Eugene L. Wolverton and Mary Raeger

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Husband Eugene L. Wolverton

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           Born: 22 May 1884
       Baptized: 
           Died: 3 Mar 1925
         Buried:  - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN

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         Father: James Thomas (Tom) Wolverton {FGID: 14470626}
         Mother: Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Holman {FGID: 14470639}

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: ? Moore

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Wife Mary Raeger

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           Born: 
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Eugene L. Wolverton

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FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF21705

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88868060

Birth: May 22, 1884
Death: Mar. 3, 1925


Family links:
Parents:
James Thomas Wolverton (1844 - 1928)
Sarah Elizabeth Holman Wolverton (1843 - 1932)

Siblings:
Florance Wolverton Brown (1874 - 1929)*
Oscar T. Wolverton (1874 - 1875)*
Ruby C. Wolverton (1876 - 1876)*
Olita Wolverton (1879 - 1879)*
Eugene L Wolverton (1884 - 1925)

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Adamsville War Memorial Park
Adamsville
McNairy County
Tennessee, USA

Created by: Kathline York Forrester
Record added: Apr 20, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 88868060

Bill Wagoner: Wagon Spokes - The Thomas Wolverton Place:

"The only known historical information about the Wolvertons
deals more with their son Eugene than with the house.
Eugene was a drinking man they said ... was a true hobo
and bummed his way all over the United States. It was said
that when Eugene was hungry and broke he would go to a
cafe .... order a good meal and as he was near finishing
the meal, place a fly in the food and complain. Needless to
say, the management would not accept payment for the food.

Aunt Sallie Wolverton and her daughter were well known
seamstresses. They made fine suits and fancy Southern
dresses for prominent people all throughout the community.

Eugene was the rounder of the family. He bummed all over
the country and when he got in trouble he always came home.
A neighbor of the Wolverton's recalled that one Sunday the
chickens started squawktrf and scurrying about at the Wolverton
home. Upon closer inspection of the commotion,
it was found that old Eugene was stone drunk. He was catching
the chickens and baptizing them in a washing tub. He
seized each chicken and metlcuously went through the whole
routine each time — metlcuously baptizing each in the
'name cf ths Father, the Son and the Holy Ghosf.'

Aunt Sallie and her daughter were prominent ladies in the
social field - being leaders In the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. They attended many meetings far and near,
fighting the indulgence of whiskey and numerous other wrong
doings.
"We could see the light come on in the Wolverton house"
recalled a neighbor. "It was unusual to see a light in the
kitchen at 2 or 3 in the morning. We finally found out later
that Eugene had him a little still out in the back pasture.
He would bring his mash into the house late at night and cook
it off on Aunt Sallie's cookstovel'

Eugene, being the rounder that he was, died peacefully in
his sleep in an Alabama hotel."

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Raeger

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from Gary Woolverton

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Notes: Marriage

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from Gary Woolverton

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