Unknown Chapman

Family/Spouse: Robert Chapman. Robert (son of William Chapman) was born in 1779 in Virginia; died after Sep 1862 in Marshall, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7741

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• Reference Number: 5243
• _MILT: Aug 1861, Civil War; 12th Regiment, Texas Calvary, Company F, (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)

Notes:

Robert D. Chapman is one of my DRT (Daughters of the Republic of Texas) proven ancestors.

Note: According to First Settlers of Houston Co., TX, land grants were apportioned by the Republic of Texas according to the following criteria: (1) Anyone arriving in Texas prior to March 2, 1836 was designated “First Class” status and entitled to a league and a labor of land.

(2) Those arriving between March 2, 1836 and Oct. 1, 1837, were designated “Second Class” and entitled to 1280 and 640 acres.

(3) Those arriving Texas after Oct. 1, 1837 up to Jan. 1, 1840 were given “Third Class” status and entitled to grants of 640 and 320 acres.

p. 12 of FS of HC, TX - ROBERT D. CHAPMAN 1280 Pre 4/1/1837

(Note: this means he would have arrived in Texas after March 2, 1836 and before Apr. 1, 1837. Since Robert and Rebecca were married in Hardeman Co., TN Oct. 6, 1836, the window of time on their arrival in Texas is further narrowed to between Oct. 1836 and the end of March, 1837.)

Martha was the oldest child of Robert Doak Chapman and Rebecca Hodges who came to Texas from Hardeman Co., Tennessee after their marriage on October 6, 1836. They settled just outside of Crockett in a town called Randolph which no longer exists.

Robert is last seen on the census of 1850 and it is thought that he died during the Civil War as Rebecca collected "Indigent Family" funds after the war was over but have not found any pension or enlistment information. I have gone back a number of generations on the Chapman and Hodges sides too.

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

Regiment Name: 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)

Side: Confederate
Company: F
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Alternate name:
Film Number: M227 roll 6
Overview: 12th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 940 men in August, 1861, by Colonel W.H. Parsons. Most of the men were from Hempstead, Fairfield, Georgetown, and Waxahachie, and Ellis and Hill counties. This unit served in Hawes' and Steele's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and skirmished the Federals in Arkansas and Louisiana. During 1865 it was in Northern Texas guarding approaches from the Indian Territory. The regiment was included in the surrender on June 2. Its commanders were Colonel William H. Parsans, Lieutenant Colonels Andrew B. Burleson and John W. Mullen, and Majors Locklin J. Farrar and E. W. Rogers.

Texas 12th Cavalry Regiment
Also Known as: 4t Texas Mounted Dragoons
Organization: Organized for 12 months at Rocket Springs, near Waxahachie on Sept 11, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service at Camp Hebert, near Hempstead on Oct 28, 1861. Reorganized for war on May 24, 1862. Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department, on May 26, 1865.
First Commander: William H. Parson Colonel
Field Officers: Andrew B. Burleson Lieutenant Colonel
Lochlin Johnson Farrar Major
John W. Mullen Lieutenant Colonel
E.W. Rogers Major

Assignments: Department of Texas (Sept 1861 - Feb 1862)
Eastern District of Texas, Department of Texas (Feb - Mar 1862)
Rust's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, Trans-Mississippi District, Department #2 (Mar -May 1862)
Trans-Mississippi Department (May-June 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, Unattached, Trans-Mississippi Department (July - Aug 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, Unattached, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department (Aug - Sept 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department (Sept - Oct 1862)
Hawes' Brigade, Churchill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department (Dec 1862 - Jan 1863)
Unattached, Frost's Division, District of Arkansas, Tran-Mississippi Department (April - Jun 1863)
Unassigned, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Jun July 1863)
Carter's Brigade, Walker's Division, Dristict of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi (Jul-Sept 1863)
Carter's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi (Sept 1863 - Mar 1864)
Carter's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, Steele's Cavalry Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Mar-Sept1864)
1st (Steele's) Texas Cavalry Brigade, 1st (Wharton's) Cavalry Corps, Tarn-Mississippi Department (Feb - May 1865)
Battles: Near Searcy (3 companies) (May 19, 1862)
Round Hill, on Cache River (Jul 7, 1862)
Hughes' Ferry, L'Angulle River (Aug 3, 1862)
Little Rock Campagign (Aug -Sept 1863)
Red River Campaign (Mar - May 1864)

