The following are taken from Rains County History, published by the Rains County Historical Commission, c1980. Information is transcribed exactly as the contributor gave it. If you have documented proof for differing dates, surname spellings, etc., you may contact me and I will make a notation of the fact and your source. Oftentimes the misspelling of a name can lead genealogy researchers on a "rabbit race" for years. There is usually much more information contained on each family than is given here in the sketches; if you want additional information, you may see a copy of Rains County History at the Rains County Public Library.
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ABERCROMBIE, Charlie (Jan. 1, 1987 issue)
born : Dec. 16, 1888, Rains Co., TX
parents : Jimmy & Mattie Abercrombie
married : Ollie Deaton; April 12, 1912
children : J.C., Shelby Ray
ADAMS, Benjamin Isaac
born : 07 May 1849
parents: Jim Adams
died : 29 January 1905, Emory
married : Mattie C. Deaton; 06 Sept. 1871
children: William Quincy, Charles Columbus, Julia & James N.
ADAMS, Jesse (1987 article by Donna Vittitow)
children : Stanley, Misha, Norra, Hobson, Jessie B., Effie
etc. bought 68 ac. in 1884 from C.C. Oates & his sisters of Mississippi
ADAMS, Modena (interview, Rains Co. Leader, March 23, 1989)
born : 09 Oct 1978
parents : Mabry Wafer & Mary Elizabeth Bryant
married : Charles Adams (s/o Benjamin Adams & --- Deaton)
children : Leo
ALEXANDER, Ethel (interview 26 Nov 1987, Rains Co. Leader)
born : 04 Sept 1895, Dougherty community, Rains Co., TX
parents : Ed and Lena Toles
married : Basl Alexander (d 1933), June 10, 1916
children : Marie, Rueben (died 1928, typhoid fever) Ethel Mae, Pauline, Vernell, G.B., Lee
ALEXANDER, Frank S. (interview 1987, Rains County LEADER)
born : 28 April 1901, Rains Co., TX
parents : George W. Alexander & Luana Cook
married : Ardis Goff (d/o W.L. Goff & Exa Fitzgerald); 21 February 1926
children : Frank Goff Alexander
ALEXANDER, George (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : 01 March 1877; Rains Co., TX
parents : M. Alexander & Nancy Jennings
married : Laona Cooke; 06 August 1898
children : Mae Chastain, Georgia Mason, Thelma Giles
ALEXANDER, Marshal (photo caption,"Looking Back", courtesy Minnie C. Cowan, Denton, 1987)
married : Betty Gill Spicer
children : George, Edd
ALLEN, Charles Featherstone (info. contributed by Helen Rabe Skaggs )
born : 19 Jan 1873, Texas
parents : John L. Allen & Josephine E. Featherston
died : 24 April 1967, Palestine, Texas
married : Cora Bell Haley, 27 May 1888, Rains Co., Texas
children : Robert Haley, Ed B., Josie Emma, Lura Gerturde, Opal Gladys Cherry,
ALLEN, David Edward
born : 27 February 1865, Winnsboro, Wood Co., TX
died : 30 December 1910
married : Willie Cavitt; 28 April 1889
children : Mary Frances, John Martin, Lazett, Leonard, Charlie Deen, Exa Mae, Lillian
etc. : came to Rains Co. about 1906
ALLEN, Dorothy Nell (McCOLLUM)
born : 22 April 1923
parents : Edgar R McCollum & Lillie Mae Robbins
married : Charles Marion Allen
children : Richard Earl, Algia Grant, Karen Nell, Charles David
ALLEN, Edmund Lilly, Jr. (info. provided by Barbara Allen, June 1998)
born 23 June 1860, Moscos, Tennessee
parents : Edmund Lilly Allen & Rebecca Magdalene Smith
married : Sudie Tackett, sister to T.N. Tackett
died : 14 Sept 1933, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas
etc. : part owner of Tackett & Allen store with his brother-in-law, Emory, Texas
children : inf. son, Edmund III (1889-1912), Jeptha T., Imogen
ALLEN, Gustavus Watts "Gus" (info. provided by Barbara Allen, June 1998)
born : 22 July 1880, Moscow, TN
parents : Gustavus Watts Allen, Sr. & Mary Virginia " Jennie" Dowdy
married : Annie Leona Cox d/o Dames William Cox & Eliza Vincent; 17 June 1914, Emory, Rains Co., Texas
died : 27 Aug 1969, San Angelo, Texas; buried Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Texas
children : Virginia, Gus Watts III
etc. : Gus was a grocer in Emory prior to & during World War II; Annie was a teacher in Rains Co. from the age of 16 until she married. Gus & Annie moved to San Angelo, 1914 because she had contracted TB; returned to Emory & moved back to west Texas 1923. Gus left west Texas after his wife's untimely death and went to the "northwest" Gus was a nephew to E.L. Allen, owner of Tackett & Allen in Emory, Texas
ALLEN, James Scott Hathway
born : at sea 29 May 1878
parents : Capt. George Delano Allen & Lana Delano
died : 1944, Emory
married : Elenor Marcia ("Nellie Gray") Gray; 13 October 1902
children : Lana, Bertha Gray ("Beth"), George Scott, Charles Delano, James Holmes, Maycel
etc. : physician
ALLEN, Leonard
born : 04 March 1900, Wood County, TX
parents : David Edward Allen & Willie Cavitt
died : 21 February 1971
married : Iva Mae Lunsford; 22 June 1918
children : Alvin Kenneth, L.C., May Lou, twins Dorothy Lee & Willie B.
etc. : came to Rains Co., TX with his family at the age of 6
ALLRED, J.B. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 19 April 1870; Rains Co., TX
ANDERSON, Ida May
born : 07 June 1866, Litle York, Washington Co., Indiana
parents : Uriah "Tip" Anderson & Jane E. "Jennie" Reisinger
died : 02 October 1922
married : John Wesley Harbison, 27 July 1884
children : 8 children including Heber & Ross
etc. : John Wesley Harbison's 1st wife was Jennie Anderson, Ida's cousin
ANDERSON, Cicero
born : 17 January 1875, Rains Co., TX
parents : C.R. Anderson & Loutisue Ellen McLeroy
died : 13 January 1911, Grady Co., OK
married : Telitha Lee Richards Arlington, a widow; 26 February 1899
children : twins Althea Omegie & Alfred Cicero, Bernice Lee, Clowie Belle, Christopher Emanuel
etc. : moved his family to Grady Co., OK, settling near Laverty after Telitha's death in 1908
ANDERSON, C.R.
