Setta (Gaines) Woolums (1892 - 1972)

Born 5 Dec 1892 in Fairbanks, Owen, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Henry Woolums — married 4 May 1911 in Fairbanks, Owen, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1972 at age 79 in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

This wonderful little lady was known to me as my "Granny Wool"

When Setta Gaines was born on 5 December 1892, in Owen, Kentucky, United States, her father, George Green Gaines, was 37 and her mother, Drusilla Ann Perkins, was 33.

Granny was 7 when Oscar Jones conducted the Census for 1900 on June 21st. She was the 2nd from the baby of the family. The family was comprised of her parents and 8 kids. I'm torn on Sarah vs. Sadie on this census. They were living in the Caney precinct of Owen County, which is in the southeastern portion of the county in a very small community known at the time as Fairbanks. This community is west of New Columbus on Hwy 607. Her father is farming to support the family. ^[1]

George Gaines, Granny's father owned the farm he continues to raise his family on in the Fairbanks community. Her mother again states that she had 8 children and all 8 are living. Where is Florence? The family is now a group of 6. Granny is 17 at the time, when R.H. Gaines conducted the Census on April 15th, 1910. ^[2]

She married William Henry Woolums on 4 May 1911, in Owen, Kentucky, United States. ^[3] This document tells us they were married at her father's home. It was officiated by Alex Jones in the presence of Willie Hunter and Thurman Nicholson. ^[4]

They were the parents of 1 daughter, Aline Woolums who was born on March 12th, 1913. ^[5]

Pa registered for the WW I draft on 5 June 1917. He tells us that is family is living in the Fairbanks community. Ancestry Profile

I have been unable to find a 1920 Census on them.

Pa and Granny Woolums owns the farm they're living on and making a living with. This farm is on Swope Rd. in Owen County, southeast of Hesler. Granny had this house's yard full of flowers, of course they were what we would say were all heirloom varieties today. She had the rock wall in the front of the house lined with Peonies that had the most beautiful blooms every May. She had hollyhocks around the left side of the house. The right side was shaded very much from a fence row. In addition to my grandmother, Aline or "Granny Ene" they were taking care of Pa's nephew, Sanford Hymer and Granny's daddy, George Green Gaines, who is 76. Arthur O'Banion was the Census taker in 1930, he visited with them on April 12th. ^[6]

Granny Ene and Pa Mason would get married on 4 June 1932. ^[7]

Everyone is gone except Granny's daddy who continues to live with them until he passes away. Granny Ene and Pa Mason and Momma live the next house up the road from Pa and Granny Woolums. Earl Jackson is the enumerator for the Census Department in 1940, he interviewed them on April 25th. ^[8]

Pa lists Granny as the person who would always know his whereabouts on his WW II registration, and boy, was that a true statement. Granny knew where everyone was. He registered on 27 April 1942. ^[9]

Granny was the informant on Grandpa Gaines death certificate when he passed away at the age of 92 on 5 June 1947. She had taken care of him for over 20 years. The cause of death was senile dementia due to arteria sclerosis.^[10] Granny never missed a "Decoration Day" of visiting her parents grave, cleaning them and planting flowers and spending some time with them. It was a long walk back to that cemetery. I can remember taking my little wagon and she would put her buckets, broom, rags and everything in it and I'd pull it back there, it was close to a mile or farther, for the round trip. It was an all-day adventure. The last time she went I think was 1970 and daddy took her in the truck that year. We always parked in Sam Smith's barn lot and walked from there, but Mr. Smith let daddy drive back there that year so Ms. Woolums could visit her people. Pa never did go with us that I can remember. Granny never even drove the tractor that I can remember. Pa Woolums would drop us off there at the gate and he'd go visit with Mr. Smith or do something and come back that afternoon and get us. We'd sit in the shade of Mr. Smith's barn. Granny would have some "nabs" as she called them and water to take care of a boy who just might starve to death before we got home!

Kathryn Jones tells us she is conducting this census in 1950 by going West on Swope Rd from US Hwy 227, which is true that she was going from US Hwy 227 but it was Southeast if anything. It certainly wasn't West. Pa and Granny continue to live in the same house they've lived in for 20 plus years. Mrs. Jones visited with them on April 11th. Pa is 61, Granny is 57. He is farming, and Granny is taking care of all things concerning food. She was a fantastic gardner. I can remember on night I was staying with them and my bed was on the back porch, the back porch had a lot of windows in it. It was a full moon night and Granny couldn't sleep, so she was outside tending to flowers, praying and working in the yard in the cool of the night. She would often pray while she was working, she took it to heart, to pray without ceasing. Other's might think she was talking to herself, but she was praying. She talked all the time, seemed like to me. Pa was a very quiet man, Granny called him Willie and he called her Settie, the community either called them Mr. and Mrs. Woolums or Uncle Bill and Aunt Settie. Pa would say, "Settie, she just squawks all the time." One day in particular, she was cooking and Pa was in his recliner "napping". I was in the floor playing with trucks or something. Granny was talking to him from the kitchen, she was calling him, "Willie, Willie, why won't you answer me.?" He hears her coming and shuts his eyes, here came Granny just a chattering, she comes into the living room and Pa is laying there "asleep". She walks back to the kitchen, mumbling to herself. Pa opens, one eye and smiles at me, and he sees the coast is clear and he resumes watching me play.

