James Lester Kelton, age 71, of Garden City, died January 22, at his home, after having been ill for several weeks.
Mr. Kelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ester D. Kelton; two sons, James A. Kelton and J. H. Kelton all of Garden City; two daughters, Mrs. R.O. McAnnally, Rt. 1, Bangor and Mrs. Odie A. Gamble, Rt. 3, Hanceville; three brothers, J. L. Kelton, Hanceville, C. B. Kelton, Calif., and J. H. Kelton of Cullman, Rt. 3; two sisters, Mrs. Avie Webb, Rt. 1, Steppville and Mrs. Fannie Keith, Edna, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mr. Kelton was affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Garden City Congregational Methodist Church with Rev. Mrs. Annie Campbell and Rev. B. B. Walker officiating. Interment followed in the Garden City Cemetery, Chambers Brown-Service in charge.
(The_Southern_Democrat_Thu Jan_25, 1951)
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GARDEN CITY ALABAMA HISTORY BOOK LIST THE JAMES LESTER KELTON FAMILY.IN THE LATE 1800S ELIAS KELTON AND HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN TRAVELED FROM GAINESVILLE GEORGIA TO GARDEN CITY AL,ELIAS A HEADMILL DEVELOPER,WAS IN SEARCH FOR WORK.WHILE HIS FAMILY SETTLED IN GARDEN CITY ELIAS KELTON TRAVELED FROM PLACE TO PLACE WORKING WITH THE MILLING COMPANIES.a FEW YEARS LATER ELIAS WIFE WIFE DIED.SHE WAS BURIED IN TETER CEMETERY.ELIAS LATER MARRIED SARAH LAST NAME NOT RECORDED AND THEY LIVED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT IS NOW CALLED GAMBLE TOWN.ELIAS AND SARAH HAD FIVE CHILDREN.DURING THIS TIME ELIAS FRIST CHILDREN HAD GROWN AND WERE GOING THEIR SEPRATE WAYS.ELIAS SON JAMES LESTER KELTON DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN IN GARDEN CITY AND MARRY EASTER DONATA JOHNSON.THEY WERE TO LIVE ON ANNIE JOHNSON MOUNTAIN (ANNIE WAS DONATA S MOTHER).THEIR FRIST CHILD A DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE ONLY LIVED ABOUT SIX MONTHS SHE APPARENTLY DIED OF A FEVER.ANOTHER DAUGHTER RUBY WAS BORN 1900.ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE DIED ALMOST AT BIRTH.THEN HORACE WAS BORN.RUBY REMEMBERS THAT SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD THE DAY HER GRANDFATHER ELIAS AND HIS WIFE SARAH AND ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN LOADED ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN THEIR WAGON AND HEADED FOR THE CULLMAN DEPOT.THE FAMILY WAS TO JOURNEY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.ELIAS GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN NAMED WELLS AND HE HAD BEEN KILLED WITH DAVY CROCKETT IN THE ALAMO.FAMILY RECORDS STATE THAT WELLS WAS ONE OF DAVEY S CLOSE FRIENDS.WELLS WAS ELIAS PATERNEL GRANDFATHER,BUT THE REASON FOR HIS NAME BEING WELLS WAS THAT HE HAD SON AND AFTER WELLS WAS KILLED HIS WIFE DIED AND HIS SON WAS ADOPTED BY HIS WIFES FATHER.THE FATHERS NAME WAS ROBERT KELTON.AND BY ADOPTING HIS GRANDSON HE CAUSED THE KELTON NAME TO CARRY.MORE....TO COME.
Mr. Kelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ester D. Kelton; two sons, James A. Kelton and J. H. Kelton all of Garden City; two daughters, Mrs. R.O. McAnnally, Rt. 1, Bangor and Mrs. Odie A. Gamble, Rt. 3, Hanceville; three brothers, J. L. Kelton, Hanceville, C. B. Kelton, Calif., and J. H. Kelton of Cullman, Rt. 3; two sisters, Mrs. Avie Webb, Rt. 1, Steppville and Mrs. Fannie Keith, Edna, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mr. Kelton was affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Garden City Congregational Methodist Church with Rev. Mrs. Annie Campbell and Rev. B. B. Walker officiating. Interment followed in the Garden City Cemetery, Chambers Brown-Service in charge.
