Life History

Notes

• 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 14 June, Civil District 17, Enumeration District 55, page 9A, Hse/Fam #149
  Strange, Murphy C  Head W M Feb 1850  50 Married 25 yrs TN VA TN Farmer Owns
  Strange, Mary  Wife W F Aug 1855  44 Married 25 yrs 15 children, 12 living VA VA VA
  Strange, Samantha J Dau W M Nov 1893  6 Single TN TN VA
  
  1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 3 May, Civil District 6, District 71, page 7A, Hse #120, Fam #122
  Strange, Murphy C Head  M W 56 Married 36 years TN TN TN Laborer. working Out  Rents
  Strange, Mary Wife F W 54 Married 36 years 15 children, 12 living TN VA VA
  Strange, Samantha Daughter F W 16 TN TN TN
  
  Samantha married Houk Mason.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Houk Mason
  Spouse Samantha Strange
  Marriage Date 17 Nov 1912 Jefferson County
  
  They had a child who died the same day it was born.  The infant daughter's death certificate gives us the name of Samantha's husband, Houk Mason.
  
  Tennessee Deaths Certificates
  Female Infant Mason
  Birth 29 Jun 1914 Jefferson County, Tennessee
  [Line for date of birth has 30 June, but statement by doctor "I last saw her alive on 29 June 1914]
  Age 0
  Death 30 Jun 1914 Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Burial 1 Jul 1914 Lawson's Chaple [Chapel] Cemetery, Newport, Tennessee
  Father Houck Mason born Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Mother Samantha Strange born Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Informant Mrs Taylor, Dandridge, Tennessee
  Filed 4 July 1914

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 14 June, Civil District 17, Enumeration District 55, page 9A, Hse/Fam #149
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 3 May, Civil District 6, District 71, page 7A, Hse #120, Fam #122
• 3. Tennessee Death Certificates
• 4. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
• 5. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry