Born in Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elam Ware
and Cansada Smith
Sister of
Martha Melissa (Ware) Beavers [half], William Towry Ware [half], Mary C (Ware) Green [half], Sarah Ruth (Ware) Green [half], George M Ware [half], Robert B Ware [half], Thomas Cheatham Ware [half], Virginia A (Collins) Ware [half], John F Ware [half], Amanda (Ware) Williams [half], Caledonia Elizabeth (Ware) Moore, Walter E Ware, Eudora Cansada (Ware) Ayles and Laddie M Ware
Wife of
John R Tidwell
— married
22 Aug 1883 in Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Wife of
John Wesley Gafford
— married
4 Sep 1904 in Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Mother of
Leonard Newell Tidwell, Myrtle Cora (Tidwell) Morris, Lottie Ruth (Gafford) Rutledge and Rebecca Corrine (Gafford) Tyer
Died
at age 77
in Union County, Mississippi, United States
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Biography
- Eggie Lee Ware, daughter of Elam Ware and Cansada Smith
- BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Birth Date: Aug. 8, 1866, per cemetery headstone
- Birth Place: Mississippi, per all census records
- ... Probably in Pontotoc Co. MS, or Lee Co. MS, were parents lived in 1860/70
- Death Date: Feb. 12, 1944, per cemetery headstone
- Death Place: assume Union Co. MS, per 1940 census, and 1944 burial
Sources
- BURIAL:
- Find A Grave Memorial# 66650702 (headstone pictured)
- Eggie Lee Ware Gafford
- Birth: Aug. 8, 1866
- Death: Feb. 12, 1944
- Burial: Salem Cemetery, Etta, Union Co. MS
- 1st MARRIAGE:
- FamilySearch.com, Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911
- Name: J. R. Tidwell
- Spouse: E. L. Ware
- Marriage Date: 22 Aug 1883
- Location: Lafayette County, Mississippi
- 2nd MARRIAGE:
- FamilySearch.com, Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911
- Name: J. W. Gafford
- Spouse: Eggie Tidwell
- Marriage Date: 04 Sep 1904
- Location: Lafayette, Mississippi
CENSUS / TIMELINE
- 1870 Census: Verona, District 4, Lee, Mississippi, family#250
- Eline Wear ......... 55 ... AL … farm laborer … personal estate $290
- Cauzada Wear ... 40 ... SC … cannot write
- Calidonia Wear ... 7 ... MS … attends school
- Walter Wear ........ 4 ... MS
- Edge L Wear ........ 3 ... MS <------
- Eudra Wear ......... 1 ... MS
- 1870 Census Notes:
- Living next to family#251: (Cansada's children) Virginia A Collins, Ann, Henry
- Living next to family#249: (Eggie’s aunt) Elizabeth Abernathy-Potts age 39
- 1880 Census: Beat 3, Lafayette, Mississippi, family#3
- Ebrum Ware .......... 63 ... TN,SC,SC ... farm laborer
- Cawseddie Ware ... 52 ... SC,SC,SC
- Caledonia Ware .... 17 ... MS,TN,SC ... attends school
- Walter Ware .......... 15 ... MS,TN,SC ... attends school
- Edgelee Ware ........ 13 ... MS,TN,SC ... attends school
- Eudora Ware ......... 11 ... MS,TN,SC ... attends school
- Laddie Ware ............ 9 ... MS,TN,SC ... attends school
- 1880 Census Notes:
- Living next to family#2: Cansada's son & brother: Henry Collins 22, Elton Smith
- Living next to family#4: Elam's son: Cheatham [Thomas] Ware 28, Virginia 29
- Living next to family#5: Elam's daughter: Mollie Leach age 34, widowed
- 1883: marriage of Eggie to 1st husband J R Tidwell
- 1897-1900: death/divorce from 1st husband Tidwell (per last child Myrtle)
- 1900 Census: Justice Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas, family#146
- Elgie Tidwell ......... 31 ... MS,AL,SC ... Aug-1868, widowed, 2 children, 2 living
- Leonard Tidwell ... 10 ... MS,MS,MS ... May-1890
- Myrtle Tidwell ........ 1 ... TX,MS,MS ... Oct-1898
- Latt M Wier .......... 28 ... MS,AL,SC ... Feb-1872 ... brother, widowed
- 1900 Census Notes:
- Elgie's occupation: farmer, rents farm
- Latt's occupation: farm laborer
- 1904: marriage of Eggie to 2nd husband John W Gafford
- 1910 Census: Beat 3, Lafayette, Mississippi, family#362
- John W Gafford ..... 34 ... MS,AL,MS ... farmer, rents
- Eggie Gafford ........ 39 ... MS,MS,MS ... marr 5 yrs, 6 children, 4 living
