This message was not posted to the list because it was written in HTML. I have edited out the HTML, and forwarded it on. Please respond to the list, or directly to -- <mailto:ruffles@pnx.com>. Valorie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Mathew Calhoun- Macon, GA/Susan Noel Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:44:49 -0700 From: CALHOUN-L-request@rootsweb.com To: ruffles@pnx.com >From CALHOUN-L-request@rootsweb.com > Okay, I'm grasping at straws here, but I'm at a stone wall and really = > need some help. My g-g- grandfather was Mathew CALHOUN FRANKLIN. Story = > goes that he changed his last name from CALHOUN to FRANKLIN and fled to = > avoid being prosecuted for murder. Below is the info that I have on him, = > keeping in mind that if he did not legally change his name the surname = > would actually be Calhoun. If anyone can shed any light on this I would = > certainly appreciate your help!! > Thanks, > Martha > Descendants of Mathew Calhoun Franklin > Generation No. 1 > 1. MATHEW CALHOUN1 FRANKLIN was born March 01, 1831 in Macon, Georgia, = > and died March 11, 1900. He married SUSAN FRANCIS NOEL December 29, 1859 = > in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, daughter of JAMES NOEL = > and SARAH JOHNSON. She was born August 10, 1841 in Jackson, Missouri or = > Virginia, and died 1926 in Texas. > Notes for MATHEW CALHOUN FRANKLIN: > Born: March 3 1836, per Pam Kelley Johnson's records. (Which one is = > correct?) > There is a story that Mathew Calhoun was a POW in the civil war and = > killed 2 yankees to escape and he killed another man at an election = > place. He changed his name to Mathew Calhoun Franklin and fled with his = > family to a state up North; From the book, "Wimberley, Historic Belle of = > the Blanco" by Dorothy Wimberly Kerbow. Per Pam Kelley Johnson's = > research, the dates that Ms. Kerbow's states about when and where Mathew = > and his family were, do not match with census records. (My Dad says = > Mathew left his family behind and remarried when he got to Texas, he = > says Mathew's family found him and moved into a house that used to be = > next to my grandmother's house) > Listed in census of 1860, San Augustine Couty, Texas, p. 347 San = > Augustine District / 30yoa, living with wife's family / M.C. Franklin. > Listed in census of 1870, Bell County, Texas, p. 053 Belton Beat / 44 = > yoa / M.C. Franklin. > ?? Listed in census of 1880, Shelby County, Texas, p. 053 Ed 89 / 41 yoa = > / M.E. Franklin. ?? > Occupation: Farmer > Notes for SUSAN FRANCIS NOEL: > Listed in 1850 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 6 yoa. > Listed in 1860 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 19 yoa. > Listed in 1870 census, Bell County, Texas / 29 yoa. > Listed in 1880 census, Shelby County, Texas / 41 yoa. > Listed in 1900 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 58 yoa. > Listed in 1910 census, San augustine County, Texas / 69 yoa. > Listed in 1920 census, Shelby County, Texas / 79 yoa. > Children of MATHEW FRANKLIN and SUSAN NOEL are: > 2. i. MARY ELIZABETH2 FRANKLIN, b. October 30, 1861, San Augustine, San = > Augustine County, Texas; d. June 26, 1901, Wimberly, Hays County, Texas. > ii. FANNIE FRANCES FRANKLIN, b. July 11, 1868, Texas. > iii. SARAH ANN FRANKLIN, b. October 18, 1871, Texas; d. Georgia. > iv. JAMES FRANKLIN, b. Bet. 1872 - 1876; m. LOUISE ?. > 3. v. MARTHA EMMA FRANKLIN, b. October 02, 1877, Texas; d. December 06, = > 1960, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. > Generation No. 2 > 2. MARY ELIZABETH2 FRANKLIN (MATHEW CALHOUN1) was born October 30, 1861 = > in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, and died June 26, 1901 in = > Wimberly, Hays County, Texas. She married ZACHARY TAYLOR WIMBERLY = > January 13, 1876 in Wimberly, Hays County, Texas, son of PLEASANT = > WIMBERLY and AMANDA JACKSON.=20 > Children of MARY FRANKLIN and ZACHARY WIMBERLY are: > i. ALBERT ANDREW3 WIMBERLY, b. October 08, 1877, Wimberly, Hays County, = > Texas; d. 1976. > ii. NELLIE ANN WIMBERLY, b. July 02, 1880; d. 1981; m. SIDNEY PYLAND. > iii. CALVIN HICKMAN WIMBERLY, b. April 21, 1882; d. 1970; m. MABEL = > SAUNDERS. > iv. INFANT SON WIMBERLY, b. January 22, 1885; d. January 25, 1885. > v. SUSIE ELLA WIMBERLY, b. April 15, 1886; d. 1964; m. JOHN WILL PYLAND. > vi. CHARLES RUFUS WIMBERLY, b. November 26, 1888; d. 1969. > vii. AMANDA MINTA WIMBERLY, b. January 30, 1891; d. 1964. > viii. JAMES MARSHALL WIMBERLY, b. December 23, 1892; d. 1968; m. CARRIE = > ETHEL ROBERTS. > ix. VELMA VERNA WIMBERLY, b. January 24, 1895; d. 1964. > x. HOMER WAYNE WIMBERLY, b. October 15, 1896; d. 1944; m. ELLA SIMON. > xi. DAVID CROCKETT WIMBERLY, b. October 11, 1898. > 3. MARTHA EMMA2 FRANKLIN (MATHEW CALHOUN1) was born October 02, 1877 in = > Texas, and died December 06, 1960 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. She = > married JAMES LEE GRANT HENRY May 05, 1898, son of WILLIAM HENRY and = > JULIA MCBROOM. He was born January 21, 1877 in San Augustine County, = > Texas, and died November 21, 1952 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. > Notes for MARTHA EMMA FRANKLIN: > Listed in 1880 census, Shelby County, Texas/ 2 yoa. > Listed in 1900 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 23 yoa. > Listed in 1910 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 32 yoa. > Listed in 1920 census, Shelby County, Texas / 42 yoa. > Parents listed as Mathew Calhoun and Susan Noel on death Certificate. > Corinth Cemetery listed as burial place in San Augustine County = > Cemeteries 1836-1964. > More About MARTHA EMMA FRANKLIN: > Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorage > Interred: Corinth Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas > Occupation: Housewife > Notes for JAMES LEE GRANT HENRY: > Listed in 1880 census, Shelby County, Texas / 2 yoa. > Listed in 1900 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 23 yoa. > Listed in 1910 census, San Augustine County, Texas / 32 yoa. > Listed in 1920 census, Shelby County, Texas / 42 yoa. > Whiterock Cemetery listed as burial place in San Augustine County = > Cemeteries 1836-1964 book.=20 > Corinth Cemetery: There are 2 unmarked graves between Wille Henry and = > John Oscar Henry. Could they be James Lee Grant Henry and Martha Emma = > Franklin Henry? > More About JAMES LEE GRANT HENRY: > Cause of Death: Aplasia of bone tumor > Interred: Corinth Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas > Medical Information: Died at home 10:05 am > Occupation: Farmer > Children of MARTHA FRANKLIN and JAMES HENRY are: > 4. i. JAMES WILLIAM3 HENRY, b. February 11, 1899; d. December 25, 1989. > ii. JOHN OLIVER HENRY, b. January 26, 1900. > Notes for JOHN OLIVER HENRY: > There is a tombstone in Corinth Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas = > that reads: John Oscar Henry, b. Jan. 27, 1901, d. Feb. 14, 1972. (Could = > this be the same person?) > More About JOHN OLIVER HENRY: > Interred: Whiterock Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas > 5. iii. LAURIE CALHOUN HENRY, b. July 26, 1904; d. May 22, 1979, = > Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. > 6. iv. SUSIE LUCILLE HENRY, b. November 13, 1906, Whiterock Community, = > San Augustine County, Texas.; d. May 1998. > 7. v. MARTHA EMMA HENRY, b. September 08, 1908, Shelby County, Texas; d. = > January 04, 1997, Carthage, Panola County, Texas. > 8. vi. LEWIS MELVIN HENRY, b. August 13, 1912, Shelby County, Texas; d. = > December 02, Houston, Harris County, Texas.