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==Lou Birchie Ayers== | ==Lou Birchie Ayers== | ||
| − | Lou Birchie Ayers was born in Mississippi, the child of | + | Lou Birchie Ayers was born 9 Feb 1893 in Mississippi, the child of Lige Ayers who had moved there from their native Georgia. In the 1910 census she is 19, in the 1920 census she is 27, and in the 1930 she is 39. This would normally tell us she must have been born between about 1890 and 1893. So the idea that she was born 9 Feb 1883 as Findagrave indicates is suspect. If indeed her tombstone states 1883, then it's possible that her children enacted a pious fraud because they did not want the public to know she had married at age 13. |
She married William Jefferson Blythe about 1906. They later lived in or around the town of Sherman in Grayson County, Texas. An article in the ''Washington Post'' states that the Texas Blythe's say they moved to Sherman from Tippah County in 1909. If true, then he must have married Lou in Mississippi. | She married William Jefferson Blythe about 1906. They later lived in or around the town of Sherman in Grayson County, Texas. An article in the ''Washington Post'' states that the Texas Blythe's say they moved to Sherman from Tippah County in 1909. If true, then he must have married Lou in Mississippi. | ||
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In the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census they are enumerated in Grayson County, Texas. In Feb 1935, William Jefferson Blythe died. A little over a year later, the farm, on which they had, in 1934, taken a mortgage, was sold for delinquency. The family then moved into downtown Sherman, and Lou took a job as a hotel chambermaid. | In the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census they are enumerated in Grayson County, Texas. In Feb 1935, William Jefferson Blythe died. A little over a year later, the farm, on which they had, in 1934, taken a mortgage, was sold for delinquency. The family then moved into downtown Sherman, and Lou took a job as a hotel chambermaid. | ||
| − | Lou died in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas 15 Feb 1946, and is buried in the West Hill Cemetery there. | + | Lou married secondly to Avery Barron on 5 May 1942 in Durant, Oklahoma. Lou died in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas 15 Feb 1946, and is buried in the West Hill Cemetery there. |
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