Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Matching Tombstones - Weldon



Marshall C. Weldon
1896 - 1935
Beulah M. His Wife
1896 - 1958


Clarence E. Weldon
1870 - 1929
Addie C. His Wife
1863 - 1950

Buried Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstones photographed 19 July 2018.

Marshall C. Weldon was born 14 December 1896 Fulton, Kentucky[1] and died  in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 26 May 1935. His parents were listed as C.E. Weldon and Addie Crawford.[2]  Mrs. Beulah Weldon was born in Arkansas 7 August 1896 and died in Memphis 10 June 1958.[3] Her parents were listed as Samuel T. Morris and Icos Weathersby.

The 1900 Fulton County, Kentucky census lists Clarence Weldon, born October 1870 Illinois. In his household were his wife, Addie, born October 1868 Kentucky and Marshall Weldon, born December 1896 Kentucky.[4] Clarence was listed as a China merch [merchant?]. Clarence E. Weldon married Miss Addie Crawford in Crittenden County, Kentucky 20 July  1892.[5]





[1] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, Marshall C. Weldon, registered in Little Rock, Arkansas, nearest relative, father, who was living in Little Rock, Ancestry.com.
[2] Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958, citing certificate of death  #11784 Marshall C. Weldon, Ancestry.com.
[3] Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958, citing certificate of death #58-16288, Beulah Weldon, Ancestry.com.
[4] 1900 Fulton County, Kentucky census,
[5] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriages 1887-1899, Vol. III (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1993) 59.

Published 16 October 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

1 comment:

Brenda Joyce Jerome said...

Sherry - thank you for catching the misspelling of Weldon!