This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ward Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5330 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 8 Aug 2002 Ward HOUSTON – Funeral services for John Earl Ward, 60, were at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2002 at the New Hope Baptist Church in Rockdale. Burial followed at Oaklawn Cemetery in Rockdale. He died Wednesday, July 31, 2002 in Houston. Houston Chronicle, Sun., 4 Aug 2002 MR. JOHN E. WARD age 60 passed away 07-31-2002. Visitation will be Sun. 08-04-2002 from 5pm to 7pm in the Wesley A. Boyd Memorial Chapel. Funeral Service will be Mon. 08-05-2002 at 11:30am at New Hope Bapt. Church in Rockdale, TX. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery in Rockdale, Texas. Boyd Funeral Directors 7411 Wheatley 281-445-0971

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vega, Mata, Andrafeala Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5329 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 8 Aug 2002 Vega CAMERON – Funeral services for Tomasa Mata Vega, 74, of Cameron were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, August 4, 2002, at St. Monica’s Catholic Church with Rev. Tom Hanus officiating. Burial followed in the Hernandez Cemetery. She died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, at her residence. Mrs. Vega was born Dec. 24, 1927, in Gonzales to Aldolfo Andrafeala Mata. She worked as a nurses aide at Colonial Nursing Home in Cameron and was a member of St. Monica’s Catholic Church. Preceding her in death was her husband, Ray Vega in 1995. Surviving are: Two sons, Ray Vega III and Arnold Vega, both of Cameron; two daughters, Beatrice Castillo and Irene Rangel, both of Cameron; two sisters, Sophia Botello of Lampasas and Lola Moreno of Abilene; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rice, Teeple Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5328 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 8 Aug 2002 Rice CAMERON – Services for Richard W. Rice, 70, of Ben Arnold were held 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2., 2002, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron with Rev. Carl Mike Morris officiating. Masonic graveside services and burial were at Ben Arnold Cemetery in Ben Arnold. Mr. Rice died Wednesday, July 31, at his home. A retired salesman and sheetmetal worker, he was born April 11, 1932, in Waco to Oklahoma and Vergia Edith Teeple Rice. He graduated from Yoe High School in Cameron in 1949 and from the University of Houston in 1956. Mr. Rice was a veteran of the U.S. Naval Air Force 631st. He was a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, a member of the 180th Meridian of the Golden Dragon, a member of the National Fire Protection Assn. and a member of Jacques De Molay Commandery #2 Knights Templar. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He served as admiral of the Texas Navy in 1986. Mr. Rice was the past grand priest of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana and was a part of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1995. Survivors are a son, Richard Rice of Little Rock, AR; three daughters, Kim Meyer of Waveland, MS, Glenda Reddler of Waveland, MS and Denna Reinke of Metairie, LA; two brothers, James Rice of Crawford and Michael Rice of Buckholts; two sisters, Freda Fatheree of Rockdale and Beverly Wheeler of Milano; also, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Assn.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Luetge, Frazier, Lamkin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5327 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 8 Aug 2002 Luetge Funeral services for Viola Loretta Luetge, 85, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002 at the St. John’s United Methodist Church in Rockdale with Rev. Paul Kethley of St. John’s United Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rockdale. She died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002 at Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale. Mrs. Luetge, a Rockdale resident for the past 46 years, was born Jan. 13, 1917 in Giddings to Charles and Minnie Gloretta (Lamkin) Frazier. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Luetge and Perry F. Luetge were married Jan. 25, 1957. She was preceded in death by her husband, Perry F. Luetge, seven brothers, two sisters and her parents. Mrs. Luetge, a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Rockdale, helped to establish the MARC Center in Rockdale and was active in the United Way. Surviving are: Two daughters, Betty Jean Taylor and Jackie Ann Luetge, both of Rockdale; brother, Fred Frazier of California; four grandchildren, Susie Elzey and husband Dean, Karen Todd and husband Gordon and David Taylor, all of Rockdale and Michael Taylor of Pensacola, FL; eight great-grandchildren, Morgan Backhaus, Christy Slaughter, Ashley McNiel, Cole Wristen, Sidney Taylor, Michael Scott Taylor, Jacob Taylor and Chad Wristen; three great-great-grandchildren, Caitlyn Slaughter, Taylor Slaughter and Cayden McBride. Pallbearers were David Taylor, Michael Taylor, Dean Elzey, Carmen Wadlington, Charles Wadlington and Gary Wadlington. