Surnames: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Surnames: CHILDERS,
GUNTER
Researcher:Bob Childers
Email:childers@alaska.net
Date posted: Thursday, March 5, 1998
Trying to find information
about my Great Grandparents John W. CHILDERS and Martha A. GUNTER,
who were married in Wood County, and had their first child T.
(Tom?) G. CHILDERS in 1865. Martha's mother was Rebecca (Williams?)
GUNTER, b. abt 1805. Her father may have been named Lemuel GUNTER.
Martha's family came to Wood Co. as a young girl (mid 1850's?),
went to school and was married there. John W. CHILDERS, b. abt.
1841 in KY, moved to Wood Co. as a young man, where he farmed
and raised stock. They moved to Cooke Co. by 1877, where John,
Martha, their 7 children, and Rebecca GUNTER are listed in the
1880 census. Their last child, Robert Ashley (my grandfather)
was born in Cooke Co. Sept. 3, 1877. Children: T.G., male, b.
abt 1865; W(illiam?) H., male, b. abt 1867; E.R., female, b.
abt 1869; J.W., male, b. abt 1871; Lenora, female, b. abt. 1873;
Rosaline, female, b. abt. 1876; Robert A., male, b. Sept 3, 1877;
John W. retired around the turn of the century in Abiline, TX.
Surnames: CLIFFORD,
WOODALL
Researcher:Clifford M. Shipp
Email:cshipp@montana.edu
Date posted: Friday, March 6, 1998
Searching for ancestral
data on WOODALL, Jenny Lynn, b. June 22, 1858; mar. Harry C.
CLIFFORD Nov. 23, 1874; died in Grand Saline July 28, 1910.
Surnames: BARTLETT
Researcher:Ann Bartlett
Email:mapears@lcc.net
Date posted: Saturday, March 7, 1998
BARTLETT, William Franklin,
born in Alabama 11-13-1851 and moved to Wood Co Texas in 1877.
Surnames: JEFFCOAT,
WARREN
Researcher:Laurie Fisher
Email:katy@netpluscom.com
Date posted: Monday, March 9, 1998
Looking for information
regarding Warren's. My great grandma Rannie JEFFCOAT b.1891 in
Tyler Co,TX married Thomas Houston Warren in 1907 in Fred,TX.
They had children:1. Joe WARREN; 2. James Monroe WARREN married
Jewell Perkins; 3. Thomas Houston WARREN Jr. married Helen L.Hurst(Woodville,TX);
4. Bertha M.WARREN b.1909. married Jolley Frank Caskey. I am
looking for any information regarding:James Knox Polk WARREN,
Thomas Houston WARREN Sr., and Thomas Houston WARREN Jr.
Surnames: BARNES,
KIRBY,
PARKE,
TINSON
Researcher:Tom Zweiacher
Email:duffer@usa.net
Date posted: Tuesday, March 10, 1998
Does anyone have any
information on this household found in the 1870 Wood Co. TX Census?
M. M. TINSON 33 Female White Keeping house. B. Thomas KIRBY 10
Male White at home W. E. TINSON 1 Female White At home H. PARKE
21 Female White J.D. BARNES 56 Male White Farmer. Quite a collection
of different names in this houshold. My interest lies primarily
with the B. Thomas KIRBY. This is the only 10 year old Thomas
KIRBY I could find in any county in the 1870 Texas Census, and
I searched them all. I am trying to locate the parents of my
Great Grandfather J. T. KIRBY or Thomas J. KIRBY. He married
in Rusk, Cherokee CO, TX in 1885 and was born in Mar 1859 birthplace
listed only as Texas.
Surnames: SURRATT
Researcher:Jennifer Fennell
Email:Jenuine821@AOL.com
Date posted: Thursday, March 12, 1998
Surnames: SPLAWN,
SUITER
Researcher:Beth Pethtal
Email:pethtalmb@aol.com
Date posted: Friday, March 13, 1998
Trying to find information
relating to Thomas Alexander SPLAWN b. Sept. 13, 1865 in Shelby
Co, Al and Nancy (Namie) Jane (Jean) SUITER b. Jan. 1868 in Nashville,
Il. The SUITER family relocated to Texas from Il. after 1880.
