Re: kelly kelley? gafford frances gafford
-
In reply to:
Re: kelly kelley? gafford frances gafford
Kelly Gafford 12/17/02
I am seeking information about James Henry King Gafford and Tressie Marshall.....
John Thomass Gafford the oldest son of James and Tressie married Lucrecy Payne and had 6 children -
1910
5 May
Texas > Brown > Justice Precinct 8 > District 110
Roll: T624_1535; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 512
line - 65 - entry - 167
Gafford, J T - head - 34 - md1 - md 7 yrs - b TX - fb MS - mb TX - farmer - farm laborer
wife - Crecy - 24 - md1 - md 7 yrs - 4 chd b - 4 chd LVG - b TX - fb AL - mb England - farmer - home farm
son - Roy C - 7 - b TX
dtr - Aron V - 5 - b TX*** this could be Vivian or Virgina ****
son - James M - 4 - b TX*** likely this is James Macy ***
son - Charles F - 2 - b TX**** likely this is Carl Freeman *****
===========================
1918
12 Sept
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 >
Texas > Collingsworth County > 0 > Draft Card G
John Thomas Gafford - age 42 - born 21 Oct 1885 - farmer- Collingsworth, TX
wife - Crecy Gafford
med height - slender build - black hair - black eyes
right hand lost in sawmill
====================================
1920
8 March
Texas > Collingsworth > Justice Precinct 3 > District 33
Roll: T625_1783; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 1067.
line 14 - entry - farm - 53- 56
Gafford, J T - Head - rents - 44 - b TX - fb MS - mb TX - farmer
wife - Crecy - 34 - b TX - fb - AL - mb England
son - Roy - 17 - b TX -
dtr - Vivian - 18 - or 16 - b TX
son - Macy - 13 -= b TX
****son - Freeman - 11 - b TX ******
son- Morrie or Morris - 6 - b TX
son - Bert? -9 mos - b TX
=====================
1983
Social Security Death Index
Name: Carl Gafford
SSN: 525-05-7446
Last Residence: 59860Polson, Lake, Montana, United States of America
Born: 9 Apr 1908
Last Benefit: 59860Polson, Lake, Montana, United States of America
Died: Jul 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: New Mexico (Before 1951 )
=======================
1983
www.vitalrec.com
Name: Carl F Gafford
Age: 75
Estimated birth year: 1908
Death Date: 18 Jul 1983
Death County: Lake
Residence County: Lake
Social Security Number: 525057446
Marital Status: Married
Index Number: 3510
Source: Montana State Genealogical Society
===================================
2004
WELLINGTON - Vivian Godbey, 100, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2004.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Chester O'Brien of First Baptist Church of Amarillo and the Rev. Kevin Everett, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery by Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Godbey was born July 31, 1904, in Brown County to John T. Gafford and Lue C. Payne Gafford. She married John Ray Godbey in 1923 in Wellington.
Survivors include three sons, Troy Godbey of Dumas, J.R. Godbey of Zellwood, Fla., and Jerry Godbey on Boynton Beach, Fla.; two daughters, Erma Rigdon of Amarillo and Betty Tipton of Quail; two brothers, Bert Gafford of Center and Monroe Gafford of Elgin; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Wellington Cemetery Association or First Baptist Church.
Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 4, 2004
========================================