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Note: The Family Bible lists all children. He is listed in the Hannah's Gap Church Records by exp. Oct 10, 1896. Photos in possession of Sherry S. Finchum "Papa was a county commissioner and on the board of the Lincoln County Hospital. He was known as a strong young man. He got the name of 'Hoss' from carrying a wagon bed from PoGrab store to his house in the holler on his back. Someone told him if he could do it, he could have it. " He farmed. He sold tombstones for a time. "He was a bee keeper. Anytime there was a swarm in the community, folks would call him to come get a swarm. He never wore a net. They would not sting him. He only used a smoker when they robbed the hive. He was very soft spoken. He was thought of as a very wise business man. When he spoke, people thought highly of him." (Fred Sorrells) "When I was a little girl, we would go to visit 'Momma' and 'Poppa' as we called them at their house in Petersburg. I remember that it was a big house surrounded by a rock fence. There were French doors and hardwood floors. It was very pretty. When they first married they lived in the house in the hollar in PoGrab. I have a bedroom suite that Poppa and Momma had when they first started housekeeping." This house in Petersburg later burned to the ground. (Sherry S. Finchum) "The house in Petersburg had 3 fireplaces in it. The mantles were beautiful. All wooden. Many mirrors with what-not shelves." (Fred Sorrells) Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Name: G L Redd Gender: Male Marriage Date: 7 Nov 1904 Marriage Place: Lincoln, Tennessee, USA Spouse: Jessie Freeman 1910 United States Federal Census Name: George L Redd Age in 1910: 26 Birth Year: 1884 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1910: Civil District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Jessie Redd Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee George L Redd 26 Jessie Redd 25 Vida Redd 4 Robert Richardson 20 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: George Lee Redd County: Lincoln State: Tennessee Birth Date: 6 Dec 1883 Race: White FHL Roll Number: 1877377 DraftBoard: 0 1920 United States Federal Census Name: George L Redd Age: 37 Birth Year: abt 1883 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1920: Petersburg, Lincoln, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Jesse E Redd Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's name: Sarah E Redd Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Home Owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes George L Redd 37 Jesse E Redd 36 Vida Redd 13 Sarah E Redd 66 1930 United States Federal Census Name: George L Redd Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1884 Birthplace: Tennessee Race: White Home in 1930: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Jessee E Redd Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's name: Sarah E Redd Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee George L Redd 46 Jessee E Redd 45 Vida L Redd 24 Sarah E Redd 77 1940 United States Federal Census Name: George L Reed Respondent: Yes Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Lincoln, Tennessee Street: Foster Hollow Road Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Lincoln, Tennessee Residence in 1935: Same House, Lincoln, Tennessee Sheet Number: 4B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 78 Occupation: Farming House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 1000 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 55 Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes George L Reed 56 Jessey Reed 55 Betty Reed 87 Obituaries: (Out of Town) Petersburg, TN: REDD Sunday night, Feb 16, 1964, at 11 o'clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells, George Lee Redd. Survived by his wife, Jessie Freeman Redd; one daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells, of Petersburg; two sisters; Mrs. Annie Liza Lambert, Fayetteville; Mrs. Mattie Barham, Lewisburg; one brother, Mike Redd, Fayetteville; grandchildren, Rev . Harold Sorrells, Pastor of Lockeland Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, Fred Sorrells of Greeneville, TN, Mrs. Richard Burleson, Kingsport, TN., and five great-grandchildren. The remains are at Beasley-Davis & Rauston Funeral Home, in Petersburg. Services from the First Baptist Church in Petersburg, this (Tuesday) morning at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Jerry McGehee and Rev. Leslie McClure. Interment Old Orchard Cemetery. Beasley-Davis & Ralston, Petersburg, directors. Social Security Death Index Name: George Redd SSN: 409-62-8143 Last Residence: Tennessee Born: 6 Dec 1883 Died: Feb 1964 State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1956) Find A Grave: George Lee Redd Birth: Dec. 6, 1883 Petersburg (Lincoln County) Lincoln County Tennessee, USA Death: Feb. 16, 1964 Petersburg (Lincoln County) Lincoln County Tennessee, USA h/o Jessie Edna Freeman s/o George M. Redd and Sarah Wagster Burial: Old Orchard Cemetery Petersburg (Lincoln County) Lincoln County Tennessee, USA George Lee Redd: George Lee Redd, aged 80 years, who served as secretary and treasurer of the town of Petersburg for many years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells in Petersburg. He was a farmer.
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