Some Random Births, Marriages, and Deaths

The LDS IGI (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints International Genealogical Index) is sometimes useful to find additional hints about dates, places, and names. Information in the IGI must be taken with a heavy dose of skepticism. Errors run rampant -- the result of inadequate research and assumptions. Where it fails as an authoritative source, it nonetheless a valuable source of clues and suggestions about what other people have concluded in their research. I will sometimes adopt dates as working dates when they provide better detail than the dates I already have. Of course they still need proving; but when my date is an estimated year based on the age in a census, and the IGI has an exact date in the same year, I will often work with that date, or note it in my notes, depending on the plausibility. The same goes for more complete places. Sometimes more detail is provided in a name.

I found the following interesting dates and places on the LDS IGI, today:

Birth, death and marriage dates for Florence Goldman (Hearne History page 611) found in the LDS IGI:
Florence A. Golman; Female; Birth: 07 DEC 1854 , , South Carolina; Death: 14 JUL 1937; Spouse: James O. OR Dock McDowell; Marriage: 18 MAY 1876 <, , South Carolina>

Birth and death dates for Florence Goldman (Hearne History page 611) found in the LDS IGI:

Arthur Goldman; Male; Birth: 03 AUG 1856 , , South Carolina; Death: 14 FEB 1911 , , South Carolina; Spouse: Carrie Polatti

Marriage date for Thomas Y Hearne and Dixie Smith (Hearne History page 777) found in the LDS IGI:

DIXIE SMITH; Female; Spouse: T. Y. HEARN; Marriage: 28 FEB 1886 , Decatur, Tennessee;

Birth and death for Sallie Elder (Hearne History page 777) who married James M Hearne has a likely candidate in LDS IGI:

Sallie Tennie Elder; Female; Birth: 11 OCT 1885 Marlin, Falls, Texas; Death: 04 MAR 1936; Father: Thomas Jefferson Elder; Mother: Nancy Jane Phillips Vinson;

However, there is also a different marriage, so it may be a different Sallie Elder: The other marriage is:

Sallie Tennie Elder; Female; Birth: 11 OCT 1885; Father: Thomas Jefferson Elder; Mother: Nancy Jane Phillips Vinson; Spouse: William Caldwell Smith; Marriage: About 1904 Marlin, Falls, Texas

For now, it remains inconclusive.

Marriage date for Skidmore Munsey and Julian (Julie Ann) Hearne (Hearne History page 587) is found in the LDS IGI:

Julia Ann Hearne; Female; Birth: 06 MAY 1829; Father: William Hearne; Mother: Susannah Hicks; Spouse: Skidmore Munsey; Marriage: 05 OCT 1848 , Wythe, Virginia