Henry Strickland White, Sr

Notes:

On the Sabine County 1854 Scholastic Census, H.S. White was shown as of household with five (5) children between the ages of 6 and 16 enrolled at School District No. 6. They were: Edward, Vardamenn, Mary, Hanibal, and Arrilla. Who was Arrilla, and who was her mother? Could this have been Hanzel, his daughter by Eliza Jones?

Henry S and Mary E White (third wife) were among the 11 founding members of the First Baptist Church of Hemphill, all of whom gathered on the banks of the Housen Bayou, drawing up 12 articles of Faith and 24 articles of Decorum. Henry served as the clerk to the church, recording all church proceedings for a period of some 12 years (from 1858 to 1870), as a delegate to church conferences, and as the moderator of church proceedings. In November, 1868, he was ordained as a Deacon of the Church. The MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS were transcribed and indexed by Di Ann Vick in 1982, and are available for purchase from both Ingmire Publications, 10166 Clairmont Dr St. Louis MO 63136 and Ericson Books 1614 Redbud St Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.

In 1876, H S and Mary E White left the First Baptist Church and were among the founding members of the Antioch Baptist Church in the Gravel Hill Community of Sabine County. According to a plaque on the front of the Antioch Church, J. S. Lambert and J J Roundtree were the organizers. Other founding members included: George Conn, John Anderson, T.D. Burkhalter, John De Weese, L.W. Hoard, Hosie Baldree, Ann Mason, Sophie H. Wallace, Mrs. C.A. Hoard, C. Baldree

Per the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by White and Toole, "Henry S. White Sr. was Judge of Sabine County from 1869-1875, serving with Solomon Arthur. (They were called Chief Magistrates until the new State Constitution went into effect at the end of their term). Henry S. White was also a member of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge. As the White Plantation lay just west of Hemphill, he was one of the last of the "Paderos" for the return of run-a-way slaves."

I have been unable to locate a CSA service record for Henry. It is probable that he was considered too old for service, he was almost 50 at the outbreak of the war.

His tombstone indicates he was a Mason.

Note in the 1920 Sabine County, Texas federal census, there was a 50 year old mulatto farmer named Jesse White (#594-616). He noted that his father was born in Mississippi and his mother in Georgia. What is his relationship, if any, to the other White's in Sabine County, Texas?

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
13 Sept 1850
305-307
Henry White 37 M Farmer 900 Ga
Anne White 26 F Miss
H J 13 M Miss
Mary White 11 F Miss
Will White 8 M Miss
A. V. White 6 La
Edward White 3 M La
Jno. White 3/12 M La

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No 1
Page 15C and 16D SD 1 ED 85 Stemped 231\\
Enumerated 26 and 28 Jun 1880
155-156
White, Henry S. W M 68 Farmer Ga Va Ga
White, Mary E W F 59 Wf Keeping House Miss Tn NC
Wallace, Sophia W F 30 StpDtr Farm laborer Miss --- ---
White, Eunice W F 28 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
White, Ann E W F 25 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
White, Ruth T W F 19 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---

Henry married Eliza Jones on 8 Jul 1836 in Amite County, Mississippi. Eliza was born before 1820 in Mississippi; died after 1840 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Ann Vardeman before 1842 in Mississippi. Ann (daughter of Amaziah Vardeman and Una (Eunice) Carter) was born about 1824 in Mississippi; died after 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman after 1852 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Amaziah Vardeman and Una (Eunice) Carter) was born on 22 Sep 1820 in Mississippi; died on 9 Nov 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Died in the Hospital in Virginia during the Civil War. He was in Company P, Hood's Texas Brigade. (McDaniel, Robert Cecil CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS.)

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she died in childhood.

Notes:

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

Mary married Lewis F. Clark about 1857 in Sabine County, Texas. Lewis (son of Elijah Clark and Unknown First Wife Of Elijah Clark) was born about 1839 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Robert Cecil McDaniel's book "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas, he was a member of Captain Cotton's Company, Sabine County Volunteers, during the Civil War. No record of him in Sabine County after the war. Did he die? Settle elsewhere?

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, P. O. Many
Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Pages 35 and 36
247-247
R. A. C. Campbell 28 f $2000 350 La
P. L. Campbell 11 F La
Joseph M. Campbell 8 M La
Wallie L. Campbell 6 M La
William Campbell 4 M La
W. T. White 22 M Teacher Common School La
J. Saller 17 M ---

Notes:

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

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

(Research):
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

Family/Spouse: 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]

Notes:

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

Blanche Finley Toole wroted Melinda Strong, in September 2000, that Edward "ran away and joined to Civil War at age 14. He was a Bugle Boy." Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that his gravesite was marked with "Co. G. Col. Bradford's Inf Brig. - CSA"



(Research):

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
117-118
White, Edward J W M 33 Farmer La Ga Miss
White, Mary W F 27 Wf Keeping House Tx Va Ky
White, Edna E W F i Dtr Tx
White, Fannie R W F 6 Dtr Tx
White, Ben M W M 3 Son Tx
White, Pattie M W F 1/12 May Dtr Tx

Edward married Mary Benena Meador in 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Richard Meador and Mary Ann Tucker) was born about 1853 in Texas; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1870 census, John H. White could not read or write, and suffered an "impairment." Charlie White notes that on the 1880 census, he is listed as married to a woman named Elizabeth, born circa 1857 in Arkansas. Five year old Lizzie Davis is shown as John's stepdaughter. On the 1900 census, it was also indicated that he could not read or write. He was living in the home of his younger half-brother, Henry Strickland White, Jr. It was also shown that he was divorced.

(Research):

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93
23-24
White, Henry Head W M Apr 1857 43 M 22 Tx Ga Miss Farmer
White, Mary C Wf W F Dec 1858 41 M 22 8/8 Tx Ala Miss
White, Earnest H Son W M Jan 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
White, Rutha B Dtr W F Apr 1884 16 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Mary Dtr W F Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Archie B Son W M Jun 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Minina E Dtr W F May 1893 8 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Jessie A Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Ophilia Dtr W F Jan 1900 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
White, John H Bro W M Apr 1850 50 D La Ga Miss Farm Laborer

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth ???. Elizabeth was born about 1857 in Arkansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the 1920 Sabine County census, she was living in the household of her son, John B. Walker in Precinct #1 of Sabine County, household #579/601. She was listed as a 67 year old widow.

Eunice married John Bailey Walker on 6 Mar 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. John was born in Dec 1839 in Bibb County, Alabama; died on 25 Jun 1917 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married John Alford about 1894 in Texas. John was born in Dec 1858 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Enumerated 29 and 30 June 1880
Page 18B SD 1 ED 85
179-182
White, Henry S Jr W M 23 Farmer Tx Ga Miss
White, Mary W F 22 Wf Keeping House Tx Ala Miss
White, William C W M 1 Son Texas
180-183
Buckley, William N W M 50 Farmer Ala Ga Ga
Buckley, Ruthy M W F 43 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Buckley, Frances E W F 23 Dtr At Home Tx
Buckley, Nancy E W F 19 Dtr At Home Tx
Buckley, William A W M 17 Son Farm Laborer Tx
Buckley, Young E W M 14 Son Farm Laborer Tx
Buckley, Laura E W F 11 Dtr W F 11 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx
Buckley, Ruthy O W F 8 Dtr Tx
Buckley, John C W M 6 Son Tx
Buckley, Jefferson B W 1 Son Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93
23-24
White, Henry Head W M Apr 1857 43 M 22 Tx Ga Miss Farmer
White, Mary C Wf W F Dec 1858 41 M 22 8/8 Tx Ala Miss
White, Earnest H Son W M Jan 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
White, Rutha B Dtr W F Apr 1884 16 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Mary Dtr W F Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Archie B Son W M Jun 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Minina E Dtr W F May 1893 8 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Jessie A Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Ophilia Dtr W F Jan 1900 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
White, John H Bro W M Apr 1850 50 D La Ga Miss Farm Laborer

Henry married Mary Cordelia "Delia" Buckley on 22 Dec 1877 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of William N. Buckley and Ruth Mary Ann "Ruthie" Land) was born on 10 Dec 1858 in Texas; died on 18 Feb 1930 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to her obituary, Ruth White McLemore "slipped in her home in Hemphill, and fractured her left thigh on June 2nd. She was carried to . . . hospital in Jasper (and then) transferred here to the home of her son, Mr. V.E. McLemore of San Augustine, where she passed away on June 11, 1939. She was born December 27, 1859 at Hemphill. She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a faithful Christian worker all of her life. She married to J.F. McLemore on December 13, 1883 and was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Six children survive: namely V. E. McLemore, San Augustine; Earnest and Ira McLemore, Miss Mellie McLemore, and Mrs. Herman Commack of Gravel Hill, and Mrs. Mermon Speights of Hemphill. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In addition to relatives, local people attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Read, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Clark, Mr and Mrs W.F. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burkhalter, Mrs. Rosalie Polly, W.L. Polly, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Horn, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mitchell, Mrs. E.M. Boyett, Theo Boyett and others."

Melinda McLemore Strong has a maroon and white quilt made by Ruth circa 1880. At Ruth's death, the quilt was passed on to her daughter Millie. Millie added a calico border to the quilt edges which had apparently frayed. At Millie's death, the quilt was passed to her older brother, Vessie McLemore. After Vessie and Nina died, Evon McLemore Tisdale used the quilt. She later gave it to her niece, Melinda McLemore Strong.

(Research):Triphene is a "pseudo-classical" name, often whimsically given to the third child in a family.

Rutha married John F. "Finn" McLemore on 11 Dec 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. John (son of John M. McLemore and Sarah Morgan) was born on 28 Dec 1853 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 12 Feb 1924 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lewis married Frances Merrill on 6 Sep 1883. Frances was born before 1865; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Trudy Cox believes she died in Texas or Mexico. She had listed her probable DOD as in 1908, but it must have actually been after 1910, as she can be found on the 1910 Reeves County, Texas census with her second husband and children.

Eunice married Ward Keller Stewart on 21 Oct 1883 in Mason County, Texas. Ward was born between 1858 and 1859 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas; died in 1896 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eunice married Willard Hendrie Denis on 20 May 1897 in Pecos City, Reeves County, Texas. Willard (son of Adelaide Schafer) was born on 19 Jul 1856 in New York City, New York County, New York; died on 20 Mar 1931 in Pecos City, Reeves County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The middle name Hannibal is likely in memory of Mary White Clark's brother, Hannibal White, who died in the Hospital in Virginia during the Civil War. He was in Company P, Hood's Texas Brigade. (McDaniel, Robert Cecil CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS.)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPWB-K38
Name: William H Clark
Event: Death
Event Date: 09 Sep 1961
Event Place: Tulare, California, United States
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1877
Birthplace: Texas
Gender: Male
Father:
Mother: White
Collection: California, Death Index, 1940-1997

William married Alma Alice Brantley before 1899. Alma was born on 15 Feb 1880 in Llano County, Texas; died on 10 Oct 1927 in Graham County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Did he die young? Not listed with the family at the time of the 1880 census.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

1920 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, JP 8, ED 135
Enumerated 10-12 Jan 1920 by John Weatherly
SD 326 ED 135 Sheet 5A
89-91
White, T.J. Hd M 46 M Tx Miss Al
White, Nettie Wife F 48 M Miss Miss Miss
White, Velma Dtr F 17 S Tx Tx Miss
White, Foster Son M 12 S Tx Tx Miss
Case, Herman Nephew M 12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, JP 8
Enumerated 11 Apr 1930
ED 174-21 SD 12 Sheet 9B
Abbly and Maytown Road
182-188
White, Tom J Head M W 56 m 29 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
White, Nettie Wf F W 57 M 30 Miss Miss Ala
White, Velma Dtr F W 26 S Tx Tx Miss Stenographer Bank
---/189
White, Foster Head M W 21 M 20 Tx Tx Miss Telegraph Operator Railroad Office
White, Estill Wf F W 18 M 17 Tx La Tx

Thomas married Mollie Tatom on 24 Dec 1895 in Sabine County, Texas. Mollie was born before 1877; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Nettie Jenkins after 1900. Nettie was born on 27 May 1872 in Mississippi; died on 16 Dec 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

Harriet married Samuel Willie Tatom on 7 Jan 1896 in Sabine County, Texas. Samuel (son of Samuel Plummer Tatom and Elizabeth Ella Dent) was born on 20 Mar 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Mar 1967 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 2 Mar 1967 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Uncle, Thomas B. Davidson, was living with her family at the time of the 1900 Federal census.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 27 and 28 January 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 22A Stamped 115
424-446
Carlton, Martha A Head F W 43 Wd Tx La Ala Farmer
Carlton, Eugene Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Carlton, Ary E Dt F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Carlton, Ethel B Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 74 Wd Ala Miss Miss

Martha married William Quitman Carlton about 1896. William (son of Henry Harrison Carlton and Laura E. Bolton) was born on 22 Jun 1871 in Texas; died on 28 Jan 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1920, his cousin Sarah E. White was living with his family.

