Mary Frances Woods

Mary married William Daniel Cousins on 5 Feb 1874 in Newton County, Texas. William (son of Robert L. Cousins and Sarah Jane Jordan) was born on 16 Nov 1853 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 12 Sep 1927 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert D. Cousins, Pineland, was on a list of 11 members of the Sabine County Medical Society, June 1910, in the TEXA STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, published in 1911.


Name: Robert Duval Cousins
Death Date: 26 Aug 1943
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 68 years 7 months 25 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Jan 1875
Birthplace: Newton Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Cousins
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Frances Woods
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Physician
Place of Residence: Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas
Cemetery: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 27 Aug 1943
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137434
Digital Film Number: 4029598
Image Number: 2289
Reference Number: 38224
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 30 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 25B
Pineland and Brookeland Highway Road
528-528
Cousins, R D Sr Head M W 45 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cousins, Missouri Wf F W 39 M Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Vilas Son M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Velma Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Verline Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Missouri Elizabeth ???. Missouri was born on 24 Mar 1881 in Texas; died on 21 Feb 1954 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Sarah Candis Warner
Death Date: 05 Jun 1953
Death Place: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 76 years 7 months 12 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 Nov 1876
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William D. Cousins
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Francis Woods
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Magnolia Springs
Burial Place: San Augustine, Co., Texas
Burial Date: 07 Jun 1953
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113985
Digital Film Number: 4165744
Image Number: 280
Reference Number: 53093
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Sarah married Dud Ernest "Dudley" Warner about 1894. Dud was born on 5 Oct 1871 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 20 Sep 1937 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time he registered for the draft during the First World War, on 12 September 1918, he listed his occupation as County Judge and farmer, working for himself. He showed that he was born in Hemphill on 28 Jan 1881, and that his nearest relative was his wife, Essie. He was shown as Medium Heighth and Build, with gray eyes, and his hair was "light and bald."

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38D-59R
Name: William Roy Cousins
Event: Death
Event Date: 30 Aug 1975
Event Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Self-employed Attorney-Rancher
Birth Date: 28 Jan 1881
Birthplace: Newton, Texas
Father's Name: William Daniel Cousins
Mother's Name: Marian Frances Woods
Veteran: No
Informant: William R Cousins Jr (son)
Certificate Number: 61251
Film Number: 2243828
Digital Folder Number: 005145727
Image Number: 00159
Collection: Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Hardin, JP 5
Enumerated 10 May 1910
SD 2 ED 29 Sheet 27B
473-473
Cousins, William Head M W 24 m1 2 Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public Schools
Cousins, Essie May Wf F W 20 m1 2 1/0 Tx Miss Tx Teacher Public Schools

1920 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, JP No. 1, Beaumont City, Ward 2
SD 326 ED 89 Sheet 20B
Enumerated 19 through 21 Jan 1920
Prachett Street
Hagerman, Agnes Head F W 50 Wd 1889 Sweden Swedish Sweden Swedish Sweden Swedish Proprietor Hotel
Cousins, W. R Lodger M W 38 m Tx Tx Tx None
Cousins, Essie Mae Lodger F W 30 M Tx Tx Tx None
Cousins, Wilhe R R Lodger M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Weldon Lodger M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
plus 23 other boarders and lodgers

William married Essie Mae Fortenberry about 1908 in Texas. Essie was born on 14 May 1889 in Tyler County, Texas; died on 29 Dec 1934 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married Charles Wesley Phelps about 1904. Charles was born on 13 Aug 1882 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 1967 in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia; was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is listed on FindAGrave as Nora HANCOCK, which matches the spelling on the gravestone and census, rather than the death certificate below. The date of death inscribed on her grave marker is shown as Mar 20, 1916 versus Mar 19, 1915 below.

