Lemeul Harve Cody, 1856–1879 (aged 23 years)

Name
Lemeul Harve /Cody/
Birth
about 1856 45 42
Alias
Harry Cody
Birth of a sister
Census
Census
Death of a mother
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Mother"

Death of a father
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Husband" "Father"

Marriage
Citation details: page 20
Text:

W. H. Morgan, M. G.

Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Cause of death
supposed poisioning
Death
September 1879 (aged 23 years)
Text:

age 25, died september, supposed poisoning,

Census
Family with parents
father
1810–1875
Birth: August 18, 1810 — Randolph Co. NC
Death: April 9, 1875
mother
1813–1875
Birth: September 14, 1813 — North Carolina
Death: January 4, 1875
Marriage Marriage — January 9, 1830 — Randolph Co. NC
5 years
elder sister
1834–…
Birth: about 1834 23 20 — North Carolina
2 years
elder brother
1835–…
Birth: December 15, 1835 25 22 — Swallow Bluff, Decatur Co. TN
3 years
elder sister
1838–…
Birth: about 1838 27 24 — Tennessee
3 years
elder brother
1840–…
Birth: about 1840 29 26 — Tennessee
4 years
elder brother
1843–…
Birth: about 1843 32 29 — Tennessee
3 years
elder sister
1845–…
Birth: about 1845 34 31 — Tennessee
2 years
elder brother
1846–…
Birth: about 1846 35 32 — Tennessee
4 years
elder sister
1849–…
Birth: about 1849 38 35 — Tennessee
6 years
elder brother
1854–…
Birth: about 1854 43 40 — Tennessee
-3 years
elder sister
1850–1924
Birth: November 2, 1850 40 37 — Tennessee
Death: August 13, 1924
6 years
himself
1856–1879
Birth: about 1856 45 42 — Tennessee
Death: September 1879 — Decatur Co. TN
4 years
younger sister
1859–…
Birth: about 1859 48 45 — Tennessee
Family with Susan Addie Montgomery
himself
1856–1879
Birth: about 1856 45 42 — Tennessee
Death: September 1879 — Decatur Co. TN
wife
1857–1940
Birth: April 15, 1857 30 24 — Tennessee
Death: 1940
Marriage Marriage — November 25, 1878 — Decatur Co. TN
William Jackson Tucker + Susan Addie Montgomery
wife’s husband
1856–1935
Birth: March 1856 21 20 — Tennessee
Death: 1935
wife
1857–1940
Birth: April 15, 1857 30 24 — Tennessee
Death: 1940
Marriage Marriage — January 7, 1881 — Decatur Co. TN
9 months
stepdaughter
1881–1970
Birth: September 28, 1881 25 24 — Tennessee
Death: January 11, 1970
2 years
stepson
1883–…
Birth: October 12, 1883 27 26 — Tennessee
2 years
stepson
1886–1964
Birth: January 31, 1886 29 28 — Tennessee
Death: February 9, 1964
4 years
stepson
1890–1972
Birth: January 25, 1890 33 32 — Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1972
7 years
stepdaughter
1897–…
Birth: February 1897 40 39 — Tennessee
Marriage
Citation details: page 20
Text:

W. H. Morgan, M. G.

Death
Text:

age 25, died september, supposed poisoning,

Shared note

Family tradition within the Cody family is that Harry Cody was poisoned by his new wife Susan Addie Montgomery after they moved to Arkansas. The book, "Tennessee Mortality Schedule" shows the following entry:

Coda, Lemuel H, 25, married
born TN, father born NC, mother born NC
occupation: farmer, death month: Sept,
cause of death: supposed poisoning
county: Decatur, census year 1880.

From this record, it appears that his family did believe that he was poisoned at the time of his death but that he died in Decatur Co. TN in Sept. 1879.

  • from the research of Kenneth Young