Our family's historical journey through time.
1905 - 1981 (76 years)| 1. | Nealy Tyson Hardy was born on 22 Oct 1905 in Chilton, Falls County, Texas (son of William Thomas Hardy and Willie May Johnson); died on 15 Nov 1981 in Ventura County, California. Other Events:
Notes: Tyson Nealy Hardy, also known as Tice, was born 22 October 1905 to William Thomas Hardy and Willie May Johnson in Chilton, Falls County, Texas. In 1924 Tice met and married Lillian Inez Betz. They had one son, Clarence Wendell Hardy, September 6th, 1925. He was accused of murder in 1926 after a tragic mishap between friends on a fishing trip at the Brazos River near Horseshoe Bend, Falls County, Texas. There are several newspaper articles on the case and at one point the father and brother of the young man that disappeared, shot at Tice in the court room. There has been nothing found about how the trial ended but it is assumed that without a body there wasn't much to go on for the prosecution. Tice took his family to Sweetwater, Texas where they had another son, Allen Ray Hardy, March 30th, 1930. In October 1934 Tyson met and married a young girl, Zada Latham, 19 years old of Big Springs, Texas. They had a baby girl, Wynona Mae Hardy born February 2, 1935. Tice moved to California and worked as a ranch hand. In 1939 he met Lora Mae (Meler) Jeter who was on a trip from New Mexico to California with her brother Tom. She was from Washita Oklahoma and they married in Yuma, Arizona then moved to New Mexico where Lora was a teacher. Tice registered for military in 1940 in New Mexico and worked in a defense plant. Tice and Lora moved to Ventura California and he worked in real-estate for 15 years. Tice suffered a series of strokes and died November 15th, 1981. Tyson and Lora share a headstone in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California but she actually moved back to New Mexico after several medical issues and married Dean Hester in 1987. Dean had several strokes and in 1995 Lora's cancer returned and she died in 1997. Nealy married Lillian Inez Betz on 31 Jul 1924 in Chilton, Falls County, Texas. Lillian (daughter of Walter Ralph Betz and Annie Elizabeth Porter) was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Rosenthal, Texas; died on 21 May 2003 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married:Children:
Nealy married Zada Latham on 9 Oct 1934 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas. Zada (daughter of Learner Scott Latham and Mary Elizabeth Bostick) was born on 25 Oct 1916 in Rotan, Fisher County, Texas; died on 12 Feb 1982 in Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married:Children:
Nealy married Lora Mae Meler on 15 May 1939 in Yuma, Arizona. Lora (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 8 Apr 1907 in Cloud Chief, Washita, Oklahoma; died on 22 Jan 1997 in Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 2. |  William Thomas Hardy was born on 19 Aug 1879 in Alabama, USA (son of William Jackson Hardy and Sarah Barnhill); died on 13 Apr 1962 in Rotan, Fisher, Texas. Other Events:
William married Willie May Johnson in 1898. Willie (daughter of William L Johnson and Mary O Paris) was born on 31 May 1877 in Hill County, Texas; died on 28 Aug 1925 in Chilton, Falls County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 3. |  Willie May Johnson was born on 31 May 1877 in Hill County, Texas (daughter of William L Johnson and Mary O Paris); died on 28 Aug 1925 in Chilton, Falls County, Texas.
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| 4. | William Jackson Hardy was born on 4 Jul 1855 in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama (son of Whitmel H Hardy and Julyann Louise Barefield); died on 21 Jan 1941 in Rotan, Fisher County, Texas. William married Sarah Barnhill. Sarah (daughter of Living, daughter of James Lelander Barnhill and Elizabeth Walston) was born in 1862 in Alabama, USA; died in 1941 in Texas USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 5. | Sarah Barnhill was born in 1862 in Alabama, USA (daughter of Living, daughter of James Lelander Barnhill and Elizabeth Walston); died in 1941 in Texas USA.
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| 6. | William L Johnson was born in 1847; died in 1931. William married Mary O Paris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 7. | Mary O Paris
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| 8. | Whitmel H Hardy was born on 22 Sep 1820 in Georgia (son of Jesse Hardy and Nancy Jeter); died on 30 Aug 1906 in Lineville, Clay, Alabama, USA. Notes: Confederate, H / 7 Cav/ Ala Whitmel married Julyann Louise Barefield on 13 Aug 1843 in Campbell County, Alabama. Julyann (daughter of John Barefield and Annie Parker) was born on 26 Dec 1827 in Georgia; died in Jun 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 9. | Julyann Louise Barefield was born on 26 Dec 1827 in Georgia (daughter of John Barefield and Annie Parker); died in Jun 1884.
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| 10. | James Lelander Barnhill was born in 1814; died in 1889. James married Elizabeth Walston. Elizabeth was born on 22 Apr 1823; died in 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 11. | Elizabeth Walston was born on 22 Apr 1823; died in 1889.
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