Olivia MARTIN, affectionately called Ollie, was the 4th daughter (and 7th child) of William Stephen MARTIN and Ella Orvilla BOWER (who had at least 13 children - perhaps as many as 16). Ollie was born 8 Aug 1892 somewhere in Texas. Here she is seen in the 1900 census (although she is wrongly listed as Holly) with her parents.
Ollie married Dee THOMPSON sometime in 1910 in Hill County, Texas - here they are seen in the 1910 Census as newlyweds in Hill County, Texas.
By 1920 - still in Hill County - you can see them with 5 children: Lillie, Martin, Earl, JD, and CR (which is Clyde R).
In 1930 Ollie and Dee and their family are in Scurry County, Texas. They are shown with 5 children - Martin (which if you look closely, it is written as 'Martin son' OVER 'Lillian daughter'). But Lillian married Roy Arvin COX in 1929 (in Scurry) and they are living with his parents in 1930. So the census taker must really mean Martin. Maybe Ollie started listing her children and then realized Lillian wasn't living with them anymore. Then there is Earl, Clyde R, Mark, and Donway. Someone in a family tree somewhere listed Donway as Donny.
Sadly, J D passed away in 1926 - here is his death certificate. He died of pneumonia.
I would really like to know what happened to Ollie and Dee's 5 other boys - Martin, Earl, Clyde, Mark, and Donway/Donny. I don't know who they married or when/if they died.
Lillian's husband, Roy, died in Scurry County, Texas in 1981. Lillian died in Tucson, Pima, Arizona in 2002. I know that Lillian and Roy had at least one daughter - Janice.
Ollie died 30 Aug 1980 in Hesperia, San Bernardino, California. Her husband, Dee, died there first in Sep 1973. I wonder when they moved to California.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Blanche Compton and John Marshall Wood
Blanche COMPTON is the cousin of my 3rd great-grandmother Elizabeth Caroline GREENLEE. Blanche is the daughter of Colonel David COMPTON and Eliza BROOKS. She was born Nov 1847 in Mead, Crawford, Pennsylvania. She was raised in Crawford County, as you will find her in the 1850 census, the 1870 census, and the 1880 census.
John Marshall WOOD was born 19 Feb 1841 in Pennsylvania. In 1880 he lived with his brother in Crawford, Pennsylvania, but he was raised in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, as you see here in the 1850 census.
Here are Blanche and John in the 1900 census in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It says they have been married for 9 years - perhaps married 1891, I would assume in Pennsylvania. It also states that Blanche bore two children and lost both of those. Who are these precious little souls? boys? girls? What did they die of? Were they babies or toddlers? I can't find them in the cemeteries. I hate for them to be forgotten. Does anyone know anything about this family? Did she have any more children after 1900 and before her husband passed away?
John died 11 Sep 1905 in Mountain Grove, Wright, Missouri. Here is a photo of his headstone. Does anyone know where he is buried? Or what took the family to Missouri?
I'm not sure when they moved to Missouri or where Blanche was in 1910. But in the 1920 census, she is found living in East Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, with her nephew Norman HASTINGS (he was the son of Blanche's sister Marion Jane COMPTON who married Frank HASTINGS). Blanche died later in 1920 and is buried near her sister and her family - they share the same headstone as seen below (one on one side, one on the other). Their brother David COMPTON is buried with them. They are buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado.
Richard P HASTINGS, listed above in the first photo, is the brother of Frank HASTINGS. Blanche M HASTINGS, listed in the 2nd photo born 1898 and died 1908, is the daughter of Frank and Marion. I have not figured out how Clarissa H STARR is related. Does anyone know who she is or how she is related to the Hastings family?
John Marshall WOOD was born 19 Feb 1841 in Pennsylvania. In 1880 he lived with his brother in Crawford, Pennsylvania, but he was raised in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, as you see here in the 1850 census.
Here are Blanche and John in the 1900 census in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It says they have been married for 9 years - perhaps married 1891, I would assume in Pennsylvania. It also states that Blanche bore two children and lost both of those. Who are these precious little souls? boys? girls? What did they die of? Were they babies or toddlers? I can't find them in the cemeteries. I hate for them to be forgotten. Does anyone know anything about this family? Did she have any more children after 1900 and before her husband passed away?
John died 11 Sep 1905 in Mountain Grove, Wright, Missouri. Here is a photo of his headstone. Does anyone know where he is buried? Or what took the family to Missouri?
