This message is being forwarded to the list by the listowner. If you can add something to the message below or wish to contact the person who wrote the message, reply to "Margie Bridges" _margiebr2002@yahoo.com_ (mailto:margiebr2002@yahoo.com) . Please do not reply to the listowner. margiebr2002@yahoo.com writes: > Put me on the list of families being researched in > Henderson County. For my husband's family tree, we > have William S. Maxwell and wife Anna or Hannah who > seemed to have moved to your county in 1898 and rented > a farm near Lawndale, now Mabank, in Henderson County > near the forks of Twin Creek. They raised corn and > cotton. William erected a house that winter and moved > in the spring of 1899. George, their son, rented land > from John Maples and put in a crop for himself. On > Aug. 13, 1899 the wife and mother passed away > suddenly. This changed things drastically. George went > back to college in Iowa. Their daughter Tanie married > Joseph or James Harmon a week later, and they lived > with William when the census was taken in 1900: > 1900 census Justice Precinct 3, Henderson Co., TX: > T623-1644 p. 8B; 144/146 William S. Maxwell, head, b. > Jan. 1848, age 52, widowed, married 32 years, farmer, > rented farm, can RWS English, working > 144/147 Joseph or James (written Jos. or Jas.) Harmon, > head, b. Oct. 1879, age 20, mar. 1 year, farmer, rents > KY KY KY > Tanie (blurry, indexed as Tome) HARMON, b. Aug, 1879, > age 20, mar. 1 year, no children, IA IL IA. can't read > English?. > 145/148 John MAPLES, farmer, owning farm, wife and 7 > children (the one George rented land from) > This might be an uncle or other relative of > James/Joseph living close by. > 146/149 William R. HARMON, b. Jan 1853, age 47, mar. > 28 years, TN TN TN, farmer > Louisa J. HARMON, b. June 1854, age 45, 14 children, > 13 alive, GA GA GA > Willie HARMON, Feb. 1884, 16, farming > Eddie HARMON, Jan. 1887, 13, farming > Valdy HARMON, Jan. 1889, 11, in school 7 months, > female > Lizzie HARMON, March 1891, 9 > Henry HARMON, March 1892, 8 > Bettie HARMON, July 1897, 2 > In the 1910 census, I finally found William S. Maxwell > living in Mitchell County, TX, with Tanie, divorced, > and a daughter Annie, 1 3/12. Tanie seems to be sort > of a personal nurse for the Hyde family they live > with. William is a laborer not fully employed. They > are gone by 1920. > I have been unable to find a birth record for Annie > through the state, or a divorce for Tanie. I don't > know whether or not James/Joseph Harmon was Annie's > father, as Tanie has by now reassumed her Maxwell name > and the child also has this as her surname. I don't > know what happened subsequently to Mr. Harmon after > 1900. > Mabank is right near the county line of Kaufman > County, and their cemetery is in Henderson County. I > suspect Anna Maxwell was buried there, but there is no > enumeration online. She also could have been sent back > to Iowa for burial, where the family came from. > That is about all I know about their stay in Texas, > but a lot of questiions remain. The George Maxwell is > my husband's grandfather, and William and Anna were > his great grandparents. I have not found out when > William died, where they are buried, and I would like > to know more about Tanie's descendents. She was > married two other times in different states and had > two other daughters. She has been very difficult to > trace as it was always misspelled and she moved around > a lot. > So put me down for Maxwell and Harmon surnames. > Thank you, > Margie Bridges > margiebr2002@yahoo.com