I have so many different scenarios in my head for who Effee Jane Gilchrist is and what became of her and Spencer DeMumbrie, but I will keep them in my head instead of sharing them (since most are hilariously macabre and totally uncalled for).
Who is Effee Jane Gilchrist? She kind of appeared out of nowhere. The only census I can find her on is the 1870 census enumerated in Tunica, Mississippi, listed as Jane Gilcris. She is living with Spencer DeMumbrie, his 13 year old daughter Minnie (listed as Clara), Spencer’s mother-in-law Mary McMillan (listed as McMillen-her daughter, Spencer’s wife, had passed away sometime between 1860 and 1870) and some random woman named Ellen Johnson (I will figure out who she is someday). I want to say that it is possible that Effee Jane, at the time, was a nanny or governess for Minnie, but it doesn’t list an occupation for her. She was 19 years old, 30 years younger than Spencer and 6 years older than Minnie.
The next, and last, documentation of Effee Jane Gilchrist is her marriage record to Spencer DeMumbrie. They married in Tunica, Mississippi on December 27, 1871.
Security for the bond was put up by JN Neblett. What is his relationship to Effee Jane Gilchrist and Spencer DeMumbrie?
I cannot find Spencer or Effee Jane on any census after. On RootsWeb my aunt said that she saw somewhere that Spencer put his land into a trust fund for his daughter in 1872. But that still doesn’t tell us where Spencer and Effee Jane went. Did they have any children? Where did they die? When did they die? Where are they buried? Where did Effee Jane come from (yes, I know…Tennessee, but who did she come from?)? Why can I not find her anywhere?
Do you have the answers?
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