Hattie Jane (Fant) Cadenhead (1910 - 2000)

Born 8 Aug 1910 in Chambers, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Fred Harmon — married about 14 Feb 1926 in Chambers, Alabama, United States

Wife of Luther Marcelous Cadenhead — married about 8 Jun 1940 in Alabma, United States [uncertain]

Died 10 Jun 2000 at age 89 in Marcoot, Chambers County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Hattie Jane Fant was born on August 8, 1910 in Fant's Ferry, Chambers County, Alabama, United States. She was the daughter of Lon Fant and Alma Bishop Fant. ^[1][2][3]

In the 1920 U. S. Census (January 5, 1920) the family lived in Milltown and were living on a rented farm on Fant Ferry Road. Other family members lived nearby, including Hattie's paternal grandmother who was living with the family of her aunt, Nancy Eula Fant Shivers. Her father, Alonza, was forty-four and doing general farming. Alma was forty and there were three children in the household. Hattie was nine years old. She could read and write and was attending school. Their home also included cousins Hillyard Sims and Elijah Noice. Alonza and Alma's son, Rush, was married and lived on the rented farm listed after them.^[2]

Hattie's formal education ended after she completed the seventh grade at school.^[4]

Marriage / Walter Fred Harmon

On February 12, 1926 W. F. Harmon and Hattie Fant were married by Charles E. Fuller, J. P. in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. Walter Fred Harmon was twenty-one and Hattie was fifteen.^[5]

On Sunday, January 26, 1926 at about three o'clock in the afternoon, forty-one year old Alonza Jackson "Lon" Fant was shot and killed at a store near Trammell Crossroads and the Union school. Hattie was sixteen years old when her father was murdered.^[6]

In the 1930 U. S. Census (April 16, 1930) twenty-six year old Fred was farming, working on his own account doing general farming. Hattie was nineteen. They could both read and write. They had two children a two year old son and an eleven month old daughter.^[7]

Another daughter, Rebecca Alma Harmon, was born on July 19, 1932.^[8]

Fred Harmon was known as a prominent member of the Chambers County community of Marcoot. In the 1930s he began to have health problems and was ill for several years. His condition was considered to have been improving but on Monday, February 17, 1936 he became ill and died a few hours later at his home. He was thirty one years old and his death came as a shock to his friends and family.^[9]

In the 1940 U. S. Census (April 18, 1940) Hattie, age twenty-nine, was head of the household and listed as a farmer working on her own account. Her three children were still in the household and were attending school.^[4]

Marriage / Luther Marcellas Cadenhead

Hattie and Luther Marcellas Cadenhead were reported to have been married on June 9, 1940. This was reported on the Find A Grave memorial for Luther but no other source has been seen at this time. Whether this is the correct date or not, the actual date would have been between Hattie's 1940 U. S. Census records on April 18, 1940 and October 16, 1940 when she was listed as Hattie Cadenhead on Luther's World War II draft registration.(Cushing-1054 19:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC))^[10][4][11]

On October 16 1940 Hattie Cadenhead was listed as the person who would always know Luther's address on his World War II draft registration. Their mailing address was listed as RFD 3, LaFayette, Chambers County, Alabama. They were likely living in the rural unincorporated community or Marcoot that is about six miles from LaFayette. Luther was still employed at the Lanett Dye Works in Lanett, Chambers County, Alabama, United States.^[11]

In October of 1941 Hattie's step-daughter was a member of the Union Hill 4-H club and won a canning contest in which she canned "103 quarts of fruits and vegetables and was assisted by her mother in canning 257 quarts of fruits and vegetables which brings the total to 360 quarts canned for her family of six." Hattie would be the mother mentioned in the article concerning this contest. The family of six would be correct for Hattie and her three children and Luther and Frances.^[12]

In the 1950 U. S. Census (April 14, 1950) Luther and Hattie were listed in Wise (Beat 4), Chambers County, Alabama, United States. Hattie was a thirty-nine year old housewife. They lived on a farm on Marcoot Highway. Luther was forty-five and still working the textile (dye works) in Lanett, Alabama. His job was listed as "developer machine". They were listed after the family of Harvey Clark who was married to Hattie's youngest daughter, seventeen year old Alma (Hamon) Clark. Harvey was likely working at the same textile manufacturer where Luther worked.^[13]

Luther retired from the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works after 35 years of service.^[10]

Luther died at the age of eighty-two on August 8, 1987 in a hospital in Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama, United States. He was buried at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Troup County, Georgia, United States. This was the location of the burial of his first wife, Verna Mae (Hart) Cadenhead.^[10]

Death and Burial

Haddie Jane (Fant) Harmon Cadenhead died at the age of eighty-nine years old on Monday, June 13, 2000 at her home in Marcoot, Chambers County, Alabama, United States.^[3]

Her funeral was held on Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at Rock Springs Baptist Church, where she was a member. She was buried at Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Marcoot where her first husband, Walter Fred Harmon, had been buried sixty years before. Her parents, two husbands and all of her siblings had already died.^[3]

Survivors mentioned in her obituary^[3]

• Nell Harmon Clark - daughter - of Birmingham
• Alma Harmon Clark - daughter - of LaFayette
• nine grandchildren
• eleven great-grandchildren

Research Notes

Children of Walter Fred Harmon and Hattie Jane (Fant) Harmon

--All born in Chambers County, Alabama, United States--

• Woodson Riser Harmon - son - b about 1928^[7][9][4]
• Sarah Jannell Harmon - dau - b. about 1929^[7][9][4][3]
• Rebecca Alma Harmon - dau - b. about July 19, 1932 ^{[8][9][4][13][3]}

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55874513/hattie_jane-harmon_cadenhead: accessed February 26, 2024), memorial page for Hattie Jane Fant Harmon Cadenhead (8 Aug 1910–10 Jun 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55874513, citing Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Churchwell (contributor 46607715).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRX5-3T7 : 9 September 2019), Alabama > Chambers > Milltown > ED 18 > image 7 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Beat 3, Fant Ferry Road, Dwelling 61, Family 64, Lines 9 - 18; Rented Home: ALONZA FANT FAMILY
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} "Obituaries - Hattie Harmon Cadenhead", The Opelika - Auburn News; Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA; Tues, 13 Jun 2000, pg 6A, col 5; Newspapers.com; (https://www.newspapers.com/image/983554416/, accessed 27 Feb 2024); born: 8 Aug 1910 in Fant's Ferry, Chambers Co, AL; d. Mon., 12 June 2000 at her home in Marcoot: funeral 13 June 2000 at Rock Spring Church; burial Macedonia Primative Baptist Church cemetery in Macroot
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MR-B778?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP-DW6%3A790104201%2C791173701%2C790135701%2C791208901 : accessed 27 February 2024), Alabama > Chambers > Election Precinct 4 > 9-9 Election Precinct 4 Wise > image 13 of 37; citing 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. Page 7A; Enumeration District 9-9; Dwelling 112, Lines 20 - 23; Home owned value $500, Widow; Hattie Harmon Family
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60922/images/41900_358227-00859, accessed 26 Feb 2024). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Chambers County Marriage Records 1918-1927; Vol 12; pg 7; b.12 February 1926; Married by Chas. E. Fuller, J. P; W. F. Hamon and Hattie Fant
6. ↑ "Killing Occurred Near Union Sunday," The LaFayette Sun, LaFayette, Chambers Co., AL, USA; Wed. 29 Sept 1926; Vol 47, #4; Pg 1, col 1; Alabama Dept of Archives and History; (https://www.newspapers.com/image/535276647/, accessed 24 Feb 2024) d. Sun. 26 Sept 1926 near Union school. ALONZA JACKSON (LON) FANT
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR44-W9Q : 8 December 2015), Alabama > Chambers > Wise > ED 9 > image 20 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002). Page 10A; Enumeration District 09; FHL microfilm 2339738; Precinct 4; Dwelling 172, Family 180, Lines 5-8: FRED HARMON FAMILY
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find a Grave, database and images (rebecca_alma-clark: accessed March 2, 2024), memorial page for Rebecca Alma Harmon Clark (19 Jul 1932–18 Jan 2014), Find A Grave: Memorial #101675517, citing Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Penton, Chambers County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Churchwell (contributor 46607715).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} "W. F. Harmon Died at Marcoot Monday"; The LaFayette Sun, LaFayette, Chambers, Alabama, USA; Vol. 57; #26; Wed, 19 Feb 1936; pg 1, col 4; Alabama Department of Archives and History; Newspapers.com; (https://www.newspapers.com/image/535488411/, accessed 26 Feb 2023) d 17 Feb 1936 at his home in Marcoot, Chambers, AL; WALTER FRED HARMON
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Find a Grave, database and images (luther_marcellas-cadenhead: accessed March 3, 2024), memorial page for Luther Marcellas Cadenhead (7 Feb 1905–8 Aug 1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #33344112, citing Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Troup County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Churchwell (contributor 46607715).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43992_03_00005-00658, accessed 27 Feb 2014). Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Alabama Department of Archives and History, lived in Lafayette, worked in Lanett (Chambers County, AL) Birth 7 February 1905 in Lee County, Alabama, wife Hattie Cadenhead; LUTHER MARCELOUS CADENHEAD
12. ↑ "Home Demonstration Club News" ; The Lafayette Sun. Lafayette, Chambers, AL, USA; Wed, 15 Oct 1941; pg 8, col 4; Newspapers.com; (https://www.newspapers.com/image/535644039/ , accessed 4 March 2024), winner of 4-H canning contest, mentions mother and 6 family members, Frances Cadenhead
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQH7-Y9CN-D , accessed 4 March 2024) ; Film # 108812527 : National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Census Place Wise, Chambers, Alabama; Roll 5470; Page 6; Enumeration District 9-11; Beat #4, Marcoot Highway, Dwelling 37, 38; Lines 4 - 7: LUTHER CADENHEAD & HARVEY CLARK FAMILIES