Key Facts

Snapshot:	housewife
Parents:	122William Garner 123Sarah McGraw
Born:	15 December 1845 Georgia
Died:	21 or 22 June 1900 presumably Marshall County, Alabama
Buried:	Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama Cemetery's coordinates: N34.34498 W86.45093

61Ailcy Catherine Garner was born in Georgia1-5 on 15 December 1845.6 Her parents are 122William Garner and 123Sarah McGraw (as can be deduced from 122William's and 123Sarah's marriage in 1842,7 61Ailcy's birth in 1845,6 and the fact that 122William and 123Sarah were still married in 18501).

The 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses show 61Catherine with her parents in Coweta and Carroll counties:

1850: 61Ailcy's family in Coweta County, Georgia. Full page.1

1860: 61Catherine's family in Carroll County, Georgia. Full page.2

1870: 122Catherine's family in Carroll County, Georgia. Full page.2

On 27 January 1872, 61Ailcy married 61John R. Dunkin,8 a Confederate veteran and widower who was roughly eight years older than she. For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

61Catherine died of cancer on 219 or 226 June 1900. Her death was mentioned in a local newspaper:9

61Catherine's death mentioned in a local newspaper.9

She's buried in the cemetery at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church, Marshall County, Alabama, which is at coordinates N34.34498 W86.45093. A photo of her tombstone is below.6

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Division 19, Coweta County, Georgia. Page 304a, dwelling 296, family 296, William Garner household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 66. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65XX-LW?i=42&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYK-B7Q>, accessed 15 May 2021.

2: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). District 10, Carroll County, Georgia. Page 29, dwelling 190, family 189, William Garner household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 113. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBG-4Z4?i=28&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZMH-5FH>, accessed 15 May 2021.

3: 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). District 5, Carroll County, Georgia. Page 13, dwelling 100, family 100, William Garner household. NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 139. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62YS-GDY?i=19&wc=KLSJ-3TL%3A518665401%2C518832801%2C518680901&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMCSK-41X>, accessed 15 May 2021.

4: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Beat 10, Cleburne County, Alabama. Enumeration district 46, page 12 and sheet 223D, dwelling 96 family 96, J. R. Dunkin household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 8. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-QFY?i=4&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4JH-1YZ>, accessed 15 May 2021.

5: 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Precinct #21 (Cranford), Marshall County, Alabama. Enumeration district 96, sheets 12B and 13A, dwelling 212, family 212, John R. Dunkin household. NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 30. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-691Q-6FD?i=23&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM9DX-PJ4> et seq., accessed 15 May 2021.

6: The tombstone of Ailcy Catherine Garner Dunkin (15 December 1845 - 22 June 1900), Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, cemetery's coordinates N34.34498 W86.45093. The photograph's source is unknown. Photograph submitted by Johnny Tidmore to FindAGrave.com (<https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16228767/ailcy-catherine-dunkin>) on 8 August 2010.

7: Meriwether County, Georgia. Marriage book A (1828-1843), page 128, marriage of William Garner and Sarah McGraw, dated 17 March 1842. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZH-PHP?i=79&cc=1927197&cat=269741>, accessed 15 May 2021.

8: Carroll County, Georgia. Marriage book K (1868-1877), page 181, marriage of John R. Dunkin and Ailcy Garner, dated 27 January 1872. Georgia Virtual Vault, <https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/countyfilm/id/128915/rec/137>, accessed 15 May 2021.

9: "Eddy," The Guntersville Democrat (Marshall County, Alabama), Thursday 28 June 1900, page 2, column 4, near the bottom of the page.