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Just wanted to post an update to my original post.....for those who might wander over here, they'll have the newest information found & the current status.
To my surprise, a wonderful sweet lady from Kentucky by the name of Dorann Lam emailed me one day last month. She loves to help others who are searching for their relatives in Kentucky. We emailed back & forth for a couple of weeks & due to her hard work (which I can never thank her enough for), she was able to bust down that rock hard wall I kept running into on granddaddy, Wm. Dodds Evans.
Here is the what has been discovered:
1) William Dodds Evans' marriage license to Fannie B. Scott. They married in 17 Jun 1910 in Paducah, Kentucky. (((NOTE: Something interesting that Dorann noticed about the signatures on the marriage license is who the ceremony was preformed by & that was Alben W Barkley, County Judge at that time. There was an Alben W Barkley who served as prosecuting attorney, county judge, then was a senator from Kentucky for 20 years. Finally he also served as Vice President under Harry S Truman.....not sure if they are the one & the same or not.)))
2) Per Wm. D.'s marriage license, it shows that his marriage to Fannie would be number TWO for him!. So one brick wall comes down to only have another erected! heehee
3) Dorann also found Fannie's death certificate. This gives me her date of birth (25 Jul 1892), her date of death (21 Aug 1928) & that the cause of death was acute appendicitis . As well as her father's name (Charles C Scott) & mother's name (Mary Cobb). The informant was an Eva Evans.
4) I found Fannie's obituary from a newspaper in Missouri (which is where she went to live after divorcing granddaddy). In her obituary, Eva is listed as her daughter.
5) Dorann was able to get Charles C Scott's death certificate also. It give his date of birth (11 Apr 1862), date of death (9 Aug 18 1925) & his cause of death was listed as "revolver wound of the head, suicide". It list his occupation as watchmaker.
6) She also found the 1910 & 1920 Kentucky Census' for Charles C Scott. In the 1910, it list Charles, his wife Mary & their 6 daughters: Kate, Fannie, Callie, Agnes, Jane & Mannie (or I think it says Mannie). And that his father came from Scotland & his mother from Ireland. By the 1920 census', Charles was the only one listed & he was a widower.
As you can see, Dorann has been a godsend to me in helping me discovering Granddaddy's 2nd family. If it wasn't for her, I don't know if we'd ever would have found any of this. I know I (as well as my niece & nephew) have tried for such a long time & never could find any leads. If you should see this Dorann.....thanks for all of your hard work, your time & generosity.
Later, Deb
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