Notes for Thelma Ione BAIRD


Several family genealogies have her middle name Ione.  I have not found a
record documenting that.  Her father's sister was named Ione.  See the 1920
and 1930 census below.

Thelma's parents married in 1908.  Their first child Winnie Evangeline was
born in 1911, Thelma and Jack came along in about 19145 and 1916.  But their
mother died in late 1918.  In 1920, her father is working in St Louis while
Thelma and her siblings are living with their father's sister Ione in
Cleburne, Texas.

1920 Federal Census, St Louis, Missouri, 7 January, District 273, page 7A,
3611 Lafayette Ave, Hse #143, Fam #208
Koch, Mena Head Rents F W 46 Widow KY KY VA Clerk, Foundry Co
Baird, Guy O Boarder M W 39 Widowed TX TN TN Accountant, US Railroad Admin

1920 Federal Census, Johnson County, Texas, 13 January, Cleburne Ward 3,
District 40, Page 7A, 600 [?] South Anglia, Hse/Fam #145
Baird, Ione Head Rents F W 30 TX TN TN No Occupation
Baird, Evangeline Niece F W 8 Single TX TN OK
Baird, Thelma Niece F W 6 Single CO TN OK
Baird, Jack Nephew M W 3yrs6mos Single TX TN OK

In 1930, Thelma is with her grandmother.

1930 Federal Census, Johnson County, Texas, 4 April, Cleburne Ward 3, District
126-6, page 3B, 301 Anglin St, Hse #63, Fam #74
Baird, Lula I Owns $4000 No Radio Head F W 73 Widow TN TN TN Rooming House
Keeper
- page 4A -
Baird, Ione Dau F W 40 Single TX TN TN
Baird, Evangeline Granddau F W 18 Single TX TX TX Boarding House Landlady
Baird, Thelma Granddaughter F W 16 Single Colorado TX TX None
Baird, John P Grandson M W 13 Single TX TX TX None

Some genealogies report that Thelma married Joseph Shelton West in about 1940. 
I found them in the 1940 census in Galvestaon, Texas, so they married before
April that year.

1940 Federal Census, Galveston County, Texas, Month of April, Galveston,
District 84-9, Page 61B, 811 D Ave, Hse #18, Rents $28
Clark, Arthur L Head M W 30 Married Grade C5 b Texas In Dallas, Dallas Co TX
in 1935 Magazine Salesman [b abt 1910]
Clark, Jean M C Wife F W 28 Married Grade C1 b Texas In Dallas, Dallas Co TX
in 1935 Lab Technician, Dr's Office [b abt 1910]
West, Joseph S Head M W 27 Married Grade C2 b Texas In San Antonio, Bexar Co
TX in 1935 Civil Aeronautics Inspector [b abt 1913]
West, Thelma I Wife F W 25 Single Grade C3 b Texas San Antonio, Bexar Co TX in
1935 Head Nurse, State Hospital [b abt 1905]

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Galveston, Texas, City Directory, 1941, p 408
Jos S West (Thelma) opr U S Civil Aeronautics Authority h 613 Av F

Joseph died in 1945.  At some later time, Thelma married Edward J Doughty. 
The first record I have found is the 1951 City Directory for  Pasadena,
California.

In the 1951 Pasadena, California, City Directory, Thelma is reported as a
nurse, married to Edward J Doughty.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1951, p 198
Doughty Edw J (Thelma B) clk h 3208 Grandeur av
Doughty Thelma B Mrs nurse St Luke Hosp r 3208 Grandeur av

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1953, p 182
Doughty Edward J (Thelma B) storekpr Cal Tech h 3208 Grandeur av

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1955, p 202
Doughty Edward J (Thelma) dept suprvr Cal Tech h 3208 Grandeur av
Doughty Thelma Mrs med sec H B Clarke r 3208 Grandeur av

In the 1957 directory, Thelma has no employment listed.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1957, p 202
Doughty Edward J (Thelma) asst suprvr Calif Inst of Technology h 3208 Grandeur
av

In 1963 Thelma married William C Hurst.  The marriage records cited on the
Doughty family genelaogy report her as Thelma Baird but also as Thelma B
Doughty.  The latter name indicates she had been married previously to a
Doughty, whose name is not reported in the genealogy.  The genealogy gives the
previous husband's name  as Edward Joseph Doughty, who 21 Jan 1960  in
Camarillo, California.

