Ruby Mitchell

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

Thursday night at the high school auditorium the commencement exercises were attended by a large crowd....diplomas were presented by R. V. Greer, superintendent of the local schools to the following candidates:Randolph Hankla, Charles S. McMillan, Willys G. Blount, Sam Henry Williams, Lois Marie Thompson, A. C. Everett, Evon McLemore, Willie Mae Stevenphson, Geneva Stallings. Earl McEachern, Hoyt J. Alford, Sidney Westbrook, Allene Stewart, Ruby Mitchill, Mildred Whitton, Clifford Childers, Bonnie Partin, Zelma Soward, Alran Hays, James Bridges, Helen Alford and Early Needham.

San Augustine Tribune
7 July 1994

Funeral Set Monday for Ruby Mitchell Baggett

Funeral services for Ruby Mitchell Baggett of Salinas, California will be held Monday morning, July 11, 1994 at the Northminister Presbyterian Church in Salinas.

Mrs. Baggett, a San Augustine native, died on Tuesday, July 5 after a lenghty illness. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mitchell of San Augustine.

Burial will be in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery under direction of the Strubal & Laporte Funeral Home in Salinas.

Mrs. Baggett was reared in San Augustine, graduated from San Augustine High School in 1932, lived in California for over 50 years and was retired from teaching in the Salanis School system. She was married to Lawrence Baggett who preceded her in death.

Local survivors include a brother, L.B. Rudy Mitchell and nephews, Judge John Mitchell and District Attorney Charles Mitchell.

Other survivors are; a son Mark Baggett and a daughter, Lana Scott , both of Salinas, brother, Theron Mitchell of Roseburg, Oregon; and four sisters, Opal Richardson of Salinas, Addie Mae Fussell of Buckeye, Arizona; Catherine Hart of Bedford, Texas, and Doris White of Dyesburg, Tenn.

Mrs. Baggett was well known in San Augustine and visited relatives here regularly.

Ruby married Lawrence E. Baggett before 1948. Lawrence was born on 11 Feb 1913 in Texas; died on 11 Feb 1977 in Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jessie married Beulah Mary Fuller on 24 Dec 1905 in Sabine County, Texas. Beulah (daughter of John William Fuller and Alice C. Boyett) was born on 5 Sep 1885 in Texas; died on 23 Sep 1959 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Beulah Mary Mitchell
Death Date: 23 Sep 1959
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 74 years 18 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 05 Sep 1885
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Fuller
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Alice Boyette
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: Rosevine
Burial Place: Rosevine, Sabine Co, Texas
Burial Date: 25 Sep 1959
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115990
Digital Film Number: 4166180
Image Number: 175
Reference Number: cn 58167
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

James married Jane B. Ellison on 31 Jan 1880 in Sabine County, Texas. Jane was born on 15 May 1858 in Texas; died on 9 Jul 1954; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore has her as the daughter of Mancill ELLISON and Minerva HORTON.

Notes:

According to the 1880 Sabine County census, at age 22, John was a farmer and the head of a household consisting of himself, his 16 year old sister Frances, his 13 and 10 year old brothers Charlie and Joseph, and a older female relative, Nancy Howard, age 50, from Arkansas. His brothers James and Alkony had already left home. At the time of the 1900 Sabine County census, he was listed as William.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 6
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheets 6A and 6B
98-98
Fuller, William Hd W M Mar 1858 42 M 19 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
Fuller, Alice Wf W F Jan 1865 35 M19 5/5 Ala ALa Ala
Fuller, Etta Dau W F Sept 1881 18 S Tx Ga Ala
Fuller, Arthur Son W M Jan 1883 17 s Tx Ga Ala
Fuller, Beulah Dau W F Sept 1885 14 S Tx G Ala
Fuller, Ola Dau W F Apr 1888 12 S Tx Ga Ala
Fuller, Claudie Son W M Nov 1893 6 S Tx Ga Ala

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 32A
208-208
Fuller, Alice Head F W 45 Wed 5/5 Ala Ala Ala
Fuller, Claude Son M W 16 S Tx Ga Alag

John married Alice C. Boyett on 8 Dec 1880 in Sabine County, Texas. Alice (daughter of Henry Denson Boyett and Mary Jane Buckley) was born in Jan 1865 in Alabama; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1910 Sabine County Census, she was the mother of 5 children, all of whom were still living. Only Claude was still at home in 1910.

