Elizabeth Street

Notes:

per Marg and Jince River boat pilot there is a "George Street" street lamp on Mississippi River - just above Alton.
CENSUS: 1880 TN Hardin ED 44 pg 5 George age 5, son, at home
Per Inez Glynn "the "George Street" street lamp is the 1st light below the mouth of the Ohio River (on the left bank). Inez says George STREET was a pilot for Mississippi Barge Line THIS I KNOW but NEVER NEVER ever remember him connected with a lady friend - if he had a date we certainly didn't know it - or was gone from home"
DEATH: Certificate in file Vol 044 Cert 21811 deathvol 33 shows NO SPOUSE no residence listed cause of death Pernicious anemia. At the bottom of the cert "undertaker" is X'd out for some reason and the name Mattil Effinger and Roth, Paducah, KY is in that spot. lists occupation as Steamboat Pilot and Captain. it lists mother's maiden name as SARAH MORRISON (very curious). The informant is John Street, his brother, so should be very reliable info!!
Buried Oak Grove Cem Sec 44 Lot 15 Per Roth Funeral Home residence 127 Fountain Ave, Paducah, KY. Funeral ordered by John Street.
OCCUPATION: Sternwheel Towboat "Lyda" Capt George M. Street is said to have bought her late 1911. In June, 1914 she went to Walter G Hougland for $2,400.
Renamed Aug 1918 "William P. Fieger" Sternwheel Packet Wood Hull "George Cowling" sold Mar 1921 to Capt. Geo Street for the Paducah Golconda trade.
renamed "Alton" 1923. Geo Street, Pilot aboard the "Wynoka" 1931.

David married Sarah Priscilla Morrow on 24 Nov 1863. Sarah was born on 14 Sep 1845 in Savannah, Hardin County, TN; died on 27 Jul 1897 in Savannah, Hardin County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Jackson, TN; Lawyer

Notes:

Col. DAVID A STREET, of Lunenburg county, VA, who first settled in Jackson, TN, after leaving VA, was the first classical teacher at Purdy. He was a fine scholar, wholly given up to books and teaching. He was very fond of his scholars, and entertained them at his house in the most hospitable manner. He died in Savannah, TN to which place he removed with all of his children-two boys - Thomas and D T, and two girls. His eldest son now resides in Savannah.

"Reminiscences of the Early Setlement and Early Settlers of McNairy County, TN by Marcus J Wright "Footprints on the Sands of Time" Commercial Publishing Co. 1882.

CENSUS 1840 TN Hardin - nothing
CENSUS 1850 TN Hardin STREET, David A. 43, lawyer born VA & David T, 20, Merchant born VA, Hd-22-387
CENSUS: 1860 TN Hardin Nothing on David A Street (possibly deceased); D T Street Age 29 & J T Street age 24, both clerks and born VA. Boarding with S M Thomas.

Per Ed Street blacknet@tedgebbs.is.net - b & d dates and middle name - "graduated Washington College 1827 where he studied law with Judge Creed Taylor. Rem to Jackson TN Oct 18 1843, rem to Purdy, then to Savannah in 1846.

David married Mary Graffenreid Woodson on 25 Oct 1828 in Cumberland County, VA. Mary (daughter of Tscharner de Graffenreid Woodson and Lucy Micheaux) was born on 27 Nov 1804 in Cumberland County, VA; died on 30 Dec 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Per Ed Street blacknet@tedgebbs.is.net
BIRTH & DEATH: the Street Genealogy by Henry A Street 1895
CONFLICT: History of the DeGraffenried Family by Thomas P Degraffenried 1925 & The Woodsons and their connections by Henry Morton Woodson 1925, pp. 202 states birth date as 1803