Typed by: Theresa Carhart


PAMPLIN, JOHN W.

Surnames: PAMPLIN, HOLMAN, BALLARD, ROGERS, SPRINGFIELD, THOMPSON, SNIDER, RIDDLE, CRANE, CHEATUM, BIRDWELL, BARCLAY, JENNINGS, McCLAIN

John W. Pamplin, b August 3, 1827 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, d August 21, 1889 in Falls County, Texas and buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery--was the second son of Robert Jennings and Elizabeth Pamplin of Virginia and Georgia, respectively. John W. Pamplin married ca 1855 to Clementina C. Holman, b May 4, 1836 in South Carolina, d February 14, 1898 and buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery.

The Pamplin family, included the parents, the eldest son, James H. Pamplin; John W. Pamplin, Wilson A. Pamplin, and Margaret Pamplin, had moved to Choctaw County, Mississippi before 1850, thence to Falls County,Texas by 1860, where they settled in the Mustang Prairie Community.

John W. and Clementina(Holman)Pomplin(sp) had six children:

Martha Ellen Pamplin, b ca 1856 in Mississippi--married March 3, 1875 in Falls County, Texas to C. F. Ballard.

Robert A. Pamplin, b 1858 in Texas--was living in Lampasas County in 1900. In 1879, in Falls County, Texas, records revealed that Robert had killed Henry Thomas Rogers, who was a Constable at the time he was killed.

Virginia Pamplin, b 1860 in Texas, died before 1870.

John W. Pamplin, Jr. b 1863 in Falls County, Texas, d 1916 and buried in Kosse Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas--married January 10, 1885 in Falls County to Mary Lou Jennings, b 1863, d 1933, and buried in Kosse Cemetery. They had Robert A. Pamplin, b November 17, 1885, d October 13, 1957 and buried at Kosse Cemetery, who married May 29, 1910 to Minnie Springfield, b December 9, 1890, d April 12, 1980 and buried at Kosse Cemetery.

Margaret C. Pamplin, b 1865 in Falls County, Texas--married April 26, 1883 to W. R. Thompson.

William Joseph Pamplin, b February 1865 in Falls County, Texas, died at Rockdale, Milam County, Texas and buried in the IOOF cemetery--married on December 28, 1885 in Falls County, to Martha Jane Snider, b March 18, 1866 in Falls County, died at Rockdale, Texas. They had seven children:
Irene Pamplin, b November 15, 1886 in Falls County, d October 28, 1903; Alba Pamplin--a twin, b August 1, 1889 in Falls County, Texas, d March 17, 1932 in Ennis, Texas and buried in Myrtle Cemetery--married June 1907 to Ed Riddle; Alma Pamplin--a twin, b August 1, 1889, d April 4, 1981 in Rockdale, Texas--married December 31, 1910 to a Mr. Crane; Lenora Pamplin, b November 27, 1892 in Falls County, d July 25, 1921 at Ennis--married November 25, 1918 to Carl Cheatum; Jasper Garland Pamplin(called "Jack"), b September 21, 1894 in Falls County, d January 11, 1974 in Kileen, Texas and buried in the IOOF Cemetery at Rockdale, Texas--w married July 19,1919 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Marie Amelia Birdwell, b February 12, 1895 at Bremond, Robertson County, Texas, and has Jasper Garland Pamplin, Jr., born and died January 11, 1925, and Jacqueline Marie Pampli,m, b November 9, 1926 who married May 24, 1951 to Lt. Colonel(Retired)Lenneth Keith Barclay, of the U. S. Regular Army; Westley Pamplim, b August 19, 1898 in Falls County, Texas, d September 12, 1959 in Houston, Texas--married Estelle(maiden name unknown), and had two daughters; and Utha Pamplim, b December 9, 1904, d August 17, 1972--married W. E. McClain, and had three sons.

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"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 338, column 2 and page 339 column 1
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