Archie R. Fortenberry (1887 - 1953)

Born 29 Jan 1887 in Pike County, Mississippi

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Died 7 May 1953 at age 66 in Pike County, Mississippi

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Biography

Archie Fortenberry was born and raised just over the Mississippi state line in Washington Parish, Louisiana. After he married Belle Simmons, he moved to Pike County, Mississippi. Often the children in farming communities around the turn of the 20th century were needed to work on the farms which left very little time for education. However, as can be seen in the 1940 census record for Pike County, Mississippi, Archie worked as a "car carpenter" for the Steam rail road while his son, Milton, worked as a "welder".

CENSUS records often poorly transcribed

In 1910, Archie and Belle Fortenberry are living in Pike County, Mississippi and are easily found in a search of Ancestry's records. HOWEVER, in 1920 the records are FIRST poorly recorded and SECOND the person who transcribed the names were obviously NOT familiar with the names. In 1920, Archie Fortenberry (and family) is transcribed as Archie FANTINBERRY!!

CHILDREN of Archie and Bell Fortenberry

• Cloy, son, 1908
• Emmett, son, 1910
  • From the MISTRANSCRIBED 1920 census, we add:
• Milton, son, 1914
• Otis, son, 1915
• Hilma, daughter, recently born, (listed as 0/12 years old), 1920
  • The 1930 census shows:
• Alvie, son, 1922
• Leo, son, 1925
  • The 1940 Pike County, Mississippi census for Archie Fortenberry shows that his father, Wyatt Fortenberry was living with the family. His age is given as 82.
• Vernon Ray, son, 1931

Sources

• The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi by Adrianne Fortenberry Criminger

• 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records for Pike County, Mississippi