Orlena Tubbs
b. September 1824, d. October 1882
- Orlena Tubbs was born in September 1824 in Alabama.
- She married David Lightsey on 16 September 1841 in Perry County, Alabama. Bondsman was John T. Sinclair..
- David Lightsey and Orlena Tubbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Goshen PO, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Elizabeth Lightsey, Jasper Newton Walker and Martha Jane Lightsey. Also in the household were children George W. (age 16), born in Alabama; William P. (14), born in Mississippi; John A. (9) and David C. (7), born in Louisiana; Sarah A. (6), Victoria A. (4) and Daniel W. (2), born in Arkansas; and Orlena (1/2 month), born in Texas.
- David Lightsey and Orlena Tubbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Huntsville PO, Walker County, Texas. Also in the household were children John A. (age 19) and David C. (18), born in Louisiana; Sarah A. (16) and Victoria (14), born in Arkansas; and David W. (12), Francis O. (10) and Piety (8) recorded as born in Arkansas, but apparently born in Texas.
- Orlena Tubbs became a widow at the 11 June 1874 death of her husband David Lightsey.
- Orlena Tubbs died in October 1882 at age 58 in Walker County, Texas.
- She was interred at Ebenezer Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 26 May 2015
Family: David Lightsey b. 3 March 1818, d. 11 June 1874
- Martha Jane Lightsey+ b. 16 July 1842, d. 28 October 1895
- Mary Elizabeth Lightsey+ b. circa 20 January 1849, d. 4 December 1889