William Hardin Absher and Cassie Elizabeth Ingool - Submitted by Craig Bowers

L-R Front: William Absher, Cassie (Ingool) Absher, William Matthew and Stewart Absher. L-R Back: Charlie, Docia, Lloyd, Lou Emma, Lemuel and Ozina Absher

William Hardin Absher b 5 Aug 1855 Wilkes Co NC d 29 Aug 1912 Wilkes Co NC; age 57; buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; Findagrave 32480412; s/o Edmond Absher and Katherine Holbrook. William Hardin Absher m. 1878 to Catherine Cassie Elizabeth Ingool (Cacy) b 2 Jan 1853 Wilkes Co NC d 16 May 1939 Yadkin Co NC; buried Mount Pisgah Bapt. Church Cem., Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; d/o Nathaniel Ingool and Lydia Bauguess. Children of William Absher and Cassie Elizabeth Ingool;

1. James Matthew Absher (Rev) b 18 Nov 1878 Wilkes Co NC d 3 Nov 1944 Wilkes Co NC; age 65 years 11 months 16 days; of cerebral hemorrhage; occupation minister; buried Mt. Pisgah Baptist Cemetery, Dockery, NC; m. Virginia Orlene Spicer b 18 Aug 1884 d 1 apr 1974; buried Mt Pisgah Bapt. Church Cem. Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; d/o William Hardin Spicer and Orlena Evaline Cornett Lowes.

2. Lemuel Nathaniel Absher b 26 Jun 1881 d 25 Apr 1936; buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; Findagrave 32480417; m. 1899 to Minda E Spicer b 25 Sept 1878 Traphill, Wilkes Co NC d 23 Nov 1956 Winston Salem, Forsyth Co NC; buried Mt Pisgah Bapt. Church Cem., Dockery, Wilkes Co NC

3. Lou Emma Absher b 1 May 1883 Wilkes Co NC d 24 Jan 1938 Traphill, Wilkes Co NC; buried Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Traphill, Wilkes Co NC; m. 1906 to Ira Burke Casey b 14 Jul 1877 Wilkes Co NC d 20 Jan 1958 Ronda, Wilkes Co NC; buried Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Traphill, Wilkes Co NC; findagrave 45564746; s/o Henry McKinley Casey and Amelia Jane Holloway.

4. Richard Steward Absher b 31 May 1885 NC d 12 May 1953 Edwards Twp, Wilkes NC; age 67 years 11 months 11 days; buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Cemetery, Trap Hill, NC; listed as an invalid on the 1910 Wilkes Co NC Census Walnut Grove District 0181.

5. Lloyd Absher b 20 Mar 1887 d 3 Jun 1956; buried Mt Pisgah Bapt Church Cem, Dockery wilkes Co NC; m. Charity Gambill b 11 May 1891 d 22 May 1939; age 48; buried Mt Pisgah Bapt. Church Cem., Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; d/o Millard Fillmore Gambill and Millie Billings.

6. Docia Amelia Absher b 27 Apr 1891 Dockery, Wilkes Co NC d 6 Feb 1918 Wilkes Co NC; age 26 of tuberculosis; buried 9 Feb 1918 Mt Pisgah Baptist Church on Absher Rd Dockery - Hays, Wilkes Co NC; m. 1909 to (1) Millard Avery Gambill b 25 Mar 1893 Wilkes Co NC d 6 Jan 1911 Wilkes Co NC; age 17 years 9 mos. 11 days; buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Ronda, Wilkes Co NC; died of tuberculosis; s/o Millard Fillmore Gambill and Millia L Billings.

Docia Amelia Absher m. 1915 NC to (2) James Oscar William Matthew Waddell b 10 May 1882 Ashe Co NC d 13 Dec 1955 Wilkes Co NC; buried White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Roaring River, Wilkes Co NC; s/o John E Childers and Rachel Waddell.

James Oscar William Matthew Waddell m. 1901 to (1) Dora Elizabeth Holbrook b 29 Dec 1874 Wilkes Co NC d 1 Aug 1914 Wilkes Co NC age 39; buried Fordtown Cemetery, Traphill, Wilkes Co NC; d/o Ralph W Holbrook and Saran Ann Holbrook.

James Oscar William Matthew Waddell m. 1920 to (3) Lena Angie Jolly b 9 Mar 1885 Wilkes Co NC d 1 Feb 1944; age 58; Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; buried White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Roaring River, Wilkes Co NC; d/o Thomas J Jolly and Darcus Lucinda Byrd.

James Oscar William Matthew Waddell m. 1950 to (4) Cora Cordelia Shores b 26 Sept 1884 Wilkes Co NC d 8 Jun 1965 Wilkes Co NC; buried White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Roaring River, Wilkes Co NC; d/o Wesley M Shores and Mary Elizabeth Myers.

Cora Cordelia Shores m. 1903 to (1) Felix Roman Shoemaker b 25 Jun 1880 Wilkes Co NC d 5 Jan 1918 Ronda, Wilkes Co NC; buried White Plains Baptist Church Cem., Roaring River, Wilkes Co NC.

Cora Cordelia Shores m. 1918 to (2) James Madison Dobbins b 17 Dec 1852 d 8 Oct 1926; buried Boonville Cemetery, Boonville, Yadking Co NC.

Cora Cordelia Shores m. (3) Joseph Fillmore Calloway b 22 Mar 1870 NC d 21 Feb 1948 Granite Falls, Caldwell Co NC; age 77; buried Dudley Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Granite Falls, Caldwell Co NC; s/o Robert Calloway and Mindy Martin. Joseph Fillmore Calloway m. Sarah Roxanna Elmore b Jun 1866 Wilkes Co NC d 14 Aug 1927 Wilkes Co NC; age 61; buried Dudley Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Granite Falls, Caldwell Co NC

Cora Cordelia Shores m. (4) William Matthew Waddell.

Cora Cordelia Shores m. (5) John Higgins.

Notes for Docia Amelia Absher: Per Evelyn Waddell Blackburn - One morning while Willie (James Oscar William Matthew 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.

7. Charley Asur Absher b 27 Nov 1893 NC d 24 Dec 1970 Traphill, Wilkes Co NC; age 77; buried Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; m. Samantha Richardson b 4 Jan 1903 Traphill, Wilkes Co NC d 3 Nov 1992 North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co NC; age 89; buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dockery, Wilkes Co NC

8. Ada Ozine Absher b 16 May 1895 NC d 20 Mar 1970; age 74; buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; m. Rev Elisha Lindolph Ford b 31 Aug 1885 d 2 Jul 1981; age 95; buried Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Dockery, Wilkes Co NC; s/o Gurgess Columbus Ford and Celia Jane Blevins.

1910 Wilkes Co NC Census Walnut Grove District 0181
219 219 Absher William H Head M W 54 M1 32 NC NC NC Farmer General Farm
219 219 Absher Cassey E. Wife F W 50 M1 32 8 8 NC NC NC
219 219 Absher Richard S Son M W 23 S NC NC NC Invalid
219 219 Absher Charley A. Son M W 15 S NC NC NC Laborer Home Farm
219 219 Absher Ada O Daughter F W 13 S NC NC NC