This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Kathye_Payne_Upham Surnames: WEATHERFORD, HOGUE, AVERY, NUNNELEY, MATTHEWS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.hunt/3526/mb.ashx Message Board Post: J.R. WEATHERFORD married Mary [H0GUE] 03 March 1909 in Hunt Co TX. We need to identify J R Weatherford....it is believed his middle name is Robert? This is Mary [Hogue] Weatherford on the census below but it's possible that Mary was divorced or separated instead of being a "widow": 1910 Hunt Co TX/Prec 3/HH 26-26/pg 56a (16 Apr 1910) Hoag, Mary J /HH/wf age 43 TX/Ar/Mo 9 of 16 chn lvg widow Hoag, Georgann? /dtr/wf age 18 TX/Mo/Tx 1 of 1 chn lvg widow Hoag, Jimmie /son/wm age 15 TX/Mo/Tx Hoag, Edgar /son/wm age 12 TX/Mo/Tx Hoag, Mabel /dtr/wf age 12 TX/Mo/Tx HOAG, Lonnie /son/wm age 08 TX/Mo/Tx Hoag, Charlie /son/wm age 04 TX/Mo/Tx WEATHERFORD, Mary /dtr/wf age 16 TX/Mo/Tx widow Halcomb, Bathy /G-dtr/wf age 01 TX/Tx/Tx By 1920 Married had married Frank James MATTHEWS : 1920 VanZandt Co TX/Grand Saline/HH 209-232/pg 218b-ac 20 (12 Jan 1920) ** census error surname is Matthews ** Mathis, F J /HH/wm age 49 AL/US/US MATHIS, Mary /wife/wf age 26 TX/Ar/Tx Mathis Claud /son/wm age 17 TX/US/Al Mathis, Carl /son/wm age 14 TX/Al/US AVERY, Lela /STEP-dtr/wf age 11 TX/US/US WEATHERFORD, Lillis /STEP-son/wm age 08 TX/US/US WEATHERFORD, Lillian /STEP-dtr/wf age 08 TX/US/US HOGUE, Lonnie /BRO-in-law/wm age 18 TX/Ar/Tx Mary never had any children of her own but she did raise 3 of the children of Mrs Zella [Nunneley] Avery after she was badly burned and couldn't care for them. The 2 youngest children (twins) used the surname Weatherford all of their lives but Lela did not. Could the census below be J R Weatherford ??? 1900 Hunt Co TX/Prec 5/HH 132-134/pg 230a-ac 15 (11Jun 1900) Weatherford, J__ /HH/wm age 54 born Jun 1845 TN/Tn/Tn married 34yrs Weatherford, Nancy J /wife/wf age 59 born Feb 1841 TN/Tn/Tn 5 of 5 chn lvg WEATHERFORD, John R /son/wm age 30 born Sep 1869 TN/Tn/Tn single living next door Weatherford, Wm /HH/wm age 32 born Jun 1867 wife Annie chn Bertha & Edna Thankyou for any information you can share, Kathye Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.