born : 29 May 1846, Monroe Co., AL
parents : Joel Anderson & Jane Middleton
died : 04 April 1915; they are buried in Henry's Chapel Cemetery
married : Loutisue Ellen McLeroy, 1871
children : (all were born and married in Rains Co., TX) : Alonzo, Cicero, Diora, Viola, Monroe, Joel, Izora, infant daughter
etc. : C.R. Anderson was also known as "Manning", "Christopher Emanuel", "Emanuel Christopher Columbus"; he was a farmer & casket maker. Ellen McLeroy Anderson was a midwife
ANDERSON, Paul (Aug. 12, 1997 issue)
married : Parilee Crawford; May 15, 1927, Howe, TX
children : Mary, Polly, Walter Paul
ARMSTRONG, George C.
married : Mary
children: Mary, Robert, Rebecca A., Archibald C., John, Nancy
etc.: buried at New Salem Cemetery, Marshall County, MS
ARMSTRONG, Ollie (interview, Rains Co. LEADER; 14 Sept 1989)
born : abt 1904, Rains Co., TX
parents : Russell & Mattie Armstrong
grandparents : William Alec Hutchins
married : Jewel Cummings, widow with 11 yr-old son Vernon; 1932
ARMSTRONG, Russell ("Looking Back..." article, 16 June 1988)
married : Mattie Ann Hutchins; Boyd Community, Rains Co., TX; 11 Dec 1898
died : 07 July 1956; buried Turner Cemtery, Rains Co., TX
children : Mary Vallie, Ollie, Elton, Archie Alex, Henry Claburn, Vita Mozelle, Elizabeth Marie, Frances Sue
ARRINGTON, James Monroe "Jim"(Lee Rice, son-in-law of Jim Arrington; Rains County Leader04/27/1989 article)
parents : Monroe Jackson "Jack" Harrington
married : Lou Cynthia Farley
children : Monroe, Noel, Sidney, Raymond, Chester, Gertie, Erdie, Maude, Pallie Mae, Cynthia, Adren, Jim
married : Virgie Hamilton after 1913
etc. : moved to Rains Co., TX in 1899 from Altoga, TX; owned the largest canning factory in Rains Co., TX as well as a syrup mill; buried in the Emory Cemetery
Jim's father was trained as a spy for the Northern Army during the Civil War; later he joined the Southern Army as a spy for the the Northern Army. After the war, the Southern Army discovered his purpose & sought to kill him. Jack Harrington came to TX & settled in the Blue Ridge & Altoga areas to get away from those that pursued him. He married & had a son John Harrington, who had a son Emmett. After his 1st wife's death, Jack Harrington married the widow Kaiser who died in childbirth with Jim. Jack Harrington gave the baby to a Mrs. Williams in the Altoga community to raise and Jim was raised as Jim Williams. When Jim was 10 years old, Jack Harrington was still a hunted man; two ment came to Blue Ridge & ambushed him at
a branch crossing, 1 mile west of Blue Ridge. He was buried at Frog Knot Cemetery, Blue Ridge; the branch where Harrington died was named Harrington Branch, which runs into Lake Lavon. When Jim Williams decided to marry, he wanted to use his real name; since he didn't know how to spell his name, "Arrington" was written on the marriage license, so he & all his children were known as Arringtons.
ARRINGTON, Julia Bell (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : abt 1872
parents : ____ Montgomery; grandfather was Emory Rains
married : Fannin Arrington
children : Katherine Mann, Fannin Arrington
ASBILL, Bobby
married : Bonnie Carter
children : Shelia and Sherlee
BAILEY, Kizzie Elizabeth (Harris)
born : 24 December 1859, Hallsville, MS
died : 10 September 1948; she is buried in the Dougherty Cemetery
married : Henry Bailey & T.J. Norris
children : Mary Eliza, William Seaber ("Seab"), Ida Lee, Albert, Annie
etc. : She moved to Rains Co., TX in 1903 with her children, living in the Dougherty community
BARRETT, Ebb B.
born : 29 Sept. 1870, Leon County, TX
parents : James Bolivar Barrett & Annie Underwood
died : 30 January 1970; buried in Turner Cemetery, Rains Co., TX
married : Sennie Sanford, 28 February 1897, Rains Co., TX
children : William O. ("Bill")
BARRETT, W.O. ("Bill")
born : 23 February 1906, Henderson Co., TX near Athens
parents : E.B. Barrett & Sennie Sanford
married : Lillian M. Hare, 19 August 1936
children : Mary Louise, William Dale, Frances Joy
BARIENTOS, Josepha Rios Ramirez Diaz
married : Avundio Barientos
children : Carmel
BARKER, Alice Irene ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 30 Sept 1902
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Douglas Jennings Fletcher
BARKER, Annie May ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
born : 01 April 1898
died : 21 Dec 1898
BARKER, Clarence Clayde ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 17 April 1891
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Tina Harbison
died : 30 Aug 1964
BARKER, George Henry ("Looking Back..." photo, 21 July 1988)
born : 04 Jan 1893
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Bess Allen, Verda Hardaway, Jewel Hardaway, Artie Barker
died : 28 July 1970
BARKER, James
born : 16 January 1827, Boone Co., VA
married : Sarah Ann Moore, 25 October 1854 (2nd wife)
children : James F., John William ("Bink"), Elizabeth ("Bettie"), Thornton, Joseph Breckenridge, Steve, Edward Scott, Jimmy, Henry C., Frank, Annie May
etc. : James moved with his family to AR and then to La Grange, Fayette Co., TX; James was a circuit-riding preacher, carpenter & wagon maker
died : 26 December 1895; buried in Emory City Cemetery, Rains Co., TX
BARKER, James Roy ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 18 Jan 1896
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Margaret Elizabeth Hipp; Irene Adams
etc. : twin to Ross, who died the same day of birth
BARKER, Joseph Breckenridge ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 01 Oct 1866
parents : James Barker & Sarah Ann Moore
married : Margaret Emma Morehead; 22 Jan 1899 (She was born 01 Feb 1870, Holly Springs, Marshall Co., MS; d/o David Crockett & Sarah Catherine Murray Morehead)
children : Joseph K.; twins James Roy & Ross, George Henry, Clarence Clyde, Steve Romulous, Alice Irene, Nora Luvenia, Annie May, twins Earl & Pearl, Raymond Hugh, Lola Faye
died : 20 March 1947; buried Edgewood Cemetery, Crystal City
etc. : He came to Rains Co., TX with his parents from Fayetteville, AR, 1879.
