Hello everyone: I am looking for the families of A.C. (Alfred Clayton) Davis b 1904 and his wife Lillian________. I also am looking for his g-father James Clayton Davis b 1853 and d 1950. Thanks Glitz

Hi I am searching these names in Coleman Co., TX BARNETT FULLER MCDAVID HALL PHILLIPS JAYNOE MATTHEWS GEFF PROCTOR HAMPTON Please contact me if we have a common surname. Thanks! Jason Coffman Scottsdale, AZ

Looking for information on the James Edward Davis family that lived in Coleman Co. Tx in 1906+ they had at least one son named Alfred Clayton (AC) Davis born 1904 in Bell Co. before they moved to Coleman where the rest of the children were born. Any all help appreciated in finding the family of this gentlman. James Edward Davis died in NM in 1965. Thank you Glitz davises@airmail.net

Ralph - I am searching for GOOCH and JOLLY,. Both families lived in Coleman County and San Saba county ca 1880-1900. So far I have not found any other information. ggf Nathan Gooch b 1844 in Mississippi, m. Caroline Humphries, b 1845 in GA. Children. Benjamin Franklin Gooch b 1872 in Kaufman TX. d 26 May 1941 in Albuquerque, NM. m. Virginia Lumkin Jolly 13 Apr 13 1896 in Brownwood Tx. William, b 1868 John b 1870 Nettie b 1875 Charlie b 1877 George. Dates are from family notes, not verified. I have copy of Ben/Virginia marriage cert. Any info on either?

Hi Diane, Well I think you may be right about the Steward connection. And we may be related by marriage. I have a cousin Noble Smith in Austin TX who is the son of Roy Smith and Amanda "Meade" Steward. But he wasn't sure if he had remember right. He had no idea what his grandparents, on the Steward side, names were and his house had burned in 1992 losing all his mother's carefully boxed memories and papers. He did however give me some photos that he found. Hope to get these on the Coleman Co site soon so the mystery people can be identified. And as you will have seen Fred Patton has some Johnson's in his family. I will contact both my mother and my (our) cousin Noble and see what they can remember. Dawn

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DE28DE59DCD80C0602A76208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Every little bit helps, as you will see on these two posts!!! Enjoy all! --------------DE28DE59DCD80C0602A76208 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: CDSDMS@postoffice.worldnet.att.net Received: from mtiwmhc03.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc03.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.38]) by haleakala.aloha.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA26526 for <catbird@aloha.net>; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 03:06:33 -1000 (HST) Received: from default ([12.77.162.18]) by mtiwmhc03.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.03 118 118 102) with SMTP id <19981031130602.NSCR3160@default> for <catbird@aloha.net>; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:06:02 +0000 Message-ID: <363B325B.2138@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:52:59 -0800 From: "Charles D. and Diane M. Secord" <CDSDMS@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: CDSDMS@postoffice.worldnet.att.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-WorldNet (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: catbird@aloha.net Subject: RE: Our Coleman Roots Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hello Dawn, I am VERY new to genealogy research and don't have any stories to share about my Coleman family, but in reading yours, bells rang. My mother and her siblings were born in Rockwood. There parents were Roy and Emma Steward Johnson. I know from family stories that the Steward's settled there when my grandmother was about three years of age (1885). I don't have alot of resources for family stories as my grandparents and all their children are deceased. My mother's name was Bobbie Johnson, and I was wondering if any of your family might remember her and if they had any stories of knowing her or the Steward family. I feel sure that the farm that your "Clem" lived at when he died must have been part of my Steward family. Would appreciate any stories they know. I really enjoyed reading your mother's and grandmother's memories. That is what I want to do with my family story: personalize it with their stories (even if some of them will be second or third hand). I didn't send this thru the Coleman page as I didn't feel that I have alot of info. Thanks again, I think your idea to share stories/research is really good. Diane Secord, Haines City FL --------------DE28DE59DCD80C0602A76208--

