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Joe Gomer

Male 1896 - 1975  (79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joe Gomer was born on 6 Apr 1896 in Texas (son of Augustus Cawhorn "A. C." Gomer and Rosanna "Rosie" Lord); died on 22 Jun 1975 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Name: Joe Gomer
    Death Date: 22 Jun 1975
    Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
    Gender: Male
    Race:
    Death Age: 79 years
    Estimated Birth Date: 1896
    Birth Date:
    Birthplace:
    Marital Status:
    Spouse's Name:
    Father's Name: A. C. Gomer
    Father's Birthplace:
    Mother's Name: Rosie Anna Lord
    Mother's Birthplace:
    Occupation: Carpenter Construction
    Place of Residence: Silsbee Texas
    Cemetery:
    Burial Place:
    Burial Date:
    Additional Relatives:
    Film Number: 2243826
    Digital Film Number: 4167849
    Image Number: 1940
    Reference Number: 52781
    Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

    Joe married Zella Martha Bragg on 24 Jun 1916. Zella (daughter of Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg and Lorena Lord) was born on 22 Jul 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Apr 1987 in Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Robert Earl Gomer was born on 8 Nov 1919 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Sep 1999 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Augustus Cawhorn "A. C." Gomer was born on 22 Nov 1857 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Augustus C. Gomer and Minerva Eliza Nichols); died on 6 Mar 1906; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Augustus married Rosanna "Rosie" Lord on 19 Nov 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Rosanna (daughter of Greenberry William Lord and Martha Chambers) was born on 23 May 1871 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Oct 1962 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rosanna "Rosie" Lord was born on 23 May 1871 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Greenberry William Lord and Martha Chambers); died on 10 Oct 1962 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Barbara Yancey Dore shows that after Augustus Gomer died, she married William Howell ILES Sr on 9 Apr 1908. Howell was born 4 July 1855. Sometime prior to her death she married again, to a Thornbury.

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDX8-69Q
    Name: Rosana Gomer Thornbury
    Death Date: 10 Oct 1962
    Death Place: Kirbyville, Jasper, Texas
    Gender: Female
    Race: WHITE
    Death Age: 91 years
    Estimated Birth Date:
    Birth Date: 1871
    Birthplace: Texas
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Spouse's Name:
    Father's Name: Greenberry Lord
    Father's Birthplace:
    Mother's Name: Martha Chambers
    Mother's Birthplace:
    Occupation: Housewife & Mother
    Place of Residence: HAMPHILL, SABINE, TEXAS
    Cemetery: LAW'S CHAPEL
    Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
    Burial Date: 1962
    Additional Relatives: X
    Film Number: 2117122
    Digital Film Number: 4028524
    Image Number: 829
    Reference Number: cn 76611
    Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

    Children:
    1. Joshua Gomer was born on 25 Sep 1891 in Louisiana; died on 31 Oct 1906; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Martha M Gomer was born on 19 Apr 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Oct 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. 1. Joe Gomer was born on 6 Apr 1896 in Texas; died on 22 Jun 1975 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. John Gomer was born about 1900 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    5. Mary Gomer was born about 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    6. Paul Victor Gomer was born on 27 Jul 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Sep 1984 in Vidor, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Augustus C. Gomer was born about 1829 in Tennessee (son of James Frederick Gomer and Anna M. B. ???); died on 12 Feb 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

    Augustus married Minerva Eliza Nichols before 1850. Minerva was born about 1832 in Mississippi; died before 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Minerva Eliza Nichols was born about 1832 in Mississippi; died before 1860.

    Notes:

    The daughter of Henry Nichols.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Catherine Gomer was born about 1852; and died.
    2. Mary E. Gomer was born about 1854 in Texas; and died.
    3. 2. Augustus Cawhorn "A. C." Gomer was born on 22 Nov 1857 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Mar 1906; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Minerva Eliza Gomer was born after 1858; died in Apr 1860.

  3. 6.  Greenberry William Lord was born about 1838 in Georgia; and died.