Joseph & Emma lived in the Rocky Point community of Rains Co., TX. Both Joseph & Emma were children of ministers. The 7 children who died in infancy are buried in Rocky Point Cemetery, Rains Co.
BARKER, Joseph K. ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 12 June 1915
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Dorris Holmes; Martha Stallings; Kathryn Barker
died : 19 June 1976
BARKER, Lola Faye ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 13 April 1911
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
died : 08 Nov 1914
BARKER, Nora Luvenia ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 07 Oct 1894
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : John Crawford Hipp
died : 25 June 1977
BARKER, Pearl
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
died : 23 Sept 1902
etc. : twin to Earl
BARKER, Raymond Hugh ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 07 Aug 1908
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Julia Lambert
died : 21 March 1978
BARKER, Steve Romulous ("Looking Back..." article, 21 July 1988)
born : 07 Oct 1889
parents : Joseph Breckenridge Barker & Margaret Emma Morehead
married : Ada Northcutt
died : 08 Aug 1974
BAY, Mary Elaine Nall
born : 16 Nov. 1948; Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
parents : William Clem Nall & Jessie Darlene Pilcher
married : Vertis Ray Bay, Jr.; 19 April 1973, Henderson, TX; divorced 1990
children : Carrie Annette, Nathan Alan, Jesse Aaron
etc. : Elaine's only sibling is twin sister, Patricia Ann Nall Silbaugh; moved to Rains Co., TX 1975
BECKNELL, George T.
died : 24 April 1980, Emory; buried in Emory City Cemetery
married : Kathleen Hill Gunter
BELCHER, John Louis
born : 1844, AL
parents : Nancy Taylor Belcher
died : 1918, Caddo Co., OK; buried in Cement, OK Cemetery
married : Annie Liza Faulks
children : Anna Judson
etc. : moved to Rains Co., TX in 1893
BELL, Tom
married : Alice Pollard
children : Thomas Floyd, Ivan, Willy, Almer, Clara
BELL, Truman (Aug. 26, 1997 issue)
born : October 07, 1913; Hunt Co., TX
married : Bertha Henderson; 1943
etc. : moved to Rains County in 1962
BELLAH, Emily (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains County Leader)
born : 28 September 1866; Marion, Williamson Co., Ill
parents : William & Emily Calvert
married : Samuel Bella (s/o Allen & Martha Bellah); 11 September 1887
children : Kathryn Henson, Marie Thompson, Elizabeth Bruce, J.G. Bellah, R.B. Bellah
etc. : She came to TX with her sister in the fall of 1880
BLANTON, J. Fred
married : Della M. Holman, 1916
children : Bedford, Freda, Nils, John, Wanda
etc. : lived in the Dougherty community
BOBO, Francis Spencer
born : mid 1600's, Flournoy, France
married : Mary Judith Mason
children : 5 children including Francis Spencer, Jr.
BOWERS, Sam S. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 1872; Green Co., East TN
etc. : He came to TX abt 1894
BOWMAN, Alvin Dinish
born : 18 April 1908, Athens, TX
married : Zennevee Huffacher, 07 June 1930
children : 5 children including Barbarbra, Ulhmer Jean Reaves, Beverly Bowman
BOYD, James
parents : Richard and Ethal Boyd
married : Ruth Washington
BRAZIEL, John
married : Lou
children : Leo, John Elby
etc. : John & Lou gave the land for the first church in the Dougherty community
BRAZIEL, Lon
married : Claudia
children : Pinckeny Rosser ("Skeet"), twins Velma & Elmer, Sam
BRAZIEL, Tom
married : Ida
children : Marguerite, Evelyn, John Truett
BRIDGES, Samson "Pete" ("In Honor of Black History Month", 25 Feb 1988 Rains Co. Leader)
born : Springfield, MO
married : Martha Gee (died 1881)
children : Lena, Tennie, Alice, Lucy
married : Mrs. Hattie Turner of Richland community, Rains Co., TX after 1881
died : 1937
etc. : Samson took the name "Bridges" from his slave master. He came to Rains Co. with the Woosley family after his parents died or moved away
BRIGGS, John
born : 05 October 1921, Maud, TX
parents : George Green Briggs & Carrie Hall
married : Doris Wren, 04 July 1961
children : John adopted Doris' daughter Deby, adopted a son Mike
BROWN, I.L. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : abt 1880; Cartwright, Wood Co., TX
etc. : He moved to Rains Co., TX with his parents when he was about 6 years old
BRUCE, Albert Lacy
born : 02 October 1875, Louisiana
married : Emma Olivia White, 29 November 1897, Rains Co., TX
died : 26 February 1862, Hunt Co., TX
children : Frances, Bill Jane, Cecil, Grace Truman, twins Ray & Faye, Dollie
etc. : They lived in the Dougherty community from the early 1900's until the 1940's
BRYAN, Robert Owen
born : 04 November 1905
parents : John Peter & Buela Bryan
married : Lucille Savage, July 1930
children : Bobby Gene, Morris Wayne
etc. : Robert O. Bryan was employed in the printing business for 50 years
BRYANT, Henry
born : 1900, Tennessee
parents : William Henry Bryant & Zula Roberts
married : Helen Easter Ely (d/o Tommy Ely & Annie Coats; born Easter Sunday
12 Apr 1903)
children : Ulis Earl, Hermon Dwyght, Katherine Virginia, Juanita Joy, Evelyn Udeen,
Shirlie Yvonne, Patricia Ann, Helen Easter
etc. : Henry moved to Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX when he was 2 month old;
he moved to Rains Co., TX, 31 January 1923; Henry was a carpenter
BUIE, Margaret Charlene
parents : James Franklin & Hester Ann Buie
married : Marion Emil Edgar, 15 December 1946
children : Gary Don, Dana Craig, Lisa Ann, Janet Denise
BULLARD, Benjamin C. "Jigger Ben" (info. provided by Carlene Gowins Pagliara )
born : 6 March 1863; TX
married : Caldon "Callie" Kennemer (b 6 June 1869, AL); 29 March 1887
children : William Edward "Will"; Emma Magnolia "Maggie"
