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From: "Joyce G. Reece" <>
Subject: Re: [MONTANA] ledford & Stuart
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:16:50 -0400
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Catherine Carey is Bell's mother...widowed wife of Hamilton Carey. William
J. is nephew to Jim via his first wife Matilda Brown whose sibling m. a
Stuart....child of John A.


Joyce Gaston Reece

----- Original Message -----
From: "JEANINE" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MONTANA] ledford & Stuart


> On the 1900 census for Butte Ward 7, Silver Bow, MT it states:
> Belle Ledford b. April 1857, UT, m. 1890, mother b. IA, Belle is mother 1
> child still living
>
> Maude Moore is a step-daughter to head of household, b. June 1879 UT, says
> her mother is b. IA but that conflicts with what was given for Belle as
> above.
>
> Catherine CAERY or CARRY is the mother of head of household, b. July 1826
> IA, both parents b. IA
>
> Wm J. Steward b. TN Dec 1872, is the nephew of James Ledford, b. Dec 1872
> TN; both parents b. GA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joyce G. Reece
> To: ;
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:24 AM
> Subject: [MONTANA] ledford & Stuart
>
>
>
> We are searching for descendents of J.T. Stuart who died in Butte
> sometime
> in the early 1900's. He was originally from Fannin Co. GA and the child
> of
> John A. Stuart. He migrated to Butte, via Leadville Colorado, in 1878.
> He
> was a farmer but also worked with the Ledfords in the mining industry.
> The
> "J" is for John or, possibly, Joseph. They are related to the
> descendents
> of Isaac Edwards of Polk Co., TN.....namely Burgess Alonzo Edwards.
>
> Also looking for descendents of James Edward Ledford. Jim was born 1848
> in
> either Cherokee Co., NC or Fannin Co., GA. He worked in the copper mines
> of
> Polk Co., TN from a very early age. He, too, migrated to Butte via
> Leadville. His wife was Matilda Brown. They married in 1866. She had
> died
> by 1890 since he remarried Belle Carey/Moore. His children were Myra
> Ledford/ Hughes/ Broaddus who died in CA.; John E. who resided in
> Oklahoma
> in 1928; Benjamin who m. Wilahminea [sic] Haven and resided in LA, CA in
> the
> early 1900's; Maude Moore / Storms was his step-dtr. She m. James
> Storms
> who died in Butte 1928. James Ledford died in Butte in 1928 as a result
> of
> a shooting in his merchantile.
>
> Looking for descendents of the brother of James E. Ledford. His name was
> William Lafayette Ledford. WL was born 1846 same place as Jim. He m.
> Mary
> Jane Galloway who died 1887 then m. Catherine Hodges. He moved back here
> to
> Bradley Co., TN in 1895. His son John E. stayed there to move to
> Goldfield
> NEV where he died. We think another son Thomas possibly stayed there.
> He
> is the one we are looking for.
>
>
> Joyce Gaston Reece
>
>
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