    Notes:

    Said to be a son of James M. LORD and Evaline SANDERS.

    http://www.fogleman.net/Lord-Fogleman/documents/Greenberry-Lord-Family.pdf

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1870 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Beat 2, P O Sabine Town
    Enumerated 25 July 1870
    Page 8
    374-374
    Lord, G W 33 M W Farmer 300 315 Ga
    Lord, Martha 33 F W Keeping House Ga
    Lord, James A 11 M W Ga
    Lord, Elizabeth 7 F W Tx
    Lord, Susan 6 F W Tx
    Lord, Laura 3 F W Tx
    Lord, Syndenham 1 F (sic) W Tx

    1880 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
    Enumerated 3 and 5 Day July 1880
    Page 26 SD 1 ED 86
    231-231
    Lord, Greenbery W M 43 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
    Lord, Martha W F 43 Keeps House Ga Ga Ga
    Lord, Lizzie W F 17 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Susan W F 15 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Lorina W F 13 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Doctor W M 11 Son At School Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Rosanna W F 9 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Henry W M 7 Son Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Levi W M 5 Son Tx Ga Ga
    Lord, Soney W M 3 Son Tx Ga Ga

    Greenberry married Martha Chambers about 1858 in Georgia. Martha (daughter of Allen Chambers and Mary "Polly" Dixon) was born about 1838 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Martha Chambers was born about 1838 in Georgia (daughter of Allen Chambers and Mary "Polly" Dixon); and died.
    Children:
    1. James A. Lord was born in Sep 1859 in Georgia; and died.
    2. Mary Elizabeth Lord was born on 20 Feb 1863 in Texas; died on 16 Feb 1928 in Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas.
    3. Susan E. Lord was born about 1865 in Texas; died in Oct 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bethel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Lorena Lord was born on 17 May 1867 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 1956 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    5. Doctor "Doc" Cinningham Lord was born about 1869 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Feb 1948 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
    6. 3. Rosanna "Rosie" Lord was born on 23 May 1871 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Oct 1962 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    7. Henry Clay Lord was born about 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    8. Levi "Lee" Lord was born on 14 Jun 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 1929; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    9. George Washington "Sonny" Lord was born after 1877 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Frederick Gomer was born about 1797 in North Carolina; died about 1869.

    Notes:

    "The Gomer family came to Sabine County, Texas from Giles County, Tennessee between March 2, 1836 and August 19, 1836. He rec'd a Second Class land grant of 1280 A. located and surveyed in what is now Parker County. Evidently he never moved from Sabine County as records show that he bought land in 1844, located in the John Haley Survey, south of Housens Bayou near the Yellowpine community. James Frederick Gomer was typical of the average settler of his time, industrious, honest and determined to have a home in the new country. He raised his family by old fashioned standards, to obey their parents, honor God and country, and respect themselves and their neighbors. He owned a few slaves, according to the records, and a large slave cemetery is located near the Old Gomer Cemetery." (White and Toole)

    James married Anna M. B. ??? about 1822 in Tennessee. Anna was born about 1803 in Georgia; died after 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anna M. B. ??? was born about 1803 in Georgia; died after 1870 in Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Often shown as Bateman, but not proven. Helen Gomer Schluter was said to have spent many years trying to discover her maiden name.

    In a DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS PATRIOT ANNUAL ALBUM, by Turner Publishing Company (online at Google Books), it was noted that Anna was a well known midwife, nurse and "doctor" of the Housen Bayou area of Sabine County.

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann Gomer was born on 17 Nov 1828 in Giles County, Tennessee; died on 12 Sep 1897.
    2. 4. Augustus C. Gomer was born about 1829 in Tennessee; died on 12 Feb 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. Amanda F. Gomer was born on 19 Aug 1836 in Republic Of Texas; died on 27 Oct 1908 in Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
    4. Leonidas Gomer was born about 1839 in Republic Of Texas; died before 1865 in Virginia.
    5. Catherine Gomer was born about 1843 in Republic Of Texas; and died.
    6. Ann M. Gomer was born about 1845 in Republic Of Texas; and died.

  3. 14.  Allen Chambers was born on 1 Oct 1813 in Georgia; died on 5 Feb 1884 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    "Allen Chamber's father was Henry (d 1842, the son of Wm Chambers, Amer Rev Veteran who rec'd a land grant in Warren Co, Ga. He d ca 1832, in Wilkinson Co Ga, leaving his widow Martha* who was on the 1850 census. The Allen Chambers family came to Sabine County in 1860, where he died Feb 5, 1884. His wife died Apr 29, 1878. Both are buried in the New Hope cemetery." White & Toole, SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. Virgie Speights wrote that the Chambers came from Georgia in the middle 1800's and settled on Chambers Hill, north of Milam, where they built a log cabin, in which they lived until they moved a mile or so further north, and built another cabin. Eventually they built a new huge, handhewn, square logged house, which was still standing when she wrote of it in the mid 1960's, and was owned by Elzie Chambers, who used the original home as a corn crib.

    *Martha Chambers on 1850 Wilkinson Co Ga census is widow of Henry Chambers, and NOT the widow of his father William (Sr) Chambers. Martha, Henry's widow, lived until 1873. (Email from Earl Scott Chambers).

