Annie Rebecca (Sullivan) Grayson (1871 - 1953)

Born 14 Nov 1871 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh W. G. Grayson — married 9 Aug 1898 in Rankin, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1953 at age 81 in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Annie Rebecca "Becca" Sullivan was born 14 Nov 1871^[1]in Mississippi to Ephraim T. Sullivan and Annie Hubbard.^[2][3][4][5]

She married Hugh W. G. Grayson on 09 Aug 1898 in Rankin County, Mississippi^[6][1][7] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Graham Wesley Grayson was born Oct^[3] 1899 in Mount Olive, Covington County, Mississippi and died 13 Jul 1972 in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi.^[8][7]
2. Gus M. Grayson was born about 1903 in Mississippi.^[7][4]
3. Albert Grayson was born 30 Nov 1910 in Mississippi, died 26 May 1951 and is buried in Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Mize, Smith County, Mississippi.^[9][10]

Hugh died by 1910 and a widowed Rebecca appears on the census that year alone in Covington County, Mississippi as the mother of 4 children with 3 living.^[5]

Rebecca died 05 Mar 1953 in Mount Olive, Covington County, Mississippi^[7] and is buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #41685188 Tombstone photograph for Annie Rebecca Grayson at FindAGrave.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G4-CWD : 26 August 2017), Becca Sullivan in entry for Ephraim Sullivan, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 363C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0646; FHL microfilm 1,254,646.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96N-PL2 : accessed 25 June 2019), Rebecca Grayson in household of Hugh Grayson, Beat 4 Mt. Carmel (east part), Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 11B, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,804.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43H-W4N : accessed 25 June 2019), Annie Grayson in household of Graham Grayson, Southeast, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 94, sheet 9A, line 36, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 881; FHL microfilm 1,820,881.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8H-TBM : accessed 25 June 2019), Rebecca Greyson, Beat 4, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 14A, family 261, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 738; FHL microfilm 1,374,751.
6. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z6-9L7 : 10 February 2018), H. W. G. Grayson and Rebeca Sulivan, 09 Aug 1898; citing , Rankin, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 879,741.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} The Magee Courier. Magee, Mississippi. 12 Mar 1953, fp.
8. ↑ The Delta Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. 14 Jul 1972. p3. "Graham Grayson".
9. ↑ The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. 27 May 1951. Vol. CXIII No.137. fp.
10. ↑ The Delta Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. 28 May 1951. p2. "8 Mississippians Die by Violence Over Week-End".