Tuesday, August 30, 2011

William Ross Utley (1886-1965)

William Ross Utley
 
 
William Ross Utley was born September 25, 1886 in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.  He was the last of five children born to William Obediah Utley and Cynthia Ann Wickliffe.  His mother died when he was just three years old. 

In 1900, Ross was living with his sister, Elizabeth C. Nourse, and her husband, John, and their children, in Kitchen, Hopkins County, Kentucky. 

On December 1, 1909 Ross married Bonnaline Martin in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.  He was 23 years old and she was 19 years.  Bonnaline was born August 19, 1890, also in Madisonville. 

Shortly after their marriage, Ross and Bonnaline settled on a rented farm on Pleasant View Road in District 7, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Their farm was near the one owned by Ross’s eldest brother, Aspsia Utley.  They also had one daughter:  

                  Mary W.        born on November 28, 1911.

On June 5, 1917, Ross registered for the draft for World War I.  He was ranked as a Private, having been in the Kentucky State Militia for three years already.  He and Bonnaline, and their daughter Mary, were living on a farm which they had purchased on Kirtwood Road in Manitow, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Ross was described as short, of medium build, with blue eyes and dark grey hair.

William Ross and Bonnaline Martin Utley lived the rest of their lives in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Ross died there on August 2, 1965, just one month short of his 79th birthday.  Bonnaline lived another 15 years after her husband’s death. 

Bonnaline Martin Utley died on April 29, 1980 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She was 89 years old at her death.



Notes for William Ross Utley
Birth, Occupation, Physical Description, Residence in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.
Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Kitchen, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: T623 528; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 73.
Marriage:  Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree - Bonnaline Martin. http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=36230861.  Accessed 6 January 2008.
Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: 7-Dist, Hopkins, Kentucky; Series: T624; Roll: 481; Page: 48A; Enumeration District: 99; Part: 2; Line: 7.
Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Manitow, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: T625_576; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 210.
Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
Signature:  see draft card information above

Notes for Bonnaline Martin
Birth:  Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.   Source Citation: Number: 402-74-1414; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: 1966.
Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Notes for Mary W. Utley                                                                                                               
Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
 

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