The Family of Boaz Aday
1790 Tennessee - 1851 Taney Co. MO
Boaz Aday b. abt. 170 Tenn. (census 1850 Taney Co. Mo. -listed as Doctor) d. 09/13/1851
First Wife Name UnknownCHILDREN
Boaz Aday
1. Almira Allen 12/19/1813
2. Fanny Miriah 05/24/1816
3. John Westly 03/18/1818
4. Jimima Elizabeth 05/05/1820
5. Martha Emily 06/02/1822
6. Minerva Le? 05/16/1825
7. Henrieta matilda 01/14/1828
8. William Ballard Davenport Aday 06/22/1831 in Lawrenceburg TennesseeSource: Personal interview with Edgar Hulse and From his book The Ozarks Past and Present available from the Gelena Mo. Library.
married 2nd
Martha (Patsy) Williamsb. 03/05/1807 NC d. 05/20/1882 Carroll CO. Ar. probably burried High Cemt.dau/of William & Sarah Williams both born NC (were in Montgomery Co. NC & Carroll Co. Tenn. before coming to the Ozarks)
CHILDREN:
1. William Green Harrison Aday b. 04/23/1841- d. 05/06/1913
mar. 1st Amanda Jane Walters
mar. 2nd Harrett Sweatman
2. Isaac M. P. Aday b. 1845 ARk. d. 04/14/1865 Cassville Mo (Martha Aday drew a pension on her sons war service) Co. H. 15 Mo. Cav.
3. M. J. (Mary Jane) Aday b. 1850 - d. before 1860 censusNOTES: on the 1850 Taney Co. census there is another child listed as S. (Sarah Aday) b. 1832 Tenn. I do not believe this is Boaz Adays child and have no information of a prior marriage for Martha Williams, however, W. G. H. Aday states is his pension file tha Sarah Aday is his sister.
Boaz Aday left Tenn. sometime after William B. Aday was born in 1831 in Lawrencebrug, Lawrence Co. Tenn., came to the Ozarks and married Martha Williams or married her in Tenn. before he came to the Ozarks.Census records:
1830 Giles Co. Tenn
Boras Aidy pg 189
male 40-50
female 40-50
male 30-40
female 15-20
female 5-10
felame 5-10
female -5
Also Parker Ady pg 186
Tally Aidy pg 168
Bones Sidy pg 169
male 15-20
female 15-20
female 15-20
female 10-15
male 5-10
Found no 1840 census listing for Boaz Aday - 1850 census in Taney Co. Mo.William Green Harrison Aday b. 04/23/1841- d. 05/06/1913
mar. 1st Amanda Jane Walters b. 01/02/1843 c. 02/18/1897 probably burried High Cemt.
CHILDREN:
1. John. b. 01/15/1861 d. 1929 burried Rockhouse Cemt. near Eureka Springs, ARk
Mar. 1. Mary Adelaid Hulse 06/02/1881 div. 07/25/1901
Married 2. Tempie Williams dau of David and Elizabeth Bilyeu Williams
2. William Riley 1863-1864
3. James Isaac 03/18/1863-died OK
Mar. 1 Vica Jane Truitt 01/23/1883
Mar. 2 Sarah Gwaltney 12/23/1889
4. Mary Anna (Polly) 09/03/1868-08/20/1958
Mar. Edgar Conklin Hulse 01/28/1889
5. Martha Alice 11/20/1871-05/27/1958 burried High Cemt.
Mar. 1. W. B. Witherspoon 12/13/1898
Mar. 2. J. W. Norris 02/25/1835
6. Martin Westley 04/21/1877-12/27/1963
Mar. 1. C. E. Lesley
Mar. 2. Joanna Vann
7. Sarah Hawood 04/20/1871
Mar. 1. Clairborne Swafford 03/07/1889
Mar. 2. Scully
8. Alfred Lester 06/28/1883-Died Ok
Mar. 1. Maude McGary 05/26/1905 divorcedNOTES: Amanda Jane Walters had a brother named John. Mrs. states that a letter in the WGH Aday pension file asks for info on John Walters, brother of my mother. signed Sadie Scully. Sadie is Saha Hawood Aday living with her father on census Stone Co. 1900. She had children James Green Swafford (1890-1944), burried close to WGH Aday in High Cemtery, Harvey Swafford (1893). I have a pension file for William G. H. Aday but not this letter. Edgar Hulse said that WGH Aday was called Billy, and that sometimes was a barber.
