Person:Wellington Waddell (2)
Wellington Waddell
b.25 Apr 1843 Hillsboro, Orange, NC
d.7 Apr 1920 Rankin, MS
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m. 1870
  1. Walter Hall Waddell1871 -
  2. Anna J. WaddellAbt 1875 -
  3. Florance WaddellAbt 1878 -
  4. Edna WaddellAbt 1879 -
  5. Willie James Waddell1882 - 1963
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Name Wellington Waddell
Gender Male
Birth? 25 Apr 1843 Hillsboro, Orange, NC
Other? 30 Jul 1843 Hillsboro, Orange, NCChristened
Marriage 1870 Covington, Mississippi, United Statesto Elizabeth Laird
Death? 7 Apr 1920 Rankin, MS
Burial? Rankin, MS

!BIRTH: Tombstone inscription, Dry Creek Cemetery - Rankin Co. MS. 1920 Rankin Co MS census (Brandon) MS Death Cert k#7883, Rankin Co.,MS, 7 Apr 1820.

!MARRIAGE: (1st) WHO MARRIED WHOM, COVINGTON CO. MS, by Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, 1991, pg174 (2nd) Rankin Co., MS 1828-1900 COMPUTER INDEXED MARRIAGES, Pg 389

!MILITARY: GENERAL INDEX OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. MISC. INFORMATION OF RANKIN CO., Compiled by Mrs. Sidney H. Howell. (Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers and widows, 1907)

!DEATH: MS Death Cert #7883, Rankin Co., 7 Apr 1920. Estate Papers (#2544) of Wellington WADDELL, Rankin Co.,MS, Petition for Letters of Administration, 7 Apr 1920 Obituary, BRANDON NEWS, Pg 3., 8 Apr 1920.

!RELATIONSHIPS: 1850 Brunswick Co.,NC census, Pg 142, HH66/66. 1880 Simpson Co., MS census, Pg 257B, HH290/296. Will of wife, Lizzy WADDELL, Rankin Co., MS, 25 Jul 1925.

!NOTES OF INTEREST: When Anna WADDELL and her family moved to Covington Co., MS, they lived next door to Robert and Jane LAIRD. Wellington married Robert and Jane's daughter, Elizabeth LAIRD. Wellington's brother, Francis Marion, married Elizabeth's sister, Sarah Jane LAIRD. In 1870 Elizabeth and Wellington lived next door to their parents. He was a farmer. In 1880 they lived in Simpson County. They had 5 children. Elizabeth muist have died during the next ten year span. Wellington married Elizabeth(Lizzie) either HARPER or FITZHUGH. There were no children by this marriage. From Wellington's obituary: "We do not believe this man ever spoke an ill word of anyone, and so far as it was in his power did unto others as he would have others do unto him. He believed firmly in the efficacy of prayer, and always spent a few minutes on bended knees before the family alter, communing with the Savior he loved so well". Cause of death for Wellington was Mitral Regurgitation, a heart valve not closing properly.

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