Family Group Sheet
NameWillie Leonades "Robert Lee" Baldridge
Birth29 May 1891, Alphoretta, Floyd Co., Kentucky
Death27 May 1955, Crandon, Forest Co., Wisconsin
BurialAlvin Cemetery
FatherBenjamin Franklin Baldridge (1869-1939)
MotherOrlena Frazier (1871-1949)
Marriage24 Jul 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Elizabeth Cox, 4C2R
Birth13 Aug 1894, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death29 Aug 1981, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialCrix Cemetery
FatherRev. Wesley Cox (1867-1958)
MotherFrances ("Fannie") Ann Lambert (1867-1936)
Children
SpouseCarl Reed
2 MBenjamin Earl Baldridge, 5C1R
Birth12 Aug 1916, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death4 Feb 1964, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois
SpouseNola Gertrude Dillon
SpouseIrma Harris
SpouseWanda [Baldridge]
SpouseHubert Mynhier
SpouseRobert Taylor
4 MBernard Baldridge (Died as Child), 5C1R
Birth18 Feb 1919, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death5 Jan 1922, Rowan Co., Kentucky
5 MClyde Baldridge, 5C1R
Birth11 Jun 1921, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death25 Apr 1979, Fayette Co., Kentucky
6 FGertrude Baldridge, 5C1R
Birth27 Apr 1923, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseJames William Vaughn
7 FMabel "Mable" Baldridge, 5C1R
Birth18 Jul 1925, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death23 Jul 1993, Houston, Harris Co., Texas
SpouseJoseph William Gadus
8 MRobert Lee Baldridge Jr., 5C1R
Birth27 Aug 1927, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
SpouseLois Berniece Wood (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
9 FDorothy Theresa Baldridge , 5C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseRalph Wagoner
10 MBilly Baldridge (Died as Child), 5C1R
Birth19 Apr 1931, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death1 Jan 1933, Rowan Co., Kentucky
11 MGrover Cleveland Baldridge, 5C1R
Birth5 Apr 1933, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death4 Jun 1997, Polk Co., Florida
SpouseAlberta Jones
12 M(infant son) Baldridge (Died as Infant), 5C1R
Birth12 Dec 1935, Lawrence Co., Ohio
Death12 Dec 1935, Lawrence Co., Ohio
13 MKenneth Baldridge , 5C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpousePeggy Dare Oliver (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
14 MCarl Joe Baldridge , 5C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseLinda Humphreys Straub (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Willie Leonades "Robert Lee" Baldridge
His WW I draft registration card, filed 1 June 1917, records Lee Baldridge, age 26, residence Rowan Co., Ky, born 29 May 1891, occupation logging, employer Guyan Lumber Co., Herndon, W.Va, married supporting a wife and 2 children.
He was born as Willie Leonades Baldridge, but went by Robert Lee Baldridge. On February 25, 1941 he was issued a Special Certificate of Birth and Affidavits listing his full name as Lee Baldridge and date of birth as May 29, 1891. Kentucky file no. 30386.
Lived in Nelma, Wisconsin.
He was born as Willie Leonades Baldridge, but went by Robert Lee Baldridge. On February 25, 1941 he was issued a Special Certificate of Birth and Affidavits listing his full name as Lee Baldridge and date of birth as May 29, 1891. Kentucky file no. 30386.
Lived in Nelma, Wisconsin.
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Cox
Death is recorded in Kentucky, Rowan County Vol. 047, Certificate 23311.
Notes for Willie Leonades "Robert Lee" & Mary Elizabeth (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 7, p. 619, records the marriage on 24 July 1912 of Lee Baldridge, 21, b. Floyd Co., d/o Ben & Orlenia Baldridge to Mary Cox, 18, b. Elliott Co., d/o Wesley & Fannie Cox, at Wesley Cox's by W. F. Lambert, witnesses Henry Cox and Floyd Lambert.
This family group is imported from Joe Gadus's database.
This family group is imported from Joe Gadus's database.
Census
1920 census of Rowan Co., Wagoner precinct, lists on p. 6A as family #96/99:
Baldridge, Lee, 28; Mary, 25; Leona, dau, 6; Earl, son, 3 1/12; Nella, dau, 1 /12.
This census page is marked in the margins as “Ridge Road between Wagoner Creek and Slab Camp Creek Road”.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Clearfield, enumerated April 22, lists on p. 8A as family #117:
Baldridge, Lee Jr., 48, clay miner; Mary, wife, 45; Clyde, son, 18, farm hand; Gertrude, dau, 16; Mabel, dau, 14; Robert, son, 12; Dorothy, dau, 10; Grover, son, 7; Kenneth, son, 3. All born in Kentucky, living in rural Rowan Co (not same house) in 1935.
The next household is headed by Lee’s brother John.
Baldridge, Lee, 28; Mary, 25; Leona, dau, 6; Earl, son, 3 1/12; Nella, dau, 1 /12.
This census page is marked in the margins as “Ridge Road between Wagoner Creek and Slab Camp Creek Road”.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Clearfield, enumerated April 22, lists on p. 8A as family #117:
Baldridge, Lee Jr., 48, clay miner; Mary, wife, 45; Clyde, son, 18, farm hand; Gertrude, dau, 16; Mabel, dau, 14; Robert, son, 12; Dorothy, dau, 10; Grover, son, 7; Kenneth, son, 3. All born in Kentucky, living in rural Rowan Co (not same house) in 1935.
The next household is headed by Lee’s brother John.
