W. L. "Buster" Robbins

Notes:

Military Marker: SEA 2 US Navy

Family Search shows him as a son of John Duncan Robbins (born North Carolina) and Hattie Virginia Nobles (born Mississippi), who married 1 Sept 1893 in Rankin, Mississippi.

William married Onie Mae Patterson. Onie (daughter of Walter G. Patterson and Pattie May White) was born on 30 Aug 1904 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Apr 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 14 Apr 1995 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 19, 1995, Page 10

Onie Mae Robbins

Onie Mae Robbins, 90, who lived on Barber Street in Hemphill, died at 10:45 Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center.

Born Aug. 30, 1904, in Milam as a daughter of the late Walter and Mae (White) Patterson, she was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. Mrs. Robbins was a member of the First Baptist Church and a homemaker.

She is survived by a son, W. L. "Buster" Robbins of Hemphill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Robbins.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Billy Cannon, Billy Speights, Bill Barcheers, Buford Hughes, Clement McDaniel, and Eugene Procella.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Notes:

His tombstone instead shows 1868-1943. The transcription of this cemetery by Kay Parker McCary indicates he was the son of James H. Patterson and Malissa E. Evans.

Walter married Pattie May White about 1898 in Texas. Pattie (daughter of Edward James White and Mary Benena Meador) was born in May 1880 in Texas; died about 1928; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr. No. 4
Enumerated 1 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A Stamped 129
8-8
Patterson, Walter Hd W M Sept 1865 34 M 2 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Patterson, May Wf W F May 1880 20 M 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Eva I Dtr W F May 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP4
Enumerated 30 April 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 9A Stamped 159
130-134
Patterson, Walter G Hd M W 41 M1 11 Tx --- Tx Farmer
Patterson, May Wf F W 29 M1 11 6/5 Tx ___ Tx
Patterson, Era I Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Marie Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Onie M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Dorie Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Sybil Dtr F W 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Blanche Finley Toole wroted Melinda Strong, in September 2000, that Edward "ran away and joined to Civil War at age 14. He was a Bugle Boy." Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that his gravesite was marked with "Co. G. Col. Bradford's Inf Brig. - CSA"



(Research):

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
117-118
White, Edward J W M 33 Farmer La Ga Miss
White, Mary W F 27 Wf Keeping House Tx Va Ky
White, Edna E W F i Dtr Tx
White, Fannie R W F 6 Dtr Tx
White, Ben M W M 3 Son Tx
White, Pattie M W F 1/12 May Dtr Tx

Edward married Mary Benena Meador in 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Richard Meador and Mary Ann Tucker) was born about 1853 in Texas; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]