April 2011

1920 Census Analysis – Newton C. Ward Household

15 April 2011 Analysis

My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson, appeared on the 1920 census in Fannin County, Georgia. Census Abstract:1 Newton C. Ward, head of household, renter, age 28, literate, born in GA, both parents born in GA, a farmer on a farm, working on his own account, farm schedule #14. Rachel, wife, age 27, [...]

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On this date. . .the 15th of April

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Births Christina Renner was born in 1731. Deaths W. H. Kendrick died in 1888. William Jethro Whitener died in 1901 in Hindsville, Arkansas. Reuben Phillip Johnson died in 1911 in Blue Ridge, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandfather). William Harvey Ward died in 1933 in Newport, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandfather). Julia Ann (Terry) Patterson died in 1966 [...]

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On this date. . .the 14th of April

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Deaths William Osborn Searcy died in 1862 in Richmond, Virginia. Robert Pitt Burgin died in 1884 in McDowell County, North Carolina. William Jefferson Ellis died in 1926 in Arkansas. Marriages Deborah Bane and Samuel Rea were married in 1774.

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On this date. . .the 13th of April

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Births Rhoda Callie Butler was born in 1883 in North Carolina. Marriages William Holt and Susannah Barbara Whitener were married in 1848 in Gilmer County, Georgia. Blanche Geneva Hemphill and M. Eakes Stanford were married in 1919 in Murray County, Georgia.

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Tombstone Tuesday: William and Printie Whitener

12 April 2011 Evidence

William Adolphus “Dock” Whitener, my great-grandmother’s elder half-brother, was born January 7, 18821 in Ellijay, Georgia2.  He was the youngest son of William Everett Whitener and Roxy Sinyard3.  He fought in both the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection4.  He first married Cynthia Caroline Reed5 about 19036; after Cynthia died, he married Prentis Mullinax in 19167.  Printie [...]

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On this date. . .the 12th of April

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Births John Elmer Greenlee was born in 1906. Deaths Elizabeth (Wilfong) Klien died in 1827 in North Carolina. John Garrett died in 1902 in Nashville, Tennessee. George Washington Roberts died in 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia. Bertie O. (Williams) Roberts died in 1957 in Dalton, Georgia.

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On this date. . .the 11th of April

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Births Johann Melchior Dellinger was born in 1727 in Oberacker, Baden. Elizabeth Jane (Brookshire) Long was born in 1847 in Fannin County, Georgia. Homer Harley Johnson was born in 1911.

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On this date. . .the 10th of April

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Births Elizabeth A. (Alexander) McEntire was born in 1806 in Buncombe County, North Carolina (my 3rd great-grandmother). Samuel Houston Kendrick was born in 1892 in Georgia. Coy Johnson was born in 1920. Deaths John Pattillo died in 1798 in Burke County, North Carolina. Malinda (Patterson) Ritland died in 1894. Marriages Thomas M. Roden and Nancy [...]

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Newton C. Ward Household in 1930

8 April 2011 Analysis

My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson, appeared on the 1930 census in Fannin County, Georgia. Census Abstract: Newton C. Ward, head, homeowner, lived on a farm, age 38, married at age 18, literate, born in GA, both parents born in GA, farmer on a general farm, working on his own account, not [...]

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On this date. . .the 8th of April

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Births John Wilfong was born in 1762 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Jane Elizabeth (Burgin) White was born in 1844 in Old Fort, North Carolina. Bertie O. (Williams) Roberts was born in 1895 in Georgia. Deaths James Churcell Ellis died in 1930 in Baker County, Georgia.

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