Edward's obituary in the Pasadena, California, Independent newspaper, reports
his name as only Edward J Doughty, and reports one survivor as a brotrher
named Joseph M Doughty.  If the paper and the genealogy are borth right,
Edward Joseph and his brother Joesph M shared the name Joseph.

California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Thelma Baird
Age 49, Est. Birth 1914
Spouse Name William C Hurst
Spouse Age 49
Est. Spouse Birth 1914
Marriage 7 Sep 1963 Los Angeles

California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
William C Hurst
Age 49, Est. Birth 1914
Spouse Name Thelma B Doughty
Spouse Age 49, Est. Spouse Birth 1914
Date 7 Sep 1963 Los Angeles

Interestingly, her death information reports her name at death as Doughty.

California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Thelma B Doughty
Birth 6 Oct 1913 Colorado
Death 5 May 1967 Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name Capell [Chapel]
Social Security
#464367262
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Notes for Winnie Evangeline BAIRD


Evangeline was born Winnie Evangeline Baird on 22 June 1911.  Her mother died
in 1918, leaving her father with three young children, one only 1 year old. 
In the 1920 census, her father Guy is working in St Louis for the Railroad
Commission.

1920 Federal Census, St Louis, Missouri, 7 January, District 273, page 7A,
3611 Lafayette Ave, Hse #143, Fam #208
Koch, Mena Head Rents F W 46 Widow KY KY VA Clerk, Foundry Co
Baird, Guy O Boarder M W 39 Widowed TX TN TN Accountant, US Railroad Admin

The three children are living with Guy's sister in the family's home area of
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.

1920 Federal Census, Johnson County, Texas, 13 January, Cleburne Ward 3,
District 40, Page 7A, 600 [?] South Anglin, Hse/Fam #145
Baird, Ione Head Rents F W 30 TX TN TN No Occupation
Baird, Evangeline Niece F W 8 Single TX TN OK
Baird, Thelma Niece F W 6 Single CO TN OK
Baird, Jack Nephew M W 3yrs6mos Single TX TN OK

Her father passed away also in 1923, leaving Evangeline and her siblings with
his sister, and in 1930 his mother is also in the household.  Lula and her
daughter Ione are running a boarding house.

1930 Federal Census, Johnson County, Texas, 4 April, Cleburne Ward 3, District
126-6, page 3B, 301 Anglin St, Hse #63, Fam #74
Baird, Lula I Owns $4000 No Radio Head F W 73 Widow TN TN TN Rooming House
Keeper
- page 4A -
Baird, Ione Dau F W 40 Single TX TN TN
Baird, Evangeline Granddau F W 18 Single TX TX TX Boarding House Landlady
Baird, Thelma Granddaughter F W 16 Single Colorado TX TX None
Baird, John P Grandson M W 13 Single TX TX TX None

In 1940 it appears to be Evangeline who is listed as a patient in the state
mental hospital in Wichita Falls.  She has been here at least 5 years, given
the report on location in 1935 in this record.  Note that she is a high school
graduate.  No details are listed on any patient concerning their condition or
treatment.  In late life Evangeline became a nurse.  The occupation reported
on her death certificate is Nurse - retired.  I thought she might have been a
nurse in the Wichita Falls hospital but she is listed as a patient.

