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Last updated: 26 Jun <\/em>2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We don\u2019t know much about Mary Cadlett\u2019s everyday life or personality, but we can reconstruct much of her family tree and trace many of her descendants, as well as put important aspects of her life into context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cadlett was born into slavery around 1844.1<\/a><\/sup>Age: 1870 US Census: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/19948728:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=ba7ac8e15ca3a53286b222588383d9c2&_phsrc=Are313: accessed 5 May 2022. Original data:1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

\n\n\n\nSlavery: Cohabitation records: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/517817:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=6a977ab63831e7817b9f412eca22fc6f&_phsrc=Are310: accessed 5 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> Her maiden name was Mary Jeffies and her parents were Mary Jeffies and MC Jeffies of Franklinton, NC.2<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https:\/\/www.ancestrylibrary.com\/interactive\/60090\/004163098_01185?pid=87769: accessed 12 Feb 2020.<\/a> Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

\n\n\n\nThis is the only document we’ve found with references to Mary’s parents. It’s not clear whether their surname was “Jeffies” or “Leffies.”<\/span> She married a fellow enslaved person, Louis Cadlett (b. ~1830), in 1860, and their union was legally recognized in 1866, after Emancipation.3<\/a><\/sup>Cohabitation records.<\/span> Louis spent his life as a farmer in rural Franklin, Granville, and Moore counties.4<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.

\n\n\n\n1880 US Census, Franklinton: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints \u00a9 Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/43068921:6742: accessed 4 May 2022. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.<\/span> He and Mary had at least 13 children, and Mary was a full-time housewife.5<\/a><\/sup>Thirteen children: 1870 US Census.

\n\n\n\n1880 US Census, Franklinton. Joe Cadlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_227-1690: accessed 5 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometime around 1900, probably after Louis’s death, Mary moved to Durham. She was one of the first in her family to relocate to the city. Between 1903 and 1909, her sons Mack and Ira were both living in Durham, and Mack was most likely the informant on her death certificate (“M. C. Cadlett”).6<\/a><\/sup>Mack’s first appearance in Durham City Directory: Durham, N.C. Directory 1903-1904<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1903-1904) p. 64, Catlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25135<\/a> : accessed 9 May 2022).

\n\n\n\nInformant: Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span> In addition, an Anne or Annie Catlett, who may have been the wife of Mary’s son Dudley, is also listed in the Durham City Directory beginning in 1909.7<\/a><\/sup>Durham, N.C. Directory 1909-1910<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1909-1910) p. 83, Catlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25158<\/a> : accessed 9 May 2022, PDF p. 89).<\/span> Mary died on 30 December 1909 (approximately 65 years old) of “old age,” and was buried at Geer Cemetery the following day.8<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span> Unfortunately, her headstone has not been discovered to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cadlett left a significant human legacy. In addition to raising her own 13 children, she had 45 grandchildren that we know of (not counting step-grandchildren) and dozens of great-grandchildren. Her descendants\u2019 geographical closeness mirrored their emotional ties and their willingness to take each other in when times were hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that there are a number of variant spellings of Mary\u2019s last name (most often Cadlett), but as recordkeeping became better, her descendants seemed to settle on \u201cCatlett\u201d as the definitive spelling of the family name. In most cases we have used the spelling that was given in the associated historical document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Catlett and descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Henry Catlett, Mary and Louis’s oldest son, never seems to have strayed far from Franklin County. Born in 1858, we first find him in the 1870 Federal Census in Brassfields Township of Granville Country, NC.9<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.<\/span> By the 1880 census he was in Franklinton Township, and he married Chaney Perry there on 3 June 1886.10<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/591977:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=0cff21a0ef117cb1229d3209182db443&_phsrc=Are326&_phstart=successSource: accessed 10 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> Their daughter Bettie Catlett Avent, born 17 May 1890, died 21 July 1971 and was buried in Franklin County four days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is all the information we’ve found so far on Henry’s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profus Cadlett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Profus Catlett was born about 1861.11<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.<\/span> He is listed in the 1880 Federal Census for Franklinton NC as “Protheus Cattell,” and then seems to disappear.12<\/a><\/sup>1880 US Census, Franklinton.<\/span> The only trace we can find is his namesake nephew<\/a>, son of his younger brother Mack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ferdy Cadlett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ferdy Cadlett was born about 1863. Her first name is listed on the 1870 Federal Census as Ferreby, and on the 1880 census as Ferdy.13<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.

\n\n\n\n1880 US Census, Franklinton.<\/span> As with her brother Profus, she seems to disappear after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Cadlett and descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maria Cadlett, whose first name was often spelled Mariah, was born about 1865 in Franklinton.14<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.<\/span>  Like her brothers and sisters, she grew up on family farms in rural North Carolina. She married Calvin Grissom (age 28) on 10 May 1889 in Granville–probably in Brassfield, where Calvin lived.15<\/a><\/sup>Marriage: “North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ,” database with images, FamilySearch (https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSHB-49B7-F?cc=1726957<\/a> : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.

\n\n\n\nBrassfield: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints \u00a9 Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/13132221:6742: accessed 12 May 2022. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.<\/span> Undoubtedly Calvin is related to Cannon Grissom, who would marry Maria’s sister Mary in 1910, and also possibly related to the Anne Grissom who would marry Maria’s brother Dudley in 1892. We are still trying to figure out how these various Grissoms are related.

Calvin and Maria had at least three children. Matthew Grissom was born in 1892 and was working as a laborer when he died of tuberculosis on 2 September 1925.16<\/a><\/sup>Matthew Catlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_179-0475: accessed 12 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> Matthew was married to Nannie Mann (b. about 1888) on 12 February 1921 in Granville County.17<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1194479:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=6196f697943f4e2401f80e5b92fc6207&_phsrc=Are397&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 15 May 2022.Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> His draft card from 1917shows that he claimed physical disability, though the disability was not specified.18<\/a><\/sup>Matthew Grissom draft registration: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/15817676:6482?tid=&pid=&queryId=6196f697943f4e2401f80e5b92fc6207&_phsrc=Are396&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 14 May 2022. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

