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JOHN MAYBERRY or MABRY
John was a great-grandson of George Mabry. Reliably, the progenitor of
the Tampa's Mabrys was John Mabry, who is found on the
1830 Census of South Carolina in the Union District. John is on the 1830 Census of Union District, SC. Censuses before
1850 only listed a count of males and females in the household according
to age group.
JOHN & SARAH HUGHES MABRY, 1830 CENSUS, UNION DISTRICT, SC
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Union Dist. SC |
Males |
Females |
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Head |
>5 |
5 to
<10 |
10 to
<15 |
15 to
<20 |
20 to
<30 |
30 to
<40 |
40 to
<50 |
50 to
<60 |
60 to
<70 |
70 to
<80 |
80 to
<90 |
90 to
<100 |
100 &
over |
>5 |
5 to
<10 |
10 to
<15 |
15 to
<20 |
20 to
<30 |
30 to
<40 |
40 to
<50 |
50 to
<60 |
60 to
<70 |
70 to
<80 |
80 to
<90 |
90 to
<100 |
100 &
over |
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John Mabry |
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Later records show John was born around 1789 so John is the male
age 40 to under 50. He would have been around 40 to 41 in
1830.
Later records of Sarah show she was born around 1801 so she would be
the female age 20 to under 30. She would have been around 29
in 1830.
Their son, Jesse Hughes Mabry was born around 1817 and would have
been around 13 in 1830 so he one of the two males 10 to under 15.
JOHN & SARAH
HUGHES MABRY,
1840 CENSUS, PICKENS CO., ALABAMA
By the time of the 1840 Census, John
Mabry and his family had moved to Pickens Co., Alabama and our found
on that census there.
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1840
Pickens Ala. |
Males |
Females |
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Head |
>5 |
5 to
<10 |
10 to
<15 |
15 to
<20 |
20 to
<30 |
30 to
<40 |
40 to
<50 |
50 to
<60 |
60 to
<70 |
70 to
<80 |
80 to
<90 |
90 to
<100 |
100 &
over |
>5 |
5 to
<10 |
10 to
<15 |
15 to
<20 |
20 to
<30 |
30 to
<40 |
40 to
<50 |
50 to
<60 |
60 to
<70 |
70 to
<80 |
80 to
<90 |
90 to
<100 |
100 &
over |
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John Mabry |
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There is a consistency
between these 1830 and 1840 censuses. John and Sarah have both
moved up one age group. A new male and a new female are now in
the household, under 5. The four males under 15 in 1830 have all
moved up an age group. Jesse Mabry born ca. 1817 would
have been around 23 here and is the lone male 20 to under 30. The 2
of the 3 females under 5 in 1830 are 10 years older and are
now age 10 to under 15. One of the females under 5 in 1830 is
no longer living.
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 1850 - JOHN MABRY FAMILY IN MISSISSIPPI
By 1850 John and Sarah had migrated
to Mississippi and are on the 1850
Census of Itawamaba County. This county is in the far northeast
corner of the state and is bordered by Alabama to the east.
However, their son Jesse Hughes Mabry isn't with them on
this census because he remained in Alabama
having been married there.
John was 60, a farmer, with $3,500
in real estate. This is considerably more than others on the page.
His wife, Sarah (Hughes) Mabry was 48. Both show they were born in
S. Carolina. Their son Jesse is not in their home as he was
married and still living in Pickens Co., Alabama.
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1850 CENSUS, ITAWAMBA CO., MISS.
John and Sarah's first three children were
born in SC: James M. b. ca.1828, Eliza June (poss. Jane) b. ca.1829, and
Thomas, b. ca. 1832. Their last three children were born in
Alabama: Roderick W, b. ca. 1839, Leonidas(?) b. ca. 1841, and Elbert
B,
b. ca. 1843. This is more evidence that John and Sarah came to Alabama
from South Carolina between 1832 and 1839.
Their son, Jesse Mabry, is not in the
home because he was still living in Pickens Co., Alabama in 1850.
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1850 - JESSE HUGHES MABRY &
SARAH CAROLINE PRUDE MABRY STILL IN ALABAMA
John and Sarah Mabry's son, Jesse Hughes Mabry,
was born in South Carolina around 1816. At a young age, he moved
with his parents to Pickens Co., Alabama and married Sarah Caroline
Prude there around 1843. She was a
native of Bridgeville, Ala. and a descendant of the family who settled
in Alabama early in its history. Sarah was a daughter of Hanon Prude and
Martha Bradford Prude.
Jesse and Sarah's estimated
marriage year is concluded from the age of their first son on the 1850
Census, where their children were John
(b.c1843), David (b.c1845) and Malcolm (b.c1847), all born in Alabama.
The "NO" next to their marriage date at right was added by
TampaPix and means this date, July 29, 1852,** is
very likely incorrect. If it was correct, they would not be found
living together with three children born before 1850--ages 6, 4, and
2--on the 1850 Census.
**This marriage date comes from
An historical and genealogical record of the Prude and McAdory
families by James Oscar Prude, 1939 where it lists the children
of Sara Caroline Prude, the first 3 being born before 1850.
Martha Bradford
Prude, wife of Hannon Prude, mother of Sarah
Caroline Prude.
The child is her granddaughter,
Martha Caroline
Mabry b.1852. (Daughter of Sarah Caroline
Prude & Jesse Hughes Mabry.)
Circa 1860 photo from
Bradford Roots & Branches, compiled by Nancy Vashti
Jacob, printed 1975.
1850 CENSUS,
PICKENS CO., ALABAMA
Even though this census didn't record
relationships to the head of house, the required
procedure for the enumerator was to list the head of
house first, the spouse next, then the children of
both of them in chronological order of birth.
Seen here is Jesse H. Mabry with Sarah and their 3
children, John, David and Malcolm. It's
just unheard of that a man would be living with a
woman and have 3 children with her if they weren't
married. John's age has been used to estimate
their marriage year of 1843.
Sarah Caroline Prude Mabry, wife of Jesse Mabry, daughter of Hanan Prude and Martha Bradford Prude,
died on Aug 3, 1852.
