Capt. Thomas Hudson Barron

Surnames: BARRON, MIXON, CARNALL, PIERSON, POOL, CROUCH, ROEBUCK, TAYLOR, POWERS, CUNNINGHAM, CRUDUP, PATTERSON, WHITE, BIBLE, THOMERSON, LOTT, MIXON, TAYLOR, BELL, CAMPBELL, FARRIS, NILES, ALLBRIGHT, FLOWERRS, COTNER, MURRAY, HOWELL, REESE, YEAGER, COURTNEY, SHARP, REED, PALMER, PORTER, PATTERSON, WHITE, CALVERY, LITTERAL, NEELEY, SHELTON, BELL

Captain Thomas Hudson Barron, b March 8, 1796 in Virginia, d February 24, 1874 at the of his son-in-law, Thadeus B. Mixon, in Bruceville, Texas and first buried in the Cox Cemetery at Bruceville, and later moved for a second burial at Fort Fisher, Waco. He had been on a business trip to Waco, and was returning to his on Deer Creek in Falls County, Texas, when he was caught in a cold rainstorm, and stopped to escape the weather. He became ill, and died of pneumonia within a week.

On February 20, 1820 in Arkansas, Captain Barron was married first to Elizabeth Carnall, b ca 1804, d ca 1845 at Bucksnort, Falls County, Texas. Captain Barron lived in Arkansas as a pioneer with J. G. W. Pierson, Walter F. Pool, and others who came to Texas before 1830. On January 17, 1836, he was mustered into Captain Sterling Clack Robertson's Company of Rangers as a First Sergeant, and was in command of Fort Milam in December of that year. He acquired thousands of acres of land, including the Barron Creek area in McLennan County, land in Falls County, and in other areas.

Captain Barron and Elizabeth (Carnall) Barron had twelve children:
John M. Barron, b July 21, 1821, d 1847 at Bucksnort - was unmarried.

Eliza Ann Barron, b September 11, 1823, d ca 1839 - died unmarried.

Thomas J. Barron, b January 2, 1825, d January 1847 at Bucksnort - married Elizabeth Crouch - a daughter of Isaac Newton and Isabella (Deason Crouch. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Barron. who married first to a Mr. Roebuck, and married second to Cornelius M. Taylor.

Nancy Caroline Barron, b October 13, 1827, d July 3, 1871 - married December 13, 1846 Lewis Barker Powers, and had six children.

Joseph David Barron, b May 6, 1828, d February 1846 at Bucksnort - unmarried.

Colbert Baker Barron, b December 8, 1929, d 1832.

Almedia Barron, b September 10, 1832 - married in Waco, Texas on April 6, 1849 to W. C. Cunningham, who d February 1853. They had Joseph L. Cunningham, b February 15, 1850; Elizabeth Cunningham, b February 22, 1852; and Mozella Cunningham, b July 6, 1853. Almedia married second on December 27, 1855 to Robert Crudup, Chief Justice of McLennan County, and Representative to 12th Texas Legislature. He died in Austin, Texas in 1870, leaving five children: Rebecca Crudup, b October 18, 1856; Louisa Crudup, b February 6, 1858; Robert Crudup, Jr., b March 28, 1861; Nellie 0. Crudup, b January 12, 1863; and Thomas Crudup, b December 4, 1866. After Robert's death, Almedia married third on September 27, 1872 to James Patterson, who died November 24, 1878. They had: Celia Patterson, b November 9, 1873; Fred M. Patterson, b April 9, 1875; and James Patterson, Jr., b 1877. Almedia married fourth on February 24, 1881 to B. W. White, and they had no issue.

Mary Jane Barron, b December 7, 1833 at Independence, Washington County, Coahuila, Mexico (Texas), d January 16, 1893 - married first in 1850 to John Bible and had two children who died; and married second on May 19, 1861 to David P. Thomerson, b September 14, 1829 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, d August 30, 1897. They had eight children, and lived at Weatherford, Texas.

Elizabeth Barron, b April 29, 1836 - died in childhood.

Milam Barron, b November 3, 1839 - was a twin, died in the Civil War while serving in the Confederate States Army - married Miss S. A. Lott, but had no issue.
Travis Barron, b November 3, 1839 - was a twin, d November 15, 1891 - married Betty Mixon, b June 21, 1844, d July 22, 1931. They had Desdemonia Barron who married Tom Taylor; Travis Davis Barron who died young; and Delia Barron who married a Mr. Spencer. Dessie and Delia lived in Lorena, Texas.

David Seeley Barron, b October 14, 1842, d 1867 in St. Mary's, Texas - of yellow fever.

