Living

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sabine County Reporter
August 10, 2005

"On the Bright Side: "I Remember" Part 2"
By Mary Howell

He taught school in Rosevine and served as County School Tax Assessor. Drayton had an uncanny sense of humor and loved to pull pranks on his friends. One time he even master-minded the building and landing of a UFO and even put a letter written in a foreign language in his contraption. He situated it so that his croquet-playing friends would find it. News of Hemphill's UFO spread like wildfire throughout East Texas.

Drayton married Virginia "Virgie" Louise Collier on 10 Dec 1928. Virginia (daughter of Nathan Plympton Collier and Lula Blanche Chambers) was born on 18 Jul 1908 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 8 Feb 1986 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charter Member of James F. Gomer Chapter of the Daughters of the Repubic of Texas (White and Toole)

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(Research):Census Information:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct No. 1
Enumerated April 28 and 29 by Hugh M. Ireland
ED 202-3 SD 19th Sheet 20A Stamped 42
62-65
Speights. Tom G. Hd M W 45 M20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Speights, Arlis Wife F W 45 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Elton Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Anna Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Rudolph Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, John H Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Sallie L Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Gloria Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Thomas married Arley Emmaline Bennett on 12 Jul 1905. Arley (daughter of Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett and Anna Eliza Huffman) was born on 16 Mar 1885 in Texas; died on 3 Oct 1964 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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An actual copy of her Texas Death Record can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. She is shown as the daugbhter of J. A. Bennett and Anna Huffman, and is listed as widowed, and a housewife and mother. The informant was D. B. Speights, presumably her eldest son. Her first name is shown as Arley, though some other sources show her as Arlis.

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At the time of the 1930 census, he was a roomer in a large hotel/boarding home in Zwolle, Louisiana. He was shown as age 47, married 25 years, and was working as a barber. His other family members were not with him at this residence.

Name: Nathan Plympton Collier
Death Date: 02 Jun 1960
Death Place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 77 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 Jun 1882
Birthplace: Milam, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William T. Collier
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Louisa West
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Barber
Place of Residence: Marshall, Harrison, Texas
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Burial Place: Marshall, Texas
Burial Date: 03 Jun 1960
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116477
Digital Film Number: 4166555
Image Number: 1775
Reference Number: FN66526
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Harrison County, JP 3, Marshall City
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 54 Sheet 11A
East Ave
403-225-249
Collier, N. P. Head M W 36 M Tx Ga Tx Barber Own Shop
Collier, Blanche Wf F W 30 M Tx Tx Tx
Collier, Virgie Dtr F W 11 S La Tx Tx
Collier, Nina Dtr F W 9 S La Tx Tx
Collier, Theo Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx

Nathan married Lula Blanche Chambers on 2 Jun 1907 in Sabine County, Texas. Lula (daughter of Nathaniel Berrian Chambers and Margaret "Mittie" Louisa Bennett) was born on 8 Feb 1889 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Dec 1962 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A copy of her actual Texas Death Certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. She is listed as a daughter of Nathan Chambers and Margaret Louise Bennett. The informant was Theo Collier, a son. She was a housewife, and resident of rural Marshall, Route #4, Fern Lake Cutoff, at the time of her death.

Name: Lula Blanche Collier
Death Date: 24 Dec 1962
Death Place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Feb 1889
Birthplace: Isla, Sabine Co, Tex
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Nathan Chambers
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Margaret Louise Bennett
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Marshall, Harrison, Texas
Cemetery: Greenwood
Burial Place: Marshall, Texas
Burial Date: 26 Dec 1962
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117173
Digital Film Number: 4028527
Image Number: 1200
Reference Number: cn 80362
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.