Jesse Morgan McClung, was a teacher at the school and a great
uncle of John Barron
Jesse Morgan McClung b. Mar 15, 1875 in Kerens, Navarro County
Texas, died Oct 24, 1965 (age 90). He is buried in the
Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. He
is he husband of Cora B. (Ward) McClung (1877 - 1964)
J. M. McClung Teacher - Jesse Morgan McClung, (Mar 15,
1875 - Oct 24, 1965); h/o Cora B. (Ward) McClung; Jesse is
buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
School Board:
J. H. Davis - James Hampton Davis abt 1865 -
Jul 20, 1935 buried in Younger cemetery
W. T. Darden - teacher is William Thomas Darden
Nov 23, 1866 - Feb 1, 1943 buried also in Younger cemetery
W. W. Dill - William Walter Dill Jan. 20, 1880 -
Jun. 14, 1957 h/o Annie Maude (Fox) Dill s/o James Shannon Dill
and Anna Elouise (Archer) Dill (William Walter Dill is buried in
Dresden cemetery)
Pupils
Cora Norton - Cora Ethel Norton (Sep.
18, 1897 – Mar. 11, 1995) died Cameron, Tx. w/o Claude Boyd
Ryburn married Dec. 8, 1919 buried in Oakwood cemetery,
Corsicana, Tx. d/o William Samuel Norton and Mary Ann
(Collins) Norton
Eura French - Eura Banna (French) Powell (Sep 13, 1900
- Dec 27, 1978) w.o Grover Jefferson Powell, Sr & Henry Segrist
"Sig" Powell; d/o Sam Houston French & Minnie May (Campbell)
French; Eura is buried in the Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, Navarro
Co. TX
Etta Dill - Mary Etta (Dill) Cathcart Oct. 2,
1900 - Feb. 3, 1986 1st husband Thomas Sidney Belt
2nd husband William Cathcart d/o William Walter
Dill (teacher at Purdon) and Alice Maud (Fox) Dill buried in
Dresden cemetery
Dollie Ellis - Dollie (Ellis) Williams-Braley (June
19, 1897 - July 31, 1947) w/o James Spurgeon Williams & Ernest
Wade Braly; Dollie is buried in the Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery,
Retreat, Navarro Co., TX
Lora Dowdel
Lora, born abt 1896 per
census, died at the age of 19 while a student at Baylor
University in Waco
Hattie Tickle - Hattie Bates (Tickle) Farmer;
b. 1895 - Jul 13, 1940; Married Columbus Perry Farmer on Dec 15,
1912; d/o George Whitlow Tickle & Amanda E. (Wilson) Tickle
Ruby Warden - Ruby Ethel
(Warden) Woodard Apr. 11, 1892 - Feb. 16, 1981 w/o James Monroe
Woodard d/o Elijah Parlee Warden and Cora Belle (Wells) Warden;
Ruby is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro
County, Texas
Erma Whitten - Freddie Erma Whitten) Moore - (Jun 12,
1893 - Jan 16, 1914) d/o Warren Harrison Whitten & Mamie
Elizabeth (Kindon) Whitten; Erma is buried in the Dresden Cemetery,
Dresden, Navarro Co., TX
Nugent Davis - Samuel Nugent Davis - (July 13, 1892 -
June 12, 1929) h/o Geta (Berry) Davis; s/o Andrew Jackson Davis
& Isadora Norwood (Wilson) Davis; Nugent is buried in the Dawson Cemetery,
Dawson, Navarro Co., TX
James Tickle - James "Jim" Tickle - (Jan 22, 1895 - Mar
24, 1948); h/o Matilda Viola "Tilda" (Westerfield) Tickle & Mary
Eugene (Davis) Tickle; s/o Jim Tickle & Lou (Crawford) Tickle
Anthony Permenter - Anthony M. Permenter [WWI
Biography]
Robert Tadlock - Robert
Laffet Tadlock (Apr 22, 1897 - Dec 20, 1969) Burieal Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, McLennan Co., TX; s/o Thomas Eugene Tadlock &
Olive (Baker) Dadlock buried in Dresden Cemetery
Frank Parmer - Frank Palmer
(Jan 31, 1896 - Oct 19, 1982); s/o
Ernest David Palmer &
Daisy (Gunning) Palmer
David Parmer - David W.
