Alberta Josephine Albritton (1872-1932)

Alberta Josephine “Bertie” Albritton was born on November 11, 1872 in Graves County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Adam Atkinson Albritton and Ophelia Collier. 

Alberta’s father died just 17 months after her birth.  Her mother remarried shortly thereafter to a man named Allen S. Heflin.

Alberta married J. Gibson around 1890 in Kentucky.  They had one child:

Geraldine        born April 1892

J. Gibson must have passed away, because Alberta remarried to George Washington Carter in 1898.  She was 26 years old and he was 21 years.  George was born on July 23, 1878 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, the son of David and Elizabeth J. Carter.

George and Alberta had six children:

Lorena M.        born December 7, 1899

Gus W.            born June 10, 1901

Shelburn          born 1904

Clifford                        born 1906

Ruth F.            born 1911

Josephine        born 1914

After their marriage, the couple purchased a home and settled their family in Union City, Obion County, Tennessee.  In 1910, George was working as an insurance agent.

George registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918.  At that time, he and Alberta and their children were living at 604 North Division Street in Union, Obion County, Tennessee.  He was described as of medium height and slender build, with blue eyes and brown hair.  He did not fight in the war.

In 1930, George and his son, Gus were in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.  They were either visiting or living with his daughter, Lorene, and her husband Herman Bell.  Meanwhile, Alberta was renting a home on South Grand Avenue in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.

Alberta Josephine Albritton Gibson Carter died on February 27, 1932 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.  She was 60 years old at her death.  She was buried in Union, Obion County, Tennessee

Notes for Alberta J. Heflin

Birth, marriage, & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: 1591; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1241591.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Housemans, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 249C; Enumeration District: 089; Image: 0706.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1514; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1375527.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Union, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1758; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 973.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida; Roll: 335; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0032; Image: 325.0; FHL microfilm: 2340070.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.  Original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
Burial:  "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FPSS-986 : accessed 3 February 2015), Alberta J. Carter, 27 Feb 1932; citing Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, reference cn3215; FHL microfilm 2,135,485.

Notes for J. Gibson

Marriage:  J. Gibson mentioned as the father of the bride in "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4S6-F38 : accessed 1 February 2015), S.H. Montgomery and Geraldine Gibson, 17 Nov 1912; citing , reference 315; FHL microfilm 1,944,441.

Notes for George Washington Carter

Birth & Military:  Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Obion; Roll: 1877603. 

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 182A; Enumeration District: 086; Image: 0570.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: 237; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 0241; Image: 949.0; FHL microfilm: 2339972.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Herman Thomas Bell (1892- )

Herman Thomas Bell was born in August 16, 1892 in Hays, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was the youngest of six children born to Wyley Jesse Bell and Elizabeth Eaker.  Throughout his youth, he helped his father work on the family’s dairy farm in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.

On June 5, 1917, Herman registered for the draft for the First World War in McCracken County.  He was 24 years old and employed as a cashier for a bail bond company in the city of Paducah.  He was described as a man of medium height, stout build, with brown eyes and light hair.  He claimed exemption from the draft due to rheumatism.  In the 1930 census, he is listed as a veteran of the war.

By 1920, Herman had moved to Colorado and was living with his brother, Ray Hobson Bell, and his family in Denver, Denver County.  He was employed as secretary of a filling station, of which Ray was the president.

Herman married Lorene Carter on April 24, 1921 in Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado.  He was 28 years old and she was 21 years.  Lorene was born December 7, 1899 in Tennessee, the daughter of George Washington Carver and Alberta Josephine Albritton.  

Herman and Lorene had at least two children:

            Robert H.       born 1924

            Beverly M.     1925

In 1930, Herman and Lorene were living with their children in a home on Fairfax Avenue in Denver, where Herman was employed as a merchant of oil and gasoline.  Lorene’s brother, Gus, and her father were living with them.

By 1935, the family had moved into a home worth $12,000 on South Colorado Boulevard in Denver.

Herman Thomas Bell died on December 30, 1944 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado and was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery.  He was 52 years old at his death.

Lorene Carter Bell went on to live another 29 years after the death of her husband.  She died on June 18, 1973 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.

Notes for Herman Thomas Bell

Birth, Military, Residence, Occupation & Physical Description in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place:  Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T625_159; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 921.

Marriage:  "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KN3T-L1M : accessed 1 February 2015), Herman T Bell and Lorene Carter, 24 Apr 1921, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing p. 5684, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,053 .

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place:  Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: 237; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 241; Image: 949.0.

Residence in 1935:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T627_486; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 16-108.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Death:  "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGC-YWKX : accessed 1 February 2015), Herman T Bell, 1944; Burial, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Fairmount Cemetery; citing record ID 116963581, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Notes for Lorene Carter

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: 1591; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1241591.  Source Information:  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004

Death:  Ancestry.com FamilyTree (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/73794317/person/44282673959 : accessed 1 February 2015), “Heidi's Birth Mother (Furnish) Family Tree”