Thomas G. Churchman

• Sex: M
• Born: April 6, 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
• Died: after 1883
• Buried:
• Notes: According to Godspeed history of Tennessee, Thomas G. Churchman, a farmer, was one of the earlier settlers of Dyer County, TN. He was educated in a log school house in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. He learned the carpentry trade from his father, James. In 1842 he married Miss Ruth Pickard of Obion County, TN. They had 8 children, only four surviving, John R. (of Texas), Margurette (wife of A. Haywood Carpenter of Arkansas), Henderson C. (of Texas) and Thomas B. (of Texas). After marrying in 1842, he spent 2 years in Obion County, TN, then 6 years in Carroll County, TN. He moved to Dyer County, TN, in 1850 and owned a good farm in the Ninth District, four miles east of Newbern. He was a Democrat, a good citizen, and an honest man.

Father: James Churchman, b. 1787 in Virginia

Mother: Nancy Bradberry

Family 1: Ruth Pickard, b. ca. 1816 -- d. December, 1882

• Married: 1842 in Tennessee

1. William J. Churchman, b. 1843 in Tennessee
2. John R. Churchman, b. 1845 in Tennessee
3. Henry Lee Churchman, b. 1847 in Tennessee
4. Henderson Conway Churchman, b. June 28, 1849 in Carroll County, TN
5. Margurette Emiline Churchman, b. September 5, 1851 in Dyersburg, TN
6. Eliza Churchman, b. July 27, 1855 in Dyer County, TN -- died before 1860 in Dyer County, TN
7. Thomas B. Churchman, b. June 5, 1857 in Tennessee

Family 2: Dorinda Stokes, b. 1821 in South Carolina -- daughter of Kinsey and Nancy Lucas

• Married: January 28, 1883 in Tennessee

Sources:

1. Research by Everett L. Churchman
2. The 1850 & 1860 Census of Tennessee