died : 6 Aug 1916; Rains Co., TX
BURLESON, Joe ("Looking Back..." photo; 21 Dec 1989)
children : John Dee, Gus, Henri, Dewey Ward, Rubye, Nellie
BURNETT, John Prinest (interview, 29 Oct 1987 Rains Co. LEADER)
born : 14 Nov 1910; Lone Oak, Hunt Co., TX
parents : William Henry & Cora Etta Burnett
married : Ethel Rosalee Worsham (d/o Jess & Gurdie Lee Worsham); 28 July 1934, Pilot Point, TX
children : J. Dell, Joe Prinest, Jarrod Wayne
BURNSIDE, L.O. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 20 July 1884;Garden Valley, Smith Co., TX
etc. : His parents moved to Point, Rains Co., TX abt 1889
BUSBY, Arthur Lee
born : 05 May 1923, near Clarksville, TX
parents : Charles Frank Busby & Bertha Johnston
married : Betty Strickland
children : Samuel Ellis Grimes II, Steven Earl Grimes, Michael David Grimes, Arthur Lee Busby, Jr., Barbara Lee, Mary Ruth, Karla Dyann
CAIN, Ada
parents : William J. ("Dick") Kerr & Alice Isobell McCloskey
married : James O. Cain, 1927
children : James Douglas III, Ernest O. Clyde, Donavan A., Mary Alice, Everett L. Wilson, Delbert Lee Wilson
CAIN, Robert
born : 11 September 1856, Grand Chain, IL
parents : William Cain & Martha Crocker
married : Hester Ann Hall, 21 November 1878
children : William, Dallas, Stanley, Marshall, Minor, Liza, Ben, Lucy
etc. : moved to Rains Co., TX in 1892; buried in Lone Star Cemetery, Point, TX
CAIN, Sam ("Looking Back..." article, 10 March 1988 Rains Co. LEADER)
born : 22 July 1875
born : Hooker Ridge, Hunt Co., TX
parents : T.M. Cain
married : Marie Martin (d/o Judge & Mrs. H.W. Martin); 07 Oct 1900
etc. : served in Spanish-American War. Served as a city mail carrier in Beaumont, TX and worked for Emory Post Office 1916 - 1940
CAIN, Capt. T.M. (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co., TX)
married : Elizabeth Hooker (d/o James H. Hooker)
children : Ada Duffey, Lela Ballew, Sam
etc. : He came to Harrison Co., TX from Mississippi in 1850; he served in the
Civil War
CALLAWAY, Charlie C.
born : 1909
married : Nana Hughey
children : Virginia, Charline
CALLAWAY, Claude L.
married : Clara Dement
children : Kuma Lee, Sally, Grace
CALLAWAY, Samuel Jeremiah
born : 15 February 1864
married Lula Elizabeth Farris, 25 January 1884, Leeper, MO
died : 07 February 1941
children : Alpha Ella, Claude Lee, Margaret Lou, Kate Irene, Sallie, Charlie C., Samuel Ray, Lula Faye
etc. : The family settled in Hooker Ridge community about 1892
CARTER, B.A. (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains County Leader; 1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 1882; Corsicana, TX
married : 1906, Montague Co., TX
etc. : He moved to Rains Co. in 1910; served in the Spanish-American War
CARTER, Marvin (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : 10 October 1906
parents : A.R. Carter of Boonesville, Wise Co., TX
married : Madge Brady of Claude, TX
CHASTAIN, Elsie Fuston (interview, 12 Nov 1987 Rains Co. LEADER)
born : 22 Oct 1902; Rains Co., TX
parents : James Monroe Fuston & Martha Jane Haynes
married : John Chastain; 22 Oct 1922
children : Valley Faye, Orhen James, Buster, Dorothy, George
CHEEK, Clyde J. (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : 1902; Campbell, TX
parents : J.S. Cheek
married : Ora Wright (d/o J. Wright); 1919
children : 4
etc. : He moved with his family to Ketchum, OK and then to Rains Co., TX in 1919
CHELSEY, Bill J.
born : 1837, Pittsburgh, PA
parents : John I. Chesley & Ruth Burney
married : Virginia Ann Janewar, 11 April 1947
children : Linda, Carol, Susan
CHILDERS, Adrain "Ade" ( interview - 1987 issue)
born : Sept. 18, 1898, Rains Co., TX
parents : James A, & Mary Emily Childers
married : Fleda Williams Rackley (d/o Paschal & Fannie Williams); March 4, 1928
children : Orvil
etc. : His parents came from Mississippi to TX in 1860; he had a twin brother, Hedrain
CHRISTIAN, Eric Weldon, Jr.
born : 30 October 1937, Bosier Parrish, LA
parents : Eric Weldon Christian & Emma Deaver
married : Loretta Sue Potts, 1955
children : Johnny Weldon, Jeffrey Glenn, Frances Lynn
etc. : He and his mother moved to Emory, TX in 1942
CLARK, Albert A.
born : 29 September 1911, Murphy, Collin Co., TX
parents : James William & Sara Elizabeth Clark
married : Lucille Mathews, 29 September 1930
children : Wanda, Ann, Albert, Jr.
CLENDENIN, W.H. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : Alamance Co., NC
etc. : came to Rains Co., TX, 1874
CLEWIS, Jeff
married : Fannie Hare Evans
died : as a young man
children : Rosy Evans, Lizzie, Lewis, Sally, twins Barzella ("Barzy") & LouElla, Lela
CLEWIS, Richard Lewis, Sr.
married : Elizabeth Jones
children : Mary, Jeff, Willie, Richard Lewis, Jr. ("Dick")
CLINE, George
born : 1740, Germany
married : Susannah Buck, 1770
children : Joseph
etc. : He came to the U.S. in 1770 & also served in Revolutionary War
COATS, Jack E. ("Looking Back..." photo, 28 July 1988)
born : 27 Feb 1904
died : 07 March 1970
COATS, Jane Kerr ("Looking Back..." photo, 11 Aug 1988)
born : 17 Jan 1858
married : Jim Coats
died : 17 Aug 1952
etc. : Owned & operated Coats Hotel, just west of Emory Square
COATS, Lou ("Looking Back..." photo, 28 July 1988)
born : 27 Feb 1883
died : 28 Dec 1947
COCKRELL, Howard
married : Gussie in Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX in 1889
children: Travis, Howard
CONNER, K.H. (interview - June 11, 1987 issue)
born : Feb. 29, 1916; Dallas Co., TX
parents : George Harold Conner & Ida Mae Fields
married : Minnie Florence Fisher (d/o Martin Clifford Fisher & Leah Bruton); Oct. 20, 1935
children : Avon, Joan
etc. : They moved to Rains County, TX in the 1940's.
