Selina Thompson (Cathey)

Please do not merge with her 4th cousin of the same name but no other matching data.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41745298/sarah-selina-thompson

http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/cannon/census/1850/cannon50.txt

Population schedules of the seventh census of the United States, 1850, Tennessee, p. 423B (p. 289 of the Archive.org upload)

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S27-FLG?cc=1401638&wc... : 9 April 2016), Tennessee > Cannon > Cannon county > image 148 of 199; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

In 1850, 18 year old Selena S. Cathey (b.1832 in Tennessee) was living with her father, James Cathey (b.1787 in North Carolina), and older sister, Aylcye (Alyce) G. Cathey, age 24 (b.1826 in Tennessee).

She preferred to be called by her middle name, "Selina".

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S27-FB8?cc=1401638&wc... : 9 April 2016), Tennessee > Cannon > Cannon county > image 87 of 199; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

((The Cathey family was well-represented in the 1850 census for Cannon County, TN. One "James B. Cathey", age 21, b.1829 in Indiana was actually Samuel B. Cathey (Sam'l B.). In the same household, Samuel had a brother named James (b.1833 in TN), and their father was also James Cathey (b.1801 in NC, m. to "Milly" also from NC).

((Their grandfather, evidently living next door, was Samuel Cathey (b. 1777 in South Carolina, m. to "Margaret" from North Carolina). In their household lived a daughter, Jane Cathey (b. 1800 and apparently single). Jane was likely the sister of James Cathey (b.1801).))

The elder James Cathey (b.1787 in NC) with whom lived Selina (b.1832 in TN) and Aylcye (b.1826 in TN), likely his daughters -- was possibly the nephew of Samuel Cathey, Sr. (b.1777 in SC). Furthermore, this smaller Cathey family actually resided within the household of William and Elizabeth OLIVER (both of TN), a young couple with six young children. These OLIVERs evidently lived next door to the OLIVER grandparents, MOSES (of NC) and JANE (born in VA). James Cathey's wife, the mother of Selina Cathey Thompson, was none other than SARAH OLIVER. She had passed away before this 1850 census, leaving her husband widowed with motherless children.

UPDATE: On closer inspection I now see that the family with which James Cathey and his daughters Selina and Alice reside -- were the OLIVERS (not the "Owens's")

Also note that Moses Oliver was born in N.C., his wife Jane born in Virginia.

Centennial History of Arkansas

Ozark History

Sarah Selina Cathey and William Alexander Thompson were married October 10, 1856, in Cannon County, Tennessee.

Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002

Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950

"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFQ-HYK : 4 December 2014), Wm Thompson and Sarah S (Unknown) Cathy, 10 Oct 1856; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 50, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.