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The Dismukes Family in Tennessee, Part 3 Virginia Barrs

Using original records, and historical events, come explore the lives of Paul Dismukes' two middle sons and their children. Both Elisha 'Ellis' Dismukes and Marcus Lafayette Dismukes were born in Virginia and spent their teenage years in Tennessee. Just two years apart in age, they had a close relationship made even stronger when they married two sisters!Ellis and Marcus Dismukes evidently found work down in Huntsville, Alabama in the early 1820's. There they met and married two young heiresses from Georgia. By the 1840's both men moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee. There they may have built a manufacturing business. Ellis had two daughters by his second wife, but he died suddenly before the age of fifty. Meet Marcus and Delia's four sons. Isham Paul Dismukes an attorney who became a sergeant in artillery regiment; Marshall Bradshaw Dismukes who tried to get his baby brother discharged from the Confederate Army, and ended up enlisting himself; George Richardson Dismukes who served in Nathan B. Forrest's Escort; and William Henry Dismukes whose wartime experience encouraged him to become a physician. Included are many photos of actual documents, a complete list of sources, with copious notes separating fact from speculation and suggestions for future research.