Posted Queries for September 2003 thru September 2004

Wood County, Texas

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Surnames: BLALOCK, MAYO, OSBORN Researcher:Jan Wallace Email:copperpenny1@hotmail.com Date posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Seeking info on Milton R. BLALOCK. There is a Milton R. Blalock on the 1870 Wood Co. census, with wife Emily. Believe him to be the same Milton R. Blalock who married Mary Jane OSBORN, daughter of Jonathan Osborn, who is also on the 1870 Wood census, with her parents. Bible records indicate that Milton and Mary Jane were married June 26, 1873. After their daughter, Mary Reese, was born in 1879 (and there may of been at least one more child prior to Mary Reese), Mary Jane died. Mary Reese was "adopted" by her uncle, John Griffin Osborn, and can be found on the 1880 and 1900 census of Parker Co., Tx. Family lore says that after Mary Jane died, Milton R. remarried and believe this is the same Milton R. Blalock who married Sue M. MAYO, Feb. 7, 1881. Family lore says that Milton R. had been married at least once, maybe twice before marrying Mary Jane and that after her death he "went back to Wood Co., Tx., where he remarried.

Surnames: REID Researcher:Terry L. Reid Email:rita45cw@echoweb.net Date posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Seeking more about James A. REID born 1846 in Alabama . He was married to Melinda Delana Dorris August 10, 1865 in Wood Co., Texas. James Austin Reid went into Gilmer, Texas in 1870 to sell his cotton and never came back. He left a wife and 3 children he was 24 when disappeared, his children are William Franklin Reid born 1870 in Gilmer, Texas , Josephine Elizabeth Reid born Texas, and Zula Reid born in Texas.

Surnames: GILLIAM, NICHOLS, PINSON, SHERMAN, STRICKLAND Researcher:D.A. Cotten Email:cottentail@geusnet.com Date posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Andrew J. PINSON b. abt.1843 d.1930 Known wives are named Mary, Emily, and Sarah. Children include: 1. Ida married Jeff B. NICHOLS and resided in Wood Co. 1930 2. Mary J. 3. Alice married ____ GILLIAM and resided in Wood Co. 1930 4. Walter moved to Hunt County 5. Fannie L. married Stephen D. STRICKLAND and is buried at Etter Lake Cem. in Hunt County 6. Matt is buried at Weiland Cemetery Hunt County 7. Samuel 8.Lillian M. married ____SHERMAN and resided in Honey Grove 1930. Trying to connect Andrew J. Pinson to the other Pinson's found on Wood County census records.

Surnames: BRIZENDINE, HOBBS Researcher:Laura Chester Email:lgcmeme@digitex.com Date posted: Sunday, October 19, 2003 Seeking information on Daniel HOBBS, husband of Wealthy/Wealtha Jane BRIZENDINE, ( from N. Carolina, buried in Quitman) father of Lewis/Louis Paschal Hobbs (died March 15, 1918).

Surnames: LEE Researcher:Melanie Bennett Email:doors2curry@msn.com Date posted: Monday, November 10, 2003 Searching for any direct male descendents of Benjamin LEE, b 13 Mar 1800 in Robeson Co., NC, d 29 Nov 1856 in Wood Co. He and wife and family are the LEE's buried in the white fenced area of the Lee Cemetery south of Winnsboro. The purpose of this contact is for a DNA project. Any male who can prove direct descendency and is interested in participating, please contact me.

Surnames: ELLISON, MURDOCK Researcher:Laura Chester Email:lgcmeme@digitex.com Date posted: Monday, November 10, 2003 Seeking information regarding grandfather John Marion ELLISON b. 1884, married Audie Gertrude MURDOCK b. Feb. 1886 in Wood Co., TX on Dec. 21,1902. They had several children: Hilbern, Ila Merle, Efton Eugene, Maxell Bonnie, Mary Ruth, Bennie Mavis and three girls who died. John had a sister named Maggie and maybe another sister and two brothers. Cannot find any other information. Very possibly his father could have been named Samuel.

Surnames: GRAVES Researcher:Eddie Graves Email:egraves@sw.rr.com Date posted: Sunday, November 30, 2003 Researching Thos. J. GRAVES. I note that he is listed as being in the Confederate Army from Wood county and is listed on the roster. Was he a songwriter and singer?