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, Rt. 3, Box 21, Rockdale, TX 76567 or Alzheimer’s Assn., P.O. Box 4829, Austin, TX 78765.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HUCKABEE AND BRIDGES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5325 Message Board Post: I am looking for the Thomas and Mary Huckabee Family in Milam County. They moved from Mississippi to Bell County in 1869, then they moved to Milam County in 1871. One of their daughters Martha Ann Huckabee married William L. Bridges on August 1, 1871 in Milam County. The Huckabee's should have these children: Thomas Hettie David Sudie married a man by the last name of Blank Mary married a man by the last name of Dickson Martha Ann (b. 12-1-1855) James B. (b. abt. 1861) Missouri P (b. abt. 1862) Ellen C. (b. abt. 1864) Ava (b. abt. 1866) Margaret M. (b. 2-25-1867) married an R. A. Littlefield Emma T. (b. abt. 1875) Any help would be appreciated greatly. Patricia A. Joubert San Antonio, Texas I am hoping they are on the 1870 census.

Galveston Daily News – Sat., 13 Nov. 1875, p. 1, c. 5 Rockdale, Nov. 12 - This evening Dr. Nichols of this place and Enoch Breeding, editor of the Rockdale Messenger, had a collision, caused by an article appearing in today’s paper, in which, referring to a difficulty between Mrs. Fitzgerald and Jim Connors, the writer declared Mrs. Fitzgerald to be a general nuisance. The only damage done was $10 each. There are street fights occurring here most everyday, and the officers of the law seem to enjoy it – taking their fines, never giving offenders the least word of warning or lecture. Nothing better could be expected, when they license women of ill- fame for $10 a month and receive half of the fines as their compensation. The most disgusting of it is, when they choose, these officers step beyond their authority and utterly disregard the law at pleasure. Everyday or two, some very interesting scenes occur in the pettifoggeries of Rockdale. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lynna Kay Shuffield P. O. Box 16604 Houston, Texas 77222 telephone: 713/692-4511 e-mail: friday@argohouston.com ---My webpages--- 'Our Loose Ends' Genealogy Column by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/COLUMN-001.htm 'My Loose Ends' Family Tree Database by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?db=friday Note above URL wraps around onto the next line, cut & paste it onto the end of the first line in the 'location box' on your browser. 'Milam County War Dead Project' http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/ County Coordinator for the Milam County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ County Coordinator for the San Jacinto County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/SANJAC-01.htm TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/CEMETERY-001.htm

Galveston Daily News - Fri., 2 Nov. 1875, p. 2, c. 5 Courthouse - Rockdale Messenger: The laying of brick on the new courthouse at Cameron commenced on Monday last. When completed, it will be a find brick building, 2-stories high, with four rooms below for offices, with cross passages, also four rooms above. The courtroom being 50-feet by 50-feet, the grand jury room 10-feet by 20-feet, and two petit jury rooms being 10-feet by 15-feet each. The building will cost $14,000. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lynna Kay Shuffield P. O. Box 16604 Houston, Texas 77222 telephone: 713/692-4511 e-mail: friday@argohouston.com ---My webpages--- 'Our Loose Ends' Genealogy Column by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/COLUMN-001.htm 'My Loose Ends' Family Tree Database by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?db=friday Note above URL wraps around onto the next line, cut & paste it onto the end of the first line in the 'location box' on your browser. 'Milam County War Dead Project' http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/ County Coordinator for the Milam County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ County Coordinator for the San Jacinto County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/SANJAC-01.htm TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/CEMETERY-001.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jorgenson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5324 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Sat., 4 Dec. 1875, p. 2, c. 5 Death - William Jorgenson, a young man living about a mile from Rockdale, was loading a shotgun in his room; it went off, the contents of one barrel, composed of small bird-shot, entering his fact below the right eye, killing him instantly.