Hi, You'all: Saw Dawn's request for each of us to give a little run-down on our 'roots' - I am researching WALLACE, JOHNSON, PATTON & NICHOLAS Families. My one request to this Site garnered me more than I could have expected -Dawn, you are more than ONE little site deserves!And BrotherTerry is a True Find! Anyway, I can't add much to the WALLACE line in earlier times, but can bring it forward on one small leg. My Mother, Thelma Modell JOHNSON, b. 18 Apr 1897, d. 19 Sep 1987, was the middle daughter of Margaret Ellen WALLACE, of the M. M. WALLACE Family. Mom died in Jacksboro, Tx. I have one sibling, Lurlene Patton CRAVER, born 27 Nov 1920, now living in Pinehurst, NC. Lurlene has two boys, David Ray, b. 1950 & John Austin, b 1952. I have 3 issues, Lee Anne Patton RUSSELL, b. 7 Aug 1957, who has 2 girls, Erin Patton, b. 10 Oct 1988, & Shannon Griffith, b. 8 Jan 1990. I have 2 sons, Michael Carl, b. 10 Jun 1959 & John Martin, b. 10 Jun 1959 (Yes! Twins)borned in Berlin, Germany. Guess I better get in there: Frederick Carl PATTON, b. 30 Jun 1925. We have brought the WALLACE line back to NC - think they left Mecklenberg County in early 1800's - hope to be more positive soon. I am new started in this search, so bear with me - I'll learn as I go (I hope). I have the JOHNSON Clan from Illinois to Texas (wagon train 1874), settling in Wise County, Tx. The NICOLAS & PATTON Clans both came from Mississippi to Texas, but have little info on them prior to their arrival in Jack County, Tx. Am willing to share with those seeking info on these folks, plus, would welcome any imput you might have for me. Your "Coleman County & Its People", edited by Ralph Terry, probably has more on the WALLACE Clan than I have - am awaiting a chance to see it. Enough monopolizing for now! Am very glad to be a contributing part of the Site! Pat....:>)) Good hunting to all!! <fpatton@ibm.net>

Hi all, I would like to ask all of you who would like to, to share with us a bit of your roots in Coleman Co. Since I am asking I guess I get to go first. As near as we can tell our SMITH family moved to Coleman County in the late 1890's. Clem and Dessie (nee Murrell) Smith met in Kerens, Navarro County, Texas at the monthly gathering called "Trade Day". They married shortly after Clem's mother died in Upshur Co., TX near Gilmer. The couple then moved by wagon train from Upshur Co. to Coleman County. Their twin sons Clem and Jim died at age 9 months while on this journey. Of 7 children they only had 2 daughters who lived to adulthood, Roxie Mae b. 20 Oct 1900 (exact location unk) and Anna Ruth, my grandmother, b. 21 Sep 1907 in Whon, Coleman Co. Texas. Clem was a farmer by trade and when he wasn't working his own he worked as a tenant farmer, moving from place to place getting the farm going while Dessie fixed up the houses and then they'd move on again. Clem died of dropsy in 1930 in Coleman Co. while living on the Steward/Stewart place. He was about 68. Dessie and Roxie went to live with Ruth and her family. Ruth had met and married Lance "Slim" Wristen in 1922 while living in Rockwood. In Aug of 1923, their first child, my mother, Ouida Dale was born. They went on to have 5 children; Billie Norma b. 1926 Cross Plains, Bettie Jeannee' b. 1928 Rockwood,, Tommie Adrain b. 1937 McCamey, Jimmy Lance b. 1944 Houston. The family moved all over the county from town to town and house to house. Some of my mothers memories are: "In school we learned that the town of Santa Anna was supposed to have been named Santana after and Indian Chief and some how it got mixed up and they named it Santa Anna and everyone thought it was supposed to be named after the Mexican General." "We lived in a green house in Coleman on 5th street a couple of blocks from the West Ward School, you could see the house from the school yard. Aunt Pat (nee Wristen) Duke lived on 5th too, not far from us." " The unique thing about Coleman was that they had a brick plant and so a lot of the houses were brick there whereas in other towns they were wood. When I was in the 4th grade we lived in a brick house on "Brick Plant Hill". Some of my grandmothers memories were: "We used to go camping a lot, me and your pap paw and his sister Pat and her husband Roy Duke and we took the babies with us, your mama Dale and Pat girl Carmensita, just a few months old both of them. We'd go down on the Colorado River fishing and take the cotton mattresses off the beds for sleeping. One time it was cold so we had the men build a fire to warm the rock before we put the mattress down, to keep the babies warm, but we let it get too hot and even though we scrapped the fire away the rock was so hot it caught the mattress on fire. Scared us girls pretty bad. We thought we had killed our babies. But, once we got it all put out and the girls were okay we all had a good laugh. Of course the men blamed us for that one. But the very first time we took your mama down there she was just a few months old and her daddy had her up under his arm like a feed sack and walked off in the river talking to Roy and I was on the bank screaming at him, 'Dale's underwater!!!! Pick her up!!!!' He did and she just spit water and gave him a dirty look. We were so young." I hope you all will enjoy this and share with us, maybe that we will find little facts in our stories that will help us find those missing links. Dawn