William Green Harrison Aday
mar. 2nd Harrett Sweatman b. 01/16/1871 died before Dec. 1953 in California
John Aday b. 01/15/1861 died 1929
married 09/10/1899 Carroll Co. ARkCHILDREN:
1. Dollie Mae Leona 02/28/1901
2. Ira Dennis 08/11/1909
Source: Edgar Hulse, County Marriage Records, census records and descendant of Dollie Aday.
Harriett was the widow of George W. Smith wo died 05/15/1898. She had a dau. Nancy A. Smith and Son James G. Smith. On 1910 Stone Co. Census this Nancy Smith is living with Billy Aday and family. She had children Laura 6 yrs, James A. 3 yrs., and Troy 2 yrs. Harriett, Dollie and Ira Dennis all moved to Calif. after Billy Aday’s death.
Mar. 1. Mary Adelaid Hulse b. 1861 divorced 1904
John AdayCHILDREN:
1. Louis mar. Ozie Ross
--- Eddie, Otis, Nelson, May, Fay, Kenneth, Raymond, Hazel
2. Wlater P. Aday 1882 Stone Co. Mo Mar. Lizzie Ross 09/21/1903
--- (father of William Aday listed on Cherokee Rolls. Lizzie Ross was 1/32 Cherokee roll # 2693, Willuam Aday their son was roll # 1399, have copy of William Aday’s enrollment.) and also, Claira, Elmer, Carmon, Alta, Merrill
3. Cecil Eugene (Genie) mar. Lou Belle Gray
--- Effie, Sheridan, Robert, Opal, Lavona
4. Maudie mar Willie Garmer
--- Nellie, Thomas, Edgar, Gladys, Adelaide, Dorthy
Mar. 2. Tempie Williams b. 01/03/1979 died about 1960 Sacramento Calif.
married 10/17/1904 divorced 1923 (Tempie married Ben Pinkley 1923 - no children)
CHILDREN:1. Vinnie 04/01/1908 died in California
mar. Sherman Houston
2. Marvin 03/23/1911 died in California never married
3. Willis 1914-02/08/1965 Dixon Ca
Mar. Louise Jackson 03/23/1933 5 children
4. Margaret 1915 still living in Rogers ARk.
mar. Jack Fanning 09/17/1933
children, Lloyd, Tommy, Betty ( unmarried and lives with her mother) , Mary Jane (Crews), Lonnie.
5. George Washington 04/01/1916 died 1989 Pheonix
mar. Pearl Alice McLain 06/18/1940 (1920-1965)
6. June Arletha 04/08/1920-11/18/1984 lived in CA around Sacramento, I think
Mar. 1. Cecil Houston 03/25/1935
Mar. 2. Albert Gracie Marroquin 1962
have genealogy of Arletha’s childrenGeorge Washington Aday 1916-1989
married Pearl Alice McLain (1920-1965) dau. of Henry McLain & Florence Dewey
Powell - 1700 to Present - Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansasmar. 06/18/1940
CHILDREN:
1. Georgine 1941 died 1941 Dixon Ca
2. Conda Jane 1942 married Gary Mayder
3. Wanda Faye 1943 married Richard Smith - one child Julie Smith
4. Viola Louise 1945-1946 Green Forest AR
5. George Henry Aday 1947 Bakersfield CA mar. Fleta Powell, 2 sons Gregory and George Jr. and one beautiful grandson Steven Lane Aday born Nov. 12 1995
6. Robert Lee 1960-10/24/1969 while serving in Vietnam burried Santa Barbara CA
7. Leroy Dean 1960 married Sallie Potter no children
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Gaddy - 1700 to Present - North Carlinia, Tennessee, Arkansas
Aday - 1700 to Present - Tennessee, Arkansas
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