Notes:

John Fuller and his wife, Mary, were both born in Georgia, as were their two oldest sons, James and John. They moved to Arkansas sometime before 1860, and can be found on the 1860 Columbia County census (P#435, Dwelling 321, Family 323). John is shown as a Farmer, owning $1,200 in real estate and $550 in personal property.

In the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Finley Toole, there is a picture of John and Mary Fuller. John is shown in uniform, with a long rifle. Private John B. Fuller is shown as a member of the 26th Arkansas Infantry, Capt. Hamiter's Company G. He enlisted on May 22, 1862 in Lewisville, Arkansas for a period of 3 years. The muster roll's show him present through April 30, 1863. In June, 1863, he was inexplicably dropped from the roll by order of Lt. Genl Holmes. However, he was shown as present on the muster rolls for December 31, 1863 through February 29, 1864. His name appears on a ROLL OF PRISONERS OF WAR of furloughed and detailed men, Confederate States Army, surrendered at New Orleans, LA, by General E.K. Smith, CSA to Maj. Gen. R.S. Canby, USA, May 26, 1865 and paroled at Shreveport, LA June 20, 1865. The roll was dated Shreveport, LA, June 20, 1865. His residence was shown as Columbia County, Arkansas.

Organized as Morgan's Battalion on June 14, 1862, it was increased to a full regiment and reorganized as the 26th Arkansas Infantry on July 23, 1862, at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. Asa Stokely Morgan, formerly of the famed 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, was appointed as lieutenant-colonel of the battalion, and was promoted to colonel when the 26th Arkansas was organized. The regiment was assigned to McRae's Brigade, Shoup's Division, First Corps, Army of the Trans-Mississippi, and fought at Prairie Grove and Devil's Backbone. Later, the regiment took part in the Red River Campaign, fighting at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, on April 9, 1864. The 26th Arkansas was then ordered back to Arkansas to counter Union General Steele's Camden Expedition, culminating in the battle of Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. The regiment remained in south Arkansas for the next year, and was included in the general surrender of the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865

http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26hisidx.html

The family moved to Sabine County, Texas shortly after the birth of their youngest son in Malvern, Arkansas in 1869. Linda Fuller of Cleveland, Texs located a deed dated 18 January 1870, showing the purchase of 174 acres of land lying in Sabine County out of the 611 acre survey made for William J. Sneed off the William Isaac's League. The witnesses to the deed were W.H. Crouch and S.D. Berley. It was recorded in San Augustine County. The price was one dollar an acre, for a total of $174. John died less than six weeks after this purchase, on March 6, 1870.

Mary herself died in 1874, leaving her children orphaned. The eldest sons, James and John, ages 18 and 17, took charge of the family. On the 1880 census, John is shown as head of household. Also living with him and three of his younger siblings is 50 year old Nancy Howard, listed as a family member. His older brother, James, was shown as living on a nearby farm with his wife, mother in law and year old daughter. Brother Delony was also living nearby, working as a laborer on the farm of Christopher "Kit" and Mary Smith. Kit Smith was later killed by the Conner's in the infamous Smith-Conner-Low feud in the mid 1880s in Sabine County.

Blanche Finley Toole of Sabine County writes that Nancy Howard, the family member shown living in the John W Fuller household in 1880, was related her great great grandmother, Ruth Howard Finley. Her father was Samuel Howard. She came to Texas around 1875. Nancy Howard's fiancee was killed in the Civil War, and she never married. She was buried with her pictures of him and her bible. Ms. Toole says that Nancy Howard can be found on the 1850 Meriwether GA census in Household #799, Nancy Howard, age 23, female, born Georgia, in the household of Malichi Murphy age 48, born South Carolina and wife Nancy, age 52 b. South Carolina. (Letter to Melinda Strong, date 5 June 1997).

