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Descendants of Edward Ground - August 2006

213. ELIZABETH AGNES⁷ WOLCOTT (ELIZABETH GOODNIGHT⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 20 Dec 1878 in Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX, and died 03 Feb 1968 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX. She married SAMUEL OMAR GOLLADAY Abt. 1900. He was born 15 Oct 1871 in Shenandoah Co, VA, and died 17 Oct 1966 in Midland, Midland Co, TX.

Children of ELIZABETH WOLCOTT and SAMUEL GOLLADAY are:

	i.	MARIA CHRISTENE⁸ GOLLADAY, b. 25 Oct 1902, Chiapas, Mexico; d. 10 Jan 1985, Midland, Midland Co, TX.
447.	ii.	BENJAMIN WASHINGTON GOLLADAY, b. 15 Jan 1905, Chiapas, Mexico; d. 23 Oct 1993, Midland, Midland Co, TX.
448.	iii.	THOMAS ALDEN GOLLADAY, b. 22 Apr 1908, Tobacco, Mexico; d. 09 Aug 1998, Lake Jackson, Brazoria Co, TX.
449.	iv.	BETTIE RUTH GOLLADAY, b. 03 Sep 1916, Midland, Midland Co, TX; d. 20 Aug 1976, Hart, Castro Co, TX.

214. ALMIRA LOUVENIA⁷ WOLCOTT (ELIZABETH GOODNIGHT⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 12 Mar 1883 in "Allie" b. Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX, and died 04 Oct 1964 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co, TX. She married (1) WILLIAM PINKNEY SIMS 26 Nov 1912 in Waxahatchie, Ellis Co, TX. He was born 25 Mar 1864 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co, TX, and died 21 Sep 1928 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co, TX. She married (2) JAMES ERVING COOPER 24 Nov 1953 in Ellis Co, TX. He was born Bet. 1875 - 1885, and died Oct 1957 in Ellis Co, TX.

Children of ALMIRA WOLCOTT and WILLIAM SIMS are:

450.	i.		WILLIAM PINKNEY⁸ SIMS, JR., b. Private.
451.	ii.		COLEMAN WOLCOTT SIMS, b. Private.

215. HENRY LESTER⁷ GROUND (WILLIAM HARRISON⁶, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 01 Jun 1881 in "Jud" b. Texas, and died 13 Nov 1913 in Vernon, Archer Co, TX. He married LOUISE MELUGIN Unknown, daughter of SIM MELUGIN. She was born Abt. 1889 in Texas, and died Unknown.

Notes for HENRY LESTER GROUND:
The Archer Dispatch, Friday, November 21, 1913

Jud Ground was accidentally killed when a horse fell on him while he was rounding up and branding on the Waggoner ranch twenty miles southof Vernon last Saturday, November 15, 1913 and the body was interred in the cemetery here Monday afternoon. He is survived by a wife and one child.

For the past month Jud had been working for Waggoner in the vicinity of Vernon and on the fatal Saturday was assisting the other boys in rounding up and branding calves when a calf ran under his horse and threw it, the man, and the calf falling in one jumbled pile. In the fall, Jud was injured so badly that he was unconscious when the others came to him and aside from opening his eyes onec, he never showed any signs of regaining consciousness. The accident happened about two o'clock and he lived until that night. Covington of this place was working with him at the time and stayed all the time until the end.

His body was placed in a wagon and they started to Vernon with it Saturday night, but it rained so much that they had to stop and wait for daylight, arriving in Vernon about 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Arriving there the body was embalmed and prepared for shipment on the noon Denver train. Ed Turner, cowboss, and R. L. Moore, bookkeeper for the Waggoner ranch, paid all the expense incident to shipping the body to this place.

His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ground and sister, Miss Mary Ground of Lelia Lake, and Mrs. J. S. Hayter and husband of Clarendon, had been notified and came to Vernon on the Denver and finding the body ready for shipment, came on with it from Vernon to this place. J. S. Melugin, Jud's brother-in-law, met them at Whichita Falls and escorted them to this city.

Funeral services were conducted at his residence here Monday at two p.m. by Rev. J. W. Beck and the order of the Woodmen of the World. Relatives present from other places were E. H. Dodson, an uncle, of Dodsonville, Rolla Fisher, a cousin, of Wellington, J. R. Blessing, Wellington, J. M. Hayter and wife, Megargtel, John Ground and family of the north side of the county.

Mrs. Lois Ground, the widow, and little daughter, Madeline, left Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ground for their home at Lelia Lake where she will stay for some time.