JESSE MABRY'S SECOND MARRIAGE
After Sarah's death in 1852, Jesse Hughes Mabry married Martha Bradford in Pickens Co.,
Ala. on Dec. 23, 1853. She was born Nov. 10, 1820 in SC, the
second child of David Bradford & Jane Thompson
Bradford. Martha Bradford was a first cousin of Jesse's first wife,
Sarah Caroline Prude.
Bradford Roots & Branches, compiled by Nancy Vashti
Jacob, printed 1975.p.29 Ultimately, from
An historical and genealogical record of the Prude
and McAdory families by Prude, James Oscar, 1939.
1860 - JESSE
HUGHES MABRY AND MARTHA BRADFORD MABRY FROM ALABAMA TO
LOUISIANA TO MISSISSIPPI
Jesse Mabry was
for many years a prominent merchant and did business
in Bridgeville, Ala. until 1856 when he and his family
moved to DeSoto Parish in Louisiana. (DeSoto borders Texas to the west
in the upper portion of Louisiana.) Afterwards they moved to Lee Co.,
Miss. in 1860.
By August of 1860 the Jesse
Mabrys had moved to Mississippi in Pontotoc County which is on the west side of
Itawamba County. The record shows Martha (Bradford) Mabry was 39
and born
in Alabama. Jesse's age is incorrect, he would have been 43.
Seen
here are Jesse's five children by his first wife Sarah Prude: John Hanon
Mabry, David Prude Mabry, Malcolm Mabry, Milton Harvey Mabry, and
Martha Caroline Mabry (the girl in the photo at the beginning of this
page), and two children by his second wife Martha
Bradford: Groves
Mabry (b.
ca.1855), and James Bradford Mabry. age 1 month (b. ca.Jun 1860). Milton H. Mabry was 10 years
old and born just after the 1850 Census.
Although Jesse has no occupations
indicated in 1850 and 1860, the value of his 1860 personal property is
huge. Jesse's name has been written in the old style of writing a
"double s" which looks like "fs" which often looks like a "p"
with a tall ascender. 1860 Census,
Verona, Pontotoc Co., Miss.
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In 1860, Pontotoc and Itawamba
counties were adjacent counties in the far northeast corner of
Mississippi.
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1860 Census, Plantersville,
Itawamba County, Mississippi
Jesse's parents, John and Sarah, are
on the 1860 Census of Itawamaba County, Miss. The record shows
John Mabry was 71, a farmer, with $3,200 in Real Estate and 11,385 in
personal property, again, considerably more than others on the page.
Sarah was 58, giving her a calculated birth year of abt. 1801.
Albert was probably their youngest son Elbert who appeared on their 1850
Census.
1870 JESSE H. MABRY & MARTHA BRADFORD
MABRY, Tupelo, Lee Co., Miss.
By September of 1870 the Jesse Mabrys
were living in Lee County, MS in the area of Tupelo. It is likely
that they didn't move there. Lee County was established by the
Mississippi Legislature on October 26, 1866, and named for General
Robert E. Lee. It was formed from Pontotoc and Itawamba counties with
Lee county between the two.
1870 CENSUS, Tupelo, Lee Co., Miss.
Jesse was listed as
a merchant with $2,000 worth of real estate and & $6,000 worth
of personal property. This was considerably more than
others on this page. Malcolm was a clerk in a store, probably his father's store. Milton was 20 and the Mabry's
had a 68 year old cook named Violet, which indicates they were doing
quite well.
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Jesse's father, John Mabry, died
sometime after his 1870 Census in Itawamba County, Miss. where he last
appears with his wife Sarah (Hughes) Mabry. John was listed at 80
years old, a farm laborer, with considerably less value in real estate
and personal property. Sarah was listed as 78, but she was
actually around 68 according to her prior censuses. As with his son
Jesse, John probably didn't relocate, this is likely the area of
Itawamba County that became Lee County in 1866.
1870 CENSUS, VERONA, ITAWAMBA CO.,
MISS.
Thomas was probably their son.
1880 - JESSE H. MABRY & WIFE
MARTHA BRADFORD MABRY
No record or news article has been
located concerning the death of John Mabry. By the time of the
1880 Census, Jesse's mother, widowed Sarah Hughes Mabry, was living with
Jesse and his wife Martha.
Sarah
Hughes Mabry was born 19 December 1801 died on 24 January 1881
in Verona, Lee County, Mississippi.
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This is the first census to record
every person's relationship to the head of house. None were
recorded for the Mabry household.
NO 1890 CENSUS
On January 10, 1921, a fire in the
Commerce Department building, Washington, DC, resulted in the
destruction of almost all of the 1890 census. Most of the damage was
from the water used to put out the fire. None had been microfilmed.
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DEATH OF JESSE HUGHES
MABRY
Jesse Hughes Mabry died at age 80 on Apr. 18, 1898
at the home of his
son, Groves Mabry, in Kosciusko, Miss.
Kosciusko, Mississippi is the county seat of Attala County
and is located in the center of the state.
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"Col."
isn't a military rank, it is a term commonly used in the
South as a title of respect, honor, age, and social status.
Younger men are often "Maj." and "Capt." There is an
aristocratic tinge to the social usage of the title
"Colonel", which most often today designates a Southern
gentleman, and is archetypal of the Southern aristocrat from
days past. There is also a different perceptive level of
respect for colonels that are reciprocally addressed as
"Honorable" or "Colonel" in writing style. While the honor
of colonel in the civil usage has no actual military role,
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CHILDREN OF JESSE HUGHES MABRY
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Children by Sarah Prude |
Born |
Where |
Death |
Notes |
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John Hanon Mabry |
1844, Nov. 2 |
Pickens Co., Ala. |
1863 |
Died in Civil War, CSA, not married. |
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David Prude Mabry
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1847, Apr. 17 |
Pickens Co., Ala. |
1925, Oct. 16, Comanche, Ok.
FindaGrave
Family tree |
CSA veteran. pioneer of the west, always
pleasant & smiling.
When David Prude Mabry was born, his father, Dr. Jesse
Hughes Mabry, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Caroline Prude, was 22.
David and his family lived in Grayson Township, Jefferson, Ok. in 1910
and Brown Township, Stephens, Ok.in 1920. He died at the age of
78, and was buried in Comanche, Stephens, Ok.
