Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
NameRichard Overton Ledbetter
Birth25 Aug 1811, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death24 Jan 1890, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
BurialBills Creek Baptist Church Cem., Rutherford Co., NC
OccupationMerchant , Farmer, Dept. Sheriff in 1860
FatherJohn W. Ledbetter (ca1782-1818)
MotherElizabeth Whiteside (ca1788-1853)
Spouses
Birth13 Nov 1811, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death14 Dec 1866, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
BurialBills Creek Baptist Church Cem., Rutherford Co., NC
Misc. Notes
From the minutes of the buisness meeting of Rock Springs Baptist Church on July 27, 1867:

Obituary
A memorial of Sister Elizabeth Ledbetter, Daughter of Wm Harris was born Nov 13th, 1811, wife of Brother RO. Ledbetter Married Dec 14th, 1831 Baptised by Elder B. Bruce into the fellowship of Bills Creek Baptist Church of Christ Feb 27th, 1842. Sister Ledbetter departed this life Dec 14th, 1866,her age being 55 years one month and a day she was affectionate wife and a kind neighbour, thirty five years of her life and twenty four years, nine months and eighteen days she lived in the church of blessed Saviour waring Christ professionally she kept herself unspoted from the world an orniment to the nobile cause of christainty but a lay our mother in Isural house fallen a sleep in Jesus the church may ? his lap but she shall rest and stand in her lot of incoruptible inhertiance in the land of her father Abraham Issac and Jacob May we all dye the death of the Rightheous and may our last end be like theirs
Happy sales they days are ended
All the sorrows now are past
For in glory thou art blesed
Where thy ? shall ever rest
Elder J.T. Bowman Chm.
Marriage15 Dec 1831, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Birth26 Apr 1834, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death30 May 1867, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
BurialBills Creek Baptist Church Cem., Rutherford Co., NC
FatherJames Edgerton (ca1808-)
MotherRebecca ? (ca1808-)
Marriage28 Mar 1867, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Birth11 Jun 1834, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death11 Aug 1872, McDowell Co., North Carolina
BurialBills Creek Baptist Church Cem., Rutherford Co., NC
FatherJoseph Underwood Whiteside (1807-1879)
MotherMary Martin Edwards (1807-1887)
Marriage6 Sep 1867, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
ChildrenMary Elizabeth (1868-1928)
 John Underwood (1871-)
 Richard Carrie (1872-1958)
Birth28 Sep 1834, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death7 May 1918, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
FatherJames Edgerton (ca1808-)
MotherRebecca ? (ca1808-)
Marriageaft 1872
Last Modified 8 Nov 2005Created 13 Sep 2021 using Reunion for Macintosh
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