Thomas Jefferson Deupree
1835 - 1919 (83 years)-
Name Thomas Jefferson Deupree Nickname T.J. Birth 18 Sep 1835 Nuxobee Co., MS 
Gender Male Death 22 Jul 1919 Texarkana, AK Person ID I6819 MyTree Last Modified 15 Aug 2009
Father Elijah C. Deupree, b. 27 Nov 1807, Oglethorpe Co., GA d. 8 Apr 1880, Dearbrook, Noxubee Co., MS (Age 72 years) Mother Eliza Massey Wayne, b. 3 Jan 1815 d. 26 Jun 1877, Deerbrook, Noxubee Co., MS (Age 62 years) Marriage 6 Apr 1831 Noxubee Co., MS Family ID F3710 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elmyra Williams, b. 29 Mar 1844, Pickens Co., AL d. 3 Jun 1930, Texarkana, AK (Age 86 years) Marriage 28 Mar 1861 Children 1. Jessie W. Deupree, b. 14 Jan 1862, DeSoto Parish, La d. 13 Jun 1941, TX (Age 79 years)+ 2. Thomas Jefferson Deupree, II, b. 22 Nov 1864, Noxubee Co., MS d. 6 Oct 1907, Memphis, TN (Age 42 years)3. Mary Eliza Deupree, b. 11 Mar 1867, Noxubee Co., MS d. Abt 1955, St. Louis, MO (Age 87 years)4. William Wayne Deupree, b. 15 Feb 1869, Nuxobee Co., MS d. 3 Oct 1930, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN (Age 61 years)5. Allie Bush Deupree, b. 28 Apr 1872, Noxubee Co., MS d. 1960 (Age 87 years)6. Fannie Adelle Deupree, b. 2 Jan 1875, Noxubee Co., MS d. 29 Jan 1919, Texarkana, AR (Age 44 years)7. Emma Lee Deupree, b. 23 Jun 1879, Jackson Co., TN d. Yes, date unknown8. Sarah Curtis Deupree, b. 31 Jul 1883, Jackson, TN d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F3713 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2017
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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.
- Family data for Thomas Jefferson Dupree Sr. was copied 6 Apr 1957 by