COOKE, Ed V. (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : abt 1883
parents : William Cooke & Kate Hallonquist
married : Clemmie Rivers; 1903
children : Harrell
married : Bessie Duffey; 1909
children : Douglas, Glenn
COX, James William (info. provided by Barbara Allen; BAllen8095@aol.com)
born : 1854, Grapevine, Texas
married : Eliza Vincent d/o Rosa Rodes
died : 1952
children : Annie, John (died bo botulism at 29 years); Bird, Mamie, Irene "Doodie", Rose "Poolie"
etc. : James W. was supposedly raised by a Methodist minister or church elder named Hudgins or Hutchins in Grapevine. Family story says that he ran away with
a young girl against her parents' wishes out "west"; around Brownwood, Texas, she was run over during a buggy accident and is buried out "west" J.W. taught himself law and took the state bar exam, passing it.
COZART, Frank ("Looking Back..." article, 01 Dec 1988)
born : 14 Dec 1855; Hopkins Co., TX
married : 1883, Sarah Greer (d/o J.W. Greer)
etc. : came to Point area about 1865
DAVIDSON, James Guy
born : 22 January 1882
married : Maud Martin, 1902 in Emory, Rains Co., TX
children : Vera, Howard
etc. : Guy & Maud separated before Howard's birth
DAVIDSON, William Lee
born: 9 November 1842, Iredell County, N.C.
parents: William Lee Davidson & Camelia LByers
married: Laura A. Falls, 10 August 1864, NC
children: Ann, Edwin, Loretta, Buelah, Maggie, Eugene, Bobbie
died: 8 November 1902, Rains County, Tx.
buried : Lone Star Cemetery, Point, Tx.
DAVIS, Irene Martin
born : 16 December 1896; Hopkins Co., TX
parents : Clayton M. Martin
married : Sam Davis
children : Billy Joe
died : 1997
DAVIS, Kate (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : 01 January 1862, Arkansas
parents : Dr. Mooring
married : E.B. Davis; 1883
DEEN, Wiley Philip
born : 19 January 1865 in MS
married : Lou Ellen Martin, 03 October 1888, Rains Co., TX
children : James, Charlie Barto, Fannie Mae, Essie Pearl, Andrew Edward, Elmer Clarence, Clara Estelle, Gracie Marie
etc. : Lou & Philip lived in Rains Co. 'til 1917; both died at Post, TX & are buried in the cemetery at Snyder, TX
DEMENT, Ira Bradford
born : 03 January 1811 in Sumner Co., TN
married : Sarah Shores, 22 June 1834, Limestone Co., AL
children : Rebecca, William, John, Charles, George, James, Sarah
married : Mary Ann Speegle, 29 August 1859
children : Thomas
died : 03 December 1879, Point, Rains Co., TX
etc. : Ira B. was in the Republic of Texas as a gunner & blacksmith staying until March 6, 1836
DICK ("Looking Back..." article; 28 Sept 1989)
Laura Dick Forbis Gowins - buried at Dunbar
Susan Dick Freeman - buried in Simpkins Cemetery, Alba, Rains Co., TX
Jenny Dick Ferrell - killed at Cape Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush abt 1901
Oscar Dick
half brother Jenks Thompson - lived & buried in AR
DISMAN, John
married : Daisy
children : Harry, Nig, Kate, Ora, Cassuis, Charlie, George, Pete, Mose
DITTMAN, Ned
born : Rains Co., TX
parents : Earnest & Fannie Dittman
married : Sally Ray, 1934
children : Thomasene, Earnestine, James, Fannie, Joyce, Jackie
DONALDSON, Jerman Woodard
married : Elizabeth Webster Gibson
children : Tom Woodard, Mahala Jane, William Hall ("Doc"), Rufus Finley ("Ru"), Emily ("Emmy"), Merideth Pinkney ("Kern"), Bellezora, Martha Elizabeth,
Charles Sims ("Willie")
DONALDSON, Lovell
born : 18 September 1914, Rains Co., TX
parents : Charlie Simms ("Willie") Donaldson & Jennie Margaret Hughes
married : Dorothy Mae Jones, 15 February 1948, Rains Co., TX
children : Jimmie Lovell, Joe Wayne, Jerry Ray, Dorothy Louise
DORN, James
born : 30 August 1868, Grant Co., Arkansas
married : Hattie Ann Stroup, January 20, 1895 in Collin Co., TX
children : Cora, Warren, Carrie, Della, Stella, Ima, Aubrey
etc. : The family moved to Rains Co., TX in 1909
DOUGHERTY, Henry H.
born : 25 January 1876
parents : R.N. & Emley Dougherty
married : Ida Lee Bailey, March 1914
died : 04 December 1951; buried in the Doughtery Community Cemetery
children : Frances J., Emley Odessa, Amanda Marie
DOUGHERTY, James W.
married : Isabella
children : R.N., Adline Elizabeth, James P., Julie Clay, Mary Jane, Arminta, Nancy, Rachel, Alemedia Frances, John
etc. : They came from KY to TX in the 1840's; buried in the Dougherty Cemetery
DOUGHERTY, Robert Newberry
parents : James W. & Isabella Dougherty
married : Emley Burns
children : Amanda ("Mandy"), J.A. ("Jim"), W.R. ("Bob"), Sarah A. ("Aunt Coon"), Molly, Nancy Bell, Johnnie, H.H.
married : Margrette Goosby, 1883
children : Hugh, Smithey, Rosa Lee
died : 16 June 1909; buried in Doughtery Community Cemetery
DOWD, Vallie (interview, Rains Co. LEADER, 06 July 1989)
born : 1899, Colony Community, Rains Co., TX
parents : Russell & Mattie Armstrong
married : Kenneth Dowd
DUFFEY, Ada (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : abt 1854; Rains Co., TX
married : Dr. W.A. Duffey
children : 8 including Nancy, Mrs. Ed V. Cooke, Mrs. Alda McElroy,
Mrs. Grover Stuart
DUFFEY, Cecil ("Looking Back..." photos, 09 March 1989)
married : Lula Green (d/o W.L. Green)
children : Phillip, Eugene "Bub"
DUNNAVENT, William ("Looking Back..." photo, 10 Dec 1987 - date of original abt 1908, Rains Co.)
