I'm going to pass on what little I found but I think you will have to pursue this on the Texas Lookup List. I haven't run across any Alabama connection except for that Mary R. Spillers in Brown Co, TX I sent earlier. 1) Barney Goble is in the same county as Lucy Hill Jones in 1920. He is married with children. He is still married to the same wife in 1930 and has moved to Reagan Co, TX. If Lucy married him it would almost have to be after her marriage to Harper Spillers. 2) Found a Harper Spillers in Freestone Co, TX in 1900 1900 Freestone Co, TX, JP 6, ED 39 Fannie Spillers 36 widow TX TN LA farmer, 4 kids, 4 living Vera 16 TX TX TX at schol Harper 14 TX TX TX farm laborer Davis 13 TX TX TX farm laborer Henry 12 TX TX TX farm laborer 3) I suspect there is some connection between this family and William Harper Spillers (b.abt 1808 KY) who is in Freestone Co during 1860-1880. There also are a couple of messages at rootsweb.com relating to his children's names. 4) Found this birth record. Francis Louise Spillers born 8/3/1933 in Palo Pinto Co, TX. Father is William Harper Spillers. Mother is Lucy Francis Hill. 5) Can not find Lucy in 1930 by any of the last names you have mentioned. David Gilliam wrote: > I apologize to you....I have to correct myself again. The correct name of > my step grandfather is William HARPER Spillers. [I have called him Harvey > which is incorrect] > > Lucy was married to Lola Dean Jones, June 23, 1913, they had one son Everett > Jones, born May 28, 1916. Lucy was married to Harvey Anderson Rice about > 1920? they had one son Harry Leo Rice born March 17, 1923 in Altus, OK. > Lucy was married to William HARPER Spillers about 1931?, they had one > daughter Francis Louise Spillers. These were Lucy Hill's only children. It > was believed that she also was married to Barney McCoy Goble about 1926? It > could have been after she was married to Spillers, but all my life she went > by Spillers. > > William HARPER Spillers was born July 22, 1886 in Navaro Co., TX. He died > January 21, 1938, Erath Co., TX > His father was William Henry Spillers, birthplace Navaro Co., TX > His mother was Mary Roberts, birthplace Navaro Co., TX. > [I am quoting from William Harper's death certificate] > > I may have confused myself as well as everyone else with so many Henry's, > Harper's, and Harvey's. > > Thank you for your assistance...I hope my correction will help. I also know > that William Harper Spillers was a ferrier in the US Calvery in WWI. > > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> > To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:43 PM > Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Mary Roberts > > > Jean, > > I ran across another possibility. Or maybe it's the same one? > > There is a Harvey Spillers who lived in Robertson Co, TX in 1920 and 1930. > > Married to Lena M. but it appears they had no children. He is the son of > > Henry L. Spillers who is in Brazos Co, TX in 1880 and 1900 and is in > > Tuscaloosa Co, AL in 1860 and 1870. The 1880 censustaker has confused the > > issue as to who are Henry's wives. In 1860 and 1870, he is married to > > Manora or Mayrina. In 1880, I think he is a widower. In 1900 he is married > > to Lou E. > > > > Henry had a son William H. Spillers b abt 1851 AL who would be a brother > > to the Harvey I mentioned earlier. In 1880, I believe William H. is > > married to an Allise. I can't be for sure whether this is his wife or > > Henry's but I think it's his. > > I was never able to find this William H. after 1880 and it's entirely > > possible that he also had a son named William Harvey Spillers in the > > 1880's. I just can't find any such person. > > > > There are a number of Mary's in Brazos Co, TX born abt 1838 in AL. but > > none are Roberts. If Roberts was her maiden name and she's in her 40's in > > 1880 then she's probably been married before and has another last name. > > > > I think you mentioned Lucy Hill Jones Rice Spillers before but not in > > connection with this lookup. Are you saying that she was the wife of > > William Harvey Spillers? Which one of her husbands would she have been > > married to in 1930? I think you said that William Harvey Spillers died in > > 1938? > > > > David Gilliam wrote: > > > >> Although I should be more familiar with my Texas counties than I am, > >> Navaro > >> County is not very far from Brown County. My