REVEREND JOHN L. LATTIMORE
Reverend John L. Lattimore,
b March 2,1836 in Benton County, Mississippi, d December 12, 1887 en- route to
Florida - was a son of Reverend S. S. Lattimore, of North Carolina, and his wife
(whose maiden name was Compere), of South Carolina. John L. was educated in
Kentucky and Alabama, and taught school at Enterprise, Mississippi. He entered
the Confederate States Army in 1862, serving as a Private and as a Chaplain.
Ca 1861, John L. was married to Sarah C. Shivers, b ca 1841 in Alabama, whose
father was born in North Carolina, and her mother in Virginia. The couple lived
in Alabama and Mississippi before 1874, when they moved to Falls County, Texas -
settling in the Stranger Community. It was there that both John L. and Sarah
taught in the best schools in the county. Lattimore became the pastor of the
Liberty Baptist Church (later Stranger Baptist Church) - teaching school in that
building, while Sarah taught in Union Academy with classes in the
Methodist-Presbyterian Union Church building.
Reverend and Mrs. Lattimore were the parents of seven known children, who became
well known in the field of education and politics:
John C. Lattimore, b ca 1861 in Alabama - attended school at Stranger, and
obtained his college degree. In 1877, John C. became superintendent of the Falls
County School system - being appointed in 1887, and serving until September 1,
1890. He subsequently taught at Baylor University, in Waco.
Oliver Shivers Lattimore, b ca 1866 in Alabama - taught school at Durango, Falls
County, Texas; and later became Judge of the Texas Supreme Court.
Mary Catherine Lattimore, b ca 1868 in Mississippi - married R. D. Spencer, of
Falls County, Texas, and moved to Waco, where they reared eight children.
Annie H.
Lattimore, b 1870 in Alabama
- no further information.
Carrie E. Lattimore, b 1873 in Alabama - no further information.
Ethel Lattimore, b 1877 in Falls County, Texas - no further information.
Bertha
Lattimore, b 1879 in Falls County, Texas - no further information.
Updated Info
Submitted by Paula Bondurant
About Bertha, his
youngest child (my grandmother): She married George Charles Felix Butte in
1898; by all accounts, the marriage was idyllic. They lived first in
Muskogee, Oklahoma Indian Territory, then in Germany and France where George
Butte studied law in Heidelburg (taking a PhD. in Civil and Canon Law) and
Paris. Dr. Butte later served as Dean of the Law School at UT Austin,
member of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, and Vice-Governor of the
Philippines. He ran against Ma Ferguson for governor of Texas in 1924.
Bertha died of a ruptured appendix in Austin, Texas, in 1924, leaving five
children. She is buried in Dublin, Texas, where, on the back of her
tombstone, one may read: "These were her jewels: George, Felix, Woodfin,
Catherine, Pauline."
Copyright Permission granted
to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families
to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 278 column 2 and page 279 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.