William Joseph Higginbottom was born on September 27, 1897 in Arkansas.
He married Leona Merrial on September 3, 1921 in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
They were the parents of Mary Elisebath Higginbottom, Jeanettia Higginbottom, and Ben J Higginbottom.
He married Nettie Lee Faulkner on December 24, 1932 in Muldrow, Oklahoma.
He died on May 19, 1974 in California.
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William Harvey Keith was born on December 31, 1893 in Muldrow, Indian Territory.
He married Audrey Edna Lee on April 5, 1915 in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
They were the parents of Odus Elvin Keith, Emma Keith, Alice Edna Keith, and James William Keith.
He married Edna Mae Faulkner on May 9, 1925 in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
They were the parents of Susie Lee Keith.
He died on September 23, 1930 in Oklahoma.
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Marriage Record of WH Keith and Edna Faulkner, Arkansas, Sebastian County, Marriage Book X (March 1925 – December 1925), page 127
James Bedford Garrigus was born on May 25, 1889 in Darden, Tennessee to James Leonard Garrigus and Parlena McClure.
He married Laura Mae Butler on January 16, 1913 in Obion County, Tennessee.
They were the parents of Ila Estelle Garrigus, Vodie Marshall Garrigus, Annie Gracie Belle Garrigus, James Samuel Garrigus, and Fannie B Garrigus.
He died on September 30, 1968 in Wingo, Kentucky.
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The following was copied from “Graves County, Kentucky – History & Families” written by the Graves County Genealogical Society, page 251.
GARRIGUS/BUTLER – James “Mr Jim” Bedford Garrigus (the oldest of three children) was born May 25, 1889 in Henry County, Tennessee to James Leonard Garrigus and Parlena McClure. His children and grandchildren called him “Papa”. He and Laura Mae Butler married on January 16, 1913 in Obion County, Tennessee. He farmed all his life and is remembered going off toward the barn with his milk bucket, whistling all the way. Guineas strolled throughout the yard and across the fields. The mulberry tree in the front yard was one of the favorite places for the grandchildren to play. In his latter years he would sit on his lounge chair in front of the window watching the traffic.
Mr Jim placed his church membership at Mt Pleasant Church of Christ in July of 1917 at which time his wife was baptized. He walked to church every Sunday, until his health would not permit it. A heart attack took his life on September 30, 1968 in Graves County, Kentucky and he is buried at Mt Pleasant Cemetery in southern Graves County. Laura Mae “Ms Mae” Butler was the daughter of Sam Butler and Laura Faulkner and was born February 18, 1897 in Graves County, Kentucky. Her children and grandchildren called her “Mama”.
Ms Mae lost her eyesight in one eye in October of 1945 and lost her eyesight in her other eye in October of 1946 In spite of it all, she insisted on doing her own cooking and housecleaning. In the pantry she had all her canned goods marked in some special way so that she would know what she was about to open and cook. She had a policy of having a place for everything and returning everything to its place when finished with it. Her granddaughter, Patricia Garrigus, would go over to stay a few days with her and help her clean out the pantry and do the spring-cleaning. Mama died on January 5, 1974 in Paducah, Kentucky and is buried at Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Her children were: Ila Estelle, Vodie Marshall, Annie Grace Bell, James Samuel, Fannie B was the fifth child of Jim and Mae. She was born in 1920, and died 1921. She was buried at Mt Pleasant Cemetery.
~Graves County Genealogical Society, “Graves County, Kentucky – History & Families” (Paducah, KY: Turner Pub. Co., 2001) page 251
Vodie Jefferson Butler was born on July 6, 1895 in Wingo, Kentucky to Samuel Dempsey Woodward Butler and Laura Dell Faulkner.
He married Rachel Elizabeth McClure on October 20, 1912.
They were the parents of Harrison Philip Butler, Novella Butler, Paul Jefferson Butler, and Jack Lonzo Butler.
He died on December 3, 1937 in West Palmore, Kentucky.
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Jessie Herbert Butler was born on March 2, 1892 in Water Valley, Kentucky to Samuel Dempsey Woodward Butler and Laura Dell Faulkner.
He married Annie B Russell on February 7, 1915.
They were the parents of William Herbert Butler, Mary Crystelle Butler, Berthol L Butler, and Suzie Mae Butler.
He died in 1967 in Graves County, Kentucky.
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Wade Hampton Wooten was born on March 7, 1877 in Thyatira & Tyro, Mississippi to Robert Francis Wooten and Matilda Jane Faulkner.
He died in 1948 in Senatobia, Mississippi.
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Harvey Delphino Wooten was born on April 1, 1896 in Marshall County, Mississippi to William Calvin Wooten and Mary Anne Jobe.
He married Blanch Maples in 1920
They were the parents of Raleigh Wooten, Opal Wooten, Perry Wooten, Annie Mae Wooten, Nora Lee Wooten, and John Wilton Wooten.
He died on March 31, 1972 in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
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John Calvin Wooten was born on August 27, 1887 in Chulahoma, Mississippi to William Calvin Wooten and Mary Anne Jobe.
He married Bettie Alana Ellis.
They were the parents of Marjorie Wooten and Annie L Wooten.
He died on May 7, 1955 in Union County, Mississippi.
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Homer Elzy Galbraith was born on February 28, 1883 in Texas to Stephen Arthur Galbraith and Mary Louis Elkins.
He married Martha LaRue Mills.
He died on February 20, 1956 in Oklahoma.
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William Franklin Mills was born on March 7, 1880 in Texas to William Falkner Mills and Corah Jane Hix.
He died on April 30, 1959 in Lubbock, Texas.
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