Pictured above is a partial copy of
the 1920 Census of the United States from the Cedar Springs Precinct of
Cherokee County Alabama. Note in the middle of the page , James Fuller Head of family
52 years of age, followed by Della his wife at 41 years of age. The
children are listed as Robert age 22, Effie age 18, George age 15, Julia age
13, Albert age 10, Joe age 7, Rosie age 5, and Ruby age 2 and 4/12.
John and Hattie have left the family. A
zoomed in portion of the census form is shown below. |
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Elsewhere in the Cedar Springs Precinct of Cherokee
County, Alabama for the 1920 Census we find at the bottom of the census form
James and Hattie Fuller Henderson with two children; Theodore (my father)
age 4 and Daisy age 1 and 5/12. There are some other interesting data on
this particular sheet. Just above James Henderson, we find the family
of his oldest brother Nathan with wife Etta. and just above Nathan we find
Arthur. Now Arthur was really Arthur Garfield Mason who had married
one of Nathan and James's sisters Luna. The census enumerator for whatever
reason listed Arthur as Arthur Henderson. The enumerator may have
misheard or we also see listed in Arthur's household James, Nathan and
Luna's father and mother Elijah and Elizabeth Henderson (listed in the
census as Lige and Elizabeth). Again Elijah was my great grandfather.
In this census, he is listed as 74 years old. Another intriguing fact
from this 1920 census is the youngest son of Arthur and Luna Mason, Gilmer.
Gilmer married Ruby Fuller who was a much younger sister of Hattie.
This makes Linda Mason, daughter of Gilmer and Ruby, a double cousin to all
of us who count Hattie Fuller Henderson as our grandmother. One
final note about the above census form. Jeff Henderson and Robert
Henderson and their families are listed at the top of the form. I
believe they are not in our family line. I can't totally rule that
out, but no proof as yet exists.
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