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     CENSUS:
     1900 Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC census: 
has William B Gilley 34, b. VA, House Carpent; Cathren Gilley 32, b. VA (6 children-6 living); Lettie M Gilley 14, b. NC; William Thos Gilley 10, b. NC; Moir Gilley 8, b. NC; Jessie Gilley 6, b. NC; Mydle Gilley 3, b. NC; and Mamie Gilley 1, b. NC.

     1910 Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC census: has (all but parents b. NC) William F Gilligan 42, Machinist-Cotton Mill; Daisy E Gilligan 24 (5 children-5 living); Moir G Gilligan 18; Jesse R Gilligan 16, Operator-Telegraph; Mary M Gilligan 14, Messenger-Telegraph; Mamie R Gilligan 12; Walker M Gilligan 7; Harry L Gilligan 5; Lily K Gilligan 3; Eliza C Gilligan 2; and Louise Gilligan 0.

     Next door on this census page is Richard and Fanny Gilley, she with (8 children-4 living).​
     1920 Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC census: 
has (all but Daisie b. NC) William F Gilley 56, Machinist-Car; Daisy R Gilley 33, b. VA; Nayer M Gilley 17; Harry L Gilley 16, Cloth Room Hand?-Car; Lillie N Gilley 14; Carherine E Gilley 12; Louise F Gilley 8; Ruby C Gilley 7; Josephine Gilley 5; and Evelyn E Gilley 2-10/12.
     1930 Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC census: 
has (all but parents b. NC) WF Gilly 64, b. PA, Machinist-Cotton Mills; Daisy Gilly 44, b. VA; Walker Gilly 26, Truck Driver-Cotton Mills; Harry Gilly 25, Mechanic-Cotton Mills; Lily Gilly 22, Teacher-Public School; Catherine Gilly 1; Louise Gilly 18; Ruby Gilley 17; Jophine Gilley 15; and Evelyn Gilley 12.​​
     1940 Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC census:
 has (all but Frank and Harry b, NC)  Frank L Young 34, b. VA, Reporter; Lilly G Young 32; Harry Young 9, b. NY; David Young 6; Tommie Young 4; and Michael Young.
     1950 Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC census:
 has (all b. NC) Franks L Young 42, Adele Clerk Owner-Retail Hardware Store; Lillian G Young 40; Harry Young 18; David R Young 16; Thomas R Young 14; Mickey C Young 13; Ann E Young 8; and Joseph F Young 4.

06-Daisie E Blankenship
Birth: 18 Mar 1884, Redwood, Franklin Co, VA
Death: 8 May 1958, Eden (or Leaksville), Rockingham Co, NC- age 74
Burial: Lawson Cemetery
Father: Thomas Montague Blankenship

Marriage: about 1901/1902, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC
Spouse: William Frederick Jr GILLEY
Birth: 16 Feb 1864, Rockingham Co, NC
Death: 30 Nov 1935, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 71
Burial: Lawson Cemetery
Occupation: Mechanic (cemetery)
Burial: Lawson Cemetery
Father: William Frederick Sr Gilley (1823-)
Mother: Nancy Katherine Higgs (1832-1898)

     HIS 1ST MARRIAGE: William first married Katherine E "Katie" COX [b. 10 Jun 1868, VA; d. 21 Oct 1900, Rockingham Co, NC- age 32, bur. First Baptist Church Cemetery], she the daughter of John C Cox (1837-1892) and Matilda Vernon (1840-1901), had six children, stepchildren to Daisie:


07----LETTIE MAY GILLEY [b. 12 Feb 1886, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 14 Sep 1904, Rockingham Co, NC- age 18, bur. First Baptist Church Cemetery], m.
Matthew Luscious COWARD [b. 29 Sep 1879, NC; d. 8 Jul 1945, Kingsport, Sullivan Co, TN- age 65, from automobile accident], the son of James Melton Coward and Nancy Jane Lane, on 24 May 1903, Rockingham Co, NC;


