Typed by: Jan Shelfer
FEATHERSTON, JOHN HENRY
Surnames: FEATHERSTON, WARREN, BRYANT, STEWART, LIVELY, GAINES,
DE GRAFFENRIED, ADAMS
John Henry Featherston, b. April 11, 1862 in Missouri, d. September 28, 1940
in Chilton and buried there in the Chilton Cemetery in Falls County,
Texas-was a son of Edward John and Catherine (Warren) Featherston,
and a grandson of Dr. Edward Hardiway Featherston. John Henry
Featherston married in 1888 in Falls County to Lou Annie Bryant, b.
January 12, 1873, d. April 2, 1949 and buried by her husband-a
daughter of John Wesley Bryant, b. 1847, d. 1920-a son of James A.
and Mary (Stewart) Bryant, and his wife, Sarah Ann (Lively) Bryant,
b. 1852, d. 1914 in Chilton. John Wesley Bryant brought his family
to Falls County, Texas in 1881, and settled near Chilton, where he
was a farmer, a Justice of the Peace, a church leader, and public
servant.
John Henry Featherston was a merchant, as his father had been, and later his
son became. He and Lou Annie reared only one child to
adulthood-being the parents of two children, and rearing a foster
daughter:
John Bryant Featherston, b. July 20, 1891, d. January 5, 1976-married Sambo
Gaines, b. November 25, 1894, d. 1984-a daughter of Sidney and
Katherine (de Graffenried) Gaines.
Bessie Featherston-died in her early childhood.
Maggie Lee Featherston-a foster daughter-married a Mr. Adams.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing this bio of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County
Historical Commission, page 149, column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission