Typed by: Jan Shelfer
HUNNICUTT (called "Bill") ,William Wesley
Surnames: HUNNICUTT, SMITH, ROBERTSON, PITTS, BIERBOWER,
CALDWELL, SHARKEY, WAYLAND, SMITH, SOMMERS, WALLER, WHITEBEAR, BAKER, JIRASEK,
STONE, REYNOLDS, GRANT, DAVIS, STUART, COX, SIBLEY, WATERBURY, THOMAS, STEELE,
HANKINA, FINLEY, PRIEST
William Wesley Hunnicutt (called "Bill"), b. November 26, 1851 in Falls County,
Texas, d. April 17, 1932 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas-was one
of seventeen children of Winfield Scott and Lucinda (Smith) Hunnicutt, and the
first child born at Blue Ridge, Texas after the family moved there from
Tennessee.
On November 4, 1885, Bill married Jessie Robertson, b. October 24, 1870, d. July
14, 1931, buried next to her husband,-the only child of John Howard Robertson,
b. March 31, 1945, d. 1939 at the age of 94 years, and his wife, Elizabeth
(Pitts) Robertson, b. August 2, 1846, d. February 31, 1931, of Florida. Bill and
Jessie Hunnicutt had eight children:
Lola Pearl, b. October 22, 1886 who married October 6, 1910 to Charles Garrad
"Tad" Bierbower, an attorney, b. October 6, 1869 of Evansville, Indiana. They
had eight children: (1) Jessie Mary, b. August 26, 1911, d. October 11, 1980-who
married James Robert Caldwell and they had two children: Lola Jean, b. September
30, 1943 in San Antonio and Jessie Lou, b. December 31, 1944 in San Antonio,
Texas who married Wm. P. Sharkey of Los Angeles, California and they have two
children: Carrie Marie, b. March 11, 1971 and Kenneth Lee, b. August 26, 1972;
(2) Lola Elizabeth, b. October 17, 1912, d. June 26, 1915 in Lampasas, Texas;
(3) Charles Garrad "Bud" Jr., b. February 28, 1915 who married Jo Anita Wayland
they had two children, Amy, b. January 11, 1943 and Joseph Garrad "Joe," b.
December 20, 1946; (4) William Hunnicutt "Bill," b. August 9, 1916 in Lampasas,
d. November 23, 1958-married Dorothy Jean Smith and they had two children,
William Bruce, b. January 25, 1945 and Barbara Jean, b. September 12, 1946 who
married Jim Sommers; (5) Fannie Alice "Fan," b. February 23, 1921 in San
Antonio, Texas-married William Hardwick Waller of Three Rivers, Texas and they
had one child Martha Sue, b. August 20, 1952-married Fred Doublas [sic]
Whitebear of Seattle, Washington and they have one child Sequoya Ann, b. May 4,
1974; (6) Martha Agnes, b. February 18, 1925, d. February 20, 1925, twin to
Clara Stuart "Betsy;" (7) Clara Stuart "Betsy," b. February 18, 1925 in San
Antonio, Texas-married Norman Linwood Baker of Austin, Texas and they had four
children: Norman Linwood, Jr., "Woody," b. April 8, 1947 who married Rebecca Ann
Jirasek and they have three children: Sherri Selema, b. January 1, 1971, Sheila
Suzanne, b. February 8, 1974 and Sharon Elizabeth, b. February 8, 1974 (twins);
Samuel Garrard "Sam," b. November 20, 1951 who married Laura Stone and they had
two children: James Lee, b. May 5, 1973 and Christopher, b. April 26, 1979;
William Wesley "Bill," b. July 30, 1957-married Catherine Dianne Reynolds and
they have one child, Julie Christine, b. October 10, 1982; and Robert Lee "Bob,"
b. February 22, 1957; (8) James Culver "Cubby," b. October 12, 1926 in San
Antonio, Texas and he has one child Steven Craig, b. April 25, 1964 in Houston,
Texas.
Robin Winfield Hunnicutt, b. April 12, 1888-married in Corpus Christi, Texas on
September 16, 1917 to Thelma Irene Grant and had two children: Jack Herbert
Hunnicutt and Mary Elizabeth (Hunnicutt) Davis.
Clara Elizabeth Hunnicutt, b. September 7, 1889-married December 24, 1912 in
Kerrville, Texas to Dr. Charles Donald Stuart, and had no issue.
Mary Lucinda Hunnicutt, b. October 5, 1891 in Marlin, Texas, d. June 22, 1959
and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas-married Ercie Hamilton Cox, b.
December 30, 1887 at Mineola, Texas, d. February 1, 1962 and buried next to his
wife, and they had two children: (1) Ercie Hamilton, Cox, Jr., b. January 9,
1914 in Marlin, Texas, d. July 15, 1982-married January 9, 1942 to Viola Marie
Sibley and they had four children: Donna Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1943-who
married Donald David Waterbury and they have one child Curtis Hoyt, b. September
8, 1970, Mary Jane, b. May 6, 1945 (twin) who married Lynnwood Wray Thomas and
they have three children: William McSwain Thomas, b. July 19, 1965, Mark
Hamilton Thomas, b. August 14, 1969 and Matthew Wray Thomas, b. November 6,
1970; E. Virginia Cox (twin), b. May 6, 1945-married Jack Ward Steele and they
have two children: Patrick Wayne Steele, b. May 6, 1966 and Cinda Marie Steele,
b. April 8, 1968; Michael LaGrand Cox, b. June 1, 1961 who married Susan Lynette
Hankina and they have one child, Cayce Michele, b. May 4, 1981; Mary Jane Cox,
b. May 24, 1914 in Marlin, Texas, d. April 22, 1944 and buried in Calvary
Cemetery in Marlin, Texas.
William Wesley Hunnicutt, Jr. (called "Tud"), b. July 15, 1894 in Marlin, Texas,
died July 16, 1958 in Marlin-married Sybil Mae Finley.
Fannie Viola Hunnicutt, b. January 23, 1896-married Welton Barnes Priest, b.
December 11, 1893 at Lott, Texas.
Carrie Bell Hunnicutt, b. November 2, 1900, d. August 17, 1927, never married.
Howard Robertson Hunnicutt, b. August 20, 1909, d. September 24, 1966. He was
CCM USNR in World War II.
William Wesley Hunnicutt, Sr. was a member of Marlin Masonic Lodge No. 152 in
1869, and was a York Rite Mason. He was a County and State Licensed Land
Surveyor.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 241, column 1.