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Descendants of John Conway - June 24, 2003

317. ALMARA LURLINE⁶ WILDER (ANNIE ELIZABETH⁵ GROUND, ROBERT⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 24 May 1894 in Center, Shelby Co, TX, and died Unknown in res Andrews, TX 1923. She married CARL SEALEY 25 Apr 1920 in Alto, TX. He was born Abt. 1890, and died Unknown.

Child of ALMARA WILDER and CARL SEALEY is:

BUFORD GALE⁷ SEALEY, b. Private.

318. LETCHER LEE⁶ GROUND (ROBERT LETCHER⁵, ROBERT⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 20 Jul 1905 in "Shorty" b. Riverside, Okanogan Co, WA, and died Abt. 1975 in Conconcully, Okanogan Co, WA. He married CASSIE MATHENY 13 Mar 1933 in Colville, Stevens Co, WA. She was born Unknown, and died 23 Mar 1986 in Spokane, WA.

Notes for LETCHER LEE GROUND:
Letcher Lee Ground lived in the Omak -- Okanogan area until 1932 when he went to Coulee Dam. He was the first man to light a welder's torch on construction on the Grand Coulee Dam. He married Cassie Matheny in 1933 in Colville, Washington, and in 1943, he went to Alaska, returned, and lived in Connell, Washington from 1940 until 1961, when he returned to Alaska and lived 10 years.

Letcher Lee died in an auto accident at age 70 when his car failed to negotiate a curve near Conconully, Washington. State Patrol officers at the time were uncertain whether the cause of death was the accident or other health problems. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Othello, Moose Lodge of Grand Coulee, and the IOOF Lodge of Okanogan.

Cassie died in 1986. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Connell, Washington.

Child of LETCHER GROUND and CASSIE MATHENY is:

566.

CARLA LEE⁷ GROUND, b. 02 Mar 1940, res Spokane WA 1987; d. Aft. 1987, attended Ground family reunion Meade WA 1987.

319. EDWARD ESTEL⁶ GROUND (ROBERT LETCHER⁵, ROBERT⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 14 Mar 1908 in "Ed" b. Riverside, WA, and died 19 Aug 1993 in Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula Co, AK. He married LILLIAN VIRGINIA GLEESON 25 Sep 1944 in Seattle, King Co, WA. She was born Unknown in "Pat" b. Renton, WA, and died Aft. 1993 in res Anchorage, AK 1993.

Notes for EDWARD ESTEL GROUND:
Edward E. Ground lived several places in Alaska, and Klammath Falls, Oregon.

The Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska, 22 Aug 1993

Longtime Cooper Landing resident, E. Edward "Ed" Ground, 85, died Aug. 19 at the Anchorage Pioneers Home.

Mr. Ground was born March 14,1908, Riverside, Washington, to Robert and Versalue Ground. He attended grade school in Pine Creek, Washington, and high school in Omak, Washington.

Mr. Ground served in the Marine Corps during the Nicaraguan campaign before moving to Alaska in 1942.

He worked in construction in Kodiak, Excursion Inlet and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, then with the Alaska Railroad, from which he retired. On September 25, 1944, Mr. Ground married Virginia "Pat" Gleeson of Renton, Washington. They owned and operated the Kenai Bakery in Seward. In 1948, Mr. Ground returned to work for the Alaska Railroad.

Mr. Ground graduated in 1959 from Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with a degree in gunsmithing, which he used to enhance his love of hunting.

His family said, "He is a pioneer of territorial Alaska, and it was the efforts of Ed Ground and others like him that formed the foundation for the state of Alaska."

Mr. Ground was a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard in the 1940s. He was also a member of the Pioneers of Alaska Iglooo No. 9 in Seward and served as king in 1986, with his wife serving as queen. He was a 32nd Degree Mason with Crater Lake Masonic Lodge No. 211 in Klamath Falls, and the Consistry in Juneau. He also was a member of Elks Lodge No. 1442 in Seward.

Mr. Ground is survived by his wife Pat of Anchorage, his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Diana of Juneau, his daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Gary Mitchell of Anchorage, and two grandchildren, Kristen and Kevin Mitchell of Anchorage.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Letcher "Shorty" Ground.

Children of EDWARD GROUND and LILLIAN GLEESON are:

	i.		ROBERT E.⁷ GROUND, b. 15 Jun 1946, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Co, AK; d. Unknown, res Juneau, AK 1993; m. DIANA BENNETT, Private; b. Private.
567.	ii.		JANET PATRICIA GROUND, b. Private.

320. LAURA ETHEL⁶ GROUND (LUTHER⁵, WILLIAM⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 14 Jan 1884 in "Ethel" b. Warren Co, KY, and died 1980 in Louisville, KY. She married THOMAS G. JACKSON 03 Apr 1904, son of TOM JACKSON and MATTIE ... He was born 18 Jan 1882 in Allen Co, KY, and died 14 Nov 1965 in killed in a plane crash; res Louisville, KY.