Palmer s.o
Ernest David Palmer &
Daisy (Gunning) Palmer
Willie McGeehe - William Alice (McGehee) Whitten
(Aug 14, 1894 - Jan 19, 1969) w/o John Elver Whitten, married
July 19, 1924 in Navarro County, Texas; d/o William B. McGehee
Alice America McGehee buried in Old Pursley Cemetery; Willie is
buried in the Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro Co., TX
Tommie Almon - Tommie (Almon)
Neeley (Dec 11, 1893 - Nov 5, 1918); wife of Cub Neeley; Tommie is buried in the Younger
Cemetery, Silver City, Navarro Co., TX
Lorene Mathews - Lorine
Matthews (Sept 6, 1896 - Jan 5, 1991) d/o Theodore Caldin
Matthews & Lelia Alice (McVey) Matthews buried in the Athens
Cemetery, Athens, Henderson Co., TX; Lorene's burial info is
unknown at this time. She died in Henderson Co., TX. Lorene has
a sister, Oma (Matthews) Pennington,
Lena Howard - we found two Lena Howard. Lena Faye
(Howard) Stough Dec 25, 1900 - Mar 30, 1973
w/o Perry Rufus Stough buried in Dresden; the other one is Lena
(Howard) Miller Feb. 24, 1897 - Oct. 22, 1954 w/o W. O. Miller
she is buried in Tool cemetery, Tool, Tx. with her father Hardy
Lee Howard –her mother Martha Alice (Hataway) Howard is buried
in Dresden
Willie Sanders - Willie
Frances (Sanders) McAlester (May 14, 1900 - Jan 5, 1987); w/o
Archie Elton McAlester; Willie is buried in Trinidad City
Cemetery, Trinidad, Henderson Co., TX
Eve Warden - Evie Lena
Warden (Aug. 22, 1894 - Mar. 15, 1978) d/o Elijah Parlee Warden
and Cora Belle (Wells) Warden; Evie is buried in the Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Country, Texas
Agnes Warden - Agnes Ursy (Warden) Jones
(September 21, 1898 - BLANK) w/o Edgar Burl Jones d/o Elijah
Parlee Warden and Cora Belle (Wells) Warden; Agnes is buried in
the Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, Navarro County, Texas;
Obituary
Lena Wilson - Lena May (Wilson) Lee Oct. 6, 1896 -
Jan. 9, 1983 w/o James Douglas Lee d/o Clark Ceborn Wilson and
Emily Gertrude “Gertie” (Smith) Wilson buried in Oakwood
cemetery; Lena is buried in Waco Memorial Park, Waco, Texas
Hazzel Johnson - Hazel (Johnston) Walters Feb. 11,
1896 - Mar. 31, 1979 w/o Harvey Reed Walters married Aug. 19,
1920 d/o Robert Frank Johnston and Minnie Alonzo (Henderson)
Johnston buried in Dresden cemetery; Hazel is buried Highland
Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Aline Johnston - Alyne (Johnston) Whitten (Jul
30, 1898 - Nov 3, 1957) w/o Warren Howard Whitten d/o Robert
Frank Johnston and Minnie Alonzo (Henderson) Johnston; Aline is
buried in the Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro County,
Texas
Ima French - Ima Birdell (French) Tadlock
(January 19, 1897 - July 9, 1979); w/o Middleton David Tadlock;
Ima is buried in the Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman Co.,
TX
Myrtle Johnston - Myrtle
