Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

Compiled by Carl Wayne Gray

Jenkins, Mattie

Female 1892 - 1961  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jenkins, Mattie was born on 10 Jan 1892; died on 19 Nov 1961; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: JENK.M
    • _FGRAVE: 50078090

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Bagwell, L.R.  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Bagwell, Rowena O.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1920; died in 2009; was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois.
    3. 4. Bagwell, Clessie Melburn 'Shorty'  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1922 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; died on 8 Feb 1993; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.
    4. 5. Bagwell, Ansel Guy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Mar 1924; died on 4 Oct 2015; was buried in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois.
    5. 6. Bagwell, Eldo Ivan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 May 1927 in Dundas, Richland County, Illinois; died on 28 Dec 1943; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Bagwell, L.R. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mattie1)

  2. 3.  Bagwell, Rowena O. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mattie1) was born in 1920; died in 2009; was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BAGW.R001
    • _FGRAVE: 172431794


  3. 4.  Bagwell, Clessie Melburn 'Shorty' Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mattie1) was born on 8 May 1922 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; died on 8 Feb 1993; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BAGW.C001
    • _FGRAVE: 48530963

    Notes:

    Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Wednesday, February 10, 1993


    OLNEY -Clessie M. Bagwell, 70, Olney, died Monday (Feb. 8, 1993). Retired farmer, oil well operator for Abco Oil Co. Member: Civilian Conservation Corps.

    Survivors: wife, Mary; sons, Houston L., Dundas; Timothy C., St. Louis, Mo.; daughter, Janice L. Ma, Lisle; brothers, Ansel G., Tolono; Leland Ray, Flora; sister, Rowena Hansen, Ashkum.

    Services: Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney. Burial: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney.


  4. 5.  Bagwell, Ansel Guy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mattie1) was born on 31 Mar 1924; died on 4 Oct 2015; was buried in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BAGW.A004
    • _FGRAVE: 153324772
    • Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, United States Army

    Notes:

    Ansel was born March 31, 1924, in Richland County, Ill., a son to Abner and Mattie Jenkins Bagwell. He married Charlotte Smith on June 30, 1946; she preceded him in death on Aug. 22, 1995.

    Surviving are two children, Elaine (Don Schannot) Bagwell of De Soto, Mo., and Rick (Angel) Bagwell of Tellico Plains, Tenn., a daughter-in-law, Gale Bagwell of Tolono; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Mary Bagwell of Olney.

    He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, four brothers and a son, Woodrow Bagwell.

    He was drafted in the U.S. Army in February 1943 and was honorable discharged in February 1946. He received a Purple Heart in 1943.

    He entered the UA Plumbers & Steamfitters Local in Paducah, Ky., in 1947 and ended his 65 years of service from Local 149, Savoy. He was a past member of American Legion Post 24, Champaign.

    Starting at a young age, he would go around and collect discarded items to build his own toys, which progressed into him building his own cars and trucks.


  5. 6.  Bagwell, Eldo Ivan Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mattie1) was born on 6 May 1927 in Dundas, Richland County, Illinois; died on 28 Dec 1943; was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BAGW.E002
    • _FGRAVE: 50078088

    Notes:

    Eldo Bagwell, 16, died at Jackson Hospital last night, failing to revive from an anesthetic.

    The youth, who is employed at Olney shoe factory, went to the bathroom at his home, 408 W. Locust street, to wash his head and cut his hand on the broken handle of the water faucet, the cut tearing a ligament in the palm of his hand. He was taken to Jackson Hospital to have the ligament tied up, and was given an anesthetic. He failed to revive from it.

    He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mattie Bagwell, of Olney, one sister Mrs. Jack Davis of LaFollette, Tenn., and four brothers, Ercy Henry of Marion, Clessie Bagwell and Leland Bagwell of Olney, and Ansel Bagwell, U. S. Army, recently injured in the Italian fighting but now back with his unit in the front lines in Italy.

    Funeral services for Eldo Ivan Bagwell, 16 year old son of Mrs. Mattie Bagwell, will be held at Porter-Schaub Funeral Home Sunday at 2 p. m, Rev. A. O. Jacobs will officiate.

    Interment at Haven Hill.

    Taken from an Olney IL area newspaper.




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