1940 Federal Census, Wichita County, Texas, 25 April, State Hospital, Wichita
Falls, District 243-48, page 15A
Baird, Evangeline Patient F W 28 Single Grade H4 b Texas Same house in 1935
Institution [b abt 1912]

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Winnie Baird
Born 22 Jun 1911
Died Nov 1975
Last Residence Cleburne, Johnson, Texas 76031
SSN 465-44-0864 issued Texas (Before 1951)

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Winnie Evangeline Baird
Divorced
Birth 22 Jun 1911 Galveston, Texas
Residence 401 N Anglin St, Cleburne, Johnson, Texas
Occupation Nurse, Retired
Father Guy Baird
Mother Hester Chapel
Age at Death 64
Death 8 Nov 1975 colonial Manor, Cleburne, Johnson, Texas
Cause of death Metastatic (Metatastic?) Adenocarcinoma Lung, Primary Left
Breast
Burial 10 November 1975, Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson, Texas
by Pitts-Dillon Funeral Home
Informant, Don Freeman, Pitts-Dillon Funeral Records
Filed 12 November 1975, Filed State 3 Dec
1975
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Notes for Barbara BAKER


Barbara Baker Lance
Birth Apr 17, 1935
Death Jul 27, 2008
Burial Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery, Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia
Created by dgresh Mar 02, 2011
--  Find A Grave Memorial #66393235,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lance&GSiman=1&GScid=277239&GRid=66393235&
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Notes for Cynthia Ann BAKER


1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 13 July, Northern Subdivision, P
O Lynnville (Campbellsville), page 111, Hse/Fam #772
Compton, John B 43 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $1300 Personal Estate born S
Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1817]
Compton, Cintha N 42 F Keeps House born Tennessee [b abt 1818]
Compton, Lizza [sic] A 17 F born Tennessee [b abt 1843]
Compton, Smith 15 M born Tennessee [b abt 1845]
Compton, Mary J 11 F born Tennessee [b abt 1849]
Compton, Amanda J 8 F born Tennessee [b abt 1852]
Compton, Gideon B 6 M born Tennessee [b abt 1854]
Compton, Lunetta 2 F born Tennessee [b abt 1858]
Compton, Cissiro [Cicero] 7mos M born Tennessee [b abt 1859]

In 1960, there is another Compton family enumerated on the same page, two
houses before John and Cynthia Compton.  Head of household is reported as D C
Compton, born in Tennessee, age 25.

1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 13 July, Northern Subdivision, P
O Lynnville (Campbellsville), page 111, Hse/Fam #770
Compton, D C 25 M Mechanic $0 Real Estate $250 Personal Estate born Tennessee
[b abt 1835]
Compton, Nancy M 26 F Keeps House born Tennessee [b abt 1834]
Compton, Joseph C 1 M born Tennessee [b abt 1859]
Compton, George M 3 M born Tennessee [b abt 1857]

Some time before 1870, John and Cynthia Compton moved their family to north
Texas, and were enumerated in the 1870 census in Fannin County.

1870 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas, 26 August, Precinct 2, P O Bonham,
page 48, Hse/Fam #310
Compton, John B 54 M W Farmer $400 Personal Estate born S Carolina [b abt
1816]
Compton, Cynthia 52 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1818]
Compton, Mary J 20 F W born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1850]
Compton, Johnnie 18 M W born Tennessee [b abt 1852]
Compton, Cicero 10 M W born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1860]
Compton, Lou N 13 F W born Tennessee [b abt 1857]
Compton, Robt C 9 M W born Tennessee [b abt 1861]
Compton, Smith 23 M W Farmer $500 Personal Estate born Tennessee [b abt 1847]

Cynthia's name is provided in full by her son Robert's death certificate in
Grayson County, Texas.

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Robert Cohal Compton
Age 70 yrs, 10 mos, 16 days
Retired Farmer, Born 10 Jul 1861 Texas
Father John B Compton, born Tennessee
Mother Cynthia Ann Baker, born Tennessee
Informant J B Compton, Dallas, Texas
Death 26 May 1932 Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, USA
Cause of Death Prostatic Hypertrophy, Contributory Probably Malignant
Burial 26 May 1932 Oak Hill Cemetery, by Lloyd Moore, Whitewright, Texas
Certificate 21250 filed 30 May 1932, filed State 11 June 1932

Her name on her gravestone is spelled Sintha.  Her death certificate spells
the name Cynthia.  Upon receivving suggestions for updates on Sintha's FAG
memorial, the mamanger transferred the memorial to me.  Here is the updated
memorial as of 14 February 2019.