(Johnston) Norton Nov. 13, 1894 - Jan. 4, 1954 w/o Willard
Lee Norton d/o Robert Frank Johnston and Minnie Alonzo
(Henderson) Johnston buried in Dresden cemetery; myrtle and
Willard are buried in Dresden cemetery
Myrtle Davis - Myrtle May (Davis) Tickle (Apr 25, 1892 -
Oct 28, 1963); w/o John Houston Tickle; Myrtle is buried in the Younger Cemetery,
Silver City, Navarro Co., TX
Lillian Ellis - The only
Lillian Ellis that I can find born in Navarro county about this
same time is -Lillian Frances Ellis Mar. 11, 1894 - Jan. 19,
1978 married Walter Elliott Milner Sep. 4, 1912 d/o Edwin Berry
Ellis and Frances Dora (Lankford) Ellis (this Lillian Milner is
buried in Birdston cemetery)
Newell Pierson - Newell Alvin Pierson (March 1, 1894 -
Feb 1, 1958) Newell is buried in the Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX; WWI Veteran
Fate Ellis
Thomas Lafayette "Fate" Ellis (Nov 17, 1894 - Oct
7, 1939; h/o Gussie Cora (Darden) Ellis; they are buried in the
Younger Cemetery, Purdon, Navarro Co., TX
Roscoe Smith - Eura Roscoe
Smith (Jan 3, 1894 - Sep 23, 1958) h/o Ruby Margaret "Margie"
(Sanders) Smith; Roscoe is buried in Laurel Land Memoral Park in
Dallas, Texas
Joe Smith - Joseph Taylor
Smith (Jan 12, 1896 - Aug 20, 1983); h/o Mattie Samantha (easley)
Smith; s/o William Thomas Smith and Margaret Jane (Taylor)
Smith; Joe is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana,
TX
Eugene Slaughter - Claude
Eugene Slaughter Dec. 16, 1893 - Aug. 10, 1957 Buried in
Younger Cemetery, Purdon, Navarro Co., TX; h/o Dora Alice
(Farmer) Slaughter married Aug. 17, 1911 s/o Claude W.
Slaughter and Mary F. (Cox) Slaughter buried in Oakwood
Cawles Davis - Cawles James Davis (Nov 10, 1894 - Jan 20,
1979); Cawles is buried in the Younger Cemetery, Silver City,
Navarro Co., TX
Vera Davis - Vera Alea (Davis) Kennedy-Shell (Dec 7, 1898
- Oct 11, 1993); w/o Charles Kennedy & Benjamin Franklin Shell;
Vera is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Blooming Grove,
Navarro Co., TX
Cora Darden - Gussie Cora
(Darden) Ellis (Jul 6, 1898 - Jul 5, 1982) w/o Thomas Lafayette
Ellis married Oct. 11, 1919; They are buried at Younger Cemetery
Bertha Williams - Bertha Mae (Williams) Ford (Nov
6, 1896 - Nov 10, 1918); w/o Carey Alford Ford, Sr married June
8, 1913; d/o Elihu Williams & Martha Frances "Fannie" (Praytor)
Williams-Almon (sister Annie Williams died Jul 3, 1918 buried in
Oakwood Cemetery; Bertha is buried in Younger Cemetery, Silver
City, Navarro County, Texas; her sister Annie Williams died Jul
3, 1918 and is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana,
Navarro County, Texas
Ruby Mitchell - Ruby Irene
(Mitchell) Murray (Nov 1, 1896 - Feb 21, 1932); w/o Jeff D.
Murray married Aug 2, 1919; d/o Benjamin Mitchell & Martha
Tallulah "Lula" (Jolly) Mitchell buried at Frost Cemetery.