Robert married Rebecca Hodges on 6 Oct 1836 in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Rebecca (daughter of Edmund Hodges and Sarah McClain) was born in 1816 in Franklin County, Tennessee; died in 1870 in Houston, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7742

Susan married Abel Hodges on 12 Jul 1836 in Hardeman Co., Tennessee. Abel (son of Edmund Hodges and Sarah McClain) was born in 1819 in Franklin County, Tennessee; died in 1870 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LT8F-8N6
• Reference Number: 2672
• Census: 14 Nov 1850, Houston, Texas, USA
• Census: 26 Jun 1880, McLennan County, Texas
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, McLennan, County, Texas
• Residence: 1920, Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas
• Census: 20 Jun 1990, McLennan County, Texas

Notes:

One of my confirmed relatives in Daughters of The Republic of Texas

Name: Martha Francis Smith
Death Date: 12 Feb 1922
Death Place: Near Eddy, Mclennan, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 84 years 5 months 14 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1838
Birthplace: Trinity County
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: D. Chatman
Father's Birthplace: Do Not Know
Mother's Name: Rebeca Hodge
Mother's Birthplace: Do Not Know
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Bruceville, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Feb 1922
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074475
Digital Film Number: 4030076
Image Number: 2240
Reference Number: cn 5493

Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Application 21509 on page 352

Based on her Obituary Martha Francis (Chapman) Smith was buried next to Littleton Spivey Smith in Cox Cemetery.
Mrs. Martha Francis Smith is Gone to Rest
On Sunday morning about five o'clock the gental spirit of Mrs. Martha Frances Smith departed this life and went to dwell in "house not made with hands."

Some four weeks ago she went from the old homestead near Bruceville, where she lived with her son, J.E. Smith, to Eddy for a visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Baugh, and soon her strength began to fail and despite the heroic fight that was made by her attending loved ones and skilled physicians, it seemed that nothing could give strength to her care-worn body and cheerfully and resignedly she awaited the last summons.

Mrs. Smith was 84 years old and was born and reared in Houston County, Texas where at the age of 15 years was converted and joined the Baptist church. She was married to K.S. (sic) Smith about 88 years ago and together theyfaced the many difficult problems that confronted the settlers of the early days in Texas.

About 49 years ago they moved to this county and settled near Bruceville and 14 years later Mr. Smith died leaving her witha large family and to fight life's battle alone.

Courageous, putting her faith in God, faithful to her church, and a friend to humanity, she succeeded in rearing her children to be useful men and women,

The funeral service was held by Rev. G.W. Cook at the Baptist church at Bruceville and she was laid to rest by the side of her campion inthe Cox Cemetery.

She was the mother of eleven children and the seven living are: Mrs. Tom Adams, Childress; Mrs. R.L. Simmons, Katy, Okla; Mrs. John Baugh, Eddy; Mrs. W.A. Moore, Moody; Mrs. Low Ingram, Bruceville; Mrs. A.S. Taylor, Waco; J.E. Smith, Bruceville.

The pall bearers were: Bruce, Chas. and Joel Kincannon, all of Bruceville, and Messrs, Langley, Long and Dillworth, all of Eddy.

Card of Thanks.
We Wish to express to the good people of Eddy and that community our sincere thanks and appreciations for the knidness shown us during the illness and death of our dear mother, Mrs. Martha Frances Smith, and for the beauitful flowers we also thank you.

Our hearts are full of gratitude to the neighbors and friends of Mrs. W.A. Moore who were so thoughtful and kind.

May God's richest blessing rest upon one and all.

Mrs. W.A. Moore,
Brothers and Sisters.

