Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameRuie Madora HESSEY
Birth Date15 Jun 1850
Birth PlaceDavidson County, Tennessee
Death Date7 Dec 1920 Age: 70
Death PlaceHermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMount Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee, Mount Juliet Memorial Gardens
Spouses
Birth Date17 May 1845
Birth PlaceHermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee
Death Date28 Apr 1936 Age: 90
Death PlaceHermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMount Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee, Mount Juliet Memorial Gardens
FatherJohn Henry HURT (1806-1880)
MotherSusan BANDY (?-)
Family ID4463
Notes for Benjamin F. (Spouse 1)
1860 Davidson CO TN, Ira Hurt, age 35, Missouri, age 34, *Broy(Ben) F, age 11, Lucy A, age 10, Sarah E, age 6, Ira, age 4, Josephus, age 2

1900 US Census
Home in 1900 Civil District 16, Davidson, Tennessee
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Benjamin F Hunt [Hurt] 55 Head
Ruis W Hunt 49 Wife
Sallie V Hunt 6 Daughter
Sarah F Hunt 48 Sister
James T Gleaves 54 Boarder


Name B.F. Hurt
Side Confederate
Regiment State/Origin Tennesee
Regiment 30th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
Company D
Rank In Corporal
Rank Out Corporal
Alternate Name Benjamin G./Hurt
Film Number M231 roll 22

On Find A Grave.


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HURT: English (chiefly Nottinghamshire): variant of Hart. German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle’, ‘woven fence’. Dutch: nickname, presumably for a pugnacious or aggressive person, from Middle Dutch hort, hurt ‘strike’, ‘blow’, ‘attack’. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names Oxford University Press

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(1) Source-1850 TN Census,Davidson County,D-402-400 (2) Source-1860 TN Census,Davidson County,D-54-255

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