Henry Clay Gladish (1886 - 1964)

Born 2 Jun 1886 in Giles, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby (Wilkins) Gladish — married 22 Dec 1909 in Giles County, Tennessee, United States

Died 25 Feb 1964 at age 77 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Henry was born about 1887. He is the son of Samuel Gladish and Martha Smithson.

He married Ruby Willkins 22 Dec 1909 in Giles County, Tennessee.^[1]

Henry was 67 years old when he died of cerebral hemorrhage at Lawrence County Hospital. He was a retired cotton gin mechanic.

GLADISH, Henry . The Pulaski Citizen 03 Mar 1964.

Funeral services for Henry Gladish, 68, native Giles Countian, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield, pastor of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial took place in the Lay Cemetery at Ethridge.

Mr. Gladish died Thursday in Lawrence County Hospital following a long illness.

Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Samuel Gladish and Martha Smithson Gladish. Mr.Gladish was a cotton gin mechanic and for a number of years managed the W. L. Gladish gins at Ethridge and Pulaski.

Mr. Gladish is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Wilkins Gladish; four daughters, Mrs. J. P. Mobbs, Ethridge, Mrs. Al Robb, Big Bend, Calif., Mrs. Kelsey Waer, Detroit, Mrs. Ethel White, Nashville; three sons, Marion Gladish, Ethridge, James H. Gladish, Evansville, Ind., Wendell Gladish, Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren; six brothers, W. L. Gladish, Lawrenceburg, James S. Gladish, Oklahoma City, Neal F. Gladish, Wilmington, Del., Tom F. Gladish, Mississippi, John M. Gladish, Pulaski, and Noble Gladish, Nashville.

BURIAL

John Lay Cemetery

Ethridge, Lawrence County, Tennessee

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCM-7FG : 4 December 2014), Henry Gladish and Rubie Wilkins, 22 Dec 1909; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 12, Giles, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4B-71Q : accessed 26 August 2020), Henry Gladish, District 10, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 6B, line 98, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2261; FHL microfilm 2,341,995. 16:31, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Henry Gladish Head Male 43 Tennessee

Ruby Gladish Wife Female 40 Tennessee

Marion W Gladish Son Male 16 Tennessee

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZM-9MQ : 19 December 2019), James Gladish in household of Henry Gladish, Civil District 10, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-18B, sheet 6A, line 15, family 80, 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 3912. 15:56, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Henry Gladish Head Male 52 Tennessee

Rubie Gladish Wife Female 51 Tennessee

Adelaide Gladish Daughter Female 22 Tennessee

James Gladish Son Male 16 Tennessee

Ethel Marie Gladish Daughter Female 11 Tennessee

Windel Gladish Son Male 9 Tennessee

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9RJ-97V : 26 August 2019), Henry Gladish, 25 Feb 1954; Death, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. 16:25, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 August 2020), memorial page for Henry Gladish (2 Jun 1886–25 Feb 1964), Find A Grave: Memorial #16393582, citing John Lay Cemetery, Ethridge, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Paula McCarter (contributor 47529173).