Name: Nora Hanelcaek
Death Date: 19 Mar 1915
Death Place: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 29 years 11 months 19 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1886
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Burkeville, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. R. Cousins
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Bronson, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2051269
Digital Film Number: 4032102
Image Number: 2650
Reference Number: certificate # 6369
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Nora married Charles A. "Charley" Hancock about 1904. Charles was born on 2 Sep 1882 in Texas; died on 24 May 1947 in Hardin County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married John I. Futch before 1907. John was born on 25 Mar 1880 in Tyler County, Texas; died on 17 May 1954 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore instead shows her first name as Julie. The name Leva Elizabeth was supplied by Joye Cousins Turner, and she cited the family bible which simply listed her as L. E. Cousins.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDK8-KJM
name: Leva Cousins Ellis
death date: 14 Aug 1961
death place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Residence Bronson, Texas General Delivery
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 72 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 24 Mar 1889
birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
marital status: Married
father's name: William D. Cousins
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Unknown
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Bronson Cemetery
burial place: Bronson, Texas
burial date: 14 Aug 1961
additional relatives: X
informant R W Ellis
film number: 2116790
digital film number: 4166605
image number: 475
reference number: Vol. 2, cn 44555
Collection: Leva Cousins Ellis, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Family/Spouse: Roger W. Ellis. Roger was born on 12 Dec 1880; died on 13 May 1976; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Carrie Toole
Death Date: 23 Apr 1962
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 69 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1892
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W D Cousins
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Marie Frances Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Food Service Supervisor
Place of Residence: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Cemetery: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Burial Place: Beaumont, Texas
Burial Date: 24 Apr 1962
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116968
Digital Film Number: 4028437
Image Number: 3112
Reference Number: it 7, cn 24229
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Justin Rodney Toole. Justin (son of James Oswell Toole and Emily Elizabeth Pratt) was born on 15 Jun 1894 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 1963 in University Park, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a McFARLAND.

Notes:

He has a military marker, inscribed with a cross, his full name and the dates of birth and death, as well as "CDR US NAVY World War II Korea"

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNWR-YRS
name: Troy Dalton Cousins
death date: 06 Sep 1976
death place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 78 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 06 Dec 1897
birthplace: Bronson Texas
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: William D Cousins
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Frances Woods
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
Informant Mrs. Zilpah Cousins (wife)
film number: 2243978
digital film number: 4005496
image number: 03503
reference number: 69492
Collection: Troy Dalton Cousins, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

He went by his middle name of Dalton.

William married Tera Mary Fuller on 23 Dec 1923 in Sabine County, Texas. Tera (daughter of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Viola "Ola" Fullen) was born on 13 Jan 1902 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Sep 1988 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her listing on the Texas Birth Index does NOT show the name of her parents.

Family/Spouse: Creed Thomas Russell. Creed was born on 29 Jan 1888 in Texas; died on 5 Dec 1925; was buried in Magnolia Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lora married William Charles "Charley" Forse after 1927. William (son of William Henry Forse and Eliza Rice) was born on 10 May 1877 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Oct 1970 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS82-GX5
name: Eula Selena Warner
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 17 Mar 1978
event place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States
gender: Female
age: 81
estimated birth year: 1897
birthdate August 16, 1896, San Augustine County, Texas
father: D E Warner
father's titles & terms:
mother: Candis Cousins
mother's titles & terms:
Informant Mrs. Madie Honeycutt (Sister)
certificate number: 22398
digital folder number: 004862146
image number: 00419
Collection: Eula Selena Warner, "Texas, Deaths, 1977-1986"

Notes:

Appears to have married a HONEYCUTT, as Madie Honeycutt, sister, was the informant on the Texas Death Certificate of Eula Warner of Nacogdoches.

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, on her annotated transcription of Sabine County's Myrtle Spring's cemetery, shows that her tombstone was inscribed:

We miss you darling but we know that you rest with God (Double with Elzie Burton Smith)

Clara married Elzie Burton Smith about 1927. Elzie (son of Eugene Burton Smith and Prince Anna Dorsey) was born on 1 Aug 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Apr 1958 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Monnie Lou Vickers. Monnie (daughter of Vance Evans Vickers, Sr. and Jo Ann Reeves) was born on 24 Mar 1914 in Texas; died on 6 Jan 2001; was buried in Vance E. Vickers Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2L1-VZ6
name: Warner
event: Birth
event date: 16 Mar 1915
event place: Goldthwaite, Mills, Texas, United States
gender: Male
father: D E Warner
mother: Candis Cousins
Residence Pleasant Grove
Father occupation farmer
certificate number: 11751
digital folder number: 004220686
image number: 00793
Collection: Warner, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

Notes:

The Legislative Reference Library of Texas Shows he served in the Texas House from January 9, 1945 through January 14, 1947, and in the Texas Senate from January 14, 1947 through January 9, 1951. He was a Democrat, and represented Jefferson/Orange/Hardin and Liberty counties.