The parentage of John Brooks Fuller has not yet been proved conclusively. It is appears that he is the son of James Anderson Fuller, however there are some inconsistencies. The family of James Anderson Fuller resided in Meriwether County, Georgia, as did Nancy Howard. As indicated on the census records extracted above, John Brooks Fuller was born circa 1834 in Georgia. The census records of the James Anderson Fuller family indicate that their son, John B., was born in Georgia circa 1831. From the ages of their children, it appears that John and Mary Fuller were probably married sometime before 1855 in Georgia. This fits with the information from the Fuller Genealogical Bank, showing that James's son John B. Fuller married a Mary Watson on November 5, 1852. This also fits with the facts shown on the death certificates for two of the Fuller's children, Joseph Thomas Fuller and Francis Ola Fuller Burkhalter. Both certificates show their mother's maiden name as Watson. However, in the book SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, the mother of the Fuller Children is listed as Mary Brown. No support is provided for the Brown name, however. The most important contradiction, one that must be resolved, is that the Fuller Genealogical Data Banks show that John B. Fuller died on November 5, 1862 (probably during the Civil War). Our John Brooks Fuller did not die until early in 1870, in Sabine County.

Only a death date is shown on his headstone. He shares a double marker with Mary Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."

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Census Listings:

1860 Census State: Arkansas
County: ColumbiaTownship: ClayPost Office: Dorecheat 321 323
Fuller, John B,age 26, male, Farmer, value of R/E $1,200, PP $550,born GA
Fuller, Mary, age 24, female, born Georgia
Fuller, James E, age 4, male, born Georgia
Fuller, John W, age 2, male, born Georgia

1870 Census State: Texas
County: SabineTownship: Bearns 3Post Office: Brookeland 576 576
Fuller, Mary, age 36, female, Farmer,value of R/E $1,000, PP $400, born GA
Fuller, James, age 14, male, born GA
Fuller, John, age 13, male, born GA
Fuller, Delony, age 10, male, born ARK (Impairment)
Fuller, Fanny, age 6, female, born ARK
Fuller, Charles, age 4, male, born ARK
Fuller, Joseph, age 1, male, born ARK

1880 Census State: Texas
County: Sabine
171 173
Fuller, John W, age22, male, Farmer, GA, GA, GA
Fuller, Frances,age 16, female, Sister, Ark, GA, GA
Fuller, Charlies H, age 13, male, Brother, GA, SC, SC
Fuller, Joseph, age 10, male, Brother, Ark
Howard, Nancy, age 50, female, Family Member,Ark, Ark, Ark
200 209
Smith, Christopher, age 22,TX,Miss,Miss
Smith, Mary, age 18,wife,TX,TX,Miss
Smith, Dosia, age 2, dau,TX,TX,TX
Fuller, Alkony Delony,age 19,laborer, TX,--,--
218 227
Fuller, JE, age 24, male, Farmer, GA, GA, GA
Fuller, Hannah, age 23, Wife,TX, NC, AL
Fuller, Maggie, age 1, Daughter, TX, GA, TX
Dewees, Sarah, age 50, Mother, AL, NC, GA
Delony, Rebecca,age 20, Niece, TX

John married Mary A. Watson on 9 Dec 1852 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Mary (daughter of Arthur Holman Watson and Frances Ophelia O'Hara) was born about 1834 in Georgia; died on 19 Feb 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the online trascription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia census, there were two Mary Watsons living in Meriwether County, Georgia in 1850. I believe that the Mary Watson whom married John Brooks Fuller was the daughter of Arthur Watson.

1) The daughter of Arthur Watson, below, was born circa 1834. This matches the closely to her age as of the 1870 Sabine County Census (she was shown as age 36). On the 1860 Arkansas census, she is listed as age 24, which would make her year of birth circa 1836. On neither the 1860 or 1870 census, however, is she shown as being born circa 1831, as was the daughter of Robert Watson.

2) Robert Watson was born in Ireland. There is no indication that Mary Watson's father was born in Ireland. Arthur Watson was born in South Carolina, and at the time of the 1880 census, Charles H. Fuller indicates that his mother was born in South Carolina.

3) Arthur Watson has a daughter named Ophelia. This name is used in later generations of the Fuller family in Texas.