After the death of Elizabeth (Carnall) Barron, Captain Barron married second at Bucksnort on September 3, 1846 to Mary Jane Shelton, b 1830, d March 26, 1882 and buried without a tombstone at Bruceville, Texas, a daughter of A. M. and Elizabeth Shelton of Dink Barron, b March 16, 1848, d 1851.

Mozella Barron, b January 7, 1850 in Waco, Texas, d 1922 - married January 11, 1866 to Thadeus B. Mixon, b November 21, 1832, d August 23, 1875 - a son of Simeon and Margaret (Campbell) Mixon. They had five children: R. B. Mixon, b November 20, 1866, d April 7, 1890 - unmarried; Josephine (Mixon) Farris; Cora (Mixon) Niles; Mary (Mixon) Allbright; Lutie Mixon, b January 25, 1875 who married Felix A. . Flowers. After the death of Thadeus, Mozella married second in 1876 to Joseph Cotner, and had George Cotner, Joe Cotner, Ida Bell Cotner, Minnie (Cotner) Murray of San Angelo, Texas; and Millie (Cotner) Howell. Mozella married third in 1890 to Robert B. Petree and had one son.

Ronchali Cumbe Barron, b August 3, 1852 in Waco, Texas - married Pocohuntas Reese and had Enoch Barron, d 1893; Hambrick Barron who moved to Oklahoma; Mamie Barron who married Herber Yeager.

Mary Ellen Barron, b October 15, 1854 at Barron Branch, Waco, d October 21, 1910 at Blevins - married James Lafayette Courtney, and had issue.
Serena Barron, b June 23, 1856 in Waco, d March 7, 1933 at Loco, Oklahoma - married January 17, 1872 to William Jonah Reed, b October 18, 1852 in Louisiana, d February 26, 1925. They had ten children:

Thomas Reed, Nancy Lela Reed, Evelena Reed, Olive Reed, Coral Reed, Ruth (Reed) Palmer, Jesse Reed, Jo-sephine Reed, and Pool Reed.
Robert Barron, b October 26, 1858, died young.

Lucetta Barron, b March 13, 1861 - married first to James Maxey, and married second to A. R. Porter and had Wallace Porter, Dew Porter, Gus Porter, and Tom Porter and six others.

Viola Barron, b September 28, 1862 in Falls County, Texas, d May 7, 1929 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - married first in 1878 to John William Sharp, d December 7, 1900 at Grady, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They had: Robert Emmett Sharp, b 1882; Martin Luther Sharp, b September 9, 1884; Reverend John Travis Sharp, b January 20, 1887; James B. Sharp, b November 7, 1889 in Falls County; Mary Jane (Sharp) Walker, b September 3, 1897 in Indian Territory (Oklahoma); and Samuel Hudson Sharp, b November 11, 1900 in Indian Territory. Viola (Barron) Sharp married second in 1902 to Thomas Franklin Calvery, d 1934 in Oklahoma, and they had Vada (Calvary) Begley, b September 24, 1903 who lives in No-cona, Texas; and Allen Baxter Calvery, b July 10, 1905 in Montague County, Texas.

Josephine Barron, b May 26, 1864 in Falls County, Texas, d April 12, 1899 - married J. L. Litteral. They lived in the Cego area of Falls County, and had nine children: Claude Litteral, Carrie Belle Litteral, Mary Elizabeth Litteral, Ron Cali Litteral, Kate Litteral, Hallie Litteral, Thedford Litteral, May Litteral and Ben Litteral.
Lycurgus Barron, b June 6, 1867 in Falls County, Texas, d November 15, 1891 - married Martha Neeley on January 5, 1890. They had no issue.

After Captain Barron's death, it took years to settle his estate. He had no Will, and legal and administrative fees accumulated as the many heirs tried to get it settled. His widow, Mary Jane (Shelton) Barron was married second on September 9, 1875 to Reverend L. J. C. Bell, and they had one child who died. In the late 1890's, many of the children of Captain Thomas Hudson Barron had joined the exodus to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

Captain Barron and his second wife moved from Waco to the Blevins area of Falls County shortly after 1860, and lived there for the remainder of their lives.
Thomas Hudson Barron at The Handbook of Texas Online
Note submitted by: Arlin Dale Barron

I believe the "Hambrick" shown is my grandfather Hamlett Brown Barron.
Martha Pocohuntas Reece was the full name of my g-grandmother and my fathers middle name was Reece.
I have it on good authority (Theron Palmer) that I am a descendant of Ronchali Barron. My grandfather was Hamlett Brown Barron the infant shown in this census from 1880. I do not see the full name Hamlett. Ronchali had moved back from Waco and was living with the Bell (step father) family there in Blevins.

Some biographies from "Families of Falls County", compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission.
Permission granted to Theresa Carhart by the Falls County Historical Commission, for use on this page.