married : Ada Newsome
children : Laura Bell, Dollie, Rosie, Myrtle, Eula, William
DUNN, Ike (June 3, 1997 issue)
married : Alice Irwin, Dec. 6, 1914, Rains Co., TX
children : James Monroe, Orman Lynn, Howard Bland, Anna Louise
DYER, Thaddeus
born : 19 February 1873, Rains Co., TX
parents : James & Eliza Dyer
married : Lillian Hopkins, 23 December 1894
children : Wallace, Milton, James, True, Reuben, Wilman
etc. : Thad & Lillian were both teachers.
EDGAR, Amanda Epsie Sophea Parker ("Looking Back..." photo, 15 Sept 1988)
born : 1850
died : 1922
EDGAR, Ambrose ("Looking Back..." photo, 15 Sept 1988)
married : Lorena
children : Essie, Bessie, Ruby, Johnny
EDGAR, John J. ( "Looking Back..." photo, July 29, 1997 issue)
married : Nora Hill; 1888, Rains Co., TX
children : Ellen
married : Sarah Jane Smith (d/o Louise Smith) ; March 8, 1903
children : Virgie, Clarence
EDGAR, Martha Sinclair
married : Thomas Edgar
etc. She arrived with her brother & 7 children in Rains Co., TX from Titus Co. in 1864
ELLIOTT, Simon Peter
married : Mary Elisa Castleberry, 19 November 1867 at Lone Oak, Hunt Co., TX
died : 03 May 1897
children : Sue Eula, twins Ella & Emma, Eva Blanche, Bettye, Velma, Robbie Lee, Bernard Scott
etc. : operated a blacksmith shop until his death
ELY, John Thomas ("Tommy")
born : 19 August 1882, Rains Co., TX
parents : Jefferson Isaac Ely & Mattie Cornelious Lennon
married : Annie Bell Coats, 1902
children : Helen Easter, Opa, Jefferson Isaac, Oscar, Inez, Tommy Jewell, Ollie Lee, Helen, Charles Henry, Willie Joseph
ENGLISH, E.E. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 1882
etc. : He moved to Rains Co., TX abt 1899
ENGLISH, Joseph Wesley ("Looking Back..." photos, 19 Nov 1987)
born : 18 Dec 1869
parents : Minnie Hargorve English
children : Jim, Marcus (22 Mar 1908-28 Jan 1986)
died : 17 Oct 1967
ENGLISH, William Newton ("Looking Back..." photos, 19 Nov 1987)
born : 20 Sept 1987
married : Johnnie Davis
died : 05 March 1972)
ESKUE, Stephens Miles (info. contributed by Helen Rabe Skaggs)
born : 5 June 1892, Cass Co., Texas
parents : Robert V. Eskue & Sarah Lottie "Sallie" Williams
died : 25 Nov 1965, Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Texas
married : Lillian Gather Gresham; 11 Oct 1912, Van Zandt Co., Texas
children : Ruth Inez, Hershell Grafton, Sarah Bell, Annie Margoritte, Billy Everett
FAIN, Dr. J.N. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 1868; Ozark, Arkansas
etc. : He moved to Wagoner, I.T. - 1868; to Vernon, TX - 1907; to Southern California - 1912; to Rains Co., TX - 1913
FATHEREE, Jewel ("Looking Back..." photo, 27 Oct 1988)
parents : Annie Payne
children : Roscoe, Chester
FELTON, John Merrida
born : 27 September 1884, Fannin Co., TX
parents : John S. Felton & Merrinda Sinclair
married : Annie B. Dockery, March 1907
died : 18 July 1976; buried in Emory City Cemetery
children : Byrnece, Jack, Willie Bob ("Rastus"), Annie Laura, Charles Rex,
James M. ("Jim"), Buddy Kent, Jeanette, Ethylene, Imogene
etc. : He came with his wife & young family from Lone Oak to Emory in 1917
He opened a mercantile store on the Emory square in 1918 & continued through 1955
FERGUSON, J.O. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : McKinney, Collin Co., TX
married : Mary Castleberry; 1896, Kaufman Co., TX
etc. : He came to Point, Rains Co., TX about 1907
FISCHER, Anton (info. courtesy of Norma Schultz)
born : May 15, 1896; Goliad Co., TX
parents : Selestine Fischer & Agatha Geneva Horney
married : Jessie Brimer; Oct. 10, 1915, Rains Co., TX
died : April 11, 1984, Rains Co., TX; buried in Dunbar Cemetery, Rains Co., TX
children : Richard, Albert, Travis, Farris, Gladys, Kathryn, Henry Lee
FISCHER, Eustache (info. courtesy of Norma Schultz)
born : November 1844; Alsace-Lorraine
married : Christina Wegrich; 1871, Alsace-Lorraine
children : Isabelle, Joseph, Selestine, Emily, Caroline
etc. : Eustache returned to Germany after the death of his wife in Rains Co., TX in 1906 and was never heard from again
FISCHER, Selestine (info. courtesy of Norma Schultz)
married : Agatha Geneva Horney; 1891, Goliad Co., TX
children : Bernard, Alois, Selestine Otto, Edwin, Anton, Charley, Katherina, Edwin, Apolinarius, Mariana, Matilda, Roy
died : 1910; buried in Dunbar Cemetery, Rains Co., TX
FITZGERALD, Ambrose (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : 12 March 1827; TN
married : 3 times
died : 1893; Rains Co., TX; buried in Emory City Cemetery
etc. : He came to Van Zandt Co., TX in 1846 with his parents; he was a Baptist minister from 1856 on
FLETCHER, Andrew Jackson
born : Eron, Montgomery Co., Tennessee
married : Elizabeth Sotton
children : Joseph Lee
FLETCHER, Douglas Jennings
born : 18 June 1902 ; Bonanza community, Hopkins Co., TX
parents : Joseph Lee Fletcher & Jena Lola Powers
married : Alice Irene Barker; 23 March 1920 in Emory, Rains Co., TX
died : 07 May 1970; Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
children : Emma Jena, Douglas Jennings, Jr., Edith Louise
FLETCHER, Edd Allen
born : 06 December 1910, Rains Co., TX
parents : Joseph Lee Fletcher, Sr. & Alice Virginia Lovell
married : Vera G. Powell, 02 July 1932 in Hugo, OK
children : Peggy Geneva, Patricia Ann
FLETCHER, Chesley D.
born : 23 January 1897
parents : Martin Rufus Fletcher & Maggie Mae Trotter
married : Bessie Coats, 05 August 1917
children : Stella, Louise, Jake D.
