Interested in any information on HAM-ROUSE families. McKinney and Farmersville are mentioned concerning these families. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 8:20 PM Subject: [TXCOLLIN-N] Matthews, Austin, Whitley, Calhoun, Gilliam, Ham, Rice, Beville > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Matthews, Stringfellow, Austin, Whitley, Calhoun, Gilliam, Ham, > Rice, Beville > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/4830 > > Message Board Post: > > > Surnames: Matthews, Stringfellow, Austin, Whitley, Calhoun, Gilliam, Ham, > Rice, Beville > > > Savannah was born June 6, 1867 in Jefferson County, Arkansas, the oldest > child of William and Ann Stewart Stringfellow. She was the oldest sister > of my gg grandmother Annie Stringfellow who was married to Linzy Martin > Johnson. By age two she was living in Drew County, Arkansas with her > parents and by 1880 she was living in Lincoln County, Arkansas. This part > of Lincoln County was broken off from Drew County so probably the family > had not moved. Her father was granted 40 acres of land in Lincoln County > adjacent to the land that is the Butler Cemetery and across the road from > the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. November 24, 1879, he sold the land to > James Crotts. At the time of the 1880 census, Savannah had brothers and > sisters as follows: William Henry age 10, Nina age 8, Annie (my gg > grandmother) age 6, Frank age 5 and Lillie age 4. > June 13, 1888, she married Thomas J. Matthews, who was 15 years older and > had just lost his wife of 9 years, Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead. She died > October 25, 1887 leaving him with three daughters, Lula, Lucy, and Mary > and one son Brooks. Savannah and Thomas obtained their marriage license in > Lincoln County, Arkansas, but I believe they made their home in Cleveland > County. There is no 1890 census so this can not be documented. Their first > two daughters, Flora and Julia were born in Arkansas. In 1893 the family > moved to Temple, Bell County, Texas. From all I can determine at this > time, Thomas was still engaged in farming even after they moved to Texas. > I have not been able to find out why they moved to Texas. In 1895, a son, > Clarence was born, but died that same year. Olive Ann (Annie), Lillian > Alberta, Thomas Irene, Clara Mae and Marjorie were all born in Temple, > Texas. Thomas died May 12, 1915, after a long illness and is buried in the > Little Flock Cemetery in Temple, Texas. ! > Savannah remained in Temple until 1945 then she moved to Dallas, Texas to > live with her daughter Julia Whitley. > On May 10, 1956, Savannah fell and fractured her right femur. She > developed pneumonia and was hospitalized at St. Pauls Hospital in Dallas. > She died May 25, 1956 at the age of 88 years 11 months and 19 days. She is > buried in Little Flock Cemetery in Temple, Texas next to Thomas. > At the time of Savannah’s death, Flora E. Matthews(Calhoun) lived in > Celina, Texas, Lillian Elberta Matthews (Austin) lived in Irving, Texas, > Irene Matthews (Ham) lived in Temple, Texas, O. Annie Matthews (Gilliam), > Marjorie Matthews (Rice), and Clara Mae Matthews (Beville) lived in Los > Angeles, California. I would appreciate any information (marriage and > death dates, etc.) on this family or help locating descendants. Any help > will be appreciated. > > > > > ==== TXCOLL-N Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >