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BROGDON & BAKER
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William H. Brogdon
b. 4 May 1804 North Carolina
d. 23 April 1856 Grayson Co., Texas
buried: Brogdon Cemetery
William H. Brogdon, one of the original Peters Colonists, along with his wife, Nancy J. Sturdivant and several children, came to Texas in 1839 and settled on a 613 acre site east of Sherman.  He bought and sold several parcels of his land during the following years. In 1853,
he purchased some adjacent parcels of land in the Joseph Strickland Survey, located further west. The old Brogdon homeplace is the site of the Brogdon Cemetery.









John T. Brogdon

b. 1845 Grayson Co., Texas
d. 1890-1895 Grayson Co., Texas
buried:  Brogdon Cemetery
John T. Brogdon, son of William H. Brogdon and Nancy J. Sturdivant, was the second of their children to be born in Texas. He married Minnie Rice Burgess August 27, 1885 in Grayson County, Texas.  John died approximately 1890 of undulant fever.

John T. Brogdon and Minnie Rice Brugess were:
  • Mary 'Nannie' Brogdon
  • Dennie A. Brogdon
  • Emmett Cleon Brogdon



Seated: Minnie Rice Burgess Brogdon
Standing (L-R): Ralph Brogdon, Carol Jean Brogdon (mother of Melody A.); Emmett Brogdon


After her husband, John T. Brogdon's death, Minnie Rice Burgess Brogdon married her brother-in-law, Henry L. Brogdon around 1896. Children of Henry L. Brogdon and Minnie Rice Burgess Brogdon were:
  • Beaulah Brogdon
  • Lawrence Brogdon







Sarah "Sallie" Rice Conner Burgess
b. November 15, 1836 Missouri

d. January 24, 1918, Pottsboro, Grayson Co., Texas
buried: Georgetown Cemetery


Sallie Burgess died during the 1918 flu epidemic. She was the mother of Minnie Rice Burgess Brogdon. Children of John Burgess and Sarah Conner were:
  • Conner Burgess
  • Zibba Burgess
  • Minnie Burgess
  • Rachel Burgess
  • Althea Burgess
  • Mary Burgess








William M. "Wid" Baker
b. June 1839 in Tennessee
d. March 11, 1921 Pottsboro, Grayson Co., Texas
buried:  Gordonville Cemetery
Wid Baker and his wife, Ann Banks, and their children came from Madison County, Arkansas and settled in the Denison area in 1874. Between 1884 and 1888, they returned to Arkansas due to Ann's failing health. Ann and an infant died in Arkansas and are buried near Hindsville. Shortly afterwards, William married Melissa Boren and returned to Grayson County, Texas. Melissa died August 1, 1899. William raised his children, never marrying again.

Children of William M. Baker and Ann Banks were:
  • Thomas C. Baker b. Arkansas
  • John C. Baker b Arkansas
  • Bert Baker b. 1876 Grayson County, Texas
  • Sadie Baker b Texas
  • Chloe Baker b Texas
  • George Patrick Baker b Texas
  • Infant Baker
Children of William M. Baker and Melissa Boren
  • Lucy Pearl Baker b Texas
  • Earl Baker b Texas





George Patrick "Pat" Baker
b.  April 12, 1878 Denison, Grayson Co., Texas
d. April 25, 1978 Grayson Co., Texas
buried:  Georgetown Cemetery

1st marriage: Kitty Jenkins d. 1853
2nd marriage: Frances Bock

No Children










L: Lawrence Brogdon, s/o Henry L. Brogdon & Minnie Burgess Brogdon

R: Troy Baker, s/o John C. Baker and gs/o William M. Baker & Ann Banks


Troy Baker's cousin, Pearl, married Lawrence Brogdon's half-brother, Emmet Brogdon.





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