Rosie Crenshaw Thomas Aldridge
Rosie Crenshaw Thomas was born on July 18, 1888 in Trigg County, Kentucky. She was one of eleven children born to Robert Allison Thomas and Emma Nora Cunningham Thomas. Robert Allison was a farmer and a native of Trigg County. Emma was also a native of Trigg County. Rosie’s siblings were Ernest Thomas, born in 1879 and died the following year; William Robert “Willie” Thomas, born in 1881 and married Mary Jane Ingram and then married Emma Rogers; Alfred Claude Thomas, born in 1883 and married Mamie Jane Stallons; A. F. “Ferd” Thomas, born in 1885 and married Ethel Ora Boyd; Hugh Early Thomas, born in 1890 and married Georgia King Boyd; Lucy E. Thomas, born in 1893 and died in childhood; Clifton Dorris “Eli” Thomas, born in 1896 and married Naomi N. Young and then married Lavada Buntin Patterson and then Dolly Vanell Smith; Relous Carr “Duck” Thomas born in 1899 and married Gladys Crisp; John Clealon Thomas, born in 1902 and married Mary Willie Thomas; and Clovis Thomas, born in 1913 and died in childhood.
Rosie grew up on her father’s farm and attended the local schools. On June 29, 1905 when Rosie was 16 years old, she married Willie Gordon Aldridge. Gordon was born on March 9, 1887 on a farm in the Montgomery community near the Sinking Fork Creek. He was the son of James Washington Aldridge and Rose Ambie Stewart Aldridge. Both James and Rose were natives of Trigg County and James was a farmer.
After their marriage, Gordon and Rosie moved into a small house that was on his father’s farm. Over the years, Gordon remodeled the house and enlarged it as their family grew. With his remodeling skills, Gordon became a carpenter as one of his jobs as well as working on the family farm. Over the years he also worked as a salesman for Raleigh products. In the 1920s, Gordon worked on getting telephones installed in the Montgomery community He also took on the responsibility of overseeing the maintenance of the roads of the community.
Gordon and Rosie were the parents of ten children. They were Lacy Floyd Aldrige, born in 1906 and died at the age of five; James Robert Aldridge, born in 1908 and married Mildred Mae Mitchell and later married Willie Mae Beckworth; Ambie Delle Aldridge, born in 1910 and married Robert Earl Hite; Willie Douglas Aldridge, born in 1912 and married Fannie Ellis Cunningham and then married Katherine Laverne Curl and later married Inez Duiquid Wilson; Effie Gordon Aldridge, born in 1915 and married Jesse Harrison Adams; Nora Mae Aldridge, born in 1917 and married Martin Luther Manners and then Mark Aaron Ladd; Doris Hopson Aldridge, born in 1919 and married Marie Martha Ramsey and later married Bethzabe “Betty” Cortez; Thomas Chappell Aldridge, born in 1922 and married Martha Jane Morrison; John Allison Aldridge, born in 1928 and married Jo Lena Richardson and later married Barbara Hall; and Hugh Edward Aldridge, born in 1931 and died as an infant.
Rosie died on February 8, 1937 at the age of 49 at her home in the Montgomery community. Her young death was the result of cancer. She was buried in the Humphries Cemetery in Montgomery. Gordon died on March 1, 1962 at the age of 74 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was buried in the Humphries Cemetery.
Rosie tombstone
Willie Gordon Aldridge
Gordon tombstone
LINEAGE: (Rosie Crenshaw Thomas Aldridge was the daughter of Robert Allison and Emma Nora Cunningham Thomas. Robert Allison was the fifth child of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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