Algood Genealogy

2165. Ruth6 Allgood (Edward Parham5, James E.4, Edward3, Ishmael2, Edward1) was born in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA September 16, 1896. Ruth died December 5,1988 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.

She married twice. She married Harvey Russell Wynne April 18, 1916 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA. Harvey was born February 23,1892. Harvey was the son of J P Wynne and Rosa Lee Riddle. Harvey died February 15, 1918 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA. She married Gold Clarence King December 26, 1944 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA. Gold was born May 5,1897. Gold was the son of William King and Nancy Ellen Clark. Gold died October 20, 1961.

Ruth Allgood and Harvey Russell Wynne had the following child:

7054 i. Marjorie Gray7 Wynne was born in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA March 7, 1917. Marjorie died April 5, 2009 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. OBIT: Marjorie G. Wynne, who spent 45 years as a rare book librarian at Yale University, died on Sunday evening, April 5, 2009, in her home at Whitney Center in Hamden, Conn. She was 92 years old. Miss Wynne, as she was known to librarians all over the world, and to generations of students and faculty at Yale, was born in Petersburg, Va., in 1917, daughter of the late Harvey Russell Wynne and Ruth Allgood Wynne King.She joined the staff of Yale University Library's Rare Book Room in 1942 after having studied at Duke University and the School of Librarianship at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1963, she moved the rare book collections to the newly opened Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and assumed the position of senior research librarian. During a time when rare book librarianship was dominated by men, Marjorie Wynne was a pioneer and role model for many female librarians. She had an impact far beyond Yale, with a wide and ecumenical circle of friends in the worlds of scholarly research, bibliography and rare books. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/progress-index/ob ituary.aspx?n=marjorie-g-wynne&pid=128803909#sthas h.hpvTeWam.dpuf

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