\n\n\n\nNote that the draft card shows his birth year as 1896 rather than 1892. There may have been some confusion with another Matthew Grissom, from Arkansas, who was born in 1896.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jay G. Grissom (spelled “J<\/a>agoole” on his death certificate) was born in 1894 and was working as a sweeper in a tobacco factory when he died of tuberculosis in 1914.19<\/a><\/sup>Jagoole Grissom death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/409898:60090?tid=&pid=&queryId=553930ec39b0e8448010a0d2079d2028&_phsrc=Are373&_phstart=successSource: accessed 11 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.<\/span> Diseases of the lungs were common at this time, but even more common than usual among Mary Cadlett’s descendants.20<\/a><\/sup>“In 1900, the three leading causes of death were pneumonia, tuberculosis (TB), and diarrhea and enteritis,” “Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 48(29);621-629, CDC.gov, 30 July 1999. https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/mm4829a1.htm<\/a>: accessed 13 May 2022.<\/span> As for the name \u201cJagoole,\u201d see also \u201cJagoul\u201d Catlett<\/a>, a.k.a. Gabe, son of Joe and Leola Catlett. The name may have an Italian origin; there\u2019s a reference to \u201cjadrool\u201d in the song \u201cMambo Italiano\u201d from the 1950s.21<\/a><\/sup>\u201cMambo Italiano,\u201d Genius, https:\/\/genius.com\/Rosemary-clooney-mambo-italiano-lyrics: accessed 20 Jun 2022. Chadrule is Italian American slang for \u201ccucumber,\u201d an affectionate insult indicating that somebody is not too bright. (See https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=cedrulo.) Also sometimes written as \u201cjadrool\u201d (see https:\/\/www.rosemaryclooney.com\/LyricPages\/MamboItaliano.html).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We found very little information about Eola (or Ella) Grissom. She was born in 1895 or 1896, and was still living with her mother at the age of 16.22<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/152546027:7884?tid=&pid=&queryId=6196f697943f4e2401f80e5b92fc6207&_phsrc=Are395&_phstart=successSource: accessed 14 May 2022. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.<\/span> After that, she seems to disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dudley Catlett and descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mary and Louis’s son Dudley was born about 1867 in Granville County.23<\/a><\/sup>Dudley Catlett marriage license: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/14940094:60548:<\/a> accessed 15 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> Like so many in his family, he worked as a farmer all his life.24<\/a><\/sup>1880 US Census, Franklinton.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He married Georgianah (known as Anna) Grissom (1870\u201325 July 1923), daughter of George Hatch and Martha Perry Hatch, on 13 December 1892 in Brassfield.25<\/a><\/sup>Georgianah: 1900 US Census Brassfield: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/68169719:7602: accessed 2 Jun 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

\n\n\n\nOther marriage details: Dudley Catlett marriage license:<\/span> Anna was previously married to J. E. Grissom, son of Willis and Cary Grissom\u2014almost certainly related to the other Grissoms that married into the Catlett family, though we haven’t found supporting evidence yet.26<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/15294721:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=a00ed6864572095884b223c6c2d721d3&_phsrc=Are416&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 15 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna brought one child, Mamie (b. 1891), from her first marriage. She and Dudley went on to have four of their own: Edward Coy (1898\u201325 February 1933), Ethel Mildred (b. 1902), Nettie (b. 1906), and Lillie M. (b. 1909).27<\/a><\/sup>Dudley\u2019s children: 1910 US Census Brassfield: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/20542701:7884: accessed 16 May 2022. Original data:Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.<\/span> Stepdaughter Mamie married Almus Daniel (b. 1880) around 1906, and the Daniels took in Anna and her children after Dudley died (in 1908 or 1909).28<\/a><\/sup>1910 US Census Brassfield.<\/span> On 22 December 1913, Anna married a final time, to B. G. Morgan (b. 1873), and was still married to him when she died in 1923.29<\/a><\/sup>Marriage: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1195493:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=588dac5015b483761ea7802e26c90074&_phsrc=Are419&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 16 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.

\n\n\n\nDeath: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_156-1349:<\/a> accessed 15 May 2022<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dudley\u2019s son Edward was clearly named for Edward Coy, who was tortured and murdered in Arkansas in 1892 after being falsely accused of raping a white woman. The brutality of the murder got national attention, including in the New York Times<\/em>, and it \u201cremained a part of public consciousness throughout the United States for many years.”30<\/a><\/sup>\u201cEdward Coy (Lynching of),\u201d Encyclopedia of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas: Central Arkansas Library System). https:\/\/encyclopediaofarkansas.net\/entries\/edward-coy-7035\/<\/a>: updated 12\/06\/2021.<\/span> Edward Catlett married Pauline Mayo (19) on 20 April 1920.31<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/9197568:60548: accessed 31 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, Edward and Pauline’s children were Marpreska (11), Bernice (9), and James E (7).32<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Brassfield: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/76844183:6224?tid=&pid=&queryId=72a9afa427963c242a7bf130ec303d35&_phsrc=Are568&_phstart=successSource: accessed 31 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.<\/span> They were living adjacent to the George S. Catlett family, who were white. We don\u2019t know what the relationship was between the white and Black Catletts. Edward died of influenza on 25 February 1933.33<\/a><\/sup>Edward Coy Catlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_1095-1233: accessed 15 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bernice and her mother would end up living together in Durham in 1941 where Pauline worked as a maid.34<\/a><\/sup>Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1941<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1941) p. 83, Catlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25134<\/a> : accessed 10 Jun 2022).<\/span> We know this Bernice is Pauline\u2019s daughter, as the other Bernice would only have been 9 years old at this point, and only \u201ccitizens over sixteen years of age\u201d are listed in the City Directory.35<\/a><\/sup>Directory of Greater Durham, North Carolina 1902<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Samuel M. Adams, 1902) p. 15 (title page); digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25145<\/a> : accessed 10 Jun 2022.<\/span> James Edward Catlett, Dudley\u2019s youngest son, registered for the draft on 30 June 1942, with a birthday of 17 July 1923 and no employer.36<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1721609:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=080c9567179f7083dd1664fac59d8fc2&_phsrc=Are569&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 1 Jun 2022. Original data: View Sources.<\/span> We have no further information on Bernice or James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ira Catlett and descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mary and Louis’s son Ira was born in May 1870, though his name appears in the 1870 census as John.37<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.<\/span> By the age of 10 he was known as Ira and already working on the family farm in Franklinton.38<\/a><\/sup>1880 US Census, Franklinton.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ira married Anna Holden on 20 November 1894 in Granville County.39<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/60548\/images\/42091_342515-00557: accessed 17 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> They had seven children that we know of: Ila (February 1895), Nina (January 1897), Lizzie (May 1899), Mary (5 July 1901\u20131 July 1944), Esther (18 October 1905\u201320 January 1952), Otho (8 March 1909\u201325 August 1963) and James E. (November 1916).40<\/a><\/sup>Ila, Nina, and Lizzie from 1900 US Census: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/7602\/images\/4117862_00404?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Are436&_phstart=successSource&pId=50501911: accessed 17 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

\n\n\n\nMary from Mary Catlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_1274-0393: accessed 17 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

\n\n\n\nEsther from death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_374-1425: accessed 23 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

\n\n\n\nOtho from draft card: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1721665:2238:<\/a> accessed 18 May 2022. Original data: View Sources.

\n\n\n\nJames E. from 1920 US Census Durham 55: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/27191069:6061?tid=&pid=&queryId=c3d3280a0fb555f5a76124327522afcc&_phsrc=Are470&_phstart=successSource<\/a>: accessed 24 May 2022. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otho married Lula (Lou) Charity Beasley around 1925, and the couple lived with Lou’s mother, Callie, for many years.41<\/a><\/sup>1930: 1930 US Census Durham 32-10: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/77188399:6224?tid=&pid=&queryId=ea9420964d8757b67fde3529e9e8eb4b&_phsrc=Are449&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 17 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

\n\n\n\n1950: Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/147299796:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=ea9420964d8757b67fde3529e9e8eb4b&_phsrc=Are450&_phstart=successSource: accessed 17 May 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.<\/span> Otho served in World War II and was discharged on 10 August 1945.42<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/2259177:2375:<\/a> accessed 18 May 2022. Original data: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Applications for Headstones, compiled 01\/01\/1925 – 06\/30\/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 – 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774\u20131985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.<\/span> On 25 August 1963, Otho was DOA at Duke Hospital after a severe heart attack. Otho and Lou had a daughter, Darthia M. E. Catlett, who died on 18 October 1928 as a three-month-old infant. We know of no other children of this couple.