Name Nary Austin White
Event Type Death
Event Date 27 Apr 1937
Event Place Bronson, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Wife Lizzie White
Birth Date 15 Jan 1880
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name W Vard White
Mother's Name Adney Davidson
Informant Harriet Delia Tatom, Pineland, TX
Certificate Number 23060
GS Film number 2117172
Digital Folder Number 005145560
Image Number 02997



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HR-SZ4 : accessed 22 Jun 2014), Nary Austin White, 27 Apr 1937; citing certificate number 23060, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2117172.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr 4
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 4A
61-61
Buckley, Young Head W M Feb 1866 34 m3 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Buckley, Mary Wf W F Jan 1871 29 m3 2/1 Tx Ala Miss
Buckley, Pearl Dtr W F Sept 1899 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Nary Boarder W M Jan 1880 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Johnson, E Servant W M May 1854 46 S Tx Ind Ind Farm Laborer

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11A Stamped 96
Hemphill and Homer Road
179-181
White, Nary A Head M W 29 m1 8 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Mary E Wf F W 31 m1 8 1/1 Tx Tx Ark
White, John A Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 22 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 18A
Bronson and Hemphill Road
354-354
White, Norrie A Hd M W 40 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
White, Mary E Wf F W 41 M Tx Tx Tx
White. John A Son F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
White, Mollie A Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Sarah E Cousin F W 31 S Tx Tx Tx

Nary married Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGown on 22 Sep 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Samuel Houston "House" McGown and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Conn) was born on 17 Jan 1879 in Texas; died on 25 Nov 1960 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS "he was known as the Daniel Boone of his day, never tiring of being in the woods. He hunted wild game at every opportunity, and never was his larder empty of venison, turkey and squirrel. A nephew, A.V. White recalls seeing John and his brother-in-law, George Morris, coming home with two large turkey gobblers, with their feet tied together and a pole between their legs and their heads dragging.

He loves to tell tall tales and was known as somewhat of a joker. He tells of the time his uncle, Jack White, shot a deer and thinking it was dead, ran up and grabbed it by the horns. The deer came up stomping and kicking Jack with its sharp hoofs. "Jacks feet were in pretty bad condition" chuckled John "but he was always getting in trouble. Once he caught a fawn and tied it to a tree with his shirt. When Jack got ready to go home home, it had broken loose and fled, taking Jack's shirt along." A dead pan joker, John White had such a reputation for tall tales that Andrew Lott told a newcomer Tom Pulliam, who started to repeat something John said, "anyone repeating anything John White says has to shell a a half a bushel of peanuts. Once when someone was bragging about his corn harvest, Johh said "Oh that's nothing. I had to haul half of mine into have room to windrow the rest."

The Whites have lived all their married life on their farm in the Pinehill community where they raised their children and where they now have retired in their pleasant little house surrounded by tall pines and beautiful scenery.

There are 23 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren (circa 1964).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDBJ-C8Q
Name: John Madison White
Death Date: 28 Dec 1964
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 84 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: A.V. Vardenon White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Era Edna Davidson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 29 Dec 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117697
Digital Film Number: 4028381
Image Number: 1099
Reference Number: cn 83352
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

John married Katie Morris on 24 Oct 1907 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Katie (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Morris and Sarah Virginia Howard) was born on 2 Feb 1885 in Texas; died on 20 Jun 1969 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also living with his family in 1920 was his niece, 11 year old Bessie Wood.

Name: Robert Warren White
Death Date: 22 Aug 1962
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1882
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Vardaman White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ada Davidson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117025
Digital Film Number: 4028544
Image Number: 3276
Reference Number: cn 51800
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

Robert married Florence Beatrice Carrico on 30 Nov 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Florence (daughter of William David "Dee" Carrico and Mary Charlotte Gary) was born on 20 Jul 1882 in Panola County, Texas; died on 22 Jun 1970 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

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]

Edna married James N.B. Draughn on 27 Apr 1895 in Sabine County, Texas. James was born about 1850 in Louisiana; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edna married A. B. Russell after 1920. A. was born on 9 Jun 1869 in Snow Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama; died on 18 Apr 1961 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Fannie Buckley
Death Date: 23 Sep 1953
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 79 years 4 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1874
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ed White
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Benena Meador
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 24 Sep 1953
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113985
Digital Film Number: 4165744
Image Number: 289
Reference Number: 53102
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Fannie married William Archer Buckley on 16 Sep 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. William (son of William N. Buckley and Ruth Mary Ann "Ruthie" Land) was born on 3 Jul 1861 in Texas; died on 10 Mar 1929 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Alabama Williams on 12 Jan 1898 in Sabine County, Texas. Alabama (daughter of Lewis Sullivan "L. S." Williams and Frances Williams) was born after 1877; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr. No. 4
Enumerated 1 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A Stamped 129
8-8
Patterson, Walter Hd W M Sept 1865 34 M 2 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Patterson, May Wf W F May 1880 20 M 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Eva I Dtr W F May 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP4
Enumerated 30 April 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 9A Stamped 159
130-134
Patterson, Walter G Hd M W 41 M1 11 Tx --- Tx Farmer
Patterson, May Wf F W 29 M1 11 6/5 Tx ___ Tx
Patterson, Era I Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Marie Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Onie M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Dorie Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Patterson, Sybil Dtr F W 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Pattie married Walter G. Patterson about 1898 in Texas. Walter was born in Sep 1865 in Texas; died about 1943; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mattie Estelle McGown. Mattie (daughter of John Thomas McGown and Margaret Jane Tallulah "Lula" Smith) was born on 2 Jul 1891 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1971 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumed to be the second wife of William E. Campbell from 1) Sabine County Marriage Records and 2) proximity of families. They lived nearby in Precinct 1 of Sabine County in 1910 and 1920. The marriage occured after the 1900 census, and Anna died before the 1910 census, so this can not be verified through census records.

Anna married William Edwin Campbell on 5 Apr 1903 in Sabine County, Texas. William (son of Edwin A. Campbell and Rebecca Ann Catherine Montgomery) was born on 16 Jun 1853 in Texas; died on 2 Jun 1933 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charlie White instead has her as Eoline born ca 1886.

Evaline married Bencil Nay Ener on 6 Mar 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. Bencil (son of Martin "Mart" Ener, Sr. and Ada Landers Garlington) was born on 18 Feb 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Oct 1975 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eli Tatom. Eli was born before 1887; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes shown as Lee Ella Walker. Shown as May Ella Walker McDaniel on the Texas Birth certificate of son Clement. Most often shown simply as "Ella."

Name Ella Walker Mcdaniel
Event Type Death
Event Date 20 Apr 1955
Event Place Yellowpine, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 24 Feb 1889
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name John Walker
Mother's Name Eunice White
Informant Mrs Zuda Tinsley
Certificate Number 19994
GS Film number 2114388
Digital Folder Number 005145312
Image Number 03449



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K378-JH9 : accessed 13 Apr 2014), Ella Walker Mcdaniel, 20 Apr 1955; citing certificate number 19994, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114388.

Ella married Nolan Ernest "Mack" McDaniel on 6 Aug 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. Nolan (son of William W. McDaniel and Zeroine Joan "Jo Ann" Smith) was born on 19 Dec 1887 in Bayou Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Nov 1963 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His widowed mother, Eunice (White) Walker, lived with he and his wife in 1920.

Family/Spouse: Edna Dickey. Edna was born in Feb 1898 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles White instead lists him as Era Walker.

Erie married Exie Duanna Ener on 4 Apr 1915 in Sabine County, Texas. Exie (daughter of Martin "Mart" Ener, Sr. and Harriett Duanna Smith) was born on 12 Feb 1897 in Texas; died on 19 Dec 1968 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Eula Burkhalter
Death Date: 15 Jul 1970
Death Place: Crockett, Houston, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 72 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1898
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Alford
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ann White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218906
Digital Film Number: 4169090
Image Number: 2521
Reference Number: 65348
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Lonzie Lewis Burkhalter. Lonzie (son of John H. Burkhalter and Anna L. Huffman) was born on 9 Dec 1899 in Texas; died on 18 Feb 1965 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Martha May Davidson on 11 Dec 1899 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of William Richard Davidson and Sarah Josephine Drawhorn) was born about 1880 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1920, he was living in the home of his widowed mother and younger brother.

His Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, indicates that he was a retired merchant.

Name: Henry Ernest White
Death Date: 05 Feb 1960
Death Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 78 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry Strickland White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Cordelia Delia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Merchant
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 06 Feb 1960
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116165
Digital Film Number: 4135999
Image Number: 1053
Reference Number: cn 11826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 6A Stamped 28
63-66
White, Henry E Head M W 48 M 23 Tx Tx Tx Grader Man State Highway
White, Sarah E Wf F W 42 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
White. Lillian A Dtr F W 24 S Tx Tx Tx Stenographer Chevrolet Co
White, Sibyl E. Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
White, Buna E Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):See attached sources.

Henry married Sarah Evelyn "Evie" Boyd on 30 Nov 1904. Sarah (daughter of William Henry Boyd, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown) was born on 31 Aug 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Dec 1967 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Nina White Davidson
Death Date: 06 Nov 1960
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 76 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1884
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry S. White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cordelia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife & Mother
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill
Burial Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Burial Date: 08 Nov 1960
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2116618
Digital Film Number: 4166556
Image Number: 41
Reference Number: 68134
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Rutha married Richard Franklin Davidson on 28 Dec 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Richard (son of William Richard Davidson and Sarah Josephine Drawhorn) was born in Apr 1882 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mary Ella White
Death Date: 17 Sep 1969
Death Place: Hemphill, Precinct #1, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 81 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1888
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cordelia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218188
Digital Film Number: 4168796
Image Number: 85
Reference Number: 67375
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Kay Parker McCary, in her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, indicates she shares a double marker with her sister, Olive.