Children of LAURA GROUND and THOMAS JACKSON are:

	i.	CARLOS⁷ JACKSON, b. 22 May 1905; d. 13 Jun 1905, Warren Co, KY, bd. Ground Plot, Three Forks, Warren Co, KY.
568.	ii.	WAYNE OVILLA JACKSON, b. 19 Sep 1906; d. 02 Aug 1996, Vine Grove, KY; bd. Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Vine Grove, KY.
	iii.	MARY LILLIAN JACKSON, b. Private.
569.	iv.	LORA MAE JACKSON, b. Private.
570.	v.	BENNETT LEE JACKSON, b. 13 Feb 1913, Scottsville, KY; Col., US Army, WWII & Korea; d. 14 Nov 1965, killed in a plane crash.

321. MAMIE EDNA⁶ GROUND (LUTHER⁵, WILLIAM⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 12 Jul 1890 in Warren Co, KY; Army Nurse Corps, 1918-1919, and died 04 Nov 1984 in Knoxville, TN. She married OSCAR DALY HAYS 12 Jul 1924, son of RICHARD HAYS and JEANETTE ... He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for MAMIE EDNA GROUND:
Tribute in Ground Family Newsletter, January, 1985, written by Margaret Nevin:

"Mamie Edna Ground, born July 12, 1890 at our 'home place,' Three Forks, Warren County, Kentucky, died November 4, 1984 in Knoxville, Tennessee. We are all saddened by her death. Mamie did more to pull our family together with her years of research, thousands of letters to all parts of the world and gentle encouragement to those who followed her, than anyone I know. I sit looking at a faded photograph of Mamie, taken at Camp Pike, Arkansas in 1918, 'Mamie G. Hays, Army Nurse.' I realize that even though I never met her, I will miss her. First, she represents one of the last living contacts I have with my grandmother, Roberta. Second, she represents the beginning of the now massive amount of research done in the family. Third, she came from a disappearing generation which suffered much, complained little, and made our world as it is. She saw the first telephone, first automobile, first airplanes, and countless other 'firsts' in the world. She is the bit of lace you've saved in the cedar chest for years, the yellow faded photo, the grandmother you miss. She is gone from us, but she will live forever in our hearts."

Warren County, Kentucky Families p. 123
R. Bruce Ground
"Mamie Edna Ground married Oscar Hays and had one child, Douglas. She was an Army nurse and her interest in genealogy provided a link between generations. She lived at the Downtown Hotel in Bowling Green for several years and cut a striking figure in her cape and hat."

Child of MAMIE GROUND and OSCAR HAYS is:

571.

DOUGLAS OSCAR⁷ HAYS, b. 06 Sep 1926, Bowling Green, Warren Co, KY; d. Unknown, res Knoxville, TN.

322. EDGAR ROBERT⁶ GROUND (LUTHER⁵, WILLIAM⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 14 Dec 1893 in Warren Co, KY ⁵³, and died 25 Jan 1962 in Warren Co, KY. He married MAGGIE MOULDER 10 Sep 1914 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, daughter of JACOB MOULDER and ELIZABETH BRUNSON. She was born 04 Jul 1899, and died 18 Sep 1983 ⁵⁴.

Notes for EDGAR ROBERT GROUND:
Letter from Edna Ruth Ground Lemmon to Anna Moulder Grinstead:

"On this dark, rainy day, May 19th 1981, I'm going to tell you about the romance of Mom (Maggie Moulder) and Dad (Edgar Robert Ground). As you know they had always lived on adjoining farms, so it wasn't far across the field for Dad to go courting. But listen to this, if he wasn't back home by 8:00 at night, Granny (Eliza Barsheba Beckham Ground) went after him and said if V. Moulder couldn't send him home at bedtime, she would go get him and I don't imagine my dad took too kindly to that. Do you?

"I guess the most exciting thing that happened during this courtship was when dad got his finger cut off in a corn shredder on the Edd Beck farm at Smiths Grove, Pleas Ground, dad's cousin, the bearer of all news, both good and bad came to tell her and she couldn't believe it. Walter Parker came to see him, at the sight of the mangled hand and all the blood he fainted.

"The week before they got married Mom went to visit Uncle Jeems and Aunt Daisy Underhill in Bowling Green, Ky. From there they boarded a train in Bowling Green and went to Gallatin, Tenn. in Sumner County and were married in the court house there by a Justice of Peace. Dad lost the marriage liscense (sic) and Mom never did see it till a couple of years ago Clifford sent for a copy and sure enough they were legally married as I had thought all along. Mom was a child bride -- 15 yrs, 2 mo. and 6 days old. Dad was 20 yrs., 8 months and 10 days old. She had a beautiful blue satin wedding dress made by her cousin, Lattie Brunson Robinson; she said dad nevr liked it because it was a "hobble skirt" and you could only take one step at a time and he was never one to poke around. They got the train in Gallatin and came to Scottsville, Ky. to Uncle Tom and Aunt Ethel Jackson's (Ethel was E. R. Ground's sister) for their honeymoon. Mom said she never was as homesick in her life; I guess she thought she was a long ways from home, about 20 mil. and a half hour drive nowadays. Granny and Aunt Mamie were there and I bet Aunt Ethel had a mighty good supper for them.