As of about a year ago Camille Wallace was still living in Ft. Worth but in bad health. Son Wayne divides his time between staying with her and taking care of his place North of Santa Anna. Juanita Ralph Terry wrote: > > Fred ... > > I saw your query about the Milton Monroe Wallace family. What type of > documentation do you need? This family has been well researched and > published. "M. M. and Tabitha came to Santa Anna, Coleman County, from > Wise County, Texas in 1895 and bought land including part of the East > Mountain and extending southward. With them came their children (all > married) and their families. M. M. and Tabitha built their home, a big > rambling place with a "smoke house" and a cellar. All the children > built their homes nearby. M. M. was born April 22, 1833 in Birmingham, > Alabama and died January 13, 1914 in Santa Anna and married Tabitha > Blanton, born February 15, 1835 in Whiteright, Texas, died May 12, 1923 > in Santa Anna. He married in 1851. They lived the rest of their lives > in the home they built when they first arrived. He farmed and > ranched." (Coleman County and Its People, 1985, page 1191.) > > This is from a lengthy article, "The M. M. Wallace Family," in "Coleman > County and Its People" published in 1985 by the Coleman County > Historical Commission, of which I was the main editor and chairman of > the Commission at the time. The rest of the article gives the the basic > genealogy of the family, including, " ... (3) Ella married Ike Johnson. > Children: ... (3c) Thelma married Finis Patton. Ella died young, but > her three daughters lived in Santa Anna for years then moved to > Northeast Texas. ... " This article was written by Reta Wallace Ing, > 1106 Morris Street, Brownwood, Texas 76801, but she is probably now > deceased, was she was born in 1898. Her had one daughter, Reta Jane, > born in 1942, married Dan Holmgren in Brownwood in 1970 and had two > children: Charles M. and Gordon Edward Holmgren. They do not appear to > live in the Brownwood area at this time, as I find no telephone > listing. An internet telephone search should turn up some of these > names. > > Another descendant-in-law and researcher of this family was Camille S. > Wallace, who lived in Fort Worth, but I think she is also now deceased, > as is her husband. However, they had a son, Karl E. Wallace, Jr., who > was a veterinarian and owned several clinics in Houston, Texas. The > article is too lengthly to retype, but I would be glad to send you a > hard copy via snail mail (please send address). > > M. M., Tabitha and Ella (Mrs. I. M. Johnson) are all buried and have > marked graves at the Santa Anna Cemetery (Platt I, block 25, which is > just across the road, southeast of the office/tool buildings near the > center of the cemetery), and appear to be the only ones of this family > who are buried here. > > As far as death certificates from the Coleman County Clerk, the 1914 and > 1923 are possibilites, but the 1903 would probably not be available. > Beware that Coleman County Clerks have never been very helpful toward > genealogists. I can look for obituaries after 1908, as I own the > Coleman newspaper collection from that time, and possibly they were > reported in it, as it was a county newspaper. I have to charge $3.00 > per page for these copies as they are so old and require very careful > handling. These newspapers are also on microfilm at our local library, > but the library does not have a microfilm printer. > > I have copies of the old Hosch Funeral Home records, who handled most of > the funerals in the Santa Anna area, but they did not start until 1928 > but go until 1972. > > Let me know if I can be of further help. > > Ralph Terry > P. O. Box 958 > Coleman, Texas 76834 > > ==== TXCOLEMA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Coleman County email list, send the message "unsubscribe" without the quotes to TXCOLEMA-L@rootsweb.com. > To unsubscribe from the Digest version of the Coleman County email list, send the message "unsubscribe" without the quotes to TXCOLEMA-D@rootsweb.com.

