Kenneth & Madeline (Neal) Tanksley With 2 Children
James Tanksley, (1932-24 March 1953)Madeline & Kenneth's oldest child, a member of U.S. forces, was killed in Korea shortly after arriving.
While pregnant with her third child, Madeline had to have one leg amputated due to bone cancer. She eventually was fitted with a wooden leg posthesis. She went on to have five children in all, and she and her husband were married almost 64 years before he died in 1995. She died in 1997.
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at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
Four Tanksley Children With Their Grandmother Neal
These are four of Kenneth & Madeline (Neal) Tanksley's five children with Madeline's mother Rose (Carr) Neal. The eldest son, James N. Tanksley, is not in the picture. It is believed that it is Frank sitting in front. Behind him is his brother William with Virginia Sue on the left and Priscilla Rose on the right.
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
Front row: Virginia Sue Tanksley; Priscilla Rose Tanksley; Second row: Priscilla (Sheeks) Carr; Albert Sheeks;
Third row: Rose (Carr) Neal; Nora (Carr) Wilson; Elsie (Carr) Tyree; Fourth row: Betty Lou (Neal) Dotts; Kenneth Tanksley?; Roy E. Neal?; Madeline (Neal) Tanksley; Beulah (White) Neal; lady unknown on right.
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at Bedford in Lawrence County, Indiana
this must be the same CARR family that was related to my fathers family the MIDDLETONS of harlan ky.dads relatives named after the CARR family were==CARR MIDDLETON and CARR BAILEY. possibly others.
I have the Kerrs and the Carrs first in PA, then a few moved briefly to KY, then on to IN and westward. I do not recall a Middleton connection, but perhaps there was.
Thanks for writing.
Kneeling and sitting in the front row were: Howard Neal, Priscilla (Sheeks) Carr with James Tanksley on her knee, Rose (Carr) Neal with Betty Lou Neal in front of her, and George William Neal aka "Billy."
Standing in back row: David H. Sheeks, Edwin Lee Sheeks (although he denies it); if not, an unknown Neal, son of Mrs. Roy (Beulah White) Neal, who is next, Robert C. Neal, Nora (Carr) Wilson, Isis (Sheeks) Carr, Albert Wayne Sheeks, Madeline (Neal) Tanksley, Homer Sheeks, Roy Neal (holding Priscilla Rose Neal), Roy Sheeks, Mrs. Roy (Olive) Sheeks, and Mrs. William (Ada Martin) Tanksley.
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana