George Lullen Giddens (abt. 1840 - abt. 1914)

Born about 12 Sep 1840 in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane Rich — married about 20 Sep 1891 in North Carolina

Died about 12 Jun 1914 at about age 73 in Christine, Atascosa County, Texas, United States

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Biography

In 1860 census George Lullen Giddens was living in Sampson County in or near Clinton. He was 21 and his occupation was listed as dauguerman (maybe a Daguerreotypist?) with a personal estate valued at $500. In May, 1861 in Sampson, he enlisted in the Confederate Army (Infantry) as a Private in the 20th Regiment CO. F at Clinton. In April 1863 he was discharged -- furnished a substitute. His brother, David C. Giddens, age 17, was the substitute. David was captured at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, confined at Fort Delaware until transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland. Transferred to City Point, Virginia, where he was received March 20, 1864 for exchange. In 1900 census, George lived in Duplin County, North Carolina, where he was postmaster.

In the 1910 census, George, age 69 and a widow, was living with 17 year old Oscar, 14 year old Lina, and 6 year old Elizabeth. He rented his home in Harnett County, North Carolina, adjacent to and southwest of Sampson County in the Averasboro Township. George owned his own retail grocery business. Children Dorothy, age 12, and Mitchell, age 9, were living in a Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Mitchell was working as a house boy at the orphanage and Dorothy was working as a waitress at the orphanage. George's older daughter, Frankie, was living in Texas and his son, Charles, continued living in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

George's daughter Frances Frankie Giddens Harper lived in Christine so it is assumed that he was living with her and her family. His burial place is unknown.

Sources

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bryanquinn/Giddens%20George.html

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janarmstrong/giddensdata.html

• In Sampson County North Carolina, Giddens family cemetery, there is a tombstone for Elizabeth Giddens, wife of G. L. Giddens, b.06-14-1841, d. 09-02-1890. Could she be the correct wife of George Lullen Giddens?

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD9-YVJ : 12 April 2016), George L Giddens, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 20, family 140, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,658.