Burial:
Cox Cemetery
31°20'10.87"N 97°13'38.76"W
McLennan County
Texas, USA

Martha married Littleton Spivey Smith in 1857 in Houston County, Texas. Littleton (son of Nathaniel Smith and Eve Metts) was born on 4 Sep 1833 in Newberry County, South Carolina; died on 10 Jun 1887 in Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas; was buried in Jun 1887 in Cox Cemetery, Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7394

Family/Spouse: Katherine Marie Thames. Katherine was born in 1851; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7395

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• Reference Number: 7396

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• Reference Number: 7397

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• Reference Number: 7398

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• Reference Number: 7399

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• Reference Number: 5683

Family/Spouse: Alice Gertrude Parker. Alice was born in 1854; died in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mattie D Roach. Mattie (daughter of John R Roach and Rozella Stevens) was born in Jul 1864 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas; died in 1926 in Cuero, DeWitt County Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7779
• Reference Number: 8098
• Birth: 1847

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• Reference Number: 7775

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• Reference Number: 7776

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• Reference Number: 7777

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• Reference Number: 7778

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• Name: Lizie
• Reference Number: 2594

Hettie married George M Cannon on 12 Mar 1876 in McLennan County Texas. George was born in 1849 in Georgia; died before 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tom Adams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2595

Notes:

Birth: Feb. 4, 1860
Death: Oct. 22, 1879

Daughter to L.S. (Littleton Spivey) Smith buried nearby.

Family links:
Parents:
L S Smith (1833 - 1887)

Burial:
Cox Cemetery
McLennan County
Texas, USA

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Created by: couchpotato
Record added: Aug 14, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11536675

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• Name: Cassie
• Reference Number: 7333

Family/Spouse: Arthur Sanders Taylor. Arthur was born on 23 May 1874 in Walker County, Texas; died on 17 Feb 1958 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2596

Sarah married Nathaniel Asa Williams on 22 Jun 1882. Nathaniel was born on 19 Jun 1851 in Mississippi USA; died on 11 Apr 1934 in Navarro, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Beccie
• Reference Number: 2593

Notes:

In an email Cindy received, someone stated that her ggrandfather Robert Lee Simmons born 1865 in TN married Rebecca Ann Smith born 1867. Further, she stated that he had married an Indian girl meaning Rebecca). They are buried in Katie, OK. All my life I heard from my father that we were Choctaw Indian. I believe Rebecca and her husband lived on the Chickasaw reservation.

Rebecca married Robert Lee Simmons on 18 Dec 1889. Robert (son of Newton C Simmons and Lucinda R Turner) was born in 1865 in Tennessee; died in in Katie, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 94T7-XSB
• Reference Number: 931
• Census: 26 Jun 1880, McLennan, County, Texas
• Census: 20 Jun 1900, McLennan County, Texas
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, McLennan County, Texas
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, McLennan County, Texas
• Residence: 1930, Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas, United States
• Census: 5 Apr 1930, McLennan County, Texas
• Census: 17 Apr 1940, McLennan County, Texas

Notes:

Birth: 1867
Death: 1947

Note: On stone with Emma L. Smith

Burial:
Cox Cemetery
31°20'10.95"N 97°13'39.29"W
McLennan County
Texas, USA

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Record added: Jul 27, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11433995

John was born in Crockett, Texas. He moved to Carolina, Falls County, Texas when he was 3 in 1870. In his obituary it says he moved to McLennan County in 1874. The 1880 Census shows John living in McLennan County, Texas with his father, mother and sisters. In the 1900 Census he was in McLennan County and his mother Martha Francis lived with him.

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This is a legal document found regarding the Smith land in McLennan County that was originally purchased by Littleton Smith and inherited by his children upon his death.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

THAMES v. SMITH

280 S.W. 859 (Tex. Civ. App. 1926)

THAMES v. SMITH.
No. 318.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.
February 18, 1926.

Appeal from District Court, McLennan County; Sam R. Scott, Judge.

Suit by J. W. Thames against J. E. Smith. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.

Appellant J. W. Thames - Appellee J. E. Smith

R. L. Henderson, of Waco, for appellant.

Sleeper, Boynton Kendall, of Waco, for appellee.

BARCUS, J.

This suit was instituted by appellant, seeking to cancel a deed which he had executed, by which he conveyed to appellee his undivided interest in 220 acres of land located in McLennan County, Tex. The cause was tried to a jury, and at the conclusion of the testimony the trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict for appellee.

