Telitha Adeline Webb
Telitha Adeline Webb Chamblee
Telitha
Adeline Webb was one of John G. Webb's middle children. She was born
on November 21, 1856 in the Clay community of Itawamba County, Mississippi.
She lived there, with her rather large family, surrounded by Webbs, Williams,
Chamblees, Cliftons and other local families, and it is not surprising
that she married into one of the closest ones. A month or so before
her 31st birthday, Telitha married a widower, Benjamin Hocutt Chamblee,
twelve years her senior. His family had lived in the Clay community
for sometime and his father and mother, John Chamblee and Winnifred Hocutt,
were not buried very far away from where the family would live. His
first wife, Ellen Todd, had died within the last decade, and he had at
least four daughters and a son by her. The eldest was seventeen years
old when he married Telitha.
We do not have the 1890 census, but in 1900, just a few months after
Benjamin had passed away, the census takers recorded the family this way:
1900 Itawamba County, Mississippi Census
Page 239A; House #237
Chamblee, Talitha Head Nov. 1858 41 Wd. 5/5 AL AL AL Farmer
Chamblee, Lon C. Son Mar. 1884 16 AL MS AL
Chamblee, John W. Son Oct. 1887 12 MS AL AL
Chamblee, Palestine Dau. Aug. 1889 10 MS AL AL
Chamblee, Pearl Dau. Sept. 1890 9 MS AL AL
Chamblee, Jim W. Son Jan. 1894 6 MS AL AL
The Lon Chamblee who was born in March of 1884, was Benjamin's son by his
previous marriage. Their first child together was John W. Chamblee,
born in October of 1887.
In 1920, the census recorded Telitha again, still a widow, with two
of her children still at home (Jim Wade would always remain with Telitha
until her death):
1920 Itawamba County, Mississippi Census
Beat 5, Clay Precinct; House #197
Chamblee, Telitha 64 Widow
Chamblee, Jim 26 Son
Chamblee, Lonnie S. 15 Granddaughter
One of her grandchildren has told me that Telitha had a very bad form of
skin cancer on her forehead, just above her nose (another Webb descendant
in the Clay community had one as well, Telitha's cousin, Sarah Lou Genie
Webb Franks). They just said it was a 'sore' that never would get
well and that the doctors didn't know what to do with it. Telitha
passed away at the age of 87, in 1943. Her obituary survives, but
I do not have a copy of it at the present time. Although Benjamin had been
buried at the Chamblee Cemetery in the Clay community, Telitha must have
chosen to be buried with her parents and some of her siblings at the Clover-Ridge
Cemetery, not more than two and a half miles away. It had been 43
years since her husband had passed away and she probably had little reason
to be buried there, with his family, when she had spent the time since
then around her own family, who were mostly buried at Clover-Ridge.
I don't know much of anything about Telitha's personality, but any comments
on her or her family would be appreciated.
Children of Telitha Adeline Webb
Chamblee and Benjamin Hocutt Chamblee
John Walter Chamblee
(md. Nancy Caldonia Maxey)
Children of John Walter Chamblee (6 Oct 1886 - 1931) & Nancy Caldonia
Maxey (20 Dec 1883 - 10 Jan 1984):
1.1 Gracia Wauneda Chamblee (3 Jul 1911 - 18 Oct 1957) &
Walter Paul Anthony (22 Apr 1907 - 13 Jun 1993)
1.2 Harlon Grady Chamblee (6 Nov 1905 - 29 Jan 1970) & Beulah
Ray Anthony (20 Jun 1904 - 14 May 1995)
Palestine Chamblee (md.
Fletcher Lowery Evans and lived in the Clay Community of Itawamba County,
Mississippi)
Children of Fletcher Lowery Evans and Palestine Chamblee (Aug 1889
- ):
1.1 Mildred Shirley Evans & Gilmore Lawrence Kent
Pearl Chamblee (md.
Fred Coventry; unknown what happened to them)
Jim Wade Chamblee (Jim
Wade was autistic; he died at the age of 51 in Itawamba County, Mississippi)
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