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Spring Hill Cemetery Dawson, Navarro County, Texas 2 miles northeast of Dawson off State Highway 31.
Additions-Corrections Welcomed
The Spring Hill Cemetery is located on two acres designated in the 1860 will of Dr. George Washington Hill, “as a perpetual burial place.” The first burial, in 1848, in the center of a clump of ancient oak trees, was that of Sarah Webb who had traveled by covered wagon from Giles Co., Tennessee. The cemetery became integrated in 1864 when Mary Younger, daughter of Isom and Caroline Younger, was buried there. The cemetery may have been integrated as early as 1850 when the county mortality report listed the death by burning of a nine year old servant belonging to Dr. G. W. Hill. Early access to the cemetery was on the north, and faced the Old Cowhead Road, an Indian and Buffalo trail that led across Richland Creek to Porter’s Bluff. The Davidson, Cottongame, and Cameron families lived on that road, just east of the Cemetery. The road was closed at some point leaving the cemetery land locked in a pasture, about one-quarter mile from the nearest access road. The cemetery was well maintained until the 1930s by means of “Annual Cemetery Work Days,” when families came in wagons and Model T Fords to spend the day attending to graves, removing weeds, and socializing. When the day was done, there was not one blade of grass, not one weed, not one briar remaining on the hill. Evidence today shows erosion of 6-8 inches in some areas of the cemetery. During the 1940s, as the older generations died off, the cemetery began to be overgrown with weeds and briars. Cattles grazed in the cemetery and often overturned markers. In 1970s, McKeown Breedlove, Barbara Davidson Patterson, James A. Martin, and others led in the formation of the Spring Hill Cemetery Association as a non-profit corporation. Tax free donations were received, a chain link fence installed, and the group began to battle the briars and other growth. Today, the cemetery is a tranquil and well maintained site, guarded by several old oaks that overlook a peaceful lake. The Cemetery Association struggles as donations dwindle with the passing of many older members. An attempt is being made to expand the list of annual donors. Several individuals have placed the Cemetery Association in their wills. This Revised Census attempts to present all names of those known to have been buried there, and some historical and genealogical comments. Additions, comments, and/or corrections are more than welcome and may be forwarded to the Association.
Contributions are tax deductible Mail to:
Spring Hill Cemetery Association
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THE AMONETTE FAMILY
Amonette, Williarn Born: Mar 30, 1829 Died: Aug 16, 1869
Amonette, Amelia Born: Nov 17, 1837 Died: Sep 4, 1882. Dau of: William Beaty and Clarinda Wilson Children with William Lemual Amonette Millard Filmore Amonette Samuel Houston Amonette William Lemual Amonette III John Franklin Amnette Ernest Helmer amonette Robert Lee Amonette Children with John P. Slade Thomas Winson slade Arthur Slade Mollie Molice Slade Tine Slade Eviline Slade Amelia Slade
Amonette, Harriet Born: 1842 Died: 1865 May have been a sister of William Lemuel Amonette Two reports….Nadine…find a grave 2008…????-1865 Carol…..1842-1865…Stone may have been replaced
Amonette, S.H. Born: Nov 16, 1859 Died: July 10, 1906 Son of Willia Lemual Amonette
Two related graves are nearby.
Slade, Evalne Born 1875, died 1897 Daughter of J. P. and Evaline Slade Freeland, Millie Slade Born 1877 Died 1901 Wife of J. T. Freeland Son: George Louie Freeland
SEE…..THE AMONETTE STORY…in the appendix
Arnold, W.A. Born: 1842 Died: 1865 A William Arnold is listed in the 1870 Spring Hill Census. He was born 1849 in Texas, is married to, “H.” The have a daughter, “R,” born 1867.
Bankston, Infant Born: 1928 Died: 1928….
No record has been discovered regarding the parents of this baby. However, the Bankston family was in the Spring Hill area by the 1890. William W. Bankston 1878-1916 married Minnie A. Kay c1898. Their son, William B. Bankston was born 1900. He died 1970 and is buried at Dawson Cemetery.
Ora Bankston married Herman Matthews, son of William Newton Matthews Flora Bankston married Ottma Matthews. Son of William Newton Matthews.
Barber, Bufford Born: 1892 Died: 1895.
Probably a son of William Samuel and Lena Doyle Dempsey Barber who are buried at the Dresden Cemetery. Other children were Doyle Barber, m. Carrie Holt Maggie Bell, Kate Florence m. Karl Savage Zelma Willie D. Barber.
Barnes, Jacob Born: Jun 12, 1810 Died: May 11, 1894. Father of O.M.Barnes. Barnes, L.M. Born: Nov 17, 1891 Died: May 28, 1895. Daughter of O.M. & M.E. Barnes Barnes, M.E. Born: Jul 24, 1872 Died: Dec 2, 1894. Wife of O.M. Barnes
Jacob Barnes, born South Caroling, first married Elender Bishop, and second Matilda Owens. His daughter, Nancy Frances Elizabeth Barnes 1841-1926 married a Mr. Miller. His sons were Charles Leroy Barnes and Oscar Barnes. Charles Leeroy Barnes 1826-1924, and Oscar M. Barnes 1866-1937 who married Catie Elizzabeth Cameron, are buried at the Brushie Prairie Cemetery.
Berry Mary E. Born: Aug 8, 1852 Died: Nov 15, 1874. Wife of GMD Berry. Berry Otho Born: Oct 1, 1872 Died: Oct 24, 1882. Son of GMD & Mary Berry
Otho was the second son of George M. Dallas Berry and Mary E. Walker Berry. Mary was the daughter of William (Bill) Walker and Mary Minerva McCandless. Otho's older brother was Spartan Berry who lived in Dawson for many years.
Boldin, Soloman Born: Aug 31, 1811 Died: Feb 22, 1887 Boldin, Elizabeth Born: Aug 5, 1830 Died: Sep 29, 1908. Wife of Soloman Boldin. 1843 James Boldin died in Alabama 1850 Mary P. Boldin never married 1852 Martha Susan Boldin m. John Wesley Kay 1853 Joseph Calvin boldin died in Alabama 1855 Jonathan B. Boldin m. Coradala Gable 1860 Sara Janette Bldin m. Lankford 1862 Solomon Boldion died Dawson TX 1863 William R. Boldin died in Alabama 1869 Rufus L. Boldin died 1898 1870 Addie Lou Boldin never married 1875 Charles Boldin m. Cora Elvis Lowrimore
Bolden, Rufus L. Born: Sep 17, 1869 Died: Jun 24, 1898 Bolden, Beatrice Born: Apr 28, 1908 Died: Sep 20, 1908 Daughter of G. D. and Jewel A. (Davidson) Bolden.
SEE….THE BOLDEN STORY…in the appendix
Breedlove, Bethena B., Born: Nov 14, 1872 Died: Oct 13, 1907 Wife of J.R. Breedlove. Breedlove, Ednie Born: Feb 17, 1892 Died: Aug 21, 1894 Daughter of J.R. and M. B. Breedlove. Breedlove, Russell S. Born: Oct 28, 1894 Died: Oct 28, 1894. Son of J.R. and M.B. Breedlove.
James Russell Breedlove 1871-1953 was born in Alabama, a son of Tom Breedlove and Ethel Mae Almand. . He married Malinda Bethena Prater in Morgan Co. AL. He is buried at Waco Memorial Park The Breedlove, Prater, Cottongame, and Amonette families were from Morgan Co. AL
One James Breedlove paid tithes 1749 at Lunenburg Co. VA. Twenty-two years later, Thomas N. Breedlove was born in Charlotte Co. VA., married Lydia, and died at Morgal Co. AL His son, James R.l Breedlove was born 1811 in Georgia, married Mary Ann Woodall in Morgan Co. AL, and died in Morgan Co. AL. His son, Thomas S. Breedlove was born 1840 in Morgan Co. AL, married Venina J. Copeland and Ethel Mae Almand, and died in Morgan Co,. AL.
His son, James Russell Breedlove, was born Morgan Co. AL 1871, married Malinda B. Prater, and died 1953 in Navarro Co. TX, and was buried at Memorial Park, Waco TX.
This is the family of McKeown Breedlove who, with Barbara Davidson Patterson, James A. Martin, and others, worked so diligently to maintain and preserve the Spring Hill Cemetery.
Carpenter, Macolm Born: 1867 Died: 1878. Son of E.W. and S.A. Carpenter.
CALMAN, infant son 1902 Son O M. and Lora Calman
CARROLL, Charity ?????-1912 INFORMATION ON CHARITY CARROLL NEEDED
Cates, W. L. Born: Jun 11, 1 833 Died: Dec 25, 1871
w. l. Cates 1833-1871 had died prior to the birth of Cates listed below, and suggest that he left sons whose names have not been discovered.
The Cates family came early to Spring Hill. Libby Cates, daughter of W.L. Cates married Charles Stewart (Charlie) Matthews. Will Cates married Lucy Anna Matthews, Charlie's sister. When Lucy Anna died, Will married Ophelia Dempsey, and moved to Smith co. TX
W. L. Cates was on Hubbard School Board 1913
Audie Cates b. 1900 married Minnie Parrish
Cheatham, Neuten Born: Jan 10, 1878 Died: Apr 30, 1879. Son of J.N. and M.J. Cheatham.
Josiah Newton Cheatham, married Margaret Josephine Stockard, daughter of J. B. Stockard. Her sister, Ruth Stockard, married Newton Jasper Matthews, who came to Spring Hill in 1869.
Josiah Newton Cheatham was a son of Lewis Robertson Cheatham, who served in the Civil War and came to Texas with the Crews Wagon train in 1874 His sister, Mattie J. Cheatham, married Jesse Renfro.
Cleghorn, Eliza Born: Jan 30, 1847 Died: Feb 22, 1879. Wife of W.A. Cleghorn. Married Feb 6, 1873.
M. Cleghorn is listed as a farmer born in Tennessee. He is 34-years of age and married to “M. E.” also born in Tennessee. Ages of their children I ndicate they migrated to Texas from Arkansas in 1868.
The 1870 Spring Hill census listed A. W. Cleghorn, born 1856 in Tennssee, and is a farmer His wife was, “H. O.,” and they had a 1-year ld daughter. “ H. O.” must have died soon after 1870. He married Elizabeth in 1873.
His brother, J. J. Cleghorn, may have arrived several years earlier since he was serving as Worshipful Master of the Spring Hill Lodge in 1869. The Cleghorn family intermarried with the Follis and Fullerton families.
J. J. Cleghorn is shown in the 1870 Spring Hill Census. He is forty, born in Tennessee, married to Margaret. The ages of their children suggest they migrated to Texas from Arkansas c1865.
Clemmons, Martha Elizabeth Born: Feb 10, 1857 Died: May 13, 1874 dau: Samuel and Prudance Matthews Wright Wife of L.A. Clemmons.
Martha Elizabeth Wright Clemmons was the daughter of Samuel and Prudence (Matthews) Wright. When Martha died in 1874. her only child, Della Clemmons , was raised by Sam and Prudence Wright. Della married Ike Hughes and had a daughter, May. Martha Elizabeth and her brother, Wilkerson Wright, were buried at Spring Hill Cemetery before the Liberty Hill Cemetery was created. SEE WRIGHT
Coffey, Anne Elizabeth Born: Jan 28, 1831 Died: May 18, 1888 \ Daughter of Sampson Stewart and Sarah Reece Matthews Coffey, James J. Born: ??? Died: 1895 Born Maury Co.TN Husband of Ann Elizabeth Matthews
No markers have been found, but
records indicate their burial here. SEE…..THE COFFEY STORY….in the appendix
THE COTTONGAME FAMILY
Cottongame, Caroline Born: Jan 3, 1832 Died: Feb 18, 1933. married William Cottongame on June 15, 1859 Lawrence Co. AL, Cottongame, Anna B. Born: Apr 28, 1903 Died: Apr 7, 1918. ... Daughter of S.M. Cottongame. Cottongame, Calvin Lee Born: Feb 2, 1892 Died: July 21, 1892. Son of John Franklin and Sarah Jane (Prater)Cottongame Cottongame, Infant Born: Apr 1, 1901 Died: Apr 7, 1901. Son of John F. and Sarah J. Cottongame. Cottongame, Mattle Born: Jan 7, 1893 Died: Aug 10, 1898. Daughter of John F. and Sarah Jane Cottongame. Cottongame, Rosan Born: Jan 22, 1865 Died: Jul 27, 1953. Dau Jesse S. Thrasher & Emeline Malenda Gay Cottongame, Samuel Marvin Born: Apr 1, 1860 Died: Apr 7, 1914. Son of William and Caroline Cottongame. Married Rosanna Thrasher 1881 in Lawrence County, Alabama.
Shaw, Tom C. Born: Dec 15, 1878 Died: Feb 8, 1914. Shaw, Carrie (Cottongame) Born: Feb 18, 1887 Died Jan 31, 1975. Wife of Tom C. Shaw.
Shaw, Julia Born: Aug 10, 1874 Died: Mar 14, 1893. Wife of W.H. Shaw.
Sellers, Ruth Born: Oct 3, 1899 Died: Oct 5, 1899.
Daughter of George Washington and Mary Etta (Cottongame) Sellers.
