Tignal Duncan De Graffenried

1835 - 1901  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Tignal Duncan De Graffenried  [1]
  Born	Dec 1835	Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Nov 1901	Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Buried	Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I23930	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Gen. Matthew Fontaine De Graffenried, of Perry Grove (Planter),   b. 1797, Franklin, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1869, Franklin, Tennessee, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Penelope C. Stewart,   b. Abt 1798, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1838, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	29 Nov 1820	Wikinson, Mississippi, USA   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F8184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sallie Celestia De Graffenreid,   b. Dec 1842, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1912, District of Columbia, USA  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Children	1. Matthew Fontaine deGraffenried,   b. 28 Aug 1860, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1933, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   2. William Le Roy De Graffenreid,   b. 21 Jun 1881, Eddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 7 Jul 1938, District of Columbia, USA  (Age 57 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Stuart DeGraffenreid,   b. 20 Feb 1872, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1937, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  (Age 65 years)  [natural]   4. Kennedy DeGraffenried,   b. 5 Apr 1871,   d. 5 Apr 1940, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   5. Tignal D. DeGraffenried,   b. 29 Nov 1868,   d. 6 Mar 1937  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   6. John Reese DeGraffenreid,   b. 16 Oct 1876,   d. Dec 1936  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F8186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Served as First Sergeant for 55th (McKoin's) Tennessee Infantry CSA (Confederate States of America). Also married to Anastasia L. Pope the mother of Matthew Fontaine DeGraffenried. (FindAGrave) Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 19. - Signal (sic) Duncan DeGraffenried died near Brentwood yesterday, after an illness of about a year. He was one of the most prominent citizens of this country. He was a son of Gen. M. D. DeGraffenried and a brother of Congressman Reese K. DeGraffenried, of Texas. (The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 20 Nov 1901) Tignal Duncan De Graffenried's name itself is an intriguing illustration of the blending of languages and cultures that occur in immigrant communities. His first name is Welsh; his middle name is Scots Gaelic; and his surname is Swiss-Germanic.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1724] Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). [S2400] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148168083/tignal-duncan-degraffenried [S1724] Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/madddawg?n=stuart&oc=&p=penelope