grandmother Lucy Hill Jones > >> Rice Spillers spent quite a bit of time around Brown County. Her > >> grandmother lived there and also many other relatives. It would be quite > >> possible that she could have met William Harvey in Brown Co., TX > >> > >> My grandmother never talked much about her last husband. I never knew > >> when > >> they married. I assumed it was in or around Mingus, TX[Palo Pinto Co.,] > >> or > >> Erath Co., but then again it could have been Brown Co., I know that she > >> married my grandfather Lola Dean Jones in Brown Co.,. > >> > >> I do hope that William Harvey Spillers family[any brothers or sisters] > >> can > >> be located in some way. I appreciate what the rootsweb lookup volunteers > >> do. > >> > >> I am not sure about another generation between...I am just going by the > >> names on William Harvey's death certificate. Before 2000, when I > >> obtained > >> his death certificate, I had nothing more than a name from his daughter. > >> She passed away 6 months ago from alzheimers, and he died when she was > >> about 4 or 5. > >> > >> I will take a look at the names of the two married daughters and maybe > >> they > >> are a connection. I have been lucky with other mysteries so will give > >> this > >> a try as well. Thanks.....and I never give up! > >> > >> Keep me posted if you find any more clues. > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> Jean > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> > >> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:30 AM > >> Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Mary Roberts > >> > >> > Not having much luck on any of yours.:o( > >> > Here's something. See if you recognize any of the names. > >> > In Brown Co TX, in 1910 is a Mary R. Spillers born abt 1832 AL. She is > >> > living with two married daughters. One is Mary E. Beddingfield. The > >> > other > >> > is Lalla Westmoreland. I was able to track Lalla back to Lauderdale Co, > >> > AL > >> > in 1870 and 1880. She is consistently shown as born TX (except for the > >> > 1910). She was married to John Westmoreland in 1869 but her maiden name > >> > apparently was Jenkins. I don't see Mary and James Beddingfield in > >> > 1870 > >> > and 1880 but there are several by that surname in Lauderdale. James was > >> > born in Texas but their children were born in AL. > >> > > >> > Mary Roberts would have been about 48 in 1886 when William Harvey > >> > Spillers > >> > was born. Are you certain that there isn't another generation between > >> > Mary > >> > and William? > >> > > >> > David Gilliam wrote: > >> > > >> >> Was wondering if any records exist on a Mary Roberts born abt 1838 in > >> >> Alabama. She was married to a William Henry Spillers birth date > >> >> unknown. > >> >> They had one known son William Harvey Spillers b. 22 July 1886 in > >> >> Navarro > >> >> Co., TX and he died 21 January 1938 in TX. > >> >> > >> >> ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > >> >> To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > >> >> XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace it > >> >> with your state abbreviation ) > >> >> > >> >> ============================== > >> >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > >> >> the > >> >> areas they lived. 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I appreciate your efforts in doing the look-ups, for me. I do plan on pursuing this further. The names, dates, and places will be very valuable information. I will continue on the Texas look-up site. Up until about a month ago....that is before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita....I did not know what my great grandpa Ferdinand Hammond Hill's father's name was. I called the Palo Pinto County Clerk in Texas. I told her who I was and ask if on his death certificate it listed his mother and father. She told me his mother's name was Martha Ford, father's name unknown. I had known that his mother's name was Martha nothing on his father's name. I then told the clerk that Ferd Hill had a brother,John Hill, that died, and I had the date of his death. [I had gone to the cemetery with my dad and he wrote Uncle John's information from his tombstone] She looked at his death record and guess what?....it listed his father's name as James and his mother Martha A. Ford. None of the living grandchildren of Ferd Hill knew the