Newton Gouge1,2

b. 6 March 1908, d. 28 January 1938
Pedigree
FatherJames M. Gouge1,2
MotherMartha Blalock1,2

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     Newton Gouge was born on 6 March 1908 in North Carolina.3,2,4 He married Winnie Lou Hall, daughter of William Andrew Hall and Mary Ella Bowditch, on 27 April 1930 in Celo, Yancey Co., North Carolina.1 He died on 28 January 1938 in South Toe Twp., Yancey Co., at age 29 from a heart attack.2 He was buried on 29 January 1938 at Carroway Cemetery in Celo.2
     His surname is spelled Gouge in his marriage record and on his death certificate, and in the birth records for all of his children. But it's spelled Geouge on his cemetery marker, in his wife Winnie's obituary, and in most (but not all) of the other records for his children.
     He was a truck driver.2

Citations

  1. [S4400] Newton Gouge and Winnie Hall, Marriage Record.
  2. [S4401] Newton Gouge, Death Certificate.
  3. [S6996] Nute Geouge and Winnie G. Barker Cemetery Marker, Carroway Cemetery, Yancey Co., North Carolina.
  4. [S3346] His birth date of 6 March 1908 is from his cemetery marker. His death certificate appears to say "May 7 1908," but is a bit unclear and may be "Mar 7 1908." His age at death listed on his death certificate is 29 years, 10 months, 2 days, which implies a birth date of 26 March 1908.

Henry Thornton Barker1,2

b. 6 October 1883, d. 10 November 1954
Pedigree
MotherValeria Moore Oakley3

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     Henry Thornton Barker was born on 6 October 1883 in Milton, Caswell Co., North Carolina.3 He married first Lottie Lea Chandler on 14 October 1906 in Caswell Co.4 He married second Estelle Barker on 10 December 1943 at the Methodist Parsonage in Burlington Twp., Alamance Co., North Carolina.5 He married third Winnie Lou Hall, daughter of William Andrew Hall and Mary Ella Bowditch, sometime between February 1946, when Winnie was called Winnie Gouge in her father's obituary, and November 1950, when their son Charles was born.1,6,7,8 He died on 10 November 1954 at home in Perrin, Gloucester Co., Virginia, at age 71 from heart disease.9,6 He was buried on 13 November 1954 at Gloucester Point Cemetery in Gloucester Co.9
     He and his wife Winnie moved to Perrin, Gloucester Co., Virginia, sometime between 1950, when their son Charles was born in Yancey Co., North Carolina, and 1954, when Henry died at their home in Perrin.8,6
     Over the years he worked as a farmer, as a steam laborer for the railroad, and as a salesman and assistant district manager for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia.10 His death certificate lists his occupation as a salesman for Home Comfort Stoves.9

Citations

  1. [S6992] Obituary, Winnie H. Barker, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, 24 February 1985, p. 12D, col. 3.
  2. [S4441] Harry Dewitt Barker and Martha Anne Riley, Marriage Record.
  3. [S4381] North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000. Record for Henry Thornton Barker Jr., Roll NCVR_B_C020_68001 (from Caswell Co. Births, Vol. 2, p. 204).
  4. [S7506] Henry Thornton Barker and Lottie Lea Chandler, Marriage Record.
  5. [S7561] Henry T. Barker and Estelle Barker, Marriage Record.
  6. [S6994] Obituary, H. T. Barker, Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, 12 November 1954, p. 27, col. 6.
  7. [S6937] Obituary, W. A. Hall, The Yancey Record, Burnsville, North Carolina, 28 February 1946, p. 1, col. 5.
  8. [S4381] North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000. Record for Charles R. Barker, Roll NCVR_B_C107_66002 (from Yancey Co. Births, Vol. 35, p. 179).
  9. [S4436] Henry T. Barker, Death Certificate.
  10. [S7562] Roy Nordin, "Descendants of George Dwine Hall", citing census records, directories, and his World War I and II draft registrations.