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  Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
  File Number D-478933
  Fred Anderson Strange
  White Male
  Date of Birth Jan 27th, 1884
  Birthplace Cocke County Rural, Tennessee
  Father William Grant Strange, Birthplace Jefferson County, Tenn
  Mother Margaret Dell Ledford, Birthplace Madison Co NC
  Signature of Registrant Fred A Strange, Del Rio, Tennessee
  
  Subscribed and sworn to me on Sept 22, 1956
  Viola Clark, Notary Public
  My Commission Expires Oct 17, 1957
  
  Abstract of supporting evidence
  1 Rec is orig made at birth, kept in Bible, sister Ida keeps  March 21, 1906
  2 Affdvt made by G B Strange, 1st cousin, signed before N[otary] Sept 22, 1956
  3 Affdvt made by Mrs Joe Woody, lifelong friend, signed, Sept 22, 1956
  
  Information Concerning Registrant As Stated in Document of Corresponding Number Above
  1 Date of Birth Mar 21, 1906  Birthplace Cocke County Name of Father Wm Grant Strange  Full name of Mother Margaret D Ledford
  2 Date of Birth Mar 21, 1906  Birthplace Cocke County Name of Father Wm Grant Strange  Full name of Mother Margaret D Ledford
  3 Date of Birth Mar 21, 1906  Birthplace Cocke County Name of Father Wm Grant Strange  Full name of Mother Margaret D Ledford
  
  I hereby certify I have examined the three documents abstracted above, find them valid, and that the information contained therein is as Noted Above, and Recommend that this delayed certificate of birth be accepted for filing by the Division of Vital Statistics, Tennessee Department of Health
  
  Signed Viola Clark, C&M, Chancery Court Clerk, Newport, Tennessee Date Sept 22, 1956
  
  This delayed birth certificate is not valid until approved by the Tennessee State Registrar of Vital Statistics or His Authorized agent.
  
  Approved M R Baird Date Sept 28 1956 By C S
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  [Back side]
  
  State of Tenn
  County of Cocke
  
  I hereby certify, on oath, that I am at present 89 years of age; that I am related to the person represented by this certificate as a cousin, and that I had actual knowledge of the facts as stated in this certificate at the time the birth occurred, and know them to be true because I have known & family ever since they been borned.
  
  Signature:  G B HIS X MARK Strange Present Address Newport, Tennessee
  
  I hereby certify that this affiant personally apeared before me, that I read the above statements to him and he made oath that said statements are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
  This the 22 day of Sept 1956
  C B McMahon, Notary Public
  My Commission Expires 8-26-56
  
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  Second Supporting Affidavit
  
  State of Tenn
  County of Cocke
  
  I hereby certify, on oath, that I am at present 76 years of age; that I am related to the person represented by this certificate as a cousin, and that I had actual knowledge of the facts as stated in this certificate at the time the birth occurred, and know them to be true because I lived near this family and I helped care for this baby and all the other children of this family.  I remember Dora all her life.
  
  Signature:  Mrs Joe Woody, Present Address Newport, Tennessee
  
  I hereby certify that this affiant personally apeared before me, that I read the above statements to her and she made oath that said statements are true to the best of her knowledge and belief.
  This the 22 day of Sept 1956
  Viola Clark, Notary Public
  My Commission Expires Oct 17, 1957
  
  Handwritten information on top of back side:
  10-1-56  29612
  Del Rio - T
  
  Witness to Mark Sallie Strange
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  1910 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 6 May, Civil District 1, Enumeraton District 36, page 13A,  Hse #243, Fam #244
  Strange, William G  Head  M W  39  Widowed TN TN TN Proprietor, Retail Store Owns
  Strange, Fred  M W 3  TN TN NC [b abt 1907]
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 6 January, Civil District 1, Enumeration District 39, page 2B, Hse #32, Fam #34
  Strange, William G  Head Owns M W 50 TN TN TN Farmer [b abt 1869]
  Strange, Bessie T Wife F W 28 TN Germany TN [b abt 1891]
  Strange, Fread Son M W 13 TN TN NC Farmer [b abt 1906]
  
  Fred married Myrtle Cogdill in 1921.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Fred Strange
  Myrtle Cogdill
  Bond of $1250 signed by Fred Strange and George Evans
  Marriage 24 Sep 1921 Cocke County
  Ceremony by John T Neese (?), J P
  Registered Cocke County Marriage Book, p 209
  
  But in the 1930 census, he is reported again in his parents' household as Single.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 6 January, Civil District 1, Enumeration District 2, page 4B, Hse #68, Fam #72
  Strange, William G Head Owns M W  61 Married at age 22 TN TN TN Farmer [b abt 1869]
  Strange, Elsie Wife F W  38 Married at age 35 TN US US [b abt 1892]
  Strange, Fred Son  M W 22 Single TN TN NC [b abt March 1908]
  
  Greenville County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1914-1992
  Fred Anderson Strange
  Age Age 58, Birth Date abt 1908
  Death Abt 1966 Laurens County
  Obituary published 24 Jan 1966 Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina
  
  Fred Strange
  Birth 1907 Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Death 1966 Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
  Parents:
  William Grant Strange (1858 - 1933)
  Margarette Finnie Ledford Strange (1862 - 1908)
  Siblings:
  William Floyd Strange (1898 - 1990)
  Foy Strange (1908 - 1908)*
  Burial Clark Cemetery, Midway, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Created by Deb Sep 25, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #21766734, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21766734&ref=acom

Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 6 January, Civil District 1, Enumeration District 2, page 4B, Hse #68, Fam #72
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 6 January, Civil District 1, Enumeration District 39, page 2B, Hse #32, Fam #34
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 6 May, Civil District 1, Enumeraton District 36, page 13A,  Hse #243, Fam #244
• 4. Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. Greenville County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1914-1992
• 7. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 8. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 9. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006