Lou Birchie (Ayers) Blythe (1891 - 1946)

Born 9 Feb 1891 in Tippah, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Jefferson Blythe I — married 19 Aug 1906 in Tippah county, Mississippi, United States

Wife of Avery Barron — married 5 May 1943 in Durant, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1946 at age 55 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States

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Biography

Lou Birchie Ayers Blythe

Lou Birchie (Ayers) Blythe was the grandmother of President Bill Clinton. She was the daughter of Simpson Green Ayers and Hattie (Hayes) Ayers, the wife of William Jefferson Blythe II, and the mother of William Jefferson Blythe III.

Lou Birchie Ayers was born 9 February 1893 in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States to Simpson Green Ayers (1820-1897) and Hattie Hayes (1858-1935) and died 15 February 1946 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, United States of unspecified causes. She married William Jefferson Blythe (1884-1935) 19 August 1906 in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States.^[1]

he 1930 census lists the Blythe family living in Sherman on Preston Road; Birchie's age is listed as 39. In 1930 Willie Blythe developed colon cancer and died in 1935. As many families in that time of Depression, the Blythes lost their home even though young W.J took a job at Ashburn's dairy just down the road. By 1936 Lou Birchie was behind by two payments on the mortgage payments and managed to dispose of the property to avoid foreclosure, with only a few dozen dollars left on the mortgage. The family then moved to an upstairs apartment on Houston Street, downtown Sherman; Birchie worked as a hotel chambermaid.

As a widow In the 1940 census, Birchie lives with three of her children at 1024 E. Houston Street in Sherman. She is a seamstress for the WPA Sewing Project. Her age is listed as 49 years.^[2]

Birchie worked in May 1943 at the Cozy Eat Shop as a cook. It was one of the places she worked during the last 11 years of her life. In 1943, according to the affidavit Birchie submitted, she was living at 503 W. Lamar Street in Sherman. Birchie married Avery Barron in Durant, Oklahoma, who died in 1967.

Birchie died in early 1946, after suffering a stroke, just six months before her famous grandson was born and two months before her son's tragic death. Birchie and Avery Barron are buried in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Texas.

Birth

Birth: Feb. 9, 1891, Tippah County, Mississippi

Parents:

Father: Simpson Green AYERS, b. 27 Oct 1820, Franklin County, GA d. 27 May 1897, Tippah County, MS

Mother Hattie HAYES, b. 23 Jul 1858, FL or at sea d. 16 Aug 1935, Kossuth, Alcorn County, MS (Age 77 years)

Death

Death: Feb. 15, 1946, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, USA

Burial: West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, USA

Marriage

Spouse: William Jefferson Blythe (1884 - 1935);

Children:

1. Clifford Lewis Blythe (1908 - 1960),
2. Pauline Blythe Linsteadt (1910 - 1994),
3. Earnest Clyde Blythe (1912 - 1981),
4. William Jefferson Blythe (1918 - 1946),
5. Vera Lee Blythe Ramey (1923 - 2006),
6. Glen Hardy Blythe (1927 - 1986)

Spouse: Avery Barron (1891 - 1967);

Married Durant, Oklahoma, 1943

Children:

1. Carl Barron

Sources

1. ↑ Familypedia: Lou Birchie Ayers
2. ↑ US Gen Websites: Lou Birchie Ayers

United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M293-RLW : 29 October 2015), Bertchie Blithe in household of William Blithe, Howe, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 15B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,570.

United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHYM-2ZJ : 14 December 2015), Birchie L Blythe in household of William J Blythe, Justice Precinct 1, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,808.

United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYXZ-T2M : 8 December 2015), Birchie Blythe in entry for Willie J Blythe, 1930.

United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVR-7QY : accessed 28 October 2016), Birchie L Blythe, South 5th Ward, Sherman, Justice Precinct 1, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-11, sheet 2B, family 52, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4043.

Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 February 2021), memorial page for Lou Birchie Ayers Blythe (9 Feb 1891–15 Feb 1946), Find A Grave: Memorial #7264436, citing West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Diane Midkiff (contributor 12450322) .

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 17 February 2010 through the import of Clinton.ged,