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Thomas Jefferson Deupree

Male 1835 - 1919  (83 years)


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  • Name Thomas Jefferson Deupree 
    Nickname T.J. 
    Born 18 Sep 1835  Nuxobee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Jul 1919  Texarkana, AK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6819  MyTree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Elijah C. Deupree,   b. 27 Nov 1807, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1880, Dearbrook, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Eliza Massey Wayne,   b. 3 Jan 1815,   d. 26 Jun 1877, Deerbrook, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 6 Apr 1831  Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elmyra Williams,   b. 29 Mar 1844, Pickens Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1930, Texarkana, AK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1861 
    Children 
     1. Jessie W. Deupree,   b. 14 Jan 1862, DeSoto Parish, La Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1941, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +2. Thomas Jefferson Deupree, II,   b. 22 Nov 1864, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1907, Memphis, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     3. Mary Eliza Deupree,   b. 11 Mar 1867, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1955, St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. William Wayne Deupree,   b. 15 Feb 1869, Nuxobee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1930, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     5. Allie Bush Deupree,   b. 28 Apr 1872, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1960  (Age 87 years)
     6. Fannie Adelle Deupree,   b. 2 Jan 1875, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1919, Texarkana, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     7. Emma Lee Deupree,   b. 23 Jun 1879, Jackson Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Sarah Curtis Deupree,   b. 31 Jul 1883, Jackson, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F3713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Family data for Thomas Jefferson Dupree Sr. was copied 6 Apr 1957 by
      F. C. Deupree from records furnished by T. W. Deupree with several
      notations of marriage added by F. C. D. who made notation on the
      above record that Thomas Jefferson Deupree, Jr., was his father. This
      was also the father of James Edward Deupree, Sr.
      Thomas Jefferson Deupree, son of Elijah, married Mary Williams.
      Their children were Thomas Jefferson, Jessie, Mary, William, Fannie
      Dell, Emma Lee, Allie Bush, and Sarah.

      Thomas Jefferson Deupree was elected Third Lieutenant at the original
      organization of the Noxubee Troopers. He was wounded five times during
      the War, promoted to Captain of Company G, and served as escort of
      Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. He became a medical doctor after the War,
      later choosing to become a Professor of Sciences at Union University
      in Jackson, Tenn. He retired to Texarkana, Arkansas for the remainder
      of his fife.

      More Notes:
      Dr. Thomas Jefferson Deupree retired from his practice and moved to
      Jackson, Tenn., where he taught Natural Science in Union University
      for over 30 years. Two of his grandsons, Thomas Wayne Deupree and
      Edward Deupree, were Colonels in the First World War.