Surnames: GILES, HARRIS Researcher:Romayne Harris Lyle Email:rlyle@centurytel.net Date posted: Thursday, December 4, 2003 Looking for info about families of Amos E. HARRIS (d. 1910-20) and/or William M. GILES (d. abt. 1900-1905). Have info from Ala records on William H HARRIS family (census and marr. records). Would like to communicate with descendants of this line. Romayne Harris Lyle (Grdtr. of Amos Giles Harris)

Surnames: BODIFORD, BOX, BROXTON, DUKES, LAMBERTH, TOUCHTON, WHITE, WHITEHURST Researcher:Hilma Ardito Email:joe_hilma@yahoo.com Date posted: Thursday, December 4, 2003 My gg grandfather ,William LAMBERTH b .1834 in Ga. married Mary Elizabeth DUKES b 1835 in Ga. in Barbour County ,Ala in Feb 16.1854. William died between 1877-1880.In 1882 Mary Elizabeth Dukes LAMBERTH moved the whole family to Wood County , Texas. Mary Elizabeth Dukes LAMBERTH died Sept 25,1884 in Wood Co Texas.Mary Elizabeth DUKES was the daughter of William DUKES b.1812 in Ga and Margaret( Unknown)b. 1828 S.C. The children of William LAMBERTH and Mary Elizabeth DUKES 1. Margaret A. LAMBERTH b. 1855 Ala 2. Martha A LAMBERTH b.Sept 1858 ,Henry Co .Ala m. James L. BODIFORD abt 1880 Henry Co. Ala 3.Sarah A. :LAMBERTH b. 1859 Henry Co Ala 4. Jefferson Melian LAMBERTH b.Oct.2,1861 Ala d Jan 11,1932 m. Nancy M.TOUCHTON (BROXTON) a widow on Dec. 26,1883 Wood Co Texas. 5. William LAMBERTH b 1866 Ala 6.Mary Ann LAMBERTH b Nov 1868 Ala m. James L.A. BOX 7.John Anderson LAMBERTH b. Dec 7,1871 Ala d. Mar 26,1962 m. Sarah Lucy WHITE Aug 20,1893.. 8..George A. LAMBERTH b.July 24,1875 Ala d, Jan 4 ,1933 9. Laura Ann LAMBERTH b.May 3,1877 Ala d.Dec 5,1943 m. Ollie Monroe WHITEHURST Feb 26 1893 Wood Co ,Texas. I have the WHITEHURST family back to John W. WHITEHURST b. 1793 in Tarboro,N.C. But this is all I have on the LAMBERTH family.

Surnames: RINK Researcher:Jerry Whitley Email:WHITLEYJD@AOL.COM Date posted: Thursday, January 1, 2004 Looking for information about my mother's side of the family. She was born in Quitman, Tx, on Aug 20, 1911. Her name was Ethel Mae RINK. Her father was George Rink and mothers name was Roxy Jane Rink

Surnames: BRADSHAW, MCALISTER Researcher:Patsy Womack Email:Womack97@pflash.com Date posted: Thursday, January 15, 2004 My grandfather, John Oliver BRADSHAW , born Dec, 22, 1874 somewhere in Missouri. He married Dora Alice MCALISTER in Indian Territory Aug. 17, 1893 then moved to Wood Co. TX. They had Bertha Leona Bradshaw Aug, 26, 1895 ,John Ivy Bradshaw Feb. 22, 1899 ,Beulah Gertrude July 21, 1900, Filmore April 12, 1902, Mary Ella March 11, 1904, Ether May Oct. 25, 1906 in Winnsboro,Wood County. They them moved back to Old Stonewall, OK. I can find no information about J.O. before he married my grandmother.

Looking for information on Levy and Susan H. KING. They were in Wood Co. in 1870 & 1880. Levy died in 1873 in Wood Co.

Surnames: SANDERS, STANLEY Researcher:Ruby Wallace Email:rgw3593@lcii.net Date posted: Thursday, January 15, 2004 would like to correspond with any descendants of Wesley Stanford SANDERS who married Nancy Susan STANLEY in Wood Co., TX on January 12, 1908. They are both buried in the Rock Hill Cemetery in Wood County. Their children were: Arlie Belle.; Artie Dell; Ethel M; Raymond Ulyssis and Ida F.

