Documentation - John Sanders Vining - Elizabeth Louiza Worthington

Thank you to Janice Roden for her contributions to this page. John Sanders Vining:

Note

A newspaper obituary written by “a friend” said that John Sanders Vining and Elizabeth Louiza (Worthington) Vining has “fifteen children, six dying in infancy and six lived to be grown.” This leaves some question as to whether there were four or seven children not accounted for below.

Census Data

	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920
John Sanders Vining	32	40	45	?	72 [see note below]	82 [see note below]	dead
Elizabeth Louiza (Worthington) Vining	24	38	43	?	dead
Mary Jane Vining	6	16	living in separate household
John Wesley Vining	4	14	25	married and [living in separate household ?]
James M. Vining	1	11	21	?	living in separate household
Lou Vining		living in separate household	18	?	38 [see note below]	dead
Sarah Vining		living in separate household	16	dead
Julius Cornelius Vining		living in separate household	14	married [and living in separate household?]	living in separate household
Ida Vining		living in separate household	12	?	[living? in separate household]
Mittie Lee Vining			10	?	married and living in separate household	38 [see note below]

1860 Thomaston (post office), 537 District G. M., Upson County, Georgia - dwelling 222, family 201:

1870 Thomaston (post office), Upson County, Georgia - dwelling 857, family 857:

1880 Flint, Upson County, Georgia - dwelling 430, family 430:

1900 Reeves, Upson County, Georgia - dwelling 186, family 186. By 1900, Lou (Vining) Pasley was widowed, and her father was living with her and her family.:

1910 Reeves, Upson County, Georgia - dwelling 77, family 78. By 1910, Mittie Lee Vining had been married for 20 years, to Robert Lee Smith, and her father was living with her and her family.:

Death Data

Gravestone for Elizabeth Louiza Worthington, in Smith Cemetery, Upson County, Georgia (from Fina A Grave):