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This family sketch was submitted by K. H. Simonson (need updated email please).
 
Julia Elvira Thompson was born on a farm out side Tallapoosa on Sept. 8 1884. Her parents were John Thompson and

 Elvira (I think it might have been Mary Alvira) Wiggins Thompson.  I know that Julia had sisters Georgia, Emma, and Mat

 (Martha?) also a brother named Rosco. She told me that her mother was a school marm. I do not know when she taught

or where. John listed his parents as being born in SC and Elvira or Alvira said hers were born in Georgia.
Julia Elvira Thompson married Roy George Wells on June 1,1902. Roy George Wells was from Bremen Georgia. He

was born in Menasha, Winnebago County Wisconsin on November 3, 1877. His parents were George Wells and Lydia

Hunt Wells  (Lydia was the first white child born in Menasha).  Lydia's parents Jeremiah B. Hunt (born Old Town Maine

 February 2, 1815 and died July 18, 1893) and Ann Elizabeth Gates Hunt  (born Edwards, St. Lawrence County N.Y. March

 26,1830 and died December 22,1873 of scarlet fever.) It is my understanding that my grandfather Roy was an adult when

 they moved  to Bremen. His sister Mable had epilepsy and was not permitted to marry by law. The family was looking

for a warmer climate for his father George Wells who was suffering from a lung disease. Roy and Julia had 4 children:

George Wesley bn. 1903, Roy Draydon bn. 1910, Edith Emily 1916, and my mother Velma Frances 1917. All born

in Birmingham. My grand father told me that my grandmother was the most beautiful girl in the county. When they were

married they moved to Birmingham Alabama where 48 years later they were lucky enough to get me for a grandchild :)

We lived directly across the street from my grandparents and I loved to hear stories about their families. Grandmother did

not tell as much about her family so I know less about them. Maybe the stories about Wisconsin just held my interest better.
Julia's sister Georgia married a man named Gentry and had Vesta Leslie and Hobart McKinley. Rosco lived in Birmingham

 and is buried at Elyton Cemetery.

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