His obituary was published in the Beaumont Enterprise on 13 Jun 1987, under the title "Former senator Cousins dies," scan not available on the website, but should be obtained from the libray.

http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=1251

On the Portal to Texas History, the following Senate Resolution honoring him can be found. It was published in the Journal of the Senate of the Seventieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 4: First and Second Called Sessions, page 310

In Memory of Wilford (sic) Roy Cousins
Senator Parker offered the following resolution:
(Senate Resolution 125)
WHEREAS, With the death of Wilfred Roy Cousins on June 11, 1987, the State of Texas lost an outstanding public servant whose footsteps marked service and progress in every path he chose to follow; and
WHEREAS, A native Texas, he was born January 9, 1915, in Newton County, the son of William Roy Cousins and Essie Mae Fortenberry; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Beaumont High School and South Park Junior College, Mr. Cousins attended the Unversity of Texas and the University of Texas School of Law, and
WHERAS, After gallantly serving his country in the United States Army during World War II, Mr. Cousins was elected to the Texas House of Representatives; and
WHERAS, Elected to the Texas Senate in 1946, he loyally and faithfully address the needs of his constituency and was instrumental in passig the Lamar College Bill and creating the Port Commission; and
WHEREAS, Despite the demands of a busy law practice, he remained active in political affairs after his retirement form the Senate; and
WHEREAS, A respected cattleman, he was also active in the lumber business; and
WHEREAS, He contributed his time and talents to the Paul Revere Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Westwood Bible Church, Texas Bar Association, Southwest Cattle Raisers Association, and the Farm Bureau; and
WHEREAS, The varied and notable achievements of this distinguished gentleman in the realm of business, religious affairs, and civic betterment have contributed immensely to the dynamic growth and progress of his beloved state; and
WHEREAS, The State of Texas has benefitted enourmously from the wisdom and expertise of this illustrious public servant who conscientiously discharged his duties in a most exemplary manner; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, Seventeeth Legislature, Second Called Session, hereby extend sincere condolences to the members of his family, his wife, Evelyn Lee Conaway Cousins; his sons, William Reeder "Trey" Cousins and Robert Edgar Cousins, and his grandsons, William Randall Cousins IV and Travis Alexander Cousins; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be prepapared for members of his family as an expression of deepest symphathy from the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Wilfred Roy Cousins.

The resolution was read.

On motion of Senator Brooks and by unanimous consent, the names of the Lieutenant Governor and Senators were added to the resolution as signers thereof.

On motion of Senator Parker, the resolution was adopted by a rising vote of the Senate.

http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204533/m1/356/

Wilfred married Alice Lee McCelvey before 1946. Alice was born on 20 Jul 1920 in Bell County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilfred married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, he was a resident of Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. He was age 22 and single, and indicated he had formerly resided in Beaumont. His occupation was Trader, live stock. A Weldon Cousins, born 1917 and resident of Sabine County, enlisted in the U S Military on 28 Jan 1941. He indicated he had one year of college, and was a farm manager or foreman without dependents.

Notes:

She died due to premature birth. The ifnromaton was the attending M.D. , Dr. J. C. Fortenberry.

(Research):https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K37D-X8C
Name: Cousins
Event: Death
Event Date: 05 Oct 1924
Event Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 05 Oct 1924
Birthplace: Beaumont, Texas
Father's Name: W R Cousins
Mother's Name: E Fortenberry
Certificate Number: 32848
Film Number: 2113741
Digital Folder Number: 005145315
Image Number: 01387
Collection: Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976

Jewel married Alfred Donald McKellar on 22 Dec 1930 in Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. Alfred was born on 30 Dec 1908 in Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 1 Jan 1999 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDXL-MJZ
name: Hallie Bigham
death date: 04 Feb 1960
death place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Cause of Death: stabbed in chest and abdomen with icepick like object, simultaneously had larynx fractured from choking
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 54 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 29 Jan 1906
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Divorced
spouse's name:
father's name: Charles A. Hancock
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Nora Cousins
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Tavern Manager
place of residence: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
cemetery: Silsbee
burial place: Silsbee, Texas
burial date: 08 Feb 1960
additional relatives: X
film number: 2116049
digital film number: 4166202
image number: 2618
reference number: cn 6839
Collection: Nora Cousins in entry for Hallie Bigham, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, Friday, Feb. 5, 1960
Page 1
Stabbed 41 Times, S. A. Woman Dies
Tavern Owner Ice Pick Victim

A 48-year-old woman tavern operator, slain about 1 p.m. Thursday, was stabbed about 41 times ina death struggle, Dr. Robert Hausman, county medical examiner, revealed late Thursday.

