YARBROUGH CEMETERY,
(Weakley Creek Rd., near county line) LAWRENCE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
MAXEY, Narcissa Yarbrough, (birth date
about 1838 died about 1854, 1st wife of Thomas H. Maxey, married 1852. thought
to be buried here-unmarked grave. Preceded her mother Mary Yarbrough in death 22
Aug 1857. d/o of Ambrose & Mary Yarbrough of this community)
Thomas H Maxey married Narcissa Yarbrough in 1852. They had Cornelia V Yarbrough
Maxey, b. 9 Oct 1853. Narcissa died ca 1854, because Thomas H. was married again
to Louisa E Clifton by the 1860 census. Thomas H. Maxey then goes off to the
Civil War to fight for the Confederacy and dies 26 Mar 1862 at Mound City
Illinois as a Prisoner of War in a hospital (diagnosis Erysipelas), then Louisa
Emily Clifton Maxey marries again to John Chaffin. Cornelia V. Maxey, Thomas &
Narcissa's daughter, is then turned over to a guardianship. At 17 she marries J.
S. Brewer and they have 6 children. Further the daughter Cornelia V. Yarbrough
Brewer, dies in 1881 and is buried here in Yarbrough Cemetery under a formal
tombstone. Her step-mother Louisa Emily Clifton Maxey Chaffin who married again
to John Chaffin lived until 1917 and is interred in the Black Cemetery Northeast
of Lawrenceburg Tn. Black Cemetery is on the same road, but nearly into
Lawrenceburg Tn.
There is no solid proof Narcissa's grave is located here, but the indicators are
credible. [T.B.B./C.W.A., year 2010]
Her husband Thomas H Maxey was 25 yrs old during the 1860 census putting his
birth year as abt 1835 giving us the only clue as to her birth date.
Added here 19 sep 2011 by Wayne Austin. Information from Trish Brewer Boone with
graveyard analysis by C. Wayne Austin.