 BROGDON & BAKER Families
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, 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:
 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:
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:
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:
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