Mary Ella McGown: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Mary Ella McGown was born on 16 Jul 1912 in Texas; died in May 1986 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Family/Spouse: George J. Adams. George was born about 1910 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Wanda Hellen Adams was born on 4 Mar 1928 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 1992; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Marvin Monroe Griffin. Marvin (son of James Monroe Griffin and Emily Edna White) was born on 10 Feb 1904 in Sabine, Texas; died in Feb 1961; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. Marvin Earnest Griffin was born on 6 Jan 1944 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 27 Dec 1994 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 2

Wanda Hellen Adams

(1.Mary¹) was born on 4 Mar 1928 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 1992; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of George Adams and Mary Ellen McGown, and further indicates she was the first wife of J. P. Conn.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH8Z-CPN
name: Wanda Hellen Adams
event: Birth
event date: 04 Mar 1928
event place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
father: George J Adams
mother: Mary Ella Mcgown
certificate number: 22822
digital folder number: 004687393
image number: 01833
Collection: "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," Wanda Hellen Adams, 1928

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 21, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A Stamped 39
McGown, Abbie Head F W 60 Wd Tx Same House
McGown, Thelma Dtr F W 21 S Tx Same House
Adams, Wanda Grddtr F W 12 Tx Same House

Wanda married Jesse Pearl Conn after 1946. Jesse (son of Jesse "Bud" Conn and Pearl Vivian Buckley) was born on 1 Sep 1921 in Texas; died on 26 May 1990 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wanda married Herman L. Chop before 1958. Herman (son of Tony Chop and Ollie Emma Carlton) was born on 20 Jul 1927; died on 6 Jan 1979; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Tonie Marie Chop was born on 29 Oct 1958; died on 16 Dec 1958; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Marvin Earnest Griffin

(1.Mary¹) was born on 6 Jan 1944 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 27 Dec 1994 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Marvin Earnest Griffin

Funeral services for Marvin Earnest "Rusty" Griffin, 50, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Chaplain Dunn officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Griffin died 12:24 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994, at the Woodland Heights Medical Center hospital in Lufkin.

He was born Jan. 6, 1944, in Houston.

Survivors: a brother, Bruce Griffin of Houston; sisters, Brenda Magnuson of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Betty J. Gorman of Houston; and an aunt, Vera Stufflebeem of Houston.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Joe W. Elliott Houst at 220 Gene Samford Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 4, 1995, Page 6

Generation: 3

4. Tonie Marie Chop (2.Wanda², 1.Mary¹) was born on 29 Oct 1958; died on 16 Dec 1958; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.