Cynthia Ann “Sintha” Baker Compton
Birth 24 Jun 1818 Tennessee, USA
Death 3 Jun 1893 (aged 74) Fannin County, Texas, USA
Burial Blanton Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Some records have Sintha, as on her gravestone, but some have Cynthia.  In the
era of her birth the name spelled Cynthia seems to have been often pronounced
Sintha . One census spells her name Cintha.  Her son's death certificate has
his mother's name as Cynthia Ann Baker.
Cynthia married John Briggs Compton.  Date of their marriage is not known, but
their daughter Lunetta Compton was born about 1857 in Giles County, Tennessee.
Spouse John B Compton 1815-1900
Maintained by Orville Jenkins, Originally Created by Kramer 14 Oct 2012
--  Find A Grave Memorial 98898244,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98898244/sintha-a.-compton
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Notes for Edith Melvine BAKER


I had most vital information for Edith Baker, but lacked her middle name.  In
late September 2009, I found a Dalton genealogy that had her full name as
Edith Melvine (Melvina?) Baker.  This tree also had a photo of Edith and her
husband William Henderson Strange.

Edith Melvine Baker
Birth 22 DEC 1889 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
Death 17 NOV 1978 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
Marriage 8 Sep 1904 in Jefferson (Co TN) to William Henderson Strange
--  Dalton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10293739/person/-639090126?ftm=1

Edie Baker
Birth 22 DEC 1889 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
Death 17 NOV 1978 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
Married: 8 SEP 1904 to William Henderson STRANGE b 5 NOV 1878 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee
Buried in Hill Crest Cemetary, Jefferson County, Tennessee
--  Strange,
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v14t2932&id=I230

Social Security Death Index
Edie Strange
Born 22 Dec 1889
Died Nov 1978
Last Residence Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, 37917
SSN 412-82-2019 issued Tennessee
(1965)
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Notes for Lula Eugenia BAKER


The Stevens-Simpson genealogy reports the name Lula Gennie for Eugenia.  The
nickname Gennie is also confirmed by Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, who mentions
"Jennie" as one of the half-siblings of Emma Cornelia Kinard.
--  Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, personal letter to her daughter Edith Marie
McSwain Jenkins, 1979

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Eugenia Baker
Age 18, Birth Year abt 1858
Spouse's Name William W Simpson
Spouse's Age 22
Marriage 27 Dec 1876 Bradley County
Marriage License Date 23 Dec 1876

The Callahan-Sickler-Collins Genealogy provides a photo of the double
gravestone in Bayou Meto Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas, where she and
William had lived all of their married life.

Simpson Gravestone in Bayou Meto Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Simpson
W W
June 8, 1855
Oct 21, 1921
Eugenia B
Feb 16, 1859
Mar 18,
1937
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Notes for Mary BAKER


Mary's maiden name comes from a genealogy that provides no official records as
documentation, but appears to be presenting family information.  This provides
the name of the wives of Thomas J Gregory born in 1825 and his father Thomas J
Gregory born in 1797.

Thomas J Gregory
Birth 1825 Caldwell County, Kentucky
Death 1870
Parents:
Thomas Sr Gregory Birth 1797, Death 1870
Mary Polly Baker [Note that Polly is always a nickname for Mary, not a second
name]
Birth 1805, Death 1870
Spouse Mary A Barnett, Birth 1828 Kentucky, Death 1870
--  Ellwanger Family Tree,
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/26181654/person/12301546215/facts

1850 Federal Census, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 13 September, District 1, p
654, Hse/Fam #689
Thomas Gregory Sr 53 M Farmer $300 Real Estate Value b S Carolina
Mary Gregory 45 F b N Carolina Cannot read and write
Samuel S Gregory 24 M Laborer b Caldwell Co KY
Blake Gregory 18 M Laborer b Caldwell Co KY
Felix G Gregory 9 M b Caldwell Co KY
Francis M Funcannon 9 M b Caldwell Co KY
Mary J Funcannon 7 F b Caldwell Co KY
Henry N Funcannon 5 M b Caldwell Co KY
Sarah McDowell 14 F b Crittenden Co
KY
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Notes for Thomas Larkin BAKER