Nothing that has happened in recent years has cast such a shadow of gloom ove the entire community as this sad accident. Jud was well and favorably known to almost every man in the county and his sudden demise made all the more difficult the task of losing his companionship. Perhaps all themore because of his close association with Mr. Melugin of the Dispatch force, our hearts go out in the tenderest sympathy for the bereaved wife and innocent daughter whose heart has yet to learn the sadness of the loss of a loving father.

May the choicest blessings of an all wise and ever kind Heavenly Father abide with them though this hour of sore trial and deep sorrow and guide, guard and comfort them so long as life itself shall last.

Child of HENRY GROUND and LOUISE MELUGIN is:

MADELINE⁸ GROUND, b. Private.

216. JEHU BOYETT⁷ WILDER (ANNIE ELIZABETH⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 06 Jul 1876 in Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX, and died 09 Jul 1954 in res Dallas, TX 1923; 2602 Gladstone Dr.. He married IDA MATTIE RAPE 21 Dec 1900 in Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX, daughter of WILLIAM RAPE and MARGARET BRYSON. She was born May 1880 in Dallas Co, TX, and died Unknown.

Children of JEHU WILDER and IDA RAPE are:

452.	i.		THEODORE CORNELIUS⁸ WILDER, b. Abt. 1901, Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX; d. Unknown, res Lancaster, TX.
	ii.		WILLIE ALETHA WILDER, b. 12 Feb 1903; d. 07 Feb 1949, Dallas, Dallas Co, TX; m. C. B. LEMON, Unknown; b. Abt. 1900; d. Unknown.

217. BIRDIE PEARL⁷ WILDER (ANNIE ELIZABETH⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 03 Jun 1880 in Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX, and died 25 Dec 1970 in Houston, Harris Co, TX; bd. Houston, TX. She married THOMAS HOLLY WEAVER 03 Jun 1903 in Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX, son of WILLIAM WEAVER and AMANDA HAWKINS. He was born 29 Jun 1869 in Woodville, Tyler Co, TX, and died 12 Jun 1958 in Houston, Harris Co, TX; bd. Jonesville Cemetery, nr Huntington, Angelina Co, TX.

Children of BIRDIE WILDER and THOMAS WEAVER are:

453.	i.	WAYNE⁸ WEAVER, b. 05 Mar 1905, Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX; d. 29 Oct 1954, Houston, Harris Co, TX.
	ii.	INFANT WEAVER, b. Private.
	iii.	THEODORE JACKSON WEAVER, b. 02 Sep 1908, "Jack" b. Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX; d. Unknown; m. LUCILLE EDDINGS, Private; b. Private.
	iv.	ANNIE LAURIE WEAVER, b. 29 Feb 1916, Alto, Cherokee Co, TX; d. Unknown, unmarried.
	v.	HOLLY MAXINE WEAVER, b. Private; m. OSCAR BUNYAN WILLIAMSON, Private; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

218. THEODORE CORNELIUS⁷ WILDER, JR. (ANNIE ELIZABETH⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 09 Oct 1882 in Hamilton, TX, and died 17 Oct 1952 in Beaumont, TX. He married VIRGINIA AHERNS 20 Mar 1912 in New Orleans, LA. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Child of THEODORE WILDER and VIRGINIA AHERNS is:

VIRGINIA AHERNS⁸ WILDER, b. Private.

219. ANNIE ATWOOD⁷ WILDER (ANNIE ELIZABETH⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) was born 25 Jul 1889 in Joaquin, Shelby Co, TX, and died Bet. 1982 - 1983 in res Abilene, 1944. She married ROBERT M. MEANS 28 Jun 1916 in Andrews, Andrews Co, TX. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Children of ANNIE WILDER and ROBERT MEANS are:

	i.	MARJORIE ANN⁸ MEANS, b. Private; m. J. B. BOLES, Private; b. Private.
454.	ii.	MARY BOB MEANS, b. Private.
	iii.	INFANT MEANS, b. Private.

220. ALMARA LURLINE⁷ WILDER (ANNIE ELIZABETH⁶ GROUND, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) 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 GALE⁸ SEALEY, b. Private.

221. LETCHER LEE⁷ GROUND (ROBERT LETCHER⁶, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) 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:

455.

CARLA LEE⁸ GROUND, b. 02 Mar 1940, res Spokane WA 1987; d. Aft. 1987, attended Ground family reunion Meade WA 1987.

222. EDWARD ESTEL⁷ GROUND (ROBERT LETCHER⁶, ROBERT⁵, ROBERT⁴, ROBERT³, EDWARD², ROBERT¹) 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.⁸ GROUND, b. 15 Jun 1946, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Co, AK; d. Unknown, res Juneau, AK 1993; m. DIANA BENNETT, Private; b. Private.
456.	ii.		JANET PATRICIA GROUND, b. Private.

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