The record discloses the following undisputed facts: Littleton Smith and wife, Martha F. Smith, owned the 220 acres of land in controversy, and in 1885 Littleton Smith died intestate, leaving as his survivors his wife and nine children. His wife continued to occupy the property as her homestead until her death in 1921, and at her death she left surviving her said children, or their descendants. In 1888, appellant married Dosia Smith, one of the daughters of Martha F. Smith. Mrs. Thames died in 1891, leaving as her survivors appellant and a boy a few days old, who died when he was about two months old. Shortly after the death of Mrs. Thames, appellee and appellant discussed the question as to whether appellant, by virtue of his having married one of the Smith girls, had any interest in the property. It was the opinion of each of them that he did not, because his wife and boy were both dead, and they each thought that by reason thereof his wife's interest would go to her brothers and sisters. Sometime thereafter, the date not being given, appellee purchased from all of his brothers and sisters, except one, their interest in their father's estate. No effort was made to purchase the interest of appellant. After the mother, Mrs. Smith, died in 1921, all of the brothers and sisters living and the heirs of those who were deceased, including appellant, brought a partition suit against appellee for their respective interests in the homestead property. Before said suit was instituted, Mrs. Taylor, sister-in-law of appellee, being a sister of the original Mrs. Thames, wrote appellant that the lawyers in Waco stated that he had an interest in the property the same as each of the other heirs, and requested that he join them in a partition suit, which he did. Mrs. Taylor then wrote appellant, asking that he execute to her, as the baby girl of the Smith family, a deed to his interest in the estate, or that he convey all of his interest to the three girls. After the partition suit was filed, appellee consulted with his attorney, and for the first time learned that under the law appellant had an interest in the property by reason of his child having survived his mother a few months. Appellee then had his banker write appellant, telling him, in substance, that in order for appellee to get the title to the property clear in him it would be necessary for appellant to execute a deed to him, and stated that appellee would pay him, if he required it, $40 or $50 for his interest in the property. In reply to that letter, appellant wrote that he did not hold anything against the place, and that if appellee needed a deed to clear it up, if he would send or bring him the deed he would promptly sign it. At the time he received this letter from the banker and made the reply thereto, he knew from his sister-in-law, Mrs. Taylor, that he had an interest in and to the property and that suit had been brought to recover same. When appellee received the letter from appellant, he had the deed prepared and went by auto from McLennan County 170 miles to Callahan county for the purpose of having appellant execute the same. He reached appellant's house on Friday night about 8 or 9 o'clock, and appellant testified that the following morning appellee told him he had come for the purpose of having him execute the deed; that his lawyers told him that it was necessary for appellant to execute the deed in order for appellee to get a clear abstract. Appellant testified that Smith told him he did not have any interest in the property, but that the lawyers said appellant would have to execute a deed before he could get a clear abstract; that he told Smith he did not think he had any interest in it because his wife was dead, but that he would execute the deed. Appellee and appellant then went some distance to town, where the deed, which recited a consideration of $1 paid, was properly signed and acknowledged before a notary public, *860860 and appellee asked appellant what he owed him, and appellant testified he answered: "You know what you said in the letter." Appellee then gave appellant a check for $25 and then returned to appellant's home, where he remained until the Monday following, and when urged to stay longer said he would have to hurry home as the land was to be surveyed in two or three days so it could be divided.

After appellant executed and delivered the deed to Smith, one of the Smith girls, Mrs. Ingram, and her husband, went to Callahan County to see appellant and told him that he had an interest in the property and offered to and did pay all of his expenses to Waco and return if he would come with them and discuss it with their lawyer. When he reached Waco, he, with Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Ingram, did discuss it with their attorney, who had filed the partition suit, and for the first time appellant learned the exact amount of his interest in the property, and that it was worth about $600. He immediately filed this suit to cancel the deed which he had given appellee and offered to return the check, alleging as a ground therefor that appellee had misled him and had misrepresented the facts to him, in that he had told him he had no interest in the property when as a matter of fact appellee knew that he had a one-eighteenth interest therein. Appellant alleged that he relied upon the statements made by appellee; that he had known appellee for 40 years, had married his sister, was a close friend, and had implicit confidence in him; and that he relied upon his representations. He testified he had only seen appellee three times in the last 30 years.