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Marr Dec 1876 Tarrant TX to Sarah Alice Gann
b1852,
CH:
1. Martha Carrie 1875,
2.Tennessee Alice "Tennie" (f) 1878,
3. Nettie Florence 1880
4. Mattie Mae 1882,
5. Bonnie E 1884,
6. Norman 1886
7.
Mary
1894..
1900 census |
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Malcolm Mabry |
1848, Nov. 3 |
Pickens Co., Ala. |
1931, Dec. 19
Columbia Co, MS |
Described in his Dec. 22, 1931
obit in the Clarksdale Press Register as a noble pioneer of Coahoma
County, one of the most prominent and progressive planters in the area
until he retired from business activities in the 1920s. Prominent in development of his community,
his sudden passing was a complete shock to this associates in Columbia
Co., Miss. Buried in Clarksdale, Oakridge Cemetery
Married
1. Josephine Legg, d.1878. Ch:
1. Ella Corinne 1875 marr 1895
Henry Dickey.
2. Dora Bradford 1877, marr 1897 W.M. Simpson, 6 ch.
Married 2. Oct.
1882 Annie Eliz. Cunningham (b. 1857 d. May 1930). Ch:
1. Jessie Aline
1883 marr 1918 Edgar Sartorius
2. Glennie Mabel 1885 marr1 1906 Jewel Jenkins d. 1922, marr2
Charles Sidney Smith.
3. Ivy Lee 1887 marr1. 1916 Oscar Dodd d.1926 marr2 1929
Robert J. Blair
4. Estelle Opal 1890 marr 1918 Pleny L. Parker
5. Henry Watterson 1892 marr 1917 Alice McDanields, 3 ch,
6. Malcolm Harvey Nov. 8, 1898 marr 1922 Abbie West 2 ch
7. Annie Mildred
(twin) Nov. 8,1898. d Npv 26. 1898. |
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Milton
Harvey Mabry, Sr. |
1850, June 17 |
Bridgeville,
Pickens Co., Ala. |
1919, Mar 3, Tampa |
Marr1:1876 in Verona, MS,
Ella Dale Bramlett d. 1904 Tampa, CH
1. Giddings Eldon b.1877 d. 1968 marr 1906 Mabel Robey in Tampa.1 ch Mabel
2. Jesse Hughes 1879
marr1 1903 Marie Eliz. Boatwright d.1917
marr2 1918 Eleanor Tiffin Cook 2 ch.
3. George b. abt. 1881 d. child
4. John Bramlett b. 1883 d.1909
5. Mattie Mae 1885
6. Milton Harvey Jr. b.1888 marr 1907 Gertrude Dean 6 ch.
7. Kate b. abt. 1889
8. Dale b.1891 d.1922
9. Eloise b. 1893
Marr2: 1906 Irene Washburne CH
10. Harton Washburn 1908
Read about the life of Milton H.
Mabry Sr |
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Martha Caroline Mabry |
1852, Nov. 17 |
Pickens Co., Ala. |
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Marr. Dr. Oliver M. Oldham
Ch:
1. Jesse Mabry Oldham
2. Bradford Mabry
Oldham (b1889 d. 1936) |
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1853 |
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Groves Mabry |
1854, Oct. 25 |
Pickens Co., Ala. |
1899, Feb. 10, Kosciusko, Miss. |
Groves came to Kosciusko from north Miss.
and entered a business career marked with success from start to finish.
Instrumental in bringing about considerable reduction in price of most
commodities, owing to for many years bought and sold his goods strictly
for cash, incurring but slight risks he could afford to sell at small
profits. Exemplary member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he
manifested the same zeal and executive ability that characterized his
life. Noted for his sterling honesty, generous impulses, public
spirit, convictions, courage to maintain what he thought was right,
advocated and defended when occasion required. In business
relations, social realm, church and state, he stood for what he
conceived to be just. (From his obit in Feb. 17, 1899 Kosciusko Star
Ledger.)
Marr1. Bessie Box, CH
1. Mary Bradford 1881,
Marr2: Mellie Doty, CH
2. Maude Murphy 1885, Bessie Lee 1889. |
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James Bradford Mabry |
1859, Oct 1 |
Louisiana |
1899, Oct. 26 |
Died in a railroad collision at Brookhaven,
conductor James B. Mabry received injuries from which he died Wednesday.
The sad news reached here Tuesday of the fatal injury in a train wreck
of Mr. Jim Mabry. His wife left here at once on receipt of the
news, arriving in time to see him before he passed. His remains were
brought here on Thursday and interred in the city cemetery. (From his
obits in the Kosciusko MS Star Ledger, Oct. 27 & 28, 1699 |
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Wiilie Mabry (female) |
1962, Apr 22 |
Lee Co., Miss. |
Died young |
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Some information
is from
An historical and genealogical record of the Prude and
McAdory families by James Oscar Prude, 1939
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DESCENDANTS OF MILTON HARVEY MABRY, SR.
AND ELLA DALE BRAMLETT
(Their children
who didn't live to adulthood are listed above, omitted below.)
Read about the life of Milton
Harvey Mabry, Sr. on Page 1 of this feature.
Some information in this
section is from
AN HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL
RECORD of the PRUDE and McADORY
FAMILIES, by James Oscar Prude, Sr.
& Mary Eloise Prude, pub. 1939
Bramblette, Bramlett, Bramlitt
family notes / assembled by Robert
Franklin Cole, pub. 1937
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Giddings Eldon
Mabry,
first child of Milton H. Mabry, Sr. & Ella Dale
Bramlett.
 Giddings
Mabry was born on Oct 8, 1877 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In Dec. 1879, at the age of two years old, he moved with his
parents and younger brother Jesse
from Tupelo to Leesburg, Sumter Co. Fla. Giddings was
educated in the Leesburg public grade schools and Leon
County High School in Tallahassee. In 1894 he entered
the West Florida Seminary in Tallahassee until 1896.
