McLeskey Family Information

Rev. Joe McLeskey, Sr.
Perhaps a Presbyterian minister?

Child of Joe McLeskey, Sr. and wife:

1. William Hamilton McLeskey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 13 July 1808 - South Carolina
died: 1 July 1880 - Gibson County, Tennessee
buried: Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee
married: 24 July 1828
wife: Jemima Exa Gilbert
born: 30 December 1808
died: 23 December 1867
buried: Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee

Children of William Hamilton McLeskey and Jemima E. Gilbert McLeskey:

1.1. Martha Jane McLeskey
born: 18 November 1830
died: 9 November 1875
married: 4 July 1850
husband: Dr. William M. Maxwell
died: 29 March 1888

1.2. Joseph ("Jo") McLeskey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 23 January 1832 - Carroll County, Tennessee
died: 5 May 1909 - Fulton, Kentucky
buried: Mt. Olive Cemetery, near Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee
Joseph married 1st: 29 June 1858 - Weakley County, Tennessee
1st wife: Ellen E. Carter
[daughter of James E. Carter]
died: 9 January 1879

Children of Joseph McLeskey and Ellen Carter McLeskey:

1.2.1. James E. McLeskey

1.2.2. Mattie Catherine McLeskey
husband: W.H. Forbis

Children of W.H. Forbis and ? McLeskey:

1.2.2.1. Joe McLeskey Forbis
wife: Allene Walker

Children of Joe McLeskey Forbis and Allene Walker Forbis:

1.2.2.1.1. Virginia Forbis
husband: John Simonton

1.2.3. William Hamilton ("Hamp") McLeskey, II
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 1869 -
died: 1946 - Nashville, Tennessee
buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
married:
wife: Florence Meadows

Children of William Hamilton McLeskey, II and Florence Meadows McLeskey:

1.2.3.1. Hamilton McLeskey
born:

1.2.3.2. James ("Jamie") Meadows McLeskey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 31 January 1891 - Greenfield, Tennessee
died: 12 April 1936 - Birmingham, Alabama
buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
wife: Euline Cummings
[after James Meadows McLeskey died, Euline married Rev. T.C. Stockton]

Children of James Meadows McLeskey and Euline Cummings McLeskey:

1.2.3.2.1. Mary Dorothy McLeskey
husband: William A. Rawlins
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

1.2.3.2.2. James Thomas McLeskey

 

1.2.4. Bobbie McLeskey
died before 1887

Joseph married 2nd: 5 December 1879
2nd wife: Sallie Turner
[widow of Mr. Cooper]
died: 29 December 1914

Children of Joseph McLeskey and Sallie Turner Cooper McLeskey:

1.2.3.3. Maunder M. McLeskey
died: 7 March 1966
husband: D.A. Hipps
died: 1954

Children of D.A. Hipps and Maunda McLeskey Hipps:

1.2.3.3.1. ? Hipps
husband: Joe H. Davis

1.2.3.3.2. ? Hipps
husband: Robert L. Robinson

1.2.3.3.3. Paul Hipps

1.2.3.4. Callie T. McLeskey

1.2.3.5. Jo McLeskey

 

1.3. Benjamin Gilbert McLeskey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 23 July 1834 - Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee
died: 25 October 1885 - Texas
buried: Tehuacana Cemetery, Tehuacana, Texas
married: 27 June 1866 - Brownsville, Tennessee
wife: Ella L. Rodgers
died: 9 February 1901

1.4. Robert Gilbert McLeskey
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 6 January 1837 - Tennessee
died: October 1884 - Madisonville, Kentucky
married: July 1865 -
wife: Mary Louise Montgomery
died: 29 December 1935

1.5. Emily A. McLeskey
born: 20 November 1839
died: 3 December 1920
married: 15 April 1878
husband: J.M. Stolts
died: 28 April 1913

1.6. James McLeskey
born: September 1842
died: 6 January 1876
married: August 1866
wife: Susan A. Cothran
died: 31 March 1876