Regarding Walter F. Rearden and Lula Turner Rearden, I have Walter listed in the census as a cousin to David Thomas Hill. I also have Luellah Pardue married to Alonzo Rearden in my family records. Luellah was a cousin to David Thomas Hill's mother, Lucinda Pardue Goldman. Possible Deduction: Walter was the son of Luellah and Alonzo Rearden. Does anyone know for sure? Mike, please email me directly. Carol > [Original Message] > From: Lee and Billie Jones <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 11/17/2004 5:44:39 PM > Subject: Re: Lula Turner, wife of W.F. Rearden + Powell connection > > Dear Mike, > > You wrote: "I do however have a question, if you can help me with it. Do you > have any idea of just WHO a Geneva Bledsoe Turner, b: May 28, 1892 d: Dec. 6, > 1970 ?? She is buried next to Jessie Ransom Bledsoe and his wife Georgia > Turner." > --------------------------------------------------------- > > I connect her to the following family based on the following obit of Douglas > Bledsoe found in the Scrapbook of pictures and obits kept by Ella Ruth Hazel > Trotter (1905-1963), d/o John Henry & Jamesanna Timmerman Hazel, (Copy > provided by Betty Trotter, May 2004), > > Obituary of Douglas Bledsoe, 54 of Johnston. > Douglas Bledsoe, 54, died Sunday night at Self Memorial Hospital in > Greenwood. He had been in declining health for several years and seriously ill > a few hours. > Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Agnes P. Bledsoe; three daughters, Miss > Georgia Mae Bledsoe of Greenwood, Mrs. Arnette Bledsoe Holmes of Edgefield, > and Miss Elise Bledsoe of the home; four sons, Everette, D. P., Marion*, and > Dwight Bledsoe, all of the home; one grandson, Michael Holmes of Edgefield; > one sister **Mrs. Geneva Turner of Greenwood; five brothers, Gordon B. Bledsoe > of Akron, OH, Elzie T. Bledsoe of Saluda, Willie W. Bledsoe of Saluda, Allie > Bledsoe of Saluda, and Otis Bledsoe of Johnston and a number of nieces and > nephews. > Funeral services will be conducted from Rocky Creek Baptist Church at 4 pm > Tuesday by tyhe Rev. martin Willie, assisted by the Rev. James Wright. > Interment will be in the church cemetery. > > No date nor name of newspaper is on the obit, but the following cem. records > gives his date of death and also assignes info. on his wife and a probable son: > > Bledsoe, Douglas Jan 13 1904 Mar 6 1960 > Bledsoe, Agnes P. Sep 24 1906 Jan 21 1995 HC Ouzts identifies her as [Lillie] > Agnes P. [POLATTY] > Bledsoe, Joseph Marion* Feb 27 1943 Aug 6 1966 > > Descendants of Unknown Parents include Douglas and probable siblings. > > 1 UNKNOWN > ..... 2 Willie W. BLEDSOE b: August 03, 1887 d: January 02, 1963 Burial: > Rocky Creek Baptist Church, Saluda Co, SC > ......... +Mattie E. b: July 24, 1899 d: March 18, 1949 Burial: Rocky Creek > Baptist Church, Saluda Co, SC > ............ 3 Lillie Lou BLEDSOE b: June 11, 1925 d: May 29, 1957 in Self > Memorial Hopsital, Greenwood, Greenwood Co, SC Burial: East View Cem, > Edgefield Co, SC > ................ +James Raymond PARKMAN b: Abt. 1908 m: Abt. 1956 d: 1982 > Father: William Trapp Parkman Mother: Martha Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Ramsey Burial: > East View Cem, Edgefield Co, SC > ..... 2 Lula Bell BLEDSOE b: October 08, 1886 d: December 20, 1936 Burial: > Travis Park Cem, Saluda Co, SC > ......... +Frank Boyd CROUCH b: October 26, 1880 m: December 29, 1914 d: June > 28, 1929 Burial: Travis Park Cem, Saluda Co, SC > ..... 