Giddings then attended Richmond College at Richmond, Va.
from 1896-1898, where he studied Latin, Greek, English
and philosophy, obtaining his undergraduate degree in
English and Latin. Upon graduating from Richmond
College, Giddings entered Cumberland University at
Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1898 and obtained his Bachelor of
Law degree in Dec. 1900
After obtaining his law degree,
Giddings came back to Florida to join his parents and
siblings for a short time in Dade City. Giddings came to Tampa briefly in
late Jan.1901 and immediately left for Ocala to study
Florida law in the law office of his father's former law
partner and friend, Judge William A. Hocker. He passed
the state bar exam in Ocala in 1901 and at age 24 came
to Tampa to open his law practice in the Knight
Building. In Feb.
In 1902 Giddings was admitted to the
Hillsborough County Bar Association, allowing him to
practice in the local courts. In Jun. 1910 Giddings was
appointed as City Attorney by Mayor D.B. McKay, a
position he held until May 1913.
Giddings Mabry married in Tampa on Nov. 1, 1906 to Iowa native
Mabel Robey, a daughter of Rev. George C. and Rebecca J.
(Kelly) Robey. Giddings and Mabel had one daughter
in 1909; Mabel Mabry.
In July 1912 Mabry was
joined by a young, future Fla. governor Doyle Elam
Carlton and practiced as "Mabry & Carlton."
Giddings
served as county attorney from 1917 to 1923 and as vice
president of the HCBA in 1918. He was elected
president of the HCBA in 1918. He was a member of the
bar associations of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
and the American Bar Association, Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity, Masonic Lodge, board member of the YMCA, Old
Peoples Home of Tampa, the First Baptist Church in Hyde
Park, and the Baptist Children's Home of
Lakeland.
In July 1921, Mabry and Carlton were joined by
retired judge O. K. Reaves of Bradenton. The firm became
"Mabry, Reaves & Carlton," and after the addition and
departure of various other partners over the years, the firm became
Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Fields & Ward. In March
1953 Mabry & Reaves became of counsel and of their own
insistence the firm became Carlton, Fields, Ward,
Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler and years later shortened to
Carlton Fields.
Giddings Mabry passed
away in Tampa at age 90 on Sep. 24, 1968. His wife Mabel
died on Oct. 5,1946. They were both buried in
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa.
See Gddings E. Mabry's
details with news articles and photos on Page 1.
Child of Giddings Mabry and Mabel Robey
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Mabel
Mabry, b. Sep. 10, 1909, Tampa, She
attended Hollins College in Virginia and
graduated from Rollins College in Winter
Park, Fla. She was a member of
the Junior League of Tampa and Gamma Phi
Beta Sorority.
She married
Nov. 8, 1962 in Tampa to William James Dann,
Jr. of New York City. They lived in
NYC and had no children. |
Hollins College was in Virginia,
Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla.
Mabel died in Easton, Maryland on Feb.8,
1986. Her obituaries in Tampa newspapers
claim she
died Feb. 4, but her
grave marker shows Feb. 8.
She was buried at
Saint Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard,
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia. She is
buried with her husband, William James Dann Jr. who died in 1980.
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Dr.
Jesse Hughes Mabry
Photo from his obituary. |
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Marie Elizabeth Boatwright
Mabry
Photo courtesy of Rick Martin
at Find a Grave. |
Jesse
Hughes Mabry,
second child of Milton H. Mabry, Sr. & Ella Dale
Bramlett.
Jesse was
named for his father so was actually a
Junior.
He
was born on July 30, 1879 in
Tupelo, Mississippi
and
came with his parents and older brother
Giddings to Leesburg in Sumter Co., Florida,
at 5 months old in Dec. 1879. In 1890,
he moved with his family to Pasco County
where his father had built a large home on a
hill overlooking Dade City from the north. Jesse
Jr. entered Richmond College (now the University of
Richmond) at age 17 in 1896 and graduated from there in
1898.. His brother Giddings also
attended Richmond College at the same time.
 
Jesse then attended the
University College of Medicine at Richmond (which later
became the Medical College of Virginia.) He was the
youngest man in his class at 21 in 1900.
On Nov.
11, 1903 Dr. Mabry married Virginia-born
Marie Elizabeth Boatwright. She was "quite pretty, and highly accomplished and
was organist of the church."
Jesse was not a Tampa native. He
was brought to Leesburg,
Sumter Co. Fla. in 1880 by his parents when he was less
than a year old.
In the same
year, Dr. Mabry opened his first office in
Newport News. He was on the staff of the
State Board of Health and one of the leading
physicians in Newport News.
Before WW1,
Dr. Mabry served as
secretary-treasurer of Riverside Hospital. In 1909
He was part owner with Dr.
Wm. R. Hoskins of the Chestnut Avenue Pharmacy at 2601
Chestnut Ave. in Newport News.
In 1912 Dr. Mabry was a member of the
Newport News Medical Society and read his paper on
"Heredity in Children" at their meeting in late Jan.
1912. He was also an officer of the Canton
Peninsula Grand Lodge and was on the board of trustees
of Hargrave Military Academy in 1957.
Marie E. Boatwright Mabry died on
Aug. 29, 1917 at age 39 in Newport News, Va. She and Dr.
Mabry had
no children.
Dr. Mabry registered for the WW1 draft at age 39 on Sep.
12, 1918 On his draft registration he was a
physician and lived at 2414 Chestnut Avenue in Newport
News. The
"person who will always know your address" was his
father, M. H. Mabry in Tampa, FL.
The following
month he and four other doctors were
appointed to duty at various camps by the
War Department, but was given 15 days in
which to continue his work locally with the
influenza epidemic. He then entered service
in the surgical department of the Army
Medical Corps and spent most of his time
studying at a school in Chattanooga, Tenn.
After the war, he reopened his practice in
Newport News.
Dr. Mabry
then married Ohio native Eleanor Tiffin Cook
on Dec. 21, 1918 in Blackstone, Va.
Eleanor was born Jan. 12, 1893, a daughter
of William Ellison Cook and Annie Floyd, .
She was formerly the superintendent and head
nurse of
Riverside Hospital in 1916. After their
honeymoon travels, they settled at 2401
Chestnut Ave. in Newport News.
Dr. Mabry lived and
practiced medicine in Newport News, Virginia where on April 26,
1942, he registered for the WW2 draft at age 62. He gave his home
address as 6400 Huntington Ave. and his medical practice office as
2414 Chestnut Avenue. For "Person who will always know your
address," he listed his wife.
