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Mary Olive GADDISAge: 79 years18591939

Name
Mary Olive GADDIS
Married name
Mary Olive WILSON
Birth July 8, 1859 23 22
Death of a motherMandana WALTON
October 30, 1860 (Age 15 months)
Marriage of a parentJohn GADDISAnn Priscilla STILLView this family
August 8, 1861 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn E. GADDIS
July 1862 (Age 2 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn E. GADDIS
November 3, 1863 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Alfred GADDIS
April 12, 1864 (Age 4 years)
Note: 1870 census of Olney IL lists William as being born in Indiana his younger brothers are listed as being born in Illinois.
Birth of a half-brotherJacob Henderson GADDIS
March 31, 1866 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWalter Chalmers GADDIS
July 1869 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterPriscilla Mae GADDIS
July 10, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElam Frederick GADDIS
1872 (Age 12 years)

Death of a half-brotherElam Frederick GADDIS
August 22, 1873 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert Uriah GADDIS
August 20, 1874 (Age 15 years)
MarriageLewis H. WILSONView this family
May 3, 1876 (Age 16 years)
Note: May 11, 1876 "MARRIED On Wednesday, May 3rd, by Rev. J.A. Baird, at the residence of Mr. John Wilson, near town, Mr. Lewis H. Wilson to Miss Mary O. Gaddis, daughter of Mr. John Gaddis."
Birth of a half-sisterFannie C GADDIS
October 1876 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherFrank E GADDIS
March 22, 1879 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a half-brotherBert N. GADDIS
August 1881 (Age 22 years)
Death of a half-brotherFrank E GADDIS
August 29, 1881 (Age 22 years)
Death of a husbandLewis H. WILSON
May 1883 (Age 23 years)
Note: May 24, 1883 "PERSONAL COLUMN L.H. Wilson died of smallpox at Abilene, Texas, last Saturday."
MarriageWilliam CUNNINGHAMView this family
March 12, 1884 (Age 24 years)
DivorceWilliam CUNNINGHAMView this family
November 1886 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherJohn GADDIS
May 12, 1915 (Age 55 years)
Death of a half-brotherWalter Chalmers GADDIS
October 14, 1935 (Age 76 years)
Note: From Death Certificate.
Death of a half-brotherRobert Uriah GADDIS
July 30, 1937 (Age 78 years)
Headstone
Note: JESSOP Mary O GADDIS 1859 1939 w/o Capt. Alex S Jessop
Death April 17, 1939 (Age 79 years)
Note: April 20,1939 "Mary Gaddis Jessop died Monday morning at 2:00 at the home of her sister, Mrs. May …
Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 22, 1858Warrick Co
15 months
herself
Father’s family with Ann Priscilla STILL - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: August 8, 1861Millersburg, Warwick Co., Indiana
1 year
half-brother
John E. GADDIS
Birth: July 1862 26 21Warrick Co., IN
Death: November 3, 1863Warrick Co., IN
21 months
half-brother
2 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
1 year
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Frank E GADDIS
Birth: March 22, 1879 42 37
Death: August 29, 1881buried in Slocumb Cemetery in Fairfield IL
2 years
half-brother
Family with Alex S. JESSOP - View this family
husband
herself
Family with Lewis H. WILSON - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 3, 1876Near Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL
son
Family with William CUNNINGHAM - View this family
ex-husband
herself
Marriage: March 12, 1884Abilene, Taylor, Tx
Divorce: November 1886Wayne Co. IL
Alex S. JESSOP + Private - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Private
step-daughter
Private

Marriage

May 11, 1876 "MARRIED On Wednesday, May 3rd, by Rev. J.A. Baird, at the residence of Mr. John Wilson, near town, Mr. Lewis H. Wilson to Miss Mary O. Gaddis, daughter of Mr. John Gaddis."

Headstone

JESSOP Mary O GADDIS 1859 1939 w/o Capt. Alex S Jessop

Death

April 20,1939 "Mary Gaddis Jessop died Monday morning at 2:00 at the home of her sister, Mrs. May Gaddis-(paper torn here) near Mt. Carmel. she had been in declining health for the past several years. Funeral took place today, Wednesday with burial in Maple Hill cemetery."

Also, in the Mt Carmel newspaper:

"Mrs. Mary Olive Jessop who made her home at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. S. Seiler on Route Two, died this morning at 2 o'clock after an illness of five years. She was a daughter of John and Mandana Walton Gaddis and was born at Millersburg, Ind., July 8, 1859, making her age at death 79 years, 9 months, and 9 days. She was first married to Lewis Wilson in Fairfield. He died in 1883. Then she was married to Maj. Alexander S. Jessop in 1888, at Wayne City, Ill. He died at Long Beach, Calif., and was buried in the national cemetery. Surviving are three brothers and one sister, William A. Gaddis, Bartelsville, Okla., Jacob H. Gaddis, of Weatherford, Okla., Mae Gaddis Seiler, Mount Carmel, Route Two, and Bert N. Gaddis, Maywood, Ill. One son, Edward Wilson, died in (rest is unreadable.)"

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