I believe Nancy (Namie) Jane (Jean) Suiter is the daughter of
John Suiter who resided in Wood County. Will D. SUITER son of
James and Elizabeth A. SUITER was, according to a letter he wrote
to my grandmother Nannie Clara SPLAWN Perry, a "double cousin"
of Nancy (Namie) Jane (Jean) Suiter. I am particularly interested
in information about John SUITER, his wives, and his two sons
James SUITER who was still living near Winnsboro in 1948 and
I. H. SUITER who was living near Ira, TX in 1948.
Surnames: SATTERWHITE
Researcher:Dovie A. Kaupke
Email:dkaupke@prodigy.net
Date posted: Friday, March 13, 1998
Interested in Ike SATTERWHITE
that was in Wood Co., in early days. His wife Laura Wimbish died
there ab. 1880.
Surnames: BELL,
EZELL,
FRANKS,
HAYS,
MASON,
MYERS
Researcher:Patricia A. Cobb
Email:cloisc@cobco.com
Date posted: Wednesday, March 18, 1998
I am looking for information
on Lizzie Gertrude MYERS who married Owen HAYS, Lula Belle MYERS
who married John MASON, and Golden Gladys MYERS who married Sherdy
BELL. All three of the ladies were born either in Wood or Van
Zandt County. They were the daughters of Sarah Elizabeth EZELL
and Leura L. MYERS. Sarah Elizabeth after the death of her husband
married Henry L. FRANKS.
Surnames: JACKSON,
JOHNSON
Researcher:Angela Dwyer
Email:amd2556@aol.com
Date posted: Thursday, March 19, 1998
JACKSON, Ervin (Hog)
born about 1835 in Illinois married Francis JOHNSON born about
1848 in Mississippi. Daughter Emma Peach JACKSON. Francis died
when Peachie was 4. Ervin died 1918 in TX.
Surnames: JONES
Researcher:Danny Jones
Email:deejkeej@webTV.net
Date posted: Saturday, March 21, 1998
I am trying to obtain
information about my father's family. My father's name was Jackson
F. JONES Jr. and he lived in Mineola, Texas from 1908 to 1920.
His father's name was Jackson F. JONES Sr. and he worked for
the Texas & Pacific Railroad and was killed in a train wreck
or fire in either 1912 or 1918. He is buried in the Mineola City
Cemetery (grave unmarked) along with my grandmother Cora Shelby
JONES who died in either 1922 or 1928. My father had two brothers;
Rex L. JONES born in Longview,Texas in 1904; and Charlie P. JONES
born in Mineola, Texas in 1910. There was also a half-brother
Morris J. JONES born in either 1892 or 1893 who was killed in
the same train wreck as my grandfather. If you have any information
about the JONES family of Mineola, Texas that you can find. I
am especially interested in the train wreck of 1912 or 1918.
Also,the 1920 census would be helpful. Also, it is possible that
the Rex L. JONES I mentioned was killed in a shooting in 1920
(there are conflicting stories if he survived or not). If you
know of any death records concerning this name or old newspaper
accounts of this shooting, I would be very interested.
Surnames: LOUDERMILK,
TANNER
Researcher:Shirley Tanner McDonald
Email:ptmbsm@cswnet.com
Date posted: Monday, March 23, 1998
Looking for links to
the TANNER family. my ggrandfather Allen Sherman TANNER once
lived in Wood co TX. His first wife was Rachel LOUDERMILK; she
later passed away and he remarried my ggrandmother in 1887 in
AR. He had at least one child born in Wood co. his name was Fawn
TANNER I don't know if that was a nickname or not.
Surnames: HALL,
PHILLIPS,
RIDDLE
Researcher:Jim Phillips
Email:jriph@tyler.net
Date posted: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
I am researching Richard
RIDDLE (1806-63) and his son, Jonathan M. RIDDLE (1827-186?)
who came to Wood County in 1852 to the Redland area. Also, I
am researching Wilder PHILLIPS and his children Lucy PHILLIPS
HALL and Joseph Franklin PHILLIPS (1859-1906) who moved to Wood
County in the mid-1870s. Joseph PHILLIPS and Lucinda RIDDLE m.
in 1879.
Surnames: MCNAIR
Researcher:Sandra Delashaw Warden
Date posted: Thursday, March 26, 1998
Henry Brooks MCNAIR
resided in Winsboro, Wood Co, TX when he applied for a confederate
pension in 1899. He was from Kemper Co, MS. Did he have children
or relatives there? Where was he buried, and when did he die?
Contact me for information and pictures.
Surnames: BRICE,
BUCK
Researcher:Lois Pfannenstiel
Email:LPfann9458@aol.com
Date posted: Sunday, March 29, 1998
BUCK, Chester W. b.abt
1896 East Point, Wood County, TX. m. Alma BRICE abt. 1921. Any
information about these two names would be greatly appreciated.
