On This Day in Family History - October 22

Arnold Wesley Slocum died 22 October 1994 age 72

Arnold was the husband of Erlene Burford (daughter of George and Willie Mae Burford)

Photo: Arnold and Erlene Burford Slocum

Guy Rufus Cartee married Lula Johnson 22 October1922

Guy was the son of Matilda Carter (sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold)

Photo: Guy Rufus Cartee

James Albert Gibson was born 22 October 1850

Photo: James Albert Gibson

(Asa Gibson and Adaline Gard were the parents of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson Burford.)

Russell Vernon Hicks was born 22 October 1950

Russell is the son of Lowell and Elaine Hicks

On This Day in Family History - October 21

Effie V Harvey was born 21 October 1870

Eula Mae Burnett was born 21 October 1909

Nancy E Ford died 1931 age 73

Veronica Kay Linville was born 21 October 1946

On This Day in Family History - October 20

Alyson Blair Mickey was born 20 October 1997

Pearl Sylvester Stoner died 20 October 1963 age 59

Sean Christian Kidwell was born 20 October 1968

Winfolee Miller Childers was born 20 October 1923

On This Day in Family History - October 19

 Stephen Ford died 19 October 1950, age 88

Photo: Kate and Stephen Ford

Stephen was the son of William Ford and Isadore Halsted

Photo: William Ford 

William and Isadore had six children - Alice, Charles, Nancy, Kate, Stephen, and Effie

Photo: Stephen, Alice, and Nancy Ford

Nancy Ford married my great-grandfather Charles Thomas

Alice Ford

 Charles Ford

Kate Ford

 Nancy Ford

I don't have a picture of Effie Ford. She died at age 19.

This is my favorite picture of William Ford

On This Day in Family History - October 18

Heather Rae Thomas was born 18 October 1987

Heather is the daughter of John Thomas (my brother) and Billie Jo Casey.

Here's one of my favorite pictures

Heather with her great-grandma Cleffie Burford

Heather and her Grandpa Red.

 

Heather with Granny and Grandpa

Heather married Shane Aguda 07 June 2014 in California

Heather and Shane have two children - Ava and Johnny

On This Day in Family History - October 17

 Anna Gertrude Gibson married John Samuel Kinney 17 October 1897

This was clipped from a larger photo of the Gibson clan

Asa Gibson married Adaline Lucretia Gard 24 Oct 1869 in Richland County, Illinois. They had 15 children - 

Cora B Gibson 1870–1877 

Clara Gibson 1872-1877

Anna Gertrude Gibson Kinney 1873–1943 

William Minter Gibson 1874–1946 

Dora Gibson Patterson 1877–1962 

Lora Gibson Burford 1877–1970 

Lawrence Elmer Gibson 1880–1964 

Twin Infants Gibson 1881-1881

Calder Gibson 1883–1897 

Iva Jane Gibson Feller 1885–1953 

Stella Frances Gibson Miller 1888–1968 

Julia Grace Gibson Witter 1890–1987 

Edna Elsie Gibson Shelton 1892–1987 

Oma Gibson 1898–1898

The photo above is tagged with the following people -

Willie Sayor (Willam's stepchild)

Jane P Ramsey Gibson (William's wife)

Dora Gibson Patterson

William Minter Gibson

Edith M Sayor (William's stepchild)

Opal Gibson (William's daughter)

Thomas Patterson (Dora's husband)

Lucretia Patterson (Dora's daughter)

Leonora Gibson (Dora's daughter)

Lora Gibson Burford 

Lawrence Elmer Gibson

Bertha Mason Gibson (Lawrence's wife)

Killough Burford (Lora's son)

Alexander Oscar Burford Jr (Lora's husband)

John Samuel Kinney (Anna's husband)

Anna Gertrude Gibson Kinney

Samuel Kinney (Anna's son)

Julia Grace Gibson

Ishmael Gaylon Burford (Lora's son)

George Alexander Burford (Lora's son)

Adelbert Smith Burford

Birdie Elizabeth Kinney (Anna's daughter)

Sarah Kinney (Anna's daughter)

Asa Gibson 

Mary Kinney (Anna's daughter)

Adaline Lucretia Gard Gibson

Edna Elsie Gibson

Iva Jane Gibson

Helen Alice Burford (Lora's daughter)

Stella Frances Gibson

On This Day in Family History - October 16

 Geraldine 'Jerry' Thomas was born 16 October 1928

Jerry is my dad's cousin. She is the sister of Roger Thomas. 

Roger and Jerry's father (Mel) and my grandfather (Bill) were brothers.

L-R: Bernarde, a neighbor of Aunt Renue's, Roger, Jerry

Happy birthday, Jerry!

On This Day in Family History - October 15

Eldred Deamer Arnold was born 15 October 1919

(son of Marlie and Birdie Arnold)

Gerald Davidson was born 15 October 1938

(son of Vernie and Obie Arnold Davidson, in this photo sitting on his mother's lap)

(Obie was a cousin of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford)

Joyce Ann Thomas was born 15 October 1927

(daughter of Ralph Thomas - she and my dad were second cousins)

Lawrence Elmer Gibson died 15 October 1964 age 84

(a brother of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson Burford)

Lowell Vernon Hicks died 15 October 2018 age 88

(a brother of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford)

Roy Thomas married Mabel Josephine Colby 15 October 1903

(a brother of my grandfather Bill Thomas)

On This Day in Family History - October 12-14

 Okay, here I am playing catch-up again...

OCTOBER 12

Elmer Cleo Carter died 1959

Audrey Estelle Burgess Searcy died 2005 age 80

Guy Rufus Cartee died 1965 age 72

William Edward "Will" Searcy was born 1885

OCTOBER 13

Cathy Lynn Provance married Kevin Mickey 1996

Ida Mae Sandefur Weatherford died 1961 age 59

Idah Belle Naftzger Lobb was born 1900

Janet Good Thomas was born 1951

Kimberly Bethanne Parker married Dan Philip Vega 1996

Louise Cooper Arnold died 2004 age 77

Sarah 'Sally' Davis Parker was born 1814

OCTOBER 14

Emott Fred Louks died 1992 age 71

(husband of Delena Arnold)