GENERATION 5
REV ALVA ELLIS GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. Nov 24 1897 Sesser Franklin Co IL d. March 13 1980 age 82 Rockford Winnebago Co IL
m. 1 MATTIE LOWMAN 1915 b. 1899 IL d. June 26 1964 age 65
m. 2 FANNY
Alva and Mattie Picture
Census: 1920 Tyrone Franklin Co IL Occ: coal miner
Census: 1930 St Louis MO Occ: painter for houses
WWI Registration: Sept 12 1918 Perry Co IL; age 20; coal miner; Security Coal Co DuQuoin Perry Co IL
med height; slender build; grey eyes; brn hair
Note: Alva was a sometime preacher. He and his family lived above Harry and family for awhile and Harry paid his rent.
Children of Alva and Mattie
PEARL ROSE GULLEY b. 1917 IL m. GEORGE RICHARD WIL LIAMSON Oct 5 1935 St Louis Mo
DEWEY E GULLEY b. March 6 1921 IL In 1999 he lived in Rockford Winnebago Co IL
EMMA MARGARET GULLEY b. 1924
ALVA GULLEY JR b. 1926 m. MILDRED 1945 In 1999 he lived in Arkansas
VIRGIL GULLEY b. Jan 8 1928 d. March 1981 age 53
PAUL GULLEY b. March 10 1929 d. Oct 24 1999
RICHARD LEE GULLEY b. 1930 m. EDITH VIRGINIA NELSON Feb 14 1948
Children: JIMMY ALVA GULLEY and JERRY RICHARD GULLEY
In 1999 he lived in TX
HARRY GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. Jan 3 1899 DuQuoin Perry Co IL (His parents were living at 501 N Oak St DuQuoin IL at his birth) (His father Oliver signed an affidavit for his birth certificate Feb 10 1942) d. July 21 1976 age 77 heart disease and diabetes Phelps County Hospital Phelps Co MO buried Roach Cemetery Doolittle Phelps Co MO
m. 1 MAYMIE ALLIE MARRS (dau of DOCKERY JORDAN MARRS and CYNTHIA BARTHENA MCCLAIRE PRICE) Aug 1 1920 IL b. Sept 18 1898 Webster Co KY d. Oct 25 1931 age 33 St Louis MO (She died of acute bronchitis with secondary cause of lobar pneumonia after childbirth) buried Harrison Cemetery Christopher Franklin Co IL
m. 2 IRMA LUCILE BERNARD (dau of PETER BERNARD and JULIA CORA SEEMAN) July 8 1932 St Clair Co E St Louis IL b. June 20 1913 St Charles MO (birth record shows her father age 39 Occ: driver of team of horses and mother as housewife; this child #7 d. May 30 2003 age 89 heart failure St Louis Co MO buried Roach Cemetery Doolittle Phelps Co MO
Harry Gulley Obit Harry and Irma Headstone
Maymie Marrs Gulley Obit Maymie Marrs Gulley Headstone
Irma Bernard Gulley Obit
WWI registration: Sept 12 1919 Perry Co IL; 420 N Div DuQuoin Perry Co IL; age 19; short height; slender build; brown eyes; brown hair
Harry Gulley Family Pictures
OUR DAD by Emma Gulley Barton
Timeline
1915-1920 At some point Harry went to CA The family story is that he was an extra in a movie.
1920 Christopher Franklin Co IL
1930 St Louis MO
1939 Bought land Sept 23 1939 in the name of Oliver Gulley of Hendrickson MO $100 for 53.2 acres Wayne Co MO (Piedmont)
1942 Moved to Aaron's place Newburg Phelps Co MO
1943 Sold land June 5 1943 53.2 acres
1944 Worked for the Railroad and lived on the farm at Gulley's curve Newburg MO
1968 Retired from the Railroad as Engineman
Children of Harry and Maymie
EMMA MC CLARA GULLEY ** b. July 14 1921
MARIE IMOGENE GULLEY b. Nov 14 1923
VERNA MAY GULLEY b. May 23 1925 d. Jan 7 2004
BETTY LEE GULLEY b. Aug 6 1926 d. Feb 15 2005
MYRTLE IRENE GULLEY b. Aug 4 1928
GRACE VIRGINIA GULLEY b. Sept 5 1929
HARRY GULLEY JR b. Oct 8 1930 d. May 3 2009
OLIVER JORDAN GULLEY b. Oct 18 1931
Children of Harry and Irma
CLETA PAULINE GULLEY b. Oct 25 1935
BENJAMIN ARTHUR GULLEY SR b. March 2 1936 d. June 24 2005
EUGENE CHARLES GULLEY b. July 12 1938
KENNETH ALLEN GULLEY b. Jan 6 1942
WILLIAM DAVID GULLEY b. Dec 19 1943 d. Dec 23 1997
BERNICE KATHERINE (KATHY) GULLEY b. July 28 1946
JESSE CRATON GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. Sept 8 1902 Franklin Co IL d. July 10 1980 age 77 Houston Harris Co TX
m. NEVA IRENE MCCOY (dau of GEORGE MCCOY and DORA MAE DODDS) b. Dec 11 1911 d. May 22 1995 age 83 Houston Harris Co TX Neva went blind
Children of Jesse and Neva
LORETTA LEE (RETTA) GULLEY m. DAVE LOVELAS Children: STEVE and CATHIE
In 1970 they lived in Houston Harris Co TX
Lovelas Family Picture 1970
SALLY GULLEY m. BUDDY ROESLER Children: TIMOTHY, SUSAN, MIKE
JERRY GULLEY
GENE GULLEY b. July 14 1943 Harris Co TX
DAVID GULLEY b. Oct 20 1945 Harris Co TX d. 2003 He had been in an accident and then killed himself.