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Town, Pr. #1
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 4B
85-101
White, Ella Head F W 42 S Tx Tx Tx Seamstress Tailor Shop
White, Olive O Sister F W 30 S Tx Tx Tx None
85-102
White, Archie B Head M W 40 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard
White, Maude M Wf F W 27 m 23 Ind Ind Ind
White, Arlis J Brother M W 34 D/S Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard

Notes:

In 1920, twenty-nine year old Archie was a farmer and the head of household of a family of nine, including his widowed mother, 2 sisters, 2 brothers, a sister-in-law and three nieces. By 1930, he was listed as married for 4 years, and his brother Arlis was living with him.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Town, Pr. #1
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 4B
85-101
White, Ella Head F W 42 S Tx Tx Tx Seamstress Tailor Shop
White, Olive O Sister F W 30 S Tx Tx Tx None
85-102
White, Archie B Head M W 40 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard
White, Maude M Wf F W 27 m 23 Ind Ind Ind
White, Arlis J Brother M W 34 D/S Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Town, Pr. #1
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 4B
85-101
White, Ella Head F W 42 S Tx Tx Tx Seamstress Tailor Shop
White, Olive O Sister F W 30 S Tx Tx Tx None
85-102
White, Archie B Head M W 40 M 36 Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard
White, Maude M Wf F W 27 m 23 Ind Ind Ind
White, Arlis J Brother M W 34 D/S Tx Tx Tx Concrete worker Brickyard

Arlis married Susie Hortense Casparis before 1936. Susie was born about 1911 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Olyve Ophelia White
Death Date: 16 Jul 1975
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1900
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cordelia Buckley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243828
Digital Film Number: 4167851
Image Number: 95
Reference Number: 61174
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Kay Parker McCary, in her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, indicates she shares a double marker with her sister, Ella.

Notes:

Vessie McLemore grew up on his parent's farm in the first precinct of Sabine County. The adjoining farm was owned by his Uncle, Henry Strickland White, Jr. The 1900 census indicates that Vessie, who was 15, could read and write, and that he has attended three months of school that year, as had his brothers Rufus and Earnest. His daughter Evon has a class picture of Vessie from around this period. Evon said that Vessie didn't have much of a formal education, and probably stopped attending school altogether around this time. Vessie's wife, Nina, told her granddaughter Melinda that he even taught school for a time, however Evon doubts that this was so. The 1940 Federal Census indicates he had graduated from the Seventh Grade. His wife, Nina, had made it through only Six years of schooling.

When Vessie was 22, he married Nina Fuller,who was 16. On the 1910 Sabine County census they were shown living on a home farm in precinct six, near both Joe Fuller (Nina's father) and John and Jane Fullen (her mother's parents). Nina was shown as being the mother of two children, neither of them living. Nina's first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and her next three babies died shortly after they were born. Her first child lived only 10 weeks. Evon said that Nina and Vessie's baby slept in their bed with them, as was the custom of the time. One morning when they woke up, the baby was dead. Tera Fuller, Nina's sister, reported that Nina always worried that she had somehow accidentally caused the babies death, maybe by rolling over it. Evon conjectured that the baby probably died of SIDS, which her mother had never heard of. The second baby lived only a day. In 1911, they had a third baby which also lived only one day. The three babies are buried side by side.

In 1913, Nina and Vessie's son Percy was born. Over the next six years, the McLemore's had three more children, daughter Evon and sons' Earl and Ray. Vessie owned a store in Steep Creek, a sawmill village eight miles south of San Augustine. He also raised cattle. He regularly published a small advertisement in the 1918 Sabine County newspaper, offering a reward for any stray cattle returned to him. His brand was VM on the hip. He later adopted the "Running M" as his brand. Evon remembers her father buying a Brahma Bull, in an effort to improve his herd. Most of the ranchers in Sabine County didn't fence in their cattle, they allowed them to freely roam about to forage for food. Evon remembers people being afraid of the "Brimmer." He wasn't a particularly mean bull, he was just so different from the east texas scrub cattle that everyone raised. Tom McLemore, Evon Tisdale and Melinda Strong had a conversation in November, 2002 with Vance Hargrove that came around to the subject of Vessie's missing cattle. Vance was a neighbor of the McLemore's when they lived in Bronson, and a good friend of Percy's. He said that Vessie asked he and Percy one day to go looking for several cattle that were missing. They found evidence that some of the laborers in the nearby saw mills had been poaching from Vessie's herd. They told Vessie they had found cattle bones in the yards of some of the workers, workers who looked to be half-starved. Vessie said they probably were half-starved, and told the boys not to report their findings to the sheriff.

A son of Enlow Birdwell relayed a similar story to Tom McLemore in September, 2007, at the funeral of Lynn McLemore. He recalled that Enlow had killed one of Vessie's cows and was taking it home to feed his family. He was caught in the act by Vessie. He confessed to what he had done, and said that he was only doing so because his family had done without for a long time, and were starving. Vessie told him to take the beef home and use it as he intended, but added, "let this be the last one of my cows that you steal." It was. When times became more prosperous, Enlow began raising a small herd of cattle of his own. He went to Vessie to borrow some money to get a start. Vessie gave him one of his checkbooks, and told him to simply use it as he needed, he trusted Enlow and knew together they could keep an accurate accounting of what he borrowed. Enlow often told his family that Vessie was the one who helped him get a start in life, and that he especially valued the trust he showed in him.

Vessie's older children attended their primary grades in Sabine County, but had to commute to San Augustine for High School. Evon says that during the winter, she and her brothers boarded with the family of Dr. Davis, who lived nearby the school. In the late 1920s, the family moved to San Augustine. Evon remembers that her mother suffered another devasting miscarriage, which nearly killed her. A few years later, Nina's youngest children were born, son Tommy in 1931 and son Lynn in 1933. They lived in a house Vessie renovated just off Main Street, and had a small home farm. Evon remembers her father first built a garage, and they slept and cooked in this until he had finished with the house. Their home was still standing in 1997. Even the roof is the same one Vessie laid. It is now the second house on the left, on present day Whitton street. It is a block away from the local elementary school. Tom remembers an indigent Civil War veteran, in his late eighties, who his father took into their home. Tom vividly recalls the stories he told about the war each night at dinner.

In the December 21, 1939 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, V.E. McLemore offered a $5.00 reward to anyone who found his dun muley cow branded "M" on the left loin. Around 1940, Vessie sold their house in the city, and bought some ranch land several miles outside of town.

Vessie's brothers and sisters used to say, admiringly, that "Vessie could stand on the corner and make money." He was an industrious man, with a strong enterpreneurial bent. His first job was working in the sawmills, with his brother, Rufus. But Vessie hated working for others, and saved up enough money to buy a general store in Steep Creek. This was around the time of World War I. It was a rough part of town, and he had both black and white laborers from the sawmills as customers.

The sheriff was a frequent visitor to the store. Evon remembers him always having a kind word and a piece of candy for her. He had a reputation for brutality however, and she recalls that he and a brother were eventually sent to jail after being convicted of murder. One day, the sheriff came to the store asking about a particular Negro laborer. Vessie said he hadn't seen him in days. The sheriff asked Vessie to call him the next time this man came in, telling Vessie he intended to kill him. Vessie went home and discussed the sheriff's threat with Nina, worrying about what he should do. In the middle of the night he got dressed, and tracked the man down in his home. He warned him of the sheriff's threat. The man pawned his pocket watch to Vessie, then and there, and used the money to flee town. He succesfully escaped the sheriff and was never heard of again. Vessie later gave the pocket watch to his son Earl. After Earl's death, his children gave this watch to their Uncle Tom, and Tom eventually passed this keepsake down to his eldest daughter, Melinda. It was a brass plated Studebaker watch from the South Bend Watch Company, and widely sold by mail order in the 1920's. These watches were sold on credit, and could be purchased with a down payment of $1. With the onset of the Depression, the company found itself with many delinquent accounts and was forced to close. (http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/southbend.html)

After the mill near Steep Creek closed, Vessie was also forced to close his store. His family feared that they'd soon be in the poorhouse. But Vessie continued to prosper. He worked as a rancher primarily, leasing and operating land in Pearsall, Garwood and in various sites throughout South and East Texas. He operated up to 20,000 acres at any given time. He also owned and operated a cotton gin and a meat processing plant. He involved his children in all these ventures. He was well known in the community for his willingness to extend credit or make loans to poor families, black or white. Tom McLemore recalls from looking at a lot of the notes he had drawn up that he charged from 6% to 10% compound interest. He was good fried to Will Wade, proprietor of the City Cafe, and W.J. (Wade) McClanahan, Deputy Sherriff of San Augustine.

Vessie felt a strong committment to provide for his family. Before he died, he built a home for each of his eldest four children, as well as giving them each 50 acres of land. He left his homestead and 400 acre ranch, jointly, to his two youngest sons.

When Vessie was in his forties, he was gored by a bull on the ranch. The wound was just under his left eye. He suffered from nearly incapacitating headaches for the rest of his life. In 1950, he had several massive strokes, and was unable to function normally after that. His wife nursed him at home until he died from a brain aneurysm in 1952.

Although Vessie didn't have much formal education, he was an extremely intelligent man. Tom and Evon remember that he read widely. Vessie's daughter, Evon, was the first of the family to graduate from college. She attended Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, where she received a degree in education. She remembers coming home one weekend from college, and her father asked her to check something he had prepared. He had calculated the compound interest that was due on a loan he had made. She told him she didn't know how to do this. "What am I sending you to college for" he grumbled, "if they can't even teach you to calculate compound interest."

His obituary was published in the local papers, as well as in the January 23, 1952 issue of the Houston Post.

Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, granddaughter, circa 1995 and revised periodically

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 32A
209-209
McLemore, Vessie Head M W 24 M1 2 Tx US US Farming Home Farm
McLemore, Nina Wf F W 18 M1 2 2/0 Tx Ga Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 1A
Bronson Road
2-2
McLemore, Vessie E Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
McLemore, Nina O Wf F W 28 M Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Percy L Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Evaughan V Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Earl Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ira Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):artherio sclerosis, hypertension

Vessie married Nina Ophelia Fuller on 7 Nov 1907 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Nina (daughter of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Viola "Ola" Fullen) was born on 15 Sep 1891 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1980 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rufus worked in the lumber yards, and in 1910, he was living in the Wilson Boarding house.

He was killed accidentally by a cousin of when he was 26. They and some friends had been drinking, and it was said that they were chasing each other on horseback with guns. Grover Eddings, a brother-in-law of Vessie McLemore, lived nearby the scene of the tragedy, and remembers tending to Rufus's body while the crowd waited for his parents to arrive.

Rufus's mother, Ruth White McLemore, was so overcome with bereavement that she kept her head bowed down for well over a year after his death. A picture of the unveiling of his tomb exists. The marker indicated he was a member of the Woodsmen of the World. His tombstone is inscribed "Asleep In Jesus - A loving son awaiting in Heaven for Mama to come."

Notes:

From the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, HEMPHILL, TEXAS Thursday 17 October 1963 (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Services held for Ernest McLemore

Funeral services were held for Earnest E. McLemore, 74 of Hemphill at 4 pm Tuesday, Oct 8, at the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. E. E. Adams, pastor of Bulah Baptist Church near Pendleton in Louisiana. Assisting was the Rev. A.E. Armstrong, pastor of Gravehill church.

Mr. McLemore, a native and lifelong resident of Sabine County, died at 8:20 am Oct. 7 in the East Texas Convalescent Home, San Augustine, where he had been for seven weeks. He was a retired farmer.

Burial was in Gravel Hill cemetery under direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill. Pallbearers were nephews, Max Cammack, Gayle Wyatt, Rufus McLemore, Earl McLemore, Marton Conn and Elroy Boyd.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Florence Boyd McLemore of Hemphill; two sons Hugh McLemore of Beaumont and Paul McLemore of Houston; one brother Ira McLemore of Hemphill, three sisters Miss Mollie (sic) McLemore and Mrs. Jack Cammack of Hemphilll and Mrs. Elvie Speights of Beaumont; and five grandchildren.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
704-727
McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McLemore, Mary F Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Rufus H Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 27, 1930
SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A
McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 50 Tx Same House Farmer
McLemore, Florence Wf F W 46 M Tx Sam House
McLemore, Hugh R Son M W 21 S Tx R Sabine Tx ?? Stewart Reforestation
McLemore, Paul B Son M W 8 S Tx Same House

Ernest married Mary Florence Boyd on 21 Dec 1913. Mary (daughter of William Henry Boyd, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown) was born on 15 Sep 1893 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jan 1977 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following obituary was excerpted from the 24 September 1970 SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS

LOCAL WOMAN's FUNERAL HELD

Funeral services for Mrs. Mellie Mary McLemore of Hemphill were held Thursday in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill.

