Joel Boone Gulledge

Brief Life History of Joel Boone

Joel Boone Gulledge was born on 28 April 1874, in Arkansas, United States as the son of Thomas Jefferson Gulledge and Susan McComb. He married Ida Graves Ritchey about 1899, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States for about 5 years and Van Buren Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 27 September 1946, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joel Boone Gulledge
1874–1946
Ida Graves Ritchey
1879–1937
Marriage: about 1899
Berneice Fike Gulledge
1903–1973
Eugene Gulledge
1909–
Joel Thomas Gulledge
1905–1905
Eugenia Gulledge
1908–1972
Horace Jefferson Gulledge
1914–1934

Sources (15)

  • Boone J Sulley, "United States Census, 1910"
  • J B Gulledge, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Joel Boone Gulledge, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed

A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

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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