Millard Avery Gambill and
Docia Amelia Absher

Generation No. 3

Docia Amelia Absher Submitted by Craig Bowers

James Oscar WM Waddell Submitted by Craig Bowers

William Grant Waddell Submitted by Craig Bowers

Sherman Waddell Submitted by Craig Bowers

Waddell Family Submitted by Craig Bowers

MILLARD AVERY GAMBILL  b Mar 1893 Wilkes Co, NC, d Bef. 1915 Wilkes Co, NC of tuberculosis, s/o MILLARD FILLMORE GAMBILL and Millia L Billings. (Millard was s/o HUGH L. Gambill and Charlotte Cockerham) Millard Avery Gambill m. 28 Nov 1909 Wilkes Co NC to DOCIA AMELIA ABSHER b 27 Apr 1891 Dockery, Wilkes Co NC d 6 Feb 1918 Dockery, Wilkes Co NC, of tuberculosis, buried 9 Feb 1918, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Absher Rd, Dockery - Hays, Wilkes Co, NC, d/o WILLIAM HARDIN ABSHER and CATHERINE ELIZABETH CASSIE INGOOL.   (More photos of the Ingool and related families)  Child of MILLARD AVERY GAMBILL and DOCIA AMELIA ABSHER:

i. AVA G. GAMBILL, b. Apr 13, 1911, Wilkes Co, NC; d. Apr 25, 1973, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co, NC.

More about Docia Amelia Absher, Per Evelyn Waddell Blackburn;  One morning while Willie (James Oscar William Waddell) was driving down the road, he saw a young woman out in a field. She was plowing the corn with a horse drawn plow. She had on a skirt that reached her shoe tops and it was wet to her waist from the dew off the corn. He stopped and spoke to the woman. Her name was Docia Absher Gambil; She was a widow. Before long, he was courting her and married her soon after.

Docia was a sweet person who couldn't stand for anyone to be mad at her. If this happened, she couldn't sleep until she made it right.  Docia developed a hacking cough sometime after her youngest son Sherman was born.  One spring day, Docia took her baby (Sherman) outside and sat on the branch bank to watch Willie plow. After that she became much worse. The doctor was called and the diagnosis was bad, the dreaded tuberculosis. Her first husband had died from it as well.

Docia Amelia Absher b 27 Apr 1891 Dockery, Wilkes Co NC d 6 Feb 1918 Dockery, Wilkes Co NC, of tuberculosis, buried 9 Feb 1918, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Absher Rd, Dockery - Hays, Wilkes Co, NC, d/o WILLIAM HARDIN ABSHER and CATHERINE ELIZABETH CASSIE INGOOL. Docia Amelia Absher m. NC to James Oscar William Matthew Waddell b 10 May 1882 Ashe Co NC d 13 Dec 1955 Wilkes Co NC s/o John E Childers and Rachel Waddell. Children of James Oscar William Matthew Waddell and DOCIA AMELIA ABSHER are:

i.. William Grant Waddell b 9 Mar 1916 Dockery NC d 22 Oct 1989 Elkin, Surry, NC m. 14 Sept 1937 NC to Bessie Jane Poplin b 14 Sept 1920 Roaring River, Wilkes Co NC d/o Jacob Poplin and Mary Deborde. Source

ii. Sherman Wadell b 10 Jul 1917 Dockery NC m. 24 Dec 1936 NC to Elsie Cheek b 18 Apr 1916 d/o Clingman Cheek and Cardova Wood. Source

James Oscar William Matthew Waddell b 10 May 1882 Ashe Co NC d 13 Dec 1955 Wilkes Co NC s/o John E Childers and Rachel Waddell. James Oscar WM Waddell m. Dora Elizabeth Holbrook b 29 Dec 1874 d 1 Aug 1914 d/o Ralph W Holbrook and Sarah Ann Holbrook. Children of James Oscar William Matthew Waddell and Dora Elizabeth Holbrook;

James Oscar William Matthew Waddell
and Angie Jolly

James Oscar William Matthew Waddell
and Cordelia Calloway

Ava G Gambill and
Isaac Calloway Richardson

Generation No. 4

4. AVA G.4 GAMBILL (MILLARD AVERY3, MILLARD FILLMORE2, HUGH L.1) b Apr 13, 1911 Wilkes Co, NC, d Apr 25, 1973 North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co, NC m. 28 Feb 1931 Wilkes Co NC to ISAAC CALLOWAY RICHARDSON b 30 Jan 1905 Wilkes Co NC d 27 Dec 1980 North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co NC, s/o A. RICHARDSON and GENEVIA PREVETTE. Children of AVA GAMBILL and ISAAC RICHARDSON:

i. BEECHIE5 RICHARDSON, b. Jan 19, 1932, Wilkes Co, NC; d. Jun 06, 1935.
ii. JACKIE N. RICHARDSON, b. Jan 03, 1934, Wilkes Co, NC.
iii. JAMES BEECHIE RICHARDSON, b. May 27, 1936, Wilkes Co, NC.
iv. CHARLES AVERY RICHARDSON, b. Jun 30, 1938, Wilkes Co, NC.

Notes for AVA G. GAMBILL:
NC Death Collection, 1908-1996 Record:
Name: Ava Richardson
Death Date: 25 Apr 1973
Death City: No. Wilkesboro
Death Co: Wilkes
Death State: NC
Date Death Recorded: Apr 1963
Death Age: 62

Birth Date: 1911

Residence Co: Wilkes
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Autopsy: No
Institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician

Source: NC Department of Health. NC Deaths, 1970-74

Notes for ISAAC CALLOWAY RICHARDSON:
NC Birth Index, 1800-2000
Name: Isaac Calloway Richardson
Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1905
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Co: Wilkes
Parent1 Name: A J
Parent2 Name: Genevia Prevette
Roll Number: B_C104_68001
Volume: 7
Page: 374

NC Death Collection, 1908-1996 Record:
Name: Isaac Calloway Richardson
Death Date: 27 Dec 1980
Death City: No. Wilkesboro
Death Co: Wilkes
Death State: NC
Death Age: 75
Burial Location: Burial in state

Birth Date: 30 Jan 1905
Birth Location: NC

Residence Co: Wilkes
Residence State: NC
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Social Security Number: 239180604
Autopsy: No
Institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician

Source: NC Department of Health. NC Deaths, 1979-82

More About ISAAC CALLOWAY RICHARDSON:
Social Security Number: 239-18-0604 - Issued NC