At one point in 1923, Anna, her daughters Esther, Lizzie, Mary, and Nina, and son Otho were all living together on Fayetteville St. on the corner of Dudley (1200 or 1300 block.43<\/a><\/sup>Hill Directory Co.’s (Incorporated) Durham, N.C. City Directory 1923<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1923) p. 182, Catlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25146<\/a> : accessed 23 May 2022).<\/span> Esther married Henry Tucker of Durham on 18 October 1924.44<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/9216170:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=c3d3280a0fb555f5a76124327522afcc&_phsrc=Are468&_phstart=successSource<\/a>: accessed 23 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> They had at least four children: Pearl (b. 1925), Henry L (b. 1927), Anna (b. 1928), and Velva (b. 1929).45<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Patterson: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/77129358:6224:<\/a> accessed 24 May 2022. Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy Catlett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mary and Louis’s daughter Lucy was 7 years old in the 1880 Franklinton census.46<\/a><\/sup>1880 US Census Franklinton.<\/span> This is the first and last mention we can find of her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cora Catlett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, Cora was 6 years old in the 1880 census and we can find no further trace of her. 47<\/a><\/sup>1880 US Census Franklinton.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mack Cadlett and descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mack B. Cadlett was born about 1876 in Franklinton, NC.48<\/a><\/sup>Mack Cadlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_1140-1473?pid=600045793: accessed 14 Apr 2020. Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> He went on to marry a woman named Lillie Jones.49<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Durham 32-7: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/6224\/4608282_00206?pid=77143802: accessed 14 Apr 2020. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

\n\n\n\nNote that this same page of the census lists two other families with close ties to Geer cemetery: the David M. Cameron and Emmett Strudwick families.<\/span> Over the span of his life, Mack was a laborer, a gardener, and a tobacco worker.50<\/a><\/sup>Various Durham City Directories and Census reports.<\/span> At 55, Mack suddenly died of cerebral hemorrhage on 22 January 1936. He was buried at Grove Hill cemetery, a small African American cemetery in Durham, two days later.51<\/a><\/sup>Mack Cadlett death certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mack\u2019s wife and Mary\u2019s daughter-in-law, Lilllie Bell Jones, was born on 15 April 1888. She died on 4 September 1955 at 67 years old, almost 20 years after her husband Mack. Lillie worked as a cook in a private home during her life. Interestingly, Lillie also died of sudden cerebral hemorrhage, just as Mack did.52<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_414-1387?pid=882220&usePUB=true<\/a>: accessed 14 Apr 2020. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> Unfortunately, Lillie was not buried next to Mack, rather she was buried in Beechwood cemetery with a headstone that reads OUR DEAR MOTHER.53<\/a><\/sup>Find a Grave. https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/150934364<\/a>: accessed 14 Apr 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mack and Lillie Cadlett had at least seven children: Tommie (b. 1905), Profus (b. 1909), Mary Lee (b. 1912), Carilla (1913), Josephine (1916), Mack Jr. (1918), and Lizzie (1925).54<\/a><\/sup>All but Lizzie: 1920 US Census Durham 48: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/27180095:6061?tid=&pid=&queryId=a3a4716c22305f26a2a1d2d6ead3dd0f&_phsrc=Are735&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 16 Jun 2022. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

\n\n\n\n Lizzie Catlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_178-2173<\/a>: accessed 18 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tommie Cadlett died on 26 September 1916 at just 11 years old, from an asthma attack. He was buried in an unnamed cemetery in Four Oaks, NC.55<\/a><\/sup>Tommie Cadlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_63-0439?pid=600376269: accessed 14 Apr 2020. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profus Cadlett was born on May 1st, 1909, just a few months before his grandmother, Mary Cadlett, passed away. He went on to marry a woman named Lizzie Dixon.56<\/a><\/sup>Profus Cadlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_615-3073?pid=600120363<\/a>: accessed 14 Apr 2020.Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> During his life, he worked for Dixie Awning & Shade Company, and as a waiter in a restaurant.57<\/a><\/sup>Awnings: Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1934<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1934) p. 107, Cadlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25119<\/a> : accessed 14 Apr 2020).

\n\n\n\nWaiter:1940 US Census Durham 32-12: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/2442\/m-t0627-02902-00297?pid=154776827<\/a>: accessed 14 Apr 2020. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.<\/span> At the time of his death, his family resided at 315 Wake Place in Durham. He died on 15 October 1970 at 61 years old, due to complications from hypertensive cardiovascular disease. He was buried on 19 October 1970 at Glennview Memorial Park Cemetery in Durham.58<\/a><\/sup>Profus Cadlett death certificate.<\/span> Profus and Lizzie had at least four children: Betty, Profus Jr., Annie, and Paul.59<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census Durham 32-12.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many Mary Cadletts in the family tree that it\u2019s nearly impossible to keep them straight. We lost track of Mary Lee after the 1930 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carilla was born in 1913, her name shown as \u201cKara\u201d in the 1920 Census.60<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Durham 48.<\/span> On 24 August 1938, she married Robert Long, owner of Long\u2019s Florist. Her name on the marriage certificate is \u201cCora Carrilla Cadlett.”61<\/a><\/sup>Marriage: Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/9279\/images\/43067_182029006038_0771-00154:<\/a> accessed 19 Jun 2022. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

\n\n\n\nOwner: “R.L. Long Jr.,” The Durham Sun<\/em> (Durham NC), 20 Mar 1985 p. 26. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/787769110\/:<\/a> accessed 19 Jun 2022.<\/span> The 1950 Census shows them both working at the shop. No children are listed.62<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/148130413:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=b87f9c0aee4013496878f253d490a0d2&_phsrc=Are757&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 19 Jun 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.<\/span> Robert died on 20 March 1985, and Carilla lived on until 22 March 1994.63<\/a><\/sup>Robert: “R.L. Long Jr.,” The Durham Sun.<\/em>

\n\n\n\nCarilla: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/6284758:8908:<\/a> accessed 19 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josephine was born around 1916.64<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Durham 48.<\/span> The 1938 Durham City Directory shows her living at 505 Dowd with mother Lillie and siblings Carrilla, Mary, and Profus.65<\/a><\/sup>Durham City Directory 1938 p. 132, Cadlett surname.<\/span> On 5 January 1945, she married James H. Knuckles, the son of Henry and Rosa Knuckles of Durham.66<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/14605068:60548:<\/a> accessed 18 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> As early as the 1949 City Directory, she is the only resident shown at 705A Drew, suggesting that she and Henry were no longer living together.67<\/a><\/sup>Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1949<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1949) p. 273, Knuckles surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25142<\/a> : accessed 19 Jun 2022).<\/span> She died a widow on 26 April 1999, her profession listed as school crossing guard.68<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/12725508:8908:<\/a> accessed 18 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> Her obituary lists no children.69<\/a><\/sup>“Knuckles,” The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), 28 Apr 1999, p. 22. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/794313104:<\/a> accessed 18 Jun 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much is known about Mary Cadlett\u2019s grandson Mack Cadlett Jr., son of Mack and Lillie Cadlett.  He was born on 29 October 1918, and as of 1940, he was imprisoned in Rikers Island Penitentiary in New York.70<\/a><\/sup>Birth: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/2238\/44027_13_00016-01295?pid=195042865<\/a>: accessed 14 Apr 2020. Original data: View Sources.