The Rev. Jim Turner, pastor of Hemphill First Baptist Church officiated. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Pallbearers included nephews Earl McLemore, Donald McLemore, Paul McLemore, Guy Hughes, Max Cammack and Jerry Van Valkenburg.

Mrs. McLemore died Wednesday at the ??? Manor Nursing Home of Hemphill.

Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. H.B. Cammack of Hemphill and Mrs. Elvie Speights.

(Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Notes:

The following obituary appeared in the 27 March 1980 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Ruth Speights

Funeral services for Ruth Elvie Speights, 86, of Pineland were at 2 pm March 20 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hemphill Cemetery.

Mrs. Speights died at 12:45 am March 19 in Hines Nursing Home in Pineland.

She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County.

Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Dorine Robinson of Pineland; Mrs. Laverne Gellatly of Beaumont and Mrs. Johnnie Hughes of Shreveport, La; one sister Mrs. Emma Cammack of Hemphill, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Rutha married Mermond Leon Speights on 22 Dec 1913. Mermond (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson) was born on 22 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 1939 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpted from an undated, unreferenced obituary:

Lifelong resident of Sabine County. Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, for eight years.

Services at First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Rev. Jim Turner, officiated. Buried at Gravel Hill. Graveside Masonic rites conducted by Littleton Fowler Lodge.

Ira married Alma Clara Bragg on 26 Nov 1922. Alma (daughter of Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg and Lorena Lord) was born on 11 Mar 1906 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1985 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Herman Bailey "Jack" Cammack on 29 Mar 1930. Herman (son of Thomas Forrest Cammack and Sarah Elizabeth Karcher) was born on 8 Jun 1903 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 1969 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married first, ca 1900 or 1901, Robert N. McCARTHY. She was later said to have married a HANSEN and then a GELLIERSON.

Notes:

Never married.

Gertrude married Jonah Charles Summers on 4 Feb 1905 in Texas. Jonah was born in Jan 1886 in Texas; died after 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Georgia married Calvin Hendrie Nisbet on 29 Jun 1914. Calvin was born before 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Trudy Cox, she was married three times.

Family/Spouse: George Leuck. George was born before 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGR1-5ST
Name: Monroe H Clark
Event: Death
Event Date: 29 Dec 1971
Event Place: Tulare, California, United States
Birth Date: 06 Oct 1899
Birthplace: New Mexico
Gender: Male
Father:
Mother:
Collection: California, Death Index, 1940-1997

Family/Spouse: Vernon Wilson. Vernon was born after 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, JP 8
Enumerated 11 Apr 1930
ED 174-21 SD 12 Sheet 9B
Abbly and Maytown Road
182-188
White, Tom J Head M W 56 m 29 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
White, Nettie Wf F W 57 M 30 Miss Miss Ala
White, Velma Dtr F W 26 S Tx Tx Miss Stenographer Bank
---/189
White, Foster Head M W 21 M 20 Tx Tx Miss Telegraph Operator Railroad Office
White, Estill Wf F W 18 M 17 Tx La Tx

George married Estelle Cathey about 1929 in Texas. Estelle was born about 1912 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows he was a farmer. The informant was his son, Lynn Tatom.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Rosa Etta Pennington. Rosa (daughter of John E. Pennington and Arminda "Minnie" Jane McDaniel) was born on 19 Sep 1903 in Texas; died on 7 Nov 1974 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

Edna married James Ernest King on 25 Oct 1922. James (son of James Dixon King and Nina T. Halbert) was born on 9 Aug 1892 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Apr 1969 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried on 15 Apr 1969 in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 29, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 8B
Connecting Plainview High School with Spring Hill and Pineland Road
111-115
Aubry E Tatom Head 29 M W 29 M 26 No Yes Tx Tx Tx Farm
Winnie Tatom 22 Wife F W M 19 No Yes Tx Tx La
Elease Tatom 0 Daughter 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Winnie Marie McDaniel. Winnie (daughter of Francis Richmond McDaniel and Louvella "Ella" Impson) was born on 31 Oct 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1980 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a Kemp.

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

Claude married Marie Antoinette McGown before 1930. Marie (daughter of Andrew Henderson McGown and Vitura Evelyn "Lina" Whitehead) was born on 28 Sep 1910 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1976 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie Sanford. Marie was born on 12 Oct 1913; died on 23 Jan 1979; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, lists his mother's name, in error as Harriet Dealy...when she was in fact Harried Adelia "Delia" White. The information was obtained from his VA records. His usual occupation was that of a farmer. He was a veteran of World War II. He was showsn as a resident of Hemphill, Texas, but he died in Houston.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificated, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, noted that his usual occupation was that of a Sawmill Machine operator. The informant was his wife, Mrs. Lorena Tatom.

Notes:

THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER December 20, 2000

Vernon "Sister" Tatom DuBose, 81, of Pineland died suddenly Thursday, Dec 14, 2000, and was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:01 om at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.

Mrs. DuBose was born July 23, 1919 as the youngest child of the late Harriet Adelia (White) and Will Tatom. The house in which she was born, located on Tatom road near Pineland, remained her home her entire life. She was a homemaker and member of the former One Hill United Methodist Church. Mrs. DuBose had served as an election worker in Sabine County.

She was married April 17, 1957, to Cleatis Harvey DuBose and he preceded her in death on July 29, 1986. She was also preceded in death by her parents and all brothers and sisters.

Survivors, a son, Samuel Cleatis DuBose of Pineland, a daughter, Martha Beth Lane and her husband Tracy Albert "T.A." Lane, of Pineland; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 11 am Saturday at Bethel Chapel Baptist Church in Pineland with Bro. Willard Anderson, pastor of China United Methodist Church of China, Texas, and Bro. Ben Gibbs, Bethel Chapel's pastor, officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Nephews were pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Active pallbearers included Charles Craddock, Harvey DuBose, Gene Duckett, Charles Tatom, Doyle Tatom, Eugene Tatom, Gerald Tatom, Lynn Tatom, and Norbit Tatom.

Memorial contributions may be made to Pine Hill Cemetery Foundation, c/o Elease Barrow, RR 1, Box 172, Pineland, TX 75968; or M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Memorials, P.O. Box 297153, Houston, TX 77297, with notation of memorial to Vernon DuBose.

Starr Funeral Home Inc. of Hemphill, directors.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Vernon married Cleatis Harvey DuBose on 17 Apr 1957. Cleatis was born before 1919; died on 29 Jul 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Sabine County, Texas census, he was listed as age 21 and a boarder in the home of Charley and Mary ALVIS.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMLB-9NB/p1
Name: William Earl Carlton
Death Date: 30 Apr 1973
Death Place: Grapeland, Houston, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1899
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Quitman Carlton
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha Ann White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2242783
Digital Film Number: 4167878
Image Number: 668
Reference Number: 38736
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Shown as Ernest E. Carlton on the 1910 census.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MM2Q-HH4/p1
Name: Carter Eugene Carlton
Death Date: 11 Feb 1963
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 61 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Nov 1901
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Divorced
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. Q. Carlton
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mattie White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Salesman-Automobile
Place of Residence: Grapeland, Houston, Texas
Cemetery: Grapeland Cemetery
Burial Place: Grapeland, Texas
Burial Date: 13 Feb 1963
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117176
Digital Film Number: 4028564
Image Number: 2355
Reference Number: cn 09797
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Carter married Dorothy Madeline Darsey on 23 Nov 1927 in Anderson County, Texas. Dorothy was born on 5 Mar 1906 in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas; died on 31 Aug 1981 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Grapeland City Cemetery, Grapeland, Houston County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her tombstone is inscribed "Sister-Budded on earth to bloom in heaven"

Family/Spouse: Mertie Robbins. Mertie was born on 28 May 1923; died on 26 Mar 2001; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Both Mrs. Kelley and her Daughter, Mrs. Noble, are Charter members of the JFG Chapter of the DRT. (White and Toole, p 53).

Family/Spouse: Kenneth R. Metcalf. Kenneth was born on 10 Jun 1910; died on 20 Oct 1973 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Mollie married Robert L. Smith on 28 Jun 1981 in Sabine County, Texas. Robert was born about 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Carry A on the 1920 census.

Name: Carter Arnold White
Death Date: 03 Jun 1957
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 48 years 6 months 3 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1908
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J M White
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Kate Morris
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Carpenter
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Jun 1957
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135738
Digital Film Number: 4163633
Image Number: 1532
Reference Number: cn 33708
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Carter married Charles "Connie" Conway Brown before 1933. Charles (daughter of John Henry Brown and Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Spradley) was born on 2 Apr 1911 in Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; died on 24 Aug 2012 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lenora Ammons. Lenora was born on 12 Mar 1925 in Oklahoma; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Erie on the 1920 census transcription.

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, originally created by Sandra Betram Meier, and maintained by Keith Kuhn:

Elvia Pennington, 83, of Webster died Friday, October 31, 1997, at Lakeview Nursing Home in Webster.

Funeral services were held Monday, November 3, at E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Buna with burial at Antioch Cemetery in Buna.

A native of Pineland and former resident of Buna, she lived in Webster six years.

Survivors include her sons, Glenn Pennington of Houston, Engene Pennington of Buna; daughters, Bobbie Jean Parish of Houston, Faye Hill of Buna and Madie Kuhn of Webster; sister, Floyce Rouse of Orange; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Copied from the Obituary Collection in Buna Public Library, Vol. 1 1986 - 1999.

Family/Spouse: Clarence Aaron Pennington. Clarence (son of John E. Pennington and Arminda "Minnie" Jane McDaniel) was born on 13 Nov 1904 in Texas; died on 23 Sep 1987 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Rose Marie "Sis" Vincent. Rose was born on 23 Jul 1925 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 30 Aug 2007 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Spring Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that his grave had a military marker reading "TEC 5 US Army WW II"

Family/Spouse: Bobbie Lou Jackson. Bobbie was born on 20 Sep 1933 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jul 2016 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Woodrow Wilson Pratt before 1943. Woodrow (son of Henry C. Pratt and Roberta "Bertie" Tatom) was born on 28 May 1918 in Texas; died on 18 Aug 1970 in Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Thomas B. Cobb on 21 May 1981 in Sabine County, Texas. Thomas was born on 18 Apr 1918; died on 29 Dec 1994 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edna L. McDaniel. Edna (daughter of Francis Richmond McDaniel and Louvella "Ella" Impson) was born in Apr 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jan 1996 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Freddie Miller. Freddie was born on 9 Apr 1914 in Texas; died on 27 Jun 1985; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arvil White

Riley Arvil White, 83, of Pineland died early Friday, September 16, 1994, at this residence on U.S. Highway 96.

Funeral services were held Sunday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with R. L. Tate and Bill Jeter officiating. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Born Oct. 29, 1910, in Sabine County, White had been a long-time resident of Pineland. He was a retired self-employed logging contractor and farmer.

