Stephen T GADDY Ethel GADDY George Roscoe GADDY Elmer GADDY Reka Nana GADDY Bessie Mae GADDY Jessie GADDY Stephen GADDY Duncan Lafayette TERRY Mini tree diagram
Mollie B WALTON

Mollie B WALTON2,5,5,3,5,6,4

also known as Mollie TERRY4

18734 - UNKNOWN

Life History

1873

Born in Missouri.1,2,3

(most likely)

1875

Born in Arkansas.4

(less likely)

about 1890

Married Stephen T GADDY in Indian Territory.3,5

Jun 1892

Birth of daughter Ethel GADDY in Indian Territory.3

29th Sep 1894

Birth of son George Roscoe GADDY in Indian Territory.3,8,5

Apr 1896

Birth of son Elmer GADDY in Indian Territory.3

15th Mar 1898

Birth of daughter Reka Nana GADDY in Acorn, Polk, Arkansas.5,3,9,5,10

24th Apr 1900

Birth of daughter Bessie Mae GADDY in Polk County, Arkansas.11,12,13,3,6

May 1900

Birth of daughter Jessie GADDY in Polk County, Arkansas.3

about 1905

Birth of son Stephen GADDY in Polk County, Arkansas.5,7

before Nov 1905

Death of Stephen T GADDY

9th Nov 1905

Married Duncan Lafayette TERRY in Spiro, Central District, Indian Territory.2,1

after 1910

Death of Duncan Lafayette TERRY in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.7,4

1910

Resident in Prices Chapel, Sequoyah, Oklahoma.4

30th Jul 1943

Death of son George Roscoe GADDY.8

31st Dec 1955

Death of daughter Bessie Mae GADDY in Los Angeles County, California.11,12

Jan 1993

Death of daughter Reka Nana GADDY.9

UNKNOWN

Death of daughter Ethel GADDY in California.5

UNKNOWN

Death of daughter Jessie GADDY

UNKNOWN

Death of son Elmer GADDY

UNKNOWN

Death of son Stephen GADDY in California.5,5

UNKNOWN

Died

Notes

  • "I am the g-greatdaughter of Mollie Terry.  She was married to my g-grandfather Stephen Gaddy before she married Duncan. ... She appears on the 1910 census with a grandson 1 1/2 years old named something Roscoe.  Mollie had a son with Stephen named George Roscoe.  None of the 5 children show up with her on the 1910 census and I am so curious to know what happened to Stephen.  Her youngest child would have been 5 years old when she married Duncan. ... I am the granddaughter of Reka Nana Gaddy.  She shows up on the 1900 census with Stephen and Mollie as Reiker."
    --  "dferg1200," Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 03 April 2015

    "I would assume that Mollie and Steve married in IT since the older children were born there.  Bessie and Jessie were twins and I think Jessie must have died in infancy.  Bessie was blind and ended up in a home for unwed mother's in CA.  I have had contact with her grandson who was adopted from the home.  He is an Air Force flight surgeon.  He seems to think that Steve [Jr] ended up in CA, but I have found no trace of him after he was mentioned in the 1910 letter written by Duncan."
    --  "dferg1200," Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 09 September 2016

    The 1900 census has the family name as Gaddis.  The oldest child is Ethel, reported born in June 1892.  Both Elmer and Reiker (Reka) were reported as born in 1896, but in different months!  The entry for Reka first had age 2, then it was changed to age 4.  Her year was likely 1898.  Years of birth are often wrong in the 1900 census.  Reka's birth date is reported in her Social Security records as 15 March 1898.

    1900 Federal Census, Polk County, Arkansas, 4 June, Eagle Gap Township, District 98, page 2B, Hse/Fam #36
    Gaddis, Stephen Head W M  Mch 1858 42 Married 11 yrs NC NC NC Lumber Carrier Rents
    Gaddis, Mollie Wife W F Feb 1873  27 Married 11 yrs 6 children/6 living MO MO MO
    Gaddis, Ethel Dau W F June 1892  7 Single Ind Terr NC MO
    Gaddis, Roscoe Son W M Dec 1894  5 Single Ind Terr NC MO
    Gaddis, Elmer Son W M Apr 1896  4 Single Ind Terr NC MO
    Gaddis, Reiker Dau W F Feb 1896 [sic] 2/4 [2 entered first, then changed to 4; 1998 seems the correct year; SS has 1898; grave has 1899] Single Ind Terr NC MO
    Gaddis, Jessie Dau W F May 1900  0mos Single AR NC MO
    Gaddis, Bessie Dau W F May 1900  0mos Single AR NC MO

    "I know that Mollie's maiden name was Walton, because I sent for my grandmother, Reka Nana Gaddy's Social Security application.  It shows her parents as Steve Gaddy and Mollie Walton.  Reka was born in Acorn, Polk Co AR."
    --  "dferg1200," Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 08 September 2016

    It seems more likely that the 1900 census, just a couple of years after Reka was born, would be more correct in rerporting that Reka was born in Indian Territory before the family moved to Polk County, Arklansas.  The twins were born in Polk county in about May 1900.

    A marriage record in Choctaw Nation reports the marriage of Mrs Mollie Gaddy to D L Terry.  The Terry Family History has three maririages for Duncan Lafayette Terry.  Mollie was the third wife after Duncan had been widowed twice.

    Choctaw Nation Marriage
    Terry, DL Age 50
    Gaddy, Mollie Mrs. Age 32
    09 Nov 1905 Spiro
    Marriage Records, LeFlore County. Oklahoma, Bk C, Pg 130

    I found that the 1910 census enumeration for Duncan and Molly reports them both in their second marriage, and married for 5 years.  This was Duncan's third marrige, the first being to Harriet Sliger, the second to Ina Admas.

    1910 Federal Census, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 2 May, Prices Chapel, District 206, page 7A, Hse #103, Fam #105
    Terry, Duncan L  Head M W 54 2nd Marriage married 4 years  GA SC SC Farmer
    Terry, Mollie  Wife F W 35 2nd Marriage married 4 years  AR AR AR
    Grant [?], Rosco grandson M W 1 yr 5 mos OK AR OK

    "I found a letter that [Duncan Lafayette] Terry [Mollie's second husband] wrote to one of his daughters and it was written on Christmas Eve [1910].  He says that Steve, Roscoe and Ethel [and Elmer] are coming for Christmas. ... Roscoe served 7 years in a Huntville prison for being in on a robbery that ended in a killing of a constable. He didn't fire the gun. They were off their military base at the time."
    --  "dferg1200," Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 08 September 2016

Sources

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