Edra Maxine GULLEDGE

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• _UID: 9C467DC198074724B9BA4CD09F5AE7FC95FE

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Mother of Jan Bell (Gulledge)

Family/Spouse: WOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Karyn Jeannette "Jan" WOOD
2. Robert L. WOOD

Family/Spouse: Robert F. WOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Lonnie WOOD
2. Karyn Janet WOOD

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• Fact 1: private; Fact 1
• Name: Lonzo
• _UID: 02BEDEB7DC3541FEB52D837883E353FA3562

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per Sheree Silva [[email protected]] all living descendants were removed from ged.
AND:
For further information please contact:
[email protected] - Jan also has family photos of Alonzo, and his parents Elijah and Martha.

Jan Bell (Gulledge) who provided the following:
"I remember so clearly Grandpa (Alonzo) telling us kids, his
first/oldest memory:

Grandpa's father (Elijah) died when he was 2 or 3 years old, and he was buried in
the family plot with a wooden marker. After the burial, the Gulledge
family saved money for years, /for one purpose/; to buy an engraved
tombstone to place on his grave, one befitting a church 'Elder'. The
price of the Tombstone was so exorbitant that it took almost 4-5 years
of savings to purchase the marker.

Grandpa Alonzo was about 7 years old when he begged, pleaded and was
finally allowed to accompany his two oldest brothers in the buckboard to
St. Louis. They were sent to pick up the mail ordered tombstone for
their father. The trip was long, scary, and so impressed - the
youngsters who had never left the 'backyard' before, but were
honor-bound to 'fetch' their Dad's grave marker. It left such an
indelible impression on my Grandfather, that at 90 years old, he still
spoke of the trip he took with his older brothers.

My Grandfather, Alonzo Gulledge would be so thrilled to see this
information in print. Grampa always emphasized the family lineage to us
grandkids when I was growing up. He was concerned that the 'family
roots' would someday be lost to the following generations.....he was
very proud of his 'roots' and was afraid that all that information would
be lost.....he was quite a man......

He raised his own 4 children, 8 of his grandchildren, and 2 of his great
grandchildren.......at the age of 79 he announced he was leaving
California (where he had resided since the 30's), was going back to
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where he was born, and wanted to be
buried......He asked my grandmother, Daisy Gulledge to please come back
with him, where they could spend their twilight years where they both
grew up....she refused to leave the 'kids' and family here in
California........so grandpa left here alone to make a life for himself
in Missouri where his brothers and sisters still lived.

For years he spoke many times a day on the phone to all of the 'kids'
and Grandma......Grandma and Grandpa stayed as close as could be, were
constantly on the phone, but were separated by a half of the
country......Grandpa became very prosperous in Poplar Bluff, and all of
the kids and grandkids repeatedly visited him through-out the years. He
died 4 years ago on Easter morning-in his sleep......he loved life,
children, dancing, and people in general......

As his oldest granddaughter, (one he & grandma raised), I miss him from
my very soul.....I remember sitting on his mule while he plowed the
garden in Sebastopol, of him dressing up and taking me to my school
functions, and trying to teach me the 'Irish Jig' he learned from his
mother....."

Thankyou Jan for sharing your great memories...

Alonzo married Daisey ROBERTS. Daisey was born in 1912; died in 2000 in Sebastopol, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 57A58EF678484F68AAA6956EFAC522A3CE6F

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per Sheree Silva [[email protected]]

AND:
For further information please contact:

[email protected]

Jan Bell (Gulledge)

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• Address: !Fix this address-2; Address:
  DISTRIC # 12
  PARSONS, TENNESSEE, DECATUR
  DISTRIC # 12, PARSONS, TENNESSEE, DECATUR
• FamilySearch ID: KL18-64H
• Name: Lidge
• Name: LIDGE
• _UID: DF01F67BDEDE4B2DA931CF491E3D2A524EE2
• Residence: 1870, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, District 5, Decatur, Tennessee
• Residence: 1880, District 5, Grainger, Tennessee
• Residence: 1900, Cotton Hill Township Spoonerville village, Dunklin, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Cotton Hill, Dunklin, Missouri

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ALL INFORMATION ABOUT ELIJAH "LIDGE" RIGHT GULLEDGE AND FAMILY
IS FROM THEIR FAMILY BIBLE.

Elijah married Martha Jane DOWDY on 28 Oct 1887. Martha was born on 14 Feb 1871 in Tennessee; died on 11 Mar 1960 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: MATTIE
• _UID: 00DB33FEDC794733B6E4997326DBA41D43E8

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• Address: !Fix this address-1; Address:
  R.#2 DISTRICT # 12
  BRAIDES P.O., PARSONS, TENNESSEE, DECATUR
  R.#2 DISTRICT # 12, BRAIDES P.O., PARSONS, TENNESSEE, DECATUR
• Fact 1: Fact 1
• Fact 2: Fact 2
• Fact 3: Fact 3
• Fact 4: Fact 4
• Fact 5: Fact 5
• FamilySearch ID: GJNH-GT2
• _UID: F4C42A271954451089B52FD6ADDCFF37CD0D

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ACQUIRED LAND NORTH OF OLD HOME PLACE - LIVED, RAISED HIS FAMILY HERE - STARTED HIS OWN FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR THE HOME.

Fact 1:
BAPTIST - FARMER

Fact 2:
DIED BETWEEN 1890-1895 DECATUR COUNTY

Fact 3:
PARSONS, TENNESSEE R. #2

Fact 4:
BURIED FAMILY CEMETERY IN FRONT OF

Fact 5:
HOUSE - 125 YARDS SOUTH

John married Elizabeth Betty HAMPTON in 1855 in Henderson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born in 1835 in Tennessee; died WFT est 1878-1930 in About 1910 Family Cemetery Near Home. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact 1: Fact 1
• Fact 2: Fact 2
• _UID: 93962ACD85D34E10B6CCE6EE42BEB816FAAE

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Fact 1:
DIED ABOUT 1900-1905 DECATUR COUNTY

Fact 2:
TENNESSEE

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Married:
Reference Number:FLIM 176077