Richard Rufus Bearden

• http://records.ancestry.com/richard_rufus_bearden_records.ashx?pid=... - Richard "Dick" Rufus Bearden Born in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN 3/29/1828 to Marcus D Bearden and Eliza Amy Cocke. Richard Rufus Bearden married Martha Gaines (10/14/1832 TN - 11/25/1905 Knoxville, Knox Co., TN) and had 3 children. The marriage occurred in Knox Co., TN on May 30, 1849. Richard passed away on 30 Mar 1879 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA. (Uncertain where he died - needs further research)

Children of Richard & Martha (Gaines) Bearden:

• Moore Gaines Bearden
• William Ellis Bearden (12/13/1854 TN - 12/11/1857 TN)
• Matthew Gaines Bearden (1/25/1852 PA? - )

Researcher Fran Bearden (fbearden@network-nne.com) writes: "Matthew Gaines (Bearden) and his 2 sons moved to Miss. where my husband still has a small part of the original plantation in Pattison, Miss."

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Richard,Rufus::b... - Two references that may help your line: (posted by Carolyn)

• 1) Martha Gains m. Dick Bearden [Ray, Worth S. "Tenn.Cousins: A History of Tenn. People." Genealogy Pub.Co, Inc. Baltimore, 1971]
• 2) Bearden, R.M. adj't in 2nd Tn Cavalry t Miss Mary M. Gaines of Asheville Nov 2, 1864 - at residence of bride's father. [Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, NC Newspapers 1840-1870, compiled & ed. by Robert M Tompkins. Spec. Pub. No.1, NC Genealogical Society, Raleigh, NC 1983]
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