- Myrtle Gafford ...... 11 ... MS,MS,MS ... [Tidwell] ... attends school
- Lottie Gafford ......... 4 ... MS,MS,MS
- Corine Gafford ........ 1 ... MS,MS,MS
- 1920 Census: Beat 1, Union, Mississippi, family#65
- J N Gafford ........... 43 ... MS,AL,MS ... farmer, rents
- Eggie Gafford ....... 50 ... MS,MS,MS
- Lottie Gafford ...... 13 ... MS,MS,MS ... attends school
- Corrine Gafford ... 10 ... MS,MS,MS ... attends school
- Living 2 doors down from daughter Mrytle
- 1930 Census: Beat 1, Union, Mississippi, family#192
- John W Gafford ... 51 ... MS,AL,SC ... 1st married age 27
- Eddie L Gafford ... 63 ... MS,AL,SC ... 1st married age 16
- 1930 Census Notes:
- Street: Simmis Morris - Wacey road
- Occupation: Cotton Farmer, lives on farm, rents
- Living 2 doors down from daughter Mrytle
- 1940 Census: Union, Mississippi, family#82
- Elson Rutledge ............ 36 ... MS ... farmer ... highest grade 7th
- Lattie Rutledge ............ 34 ... MS ... highest grade H1 ... [maiden Gafford]
- W R Rutledge ............... 15 ... MS ... highest grade 6th
- Wilma Ruth Rutledge ... 7 ... MS
- Theadore Rutledge ....... 5 ... MS
- John W Gafford ........... 62 ... MS ... father-in-Law ... highest grade 6th <----
- Edgie Gafford .............. 72 ... MS ... mother-in-Law ... highest grade 7th <----
- 1944: death of Eggie, Union Co. MS
- 1950: death of John, Union Co. MS
CHILDREN
- LEONARD Tidwell:
- 1910 ???
- 1917 draft regis: Lenard Newell Tidwell, b.29 Mar 1881, Abbyville, Miss.
- 1920 census: L N Tidwell 28 MS,MS,MS, BEATRICE 22 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1930 census: Len N Tidwell 41 MS,MS,MS, Beatrice 33 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1940 census: Lynn Tidwell 50 MS, Beatrice 48 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1958 burial: Leonard Newell Tidwell(1889-1958) - Find A Grave# 66470548
- 1993 wife: Beatrice Morris Tidwell(1897-1993) - Find A Grave# 66470715
- Note: wife's 2nd husband: Mr. Foust
- MYRTLE Tidwell:
- 1915 marriage estimated per census in 1930 (married age 16)
- 1920 census: Myrtle Morris 20 MS,MS,MS, J G 30 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1930 census: Myrtle Morris 31 TX,MS,MS, Jonnie G 41 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1940 census: Myrthe Morris 43 TX, Johnny 53 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1982 husband: John Glover Morris(1888-1982) - Find A Grave# 66533398
- 1992 burial: Myrtle Tidwell Morris(1898-1992) - Find A Grave# 66533673
- LOTTIE Ruth Gafford:
- 1924 marriage estimated per census in 1930 (married age 17)
- 1930 census: Lottie Rutledge 23 MS,MS,MS, Elson 25 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1940 census: Lattie Rutledge 34 MS, Elson 36 MS, Union, Mississippi
- ........ household includes parents
- 1959 city directory: Lottie R Rutledge, Elson F Rutledge, Stockton, California
- 1965 death record: Elson F Rutledge, b. 27 Oct 1903 MI, d. 20 Jan 1965 CA
- 1979 death record: Lottie Ruth Rutledge, b. 6 Jan 1905 MS, d. 13 Jan 1979 CA
- REBECCA Corrine Gafford:
- 1928 marriage estimated per census in 1930 (married age 19)
- 1930 census: Corine Tyer 21 MS,MS,MS Carl L 25 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1940 census: Corrine Tyer 21 MS, Lynson 35 MS, Union, Mississippi
- 1978 husband: SS Index: Carl Tyer, b. Oct 1904, d. Oct 1978 Mississippi Co. AR
- 2000 burial: Rebecca Corrine Gafford Tyer(1908-2000) - Find Grave# 50485562
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eggie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eggie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eggie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eggie:
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~1.56%
L Adcox
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A895963 [compare], Ancestry member LADCOX
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~1.56%
Nathan A :
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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