I'm not sure when they moved to Missouri or where Blanche was in 1910. But in the 1920 census, she is found living in East Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, with her nephew Norman HASTINGS (he was the son of Blanche's sister Marion Jane COMPTON who married Frank HASTINGS). Blanche died later in 1920 and is buried near her sister and her family - they share the same headstone as seen below (one on one side, one on the other). Their brother David COMPTON is buried with them. They are buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado.
Richard P HASTINGS, listed above in the first photo, is the brother of Frank HASTINGS. Blanche M HASTINGS, listed in the 2nd photo born 1898 and died 1908, is the daughter of Frank and Marion. I have not figured out how Clarissa H STARR is related. Does anyone know who she is or how she is related to the Hastings family?
Monday, August 22, 2011
Albert Martin and Daisy Roberts
A few months ago, I posted about Albert MARTIN, son of William Stephen MARTIN and Ella Orvilla BOWER. I wondered if he had married - who his family was. A distant relative, Pamela, was so kind to reply and inform me that Albert had married a lady named Daisy.
I was thrilled to get this info! I went to familysearch.org and put in this new information. I simply typed 'Albert Martin' into the name field, 'Missouri' into the birthplace and 'Daisy' as the spouse.
The first 4 records that came up were a hit! Three were census records from 1900, 1920 and 1930. I learned that Albert and Daisy had 7 children: Grady, Alfred, and Neal (boys), and Irva, Mary, Susan and Ruth (girls). I was able to find death dates for the boys, but don't know if the girls are still living or not.
The fourth was a death record that confirmed that the Albert MARTIN I was looking at was married to Daisy and was indeed the son of William and Ella. I learned that Albert's middle name was Enis, that he was a farmer, and that he died of cerebral hemorrhage (or a stroke). I laughed when I saw that a contributing factor was High Pirtention - which I'm sure is Hypertension (or high blood pressure).
I decided to refine my search again and put the residence of 'Texas', since I now know he lived there. The 6th record to come up was a marriage record. Now I know that Albert married Daisie ROBERTS in 1895 in Ellis, Texas. This gives me an idea where to look for more records on the Martin family between the 1880 census in Missouri and the 1900 census in Texas.
I really wanted to find Albert's family in the 1910 census, but searching for Albert and Daisy didn't help. I decided to look for their oldest son Grady born in Texas. I found the family in 1910 living in Oklahoma!
Thanks to Pamela, I was able to find out so much more about the family.
I was thrilled to get this info! I went to familysearch.org and put in this new information. I simply typed 'Albert Martin' into the name field, 'Missouri' into the birthplace and 'Daisy' as the spouse.
The first 4 records that came up were a hit! Three were census records from 1900, 1920 and 1930. I learned that Albert and Daisy had 7 children: Grady, Alfred, and Neal (boys), and Irva, Mary, Susan and Ruth (girls). I was able to find death dates for the boys, but don't know if the girls are still living or not.
The fourth was a death record that confirmed that the Albert MARTIN I was looking at was married to Daisy and was indeed the son of William and Ella. I learned that Albert's middle name was Enis, that he was a farmer, and that he died of cerebral hemorrhage (or a stroke). I laughed when I saw that a contributing factor was High Pirtention - which I'm sure is Hypertension (or high blood pressure).
I decided to refine my search again and put the residence of 'Texas', since I now know he lived there. The 6th record to come up was a marriage record. Now I know that Albert married Daisie ROBERTS in 1895 in Ellis, Texas. This gives me an idea where to look for more records on the Martin family between the 1880 census in Missouri and the 1900 census in Texas.
I really wanted to find Albert's family in the 1910 census, but searching for Albert and Daisy didn't help. I decided to look for their oldest son Grady born in Texas. I found the family in 1910 living in Oklahoma!
Thanks to Pamela, I was able to find out so much more about the family.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Bartholomew Stevens at Valley Forge
Bartholomew STEVENS is my ancestor. He was born in 1747 in the county of Rockingham, New Hampshire. He was married in 1767 in the county of Merrimac, New Hampshire, to Mary DALTON. The Revolutionary War started in 1775 and Bartholomew's pension record states that he enlisted as a private soldier in 1777. He was in Capt. Isaac Frye's company and Col. Joseph Cilley's regiment. He further states that he wintered at Valley Forge that awful year with the troops and fought in the Battle of Monmouth. Bartholomew served for 3 years and was honorably discharged in 1780 at Danbury, Connecticut.
