Minnie (Batten) Ledbetter (1900 - 1965)

Born 28 Dec 1900 in North Carolina, United States

Died 27 Oct 1965 at age 64 in Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Minnie was born 28 December 1900 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Henry Batten and Mary Russell.

She married Earnest Cell Warner on 7 October 1916 in Troy, North Carolina.^[1] He passed away in 1929.

She married John Edward Ledbetter probably between 1947 and 1950.

Minnie traveled with her youngest son Lee to Germany in 1950 to attend the dedication of the Warner Barracks at the US base in Bamburg, Germany that was named in honor of her son Henry Fred Warner. Henry was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his extraordinary bravery during the Battle of the Bulge.^[2]

She passed away in Troy, North Carolina on 27 October 1965.^[3][4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #147711514

• 1910 - Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States.^[5]
• 1920 - Montgomery, North Carolina, United States.^[6]
• 1930 - Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States.^[7]
• 1940 - Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States.^[8]

Research Note

• Minnie might have been born in 1899 not 1900. There is an unnamed infant listed on the 1900 census that was born in December 1899. Either Minnie had a sibling sister that died before the 1910 census or her death certificate and FindAGrave memorial are in error.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP95-9VSW : 9 March 2021), E Cell Warner and Minnie Batten, 7 Oct 1916; citing Montgomery, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ Son Will Go With Mother To Honor Hero, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, 26 Nov 1950, Sun • Page 13
3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4GN-PDT2 : 21 January 2020), Minnie Warner Ledbetter, 1965.
4. ↑ Mrs. Minnie Warner Ledbetter, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, 29 Oct 1965, Fri • Page 20
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3X-YY1 : accessed 14 March 2022), Minnie Batton in household of Henry Batton, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 116, sheet 11B, family 309, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1125; FHL microfilm 1,375,138.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVP-HHF : 3 February 2021), Minnie Warner in entry for Cell Warner, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QH-H8F : accessed 14 March 2022), Minie Warner, Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 14B, line 55, family 307, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1708; FHL microfilm 2,341,442.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3Y-1JG : 9 January 2021), Minnie Warner, Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-15, sheet 21A, line 22, family , 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 2946.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB7-5BM : 28 January 2022), Infant Infant Batten in entry for Henry Batten, 1900.