William Richard Workman

1875 - 1945  (69 years)

• Name	William Richard Workman  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	4 Oct 1875	Fulton, Kentucky   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1876  [5]
  Died	1 Jul 1945	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan   [6]
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky   [5]
  Person ID	I1775	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Jefferson Porter Workman,   b. 3 Mar 1835, Weakley, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Oct 1919, Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Narcissa Jeffers Hammonds,   b. 21 Aug 1845, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Nov 1922, Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky  (Age 77 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1864	Gibson County, Tennessee   [2, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F1017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kate Jacobs,   b. 11 Mar 1886, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee ,   d. 1964, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1903	Gibson County, Tennessee   [2]
  SEPA	Bef 1930
  Children	1. Neville Workman,   b. 12 Dec 1904, Kentucky ,   d. 22 Mar 1986, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 81 years) + 2. Mildred Workman,   b. 9 Mar 1911, Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky ,   d. 30 Sep 1990, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Dates for William Richard Workman: Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910 gives his birth date as 7 October 1875. Notes taken by Jeannette Hayden in conversation with his daughter Neville Workman give his birth date as 4 October 1875. The 1880 Fulton County, KY census lists him as "W. R." and gives his age as 5, which is consistent with that. But the 1900 Fulton County, KY census gives his birthdate as "Sept. 1876" and his age as 23. The 1910 census gives his birth date as "about 1877"; the 1920 census says "abt 1878". And the Hammonds family tree page gives his birthdate as 4 October 1877. The Hammonds page is our only source for his death date. We've put Detroit down as his place of death because Patrick's mother recollects, based on conversations with his father's family members, that in later years he came up north and had a small store -- "a little candy store, which could have been a sort of convenience store, in Detroit." Evidently his wife Kate and his daughter Mildred wouldn't see him, but his daughter Neville would visit him and called him "Papa." ----- This, which is primarily about his father, gives his dates as 4 Oct 1877 - 1 Jul 1945. It also calls him "Willie R. Workman." We're going to go with 4 October 1875 for these reasons: (1) It's what his daughter Neville remembered (2) The Kentucky record (7 October) may actually be a christening (3) It's also the date given by the rootsweb page cited just above, albeit in 1877, not 1875 ----- There is a Find a Grave page for William Richard "Willie" Workman, who would appear to be our William Workman. There is no genealogical information shown -- neither parents, nor spouse, nor children -- and the only date shown is a birthdate of 1876. But it does claim that he's buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Kentucky, and it shows a headstone which reads: WORKMAN GRACE HORACE WILLIE JEFF SIS Our William Workman had siblings named Grace and Horace; his father was named Jefferson; and his mother Narcissa was generally addressed as "Sis." So wherever and whenever he died, he would appear to be buried here.

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910, on ancestry.com. [S27] Tennessee Marriages, 1780-2002, on ancestry.com. [S2221] 1920 United States federal census, on ancestry.com. [S271] 1910 United States federal census, on ancestry.com. [S2818] Find a Grave page for William Richard "Willie" Workman. [S558] Jefferson Porter Workman, Co. E, 46th Tennessee Infantry., date only. [S558] Jefferson Porter Workman, Co. E, 46th Tennessee Infantry., "24th of March 1864". [S237] Jesse and Mourning Adams Family Bible., "3-26-1864".