Here are a few words from Bartholomew's wife Mary - also found in the pension record. Mary said 'she can never forget her privations and sufferings during the long absence of her husband in the Revolutionary War.' Specifically 'I had four children at the home when my husband enlisted. Betsey age 7, Mehitable age 5, Susannah age 3, and Caleb age 9 months. He enlisted in the winter of 1777 when the snow was on the ground...I was against his going. He came home once during the three years on a furlough for 60 days. We were poor. I had no money from him while he was in the war. I had to work weaving to support my children. I once wove all day and all night and then all day again. I worked dreadful hard.'
Wow - it touches me to hear of the personal suffering of my grandmother during the War.
Bartholomew and Mary had 10 children altogether:
Betsey STEVENS Apr 1770 (did she marry?)
Mehitable STEVENS Feb 1772 (did she marry?)
Susannah STEVENS Jan 1774 (married John WEBBER)
Caleb Dalton STEVENS Jun 1776 (married Sally THOMAS)
Samuel STEVENS Nov 1779 (the child born to Mary during the war with her husband gone - what became of him? did he marry?)
Dalton STEVENS about 1782 (married Mary/Polly ATKINSON)
Mary STEVENS about 1785(did she marry?)
Jeremiah Cogswell STEVENS Sep 1888 (my direct ancestor - married Mary/Polly EVERETT)
John STEVENS about 1791 (what became of him? did he marry?)
Seriah STEVENS about 1793 (married Elizabeth STONE)
I'm so grateful for my ancestors - for fighting for what they believed was right, and for all their sufferings when times were tough.
Here are a few words from Bartholomew's wife Mary - also found in the pension record. Mary said 'she can never forget her privations and sufferings during the long absence of her husband in the Revolutionary War.' Specifically 'I had four children at the home when my husband enlisted. Betsey age 7, Mehitable age 5, Susannah age 3, and Caleb age 9 months. He enlisted in the winter of 1777 when the snow was on the ground...I was against his going. He came home once during the three years on a furlough for 60 days. We were poor. I had no money from him while he was in the war. I had to work weaving to support my children. I once wove all day and all night and then all day again. I worked dreadful hard.'
Wow - it touches me to hear of the personal suffering of my grandmother during the War.
Bartholomew and Mary had 10 children altogether:
Betsey STEVENS Apr 1770 (did she marry?)
Mehitable STEVENS Feb 1772 (did she marry?)
Susannah STEVENS Jan 1774 (married John WEBBER)
Caleb Dalton STEVENS Jun 1776 (married Sally THOMAS)
Samuel STEVENS Nov 1779 (the child born to Mary during the war with her husband gone - what became of him? did he marry?)
Dalton STEVENS about 1782 (married Mary/Polly ATKINSON)
Mary STEVENS about 1785(did she marry?)
Jeremiah Cogswell STEVENS Sep 1888 (my direct ancestor - married Mary/Polly EVERETT)
John STEVENS about 1791 (what became of him? did he marry?)
Seriah STEVENS about 1793 (married Elizabeth STONE)
I'm so grateful for my ancestors - for fighting for what they believed was right, and for all their sufferings when times were tough.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Orlena Payne and David Martin
David MARTIN (my husband's 3rd great-grandfather) was a plantation owner with about 500 slaves in Van Buren County, Tennessee. He is found there in 1850 with his wife, Orlena PAYNE, and again in the 1860 census with Orlena and their two children, Mary Jane MARTIN age 6 (born May 1854) and William Stephen MARTIN, always called Billy (born Jul 1859) age 1. David was a farmer and Orlena was a seamstress. Orlena was sickly - she had tuberculosis. Billy was nursed and raised by a black woman - a nanny.
The story goes that the Civil War was hard on the family - and when the war was over and all the slaves were freed, they lost everything. David decided to move the family to Missouri and see if they could get a fresh start. All they had was one horse - and even he died on the way to Missouri. The family had to eat the fat part of the horse to keep from starving.
They settled in Missouri and are found in the Texas, Dent, Missouri 1870 census. The family consists of David, Orlena, William (Billy), Mary, and Mary's husband B F DYER (Benjamin Franklin DYER). David is illiterate - cannot read or write. Orlena cannot write, the census states.