\n\n\n\nPrison: 1940 US Census Rikers: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/3985854:2442?tid=&pid=&queryId=ab8c9e3e96d02f1aa152bf85ef2d2ea4&_phsrc=Are740&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 18 Jun 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.<\/span> Lafayette Allen, son of prosperous Durham builder Richmond M. Allen<\/a>, was also incarcerated on Rikers Island at the same time. Were Mack Jr. and Lafayette involved in some criminal activity together? We don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizzie Cadlett, daughter of Mack and Lillie, was stillborn on 31 August 1925 in Durham.71<\/a><\/sup>Lizzie Catlett death certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archibald Catlett and his descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Arch was born in 1878 in Franklinton.72<\/a><\/sup>1880 US Census Franklinton.<\/span> By the 1900 census, he was living with his brother Dudley and Dudley\u2019s wife and children. Like them, he supported himself with farm work.73<\/a><\/sup>1900 US Census Brassfield.<\/span> By 1910 Arch (33) was newly married to Gracie Allar (28), with three children: Adline (10), Edward (6), and Guylar (2, later known as Garland).74<\/a><\/sup>1910 US Census Brassfield: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/20542661:7884?tid=&pid=&queryId=bfde2dbf784e1d0789314c1ca63fbffa&_phsrc=Are594&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 2 June 2022. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.<\/span> We don\u2019t know who the parents of the children are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 29 June 1917, Arch had remarried. His wife\u2019s maiden name was Victoria Harris (daughter of Lutker and Haret Harris), and their 10-month-old daughter, Ruth, had just died.75<\/a><\/sup>Victoria\u2019s parents: 1910 US census Tally Ho: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/152666378:7884?tid=&pid=&queryId=cb1c7f795cd0f46dd0a0f9a272ebe4c0&_phsrc=Are604&_phstart=successSource<\/a>: accessed 3 Jun 2022. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

\n\n\n\nRuth Catlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/749162:60090: accessed 3 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.<\/span> In 1920, Arch (now \u201cArchie\u201d) and Victoria were living with their four surviving children: Edward (15), Garland (10), Irie (7, actually Ira), and Jessie (4).76<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Tally Ho: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/66421694:6061: accessed 2 June 2022. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).<\/span> Arch died on 4 June 1928 in Panther Branch, Wake, North Carolina, still married to Victoria.77<\/a><\/sup>Arch Catlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1335134:60090:<\/a> accessed2 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.<\/span> Victoria remarried soon after (20 December 1928) to Robert Powell.78<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/8701409:60548: accessed 3 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/8701409:60548<\/a>: accessed 3 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irie, actual name Ira, was born 1 March 1918 and died 12 June 1955 in Norfolk VA. He was a general laborer and was married, though we don\u2019t know his wife\u2019s name. The informant on his death certificate was Lillie Mae Partin, who may have been the daughter of Dudley and Anna Catlett.79<\/a><\/sup>Death certificate: Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/colle ctions\/9278\/images\/43006_162028001248_0117-00001<\/a>: accessed 3 Jun 2022. Original data: Virginia, Deaths, 1912\u20132014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frances Cadlett and her descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Frances was four months old when she was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census for Franklinton.80<\/a><\/sup>1880 US census Franklinton.<\/span> The next certain record of her is 50 years later, when she was living on Kelly Alley in Durham and working in a tobacco factory. Her age is given as 40, a not uncommon exaggeration for men and women in those days. Her marital status is listed as \u201cmarried,\u201d though no husband is shown; her age at first marriage was supposedly 32 (which would make that marriage in 1912). She appears to have shared a house with the Jack H. Rhoder family, whom we don\u2019t know.81<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Durham 32-6: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/77146807:6224?tid=&pid=&queryId=f63e9c0a133b2ccb5bf4cdd8a07651ac&_phsrc=Are288&_phstart=successSource<\/a>: accessed 3 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten years later, Frances married Maucey (a.k.a. Mance, a.k.a. Maurice) Belvin on 29 May 1940. One of the witnesses at the wedding was E.W. Grissom (probably Edward Grissom, son of Cannon).82<\/a><\/sup>“North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ,” database with images, FamilySearch (https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSHK-498Y-S?cc=1726957<\/a> : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.<\/span> On 16 February 1942, Frances was listed as the contact on Otha Belvin\u2019s draft registration. Otha\u2019s birthdate is 15 July 1921, and we assume Frances was his stepmother. Her address is given as 1307 Calvin Street in Durham.83<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1878001:2238:<\/a> accessed 4 May 2022. Original data: View Sources.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1950 census shows \u201cMaurice\u201d and Frances Belvin farming in Carr township in the eastern portion of Durham Co. Living with them was Mary Waddell (27), niece, who was actually Frances\u2019s much younger sister84<\/a><\/sup>1950 US Census Carr: Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/148391112:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=81d9f5f1f0b5cbf5511d13c08afebe67&_phsrc=Are293&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 4 May 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.1950 US Census Carr: Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/148391112:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=81d9f5f1f0b5cbf5511d13c08afebe67&_phsrc=Are293&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 4 May 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.<\/span> This is another example of Catletts taking in relatives. In 1956, Frances was back in Durham, living with someone named Lee Wiley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is one other questionable sighting in 1902, where a Frances Catlett was working as a cook and living with a man named Nat Catlett. They are not shown to be married, but we know of no relations of hers named Nat. Our best guess is that this might be her brother Profus, whose middle initial was \u201cN\u201d, possibly for Nathanial.85<\/a><\/sup>Directory of Greater Durham, North Carolina 1902<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Samuel M. Adams, 1902) Colored Directory p. 250, search for \u201ccat\u201d; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25145 : accessed 5 Jun 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frances died on 25 January 1968 in Butner, Granville County.86<\/a><\/sup>Frances Belvin death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_574-2375?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=c9f26f7632730b36d5d7387d0f329e9e: accessed 4 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> We are still unable to determine the identity of her first husband, or whether she had children other than her stepson Otha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Catlett and his descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mary and Louis’s son Joe was born on 24 October 1886 and died 25 January 1929. Unlike his siblings, Joe was born in Wake County. He died in Raeford in Hoke Country.87<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_227-1690: accessed 5 May 2022. Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He married Leola Wortham (b. ~1891) around 1906 and in their 15 years together they had 14 surviving children and lost at least one other in infancy.88<\/a><\/sup>Marriage: 1910 US Census Brassfield.