George Washington Sellers
1870-1944, and Maretta Sellers 1882-1941 are buried at the Dawson
Cemetery George Sellers was from Oklahoma and Mary Etta a daughter of John Franklin and Sarah Jane Cottongame from Lawrence County, Alabama. The family left Spring Hill, moved to Bosque Co. TX, then to Hill Co. TX.
SEE…..THE COTTONGAME STORY…in the appendix
SEE …..THE PRATER CONNECTION….in the appendix
Davidson, Oscar Born: Mar 12, 1883 Died: Feb 25, 1904. Son of J.M. and Elizabeth (Betty) Newby Davidson.
SEE….THE DAVIDSON STORY….in the appendix
Dowdy, JameS Born: 1856 Died: 1857. Son of W.H. and Margaret Dowdy. Dowdy, Margaret Born: Jan 1, 1831 Died: Jul 5, 1888. Wife of W.H. Dowdy Dowdy, Sarah Born: Died: 1877.
The Dowddy Family must have lived in or near Spring Hill from 1857 when their son was buried, and 1888, when the mother. Margaret Dowdy, was buried, James Monre Lankford, born 1862, Tishomingo Co MS married Texanna Dowddy in 1889 in Navarro Co TX. Texanna was first married to Mr. Spurlin.
Josephine Dowddy married Henderson Caskey. Their son, James Henderson Caskey was born 1879
Drummond, Elizabeth Born Mar 14, 1827 Died Nov 14, 1909 Wife of Newman G. Drummond.
Elizabeth Drummond, born in Georgia, lived in Mississippi, and bore ten children. She was living in Hill Co. TX in 1900 with two of her children, William Drummond, and Sarah Drummond.
Freeland, Millie B. Born: Jun 22, 1877 Died: Aug 4, 1901. Wife of J.T. Freeland. SEE AMONETTE STORY
Fullerton, Thomas Born: 1861 Died: 1861. on of William Fullerton. & Pernetta Hill Fullerton, William Born: 1839 Died: 1868. William was the son of Henry Fullerton, born in North Ireland, and Nancy Walker Fullerton. T Their children were: James Patrick Fullerton m. Mary Alice Rucker Alice was sister of Joseph LaFaette Rucler Sarah Jane Fullerton m. Henry Clay Garner Susan Isabella Fullerton m. Robert Francis Slaughter George A. Fullerton Britton W. Fullerton m. Leota Ward Betty Alice Fullerton m. Noah Armstrong
Hargis, Joe B. Born: Dec 13, 1861 Died: Oct 13, 1943. Hargis, Maggie Born: Dec 29, 1861 Died: Aug 26, 1952. Wife of Joe B. Hargis. Hargis, Joe Louis Born: 1893 Died: Jan 6, 894. Son of J.B. and Maggie Hargis. Joseph B. Hargis II Born and Died 1894
SEE…..THE HARGIS STORY….in the appendix
Herrin, Neomia Born: Mar 18, 1863 Died: May 22, 1891. Wife of J.E. Herrin. Herrin, Wiley Born: Mar 12, 1891 Died: Feb 15, 1892. Son of J.E. and Neomia Herrin. Herrin, Ollie Born: Mar 12, 1893 Died: Jun 18, 1894. Daughter of J.E. and Allie C. Herrin (Second wife of J.E.)
J. E. Herrin operated a saddle and harness shop at Spring Hill
High, Rommy Lee ???? Died 1900
Gallman, Infant Born; Dec 4, 1902 Died: Dec 6, 1902. Son of C.M. and Mona Gallman.
THE HILL FAMILY
George Washington Hill, M. D. Born: Apr 22, 1814 Died: May 29, 1860. Husband of Minerva Kathrine Matthews Slaughter/Slauter Hill
Born in Warren County, Tennessee to Henry John Alexander and Polly Johnson, Hill. Came to Texas circa 1830 and lived at Ft. Franklin. H. served the Republic of Texas as Secretary of War & Marine under Sam Houston and Anson Jones and as congressman from Franklin. Married Minerva Catherine Matthews Slaughter on 17 Nov 1847. Moved to Spring Hill in 1848.
SEE BIOGRAPHY OF DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL
HILL, Minerva Kathrine Matthews Slauter `812-1871 Wife of Francis Slauter Wife of Dr. George Washington Hill.
Minerva Kathrin was born in Maury County, Tennessee to Mary Ann (Stewart) and Robert Matthews. Her first marriage was to Francis Slaughter on June 2, 1835. They arrived at Ft Franklin, Texas (Sterling C. Robertson's Colony) on Dec 1, 1835 with Minerva's brother, Robert Harve Matthews, three Slaughter children by a previous marriage, and some un-named family servants. Robertson appointed Frank as Chief Justice of the colony. After Slaughter’s death, Minerva married Dr. George Washington Hill on Nov 17, 1847.
Hill, Benjamin 1818-1836
INFORMATION FROM ……FIND-A-GRAVE Benjamin Hill Jr. was born in Warren Co. TN. He came to Texas as a young man of eighteen (1836), and died in the Texas Revolution, a Patriot. His estate was given a Land Grant in 1839 in an area that, later, became Graham,Young Co. TX. Two uncles, H. J. A. Hill and Benjamin J. hill, stated he was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Hill, Benjamin 1840- This Bennamin Hill was said to have died at age nine or thirteen, and is buried next to Dr. George Washington Hill, and his wife.
Hill, Pernetty Born: 1842 Died: Mar 31 1873, 31 years, 9 months. Wife of Larkin Hill.
Pernitty Hill was first married to William Fullerton who died during the Civil War.(may have died 1868) Larkin Hill, a cousin, had served in the Civil War with William Fullerton. When the war ended, he traveled to Texas, and married Pernitty.
Larkin Hill was a son of John A. Hill and Martha Killian. His father and his uncle, Jesse Hill, served in the Mexican War. His father was killed in 1846 and his mother died soon afterwards. Larkin and his sister were raised by relatives. Larkin served in the Civil War with Co. K 6th Alabama Regiment. He came to Texas in 1868, first to Dallas Co., then to Navarro Co. where he married his cousin, Pernitty Hill Fullerton, widow of William Fullerton.
After the death of Pernitty, Larkin married Sarah Priddy. He died in 1911. Sarah Priddy was a sister of Betty Priddy who married Robert Harve Matthews.
Hokey, Smithie Born: Sep 11, 1887 Died: Sep 28, 1888. .......Daughter of J.T. and M.A. Hokey.
Holland, Willie T. Born: Oct 13, 1889 Died: May 27, 1890. ........Son of R.N. and C.E. Holland
Horne, Narcissus (Matthews) Borne 1841 Died 1879 Dau or William Newton and Eliza Mack Matthews G-Dau Robert and Mary Ann Stewart Matthews Widow of G G :Kale: Garrett who died in the Civil War Wfe of Jasper Horne who returned to TN after her death. Aunt of William Newton Matthews
Hughes, Moses M. Born 1806 Died 1855 Born GA, lived AL Wife Martha….had five children Migrated to TX 1845, Mercer Colony Lived Spring Hill and Purdon ` Served as Texas Ranger as home guard during Mexican War His burial site is unknown U.S. Govt. placed his marker at Spring Hill in 2003 - Information from Brent T. Hughes, Odessa TX
Jagjears, John 1846-1902
Guy Jagjears 1897-1966 lived on the Dawson-Spring Hill road in the 1930s
Jetton, Emily J. Born: Jul 2, 1844 Died: Jan 24, 1873. ……..Wife of S.B. Jetton, Jetton, Little Boy Born: Aug 10, 1867 Died: Aug 10 1867. …….Son of S.B. and Emily Jetton. Jetton, Little boy 1873- Jetton, Little boy 1874- Jetton, Luther Born: Jun 22, 1874 Died: Jun 22, 1874. ………Son of S.B. and Rachel Jetton.
Emily Jetton was born Emily Sidwell, daughter of Warren Sidwell who had migrated to Texas from Illinois.
SEE…..THE JETTON STORY….in the appendix
Jordan, Sophronia Born 1831 Died 1888 Wife of Jacob F. Jordan
Kay, Alice Born: Jan 8, 1884 Died: Jan 13, 1884. Daughter of J.E. and Maggie Kay. Kay, Freddie Hubert Born: Nov 19, 1896 Died: Apr 14, 1900. Son of J.E. and Maggie Kay Kay, Marvin Born: Dec 17, 1880 Died: Aug 18, 1884. Son of J.E. and Maggie Kay. Kay, Mary Marlin Born: 1876 Died: Jul 30, 1882. Daughter of J.E. and Maggie Kay. Kay, Sam Dean Born: May 16, 1894 Died: Aug 18, 1885. Son of J.E. and Maggie Kay.
Kay, Olin Born: Sep 19, 1884 Died: Jul 9, 1899. Son of B.F. Kay. Kay, Ottie Born: May 4, 1892 Died: Sep 23, 1892. Son of B. F. and H. B. Kay.
This family, apparently, came from Tishomingo Co. MS and intermarried into the Lankford family. Mary Ann Kay, born 1841, married Thomas Jefferson Lankford in 1866 at Tishomingo Co. MS. Mary Ann was a daughter of Christopher Kay and Harriett Manning. Several of their children died in Dawson and Navarro Co. TX. SEE MANNING
Minnie A. Kay 1879-1954 daughter of H. Kay married William W. Bankston.
Kirksey, ??? Born: 1880 Died: 1881. Dau of Dr. W.H. and A.W. Kirksey
Find-a-Grave shows this grave to be that of Dr. Kirksey…an error
Dr. William H. Kirksey, b orn in AL, 1845, was a physician He married Amanda, born 1846. Their children are: Carrie S. Kirksey 1867 AL William W. Kirksey 1869 AL Georgiana Kirksey 1856 AL Sarah Kirksey 1811 SC mother of Dr. Kirksey
Dr. W. H. Kirksey was listed in the 1880 census of Talladega Co.MS, but was in Western Navarro Co. TX in 1881 when his baby daughter was born. He married Amanda Groce, who was buried in the Dawson Cemetery in 1883. His daughter, Carrie Sarah Kirksey, married John H. Dalton Westmoreland, son of one of Dawson’s early school teachers.
Carrie Mae Westmoreland married Clarence Holt. Their children were Adlena Holt who married Wilmer Davis, Claude L. Holt who married Audrey Lancaster, and Mary Dalton Holt.
THE LANKFORD FAMILY Lankford, Jincy (Jansa Washburn) Born: Sep 26, 1808 Died: May 24, 1894
James Lankford and John Lankford lived near the Deatherage and Bingham families in Stoke Co. NC c1800. Stokes Co.bordered VA and was once Surry Co. NC.
Jansa Washburn , born SC, married Peter Lankford, and lived Tishomingo Co MS prior to migrating to Spring Hill, Texas…Three of their sons were missing in action in the Civil War. Other children were: James Collins Lankford 1836-1910 died McLennon Co TX married Armintie Dunnhoo Martha Jane Lankford 1844-1911 died Dawson TX married first Thomas Chambers married second William H. Young Margaret Caroline Lankford 1837-1927 died Port Arthur TX married 1865 Tishomingo Co. MS William T. Moore Their daughter….. Edna Lee Moore 1882 married Finch Davis son Homer Davis married Gladys Wilkinson dau Bobbie Lee Davis married Carl T. Flint son Wilmer Kenney Davis married Adlina Holt their children Gerald Holt Davis Nancy Kay Davis William Keith Davis
Richard Marion Lankford 1849-1922 died Dawson TX .married Martha Badson who died1871 in MS
George Lankford married 1893 Sallie Bolden…..their children were: Flake Pitts Lankford m. Ola Dempsey Slaughter Zela Lankford Vernon Lankford Leska Lankford L. Q. Lankford m. Anna Marie Savage Dau: Cynthia Ann Lankford Herman Lankford
SEE YOUNG NOTE: SEVERAL LANKFORD FAMILIES FROM TISHOMINGO CO. MS. SETTLED THE DAWSON ARES
Luther, Isom Born 1844 Died 1910 Son of O. H. and A. F. Luther
Manning, Florence Born: Jun 12, 1870 Died: Nov 30, 1886. Daughter of L.A. and S.D. Manning SEE MORRIS…. Manning, Mollie S. daughter of D. A. and S. D. Manning, married R. M. Morris.
Florence was, probably, a sister
of W. Frank Manning, who 1888 married Daughter Mollie Manning had married R M Morris. She and her infant daughter were buried here in 1880
Members of the Manning-Kay-Lankford –Morris families intermarried in Tishmingo Co MS.
Marsh, Caroline Marsh, Clarence Badly broken headstone in 1997. Marsh, Infant Marsh, Willie Marsh, Reece Born: 1878 Died: 1878. …….Son of R.B. and S.Reece Marsh
Older cemetery census show that three children of R.B. Marsh are buried close by the graves of other children, Reece and Clarence, but no markers were found in 1997. There are two unknown grave sites nearby that could be the lost graves.
R. B. Marsh purchased four Spring Hill lots on Christmas Day 1873 from Robert Harve Matthews. Marsh appears to have been a physician and store keeper at Spring Hill. Some sources state that he married a daughter of Dr. J. L. Dean. When Marsh moved to Dawson, he had a two story residence constructed on the northwest corner of Tyler and First Street. The house, still standing in 2011, was sold to a Gable family at one point.
