Ancestors of John Edward (III) BABB
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4. John Edward (Sr) BABB was born on 15 Apr 1889 in Jonesborough, TN. He died on 8 Mar 1975 in S.E. KY Baptist Hospital, Corbin, KY. He was buried on 10 Mar 1975 in Pine Hill Cem. Corbin, KY. He married Anna HODGE on 5 Jul 1912 in Knoxville, TN. [Parents]
Originally named Grover Cleveland Babb, his mother renamed him at an early age because she didn't like the original name. He was a retired engineer for the L & N Railroad.
5. Anna HODGE was born on 6 Jan 1897 in Laurel County, KY. She died on 28 Feb 1988 in Baptist Regional Hospital, Corbin, KY. She was buried on 1 Mar 1988 in Pine Hill Cem. Corbin, KY. [Parents]
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6. William HACKER was born on 5 Apr 1878 in Tinker, KY. He died on 30 Sep 1946 in Smith Hospital, Corbin, KY. The cause of death was Auto Accident. He was buried on 1 Oct 1946 in Hacker Cem. Gray Fork, KY. He married Gertrude MCCLAIN on 19 Nov 1912 in Pawnee, OK. [Parents]
Witness to the marriage of Gertrude ans William was Flossie Wolfe.
FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM HACKER (from obituary)
1. Born in Clay County, KY. Spent his early life around Raders Creek.
2. Attended Berea College.
3. Was the manager of a ranch in Oklahoma.
4. Married Gertrude McClain 11/11/1911 - NOTE: this date does not agree with date given by Willie.
5. Was a partner in Hacker & Marcum Lumber in 1921.
6. Marcum sold his interest in 1936 to W.F. Taylor.
7. William Hacker and W.F. Taylor then operated the Corbin Building Supply Co.
8. Taylor sold his interest to Dr. B.J. Edwards and the business was operated until a fire destroyed it in August of 1940.
9. The business was rebuilt on it's original site at 9th & Main in Corbin.
10. Died in the Smith Hospital as a result of a car wreck at Farriston, KY.
11. Funeral was held at the First Christian Church, Corbin, KY.
12. Funeral Conducted by Rev. Bascom Hoskins & Rev. J.S. Chambers - O'Neil Funeral Home in charge.
13. Pallbearers were: Edgar Hacker, Roy Hacker, Jack Hacker, Robert Nicholson, John Babb, O.C. Seeley.
7. Gertrude MCCLAIN was born on 10 Oct 1889 in St. Clair Co. Missouri. She died on 13 Jan 1978 in Cincinnati, OH. She was buried on 15 Jan 1978 in Hacker Cem. Gray Fork, KY. [Parents]
Reared on the Miller Borthers 101 Ranch near Ponca City, Oklahoma, "Gert" became a line rider at age 10. She was raised up among men and often said "women give me goose-pimples". By all accounts she could ride and shoot as good as any man.
She smoked fat black "cee-gars" (12 a day) and had a few night caps of bourbon before retiring at night after work. She said she acquired the taste for smoking cee-gars as follows: "I used to light my granney's cee-gars, she always smoked them and lived to be 80, on the ranch when I was just a kid. I started smoking 'em when I was 16".
During World War II she became a foreman at Cincinnati's Union Terminal and bossed a male crew of car cleaners. The eight men on her crew washed, swept, iced, and otherwise equipped 75 to 100 passenger and baggage cars during an 8 hour shift. One of her favorite stories related the time the train came through that was carrying President Harry S. Truman on his campaign for re-election.
She developed glaucoma in her later years and went completely blind. She believed that her blindness was caused by an accident on the railroad. A car which she was inspecting was hit causing her to fall and cut her head. The bluish scar that resulted and ran from her forehead to her crown was evident until her death.
Her second husband was PFC. James Morris Hensley, an Army aircraft gunner during W.W. II. He was as old as her oldest son, James Edgar Hacker.
Witness to the marriage of Gertrude and William was Flossie Wolfe.
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