    Earl Scott Chamber's line of descent follows:

    -William Chambers and Elizabeth Patton

    -William Chambers and Rebecca Stuckey (likely to be his 2d wife) (Henry, Joel and others descend from Williams first wife.....)

    -William Chambers and Isabell Jane Garrett

    -Lewis Morgan Chambers and Lillie Louise McCorkle

    -Jessie Robert Chambers and Ella Horne

    -Johnie Hue Chambers and Sadie Morris

    -Earl Scott Chambers.

    More about the Chambers family can be found here:

    http://www.fogleman.net/Lord-Fogleman/documents/Greenberry-Lord-Family.pdf





    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Georgia, Wilkinson County, The Ninety Third Subdivision
    Enumerated 28 Aug 1850
    53-53
    Martha Chambers and Children, born NC
    54-54
    John and Rebecca Chambers and children, born Ga
    55-55
    Allen Chambers 34 M Farmer 1000 Ga
    Mary Chambers 30 F Ga
    Thomas Chambers 12 M Ga
    Martha Chambers 12 F Ga
    Henry Chambers 11 M Ga
    William Chambers 10 M Ga
    Louellu Chambers 9 M Ga
    Mary Chambers 7 F Ga
    Lousan Chambers 5 F Ga
    George W Chambers 4 M Ga
    Frances E Chambers 3 F Ga
    Levi Chambers 1 M Ga
    Mary Davidson 70 F SC

    1860 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No. 5, PO Milam
    Enumerated 1 July 1860
    Pages 27 and 28 Stamped 332
    Allen Chambers 49 M Farmer $--- $6035 Ga
    Mary Chambers 45 F Ga
    William Chambers 20 M Ga
    L A Chamber 19 M Ga
    Mary Chambers 17 F Ga
    L A Chambers 14 F Ga
    George Chambers 13 M Ga
    Levi Chambers 12 M Ga
    Winey Cambers 9 F Ga
    Nathaniel D Chambers 6 M Ga
    J. D. Chambers 4 M Ga

    1870 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
    Enumerated 23 July 1870
    Page 4
    334-334
    Chambers, Allen 60 M W Farmer 3000 1000 Ga
    Chambers, Mary 53 F W Keeping House Ga
    Chambers, Levy 21 M W Ga
    Chambers, Nathan 17 M W Ga
    Chambers, Dillomortan 19 M W Ga
    Chambers, Pickard A 18 f W Keeping House Tn
    Chambers, Thomas 12 M W Ala

    1880 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Fourth Precinct
    Enumerated 22 and 23 Jun 1880
    Pg 12D SD 1 ED 86
    104-104
    Chambers, Allen W M 66 Farmer Ga NC NC
    105-105
    Levi Chambers W M 30 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
    Rosa Chambers W F 27 Wf Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
    Ira Chambers W M 6 Son Tx Ga Ga
    Allen Chambers W M 4 Son Tx Ga Ga
    Rush Chambers W M 2 Son Tx Ga Ga
    Babe Chambers W M 4/12 Feb Son Tx Ga Ga
    106-106
    Chambers John W M W 24 Tx Ga Ga
    Chambers, Mollie W F 20 Wf Tx Ga Ga
    Chambers, Celie W F 4 Tx Tx Tx
    Chambers, Joseph W M 1 Tx Tx Tx



    Allen married Mary "Polly" Dixon on 18 Dec 1834 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. Mary was born on 20 Feb 1817 in Georgia; died on 29 Apr 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary "Polly" Dixon was born on 20 Feb 1817 in Georgia; died on 29 Apr 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Chambers was born about 1837 in Georgia; and died.
    2. 7. Martha Chambers was born about 1838 in Georgia; and died.
    3. Henry Chambers was born about 1839 in Georgia; and died.
    4. William Chambers was born about 1841 in Georgia; died between 1861 and 1865 in Richmond (Independent City), Virginia.
    5. Dora Ellen Chambers was born about 1841 in Georgia; and died.
    6. Mary Chambers was born on 25 Oct 1842 in Georgia; died on 8 Jan 1893 in Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    7. Susan A. Chambers was born about 1845 in Georgia; and died.
    8. George W. Chambers was born about 1846 in Georgia; and died.
    9. Frances E. Chambers was born about 1847 in Georgia; and died.
    10. Levi "Lee" Chambers was born on 2 Jun 1849 in Georgia; died on 7 Mar 1923 in Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    11. Winnie Chambers was born in Nov 1850 in Georgia; and died.
    12. Nathaniel Berrian Chambers was born on 24 Dec 1853 in Georgia; died on 6 Apr 1897 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    13. Rev. John D. "Jack" Chambers was born on 8 Mar 1856 in Georgia; died on 7 Dec 1932 in Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.