FLETCHER, Joseph Lee
born : 07 February 1874, Montgomery Co., TN
parents : Andrew Jackson Fletcher & Eliza Harriet Wooten
married : Jena Lola Powers, 18 Februrary 1896
children : Benjamin Mastin, Douglas Jennings, Rodney Howard, Thurman Lowery, inf. dau.
married : Alice Lovell Vaught, 09 February 1909, Rains Co., TX
children : Joseph Lee, Jr., Edd Allen, Tom Tackett, Looney Hershel
died : 12 January 1957; buried in Emory City Cemetery
FLETCHER, Lowery Thurman
born : 16 October 1906
parents : Joseph Lee Fletcher & Jena Lola Powers
married : Winnie Ozella Hart, 07 July 1928
children : Patsy Lou, Lowery Thurman, Jr.
FLOWERS, William Thomas Pete ("Looking Back..." photo; 21 Dec 1989)
married : Maylee Virginia Allman (d/o Mary Ann Thomas Allman)
FORBIS, Oatavis Spencer, Jr. ("Looking Back..." article; 28 Sept 1989)
born : 1861
brothers : Jim N. (b Aug 1856); Gabe Vincent (b Nov 1866)
sisters : Ida (b 1871); Janie (b 1859); Molly
married : Laura Dick; 28 March, 1885, Rains Co., TX
children : Leah , Milt, Gerome, Rilla
etc. : He donated land for the Forbis Cemetery abt 1900
FORD, Jesse
born : 1819, Mississippi
married : Francis, Mississippi
children : Henry C., Mary E., James
etc. : They came to TX by the early 1870's
FORTENBERRY, Lorena (interview - Sept. 2, 1997 issue)
born : Sept. 4, 1906; Campbell, TX
parents : Tom Adair & Eustus Newland
married : Jim Hurst Fortenberry; December 1925
children : Mary, Betty, Jimmy, Margarette
etc. : They moved to OK in 1927 and returned to Rains County
FOX, William Lawrence ("Looking Back..." photo, 27 July 1989)
married : Alice Lee Lowrey
children : Virgil, Wincie, Stella, Ben, Marvin, Luther, Foster, Weldon, Rowena
FRANKLIN, Clyde (interview - 1987 issue)
born : April 29, 1905; Golden, Wood Co., TX
parents : Jim Franklin & Mary Etta Halsten
married : Maude Murphy (d/o Lafayette Murphy & Maggie Nora Love);
May 8, 1927
children : Horace Weldon, Jimmy Lee, Doyal Ray, Louie Don
FREEZE, Jake
children : C.C. ("Lum")
etc. : He came to the area later to be come Rains Co., TX from AL with his father in the mid-1800's
FREIBERGER, Emma Scott
children :Marcus Lewis, Bill, Jake, George, Mike
FREIBERGER, Marcus Louis (July 22, 1997 issue)
married : Varina Shields; Oct. 5, 1913, Campbell, TX
children : Dale, Perry John, Alvin, Gwendolyn, Marcus Ross
died : Marcus was killed in a train accident at Dalhart
etc. : Varina moved to Rains Co., TX after Marcus' death
GARNER, Della (interview, 27 Aug 1987 Rains Co. LEADER)
born : 14 Aug 1901, OK
parents : James & Hattie Ann Dorn
etc. : She taught 38 years in Rains Co. at Dunbar, Rocky Point, Clark's Chapel & Pilgrim Rest
GARNER, Horace (interview, 16 July 1987 Rains Co. LEADER)
born : 08 Dec 1915; Shamrock, TX
parents : Henry Garner & Ida Dempsey
married : Lou Eleanor Stallings (d/o Homer A. Stallings & Lois Helen Rawson) ;
26 Feb 1937, Booneville, AR
etc. : Horace's father died when he was an infant; his mother moved with her 10 children to Booneville, AR where she was originally from.
children : John, Lois Jean
GARRETT, Cap ("In Honor of Black History Month", 25 Feb 1988 Rains Co. LEADER)
children : Dovie, Margie, Myrtle
etc. : He came to Rains Co. in the 1800s with the family of Dave & Tony Garrett
GARRETT, David (as told in interview 07/ 03/97)
born : Rains Co., TX
parents : Sidney "Cap" Garrett & Fannie Thomas
married : Mildred McMillan
children : Howard, Hobert, David, Tony, Delenis
GARRETT, Herman D. (1914 Point Enterprise)
born : 15 January 1890; Rains Co., TX
GARRETT, William
children : James
etc. : He came with his family from IN in the early 1800's; he had been granted a Mexican land grant
GASTON, Joseph Pope
married : Martha Elizabeth Hood
children : Willie, Tommy, Elmer, Jess, Sam, Irma, Francis, Ola, Emma, 4 infants
etc. : They came to Rains Co., TX in 1875
GASTON, Elmer H.
born : 11 February 1898, Aspermont, TX
parents : Joseph Pope Gaston & Martha Elizabeth Hood
married : Myrtie Gertrude Miller, 07 September 1922, Gilmer, Upshur Co., TX
children : Elmer Oscar, J.P., Mary Alice, Francis Earlene, William Bailey,
Beulah Joyce, Tommy
GEE, A.C.
born : about January 1840, AL
married : Elizabeth Willis, 1867
children : 13 children, 9 of which were living according to 1900 Rains Co., TX census
GEE, Jeremiah Alonzo
born : 02 August 1830, Butts Co., GA
parents : Samuel Gee
etc. : He came to TX about 1860; occupation - physician
GEE, Samuel
born : about 1789
married : Margaret Kennedy, 1828
died : 1877
children : Jeremiah A., Caroline, Louisa, Martha, Aurelius C.
