MS) d. 11 MAR 1983

*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.

Obituary for Harriet Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) HIGHTOWER

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