MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY, Pulaski, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
 

 SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1\Case Divorce Bill  1880:  Arreny and Joseph ELDER were married in Giles County on April 20, 1879.  Arreny states she is the widow of A. DISHOUGH, deceased

1893    Arrena ELDER vs W. I. RAINEY et al

DISHOUGHN brought suit April 16, 1878 in Circuit Court.  Augustine DISHOUGHN died August 20, 1877, testate.  Left property to son Charles A. DISHOUGHN.  Arrena DISHOUGHN married Joseph ELDER.  W. I. RAINEY sold his mill to Alexander KIDWELL.

1902   Arrena ELDER vs Walter B. and Thomas J. CLEGG

On September 2, 1885, a case against Arrena ELDER was brought by Thomas A. PITMAN, by his next friend Thomas W. PITMAN, claiming an interest in certain property left by her first husband Augustine DISHOUGHN.  Property included the DISHOUGHN Mill, the Mill lot on which the old James N. BUNCH Mill stood and which DISHOUGHN bought January 25,1869.  Note:Mrs. Arrena DISHOUGHN had two children by Augustine DISHOUGHN: Charles A. and George Ann DISHOUGHN.  George Ann married T. W. PITMAN.

 1888  Arena ELDER vs Thomas A. PITMAN

Augustine DISHOUGHN died leaving widow Arena and two children: Georgeann who married Thomas W. PITMAN and Charles DISHOUGHN and that both children are now dead.  Georgeann was mother of Thomas A. PITMAN.  Arena DISHOUGHN married second, Joseph ELDER.  Mrs. ELDER received 1/3 of DISHOUGHN estate.  Thomas A. PITMAN received 2/3.

1885 Will of Augustine DISHOUGH  Thomas A. PITTMAN by next friend vs. Arena DISHOUGH

Augustine DISHOUGH died August 1877. He left surviving his widow Arrena, son Charles A., and daughter George Ann wife of Thomas A. PITTMAN. Under the Will of Augustine DISHOUGH he gave his wife Arrena all of his real and personal property for use and control until son Charles A., arrived at the age of twenty one. Then property to be divided. between wife, son and daughter. George Ann wife of Thomas W. PITTMAN, died intestate in 1884 leaving Thomas A. PITTMAN who was a minor of tender years. Charles A. DISHOUGH died a few days after George Ann, leaving no issue, never having been married. Thomas W. PITTMAN was suing as next friend of Thomas A. PITTMAN, claiming he should share in the interest of Charles A. DISHOUGH as well as George Ann PITTMAN. Thomas W. PITTMAN asked that a Guardian be appointed to protect the interest of Thomas A. PITTMAN.

NOTE: Arena BUSBY married Augustine DISHOUGH III, July 4, 1855

1887 Noble SMITHSON vs. Arrena ELDER

Augustine DISHOUGH published his will August 18, 1877. After the date of said will, he died leaving his widow Arrena and two children: Georgeann wife of T. A. PITMAN and Charles A. DISHOUGH surviving. Charles A. DISHOUGH died February 8, 1884, Georgeann PITMAN died February 3, 1884 leaving a son Thomas PITMAN.

According to Ancestry.com

Augustine Dishongh was the son of Henderson Dishongh & Sarah Price.
Augustine Dishongh md Arrena Busby 04 Jul 1855

Arenna was born 1810 to Stephen Busby & Verlinda Thomas (I don't believe this 1810 is correct)

I have found her in the Death Records!

ELDER, Irene   22 Dec 1835 - 28 Aug 1919, d/o _?_ Busby.

I saw her name listed as Irene in one of the Census Records. They just got her name  wrong. In the 1910 Census they had her listed:

ELDER, Irene  74 wd 4 children none living
PITTMAN, Thomas  Grandson  27  Single

They were living on 4th Street. When I first moved to Pulaski, I remember seeing this old man, Tom Pittman riding all over town on a bicycle. He wore a burlap sack around his neck and went all over town gathering up cardboard. He would fill up an old garage at his home with the cardboard and when it was about full the City Workers would go and haul it off and he would fill it up again. This is the Thomas A. Pittman who was her grandson. I guess when she died he just didn�t put up a marker for her.

What do you think about putting her on the gravesite with the others and put unmarked grave? I am going to use her other name Arena. (By Jean Cosby, 2014)

 1860 Census:

Name:Augustus Deshong
Age:25
Birth Year: abt 1835
Gender:Male
Birth Place:Tennessee
Home in 1860:Southern Subdivision, Giles, Tennessee
Post Office:Pulaski
Family Number:257
Household Members:
Name             Age
Augustus  Deshong 25
Areny     Deshong 24
Georgia A Deshong  1

There is still one of the four sides of that Dishongh Monument that has not been photographed by the Findagrave people. I remember running by that monument  in a hurry to max my day and skipped it because there was only one stone inside a fence. Either the fourth (Plaque) side has nothing on it or perhaps it may have her name listed. That is a perfect situation for an unmarked grave.

I looked in the Cemetery book to see if it was in the index but there are no Dishongh or any version of spelling that name so they either missed the whole stone or left it out of the index. Not in Findagrave so I'd say yea go for it - a new listing unmarked in Lot 85 b. 1836 d. between 1910 and 1920 assuming you did not find her in 1920 and I did not. She is in the 1900 Census as Irene but shows a funny age of 57 - b. 1843 so ignore that because the other census say 1836.

Yea, she far outlived her family so she is in Maplewood Cem without an inscription. Not much doubt. Can you make up a listing and we will put her there. I just don't believe she was born in 1810. BTW the census is consistent on her age as 1860 - 24 or 1836 1910   74 as 1836 so she died after 1910 not being in the 1920 census.

So see if you agree with these listings for a start - correcting/finishing up as you can:

DISHONGH, Augustine, 22 Dec 1835 - 18 Aug 1877, OM-85-4
DISHONGH, Arena Buzby, 1836 (d. 1925) aka after 1910 but before 1920 d/o ____ wife of Augustind Dishongh / Joseph Elder. 85-6
DISHONGH,  Charles A., 25 May 1867 - 08 Feb 1884, s/o Augustine & Arena Buzby Dishongh OM-85-5
DISHONGH, John H., 07 Mar 1861 - 13 Jun 1862,  s/o Augustine & Arena Buzby Dishongh  OM-85-2
DISHONGH, Josephine L., 25 Oct 1862 - 17 Dec 1862,  d/o Augustine & Arena Buzby Dishongh OM-85-1
BUZBY, Delsenia M., 15 Nov 1833 - 15 Jun 1865, sister of Arena Buzby Dishongh OM-85-3
PITMAN, Georgiana [Dishongh], 31 Mar 1859 - 03 Feb 1884, w/o W. T. Pittman d/o Augustine and Arena Buzby Dishongh OM-85-6
PITTMAN, T. A., 25 Aug 1882 - 21 Aug 1956, s/o Thomas W. and Georgia Deshongh Pittman OM-245-5
PITTMAN, Thomas W., 20 Oct 1849 - 05 Nov 1932, h/o Georgia Deshongh / Nora Hayes OM-245-6

Research by Jean Cosby. 2014