Pedras Perry Gandy: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Pedras Perry Gandy was born about 1897 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Leroy "Lee" Gandy and Mattie Earl Davidson); and died.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 13A
Hemphill and Fairdale Road
252-268
Gandy, Leroy R Head m W 43 M La Ala La Salesman Retail Dry Goods Store
Gandy, Mattie E Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Miss
Gandy, Pedras P Son M W 23 M La La Tx Tailor Own Shop
Gandy, Edith W Dtr-in-law F W 22 m Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 2B
Lillian Street
34-40
Gandy, Lee P Head M W 54 m20 La Ala La Farm Overseer
Gandy, Mattie Wf F W 54 m20 Tx Tx La
35-41
Gandy, Pedraw P Head M W 33 M 22 La La Tx Tailor Mens Clothing
Gandy, Wilna W F W 31 m 21 Tx Tx Tx
Gandy, Leon Son M W 9 S Tx La Tx
Gandy, Phillip Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield
Enumerated 9 April 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 4A
Line 16
Gandy, Pedras P head M W 43 M La Same House Merchant Retail Dry Goods
Gandy, Wilma Wf F W 41 M Tx Same house
Gandy, Hilliard Son M W 19 S Tx Same House
Gandy, Philip Son M W 16 S Tx Same House

Pedras married Edith Wilna Watson about 1919. Edith was born about 1898 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Leon Hilliard Gandy was born about 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Philip Pedras Gandy was born on 15 Nov 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 24 Oct 1995 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 2

Leroy "Lee" Gandy was born about 1877 in Louisiana; and died.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 13A
Hemphill and Fairdale Road
252-268
Gandy, Leroy R Head m W 43 M La Ala La Salesman Retail Dry Goods Store
Gandy, Mattie E Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Miss
Gandy, Pedras P Son M W 23 M La La Tx Tailor Own Shop
Gandy, Edith W Dtr-in-law F W 22 m Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 2B
Lillian Street
34-40
Gandy, Lee P Head M W 54 m20 La Ala La Farm Overseer
Gandy, Mattie Wf F W 54 m20 Tx Tx La
35-41
Gandy, Pedraw P Head M W 33 M 22 La La Tx Tailor Mens Clothing
Gandy, Wilna W F W 31 m 21 Tx Tx Tx
Gandy, Leon Son M W 9 S Tx La Tx
Gandy, Phillip Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx

Leroy married Mattie Earl Davidson about 1895. Mattie (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe) was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie Earl Davidson was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe); and died.

Notes:

Virgie Speights writes that she was brough up in Milam where she went to school. Her parents were in the Mercantile business in Milam, where her only brother surviving [as of 1963] still lived. She married Lee P. GANDY in 1895, and moved to East Pendeleton, where their two children, Lula Marie and Pedras Perry Gandy were born. Lula died at age 5. The Gandy's moved to Runnels County, Texas, where they lived until forced to come home because of the drought in 1912. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, p. 35).

Children:

1. Pedras Perry Gandy was born about 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

Generation: 3

Pedras Phillip Davidson was born about 1844 in Texas (son of Solomon Davidson and Christina Crawford); and died.

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Census Listings:

1870 Sabine County Texas Census
624/624
Davidson, P.P. 26 M W Farmer 1200 800 Texas
Davidson, Malvina 25 F W K.H. Texas
Davidson, Sarah A. 3 F W Texas
Davidson, Calvin B. 1 M W Texas
FULLER, P.N. 54 M W 200 400 S.C. (Might be FULLEN)
FULLER, Sarah A. 54 F W Va.
FULLER, Rachel E 13 F W Texas
Noble, Elizabeth J 18 F W Farmer 1000 400 Texas
Noble, William 1 M W Texas

Pedras married Malvina Parr Beddoe on 17 Sep 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Malvina (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree) was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malvina Parr Beddoe was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree); and died.

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Married:
SABINE COUNTY MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1875, has the following lisiting:

Davidson, P.P. to Balvina (sic) BEDDOE ca 1866

Virgie Speights writes that they had a total of nine children.

Children:

Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson was born about 1867 in Texas; and died.
Calvin B. Davidson, Sr. was born about 1869 in Texas; and died.
Solomon N. Davidson was born about 1873 in Texas; and died.
3. Mattie Earl Davidson was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
James Pedras Davidson was born on 31 May 1877 in Texas; died on 30 Mar 1957 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in King Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
Ellafair Davidson was born about 1879 in Texas; and died.
David Lee Davidson was born about 1885; and died.

Generation: 4

12.

Solomon Davidson was born about 1812 in Virginia; and died.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 3 and 4 Oct 1850
Page 312
21-21
Jacob Crawford 58 M Farmer 10,0000 NC
Huldah Crawford 55 F North Carolina
Joseph M. Crawford 22 M Tenn
Elizabeth Crawford 17 F SC (wife of Joseph)
Mary Crawford 17 F Tenn
Mary Ann Crawford 10 F Tx
24-24
Solomon Davidson 38 M Farmer 500 Va
Christina Davidson 28 F NC
Predous Philip Davidson 6 M Tx
Joseph Thomas Davidson 3 M Tx
Willam B. Davidson 11/12 M Tx
Mary E Davidson 10/12 Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, PO Milam
Enumerated 16 Jun 1860
Page 6
50-50
Solomon Davidson 48 M Faremer 1000 1225 VA
Christina Davidson 35 F Tenn
Pedres Davidson 14 M Tx
Joseph T Davidson 14 M Tx
David Davidson 1 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, PO Brookeland
Enumerated 20 Aug 1870
Page 27
623
Davidson, Solomon 58 M W farmer 1000 1000 Va
Davidson, Christina 48 F W Keeping House NC
Davidson, David 12 M W Tx
624
PP and Melvina Davidson

Solomon married Christina Crawford about 1842. Christina (daughter of Jacob Crawford and Huldeth Luten) was born on 1 Jan 1822 in Tennessee; died about 1873 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Christina Crawford was born on 1 Jan 1822 in Tennessee (daughter of Jacob Crawford and Huldeth Luten); died about 1873 in Sabine County, Texas.

