Abbie Ella Conn: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Abbie Ella Conn was born on 15 Jan 1880 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Mar 1963 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary notes that she was the daughter of Henry Patrick Conn & Clarissa Gibson - Married Ernest Jackson McGown 15 Jan 1905.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDKH-JY9
name: Abbie Ella Mcgown
death date: 05 Mar 1963
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 83 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 15 Jan 1880
birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Henry Conn
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Clarsie Gibson
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Gravel Hill Cemetery
burial place: Sabine, Texas
burial date: 06 Mar 1963
additional relatives: X
film number: 2117178
digital film number: 4028583
image number: 2765
reference number: cn16993
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Abbie Ella Mcgown, 1963

(Research):
Census Listings:

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

Abbie married Ernest Jackson "Pat" McGown on 15 Jan 1905. Ernest (son of Andrew Jackson McGown and Mattie Edna Browning) was born on 2 Nov 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jun 1944 in Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. William H. McGown was born on 28 Sep 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jul 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Vera Alice McGown was born on 14 Aug 1909 in Texas; died on 20 Feb 1996 in Harris County, Texas.
4. Mattie Era McGown was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Texas; died on 13 Oct 1986 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Mary Ella McGown was born on 16 Jul 1912 in Texas; died in May 1986 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
6. Thelma Abbie McGown was born in Sep 1918 in Texas; died on 30 Jan 1974 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
7. Velma E. McGown was born in Sep 1918 in Texas; died on 24 Jul 1928 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 2

2. William H. McGown (1.Abbie¹) was born on 28 Sep 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jul 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Vera Alice McGown

(1.Abbie¹) was born on 14 Aug 1909 in Texas; died on 20 Feb 1996 in Harris County, Texas.

Notes:

Referenced as Vera Stufflebeam of Houston in the 1994 obituary of her nephew, Marvin Griffin.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Jefferson Stufflebeem. Thomas was born on 12 Sep 1903; died on 28 Oct 1991 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie Era McGown

(1.Abbie¹) was born on 16 Nov 1910 in Texas; died on 13 Oct 1986 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Curtis Elbert McCauley. Curtis was born on 28 Apr 1901 in Texas; died on 4 Jan 1973 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ella McGown

(1.Abbie¹) was born on 16 Jul 1912 in Texas; died in May 1986 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

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

Children:

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

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

Children:

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

Thelma Abbie McGown

(1.Abbie¹) was born in Sep 1918 in Texas; died on 30 Jan 1974 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6SZ-KF3
name: Thelma Abbie Chambers
death date: 30 Jan 1974
death place: Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race:
death age: 55 years
estimated birth date: 1919
birth date:
birthplace:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: Ernest Jackson Mcgown
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Abbie Ella Conn
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2243191
digital film number: 4170157
image number: 3328
reference number: 3367
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Ernest Jackson Mcgown in entry for Thelma Abbie Chambers, 1974

(Research):

Census Listings:

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

7. Velma E. McGown (1.Abbie¹) was born in Sep 1918 in Texas; died on 24 Jul 1928 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 3

Wanda Hellen Adams

(5.Mary², 1.Abbie¹) was born on 4 Mar 1928 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 1992; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

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

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

(Research):

Census Listings:

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

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

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

Children:

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

Marvin Earnest Griffin

(5.Mary², 1.Abbie¹) was born on 6 Jan 1944 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 27 Dec 1994 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Marvin Earnest Griffin

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

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

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

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

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

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

Generation: 4

10. Tonie Marie Chop (8.Wanda³, 5.Mary², 1.Abbie¹) was born on 29 Oct 1958; died on 16 Dec 1958; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.