Apollos Woodford Kay (1891 - 1953)

Born 29 May 1891 in Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Miriam Wylie (Adams) Kay — married 1912 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1953 at age 61 in Berea, Stafford, Virginia, United States of America

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Biography

Grocer, Farmer.

Timeline

29 May 1891: born in Bowling Green.

1900: Apollos Kay, 8, son, White. ^[1]

1912: marries Miriam Wylie Adams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

5 Jun 1917: WWI Draft Registration. Apollos W Kay, 26. residence Platt Ave. Red Lodge, Carbon, Montana. occ: grocery clerk, Home Trading Company. Red Lodge. claimed exemption: wife and two children under 12. medium height, slender build, brown eyes, brown hair. ^[3]

1920: Apollos W. Kay, 29, son-in-law. Los Angeles, California. wholesale grocer. family staying with his mother-in-law, Elida. ^[4]

1930: Apolos W. Kay, 38, head. owns home worth $3500. has radio set. Greybull Heights, Big Horn County, Wyoming. merchant grocery store. not a veteran. ^[5]

1 Apr 1935: living in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana.

“In 1937 Appollus W. Kay [sic] purchased Greenbank farm (south of Berea, Virginia along the Rappahannock River), and his son Thomas W. ran the property, rejuvenating the depleted soils by planting and plowing under several soybean corps and repairing fences, buildings, and roads. The subsequent owner, Salvind O. Olson, a Washington real estate broker,leased the land to tenant farmers.” The site was of great strategic importance during The Battle of Fredericksburg in The United States Civil War. ^[6]

1940: A. W. Kay, 48, head. renting home $40/ month. Billings, Yellowstone, Montana. proprietor retail grocery. ^[7]

1941-42: Apollos and family relocate to the Greenbank Farm. ^[8]

5 Jan 1953: death. burial at Hollywood Cemetery. Section 32, Lot 93. Richmond City, Virginia. ^[9]

"Berea, VA, Jan. 5. Apollos W. Kay, 61, a farmer, died at his home here Monday. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Miriam Adams Kay; three sons, Major Charles Kay, of the United States Air Force; Captain Paul Kay, of the Army, and Thomas W. Kay, of Richmond; five daughters, Mrs. Winifred Campi, of Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Suzanne Talmage, of Wisconsin; Mrs. Marianne Dickenson, of Fredericksburg, and Mrs. Charlotte Featherston and Mrs. Miriam Oleinik, both of Washington; his mother, Mrs. Blanche H. Parker, of Baltimore; three brothers, Llewellyn Kay, of Scotch Plains, N.J.; Richard Kay, of Berea, and Samuel Kay, of Billings, Mont.; two sisters, Mrs. Clary Carter and Mrs. Fred Collison, both of Baltimore, and 17 grandchildren." ^[10]

Research Notes

His headstone incorrectly shows birth year as 1890. Apollos was born in 1891.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZCS-19H?cc=1325221&wc=9BQV-FMB%3A1030552301%2C1031193201%2C1031199001 : 5 August 2014), Virginia > Caroline > ED 17 Bowling Green District > image 26 of 39; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJZG-Y62 : 7 December 2014), Miriam W Adams and Kay, 1912; citing license number 280723, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8QX-L1P : 12 December 2014), Apollos W Kay, 1917-1918; citing Carbon County, Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,104. note: 2pgs.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R64-SFY?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-BKV%3A1036469601%2C1037520201%2C1037653401%2C1589333370 : 14 December 2015), California > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Assembly District 63 > ED 167 > image 13 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WM-729 : accessed 3 July 2017), Apolos W Kay, Greybull Heights, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 1A, line 18, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2621; FHL microfilm 2,342,355.
6. ↑ "Trails of Celebrate", March 2014, by Al Roth. (online pdf)) http://celebratecommunityassociation.com/ResourceCenter/Download/21481?view=1&doc_id=0&doc_path=%2FHOA%2Fassn21481%2Fimages%2FTrails+of+Celebrate.pdf
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQF-2RM : accessed 3 July 2017), A W Kay, Ward 2, Billings, School District 2 Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-6, sheet 61A, line 33, family , 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 2234.
8. ↑ obituary, "San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep 2019." (link) https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/obituary.aspx?n=miriam-kay-oleinik&pid=193846361
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93307000 : accessed 17 May 2018), memorial page for Apollos Woodford Kay (1890–5 Jan 1953), Find A Grave Memorial no. 93307000, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Graves (contributor 47171280).
10. ↑ "Richmond Times Dispatch, 6 Jan 1953. Page 11:4" Richmond, Virginia.