Survivors: wife, Mary Jane White of Pineland; a son, Terry White of Nome, Texas; step-daughters, Nomia Mistretta, May Ann White, and Sandra Crow, all of Pineland; a step-son J. D. Brown of Pineland; a brother R. B. White of Pineland; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Published in the The Sabine County Reporter, September 21, 1994, Page 12

Family/Spouse: Lula Mae Sanford. Lula (daughter of Ebb Hillard Sanford and Alice Letitia "Lucy" Roberts) was born on 9 Jun 1913 in Texas; died on 12 Sep 1983 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cladie Belle Harley. Cladie (daughter of James Alvin Harley and Eula Bell Brown) was born on 13 Sep 1915 in Texas; died on 16 Dec 2001 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Robert Earl White
Death Date: 30 Jan 1958
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 42 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 07 Jan 1916
Birthplace: Shelby County Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: R W White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Florence Carrico
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115164
Digital Film Number: 4136225
Image Number: 01365
Reference Number: 3878
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

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

Notes:

Name: Mitchell Talmadge White
Death Date: 19 Sep 1968
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 49 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1918
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ruby White
Father's Name: Robert Warren White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Florence Carrico
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Mechanic
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Pine Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Sep 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137257
Digital Film Number: 4030477
Image Number: 2838
Reference Number: it 6, cn 94255
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Military Marker" Pvt Artillery US Army WW II"

Mitchell married Ruby Lee Chance before 1947. Ruby (daughter of Elza Joseph Chance and Martha Adeline Smith) was born on 15 Sep 1925 in Texas; died in Oct 1984 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
May 27, 1998, Page 12

R. B. "Tidlow" White

R. B. "Tidlow" White, 76, of Route 1, Pineland, died at 3:08 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 1998.

White was born Oct. 24, 1921 in Sabine County as a son of the late Robert W. and Florence White and had been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a veteran and retired member of the timber industry . White was a member of the Methodist faith.

Survivors: a daughter, Gayle JOHNSON of Longview; a son, Bob White of Pineland; and four grandchildren, Kellie Johnson, Kristy Johnson, Robert White, and Colton White.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. John C. Dowden, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill and Bro. T. A. Lane, pastor of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Pallbearers: Kenneth E. White II, Kennth Joe White, Brandon White, Kurt White, Mark White, and Wayne White.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2011)

Ronald married Enid Jerelene "Jerri" Smith on 30 Sep 1950. Enid (daughter of William Franklin Smith and Nola Emily Mitchell) was born on 3 Mar 1933 in Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jun 2018 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ronald married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Cecil Forrest White
Death Date: 19 Oct 1974
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 50 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1924
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Virginia White
Father's Name: R. W. White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Florence Carrico
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243402
Digital Film Number: 4167721
Image Number: 2432
Reference Number: 77684
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Cecil married Alice Virginia "Deet" Whitehead on 30 Sep 1950. Alice (daughter of George Burtis Whitehead and Una "Eunie" Belle Manning) was born on 16 May 1932 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 May 2021 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guy Oakes. Guy (son of Mitchell Neal Oakes and Ida Jean Smith) was born before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: 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]

Irene married Adam "A. B." Buford Bennett on 22 Oct 1939. Adam (son of Tony Chester Bennett and Emma Lillian Denby) was born on 5 Jan 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Feb 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: William Earl Buckley
Death Date: 26 Jul 1968
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 07 Sep 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Wm. A. Buckley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Ret. Carpenter
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 26 Jul 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137257
Digital Film Number: 4030477
Image Number: 2834
Reference Number: it 6, cn 94251
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 12 A Stamped 34
Hemphill County and North from Hemphill
187-191
Buckley, William E Hd M W 37 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Carpenter Public Building
Buckley, Estelle Wf F W 34 m 18 La La Ga
Buckley, Rodney A Son M W 13 S Tx Tx La
Buckley, Gene T Son M W 2 11/12 S Tx Tx La

William married Estelle Ola Hogan before 1913. Estelle was born on 10 May 1895 in Louisiana; died on 16 Nov 1984; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that this grave is inscribed "Brother, Rest in Peace, At Rest."

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
May 28, 1997, Page 14

Alef May Seale

Alef May Seale, 100, of Hemphill died at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 1997, at Hemphill Care Center.

She was born April 24, 1897, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Fannie Rowena (White) and William Archibald Buckley and was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Seale was a retired seamstress.

Survivors: six grandchildren, Hugh Byars of Nacogdoches, Stephen Simcoe and William Simcoe, both of Lufkin, Jane Sutherland of Newark, Texas, and Patty Cornwell and Vera Vess, both of Rhome, Texas; a sister, Clemence Erwin of Hemphill; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Hugh Marble, and a daughter, Maxine Cornwell.

Funeral services were held at s p.m. Monday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Clarence Howell and Bro. Vance R. Purtell officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Notes:

Virgie Speights writes that the widowed Sudie Halbert Wilson, at age 74, "made her home in a neat two room apartment in the home of Miss Vera Buckley."

Notes:

The SSDI showed her last address of record as Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Clemence married John Preston Erwin, Sr. on 24 Nov 1934. John (son of Samuel Erwin and Susan Emmeline Armstrong) was born on 24 Nov 1909; died in 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanche Finley Toole notes that she was the mother of W. C. DAVIDSON of Beaumont. He and Blance Toole helped to maintain the Meador Cemetery.

Notes:

Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that his gravesite was marked with "Pvt US Army WW II"

Family/Spouse: Atrall "Lilly" Wright. Atrall (daughter of Maccauley "Mack" C. Wright and Mary Lee Chambers) was born on 29 Jan 1914; died on 29 Aug 1992 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
December 17, 2003

Addie Bragg

Addie Bragg, 91, of Route 1, Hemphill, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Hemphill Care Center. Mrs. Bragg was born Feb. 2, 1912, and had been a longtime resident of Sabine County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors: a son, Benny Bragg of Shelbyville; daughters, Julie HUFF and Paula BRITT, both of Sabine County; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Richard LUM officiating. Interment followed at Meador Cemetery in Milam.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Family/Spouse: Chester Lee Bragg. Chester (son of James Richard "Dick" Bragg and Martha "Mattie" Jane Harrison) was born on 16 Aug 1905 in Patroon, Shelby County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Henry Clyde Robbins. Henry was born before 1899; died about 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Bronson Cooper King before 1926. Bronson was born about 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1968 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 19, 1995, Page 10

Onie Mae Robbins

Onie Mae Robbins, 90, who lived on Barber Street in Hemphill, died at 10:45 Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center.

Born Aug. 30, 1904, in Milam as a daughter of the late Walter and Mae (White) Patterson, she was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. Mrs. Robbins was a member of the First Baptist Church and a homemaker.

She is survived by a son, W. L. "Buster" Robbins of Hemphill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Robbins.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Billy Cannon, Billy Speights, Bill Barcheers, Buford Hughes, Clement McDaniel, and Eugene Procella.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Family/Spouse: William Lee Robbins. William was born on 2 Aug 1894 in Mississippi; died on 11 Apr 1975 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Doris Patterson Perigo
Death Date: 14 Apr 1964
Death Place: South Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 57 years 2 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1907
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Walter Patterson
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mae White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Linotype Opr.
Place of Residence: South Houston, Harris, Texas
Cemetery: Hemphill
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 16 Apr 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117486
Digital Film Number: 4028427
Image Number: 2480
Reference Number: v X cn 30852
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Was living with his Uncle, Richard Green McGown, at the time of the 1930 Federal Census.

(Research):

Census Listings:


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 12A
State Highway 21-Kings Highway
246
McGown, Richard G head m W 45 M 22 Tx Tx Tx none
McGown, Lou Wf F W 41 M 18 Txc Tx Tx Telephone Operator Exchange
McGown, Jack S. Adopt Son M W 11 S Tx Un Un
White, Sidney Nephew M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Gen Farm

Family/Spouse: Willie Ruth Jones. Willie was born on 16 Jan 1920 in Texas; died on 3 Jan 1990 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Claybar Hillcrest), Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 6A Stamped 28
71-74
Campbell, Era W Head M W 25 M 19 Tx Tx STx Kiln Man Lumber mill
Campbell, Mary E. F W 27 m 21 La Tx La
Campbell, James R. Son M W 3 S Tx La Tx
Campbell, Annie E Sister F W 22 Wd 18 La Tx Tx Dairymaid Public Dairy

Family/Spouse: Mary Effie Strickland. Mary (daughter of James D. Strickland and Mary "Mollie"Elizabeth Carter) was born about 1901 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living with her brother and sister-in-law, Era and Mary Campbell, at the time of the 1930 Sabine County, Texas federal census. She was listed as age 22, widowed (and having married at the age of 18), born in Louisiana, and employed as a dairy maid.

Family/Spouse: Bob Reeves. Bob was born before 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
January 12, 2011, Page 12
Obituaries

Wendell McDaniel

Wendell McDaniel, 98, died in the San Augustine Memorial Hospital, Friday, Jan. 7, 2911, after an illness. He was born in Six Mile to Nolan Ernest and Ella LeaWalker McDaniel.

He moved to Yellowpine 33 years ago coming from Beaumont where he was a member of the Pipefitters Local 195 and South Park Masonic Lodge.

He is survived by his son, James Michael McDaniel and his wife Bonnie of Beaumont; daughters Frances Cannon of Hemphill and Janice Jones and her husband John Thomas of Lumberton; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters, Zuda Tinsely and Evelyn Easley, both of California; and brother Clement McDaniel of Hemphill.

Funeral services were conducted Monday, Jan. 10, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery near Six Mile.

Services were under the directoin of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)

James married Lodema Caroline Jones on 3 Jun 1932. Lodema (daughter of Samuel B. Jones and Lorena Walker) was born on 13 Sep 1913 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jan 2008 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 23 Jan 2008 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Clement Carlin "Mac" McDaniel Sr.

Funeral Services for Clement Carlin "Mac" McDaniel Sr., will be held at the First Baptist Church in Hemphill, Texas, Saturday, September 15, 2012, the Reverend Aaron Pardue officiating. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas, under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

Mr. McDaniel died September 12, 2012 at the age of 98.

Clement McDaniel, known to many as "Mac", was born in Bayou, Texas on November 3, 1913, the son of Nolan Earnest McDaniel and wife Ella Walker McDaniel. In 1933, he married Ardell Brittain, the daughter of Docia Latham Brittain Easley and Penn Brittain. They were married 73 years and had a strong, lifelong love affair, from which came five children. His beloved wife preceded him, as did two daughters, Ether Murl (Merrill) Perry and Joyce McDaniel. Surviving children and spouses are: Barbara and Wilbur Smith of Gainesville, Texas, Carlin and Mary Ann McDaniel of Hemphill, Texas, and Glen and Dee McDaniel of Lufkin, Texas. He is also survived by grandchildren Kristie Vick, John McDaniel, Casey Weghorst, Brett McDaniel, and Kyle McDaniel; and four great-grandchildren, Colter and Sarah Vick and Tatum and Hank Weghorst.

Mr. "Mac" was proud of his family, which he considered the most important thing in his life. His Christian faith and affiliation with the Baptist Church since 1946 were also important to him, guiding him through many trials and tribulations in life.
When he was 15, "Mac" left his cocoon in East Texas and joined the Citizens' Military Training Camp, where he served for four summers, earning an officer's commission in the United States Army. He went on to become what would now be called a disc jockey at Radio Station KRIC in Beaumont. In 1941, he began his career as an air traffic controller. He was very proud of his work and remembered well the many times he helped the famous and not so famous, one of the famous being then Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, as he would fly into and out of the Austin airport.

Mr. McDaniel was an avid and expert gardener, and many people were the recipients of his garden produce. He loved people, and spent a lifetime giving to others. He will be sorely missed by many.

Memorial contributions may be made to Oak Hill Cemetery Association, c/o Weldon McDaniel, P.O. Box 174, Hemphill, TX 75948.