In Feb. 1922, Jesse's
youngest
brother, Dale Mabry, was killed in a flaming crash of
the dirigible Roma at Langley Field, Va, which Dale was
test piloting. Jesse went to Langley Field and was the
only relative of any of the victims to view the victims'
bodies; identifying the remains of his brother.
On Oct. 8,
1951, in the Panama Room of the Cavalier
Hotel at Virginia Beach, the Virginia
Medical Society awarded 50-year certificates
to 21 doctors which included Dr. Jesse
Hughes Mabry.
Dr. Jesse H. Mabry, Sr.
was a president of the Newport News Rotary Club, member
of local, state and national medical associations, and a
lifetime deacon of the First Baptist Church, Newport
News. He died on Sep. 22, 1962 at age 82. His
estate was valued at $597k with his wife as the
executor. She received the home and contents and a
half share of the net estate, the rest to be split
equally among their daughter and son.
Eleanor T. Cook
Mabry died on
Jul. 31, 1980 at age 87 in Newport News, Va.
Children
(2) of Dr. Jesse Hughes Mabry and
Eleanor Tiffin Cook
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Eleanor Cook
Mabry was born in Newport News, Va. on
Oct 3, 1920 while her family lived at 6400
Huntington. corner 64th St.
Her obituary
covers her life in detail, but it doesn't
mention her work with the American Red Cross
and some other events, positions or honors.
It also mentions events not included in this
chronology below which were gathered from
newspaper articles at the time of the
events.
In Sep. 1935
she was the copy editor of her high school
(Newport News High School) newspaper, The Beacon. In April 1936 she
was secretary of her high school Literary
Society and later that year, treasurer
of the senior class.
In Sep. 1938 she entered Sullins Junior
College in Bristol, Va., and graduated
from there in late May 1939.
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In Sep.
1939, Eleanor entered the College of William &
Mary at Williamsburg, Va., graduating in
Jan. 1942, receiving her B.A. degree
and diploma at the June 8 graduation
ceremony.
1942 COLONIAL ECHO at Internet Archives
In 1942 she
joined the AAUW (American Association of
University Women) and became their
recording secretary. In Jan. 1944 she
resigned from the AAUW due to her plan to
move to Florida.
In Tampa,
she joined the American Red Cross in
Jun. 1944. In Feb. 1945 while visiting
her parents in Newport News, she was
assigned to Red Cross disaster relief in
Murfreesboro, Tenn. In Jun. 1948
she traveled to Kennewick, Wash. for
Red Cross disaster relief work. In
Dec. 1948, while visiting her parents in
Newport News, she left for Montgomery,
Ala. for Red Cross relief work. By 1949 she had left Tampa
and moved
back to Newport News, becoming a case worker
for the TAS of Newport News (Travelers
Aid Society) in March 1949.
In July 1949 she became editor and compiler
of the Peninsula Jaycees publication
of directory of health, welfare and
recreation agencies of Lower Peninsula.
In Aug. 1949 she became the first Red
Cross volunteer to sign up and donate blood
with the Newport News-Warwick County
Red Cross. In Dec. 1948 she was
dismissed from the TAS due to
reduction in the society's funds under the
Community Chest program. In Jan. 1950
she attended the Red Cross Disaster
Relief conference in Alexandria, Va. A
week after arriving home, she left for Red
Cross disaster relief in Miami, Fla.
After a month in Miami, she went back home
then left for Red Cross disaster relief work
in Bridgeton, NJ.
In Mar. 1950 she attended another Red
Cross Disaster Relief conference in
Alexandria. Upon returning home,
she left in April for Red Cross disaster
relief in Clinton, Iowa. In
Jan. 1942 she was a member of the DAC
(Daughters of American Colonists) Chanco
Chapter and hosted a luncheon at her
home.
For the rest
of her life she devoted her time to joining
and participating in numerous societies and
organizations and hosted many social events.
Eleanor
passed away on Apr. 22, 2001 in Newport
News.
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Jesse
Hughes Mabry, Jr was born on Jan. 9, 1923 in
Newport News, Va. where as a young man he
became "skilled in the production of bakery products." In 1941 he
entered the Hargrave Military Academy at Chatham, Va. where he was
a member of the band, varsity football team,
intramural basketball team, glee club, drama club
and rifle team. Upon graduating in 1942 he
attended the University of Richmond before entering military service
in May 1942 in the Army Air Force as a B-29 bomber pilot during WW2.
After the war he entered Baylor University in Waco, Texas and was a
member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
On Jun. 2, 1946 while attending Baylor,
Jesse married in Pratt, Kansas, to Miss Cora Mae Rooks, a native of
Pratt and daughter of Leonard Elmo Rooks and Fanny Barlow.
Cora was born Jan. 17, 1926 and graduated from Pratt Junior College.
Jesse Jr. continued preparing for a life of service in the gospel
ministry at the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky. where
he earned a B.D. (Bachelor of Divinity) in 1952 and afterward a Th.M.
degree.
Jesse served as a pastor of churches
in Kansas and Starke, Florida before coming to DeLand, Fla in 1961.
There he served as a campus minister at Stetson University, as the
Director of Religious Activities and Director of the Baptist Student
Union for many years. He was active in community service
organizations such as the West Volusia Council on Human Relations
and related organizations, as well as Rotary Club International.
He was chaplain for the DeLand Chapter of Sons of the American
Revolution and a dedicated member of the DeLand Baptist Church where
he served for many years as Sunday School teacher and a deacon.
Jesse Jr. and Cora had children: Michele Gayle Mabry,
Tiffin Ann Mabry, Martha Dale Mabry, and Cathy Mabry Jackson.
Jesse Jr. died at
the age of 69 on 1 October 1992, at West Volusia Memorial Hospital
in DeLand, He was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand,
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His wife, Cora Mae Rooks Mabry died in DeLand on Nov. 24, 2006
at age 80
She was buried Oakdale Cemetery with her husband.
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John
Bramlett Mabry,
fourth child of Milton H. Mabry, Sr. &
Ella Dale Bramlett
John was born Aug. 20, 1883 in Leesburg, Florida.