(The_Southern_Democrat_Thu Jan_25, 1951)
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GARDEN CITY ALABAMA HISTORY BOOK LIST THE JAMES LESTER KELTON FAMILY.IN THE LATE 1800S ELIAS KELTON AND HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN TRAVELED FROM GAINESVILLE GEORGIA TO GARDEN CITY AL,ELIAS A HEADMILL DEVELOPER,WAS IN SEARCH FOR WORK.WHILE HIS FAMILY SETTLED IN GARDEN CITY ELIAS KELTON TRAVELED FROM PLACE TO PLACE WORKING WITH THE MILLING COMPANIES.a FEW YEARS LATER ELIAS WIFE WIFE DIED.SHE WAS BURIED IN TETER CEMETERY.ELIAS LATER MARRIED SARAH LAST NAME NOT RECORDED AND THEY LIVED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT IS NOW CALLED GAMBLE TOWN.ELIAS AND SARAH HAD FIVE CHILDREN.DURING THIS TIME ELIAS FRIST CHILDREN HAD GROWN AND WERE GOING THEIR SEPRATE WAYS.ELIAS SON JAMES LESTER KELTON DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN IN GARDEN CITY AND MARRY EASTER DONATA JOHNSON.THEY WERE TO LIVE ON ANNIE JOHNSON MOUNTAIN (ANNIE WAS DONATA S MOTHER).THEIR FRIST CHILD A DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE ONLY LIVED ABOUT SIX MONTHS SHE APPARENTLY DIED OF A FEVER.ANOTHER DAUGHTER RUBY WAS BORN 1900.ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE DIED ALMOST AT BIRTH.THEN HORACE WAS BORN.RUBY REMEMBERS THAT SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD THE DAY HER GRANDFATHER ELIAS AND HIS WIFE SARAH AND ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN LOADED ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN THEIR WAGON AND HEADED FOR THE CULLMAN DEPOT.THE FAMILY WAS TO JOURNEY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.ELIAS GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN NAMED WELLS AND HE HAD BEEN KILLED WITH DAVY CROCKETT IN THE ALAMO.FAMILY RECORDS STATE THAT WELLS WAS ONE OF DAVEY S CLOSE FRIENDS.WELLS WAS ELIAS PATERNEL GRANDFATHER,BUT THE REASON FOR HIS NAME BEING WELLS WAS THAT HE HAD SON AND AFTER WELLS WAS KILLED HIS WIFE DIED AND HIS SON WAS ADOPTED BY HIS WIFES FATHER.THE FATHERS NAME WAS ROBERT KELTON.AND BY ADOPTING HIS GRANDSON HE CAUSED THE KELTON NAME TO CARRY.MORE....TO COME.
James Lester Kelton, age 71, of Garden City, died January 22, at his home, after having been ill for several weeks.
Mr. Kelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ester D. Kelton; two sons, James A. Kelton and J. H. Kelton all of Garden City; two daughters, Mrs. R.O. McAnnally, Rt. 1, Bangor and Mrs. Odie A. Gamble, Rt. 3, Hanceville; three brothers, J. L. Kelton, Hanceville, C. B. Kelton, Calif., and J. H. Kelton of Cullman, Rt. 3; two sisters, Mrs. Avie Webb, Rt. 1, Steppville and Mrs. Fannie Keith, Edna, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mr. Kelton was affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Garden City Congregational Methodist Church with Rev. Mrs. Annie Campbell and Rev. B. B. Walker officiating. Interment followed in the Garden City Cemetery, Chambers Brown-Service in charge.
(The_Southern_Democrat_Thu Jan_25, 1951)
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GARDEN CITY ALABAMA HISTORY BOOK LIST THE JAMES LESTER KELTON FAMILY.IN THE LATE 1800S ELIAS KELTON AND HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN TRAVELED FROM GAINESVILLE GEORGIA TO GARDEN CITY AL,ELIAS A HEADMILL DEVELOPER,WAS IN SEARCH FOR WORK.WHILE HIS FAMILY SETTLED IN GARDEN CITY ELIAS KELTON TRAVELED FROM PLACE TO PLACE WORKING WITH THE MILLING COMPANIES.a FEW YEARS LATER ELIAS WIFE WIFE DIED.SHE WAS BURIED IN TETER CEMETERY.ELIAS LATER MARRIED SARAH LAST NAME NOT RECORDED AND THEY LIVED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT IS NOW CALLED GAMBLE TOWN.ELIAS AND SARAH HAD FIVE CHILDREN.DURING THIS TIME ELIAS FRIST CHILDREN HAD GROWN AND WERE GOING THEIR SEPRATE WAYS.ELIAS SON JAMES LESTER KELTON DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN IN GARDEN CITY AND MARRY EASTER DONATA JOHNSON.THEY WERE TO LIVE ON ANNIE JOHNSON MOUNTAIN (ANNIE WAS DONATA S MOTHER).THEIR FRIST CHILD A DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE ONLY LIVED ABOUT SIX MONTHS SHE APPARENTLY DIED OF A FEVER.ANOTHER DAUGHTER RUBY WAS BORN 1900.ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE DIED ALMOST AT BIRTH.THEN HORACE WAS BORN.RUBY REMEMBERS THAT SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD THE DAY HER GRANDFATHER ELIAS AND HIS WIFE SARAH AND ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN LOADED ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN THEIR WAGON AND HEADED FOR THE CULLMAN DEPOT.THE FAMILY WAS TO JOURNEY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.ELIAS GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN NAMED WELLS AND HE HAD BEEN KILLED WITH DAVY CROCKETT IN THE ALAMO.FAMILY RECORDS STATE THAT WELLS WAS ONE OF DAVEY S CLOSE FRIENDS.WELLS WAS ELIAS PATERNEL GRANDFATHER,BUT THE REASON FOR HIS NAME BEING WELLS WAS THAT HE HAD SON AND AFTER WELLS WAS KILLED HIS WIFE DIED AND HIS SON WAS ADOPTED BY HIS WIFES FATHER.THE FATHERS NAME WAS ROBERT KELTON.AND BY ADOPTING HIS GRANDSON HE CAUSED THE KELTON NAME TO CARRY.MORE....TO COME.
