Submitted by: Cathy Millburn
FLETCHER LANGSTON SPRINGFIELD
Fletcher Langston Springfield, b June 8, 1870 in
Robertson County, Texas, d October 12, 1930 in Falls County and buried in
Calvary Cemetery in Marlin was the youngest of seven known children of Andrew
Jackson Springfield, b 1822 in South Carolina, d before 1910 at Hearne,
Robertson County, Texas, and his wife, Martha Ann (Baker) Springfield, b ca 1838
in Alabama, d after 1910 at Hearne. Fletcher's siblings
were: Mary E. Springfield, b 1856 in Mississippi; D. B. Springfield, b 1857 in
Mississippi; Lara Springfield, b 1863 in Texas; Martha A. Springfield, b 1865 in
Texas; a sister, D. L. Springfield, b 1867 in Texas; and a sister, A. V.
Springfield, b 1869 in Texas.
Fletcher Langston Springfield married ca 1896 in
Robertson County, Texas to Alice Drucilla McDonald, b December 15, 1868 in
Meridian, Mississippi, d July 24, 1953 in Marlin and buried in Calvary Cemetery
a daughter of M. C. McDonald.
Fletcher L. and "Alice" had seven children when they
moved to Falls County, Texas ‑ settling near the Taylor's Chapel Community,
where Fletcher farmed. Their children were:
Chester Parker Springfield, b October 23, 1897 who
married Louella (called "Elli") Mosley at Rosebud, Texas.
Victor B. Springfield, b ca 1899 ‑ no further
information.
Marian Springfield, b April 1, 1900 in Robertson
County, Texas, d January 3, 1953 in Marlin ‑ who married Christopher Columbus
Parsons.
Cecil Roy Springfield, b 1903 ‑ no further
information.
Mozelle Springfield, b 1905 in Robertson County who
married Wallace Dunkin, and resides in Waco, Texas.
Rosena E. Springfield, b 1908 in Robertson County,
Texas who married Clyde Broome of Rosebud, Texas and had Kenneth Broome, b 1934,
d 1960 in a car wreck; Earline Broome; Bonnie Broome; and Wanda Broome.
Frances Springfield, b ca 1910 who married October 6,
1928 to Fred R. Collier of Lott, Texas, and had three children.
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 426 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.