Ruby is buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Owens, Brown Co., TX
(died of TB)
Carrie Davis - Carrye Rebecca (Davis) Tickle (Feb 7, 1891
- May 14, 1969) w/o Matt William Tickle; d/o Andrew Jackson
"Jack" Davis & Isadora Norwood "Dora" (Wilson) Davis; Carrye is
buried in the Younger Cemetery, Silver City, Navarro Co., TX
PUPILS - Continued
Margie Sanders - Ruby
Margaret "Margie" (Sanders) Smith; Dec 3, 1896 - Nov 12, 1963;
w/o Eura Roscoe Smith; Margie is buried at Laurel Land Memorial
Park in Dallas, TX
Jewel Sanders - Jewell Myrtle
(Sanders) Kennedy (Nov 3, 1895 - Nov 14, 1968) w/o Charles Estes
Kennedy; d/o A. D. Sanders and Ira (Branch) Sanders; Jewel is
buried in the Younger Cemetery
Thelma McClendon - Thelma (McClendon) Crawford (June 22,
1899 - Nov 23, 1983); w/o William Alexander Crawford; d/o
William Ernest McClendon & Claudie Alma (Ford) McClendon; Thelma
is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Blooming Grove, Navarro Co., TX
Iowa Holbrooks - Iowa (Hollbrook)
Tickle (Apr 15, 1894 - Feb 21, 1965) w/o Andy Rusty "Ruff"
Tickle, d/o Benjamin Franklin Holbrook & Martah Jane "Mattie"
(Moorman) Holbrook Younger Cemetery; Iowa is buried at the
Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana
Dee Wheat - Delia "Dee" Wheat
b. 1894, married W. D. Owen on Sep 26, 1915; d/o Levi James
Wheat & Laura Lee (Harrison) Wheat buried in Younger Cemetery.
Dee's burial location is not know at this time.
Floy Woods - Floy Mae
(Woods) Templeton Apr. 26, 1894 - Jun. 5, 1962 w/o Neil
Cornelius Templeton married Nov. 15, 1911 d/o Samuel Larkin
Woods and Bellzoe (Tipton) Woods buried in Younger cemetery;
Floy is buried in South Park Cemetery, Pearland, Texas
Plemon Davis - Plemon Bates Davis (Oct 23, 1896 - Sep 14,
1976) Resthaven Memorial Park, Corsicana, TX
Earl Darden - Louis Earl
Darden Jan. 7, 1894 – Aug. 3, 1978 buried in Waco Memorial Park
- s/o William Thomas Darden
George Darden - George Bates Darden (Mar 11, 1896 - Sep
24, 1993) Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, TX
Oscar Ellis - Oscar Edwin Ellis (Jan 30, 1896 - Feb 17,
1989) Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX
Roy Almon
I think Roy Almon is William Roy Almon—brother of
- Henry McCoy Almon because he has a brother William R. Almon
but he is listed as William Ray and William Roy married to Leona
Farmer Mar. 9, 1919- I can’t find either ones death record.
McCoy Almon - McCoy Almon is Henry McCoy Almon
(Dec. 14, 1897 - Jan. 18, 1967) h/o Lottie (McElwrath) Almon s/o
Thomas Nathaniel Almon and Margaret Elizabeth “Bettie” (Young)
Almon (Thomas is buried in Younger cemetery) Henry McCoy Almon
is buried in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tx.
Crawford Knowles - Thomas Crawford ”Tex” Knowles
(Feb. 22, 1901 Apr. 15, 1993) buried Tahoma cemetery, Selah,
Yakima county, Washington
George McElwrath - George Joseph McElwrath Sr. (July 7,
1897 - Sep 22, 1955); h/o Exie Gertrude (Harris) Brannon &
Maggie Ila (Tickle) McElwrath; George is buried in the Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co.,
TX
Lennie Fuller
I am wondering if Lennie Fuller is Jessie Louella (Fuller)
Donathan Dec. 5, 1902 - Feb. 2, 1985 w/o Horace Brand “Jack”
Donathan d/o Walter Dale Fuller and Sarah Bell (York) Fuller
buried in Younger cemetery ( Jessie is buried there also)
Jimmie McClendon - Jimmie Kate (McClendon) Davis (Sep 26,
1896 - June 24, 1934); w/o Plemon Bates Davis; d/o William
Ernest McClendon & Claudie Alma (Ford) McClendon; Jimmie is
buried in the Younger Cemetery, Silver City, Navarro Co., TX
Bennie Holbrooks - Bennie (Holbrook) Mayo (Aug 31, 1896 -
Nov 22, 1990); w/o Robert Henry Mayo; d/o Benjamin Franklin
Holbrook & Mattie Frances (Morman) Holbrook; Bennie is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana,
Navarro Co., TX
Maudie York - Maudie A. (York) Crews (Nov 30, 1893 - Mar
16, 1992); w/o James E. Crews; Maudie is buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas,
Dallas Co., TX
Beatrice Smith - Beatrice
(Smith) Moore (Jun 27, 1898 - May 10, 1983) w/o William
Dickerson Moore; d/o William Thomas Smith & Margaret Jane
(Taylor) Smith; Beatrice is buried in Younger Cemetery, Silver
City, Navarro Co., TX
Nellie Palmer - The only
Nell Palmer that I can find is Nell (Palmer) Castles Aug. 13,
1906 - Aug. 6, 2000 w/o Walter Hunter Castles d/o Ernest David
Palmer and Daisy (Gunning) Palmer; Buried in Oakwood cemetery;
Nell has a brother named David born 1895 and one named Frank
1896 per Navarro county census—could they be Palmer not Parmer
Dewey Sanders - Dewey Sanders Could be George
Dewey Sanders Nov. 27, 1898 - Jun. 28, 1979 buried in Tyler
Memorial Park and Cemetery. William Francis Sanders buried in
Younger cemetery obit says son D. G. Sanders Tyler, Texas
Fred Mitchell - Frederick
Dewitt "Fred" Mitchell (Jun 22, 1894 - Dec 16, 1957) h/o Ruby
(Norwood) Mitchell; s/o Benjamin Franklin Mitchell & Martha
Tallulah "Lula" (Jolly) Mitchell buried at Frost Cemetery; Fred
is buried in the Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone Co., TX;
WWI Veteran
Cliff Mitchell - Clifton
Franklin "Cliff" Mitchell (Nov 24, 1898 - Jun 12, 1955); h/o
Vestal (Matthew) Mitchell; s/o Benjamin Franklin Mitchell &
Martha Tallulah "Lula" (Jolly) Mitchell buried at the Frost
Cemetery. Cliff is buried in the Dawson Cemetery, Dawson,
Navarro Co., TX;
Obituary
Luther Cantwell - Luther
Lee Cantwell (Nov. 2, 1894 - May 28, 1965) WWI h/o Katherine
(Johnson) Cantwell s/o Samuel “Sam” Cantwell and Frances Lee
“Dora” (Smith) Cantwell-Breeland (Frances is buried in Hamilton
Beeman cemetery); Luther is buried in Cleveland Memorial
Cemetery, Cleveland, Tx.
Alma Norton - Almer
Lafayette "High" Norton (Feb 12, 1895 - Jul 29, 1958)
h/o Henri Ella (Harris) Norton married Aug. 30, 1930; s/o
William Samuel “Sam” Norton & Mary Ann (Collins) Norton; Alma is buried in
the Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, TX
Bert Williams - b. 1894; s/o
Elihu Williams & Martha Frances "Fannie" (Praytor) Williams-Almon,
step-son to Thomas Nathaniel Almon - in 1918 he was in the Navy
per his Sister Annie's Obituary
Sydney Boyett - Albert Sidney Boyette (June 7, 1899 -
January 10, 1959) s/o Doc Boyett & Bollie (Gallemore) Boyett;
Albert is buried in the Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas
Co., TX
Adrain Dowdel
James Adrain Dowdle born (May 4, 1899 - Oct 28,
1983 in Anacortes, Skagit Co.,Washington; his parents are buried
in Dresden - James Dudley Dowdle and Mattie Jane (Edmundson)
Dowdle
Peck Wilson
Thomas Lafayette "Peck" Wilson (Feb 8, 1898 - Apr
24, 1954) Son of C. C. Wilson & Gertrude (Smith) Wilson; Husband
of Kate (McClendon) Wilson, married March 5, 1918 in Navarro
Co., TX. They are buried at Brookside Memorial Park,
Houston, Harris Co., TX; Section 20; Pine Ridge.
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