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]

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[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/

Tombstone Tuesday - Sybil I. Belt

Sybil I. Dau. of

Geo. T. & R.A.

Belt

Oct. 24, 1891

Mar. 2, 1922

Gone But Not Forgotten

Buried Deer Creek Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

According to Kentucky death certificate #5912 (1922), Sybil I. Belt was the daughter of George T. and Ritta Weldon, both of whom were born in Kentucky. George Thomas Belt died 1925 and Ritta Weldon Belt died 1941. Both are buried in Deer Creek Cemetery.

Published 9 June 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Civil War Letter from T.J. Flanary

Family letter written by Thomas J. Flanary of the 3rd Kentucky during the Civil War. Original letter in the possession of Nancy Weldon Hodge of Marion, Ky. Translation and footnotes provided by Marty K. Hodge, who retains copyright of this letter. Please do not copy without consent.


-Page 1-
Mr Wm Flanry
Camp Boon[i] ten Sept 11th 1861
dear sir I take the opportunity
of wrighting you a few lines
to let you no that I am
Stil here and well and hoping
you the same I don’t know yet
what us crittenden boys are a
going to do if capt meriwethers
gets his company which i expect
will be a cavelry company and if
the boys that come with me goes
in to it ishal goto we are furnished
a horse if we cannot get one
but if we get our horse we are alud

-Page 2-
twelve $ amonth and if he gets
and we don’t we alid pay for
him it don’t make much differenc
with me calvelry or in fantry
iexpect that the regiment will leav
in a bout too weeks if it don’t
leav in that time we will be in
a cavalry they have got to thouses
navyes for the cavalry it is
for one year the en listment
i rote you a letter the other day
not noing whether you would
receive it or not will wright you
a few more lines if we goin infantry
or cavalry iexpec we will go to padducah
general pillow[ii] with fifteen thousand
men is now on his march to
that plac when he gets there it
will be in his possession tell the
crittenden boys if they are coming
to this brigade it is time they
are coming tell henry cook

-Page 3-
that if he comes that he must
learn how to cook and if
any of the boys comes here to mind
how they can the oath that we take
it for three yrs or during the
war in the in fantry the [torn]
one year in the in fantry [torn]
are aloud forty days in [torn]
unless we are in battle some
of the men here are disheartened
a bout our pay but when our
officers gets there commission we
will be paid I have spent
a bout to dollars sine I have bin
here for nicknacks but that
is stoped for ther was no use of it
for we get plenty to eat her
James Vaughn is here he has had
the measles but is getting well
I would like to see you all
and per haps will shortly
So no more at present T.J Flanry

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[i] Camp Boon was located near Clarksville Tennessee on the Tennessee-Kentucky
border.
[ii] Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow