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James Thomas RATLIFF

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Name James Thomas RATLIFF Born 14 Apr 1850 Blount County, Alabama [1]
Gender Male Census 2 Dec 1850 Blount County, Alabama [1]
Address:
Subdivision 17- Joshua Ratliff, age 29, Farmer, value of real estate - $150, born in Alabama
Lucretia Ratliff, age 38, born in South Carolina (although this was somewhat hard to read)
Wm. Ratliff, age 8, born in Alabama
Phereby Ratliff, age 6, born in Alabama
John Ratliff, age 4, born in Alabama
Lugana Ratliff, age 3, born in Alabama
Jas. Ratliff, age 2 months, born in Alabama
December 2, 1850 enumeration date
Census 1855 Blount County, Alabama [2]
- Joshua Ratliff head of household:
3 males under age 21: [William, John, James]
1 male over age 21: [Joshua]
3 females under age 21: [Phereby, Lugana, Nancy]
1 female over age 21: [Lucretia]
Census 7 Jul 1860 Eastern Subdivision, Blount County, Alabama [3]
- James Brown, age 43, Farmer, value of real estate - $1000, value of personal property - $1,300, born in Tennessee
Jane Brown, age 44, born in South Carolina
Washington A. Brown, age 21, Farmer, value of personal property - $200, born in Alabama
Elizabeth F. Brown, age 17, born in Alabama
James T. Ratliff, age 10, born in Alabama
Nancy Ratliff, age 6, born in Alabama
Elizabeth Harris, age 82, born in South Carolina
Census 1866 Blount County, Alabama [4]
- James Brown head of household:
Males age 10 to 20: 1 [James Ratliff?]
Males age 40 to 50: 1 [James Brown]
Females 10 to 20: 1 [Nancy J. Ratliff?]
Females 30 to 40: 1 [?]
Females 50 to 60: 1 [Jane Brown]
Census 8 Aug 1870 Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama [5]
- James Brown, age 53, Farmer, value of real estate - $500, value of personal property - $300, born in Tennessee
Jane Brown, age 52, Keeping house, born in South Carolina, cannot read or write
James Ratliff, age 20, born in Alabama
M.J. Ratliff, age 17, born in Alabama
Census 7 Jun 1880 Ellis County, Texas [6]
- RATLIFF, J.T., age 28, a farmer, male, white, married, born in Alabama
RATLIFF, Nancy E., age 18, wife, born in Texas, mother born in Alabama
RATLIFF, Kate, age 1, daughter born in Texas, father born in Alabama and mother born in Texas
Census 19 Jun 1900 Silo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [7]
- RATLIFF, James, age 48, born April 1852, married ten years, born in Alabama, father born in Alabama, mother born in Virginia.
Census 5 May 1910 Taliferro Township, Marshall County, Oklahoma [8]
- RATLIFF, James T., white, age 60, farmer, married 20 years, born in Alabama, father born in Alabama, mother born in Alabama.
Census 13 Jan 1920 Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma [9]
- James T. Ratliff, head, age 69, born in Alabama, father and mother both born in Alabama; occupation - proprietor of a restuarant
Mary Ratliff, wife, age 49, born in Mississippi, father born in Georgia, mother born in Georgia; occupation - waitress
Lucille Ratliff, daughter, age 19, born in Oklahoma, father born in Alabama, mother born in Mississippi
Otis Ratliff, son, age 13, born in Oklahoma, father born in Alabama, mother born in Mississippi
Charles Weathersby, father-in-law, age 84, born in Georgia, father born in Georgia, mother born in Virginia
Minerva Weathersby, mother-in-law, age 84, born in Georgia, father born in Georgia, mother born in Georgia
Occupation 13 Jan 1920 Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma [9]
restaurant owner Died 10 Dec 1929 Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma [10]
Cause: of Senility and Heart Disease Obituary - James Thomas Ratliff Buried 11 Dec 1929 Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma [10, 11]
Address:
Woodberry-Forest CemeteryPerson ID I92 My Genealogy Last Modified 26 Aug 2015
Father Joshua RATLIFF, b. 1820, Alabama , d. Yes, date unknown
Mother Lucretia HARRIS, b. 1812, South Carolina , d. Bef 15 May 1856 (Age < 44 years)
Married 3 Jan 1841 Blount County, Alabama [12]
- A transcription of the marriage record gives Lucretia's name as "Lucretia Hamp". No one has been able to find any evidence of a "Hamp" marriage, and the evidence seems convincing to me that Lucretia's maiden name was Harris. At this time, I have chosen not to record a prior marriage for Lucretia - it appears she was living with her sister Jane Brown and mother Elizabeth Harris in the 1840 census.