Surnames: COTTON,
MILNER
Researcher:Julie O'Neil Perkins
Email:jperkins@mindspring.com
Date posted: Monday, March 30, 1998
Seeking family and information
on family of John and Amelia COTTON MILNER. They were originally
from Alabama and Georgia. Sons were George Wimberley Cotton MILNER,
John H. (or I.H.) MILNER, and A.H. "Oscar" MILNER.
Any tidbits appreciated!
Surnames: DAVIS,
HUGHES,
LAMINACK,
MURRAY,
PUCKETT
Researcher:Marti (French) Murray
Email:aleutdat@ptialaska.net
Date posted: Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Josie PUCKETT, daughter
of unknown PUCKETT and Thursy (?), m. Pink HUGHES. They had one
known child Rex HUGHES who was born Oct 1883 TX. Josie (PUCKETT)
HUGHES died bef. 17 Jun 1917. She had brothers 1) Warren C. "Bud"
PUCKETT (1851-1917) m. Maggie LAMINACK (1879->1917); 2) John
Asa PUCKETT (1861-) m. Elec Elector MURRAY (1865-1936), daughter
of James Kelsey MURRAY (1832-1920) and Sarah Lacey DAVIS (1844-1925);
and J. M. PUCKETT (->1917). Known Wood County residences include
Pine Mills, Mineola, and Hainesville.
Surnames: CONNELL,
DAVIS,
MURRAY,
PUCKETT
Researcher:Marti (French) Murray
Email:aleutdat@ptialaska.net
Date posted: Tuesday, March 31, 1998
J. R. CONNELL was born
May 1871 in Alabama and married Leatha (?) who was born Jul 1876
in Texas. Their known children are 1) Curtis CONNELL born Jul
1897 in Texas and 2) Berta CONNELL born Jan 1900 in Texas. Berta
married Herman Virgil PUCKETT who was born Aug 1896 in Texas,
the fourth son of John Asa PUCKETT (1861- ) and Elec Elector
MURRAY (1865-1936). Herman became a Judge and was rather well-known
in the Wood County area. He was instrumental in procuring a Confederate
Widow's Pension for his maternal grandmother Sarah Lacey (DAVIS)
MURRAY though she died before it was approved.
Surnames: DEAS,
NEWMAN,
PORTER
Researcher:Linda K. Gamblin Allen
Email:dallen@computron.net
Date posted: Thursday, April 2, 1998
Looking for any information
on Athalina PORTER, who was married to Martin David NEWMAN and
lived in Wood Co. in the late 1890's-early 1900's. They had a
daughter named Annie E. Newman who married W.H. DEAS in 1884
in Rains/Wood Co. They in turn had a daughter named Effie Deas
who married Bob Gamblin in 1912 in Wood Co.
Surnames: CARRINGTON
Researcher:Sara Buckmaster
Email:slambert@eatel.net
Date posted: Monday, April 6, 1998
B.J. Turner and Charles
T. Turner of Arizona registered in the Library last May, asking
for information on CARRINGTON family members. Does anyone know
these two people?
Surnames: CAWTHON
Researcher:Laurel Blackwell Mackenzie
Email:donm@hic.net
Date posted: Wednesday, April 8, 1998
I am looking for information
on the surname CAWTHON. I have very little to go on regarding
this name. My mother knows almost nothing about her family lineage.
Edmund W. CAWTHON was my great grandfather and my grandmother,
Minnie Mae Cawthon was born in Alba, Texas.
Surnames: ADAIR,
ALSTON,
DEUSON
Researcher:Anne Ross
Email:humbird@usa.net
Date posted: Friday, April 10, 1998
ADAIR, DEUSON, ALSTON
Looking for info on Jefferson Arthur ADAIR, lived in Wood county
early 1900's. He was born in Nacadochie Co. TX 8-28-1877. Married
to Lucinda Allie DEUSON 10-20-1901(in Wood county?). He died
in Wood county about 1906. After his death in 1906, Lucinda Allie
married Charles Hastings ALSTON in Wood county (listed in Wood
co Marriage book E. When did the Adairs and Duesons come to Wood
county and from where? How did he die and where is he buried?
