Don Lee White

William married Eloise Abilene Kilburn. Eloise was born on 22 Sep 1915 in Texas; died on 3 Jan 1998 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1930 census, Abilene and her sister Elna Kilburn were living in Shelby County with their mother, Bessie Kilburn, and step-grandmother, Martha McKinzie. Also living in the home were 26 year old Carmina Alford and 16 year old Tommie Chambless.

In the BACK IN TIME column of the January 12, 2000 edition of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, it is noted that "Twenty years ago" in 1980, the Sabine County Extension Homemakers Club Council organized and its first officers were elected at a meeting at the First Methodist Church. Officers included Abilene WHITE, council delagate.....

The Sabine County Reporter
January 7, 1998, Page 10

Abilene White

Eloise Abilene White, 82. of Route 1, Pineland, died early Saturday, January 3, 1998.

Mrs. White was born Sept. 22, 1915, in Shelby County as a daughter of the late Lee and Bessie Kilburn and had resided on FM 2024 in Sabine County several years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors: a daughter, Neve Alexander of Jasper, a son, Benny White of Hemphill; a sister, Elna Sanford of Hemphill; eight grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbane, W. E. "Bill" White in 1976 ans a son, Commissioner Kenneth E. White in 1993.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Ronnie Whittle of Silsbee, a former pastor of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery on FM 2024 in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

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Census Listing:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 2 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 12A Stamped 177
192-194
Bennett, Adam J Hd M W 53 m1 34 Tx La La Farmer
Bennett, Nancy E Wf F W 54 m1 34 9/7 Ga Ga Ga
Bennett, Charley D Son m W 30 S Tx Tx Ga Laborer Home Farm
Bennett, Jude W Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Ga Laborer Home Farm
White, Benjamin H Boarder M W 20 s La Tx Tx Hewing Ties Railroad
Morris, George Boarder M W 57 Wd Tx La La Driver Hauling Ties


1920 Census
Texas, Sabine,
360-360
White, Benjamin Hd M W 31 M Tx La Tn Sawyer Lumbermill
White, Cora N Wf F W 27 M Tx Tx Tx
White, Lillie A Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Eldredge Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

Benjamin married Cora Nevada Griffin on 1 Sep 1910. Cora (daughter of Wiley Griffin and Mary Elizabeth "Lillie" Cartwright) was born on 6 Oct 1892 in Texas; died on 27 Nov 1936; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 6 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 3A
38-39
Welch, Jenkins Head W M Feb 1857 49 m 30 Ark Miss Ala Farmer
Welch, Louisa F (nee Griffen) Wf W F Jun 1844 55 M 30 9/4 Tx Tenn Tx
Welch, Hannah E Dtr W F Sept 1884 15 S Tx Ark Tx
Griffin, Cora N Niece W F Oct 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx

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

Civil War Veteren. Company F, 11th Texas Regiment, CSA.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Prect No. 1
Page 23 SD 1 ED 84 Stamped 219
5 and 6 July 1880
202-211 Henry and Laura Carlton
203-212 Wm and Nancy Strickland
204-213
White, Vardeman W M 36 Farmer (La-Crossed thru) Miss Ala Ala
Whie, Atna W F 32 Wf Ala Tenn Va
White, Thomas J W M 6 Son Tx Tx Tx
White, Attalia W F 4 Dtr Tx Tx Tx
White, Martha W F 3 Dt Tx Tx Tx
White, Nora A W F (sic) 4/12 Jan Dau (sic) Tx Tx Tx

Amazia married Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson. Ary (daughter of William Madison Davidson and Martha Claiborne Goodrich) was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Alabama; died on 24 Nov 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shown as "Alma" on the 1880 census transcription. In 1910, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law, John M. and Kate White, in JP 1 of Sabine County, Texas. Her older brother, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, was living with the family as well.

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At the time of the 1930 Federal census, he was boarding in the home of Buford Speights and his wife, Abbie Conn Speights.

Wiley married Mary Elizabeth "Lillie" Cartwright on 2 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Sanford Holman Cartwright and Sarah "Sallie" Catherine Click) was born on 7 Mar 1871 in Texas; died on 19 Apr 1893 in Texas; was buried in Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her gravestone was inscribed: "Wife of Wiley Griffin - She was the sunshine of our home."