Fred ... I saw your query about the Milton Monroe Wallace family. What type of documentation do you need? This family has been well researched and published. "M. M. and Tabitha came to Santa Anna, Coleman County, from Wise County, Texas in 1895 and bought land including part of the East Mountain and extending southward. With them came their children (all married) and their families. M. M. and Tabitha built their home, a big rambling place with a "smoke house" and a cellar. All the children built their homes nearby. M. M. was born April 22, 1833 in Birmingham, Alabama and died January 13, 1914 in Santa Anna and married Tabitha Blanton, born February 15, 1835 in Whiteright, Texas, died May 12, 1923 in Santa Anna. He married in 1851. They lived the rest of their lives in the home they built when they first arrived. He farmed and ranched." (Coleman County and Its People, 1985, page 1191.) This is from a lengthy article, "The M. M. Wallace Family," in "Coleman County and Its People" published in 1985 by the Coleman County Historical Commission, of which I was the main editor and chairman of the Commission at the time. The rest of the article gives the the basic genealogy of the family, including, " ... (3) Ella married Ike Johnson. Children: ... (3c) Thelma married Finis Patton. Ella died young, but her three daughters lived in Santa Anna for years then moved to Northeast Texas. ... " This article was written by Reta Wallace Ing, 1106 Morris Street, Brownwood, Texas 76801, but she is probably now deceased, was she was born in 1898. Her had one daughter, Reta Jane, born in 1942, married Dan Holmgren in Brownwood in 1970 and had two children: Charles M. and Gordon Edward Holmgren. They do not appear to live in the Brownwood area at this time, as I find no telephone listing. An internet telephone search should turn up some of these names. Another descendant-in-law and researcher of this family was Camille S. Wallace, who lived in Fort Worth, but I think she is also now deceased, as is her husband. However, they had a son, Karl E. Wallace, Jr., who was a veterinarian and owned several clinics in Houston, Texas. The article is too lengthly to retype, but I would be glad to send you a hard copy via snail mail (please send address). M. M., Tabitha and Ella (Mrs. I. M. Johnson) are all buried and have marked graves at the Santa Anna Cemetery (Platt I, block 25, which is just across the road, southeast of the office/tool buildings near the center of the cemetery), and appear to be the only ones of this family who are buried here. As far as death certificates from the Coleman County Clerk, the 1914 and 1923 are possibilites, but the 1903 would probably not be available. Beware that Coleman County Clerks have never been very helpful toward genealogists. I can look for obituaries after 1908, as I own the Coleman newspaper collection from that time, and possibly they were reported in it, as it was a county newspaper. I have to charge $3.00 per page for these copies as they are so old and require very careful handling. These newspapers are also on microfilm at our local library, but the library does not have a microfilm printer. I have copies of the old Hosch Funeral Home records, who handled most of the funerals in the Santa Anna area, but they did not start until 1928 but go until 1972. Let me know if I can be of further help. Ralph Terry P. O. Box 958 Coleman, Texas 76834

Hi Fred, Thanks ! Do You have any information prior to Coleman Co.? You could write to County Clerk Coleman County Courthouse Coleman, TX 76834 PH: 915-625-2889 for their death certificates. That usually has some helpful info, such as parents names and date and place of birth and the name of the person who gave the information. Seems there are a few of these folks here. Have had the same situation with my ancestors and their name is Smith of all things.(See posting on Automated Query board). As an aside: my father grew up in Penland, North Carolina at the Appalachain(never could spell that word) School. Dawn Nissen

We are glad to have Dawn - looking forward to lots of good information,both ways. I am in NC, searching for news of WALLACE, Milton Monroe,d.13 Jan 1914, Santa Anna, Tx, WALLACE, Tabitha Ann (Blanton), d.12 May 1923, Santa Anna, Tx and WALLACE, Margaret Ellen, d. 3 Aug 1903, Santa Anna, Tx, wife of Isaac Martin JOHNSON, who may, or may not, have lived there in 1900 or so. These are g-grandparents & g-parents of mine. Need any info/documentation I can get - or how to obtain same from sources in that area. I'm new at this, but trying hard! I'm retired military (Army) in N.C. - if I can help anyone in this area, please contact me e-mail. Nothing like helping Dawn fill her day! Thanks, folks, and good hunting to all. Patton :>))

Hello, I would like to introduce myself, Dawn Nissen , the new cc for Coleman Co. I am working on the web pages and have added a few things already. Please stop by and take a gander and let me know what you think and any suggestions or new info to add you may have. I am new at this, but getting quicker everyday! Hope to hear from you soon!! Thanks Dawn

John P Wood was born 06 Mar 1870 in Liberty Hill, Williamson Co. TX. He married Nancy McAnally 06 Aug 1893 in Williamson Co. TX. He died 05 Sep 1941 in Santa Anna. He lived for years in Coleman. His children included: 1)Viola b. ? (who married Lesol Herrell and Henry Gafford) 2)Jessie b. ? 3)Valerie b. Sep 1894 4)Ruby Gayle, b. 21 Sep 1895, who married Archie Garrison and Harvey Rogers Grayson 5)Fay, b. Dec 1896 6) Winifred, b. Oct 1898, who married Cecil McDaniel 7) Linn, b. 08 Sep 1900 8) Robert Maiden, b. 15 Feb 1902, who married L Virginia Hubbard 9) Maude, b. 1904 10) Robert? b. 1908 Is there anyone out there who can connect with this Coleman Co. family? Ron Campbell

