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Peace Madison Gaddis

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Peace Madison Gaddis

Birth
Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
25 Sep 1937 (aged 57)
Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Peace Gaddis was a man with blond hair and blue eyes, inclined to be stout, 5 feet 10 inches tall. He attended Fort Jesup Masonic School (equivalent to a Jr. College now) and finished there 6 weeks after his Father, Thomas Conley Gaddis died. He received a diploma and taught school for 2 years, at which time he went to work for his wife's uncle who owned a store in Pleasant Hill, later buying the store from him. It was a store that sold everything from caskets to sardines. After his Father's death he assumed responsibility for the family and sent all 4 of his sisters to college, one, Frances, having died of typhoid fever age 16. He educated 3 of them before he was married. He was a Mason, a Shriner, and a splendid student of the Bible, but not an active member of the Methodist Church, but a good paying one. He loved poetry and to read poetry aloud, poker, horse races, baseball, the Stock Market and was a great fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was excellent in math and Latin and always regretted that he didn't get to study Law. He was most Democratic and believed each man had his own destiny to "carve out." He often said, "Never pray for anything except that God save your immortal soul, he has given you everything to work with and he expects you to use it." Peace Madison Gaddis had no artistic talent, but wishing to please his wife, he looked at a large painting she had done of full bloom yellow roses, and said, "Abby, those are the prettiest cabbages I've ever seen." Alma looked at the picture and said, "Peace, you are no artist, but you have just told me what I need to do with this picture."
Peace Gaddis was a man with blond hair and blue eyes, inclined to be stout, 5 feet 10 inches tall. He attended Fort Jesup Masonic School (equivalent to a Jr. College now) and finished there 6 weeks after his Father, Thomas Conley Gaddis died. He received a diploma and taught school for 2 years, at which time he went to work for his wife's uncle who owned a store in Pleasant Hill, later buying the store from him. It was a store that sold everything from caskets to sardines. After his Father's death he assumed responsibility for the family and sent all 4 of his sisters to college, one, Frances, having died of typhoid fever age 16. He educated 3 of them before he was married. He was a Mason, a Shriner, and a splendid student of the Bible, but not an active member of the Methodist Church, but a good paying one. He loved poetry and to read poetry aloud, poker, horse races, baseball, the Stock Market and was a great fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was excellent in math and Latin and always regretted that he didn't get to study Law. He was most Democratic and believed each man had his own destiny to "carve out." He often said, "Never pray for anything except that God save your immortal soul, he has given you everything to work with and he expects you to use it." Peace Madison Gaddis had no artistic talent, but wishing to please his wife, he looked at a large painting she had done of full bloom yellow roses, and said, "Abby, those are the prettiest cabbages I've ever seen." Alma looked at the picture and said, "Peace, you are no artist, but you have just told me what I need to do with this picture."

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