Surnames: DAVIS, DEMSDELL, DUFF Researcher:Virginia Janice Elliss Email:Vjfranz@aol.com Date posted: Sunday, January 18, 2004 Seeking any record of Gussie DEMSDELL/DAVIS/DUFF. I believe she died in 1987 but lived in Wood County for sure in 1967-71. She was born to Cindy Lee Busby and Charlie Lee Demsdell but not sure if this is correct spelling. [Coordinator note: Shown as Dessie Dimsdle in marriage records.] Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Their daughter was Mary Pearson who was married to TH Lawrence and they had 6 children. I am the one that was born 3/18/60 as Kathrine Virginia Lawrence but records will now show Virginia Janice Elliss.

Surnames: BRADLEY Researcher:Carl Bradley Email:w5kc@triad.rr.com Date posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Would like to find anyone searching or knowing information about John C BRADLEY or Sarah A BRADLEY in Wood county. I know they lived in the county in 1880 and at that time had 4 children, one of which was my grandfather, Lemuel John Bradley. I would like to complete my records as to all children's names, any marriages or deaths and if they relocated to other counties in TX. My grandfather resided in Hopkins county until his death in 1954.

Surnames: ALLISON, GILLIAM Researcher:Bob Horn Email:Bgkmh@wmconnect.com Date posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Would like to exchange info with anyone who may connect to the family below. ... 1 George W GILLIAM Source: 1910 census b: Sep 1866 TX src: 1900 census .. +Ophelia Amamda [--?--] Source: 1920 census b: Jan 1872 TX 2 Callie W GILLIAM b: Jan 1887 TX 2 Willie F GILLIAM b: Jun 1890 TX 2 Marion L GILLIAM b: Jun 1895 TX 2 Inez GILLIAM b: Abt. 1898 Wood Co., TX 2 Loy GILLIAM b: Abt. 1898 Wood Co.,TX 2 Dewey Leslie GILLIAM b: 05 May 1900 Wood Co.,TX src: SS Death Index d: Jul 1982 ... +Alma V ALLISON

Surnames: CANADY, COPPEDGE, PETTIT Researcher:Charles Barnes Email:cpbarnes@patriot.net Date posted: Monday, April 12, 2004 Need to make contact with two people who submitted queries concerning the PETTIT/COPPEDGE/CANADY families. Their email addresses are no longer valid and I have information for them concerning their queries. If Alice Sekanick or Mary Jo Harriman see this, please contact me for information concerning their Pettit ancestors in Virginia.

Surnames: GREEN, MARTIN Researcher:Jerry Green Email:Wgreen1864@wmconnect.com Date posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Willie B GREEN wife of Jake MARTIN. Last known place of residence was Winnsboro, Texas. I found her name in the obituary for Buelah Malissa Green Stinnett her sister in 1967.I do not know if she still lives in Wood County. Her father was John Thomas GREEN b.8/9/1858 Forsyth Co. Ga. Mother Maud Johnson Green b.1874 married in 1902 Portales NM. Willie was probably born somewhere around Cottle Co. Texas abt.1920-25. Her marriage date is unknown. If she is still alive I would like for her to contact me at my email address if possible. She could be the oldest living relative in my family.

Surnames: PEEK, STEWART Researcher:Kim Hinson Email:irish10rebel@grics.net Date posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Seeking information on the parents of Lee Russie STEWART b. 4-18-1898 d. 2-7-1992. Married Luerina PEEK. They had several children. Mary, Howard, Dimple, J.C., Cecil, Dorothy, Rosalie, Paul, Eula, and H.D. His father was born in Alabama.

Surnames: HALL Researcher:Bob Coker Email:RACOKER@aol.com Date posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 I am researching the J.R. HALL family who lived in Wood County in the late 1800's and early 1900's. J.R. Hall, Jr. lived on a farm near Mineola and his wife and daughter were both shot to death in Illinois in 1923. By coincidence, the newspapers of 1923 in Wood County were lost in a fire too. I am searching for newspaper articles about the murders and also articles on J. R. Hall's death, whenever that was. Mr. Hall's granddaughter is still living and would very much like to find out more about her relatives and where they are buried.

Surnames: THOMPSON Researcher:Charles Boren Email:CBBOREN@webtv.net Date posted: Thursday, May 6, 2004 Requesting information on James P. D. THOMPSON born 1823 Alabama died 1865 or 1868. Believed to be buried in Wood County, Texas. Died in civil war as a result of illness. Was living in Wood County Texas when he joined Company G 11th TX Infantry. Was married to Cynthia A. Willingham. [Coordinator Note: Not listed in Wood County cemetery books.]