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ross Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5323 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Sat., 4 Dec. 1875, p. 2, c. 5 Death - Rev. David Ross, a well-known Methodist preacher living near Davilla, died last week.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cayce Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5322 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Sat., 4 Dec. 1875, p. 2, c. 5 Death - H. P. Cayce, a well-known lawyer of Davilla, died of pneumonia last week.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hefley, Hineman, Ellis Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5321 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Wed., 17 Nov. 1875, p. 1, c. 4 Shooting - Rockdale, Nov. 16 - This morning John Hefley, an auctioneer and John Hineman a livery stable keeper, became involved in a difficulty, during which Hineman was shot through the body, the ball entering just below the left lung and passing out at the small of the back. The fight was cause by Hefley striking, Boyd Ellis, an employee of Hineman, Ellis, using a billiard cue, knocked Hefly off the gallery, several feet high, which broke Hefley’s leg. Hefley then began shooting at Ellis, who returned fire with a revolver, but the shots from neither took effect. No one fatally injured.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Diches, Beard Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5320 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Fri., 4 Nov. 1875, p. 1, c. 4 “Murder by a Desperado” Rockdale, Nov. 3 - Neptha Diches, of Circleville, Williamson county, was killed, on Brushy Cree, 3-days ago, by a noted desperado and horse-thief named Beard. Diches met Beard in the road, and as he was well armed, arrested the latter, who surrendered, but seeing that Diches had no caps on his gun, drew a revolver and fired, inflicting fatal wounds on Diches, from which he died the next day. A posse is now in pursuit of the murderer.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Landrum Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5319 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Thur., 21 Oct. 1875, p. 2, c. 5 Death - Rockdale Messenger: John Landrum, one of the deputy sheriffs of Milam county, resident in Rockdale, died of pneumonia on last Friday night.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cullen, Cullens Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5318 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Fri., 8 Oct. 1875, p. 2, c. 4 The little child of Lem Cullens, a colored man, met with a sudden death on Saturday night. A physician had left a dose of morphine for Cullens’ wife, which was given to the child by mistake, and from which it died.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker, Smith, Turner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5317 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Fri., 21 January 1875, p. 1, c. 4 "Barbarity Dire Sequel to the Murder of Farmer Baker The Accused Negro Tried and Convicted Within Ten Days But the Law’s Execution is Forever Stayed by a Mob First Burned to a Crisp, then Riddled with Shot" Rockdale, Jan. 20 - On the morning of the 11th, a young farmer named J. M. Baker, was murdered, 12-miles from here, on the public highway, by a negro named Anthony Smith. The particulars were as follows: Baker had been at Rockdale and sold his cotton and with the proceeds in his pocket was returning home. Some distance from the scene of the murder the negro was observed mounted on a bay pony, following close on Baker’s wagon. It was noticed that he had a gun partly concealed beneath an oil cloth coat. A white man [no name given] saw Smith shoot his victim first from the rear of the wagon, then ride to the front and shot again. The white man, being unarmed, fled for his safety. The horses which had been drawing Baker’s wagon were found straggling near by in a clump of mesquite, in which they had become entangled. It was evident that the murderer, after committing the deed, unhitched the horses from the wagon and then went about the work of robbing. He got about $50 dollars in currency, remounted and made away. The white man who saw the deed perpetrated did not at the time know who the murderer was, and it subsequently transpired that the negro’s name was Anthony Smith. On the 13th, 2-days afterward, Smith was captured and brought chained, into Rockdale by Deputy Sheriff Pete Turner, who made the arrest. Parties recognized him as the negro seen following Baker’s wagon. The white man who saw him commit the deed recognized him as the murderer. The money was found on him also. It seemed probable the murderer would receive summary justice here that morning and people could not predict a safe arrival from him at Cameron, for which place they left which him immediately. "The Stake and Torch" Anthony Smith was indicted and his trial came speedily on at Cameron. Its conclusion being reached yesterday. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged. People who witnessed his trial said it was fairly conducted and the death penalty richly merited. Just before daylight this morning an armed body of horsemen, 40 or 50 strong, rode into Cameron and made their way to the jail. They forced an entrance, took the prisoner from his cell and conducted him some miles out from the town where they put him to death in a most horrible manner. The condemned and doomed negro was tied up by the hands, fuel collected and heaped upon and around him, and a fire kindled, which gradually blazed up and enveloped his body, burning it to a crisp. Not satisfied with the torture inflicted and the consequent death, the mob then riddled the charred remains with bullets. Judge Broaddus informs your reporter that most, if not all, the mob were from Bell county. He says it was an paralleled case of lawlessness, inasmuch as the courts had shown such vigilance. Some declare it an outrage on humanity; but there is a division of opinion.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pleasant, Lumpkin, Redding, Douthit, Hale, Perry, Wynn, Wicks, Max, Schafer Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5316 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Sun., 15 Sept. 1878, p. 4, c. 1 & 2 Milam County - Milam County is on the dividing line between the post oak and prairie country, and is a mixture of the two, and furnishes the land with plenty of timber for firewood and other purposes. Its soil varies accordingly from the rich and famous 30-foot soil of the Brazos bottom through the gray sandy cotton lands of the post oak uplands to the blank waxy of the rich prairies. The products of the county are cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, Hungarian grass, millet, tobacco and all kinds of vegetables. The average yield per acre of the principal crops is, of cotton from 1,000 to 1,600 pounds of seed cotton, of corn from 25 to 30 bushels, and from 15 to 20 bushels of wheat. There is water to abundance. Gause is a small town upon the railroad, in the eastern part of the county, 4½-miles west of the Brazos river, was laid off by the railroad company in March 1872. Rockdale is situated upon the railroad, in the western part of the county and 8-miles west of Milano, is much the largest and most important town in the county. Rockdale, is about 20-miles west of the Brazos river, about 16-miles south of Cameron, the county seat of Milam county, was opened for business February 1874 and now has a population of 1,500. W. A. Pleasant, Live Stock Dealer - W. A. Pleasant of Rockdale is agent for the following live stock dealers: Binsley, Wagner & Binsley, Chicago; Hunter & Evans, St. Louis; J. A. Fores, Memphis; G. W. Tankersley, Shreveport; and Aycock, Mitchell & Co., New Orleans. With such a combination it is impossible that Mr. Pleasant should not meet with success; and when we take into consideration the large amount of stock on the fertile prairies of Williamson, Milam and adjoining counties, and that Rockdale is the natural outlet, and that shipping accommodations are such as offered by the I& G.N. railroad, it is not surprising that a large business is being done by Mr. Pleasant, and that breeders seek him to transact all their business through him. Lumpkins & Redding, Harness and Saddlery - About 4-years ago, the yong gentlemen whose names head this article came to Rockdale with limited means, but an indomitable will, believing that prosperity could be attained through energy and economy. They are now conducting one of the best manufactures of saddles and harness in the state, and carry a large stock, which, by its variety and excellent quality, commands the attention of purchasers, either at wholesale or retail. In this we have at least one instance which should put to silence the oft-repeated assertion that manufactured in localities where northern manufacturers are bought into competition. We hope that Mr. Lumpkins and Mr. Redding may continue to prosper. City Drug Store - Dr. Douthit is the leading druggist of Rockdale. He enjoys the confidence of the people of the city, and conducts a large trade with the surrounding counties. His clerks are busy day and night in the prescription department. His business is constantly enlarging. His stock is complete. H. P. Hale & Co., Dry Goods and Groceries - These gentlemen [no names given] were among the first who came to Rockdale and have built up for themselves a large business and enjoy the full confidence of their patrons. The I. & G.N. railroad require this firm to prepay all freight - a petty spite of the company. The next legislature should look into and regulate railroad freight in this state and do away with all unjust discrimination. This firm can show where they have been required to pay 70-cents freight when other merchants got theirs through for 25-cents per 100-pounds. H. P. Hale & Co. are now receiving a full stock of goods for the fall trade, feeling sure of their receiving