Children:

6. Pedras Phillip Davidson was born about 1844 in Texas; and died.
Joseph Thomas Davidson was born about 1847 in Texas; and died.
William B. Davidson was born about 1849 in Texas; and died.
Mary E. Davidson was born about 1849 in Texas; and died.
David Kaufman Davidson was born about 1858 in Texas; and died.

14.

Earl Percy Beddoe was born on 30 Jan 1822 in Tennessee (son of Phillip Tolbert Beddoe and Catherine Parr); died on 27 Nov 1876 in Navarro County, Texas.

Notes:

From the Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbe20.html

BEDDOE, EARL PERCY (1822-1876). Earl Percy Beddoe, pioneer civil engineer, was born on January 30, 1822, in eastern Tennessee, son of Philip Tolbert and Catherine (Parr) Beddoe. He married Martha Caroline Hembree on October 12, 1843, in Tennessee, and they had nine children. In 1845, after an education in civil engineering, Beddoe moved to Texas, lived in Marshall, where he built a tanyard, then in 1850 settled in Sabinetown, where he established a saddle and harness business. He served for a while there as school principal; he was named county surveyor of Sabine County and laid out the town of Hemphill as the new county seat in 1859. Beddoe acted as a courier during the Civil War , and as a civil engineer he figured in the planning of fortifications at Sabine Pass in 1863 (see SABINE PASS, BATTLE OF ). He helped plan and execute the embankments or breastworks fortifying Sabinetown in 1864. In 1869 or early 1870 the family moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana, but soon after 1871 they moved to Navarro County, Texas, where Beddoe died on November 27, 1876, in Chatfield.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Robert Cecil McDaniel, Sabine County, Texas (Waco: Texian, 1987). Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, 1850 Sabine County Census (Westminster, Colorado, 1979). Virgie Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County (Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson, 1983).
Helen Gomer Schluter

Virgie Speights writes, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, that he established a tan yard, taught school and put in a stagecoach inn. He was also a surveyor and surveyed the town of Hemphill in 1858, when the county seat was moved from Milam. As many people objected to this move, the surveying was begun in the middle of the night. (p. 35).

There was an article featuring a photograph of Earl Percy Beddoe in the October 2, 2013 issue of The Sabine County Reporter. The article was a story about a recent Civil War reenactment at Sabine Pass, during which the William Henry Parsons Camp #415, Sons of Confederate Veterans honored Earl Percy Beddoe, and early resident of Sabine County, whose family later moved to Chatfield, a community in Navarro County, Texas, where the Parsons Camp is located.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
31 October 1850
148-148
Earl P. Beddo 28 M Saddler and Farmer $50 Tenn
Martha C. Beddo 22 F Tenn
Malvina P 5 F Tenn
Ann E M 3 F Texas (Could this actually have been Alonzo M, age 12 in the 1860 census)
Veranah H A 1 F Tx
149-149
Philip H. Beddo 23 M Saddler and Farmer $600 Tenn
Martha Beddo 13 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas. Sabine County, Sabine Beat No. 2. PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 20 Jun 1860
Page 4
85-85
E P Beddo 38 M No occupation listed 150 150 Tenn
M C Beddo 34 F Tenn
Alonzo M Beddo 12 M Tenn
R M Beddo 11 F Tx
Philip Beddo 9 M Tx
Theophilus Beddo 5 M Tx
Dewit Beddo 2 M Tx
Joseph Beddo 4/12 M Tx
M P Beddo 15 F Tenn

1870 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward Six, PO Mansfield DeSoto Parish
Enumerated 24 July 1870
Page 5 Stemped 357
31-31
Beddo, Earl P 48 M W Land Surveyor 60 200 La
Beddo, M. Caroline 42 F W Keeping House Tenn
Beddo, Philip D N?/A? 19 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Albert D 15 M W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Verona H 20 F W At Home Tx
Beddo, Theophilus 18 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Dewit C 11 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Dalia 7 F W At Home Tx
Beddo, Catharine 73 F W At Home NC

Earl married Martha Caroline Hembree on 12 Oct 1843 in Roane County, Tennessee. Martha was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Martha Caroline Hembree was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Dallas County, Dallas
Enumerated 7 Jun 1880
Page 20D SD 3 ED 56
37-182-191
Beddo, M D W F 54 Keeping House Tenn NC NC
Beddo, Albert W M 24 Son Printer Tx Tenn Tenn
Beddo, J. C. W F 18 Dtr At Home Tx Tenn Tenn
Beddo, J. E. W F 15 Dtr At Home Tx Tenn Tenn
Patterson, Geo W M 18 Boarder Clk in Jewelry Store La La La

Children:

7. Malvina Parr Beddoe was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee; and died.
Ann Eliza Beddoe was born about 1847 in Texas; and died.
Alonzo M. Beddoe was born about 1848 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Veronica H. Adaline Beddoe was born about 1849 in Texas; and died.
Philip Beddoe was born about 1851 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Dr. Albert Beddoe was born about 1854 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jan 1932 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
Theophilus Beddoe was born about 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Dewit Beddoe was born about 1858 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Josephine C. Beddoe was born about 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Julia E. Beddoe was born on 6 Sep 1864 in Texas; died on 24 Oct 1956 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.