David moved and is found in the 1876 Census in Texas County, Missouri, with his wife Orlena, daughter Mary and son William. Incidentally, Mary is also listed in the census (just before her parents) as Mary DYER with her husband and 2 sons, Utah and Franklin.
David is found in Texas County again in the 1880 Census with wife Orlena, son William, and William's wife Ella Orvilla BOWER, and son Albert.
Sometime between 1880 and 1886, David's beloved wife, Orlena, died. Family history says that David then married a widow with 10 children. A marriage record from Licking, Texas, Missouri, confirms this fact - that David Martin married Mrs. Loucindey WHITE in Jul 1886. David was almost 70 then and no record is found of him or a Loucindey MARTIN in 1900. I have no idea how old Loucindey was, either.
Where is Orlena buried? What year did she die? When did David die? Where is he buried? And Loucindey - when was she born? where was she from? what was her maiden name? who was she married to before David? when did she die?
The story goes that the Civil War was hard on the family - and when the war was over and all the slaves were freed, they lost everything. David decided to move the family to Missouri and see if they could get a fresh start. All they had was one horse - and even he died on the way to Missouri. The family had to eat the fat part of the horse to keep from starving.
They settled in Missouri and are found in the Texas, Dent, Missouri 1870 census. The family consists of David, Orlena, William (Billy), Mary, and Mary's husband B F DYER (Benjamin Franklin DYER). David is illiterate - cannot read or write. Orlena cannot write, the census states.
David moved and is found in the 1876 Census in Texas County, Missouri, with his wife Orlena, daughter Mary and son William. Incidentally, Mary is also listed in the census (just before her parents) as Mary DYER with her husband and 2 sons, Utah and Franklin.
David is found in Texas County again in the 1880 Census with wife Orlena, son William, and William's wife Ella Orvilla BOWER, and son Albert.
Sometime between 1880 and 1886, David's beloved wife, Orlena, died. Family history says that David then married a widow with 10 children. A marriage record from Licking, Texas, Missouri, confirms this fact - that David Martin married Mrs. Loucindey WHITE in Jul 1886. David was almost 70 then and no record is found of him or a Loucindey MARTIN in 1900. I have no idea how old Loucindey was, either.
Where is Orlena buried? What year did she die? When did David die? Where is he buried? And Loucindey - when was she born? where was she from? what was her maiden name? who was she married to before David? when did she die?
Monday, January 31, 2011
William Razor's Civil Wars
I love Family History Mysteries, as I call them. I recently found out some interesting info on William RAZOR and Elizabeth HOUSE - my husband's 3rd great-grandparents. Elizabeth was mostly called Bettie, but I will list her as Elizabeth for accuracy.
William and Elizabeth married in 1848 in Barry County, Missouri http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View. In the Flat, Taney, Missouri 1850 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View you can see William and Elizabeth with daughter America RAZOR. But in the White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas 1860 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View William is with a woman named Sarah who is born in a different place and time than Elizabeth - there are a bunch of Razor kids and they have a bunch of kids with the last name of Simmons living with them. Some supposed Elizabeth's name to perhaps be Sarah Elizabeth...but not so. Then in the Flat Creek, Stone, Missouri 1870 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View Elizabeth is with the kids again but no William...
Note - Elizabeth didn't move counties from Taney to Stone - Stone was created from part of Taney county in 1851.
I came into contact with a shirt-tail cousin of one of William and Elizabeth's daughters - Lydia. Lydia's daughter - also named Lydia - wrote a letter of her mother Lydia's visit in 1930 where she shared some enlightening info.
Lydia - the mother - commented on her siblings: America, Andrew, Abraham, James, Mary (my husband's 2nd great-grandmother), and a half-brother William. Half brother? This was news to me - I thought he was a full brother. She mentions that her parents divorced and William remarried to a Mrs. SIMMONS who had several children. Ahh...these are the Simmons children in the 1860 census - and now I know who Sarah is - Mrs. SIMMONS.
Lydia's sister Mary RAZOR and their half-brother William are only 1 year apart. William must have divorced Elizabeth quickly and moved on and married quickly. Still looking for a marriage date.
