Lou Bare, 1878-1960, great-grandmother

Lou Bare was born on 4 July 1878 in North Carolina, the daughter of Rudolph Bare (born 29 October 1837; married 23 February 1866; died 30 March 1919) and Fannie Wagoner (born 29 Dec 1848; died 22 Dec 1929). According to the census, she lived in Jefferson, NC in 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1935, and 1940.

Lou’s siblings, the children of Rudolph Bare and Fannie Wagoner, were:

1. Preston Bare was born in Nov 1866 in NC.
2. Hugh Bare was born about 1869 in NC.
3. Lou Bare, born 4 Jul 1878, NC, died 20 Nov 1960, in Jefferson, Ashe, NC.
4. William Bare was born on 17 Jul 1880 in Ashe, NC; he died on 10 Oct 1961 at the age of 81 in Jefferson, Ashe, NC.
5. Mary Ann Bare was born in Jun 1883 in NC.
6. Lee Oscoe Bare was born on 3 May 1887 in NC; he died on 17 Jan 1945 at the age of 57 in Jefferson, Ashe, NC.

Lou Bare married Jethro Wilson “Joe” Little on 19 Apr 1897 in Ashe, NC. Jethro Wilson “Joe” Little was born in 1874 in NC, the son of Ambrose Parks Little (born 24 July 1850; married 1873; died 26 October 1906) and Theodocia Witherspoon (born 25 October 1852; died 8 June 1915).

Lou Bare and Jethro Wilson “Joe” Little had the following children:

1. Fred Lee Little, born 7 Oct 1897, Ashe, NC, married Gypsy Fredor Bower on 14 Aug 1918, and died 9 May 1970, West Jefferson, Ashe, NC.
2. William “Willie” Glenn Little, born abt 1900, NC, married Zeffa Rose Sturgill on 24 Dec 1924, Ashe, NC, and died 13 Mar 1969, Jefferson, Ashe, NC.
3. James Archie Little was born on 27 Jun 1902 in NC; he died on 24 Oct 1984 at the age of 82 in Ashe, NC.
4. Stella Fannie Little, born 15 Feb 1905, Jefferson, Ashe, NC, married Eugene Howard Thompson on 30 Mar 1921, West Jefferson, Ashe, NC, and died 25 Dec 1983, Jefferson, Ashe, NC.
5. Johnnsie Marie Little was born on 24 Jul 1907 in NC; she died on 9 Mar 1989 at the age of 81 in Jefferson, Ashe, NC.
6. Mont Warden Little, born 23 Jan 1910, Ashe, NC, married Ruby Helen Bower, 24 Dec 1936, Ashe, NC, and died 7 Mar 1985, Ashe, NC.
7. Ambrose Clayton Little was born on 18 Feb 1914 in Jefferson, Ashe, NC; he died on 10 Nov 1992 at the age of 78 in Laurel Springs, Alleghany, NC.
8. Arnold Ralph Little was born about 1919 in NC; He died on 27 Sep 2004 at the age of 85 in Jefferson, Ashe, NC.

Lou Bare died on 20 Nov 1960 at the age of 82 in Jefferson, Ashe, NC.

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