2 Geneva BLEDSOE b: May 28, 1892 d: December 06, 1970 Burial: Rocky > Creek Baptist church, Saluda Co, SC > ......... +TURNER > ..... 2 Gordon B. BLEDSOE b: August 1894 > ..... 2 Lillie May BLEDSOE b: September 25, 1897 d: November 1898 Burial: > Rocky Creek Baptist church, Saluda Co, SC > ..... 2 Jesse Otis BLEDSOE b: August 23, 1899 d: February 27, 1984 Burial: > Rocky Creek Baptist Church, Saluda Co, SC > ......... +Olivia TURNER b: May 24, 1907 d: January 05, 1978 Burial: Rocky > Creek Baptist Church, Saluda Co, SC > ..... 2 Elzie T. BLEDSOE b: Abt. 1902 > ..... 2 Douglas BLEDSOE b: January 13, 1904 d: March 06, 1960 Burial: > Rocky Creek Baptist church, Saluda Co, SC > ......... +Agnes P. [POLATTY] b: September 24, 1906 d: January 21, 1995 > Burial: Rocky Creek Baptist church, Saluda Co, SC > ............ 3 Georgia Mae BLEDSOE > ............ 3 Arnette BLEDSOE > ................ +HOLMES > ............ 3 Elise BLEDSOE > ............ 3 D. P. BLEDSOE > ............ 3 Everette BLEDSOE > ............ 3 Joseph Marion BLEDSOE b: February 27, 1943 d: August 06, 1966 > Burial: Rocky Creek Baptist church, Saluda Co, SC > ............ 3 Dwight BLEDSOE > ..... 2 Ollie/Allie BLEDSOE b: Abt. 1906 > ..... 2 Otis BLEDSOE > > Additions and corrections requested on the family. I just checked online > census..... show computer and don't do much online research, but I think I > found the parents of Douglas and siblings. I find a Douglas, age unreadable but > in 20s or 30s, in 1930 still living at home with Parents The census page > (forgot to negotiate the page over to the corner to get the page number, but it > was Saluda Co, township 7, District 19, and contined almost the entire page of > Bledsoes. > > hh#351 > Jessie Bledsoe, M W 68, married at age 21 born SC > Georgia Bledsoe, wife F W 66 married at age 19, born SC > Douglas Bledsoe, son M W could not read age, Single, born SC > Allie Bledsoe, son M W could not read age, Single, born SC > Geneva TURNER, daughter, F W 38 divorced, born SC > Jessie Turner, g-son, M W 1 yr 1 mo, b. SC > > That works for the parents to be > 1 Jessie Ransom BLEDSOE b: January 08, 1862 d: December 23, 1937 Burial: > Rocky Creek Bapt. Church, Saluda Co., SC > . +Georgia TURNER b: July 25, 1865 in Edgefield Co, SC m: in Probably > Edgefield Co, SC d: March 31, 1951 in Saluda (Rural), Saluda Co, SC Father: > William A. Turner Mother: Susannah 'Susan' Powell Burial: Rocky Creek Bapt. > Church, Saluda Co., SC > > So Mike, that answers the question of why she is buried next to Jessie and > Georgia. She is their daughter. Marriage didn't last long it would seem, with > a 1 year old in the house, unless father kept older children, which didn't > happen much back then. > > Bledsoe researchers, am I on the right track? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Mike also wrote: > > Lula Turner, wife of Walter F. Rearden, was the mother of my Great Aunt, Kate > Rearden who later married my Great Uncle, Robert Lee Powell, in Johnston, SC > Until today, I did not know what Lula's maiden name was, until I put it all > together. I would have posted this to the list, but didn't remember the > address without looking it up. > > ------------------- > > Thanks Mike for the above. I had Kate and Robert Lee Powell, and I had Lula > Turner and Walter F. Rearden, but I did not have them as the parents of Kate > and did not know her last name. So.... we helped each other out. I will post > the info. to the lists. > > Billie > > > > > ==== SCEDGEFI Mailing List ==== > > "Only a geneologist regards a step backwards as progress."