name of their great grandfather and I was the one who found it. They were from Alabama. So even if Wm H. Spillers does not have the Alabama connection grandpa Hill does. I also have a cousin in Pell City. Thank you so much for all the look-ups that you have done. I appreicate all the volunteers efforts and the service that they provide. Especially for folks like me that are still in the learning stages. Sincerely, Jean P. S. The Francis Louise Spillers was my aunt and Lucy, my grandmother. I met Barney when I was a child and have a copy of his obituary. ----- Original Message ----- From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Mary Roberts > I'm going to pass on what little I found but I think you will have to > pursue this on the Texas Lookup List. I haven't run across any Alabama > connection except for that Mary R. Spillers in Brown Co, TX I sent > earlier. > 1) Barney Goble is in the same county as Lucy Hill Jones in 1920. He is > married with children. He is still married to the same wife in 1930 and > has moved to Reagan Co, TX. If Lucy married him it would almost have to be > after her marriage to Harper Spillers. > > 2) Found a Harper Spillers in Freestone Co, TX in 1900 > 1900 Freestone Co, TX, JP 6, ED 39 > Fannie Spillers 36 widow TX TN LA farmer, 4 kids, 4 living > Vera 16 TX TX TX at schol > Harper 14 TX TX TX farm laborer > Davis 13 TX TX TX farm laborer > Henry 12 TX TX TX farm laborer > > 3) I suspect there is some connection between this family and William > Harper Spillers (b.abt 1808 KY) who is in Freestone Co during 1860-1880. > There also are a couple of messages at rootsweb.com relating to his > children's names. > > 4) Found this birth record. Francis Louise Spillers born 8/3/1933 in Palo > Pinto Co, TX. Father is William Harper Spillers. Mother is Lucy Francis > Hill. > > 5) Can not find Lucy in 1930 by any of the last names you have mentioned. > > > > David Gilliam wrote: > >> I apologize to you....I have to correct myself again. The correct name >> of >> my step grandfather is William HARPER Spillers. [I have called him >> Harvey >> which is incorrect] >> >> Lucy was married to Lola Dean Jones, June 23, 1913, they had one son >> Everett >> Jones, born May 28, 1916. Lucy was married to Harvey Anderson Rice about >> 1920? they had one son Harry Leo Rice born March 17, 1923 in Altus, OK. >> Lucy was married to William HARPER Spillers about 1931?, they had one >> daughter Francis Louise Spillers. These were Lucy Hill's only children. >> It >> was believed that she also was married to Barney McCoy Goble about 1926? >> It >> could have been after she was married to Spillers, but all my life she >> went >> by Spillers. >> >> William HARPER Spillers was born July 22, 1886 in Navaro Co., TX. He >> died >> January 21, 1938, Erath Co., TX >> His father was William Henry Spillers, birthplace Navaro Co., TX >> His mother was Mary Roberts, birthplace Navaro Co., TX. >> [I am quoting from William Harper's death certificate] >> >> I may have confused myself as well as everyone else with so many Henry's, >> Harper's, and Harvey's. >> >> Thank you for your assistance...I hope my correction will help. I also >> know >> that William Harper Spillers was a ferrier in the US Calvery in WWI. >> >> Jean >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> >> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Mary Roberts >> >> > Jean, >> > I ran across another possibility. Or maybe it's the same one? >> > There is a Harvey Spillers who lived in Robertson Co, TX in 1920 and >> > 1930. >> > Married to Lena M. but it appears they had no children. He is the son >> > of >> > Henry L. Spillers who is in Brazos Co, TX in 1880 and 1900 and is in >> > Tuscaloosa Co, AL in 1860 and 1870. The 1880 censustaker has confused >> > the >> > issue as to who are Henry's wives. In 1860 and 1870, he is married to >> > Manora or Mayrina. In 1880, I think he is a widower. In 1900 he is >> > married >> > to Lou E. >> > >> > Henry had a son William H. Spillers b abt 1851 AL who would be a >> > brother >> > to the Harvey I mentioned earlier. In 1880, I believe William H. is >> > married to an Allise. I can't be for sure whether this is his wife or >> > Henry's but I think it's his. >> > I was never able to find this William H. after 1880 and it's entirely >> > possible that he also had a son named William Harvey Spillers in the >> > 1880's. I just can't find any such person. >> > >> > There are a number of Mary's in Brazos Co, TX born abt 1838 in AL. but >> > none are Roberts. If Roberts was her maiden name and she's in her 40's >> > in >> > 1880 then she's probably been married before and has another last name. >> > >> > I think you mentioned Lucy Hill Jones Rice Spillers before but not in >> > connection with this lookup. Are you saying that she was the wife of >> > William Harvey Spillers? Which one of her husbands would she have been >> > married to in 1930? I think you said that William Harvey Spillers died >> > in >> > 1938? >> > >> > David Gilliam wrote: >> > >> >> Although I should be more familiar with my Texas counties than I am, >> >> Navaro >> >> County is not very far from Brown County. My grandmother Lucy Hill >> >> Jones >> >> Rice Spillers spent quite a bit of time around Brown County. Her >> >> grandmother lived there and also many other relatives. It would be >> >> quite >> >> possible that she could have met William Harvey in Brown Co., TX >> >> >> >> My grandmother never talked much about her last husband. I never knew >> >> when >> >> they married. I assumed it was in or around Mingus, TX[Palo Pinto >> >> Co.,] >> >> or >> >> Erath Co., but then again it could have been Brown Co., I know that >> >> she >> >> married my grandfather Lola Dean Jones in Brown Co.,. >> >> >> >> I do hope that William Harvey Spillers family[any brothers or sisters] >> >> can >> >> be located in some way. I appreciate what the rootsweb lookup >> >> volunteers >> >> do. >> >> >> >> I am not sure about another generation between...I am just going by >> >> the >> >> names on William Harvey's death certificate. Before 2000, when I >> >> obtained >> >> his death certificate, I had nothing more than a name from his >> >> daughter. >> >> She passed away 6 months ago from alzheimers, and he died when she >> >> was >> >> about 4 or 5. >> >> >> >> I will take a look at the names of the two married daughters and maybe >> >> they >> >> are a connection. I have been lucky with other mysteries so will give >> >> this >> >> a try as well. Thanks.....and I never give up! >> >> >> >> Keep me posted if you find any more clues. >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Jean >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> >> >> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> >> >> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:30 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Mary Roberts >> >> >> >> > Not having much luck on any of yours.:o( >> >> > Here's something. See if you recognize any of the names. >> >> > In Brown Co TX, in 1910 is a Mary R. Spillers born abt 1832 AL. She >> >> > is >> >> > living with two married daughters. One is Mary E. Beddingfield. The >> >> > other >> >> > is Lalla Westmoreland. I was able to track Lalla back to Lauderdale >> >> > Co, >> >> > AL >> >> > in 1870 and 1880. She is consistently shown as born TX (except for >> >> > the >> >> > 1910). She was married to John Westmoreland in 1869 but her maiden >> >> > name >> >> > apparently was Jenkins. I don't see Mary and James Beddingfield in >> >> > 1870 >> >> > and 1880 but there are several by that surname in Lauderdale. James >> >> > was >> >> > born in Texas but their children were born in AL. >> >> > >> >> > Mary Roberts would have been about 48 in 1886 when William Harvey >> >> > Spillers >> >> > was born. Are you certain that there isn't another generation >> >> > between >> >> > Mary >> >> > and William? >> >> > >> >> > David Gilliam wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Was wondering if any records exist on a Mary Roberts born abt 1838 >> >> >> in >> >> >> Alabama. She was married to a William Henry Spillers birth date >> >> >> unknown. >> >> >> They had one known son William Harvey Spillers b. 22 July 1886 in >> >> >> Navarro >> >> >> Co., TX and he died 21 January 1938 in TX. >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >> >> >> To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to >> >> >> XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace >> >> >> it >> >> >> with your state abbreviation ) >> >> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> >> >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and >> >> >> the >> >> >> areas they lived. 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