Diannah Jane Crawford

Diannah married Robert Henderson Neil on 15 Oct 1867 in Texas. Robert (son of Patrick Neil and Comfort Kilgore) was born about 1830 in Virginia; died on 8 Jul 1881 in Collin County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to an article (courtesy of Jeanne Darnell) from The Farmersville Times, dated August 19, 1903, and published in the COLLIN CHRONICLES (Vol. IX, No. 1, Fall 1988):

(Near the close of the Civil War) R. D. Bumpass, orderly sergeant, was drowned in Red River, May 24, 1864, while trying to cross. He was succeeded by Robert Neil, a brother of HAM NEIL, who lives near Cowskin (Creek)."

Hamilton married Melissa Rosetta "Zettie" Hall on 21 May 1893 in Collin County, Texas. Melissa (daughter of Mashack Hall and Eliza Jane Neil) was born on 4 Dec 1867 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas; died on 31 Dec 1955 in Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma; was buried on 2 Jan 1956 in Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shown as Fluella on the 1880 Collin County, Texas census?

Ella married J.B. Sherrill on 12 Dec 1891 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas. J.B. was born on 7 Nov 1861 in Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDFM-GR6
Name: Rebecca Emmaline Ivy
Event Date: 16 Jul 1964
Event Place: Mckinney, Collin, Texas
Gender: Female
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted): 90 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1873
Birthplace: Farmersville, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Robert Neil
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Diana Crawford
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Residence Place: Farmersville, Collin, Texas
Cemetery (Original): I. O. O. F.
Burial Place: Farmersville, Texas
Burial Date: 17 Jul 1964
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2117489
Digital Folder Number: 4028379
Image Number: 2757
Reference ID: Cn 41404
Collection: Rebecca Emmaline Ivy, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

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Name: John Garland Neil
Event Date: 11 Dec 1922
Event Place: Farmersville, Collin, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted): 44 years 6 months 29 days
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 22 May 1878
Birthplace: Colin County
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Robt. Neil
Father's Birthplace: Mo.
Mother's Name: Dina Crawford
Mother's Birthplace: Mo.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence Place: Farmersville, Texas
Cemetery (Original): I00F Cemetery
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 12 Dec 1922
Informant's Name (Original): X
GS Film number: 2074650
Digital Folder Number: 4166814
Image Number: 1182
Reference ID: cn33660
Collection: John Garland Neil, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Family/Spouse: R.H. Keesee. R.H. was born about 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lillie attended Southwestern Normal School at Weatherford to obtain a teachers certificate. Lillie taught six years, first at Independence (earning $45 a month), then at Union Hill southeast of Vinson, earning $100 a month. During her second year there, a tornado blew the school off the foundation, and the school was closed. Her final year of teaching was at Merritt, west of Elk City, where she lived with her uncle William HALL and family and earned $75 a month.

Lillie married Raymond Thomas Francis on 20 Mar 1924. Raymond (son of James Thomas Francis and Beulah Lee Cole) was born on 9 Sep 1895 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1967; was buried in Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Corrine Connor. Corrine was born about 1904 in Ross, McLennan County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married 1rst Bonnie Lee Jackson, 2nd Clara Lee Coats and had one daughter, Linda Lee. (VINSON MEMORIES, p 280).

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Superintendant at Hollis int he 1930's and early 1940's. He married Flora MEANS. They had four children: Lilelima, Leroy, Betty, and Larry. Lester died in California in the late 1960's.

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Married Med HAMMOND. They had two daughters, Norma and Sybile. Mable died in Hollis in 1970.

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Worked for the postal department in Oklahoma City for several years, then he and his wife Athella ranched in Texline, Texas for several more years. He died in Oklahoma City in 1969.

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Continued to live on the family farm. He married Hester HAM. They had one daughter, Fern. She married G.W. Robinson, and had two children, Janna and Carl Dean. They lived in Spearman, Texas in 1995, and were retired school teachers. Around that same time, Janna lived in Fort Worth and Carl lived in Amarillo.

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A veteran of World War II, he continued in government service in Washington, D.C. unitl his death in 1970.