--Aday's were Baptists
born in 1844
died in 1904
a happy go lucky attitude, never worried
about tomorrow.
Bud had one sister, Nellie and 2 brothers,
Charles and Doc. The brothers stayed in
Alabama and the sister moved to Texas,
married and died in Texas.
--Ferguson's were Methodist
born in 1854
married in Jiaila, AL in 1870
died in 1930
woman. Virginia Ferguson had 2 sisters
and 3 brothers who all lived in Alabama,
except Eller. (Their names were: John,
Bud, Jim and Maggie)
this is where their four older children were born.
They moved from Decanter, Alabama to Texas to
Williamson County while they were a young family. Later
on, they moved on to Rosebud, Texas, where the rest
of the family was born.
Aday kidnapped Virginia and took her off and
married her.
Bud Aday helped build the first bridge across
the Mississippi River.
Vera--killed by a gun accident at 23, left 1 child.
Fanny married Enni Race--3 children: Johnnie,
Shirley and Ada Fay.
Jim and Maggie--6 children: 2 died as infants,
leaving Thelma, Estelle, Connie and Authur
Harry and Lillie--7 children: 6 girls, 1 boy--twins
Vesta, Virginia (died Nov. 11, 1986), Deward, Leota
(Mickey), Pauline, Zella and Iva Lee.
May and Cleve--4 children: Winnie, Faye, Thurn
and Gene--3 girls and 1 boy.
Gertie and Frank Payne--6 children: Delbert, Ira,
Opa, Robert and Dorothy. Lesta died at age 4.
of a heart attack and a year later Virginia and 6 children
moved by train to the Old Winter Farm near New Hope
Baptist Church, South West of Duke, Oklahoma. They
moved 2 mules, 2 buggy horses and tools.
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page from Aday Family Bible,
showing Record of Births and Deaths
of Bud and Virginia Aday's children
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Maggie Brown and brought her back to Oklahoma.
The boys built the first telephone system in Duke. Jim
and Maggie run the switchboard and the 3 boys run the first
telephone lines in Jackson County.
Polk worked as a cook in a cafe in Duke.
The girls, Gertie and May, married young at 16 and 17
and Harry at 21. The other children married late in life,
Jess 24, Jim 32, Hill 25, Fannie 38 and Polk at 45.
After Harry and Lillie (Alexander) were married, the
mother broke up her home and lived with different
children for 4 or 5 years.
Then, Polk, who was still single, went to Melrose,
New Mexico, rented a farm and sent for his mothers to
come and life with him. When he finally married, he
married Lillie's Aunt Hattie and his mother went to live
with her daughter May and her husband, Cleve McQuire.
Virginia Ferguson Aday was in Oklahoma, visiting Harry
and Lillie . . . and Gertie and Frank when she died suddenly
in the home of Gertie with a stroke.
Harry was teased by Jim and Polk as a young child that
he was going to be red headed. This made Harry so mad,
he would say he would pull it all out if it was red. He was
a solid citizen. Decent in church and a man of his word.
Hill was a house painter & paper hanger in Dallas.
After Jim quit the telephone business, he farmed. Jess
farmed while living in Oklahoma and then moved to
California.
MAY was like her daddy, always happy and never worried about
tomorrow. When her youngest child, Jean, started to school,
May started to take art and wood working classes. She made a
complete dining room suite and coffee table with wood from
several states, and painted lots of paintings.
FANNY was sweet and quiet, but thoughtful. Fanny's role on
this earth was just to see how much work she could accomplish.
GERTIE was a worker and fast as a fire engine going to a fire.
An excellent housekeeper who thought you were being lazy if the
floors weren't moped daily. She was also a hour ahead of the clock
when it came to meals. She always had the noon meal on the table
by11:00 and the kitchen was cleaned up by 12;00, including mopping
the kitchen floor and Gertie did enough talking for the whole
family and never run down!
grave. Harry and Jim visited the cemetery in 1938, but
they couldn't be sure which of the 2 graves was their
Bud's grave.
Virginia Aday is buried at Prairie Hill Cemetery, near
Duke. Gertie and her Lenta are buried on the North
end next to her grave. Jim and Maggie's small children
are buried on the South end of the grave lot.
Hill is buried in Dallas, Jess and Jim are buried in
Californian, Fanny is buried at Lockney, Texas, Polk
and May in Melrose, New, Mexico and Harry and Gertie
are buried in Prairie Hill Cemetery, near Duke, Okla.