Martin Homer Born: 1866 Died: 1866. Son of W.G. Walker Martin.
Homer was the son of William G . and Alice Orange Walker Martin. Alice Orange Walker was a daughter ofWilliam & Mary MinervaMcCandless Walker. Mary E. Walker, sister of Alice Orange, married.George M. Dallas Berry and had two sons, Otho Berry, buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, and Spart Bery.
Otherchildren were:
Alice Orange Walker Martin war born in Robertson Co. TX in 1850. She died 1917 She and her husband are buried in unmarked graves at the Post Oak Cemetery, Pushmataha Co. OK Post Oak is a very small cemetery near the site of an old Indian Presbyterian Church, just inside the Pushmataha Co. line.
She bore twelve children, eight were shown living in the 1900 census 1866 Homer Martin 1866 Sppring Hill TX 1869 Robert B. Martin 1930 1870 Berta Martin 1934 Tulsa OK m. Hoggard 1875 Maude Martin 1947 Big Spring TX M George Wyat Eason 1885 Fannie Martin Born Hill Co. TX died Oregon Lived 1917 Whitesboro, LeFlore Co. OK 1892 Jewell Amelia Martin Born Hill Co –Died Kent Co CA
JEWELL AMELLA MARTIN PERRY
SEE….THE MATTHEWS STORY…..in the appendix
MATTHEWS , Patsy Born: Feb 9, 1804 Died: Aug 3, 1888.
Daughter of Robert and Mary Ann Matthews of Maury County, TN.
Martha Patricia Patsy Matthews married J. D. Matthews. They came to Texas in 1836. James died in 1844 and Patsy married a John Matthews, possibly a brother of James. Both husbands were sons of Joseph Matthews, grandsons of James and Mry Doak Matthews. She was remembered as “smoking a little clay pipe” and living with Robert Harve Matthews, her brother, in Spring Hill until her death. She had 10 children. Sarah A. Matthews Robert Harve Matthews John F. Matthews James D. Matthews II Newton Monroe Matthews m. Sarah Frances Porter Newton died in the Civil War Martha Patricia Matthews m. David Ward Sanders Joseph Calvin Matthews Thomas Pressley Mattherws m. Sarah Frances Porter, his brother’s widow eight children. 1861 Joseplh R. Matthews cied 1947 1868 John Thomas Matthews m. Barbara Ann Wright 1895 Ollie Matthews m. Iris Otto Orman 1871 Travis Matthews 1872 Harvey Matthews 1873 Lucy Evaline Matthews m. R James Wright, Prairieville TX m. Robert Caskey - son of John & Mary Caskey son Leroy Alonzo Caskey m. Maud Fuller 1877 1877 Rufus Floyd Matthews died 1937 Married Bessie Ann Bailey Clara Mae Matthews John Edward Matthews Bailey Clayton Matthews Russell Leonard Matthews Lola Mae Matthews Deward Floyd Matthews
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MATTHEWS, Sampson Stewart Born: Jan 30, 1808 Died: Jan 25, 1883.
Son of Robert and Mary Ann Matthews. Born in Maury County, TN.
He married Sarah Reece who died in Tennessee. Their children were: Ann Elizabeth Matthews m.James J. Coffey Buried Spring Hill Sara Jane Matthews m. William O. Turnbo Buried TN Robert Harvey Matthews Joseph Calvin Matthews m. Maggie Sims Buried Spring Hill Mary Ophelia Matthews m. John B. Morgan Buried Spring Hill
Sampson married Sarah Reece in 1834. Sarah died 1861. Many members of his family came to Texas in 1869. Sampson and three of his orphaned grandchildren came to Texas in c1872. He was one of five of Mary Ann and Robert’s children who came from Maury County, TN to Texas. He and Sarah had 6 children.
MATTHEWS, Ann Elizabeth See Coffey
MATTHEWS, Joseph Calvin Matthews,
Born: Nov 4, 1841 Died: May 19, 1914. Son of Sampson Stewart and Sarah (Reece) Matthews
Born in Maury County, TN, he married Margaret Adney Sims on Nov 14, 1861and enlisted in the CSA. He was wounded at Chickamauga in the War while serving in Company D 3rd TN Reg, Longstreet's Corps, Walkers Brigade.
Matthews, Margaret Adney Born: Feb 14, 1841 Died: Mar 27, 1918. Wife of Joseph Calvin Matthews.
Margaret Adney Maggie Sims was the daughter of Augustus H. Sims, a farmer and slave holder, in Maury County, Tennessee. Her siblings were: Lucy "Lu" Sims Gant Rufus Sims m. Nancy Equilla Herring Thomas J. Sims August H. "Dugan" Sims . m. Ella Stockard James Frederick Sims m. Lue Ann Crews Eva Lois Sims m. John W. R. Herring
MATTHEWS, Little Maud Born: 1884 Died: 1884. Daughter of Joseph Calvin and Margaret Adney Sims Matthews
MATTHEWS, Lucy Anna Born: Jun 23, 1870 Died: Jun 27, 1892 Daughter of Joseph Calvin and Margaret Adney Sims Matthews
Lucy was the first child born to the couple after they made the journey to Texas from Maury County, Tennessee.
MATTHEWS, Jennie M. Born: Aug 16, 1869 Died: Aug 28, 1888. Wife of Dr. H. L. Matthews. He was buries at Dawson Matthews, Infant Son Born: Aug 16, 1888 Died: Aug 22 1888. Son of Dr. Harvie Lee and Jennie (Follis) Matthews.
Jennie Follis and Dr. Harvie Lee Matthews obtained their marriage license in Waco in August of 1887. following his graduation from Vanderbilt Medical College. Her parents were Stephen and Elizabeth Follis. The family had lived in Giles County, Tennessee, just south of Maury County, TN where most of the Matthews lived prior to coming to Texas., but moved to Texas in the 1870s. Jennie died six days after the death of her only child. . She was eighteen. H. L. Matthews married twice more, and was buried in the Dawson Cemetery.
, MATTHEWS Mattle Bell Born: 1873 Died: Aug 27, 1901. 2nd Wife of Harvey Lee Matthews, M. D. Dr. Matthews was buried at Dawson
Mattie Bell Dempsey, daughter of Michael Doyle and Mary Jane Marshall Dempsey, married Dr. H.L Matthews in 1889. Mattie was 16 years old. Their children were: Harvey Virgil Matthews m. Rosie Ann Slater m. Oddie Ellis m. Thelma Birchfield Berry Willie Margie Matthews m. Fred Davidson Freddie Bell Matthews m. Ennis Davidson Carl Waymon Matthews m. Florence Robinson m. Velma Coleman Kitty Vera Matthews m. William Bill Pierce m. Mike Edwards
MATTHEWS, Charles S. Born: Jun 24, 1866 Died: Feb 10, 1933. Husband of Libby Sue Cates Husband of Minnie Shilling Son of Joseph Calvin and Margaret Adney Matthews.
Charles Stewart Mattthews was a son of Joseph Calvin and Margaret Adney Sims Matthews of Maury County, TN. He came to Texas in 1869 when he was three, and was fondly known as Uncle Charlie by many members of his family.
MATTHEWS, Libby Born: Jan 1, 1873 Died: Nov 10, 1902. First wife of Charles S. Matthews and daughter of W.L. Cates
Her children were: Wilton "Chappy" Matthews m. Mrs. Copley Vestal Matthews m. Harold Wilkes Culus C. Matthews m. Mattie Jewell Freeland m. Cornelia Hardy
Charlie was married second to Minnie Shilling who bore John Virgil Matthews Minnie Lee Matthews
MATTHEWS, J. Walter Born: Aug 19, 1862 Died: Jun 17, 1927. Son of Joseph Calvin and Margaret Adney Sims Matthews.
Born in Maury County, Tennessee, he came to Texas in 1869 when he was seven years old. He had a speech and hearing defect caused by a childhood illness. He never married.
MATTHEWS, Willie A. Born: Aug 4, 1873 Died: Oct 27, 1892. Son of Joseph Calvin and Margaret Adney Matthews.
Willie was the second child that Joseph and Margaret lost in a four month span.
MATTHEWS Frances Born: May 24, 1852 Died: Sep 24, 1880. Wife of R.H. Matthews, dau. Louis and Christina Hagle Staaden.
Matthews, Cora Born: Sep 15, 1880 Died: Jun 15, 1881. Daughter of R. H. and Frances Staaden Matthews
Robert Harvey Matthews was a son of Sampson Stewart Matthews and Sarah Reece. He was born in 1837 and came to Texas in 1869 with family and friends.r. He married Frances Staaden, daughter of Louis Staaden, and Christina Hagle in 1872.
MATTHEWS, Robert Harve Born: Nov 3, 1814 Died: Sep 21 1894.
Son of Mary Ann and Robert Matthews of Maury County, TN.
Robert Harve came to Texas in 1835 and served as a Texas Ranger from 1837 until 1845. He served with the Confederacy in the Texas Militia as a captain. His wife had the following engraved on his tombstone:
“Dearest loved one, I have laid thee in the peaceful embrace, but thy memory will be cherished till I see thy heavenly face.”
MATTHEWS, Infant Born: Jan 21, 1886 Died: Jan 21, 1886. Son of R.H. and Betty (Priddy) Matthews.
Robert Harve Matthews was 70 when he married 28-year old Betty Priddy in October 1884. He died ten years later. Betty remained a widow f or more than 15-years, then married Dan G. Simms, 18-years her junior, and widower of Mary Ann (Puss) Slauter Wheelock, a niece of Robert Harve Matthews. Mary Ann was 25-years older than Dan Sims, and was said to have pinned his diapers when he was a baby. Bettie was buried at the Dawson Cemetery.
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William Newton Matthews Married Eliza Mack Never came to Texas.
Two of his children and their families, and a grandson from a third migrated to Texas
MATTHEWS, Newton Jasper Born: Dec 8, 1844 Died: Jun 3, 1883. Son of William Newton and Eliza (Mack) Matthews Husband of Ruth Stockard
Newton Jasper Matthews married Ruth Stockard, and came to Western Navarro Co., Texas in 1869. Their children were: Hiram Dunn Matthews died 1868 in Tennessee Margaret Ellen Matthews m. W. Frank Manning Felix Newton Matthews m. Minnie Belle Barber Eliza Blanche Matthews m . J. Anderson Fox Callie Donia Matthews m. William Henry Garner Kathrine Ruth "Kate" Matthews m. James Slaughter m. George Mount Victor Templeton Matthews m. Dora Lee Burt Joel Luther Matthews 1880-1883 Newton Jasper Matthews II m. Clyde Dunn
MATTHEWS, Joel Luther Born: Sep 22, 1880 Died: Aug 5, 1883. Son of Newton Jasper and Ruth Stockard Matthews.
MATTHEWS, Elbert Born: Oct 10, 1891 Died: Jul 30, 1894. Son of Felix N. and M.B. Matthews Matthews, Grace Born: Aug 2, 1892 Died: Aug 6, 1894. Daughter of Felix N. and M. B. Matthews
Felix Newton Matthews 1871-1959, a son of Newton Jasper and “Ruth Stockard Matthews, married Minnie Belle Barber in 1890. Their daughter, Annie Matthews, born 1894, married Boots Garner. Boots and Annie operated The White Front Grocery in Dawson for many years.
The Family of WILLIAM NEWTON MATTHEWS Grandson of William Newton Matthews and Eliza Mack
MATTHEWS, Roberta Anna “Bobbie Anna “ Slaughter Born April 7, 1864 Died March 6, 1884 First wife of William Newton Matthews Daughter of Robert Francis Slaughter and Ann M. Pendleton
Bobbie Anna married William Newton Matthews in 1883, the same year her father died. She died the following year, 1884, shortly after the birth of her only child, Ottma Matthews. Her birth name was Roberta Anna. The 1870 census listed a 6-year old female, R. Slaughter, in the home of Kathrine Minerva Hill. Kathrine died the following year, and the child may have gone to live with relatives in Ellis Co. TX. William Newton Matthews married second, Ann Elizabeth Cates.
MATTHEWS, James Herman Born 1941 Died 2007 Husband of Linda Gale French Matthews Son of Ott S. and Flora Bankston Matthews … Grandson of William Newton Matthews and Roberta Anna Slaughter brother of Billie Matthews Sanders and Bobby Matthews
MATTHEWS, Willie E. Born: Mar 29, 1896 Died: Apr 15, 1905. Son of William Newton and Anne Elizabeth Matthews. Matthews, Janie Lora Born: Nov 2, 1896 Died: May 10, 1897. Dau William Newton Matthews and his 2nd wife Anne Elizabeth Mount.
Siblings of Jane & Willie Matthews were:
Leroy Matthews m. Vera Onieda Roberts Alfred Matthews Herman Matthews m. Ora Mae Bankston Clay Matthews m. Una Katherine Berry Winnie Matthews m. Jim Garner Thomas m. Edith Rob ert Matthews m. Miss Teer Willie Mildred m. Mr. Parker
MINERVA KATHRINE MATTHEWS
See HILL, George Washington
MATTHEWS, L.S. Born: Aug 27, 1892 Died: Jul 12, 1896. This child has not be identified.
