James Thomas Gulledge

Brief Life History of James Thomas

When James Thomas Gulledge was born on 23 March 1878, in Clio, Barbour, Alabama, United States, his father, John Thomas Gulledge Sr, was 22 and his mother, Lucinda Aurilla Strength, was 25. He married Matilda Tharp on 22 October 1900. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Reeders Mill, Barbour, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Louisville, Barbour, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 7 December 1951, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Thomas Gulledge
1878–1951
Matilda Tharp
1881–1957
Marriage: 22 October 1900
Bennie Lee Gulledge
1901–1973
Earnest Gulledge
1905–1905
Bertha Rosela Gulledge
1903–1985
Ola Mae Gulledge
1906–1967
Leon Thorpe Gulledge
1908–1976
Gulledge
1910–1910
Mamie Sue Gulledge
1913–1998
James Clarence Gulledge
1917–2001
Franklin Daniel Gulledge
1919–2011
Gulledge
1920–
Gladys Grace Gulledge
1925–1981

Sources (49)

  • James T Gulledge, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Tom Gulledge, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • James Thomas Gulledge, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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