Surnames: ENGLISH, GILBERT, JONES, RAY, WATTS Researcher:Rosemary Spurgeon Email:rspurgeon53@charter.net Date posted: Thursday, May 6, 2004 Looking for information on John A. JONES and Sarah Jane GILBERT. He was born in 1832 in GA. Sarah was born in 1836 GA. Their children are: Georgia A Jones GA Mary Jones GA John H. Jones b. 1856 GA m. Elizabeth Willborn Rudolph Jones b. abt 1857 GA m. Sarah A Richards Isabella Jones b. 1860 GA Sarah Jones b. 1863 GA Thomas Henry Jones b.8-18-1865 GA m. Adelia Gertrude Fletcher m2. Ollie Cherry Van Byron Jones b. 10-7-1868 GA m.Laura Melvia McKenzie Benjamin Franklin Jones (my ggrandfather) b. 7-9-1869 GA m. donllie Mae Evans m2. Jo Ann Murdock Mulles (I couldn't read the census very well) b.4-1875 m. W.L. English there were 3 other children according to the 1910 or 1920 Census for Wood Co., TX. Also looking for information on William Luther ENGLISH and Mullis Lelia JONES. William's father is Thomas Calvin ENGLISH and Louisa Elizabeth WATTS. Mullis was born in GA and William was born? Baldwin, Prentiss, MS. Mullis' father was John A Jones and her mother was Sarah Jane Gilbert.

Surnames: BOYKIN, BROWN Researcher:Stephanie Bertani Email:sclbert@comcast.net Date posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Searching for the parents and siblings of Caroline BROWN, born approx. 1860 in Texas. Parents are from Georgia. Caroline married John A. BOYKIN in Wood Co. in 1878.

Surnames: BLALOCK, MAYO, OSBORNE Researcher:Jan Wallace Email:copperpenny1@hotmail.com Date posted: Friday, July 2, 2004 Seeking any info on Milton Reese BLALOCK b. Aprill 11, 1851 in AL d. Aug. 29, 1928 in Wood Co. buried in the Myrtle springs Cem. Believe him to be: 1. Milton R. Blalock found on the 1870 Wood Co. census with wife Emily 2. Milton R. Blalock who married Mary Jane OSBORNE (found on the 1870 Wood co. census in household of parents) June 26, 1873 (per family bible records) 3. Milton R. Blalock found on the 1880 Wood co. census in household of William R. Blalock (his brother). Milton was listed as "widowed". Mary Jane Osborne Blalock died 1879 and they had a daughter, Mary Reese, who was adopted by Mary Jane's brother, John Griffin Osborne. 4. Milton R. Blalock who married Sue Memphis MAYO Feb. 7, 1881

Surnames: CATES, TESTERMAN Researcher:Randy Garrison Email:bubba59@alltel.net Date posted: Saturday, July 10, 2004 Researching Charles TESTERMAN born 1844 in N.C. or Va. His wife is Susan CATES born in St. Clair County AL around 1843. They were married in St. Clair County, AL before 1870. They are listed in St. Clair County in The 1870 Census. They had no children at this time. In the 1880 Census they are living in Scott County, Mississippi with two children, William O Testerman and Ernest Testerman. The family next to them is William Cates, Susan's brother. I find W O Testerman in the 1910 census in Rains County Census 2nd Precinct Part 2 page 41B. In the 1920 census William O Testerman is living in Angleton, Brazoria County, TX. The census has William listed marriage as un and he has a son Lealand. Also in the 1910 census in Wood County, TX, C Testerman is listed as father-in-law to Lee Fowler and wife Bell, children Beside 2 yr.. and Lucille 4/12 yr. both born TX.

Surnames: ALEXANDER Researcher:Shawn Applegate Email:Shapple1959@aol.com Date posted: Wednesday, August 4, 2004 Looking for anyone with information on Richard ALEXANDER b abt. 1854 in Illinois and William b abt. 1857 in Illinois. Richard was married to Mary and they had a Daughter named Lora b abt 1892 in Texas, probably Wood County.

Surnames: ALLISON, LOGAN Researcher:John Chapman Email:chapman@cox-internet.com Date posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Looking for information on a J. C. ALLISON, E. T. H. Allison and Julius Allison who served in the Texas Militia from Wood county in 1861. They are listed in Company No. 6. Active, as privates on July 15th,1861 Lake Fork, Post office, Tx.The enrolling officer was J. F. LOGAN, and the captain was T. Y. Logan. E. T. H. was my grandfather and I think J. C. could have been a relative. I have an old picture of a child that has ‘Jimmy Allison’ written on it.