MATTHEWS, Brown Born: Feb 11, 1869 Died: Apr 4, 1891. Son of R.R. Roddy and M.J. Matthews.
Brown Matthews was a grandson of Joseph Matthews, and a great grandson of James and Mary Doak Matthews. He was not a descendent of Robert and Mary Ann Stewart Matthews as were all other Matthews at Spring Hill. His uncle, J. D. Matthews, married Patricia Matthews, a daughter of Robert and Mary Ann Stewart Matthews.
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McCULLOUGH, Artie Floyd Born: Jan 14, 1889 Died: Feb 15, 1889. Son of J.T. and L.O. McCullough. McCullough, Marbe Aubrey Born: May 1900 Died: July 1904 Son of J.T. McCullough McCullough, Mary Ida Born: Jan 7, 1872 Died: Apr 11, 1912. Wife of W.S. McCullough McCULLOCH: Mary Ida Wife of W H Jan 7, 1872-April ll, 1891
McEWEM, Louella Born: Oct 15, 1820 Died: Nov 25, 1877. Daughter of J.E. and J.C. McEwen
McSPADDEN, Annie Born: Oct 15, 1859 Died: Dec 29, 1878. Wife of F. A. McSpadden McSpadden, Lovie A. Born: Jun 30, 1878 Died: July 6, 1878. Daughter of F.A. and Annie McSpadden.
Francis Alonzo McSpadden’s second marriage was to Medora Younger, daughter of Robert and Louise Slaughter Younger. Louise Slaughter’s parents were Francis and Minerva Katherine Matthews Slaughter. Louise, a stepdaughter of Dr. G.W. Hill, married R. .A. Younger who was killed in the Civil War. Some descendants live today in Blooming Grove.
SEE McSPADDEN
MILLER, Joshua E. Born: 1839 Died: 1915 Born Shelby Co. AL Married 1859 Nancy Frences Elizabeth Barnes 1841-1928 Dau Jacob Barnes 1810-1894 Spring Hill Cemetery Bro Charles Leroy Barnes Brushie Prairie Bro Oscar M. Barnes Brushie Prairie Company D, 20 Alabama Infantry, CSA. – captured twice May have been related to Wilkinson family Moved to Navarro Co. TX 188
MORGAN, Mary Ophelia Matthews Born 1847 Died 1888 Wife of John Bunyon Morgan Dau. of Sampson Stewart Matthews and Sarah Reece Morgan, Sarah A. Born ???? Died 1885 Dau. of John Bunyon Morgan and Mary O. Matthews
Other children were...
“Uncle” John Morgan visited Dawson relatives c1929 and remained for several months. While there, he built a number of items for Carl and Velma Matthews: a small velvet covered stool; a bookcase with doors; a large “quilt” box; and a box to hold and lock Carl’s knives at the meat market. Carl and Fred Matthews called him, “Uncle John,” but he was, in reality, a cousin who was 75-years of age in 1930.
MOORE, Allen M. Born 1893 Died 1966 Moore, Little Gladys Born: Apr 7, 1903 Died: Apr 7, 1903. Daughter of A.M. and L. M. Moore.
M. Moore, a Navarro Co. TX blacksmitwho was born in Tennessee, died 1850 of, “Coryza Brain.” These may have been his grandchildren.
MORRIS, Mollie S. Born: Oct 20, 1860 Died: May 27, 1880. Wife of R.M. Morris and Daughter of D.A. and S.J. Manning. Her children were: 1880 Little Mollie S. Morrie Morris, Little Mollie Born: 1880 Died: 1880. ……Daughter of R.M. and Mollie S.. Morris. - SEE MANNING
Robert Minnis Morris Married sedond: Ellen Arrena Christie….buried Clarendon TX Their children were: 1890 Martha Edna Morris m. Delashaw 1892 Anna Mae Morris m. Small 1897 ` William Prince orris 1899 John Minis Morris
1907
Marshll Bailey Morris
Born 1852 Jackson Co. AL Died 1914 Clarendon TX
MORROW, Mary Born: Jan 29, 1817 Died: Feb 19, 1881. Wife of J.J.R. Morrow, Sarah Born: 1868 Died: Jan 19, 1885. … Daughter of J.JW
MOUNT, Anna B. Born: Dec 5, 1897 Died: Jul 30, 1899. Daughter of J.F. and Georgia Mount. Mount, Elmer Born: Oct 24, 1892 Died: Nov 11, 1892. son of J.F. and Georgia Mount. Mount, Lester Born: Oct 6, 1906 Died: May 9, 1908, Son of J.F. and Georgia Mount
William T. Mount ???-??? married Alzira Cates Son: Fred Mount Son: William Thomas Mount
1870 Spring Hill Census T. Mount 1837 TN Farmer Mattie Mount-f 1838 MO (may have been a Younger) Sarah A. Mount. 1861 TX m.1870 John Calvin Coffey M. L. Mount-f 1863 R. B.. Mount-f 1866 TX m. R. A. Slade, NavCo 1886 James F. Mount 1869 TX m. Georgia A. Moore
James Franklin Mount 1868-1947 Married Georgie Ann Moore 1874-1948 Children 1894 Mattie Caroline Mount m. Goza 1895 Jewell Mount M. Railford 1897 Anna B. Mount died y9ung 1900 Wilton Clay Mount 1904 Gladys Mount m. Holmes
Elizabeth Mount married James G. Coffey, Navarro Co. TX 1886 Belle Mount married P. T. Sims, NavCoTX… 1886
ODELL, Maggie Mal Born: 1894 Died: 1895. Daughter of W.Louis Odell and Christine Staaden.
Sister Dorothy Frances Odell, Hubbard TX. Bro Lt. Olin Wells Odell 1895-1945 Hubbard TX
OGILVIE, Bethena Perkins Sneed NO MARKER Born 1826 Williamson Co.,Tennessee Died 1864 buried Spring Hill….NO MARKER Married John Randolph Ogilvie 1826-1906
OWENS, Johnnie Cleveland Born 1892 Died 1897 Son of W. and A. Owens
Parris, Lola A. Born: Sep 21, 1875 Died: May 31, 1892. Daughter of D.E. and C. E. (Parris)
Perkins, J. B. Born 1914 Died 2001 .......Husband of Yvonne Perkins ……Husband of Minie Mae Mayo 1915-1999 ……Born Irene, Texas ……Longtime fiddler
Pierce, Eula Born: Jan 3, 1901 Died: Sep 13, 1902. Daughter of Clyde A. and Vina Catherine Hall Pierce.
Pollard, Jr. R. J.”Bob” Bob) Born: 1841 Died: 1917. Private, Wise Co. Infantry CSA Pollard, W. Henry Born: 1880 Died: 1920. Robert Elder Pollard 1878-1949 is buried at Dawson Cemetery. He was a son of R. J. Pollard and Mary Elliott, and married Sally Malone Kitchens
Prater, Felix Born: 1894 Died: 1894. Son of Thomas and Appie (Russel) Prater who married June 15, 1865 Thomas fought in the Civil War.
Priddy William Born: May 22, 1873 Died: Aug 28, 1874. Son of E. and M. Priddy Priddy Winnie Born: Oct 18, 1874 Died: Nov 9, 1876. Daughter of E. and M. Priddy.
Quinn, Maggie Born: Mar 1, 1877 Died: Nov 10, 1877. Daughter of M.A. and N.C. Quinn. Quinn, Malissa Born: 1875 Died: 1876. Daughterof M.A. and N.C. Quinn
Children of Mildred Ann Coffey 1848 and Nonamous Gordon Quinn. Mildred Ann Coffey was a daughter of James Jefferson Coffee and Ann Elizabeth Matthews. SEE COFFEY
Ratliff, Martha Born: May 22, 1825 Died: Aug 16, 1905. Wife of John Ratliff.
Richardson, Eva Born: 1875 Died: 1877. Daughter of J.T. and M.E. Richardson
Rockenbaugh, C. Born: Mar 13, 1822 Died: Mar 2, 1878
C. Rockenbaugh was listed in the 1870 Spring Hill Census as being born in VA, ad was a farmer. He is widowed with five children under the age of sixteen. He is shown to live between Dr. R. C. Key, and J. J. Cleghorn.
The 1870 census listed the family. C. Rockenbaugh 1824 VA Farmer S. Rockenbaugh 1830 TN H. E. Rockenbaugh 1856 AR J. H. rockenbaugh 1856 AR A. M. Rockenbaubh 1858 AR N. V. Rockenbaugh 1861 AR C. C. Rockenbaugh 1867
Root, Newman Born: Apr 7, 1902 Died: Apr 26, 1902. Son of J.C. and M.A. Root.
Rucker, Mary E. Born: Feb 28, 1854 Died: Mar 30, 1878. Wife of J.L. Rucker.
J. L. Rucker was a half-brother of Ada Rucker who married A. M. Dickson Mary E. was Mary Elizabeth Wasson Rucker who married Joseph LaFayette Rucker. Mary and Joseph lived in Wise Co. TX, and had lost a baby daughter earlier in the year. The Ruckers had, probably, returned to Navarro Co.to visit with, grieve with, her sister, Mary Alice Rucker Fullerton. Mary died in her sister’s home, and was buried at Spring Hill. Mary Alice was the wife of James Patrick “Fullerton, son of William Fullerton II.
SANDERS, Brenda A. Sharp Born 1958 Died 2010 Married Darrel Sanders Son of cecil Sanders and Billie Matthews Children: Shaun Sanders m. Megan Audrey Sanders
SHEPPE, Corn Joyce “Cori” Born 1973 Died 2011 Close friend of Brenca A. Sharp Sanders
SHAW, Tom C. Born 1878\ Doed 1914 Married Carrie Cottongame SEE COTTONGAME
SHAW, Carrie Born 1887 Died 1975 Married Tom c. Shaw
SHAW, Julia S. Born 1874 Died 1893 Married W. H. Shaw
Sidwell, Mary E. Born: May 4, 1852 Died: Dec 11, 1859. Daughter of W. and M.A. Sidwell. Sidwell, Indiana Born: Nov 19, 1852 Died: Dec 26, 1859. Daughter of W. and M.C. Sidwell Sidwell, Henry H. Born: Mar 4, 1861 Died: Jun 26, 1865. Son of W. and M.A. Sidwell Sidwell, Margaret Ann Born 1826` Died 1879 Wife of Warren Sidwell
SEE….THE SIDWELL STORY….in the appendix
Slade, Edwin Born: Mar 9, 1895 Died: May 3, 1901. Son of J.P. and Evaline Slade. Slade, Evallne Born: Feb 6, 1875 Died: Jun 18, 1897. Daughter of J.P. and Evaline Slide.
R. B.. Mount- 1866 TX m. 1880 R. A. Slade, NavCo
See AMONETTE
Slaughter, Daisy Born: Apr 20, 1882 Died: Aug 15, 1882. Daughter of W.S. and Josephine Slaughter. Slaughter, Josephine Caskey Born: May 10, 1859 Died: Feb 23, 1883. Wife of W.S. Slaughter.
William S. “Uncle Billy” Slaughter 1853-1935 migrated from Tennessee to Texas, and was, probably, related to the Francis Slaughter family. He was first married to Josephine who died 1883.
Two sons survived: Son: Clayton Slaughter Son: Lewis Slaughter m. Ola Dempsey, dau of Clarence Dempsey
His second marriage was to Florence Alice Nelson. Dau. Mabel Florence Slaughter 1861-1945 married: Arthur McCulloch 1891-1967 Son: William McCulloch m. Maudean Warren
ROBERT FRANCIS SLAUGHTER : Slauter, Robert Francis Born: Aug 1, 1836 Died: Aug 6, 1871.
Robert Francis Slaughter was born to Francis and Minerva Kathryn Matthews Slauter after they arrived in Texas (1835). After the death of Franci Slaughters, Minerva Kathryn married Dr. George Washington Hill who referred to Robert as a “dutiful stepson”. He was married three times.
Slauter, Ann M. Pendleton Born1842 Died 1964 First wife of Robert Francis Slauter Slauter, K. L. Born: Nov 15, 1862 Died: Dec 3, 1862. Daughter of Robert F. Slauter and Anne Pendleton
The marriage license for Robert Francis Slaughtger and Ann Pendledon was issued in Ellis Co. TX December 1861. Their first child died in infancy. Ann died in 1864 giving birth to Robert Ann “Bobbie Anna” Slauter. Roberta Ann was six at the time of the 1870 census, and was living with her grandmother, Minerva Kathrine Matthews Slauter Hill. Minerva died the following year, and Roberta Ann may have gone to live with her maternal grandparents, Ned E. and Sarah Pendleton, in Ellis Co. The Pendleton’s, as was Dr. George Washintton Hill, were from Warren Co. TN, and were prominent in local and state politics. Her brother, George Pendleton, served Texas as Lt. Governor, and, later, as a U. S. Congressman.
Slauter, C.P. Born: Mar 30, 1853 Died: Jul 10, 1871. Second wiife of Robert Francis Slaughter Slauter, Susan Isabella Born: May 31, 1853 Died: May 24, 1878. Third wife of Robert Francis Slaughter.
