Odella Blye (Baucom) Medlin (1898 - 1961)

Born 15 Jan 1898 in Goose Creek Township, Union County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Walter C Medlin — married 13 Jul 1913 in Goose Creek township, Union County, North Carolina, United States

Died 29 Apr 1961 at age 63 in Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA

Biography

This profile is part of the Baucom Name Study.

Odella Blye Baucom was born in 1898 in Union County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of James Baucom. While her given names are unusual, she was found by these names on various census records and her death certificate^[1]

Blye, daughter of Jim Baucom and Laura Baucom, married Walter Medlin on 13 July 1913 in Goose Creek township, Union County, North Carolina. On the marriage license, his parents were identified as Sylvida Medlin and Mary Medlin. All four parents were recorded as still living with their residences being Goose Creek township.^[2]

The couple had at least five children.^[3]

Odella died on 29 April 1961 in Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina^[1]

Blye Baucom shares a double gravestone with Walter Medlin in Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Oakboro, Stanly County, North Carolina.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, (FamilySearch Record: H4LB-46ZM : 21 January 2020), Odella Blye Medlin, 1961; citing FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9P5-C9SN-W for Albemarle, N. Albemarle township, Stanly County, North Carolina, United States, Certificate of Death no. 12092, Odella Blye Medlin, 29 April 1961; image 1685 of 3169, "Death certificates v. 10B-13A 1961," accessed 26 March 2017); GS Film number 1,953,164."
2. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, (FamilySearch Record: F8CZ-6G8 : 14 February 2020), Blye Baucom in entry for Walter Medlin, 1913; citing FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9VV-3695 of Goose Creek township, Union County, North Carolina, Marriage License and Return, Walter Medlen and Blye Baucom, 13 July 1913; image 488 of 735, "Marriage licenses 1910-1914." (accessed 7 Jun 2016); citing "Marriage licenses, 1843-1922; FHL microfilm #593488."
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, (FamilySearch Record: X37W-JZ4 : accessed 7 June 2016), Blye Medlin in entry for Walter Medlin, 1930.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 November 2020), memorial page for Odella Blye Baucom Medlin (15 Jan 1898–29 Apr 1961), Find A Grave: Memorial #48255283, citing Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Oakboro, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Ann M. Price (contributor 47203302).

See Also:

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Goose Creek, Union County, North Carolina, Enumeration District: 0132, Page: 8, Odella Baucom in the household of James and Laura Baucom; Ancestry Record 7602 #38455499

• 1910 United States Federal Census, Goose Creek, Union County, North Carolina, Enumeration District: 0120, Page: 11b, O Blye Baucom in the household of James and Laura Baucom; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Roll: T624_1134; FHL microfilm: 1375147; Ancestry Record 7884 #196157462

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: MZJ4-9NQ : accessed 1 January 2018), Blye Madlin in household of Walter Madlin, Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 146, sheet 10B, line 70, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1324; FHL microfilm 1,821,324.

• 1940 United States Federal Census, Harris, Stanly County, North Carolina, Enumeration District: 84-14, Page: 23B, Odella Medlin; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Roll: m-t0627-02975; Ancestry Record 2442 #153923661

• 1950 United States Federal Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, Enumeration District: 84-43, Page: 16, Blye B Medlin; National Archives at Washington, DC (Washington, D.C.), Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950, Roll: 921; Ancestry Record 62308 #146980189

• "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current". The Charlotte Observer; Publication Date: 30 Apr 1961; Publication Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/616315247/?article=ca91426d-c49e-4dde-8289-eda294951433&focus=0.030333841,0.1542001,0.15065916,0.25530922&xid=3355. Ancestry Record 61843 #785884021 (accessed 20 April 2022)

• "Obituary for Odella Blye Medlin (63)", The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA), 30 April 1961, Page 7D, column 1; Newspapers Clip: 138688579 created from Newspapers.com page 4 on Saturday, January 13, 2024.