Sumter GILLESPIE
Beulah KENT
Ramah Dashiell "Betty" PERKERSON
Husband: Sumter GILLESPIE
Birth: 14 Feb 1887, Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi
Death: 4 Jan 1958, Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
Burial: Jan 1958, I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
Father:
James Lewis GILLESPIE
Mother: Minnie Lee BRIDGER
Marriage-1: 1908, Mississippi
Wife-1: Beulah KENT
Birth: Jun 1887, Montgomery Co., Mississippi
Death: 1925, Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
Burial: 1925, I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
Father: James Smith KENT
Mother: Lelah E. SPIVEY
Marriage-2: 1926, Mississippi
Wife-2: Ramah Dashiell "Betty" PERKERSON
Birth: 3 Mar 1900, Gilpins, Fayette Co., Alabama
Death: 23 Apr 1945, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
Burial: Apr 1945, I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
Father: W. Henry PERKERSON
Mother: Melvina JONES
Children - Marriage-2:
1. Minnie Lee GILLESPIE (Bready), b: 18 Jun 1927, Greenwood, Leflore Co.,
Mississippi
d: 2 Aug 1986,
Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
bur: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi
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Notes:
1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0749,
Page 66A), Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi,
Enumeration District: 71, Enumeration Date: 20-Apr-1910, Family #219
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
# Yr Mar |
# C Bn |
# C Liv |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
Occupation |
In Sch |
|
GILLESPIE, Sumptor |
Head |
M |
23 |
M1 |
2 |
|
|
MS |
MS |
MS |
Leather & Cotton Buyer |
|
|
Beulah |
Wife |
F |
22 |
M1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
MS |
MS |
MS |
None |
|
|
Gordon |
Brother |
M |
21 |
S |
|
|
|
MS |
MS |
MS |
Professional Lawyer |
|
1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0883,
Page 127B), Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi,
Enumeration
District: 87, Enumeration Date: 17-Jan-1920, Family #246
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
In Sch |
Occupation |
|
GILLESPIE, Sumter |
Head |
M |
32 |
M |
MS |
MS |
MS |
|
Editor / Printing Office |
|
Beulah |
Wife |
F |
32 |
M |
MS |
MS |
MS |
|
None |
1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0891,
Page 9A), Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi,
Enumeration District: 6, Enumeration Date: 16-Apr-1930,
Family #257
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
Age Marr |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
In Sch |
Occupation |
|
GILLESPIE, Sumter |
Head |
M |
43 |
M |
21 |
MS |
MS |
MS |
|
Publisher / Newspaper |
|
Ramah |
Wife |
F |
30 |
M |
26 |
AL |
MS |
AL |
|
None |
|
Minnie L |
Daughter |
F |
2y10m |
S |
|
MS |
MS |
AL |
|
None |
1940 Federal Census Data (T627_2043,
Page 276A), Greenwood, Leflore Co., Mississippi,
Enumeration District: 42-17B, Enumeration Date: 9-Apr-1940, Family
#158
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
In |
Gr. |
POB |
Occupation / Industry |
|
GILLESPIE, Sumpter |
Head |
M |
53 |
M |
C-3 |
MS |
Owner / Newspaper |
|
|
Bettie |
Wife |
F |
40 |
M |
C-1 |
AL |
None |
|
|
Minnie L |
Daughter |
F |
12 |
S |
X |
7 |
MS |
None |
After Ramah died, Sumter married Marion
Richardson in 1948.
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Sources:
1) Death - Wife #2: Shelby County
Tennessee Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #08450