Kate S. Elsberry

Kate S. Elsberry

• Father: William Elsberry b. circa 1850
• Mother: Mattie Clitherall b. circa 1855

• Kate S. Elsberry was born in January 1879 in Alabama.
• Catherine G. Hayes or Chandler Chandler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Alabama, and also one young female school teacher, apparently boarding, and four servants.. Other members of the household included Kate S. Elsberry, E. C. Chandler, William Elsberry, Mattie Clitherall and Alex C. Elsberry.
• She married William Homer LeGrand, son of Milton Paul LeGrand and Maria Louisa Jones, on 28 April 1897.
• William Homer LeGrand and Kate S. Elsberry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Coosada, Elmore County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Milton Paul LeGrand. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• The following appeared on 14 June 1907 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Arthur Elsberry, the 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. LeGrand, of Clooverdale, died at the home of the parents last evening at 9 o'clock after a short illness. Death was unexpected, though the illness of the child was known to be of a serious nature.
       The funeral services will be conducted from the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev. E. E. Cobbs, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, will officiate, and interment will be made in Oakwood Cemetery.
• The following appeared on 15 June 1907 in The Montgomery Advertiser: The funeral services of Arthur Elsberry LeGrand, the 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. LeGrande [sic] of Cloverdale, who died at the home of the parents thursday evening, were conducted yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the residence. Rev. E. E. Cobbs, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiated. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery.
       The funeral services were largely attended, and the abundance of flowers at the residence and at the grave illustrated the love and esteem in which the baby boy and his parents were held. The pall-bearers were Arthur Elsberry, Will Elsberry, Jack Thorington and Hunt Taylor.
• William Homer LeGrand and Kate S. Elsberry appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Walkers Beat, Montgomery County, Alabama, at Norman Bridge Road. Other members of the household included Milton Paul LeGrand, William Homer LeGrand Jr. and Clitherall Eloise LeGrand.
• William Homer LeGrand and Kate S. Elsberry appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cloverdale, Montgomery County, Alabama, at Norman Bridge Road. Other members of the household included Milton Paul LeGrand, William Homer LeGrand Jr. and Clitherall Eloise LeGrand. Also in the household were a cook and one other servant.
• Eloise LeGrand and her mother Kate arrived in the port of New York aboard the Rijndam on 14 September 1920, having sailed from Plymouth on the 5th.
• The following appeared on 5 February 1922 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs. Harold Council, of Greenville, Miss., formerly Miss Eloise Le Grand, of this city, will arrive the first part of the week to be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. LeGrand.
• The following appeared on 4 March 1922 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs. W. H. LeGrand has gone to Greenville, Miss., hwere she will be the gues of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Council.
• William Homer LeGrand and Kate S. Elsberry appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama. Other members of the household included William Homer LeGrand Jr.
• William Homer LeGrand and Kate S. Elsberry appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 419 Fairview Avenue. They were living in the same house in 1935.
• Kate S. Elsberry became a widow at the 5 February 1945 death of her husband William Homer LeGrand.
• She was interred at Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama.
• Kate S. Elsberry died on 24 December 1949 at age 70.

• Last Edited: 2 Oct 2012

• Charts: Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers