| Name |
Tabitha Marguerite Knight |
Relationship | with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
|
| Born |
16 Oct 1807 |
St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1850 |
Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas |
- aged 42, born in Louisiana
|
| Census |
1860 |
Houston, Harris Co., Texas |
- aged 52, born in Louisiana
|
| Census |
1880 |
Austin, Travis Co., Texas |
- aged 73, born in Louisiana as with both parents; she is living in her daughter Augusta's household
|
| Died |
26 Nov 1890 |
San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas |
| Buried |
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis Co., Texas |
|
|
| Notes |
- Her father’s and mother’s names, William and Catherine, appear on her marriage records.
She appears as a citizen in the Republic of Texas (1836-1845), along with a "Leonard Tomlinson" and an "Aaron Tomlinson." See: http://www.srttexas.org/. The application (S276) was made by Francis G. McDonald (I3907); this is the narrative:
"Tabitha Marguerite Knight was born 16 Oct. 1807. She was baptized 7 Dec. 1807 in St. Martinville, La. Her parents were William Knight and Catherine Russ. Tabitha married William Chisholm Tomlinson (b. 5 May 1805) in St. Mary Parish, La 6 June 1827. They had 5 children. . . . William Chisholm Tomlinson died 25 May 1836 and Tabitha remarried to [her second husband] Thomas C. Baker 17 Feb. 1837 in St. Mary Parish, La. Tabitha came to Texas and was living in Beaumont in 1838, and on 24 Oct. 1838 received grant of 640 acres from the Republic of Texas. In 1850 she married [her fifth husband] John Madison Farrow in Galveston. She lived in Beaumont, Galveston, and San Antonio; and died in San Antonio 26 Nov. 1890 and is buried on Lot 353 Sec. 1 of Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Her 2 Tomlinson sons served as officers in the Confederate Army (1861-1865)."
He mistyped several of the dates for the 5 children: John Raphael's dates are given as "1 July 1828-7 June 1827"; and Rueben Austin's dates are given as "9 Feb. 1838-15 Feb. 1833." He also gives Augustus Austere's birthdate as 1838. It is apparent, however, by his final sentence that only two of the boys lived to adulthood. He also later names the spouses of the two boys who lived. William C. N. Tomlinson's dates are likely to be correct b/c they are given in two separate places on the document.
Sources to check: Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records; Dolly Nicol Farrow, My Farrow & collateral family history.
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| Person ID |
I3875 |
lansdalepitard |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2021 |
| Father |
 William Knight
b. 27 Apr 1788, Kentucky
d. 20 May 1864, Tigerville, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Russ
b. 1787, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
d. 20 May 1864, Tigerville, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
21 Sep 1804 |
St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana |
| Family ID |
F2996 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Spouse / Partner 1 |
William Chisholm Tomlinson
b. 5 May 1805, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
d. 29 May 1836, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (Age 31 years) |
| Married |
5 Jun 1827 |
Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana |
- permission granted on 4 June
|
| Children |
|
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2021 |
| Family ID |
F2674 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
|
| Spouse / Partner 5 |
John Madison Farrow
b. 5 Jan 1811, Virginia
d. 3 Oct 1877, Austin, Travis Co., Texas (Age 66 years) |
| Married |
18 Mar 1850 |
Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas |
| Children |
 | 1. Leroy Rankin Farrow
b. 15 Feb 1841, Texas
d. 14 Mar 1932 (Age 91 years) |
| + | 2. Augusta Ann Farrow
b. 25 Jun 1844, Texas
d. 30 Jan 1918, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas (Age 73 years) |
| | 3. John Steven Farrow
b. 20 Feb 1847, Texas
d. 28 Nov 1917, Austin, Travis Co., Texas (Age 70 years) |
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| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2021 |
| Family ID |
F1701 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
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1807 - 1890 (83 years)
Language
1788 - 1864 (76 years)
