Ella Gertrude CLANTON^[1]

1834 - 1907  (73 years)

• Name	Ella Gertrude CLANTON
  Nickname	Gertrude
  Birth	4 Apr 1834	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 May 1907	Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA   [2, 4]
  	Gertrude died on 11 May 1907. She was 73 years old.
  Burial	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [5]
  	Her remains were interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia.
  Person ID	I27320	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Turner C. CLANTON,   b. 1798, Mechlenburg Co, VA d. 12 Apr 1864, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Margaret LUKE,   b. 9 Oct 1812, Columbia Co, GA d. 11 May 1884, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1829	Columbia County, GA   [6, 7]
  	The couple married in Columbia County, Georgia in 1829.
  Family ID	F1112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Jefferson THOMAS,   b. 10 Mar 1831, Georgia d. 17 Dec 1916 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1852	Richmond Co, GA   [8]
  	The couple was married in Richmond County, Georgia by Rev. E. H Meyers on 16 December 1852.
  Children	1. Turner Clanton THOMAS,   b. 9 Dec 1854, Georgia d. 30 Apr 1930 (Age 75 years)   2. Joseph THOMAS,   b. 12 Dec 1855, Georgia d. 31 Dec 1855, Georgia (Age 0 years)   3. Anna Lou THOMAS,   b. 29 May 1857, Georgia d. 21 Dec 1857, Georgia (Age 0 years)   4. Mary Belle THOMAS,   b. 23 Sep 1858, Georgia d. 12 Nov 1929, DeKalb Co, GA (Age 71 years)   5. Jefferson Davis THOMAS,   b. 27 Apr 1861, Richmond Co, GA d. 16 Apr 1920, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA (Age 58 years)   6. Cora Louise THOMAS,   b. 23 Jun 1863, Georgia d. 27 Jul 1956, Fulton Co, GA (Age 93 years)   7. Charley THOMAS,   b. 25 Jul 1865, Georgia d. 26 Jul 1865, Georgia (Age 0 years)   8. Julian Pinckney THOMAS,   b. 23 Jan 1868, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA d. 1928 (Age 59 years)   9. James Clanton THOMAS,   b. 16 Oct 1872, Georgia d. 14 Oct 1879, Georgia (Age 6 years)   10. Kathleen Clanton THOMAS,   b. 4 Jan 1875, Georgia d. 6 Nov 1968, Fulton Co, GA (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F1173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: October 1850, Richmond County, GA Resided: July 1860, Augusta, Richmond County, GA Resided: July 1870, Richmond County, GA Resided: June 1880, Richmond County, GA Resided: June 1900, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. Clanton Family chart. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Gertrude Clanton Thomas gravestone inscription, Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA; downloaded 20 April 2014. [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), p. 84., ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. p. 19. She died after suffering a stroke. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Gertrude Clanton Thomas interment, Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA; downloaded 20 April 2014. [S3770] 1850 US Census / Clanton, Turner. [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. Clanton Family Chart. [S3772] J. Jefferson Thomas - Ella Gertrude Clanton, Richmond Co, GA marriage license & minister's return (1852).