Ruth Ashley (Roberts) Posey (1898 - abt. 1966)

Born 15 Oct 1898 in Kemper County, Mississippi

Ancestors

Wife of John Oliver Posey — married 22 Jul 1917 in Neshoba County, Mississippi

Died about 19 Nov 1966 at about age 68 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi

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Biography

Ruth Ashley Roberts was born in 1898, the daughter of John Roberts and Emma Knight. Ruth and J. Ollie Posey were married the 22 July 1917 in Neshoba County, Ms. They never had any children. Ollie was injured duing WW1 and he is buried in the Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison County, Ms.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XM-K2P : accessed 23 February 2018), Ruth Roberts in household of John B Roberts, Beat 3 Moscow, Kemper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 15B, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,813.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8D-5JB : accessed 23 February 2018), Ruth Roberts in household of John B Roberts, Beat 3, Kemper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 11B, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 740; FHL microfilm 1,374,753.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTQ-ZBK : accessed 23 February 2018), Ruth Posey in household of Ollie Posey, Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 80, sheet 18B, line 85, family 334, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 888; FHL microfilm 1,820,888.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBN-9G4 : accessed 23 February 2018), Ruth Posey in household of Ollie Posey, Ackerman, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 7A, line 17, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1141; FHL microfilm 2,340,876.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGS-V9N : accessed 23 February 2018), Ruth Posey in household of Ollie Posey, Ackerman, Beat 5, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-12, sheet 7B, line 45, family 158, 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 2014.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLC8-HM3 : 20 May 2014), Ruth Posey, Nov 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 November 2019), memorial page for Ruth Ashley Roberts Posey (15 Oct 1898–Nov 1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #42761808, citing Hester Cemetery, Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Jo Roberts (contributor 47188400) .