From
www.sabinecountyreporterlive.com
Posted Thursday, Sep 13, 2012
Print edition published
September 19, 2012, page 9

Clement married Ardell Brittain about 1933. Ardell was born on 1 Feb 1915 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 2 May 2006 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter

October 27, 2004

Nolan Ernest McDaniel, Jr.

Nolan Ernest McDaniel, Jr., 87, of Hemphill died at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004 at Hemphill Care Center.

McDaniel was born Nov. 23, 1916 in Sabine County as a son of the late Lea Ella (WALKER) and Ernest McDaniel Sr. and was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from the U.S. Forest Service as a crew supervisor. Survivors: sons, Ernest Weldon McDaniel of Hemphill and James David McDaniel of Yellowpine; daughters Margie Nell MILLER of Brookeland; and Belinda Lee McDaniel of Silsbee; brothers, James Wendell McDaniel of Yellowpine and Clement Carlin McDaniel of Hemphill, sisters, Zuda Lee TINSELY of Hemphill, and Evelyn Easley of San Juan Capistrano, California; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Vance Purtell officiating and Guvie Miller offering an eulogy. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Sabine County. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. of Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Nolan married Verna Mae Walker before 1940. Verna was born on 12 Oct 1920; died on 8 Nov 1969 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nolan married Dearian Love McDaniel on 1 Dec 1973 in Sabine County, Texas. Dearian (daughter of William Robert McDaniel, Sr. and Rilla Mae Martin) was born on 22 Sep 1915 in Newton County, Texas; died on 17 Apr 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Newton City Cemetery, Newton, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote that she married Edgar TINSLEY and during World War II, they were living in Oakland, California. She shares a double grave marker with Edgar at the Oak Hill Cemetery. Only her date of birth was carved as of the 1997 death of Edgar, so it appears he preceded her in death.

Obituary

Zuda Lee McDaniel Tinsley 95, after a gracious journey down this last difficult portion of life's path, Zuda died on April 30, 2016 just hours after the birth of a new baby girl in the family.

Zuda was born in Yellowpine on August 14, 1920. After high school, she rode the train alone to the California/Oregon border to join her newly wedded husband, Edgar Tinsley. During their 57 years of marriage, they had two daughters.

Zuda worked for the school district in Redding, California as the manager of food services. She retired prematurely from those responsibilities to join Edgar in Alaska to manage a remote fishing lodge for many summers. Those were halcyon days for the both of them.

Zuda was preceded in death by her husband Edgar and their daughter, Sharon. She leaves her daughter, Carolyn and four beloved grandchildren, Adam, Allison, Kirsten, and Justin and their loved ones.

Son-in-law, Reverend Richard Pearson will conduct services at the graveside at Oak Hill Cemetery. Graveside will be at 2:00PM, May 7, 2016, in the Oakhill Cemetery. To all who claim a friendship or kinship, a heartfelt thanks for enriching her life.

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, May 11, 2016, page 12

Family/Spouse: Edgar Tinsley. Edgar (son of Stephen Henry Tinsley and Winnie Amanda Melvina Edgar) was born on 27 Dec 1908; died on 6 Mar 1997 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Evelyn Mae McDaniel Easley, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2011, she was 88 years old. Born May 12, 1922 in Yellow Pine, Texas where she grew-up. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, James Louie Easley who passed away June 7, 2010. She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Joseph Davis of Laguna Niguel and Susan and Neil Lindstrom of Glendale; four grand-daughters, Heather Lindstrom Crownover, Jennifer Lindstrom, Christy Davis, and Amy Davis; and four great-grandchildren Lauren Lindstrom, Morgan Bogust, Christian Crownover, and Cash Crownover. Memorial service is Saturday, June 4th at 11 am at the Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church, 30071 Ivy Glenn Dr.


Orange County Register, Published May 19, 2011
Found on Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection

Evelyn married James Louis Easley after 1930. James (son of James Cannon Easley and Viola Pearl Fullen) was born on 23 Aug 1921 in Texas; died on 7 Jun 2010 in La Crescenta, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burkhalter Hoyt Littleton 11-14-1990 JEFFERSON M

Family/Spouse: Margie Sue Campbell. Margie (daughter of Joseph Edward Campbell and Arie Elizabeth Strickland) was born on 13 Nov 1928 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jun 1994 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 25 Jun 1994 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 7, 1995, Page 10

Doyle Burkhalter

Doyle Mencil Burkhalter, 69, of Houston, died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill.

Born March 5, 1926, in Hemphill as a son of the late Lonzie and Eula (Alford) Burkhalter, he had lived in Houston a number of years and was a member of the Church of God. Burkhalter was a retired truck driver and a member of the AFL-CIO.

He is survived by his wife, Consuelo Burkhalter of Houston, a brother, A. Z. Burkhalter of Hemphill; two nieces and one nephew.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

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

Notes:

He married Rosie Warner, and they are the parents of Patsy Rose White. Patsy Rose White married Hershell Lindsey.

Notes:

SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 28 June 2001

Dr. Sibyl W. Wyatt

Graveside services for Dr. Sibyl W. Wyatt, 92, of Nacogdoches were conducted by the Reverend Justin Beadles of Grace Bible Church at Sunset Memorial Park on June 25, 2001 at 10 am. Dr. Wyatt entered her larger life on June 23, 2001, in Nacogdoches, Texas. She was born November 12, 1908, on the White Plantation in the Gravel Hill Community in Sabine County, the daughter of Henry Ernest White and Sarah Evelyn Boyd White.

She is survived by a son, Gayle D. Wyatt, of Nacogdoches and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

A native East Texan, Dr. Wyatt taught British Romance and Victorian literature at Stephen F. Austin State University for twenty-five years. Prior to joining the SFA faculty, she taught and served as a high school teacher and principal in public schools; and while on leave from SFA for doctoral work, she held a teaching fellowship at Rice University.

Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors in charge of services.

It is noted in the Bob Bowman's book, THE MYSTERY OF LADY BOUNTIFUL, that Sibyl White became principal of Hemphill High School in the 1940s and was perhaps the first woman in Sabine County to earn a Ph.D. (Bowman, p. 55).

Family/Spouse: Archie Wyatt. Archie was born on 11 Jan 1906 in Texas; died on 4 May 1969 in Center, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She shares a triple headstone with her parents, Ernest and Evie White, at the Hemphill City Cemetery.

Ethelyn married Louis F. Symms on 26 Sep 1925. Louis was born on 14 Feb 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Longtime postmaster of Bronson, Texas. (White and Toole, p 87).

Winnie married Jesse James Morgan, Jr. on 26 Sep 1925. Jesse (son of Jesse James Morgan, Sr. and Julia Ann McLemore) was born on 16 Dec 1902 in Texas; died on 24 May 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zeda married Lester A. Schulze on 14 Mar 1942. Lester was born on 23 May 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie married James David Edgar on 25 Jan 1934. James (son of James Valentine Edgar and Jack Payne "Paynie" Gooch) was born on 12 Feb 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Oct 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reggie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lola married John Thomas "Mac" McGown, Sr. on 15 Mar 1941. John (son of Andrew Lewis "Bud" McGown and Emma B. Waller) was born on 2 Apr 1918 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 2002 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War II, he was a resident of Baton Rouge

Name Hubert Henry Davidson
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Year Range 1940-1945
Event Place Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Gender Male
Birth Date 27 Mar 1916
Affiliate Publication Title Draft Cards (1st Registration) for the State of Louisiana
Affiliate ARC Identifier 2169763
Digital Folder Number 004735994
Image Number 01078



Citing this Record:
"Louisiana, First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9MNH-CY6L : accessed 13 Jun 2014), Hubert Henry Davidson, .

Hubert married Claudia Evelyn McGown on 31 Jul 1939. Claudia (daughter of Andrew Henderson McGown and Vitura Evelyn "Lina" Whitehead) was born on 1 Sep 1917 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died in Nov 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madie married Woodrow W. Snowden on 27 Jun 1945. Woodrow was born on 29 Oct 1912; died on 6 May 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Hester C. on census records

SABINE COUNTY REPORTER 10 January 2001

Hester Davidson Collier, 79, of Hemphill died Saturday, January 6, 2001 at a Houston hospital.

Mrs. Collier, born Feb. 9, 1921, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Ruthie Nina (White) and Richard Frank Davidson, was a retired registered nurse, having served as company nurse for Mossier Steel. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and American Business Women's Association.

Survivors: sons, William Collier and Craig Collier, both of Houston; daughter Susan Jones of Houston; sisters Betty Ferguson and Zeda Schultz, both of Hemphill and Madie Snowden of Beaumont; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Jan. 8 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. D.W. McCasland officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Hester married Barnett Craig "Barney" Collier, Jr. on 3 Jul 1946. Barnett was born on 23 Sep 1921 in Alabama; died on 16 Jul 1990; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Betty Pauline Davidson Ferguson

Betty Pauline Davidson Ferguson, 80, of Hemphill died July 13, 2001, at San Augustine Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 am Monday, July 16, 2001, at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with burial at King Cemetery.

A native and longtime resident of Hemphill, she was a U.S. Postal Service postmaster.

Survivors include her son, Hadley Ferguson of Jasper; daughter Rhonda Brooks of Bronson; sisters Zeda Schulze of Hemphill and Madie Snowden of Beaumont; and two grandchildren.

(San Augustine Tribune, 19 July 2001)

Betty married James Gay Ferguson on 24 Dec 1940. James (son of George Kellie Ferguson and Mattie Martha Wiggins) was born on 13 Feb 1915 in Texas; died on 24 Jan 1977 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in King Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vessie McLemore didn't see the importance of naming his children immediately after they were born. He was content to simply call them "baby" until a name seemed to fit. Percy remained Baby for several years, until his parents began to call him "Baby Percy" after a bottle of Patent Medicine popular at the time. His middle initial was shown as "C" on the 1920 census.

Percy started helping his father on the ranch at a very young age. Evon remembers him going on a freight train with cattle to Kansas City, by himself, when he was only 14. He also became a rancher, as well as operating a cotton gin that had been his fathers. He also kept bees as a hobby.

Percy married Elma Callie Smith on 19 Apr 1936 in San Augustine County, Texas. Elma (daughter of Henry Clayton Smith and Alice Hines) was born on 14 Mar 1914 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 2001 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Evon was a tiny baby, weighing only 2 and 1/2 pounds a few days after birth. Considering she was born and cared for at home, and not in an incubator, it is a tribute both the Evon's spirit and her mother's loving care that she not only survived but flourished. In describing her infant daughter's size, Nina used to relate that "her face was smaller than a half dollar, and I could have put her in a coffee pot, and still closed the lid." Evon picked out her own name when she was old enough. She liked the sound of Yvonne, but wasn't sure of the spelling. She was listed as Eva V. on the 1920 census.

When Evon started school, she arrived everyday atop a pony led by her brother Percy. Evon's father also thought it important that his daughter be exposed to culture. When she was a young girl, she weekly took the train 10 miles from Steep Creek to Bronson in order to take piano lessons. Most weekends were spent "visiting." Evon has close relations with her many cousins still today.

She attended her primary years of school in rural Sabine County, but attended High School in San Augustine County. Her father paid for her to board at the home of Dr. Davis in the winter, so she could to this. Evon was active in school, perfoming in piano recitals and playing the lead character in the 1932 Senior Class play, "Oh, Kay!"

News clipping
(dated 3-28-1929, newspaper not referenced)

Steep Creek Club
The Steep Creek 4-H girls met on March 26. Seven girls were present.

The following officers were elected:

Evon McLemore, President; Rosa Henley, Vice President; Lois Powell, Sec'y; Bonnie Wilson, Reporter. An apron was cut out.