etc. : He & his family were in Rains Co., TX, by 1852
GERALDON, Fred
married : Annie Morgan
children : Raymond Oren, Clyde, Paul, Lloyd, James, Grady, Douglas, Burl, Margie
GILBERT, Eugene
married : Ruth Lee (d/o Oscar & Maudie Lee); 1926
children : Alvis Eugene
GILBERT, Ruth ( interviewed for Rains County LEADER, 02 Dec 1997)
born : abt 1909, Rains Co.
parents : Oscar & Maudie Lee
married : Eugene Gilbert, 1926
children : Alvis Eugene
GILL, John L.
born : 1790, SC
married : Mary Elizabeth Diffy, 1811
children : Elizabeth, William, Harrison, Henry H., James D., Peter, Joseph F.,
John L., Jr., Charles Curtis
GLASS, F.H. (1939 pioneer ed. - Rains Co. Leader)
born : 28 March 1856; Washington Co., TX
married : Sallie Lynn; abt 1880
children : 4 including Jennie Davis
etc. : He came to Rains Co., TX in 1887
GLASS, Stella (interview - Feb. 26, 1987)
born : Feb. 22, 1897; Scatterbranch (near Commerce), Hunt Co., TX
parents : James Alexander Amis & Carrie Etta Roan
married : Wicker Glass; Dec. 29, 1919
children : Rebecca Carolyn, Joe Louis
GODDARD, George William (July 15, 1997 issue)
born : April 17, 1880, Marion Co., AL
parents : Daniel Thomas Goddard & Sarah Clementine Knowles (Noles)
married : Mattie Elizabeth "Bettie" Beall, 1903, Miller Grove, TX
died : Feb. 13, 1968, Grand Prairie, TX
children : Maudie Ophelia, Ambrous, 2 infant sons, Orena
etc. : He came to Rains Co., TX from Mississippi in the early 1900s; returned to Mississippi by way of Oklahoma and Arkansas before 1904
GODDARD, Mattie Elizabeth ("Bettie") Beall (July 15, 1997 issue)
born : c1890, Rains Co., TX
parents : Albert Sidney Beall & Sarah "Sallie" Cates)
died : 1912, Prentiss County, MS; buried Gaston Cemetery
GOODSON, Johnny Monroe
born : 02 November 1887, Emory, Rains Co., TX
married : Laura Viola Martin, 03 April 1915
died : 29 March 1962; buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Rains Co., TX
children : Irene, Audrey Mae, Roy Delbert, Johnny Ray, Patsy Jean
GORDON, Eddie Lafette
born : 09 December 1909
married : Lillie Viola Murphy, 09 December 1926
children : Robert Lee, Lila Faye, Ima Ruth, James Lavon
GOWINS, James McFadden (info. contributed by Carlene Gowins Pagliara)
born : 9 Nov 1856, Rusk Co., TX
parents : Robert H. Gowins & Mary Ann Bullard
married : Permelia J. Patterson; 30 Sept 1880, Van Zandt Co., TX
children : Rance Garfield, Robert "Bob" Jackson
married : Laura J. Rouse; 24 Aug 1899; Quitman, Wood Co., TX
children : Horace D., Solomon, Dave, Loula Mae, Fannie, Exa, Eva
married : Laura Vick Forbis; 14 April 1904
died : 29 June 9134; buried Dunbar Cemetery
GOWINS, Robert Jackson "Bob" (info. contributed by Carlene Gowins Pagliara )
born : 17 Jan 1883, Smith Co., TX
parents : James M. "Jim" Gowins and Permelia J. Patterson
married : Emma Magnolia "Maggie" Bullard; 29 Oct 1905, Rains Co., TX
children : Gracie Dell, Ocie Lee, George Amos, inf., Robert Burey, Wesley,
Gertie Lee
died : 1930; Emory, Rains Co., TX
GOWINS, Ocie Lee "Buddy" (info. contributed by Carlene Gowins Pagliara )
born : 28 Jan 1910; Emory, Rains Co., TX
parents : Robert "Bob" Gowins & Maggie Bullard
married : Tennessee Josephine "Tennie" Hall; 15 Sept 1934
children : Robert Kenneth, twins Virginia Darlene & Eugenia Carlene, Leonard Dale
died : 25 July 1973; Dallas, TX
GRAY, Milton Joseph ("Kie")
born : 29 December 1889
parents : Joseph Gray & Melissa Bylor
married : Rosa Mae Scott, 01 December 1912, Collin Co., TX
died : 19 December 1957; buried in Emory City Cemetery
children : Mattie Pearl, John William, Ruby Mae, Dorothy Lucille, Mildred Delois, Frances Pauline, Jackie Charles
etc. : The family moved to Rains Co., TX 1931
GREATHOUSE, Clara (interview for Rains Co. LEADER, Nov 1997)
born : 1913, Rains Co., TX
parents : Van & Bessie Prather
married : Bob Greathouse abt 1937
children : Cindy
GREER, J.W. ("Looking Back..."article, 01 Dec 1988)
children : Sarah (born 09 Agu 1965)
etc. : He came to the Point area in 1869; he sold the first groceries in Point, keeping them at his home. In 1883 he gave Sarah & Frank Cozart his land and made his home with them. Sarah was the 3rd postmaster at Point.
GRESHAM, Frauline McCollum
born : 25 Febrary 1921
parents : Edgar & Maye McCollum
married : Sidney G. Pillow; Herman P. Gresham, September 1970
GRESHAM, George Gather (info. contributed by Helen Rabe Skaggs)
born : 16 Dec 1855, North Carolina
parents : Samuel Gresham & Martha A. Humphries
married : Annie Florence Hare; 19 Oct 1890; Rains Co., Texas
children : Arthur Gordon, Samuel A., Lillian Gather, Oliver Easter, Edna Easter, Dellis Cecil
GRIFFIN, Constance Fenter (as told in interview Aug. 1996)
born : 1913
parents : Will M. Fenter & Pearl Covey
married : Lloyd Griffin, Dec. 1930
children : Judith Kay, Richard, Covey Ben
GRIGGS, Arvie Holy
married : Aurther Holy
children : Bud, Louise, Betty, Jimmy, Bobby, Pete, Francis
GROVES, Mark
parents : Ed & Etta Groves
married : Valeria Scott, 04 July 1942
children : Mark S., Michael Lynn, Marsha Alice, Melton Robin, Malcolm Timothy
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