This was Susan Isabella Fullerton, daughter of Henry and Nancy Walker Fullerton and mother of Jim and Henry B. Slaughter.
Slauter, Henry B. Born: Mar 9, 1878 Died: Oct 17, 1897. Son of Robert Francis and Susan Isabella Fullerton Slauter.
Henrywas five years old when his father Robert F. died. He was raised by an aunt, Mary Ann “Puss” Wheelock, widoe of George Ripley Wheelock. **************
Smith, Lee Errott Born: Mar 10, 1887 Died: Jun 25, 1887. S Son of W.H. and S.O. Smith.
Smith, Martha Born: 1880 Died: 1880. Daughter of J.M. and Martha C. Smith.
J. M. and Martha C. Daws Smth were, probably, the grandparents of Robert Daws Wright. The family had lived in Missouri, then to Wise Co. TX, then to Navarro Co. before 1866 when Sarah Frances Smith, born 1848 in Missouri, married Thomas Wilkinson Wright. Sarah died in 1877, leaving her husband with four small children. Sam Garrett Wright m. Florence Murphy m. Minnie Thompson Thoomas Wilkerson Wright m. Lelia Rose Andrews of Bryan Robert Daws Wright m. Nelie Dove Terry
J. M. and Martha Daws Smith moved
to Trifty, Brown Co. TX in 1880, and are buried there. One of the Smith
daughters married one of the McCullough sons, and moved to Brown Co. with
her parents. The Smith, McCullough, Odom, and Beaty families appear to
have lived earlier in Morgan Co. AL.
Shelton, Issah T. Born: May 5, 1889 Died: Feb 8, 1958.
Smith, R.J. Born: Feb 1891 Died: 1931. Died at age 40.
SOLAMAN, Elizabeth J Bprn 1830 Died 1908
Sparks, Berta May Born: Feb 23, 1851 Died: Apr 7, 1877. Daughter of T.P. and R.P. Sparks.
The Sparks family had come to Shelby Co. TX from Morgan Co. AL where Cynthia Sparks had married John Ramsey. Frances Spencer Bobo had married Mary Judith Taylor Sparks in Georgia in the early 1800s. The Ramsey Family had lived previously in Bedford Co. TN, a county adjacent to Maury Co. from where so many early Western Navarro Co. residents had lived.
T. P. Sparks and his brother, John C. Sparks were active in land purchases in and around the Spring Hill area. T. P. Sparks purchased a site just north of the General Store owned by Robert Harvey Matthews, and constructed his own store. He, later, sold the store to Robert Alexander Younger. T. P. and his brother purchased 150-acres of land from Burdine Farmer in 1873, property formerly owned by Robert Alexander Younger who had died during the civil war.
Several years later, the T. P. Sparks & Son, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Carriages and Buggies, Saddles and Harness was formed in Waco TX. An envelope, addressed to Dr. R. C. Burleson, President of Baylor University, is most impressive.
His brother, John C. Sparks and his wife, Annie Bobo, lived in Dresden and suffered the loss of a young child.
Spurlin, Andrew C. Born: Oct 22, 1858 Died: Feb 4, 1884
The Spurlin name was found in the 1850 Navarro Co. TX census. A. C. Spurlin was one of the messengers sent in 1884 to the Richland Baptist Assocation with a request to admit the Spring Hill Baptist Church to the association. T.C. Compere was shown as pastor. Church Clerk was F. M. Mount. Some family members intermarried with the Lankford \and Scroggin families.
STAADEN
Louis Jacob, Jr. Born: Jan 9, 1817 Died: Jul 26, 1888. Staaden, Christiana Born: c. 1820 Died: Jan 23, 1903. Wife of Louis Staaden, born in Germany
Louis Jacob Staaden was born in Frankfurt, Germany and arrived in the U.S. in 1836. He met and married Christiana Hagle who had also come from Germany with her brothers Joseph and Frank Hagle.
Staaden, Wilhemine Born: Jul 17, 1867 Died: Nov 8, 1887. Daughter of Louis and Christiana Staaden.
Staaden, Louis Lee Born: Aug 28, 1863 Died: Jun 26, 1921.
Louis Lee Staaden married Anna Moore and was a brother of Maggie Staaden who married Joe Hargis.
Staaden, Baby Born: Jun 8, 1891 Died: Jun 26, 1891. Son of Louis Lee and Anna. B. (Moore) Staaden.
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Stockard, J.H. Born: Feb 1848 Died: 1901. Stockard, Louisa Anna Born: 1853 Died: 1883. Wife of J.H. Stockard.
Tekell, Robert Lee Born 1896 Died 1916
Terry, Rev. J.W . Born: Oct 10, 1851 Died: Jan 11, 1881.
Probably a relative of Herod Hensley and Rose Anna Bounds Terry who are buried in the Liberty Hill Cemetery.
THURMOND, Lunetta Stuart Born 1804 Christian Co. KY Died 1874 Spring Hill Cemetery Dau Col. Abraham Stuart & Mary Kuykendall Married 1821 Judge William Trimble – Prairie Mound AR Married 1868 Jefferson Thurman - Clarksville TX -
Tralver, Alvin G. B & D 1906
Walker, Jessie Born: Jan 11, 1879 Died: Mar 30, 1880. Daughter of J.W. and S.J. Walker. Walker Asbury Born: Oct 19, 1869 Died: Oct 6, 1882. Children of John Wesley Walker and Sally
Jackie Akers who had come from Tishomingo Co. MS with her brothers. All members of the family spent the first winter in a cabin owned by Robert Harve Matthews. Walker, William Thomas Died 1890 Father of John Wesley Wal;ker No marker exists, but family lore says he was buried at Spring Hill
SEE….. THE WALKER-LOWRIMORE STORY… in the appendix
Walker Mary Minerva McCandless Born: Jul 28, 1829 Died: Nov 25, 1876. Wife of William WalkeR Daughter of David and Polly Gordon McCandless.
Mother of Mary E. Berry and grandson, Spart Berry of Dawson (1871-1939), and Alice O. Martin. Walker William Born: Oct 17, 1827 Died: Jan 12, 1882. Came to Robertson’s Colony in 1835 and moved to Spring Hill in mid 1850’s. Married to Mary Minerva McCandless and father to Alice and Mary. Brother to Elizabeth, first wife of Brit Dawson, and Nancy, wife of Henry Fullerton.
Walker, P.A. Born: ??? Died: Dec 11, 1897. Wife of T.N. Walker.
Wall, Hos A. Born: Mar 1, 1887 Died: Sep 14, 1893. Wall, Rosa Born 1887 Died 1893 Daughter of S. and L.L. Wall
WASHINGTON, Charlie Beloved Husband Born 1923 Died 1994
Watkins, Louie Born: Oct 8, 1865 Died: Jul 25, 1889. Wife of W.J. Watkins.
Webb, Sarah Born: Aug 27, 1826 Died: Aug 25, 1848.
Oldest known grave in the cemetery. The Webb family, traveling by covered wagon, were on their way to Franklin, Texas from Maury County, TN and were camped under the oak trees behind the log cabin trading post of Dr. G.W. Hill. Sarah Webb was sick and died. Permission was given to bury her where they camped.
Two footstones were found nearby bearing the names George Webb and Duska Webb. Both footmarkers bore the words, “Gane Home>”
Welch, Inf ant Born: 1879 Died: 1879. Son of J.R. and E.L. Welch. Age 6 days. Welch, Mary Estel Born: May 4, 1891 Died: Jul 25, 1891 Welch, Minnie Florence Born: Apr 5, 1877 Died: May 8, 1880 Daughter of J.R. and L. Welch.
John R. Welch was listed in the 1850 Navarro Co. Census, and had produced ten tons of hay that year. He was mentioned by Clinton Fouty as one of the early settlers of the county. Ethan Melton, 1848 Postmaster at Dresden married Hannah Welch in the 1840s. She was born in Illinois, but the family had lived in Missouri prior to migrating to Texas. John R. Welch was one the organizers of the Spring Hill Baptist Church.
White, Elizabeth Born: Oct 15, 1884 Died: Jul 27, 1909. Wife of J.H. White
Wiley, Verna M. Born 1904 Died 1907
Wilkinson, Amanda Jane Born: Nov 18, 1839 Died: Jun 18, 1883. Wife of D.W. Wilkerson.
This was Amanda Jane Garner, daughter of William Hall Garner who came to Texas in 1856. Her sister married a Mr. Curry and was already living in the Purdon area. The 1870 Spring Hill Census listed… D. W. Wilkerson 1825 TN Farmer A. J. Wilkerson 1842 AL N. I Wilkerson 1861 TX J. P. Wilkerson 1865 TX O. T, Wilkerson 1845 AL B. M. Oliver 1846 AL
Wilkinson, E.J. Born: Feb 24, 1841 Died: Oct 2, 1903 Wilkinson, Mrs. E. J. Born 1841 Died 1905 First married John A. Loyd`1833-1881
Wilkinsib John P. Born: 1865 Died: 1883. Son of D.W. Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, Alice Born: Oct 26, 1861 Died: 1864. Daughter of D.W. Wilkinson. \
Williams, Jane Born: Mar 24, 1818 Died: Jul 8, 1872. Wife of H. Williams.
Williamson, Andy Born: Sep 6, 1882 Died: Aug 2, 1884. Son of W.J. and R.A. Williamson Willamson, Lizzle Born: May 6, 1881 Died: Oct 18, 1885. Daughter of W.J. and R.A. Williamson.
Some sources state that Hiram Williamson had come early to Texas and operated a store at Washington on the Brazos. He is said to have died at the Alamo and is buried there. He never married. His heirs received three parcels of land as a result of his service. One was in Navarro Co. One of his brother was William Jackson Williamson. Another brother, James Williamson, settled in Navarro Co. William Jackson Williamson was found in Giles Co. TN in the 1840 census. He was married to Jane, and had a son, James, who died young while the family lived in MS.
Wilson, Rebecca Born: Dec 22, 1838 Died: Dec 6, 1899. Wife of Samuel Wilson Wilson, Samuel S. Born: Oct 14, 1834 Died: Nov 16, 1876
Winn, David L. Born: Feb 12, 1888 Died: May 12, 1888. Son of Louis and Susanne Winn.
Louis A. Winn, born c1865, married Susan Follis. Susan Follis was a sister of Jennie Follis, first wife of Dr. H. L. Matthews. Jennie died 1888. Louis and Ssusan are buried at the Foreston TX Cemetery. Some of their children were: David L. Winn 18881 Buried at Spring Hill Thomas Lee Winn 1884 Buried Foreston TX 1948 Ann Ellie Winn
The Winn, Matthews, Wilkes, and other families found in Lounenburg Co VA in the late 1700s, were later found in Maury and adjacent counties in Tennessee in the 1800s, still later in Western Navarro Co. TX.
Wood, Robert Aubrey Born: Apr 9, 1889 Died: Jan 3, 1891. Wood, Willie Sue Born: Jan 21, 1884 Died: Aug 24, 1885. Wood, Joann Leathers Dau Alfred Ogilvie Leathers & Jane Callen Bro James Milton Wood Born 1852 Arkansas Died 1883 Spriong Hill Married Thomas. May Wood Children 1870 Rachel Chessilyn Wood m. Pope 1872 Walter Millard Wood 1879 Mattie Wood m. Pope 1883 Dora Ett Wppd , m. Harris
Wright, Wilkinson B. Born: Jan 23, 1846 Died: Dec 13, 1865. Son of Sam and Prudance Matthews Wright
Came to Texas with his parents when he was 3 years old. Died at age 19 with no issue. The family, later, lived in the Liberty Hill area, but the Liberty Hill Cemetery had not been created in 1865. Wilkinson and his sister, Martha Elizabeth Wright Clemons, were buried at Spring Hill Cemetery before the Liberty Hill Cemetery was created. SEE CLEMONS
Young, W.H. Born: Aug 13, 1841 Died: Oct 22, 1918. Young, Martha J. Born: Jun 9, 1844 Died: Jan 15, 1911. Wife of W.H. Young.
Young, William T. Born: Sep 18, 1870 Died: Feb 15, 1910
Martha Jane Lankford was born 1844 in Tishomingo Co. MS, a daughter of Peter Lankford, married second, William H. Young in Tishomingo Co. MS. SEE LANKFORD
Younger, Infant Son Born: 1862 Died: 1862. Son of R.A. and Louise SlaughterYounger. Younger, K.L. Born: Jun 2, 1864 Died: Feb 1866. Daughter of Robert A. and LouiseSlaughter Younger, Robert A. Born 1830 Maury Co. TN Husband of Louise M. Slaughter Younger
Robert Alexander Younger served in the CSA Army, and is said to have died during the war. One source stated that he died in 1867, and was buried in the G. W. Hill plot at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Younger, L.M. Born: 1842 Died: 1866. Wife of R.A. Younger who was killed in the Civil War.
Louise was also the daughter of Minerva Katherine (Matthews) Slaughter Hill. She and R.A. Younger were married in 1857. Two of their children are buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery Their surviving daughter,r Medora, married Alonzo McSpadden.
AFRO-AMERICAN BURIALS AT SPRING HILL CEMETERY
Carroll, Charity Born 1814 Died 1912
Hendricks, Fedora Born: Aug 13, 1905 Died: Aug 8, 1913, Son of P.B. and S.S. Hendricks.