07----WILLIAM THOMAS GILLEY [b. 4 Oct 1889, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 16 May 1968, Dancille, Danville City, VA- age 79, bur. Highland Burial Park], m.
Nancy "Nannie" May KNIGHT [b.  Mar 1889, Madison, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 16 Sep 1964, Danville, Pittsylvania Co, VA- age 75, bur. Highland Burial Park], had five children:

     08----WILLIAM CLARENCE GILLEY [b. 16 Jul 1909, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 27 Apr 1992, Woodbridge, Prince William Co, VA- age 82, bur. Mount Comfort Cemetery], SSN: 224-10-0419/VA, m. Helen Kathlyn WELLS on 2 Jun 1932, Danville, VA;

     08----IRENE GILLEY [b. 11 Oct 1911, Pittsylvania Co, VA; d. 18 Oct 1873, Baltimore Co, MD- age 62, bur. Highland Burial Park], m. James Howard LESTER [b. 4 May 1911; d. 13 Aug 1998- age 87, bur. Highland Burial Park] on 22 Feb 1929, divorced 7 Apr 1947, had daughter:​

          09----CORINNE ELIZABETH LESTER [b. 14 Oct 1929, VA; d. 9 Dec 1976, Danville, VA- age 47, bur. Providence Baptist Church Cemetery], m. James Linwood NEWCOMB SR
[b. 3 Jul 1927, Caswell Co, NC; d. 21 Nov 2012, VA- age 85, bur Providence Baptist Church Cemetery], son of Dooger T Newcomb (1881-1983) and Bessie Dale Inge (1896-1969), had son:
               10----RONALD LEE NEWCOMB [b. 16 Sep 1953, Danville City, VA; d. 7 Jan 1976, Danville City VA- age 22, bur. Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, of Crohn's Disease]; 
      

     08----MELVIN JAMES GILLEY [b. 25 Mar 1915, Danville, Pittsylvania Co, VA; d. 28 Nov 1950, South Korea- age 35, bur. Arlington National Cemetery], SSGT, USMC WW2 & Korea;

     08----BEATRICE GILLEY [b. 14 Mar 1918; d. 23 Oct 1918, Rockingham Co, NC- age 7 mo;

     08----DOROTHY MAE GILLEY FIELD [b. 22 Jul 1925, Danville City, VA; d. 12 Dec 1992, Richmond City, VA- age 67, bur. Dale Memorial Park], m. Leonard W FIELD [b. 14 Oct 1921, Roanoke City, VA; d. 3 Apr 1994, Richmond City, VA- age 72, bur. Dale Memorial Park], son of Leonard Warren Field (1898-1978) and Elsie Etta Staley (1903-1993);


07----MOYER GRAY GILLEY [b. 10 May 1892, NC; d. 30 Oct 1974, Eden, Rockingham Co, NC- age 82, bur. Lawson Cemetery], in Office Supply Business, m.
Beulah LASHLEY [b. 23 Feb 1896, Alamance Co, NC; d. 6 May 1982, Burlington, Alamance Co, NC- age 86, bur. Lawson Cemetery]; had children:

     08----FREDERICK MONTGOMERY GILLEY [b. 19 Oct 1913, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. Sep 1958, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 44], SSN: 238-03-2182/NC;

     08----ARCHIBALD E GILLEY [b.&d. 29 Jul 1915, Spray, Rockingham Co, NC];
     08----VIRGINIA GILLEY, m.
___ HOBBS;
     08----SHIRLEY GILLEY, m.
___ HILL; and
     08----ROBERT LASHLEY GILLEY [b. 3 Dec 1920, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 4 Nov 1995, Alameda, Los Angeles Co, CA- age 74, bur. Lawson Cemetery], SSN: 240-18-2379/NC, a US Marine, m.
Martha Louise LONG, [b. 20 May 1924, NC; d. 19 May 1991, Sacramento, CA- age 67, as Martha Louise Powers], had three children;

