Josephine D. McKinney married John Newton Lyles/Liles in 1865 in Shelby County, AL. They moved to Sunflower County, MS, by the 1870 US Census but divorced before 1880 when John was back in Shelby County, AL, with new wife Mary.
In 1896 Josephine married John David or Dwight Humphrey in Yazoo County, MS. He died in September 1898. In 1900 Josephine is living in Yazoo County; I haven't found her in 1910 yet.
However, in 1908 Mrs. Joe Humphrey applied for a Confederate widow's pension in Yazoo County. You'll find that app here:
http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/pensions/show/32484
At the time she had two sons and "sisters living in other states."
She applied again in Yazoo County in 1916. Link is here:
http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/pensions/show/32486
My impression is that both apps were denied because there was no additional paperwork that seemed to accompany the apps that succeeded.
She died after 1918, when her son Richard listed her as living on his WWI draft registration.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=draft&h=854449&indiv=try&o_cvc=Image:OtherRecord
Whew! Productive week: finding new Native American roots AND Josephine's applications.
Lucky me.
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