Social, Family, and Historical Relationships
History of: Lafever, Luke Gilliam
Family and Social Relationships of: Lafever, Luke Gilliam
Ancestor and descendent family tree of: Lafever, Luke Gilliam
Paternal Grandfather: Lafever, Thomas Samuel - M 1831/09/09
Paternal Grandmother: Trobaugh, Rachel - F 1833/07/18
Father: Lafever, Asher - M 1850/11/14
Mother: Elrod, Canzada (Lafever) - F 1854/02/12
Maternal Grandfather: Elrod, John T. - M 1826/05/27
Maternal Grandmother: Martin, Mary (Elrod) - F 1828/--/--
Date of birth: 1885/03/14
Place of birth:
Date of death: 1980/05/19
Cause of death:
Place of death: Cookeville, TN
Place interred: Boiling Springs Cem. Baxter TN
Spouse: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17 - 1908/02/02 to ----/--/-- -
Children: 13
- Lafever, Myrtle Elvira (Love) - F 1908/11/11___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Charlie Columbus - M 1910/10/08___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Herschel - M 1912/12/03___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Ruba Ada (Dilldine) - F 1915/02/06___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Lonnie Oscar - M 1917/06/29___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Beecher Franklin - M 1919/11/24___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Lena Dora (Sweet) - F 1922/03/14___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Nora Linnie (Bristow) - F 1922/03/14___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Alice Lorene (Allison) - F 1924/08/29___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Kenneth Edward - M 1927/07/20___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Treva Lucille (Goodwin) - F 1929/09/13___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Betty Cleo (Cass, McDonald) - F 1933/04/05___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
- Lafever, Jimmie Leo - M 1933/04/06___Mother: Goff, America Alice (Lafever) - F 1891/07/17
Grandchildren: 26
- Love, Jimmie Goff - M 1932/02/10
- Spears, Solon - M 1933/12/24
- Lafever, James E. - M 1935/05/12
- Dilldine, Carolyn June (Forsyth) - F 1940/02/14
- Lafever, Marjorie (Welch) - F 1940/02/27
- Lafever, Michael - M 1940/02/27
- Lafever, Lilly Meirl (Williams) - F 1941/09/09
- Sweet, Delores (Miller) - F 1942/11/24
- Lafever, Beecher Jr. - M 1943/05/06
- Dilldine, Linda (Greenlee) - F 1943/12/13
- Lafever, Mitchell Taylor - M 1944/09/04
- Lafever, Robert Lonnie - M 1946/10/01
- Bristow, Roy Duane - M 1947/08/29
- Lafever, Gary Leroy - M 1949/06/06
- Lafever, Terri Sue (Gaston) - F 1949/06/06
- Sweet, Larry - M 1949/11/14
- Bristow, Karen Sue (Steele) - F 1950/01/15
- Cass, Larry - M 1952/05/31
- Cass, Gary - M 1952/05/31
- Lafever, Judy Ann (Wise) - F 1953/03/28
- Lafever, Jeffery Davis - M 1953/03/28
- Goodwin, Debra Ann (Davis) - F 1953/07/17
- Allison, Donald Wayne - M 1954/04/20
- Cass, Barry - M 1954/07/01
- Goodwin, David Carroll - M 1956/03/04
- Allison, Denise Gale (Moore) - F 1957/05/23
Primary profession or occupation:
Farmer at Baxter, TN in Putnam County
Important dates:
1945/03/05 Luke Gilliam and America Alice Lafever moved to Boiling Springs.
Notes:
Luke Gilliam Lafever
Birth: Mar. 4, 1885
Tennessee, USA
Death: May 19, 1980
Sparta
White County
Tennessee, USA
Funeral services for Luke Gilliam Lafever, 95, of Route 2, Baxter, were
conducted Wednesday, May 21, at the chapel of Dyer Funeral Home with the Rev.
John Lombard and the Rev. Frank Davis officiating. Burial was in Boiling
Springs Cemetery. Mr. Lafever died May 19 at Cookeville General Hospital.
A native of Putnam County, he was the son of the late Asher and Canzada Elrod
Lafever. Survivors include three sons, Kenneth Lafever of Richmond, Ind.,
Beecher Lafever and Hershel Lafever, both of Baxter; seven daughters, Mrs. Ada
Dilldine of Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Myrtle Love of Woodbury, Tenn., Mrs. Nora
Bristow of Albany, Ky., Mrs. Dora Sweet of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Betty
McDonald of Cookeville, Mrs. Lorene Allison and Mrs. Treva Goodwin, both of
Sparta; 25 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-
grandchild. Dyer Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Family links:
Parents:
Asher Lafever (1850 - 1935)
Canzada Elrod Lafever (1854 - 1939)
Spouse:
America Alice Goff Lafever (1891 - 1963)
Children:
Charlie C Lafever (1910 - 1978)*
Hershel Lafever (1912 - 1994)*
Nora L Lafever Bristow (1922 - 1994)*
Betty Cass Lafever McDonald (1933 - 1994)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Boiling Springs Cemetery
Baxter
Putnam County
Tennessee, USA
Physical Characteristics:
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Pictures and videos:
Luke Gilliam and America Alice Goff Lafever

Gilliam Lafever's family about 1920 or 1921

Gilliam and America Lafever

Gilliam Lafever's 90th birthday party - March 9, 1975

The house at Boiling Springs
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