Life History

Notes

• One source has two children of Nathaniel Edwin and Mary Ellen:  Eddie, born Sep 1863 and Nathaniel Edwin Jr, with no birth information.  It seemed obvious that these are two entries for the same person, one under the full name and one under the nickname.  However, Eddie was listed as a female.  Other family information coming to me through Jacque Watkins from descendants of Eddy also indicates that Eddie/Eddy was female.
  
  The name of Eddy's husband matches the husband of Eddie reported on the web site.  In the 1880 census Eddie is reported in the household of Mary E and her second husband Jones Connally.  There was some confusion in some transcriptions of the 1880 census, where Eddie was listed as a Step-son.  But I read it as Step-dau, matching the report of Eddie as Female.  (The high loop on the lower-case D probably read to some like an S.)
  
  In this census, 16-year-old Eddie matches the birth date of September 1863 for Eddie in the genealogy.
  
  1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas, 15 June, Page 33A (scan p166A), District 111, Hse/Fam #201
  Connally, Jones W M 54 Farmer  GA TN GA
  Connally, Mary E  W F 36 Wife Keeping House  GA SC GA
  Connally, Eddie  W F 16 Step-Dau  At Home GA GA GA
  
  Two genealogies report the children of Eddie and her husband Meredith Kendrick.
  
  Edward E KENDRICK b Mar 1882 in McLennan, Texas
  Herbert Valentine KENDRICK b 15 Feb 1884
  Hazel KENDRICK b Jan 1888 in McLennan, Texas
  Margaret KENDRICK b Mar 1890 in McLennan, Texas
  Berl M KENDRICK
  Kathleen (Cathline) KENDRICK
  Leighton KENDRICK Janice KENDRICK
  --  http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigwills&id=I43141
  
  Hazel KENDRICK
  Margaret KENDRICK
  Kathleen KENDRICK
  Herbert KENDRICK b 15 FEB 1884
  Burrell KENDRICK b 27 FEB 1895
  Ernest KENDRICK b 13 OCT 1899
  Leighton Lorain KENDRICK b 29 SEP 1900 in WACO, TEXAS
  Janice KENDRICK b 13 OCT 1902
  --  http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v07t3996&id=I20
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Mrs. Eddie Connally Kendrick
  Death 19 Nov 1925 McLennan County
  Certificate #40512
  
  Eddie Connally Kendrick
  Birth Sep 20, 1863 Murray County, Georgia, USA
  Death Nov 19, 1925 Spring Valley, McLennan County, Texas
  Parents:
  Nathaniel Edwin Connally (1833 - 1863)
  Mary Ellen Terry Connally (1844 - 1932)
  Spouse James Meredith Kendrick (1859 - 1916)
  Children:
  Edwin Ernest Kendrick (1882 - 1950)
  Herbert Valentine Kendrick (1884 - 1973)
  Hallie Byrd Kendrick (1886 - 1892)
  Hazel Kendrick Genheimer (1888 - 1972)
  Margarete Kendrick Goldsworthy (1890 - 1975)
  Mamie Kendrick (1893 - 1894)
  Burrell Meredith Kendrick (1895 - 1985)
  Kathleen Kendrick Cheshire (1897 - 1938)
  Leighton Lorain Kendrick (1900 - 1981)
  Janice Meredith Kendrick (1902 - 1989)
  Siblings:
  Arizona Connally Clements (1859 - ____) Half-sibling
  Amanda Connally Smith (1872 - 1946) Half-sibling
  Thomas Terry Connally (1877 - 1963) Half-sibling
  Bertha Connally Moore (1878 - 1963) Half-sibling
  Rose Connally Staton (1884 - 1946) Half-sibling
  Lila Connally McKay (1886 - 1967) Half-sibling
  Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, Block 19, Lot 97
  Created by Sharon Sprayberry Sep 19, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #76786487, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76786487

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Connally-Kendrick, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v07t3996&id=I20
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Johnny L Williams, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigwills&id=I43141
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas
  • 15 June, Page 33A (scan p) 166A, District 111, Hse/Fam #201
• 5. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Johnny L Williams, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigwills&id=I44035
• 7. Jacque Watkins, email correspondence to Orville Boyd Jenkins, September 2008
  • citing Don Johnston, the husband of Eddy Connally's granddaughter