1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 10 June, Lagrue Township,
District 3, page 16, Hse #134, Fam #143
Baker, Thomas L  W M 25   Farmer  GA GA GA
Baker, Emma W F 24 Wife Keeping House  IL IL IL
Kinard, Mary  W F 46 Mother At Home GA GA GA
Kinard, Emma  W F 13 Sister AR GA GA

Thomas is Mary Kinard's son by her first husband Rollin Baker.  Emma is her
daughter by her second husband Levi Webb Kinard, whom she married after Rollin
died.  She is a widow again here as Levin died before the 1880 census.

Next door to Thomas is Lemiel Simpson, born in Mississippi, who is likely part
of the family his sister married into.  Thomas' sister Eugenia (Gennie)
married William Washington Simpson from Mississippi.  They had a son born in
1885 whom they named Lemuel.

1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Georgia, 12 June, LaGrue Township,
District 4, page 10B, Hse #195, Fam #200
Baker, Thomas  Head  W M Jul 1854 45 Married 25 years GA GA GA Farmer Owns
Baker, Emma Wife W F  Sept 1856 43 Married 25 years 7 children/5 living IN KY
IN
Baker, Mollie Dau W F Oct 1886 13 AR GA IN At School
Baker, Laura E Dau  W F Aug 1889 10 AR GA IN At School
Baker, Ida L Dau  W F June 1893 6 AR GA IN At School
Baker, Willie F Dau  W F Oct 1895 4 AR GA IN
Baker, Lester B Son W M Oct 1899 7mos AR GA IN
Kinard, Mary A Mother W F Feb 1835 65 Widow 1 child/1 living (?) GA GA GA
Lee, Clarence Boarder W M Aug 1878 21 Single AR KY KY Day Laborer
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Notes for Barbara BALFOUR


Barbara Balfour
Birth 1655 in Pharay, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Death 6 Jul 1695 in Westness, Rousay, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Parents 	George Balfour 1632-1706
Marjorie Baikie b 1658
Marriage to William Trail 15 Nov 1679 Orkney Islands, Scotland
--  Barbara Fryer Price, Fryers Delight, 2004, page 287, Cited By Jim Ferrell,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/654999/person/-2064498117?

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Barbara Balfour
Baptism 6 Jun 1659 Kirkwall and St Ola,Orkney,Scotland
Father George Balfour
Mother Marjorie
Baikie
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Notes for Mary BALL


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Augustine, second son of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner, married for
his second wife,  Mary Ball; their oldest son was George Washington (President
of the United States); their only daughter, Betty Washington, was the second
wife of Colonel Fielding Lewis, by whom she had a numerous progeny, notable in
themselves and their descendants.

Mildred, the only daughter of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner, married,
first, Roger Gregory, by whom she had three daughters, Mildred, Frances, and
Elizabeth, who married three brothers, Colonel John, Colonel Francis, and
Reuben Thornton; she married, secondly, Colonel Henry Willis, the founder of
Fredericksburg, by whom she had a son, Colonel Lewis Willis, and a daughter,
Anne, who married Duff Greenv John Lewis, the son of Colonel Fielding and
Catherine (Washington) Lewis, was married five times.

First, to Lucy Thornton, youngest daughter of Colonel John Thornton and
Mildred Gregory, by whom he had a daughter, Mildred (the sister of Lucy
Thornton married Samuel Washington, brother of the President, General William
Woodford of the Revolution, and John Taliaferro of Dissington). Secondly, John
Lewis married Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of Colonel Francis Thornton and
Frances Gregory, by whom he had no child.