More work needs to be done to verify this, but it seems that it is a resonable hypothesis that Arthur Watson of South Carolina is the father of Mary Watson Fuller.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt

WATSON Families in Meriwether with daughters named MARY

687 687
Watson Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson John F. 19 M F SC
Watson Mary A. 16 F GA
Watson Allen H. 13 M GA
Watson Ophelia F. 12 F GA
Watson Elizabeth P.8 F GA

383 383
Watson Robert 55 M F 2,500 Ireland
Watson Elizabeth 49 F GA
Watson Mary Ann 19 F GA
Watson William 18 M F GA
Watson Susan Ann 15 F GA
Watson Margaret 12 F GA

Other WATSON's in Meriwether

67 67
Johnson Mordica 62 M F 1,370 VA
Johnson E. 49 F VA
Watson Cintha 6 F GA
Murphy Wm. D. 23 M F GA

265 265
Watson William 50 M F 2,100 NC
Watson Rebecca 44 F NC
Watson John F. 20 M F GA
Watson William T. 17 M F GA
Watson Martha A. 15 F GA
Watson Henry L. 13 M GA
Watson Rebecca M. 10 F GA
Watson Georgia A.8 F GA
Watson Laura J.5 F GA
Watson Robert A. 3 Mo GA

Only a death date is shown on her headstone. She shares a double marker with John Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."

Other WATSON Brides during that time period. This doesn't appear to list either of her sisters listed on the 1850 census.

PARTRIDGE CHARLES 15-Jul1868 WATSON ANN
STRICKLAND E 28-Mar1868 WATSON BETTY
STROZIER GEORGE 13-Feb1869WATSON DILLA
BELLARC H 26-Dec1875WATSON EASLEY
PERKINSON JOHN D 20-Dec1860 WATSON GEORGIA A
ROSSER WILSON 1-Jan1873 WATSON HANNAH
HAYSBUCK S 23-Dec1870 WATSON LINA
DARDIN FRANKLIN A 5-Dec1858 WATSON MARGARET
GILLOLVIN H 22-Jun1856 WATSON MARYANN
GATES GEORGE 18-Sep1870 WATSON SUSAN

Notes:

Married:
Per the Fuller Genealogical Data Base maintained by John Beattie Fuller of Morgantown, GA, John B. Fuller married Mary A. Watson on 9 December 1852. The names match the information on the death certificates of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Fannie Ola Fuller Burkhalter.

The record below is from Meriwether County, Vital Records, Marriages-Bride 1851-1875 Source: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/meriwether/vitals/marriages/mwtrbrd.txt

FULLER JOHN B 9 Dec1852 WATSON MARY A

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, states that he was the son of Gipson Boyett and Eliz Bateman, and a twin to Emerantha Boyett Isom. She was born on the September 24 and he was born on September 25.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Alabama, Lowndes County, Lowndes
Enumerated 12 Nov 1850
651-651
Sebron Boyett 32 M Planter $200 N. Carolina
Elizabeth Boyett 28 F S. Carolina
Amarintha Boyett 14 F Ala
Denson Boyett 12 M Ala
Mary M Cook 24 F S. Carolina

1860 Census
Alabama, Butler County, Precinct 7, P. O. Kirkville
Enumerated 26 July 1860
Page 192 Stamped 189
1367-1367
Denson Boyett 33 M Mecannic $2000 $50 Ala
M. J. Boyett 15 F ---

1870 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Clay Twp, P. O. Magnolia Ark
Enumerated 21 July 1870
Stamped 381
17-17
Boyett, Denson 32 M W Farm Laborer Ark
Boyett, Mary J 25 F W Ark
Boyett, John O 8 M W Ala
Boyett, Alice C 5 F W Ala

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, ED 85, Precinct 1
160-161
Boiett, Denson W M 44 Farmer Ala NC SC
Boiett, Mary J W F 36 Wf Ala SC SC
Boiett, John O. W M 18 Son Ala
Boiett, Allice C. W F 15 Dau Ala
Boiett, Robbert E. W M 10 Son Ark
Boiett, Burrell G. W M 6 Son Tx
Boiett, Francis L. W F 3 Dau Tx

Henry married Mary Jane Buckley on 24 Feb 1859 in Butler County, Alabama. Mary was born on 22 Nov 1844 in Alabama; died on 23 Jul 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Groom's Name: Denson Boyett
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Mary J. Bunkley
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1859
Marriage Place: , Butler, Alabama
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59309-6
System Origin: Alabama-EASy
Source Film Number: 1290250
Reference Number:
Collection: Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957