Ada Jane (Simpson) Fortenberry (1876 - 1954)

Born 6 Feb 1876 in Jesup, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States

Died 12 Jul 1954 at age 78 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Ada Simpson was born on February 06, 1876 in Jesup, Lawrence Co., Arkansas. She married John Fortenberry in 1893 Together they had 1 child:

1. Melvin Fortenberry

She died on July 12, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan

Sources

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM23-P66 : 18 March 2019), Ada Simpson in entry for J W Fortenberry, 9 Dec 1894; citing Marriage, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,290,707.

• "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQR4-Y29 : 11 January 2020), Ada Simpson in entry for J. W. Fortenberry, 1894.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW8-68P : 26 August 2017), Ada Simpson in household of James P Simpson, Strawberry, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 158, sheet 450A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,049.

• FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3F4-SN1 : accessed 4 October 2020), Ada Fortenberry in household of John Fortenberry, Bird Township (west of St. L.& I.R.R.), Jackson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 4B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,062.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNB-R63 : accessed 4 October 2020), Ada Fortenberry in household of John Fortenberry, Bird, Jackson, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 60, sheet 24B, line 61, family 456, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 66; FHL microfilm 1,820,066.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK9-4TY : 28 February 2020), Ada J Fortenberry in household of John W Fortenberry, Glass Township, Jackson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-18B, sheet 3A, line 4, family 39, 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 144.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53H-9JSF : 23 July 2020), Mrs Ada Fortenberry in entry for Mrs Luvenia Evelyn Walker, 1950.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57G-L2CQ : 23 July 2020), Mrs Ada Jane Fortenberry, 1954.

Buried in Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, Lawrence Co., Arkansas

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Stephanie Sanchez for creating Simpson-3845 on 28 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Stephanie and others.