Lydia mentioned that her father William was killed in the Civil War about 1862 - not in battle, but while home in Arkansas on furlough. 5 men came and shot him - probably bushwhackers... As soon as William was killed, Lydia states that her mother came and got the children out of Arkansas and took them home with her. Thus they are seen on the 1870 census with no father.
I can find no Elizabeth RAZOR in an 1860 census in Missouri. I checked Arkansas, too, in case she followed her family there - but no luck.
By 1870, Lydia's sister, America, was married and deceased, with one child - I wonder if she died in childbirth or complications from childbirth? I wonder who that child was - boy or girl?
In the White River, Barry, Missouri 1870 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View Mrs. Sarah SIMMONS is seen with her kids and son William. Sarah is back to Simmons - this causes me to believe that her first husband died, rather than divorced her. Since she had been married to William for only 3 or so years, she probably felt more of a connection to her first husband. William and Sarah's son William is listed as John W RAZOR in 1860 and James W RAYFORD in 1870. Don't know if he is John or James - but Lydia says he was William Jr. Lydia already has a brother named James - which leads me to believe he was really John. Does this mean her father is John or James William RAZOR??
I believe Sarah moved to Missouri to be somewhat near Elizabeth - maybe to keep an eye on the kids. Not sure why William and Elizabeth divorced...but it's interesting that William had custody of the kids in 1860. Makes me wonder about Elizabeth's mental health.
Elizabeth's daughter Mary Jane RAZOR (who married James Thomas APPLEGATE) had a granddaughter, Josie, who wrote some family history. Josie wrote that great-grandma Jane RAZOR lived to be 100 and ran around the house with a butcher knife. Well, Mary Jane RAZOR didn't even live to be 40...and she wasn't Josie's great-grandmother...so it couldn't be her. I wonder if Josie meant great grandmother Elizabeth RAZOR...perhaps her middle name was Jane? Not sure when Elizabeth died. She was born about 1820 in Kentucky according to one census, or 1829 in Indiana in another census, and 1820 with unknown place in another census. So she would have lived until about 1920-1930.
The last place Elizabeth is found so far is in the Washingon, Stone, Missouri census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View as a ward of John BARKER. But John's grandkids with the last name of CHASTAIN are also living with him. Interestingly, Elizabeth's son, James Alexander RAZOR, had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth RAZOR, who married a William CHASTINE and they lived in Stone County, Missouri. There must be a connection somehow to Chastine and Chastain... And is it really Barker? James married first a Cordelia Eveline BAKER. When Cordelia died, James married her first cousin Mary Ellen BAKER.
My point is, I believe Elizabeth had some mental health issues - perhaps William left for the safety of his kids. After he died, Sarah probably had no legal right to the kids and Elizabeth took them back. But Sarah was probably rightly worried about the continued safety of the kids and moved somewhat close to Elizabeth to keep an eye on things. Or maybe she wanted her son to keep in touch with his half-siblings.
So - William RAZOR was involved in a couple of Civil Wars - one with his country, and one with his wife.
William and Elizabeth married in 1848 in Barry County, Missouri http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View. In the Flat, Taney, Missouri 1850 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View you can see William and Elizabeth with daughter America RAZOR. But in the White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas 1860 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View William is with a woman named Sarah who is born in a different place and time than Elizabeth - there are a bunch of Razor kids and they have a bunch of kids with the last name of Simmons living with them. Some supposed Elizabeth's name to perhaps be Sarah Elizabeth...but not so. Then in the Flat Creek, Stone, Missouri 1870 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View Elizabeth is with the kids again but no William...
Note - Elizabeth didn't move counties from Taney to Stone - Stone was created from part of Taney county in 1851.
I came into contact with a shirt-tail cousin of one of William and Elizabeth's daughters - Lydia. Lydia's daughter - also named Lydia - wrote a letter of her mother Lydia's visit in 1930 where she shared some enlightening info.
Lydia - the mother - commented on her siblings: America, Andrew, Abraham, James, Mary (my husband's 2nd great-grandmother), and a half-brother William. Half brother? This was news to me - I thought he was a full brother. She mentions that her parents divorced and William remarried to a Mrs. SIMMONS who had several children. Ahh...these are the Simmons children in the 1860 census - and now I know who Sarah is - Mrs. SIMMONS.
Lydia's sister Mary RAZOR and their half-brother William are only 1 year apart. William must have divorced Elizabeth quickly and moved on and married quickly. Still looking for a marriage date.