In 1890, he moved with his family to Pasco County
where his father had built a large home on a hill
overlooking Dade City from the north. Later, he moved to Tallahassee and became
secretary to Hon. Don C. McMullen. John suffered from
heart problems and traveled to Indian Springs, Ga. and
White Springs, Fla. in attempts to regain his health.
In mid-October 1909 his brother Dr. Jesse Mabry brought
him from Tallahassee to Tampa on a train, but on the
train he was "seized with several violent attacks of his
ailment." He was placed in the South Fla.
Sanitarium and "everything possible was done," but it
was too late to operate. John died on Oct. 21, 1909 in Tampa.
John was a member of the Baptist Sunday School and the BYPU (Baptist Young People's Union.)
Hopefully they corrected his name before forwarding this
to the bereaved family and Tallahassee newspapers.
Nothing more could be found
about him. Despite his burial in
Dade City,
his gravesite is at Myrtle Hill
Cemetery in Tampa, where his
date of death is incorrect on
his grave marker.
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 Milton Harvey Mabry, Jr., sixth child of Milton H.
Mabry, Sr. & Ella Dale Bramlett
Milton Jr. was born on Jun. 26, 1888 in Leesburg, Florida. In
1890, he moved with his family to Pasco County where his father had
built a large home on a hill overlooking Dade City from the north.
In 1904, he came to Tampa and by 1906 he had entered the cigar manufacturing business with the Safo
Cigar Company, which was established in 1901 by Clarence Symonette.
While in the cigar business, Milton attended Tampa Business College by night and after
graduating made a special study of auditing and accounting.
On Aug. 27, 1907, he married
Wisconsin-born Gertrude Emma Dean (b.1887), at the home of Mrs.
Charles Long in Brainard, Minn. Gertrude was a daughter of Mr. &
Mrs. John Dean of Tampa. By 1910 they lived in West Tampa at
140 W. 11th Ave and Milton was working as a shipping clerk, probably
with Safo.
By 1911, Milton Jr. was a real estate
developer with his Mutual Development Company (MDC),
purchasing 40 acres adjacent to Seminole Heights, north of
Tampa. In 1912 MDC surveyed and plotted the initial 40 acres
and had purchased 80 more acres. In 1912 MDC began extensive
development, naming the subdivision Suwanee Heights. Like Seminole Heights,
it was a
restricted subdivision. Milton and his brother Giddings Mabry were
stockholders and served as a directors. In 1913, when
the company amended its charter, Giddings Mabry was the
secretary Milton Jr. assistant secretary. MDC's
offices were located in Rooms 5 & 6 of the Hampton Building, the
same location occupied by Giddings' law office. By
1920, over 100 homes had been built in Suwanee Heights which by then
was part of Seminole Heights.
See a Mar. 1912 ad for Suwanee Heights.
See a Tampa Times full page illustrated ad of Jun 1, 1912.
In early Feb. 1916, Milton Jr.
was appointed by Governor Park Trammell as Hillsborough County commissioner
to replace Commissioner W. A. West who died suddenly of a heart
attack on Feb. 7, 1916. Announcing his candidacy in March to run for
the District 3 position in the 1916 election in June, Mabry defeated
J. L. Hackney 890 votes to 695 votes. Mabry was
re-elected in 1918, serving until 1920. He was widely-known as an avid advocate of highway
development.
Milton was a charter member of the Florida
Association of Realtors, organized in 1916.
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Milton H. Mabry Jr.
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Milton
applied for a U.S. passport on Oct. 16, 1919 in order to travel to
Cuba for "Fraternal business, shrine ceremonial" on board the
ship Miami
to depart Nov. 23, 1919. He states he was born in Leesburg on June
26, 1888. He was 31 years old, 6 feet tall with brown
eyes and brown hair. His brother, Giddings Mabry, notarized his
signature.
On Jan. 14, 1920, The Tampa Times
announced that the Mutual Development Company would be selling its
remaining lots in Suwanee Heights at auction, in order to
"liquidate the real estate holdings of the Mutual Development
Company, as they intend to devote their time and attention to
mortgage investments, and also to relieve the housing situation in
Tampa." The auction began on the 14th and was to last for six days.
This lengthy article provides an excellent history of the
development of the area.
Read the whole article.
In June 1920 Milton ran for
Clerk of the Circuit Court. Also in the race were W. P Culbreath, W.
R. Watkins, and William Nelms.
This photo clearly was taken when he was younger, compare to his
1919 passport photo.
Milton fell short of
winning by 434 votes.
By 1920, Milton had established his
own real estate company, M. H. Mabry & Co. at 509 Twiggs St.
Milton, Gertrude and their
three
daughters lived in Seminole Heights, on N. Nebraska Ave.
where Milton Jr. was a real estate agent and developer. They
were both members of the First Baptist Church in Hyde Park, Tampa.
Milton Jr. was also a
member of the state Racing (greyhound) Committee.
By 1924, Milton became the
Secretary-Treasurer of the Guaranty Mortgage Company, a company
started in 1912. By 1929, he had become its president, as well
as president of Raybro Electric Supplies.
In late Aug. 1929 Milton was appointed by Judge L. L. Parks
of the circuit court as a liquidator,
serving under State Comptroller Ernest Amos. Milton handled the liquidation of assets of many banks, large and
small, due to the onset of the banking crisis of mid-1929. In Dec 1929 he
was elected president of the Beach Park Civic Assoc. and directed
their beautification/clean-up project. On the 1930 census in Tampa,
he was living with his family at 4215 Sylvan Ramble
in Palma Ceia. Milton Jr. was the president of Guaranty
Mortgage Company.
In 1932 Milton and Gertrude moved to
Twin Lakes Blvd. at White
Trout Lake where they remained for the rest of their lives. Their
home was for many years the gathering place for all family
activities. This area is now Carrollwood.
Milton Jr. died in a Tampa hospital
on Nov. 13, 1964. He was 76.
Milton was a member of the First
Baptist Church for 60 years and a deacon for 50 years. He was
its former chairman of the Missions Committee and also of the Tampa
Bay Association. He was a former member of the State Board of
Missions and the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, as
well as a former trustee of Stetson University. He was a life
member of Holyrood Lodge of the Masons, Tampa Consistory, Scottish
Rite, and a former member of Egypt Temple Shrine. He was also
a 40-year member of the Kiwanis Club, founder and president of
M. H. Mabry Co. and president of Mabry, Rice & Boring, Inc,
realtors.