Granny loved the Lord, she prayed and read the Bible daily. She served him through her church, the Hesler Assembly of God. Her home was always open to preachers holding revivals or passing through. She cooked for the sick and sewed for them, would go and clean their house, just whatever needed to be done. She was seldom still; she was definitely a worker bee. She attended church every time the doors were open. She sat in the second row on the right with Sister Ama Perkins and Sister Stewart, Pa sat in the back on the left. I sat with him when Mom would let me.

After Pa passed away, Granny only lived 46 days. She was never the same after his passing, truthfully, no one was. She would sit in her rocker that was her daddy's, it is sitting in front of my desk as I write this. She would read her bible, pray, sing (not very good, but she sang) and long to be with Pa. She suffered with Asthma, and the night she was taken she was really struggling with it. Mom and Granny Ene called the ambulance and Mom road in the ambulance with her, they were going to Frankfort's King's Daughters Hospital. Mom said they were working on Granny feverishly. along about Swallowfield they quit working, and everyone was quiet. Mom knew a great woman had gone to her reward. [1]

She died on 23 November 1972, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in the I.O.O.F Cemetery in Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, United States. ^[11]Find A Grave: Memorial #93033418

Research Notes

1. See FamilySearch.org profile K2CQ-XRY [2]
2. Ancestry Profile
3. 1955 Effie Taylor obituary, her sister [3] [4] part 2 [5]
4. 1955 Norman Taylor obituary, her brother-in-law [6]
5. 1971 King's Daughters Hospital report [7][8]
6. 1972 King's Daughters Hospital report [9] [10]

[11]

Parents

• George Green Gaines
• Druscilla Ann Perkins

Siblings

1. James Thomas "Tommie" Gaines 1881-1958
2. Noah Hayden Gaines 1883-1973
3. Sarah F Gaines 1885- I still have a lot of work to do on this lady
4. Sadie Gaines 1886-1971
5. Bertha May Gaines 1889-1957
6. Effie Gaines
7. Robert Harrison "Harry" Gaines 1895-1963
8. Florence Gaines 1898-bef 1910 There is a lot of confusion on the internet. A lot of people have her as Florence Lillian Gaines Atha. I do not believe they are the same woman. I think Florence passed away before she was 12 years old. We don't have a single mention of her after the 1900 Census.
9. Clarence Gaines 1899-1973

Spouse

• William Henry Woolums

Children

• Aline Woolums

DNA Statement

A familial relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test between Doyle L Keith and a descendant of Setta Gaines The predicted relationships are:

1. Parent, 50% shared DNA, 3483cM across 24 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H5-RLR : Fri Oct 06 04:58:11 UTC 2023), Entry for George G Gaines and Droucilla Gaines, 1900.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26V-DKP : Fri Oct 06 03:04:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Green G Gaines and Lucilla Gaines, 1910.
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H3-Z86 : 29 November 2023), Settie Gaines in entry for W. H. Woolums, 1910.
4. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SZ-J14 : 29 November 2023), Settie Gaines in entry for W. H. Woolums, 1911.
5. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHV-9SB7 : 5 December 2023), Setta Gaines in entry for Aline Woolums, 12 Mar 1913; citing Birth, Owen, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFF-XVL : Wed Oct 04 08:50:28 UTC 2023), Entry for William Woolums and Setta Woolums, 1930.
7. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D8-YDQH : 22 July 2021), Settie Woolum in entry for Willard Moses and Allien Woolum, 04 Jun 1932; citing Marriage, Owen, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,943,444.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YJ-XMD : Tue Nov 28 12:27:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Willie Woolenna and Getta Woolenna, 1940.
9. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCH-796Z : 10 March 2021), Settie Woolums in entry for William Henry Woolums, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS6G-VHF : Fri Oct 13 17:58:48 UTC 2023), Entry for George Green Gaines and Daniel Gaines, 5 Jun 1947.
11. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQL-V12Q : 10 February 2023), Setta Woolums, .