Lydia mentioned that her father William was killed in the Civil War about 1862 - not in battle, but while home in Arkansas on furlough. 5 men came and shot him - probably bushwhackers... As soon as William was killed, Lydia states that her mother came and got the children out of Arkansas and took them home with her. Thus they are seen on the 1870 census with no father.
I can find no Elizabeth RAZOR in an 1860 census in Missouri. I checked Arkansas, too, in case she followed her family there - but no luck.
By 1870, Lydia's sister, America, was married and deceased, with one child - I wonder if she died in childbirth or complications from childbirth? I wonder who that child was - boy or girl?
In the White River, Barry, Missouri 1870 census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View Mrs. Sarah SIMMONS is seen with her kids and son William. Sarah is back to Simmons - this causes me to believe that her first husband died, rather than divorced her. Since she had been married to William for only 3 or so years, she probably felt more of a connection to her first husband. William and Sarah's son William is listed as John W RAZOR in 1860 and James W RAYFORD in 1870. Don't know if he is John or James - but Lydia says he was William Jr. Lydia already has a brother named James - which leads me to believe he was really John. Does this mean her father is John or James William RAZOR??
I believe Sarah moved to Missouri to be somewhat near Elizabeth - maybe to keep an eye on the kids. Not sure why William and Elizabeth divorced...but it's interesting that William had custody of the kids in 1860. Makes me wonder about Elizabeth's mental health.
Elizabeth's daughter Mary Jane RAZOR (who married James Thomas APPLEGATE) had a granddaughter, Josie, who wrote some family history. Josie wrote that great-grandma Jane RAZOR lived to be 100 and ran around the house with a butcher knife. Well, Mary Jane RAZOR didn't even live to be 40...and she wasn't Josie's great-grandmother...so it couldn't be her. I wonder if Josie meant great grandmother Elizabeth RAZOR...perhaps her middle name was Jane? Not sure when Elizabeth died. She was born about 1820 in Kentucky according to one census, or 1829 in Indiana in another census, and 1820 with unknown place in another census. So she would have lived until about 1920-1930.
The last place Elizabeth is found so far is in the Washingon, Stone, Missouri census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View as a ward of John BARKER. But John's grandkids with the last name of CHASTAIN are also living with him. Interestingly, Elizabeth's son, James Alexander RAZOR, had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth RAZOR, who married a William CHASTINE and they lived in Stone County, Missouri. There must be a connection somehow to Chastine and Chastain... And is it really Barker? James married first a Cordelia Eveline BAKER. When Cordelia died, James married her first cousin Mary Ellen BAKER.
My point is, I believe Elizabeth had some mental health issues - perhaps William left for the safety of his kids. After he died, Sarah probably had no legal right to the kids and Elizabeth took them back. But Sarah was probably rightly worried about the continued safety of the kids and moved somewhat close to Elizabeth to keep an eye on things. Or maybe she wanted her son to keep in touch with his half-siblings.
So - William RAZOR was involved in a couple of Civil Wars - one with his country, and one with his wife.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Ella Orvilla Bower
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| William Stephen Martin and Ella Orvilla Bower wedding photo |
Billy died of pancreatic and liver cancer in 1909. The family was living in Stephensville, Erath, Texas - but Billy died in a hospital in Austin, Texas. I can only imagine what a hospital was like in 1909 - and what the trip there must have cost a farm family. It is not known at this time where he is buried. In the 1910 census for Archer, Texas, Ella and children are living next to her married daughter Estella Jane MARTIN APPLEGATE. Ella lived until 1941 and is buried in Derden Cemetery (Grandview, Johnson, Texas) with an infant grandson.
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| Ella Orvilla Bower grave |
Albert - died about 1936 - worked for railroad, Lula Zula - married Francis "Frank" WALKUP, Olivia - married Dee THOMPSON, Della Young - married Johnnie WEMKEN, Orphia Orlina - married John Henry BEEKS, Roy L - died after 1920 in Eastland County, Texas in an oil mine accident, Robert Neal - married Era Estes DACUS, and Ross David - married Clara TRIBBLE.
Where are Albert and Roy buried? Did they every marry?
Tennie...again
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| Thomas Clinton ARY and Tennessee Arkansas BLAN, seated. Back row: Everett Earl ARY, Luther Quitman ARY, James W. FEW, Amanda Victoria ARY FEW, and Lela Ann ARY |
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