"Uncle Tom hired a double rigged hack at the livery stable to bring them home along with Granny and Aunt Mamie and I know Uncle Tom was glad to bring thm for grandma had a big wedding supper for them. I dont' know who all was there but I know Uncle Franks' were because Daisy Moulder Phillips has told me many times what a 'good slapping' Aunt Bessie gave her because she wouldn't sit still for her to comb her hair before they went.

"They went to live with Granny in the old log house and about two years later I came along and was born in the 'old log house' from there on you have the rest..."

Reprinted in Ground-Grounds Family Assocation Newsletter, Volume IX, Number 3, page 8.

Children of EDGAR GROUND and MAGGIE MOULDER are:

	i.		EDNA RUTH⁷ GROUND, b. 25 Jan 1916; d. Unknown, res Indianapolis, IN; Attended Ground Family Reunion September 1991; m. CLIFFORD LEMMON, Private; b. Private.
	ii.		NOVIS DEAN GROUND, b. 30 Jul 1918, Res Indianapolis, IN; d. Aft. Sep 1991, res Indianapolis, IN; Attended Ground Family Reunion September 1991; m. WILLIAM ELZIE JONES, Unknown, No children; b. Abt. 1919, "Elzie" b. Oakland, KY; d. 26 Aug 1989, age 70; Beech Grove, IN.

Notes for WILLIAM ELZIE JONES:
Obituary: Native of Oakland, Kentucky. A retired tool and die salesman for W. S. DeMoss Tool & Die Co., member of Oakland Baptist Church, Southport Masonic Lodge No. 270, Murate Shrine, and the Scottish Rites. Funeral at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, 20 Aug 1989 at G. H. Herrmann Funeral Home, burial in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.

Elzie Jones died of Leukemia.

iii.

PEARL VIOLET GROUND, b. Private; m. WALTER JONES, Private; b. Abt. 1914, "Red" or "Jiggs"; d. 07 Dec 1986, age 72 Indianapolis, IN.

Notes for WALTER JONES:
Joanna Mills Burton says that her "Uncle Jiggs" was buried on her birthday.

572.	iv.	ROY V. GROUND, b. 19 Aug 1922; d. Unknown, Attended Ground Family Reunion September 1991.
573.	v.	JUANITA JEAN GROUND, b. 19 Apr 1928; d. Unknown, Attended Ground Family Reunion September 1991.
574.	vi.	DONALD LEE GROUND, b. 26 Feb 1932; d. 15 Jan 1997, Warren Co, KY.
575.	vii.	CHARLES ARLIS GROUND, b. Private.
	viii.	DAVID ROBERT GROUND, b. Private.

323. ANNIE MAY⁶ GROUND (ROBERT⁵, WILLIAM⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 20 Jun 1884 in Warren Co, KY, and died 28 Apr 1925 in Warren Co, KY. She married WRIGHT BROWN Unknown, son of WILLIAM BROWN and WINNIE. He was born 02 Feb 1878 in or Carl?, and died Unknown.

Children of ANNIE GROUND and WRIGHT BROWN are:

	i.	WINNIE MAE⁷ BROWN, b. 17 Apr 1904; d. 13 Oct 1905, Warren Co, KY.
	ii.	WILLIE ROBERT BROWN, b. 16 Oct 1907; d. Unknown, res Indianapolis, IN.
576.	iii.	OPAL BROWN, b. 09 Aug 1909; d. Abt. 1990, Warren Co, KY.
	iv.	ORA BROWN, b. 04 Apr 1911; d. Unknown, res RR 1, Park City, KY; m. ORVAL BARRICK, Private; b. Private.
577.	v.	RILDA POCA BROWN, b. 21 Oct 1913; d. 09 May 1987.
	vi.	ED BROWN, b. 02 Feb 1916; d. Unknown, res 2025 Sharon Av., Indianapolis, IN.
	vii.	MAMIE GANELLE BROWN, b. 09 Sep 1917; d. Aft. 1990, res RR1, Oakland, KY; res Bowling Green 1990; m. (1) EARL G. BRATTEN, Private; b. Private; m. (2) .. HUDSON, Private; b. Private.
	viii.	ETTA BROWN, b. Private.
	ix.	ELLEN BROWN, b. 05 Oct 1920, unmarried; d. Aft. 1990, res 525 Bell St, Indianapolis, IN.
	x.	CARL BROWN, b. 07 Jul 1922; d. 03 Aug 1922, Warren Co, KY, bd. Ground Plot, Three Forks, Warren Co, KY.
	xi.	CLARENCE EDWIN BROWN, b. Private.

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