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Submitted by: Vicki Burress Roach
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Husband: James Warren LEDBETTER
Birthdate: August 25, 1843
Birthplace: Adamsville,  McNairy Co., TN
Death date: August 1, 1922
Place of death: Chewalla, McNairy Co., TN
Burial:
Father: Andrew Jackson LEDBETTER
Mother: Elizabeth F. "Betsy" HURLEY

Marriage date: November 17, 1864
Marriage place: McNairy Co., TN

Wife: (1)Lucinda Jane BARLOW
Birthdate: March 7, 1845
Birthplace: Hillsborough, Orange Co., NC
Death date: October 12, 1882
Place of death: Hardin Co., TN
Burial:
Father: Joseph Jerome BARLOW
Mother: Lucinda CROSSETT

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Thomas A. LEDBETTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: ca 1866
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Child No. 2: Mary Jane LEDBETTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 15, 1868
Birthplace: Hardin Co. or McNairy Co., TN
Death date: November 14, 1960
Place of death: Grant, FL
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Spouse's name: James Edmond MARTIN

Child No. 3: Joseph Arthur LEDBETTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 15, 1874
Birthplace: McNairy Co., TN
Death date: January 26, 1967
Place of death: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS
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Marriage date: August 14, 1913
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Spouse's name: Mary B. MANSON, Mary Anna SIGMAN

Child No. 4: Benton LEDBETTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: ca 1880
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 Documentation:
1870 McNairy Co., TN census
Purdy post office, page 246
LEDBETTER James W., 27, grocer, 1000-500
Lucy J., 25
Thomas A., 4
Mary J., 2
(all born in TN)
1880 McNairy Co., TN census page 75 A Dist. 5
LEDBETTER J.W., 36, dry goods merchant, TN
Lucy J., 31, NC
Thomas A., 13, TN
Mary J.J., 10, TN
Joseph A., 6, TN
Benton 6/12, TN
Chewalla, McNairy Co., TN
A settlement 20 miles southeast of Purdy, the county seat of McNairy
County.
Express, Southern.  Mail, daily.  F.L. McCuller, postmaster.
Business Directory 1878:
J.W. Biggs, grocer
D.W. Eaker, blacksmith
Hurley Brothers, general store
J.W. Ledbetter, general store
McCullar & Co., flour mill
W.R. Ramer, physician
Walker & Co., grocers
Administration
State of Tennessee
McNairy County
We, B.W.T. Derryberry, J.W. Ledbetter and W.R. Ramer are bound to the
State of Tennessee in the penalty of 1500.00.
Witness our hands this 4th day of Oct. 1880.
The condition of this obligation is such, that, whereas, the above bound
B.W.T. Derryberry has been appointed administrator of I.C. Derryberry,
deceased.
Now, if the said B.W.T. Derryberry shall well and truly as such
administrator perform all the duties which are or may be required by law,
this obligation shall void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Examined and approved Oct. term 1880 John W. Stumph, chairman.
signed: B.W.T. Derryberry
J.W. Ledbetter
W.R. Ramer
Job Bell, County Court Clerk
Business directory 1890-1891
D.W. Eaker, blacksmith
J.F. Gurley, grist mill, saw mill and cotton gin
Hurley Brothers, general store
Ledbetter & Co., general store
F.S. McCuller, railroad and express agent