Gazlay Family History
Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn
Parents
| Father | Beverly Wellford Wrenn ( - ) |
| Mother | Georgia Roberds Williams ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 October 2022; Last Edited: 5 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12604 |
| Name | Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 3 February 1874 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia1 |
| Married | ca. 1896 to Caroline Stewart Purdy |
| Divorced | 6 March 1913 from Caroline Stewart Purdy2 |
| Married | 16 January 1923 in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey to Isabel Norma Gorrie3 |
| Died | 10 April 1925 in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio1, 3 |
| Buried | in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Caroline Stewart Purdy (daughter of Stewart Lewis Purdy and Josephine Barnes) |
| Born | 22 October 1871 in New York |
| Married | ca. 1896 to Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn |
| Married | 27 April 1918 in New York, New York to Albert Shipman Oglesby |
| Married | 26 March 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland to LTC James Edward Abbott |
| Died | 3 April 1954 in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho |
| Children | of Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn and Caroline Stewart Purdy: |
| +1. | Wellford Gordon ‘Reno’ Wrenn |
| Born | 9 May 1897 in Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Married | 23 February 1928 in Davidson County, Tennessee to Susan March Luck |
| Married | 8 July 1936 in King County, Washington to Nellie Maxine Dillon |
| Died | 27 February 1976 in King County, Washington |
| +2. | Henry Bradley Wrenn |
| Born | 26 November 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri |
| Married | 20 November 1943 in King County, Washington to Katherine A. Royea |
| Died | 27 January 1953 in Seattle, King County, Washington |
| 3. | Grace Wrenn |
| Born | 19 April 1908 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York |
| Married | 25 September 1933 in Snohomish County, Washington to Samuel Ireton Osborn |
| Married | 27 December 1950 in Seattle, King County, Washington to Ninian L. ‘Nin’ Yuille |
| Died | 7 February 2000 in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho |
| Spouse 2 | Isabel Norma Gorrie (daughter of James Gorrie and Mary Stewart McNeil) |
| Born | 23 May 1873 in Portneuf, Quebec, Canada |
| Married | 2 February 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts to Harry Eugene White |
| Married | 16 January 1923 in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey to Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn |
| Died | 10 April 1925 in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn, born: 3 February 1874 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died: 10 April 1925 in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, siblings and one wife).
- The Daily Argus, New York, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), Thursday, 8 March 1923, Tuckahoe Woman’s Alimony Increased. Caroline Purdy Wrenn had her alimony increased. She received a divorce from her husband, Henry B. P. Wrenn, on 6 March 1913. The article provides biographical information and mentions her husband, Albert S. Oglesby, who died several years previous, and Caroline’s three children: Grace, 14; Wellford, 25; and Henry, 22.
- Deaths, The Sun, Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, 13 April 1925, Kills Husband at Breakfast. A series of articles provides the tragic details of the death of Henry B. P. Wrenn, shot and killed on Friday morning, 10 April, by his wife Isabel Norma (Gorrie) Wrenn, who some eight hours later, killed herself. The articles provide vital and biographical details of both Henry and Isabel, including their previous marriages.