\n\n\n\nChildren: Ruth Cadlett death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/882170:60090: accessed 27 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

\n\n\n\n1930 US Census Raeford: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/76517493:6224: accessed 26 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.<\/span> Other than one year (1920) when the census listed him as a barber, Joe seems to have worked as a farmer all his life.89<\/a><\/sup>Barber: 1920 US Census Sand Hill: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/11342927:6061: accessed 29 May 2022. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

\n\n\n\nFarmer: 1930 US Census Raeford.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what we know about Joe and Leola\u2019s children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their oldest daughter, born around 1908, was Wanely. In the 1930 Federal Census for Raeford Township, NC, she is listed as \u201cWavery.”90<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Raeford.<\/span> She married Charlie Neill in the 1930s and lived with him in Raeford, where the 1940 Federal Census spells her name as Wavely. At the time of that census, Charlie and Wavely had taken in Wavely\u2019s sister Josephine, as well as her younger sister, Hazel (11), and Edward (son of Dudley) and Pauline Catlett\u2019s daughter Bernice (8).91<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census Raeford 47-14: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/153343703:2442?tid=&pid=&queryId=f61a97b3c68a467768590e18f336d298&_phsrc=Are519&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 30 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next came twins, Eola and Gabe, in February 1909.92<\/a><\/sup>1910 US Census Brassfield.<\/span> Gabe was also known as Jogaeild or Jagoul\u2014see Calvin and Maria Grissom\u2019s son Jagoole<\/a>.93<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Sand Hill and 1930 US Census Raeford, respectively.<\/span> In 1940, he is 29, going by the nickname \u201cBuddy,\u201d and living in Raeford Township with a wife, Mary (24) and two sons, Tommy (9), and David L. (7). Living with them (and confirming his identity) is his 16-year-old sister \u201cPrepra.”94<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census Raeford 47-15.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eola moved to Durham and was a tobacco worker there in 1934. At that time, she lived at 1207 Drew along with her brother James and an \u201cAlf\u201d Cadlett that we don\u2019t know. Also in Durham at this time is Eola\u2019s brother Mack, Mack\u2019s wife Lillie, sister Mary L., and brother Profus, all at 505 Dowd, along with someone named Corinna Cadlett, whom we don\u2019t know. All of them were tobacco workers except Mary L. and Corinna, domestics, and Profus, who worked for an awning company.95<\/a><\/sup>Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1934<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1934) p. 107, Cadlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25119 : accessed 30 May 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josephine was born in 1911.96<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Sand Hill.<\/span> On 20 January 1934 she married Sol Williams of Durham, another tobacco worker. For some reason the original marriage license had the name Kelly instead of Catlett. In a later version, Kelly was x-ed out by typewriter and replaced with Catlett in all cases.97<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/13443032:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=f61a97b3c68a467768590e18f336d298&_phsrc=Are515&_phstart=successSource: accessed 29 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> It was a short marriage. By 1936 Josephine was living with her family under her maiden name, and the 1940 census shows her as widowed.98<\/a><\/sup>1936 Durham City Directory: Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1936-1937<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1936) p. 132, Cadlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25141<\/a> : accessed 20 Jun 2022).<\/span> For some reason Josephine, with younger sisters Hazel and Bernice, were living with their oldest sister, Wavely, at the time of the census.99<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census.<\/span> However, Durham City Directories show Josephine living continuously in Durham during this period\u2014at 505 Dowd from 1936\u201338 and at 407 Canal from 1939\u201341. The 1941 directory even includes Bernice, who would then have been 19.100<\/a><\/sup>Various Durham City Directories, including the 1941 edition: Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1941 (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1941) p. 83, Catlett surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25134 : accessed 1 Jun 2022).<\/span> This is the last we see of Josephine, except for one possible sighting: The 1950 Federal Census shows a Josephine Williams in the NC Sanatorium, McCain NC, tubercular ward.101<\/a><\/sup>1950 US Census McCain: Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/148536045:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=ea71e48e43ecaf745ff1ea2f82a1de0c&_phsrc=Are555&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 30 May 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.<\/span> She is the right age, though the record says she was “never married\u201d\u2014odd if this is the same Josephine Catlett under her married name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gladys M. was born on 15 December 1913 and died 13 February 1998. She married twice, first to someone with the last name Lee, second to someone named Horton.102<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/19627182:60901:<\/a> accessed 27 May 2022. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.<\/span> We don\u2019t know of any children from either marriage. As of 1988, Gladys and her sisters Hazel and Bernice were all living in Brooklyn.103<\/a><\/sup>“Joseph Cadlett Jr,” The Durham Sun<\/em> (Durham, NC), 10 Dec 1988, p. 15 (5-B). https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/788008037\/: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James L. was born in January 1916.104<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Sand Hill.<\/span> His name was shared by a number of people in North Carolina, making a positive identification difficult. We know for certain that he married Bertha Perry on 20 July 1935 in Durham. Witnesses include his younger sister Rachel.105<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/5121846:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=7ba6bf640b1697162cf7fd3e74ccbb72&_phsrc=Are560&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 31 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> He was himself a witness at the marriage of his cousin Edward Grissom to Beulah M. Price on 17 October 1936.106<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/5122227:60548: accessed 12 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> James L. and Bertha appear frequently in the Durham City Directories from 1935 through 1954, but we have no information as to possible children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Lee was born on 27 October 1917 in Hoke, and died on 2 April 2004 in Kinston.107<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/12758846:8908: accessed 6 Jun 2022.Original data: North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> She shows up at age 2 on the 1920 census and age 13 on the 1930 census for Raeford.108<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Sand Hill and 1930 US Census Raeford.<\/span> By 1940, it appears that she has married 39-year-old Charlie Williams of Stoney Creek township. She is claiming to only be 21 at this point (actually 23), so the four children in the 1940 census must belong to Charlie from a previous marriage. Those children are Viola (16), John D. (15?), Evara (11), and Charlie Jo (9). Oddly, Rachel is listed as having been born in South Carolina, contradicting previous census data.109<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census Stony Creek.<\/span>Rachel\u2019s Social Security Applications and Claims index shows a name change to Rachel Lee Williams in 1947, and a change to Rachel L. Bynum in 2004, indicating a second marriage.110<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/635892939:60901: accessed 24 Jun 2022. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.<\/span> In her brother Joe Jr\u2019s obituary in 1988, she is mentioned as \u201cRechel Byrman\u201d and said to be living in Kinston.111<\/a><\/sup>Joseph Cadlett Jr. Durham Sun<\/em> obituary.<\/span> Her North Carolina Death Index says she was a widow when she died, so we assume she outlived both husbands.112<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/12758846:8908:<\/a> accessed 8 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> We have no evidence that she had children of her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary A. was born in January 1920.113<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Sand Hill.<\/span> By the 1930 census she is going by Alice, which we believe is her middle name.114<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Raeford.<\/span> With so many other Marys in the family tree, it would have been a way for her to stand out. She married Hammett Downey on 25 October 1937 in Mecklenburg Co VA. He was 29, widowed, from Granville Co..115<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/9279\/images\/43067_162028006069_0110-00094: accessed 7 Jun 2022. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