The woman, Hallie Bigham, was found about 1:30 p.m. on the floor of Hallie's Place, 4234 Culebra Road.

Police Thursday night were looking for a Seguin man, reportedly a regular customer of the tavern.

Hausman said the woman was stabbed 31 times in the chest and abdomen and bout 10 times in the arms.

He said the woman, who reportedly lived in the rear of the tavern also was chocked and cut one on the chin.

Police theorized the death struggle started behind the counter where a pool of blood ran about 15 feet from the counter to the spot where the woman's body was found.

Hausman said the wound apparently was inflicted by an ice pick or some other long, slender weapon.

One of the wounds's fractured the woman's right wrist, Hausman said.

A broken bottle found on the tavern floor was believed to have inflicted the four inch cut on the woman's chin.

Audrey L. Real, a service stateion operator whos lives at 1030 John Page Dr. discoverd the woman's body at 1:30 p.m. when he went to the tavern.

Real, 47, after seeing the woman's body near the front door of the tavern, notified Mrs. Dora Britz, 4221 Culebra Road, owner of the tavern. She notified police.

Police picked up five persons but released them after questioning.

They ruled out robbery in the murder after finding $118.37 still in the cash register.

The February 11, 1960 issue of the same newspaper, also page one, had an article titled "Seguin Man Tells About Fatal Fight: Guadalupe Co. Sherrif Arrests 18-Year Old" The article stated that Juan Valdez was arrested shortly after noon on February 10 as he and several friends were on their way to a movie. Valdez stated that the struggle which ended with Hallie Bigham's death started when she demanded $5 from him. Valdez said her refused to pay, and the woman called him a "dirty Mexican." He slapped her across the face with a bottle, and she raced from the table at which they had been drinking and grabbed in ice pick.

Notes:

Find A Grave shows that Ida Cousins Futch was the mother of John FUTCH (1917-1941), who was buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville, Texas.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Photo of his Military Marker can be seen on FindAGrave. It is inscribed with a cross and reads C. L. Russell US Marine Corps Jun 12, 1914 May 27 1974. His Texas Death Certificate lists him as C.L. also. His usual occupation was showns as Captain in the Department of Public Safety. He was married, and the informant was his wife, Mrs. C. L. Russell.

Notes:

Copied from the Facebook Group, Farm Road 1-From one end to the other, written by Ronald Barlow:

Happy 100th Birthday, Mammaw!

One Hundred years ago today, on January 27, 1916, Ina Mae Russell (1916-2001) was born at home in LaMerle, Texas, near the Santa Fe Railroad about halfway between Pineland and Bronson.

Her parents were Creed Thomas Russell (1888-1925) and Lora Lee Warner Russell Forse (1894-1983).

Creed worked at the sawmill in LaMerle, that belonged to J.R. Harris and R.W. Henry, for a few years, before moving the family to Jasper, so he could work for the Texas Highway Department constructing Highway 8.

Ina Mae attended school at Plainview, Jasper and Bronson.

She was nine years old, when her father was shot in Jasper on November 1, 1925.
Creed Russell died four days later, leaving Lora a widow, with five children between the ages of three months and eleven years.

Lora Russell moved the family back to Bronson, where her family could help with survival.

Three years after Creed Russell's murder, when her mother married W.C. "Bill" Forse, of the Plainview Community, in 1929, her teacher, Charlie Forse, became her stepbrother.

Six years later, the family was complete with the birth of LaNell.
Her siblings were:
C.L. Russell (1914-1974)
Ina Mae Russell Barlow (1916-2001)
Wilson Roy "Billy" Russell (1918-1961)
Erma Moselle Russell Foster (1921-1972)
Leva Isabelle "Belle" Russell McLemore (1925-2007)
LaNell Forse Crow Bragg (1934-2015)

Ina Mae married Adron Horace "Dick" Barlow (1907-1987) on July 14, 1932.
Ina Mae was 16 and Dick was 24.