Family ID F41 Group Sheet
Family 1 Nancy E. TAYLOR, b. 1852, Texas , d. 1887 (Age 35 years)
Married 1 Mar 1877 Ellis County, Texas [13]
Children 1. Kate RATLIFF, b. 1879, Texas , d. Yes, date unknown
+ 2. Charles Samuel RATLIFF, b. 30 Apr 1883, Texas , d. 17 Mar 1942, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida
(Age 58 years)
3. Lilly B. RATLIFF, b. 28 Jan 1884, Texas , d. 9 Feb 1955 (Age 71 years)
Last Modified 23 Feb 2016 Family ID F40 Group Sheet
Family 2 Mary Ida WEATHERSBEE, b. 7 Nov 1869, Mississippi , d. 6 Oct 1946, Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma
(Age 76 years)
Married 27 Oct 1889 Ellis County, Texas [14]
Children 1. James Roy RATLIFF, b. 30 Sep 1892, Cornish, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory , d. 1937 (Age 44 years)
+ 2. Gladys RATLIFF, b. 18 Jun 1895, Indian Territory , d. 19 Feb 1952, Brown County, Texas
(Age 56 years)
+ 3. Ray RATLIFF, b. 30 May 1896, Cumberland, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory , d. 28 Nov 1978 (Age 82 years)
+ 4. Lucile RATLIFF, b. 22 Jul 1900, Silo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory , d. 14 Dec 1991, Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma
(Age 91 years)
+ 5. Otis Elbert RATLIFF, b. 7 Aug 1906, Cumberland, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory , d. 6 Feb 1965, Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma
(Age 58 years)
Last Modified 23 Feb 2016 Family ID F35 Group Sheet
- Joshua Ratliff, age 29, Farmer, value of real estate - $150, born in Alabama
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Event Map = Link to Google Maps
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Photos the Ratliff Clan
Documents Marriage Record - James T. Ratliff & Mollie Weathersbee
Death Certificates Death Certificate - James T. Ratliff
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Sources - [S632] Alabama, Blount - 1850 - Joshua Ratliff family.
- [S359] Alabama - 1855 Census.
- [S355] Alabama, Blount - 1860 - James Brown family (Reliability: 3).
- [S2861] Alabama - State Census - Ancestry.com, 26 August 2015; Census entry for James Brown.
{James Brown head of household:
Males age 10 to 20: 1 [James Ratliff?]
Males age 40 to 50: 1 [James Brown]
Females 10 to 20: 1 [Nancy J. Ratliff?]
Females 30 to 40: 1 [?]
Females 50 to 60: 1 [Jane Brown]} - [S356] Alabama, Blount - 1870 - James Brown family, James Brown household, page 316, dwelling 490, family 492 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1901] Texas, Ellis - 1880 - James Ratliff.
{RATLIFF, J.T., age 28, a farmer, male, white, married, born in Alabama
RATLIFF, Nancy E., age 18, wife, born in Texas, mother born in Alabama
RATLIFF, Kate, age 1, daughter born in Texas, father born in Alabama and mother born in Texas} - [S1595] Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation - 1900 - James Ratliff.
- [S1771] Oklahoma, Marshall - 1910 - James T. Ratliff.
- [S1768] Oklahoma, Marshall - 1920 - James T. Ratliff.
{James T. Ratliff, head, age 69, born in Alabama, father and mother both born in Alabama; occupation - proprietor of a restaurant
Mary Ratliff, wife, age 49, born in Mississippi, father born in Georgia, mother born in Georgia; occupation - waitress
Lucille Ratliff, daughter, age 19, born in Oklahoma, father born in Alabama, mother born in Mississippi
Otis Ratliff, son, age 13, born in Oklahoma, father born in Alabama, mother born in Mississippi
Charles Weathersby, father-in-law, age 84, born in Georgia, father born in Georgia, mother born in Virginia
Minerva Weathersby, mother-in-law, age 84, born in Georgia, father born in Georgia, mother born in Georgia} - [S831] Oklahoma Standard Certificate of Death - James T. Ratliff.
- [S301] Oklahoma, Marshall, Madill - online cemetery listings, Entries for Woodberry Forest Cemetery (Reliability: 2).
- [S352] Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920, Entry for Joshua Ratliff and Lucretia Hamp (Reliability: 2).
They were married by a Justice of the Peace. - [S324] Texas, Ellis County - Marriage Records, Marriage Book C, Page 14 (Reliability: 3).
- [S357] Texas, Ellis - Marriages 1887-1900, page 28 (Reliability: 2).
R. T. Ratliff & Mollie Weatheresbee, October 27, 1889.
- [S632] Alabama, Blount - 1850 - Joshua Ratliff family.