I went to the Masonic Cemetery in Chappell Hill, TX, Washington County, (Grimes County was once a part of this county) "because I had seen a Gressett there who was married to a Travis, I thought. I have copied the information: "In memory of Susan I. Gressett, daughter of William B. Travis, died Sept. 19, 1870, aged 36 years, erected by son-in-law Thomas G. Davidson." At the ground level was this marker from the DRT: "In memory of Susan I. Gressett daughter of William B. Travis Sponsor William B. Travis Chapter of the D. R. T. " (Daughters of the Republic of Texas). (Check the HANDBOOK OF TEXAS to learn more about William B. Travis). Another grave nearby must have been her son: "W. B. Gressett Died July 24, 1858, Age 12 years, 2 months, 24 days" There was a great deal of space around these graves, and it is known that many graves were not recorded and had no lasting marker. Over in Grimes County, Esther Gressett had married a Turner, and their daughter, my grandmother, Ella Esther Turner, md. Selser Howard Perry. This is Selser's grandmother, whose second marriage was to to Dr. Ducalion A. Perry: "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Eunice E. Sherman Oct. 27, 1879 In the 64th year of her age" Following that, in script at the bottom of the gravestone: "A home in yon bright sphere Who would not leave this world of pain to find a Saviour near" Next to her is the stone for her 3rd husband, who was the postmaster of Chappell Hill, Texas: "Sacred to the Memory of William B. Sherman Who departed this life January 3 AD 1871" This means that Eunice Elizabeth Gardner from Salem, Mass., was a widow 3 times in Texas: 1. Widow of Little (which one?) who was one of Austin's "First 300" 2. Widow of Dr. Ducalion Alredge Perry, murdered when she was expecting his child, Gardner D. Perry (Ducalion was too young to get title to his land, and is supposed to have been in Washington County when he was 19 or 20 years old, having been born in Wake Co., NC in 1799.) 3. Widow of the Sherman above Does anyone know why the women who were "first settlers" do not all have D.R.T. markers on their graves? Does anyone have more information about these Texas pioneers? Lois Perry Richardson ----- Original Message ----- From: Martha Veselka <martyc@calpha.com> To: <LandFRichardson@email.msn.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 8:05 AM Subject: Fwd: Re: [PERRY-L] Ransom Perry, Leon Co. TX Re: Grissetts of Grimes Co. > Going into my email archives I found some info you sent me quite some time > ago. Do you know Leatha Betts? She has found extensive info on our Strouds > of SC but very little info on the Jesse who wed old Wm. Stroud's granddau. > Parthena. > > We do not know where Jesse was born nor do we know who his parents were > but, the following really interested me. I have been doing research on the > Grissetts of Grimes Co. Do you know more about this family? My mom was a > Grissett/Gressett of Leon Co. and her Grandfa. Alfred Gressett moved to > Grimes Co. after her grandmo.[Alfred's wife] Martha Perry Gressett dcd. in > early 1860s. > Martha > > You wrote Re:> ELLA ESTHER TURNER January 15, > >1896 in Grimes County, Texas, daughter of TURNER and GRISSETT. > > > You wrote Re:>I am Lois Perry Richardson, great - great - granddaughter of > Dr. Ducalion > >Aldredge Perry, who probably landed in Washington County, TX about 1819 > .................................. > >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 08:19:17 -0500 > >To: "Frank and Lois Richardson" <LandFRichardson@email.msn.com> > >From: Martha Veselka <martyc@calpha.com> > >Subject: Re: [PERRY-L] Ransom Perry, Leon Co. TX > > > >Re: Good morning Lois. Yes it would seem that we are of the same family > however I really don't know about Tenn or Indiana. Ransom was a bro. to my > Martha Perry another child of Parthenia and Jesse. We know that Martha > [mine] Nancy, Lavinia and Ransom was born in LA. > > > >Your name looks familiar, have we corresponded before? > > > >Would you tell me how you are related to Ransom? I have been looking for > him but, we assumed he stayed in TX. Parthena's dad was Ransom Stroud but, > we don't know who Jesse's folks were. Martha > > > >At 01:47 AM 09/23/1999 -0700, you wrote: > >>We have a Ransom whose mother was Bartheny (sometimes spelled Parthenia) > >>Perry. Possibly we are in the same family. > >> > >>Could you tell me more of the line? > >> > >>My Ransom was from Tennessee; went to Indiana to settle. > >> > >>Who was the father of Jesse? > >> > >>Lois Richardson > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Martha Veselka <martyc@calpha.com> > >>To: <PERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:39 AM > >>Subject: [PERRY-L] Ransom Perry, Leon Co. TX > >> > >> > >>> Good morning. I am researching Ransom Perry c approx 1830 LA. After his > >>> fa. Jesse Perry died this Perry family came to TX. His mom was Parthenia > >>> Stroud Perry. She rewed an Estell and dcd. in Leon Co. TX. Found Ransom > >>> living with Mom and maybe two bros. Hardy and Bird Estell. Found on > >>> 1850/1860 Leon Co. census. > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== PERRY Mailing List ==== > >>> to unsubscribe from this list send a message to > >>> perry-l-request@rootsweb.com > >>> with unsubscribe in the subject line > >>> and unsubscribe in the body of the message > >>> and nothing else. > >>> spell unsubscribe correctly > >>> All messages going to the request address is handled by a robot that reads > >>only what it has been programmed to understand. > >>> > >> > > >