He was survived by his widow,
Gertrude Dean Mabry, three daughters, Mrs. Paul Cochran Jr (Alice). and Mrs.
James R. Boring (Ella Dale), both of Tampa, and Mrs. William Drew Smith
(Bargara Lucille) of
Valdosta, Ga, a sister Mrs. Taver Bayly (Eloise) of Clearwater, and brother
Giddings Mabry of Tampa, six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
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Children (6) of Milton Mabry, Jr. &
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(Ella) Dale Mabry -
Born Mar. 26, 1908 in Tennessee.
Dale graduated from Hillsborough High School,
then attended Shorter College in Rome, Ga.
as well as the State College for women in
Tallahassee. There she was a member of
the Kappa Delta Sorority. Later she
graduated from Baylor University in Waco
Texas where she obtained an A.B. degree.
Dale was a county schoolteacher in 1929
until she married on May
15, 1930 to James Robert Boring Jr, born
Sep 19, 1904 in Holly Springs, Ga., a son of
Dr. James R. Boring & Frances Boring of Canton, Ga.
James Jr. was a graduate of Emory University
and was in the automobile business. By 1935
James and Dale had two children and lived in
Deerfield Beach, Fla. where Paul was working
as a bookkeeper. But they soon moved
back to Tampa the same year and James joined
his father-in-law as a sales manager at
M. H. Mabry Co. By 1950 James had
become the manager of sales and loans.
During WW2
she became a school teacher when her son
started school, and again when both her
children were in college.
Dale Mabry Boring died in Tampa at age 82 on Aug 16, 1990
and was buried at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.
Photo from Find a Grave
2 children,
Patricia Dale Boring, b. ca. 1932, marr. Robert Bryan
James
Milton Boring, b. ca. 1934, U.S. Army, college at Florida
Southern.
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 Milton Harvey Mabry
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Born Feb 21, 1910; died Oct. 21, 1910 at 8
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Gertrude Jane Mabry -
Born May 23, 1911, Tampa - d. Jun 18,
1937, age 26.
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Gertrude
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Jane graduated from Plant High School in
Feb. 1931 where she was president of the ICT
Club, an honor student, voted "Best All
Around Girl" of her class and active in
many school activities. After
graduation, she attended Florida State
College for Women in Tallahassee where she
was a member of Kappa Delta sorority,
graduating in 1935.
When she returned to Tampa she took student
training at Tampa Hospital and was one of 28
students who received certificates,
graduating from the Gordon Keller School of
Nursing in Sep. 1935. Afterward she took post graduate
work at the Philadelphia Graduate Hospital.
Upon completion in Feb. 1937. she became
assistant superintendent nurse of the
operating room at Mease Hospital in Dunedin
for several weeks until the time of her death.
Jane spent the night on Jun. 17, 1937 at the
home of Dr. & Mrs. Bradshaw and early the
next morning they left for Mease Hospital
where Dr. Bradshaw practiced and Jane was to
start an early morning shift. Dr.
Bradshaw lost control of the vehicle on
Memorial Highway near Oldsmar about two
miles east of the Hillsborough Co. line. and
went off-road, crashing into a tree and
overturning. Dr. Bradshaw was
severely injured. Miss Mabry, riding
in the passenger seat, was critically
injured and so was Mrs. Bradshaw who was
riding in the rear seat. Dr. Bradshaw
tried to administer first aid and it was
quite a while before passing vehicles saw
them. Jane died 10
minutes after arriving at Tampa Hospital.
Mrs. Bradshaw died the next day. This
brought the total of Hillsborough Co.
traffic deaths to 31 for the year so far.
Jane's funeral services were held on Jun.
19th at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Adiel J. Moncrief Jr, pastor, officiating. On
Nov. 6, 1937, county judge Cornelius ordered
a settlement of $500 from Dr. Bradshaw to
Jane's father, who was administrator of of
her estate. In today's economy (2026), it
would be like $11,483.45.
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Alice Dean
Mabry - Born
Dec. 25, 1913, Tampa
Alice graduated from Plant High School where
she was a member of the ICT club. She
attended Florida State College for Women for
3 1/2 years becoming a member of Kappa Delta
sorority. She then studied music in
Philadelphia but an appendectomy spoiled her
plans. She was also a member of the
Spinsters' Club.
On May 12, 1937 she married Paul Davis
Cochran Jr., a son of Paul D. Cochran
and Eula Belle Kinsey Cochran of Tampa. Paul
was a native of Atlanta and came to Tampa
with his parents in 1922. He graduated
from Plant High School where he was a
charter member of the Bishop Club. He
later attended the University of Florida
where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and
the Pirates honorary club. Since 1934
he was associated with his father in the
Orange State Motor Co., a truck sales
company, of which he was currently
treasurer. By mid 1940s he was VP and sales
manager of truck sales. He was courtier in the 1937
court of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.
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In April 1945 Alice and Paul moved to Key
West where Paul was stationed at the Naval
air base as a lieutenant transportation
officer. In Aug. 1945 they moved to
Farragut, Idaho where Paul was transferred
as an assistant transportation officer.
The Navy boot camp was situated on an inland
lake. After a year there, in late
April 1946, Alice and Paul returned from
Farragut to their old home on Parkland Ave.
 Alice was a member of the Junior League for
many years where she worked to establish the
Guidance Center and MacDonald Training
Center.
Alice died at a hospital in Baltimore, Md. on Aug. 26, 1973, age 59; she was a
resident of Tampa at 2723 Parkland Blvd.
She was a member of the Hyde Park United
Methodist Church, a Sunday school teacher,
and circle chairman, serving on the music
and parsonage committees. She was also past
president of the Junior League of Tampa.
past president of the
Chiselers
Inc. (history) and
chairman of MacDonald Training Center
nursery-kindergarten. Her funeral
service was held at the chapel of J.L. Reed
& Son on Aug 29. Interment at Myrtle Hill
Memorial Park.
Ch:
Nancy Dean Cochran (Mrs. T.E. Berry) born
1942 in Florida.