\n\n\n\nNote the many mistakes on this document: Alice’s age is given as 19, when she\u2019s actually 17. Alice’s father is listed as John, but is actually Joe. Her mother is shown as Leoa, but is actually Leola. Hammett’s name is misspelled.<\/span> Hammett\u2019s draft registration from 16 February 1942 lists Alice as his wife and his employer as C. E. Upchurch. Interestingly, Upchurch was also the employer of Charlie Neils of Raeford, who registered on the same day.116<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1232802:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=79ba923bd61e153cc42873e60bd960d3&_phsrc=Are531&_phstart=successSource: accessed 30 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> This fact implies that Charlie Neils is the same as Charlie Neill, husband of her older sister Wanely\/ Wavery\/ Wavely, and once again shows the closeness of this extended family. Another example is the marriage of Alice\u2019s youngest sister, Bernice, who was only 15 when she married Willie Kelly on 25 November 1946. Alice stepped in to give her permission.117<\/a><\/sup>Bernice marriage license: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/14605622:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=41ada6b14cc5ef71e77a5611f2919593&_phsrc=Are523&_phstart=successSource:<\/a> accessed 30 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> By 1950, we find Hammett (51) and Alice K. (31) living with their four children: Shirley M. (9), Darlene (8), Hammett Jr. (7), and J. G. (4). Nephew Herman Greene, who is unknown to us, also lived with them on Sherron Rd (no number), in Oak Grove, Durham County.118<\/a><\/sup>1950 US Census Oak Grove: Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/148774285:62308: accessed 7 Jun 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.<\/span> The 1970s were difficult years for Alice\u2019s children. On 14 January 1973, Hammett Jr. died in a \u201cshootout\u201d at the West Side Pub on Chapel Hill Street.119<\/a><\/sup>\u201cOne Killed, Two Hurt in \u2018Shootout\u2019 at Bar,\u201d The Herald Sun<\/em> (Durham NC), 15 Jan 1973, pp. 1A, 5A. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/787790046\/?terms=Hammett%20Downey%20Jr.&match=1<\/a>: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span> He\u2019d been employed as a Pathology Lab assistant, and he left behind his wife, the former Mary S. Shepard, and their two children, Tina Marie and Hammett III.120<\/a><\/sup>\u201cHammett Downey, Jr.,\u201d The Herald Sun<\/em> (Durham NC), 16 Jan 1973, p. 20. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/787790708\/?terms=Hammett%20Downey%20Jr.&match=1<\/a>: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span> Later that same year, on 6 November 1973, Hammett Jr.\u2019s sister, Shirley M. Brown, lost her granddaughter, infant Curtis Lamont Downey, at age 7 months. Curtis\u2019s mother was Annette Downey, who had at least one other child, Lavosha L.121<\/a><\/sup>\u201cCurtis L. Downey,\u201d The Durham Sun<\/em> (Durham, NC), 9 Nov 1973, p. 24. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/786911395\/?terms=Hammett%20Downey%20Jr.&match=1<\/a>: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span> Then, on 15 April 1975, Darlene Downey Melvin\u201434-year-old sister of Shirley and of Hammett Jr.\u2014was killed by her husband, Vernon Leroy Melvin122<\/a><\/sup>Connor Jones, \u201cMan Bound Over in Death Case,\u201d The Herald Sun<\/em> (Durham, NC), 24 Apr 1975, p. 33. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/787566805\/?terms=Darlene%20Melvin&match=1<\/a>: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span> Despite a history of abuse, Melvin pled guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter and got off with a suspended sentence and probation.123<\/a><\/sup>\u201cVictim Would Not Testify,\u201d The Durham Sun<\/em> (Durham, NC), 15 Jul 1975, p. 11. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/786842560\/?terms=Darlene%20Melvin&match=1<\/a>: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span> Alice died on 30 January 2011, age 91, in Durham.124<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. https:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?dbid=3693&h=89448743&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60901:<\/a> accessed 8 Jun 2022. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Cadlett, Jr., who generally went by \u201cJ. C.\u201d, was born on 12 October 1922 in Raeford.125<\/a><\/sup>Joseph Jr. Death Index: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/6256627:8908:<\/a> accessed 8 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

\n\n\n\nBirth: 1930 US Census Raeford.<\/span> He registered for the draft on 30 June 1942, but there\u2019s no record of his having served in World War II. He worked at this time for T. B. Upchurch, doubtless related to the C. E. Upchurch who employed his brothers-in-law Hammett Downey (Wavely\u2019s husband) and Charlie Neill (Alice\u2019s husband).126<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/1828414:2238: accessed 8 Jun 2022. Original data: View Sources.<\/span> On 31 October 1945, J. C. married Sennie Keith in Durham, and they went on to have three sons: Andrew, who was born 8 February 1947 in Durham, moved to Philadelphia, and then Melbourne FL where he died on 5 June 2002; Billy Joe, who moved to Newark; and Samuel, who stayed in Raeford.127<\/a><\/sup>Marriage: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/6605203:60548: accessed 8 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.

\n\n\n\nSons: Joseph Cadlett Jr. Durham Sun<\/em> obituary.