HAZEL GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. Sept 9 1904 Franklin Co IL d. July 17 1940 age 35 Yakima WA
m. OSCAR C ESTES (son of JAMES ESTES and BELLE WILLIAMSON) June 22 1921 DuQuoin Perry Co IL b. Feb 14 1899 IL d. Oct 13 1972 age 73 Mt Vernon Jefferson Co IL buried West Salem Cemetery Jefferson Co IL
(I believe his mother Belle was the daughter of William Frank Williamson married to Henrietta Chapman)
Picture of Helen, Ruby, Hazel, Mae
Picture of Oscar Estes
Oscar Estes Headstone
Census: 1920 Mt Vernon Jefferson Co IL Occ: cutter glass factory
Note: Oscar was sickly with lung problems. Hazel ran a boarding house. Harry's children would walk the 18 blocks to get Hazel's special chocolate gravy.
Children of Hazel and Oscar
BILLY ESTES
ORVEL ESTES b. Jan 1929 In 2005 he lived in Sun City AZ
FRANK ESTES
RUTH ESTES
DOROTHY ESTES
HELEN EVA GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. Oct 25 1906 Franklin Co IL d. May 29 1998 age 91 Tippecanoe IN
m. 1 HARLAND HINCKLEY (son of WILFORD S HINCKLEY and DORA KNIGHT) Oct 1923 b. May 11 1904 Perry Co IL d. Nov 4 1952 age 48
After Harland died Helen m2 ED and m3 RUSSELL
Picture of Helen, Ruby, Hazel and Mae
Picture of Helen
Census: 1930 St Louis MO Occ: glass cutter They had already adopted Harvey by then.
Note: Harland was an especially talented glass cutter. On May 1 1942 he was living at 5954 Laura Ave St Louis MO
Child of Helen and Harland
HARVEY CARL FELTS HINCKLEY b. Oct 25 1923 d. March 16 1983
DOC OLIVER GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. Aug 2 1908 Christopher Franklin Co IL d. Jan 28 1990 age 81 St Louis MO
m. EVELYN B BORTHICK
Doc Oliver Gulley Obit
Doc Oliver Gulley Family Picture
Child of Doc Oliver and Evelyn
RONALD DENNIS (RONNIE) GULLEY
RUBY PEARL GULLEY (Oliver4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. April 30 1911 IL d. Sept 14 2004 age 93 Union MO buried Memorial Park Cemetery Normandy MO
m. LOUIS A DIFFENAUER (son of JOSEPH S DIFFENAUER and LOUISA P MARBAUM) April 26 1930 b. Jan 22 1909 d. Oct 1970 age 61 St Louis MO (died of carbon monoxide inhalation-ruled accident) buried Memorial Park Cemetery Normandy MO
Note: Ruby's birth cert- Perry Co near DuQuoin IL legitimate-yes, Father Oliver Gulley white age 38 Occ: coal miner
Mother-Emma Lewis white age 36 Occ: housewife-attendant mid-wife now deceased.....sworn by older sister Mrs Helen E Hinckley May 1 1942
Ruby Pearl Gulley Picture
Ruby Pearl Gulley Diffenauer Obit
Louis Diffenauer Obit
Louis Diffenauer Headstone
Military: Louis served May 4 1944 Jefferson Barracks no branch assignment; Pvt; Enlistment for the duration of the War plus six months; Education: grammar school; Occ: machinists Married; Height-5 ft
Served in PFC Btry A 496 FLD ARTY
They had no children
ARTHUR GULLEY (James4, Ellis3, James2, James T1) b. July 11 1901 IL d. Sept 1 1986 age 85 Hemet Riverside CA
m. AMELIA LILLIAN SMALL (dau of GUILLERMO DOMINQUEZ SMALL and JULIA CLARA LOPEZ) 1925 CA b. Feb 25 1900 Los Angeles CA d. Dec 11 1958 age 58 San Gabriel CA
Amelia Lillian Small Gulley Picture
Census: 1930 Montebello Los Angeles CA
Children of Arthur and Amelia
KENNETH EUGENE GULLEY b. Aug 1924 d. Dec 10 2003
DONNA LEE GULLEY b. 1931
JAMES OSCAR OVERTURF (Robert Seymore4, Elizabeth Gulley3, James2, James T1) b. Nov 1893 AR
m. SYRENA BELL MCAFEE abt 1919 b. 1902 OK
Census: 1920 Griffin Pope Co AR Occ: farmer
Census: 1930 Upper Surrounded Hill Prairie AR Occ: farmer
Children of James and Syrena
EVELYN OVERTURF b. 1923 AR
MARGIE OVERTURF b. 1925 AR
JAMES R OVERTURF b. 1927 AR
BERNIECE OVERTURF 1930 AR
