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John Franklin Hemmings (1889 - 1979)

John Franklin Hemmings
Born in Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, USAmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 19 Dec 1909 in Eldora, Surry County, North Carolina, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 89 in Winston Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USAmap
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Biography

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John Hemmings was born in North Carolina.

John Franklin Hemmings was born on 26 May 1889 in Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, to John Tyler Hemmings and Winney Gesella White.[1]

He was married to Mallie P Doby on 19 Dec 1909 in Eldora Township, Surry County, NC.[2] They had three children: Herman Richard Hemmings[3], Perry William Hemmings[4], and Opal Gertrude Hemmings[5].

On the 1910 Census, he was 21 years old and lived with his wife in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC. He was a farm laborer and was able to read and write.[6]

In 1917 or 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft. He was described as slender, medium height, light hair, and blue eyes. He was listed as except from the draft due to being "dependent and disabled".[7]

On the 1920 Census, he was 30 years old and lived with his wife and children in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC. He owned his own farm.[8]

Mallie died in 1920 and he remarried to Rosella Frances Simpson on 22 Apr 1922 in Dobson, Surry County, NC.[9] They had four children: and unnamed infant girl[10], Clinton Franklin Hemmings[11], Mary Lewana Hemmings[12], and John Daniel Hemmings[13]

On the 1930 Census, he was 39 years old and lived with his wife and children in Bethania Township, Forsyth County, North Carolina. He had completed the 6th grade in school.[14]

On the 1940 Census, he was 50 years old and lived with his wife and children in Bethania Township, Forsyth County, NC.[13]

He passed away on 1 Feb 1979 at Lula Conrad Hoots Memorial Hospital in Yadkinville, Yadkin County, North Carolina, and was buried at New Home Church of Christ Cemetery in Dobson, Surry County, NC.[15][16]

Sources

  1. "North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZRM-9VH : 12 February 2020), John Franklin Hemmings, 1889.
  2. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMM-VXZ3 : Wed Oct 18 08:11:59 UTC 2023), Entry for John Hemmings and Mallie Dohy, 19 Dec 1909.
  3. "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC7G-1JJ : 8 December 2014), Mollie Doby in entry for Herman R Hemmings, 19 Jul 1912; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 15, p. 207, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  4. "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQN-1TR : 8 December 2014), Mollie P Doby in entry for Perry Hemming, 02 Aug 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 25, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  5. "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQN-1YD : 8 December 2014), Mollie P Hemmings in entry for Hemmings, 07 Sep 1918; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 4, p. 117, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  6. "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML93-4CF : Fri Oct 06 15:43:38 UTC 2023), Entry for John Hemmings and Mallie Hemmings, 1910.
  7. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDZ-XN2 : 25 December 2021), John Franklin Hemming, 1917-1918.
  8. "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVF-DLQ : Wed Dec 13 17:20:38 UTC 2023), Entry for John F Hemmings and Mallie P Hemmings, 1920.
  9. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28R-ZC99 : 22 July 2021), John F Hemmings and Rosella Simpson, 02 Apr 1922; citing Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,878,412.
  10. "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F389-HMN : 20 February 2021), Infant Harrings, 11 Dec 1922; citing Dobson Twp., Surry, North Carolina, reference fn 739 cn 46, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,125.
  11. "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQN-1B4 : 8 December 2014), John F Hemmings in entry for Hemmings, 11 Dec 1922; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 191, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  12. "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQN-1BG : 8 December 2014), John F Hemmings in entry for Mary Levona Hemmings, 10 Feb 1924; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 10, p. 327, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSY-7JK : Tue Nov 28 09:53:42 UTC 2023), Entry for John F Hemmings and Rosella Hemmings, 1940.
  14. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SR-PG9 : Wed Oct 04 20:02:26 UTC 2023), Entry for John F Hemmings and Rozella Hemmings, 1930.
  15. "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGSV-MQ8 : 29 September 2022), John Franklin Hemmings, 1979.
  16. Find A Grave: Memorial #136202410




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