Ida George (Dougherty) Weldon (1896 - 1960)

Born 30 Nov 1896 in Macon County, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Marion Mahone — married 29 Jun 1912 in Notasulga, Macon, Alabama, United States

Wife of William Thomas Weldon — married before 1938 in Macon, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1960 at age 63 in Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Ida (Dougherty) Weldon was born in Appalachia, in Alabama.

Ida George "Gunnie" Dougherty was born November 30, 1896 to James Wiley Dougherty and Lula Tom Shellman in Macon County, Alabama. ^[1]

In the 1900 United States Census, she is listed as 4 years old living in the household of James Dougherty, her father, in Precinct 7, Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama. ^[2]

In the 1910 United States Census, she is listed as 13 years old, attending school, can read and write and living in the household of James G Dougherty, her father, in Precinct 8, Macon County, Alabama. ^[3]

She married James Marion Mahone on June 29, 1912 in Macon County, Alabama.^[4] Their children were:

Gunnie with Ida Mae and another child

1. Ida Mae Mahone
2. Will Ella Mahone^[5]
3. Helen Doris Mahone
4. Lula Margaret Mahone^[6]
5. Jimmie Marion Mahone
6. Annie Virginia Mahone^[7]
7. Mary George Mahone

In the 1920 United States Census, she is listed as 23 years old, married and living in the household of James M. Mahone, her husband, in Precinct 9, Macon County, Alabama. ^[8]

In the 1930 United States Census, she is listed as 32 years old, widowed and living in Notasulga, Macon County, Alabama. Her occupation is listed as Farmer working on her own account. ^[9]

She married William Thomas Weldon in Macon County, Alabama. They married sometime between the 1930 Census and the birth of Felix in 1938. They had one child:

1. Felix Lamar Weldon

In the 1940 United States Census, she is listed as 41, married, finished 2nd year of high school and living in the household of Wm. T. Weldon, her husband, in Election Precinct 9, Notasulga, Macon County, Alabama. ^[10]

She died, at the age of 63, on April 17, 1960 in Tuskegee, Alabama.^[1] She is buried, beside her 1st husband, at the Notasulga City Cemetery in Notasulga, Alabama. ^[11]

Gunnie's Headstone

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXQ1-XBV : 11 January 2021), Ida Weldon, 1960.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DC-72G : accessed 14 July 2021), Ida G Dougherty in household of James Dougherty, Precinct 7 Cross Keys, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 8A, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,027.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7D-R2H : accessed 21 December 2021), Ida G Dougherty in household of James G Dougherty, Precinct 8, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 134, sheet 14B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 23; FHL microfilm 1,374,036.
4. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1M-1DHN : 19 February 2021), James M Mahone and Ida Darby, 29 Jun 1913; citing Macon, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ1-NSVH : 10 February 2023), Ida G Dougherty in entry for Will Ellamahone Weldon
6. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7S-P4CM : 10 February 2023), Ida G Daughtry in entry for Margaret Mahone, .
7. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQB-TK4L : 10 February 2023), Ida G Dougherty in entry for Virginia Mahone
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX85-RJZ : 31 January 2021), Ida A Mahone in entry for James M Mahone, 1920.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3JZD-V2M : accessed 21 December 2021), Ida D Mahone, Notasulga, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 2B, line 53, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 36; FHL microfilm 2,339,771.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PW-665 : 5 January 2021), Ida G Weldon in household of Wm L Weldon, Election Precinct 9 Notasulga, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-18, sheet 5A, line 11, family 77, 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 55.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221878668/ida_george-mahone-weldon : accessed 14 October 2021), memorial page for Ida George Mahone “Gunnie” Dougherty Weldon (30 Nov 1896–17 Apr 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #221878668, citing Notasulga City Cemetery, Notasulga, Macon County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Sheila Tidwell (contributor 48044422) .

See Also:

• Family Search Profile for Ida George Dougherty