Posted on: Hill County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Hill/1058 Surname: STEMBRIDGE, DRURY, PRICE, LIKE, HARRELL ------------------------- I received the following information from Norma Adair of Palestine, Tx back in 1994. Henry R STEMBRIDGE b abt 1800 and wife Salina (unknown) b abt 1807 were parents of: John H STEMBRIDGE b July 1830 TN. John H married Louisa Eliza (unknown) b June 1832 TN. They were parents of: Salina b a 1850 TX - William C born abt 1853 TX; Mary A b abt 1856 TX; Henry R b Apr 1859; Martha C b abt 1863; Lucinda b 1864; Berry b abt 1866 and Robert L b abt 1871. William STEMBRIDGE b 1853 (son of John H STEMBRIDGE) married Levina PRICE b abt 1854 either Ark or Tx. She was the dtr of Andrew J PRICE and Rhoda (unknown). William and Levina were parents of: William T b 1876; Mary E b 1878; Walter A b Nov 1879; George Washington; Charlie and Lon. Henry STEMBRIDGE b 1859, (son of John H STEMBRIDGE) married Mary E PRICE - (sister of Levina PRICE who married William STEMBRIDGE bro of Henry). They were parents of: Rhoda (Rodie) b Sep 1885; Tranzy or Alpha ?? b Nov 1891; Ida Lou b Sep 1894 and Marvin b abt 1903. Now back in Hood and Erath County were two families - the LIKE family and the DRURY family. Indiana DRURY and Joseph Benjamin LIKE married. Their children married into the STEMBIRDGE family. Laura LIKE married Berry T STEMBRIDGE, b 5 July 1866 Jesse V LIKE married Mary Elizabeth STEMBRIDGE, b 1878 Amanda LIKE married William Travis STEMBRIDGE b 25 June 1876 Lela Mae HARRELL, a gr-dtr of Indiana and Joe LIKE m George Washington STEMBRIDGE b 1885 and then Martha STEMBRIDGE b Oct 1861, a sister of Berry T STEMBRIDGE, m Willis D DRURY - sister of Indiana DRURY Like. From "A History of Hill Co - 1838-1965" by Bailey === J H STEMBRIDGE 1829-1902 operated a rawhide mill in Scott's Chapel, Hill Co., Tx Scott's Chapel Cemetery Index J H Stembridge - 4/13/1820-2/18/1902 Laura Stembridge - 7/12/1880 - 1/23/1896 - dtr of H R and M A Stembridge (Henry R and Mary E Price Stembbridge) Minnie Pearl Stembridge - 5-/30/1897 - 3/11/1900. Many of the Stembridge Descendants moved to Erath or Johnson Co., Tx.