Note: Lela Hendricks 1883-1960, married Matthew Melton Jr,. ….and is buried in the Younger Cemetery.
Henry, Texanna Born: 1853 Died: 1879, Wife of John Henry. Henry, Emily Born: Feb 19, 1879 Died: ???. Daughter of John Henry and Texanna Henry.
John Henry’s first wife, Texanna, and her child died in 1879. John's 2nd marriage was to Charlotte Moore, who was born into the Bird Family of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and settled in Texas near Blooming Grove, Texas
MARTIN
The Martin name came into the Younger family when Adolphus Martin married Amanda Younger, but the family heritage began with Isom and Caroline Younger, both of whom had been slaves in the household of Robert Anderson Younger and Louise Slaughter Younger.
Members of the Younger Family had lived in Chatham Co. NC, migrated to Maury Co. TN, then to Stockton, Cedar Co. MO. They began arriving in Western Navarro Co. TX in the mid-1840s, and settled on the east side of Richland Creek. Robert Anderson Younger purchased commercial property at Spring Hill in 1854 from Robert Harve Matthews.
The will of Francis Slaughter mentions Carolilne, a slave girl born in the 1830s. Slaughter’s widow, Minerva Kathrine Matthews Slaughter had borne three children, one of whom was Louise Slaughter who married Robert Alexander Younger. Isom Younger came into the household with Y ounger, and Caroline came with Louise Slaughter. Together, bore several childen, one of whom was Amanda Younger.
Isom and Caroline are buried at Spring Hill. Their first child of record to have been buried there was Mary Younger 1862-1864.
Amanda Younger, born 1864, married Adolphus Martin. She named her first child, Isom Luther Martin. Both Isom Luther Marin and Amanda Martin are buried at Spring Hill Cemetery. All of her children are buried at Spring Hill Cemetery as well as many of her descendants.
Adolphus “Dolph” Martin, born a slave in 1856 in Kentucky, had arrived in Western Navarro Co. TX in the late 1870s, and worked as a cowboy for Brit Dawson. It was said that he, “branded cattle for Brit Dawson all day, and branded cattle for Dolph Martin all night.” He operated a cotton gin at Babylon, acquired a small acreage immediately west of the Brit Dawson residence, and adjacent to the black community of Dawson known as Farmersville.
Dolph Martin, small of stature, also served as a jockey who raced thoroughbred horses for George Washington Savage, often at the track at Baton Rouge, Louisiana where purses were substantial. Dolph received a percentage of each purse won, and invested in rich farmland adjacent to Richland Creek
Over the years, Dolph Martin became one of the most respected names in Western Navarro Co., Texas, white or black. A photo made near 1900 presents Dolph Martin as the only black man in a group of men standing on the porch of the old Spring Hill Store, located on Broadway, a wide thoroughfare where horse races were popular on Sunday afternoons.
When Amanda died in 1905, she was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in an area that, later, became known at the Martin Plot. Her son, Isom Luther Martin, was buried there two years later. Other children, their spouses and grandchildren were buried there over the years. The most recent Martin burial at Spring Hill Cemetery was in December 2011.
Dolph Martin was married a second time after the death of Amanda, moved to Pelham, raised another family there. He is buried in the Pelham Cemetery.
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Martin, Amanda Born: Mar 25, 1864 Died: Jan 25, 1905 Wife of Dolph Martin. Daughter: Isom and Caroline Younger
Dolph H. Martin married Josie Allen after the death of Amanda, moved to Pelham, and died there thirty-five years later. He is buried at the Pelham Cemetery.
Martin, Isom Luther Born: Sep 15, 1882 Died: Mar 22, 1908. Son of D.H. and A. T. Martin.
Notice the use of the initials rather than given names
Martin, Frank R.”Rich” Born: Jan 8, 1885 Died: Apr 1, 1957. Son of Dolph and Amanda Martin
Martin, James R. “Jim” Born: Jan 3, 1886 Died: Mar 6, 1950. Son of Dolph and Amanda Martin Husband of Maymie E. Williams
A Christian educator, philanthropist, farmer and devoted father.
Martin, Maymie E. Born: May 8, 1888 Died: Aug 1980. Wife of James R. Martin, born Mayme E. Williams
A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend
Martin, James A. Born: Dec 25, 1908 Died: Mar 20, 1976. Son of James R. and Maymie Williams Martin, AKA”Sugarpie”
A devoted son, husband, father and friend.
James Adolphus Martin, AKA “Sugarpie,” was one of the Early leader involved in the restoration of Spring Hill Cemetery.
Martin, Mamie B. Born: Died: 2011 Wife of James A. Martin
Martin, Bertha A. Born: May 3, 1889 Died: Feb 12, 1908. Daughter of Dolph and Amanda Martin Martin, Bruce E. Born: Oct 21, 1901 Died: Jul 28, 1962. Son of Dolph and Amanda Martin Spillar, Lucy Born: Jun 1, 1893 Died: Jul 9, 1985. Daughter of Dolph and Amanda Martin Wife of O. H. Spillar, DDS Martin, Robert Born: Dec 4, 1896 Died: Aug 4, 1957. Son of Dolph and Amanda Martin
SQUIRE COLUMBUS PORTER Born: 1834 Died: 1869.
Squire Columbus Porter was said to have walked from Tennessee to Texas while the family of his master rode in carriages. He arrived in the Spring Hill area circa 1854. He married Margaret Caruthers, daughter of Henry and Melinda Caruthers.
Henry Caruthers, his wife and two sons, had been included in an inheritance received by Joseph T. Lawrence who brought them to Texas in 1847. After the civil war, Mary Minerva McCandless Walker family gave Margaret Caruthers two hundred acres of land on the headwaters of Richland Creek.
Shepherd, Hugh E. Born: Aug 5, 1891 Died: Oct 11, 1957. Shepherd, Lena Born: Oct 14, 1898 Died: Jan 24, 1950. Mother. Lena, wife of Hugh Shepherd, was a daughter of Dolph and Amanda Martin.
Shepherd, Lawrence Martin Born: Aug 18, 1921 Died: Sep 30, 1942. Son of Hugh and Lena Martin Shepherd Shepherd, Hugh E. Jr. Born: Mar 20, 1920 Died: Jun 11, 1961. Son of Hugh and Lena Martin Shepherd
Thomas, Delia M. Born: Jul 15, 1881 Died: Jan 21, 1906. Daughtger of Dolph and Amanda Martin Wife of Tolbert Thomas,
Thomas, Callie M. Born: Oct 2, 1884 Died: Mar 18, 1971. daughter of Dolph and Amanda Martin. Wife of Homer Thomas, Thomas, Jimmie R. Born: Jul 19, 1918 Died: Jun 17, 1941. Son of Callie and Homer Thomas. Thomas, Lillian Born: Jul 3, 1920 Died: Oct 17, 1940. Daughter of Callie and Homer Thomas. Thomas, William August Born: Dec 28, 1907 Died: Mar 23, 1939. Son of Callie and Homer Thomas.
Thomas, William T. Born: Apr 2, 1825 Died: Nov 11, 1890 Possible father or grandfather of Homer &Tolbert Thomas
Traylor, Alvin C. Born: Feb 25, 1906 Died: Mar 4, 1906. Son of M.A. and J.O. Traylor.
Younger, Isom Born: Feb 21, 1837 Died: Dec 1, 1902. Younger, Caroline Born: 1834 Died: Jun 17, 1919. .
Isom and Caroline Younger may have been slave s in the ho me of Robert Anderson and Louise Slaughter Younger. The Y Youngers were originally from Maury Co., Tennessee,but had lived in Missouri for several years prior to migrating to Western Navarro Co., Texas. The Youngers settled on the north side of Richland Creek, and the 1870 census of that area lists more than a dozen black families with the name Younger. Isom Younger was not listed in the 1870 Spring Hill census.
The 1842 will of Francis Slaughter, father of Mrs. Robert Alexander Younger, is interesting in that it mentions an eight year old girl, Caroline, in the family of his slave woman, Viney. That Caroline would have been born 1834, near the birth date for Caroline Younger, wife of Isom Youjnger.
The 1870 Spring Hill Census lists O. Younger 1837 MO Black male - Farmer C. Younger-f 1843 TX M. Younger-f 1865 TX E. A. Younger 1868 TX
The 1837 birth date for Isom Younger is correct as is his state of birth, but the 1843 date for Caroline should be 1834. This census information is suspect, and an error made as a result of someone other than family members providing the information, and/or typo error. This family lives near several other black families: Burns, Mitchell, and Burger.
Younger, Mary Born: 1862 Died: 1864. Daughter of Isom and Caroline Younger Younger, Caroline Born: 1869 Died: 1875. Daughter of Isom and Caroline Younger. Younger, James Born: 1871 Died: 1873. Son of Isom and Caroline Younger. Younger, Ida Born: 1873 Died: 1874. Daughter of Isom and Caroline Younger Younger, Susanna Born: 1873 Died: 1874. Daughter of Isom and Caroline Younger.
Mary Younger was the first slave of record to have been buried at Spring Hill Cemetery. It is very probable that several slaves were buried in the cemetery prior to 1864, but identifying stones or other markers have vanished with time. These graves are located outside the southeast corner of the G.W. Hill plot.
Younger, Elizabeth Born: Dec 25, 1884 Died: Sep 25, 1910. Wife of Jessie Younger. . ***************
FAMILIES RELATED to SPRING HILL CEMETERY
AMONETTE
Four markers at The Spring Hill Cemetery, three miles north of Dawson, Navarro Co. TX, bear the surname Amonette.
1865, the oldest date shown, was for Harriette Amonete whose marker was broken and the information difficult to read. Her relationship to the family is unknown. Pieces of this broken marker were recently assembled and imbedded in concrete over the grave.
1869 bears the name of William Amonette. He was born in 1829, and was the husband of Amelia Amonette.
1882..A third marker is for Amelia Amonette 1837-1882, is shown as the wife of William Amonette.
1906…. is that of S. H. Amonette 1859-1906. This was Samuel H. Amonette, son of William and Amelia Amonette
Two related graves are nearby. The first is Evaline Slade 1875-1897, daughter of J. P. and Evaline Slade. The second is Millie Slade Freeland 1877-1901, wife of J. F. Freeland. Both were daughters of J. P. Slade, one by Evaline, one possibly by Amelia.
AMMONET-SLADE CONNECTION
Amelia Amonette had remained a widow for almost ten years after her husband died and buried at Spring Hill Cemetery. She and her family, apparently, remained on the Amonette Ranch located several miles west of the Pin Oak Community, near the Hill-Navarro Co. line, and 4-5 miles from the Spring Hill Community.
Spring Hill was not a large community in the 1870s, but it was the center of social and commercial activity that extended several miles in all directions. Families came to Spring Hill to pick up mail, purchase items at the General Store, attend “Protracted Meetings under brush arbors, attend weddings and funerals.
SOME SLADE HISTORY
Henry Slade was born likely about 1640 in England. According to a chart supposedly prepared by his gr-gr-grandson,General Jeremiah Slade, Henry was born in England and married there before coming to America. However, no document has yet been found to confirm those claims.1,2,3 Henry Slade was involved in a Court case on November 15, 1658 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia.4
Henry Slade came from England before 1700 and settled on the east side of the Pungo River at the mouth of a creek, later called Slade’s Creek in what later became Hyde County, North Carolina. Many of Henry's descendants still reside in coastal North Carolina.
Jeremiah Slade, b 1775, great-great-grandson of the immigrant Henry, served as a Brigadier General in War of 1812. He owned large tracts of land in Martin County, NC on which his Slade descendants are still farming today. Thomas Bog Slade, son of Jeremiah, migrated to Jones Co, Georgia where he founded Clinton Female Academy, which later became Wesleyan College in Macon. T.B. Slade later moved to Muskogee County, Georgia where he died. His cousin, William Slade settled in Dooly County, Georgia where his descendants spread to Crisp and Pulaski Counties. Samuel Slade was in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1800 and migrated on to Mississippi where many descendants still live. Henry Blount Slade migrated to Washington County, Alabama and has many descendants in that general area. The only known publication about this branch is
JEREMIAN SLADE…..born c1823 NC…after 1888 Married….Sarah Sutton 1852…purchased land Dooly Co, GA
James B. Culpepper and William Collins, both of Dooly Co., GA to Jeremiah Slade of Dooly Co., GA, for $3,000.00: 607.6 acres, Lots 101, 102 and 124, all in District 10. Recorded 6 Jan 1853.3
1858 married…..Queen Ellen Culpepper at Worth GA
Jeremiah Slade was born 1823 in NC. His mother’s name was Catherine, born c1781. Catherne Slade was living with her son, Jeremiah Slade, and his second wife, Sarah Sutton, in Dooly Co. GA. When Susan Sutton died, he married Emiline, who died at some point after 1877 when their daughter, Millie Slade, was born.
Jeremiah Slade was living in Navarro Co. TX in 1878 when two of his sons married there. Son George Slade, born 1849 in Georgia, married Allie Susan Craddock. Son, Andrew Jackson Slaton, born 1854, married Sarah Ophelia Keel in Navarro Co. in 1878, and died there in 1927.