For the next 55 years, she was never away from his side for more than a day or two, except for the years during World War II, when Dick worked at the shipyard in Orange, and Ina Mae stayed at Pineland so the kids could stay in school.

Even then, Dick made it home on weekends.

Ina Mae was a professional Homemaker.
She had to be.

In their 55 years of marriage, she and Pappaw lived in at least ten different homes.

Ina Mae often said that "when the rapture comes, I will probably be in the middle of moving" and all their worldly possessions would be left in a ditch somewhere along the way.

She gave birth to Lamar Barlow at home, just east of Strickland Crossing on March 24, 1933.

Seventeen months later, Lora Beth was born at their next home, just southwest of Strickland Crossing on August 24, 1934.

Two years later, Wendall Joe (my Daddy) was born at their next home, in the Slip-Up-N-Hitch Community between Strickland Crossing and Plainview, near the Lott Cemetery, on September 1, 1936.

Two-and-a-half years later, Mary Virginia was born in their first home near Bear Creek, northwest of Pineland on March 22, 1939.

In less than six years, Ina Mae had set up home in four different places, while bearing four children.

That was the end of the children...but not the moving.

Just a year or two later the "Stagner House" at Bear Creek burned down.

They moved into a smaller sharecropper house next door, which I was raised in, and my mother still lives in.

Dick added on to the house to accommodate the family of six.

Ina Mae had a milk cow, chickens, and a garden, as well as a growing herd of beef cattle to tend to, as Dick farmed cotton and cut railroad ties.

With his crosscut saw, kerosene sling bottle, axe, broad axe, iron wedge, gluts, and wooden gauge, Dick could work circles around most men, turning out more crossties than anybody around.

They had no running water, no electricity, no telephone, no inside plumbing, no refrigerator...not even an icebox.

Ina Mae had a wood cook stove, kerosene lamps, a flatiron, a mud fireplace, an outhouse, a smokehouse and a corn crib.

Dick butchered his own hogs and the family bunked sweet potatoes, shelled peas and beans, shucked corn, cut okra, pulled squash, cucumbers and watermelons...and never went hungry.

Ina Mae canned pork sausage, vegetables, fruit, chow-chow, pickles, jelly and preserves.

Store-bought "Light Bread" was a rare treat, so Ina Mae made biscuits and cornbread every day.

Temple Lumber Company's sawmill whistle in Pineland could clearly be heard from 2-3 miles away and served as the Barlow's and other farm folks signal for lunch.

Life was simple...and good.

The Great Depression had very little impact on folks that lived off the land and had nothing in the bank.

During World War II, when Dick went off to work in the shipyard, Ina Mae and the kids moved into the "Conner House," a mile-or-so up the road, closer to the highway, to be closer to town with no man in the house.

Ina Mae never learned to drive and never wanted to.

Dick, as all Barlow men seem to be, was fascinated by cars and anything mechanical.

About 1945, they got electricity, and hung one bare light bulb in each room of the house, with a pull switch.

Soon after, Ina Mae had a refrigerator and an electric iron, which really changed her life.

In 1946, Dick and Arvil White bought a sawmill and set it up on a pice of land on the east side of US 96, a mile-or-so north of Pineland, where Pat Bradberry now lives.

Soon after, with lumber cut at his sawmill, Dick built a new three bedroom home and moved the family in next door to the sawmill.

Marie Beauchamp McBride now lives in this house.

Besides the sawmill, Dick sold used cars in front of the home, did carpentry work, bought and sold real estate, ran beef cattle on Bear Creek, and worked on everyone else's cars.

Ina Mae and Dick were instrumental in moving Martin Chapel Church from the Martin Cemetery, near Bear Creek, to a new location on the highway, where they renamed it Bethel Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.

They were both baptized in Allen's Pond near their home on 96.

Bethel Chapel had "preaching" only twice a month, but had it on both Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Sunday School was conducted every Sunday.

In 1954 or 1955, Dick built a combination service station/grocery store between his mother's home and the Garage he had with L.P. Knight and Ivy Jacks.

Ina Mae and Dick ran the store for several years before selling it to Dick's brother, Boob Barlow.

