Wood & Torbert Families

Rosa Leland Geddie

b. circa 1875, d. 31 January 1963

Rosa Leland Geddie was born circa 1875 in Texas.
She married T. Cordie Patterson in Van Zandt County, Texas.
Rosa Leland Geddie became a widow at the 1905 death of her husband T. Cordie Patterson.
She married Benjamin Lloyd Stevens, son of John Benjamin Stevens and Lucinca C. Brown, on 29 March 1914 in Van Zandt County, Texas.
Benjamin Lloyd Stevens registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Van Zandt County, Texas, while living with his wife Rosa at 4 RFD, Canton, self-employed there farming.
Benjamin Lloyd Stevens and Rosa Leland Geddie appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, at Pacific Avenue. Also in the household were their children Elvie (4-4/12) and Lora Fay (1-6/12) Stevens, Benjamin's children Isaac (age 16), Annie (14), Clarence (12) Stevens, and widowed daughter Roxie Rainey (22), and her daughter Oleta (2-8/12), and Rosa's daughter Zola Patterson (15).
She was proprietress of a hotel, according to the 1920 census.
Rosa Leland Geddie appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Van Zandt County, Texas, with her mother Margaret F. Geddie, 77. She is identified as Rosa L. Patterson, age 55, divorced. Also in the household are her daughters Elva (age 15), Lorene (13) and Lora (11) Stevens.
Rosa Leland Geddie died on 31 January 1963 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas.
She was interred at Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Van Zandt County, Texas.