Evaline, wife of J. P. Slade, died between 1877 and 1880, and J. P. Slade is shown as "Head of Household" in the 1880 census, married to Amelia. Children listed bear both names of Slade and Amonette. Amelia died 1882, and was buried alongside William Amonette at The Spring Hill Cemetery.
Amelia Amonette, born 1837, would have been 40-years of age in 1877 when the wife of J. P. Slade may have died. J. P. Slade would have been 46-years of age.
Known dates of the Jeremiah Slade Family indicate that they migrated from Georgia to Texas between 1870 and 1880 Several Slade families were living in Dooley Co. GA until the 1870s when some migrated to Navarro Co. TX.
George Bryan Slade, born 1849, son of Jeremiah Slade and Sarah Sutton, was shown in the 1850-1860-1870 census of Dooly Co. GA.
George Bryan Slade married Allie Susan Craddock 1878 in Navarro Co, TX, and was shown n the 1880 census living in Navarro Co. He was buried at Streetman, Freestone Co. TX. Two children are recorded as being born to this union, Mary Slade b1879, and Ebbie N. Slade b1880.
One Spring Hill history recorded that the Slade Family owned the Spring Hill Quarry at one time. The quarry was located north of the Spring Hill-Navarro Mills road, just west of the Richland Creek Bridge, an area that may be covered by the Navarro Mill Lake Dam. Several stones from the quarry may still be seen across the road from the Joe Kyle residence at Spring Hill.
Jeremia, could well have been the J. P. Slade who married Millie Amonette. J. P. was married to Evaline in 1875 when their daughter, Evaline, was born. Evaline many have died in childbirth in 1875, and J. P. Slade married Millie Amonette in 1876. Amelia “Millie” Amonette would have been 39-years of age, Jeremiah Slade would have been 53.
Millie Slade, who married J. F. Freeland, was born in 1877, when Millie Amonette Slade would have been 40-years of age, and capable of bearing children.
SOME AMONETTE FAMILY HISTORY
Jacob and Judith Amonette, and their son, Andre, appear to have migrated from France to Virginia in 1700. They may have been Huguenots, a religious group who fled France during the time of intense religious persecution by the French government, and may have settled in the Huguenot community of Manikintown VA.
Four ships sailed from France in 1700 loaded with 700-800 French Huguenots, a few of the thousands of French Protestants who were fleeing the religious persecution of Louis XIV. The settlement was first located in the Tidewater area between Virginia and North Carolina. Later, the settlement was moved above the falls on the James River to an abandoned Monocan Indian village, 25-miles from the nearest settlement, a move which created a buffer between hostile Indians and the coast settlements
Some members of the Amonette family migrated early to Tennessee, but were living in Madison Co. AL by 1830, and in Morgan Co. AL by 1840.
William Amonette, born c1770, son of Benjamin Amonette, had lived in Tennessee for a time. His son, William Lemuel Amonette, born 1799 in Tennessee, was living in Morgan Co. AL in 1830. He had married Rebecca Black,
The family moved from Morgan Co. AL to Hempstead Co. AR by 1850, and the census reported: Amonett William 51 Tennessee 1799 Amonett Rebecca 44 Tennessee 1806 Amonett Benj. 22 Alabama 828 Amonett Wm 21 Alabama 1829 {Amonette, Mary Jane 19 Alabama 1830 ....not listed...married: Jack Harvey Black Ammonett John 17 Alabama 1833 Amonett Rebecca 17 Alabama 1833 Amonett James 7/12 Arkansas 1849 Amonett John 16 Alabama 1834 .....married: Julia Ann Foreman - born AL 1839 ....dau: Jennie Amonette - born 1868 in Texas .....died: Bryan TX before 1870
The census reveals that the family had moved from Tennessee to Alabama before 1828, and had moved to Arkansas before 1849. The family settled at Emmet, Nevada Co. AR, an area that, later, became Hempstead Co. William was listed as a tailor, and died in 1873.
William Lemual Amonette, Jr., born 1829, was married in Arkansas in 1856 to Amelia "Millie" Beaty. When the Civil War began, William Amonette was said to have served in the CSA, but no record had been discovered.
The family migrated to Western Navarro Co. TX near the close of the Civil War, or immediately after secession of hostilities. Birthdates of the children indicate that the family migrated from Arkansas to Texas at some point after 1864, and before 1866. Harriett Amonette was buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery in 1865.
An "Amonette Ranch" was mentioned in the 1870s as being located near the Hill-Navarro Co. line, a few miles east of the community of Pin Oak. The Amonette Ranch may have been located near the community of Dover in Hill Co. Miss Fannie L. Amonette, Miss Dora Amonette, Roy Amonette, were listed as being members of the Dover Church.
William Lemual Amonette, born 1829, was buried at The Spring Hill Cemetery in August of 1869.
Amelia "Millie" Amonette was left a widow with seven children under twelve years of age and a ranch to operate. Her children were:
Millard Filmore Amonette 1857-1935 AR married Mary Lynch Served as U. S. Marshll son: Jim Amonette - born c1885 -Hill Co. TX son: Ed Amonette - born c1887 - Hill Co. TX Died in Florida while traveling to South America
Samuel Houston Amonette 1858-1906 AR married: Necie Loretta Thompson dau: Edith Amonette c1890 dau: Mable Amonette c1890 dau: Maude Amonette .Buried Spring Hill Cem.
Ida Amonette 1860-1933 AR married: William Hinkle - born c1855 Hill Co TX son: Bruce Hinkle . son: Roy Hinkle Died: 1933 Lander WY..buried Hillsboro TX
William Lemual Amonette III 1861 AR married Louella Luckie - SEE BELOW
John Franklin Amonette 1864 AR married Edna J. Stewart, born Waco TX Son: Arthur Spence Amonette, born Dallas TX 1894 Son: Cecil Morris Amonette - born Dallas TX 1889 Son: Henry Allen Amonette -born Dallas TX 1892 Dau: Quida Mae Amonette - born Dallas TX 1890 Buried Houston TX after 1937
Ernest Helmer Amonette 1866-1928 b. Hubbard TX Buried Amonette Cemetery, Hope AR
Robert Lee Amonette 1867-1914 b. Hubbard TX married: Ada White born 1866 IY Son: Milliard A, Amonette 1898 OK dau: Millie E. Amonette 1895 dau: Maude Lee Amonette 1896 dau: Minnie R. Amonette 1899 married: Tom J. Davis dau: Malsie Mae Amonette 1901 OK dau: Ada Amonette 1903 OKTishomingo
Robert Lee Amonette, listed as "Sheriff and Rancher," was shot and killed October 12, 1914 by A. J. Scott. The shooting was near the home of his daughter, Minnie, who had married Tom Davis. Robert was buried in the Lynn Cemetery. One source states that Scott was a "Hired Hand," and that he, later, married Robert's widow.
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William and Louella may have lived in Comanche Co. in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Their children were:
Fannie C. Amonette 1885 Annie Amonette Dora L. Amonette 1887-1920 m. Mr. Hinkle Ida Mae Amonette 1889-1966 m. Brian Connor Roy William Amonette 1891-1960 m. 1909 Catherine Winnie Connor
Dau: Christine Amonette, taught at Hubbard School married Emil Savage married Jim Weatherby Dau: Jackqulyn Amonette married: Son: Billy Amonette Married Wanda English ………dau: Laura Amonette ………….married: Mike Saucke ………dau: Lisa Amonette
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BOLDEN
Solomon Boldin, was born in TN, married Elizabeth Betty Parker, and came to Texas in 1883. The family had lived in Colbert Co. AL. Their children were: Martha Susan 1852 Born Colbert Co. AL m. John Henry Clay John Henry Clay possible son of Dr. Richard Kay, buried Liberty Hill Dau. Carro Lizzie m. Jim Harold Clay Sally Bolden 1854 Born Colbert Co. AL Betty Bolden 1854-1862 m. Parker Rufus Bolden 1869-1898 Solomon Bolden 1862 Son: Charlie Bolden m.1901 Cora Lowrimore Dau: m. John Farmer .Son: Clyde Bolden Son: Arthur Bolden Son: Haddix Bolden Son: Charles “Mutt” Bolden m. Ellen Hopkins
Jonathan Bolden married Cordelia Gable, born 1854 near Iuka, Tishomingo Co MS, daughter of Henry Gable and Mrtha Hanks, married Johathan Bolden in Navarro Co,. TX Sarah Bolden married 1893 Richard Marion Lankford in Navarro Co. TX.
COFFEY
Children of James Jefferson Coffey and Anne Elizabeth Matthews were: Mildred Ann Coffey 1848 m. Nonamous Gordon Quinn William Harvey Coffey 1849 Sarah Martha Coffey 1852 m. J. T. Richardson John Calvin Coffey 1854 m. Sarah Elizabeth Mount m. Mary A. Alice Jane Coffey 1856 m. W. A. Bingon Mary Frances Coffey 1858 Caldone Coffey 1861 J. M. B. Evans Fannie Morgan Coffey 1862` m. Thomas S. Sowell James Coffey 1867 Maggie Rozella Coffey 1867 Jesse H. Evans
Anne Elizabeth was a daughter of Sampson Stewart and Sarah (Reese) Matthews. Her siblings wre:: Sarah Jane Matthews m. William C. Turnbow – died 1861 in TN; Robert Harvey Matthew m. Staaden died Spring Hill 1888; Joseph Calvin Matthews m. Margaret Adney Sims died Spring Hill 1914; Mary Ophelia Matthews m. John Bunyon Morgan – died Spring HIll 1888.
J. M. Coffey 1854-1898 May A. Coffey 1860-1883 Are buried at Brushie Prairie Cemetery. This would be John M. Coffey, born 1854, son of James Jefferson Coffee and Ann Elizabeth Matthews.
COTTONGAME
The Cottongame Family came to Texas between 1887 and 1889 from Lawrence County, Alabama where John and Sarah married June 23, 1881. The family lived just east of Spring Hill Cemetery on the old Cow Head Road, an Indian and cattle trail which ran on the north side of the Cemetery and east to Corsicana. Others on the road were the J. M. Davidson family and the Henry Cameron family.
The story was told that cow died on the trail in the early days on one of the cattle drives. The head bone, bleached white by the sun, became a landmark and the trail was identified as “The road what t had that old cowhead.” Thus..THE OLD COWHEAD ROAD.
Nancy Caroline Nelson born 1832 at Decatur, Morgan Co. AL, married William J. Cottongame in 1858., and bore four children, three of whom survived: Samuel Marvin Cottongame b. 1860 Morgan Co. AL John Franklin Cottongame married Sarah Jane Prater W. P. Cottongame Mary Etta Cottongame married John A. Jagjears .Merica Caroline Jagjears m. Tom Shaw Willie Harvey Jagjears .John Arson Jagjears Artie Jagjears Guy Jagjears Travis Jagjears
The family lived in AL during the Civil War. Caroline collected corn in a wagon, had the corn ground, and distributed it to needy familes. Her husband enlisted, went to war, and was never heard from again. She died in 1933 at the age of 101.
CUNNINGHAM
John Davidson Cunningham 1802-1892 Cherokee Co. AL m. Elizabeth McClusky 1814-1897 Malakoff TX
Son John Davidson Cunningham II 1841-1917 Malakoff TX m. Mary Josephine Moore 1856-1945 Malakoff TX Dau Edna Cunningham 1889-1979 Malakoff TX m. Robert I Broyles Malakoff Dau Leola Belle Cunningham 1891-1991 Malakoff TX m. Henderson Son Roy Edwin Cunningham 1895-1959 Tyler TX
Son Pleasant Henderson Cunningham 1836-1902 Hubbard m. Harriett Swader 1837-1917 Hubbard 1860 Eva Cunningham Hubbard M William Towler Hubbard 1863 Barbara Cunningham Hubbard Never married 1868 George Calvin Cunningham 1926 Hubbard m. Laura Frances Matthews 1872-1957 Hubbard 1900 Henry Calvin Cunningham Hubbard m. Nina Martin 1872 Fannie B. Cunningham Hubbard m. Marion Lee Onstatt 1873-1964 Hubbard
DAVIDSON
John Martin Davidson served the CSA in the MS Infantry married Elizabeth Betty Newby 1874 Bolivar MS
Children of John Martin Davidson and Elizabeth Newby Fred married Willie Margie Matthews; Ennis married Fred Bell Matthews; Mary Alice married Joe Lawrence; Jewell A. married G.D. Bolden. Edna Charlie Cora Pearl
Betty was born McMinville, Warren Co. TN in 1855 to Thompson Newby II and Rebecca . The family was living , in Bolivar Co. MS by1860 Their children were: General Newby 1845 buried Mangold, Bolivar Co MS Amanda 1846 Maryann 1847 Montius 1849 m. 1873 Sallie Miller Mary 1853 Elizabeth 1855 m. 1874 J M Davidson Jonathan 1857 William King 1859
HARGIS Joseph B. Hargis appears to have arrived at Spring Hill, Texas from nowhere. He married Maggie Staaden, daughter of Louis Staaden, a Spring Hill Blacksmith, and Christina Hagle, both of whom had migrated fromGermany IN THE 1840s. Two Hargis sons are buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery. Both died in 1894. Another son, Overton Hargis, born 1895, was shown living with his parents in the 1930 Dawson census.
