Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth20 Feb 1927, Elberton, Elbert County, GA1,3411,3422,3423,3424,3425,3426,3427,3421,3384,1727,1718,1719
Census1930, Elberton, Elbert County, GA3411
MemoEliam, Militia District 191, Nancy Wart Row
Census1940, Eliam, Elbert County, GA3428
MemoMilitia District 191, Route 1
Residence28 May 1947, Washington, DC1752,3429,3430
Memo316 11th St. S.W.
Census1950, Lake Tara, Clayton County, GA3421
MemoED 31-27
Residenceabt 1953, 150 McDonald Street, College Park, GA
Residenceabt 1954, Rt 1, Box 301, Jonesboro, GA
Residence23 Apr 1954, Rt 1, Box 105, Jonesboro, GA3431,3432
Residenceca 1957, Digby, GA3432
Residenceabt 1964, Brooks, Spalding County, GA2155
Residenceaft Mar 1973, Butler, Taylor County, GA2369,2339,3433,3402
Memo357.82 ac value $602116 per Taylor County, GA Assessor’s website 23 Jul 2010
Residence1993, 134 Poole Road, Butler, GA3434,3435,3436
Residence21 Apr 2012, Butler, Taylor County, GA3372
Death26 Jul 2013, 134 Poole Road, Butler, GA3422,3437,3435,3438,3376,3439,3384,1727,1718,1719
Burial28 Jul 2013, Fortsonia Community Cemetery, 2616 Washington Highway, Elberton, Elbert County, GA3437,3440,1727
Occupationprinter, retired from printing in 1973, Seed Cleaning Service Inc.; Making Printer Ink, Ink Manufacturing (1950)3441,3442,3421
FatherChristopher Thomas Smith (1895-1973)
MotherWinnie Davis Snellings (1898-1957)
Military
WW II Draft Registration Card3363
Serial No. W 411 George Thomas Smith, Order No. 11743
Place of Residence: R-1 Elberton, Elbert, GA
Mailing Address: Same
Age 18 yrs, Place of Birth: Elbert Co, GA; Date of Birth: 2-20-1927; Town or County: GA USA
Name & Address of Person Who will always know your address: Mrs. C. T. Smith (Mother) R-1 Elberton, GA
Employer’s Name: In School
/s/ George Thomas Smith
Spouses
Birth5 Feb 1926, Hot Springs, Bath County, VA3385,3386,3387,3368,3369,2296,3388,3389,3390,3391,3392,3393,3394,3395,3382,3384,1727
MemoBacova, Bath County, VA?
Baptismabt 1938, Hot Springs, Bath County, VA3396
MemoEden Methodist Church, sprinkled
Census1930, Bath County, VA3368,3369
MemoCedar Creek - Bacova Road
SchoolMitchelltown School, VA
Memo7th Grade (Letter from Virginia Smith )
Census1940, Cedar Creek, Bath County, VA3397
MemoEnumeration District 9-2, 283 Route 268
Residence28 May 1947, Washington, DC3398
Memo316 11th St SW; Hot Springs, VA?
Residencebef 31 Jan 1948, Elberton, Elbert County, GA3399
Memodaughter, Velma born there
Residencebef 24 Jul 1950, Lake Tara, Clayton County, GA3400
Residence5 Dec 1950, GA2192,2204
MemoDeath of her father, Benjamin H Cleek
Census1950, Lake Tara, Clayton County, GA3382
MemoED 31-27
Residenceabt 1953, 150 McDonald Street, College Park, GA144
Residence23 Apr 1954, Rt 1, Box 105, Jonesboro, GA3401,144
MemoLake Tara
Residenceabt 1954, Rt 1, Box 301, Jonesboro, GA144
Residenceabt 1964, Pine Cedar Road, Brooks, Spalding County, GA2155,2368,2369,2339,144
Residence22 Feb 1973, Atlanta, GA2193
MemoDeath of her mother, Bertha Jane Cleek
Residenceaft Mar 1973, Rt 1 Box 229, Butler, GA2368,2369,3402
ResidenceRt 1 Box 309, Butler, GA
Memo(Poole Road) Same place as above just new box #
Residence1993, 134 Poole Road, Butler, GA3403,3375,3404
Death13 Apr 2014, 134 Poole Road, Butler, GA3405,2185,3376,3406,3384,1727
Burial17 Apr 2014, Fortsonia Community Cemetery, 2616 Washington Highway, Elberton, Elbert County, GA3407,3408,3406,3384
Alias/AKAJenny, Ginny3409
OccupationWar Department, Clerk-Stenographer; worked for National Biscuit {per Pam Smith 9/13/2013}
ReligionAttended Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, Butler, GA3410
FatherBenjamin Harrison Cleek (1888-1950)
MotherBertha Jane Gum (1897-1973)
Misc. Notes
Met Uncle George Smith at the roller skating rink, His sister, Eleanor Smith, worked with Jenny Cleek. Uncle George walked Aunt Jenny home.2282

Interview with Jenny Smith2283
Jenny hid from Lucille in the Loom House and Lucille never found her.
Most enjoyable memories of time spent with the family: Water fight with a bucket of water when she was about ten years old. The Spring was a short distance away. In Winter you could drink it. In Summer, they would walk up the mountain to get water. They would use the creek to get wash water for the clothes. They would use a scrub board on the porch of the Loom House.
They had a chicken house. Also they had a cellar with a room above for storage, where she and Lucille played. They had a shed, a garage, an out-house, and a Meat House which was torn down.
She saved for her High School Ring by saving 25 cents from candy money.
Jenny stayed a week with her Aunt Martha Cleek before she married and before she started to work.
They would take the train to see George Hoover, his wife, Mary Elizabeth Cleek, was dead.
She took the Civil Service Test in Virginia. Got a job in Washington, DC, and about twelve girls went on the train to Washington, DC. They were in a Secretarial pool and were assigned jobs. She lived in Arlington Hall when she first got to Washington DC until she got married.
Jenny visited with Joseph and Lydia Hill
Jenny and George moved to GA about a year after they married. They lived with George’s folks about three months.
Medical
Had Yellow Jaundice when she was about 10 yrs old per Herself 21 Jul 2008
Allergic to Sulva Drugs per Her 19 Nov 2013
Marriage28 May 1947, Mt Vernon Place Methodist Church, Washington, DC1,2266,3366,1752,3443,3375,2185,3377,3419
Marr Memo8:15 pm Ninth & Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Bride given in marriage by Mr. Walker, co-worker; Marr Lic: 12 Apr 1947; by Rev John W. Rustin
ChildrenVelma Jane (1948-1949)
Last Modified 25 Aug 2025Created 15 Oct 2025 using Reunion 14 by Chris Dunmore
Click on the Person’s Name, then select the Superscript Number to see the Source. Click on the Pedigree to see the Person’s Family Tree. Click on the Camera to see Media.

My Family is also Available at
FamilySearch.org
(As of 4 Jul 2021) Submission ID MMXT-DQV (click here)
© 15 Oct 2025 Chris Dunmore; AncHunter65[at]gmail.com
All Rights Reserved. Pictures are copyrighted and are NOT to be copied!