\n\n\n\nAndrew: “Andrew Cadlett,” Florida Today (Cocoa, FL), 12 June 2002, p. 31. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/178388179\/: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span> J. C. died a widower on 6 December 1988 in Durham, a retired Duke employee and a member of the Greater St. Paul Baptist Church.128<\/a><\/sup>“Joseph Cadlett Jr,” The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), 10 Dec 1988, p. 30. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/788656153\/: accessed 8 Jun 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paprika was born in 1923, and makes an appearance in the 1930 US Census.129<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Raeford.<\/span> The next we hear of her, she was living with \u201cBuddy\u201d Cadlett (a.k.a. Jagoul, a.k.a. Gabe) in Raeford Township.130<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census Raeford 47-15. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/153343703:2442?tid=&pid=&queryId=f61a97b3c68a467768590e18f336d298&_phsrc=Are519&_phstart=successSource: accessed 30 May 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.<\/span> She eventually married James Peterkin, and their infant son Paul Peterkin died at the age of 1 month and 6 days in Raeford on 21 Dec 1955.131<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_417-1092: accessed 27 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> An undated Social Security claim for \u201cPreppra Annie Peterkin\u201d gives her birthday as 31 Jan 1923 in Raeford, and her death date as 27 Feb 1991.132<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/41172779:60901: accessed 27 May 2022. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth was born prematurely on 21 November 1925 and died three days later. On her death certificate, her name was originally given as Jagoul (same as her older brother), then crossed out and \u201cRuth\u201d was written above it.133<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/882170:60090:<\/a> accessed 27 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazel was born in 1927.134<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Raeford<\/span> She married Jasper Reed on 25 January 1946 in Durham. Her sisters Rachel and Alice were witnesses.135<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/13446298:60548: accessed 9 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> In 1988 Hazel was living in Brooklyn, as were her sisters Gladys and Bernice.136<\/a><\/sup>Joseph Cadlett Jr., Herald-Sun obituary.<\/span> By 9 October 2020, however, she was back in North Carolina. She died on that date in Pinehurst.137<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/272324192:2190: accessed 9 Jun 2022. Original data: See source information provided with each entry.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lula was born in October 1929, nine months after her father\u2019s death on 25 January 1929.138<\/a><\/sup>1930 US Census Raeford shows Lula as 6 months old on 18 Apr 1930.<\/span> We can find no further mention of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bernice is a most interesting case, as her records indicate that she was born at least two years after her father\u2019s death. Her age is calculated from a 25 November 1946 marriage license that shows Bernice, age 15, marrying Willie Kelly, 19, both of Durham. Because of Bernice\u2019s age, her older sister Alice Downey gave consent.139<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/14605622:60548?tid=&pid=&queryId=41ada6b14cc5ef71e77a5611f2919593&_phsrc=Are523&_phstart=successSource: accessed 30 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> Bernice was almost certainly named after her cousin, the daughter of Edward Coy Catlett and Pauline Mayo (Edward was the son of Dudley Catlett). This first Bernice Catlett was born in 1921, and lived for a while in Durham in the 1940s with her mother, Pauline. The last we see of Bernice Kelly (or Kelley), she is living with her sisters Gladys and Hazel in Brooklyn.140<\/a><\/sup>Joseph Cadlett Jr., Durham Sun<\/em> obituary.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cadlett Grissom and her descendants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cadlett\u2019s daughter, Mary Cadlett Grissom, was born on 15 April 1890 in Granville County, NC.141<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett Grissom death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_315-0410?pid=1783042. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> In July of 1910, she married Cannon Grissom, who was 35 at the time. His parents were Cherry and Nancy Grissom.142<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/60548\/42091_331672-00147?pid=9279789: accessed 5 Apr 2020.<\/a> Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> At the time of her death on 22 May 1946, she had been residing at 1404 N. Alston Ave, Durham, NC.143<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett Grissom death certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout her life, Mary Grissom was a tobacco worker. Female black tobacco workers were an integral part of the tobacco industry in Durham, where far more black women were employed than white women. Durham employed more black women as tobacco workers than other tobacco hubs at the time, such as Petersburg or Richmond. Black women tobacco workers were able to foster a sense of community and strength, and potentially feminism.144<\/a><\/sup>Beverly W. Jones, \u201cRace, Sex, and Class: Black Female Tobacco Workers in Durham, North Carolina, 1920-1940, and the Development of Female Consciousness,\u201d Feminist Studies 10, No. 3 (Autumn, 1984): 441-451. https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3178034<\/a>: accessed 20 Jun 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannon Grissom was previously married to Caroline in 1893. They had one son, Moses, born in 1895.145<\/a><\/sup>1900 US Census Portland AR: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/23086800:7602?tid=&pid=&queryId=82e17d3ed2356c7ef768bd36edc670ee&_phsrc=Are673&_phstart=successSource<\/a>: accessed 10 Jun 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.<\/span> In 1909, shortly before his marriage to Mary, Cannon shared a house at 1115 North Roxboro with someone named Edith Grissom.146<\/a><\/sup>Durham City Directory 1909-1910, 147 (PDF 155).<\/span> Edith was the widow of Horace Grissom, who was probably related to Cannon, though we don\u2019t know how.147<\/a><\/sup>Marriage: Bessie Grissom marriage license: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/9779748:60548:<\/a> accessed 21 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.

\n\n\n\nWidow: Edith Grissom death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_23-2167:<\/a> accessed 21 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> Edith was the mother of Bessie Grissom, who, in 1931 bought a lot on Albright Street from Mack and Lillie Cadlett.148<\/a><\/sup>Durham County Deed Book 48: 642  (https:\/\/rodweb.dconc.gov\/RealEstate\/SearchEntry.aspx<\/a>).<\/span> This is just one more example of the closeness between the two families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary and Cannon Grissom had six children of their own: Katherine (1914\u20132006), Edward Coy (1917\u20131974), Mary a.k.a. Jettie (1919\u20131954), Ruth (1922\u2013?), Thelma (1924\u20131925), and Naomi (1925\u2013?).149<\/a><\/sup>Katherine, Edward, and Jettie: 1920 US Census Durham 49: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/6061\/4442122_00359?pid=27182473: accessed 5 Apr 2020.<\/a> Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

\n\n\n\nRuth and Naomi: 1940 US Census Durham 32-64 Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/150941476:2442:<\/a> accessed 12 Jun 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

\n\n\n\nThelma Grissom death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_175-2582?pid=602262603: accessed 5 Apr 2020.<\/a> Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> Cannon owned the house at 610 Gray Street in Durham where members of the family lived continuously from 1919 until 1939.150<\/a><\/sup>1919: Durham, N.C. Directory 1919-1920<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1919-1920) p. 222, Grissom surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25131<\/a> : accessed 25 Jun 2022).

\n\n\n\n1939: Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1939<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1939) p. 224, Grissom surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25127<\/a> : accessed 13 Jun 2022). Durham City Directory.

\n\n\n\nOwnership: Durham County Deed Book 48: 642 and 1920 US Census Durham 49.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannon died in Wayne County on 25 June 1937.151<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/8908\/images\/NCVR_D_425_0009-1252?pId=3951180:<\/a> accessed 12 May 2022. Original data: North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cadlett Grissom died at Lincoln Hospital in Durham County on May 22, 1946. Her cause of death is listed as “coronary occlusion” attributed to “atherosclerosis”. She was widowed at the time of her death, so it seems unlikely that she remarried after Cannon\u2019s death. She was buried at Beechwood Cemetery in Durham.152<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett Grissom death certificate.<\/span> After her death, the family that had occupied 610 Gray for so many years seems to have dispersed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine (sometimes Catherine) Grissom, one of Mary Cadett’s granddaughters and Mary Grissom’s daughters, was born about 1914. She married Frank Page at the age of 23 on December 15 1936. Edward Grissom, Katherine\u2019s brother, was their witness. Katherine Page died 26 April 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward, like his cousin Edward Catlett (the son of Dudley and Anna Catlett), was obviously named after Edward Coy, whose Arkansas lynching in 1892 made national headlines.153<\/a><\/sup>\u201cEdward Coy (Lynching of).\u201d<\/span> He married Beulah M. Price on 17 October 1936, but the 1938 Durham City Directory doesn\u2019t mention her.154<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/5122227:60548: accessed 12 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> Instead it shows him living at 610 Gray with the newly widowed Mary Grissom (his mother) and his sister Ruth.155<\/a><\/sup>Hill’s Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory 1938<\/em> (Durham, N.C.: Hill Directory Company, 1938) p. 233, Grissom surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/25136 : accessed 13 June 2022).