Surnames: HURLEY,
LEDBETTER,
TEMPLE
Researcher:James Dale Ledbetter
Email:ledbettr@flash.net
Date posted: Friday, April 10, 1998
Looking for information
on Andrew LEDBETTER who died in Musgrove around 1885-1888. I
believe it may have been 1886.I believe he moved to the area
around 1876 or 1877 from Tennessee, but I don't know what county.
His wife was Rebecca HURLEY (or perhaps TEMPLE) LEDBETTER. They
may have been living near Winnsboro when he died. They had seven
children: Martha A., Ruth, Alice, Molly, W. M. (Bud), James,
and Austin. He is my great grandfather. I don't know what cemetery
he is buried in.
Surnames: HANSARD,
WHITWORTH
Researcher:Ann Palk Harlow
Email:fharlow@wcc.net
Date posted: Monday, April 13, 1998
Looking for information
on Dycie WHITWORTH who m. J. W. HANSARD on January 31, 1907.
Was she a relative of Nancy Caroline WHITWORTH HANSARD who was
the wife of James William HANSARD? Where is Dycie WHITWORTH HANSARD
buried? James William HANSARD and Nancy Caroline WHITWORTH HANSARD
are buried in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Wood County.
Surnames: CHRIETSBURG,
GALLOWAY,
NABOURS,
PEEK,
RADNEY,
RUSHING,
SIZEMORE,
WALLACE
Researcher:John Mallory Land
Email:retrofit@flash.net
Date posted: Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Surnames: BELL,
CHANEY,
MCWRIGHT
Researcher:Lynn Denton
Email:ldenton@flash.net
Date posted: Friday, April 17, 1998
Jack MCWRIGHT, b. late
1880's or early 1890's in Quitman, Wood Co., orphaned as child
and raised by Uncle Harve McWright's family on McWright Family
homestead near Alba, Texas. Family came from Ireland, then Indian
Territory, and from there down the Chisolm Trail in covered wagon
to Wood Co.,Tx. On Feb. 7, 1914, in Wood Co., Jack married Rhoda
May CHANEY, b. Jan. 10, 1894, in Wood Co. to parents, R. M. Chaney
and Alice BELL Chaney. What were the names of Jack's parents
and Uncle Harve's parents, and their grandparents? Where and
when were Rhoda's parents born and married?
Surnames: FARMER,
LORD,
MURRELL
Researcher:Rosalie Byrd
Email:malek@flash.net
Date posted: Monday, April 20, 1998
Looking for descendants
of Winnie Jewell MURRELL and Milton "Dick" Mendozia
LORD, Jr. Their children were Raymond, Louise, Frankie, Norma,
Robert, Linda, James and Judy Kay. Jewell and Dick lived in Ennis
and Quitman until their death, they are buried in Navarro County.
One daughter, Linda Darnell LORD, married a FARMER and is known
to have lived in Wood County for many years.
Surnames: , WHITE
Researcher:Stephanie Mullins
Email:stmullins@yahoo.com
Date posted: Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Surnames: KAVANAUGH
Researcher:Clifford Kavanaugh
Email:cliffk@indy.net
Date posted: Wednesday, April 22, 1998
My father Clifford Patrick
KAVANAUGH was born in Quitman TX on 8-8-1916. would like information
on mother and fathers birthdates or any other information available
from a birth certificate.
Surnames: DUNLAP,
HANEY,
SANDERS
Researcher:Kay Harper
Email:katty@texoma-ok.com
Date posted: Sunday, April 26, 1998
HANEY, SANDERS, DUNLAP.
Would like to get in touch with Goldie Darlin to exchange info
on the Haney and Sanders families. Would also like to exchange
info with Carolyn Franklin if her Dunlaps are related to the
Newcombs. [Webmaster note: Ms Harper has been send postal addresses
for Goldie Darlin and Carolyn Franklin.]
Surnames: HAMMOND,
PILKINGTON
Researcher:Mitzi Hammond Perkins
Email:rharper@waymark.net
Date posted: Monday, April 27, 1998
Joseph Norfleet HAMMOND
and Martha Jane (Mattie) PILKINGTON were my grandparents from
Hawkins-Pine Mills. They had 16 known children, the youngest
was Hansel Roy Hammond, my father (31 Oct 1919 -19 Dec 1991).
Last known remaining brother Thurman, in the Lindale area.
Surnames: MCALLISTER
Researcher:Sandy King
Email:Sandyk@ix.netcom.com
Date posted: Wednesday, April 29, 1998
Looking for info on
James W. MCALLISTER who married Mayola ? Wood County area. Have
info on his children, etc
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