>Alledgely W P CRABB born cir 1824/5 Tn, possibly son of a Walter CRABB??? >md Martha JOHNSON born 1827 d 1884 and had children: >Willis James b 1851/3 Tn d cir 1920 Yell Co. Ar md/1 1872 in Prentiss Co. MS Martha J. GENTRY but living Hardin Co. Tn 1880; md/2 Mary Frances "Fanny" BALLARD RITTER 1883 in Yell Co. Ar; > >Taylor CRABB born , died ???? What happened to him?? > >James/John Anderson born Oct 26 1862 Tn d 03 15 1937 Coleman Co. Tx and had children Jimmy, Joe, Bessie, Beatrice & Murtle. Anderson CRABB lived in Oklahoma at one time. > >Jimmy Crabb born, died?? > >Joe Crabb b&d?? had children Richard and Jo Ann. >Rosie Crabb > >Annie Crabb > >Betty Crabb > >Becky Crabb > >Possibly Henry Livingston CRABB born 1881 Prentiss Co. Ms died 1963 NM was a bro or half bro to above children??? >Can any one help?? > >Know for a fact that W P CRABB from Tn and Martha Johnson from Ar were parents of Anderson CRABB born 1862 Tn died 1937 Tx. >Thnx. Mary at ellen@airmail.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/d/Mary-E-Ledford/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/d/Mary-E-Ledford/

>Alledgely W P CRABB born cir 1824/5 Tn, possibly son of a Walter CRABB??? >md Martha JOHNSON born 1827 d 1884 and had children: >Willis James b 1851/3 Tn d cir 1920 Yell Co. Ar md/1 1872 in Prentiss Co. MS Martha J. GENTRY but living Hardin Co. Tn 1880; md/2 Mary Frances "Fanny" BALLARD RITTER 1883 in Yell Co. Ar; > >Taylor CRABB born , died ???? What happened to him?? > >James/John Anderson born Oct 26 1862 Tn d 03 15 1937 Coleman Co. Tx and had children Jimmy, Joe, Bessie, Beatrice & Murtle. Anderson CRABB lived in Oklahoma at one time. > >Jimmy Crabb born, died?? > >Joe Crabb b&d?? had children Richard and Jo Ann. >Rosie Crabb > >Annie Crabb > >Betty Crabb > >Becky Crabb > >Possibly Henry Livingston CRABB born 1881 Prentiss Co. Ms died 1963 NM was a bro or half bro to above children??? >Can any one help?? > >Know for a fact that W P CRABB from Tn and Martha Johnson from Ar were parents of Anderson CRABB born 1862 Tn died 1937 Tx. >Thnx. Mary at ellen@airmail.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/d/Mary-E-Ledford/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/d/Mary-E-Ledford/

>Alledgely W P CRABB born cir 1824/5 Tn, possibly son of a Walter CRABB??? >md Martha JOHNSON born 1827 d 1884 and had children: >Willis James b 1851/3 Tn d cir 1920 Yell Co. Ar md/1 1872 in Prentiss Co. MS Martha J. GENTRY but living Hardin Co. Tn 1880; md/2 Mary Frances "Fanny" BALLARD RITTER 1883 in Yell Co. Ar; > >Taylor CRABB born , died ???? What happened to him?? > >James/John Anderson born Oct 26 1862 Tn d 03 15 1937 Coleman Co. Tx and had children Jimmy, Joe, Bessie, Beatrice & Murtle. Anderson CRABB lived in Oklahoma at one time. > >Jimmy Crabb born, died?? > >Joe Crabb b&d?? had children Richard and Jo Ann. >Rosie Crabb > >Annie Crabb > >Betty Crabb > >Becky Crabb > >Possibly Henry Livingston CRABB born 1881 Prentiss Co. Ms died 1963 NM was a bro or half bro to above children??? >Can any one help?? > >Know for a fact that W P CRABB from Tn and Martha Johnson from Ar were parents of Anderson CRABB born 1862 Tn died 1937 Tx. >Thnx. Mary at ellen@airmail.net CAN ANYONE HELP??

Who can help with families of Ida CRABB who married James T. SANDERS who was Chief of Police in Taylor County, Tx around 1900?? Believe they lived in Coleman Co. Tx at one time. Who were her parents/siblings?? Thnx. much.Mary

am looking for connection to Givens to Broughton,who lived in Brown or Coleman counties Have number of pictures to identify// with only "Givens" on the back of the picture. Were made in the early 1900's or before. Peggy McCleskey Broughton peggyj@our-town.com

Seeking information on Josephus Anderson. He was born in Alabama in 1862 and moved to Coleman County Texas. He was married to Ann Louise "Louisa" Pinder and they had the following children (probably more): Josephus Marion, Herbert G., Eugene, Eva, & Helen. They also lived with Josephus's aunt Virginia Hall and had a black servant named, Edd Friend. Any help would be appreciated.