Surnames: BROWN, FENTON, HOWARD, MURDOCK, PERKINS, THOMPSON Researcher:Tiffany Luchetta Email:TLuchetta@aol.com Date posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Mariah THOMPSON and sons John W. THOMPSON and James K. THOMPSON moved to Wood Co. TX between 1901-1909. John W. Thompson b. 1875 married Lea English in Mississippi 1897. They had the following children found in census records; Johnie, Lizzie Vera Lorine, Walter, Ruth, Sidney Dermont, Eunice, Trayce and Truman. James Kelly Thompson B. 1880 married Rosa Ray and Ina Poland. He had the following children from census records; Trabue, Trayce, Jackson Floyd, James jr., Vera Mae. James Kelly Thompson Sr. is listed as dying in 1957 burial in Sand Springs cemetery. Looking also for marriages of Pearl PERKINS to a FENTON in Wood County 1901-1903 and Robert MURDOCK to Alice PERKINS 1903-1909 and Frances PERKINS BROWN to a Zach Taylor HOWARD about 1901-1915. These folks were from Prentiss Co., MS

Surnames: SHIREY Researcher:Sue Shirey Enoch Email:Gmsue2@aol.com Date posted: Thursday, September 9, 2004 Trying to find the parents of William Thomas SHIREY born in 1846 married to Lula Ann Pritchitt SHIREY. William's father died in the Civil War.

Surnames: ALEXANDER, SHUFORD Researcher:John Luckey Email:JHLKEL96@aol.com Date posted: Thursday, September 9, 2004 We, co-authors, are working on a second volume to Volume 1 of "Texas Burial Sites Of Civil War Notables" (published by Hill College Press, 2002). We have learned that there are two notables who are said to be buried in Quitman, Texas, but we were not able to find their names in the Wood County Cemetery record books. A. P. (Poindexter) SHUFORD was a delegate from Wood County to the Texas Secession Convention at Austin Texas in 1861 and cast a vote against secession. He went to the Confederate army as a second lieutenant in Company E, 22nd Texas Infantry. After the war, he was Attorney General of Texas. He was born in North Carolina in 1837 and the son of Eli R. Shuford (1803 - 1874) of Mineola, Wood County, Texas. Before the war he was a lawyer in Quitman. He died in 1874 or 1875 in Quitman, Texas. His brother, Pinkney, was a postmaster in Quitman. William Lee ALEXANDER was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and came to Texas. He became a president of Nacogdoches University at Nacogdoches, Texas. He resigned this position to enter the Confederate army. He was a captain of Company H, 4th Texas Cavalry which had fought in the New Mexico Campaign. He died in Quitman, Texas on January 29, 1870. He is well mentioned in the book, "The Confederate Army Of New Mexico". His portrait and family papers are in the University of North Carolina library.

Surnames: WRIGHT Researcher:Ruthann Falcon Email:falcon2@nts-online.net Date posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Trying to find the first husband of a Diazie Morgan WRIGHT Awtrey she was born on Jan 20 1847 to Joshua and Cynthia Morgan in Knox TN. The 1860 census shows her with her family in Knox Co TN. The 1870 census shows her in Titus TX as Dicy Wright 22 with son Joseph Wright 3 years old bn in TX. the 1880 census shows her as Dicy Awtrey with Joseph Wright and Robert Wright as step sons to Alfred Awtrey with their children. I know my Robert Wright married Minnie Ann Murphy 11-5-1896 in Wood Co however he died in 1907. She stayed there for a while with their 4 children as follows: Louis Marvin Wright m Nettie Irene Nichols Willie Edward m Beatrice Ruth Walker half sis to Irene Robert Franklyn m Lula Folmer Buena Dale m JT Neal Lennie or Terrie Bell only lived a year. She is burried with Robert Wright in Smyrna cemetery I also heard Dicy Awtrey is also burried there. Would also like to know if any one has any info on Joseph Wright her other son.

Surnames: AKON, MULLINS, STEWART Researcher:Kimberly Mullins Email:kjhinson@hotmail.com Date posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 George Burton MULLINS B. 1927. His wife was Dorothy Lou STEWART b 1931. George's parents were William Newt Mullins and Florence AKON. I have hit a dead end. I believe that George was born in Millett, TX Lasalle County and Dorothy was born in Mineola, TX.

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