'GADDY, Nevil, drowned in attempting to cross Richardson's Creek, May 13, 1871, in Union County.
The canoe in which he was seated was carried over the mill dam. A number of friends stood on the shore and witnessed his struggles to save himself but were powerless to render any help.
Simpson Ray Gaddy, told me his grandfather, Neville Gaddy, drowned in a boat while crossing a river to get another bottle of whiskey.
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Married to Martha Elizabeth Clark.
Name: Martha Gaddy
Age in 1870: 34
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: New Salem, Union, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Olive Branch
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
James N Gaddy 35
Martha Gaddy 34
Willie Gaddy 11
Mary C Gaddy 9
Gaston Gaddy 7
Edmond Gaddy 5
Susan Gaddy 3
Name James Gaddy
Residence Union County, North Carolina
Enlistment Date 8 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place Iredell County, North Carolina
Side Served Confederacy
State Served North Carolina
'GADDY, Nevil, drowned in attempting to cross Richardson's Creek, May 13, 1871, in Union County.
The canoe in which he was seated was carried over the mill dam. A number of friends stood on the shore and witnessed his struggles to save himself but were powerless to render any help.
Simpson Ray Gaddy, told me his grandfather, Neville Gaddy, drowned in a boat while crossing a river to get another bottle of whiskey.
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Married to Martha Elizabeth Clark.
Name: Martha Gaddy
Age in 1870: 34
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: New Salem, Union, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Olive Branch
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
James N Gaddy 35
Martha Gaddy 34
Willie Gaddy 11
Mary C Gaddy 9
Gaston Gaddy 7
Edmond Gaddy 5
Susan Gaddy 3
Name James Gaddy
Residence Union County, North Carolina
Enlistment Date 8 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place Iredell County, North Carolina
Side Served Confederacy
State Served North Carolina
Family Members
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