Mr. Kelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ester D. Kelton; two sons, James A. Kelton and J. H. Kelton all of Garden City; two daughters, Mrs. R.O. McAnnally, Rt. 1, Bangor and Mrs. Odie A. Gamble, Rt. 3, Hanceville; three brothers, J. L. Kelton, Hanceville, C. B. Kelton, Calif., and J. H. Kelton of Cullman, Rt. 3; two sisters, Mrs. Avie Webb, Rt. 1, Steppville and Mrs. Fannie Keith, Edna, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mr. Kelton was affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Garden City Congregational Methodist Church with Rev. Mrs. Annie Campbell and Rev. B. B. Walker officiating. Interment followed in the Garden City Cemetery, Chambers Brown-Service in charge.
(The_Southern_Democrat_Thu Jan_25, 1951)
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GARDEN CITY ALABAMA HISTORY BOOK LIST THE JAMES LESTER KELTON FAMILY.IN THE LATE 1800S ELIAS KELTON AND HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN TRAVELED FROM GAINESVILLE GEORGIA TO GARDEN CITY AL,ELIAS A HEADMILL DEVELOPER,WAS IN SEARCH FOR WORK.WHILE HIS FAMILY SETTLED IN GARDEN CITY ELIAS KELTON TRAVELED FROM PLACE TO PLACE WORKING WITH THE MILLING COMPANIES.a FEW YEARS LATER ELIAS WIFE WIFE DIED.SHE WAS BURIED IN TETER CEMETERY.ELIAS LATER MARRIED SARAH LAST NAME NOT RECORDED AND THEY LIVED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT IS NOW CALLED GAMBLE TOWN.ELIAS AND SARAH HAD FIVE CHILDREN.DURING THIS TIME ELIAS FRIST CHILDREN HAD GROWN AND WERE GOING THEIR SEPRATE WAYS.ELIAS SON JAMES LESTER KELTON DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN IN GARDEN CITY AND MARRY EASTER DONATA JOHNSON.THEY WERE TO LIVE ON ANNIE JOHNSON MOUNTAIN (ANNIE WAS DONATA S MOTHER).THEIR FRIST CHILD A DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE ONLY LIVED ABOUT SIX MONTHS SHE APPARENTLY DIED OF A FEVER.ANOTHER DAUGHTER RUBY WAS BORN 1900.ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS BORN BUT SHE DIED ALMOST AT BIRTH.THEN HORACE WAS BORN.RUBY REMEMBERS THAT SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD THE DAY HER GRANDFATHER ELIAS AND HIS WIFE SARAH AND ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN LOADED ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN THEIR WAGON AND HEADED FOR THE CULLMAN DEPOT.THE FAMILY WAS TO JOURNEY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.ELIAS GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN NAMED WELLS AND HE HAD BEEN KILLED WITH DAVY CROCKETT IN THE ALAMO.FAMILY RECORDS STATE THAT WELLS WAS ONE OF DAVEY S CLOSE FRIENDS.WELLS WAS ELIAS PATERNEL GRANDFATHER,BUT THE REASON FOR HIS NAME BEING WELLS WAS THAT HE HAD SON AND AFTER WELLS WAS KILLED HIS WIFE DIED AND HIS SON WAS ADOPTED BY HIS WIFES FATHER.THE FATHERS NAME WAS ROBERT KELTON.AND BY ADOPTING HIS GRANDSON HE CAUSED THE KELTON NAME TO CARRY.MORE....TO COME.
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