Ancestry of Bill Monroe
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Monroe should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Bill Monroe
1 William Smith ("Bill") Monroe, b. Rosine, Ohio Co., Ky., 13 Sept. 1911, d. Springfield, Tenn., 9 Sept. 1996
PARENTS
2 James Buchanan Monroe, b. Ohio Co., Ky., 28 Oct. 1858, d. Ohio Co., Ky., 14 Jan. 1928  
m. Ohio Co., Ky., 2 Aug. 1892
3 Melissa Ann Van Diver, b. Ohio Co., Ky., 12 July 1870, d. Ohio Co., Ky., 31 Oct. 1921
GRANDPARENTS
4 John Jasper Monroe, b. ... 1839, d. ... 1899  
m.
5 Lidia Charlotte Stevens, b. ... 16 Feb. 1833, d. ... 10 June 1881
6 Joseph M ... Van Diver, b. Muhlenburg Co., Ky., ... Oct. 1827, d. Ohio Co., Ky., 18 April 1905  
m. Muhlenburg Co., Ky., 12 May 1852
7 Minerva J ... Pharris, b. Knox Co., Tenn., ... 1825, d. ... , Ky., ... 1898
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Andrew B ... Monroe, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
9 Alively Harris, b. ... , d. ...
10 Henry Stevens, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
11 Hannah Bennett, b. ... , d. ...
12 George H ... Vandiver, b. ... , N. C., 16 Feb. 1802, d. ... 1829  
m.
13 Elizabeth ... , b. ... 1807, d. ... 1870
14 Reuben Pharris, b. ... , Tenn., 28 Feb. 1797, d. Smith Co., Tenn., ... 1840  
m.
15 Mahala Armstrong, b. ... , Tenn., ... 1805, d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
See above. Also:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com