Addie Dills, daughter of Henry Dills and Henrietta Nichols, was born on 29 May 1873 in Macon Co., NC.[1] She passed away on 26 March 1933 in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina.[2] She is buried in Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery, Macon County.[3]
Marriage
Addie married first James David Beck on 28 August 1890 in Macon County, North Carolina. They had four children: Ernest B., Lexie Ann, John R., and Lawrence G. James D. Beck died on 28 Apr 1900.
Addie married second Wilbur Zebual Dills on 12 February 1903 in Cartoogechaye, Macon County, North Carolina. They had two children: Henry Benbow and Nellie "Nannie" Dills. I believe they were divorced about 1910.
Addie married third Jason A. Ledford on 22 August 1919 in Macon County, North Carolina. They had no children. Jason died on 15 May 1924.[4]
Residence
1900 Federal Census: Carteogechaye Township, Macon, North Carolina USA [5]
1920 Federal Census: Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA [6]
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPNM-N99 : 18 July 2017), Addie Ledford, 26 Mar 1933; citing Macon, North Carolina, cn 27, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,077.
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1672-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9F-RQ5T : 28 November 2018), J A Ledford and Addie Dills, 22 August 1919; citing Macon, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,435,725.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSY1-BGJ : accessed 5 June 2020), Iva Beck, Carteogechaye Township, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,204.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVM-2YD : accessed 28 August 2020), Addie Ledford in household of Jason A Ledford, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 138, sheet 2B, line 71, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992 ), roll 1309; FHL microfilm 1,821,309.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 June 2020), memorial page for Iowa Addie Dills Ledford (29 May 1873–26 Mar 1933), Find a Grave Memorial no. 136475196, citing Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
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