Weightsuel Blake Gragg (1918 - 1994)

Born 1 Sep 1918 in Linville, Avery County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Dollie Lucreta Gragg — married 18 Jan 1940 in Carter County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1994 at age 75 in Avery County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Weightsuel Blake "Short" Gragg was born 1 Sep 1918, in Linville, Avery County, North Carolina. His parents were Leason Carroll Gragg and Dora Bean. He married Dollie Lucreta Gragg 18 Jan 1941, in Carter County, Tennessee. Short Gragg passed away 24 Apr 1994, in Avery County, North Carolina.^{[1][2] [3][4]}

North Carolina, Birth Index

Name: Weightsuel Gragg

Event Type: Birth

Birth Date: 1 Sep 1918

Birth County: Avery

Parent1 Name: Leason Carroll Gragg

Roll number: NCVR_BD_C007_66001

Volume: 2

Page: 239^[5][6]

1920 US Federal Census

Name: Waits Gragg

Age: 1

Birth Year: abt 1919

Birthplace: North Carolina

Home in 1920: Wilsons Creek, Avery, North Carolina

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Son

Marital Status: Single

Father's name: Carrol Gragg

Father's Birthplace: North Carolina

Mother's name: Dora Gragg

Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Occupation: None

Carrol Gragg 38

Dora Gragg 32

Prane Gragg 16

Windum Gragg 14

Morris Gragg 12

Leota Gragg 11

Almer Gragg 9

Shelby Gragg 4

Waits Gragg 1^{[7][8][9][10]}

1930 US Federal Census

Name: Weightsuel Gragg

Birth Year: abt 1919

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: North Carolina

Marital Status: Single

Relation to Head of House: Son

Home in 1930: Wilsons Creek, Avery, North Carolina, USA

Dwelling Number: 33

Family Number: 33

Attended School: Yes

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Able to Speak English: Yes

Carrel Gragg 49

Dora B Gragg 49

Alma Gragg 18

Shelby Gragg 14

Weightsuel Gragg 11

Elener Gragg 7

Wallace Gragg 5^{[11][12][13][14]}

1940 US Federal Census

Name: Weightsuel Gragg

Age: 20

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1920

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: North Carolina

Marital Status: Single

Relation to Head of House: Son

Home in 1940: Wilson's Creek, Avery, North Carolina

Inferred Residence in 1935: Wilson's Creek, Avery, North Carolina

Residence in 1935: Same House

Sheet Number: 4A

Occupation: Laborer

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work

Weeks Worked in 1939: 52

Income: 464

Income Other Sources: No

Carrel Gragg 57

Dora Gragg 57

Weightsuel Gragg 20

Wallace Gragg 15

Elenaor Burleson 18^[15][16]

Marriage

Name: Weightsuell Gragg

Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1941

Marriage Place: Carter, Tennessee, USA

Spouse: Willie Mae Gragg^{[17][18][19][20]}

US WW2 Draft

Name: Weightsuell Blake Gragg

Gender: Male

Race: White

Age: 22

Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)

Birth Place: Linville, Avery, North Carolina, USA

Birth Date: 1 Sep 1918

Residence Place: Linville, Avery, North Carolina, USA

Registration Date: 1940

Weightsuell Blake Gragg Self (Head)

Leason Carol Gragg Father^[21][22][23]

North Carolina, Death Indexes

Name: Weightsuell Blake Gragg

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marital Status: Married

Social Security Number: xxxxx3123

Father's Last Name: Gragg

Age: 75

Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1918

Residence County: Avery

Residence State: North Carolina

Date of Death: 24 Apr 1994

Death County: Avery

Death State: North Carolina

Institution: Home

Attendant: Physician

Burial Location: Burial in state

Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1993-96^{[24][25][26][27]}

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51100531
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR4X-KN7
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75866717/person/110088039693/facts
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKG-JFQC
5. ↑ Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.
6. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8783&h=908728&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2238
7. ↑ 1920; Census Place: Wilsons Creek, Avery, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1284; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 10
8. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6061&h=10039763&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1169
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKS-BKC : accessed 14 January 2019), Waits Gragg in household of Carrol Gragg, Wilsons Creek, Avery, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 10, sheet 3B, line 60, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1284; FHL microfilm 1,821,284.
10. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RXF-H75?i=5&cc=1488411
11. ↑ 1930; Census Place: Wilsons Creek, Avery, North Carolina; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2341407
12. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6224&h=77896343&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39L-WZJ : accessed 14 January 2019), Waistal Gragg in household of Carrel Gragg, Wilsons Creek, Avery, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 2B, line 71, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1673; FHL microfilm 2,341,407.
14. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRCM-Q9F?i=3&cc=1810731
15. ↑ 1940; Census Place: Wilson's Creek, Avery, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02872; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 6-15
16. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2442&h=150972066&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224
17. ↑ Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
18. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1169&h=428215&ssrc=pt&tid=75866717&pid=110088039693&usePUB=true
19. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-751-2
20. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-751-5
21. ↑ The National Archives at Atlanta, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975, RG 147; Box: 137
22. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2238&h=937034&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1169#
23. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-751-3
24. ↑ North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Caroline Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.
25. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8908&h=6302723&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2238
26. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGFJ-P2Z : 17 July 2017), Weightsuell Blake Gragg, 24 Apr 1994; citing Linville, Avery Co., North Carolina, v 21B cn 21520, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,992,308.
27. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9G8-Y9BJ-J?i=559

Notes:

• Known as "Short". First name in SSDI is "Weightsuel" but in the Tennessee marriage record it is "Weightwell".