Born in Texas
Spouse: James W.Golledge



1st Obituary:
Daily Ardmoreite
Date: Sunday, July 8, 1928
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Mrs. ELLEN GOLLEDGE, Pioneer Mother of Ardmore
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Mrs. ELLEN GOLLEDGE, pioneer mother of Ardmore, died yesterday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. ELLIS in Houston, Texas. Death
resulted from an automobile accident in which both Mrs. Golledge and Mr.
Ellis were injured. The body will be brought to Ardmore for burial. Mrs.
MAE SCIVALLEY of 823 D St. SW, who was with her mother, will accompany
the body home, but Mrs. Ellis will be unable to attend due to her
husband's serious condition.This was the fourth serious accident in
which she had been hurt since she was 74 years old. She was in her 82nd
year. Mrs. Golledge was the wife of the foreman of the Ardmoreite for
many years. Her husband, J. W. GOLLEDGE, died several years ago and was
buried from St. Phillip's Episcopal Church in which he was a member. He
was of English birth and came to America in his early manhood, first
helped with the Galveston Morning News then volunteered for the
Confederate Army… later with the Hillsboro Mirror at Hillsboro,
Texas. ..came to Ardmore and started the Ardmore Courier which was
destroyed in the 1895 fire, then associated with the Ardmoreite.
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2nd Obituary
Daily Ardmoreite
Date: Tuesday, July 10, 1928
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Mrs. Ellen A. Golledge with photo
From the Houston Post-Dispatch
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Mrs. ELLEN A. GOLLEDGE, 83, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.
E. ELLIS, 1421 Heights Blvd.

Her father, Capt. JAMES MONTGOMERY, was the skipper of a bayou
sidewheeler.. his vessel conveyed the first steam locomotive to Texas.
She was born at Galveston in 1846 and when two years old, her parents
moved to Houston, a straggling town with few brick buildings and muddy
streets.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. ELLIS and Mrs. MAE SCIVALLY of
Ardmore; a sister Mrs. EMILY BERIETH of Houston; a brother JAMES
MONTGOMERY; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.