Schley County GaArchives Biographies.....Etheridge, William Thomas December 28, 1852 - February 25, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay New mknew@alltel.net March 14, 2006, 11:53 am Author: Kay New William Thomas Ethridge 1852 - 1907 William Thomas Ethridge, a Schley County, Georgia, farmer and Patton Hill constable, was born December 28, 1852, in Macon County, Georgia, and died of pneumonia on February 25, 1907, at his home in Schley County. He was the son of Confederate soldier Green Thomas Ethridge and Sarah E. Pace who married January 18, 1846, in Marion County, Georgia. Green was born about 1820 in Wilkinson County, Georgia, died about 1902 in Schley County, Georgia, and was buried at the Concord United Methodist Church. Sarah, who was born about 1823 in Georgia, was the daughter of William Pace and Martha Hixon. Her date of death is unknown, but she died before 1880. William married Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Murray, the eldest daughter of farmer and Justice of the Peace Stephen Murray and Harriet Lightner, on January 3, 1877. Martha was born April 3, 1958, in Schley County and died August 22, 1897. Both she and William were buried at Concord United Methodist Church. They raised their family in the 946th militia district known as Patton Hill or Nubbin Hill. He and Martha had a large family of ten children: Aeolia Virginia (Sept. 1878 – 1958), Cora (1881 – 1911), Stephen Murray “Tebe” (April 30, 1882 – June 4, 1957), Donie Bell (Jan. 8, 1884 – July 6, 1885), Mariwyl (March 1886 – May 1976), Seaborn Jackson “Sebe”(March 21, 1888 – 1963), Howard Walker (April 1890 – 1951), Thomas Watson “Watts” (April 1892 – Unknown), Joe Mattie (April 17, 1894 – Aug. 29, 1897), Rupert Merlee (May 21, 1896 – March 31, 1979). Eight of the ten children lived to adulthood. Two of the sisters were married to Fred D. Lawhorn. His first wife was Cora. After Cora’s death, Mariwyl married Fred. Stephen Murray “Tebe” Etheredge was the only son who stayed to farm in Schley County. He purchased the family farm. He and brother-in-law Rufe Murray were executors for the William T. Ethridge estate. After his father’s death, he applied to be his sister Merlee’s guardian. Tebe was on the county’s board of commissioners for years. (The spelling of the family named changed, but the reason for the change is unknown.) Aeolia, the oldest daughter, helped to raise her younger siblings after their mother died. Aeolia married David Rufus “Rufe” Murray who was a farmer in Patton Hill and who served as the Patton Hill Justice of the Peace for 35 years. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/bios/etheridg76nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb