Hugh Critz 1876

Hugh was born on 21 December 1876, the son of Wiley Critz and America Moon, in Mississippi. He married Julia Georgene Gillespie. After spending some time as a college teacher at Starkville, Hugh traveled to Russellville Arkansas, and taught at the Second District Agricultural School, which had opened it's doors for the first students in the fall of 1910. In 1920, Hugh was president of the College. In 1925, the school's name was changed to Arkansas Polytechnic College. In 1976, the school's name was changed again, to it's current name,

Arkansas Tech University. In 1930, Hugh returned to Mississippi. The 1930 Census has him employed as the Publicity Manager for MS Power and Light, but later that year he became the President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, which in 1932, became Mississippi State College. Hugh remained it's President until 1934. The facility, now named Mississippi State University, has it's main campus in Starkville.

Julia Georgene Gillespie 1877-1947
Julia was born in March 1877, the daughter of George Gillespie and Alexena Lampkin, at Starkville, Mississippi.
I have identified the following children:

Hugh Melville	Born 17 Dec 1900	Mississippi	Married Mary Blackwell Wiggs
Wiley Gillespie	Born 14 Sep 1904	Mississippi	Married Nell Wilson
Julia Moon	Born abt 1910	Mississippi	Married Jimmy D. Norris

Birth of Parents

Hugh Critz

b: 21 Dec 1876 Mississippi
son of Wiley Critz and America Moon

Julia Georgene Gillespie

b: Mar 1877 Mississippi
daughter of George Gillespie and Alexena Lampkin

Marriage

24 Aug 1898
Hugh Critz
Julia Georgene Gillespie

Father: Wiley Critz
Father: George Gillespie

1900 Census	1 Jun 1900		Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
District 87, Image 22 of 42			Birthplace Person	Birthplace Father	Birthplace Mother	Month & Year of Birth
George Gillespie (Widr) Laura (Dau) Lilia (Dau) S. J. Wallace (SonLaw) Edwinna Wallace(Dau) Louis V. Wallace (GDau) Clifford Wallace (GSon) Hugh Critz (SonLaw) Julia (Dau) Thomas Gillespie (Bro)	Age 58 Age 25 Age 20 Age 30 Age 27 Age 3 Age 1 Age 23 Age 23 Age 61	Farming At School Teacher Teacher	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	Tennessee Mississippi Mississippi South Carolina Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi North Carolina Mississippi Tennessee	Alabama Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Alabama	Mar 1842 Sep 1874 Aug 1879 Mar 1870 Jun 1872 May 1897 Mar 1899 Dec 1876 Mar 1877 Dec 1838
Edwinna has been married 4 years, and all children are living.

Children

Hugh Melville Critz

b: 17 Sep 1900 Starkville, Mississippi
son of Hugh Critz and Julia Gillespie

Wiley Gillespie Critz

b: 14 Sep 1904 Starkville, Mississippi
son of Hugh Critz and Julia Gillespie Died 25 Apr 1982

1910 Census	15 Apr 1910		Starkville City, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
District 96, Image 17 0f 62 Louisville Street			Years Married	Children/ Living	Birthplace Person	Birthplace Father	Birthplace Mother
Hugh Critz Julia (Wife) Hugh Gillespie	Age 33 Age 33 Age 9 Age 5	College Teacher	11 11	2/2	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	N. Carolina Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	21 Dec 1876 Mar 1877 17 Sep 1900 14 Sep 1904

Julia Moon Critz

b: abt 1910 Jackson, Mississippi
daughter of Hugh Critz and Julia Gillespie

1920 Census	1 Jan 1920		Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
District 98, Image 19 of 55, Agricultural School			Birthplace Person	Birthplace Father	Birthplace Mother
Hugh Critz Julia G. (Wife) Hugh M. W. Gillespie Julie Plus 11 Boarders	Age 43 Age 42 Age 19 Age 15 Age 9	College President	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	21 Dec 1876 Mar 1877 17 Sep 1900 14 Sep 1904 abt 1910

1930 Census	1 Apr 1930		Jackson City, Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.A.
District 5, Image 34 of 40			Birthplace Person	Birthplace Father	Birthplace Mother
Hugh Critz Julia G. (Wife) Julia Grace Monk (Roomer)	Age 53 Age 53 Age 19 Age 25	Mgr, MS Power Co. Stenographer	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Louisiana	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi United States	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi United States	21 Dec 1876 Mar 1877 abt 1910 abt 1904
Additional Information in Census: Owned home, value $9,000, Hugh and Julia were both 22 at 1st Marriage.

Death

Hugh Critz

Died abt 1939

1940 Census	1 April 1940		Other Places, Oktibbeha, Mississippi
District 53-10, Image 23 of 32 US Highway 82			B I R T H P L A C E	Residence Apr 1, 1935 City State
J. D. Norris Julia (Wife) Julia Critz (MotherLaw)(W)	Age 30 Age 30 Age 64	Farmer	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi	Same place Same place Same place	abt 1910 abt 1910 Mar 1877
Own the house, value $4,000, 1939 Total earnings $0

Death

Julia Georgene (Gillespie) Critz

Died abt 1947

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	HUGH 1876-1939	JULIA G 1877-1947
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI ODDFELLOWS CEMETERY PHOTO BY Harry Lawson McIngvale

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