          09----LAWRENCE STEPHEN GILLEY [b. 30 Oct 1946; d. 10 Jul 1948- age 1, bur. Lawson Cemetery];  


07----JESSE REED GILLEY [b. 6 Feb 1894, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 6 Sep 1980, Madison, Rockingham Co, NC- age 86, bur. Lawson Cemetery], m.
Nannie WILLIAMS [b. 14 Jan 1890, VA; d. 6 Feb 1963- age 73, bur. Lawson Cemetery];
07----MYRLE GILLEY [b. Jul 1896, Rockingham Co, NC; D. 7 Feb 1981- age 86]; and


07----MAMIE GILLEY [b. 22 Mar 1898, VA; d. 5 Oct 1980, Rockingham Co, NC- age 82, bur. Overlook Cemetery], m.
John Luther REDMAN [b. 25 Aug 1896, Stokes Co, NC; d. 10 Jun 1961, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC- age 64, bur. Overlook Cemetery], son of John B Redman (1861-1944) and Laura Temperance Crews (1863-1936).

     2ND MARRIAGE: Daisie and William had eight children:
07----WALKER MEBANE GILLEY [b. 29 Nov 1902, Redwood, Franklin Co, VA; d. 13 Jul 1992, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC- age 89, bur. Lawson Cemetery], SSN: 238-01-6338/NC, m. 1st 
Rosa Lee KENDRICK [b. 1 Jan 1885, Henry Co, VA; d. 22 Jun 1962, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 77, bur. Lawson Cemetery], the daughter of William Edward Kendrick (1860-1936) and Fannie Earles (1859-1939).

     Walker 2nd m. ​ Virgie Gay BOWMAN [.b. 8 Jun 1908, Patrick Co, VA; d. 7 Aug 2002, Eden, Rockingham Co, NC- age 94, bur. Lawson Cemetery], the daughter of Carter Franklin Bowman (1874-1968) and Hattie May Elliott (1883-1928), lived in Eden, Rockingham Co, NC;​


07----HARRY LEE GILLEY [b. 17 Dec 1903, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 23 Jun 1959, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 55, bur. Lawson Cemetery], Auto Body Repairman;
07----LILLIE N GILLEY [b. about 1906, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 7 Nov 1983, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC- age 77, bur. Guilford Memorial Park], m.
Frank LaFayette YOUNG [b. 2 Mar 1904, Charlottesville, VA; d. 15 Jul 1975, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC- age 71], SSN:239-09-1021/NC on 2 Feb 1930, Danville, VA, he the son of Joseph Edgar Young (1866-) and Rosalie Marie Buchhoit (1866-), had 6 children:
     08----HARRY YOUNG [b. about 1932, NC];

     08----DAVID RICHARD YOUNG [b. 13 Jun 1933, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC; d. 6 Jul 1967, Duval Co, FL- age 34, bur. Oak Hill East Cemetery], SSN: 237-42-2711/NC, a doctor, m. Liesel CONANT on Apr 1961, Duval Co, FL;     
     08----THOMAS ROBERT YOUNG [b. 5 May 1935, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC; d. 21 Aug 1986, Granville Co, NC- age 51];

     08----MICKEY C YOUNG [b. about 1937, NC];
     08----ANNE E YOUNG [b. about 1942, Guilford Co, NC], m.
___ TALLMAN;

     08----JOSEPH F YOUNG [b. 14 Dec 1945, Guilford Co, NC];


07----ELIZA KATHERINE GILLEY [b. 2 Nov 1907; d. 9 Sep 1985- age 77, bur. Lawson Cemetery], SSN: 325-12-2915/IL, m.
Arch Lona MITCHELL [b. 8 Apr 1902, AL; d, 26 Mar 1940, Rockingham Co, NC- age 37, bur. Lawson Cemetery], son of John Mitchell and Betty McCary, had daughter:
     08----BETTY MITCHELL, never married;


