Elbridge Gerard "Ebbie" LEIGH
Allie Gertrude COOK

Husband:  Elbridge Gerard "Ebbie" LEIGH
Birth:  4 Aug 1894, Teasdale, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi  
Death:  14 Sep 1980, Tillatoba, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi 
Burial:  Sep 1980, Union Cemetery, Tillatoba, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi  
Father:  Alpheus Parker LEIGH
Mother:  Margaret Rebecca WISE

Marriage:     abt 1915, Mississippi

Wife:  Allie Gertrude COOK
Birth:  12 May 1894, Tillatoba, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
Death:  5 Mar 1970, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
Burial:  Mar 1970, Union Cemetery, Tillatoba, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
Father: 
Seth Washington COOK
Mother:  Elizabeth A. "Betsy" MARTIN

Children: 
1. Townes Martin LEIGH, b: 1 Aug 1917, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
                                     d: 7 Mar 1975, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia 
                                  bur: Kennesaw Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia
2. Margaret Gertrude LEIGH (Scarborough), b: 24 Sep 1919, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
                                                                d: 12 Aug 2002, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia
3. Norman P. LEIGH, b: 20 Mar 1922, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
                                d: 28 Aug 1971, Tillatoba, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
                              bur: Union Cemetery, Tillatoba, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi
4. Virginia Allette LEIGH (Remeta), b: 25 Feb 1925, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
                                                   d: 1 Jan 1990, Carroll Co., Georgia
                                                bur: Kennesaw Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia
5. Jewell LEIGH (Douglas), b: 1927, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
6. Doris LEIGH (Bailey), b: 27 May 1929, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
7. Betty Jean LEIGH (Durham), b: 29 Jun 1933, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi
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Notes:    
Allie's sister Lorene married Ebbie's brother Alpheus.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0895, Page 114A), Beat #3, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 79, Enumeration Date: Jan-1920, Family #42

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 LEIGH, Ebbie

 Head

M

25

M

MS

MS

NC

 

 Farmer

            Allie

 Wife

F

25

M

MS

MS

MS

 

 None

            Townes

 Son

M

2

S

MS

MS

MS

 

 None

            Margaret

 Daughter

F

3m

S

MS

MS

MS

 

 None

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_2068, Page 111B), Beat #3, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 68-6, Enumeration Date: 13-Apr-1940, Family #190

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation

 LEIGH, Ebbie

 Head

M

45

M

 

8

MS

 Farmer

             Allie

 Wife

F

45

M

 

8

MS

 None

             Townes

 Son

M

22

S

 

8

MS

 Farm Laborer

             Norman

 Son

M

18

S

 

8

MS

 Farm Laborer

             Virginia

 Daughter

F

15

S

X

8

MS

 None

             Jewell

 Daughter

F

13

S

X

6

MS

 None

             Doris

 Daughter

F

10

S

X

5

MS

 None

             Betty Jean

 Daughter

F

6

S

X

1

MS

 None

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