Joseph B. Hargis, more than likely, was a son of William Hargis, son of Ruben Hargis, son of Joseph Hargis who had settled Overton Co. TN. William Hargis, born 1825, migrated early from White Co. TN to Eastern Hill Co. TX. Several families from the White Co. TN area settle near the converging lines of Hill, Navarro, and Ellis counties, and included family names of Savage, Farley, Womaack, Rogers, Walker, Collier,and others.
SAMUEL B JETTON
Sam and Emily buried a stillborn son, Luther Jetton, at Spring Hill Cemetery in 1867. J .E ,Jetton was born in 1869 and another infant was stillborn in 1871. Emily died in 1873 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Sam B Jetton, age fifteen, was listed in the
1850 census of Rutherford Co TN in the household of Emphraim Jetton . Ephriam
Jetton was born Rutherford Co TN in 1811, died Robertson Co. TX.. before 1856.
The 1870 NavCo Census listed the Jettons
living with Warren Sidwell….
C C Turner (m)
b. 1849 AL
Germany - married Christina Hagle
wife of Dr. Geo. Washington Hill
McSPADDEN
Francis Alonzo McSpadden 1849-1891. was a son of John Marshall McSpadden and Minerva Caldwell. John Marshall McSpadden was born 1808 in Madisonville, Monroe Co. TN, son of Thomas Addison McSpadden, and grandson of John McSpadden. John Marshall McSpadden died 1899 in Navarro Co. TX
Minerva Caldwell was born 1815 in Loudon Co. TN, daughter of John Caldwell and Elizabeth Phillips. She married John Marshall McSpadden in 1836 at Lafayette Co. GA.
Their children were: Cicero B. McSpadden 1838-1838 Thomas Christopher C. McSpadden 1841-c1865 William Emmett McSpadden 1844-c1865 James Oliver McSpadden 1847- Francis Alonzo McSpadden 1849- Mary Elizabeth McSpadden Sarah McSpadden c1856-1860
James Oliver McSpadden and Francis Alonzo McSpadden migrated to Western Navarro Co. TX
Francis Alonzo McSpadden born 1849 Catoosa Co. GA, died 1891 Corsicana TX. , and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery. He married 17-year old Nancy Ann Fullerton in 1876. Nancy was born 1859 in Robertson Co. TX. The Fullerton-Walker families were prominent in Robertson Co. and became early settlers of Western Navarro Co. Nancy gave birth to a baby girl in the summer of 1878. The baby died in July, Nancy died the following December. Both were buried at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Francis Alonzo McSpadden then married 16-year old Medora Younger 1862-1899, only surviving daughter of Robert Alexander Younger and Louise M. Slaughter. She died 1898. Their children were:
Claude Younger McSpadden 1880-1965 Lived at Purdon 1955 buried Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana TX nephew: Dr. Edward W. Elliott neice: Mrs. Neely G. Landrum, Dallas neice: Mrs. Ward L. Shaffer, Okla. City, OK paulbearers: Dr. Edwin W. Elliott, Dallas; William Elliott, Walter Lewis, Walter Lewis, Jr of Corsicana; David G. Elliott, Neely G. Landrum, Dallas; Dr. Ward L. Shaffer, Okla. City., and L. D. Parrish of Purdon. . Hana McSpadden 1884 Louise Mae McSpadden 1887-1955 .Graduated Corsicana High School, Univ. of Chicago Taught school, then with Magnolia for 25-years Member East Dallas Presbyterian Church m. William Robert Kelly, a tinsmith Sister: Nena McSpadden Elliott, Dallas TX Pallbearers: David G. Elliott, Joe Simpkins, Sidney Marks, ……Perry McCammon, Neal Johnson, A. e. Garland, Harvey ……Parrish.
Nena Georgia McSpadden 1881-1978 m. Walter Edward Elliott .son: Dr. Edward W. Elliott 1904-1979 dau: Theodora Louise Elliott 1906-1989 Dau: Kathrine Elliott
Francis Alonzo McSpadden was near30-years of age when he married 16-year old Louise Mae Younger. Her mother had died when she was 4-years of age. The General Store and whatever other assets owned by Robert Alexander and Louise M. Slaugher were inherited by 4-year old Louise Mae Younger as sole heir. It may be assumed that some family member served as her guardian for the following 12-years. Historical sources state that Francis Alonzo McSpadden operated a General Store at Spring for several years, but no dates have been discovered. He was living there in 1878 when his first wife and child died and were buried at Spring Hill Cemetery. Francis Alonzo McSpadden and Louise M. Slaughter were married between 1878 when his first wife died, and 1880 when Louise M. Slaughter bore his first childwith her. The possibility exists that he was working at the store as a young man, or, perhaps, had become owner of the store by the time his first wife died. Alonzo and Louise, apparently, continued to operate the Spring Hill General Store until the late 1880s when the family moved to Corsicana, perhaps to provide their children a better education. Louise Mae McSpadden, graduated from Corsicana High Schoo, later, The University of Chicago.
MATTHEWS
The Matthews Family was first found in Wales in the 1300s, migrated to North Ireland in the 1600s, and to America in the early 1700s. The family first settled near Boston, later to eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Deleware. Some families settled the Shenandoah Valley, other in Southern Virginia, especially Lunenburg Co.
They began to settle in North Carolina in the 1750s, but in the early years of the 1800s, migrated to middle Tennessee. Three Matthews families, children of Robert and Mary Ann Stewart Matthews, became First Families of the Sterling Clack Robertson Colony, and arrived at Ft. Frankin on December 1, 1835. Another child of Robert and Mary Ann arrived in Navarro Co. TX on Christmas Eve 1848.
Thirteen years later, 1848, they began to settle on Richland Creek and named the settlement, Spring Hill. It was in August 1848 Sarah Webb was laid to rest in a clump of oak trees several hundred yards north of where Dr. George Washington Hill had built a log Trading Post. His 1860 will provided that two acres surrounding that grave be, “a perpetual burial ground.”
ROBERT & MARY ANN STEWART MATTHEWS Were married at Alamance, Guilford Co. NC 1800
Their children were: Martha Patricia Matthews Buried Spring Hill m. J. D. Matthews m. John Matthews Jane Matthews Never married, died TN Sampson Stewart Matthews buried Spring Hill m. Sarah Reece, William Newton Matthews m. Sarah Mack, died TN Minerva Kathrine Matthews buried Spring Hill m. Francis Slauter m. Geo. W. Hill, Prudence Shaw Matthews m. Samuel Wright,buried Liverty Hill John Matthews m. Sarah Covey – disappeared Elizabeth Matthews m.Henry Caleb Estes, died TN Wm. Lafayette Matthews MD Never married, died TN
FOUR OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE BURIED AT SPRING HILL CEMETERY Martha Patricia Matthews Sampson Stewart Matthews Minerva Kathrine Matthews Robert Harve Matthews
Prudence Shaw Matthews Is buried at Liberty Hill Cemetery
PRATER
John Prater married Mary Elizabeth Bryant and lived at Franklin Co. GA. One son died in Lawrence Co. AL, another John Bryant Prater, in Morgan Co. AL. Son Thomas Wilburn Prater died at Purdon, Navarro Co. TX in1925
THOMAS WILBURN PRATER M. APPIE Z. RUSSELL Their children were:
Sarah Jane Prater 1866 m. John Franklin Cottongame…. Mary Ella Prater 1867 m. John Oden 1892 in Texas Nancy Prater c1871 m. D. F. Brown Malina Belinda Prater 1872 m. James Breedlove John David Prater 1875 died 1948 Dawson, Texas James Anderson Prater 1877 died 1943 Dawson, Texas Sam Theodore Prater 1879 died 1950 Hill Co. TX Woodrow Wilson Prater 1887 died in Texas Faris Prater 1894 died Tahoka, Texas Felix Prater 1894 died Spring Hill, Texas Julia Prater 1891 m. George Gant
SIDWELL
The Sidwell Family, Quakers, were first found in Co. Armagh, North Ireland.
Hugh and Elizabeth Sidwell were parents of Hugh Sidwell who married Ann---? Their son Abraham , born 11 Feb.1727 married to Charity Harris resided in West Nottihghan Hundred, Cecil Co.Md.. He died before 1794. Their daughter Mary married Joshua Kirk in West Nottingham Twp.Chester Co. Pa.
Warren A. Sidwell was born 1822 in Ohio. He was listed in the 1850 Navarro Co. census. An early Navarro Co. map reveals his land to have been in the Liberty Hill area, just south of a plot owned by David O. McCandless. He was one of the early leaders of Methodist churches in the area.
His ancestor, Nathan Sidwell 1763, was bured 1836 at Pennsville OH, a community he had named for William Penn. His son, Jesse Sidwell, married Hannah Sutliff, and settled in Washington Co. AR, but lived later in Collin Co.TX. Their son, Deamon William Sidwell, married Eliza Ann Parker whose family claimed many Methodist preachers..
Warren Sidwell descended from a family of Quakers who fled England. Cathrine Sidwell and her family were mentioned in a 1734 recommendation for membership in the Bush River SC Quaker group. This Quaker group migrated to North Carolina, and later, to Wrightsville,Georgia where the family participated in a Quaker settlement. The family moved from Georgia as a result of the issue of slavery and settled in an area of Kentucky that later became Tennessee. Later, as the slavery issue grew more intense, the Quakers began to settle Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Warren Sidwell, a widower with a small daughter, married 1843 Mary Ann Cox Ramsey, a widow with a small son, Daniel J. Ramsey, born in Illinois in 1848. He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Family oral history states that was wounded, but walked to Marshall, Texas where he died and was buried.
Warren Sidwell was born 1822 Ohio and died 1864 Marshall, Texas. He married 1843 Mary Ann Cox, Nathan Sidwell born 1763 and died Pennsville Ohio 2-12-1836 he married Rebecca Baker,she is also buried in Pennsville Ohio. Their son, Jesse Sidwell, married Hannah Sutliff and live in Collin Co. Texas and Washington Co Arkansas. They are buried in Washington Co. Arkansas. Their son, Dearmon William Sidwell, lived in Murphy Texas and married Eliza Ann Parker. Her family was from Stewart Co Tn. and were all Methodist minsters
Dearmon ,son William Dearmon Sidwell. married Della Leigh Hamby. Her father, Thornton K. Hamby. was a hero at the Indian battle of Elm Creek Young Co. Texas. His father owned the Randoll Mill in Fort Worth, Texas. He hired Charles Randall to run mill then sold it to him.
Jesse Sidwell ‘sdaughter, Rachel Ann Sidwell, married W. W. Turner. their house still stands in Murphy texas near the Decatur/Maxwell cemetery in Murphy. Murphy was Decaturbefore being named Murphy. Jerry Ellis, Hubbard TX
WALKER-LOWRIMORE FAMILIES
William Thomas Walker grew up in Maury Co. TN and had known Elizabeth Harris who married Jacob Redwine Lowrimore. Her father was Rev. Charles Harris. The Walker migrated to Tishomingo Co. MS. When Jacob Redwine Lowrimore died, his widow moved to Tishomingo and married William Thomas Walker, a bachelor.
Their combined children included: William Lowrimore 1835 Stephen J. Lowrimore 1837 Martha Lowrimore 1840 J. Harris Lowrimore 1841 Thomas M. Walker 1845 John Wesley Walker 1846 Clementia Walker 1852
J. Harris Lowrimore became a Methodist
preacher, came to Western Navarro Co. TX, and raised a fine family including:
Alexander Younger was born 1786 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. He died 1886 in Navarro Co. TX and was buried at Younger Cemetery near Purdon, Texas. He first married Celia Cannon. His second married was in Maury Co. TN to Jane Merchant Hancock, a widow.
His children were: Geo. Worthington Younger 1820 -1854 b. Maury Co TN d. Navarro Co. TX married 1845 Mary Eliz. Carthell in Green Co. MO Eliz. Handcock Younger 1822-1911 m. James Y. Warren Buried Younger Cemetery Licinda Younger 1823- m. Thos M. Polk in Green Co. MO Martha Jane Younger 1824- buried Phillips Co. AR m. Gabriel Shackleford Richard Handcock younger 1826-1883 m. Hannah Ellison in Green Co. MO buried Younger Cemetery Margaret Eleanor Younger 1 828-1904 buried Oakland Cemetery, Corsicana TX m. Sterling B. Allen 1844..Green Co MO m. Augustus Barry 1850…Navarro Co. TX son: Bryan T. Barry 1851- Robt. Alexander Younger 1830-1867 buried Spring Hill Cemetery … m. Louise M. Younger 1856..Navarro Co TX Thos. Hancock Younger 1838-1864 buried Green Co. MO Sarah Louise Younger 1838- died Navarro Co. TX
All of the Younger children were born in Maury Co. TN before the family migrated to Green Co. MO |
William
Lemuel Amonette III 1861-1931, married Luella E. Luckie, born at Pin Oak, and
daughter of Middleton Woods Luckie and Disa Killough. Disy Killough Luckie was
buried at Pin Oak Cemetery. The Pin Oak community was located in Hill Co. TX a
mile southwest of present day Hubbard TX.
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