Kendall Handy Truitt
(1849-1932)
Mary Ellen Givans
(1857-1938)
Annie Cora Truitt
(1895-1973)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bennie R. Perdue

Annie Cora Truitt 1 2 3

  • Born: 12 Oct 1895, Parsonsburg, Wicomico, MD, USA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Bennie R. Perdue
  • Died: 20 Jan 1973, Salisbury, Wicomico, MD at age 77 2 3
  • Buried: 23 Jan 1973, Salisbury: Wicomico Memorial Park, Wicomico, MD, USA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L5ZQ-R84.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Parsonsburg, Wicomico, MD, USA. 4 The 1900 census recorded Kendell H. Truitt, day laborer in saw mill, 51, born Apr 1849, living with wife Ella, 43, Jul 1857; George, 17, Jul 1883; Clarence, 14, Nov 1886; and Annie, 5, Oct 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland. Kendall and Ella were married for 20 years and she had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1900.
Two doors away is the family of Benjamin Truitt, day laborer, 35, born Jun 1864, with his wife Annie E., 28, May 1872; son Gordon, 7, Apr 1893; and daughter Rubie, 4, Oct 1895. They and their parents were born in Maryland.

2. Census in 1910 in , Wicomico, MD, USA. 1 5 The 1910 census recorded owning a home on Pine Street Kendall H. Truitt, farmer, truck farm, 60, living with wife Mary E., packing in shirt factory, 52; daughter Annie C., stitcher in shirt factory, 14; and daughter-in-law Sarah R., packer in shirt factory, 20. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland. Kendall and Mary were married for 30 years and she had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1910. Sarah was newly married less than a year and had no children.

3. Obituary: The Daily Times: Obituary of Mrs. B. R. Perdue on 22 Jan 1973 in Salisbury, Wicomico, MD. 3 Mrs. B. R. Perdue

Funeral services are scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Holloway Funeral Home for Mrs. Annie Cora Truitt Perdue, 77, of Parsonsburg. Mrs. Perdue, wife of Bennie R. Perdue, died Saturday at Peninsula General Hospital after a short illness.
The Rev. Kenneth Dickey will officiate and be assisted by the Rev.. E. S. Perdue. Interment will be in Wicomico Memorial Park.
Mrs. Perdue was a member of Jerusalem United Methodist Church at Parsonsburg. She was born at Parsonsburg, and was a daughter of the late Kendall Handy and Mary Ellen Givans Truitt. Her only son, Andrew B. Perdue, was killed while serving in France with the Army in 1945.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Fred Bunting, Ocean City; three granddaughters, Miss Sharon Kay Gibbons, Ocean City, Mrs. Cynthia Jensen, Salisbury, and Mrs. Swazana Joseph, Laurel; one nephew and several nieces.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7:30 to 9 o'clock.
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Annie married Bennie R. Perdue. (Bennie R. Perdue was born on 22 Jul 1894,6 died on 9 Mar 1975 6 and was buried in Salisbury: Wicomico Memorial Park, Wicomico, MD, USA 6.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NW-T9V Sarah R Truitt in household of Kendell H Truitt, Election District 4, Wicomico, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 9A.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76191825.

3 The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland), 22 Jan 1973, page 16. Obituary of Mrs. B. R. Perdue (nee Annie Cora Truitt).

4 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32V-QNG Kendell H Truitt, Election District 5, Parsons (excl. Salisbury town part), Wicomico, Maryland, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 237.

5 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NW-T9V Sarah R Truitt in household of Kendell H Truitt, District 5, Parsons, Wicomico, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 9A.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76191805.



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