Notes for NELLIE BLY LACY from Connie Gray:
Information (2004) from Betty Bargiacchi and Dorothy Raburn:
Nell attended Blue Ridge college and played the piano very well. When they moved from Memphis, TN to Abington , VA and then back to Memphis a few years later, Nell insisted that her piano be moved with them. The piano was loaded on the train and moved with the rest of the family belongings.
Obituary of Mrs. Nell Saltz, Widow of Saw Filer Dies at Age of 71 - Mrs. Nell Saltz of 645 Chelsea, a longtime Memphian, died of an apparent heart attack at 7:30 last night while eating with her grandson at Porky's Drive-In at 848 Thomas. She was 71. Born in Elizabethton, Tenn., Mrs. Saltz had lived in Memphis 50 years. She was the widow of Thomas H. Saltz, a saw filer who died in 1945. She was a Methodist. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Louise Ivy of 1187 Creston, Mrs. Mary Nell Jensen of 2051 Pendleton, Mrs. Blanche Saliba of 207 North Avalon and Mrs. Dorothy Raburn of Carrollton, Ky.; five sons, Thomas O. Saltz of Lamar, Miss., Eugene Saltz of Walnut, Miss., William B. Saltzof 1246 Homer, Andrew Saltz of 657 Clover Drive and Joe Saltz of 645 Chelsea; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs. Saltz was stricken while dining with 10-year-old Leonard Goff, son of Mrs. Saliba. National Funeral Home is in charge. (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. July 10, 1961)
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Notes for THOMAS HESKELL SALTZ from Connie Gray:
The last name is spelled many different ways. Their children spelled the name Salts, Saltz and Saltzs
Thomas Saltz operated a saw mill in Memphis, TN. All of the children except Joe were born in Memphis, TN. Joe was born in Abingdon, VA, where they lived for 3 or 4 years.
1920 Census, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Thomas Saltz 36, Nelly B. 29, Minnie L. 8, Thomas H. J. 6, Eugine 4, William B. 2
1930 Census, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Thomas H. Salts 48 saw filer, Nell B. 39, Thomas Jr. 17, Eugene 14, William B. 11, Andrew 10, Joe 7, Mary N. 3, Dora B. 1
Memphis/Shelby C. Death Index: Salts, Thomas Hessel, 62 years, Date of death - 4/23/1945
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