Delilah Uptigrove

1828 - 1895  (54 years)

• Name	Delilah Uptigrove
  Birth	Between 1826 and 1828	TN
  Gender	Female
  Marriage Record	Bef 1846	Carroll Co, TN
  	- married Joel Pinkston - d. < 10/4/1848
  Census	1850	Carroll Co, TN   [1]
  	age 23, spouse Jacob-age 21, 2 children & 1 other
  Guardianship	Sep 1851	Carroll Co, TN
  	- Jacob Smothers appointed guardian to Lydia E Pinkston, a minor orphan of Joel G Pinkston, dec\'d
  Census	1860	Carroll Co, TN   [2]
  	age 34, widowed, 5 children, and brother or nephew Elijah Uptigrove-age 23
  Census	1870	Franklin Co, IL   [3]
  	age 42, widowed, 4 children
  Census	1880	Franklin Co, IL   [4]
  	age 50, widowed, listed mother-in-law, living with dau Ellender Jane (Smothers) Pyles & family
  Death	Between 1880 and 1895	Franklin Co, IL
  Findagrave.com	09 Feb 2025
  	See Notes
  Person ID	I3260	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Elijah Uptigrove, Sr,   b. Between 1788 and 1792, Patrick Co, VA d. Bef 06 Jan 1862, Carroll Co, TN (Age < 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia Collins,   b. Between 1794 and 1796, VA d. Aft 1880, Carroll Co, TN (Age > 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1814
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Smothers-xx,   b. 1829   d. Between 1854 and 1860, Carroll Co, TN (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	04 Oct 1848	Carroll Co, TN   [5, 6]
  Notes	Children: dau Lydia Elizabeth Pinkston 1846 TN - father Joel G Pinkston - Delilah's first husband? son William Franklin Smothers 1848-1849 TN dau Nancy C Smothers 1850-1854 TN - on 5/6/1857 in Carroll Co, TN married Green B Pinkston - ** See marriage record ** son Jacob Smothers 1852-1853 TN dau Mary Francis Smothers 1854-1857 TN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN49-QLB?lang=en Name: Delilah Pinkston Sex: Female Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 04 Oct 1848 Event Place: Carroll, Tennessee, United States Event Place (Original): Carroll Spouse's Name: Jacob Smothers Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Delilah Pinkston Wife F Page: 176 Citing this Record "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN49-QLB : 4 December 2014), Jacob Smothers and Delilah Pinkston, 04 Oct 1848; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 176, Carroll, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage Record - - married Joel Pinkston - d. < 10/4/1848 - Bef 1846 - Carroll Co, TN Marriage - 04 Oct 1848 - Carroll Co, TN Census - age 23, spouse Jacob-age 21, 2 children & 1 other - 1850 - Carroll Co, TN Guardianship - - Jacob Smothers appointed guardian to Lydia E Pinkston, a minor orphan of Joel G Pinkston, dec\'d - Sep 1851 - Carroll Co, TN Census - age 34, widowed, 5 children, and brother or nephew Elijah Uptigrove-age 23 - 1860 - Carroll Co, TN Census - age 42, widowed, 4 children - 1870 - Franklin Co, IL Census - age 50, widowed, listed mother-in-law, living with dau Ellender Jane (Smothers) Pyles & family - 1880 - Franklin Co, IL Death - Between 1880 and 1895 - Franklin Co, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - bef 1846 in possibly Carroll Co, TN married Joel Pinkston - d. < 10/4/1848 dau Lydia Elizabeth Pinkston 1846 TN - ** See guardianship paper - Carroll Co, TN Court Minutes 1843-1856 -- September Term 1851 - page 78 ** - Jacob Smothers appointed guardian to Lydia E Pinkston, a minor orphan of Joel G Pinkston, dec'd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at findagrave.com on 2/9/2025 Delilah Pinkston Smothers **?? not Uptigrove? ** Birth: 1827 Carroll County, Tennessee, USA Death: 1895 (aged 67-68) West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois, USA Burial: Mount Etna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Akin, Franklin County, Illinois, USA Memorial #: 42081653 Bio: NOTE: The death date may be incorrect ... currently researching this. Suggest it be noted if you take the death date. Thanks. Cemetery diligently searched by a wonderful Findagrave.com volunteer but could not be found. More research needs to be done to see if she's there but in an unmarked grave. Family Members Children Ellender Jane Smothers Pyles 1848-1898 Created by: Shelly (47100402) Added: 2009-09-17T20:00:28.000Z URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42081653/delilah_smothers Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42081653/delilah-smothers: accessed February 9, 2025), memorial page for Delilah Pinkston Smothers (1827-1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42081653, citing Mount Etna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Akin, Franklin County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Shelly (contributor 47100402). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at findagrave.com on 2/9/2025 Ellender Jane Smothers Pyles Birth: 29 May 1848 Carroll County, Tennessee, USA Death: 28 Nov 1898 (aged 50) West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois, USA Burial: Mount Etna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Akin, Franklin County, Illinois, USA Memorial #: 45170129 Family Members Parents Delilah Pinkston Smothers 1827-1895 **??** Spouse John Franklin Pyles 1843-1912 Children Lula Ilent "Lulu" Pyles Willis 1877-1961 Martin Luther Pyles 1880-1956 James Harrison Pyles 1890-1933 Created by: Shelly (47100402) Added: 2009-12-06T13:52:25.000Z URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45170129/ellender-jane-pyles Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45170129/ellender_jane-pyles: accessed February 9, 2025), memorial page for Ellender Jane Smothers Pyles (29 May 1848-28 Nov 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45170129, citing Mount Etna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Akin, Franklin County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Shelly (contributor 47100402). -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census. [S9] 1870 United States Federal Census. [S10] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S42] Marriage Record Journal. [S48] See Notes.