Louis Montgomery Ussery1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 494, (1897 - 1987)
FatherSterling Samuel Ussery2,4 (5 Nov 1855 - 21 Dec 1947)
MotherMary Elizabeth Harris2,5 (12 Jan 1872 - 3 Jul 1939)

Key Events:

Birth: 29 Apr 1897, near Lone Oak, Montgomery Co., Tennessee6,7,8
Marriage: about 1929, Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, Ledley Logan Cobb (23 Aug 1907 - 11 Jul 1953)9,10,11
Death: 21 Aug 1987, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee12,13,14
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee15
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Louis Montgomery Ussery was born on 29 Apr 1897 near Lone Oak, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.6,7,8
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of his parents, Sterling Samuel Ussery and Mary Elizabeth Harris.4 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of his parents.16
     Louis registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1918, while living at Clarksville, Tennessee, reporting he was employed as his father.17 He enlisted in the U.S. Army 6 Sep 1918, serving as a private until 11 Mar 1919.18,19
     He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of his parents.20
     Louis married Ledley Logan Cobb, daughter of Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr. and Mary Louisa Logan, about 1929 in Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky.9,10,11
     Louis and Ledley appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of his parents.21
     Louis and Ledley appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, on U.S. Highway 76, enumerated 16 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $6,000. Their children Robert and Virginia were listed as living with them, as was his father.22
     He was a laborer on the family farm by age 12. He continued there until his father retired, before 1940, when he took over its management. That year Louis reported that he had worked 42 hours the last week of March.23,24,25,26
     His wife died on 11 Jul 1953 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.27,28
     Louis died on 21 Aug 1987 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 90.12,13,14 He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee, in the Cobb family lot.15

Children:
     Children with Ledley Logan Cobb:

  • Robert Louis Ussery29,22 (10 May 1930 - 17 Dec 2000)
  • Virginia Ann Ussery29,22 (3 Sep 1933 - 14 Mar 1991)

Citations

  1. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Louis Montgomery Ussery.
  2. [S4364] Louis Ussery, Delayed Certificate of Birth.
  3. [S4366] Sterling H. Ussery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows name as Lewis M. Ussery.
  4. [S4365] Sterling Ussery household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  5. [S4365] Sterling Ussery household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  6. [S4368] Louis Ussery, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, town, and state.
  7. [S4364] Louis Ussery, Delayed Certificate of Birth, shows date, location as Montgomery, Southside, Tennessee, near Lone Oak.
  8. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year, as 1896, town, as Yellow Creek, county, and state.
  9. [S571] Sterling S. Ussery household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows he first married at age 31, and she at 21.
  10. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows city, county, and state.
  11. [S55] Hardeman County Historical Commission, Hardeman County Historical Sketches, pg. 101, shows married.
  12. [S3504] "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," Ancestry.com, record for Louis Ussery, SSN 412588827, shows date.
  13. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year, as 1988, town, county, and state.
  14. [S4418] Louis Ussery grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date.
  15. [S4418] Louis Ussery grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery.
  16. [S4366] Sterling H. Ussery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  17. [S4368] Louis Ussery, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  18. [S3504] "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," Ancestry.com, record for Louis Ussery, SSN 412588827, shows dates of enlistment and release, and service.
  19. [S4418] Louis Ussery grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows "Pvt US Army World War I."
  20. [S520] S. S. Ussery household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  21. [S571] Sterling S. Ussery household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  22. [S4367] Louis Ussery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  23. [S4366] Sterling H. Ussery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as farm laborer, industry as home farm.
  24. [S520] S. S. Ussery household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as laborer, industry as "on farm."
  25. [S571] Sterling S. Ussery household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as laborer, industry as farm.
  26. [S4367] Louis Ussery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows his occupation as farmer and none for his father.
  27. [S3126] Ledley Cobb Ussery, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and county.
  28. [S4417] Ledley Cobb Ussery grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date.
  29. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.