Brief Life History of James Wesley Ellis
When Private James Wesley Ellis Gulledge was born on 18 September 1846, in Coosa, Alabama, United States, his father, Joel Houston Gulledge, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Duke Mitchell, was 43. He married Louisa Smith Wyatt on 7 August 1867, in Coosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Chilton, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 4 Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1907. He died on 20 March 1936, in Lovelady Cemetery, Chilton, Alabama, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Verbena Cemetery, Verbena, Chilton, Alabama, United States.
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- Jas W E Gulledge, "United States Census, 1920"
- James W. E. Gulledge, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- G. W. E. Gulledge, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Coosa, Alabama, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Golledge, itself probably a variant of Colledge .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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