JONATHAN EMMITT THIGPEN

     Jonathan Emmitt Thigpen, b July 29, 1855 in Wilcox County, Alabama, d November 10,1900 and buried in Chilton Cemetery in Falls County, Texas - was a son of Robert J. Boyd and Ruth (Boggan) Thigpen. He was originally named "Emmitt Jonathan Thigpen," but changed the order of his given names, and this change has been carried through succeeding generations.

     In 1882, Jonathan moved to Falls County, Texas, where he owned land in the Chilton - Mooreville area in 1886, he married first to Nellie E. Dry, but they had no children. On September 12, 1897, Jonathan married second to Mattye Dean Keirsey, b 1873, d 1951 and buried in Chilton Cemetery. They were the parents of three children:

     Isadel Thigpen, b June 10, 1898, d August 16, 1928 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - married Dr. Joe S. McCreary, and had one daughter, Doris Jean Mc- Creary, who married O. L. Bergman, and resided in Houston, Texas.

     Frankie Ruth Thigpen, b August 17, 1899, d February 8, 1981- married September 1, 1923 to W. P. Guinn - had no children, and resided in Houston, Texas.

     Jonathan Emmitt Thigpen, Jr., b July 2, 1901 in Chilton, Falls County, Texas, d December 27, 1982 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - married Mayme Claire Relf, b October 9, 1901, d June 13, 1948 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - a daughter of Ben Wesley and Annie Olivia (Mickle) Relf of Bandera County, Texas and Selma, Alabama.

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 450 column 1 and 2.  
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