Fifth Generation

This is one side of the family that I do not know much about. However, the little I have been finding out has been interesting and I would like to know more about the Patrick family of Georgia.

Mary Addie “Ada” Patrick was born in September 1867 in Georgia and died on October 9, 1933 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. She is the daughter of Marion Jefferson “Van” Patrick and Hannah Elizabeth Heflin.

Marion Jefferson Patrick was born on April 25, 1841 in Henry County, Georgia and died on April 27, 1907. I think they lived in Spalding County. His father was Wiley Heflin Patrick and his mother was Sarah Emaline Thomason. Marion J. Patrick fought in the Civil War as a calvary man for the Confederacy. He married Hannah Heflin in 1861. He didn’t have children until Mary Addie in 1867. Sometime near this time the Patrick family moved to Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia.

We don’t have a lot of information about his wife Hannah Heflin. In the 1910 census, Mary Addie Keith in living with her mother Mary J Patrick and her sister Kate Patrick. We don’t know if Marion J Patrick remarried or not. Marion Patrick was a shoe salesman in Griffin, Georgia.

Perhaps Mary met her husband, Charles Keith in school or church since they both grew up in Griffin, GA. I would like to see old school records of Griffin, GA. She married Charles Keith in 1888 when she was 21 in nearby Atlanta, GA. She had 4 children:

1.Norman Lesle Keith 1890-1919 married Sarah Berry

2. Laura Leone Keith 1894-1972 married Eugene Breedlove. She later moved to Jacksonville, FL

3. Julian McLin Keith 1897-?? married Ruth Fowler. She divorced him around 1930. He is my great-grandfather biologically. We do not know his death date. After 1930, he is a mystery.

4. Charlotte M Keith 1900-???? She is also a mystery.

It seems that after Julian’s parents died, my great grandmother no longer kept in contact with Julian Keith. I would like to see pictures of the Patrick family and learn more about Marion Patrick’s military experience.