\n\n\n\nNote that a Beulah Grissom is listed in the 1941 City Directory, but would seem to be an error.<\/span> His youngest sister Naiomi was probably living there as well, but was too young to be listed. On the 1940 Census, Edward is confirmed as a widower, though he may only have been separated, and Naomi (now 15) is also shown. Three grandchildren are listed: Mary Elizabeth (7), Johnnie Mae (6), and Maggie Thomas Grissom (3). We don\u2019t know whose children they are, but it is unlikely that any of them are Edward\u2019s.156<\/a><\/sup>1940 US Census Durham 32-64<\/span> Edward served in World War II, and his documents show him as separated from his wife and with no dependents. Edward died on 12 February 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jettie, whose given name was Mary, was born in 1919.157<\/a><\/sup>1920 US Census Durham 49.<\/span> She married James Waddell on 22 October 1934.158<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/13121637:60548: accessed 12 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> They lived in the Grissom family compound at 610 Gray for a while, but soon moved on.159<\/a><\/sup>Durham City Directory 1938 p. 557, Waddell surname.

\n\n\n\nThe directory listing shows Mary as James\u2019s wife, but this is clearly a mistake.<\/span> At some point Jettie separated from James. In the 1950 Census for Carr township (Durham County), Jettie\u2014as \u201cMary Waddell\u201d\u2014shows up living with her sister Frances and Frances\u2019s husband, Maurice Belvin.160<\/a><\/sup>1950 US Census Carr.<\/span> At the same time in New York City, a James Waddell from North Carolina is listed on the 1950 Census at the correct age, but married to a woman named Clara.161<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/284422598:62308:<\/a> accessed 12 Jun 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.<\/span> Mary\u2019s last years were difficult. She died on 23 January 1954 in Durham of exposure (possibly from being homeless) and acute alcoholism.162<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/1121\/images\/S123_397-0561<\/a>: accessed 10 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth was born on 8 July 1921 or 1922.163<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/41193944:60901:<\/a> accessed 14 Jun 2022. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.<\/span> She married John Early Neal on 21 August 1941 in Gorman. Her brother Edward (Ed) was a witness.164<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/60548\/images\/42091_331661-03532:<\/a> accessed 15 Jun 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> She died in Durham on 27 December 2004.165<\/a><\/sup> Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. https:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?dbid=3693&h=74668285&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60901:<\/a> accessed 14 Jun 2022, Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naomi was born on 3 September 1922 and died on 15 March 2008.166<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014 https:\/\/search.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?dbid=3693&h=82020914&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord:<\/a> accessed 14 Jun 2022. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.<\/span> She married Joseph Daniel (or Daniels) on 1 April 1946. Typically, with this close-knit family, three of her married sisters\u2014Catherine Page, Ruth Neal, and Mary Waddell\u2014were witnesses at the wedding.167<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/13446104:60548:<\/a> accesssed 14 Jun 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.<\/span> Joseph had one child, Nathaniel (b. 1943), before his marriage to Naomi, mother unknown. Together they had four more: Joseph Jr. (b. September 1949), Barry Lamont (1 April 1953\u20132019), Pamela Marietta (b. 1956), and an unnamed male child who is still living.168<\/a><\/sup>Joseph Jr. and Nathanial: Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/discoveryui-content\/view\/147448874:62308.<\/a> Original data:Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1\/1\/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 – 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.

\n\n\n\nBarry and Pamela: “Naomi Grissom Daniels,” The Herald-Sun (Durham NC) 18 Mar 2008 p. 16. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/795686354\/?article=22a218cb-1685-4d1a-aa4b-e126705be272: accessed 14 Jun 2022.<\/span> Pamela married William Lee Walker on 2 December 1977.169<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/8909\/images\/NCVR_M_C036_63007-0859:<\/a> accessed 26 Jun 2022. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses.North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thelma died at age 1 year, 2 months, on 30 June 1925. At the time of Thelma\u2019s death, she and her parents resided at 610 Gray Street. Thelma was buried at Violet Park Cemetery on 1 July 1925.170<\/a><\/sup>Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/interactive\/1121\/S123_175-2582?pid=602262603: accessed 5 Apr 2020.<\/a> Original data:North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/span> Violet Park Cemetery was lost in 1996 after being paved over to become a parking lot for St. Titus Episcopal Church.171<\/a><\/sup>\u201cViolet Park Cemetery correspondence,\u201d Durham County Library (Durham, NC). https:\/\/archive.durhamcountylibrary.org\/repositories\/2\/resources\/54: accessed 26 Jun 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How far back does the relationship go between the Cadlett and Grissom families?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is the father of Bernice Cadlett?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where was Frances Cadlett between 1880 and 1930?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who were the parents of the children living with Arch Catlett and Gracie Allar in 1910?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are the following people, obviously relatives: Alf Cadlett, Corrinna Cadlett, Nat Cadlett, Herman Greene, Edith Grissom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the history of the name Jagoul?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are still pursuing the answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mary Cadlett’s gravestone has not yet been found.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BORN<\/strong>: Around 1844.172<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.<\/span>

DIED<\/strong>: 30 Dec 1909.173<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span>

BIRTH PLACE<\/strong>: Franklinton, NC.174<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span>

DEATH PLACE<\/strong>: Durham NC.175<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span>

SPOUSE<\/strong>: Louis Cadlett.176<\/a><\/sup>Cohabitation records.<\/span>

PARENTS<\/strong>: Mary Jeffies and MC Jeffies.177<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span>

CHILDREN<\/strong>: Henry (b. 1858), Profus\/Protheus (b. 1861), Ferreby\/Ferdy (b. 1863), Maria (b. 1865), Dudley (b. 1867), John\/Ira (b. May 1870), Lucy (b. 1873), Cora (b. 1874), Mack (1876\u201322 Jan 1936), Archibald (1878\u20134 Jun 1928), Frances (Feb 1880\u201325 Jan 1968), Joe (24 Oct 1886\u201325 Jan 1929), Mary (15 April 1890\u201322 May 1946).178<\/a><\/sup>Birthdates for Henry, Profus, Ferdy, Maria, Dudley, and John\/Ira: 1870 US Census.

Birthdates for Lucy, Cora, Mack, and Frances: 1880 US Census, Franklinton.

Mack death date: Mack Cadlett death certificate.

Arch death date: Arch Catlett death certificate.

Frances death date: Frances Belvin death certificate.

Birth and death dates for Joe: Joe Cadlett death certificate.

Birth and death dates for Mary Cadlett Grissom: Mary Cadlett Grissom death certificate.<\/span>

OTHER FAMILY<\/strong>: At least 45 grandchildren.

FAMILY BURIED IN GEER CEMETERY<\/strong>: Only herself.

OCCUPATION<\/strong>: Housewife.179<\/a><\/sup>1870 US Census.<\/span>

CHURCH<\/strong>: N\/A

AFFILIATIONS<\/strong>: N\/A

ADDRESS<\/strong>: 601 Gray, Durham NC.180<\/a><\/sup>Mary Cadlett death certificate.<\/span>

MILITARY SERVICE<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Notes<\/h3>