Joab Turner Ledford

Brief Life History of Joab Turner

When Joab Turner Ledford was born on 7 February 1853, in Hayesville, Clay, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Murphy Ledford, was 37 and his mother, Nancy Caroline Curtis, was 34. He married Martha J. Isabelle Reynolds on 31 December 1870, in Shooting Creek, Clay, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Brasstown, Towns, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Hiawassee, Towns, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 May 1938, in Bell Creek, Towns, Georgia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hiawassee, Towns, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joab Turner Ledford
1853–1938
Martha J. Isabelle Reynolds
1853–1944
Marriage: 31 December 1870
Willie Ledford
1871–1887
Infant Son Ledford
1872–1872
Millie Magdalene Ledford
1873–1951
Manson Jerome Ledford
1875–1951
James Benson Ledford
1877–1960
Lilly Vienna Ledford
1880–1924
Lillie Vienna Ledford
1880–1924
Lewis Cass Ledford
1881–1968
Henry Wilson Ledford
1883–1962
Gertrude L. Ledford
1885–1953
Esther Penley Ledford
1890–1975
Nancy Caroline " Callie" Ledford
1893–1964
Gussie Ledford
1895–1898

Sources (18)

  • Joab T Ledford in household of James Ledford, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joab Ledford, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Joab Ledford, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Towns, Georgia, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name, probably from either of two places called Lydford, in Devon and Somerset. The first is named with the river name Lyd (from Old English hl̄de ‘noisy stream’) + Old English ford, i.e. ‘ford over the Lyd river’. Lydford in Somerset was named ‘ford over the noisy stream’, from Old English hl̄de + ford.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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