Bonnie Wilson, reporter.

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

Thursday night at the high school auditorium the commencement exercises were attended by a large crowd....A piano solo was skillfully rendered by Evon McLemore, class musician....diplomas were presented by R. V. Greer, superintendent of the local schools to the following candidates:
Randolph Hankla, Charles S. McMillan, Willys G. Blount, Sam Henry Williams, Lois Marie Thompson, A. C. Everett, Evon McLemore, Willie Mae Stevenphson, Geneva Stallings. Earl McEachern, Hoyt J. Alford, Sidney Westbrook, Allene Stewart, Ruby Mitchill, Mildred Whitton, Clifford Childers, Bonnie Partin, Zelma Soward, Alran Hays, James Bridges, Helen Alford and Early Needham.

After Evon graduated from San Augustine High School, she went on to Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. She became a teacher, majoring in Home Economics and minoring in English. The college classmate that was her best friend was Merlene McLemore, a cousin.

Vessie was able to help his daughter get a job teaching in Chinquapin through a friend of his who was school trustee. She later taught in nearby Broaddus.

Soon after Evon started teaching in Broaddus, Dale Tisdale's mother called her son, who was working in Lawrenceville, Indiana, to tell him that "there were some attractive new teachers in town, and he ought to come home soon for a visit." He did, and fell promptly in love with Evon.

Evon continued to teach after her marriage, while Dale managed his parents store. During World War II, Evon moved to Fort Worth while Dale was in the service. She taught a small school district just outside of the city. They also briefly lived in San Antonio. The Tisdale's returned to East Texas, and Dale opened a small general store in Zavalla.

She returned to Stephen F. Austin and received her Master's in Education in 1951. After the Tisdale's moved to Lufkin, Evon obtained a teaching position at Hudson High School. She remained there until she retired in 1972. Her daughter, Jan, began teaching Spanish at the Hudson in 1971, the year before her mother retired.

She loved music, art and the natural world. She had a beautiful soprano voice and was a member of the Angelina County Choir for a number of years. She was good at creative arts, and especially loved China painting. She participated in this after her retirement, as well as traveling with Dale and Bob with the AirStream Travel Trailer club. She was an active member of the Timberland Drive Church of Christ.

Both Evon and Dale were instrumental in the formation of the Angelina County Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) and supporters of the Lufkin Workshop and Opportunity Center.

Obituary

Evon McLemore Tisdale, 93, of Lufkin, was born November 6, 1914, in Bronson, Texas, the daughter of the late Nina (Fuller) and V.E. McLemore. She passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Tisdale graduated from San Augustine High School and Stephen F. Austin State University. She married Dale Tisdale, the love of her life, on January 8, 1938. She taught at Hudson Elementary School until 1972. She supported the Lufkin Workshop & Opportunity Center and the Burke Center. She was a member of Timberland Drive Church of Christ. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and A. E. "Pete" Peterson of Lufkin; son, Bob Tisdale of Lufkin; granddaughter, Sheryl Falk and her husband Richard Retz of Houston; grandson, Lee J. Rawcliffe of Houston; brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Bonnie McLemore of Houston; sisters-in-law, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches and Bobbie McLemore of San Augustine; and numerous nieces, nephews and many dear friends. Mrs. Tisdale was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 51 years, Dale Tisdale; brothers, Percy McLemore, Earl McLemore and Lynn McLemore, all of San Augustine, and Ray McLemore of Nacogdoches. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Tisdale's memory may be made to the Burke Center, 4101 S. Medford, Lufkin, Texas 75904; or to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904. Services for Mrs. Tisdale will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008, in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Mr. Harold Hancock officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Broaddus Cemetery. Gipson Funeral Home; Duane Hills, director.

Source:
http://legacy.com/LufkinDailyNews/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=119099748

Nearly identical notices were published in the October 23, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, on Page 11, and in the October 29 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, page 15.

Viola married Memmon Dale Tisdale on 8 Jan 1938 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Memmon (son of Isaac Memmon Tisdale and Dora Beard) was born on 27 Jul 1911 in Manning, Angelina County, Texas; died on 30 Jul 1990 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a young man, Earl and his brother Ray helped manage their father's ranch in Pearsall. Evon recalls a terrible drought at that ranch one summer. Her brothers told her that they had to use a blowtorch on cactuses to get enough water for the cattle.

He has a military marker at his gravesite "PFC, US Army WW II"

When he was shipped oversees during the war, he and Evon worked out a code so his family would know where he was stationed, because all correspondence was heavily censored. The first letter he sent to Evon was addressed to Mrs. R.O. Tisdale. The next letter, to Mrs. M.E. Tisdale. She knew he must therefore be in Rome. He was later moved elsewhere in Italy, but Evon said she never was able to figure out where because some of the letters came out of sequence, and others never made it home at all.

The Sabine County Reporter
May 21, 1997, page 12

Earl McLemore

Earl McLemore, 80, of San Augustine County died Wednesday, April 30, 1997, at Memorial Medical Center of East Texas in Lufkin

McLemore was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Sabine County as a son of the late Nina (Fuller) and Vessie Eugene McLemore. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran of World War II, a farmer/rancher, and a member of the Rosevine Church of God.

Survivors: wife, Velta McLemore of San Augustine County, sons, Donald McLemore of Woodland and Bruce McLemore of Tarkington Prairie; a daughter, Nina Weimer of Spring; two brothers, Lynn McLemore of San Augustine and Tommy McLemore of Houston; a sister, Evon McLemore of Lufkin; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held May 2 at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine. Interment followed at Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine.

Earl's oldest son Donald wrote the following article about his father for his company newsletter shortly after his father's funeral:

In Memory of My Dad

I remember the lessons well because they were taught without compromise, a deep sense of right and wrong and what was best for his family. Those lessons were sometimes harsh and hard for us kids to understand so we sometimes did the exact opposite from what Dad wanted. Now as I look back, I can see that may of those lessons took root regardless of what we did then.

Dad was born September 17, 1916 into a family of five boys and one girl. His mom and dad were farmers/ranchers, not poor but certainly not rich. I was born in 1940 just after the Great Depression and I know the defining effect that period of time had on everyone. People that endured the depression were so afraid of not having enough that they saved every penny and did without things that we would not think twice about buying today. Due to that experience and the intense drive to be successful, the McLemores developed the reputation of being extremely tight with money and that lesson was passed on to their kids as independence. "With money you can be independent and not have to depend on your family or the government for support." I always said money would not be important to me. However, I see that same independent driven trait in every one of the McLemores today to some extent.

MBM has been in existence for almost twenty seven years. In all those years, I have come in contact with thousands of people, both rich and poor who did not have parents like we were lucky enough to have. They taught us the values that made this country great. I remember Dad's mom (Nina Fuller) saying in front of me one day when Dad was perplexed and seeking advice on how to handle a difficult situation "Earl, regardless of what he does or says it doesn't give you the right to do what is wrong." That phrase along with many others gave our lives direction, focus and nutured the development of character. What is amazing to me now is that it took me until I was in my mid thirties to begin to realize how fortunate my siblings and I were for having learned those lessons.

Dad had four major heart attacks over a three and a half year period. Someone like myself would not have survived the first one. Less than ten percent of his heart still functioned when it finally quit working forever and yet he still did what he loved to do the most and that was to work. "An idle mind is the devils workshop" he used to tell mom when she thought he was working too hard.

When word got out that Dad had gone on to meet his Maker, people from everywhere responded with cards, flowers, phone calls, donations, food and words of comfort to the family. My goal will be to try to pass on those I come into contact with a little part of my Dad.

Vessie married Velta Alnettie Rawson on 27 Aug 1938 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Velta (daughter of Eugene Bryan Rawson, Sr. and Veva G. Garrett) was born on 20 Sep 1917 in Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 20 Nov 2002 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried on 22 Nov 2002 in Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As with his older brother, Ray was simply called Baby after he was born. Eventually, his siblings began calling him "Baby Ray" after their primers, and the name stuck.


San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9

School Term Brought to Successful Close

May, 1932: The San Augustine Grammar School had 36 students graduate: Johnny Alford, Jesse Gene Fussell, Carmen Fussell, Billy Partin, Kenneth Woods, Vernon Mills, Cade Downs, Ray McLEMORE, Clifton Mathews, Charles Allredge, R.E. Epps, J.B. Miler, Carl Fussell, Charles Haley, Thomas Ramsey, Herman Bates, Phil Greer, Raymond McEachern, Allen Coon, Nina Sheffield, Catherine Childers, Frances Stripling, Bernice Stevenson, Odelle Moore, Vera Helen Westbrook, Louise Miller, Dorothy Adams, Ruby Taylor, Maxine Cox, Virginia Greer, Fay Renfroe, Elouise Sossaman, Helen Harris, Alice Joy Ellington, Nell Greer and Maxine Hays (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, April 27, 2006 "Decade of the Great Depression 1932" by Harry P. Noble)

Ray served in the Phillipines during World War II. His gravesite has a military marker, embossed with a cross and with the inscription Pvt US Army World War II

He made his living as a rancher, and he also owned and operated laundrymats in and around Sabine and San Augustine Counties. He retired to Nacogdoches.

His obituary, dated February 21, 1991 from an unreferenced newspaper reads as follows:

SERVICES FOR RAY McLEMORE

Ira Ray McLemore, 72, of Nacogdoches died Thursday at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at San Augustine Church of Christ with burial at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine under the direction of Wyman Robert Funeral Home in San Augustine.

Services were conducted by Bro. Don Skipper and Bro. Mark White.

A native of Sabine County, he lived in Nacogdoches a number of years. He lived in San Augustine until a few years ago. He was retired owner of McLemore Laundries in San Augustine and Nacogdoches and was a U.S. Army veteren.

Survivors include his wife, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches; a son Vernon McLemore of Nacogdoches, as sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin, brothers Percy McLemore and Earl McLemore, both of San Augustine, Tommy McLemore of Houston and Lynn McLemore of San Augustine; three grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dr. Henry McLemore, Dutch Murray, James Roland Fuller, Gilbert Garrett, Arley Hensarling, and Tom Smith.

Honorary Pallbearers were Charles Bryan, Travis Price, Dr. Sam Gandy and Jessie Millard.

Ira married Bernice Opal Hensarling on 9 May 1937 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Bernice (daughter of Joseph Abram Hensarling and Vivian Garrett) was born on 10 Jan 1918 in Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Jan 2012 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 27 Jan 2012 in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His original Texas Birth Certificate listed him as Dalton McLemore. He was not known by this name as he was growing up, and was dismayed to discover this years later. He told his niece, Melinda, that he legally changed his name to John Lynn. Perhaps he was initially named in honor of his mother's brother-in-law, Dalton Cousins.

The Texas Birth Certificate in the name Dalton showed that he was the sixth living of nine children in total born to his mother.

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Name: Dalton Mclemore
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 Dec 1932
Event Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Vessie Eugine Mclemore
Mother's Name: Nina Ophelia Fuller
Certificate Number: 98874
Digital Folder Number: 005035230
Image Number: 01691
Collection: Vessie Eugine Mclemore in entry for Dalton Mclemore, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

Lynn served in the U.S. Army from January 24, 1955 to January 25, 1957, and was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State.

He spent most of his working life as a welder in Texas and Oklahoma. He and his wife Bobbie retired to the family homestead in San Augustine in the mid 1980's, where he raised cattle, and was overseer of the timber and wildlife on McLemore farmstead.

Sabine County Reporter
September 19, 2007
Page 11

John Lynn McLemore

John Lynn McLemore, 74, of San Augustine died Sept. 13, 2007 in Lufkin.