The only question involved is whether there was any issue that should have been submitted to the jury. At the time appellant executed and delivered the deed, he was in possession of all the facts that were known to appellee. He had been told by appellee's banker that appellee's lawyers said he had an interest in the property and that it would be necessary for him to execute a deed in order to clear the title, and he had written that he would execute the deed to appellee if he would bring or send it to him. When the banker wrote said letter, appellant had already received information in several letters from his sister-in-law, Mrs. Taylor, that he had an heir's interest in the property and had been urged to convey his interest to either Mrs. Taylor individually or to his three sisters-in-law, and he had been informed that it was necessary to bring a lawsuit for a partition of the property and the suit had been filed in his name to recover his interest. Appellee stated that he did not tell appellant that he had no interest but that he told him the lawyers said he had an interest in it. If appellant is correct in his statement that appellee told him he had no interest when he brought the deed out, he knew at the time that the statement was false, because he had been informed by the attorneys who had brought the suit for him, as well as by his sisters-in-law, and also by the banker who wrote him at the instance of appellee, that the lawyers on both sides, as well as all of the children, recognized that he had an interest in the property. Appellee testified that he made no inquiry as to what his interest was or as to its value, and that he executed the deed without making any inquiry with reference thereto. It had been more than 30 years since he had left McLennan county. He had married again and had a family, and on several occasions during the 30 years he had made a statement to different members of the Smith family that he did not claim any interest in or to the Smith property.

We do not think there was any error in the court instructing the jury to find a verdict for appellee. There was no concealment by appellee of any information or facts of which he was in possession that appellant did not already know. The only misrepresentation appellant claims was made was that appellee told him he had no interest in the property. Appellant testified he had at that time information from the attorneys on both sides that he did have, and that he had brought a suit, which was then pending, for his interest. A party who executes a contract cannot thereafter defeat or cancel same on the ground that the party receiving the contract had misrepresented material facts, if as a matter of fact at the time the representations were made and the contract was executed he knew that said representations were as a matter of fact false. A party cannot claim to rely on the truthfulness of representations that he knows at the time are untrue. Wortman v. Young (Tex.Com.App.) 235 S.W. 559; Waggoner v. Zundelowitz (Tex.Com.App.) 231 S.W. 721; Dossett v. Franklin Life Ins. Co. (Tex.Com.App.) 276 S.W. 1097.

We have examined all of appellant's assignments of error, and same are overruled, and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed

John married Emma Lee Moore on 12 Feb 1893 in Moody, McLennan, Texas, United States. Emma (daughter of George W Moore and Sarah F Yocum) was born on 22 Dec 1873 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA; died on 30 Nov 1952 in Cox Cemetary, Bruceville, McLennan County, Texas; was buried on 30 Nov 1952 in Cox Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4309

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• Reference Number: 7662

Family/Spouse: Joseph WIlliam Thames. Joseph was born on 19 Jan 1868 in Trinity County, Texas; died on 17 Oct 1932 in Brownfield, Terry, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4313

Family/Spouse: John Wilburn Baugh. John (son of James Wilburn Baugh and Emma Paige) was born on 13 Feb 1878 in Anderson County Texas; died on 13 Feb 1978 in Oakwood Cemetery Waco Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4312

Notes:

Buried Moody Cemetery

Mattie married Walter Andrew Moore on 26 Sep 1897 in McLennan County, Texas. Walter (son of George W Moore and Sarah F Yocum) was born on 24 Jan 1870 in Moody, McLennan, Texas, United States; died on 16 Apr 1951 in McLennan County, Texas; was buried in 1951 in Moody, McLennan, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4311

Family/Spouse: Lorenzo Franklin Ingram. Lorenzo (son of Benjamin Franklin Ingram and Mary Minerva Harrison) was born on 2 May 1876 in Bruceville, TX; died in 1941 in Waco, Mclennan, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4310

I married Arthur Sanders Taylor on 3 Oct 1897 in McLennan County Texas. Arthur was born on 30 Mar 1873 in Walker County, Texas; died on 17 Feb 1959 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7771

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• Reference Number: 7773

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• Reference Number: 7751

Family/Spouse: Ina May Mae Terry. Ina (daughter of Sanford Warren Terry and Elizabeth Cornelia Cochran) was born on 5 Jun 1880 in Chita, Trinity, Texas; died on 7 Jun 1957 in Bryan, Brazo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7752

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• Reference Number: 7748

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• Reference Number: 7750