Patricia Neblett Cochran
Mrs. M. H. Mabry is
Gertrude Dean Mabry, wife of Milton H. Mabry
Jr.
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 Lois Lillian Mabry
Born Mar 3, 1917 d.
Mar 30, 1919 leukemia, influenza.
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 Barbara "Bobbie" Lucille Mabry -
Born Nov
17, 1920
Barbara graduated from Plant High School
then attended the Florida State College for Women
at Tallahassee, where she was a Kappa Delta
and member of the Cotillian Club. Afterward.
she studied at Stetson University for a year
where she majored in voice, Then she
attended the University of Tampa, where
Barbara said she
"majored in fun" at both schools.. At a still very
young age, she was a house-mother at a
University of Tampa dormitory. She was
a member of the Junior League of Tampa, the
Spinsters Club, and Chiselers Inc.
On Nov. 18, 1943,
at the First Baptist Church in Tampa, she married
Lt. William Drew Smith, son of Drew E. &
Pearl Smith. They filed for their marriage
license in DeLand. where they moved
temporarily due to William being stationed
at the Naval Air Station. William was
born in Colon, Panama, and came to Tampa
with his parents in 1933. He graduated
from Hillsborough High School and received
his B.S and B.A. degrees at University of
Florida. At the time of his marriage,
William was a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps
Reserve, having received his wings at
Pensacola in June 1943. After his
service with the military, they spent a few years
in Panama.
Deciding it was no place to start a family,
they moved to Tampa.
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Margaret Dale, William Drew, Steven Dennis.
Founded in 1959, The Chiselers work
tirelessly to preserve, restore and advocate
for Tampa’s historic H.B. Plant Hall,
formerly the Tampa Bay Hotel. The original
work began with time-consuming and physical
labor to chisel away mortar covering the
original tiles in the now National Historic
Landmark.
In 1959, Sunny Delo—the
wife of The University of Tampa’s then
president—was exploring the basement of
historic Plant Hall in search of tiles to
help restore the ballroom fireplaces. What
she uncovered was remarkable: original glass
fireplace tiles that had been removed years
earlier after being covered in heavy mortar.
Local tile professionals refused the
painstaking job of cleaning them, so Sunny
took matters into her own hands. She
gathered a few friends—Martha Ferman, Bertha
Fletcher, and Sue Klintworth—and they got to work. Over
lunch and a swim at Bertha’s home, they
devised a plan. That afternoon, armed with
chisels and muriatic acid, they began the
slow process of cleaning the tiles by hand.
What began as a small act of preservation
quickly sparked something bigger. Their
enthusiasm proved infectious, and more women
joined in. These working gatherings became
known as B.Y.O.M. parties—Bring Your Own
Muriatic Acid. Eventually, the group grew to
27 dedicated volunteers. At one of these
gatherings, Ruth Hendry quipped, “We’re
just a bunch of chiselers.” The name
stuck—and The Chiselers, Inc. was born.
By July 1959, they had formally organized,
incorporating just a few months later in
October.
Barbara died at
age 83 on Jul. 21, 2004 In Valdosta, Ga,
where she was a resident for over 40 years.
She was an active member of the First
Baptist Church in Valdosta for over 40 years
where she taught the young adults Sunday
school class for many years. She was
preceded (on Apr. 9, 2004) by her husband of
62 years William Drew Smith, and her sisters
(Ella) Dale Boring, Alice Cochran and
(Gertrude) Jane Mabry. She was survived by
her children and their spouses: Margaret
Dale Loyd (marr. 1973, George Arnold Loyd,
Jr.), William Jr (Kaye Eatman), Steven
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 Dale Mabry,
seventh child of Milton H. Mabry, Sr. & Ella Dale Bramlett
Born March 22,** 1891 in
Tallahassee, Fla, died Feb. 21, 1922 Langley Field, Hampton, Va.
**Dale's WW1 draft registration and
some military records that provide his birth date, show March 27, 1891.
His application for a passport in 1921 shows March 22, 1891.
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LIFE OF DALE MABRY IS DETAILED ON THIS SEPARATE PAGE.
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Eloise
Mabry Eighth
child of Milton H. Mabry, Sr. & Ella Dale Bramlett
Born June 10, 1894 in Tallahassee Fla., her mother died
when she was 9 years old. Eloise was educated in
the Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee and
attended Bessie Tift College in Forsythe, Ga. in 1915. She
married in Tampa on April 6, 1916 to Taver Bayly.
They moved to Clearwater where Taver was VP of the First
National Bank. He was born in Key West in 1890, of
English parents Philip Bailey of England and Emma Louisa
Lowe of the Bahamas. Eloise died in Clearwater, Fla. in
Nov. 1977
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Patricia Bayly |
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Phyllis Bayly |
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Harton Washburn Mabry
was
born in Sep. 21, 1908 in Tallahassee, Fla. He
entered Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va.
in 1930 and graduated from there in 1931.
In March 1932 he passed the state bar exam at
Tallahassee. He moved to DeLand in 1935 and joined
the law firm of Hull, Landis and Whitehair where he
remained while from 1938 to 1939 serving as Volusia
County Commission attorney. On Feb. 1, 1939. the
Daytona Beach News-Journal announced that Harton Mabry,
Sam Dighton and Walter Shelley, who for several years
were with the DeLand law firm of Hull, Landis &
Whitehair, resigned from that firm to establish their
own law firm in March 1939--Deighton, Shelley & Mabry in
Daytona Beach.
Harton registered for the WW2 draft on
Oct. 16, 1940 in Daytona Beach.
In Jan.1941 Harton
suffered a crippling stroke. The following month Sam
Dighton departed the firm which then became Shelley and
Mabry and it was soon evident Harton would be unable
to resume his law practice. When his health
was party restored in early 1950, he operated a
newsstand in Daytona Beach. He died from a cerebral
hemorrhage at age 46 on Apr. 28, 1955 at Halifax
Hospital in Daytona Beach. At the time, he was
operating the Terminal News Stand near the corner of
Orange and Beach streets. Harton and his mother are
buried in the same plot at
Daytona Memorial Park Cemetery
Some info above is
from his obituaries in the Apr. 29, 1955 Daytona Beach
Journal and the Apr.30, 1955 Tampa Times.
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