He was born Dec. 26, 1932 in San Augustine to Vessie Eugene McLemore and Nina Ophelia Fuller McLemore. He was a rancher and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was also a member of the Rosevine Church of God.

Survivors: wife, Bobbie McLemore of San Augustine; daughters, Lynda Sue Michaelski and husband Patrick of Clear Lake, Debbie McAdams of Lufkin, Dayna Martin and husband Nathaniel of Nacogdoches; sons, Steven Nash, and wife, Lori of Marble Falls, David Nash and wife, Jerri of Texas City, Charles Henry McLemore of Broaddus, Kenneth Edward McLemore of San Augustine, Ray Lyn Frederick and wife, Alicia of Wells; brother, Tom McLemore and wife Bonnie of Houston; sister, Evon Tisdale of Lufkin; 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 16 at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Rev. Floyd Wright officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007; note that the original obituary showed Lynn's daughter as Linda Sue McMichaelski, in error)

A similar obituary appeared in the September 20, 2007 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, page 10.

(Medical):Prostate Cancer

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Selma June Sparks before 1960. Selma (daughter of Henry Jewel Sparks and Ednie E. Murray) was born on 2 Jun 1929 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 11 Sep 2002 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Bobbie Joyce Denton on 2 Jan 1981 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. Bobbie (daughter of George Washington Denton and George Ann Furra) was born on 17 Jul 1946 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 13 Aug 2020 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992: World War II veteran, serving from Oct 4, 1940 through September 10, 1945.


Sabine County Reporter
December 29, 1999, Page 14

"Hugh 'Mr. Mack' McLemore, 81, of Beaumont died Saturday, December 25, 1999, at a Beaumont hospital. McLemore, a native of Hemphill, had lived in Beaumont 54 years and was a retired postman. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: Bell McLemore of Beaumont; daughter Carolyn McCormick of Plano; three grandchildren; and one great granddaughter. Funeral services were held December 27 at Cathedral in the Pines, Beaumont. Interment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Beaumont. Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home of Beaumont, directors.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Hugh married Leva Isabelle "Belle" Russell on 3 Mar 1940. Leva (daughter of Creed Thomas Russell and Lora Lee Warner) was born on 29 Jul 1925 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; died on 5 Sep 2008 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Dorothy Fay "Dot" Smith about 1960. Dorothy (daughter of Dalton "Shine" Smith and Lemmie Beulah Coussons) was born on 17 Oct 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 May 2008; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
December 19, 2007

Dorine Speights Robinson

Ruth Dorine Speights Robinson, 93, of Spring died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 in Brenham.

Mrs. Robinson was born Nov. 26, 1914, in Hemphill as a daughter of the late Mermond Leon Speights and Ruth Elvie McLemore Speights. She devoted over 40 years to the nursing profession in the Texas City/Galveston area.

Survivors: a sister, Ruby Laverne GELLATLY, formerly of Beaumont; two nieces, Dorine GORDY and husband Craig of Spring, and Guyanne KEENE and husband, Gayle of Shreveport, LA; and a nephew, Mark HUGHES and wife Cindy of Ponchatoula, LA.

She was preceded in dehat by her husband, John Albert (J.A) Robinson, and a sister, Johnnie Mae HUGHES.

Graveside rites were held Wednesday, Dec. 12 at Hemphill City Cemetery in Hemphill.

Services were under the direction of Adams/E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2007)

Ruth married John Albert "J.A." Robinson, Jr on 18 Apr 1936. John (son of John Albert Robinson and Willifred Griesenbeck) was born on 19 Apr 1913 in Galveston County, Texas; died on 12 Nov 1963 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter 29 May 2002

Class of 1938

Hemphill High School's graduating class of 1938 held a reunion Saturday, April 27. Attending were, from left: Dalton Boyd, Harold Smith, LaVerne Speights Gellately, Edele Manual Arnold and Vernell Conner Thomas.

Obituary

Ruby Laverne Speights Gellatly was born May 3, 1919 in Hemphill, Texas and went to be with her heavenly Father on June 20, 2014, at the age of 95.

She is survived by her daughter, Dorine Gellatly Gordy of Houston; four grandchildren, Cheryl R. Gordy of Spring, Chrystie M. Gordy Vickery and husband, Jason of Richmond, Cheri E. Gordy Turney and husband, Justin of Spring, Bryan C. Gordy and wife, Heather of Porter; eleven great grandchildren; Caleb, Breanna, Andrew, Jacob, Bailey, Virginia, Griffin, Leslie Jo, Daniel, Robert and Julian; one nephew, Mark Hughes and wife, Cindy of Louisiana.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Robert Earl Gellatly; father, Mermond L. Speights; mother, Ruth Elvie Mclemore Speights; and two sisters, Ruth Dorine Speights Robinson and Johnnie Mae Speights Hughes.

Laverne lived and worked in Beaumont and Bevil Oaks for over 55 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bevil Oaks. She worked and retired from Jefferson County Health and Welfare in 1989 after 23 years.

Laverne always loved gardening and spending as much time with family and friends as she could. Her loving smile and open heart never met a stranger and she was always willing to help in any way she could.

A graveside service will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Hemphill Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas.

A gathering of friends and family will be held Monday, June 23, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home.

Copied from www.claybarfuneralhome.com

Family/Spouse: Robert Earl Gellatly. Robert (son of Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly and Bena Norine Harris) was born on 27 Sep 1919; died in Jan 1987 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
February 14, 2007, Page 9

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 in Bossier City. Mrs. Hughes was a beautician for 35 years and a graduate of Guy's Beauty School. Survivors: a daughter, Sharon "Guyann" and husband Wilbur Gayle KEENE; son Mark Mermond HUGHES and wife Cindy FERRAN; grandchildren, Robin KEENE and husband Chuck WILLIAMSON, Brady KEENE and wife Stacy, Benjamin Mark HUGHES, William Maxwell HUGHES, and Andrew Phillip HUGHES; five great-grandchildren; and sisters, Ruth Dorine ROBINSON and Ruby Laverne GELLATLY. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy M. HUGHES; and parents, Ruth Elvie McLEMORE and Mermond Leon SPEIGHTS. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home with Pastor Al Eden officiating. Interment followed at Forest Park West Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Boone Funeral Home Chapel in Shreveport.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2007)

Johnnie married Guy Marcus Hughes on 5 Sep 1941. Guy was born on 16 Feb 1920 in Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1995 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992 and Book Three "A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas" also by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1998:

Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Sixth Marine Division December 14, 1941 through October 13, 1945 Served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Bouganville, Northern Solomons, Guam, Okinawa Offensive Seriously wounded at Okinawa and medically evacuated to the United States Purple Heart.

Obituary

Rufus Maxie McLemore, 87, died Wednesday in the VA Hospital, Houston, TX. Rufus was born in Hemphill to Ira and Alma Bragg McLemore and was a lifetime resident of Hemphill. Rufus left school at an early age to join the CC's. When old enough he joined the Marine Corps and served in WW II. When he returned home he owned and operated McLemore's Garage until retirement.

Rufus is survived by his son Maxie and wife Maryanne McLemore of Victoria, TX, his daughter Charlotte and husband Gene Peters of Cypress, TX, eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Clovis.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Military Honors. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill Texas. The guest book can be signed or condolences expressed to the family at www.starrfuneralhome.com

(From www.toledochronicle.com)
Also published in the San Augustine Tribune, September 23, 2010, page 10

Rufus married Clovis Lavern Hogan on 25 May 1946. Clovis was born on 9 Apr 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 2010 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tom McLemore recalls that Roland served both in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and as a Marine. He died of Meningitis, most probably while serving as a Marine.

One internet tree, unsourced, shows that he died in Colorado.

Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County" by Robert Cecil McDaniel:

World War II veteren. Navy. April 23, 1945 through July 30, 1946,


THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, October 11, 2000, Page 13, Obituaries

E.D. "DeFord" McLemore

E.D. "DeFord" McLemore, 72, of Hemphill died Thursday, October 5, 2000, at Hemphill Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hemphill.

McLemore, born Jan. 17, 1928, in Bronson as a son of the late Ira and Alma (Bragg) McLemore, had lived in Hemphill several years and was the owner of an asphalt paving company. He was a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, and Shriners. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a World War II veteran.

Survivors: wife, Elouise McLemore of Hemphill; son and daughter-in-law Randy and Terre McLemore of Nacogdoches;a brother, Rufus McLemore of Hemphill; and two granchildren, Hillary McLemore and Sara McLemore of Nacogdoches.

Funeral services were held Oct. 8 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. I.W. Ferguson, pastor of Johnson Missionary Baptish Church, officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.

Ernest married Elouise Elizabeth Armstrong on 31 Dec 1947. Elouise (daughter of William Rudolph Armstrong and Lottie Lee Dickerson) was born on 25 Jan 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jan 2012 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charlcye Barrett was born Charlcye Joy Cammack in Sabine County, Texas on October 8, 1932. Her parents were Herman and Emma Cammack. She was the eldest of 3 (Charlcye, Max, and Gay). Their family attended Gravel Hill Baptist church in Hemphill, Tx.

After graduating from Hemphill High School, Charlcye married the love of her life, Billy Barrett. They moved to El Paso where Billy was in the service, but eventually landed in Pasadena, Tx where they would start their family. They had two boys, Doug and Don. Charlcye was a faithful Christian mother who raised the boys in church at Thomas Avenue Baptist Church (later renamed Monument Baptist Church). She remained an active member of the church until her passing.

After retiring from State Farm Insurance, she and Billy traveled the country in their motorhome. They managed to see all of the states multiple times and they relished the thought of long trips together. When they were home, she devoted her time to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Charlcye will be remembered for her sweet nature, quiet strength, and a heart of gold.

Charlcye was proceeded in death by her husband, Billy Barrett; father and mother, Herman and Emma Cammack; and her sister, Gay Cammack VanValkenburg. She is survived by her sons Doug Barrett and wife, Donnis, and Don Barrett and wife, Debbie; her grandchildren, Jason Barrett, Charlsa Barrett, Brandon Barrett, and Brooke Barrett; two great grandchildren, Barrett Crow and Zoie Chesser. Charlcye also leaves behind her brother, Max Cammack; and many nieces and nephews.

The Sabine County Reporter, June 23, 2021, Page 4

Charlcye married Billy Henry Barrett on 6 Dec 1951. Billy (son of Willie Geneva Barrett and Ruby Beamus Williams) was born on 1 Mar 1932 in Homer, Angelina County, Texas; died on 7 Jun 2014 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Grand View Memorial Park, Pasedena, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
July 13, 2011, Page 12

Gay Nell Cammack Van Valkenburg

Gay Nell Cammack Van Valkenburg of Livingston, TX was born March 9, 1939 to Herman and Emma McLemore Cammack near Hemphill, TX. She passed away July 3, 2011 at Paramount Health Care in Pasadena.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Gerald "Jerry" Van Valkenburg, and daughter Teresa Chimene.

She is survived by her beloved son Bruce Van Valkenburge and wife Melissa of Houston; grandchildren Sara Van Valkenburg, Brian Van Valkenburg, Casey Copeland, and Cory Copeland. She is also survived by her brother Max Cammack and wife Bobbie of Pasadena, and sister Charlcye Barrett and husband Billy of Pasadena; brother ? in-laws Jimmy Van Valkenburg and wife Pat, and Ronnie Van Valkenburg; niece Retta Cammack Cook, and two nephews Doug Barrett and Don Barrett.

Funeral services were held Wednesday July 6, at Pasadena Funeral Chapel. Interment followed in Woodlawn cemetery in Houston, TX.

Gay married Gerald "Jerry" Arthur Van Valkenburg on 16 Jul 1960. Gerald was born on 2 Jul 1935 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Aug 2008 in Livingston, Polk County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]