Annie Bell "MAE BELL" (Whitley) Tidwell
Wife of James Felix "Jim" Tidwell, married 1908 in Oneonta, Alabama.
Mother of his three children:
Clara Mae Tidwell (1930-2023)
James Ernest Tidwell (1910-1999)
Oliver Comer Tidwell (1918-2006)

*spellings used: Earnest or Ernest

ANNIE "MAE BELL" (WHITLEY) TIDWELL
Mrs. James Felix "Jim" Tidwell
Mr. and Mrs. Tidwell were at home on a 40 acre property, most being old-growth hardwood, which also served as small family farm, on what is now Edwards Lake Road in Huffman, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. The beautiful rock house they built still stands. Their two sons James Ernest Tidwell and Oliver Comer Tidwell also built fine houses on this land.

James Felix "Jim" Tidwell married Eula Mae Taylor in 1950.

A large and close family amongst these hrandparents and their next generations.

Cousins Self and Whitley 115490531

"Descendants of Oliver Perry Whitley
OLIVER PERRY WHITLEY was born September 02, 1852 in Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia, and died December 21, 1921 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married MARTHA C. OWENS August 28, 1873 in the Jacob Owens residence, Blount County, Alabama. She was born July 12, 1856 in Georgia, and died December 06, 1930 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for OLIVER PERRY WHITLEY:
O.P. Whitley to P.L. Wilson, Blount County, Alabama; Deed, Recorded 4-9-1887, Book Y, Page 342.
O.P. Whitley to David A. Aderholt, Blount County, Alabama Deed, Recorded 9-4-1888, Book 1, Page 358.
O.P. Whitley to C.L. Wilson, Blount County, Alabama Mortgage, Recorded 3-24-1890, Book 28, Page 420.
Levi W. Waid to O.P. Whitley, Blount County, Alabama Deed Book Y, Page 341.
1860 Milton County, Georgia census--see Allen Whitley, father.
1870 Blount County, Alabama census--see Allen Whitley, father.
1880 census - Not found.
1900 St. Clair County, Alabama
Springville, ED 102, page 13
Oliver P. Whitley, 47, September 1852, Georgia.
Martha A., July 1855, 44
Alley, August 1879, 20
Jake, December 1884, 15
Seney, March 1888, 12
Bell, November 1889, 10
Susie, February 1892, 8
Dicie, October 1894, 5
Boyed, January 1896, 4
Richard, 11-1898, 2
1910 St. Clair Co., AL
ED 118, Sheet 5
Oliver P. Whitley, 57, Georgia
Martha, 54, Georgia
Dicey, 16
Boyd, 14
Richard, 11
1920 Jefferson County, Alabama
ED 42, Sheet 31
Oliver P. Whitley, 67, Georgia
Marthay, 64, Georgia
Boyd, 24, Alabama
Zach, 22, Alabama
Jennie, 18, Alabama (D/law)
Alabama Death Record 12-21-1921, Vol. 45, Cert. 22118.
More About OLIVER PERRY WHITLEY:
Burial: Forest Hill Cem., Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/whitley/911/

1940 Census - parents and siblings
[In 1940, Annie Bell "Mae Bell" Whitley Tidwell was residing in the Huffman, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, household of her husband, James Felix "Jim" Tidwell, and their three children]
Head
Oliver P Whitley 66
Wife
Katy Whitley 57
Daughter
Cora Whitley 27
Son
Curtis Whitley 24
Son
Robert Whitley 22
Son
Manley Whitley 19
Son
Thomas Whitley 16
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Alabama/Oliver-P-Whitley_25rdx7