Emily Melvie Edgar

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 14, 1995, Page 10

Jay and Emily Smith

Bryan Jay Smith Sr., 96, of Hemphill, died early Thursday June 8, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center. His wife, Emily Edgar Smith, died early Friday, June 9, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center.

Mr. Smith was born Jan. 5, 1899, in Wiergate as a son of the late Ester Ann (Miller) and Daniel Vinson Smith and had lived in Sabine County several years. Mrs. Smith was born July 31, 1901, as a daughter of the late Paynie Jackie (Gooch) and James Valentine Edgar, and was a lifelong resident of Sabine County.

He is survived by a son, B. J. Smith Jr. of Hillster, and she is survived by a sister, Florence McBride of Hemphill.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Mr. Smith was buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Fairmount and Mrs. Smith was buried at the Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

Emily married Robey Dewey Easley on 1 Feb 1968 in San Augustine County, Texas. Robey (son of Daniel Bush Easley and Julia Ann Edward Travis) was born on 12 Jun 1898 in Texas; died on 6 Oct 1968 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 8 Oct 1968 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Bryan Jay Smith, Sr. after 1969. Bryan (son of Daniel Vinson Smith and Ester Ann Miller) was born on 5 Jan 1899 in Wiergate, Newton County, Texas; died on 8 Jun 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the son of William G. Edgar and Margaret Edgar.

(Research):Census Listings:

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 2
Enumerated 16 and 18 April 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 2A Stamped 108
21-21
Edgar, James V Hd M W 35 M1 16 Tx La Nc Farmer
Edgar, Payne J Wf F W 33 M1 16 9/6 Tx Tn Tx
Edgar, William G Son W M 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Edgar, Columbia M Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Edgar, Lorena L Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Edgar, Emily Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Edgar, James D Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Edgar, Florence B Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct One
Enumerated 5 February 1920
SD ?26 ED 168 Sheet 27B
534-536
Edgar, James V Hd M W 47 M Tx La NC Farmer
Edgar, Paynie Wf F W 45 M Tx Tn Tx
Edgar, William G Son M W 25 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Edgar, James A Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Edgar, Florence B Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Edgar, Madie Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Edgar, Austin Son W W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated April 18 and 19, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 6B
115-117
Edgar, Jim V Hd M W 58 M 22 Tx La NC Farmer
Edgar, Pany Wf F W 56 M 19 Tx Tn Tx
Edgar, Austin Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Helper
Edgar, Madie Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Helper

James married Jack Payne "Paynie" Gooch on 19 Oct 1893 in Sabine County, Texas. Jack (daughter of Philander Davis Gooch and Caroline Epperson Derusha Payne) was born about Apr 1874 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows that there is only a military marker, with no dates, for P. D. Gooch, engraved Co F 11 Texas INF CSA

(Research):Census Listings:


From an extract of the 1880 Sabine County, Texas census

198-201
Gooch, Philander w m 43 farmer Tex -- --
Gooch, Caroline E w f 39 wife Tex SC Tenn
Gooch, Margaret A w f 17 dau Tex GA SC
Gooch, Claiborne P w m 14 son Tex
Gooch, William Lee w m 11 son Tex
Gooch, Bob G. w m 9 son Tex
Gooch, Jack P. (female) w m? 7 son? Tex (dau is correct)
Gooch, James A. w m 5 son Tex
Gooch, Henrietta L. w f w dau Tex

From an extract of the 1900 Sabine County, Texas census

JP Precinct No. 1
167/171
Gooch, Philander Head M W 61 M TN NC TN Farmer
Gooch, Caroline (Payne) Wife F W 59 M TX GA SC
Gooch, William Son M W 30 N TX TN TX
Gooch, Amanda (Hammock) D-in-law F W 22 M TX TX TX
Gooch, Louisa Dau F W 21 S TX TN TX
Gooch, Abbie E. Dau F W 18 S TX TN TX
Maund, Louis Boarder M W 19 S TX VA TX Farmer

From an extract of the 1920 Sabine County, Texas census:

JP Precinct No. 1
601/623
Gooch, Philander D. Head M W 81 M TX (sic) NC TX Farmer
Lewis, Frank Son-in-law M W 52 M TX GA TX
Lewis, Abbie Dau F W 31 M TX TN TX

Philander married Caroline Epperson Derusha Payne before 1862 in Sabine County, Texas. Caroline (daughter of Epperson Duke Payne and Jane Caroline Russell) was born in Oct 1840 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Many
Enumerated 31 Aug 1860
Page 99
680-680
C. P. Gooch 55 M Mill??? Contractor 350 NC
Louisia Gooch 40 F Tenn
Philander D Gooch 22 M Laborer Tenn
James H Gooch 20 N Laborer Tenn
Ann Gooch 20 M Tenn
Martha Gooch 2 F La
S. A. Morgan 25 M Field Laborer Tenn

C. married Louisa Bradshaw. Louisa was born about 1820 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Kathy Casagranda writes that although they were living in Sabine Parish at the time of the 1860 census, they not buried in the Parish. Members of the GOOCH family can be found buried in adjacent Sabine County, Texas, primarily buried in the Hemphill City Cemetery and in Oak Hill Cemetery. In fact, a Clayburn Patrick Gooch, possible a descendant or namesale of the elder C. P. Gooch, was buried in Sabine County, though his year of birth was shown as 1866.

Notes:

The San Augustine Tribune reports that he served at the siege of Bexar and the Battle of San Jacinto. (17 March 2005, p 3).

Epperson married Jane Caroline Russell on 24 Dec 1828 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Jane was born about 1810 in South Carolina; died on 24 Sep 1872; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanche Toole said she was the daughter of David Russell.
There are no dates on her gravestone.