Maude Jane (Frady) Stinnet (1887 - 1969)

Born 24 Mar 1887 in Hazel Green, Alabama

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Died 6 Apr 1969 at age 82 in California

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Biography

Maude (Frady) Stinnet was born in Alabama.

The following was copied from a family history composed by Ruby Cain, a daughter of Maud.

FAMILY HISTORY OF MAUDE JANE FRADY

Maude's parents were Thomas Frady and Elizabeth Key. They were probably married in the 1880's. It seems that they may have met on board a ship coming either from Ireland or Scotland to the United States. He followed her to where her folks had located and they were married. At one time Thomas's land holdings in Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama, may have been quite extensive. The school Maude attended was located on land donated by her father prior to 1900. Thomas was murdered and his money stolen when he was on his way home from selling his crops. Maude was convinced that her mother was cheated out of much of their property and money because she had not been informed by her husband about business details. Of the nine children born to the Fradys, six were girls: Mattie Frady (Warden), Maude Jane Frady (Buchanan, Stinnett), Ola Frady (Buchanan), Minne Frady (Dulin), Ida Frady (Watson), and Ira Frady (Cox). The three boys were Alva Frady, Robert Frady, and Claude Frady (for whom William Claude Stinnett was named). They were all born in Hazel Green, Alabama. Over the years the brothers and sisters communicated, but probably the only one that Maude saw again after she left Tennessee (probably early 1910's) was Ira Frady Cox. Ira lived in California for awhile during the 1930's and possibly part of the 1940's, coming back to California a time or two for visits. When Ira lived in California she made her home with John Bruce Cox, her older son. She also had a daughter, Connie Cox (______), and another son, James Richard Cox. John was married to Linda Carol Cox (______) who was born in 1939 in South Gate, California. She had three children: two boys and a girl. Maude was born on March 24, 1887, according to her delayed birth certificate, which would have made her a few weeks short of her thirteenth birthday when she married James Edward Buchanan of February 28, 1900, in Talladega County, Alabama.^[1][2] However, William Clark Stinnett recorded in 1940 that her birth date was March 24, 1886. Maude's delayed birth certificate was not applied for until February 1951. Maude's marriage to Ed was dissolved October 13, 1913, in Madison County, Alabama. They had four children, two sons who died in infancy: Horace and Carl Buchanan, and two daughters, Ruby May Buchanan and Pauline Amyzona Buchanan. Further details about their subsequent marriages and families are given on the family tree. On October 18, 1913, Maude was married to William Clark Stinnett in Shelby County, Tennesee. They had four children: Harry Homer Stinnett, Dorothy Rose Lee Stinnett (who were born in Kansas City, Missouri), Sara Elizabeth Stinnett and William Clark Stinnett (who were born in Waco, Texas). Further details about their subsequent marriages and families are given on the family tree. When Harry and Dorothy were little, Ruby saved her pennies so they could have Easter Baskets. While living on a cotton farm in Mart, Texas, there were several incidents worth noting: (1) not being able to use their well water one very hot summer until they strained out live red ants, (2) shooting rabbit so that they could alternate with chicken in their daily diet, and (3) Harry and Pauline fishing for chicken with a bent pin baited with corn and catching it (Ruby cooked it). The Stinnett family made two trips to California by train before finally settling permanently in California. The first trip was partially subsidized by a Mr. Kessler, a trunk maker, who wanted William Stinnett to work for him. This was probably in 1923 when William Claude was a baby. They did not stay long and went back to Texas the following year by car. They broke down in Arizona near an Indian reservation. The agent at the reservation had a cotton farm where the all picked cotton, bringing the babies, Elizabeth and Claude into the fields with them where they were Dorothy's special charge. Dorothy remembers a water reservoir and irrigation canals that she and Harry dared each other to swim in. William caught rattlesnakes and made belts. After getting enough funds to fix the car and finish the trip, they continued back to Texas. By early 1926 they were back in California, again by train, and financed by another trunk maker with whom William had become acquainted in the first shop. They again lived in Los Angeles and bought a new 1926 touring car. They lived on Anzac and Clovis Streets. The family lived in Compton from the Late 1920's with homes on Orris, Hatchway, and Shauer Streets. (In Harry's back yard at this time is a climbing red rose that is a cutting from the original rose that grew over the front of the house on Orris Street.) They bought a home on Cedar Street in the late 1930's. Their last home was on 138th Street before William died. Later Maude moved to Chester Street to be closer to town. Maude was a good homemaker and mother. She was very thrifty and maintained a clean, tidy, and well-appointed home. Maude was slightly over five feet tall and was slightly over weight in her later years. By the 1930's her hair was quite grey, but it had been a deep auburn red, truly a crowning glory, in her youth. Her skin was very fair and she freckled quite easily. This coloring was passed on in different degrees to at least four of her descendents, her two youngest daughters and two of her second daughter's children. After finally settling in California, there were two times that Maude left. One time was in the late 1930's, possibly 1937, when she and Pauline went to Texas to be with Ruby during a very serious illness. The other was in 1943 when she accompanied Mary Rockwell and infant Billy to Lousiana to see Claude before he left for overseas duty during WWII. Maude had two sons, three sons-in-law, and one grandson serving in the military during WWII. Maude was a long time member of the Compton Foursquare Church (from the early 1930's) and was baptized at Angeles Temple in Los Angeles. Maude died on April 6, 1969, following her 82nd birthday in a Lynwood, California, Nursing Home after a very lengthy illness (debilitating slight strokes with final heart failure). She had been a widow for 161/2 years and a resident of Compton for about 40 years. She was survived by 6 children, 17 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren (1 having preceded her in death), and 2 great, great grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ citing "FamilySearch.org, rightholders," 1900 United States Census, population schedule, Talladega County, Alabama (extracted October 26, 2019 by C.S. Russak, III)
2. ↑ citing "FamilySearch.org, rightholders," 1910 United States Census, population, St. Louis, Missouri, enumerated by S.W. Natelson (extracted October 29, 2019 by C.S. Russak, III)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226451898/maude-jane-stinnett: accessed 05 October 2023), memorial page for Maude Jane Grady Stinnett (24 Mar 1887–6 Apr 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226451898, citing Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by TeeZee2 (contributor 47549397).

• "United States Census, 1950," image database, archives.gov (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?name=William%20Stinnett&page=1&state=CA# : viewed April 2022 by C.S. Russak, III) Maud Stinnett in house of William C. Stinnett, Compton, Los Angeles, California, Enumeration District 19-373, line 7, age 63, birthplace Alabama