The kids all graduated from Pineland High School between 1951 and 1958.

In about 1962, they sold everything and moved to Arkansas.

Ina married Adron Horace "Dick" Barlow on 14 Jul 1932. Adron (son of William Washington Barlow and Lizzie Elmira Morris) was born on 3 Sep 1907 in Texas; died on 23 Dec 1987; was buried in Bethel Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A photo of his military marker is on FindAGrave.

It is engraved with a cross and reads Wilson Roy Russell, Texas WOJG HO CO 23 INFANTRY WORLD WAR II BSM & 2 OLC PH July 1 1918 July 5 1961

Notes:

Belle (Isabelle) McLemore went home to be with her Lord September 5, 2008, at Harbor Hospice after an extended illness. She was born July 29, 1925 in Jasper, Texas but lived in Beaumont most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh R. McLemore, her parents, brothers and sisters. Belle was a long time volunteer in the ICU Department of CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital. She had been employed by First Security Bank and The White House Department Store Payroll Division. She supported her husband's 30-year involvement with the YMBL. She was a past officer of Women's Aglow and during the past few years, hosted a monthly nondenominational luncheon and prayer group in her home. She was a member of Cathedral in the Pines Christian Center for 59 years where she had been a choir member and taught Sunday school for most of those years. At various times, she taught all age groups and until her health failed, taught the Adult Seniors Class. She leaves behind a great Christian heritage for her family and many friends. Belle loved and treasured her family. She is survived by her son, Don McLemore, and wife, Cheryl, and her daughter, Carolyn McCormick, and husband, Jim, of Katy, TX. The joys of her life were her grandchildren, Karin Mikko and husband, Kevin of Justin, TX., Chad McCormick and wife, Jeanne, of Katy TX. and Todd McCormick of Katy, TX. She is survived by great grandchildren, Katelin, Cole, Daniel, Haley, Caroline and James. She is also survived by her sister, Lanelle Bragg, of Bronson, TX and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, September 7, 2008 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home, 1155 N. 11th Street in Beaumont. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2008 in the chapel of the funeral home. A graveside service, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, will be held immediately following the memorial service. The family would like to thank Dr. George Thomas, Dr. Thomas Lombardo, and Dr. Robert Birdwell for the care they provided over many years. Sincere appreciation is also offered to her care givers, Ruth and Ray Medina, to the staff at LenRose Assisted Living Center and to the staff at Harbor Hospice. In lieu of the usual remembrances, contributions may be made in memory of Belle to Cathedral Christian School.

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Leva married Hugh Rufus "Mr. Mack" McLemore on 3 Mar 1940. Hugh (son of Ernest Edward McLemore and Mary Florence Boyd) was born on 9 Sep 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Dec 1999 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LaNell Bragg, 81, passed away Thursday morning in Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas. Ms. Bragg was born in Bronson, Texas to William and Lora Warner Forse. Nell worked in the cafeteria at the West Sabine I.S.D. She was a member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church in the Plainview area. Ms. Bragg will be dearly missed by all her friends and family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother.

She is survived by her sons: Billy John Crow and wife Sandra of Pineland, Jim Crow and wife Brenda of Bronson and Bobby Crow and wife Cathy of Bronson, her 10 grandchildren, her 31 great grandchildren, and her 22 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her son Danny Bragg, and her husband Bill Bragg.

Vistation will be from 5:00 until 9:00PM, Friday, November 13, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. Hemphill, Texas. Funeral service will be at 2:00PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Plainview Cemetery.

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Also published in the The Sabine County Reported, November 18, 2015, page 12

Joy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joy married Billy Ray Bragg before 1956. Billy (son of Raymond Ellis "Ray" Bragg and Vera Bell Jones) was born on 10 Feb 1935 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jun 1991 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William Byron Warner, Jr., 70, of Milam, died Saturday afternoon in the Vitas Hospice Facility, Shenandoah, Texas. Bill was born in Center, Texas, to Byron and Monnie Lou Vickers Warner. Milam has been his home all his life except for time spent overseas as a supervisor in petroleum production. Bill was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in the U.S. Air Force, and a member of the New Hope Baptist Church, Milam, Texas.

Cremation under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, no services are scheduled.


The Sabine County Reporter, October 7, 2015, Page 9

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]