07----LOUISE "LOU" F GILLEY [b. 23 Jan 1910; d. 9 Oct 1991- age 81, bur. Lawson Cemetery], SSN: 242-03-6901/NC, m.
George Meador SUTTENFIELD [b. 18 Oct 1892; d. Jan 1984- age 91, bur. Lawson Cemetery], SSN: 240-66-1036/NC, may have family bible;
07----RUBY C GILLEY [b. about 1913, NC];


07----JOSEPHINE ALLEN GILLEY [b. 1 Aug 1914, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 29 Feb 2000- age 85, bur. Lawson Cemetery], m.
Cecil FULCHER, may have family bible;
07----EVELYN BYRD GILLEY [b. 7 Feb 1917, Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 20 Mar 2000, Richmond, NC- age 93, bur. Lawson Cemetery], never married.

     BIOGRAPHY: Daisie was not yet married when her mother, Jenney, died. She called her husband "Mr Gilley." He had been previously married with daughters named Myrle and Mamie and four other children. [Minnie Blankenship Thurman]
     Giles Monroe Thurman said Daisie's family always dressed up like 'Movie Stars.' In Kenton Blankenship's obituary, Daisie is listed as living in Spray, NC [now Eden]. Daisie ended up with the family bible, which, it is assumed, was passed on to either daughter Josephine or Louise.

[Walker Gilley]

     1991 OBITUARY: Eden- (edited) Louise "Lou'' Gilley Suttenfield, 81, of Eden, died Wednesday at Morehead Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be at 11 am Friday at Fair Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lawson Cemetery. A native of Leaksville, she was a member of Leaksville Moravian Church and a retired employee of Karastan.
     Surviving are sisters, Jo Allan Fulcher, Evelyn Burd Gilley, both of Eden; brother, Walker Gilley of Eden.

    1992 OBITUARY: Eden- Walker Mebane Gilley, 89, formerly of 235 Cedar St died July 13, 1992, at Greensboro Health Care. Funeral will be at 11 am Wednesday at Fair Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lawson Cemetery in Eden.  He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Eden, retired from Fieldcrest Mills and retired from Gravely Ridgeway Clock Co.
     Surviving are wife, Mrs Virgie Bowman Gilley; stepdaughter, Mrs Billie Madison of Reidsville; sisters, Mrs Jo Fulcher, Miss Evelyn Byrd Gilley, both of Eden; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

     1995 OBITUARY: Eden- Robert Lashley Gilley of Alameda, CA died November 4, 1995. He was a native of Eden, NC formerly Leaksville. The son of the late Moyer G and Beulah Lashley Gilley. He was a former member of the First Baptist Church of Leaksville. He was a United States Marine having served in three wars: World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was exposed to agent orange chemical that resulted in his death.
     He is survived by his wife, Leonisa L Gilley of the home; daughters, Connie G Mayott of Sacramento, CA, Patsy L Gilley of Houston, TX; son, Robert L Gilley Jr of Houston, TX; sisters, Virginia G Hobbs of Pfafftown and Shirley G Hill of Reidsville.
     A graveside service will be held at a later date in the Lawson Cemetery in Eden.The service will be conducted by his brother-in-law, Rev J Dewey Hobbs.

[Greensboro News & Record (NC) - November 13, 1995]

     2000 OBITUARY: Eden- Jo Allen Fulcher, 85, of 306 Moir St, died Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000, at Morehead Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held at 2 pm Thursday, March 2, 2000, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Lawson Cemetery. She was born Aug 1, 1914, in Rockingham County and retired from Fieldcrest Mills. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
     Survivors are nieces, Elizabeth "Bette'' Mitchell of Evanston, IL, and Ann Tallman of Greensboro; sister, Evelyn B Gilley of Eden; and nephews, Harry Young and Michael Young, both of Greensboro and Joseph Young of Los Angeles, CA.