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Thomas Lewis Napoleon Pilcher  Thomas
Lewis Napoleon, son of David Robertson Pilcher and Caroline Boatman
Harris, was born September 23, 1856 in Louisville, Winston County,
Mississippi. By 1860, Lewis is living in Wise County, Texas
with
his mother, Caroline Boatman Harris Pilcher, two half sisters,
Elizabeth and Lucinda Harris, and sister, Victoria Pilcher.
  Lewis
Pilcher and Nancy Henry Ingram married January 9, 1879. They
would live the remainder of their lives in the Collinsville area and
raise nine out of eleven children to adulthood. The family
resided in the Welch "Hog Town" Community which lies between
Collinsville and Tioga.
 Lou
was a successful farmer. Nannie was a housewife, growing and preserving
the family's food. A granddaughter and a great-granddaughter
grew
up together, being the same age. They would go to visit Lou
and
Nannie. Nannie would only allow two jars of perserves to sit
open
on the kitchen table and none could be opened until both were emptied.
She did serve tea at meals but each glass only got one piece
of
ice. The girls said that when the day's work was done, both
Lou
and Nannie would each sit in their chairs, sitting on oppossite sides
of the fireplace. Nannie would take down her hair and,
leaning
over, would comb her long hair and then tie it up again only to be
repeated the next evening.
 Family home of Louis Thomas
& Nannie Henry Pilcher, located between Collinsville and Tioga,
Grayson
Co., Texas,
about 1910. Lou & Nannie are pictured with the 9 of their children who grew to adulthood.  Pilcher Family ca 1940 1st Row (L-R): Thomas Lewis Napoleon "Lou" Pilcher; Nancy Henry"Nannie" Pilcher 2nd Row (L-R): Nora Lillian, Grace Caroline, Doll E., Hazel 3rd Row (L-R): Albert Earl "Jip", William Lee, James "Jim", Frank Owen, General Robertson "Bud" not shown: Lewis H. Pilcher 1888 - 1889 Eddie Pilcher 1901 - 1904  Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |