Gertie PLEASANT - in Kentucky
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Gertie PLEASANT - in Kentucky
Hello! I am at a complete dead-end here, and am asking anyone with the surnames PLEASANT/HOBBS/BEACH/HUDDLESTON (unsure of spelling on Pleasant) in their family tree for HELP! My great-grandmother was 'Gertie' (Gertrude ?) Pleasant. I have a confusing history on her, so I will begin with it:
1.) Gertie Pleasant m. David Hobbs (aka) David Allison (?) in approx. 1910 (unsure of this date, family rumor....if marriage date is correct, then my grandfather was born out of wedlock). David Hobbs was killed in coal mining accident in Whitley County, Kentucky in 1914, at the age of 29. I remember my grandfather saying that they lived in Loyall, Harlan County, Kentucky for a while. Could be where they were living at time of David Hobbs' death. They had 3 children that I know of:
1. Hobert Hobbs (my Grand-
Father) m. Agnes Gibson
2. 'Maggie' Hobbs m. Claude
Raines
3. 'Billie' Hobbs m. Otis
Williams
2.) Gertie Pleasant (m. ?) Unknown Smith (Unknown if they were actually married) had one known child:
1. Clyde Smith m. Jerri
Unknown
3.) Gertie Pleasant (m. ?) Samuel 'Samp' Huddleston (Unknown if they were actually married). It is believed that 'Samp' Huddleston fought in the Spanish-American War. Had a number of children, one of which went blind and became a wood worker/carpenter in Tennessee. These are the only names I have so far:
1. Milton Huddleston m. ?
2. Elmo/Elmer Huddleston
m. ?
3. Lowell Huddleston m. ?
4. Eugene 'Gene' Huddleston
m. Jerri ? (Eugene's name
at time of death/marriage
in Michigan was Wesley
Allen (Alan) Bryant)
My great-grandfather was David Hobbs. It is rumored that his name was actually David Allison, but that he killed a man with the surname of Suggs in some kind of fight in Kentucky, and that he changed his name to Hobbs afterward. David was killed in Kentucky, but my grandfather (His son), was born in Whitville (Name has since changed), Georgia Nov. 1, 1905-1906, and my grandfather spoke of his Grandmother Allison, who helped raise him for a while, in Georgia. My grandfather also spoke of 'the times' they lived in Birmingham, Alabama. The only other information I have on Gertie Pleasant is that she died due to complications from childbirth with the youngest child, Eugene, and that she had a brother and a sister. There could be more siblings, but these are the only ones I know of:
1. 'Kurt' Pleasant m. Betty Cox
(Kurt raised my grandfather,
Hobert, after his mother's
death)
2. Noree Pleasant (unsure of
spelling) m. John Beach. Noree
and John had a number of
children, these only names I
have: Luther and Oliver Beach
(Both died by the age of 21. All
lived in Harlan, Kentucky)
I sincerely apologize for the lengthiness of this letter! This is everything I have on Gertie Pleasant and David Hobbs. I am hoping (praying!) someone out there will recognize ANY of these names and shed some light for me. I am really stumped here. Thanks for taking the time to read this! Good luck in your research and take care.................CJHobbs (CJHobbs@aol.com)
1.) Gertie Pleasant m. David Hobbs (aka) David Allison (?) in approx. 1910 (unsure of this date, family rumor....if marriage date is correct, then my grandfather was born out of wedlock). David Hobbs was killed in coal mining accident in Whitley County, Kentucky in 1914, at the age of 29. I remember my grandfather saying that they lived in Loyall, Harlan County, Kentucky for a while. Could be where they were living at time of David Hobbs' death. They had 3 children that I know of:
1. Hobert Hobbs (my Grand-
Father) m. Agnes Gibson
2. 'Maggie' Hobbs m. Claude
Raines
3. 'Billie' Hobbs m. Otis
Williams
2.) Gertie Pleasant (m. ?) Unknown Smith (Unknown if they were actually married) had one known child:
1. Clyde Smith m. Jerri
Unknown
3.) Gertie Pleasant (m. ?) Samuel 'Samp' Huddleston (Unknown if they were actually married). It is believed that 'Samp' Huddleston fought in the Spanish-American War. Had a number of children, one of which went blind and became a wood worker/carpenter in Tennessee. These are the only names I have so far:
1. Milton Huddleston m. ?
2. Elmo/Elmer Huddleston
m. ?
3. Lowell Huddleston m. ?
4. Eugene 'Gene' Huddleston
m. Jerri ? (Eugene's name
at time of death/marriage
in Michigan was Wesley
Allen (Alan) Bryant)
My great-grandfather was David Hobbs. It is rumored that his name was actually David Allison, but that he killed a man with the surname of Suggs in some kind of fight in Kentucky, and that he changed his name to Hobbs afterward. David was killed in Kentucky, but my grandfather (His son), was born in Whitville (Name has since changed), Georgia Nov. 1, 1905-1906, and my grandfather spoke of his Grandmother Allison, who helped raise him for a while, in Georgia. My grandfather also spoke of 'the times' they lived in Birmingham, Alabama. The only other information I have on Gertie Pleasant is that she died due to complications from childbirth with the youngest child, Eugene, and that she had a brother and a sister. There could be more siblings, but these are the only ones I know of:
1. 'Kurt' Pleasant m. Betty Cox
(Kurt raised my grandfather,
Hobert, after his mother's
death)
2. Noree Pleasant (unsure of
spelling) m. John Beach. Noree
and John had a number of
children, these only names I
have: Luther and Oliver Beach
(Both died by the age of 21. All
lived in Harlan, Kentucky)
I sincerely apologize for the lengthiness of this letter! This is everything I have on Gertie Pleasant and David Hobbs. I am hoping (praying!) someone out there will recognize ANY of these names and shed some light for me. I am really stumped here. Thanks for taking the time to read this! Good luck in your research and take care.................CJHobbs (CJHobbs@aol.com)