Ellen E. and Berry F. James

James

Ellen E.

1857 - 1941

Berry F.

1850- 1924

Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 23 September 2015.

B.F. James and E.E. Loven/Lovvorn were married by Elder J.E. Rowland at James Lovven's residence in Crittenden County 4 November 1883.[1]

According to his death certificate, Berry Franklin James  was born 19 May 1850 Crittenden County and died 31 January 1924. His parents were listed as Alexandra James and Harriett Smart, both born in Tennessee.[2]

Eliza Ellen James, widow of Berry F. James, was born 12 December 1857 Kentucky and died 23 February 1941 Crittenden County. Her parents were James Lovvorn, born Tennessee, and Sarah McDowell, born Indiana.[3]

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[1] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II  1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 142.

[2] Kentucky Death Certificate #3150 (1924), Berry Franklin James, Ancestry.com.

[3] Kentucky Death Certificate #4122 (1941), Eliza Ellen James, Ancestry.com.

Published 18 June 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Lydia James Woodall 1881 - 1941

Lydia James

Woodall

1881 - 1941

Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 23 September 2015.

According to her death certificate, [1] Lydia Woodall was born 15 January 1882 in Crittenden County and died 22 February 1941. At the time of her death she lived at Crayne, Kentucky Route 8. Her husband was  D.T. Woodall, age 72. Her father was listed as Berry James and the name of her mother was unknown.

Lydia's father, Berry F. James, married Mrs. Hester A. King in Gallatin County, Illinois on 3 April 1876.[2]  Berry F. and Hester A. James were enumerated on the 1880 White County, Illinois census. [3]   Berry F. James then married  E.E. Loven on 4 November 1883 in Crittenden County.[4]

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[1] Kentucky Death Records #9497 (1941), Lydia Woodall, Ancestry.com.

[2]  Office of Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html, accessed 2 March 2019.

[3] 1880 White County, Illinois census, Herald Prairie, Roll: 258, p. 431C, E.D. 155, Ancestry.com.

[4] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. II 1866-1886, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1991) 142.

Published 28 May 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Elmer & Adelaide Rice

Father

Elmer H .

Rice

Apr. 15, 1892

Nov. 17 1942

Mother

Adelaide R.

Rice

Aug. 24, 1896

Dec. 26, 1967

Both are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstones photographed 23 September 2015.

Elmer H. Rice's Kentucky death certificate #23806 (1942) shows he was the son of William Rice and Dosie Raughoff.  Elmer died in the V.A. facility in Christian County, Kentucky. His usual residence was in Marion, Crittenden County.  His World War I Draft Registration cards for 1917-1918[1] show he was born in Equality, Illinois and, in June 1917,  he was living in Detroit, Michigan. The next year he was living in Crittenden County.

A passport was issued 13 May 1919 to Adelaide Retailland Rice, French-born wife of Henry H. Rice. Her passport application was made at the American Consulate in Nantes, France while her husband was in the U.S. military in France. She sailed on the Manchuria from France to New York.[2]

Elmer and Adelaide Rice can be found on the 1920 Crittenden County census.

Elmer also has a military tombstone.

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[1] W.W. I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, accessed 29 December 2016.

[2] U.S. Passport Applications 1820-1925, Ancestry.com, accessed 31 December 2016.

Published 21 March 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/