Julia Grace (Dawson) Ledford (1875 - 1940)

Born 1 Mar 1875 in Roaring Spring, Trigg, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Sidney Ledford Jr — married 26 Dec 1896 in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1940 at age 64 in Roaring Spring, Trigg, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Julia was born on 1 March 1875 in Roaring Springs, Trigg County, KY. She was the daughter of Almont Dawson and Elizabeth (Wilson) Dawson.

1900 they were living in Roaring Springs, Longhollow, Trigg, Kentucky. ^[1]

James S Ledford Head Male 36 Kentucky

Juley Ledford Wife Female 25 Kentucky

Almer Ledford Daughter Female 3 Kentucky

Francis Ledford Daughter Female 1 Kentucky

James Levell Boarder Male 41 Mississippi

Mary Roach Boarder Female 10 Kentucky

Mathew Dawson Boarder Male 20 Kentucky

Julia died at the age of 64 on 22 February 1940 in Roaring Springs, Trigg County, KY.

Julia was buried after 22 February 1940 at an unknown location. Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, KY

Research Notes

From Find A Grave: Memorial #22383139:

Julia was the daughter of Almont and Elizabeth Wilson Dawson. She attended South Kentucky College in Hopkinsville. She married James Sidney Ledford, Jr., on Dec. 26, 1896 in Trigg Co., KY. She raised a family of 4 boys and 2 girls, all of whom lived into the 1980's and 1990's.

Mrs J.S. Ledford Buried At Hopkinsville

Mrs Julia Dawson Ledford, who would have been 65 early in March was buried Friday afternoon at Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, following the funeral services at the Roaring Spring Christian Church conducted by the pastor, the Rev. R.L. Cave.

She was the wife of James Sidney Ledford. Mrs Ledford died following a paralytic stroke, Thursday.

She was a life long Christian, and was long active in the Roaring Spring church. Mrs Ledford was noted for her charitable activities and took a leading part in the church and Sunday School and was interested in missions.

The survivors are her husband, the following children: Almont Ledford of Arkansas; Mrs Frances Miller, Christian county; Mrs Grace Maddox, Memphis; James Sidney

Ledford, Trigg county; Richard Ledford, Roaring Spring and Ferrell Ledford, Memphis. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs Herman Crenshaw, Roaring Spring and Mrs Carl Moore, Memphis and a brother E. Fent Dawson, Roaring Spring.

She is also survived by four grand children

Cadiz Record Feb 29, 1940

Birth: Jun. 16, 1907

Roaring Spring

Trigg County

Kentucky, USA

Death: Aug. 23, 1998

Memphis

Shelby County

Tennessee, USA

Grace was the daughter of James Sidney and Julia Dawson Ledford. She attended Roaring Springs school until she was 14 at which time she boarded in Cadiz to attend High School there. When she was 16 she moved to Memphis, Tn, to live with her Aunt, Susan Dawson Moore. There she attended Central High School and business college. She worked for a number of years for the Columbian Mutual Insurance Company until she married Ernest Warren Maddox in 1939. They left immediately after the wedding at 7:30 in the morning and the breakfast at Linden Avenue Christian Church, for Johnson City TN where Warrenwas to open the first Social Security office there on Jan. 2, 1940. He was drafted at age 32 so Grace followed him to Goldsboro, NC, Washington PA and finally to Montgomery AL during WWII. After the War they moved back to Memphis where their only child was born when she was in her 40th year. In 1949 they moved to Knoxville, TN, where Warren was the Dist. Mgr. of the Social Security office until 1961. They moved back to Memphis where he was the Dist. Mgr. of the Social Security office until 1978. They lived there together until she died in St. Francis Hospital of heart failure at age 91.

Family links:

Parents:

James Sidney Ledford (1864 - 1952)

Julia Dawson Ledford (1875 - 1940)

Spouse:

Ernest Warren Maddox (1912 - 2004)*

Burial:

Memorial Park Cemetery

Memphis

Shelby County

Tennessee, USA

Plot: Mausoleum

Created by: Julia Maddox Mortenson

Record added: Nov 01, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 16417975

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CS-LZ7 : accessed 2 October 2021), Francis Ledford in household of James S Ledford, Magisterial District 5, Roaring Springs, Longhollow Precincts, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 18A, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,552.

Acknowledgments

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