One of the brothers of his second wife was the gallant Colonel John Thornton
of the Revolution, who married Jane, daughter of Augustine Washington, elder
half-brother of the President, and was the
ancestor of the wife of Senator James B. Beck, and Mildred, one of the sisters
of his second wife was the wife of Charles Washington, younger full-brother of
the President.

John Lewis' third wife was a daughter of Gabriel Jones, widely known in
Virginia during his own generation, and remembered for years after all who
knew him had passed away as "The Valley Lawyer."  The fourth wife of John
Lewis was Mary Anne Fontaine, the widow Armistead, her father of that
excellent Huguenot stock, her mother a Winston, of the same blood as Patrick
Henry, the South Carolina Prestons, and Mrs. Madison.

John Lewis' fifth wife was Mildred Carter, widow of Robert Mercer, a son of
the Princeton hero.  She was a daughter of Landon Carter, her mother being a
daughter of Colonel Lewis Willis.  It is a noteworthy circumstance that the
two first wives of John Lewis were granddaughters of his great aunt, Mildred
Washington, by her first husband, Roger Gregory, and his fifth and last wife,
her great-granddaughter by her second husband, Colonel Henry Willis."
-  From Courier-Journal Genealogies

The italics are corrections by Mr. Thomas Waring Lewis ...

--  Peyton Neale Clarke, Old King William homes and families; an account of
some of the old homesteads and families of King William County, Virginia, from
its earliest settlement (Louisville: John P Morton And Company, 1897), p 75,
https://archive.org/stream/oldkingwilliamho00clar/oldkingwilliamho00c
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Mary Ball Washington
BIRTH 30 Nov 1708 Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 26 Aug 1789 (aged 80) Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL Kenmore Plantation and Gardens, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City,
Virginia

Mother of George Washington.
"The Belle of Epping Forest" was born in 1708 or 1709 in Lancaster County,
Virginia to a well-to-do family. Both of her parents had children from prior
marriages, but she would be the only child born to Joseph and Mary Ball; her
father would die when Mary was only a few years old. At the age of thirteen,
her mother died as well. Her early years were spent between the homes of her
half-sister Elizabeth and her guardian Colonel George Eskridge, being educated
in the "feminine arts" of sewing, cooking, running an estate and etiquette.

At the age of twenty, Mary traveled to London to visit her half-brother Joseph
and there met Augustine Washington, who also lived in Virginia. They courted
for two years before being married in 1731 and settling down at his estate,
Pope's Creek, in Westmoreland County. Augustine was much like her father,
having three children from a prior marriage and sufficiently successful,
owning an ironworks. The following year on February 22, their first son George
was born. Six years and four more children later, the family moved to Ferry
Farm to be closer to Augustine's ironworks. Mary was left alone with the
children often, as her husband did a lot of traveling for his business; it was
during these times that she handled the overseeing of the farm and personally
educating all of her children in everything from studying the Bible to
horsemanship.

In April of 1743, Augustine died unexpectedly and left Mary a widow at
thirty-five with five children under twelve years old. She threw herself into
managing the six hundred acre estate; while women were not allowed to own
property at the time, Augustine had left Ferry Farm to George and she was
allowed possession until he came of age. Unable to send George to England to
be educated as was the custom of the time, she sent him to Mount Vernon to
study with his elder half-brother Lawrence.

At the age of fourteen, George wanted to enlist in the British Navy, but Mary
put her foot down - he was needed at home. To combat his disappointment, she
let him have his father's old surveying equipment and hired a tutor to train
him; within years he was buying up land with the money he earned as a
surveyor. Mary continued to live at Ferry Farm for forty-five years, never
remarrying. Her land and her children were her life, there was no room for
anything else. As she got older, however, she could not work as often as she
liked and came to rely on some support from her children.

In 1772, when she was sixty-four, George bought her a house in Fredericksburg
a few blocks from Kenmore, the estate of her daughter Betty and her husband
Fielding Lewis. The relationship between her and George was more strained than
the one she had with the rest of her children, yet he was her main provider in
her later years, even buying her a "riding chair" so that she could more
easily visit her friends and neighbors. During the War for Independence, she
would walk or ride to an outcropping of rock on Betty's estate, now referred
to as "Meditation Rock" where she would pray for her son and his success.

Mary lived to see her son George not only succeed in his drive to defeat the
British in the War, but become the first President of the United States. He
last visited her on his way to New York City for his inauguration in April
1789. Four months later, Mary Ball Washington died on August 26, 1789 at the
age of eighty-one and was buried a few paces from Meditation Rock.

Bio by: Lysa

Parents:
Joseph Ball 1649-1711
Mary Montague Ball 1670-1721

Spouse Augustine Washington 1694-1743

Half Siblings:
Frances Ball Carter 1681-1699
Anne Ball Conway 1686-1764

Children:
Butler Washington 1716-1716
Lawrence Washington 1718-1752
Augustine Washington 1720-1762
George Washington 1732-1799
Elizabeth Washington Lewis 1733-1797
Samuel Washington 1734-1781
John Augustine Washington 1736-1787
Charles Washington 1738-1799

Maintained by Find A Grave, Added 5 May 1998
--  Find A Grave Memorial 2870,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2870/mary-washington
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Notes for Ida Mae BALLARD


Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Thomas Frazier
Age 21, Birth Year abt 1894
Residence Vilonia, Faulkner, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Ida Ballard
Spouse's Age 19
Spouse's Residence Vilonia, Faulkner, Arkansas
Marriage 29 Dec 1915 Faulkner County
Marriage License Date 22 Dec 1915

1920 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas, 6 January, Cypress Township,
District 21, page 2B,  Hse #36, Fam #37
Fraizer [sic], Thomas  Head  Rents  M W 24 Married AR NC NC Farmer
Fraizer [sic], Ida Wife F W 23 Married AR AR AR
Fraizer [sic], Cordell Son M W 3yrs1mo AR AR AR
Fraizer [sic], Elcie Son M W 1yr 2mos AR AR AR

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Ida Mae Ballard Frazier
Birth May 2, 1896 Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA
Death Jun 17, 1994 Vilonia, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA

Mrs. Ida M. Frazier, 98, of Vilonia died Friday (June 17, 1994) at her
residence.

Born May 2, 1896, in Lonoke County, she was a daughter of Asbury and Elizabeth
Robinson Ballard, a housewife and a Methodist.  She was the widow of Thomas J.
Frazier.

Survivors are four sons, Cordell Frazier of Caracas, Venezuela, Ardell Frazier
of North Little Rock, Cloyce Frazier of Renton, Wash., and Jerry Frazier of
Vilonia; two daughters, Lucille Wharton and Beulah Patrick of Vilonia; 19
grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.

The family will be at 51 Lewisburg Road in Vilonia.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Mount Carmel Community Church in
Vilonia with the Rev. John Hamby officiating.  Burial will be in Cypress
Valley Cemetery at Vilonia by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Frazier, Richard Patrick, Jonathan Gallegly, Gage
Popham, Craig Williams and Manuel Almeida.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8
p.m. today at the funeral home.
Log Cabin Democrat, Conway, Arkansas

Spouse Thomas Jefferson Frazier (1895 - 1969)
Children:
James Cordell Frazier (1916 - 2008)
Elsie Luciel Frazier Wharton (1918 - 2006)
Beulah Marie Frazier Patrick (1921 - 2014)
Lemul Ardell Frazier (1923 - 2013)
Lemul Frazier (1923 - 2013)
Cloyce Thomas Frazier (1926 - 2011)

Burial Cypress Valley Cemetery, Faulkner County, Arkansas

Created by Ervin Mize Jan 14, 2010
--  Find A Grave Memorial #46663319,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46663319/ida-mae-frazier
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J. C. Ballard
Birth Jun. 12, 1837
Death Jan. 21, 1911
Son Joseph Alonzo Ballard (1872 - 1956)
Burial Bee Cemetery, Bee, Johnston County, Oklahoma
Created by Stone Seeker (inactive) Apr 13, 2007
--  Find A Grave Memorial #18913614,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18913614
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