a full share of the patronage of the community. Rockdale Bank, J. S. Perry & Co., Proprietors; C. E. Wynn, Manager - This bank was established in the early days of Rockdale and has from the beginning done a good business by assisting the merchants when necessary by liberal discounts and providing them with exchange of all points south, north and east - the capital being abundant for all purposes. Attention is given to collections [faded print - unable to read] James Wicks, Wholesale Groceries and Liquors - John Wicks removed from Calvert to this place in 1874 and established his business. From that time he has not only held his own, but acquired a considerable capital and is now among the best houses in Rockdale. By close attention to business and care in his purchases, he has continued to improve his prospects and his reputation in this section of the country. Being alive to the interest of his customers, he always retains their trade and gains otherwise as the county fills up. Max’s Hotel & Restaurant - The traveling community who visit Rockdale cannot fail to recognize the above caption and acknowledge, with us, that it is the place for the weary to resort to. William Max, the host, as well and favorably known at home and abroad. The numerous commercial men who traverse the state from center to circumference regard Max as the landlord of the place, who, with the assistance of S. J. Houghton, clerk, never fails to make his guests comfortable. Tourists will make a note of this. August Schafer, Hardware & Stoves - When Rockdale was in its infancy, and before the post oaks were cut away, Mr. Schafer determined to cast his lot here, and though be 19-years of age, he established himself in the hardware and stove business, and has thus far defied all competition. His sales for the past year reached $65,000 and he is now receiving his supplies for the fall and winter trade, which, when complete, will reach $40,000. Thought young in years, Mr. Schafer has shown himself capable of managing his affairs with satisfaction to his constituents and profit to himself. Cameron is the county seat, is an old town of about 500 inhabitants, and is about 12-miles distance from Rockdale, which is its shipping point.

In a message dated 8/3/02 2:43:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Hujazz601 writes: > , a Dave Cave has an entry that shows a Lucy Cave married to Ashley Dodd, > with son Mason Dodd. reply: lucy ann (louisa) cave did marry ashley haywood dodd . She had a son, james M. > Dodd (m- name-not known but suspected to be possibly "Malcom OR Madison"?) > and a son, louis taylor dodd (my g grandpa). she had a son henderson dodd > born 1851 and we suspect this young man died after the 1860 census as he is > never heard from again. There is a legend tht the younger brother of > louis taylor dodd was killed by the kick of a horse to his chest when the > young boys were trying to gentle it to ride...and the only other brother > to lewis dodd was dead in the war in 1862.(so, henderson is the only one > that is left to be killed by a horse). Lucy h ad synthia (cynthia) > elizabeth dodd who married theodore grabener, malissa (louisa-called lucy) > dodd who married james N. patterson, and amelia louisa Ann dodd who married > D. A. Bowen of cameron and died in childbed with her first child--leaving a > girl baby-mary louise bowen to grow up and marry the oldest son of > elizabeth and theo grabener , her first cousin, charles madison grabener > and she also died in childbed--with the delivery of her first child a boy > who lived two weeks shy of his second birthday. Mary Bowen Grabener and her > son are buried in the old section of the Hurt/Graham cemetery in sand grove > in the CAVE family plot section-and marked. Also lies there Henry Cave the > uncle of mary bowen grabener and possibly unknown and unlisted his sister > Lucy(louisa) Cave Rabon DODD Autry, buried as Lucy Autry according to > family written notes in the 1960's. Possible also burial is Amelia Louise > DODD Bowen, mother of mary bowen grabener and daughter of lucy dodd and > ashley dodd. also, unlisted and unmarked.Also, a niece of Henry Cave. > > Lucy ann (louisa) cave rabon dodd autry, born in SC , was indentured out or > put into guardianship we believe in alabama, married in alabama, bore her > children moving three counties in three decades and then moving to texas. > bringing three sons and three daughters. She watched her husbnd die, a son > die in the war, a son in law die in the war. A grand son stolen, a daughter > die in childbirth, a grand daughter die in childbirth, a third husband die > before 1880 and thats not mentioning all the problems that happened with > the grabeners, clendennins, dodds and the big families there around milam. > In 1860 , san augustine co. tx, she was a widow with 5 children to raise > and a daughter newly married, birthing babies. Ashley is buried somewhere > in san augustine county, unknown and unmarked.(presumed). Henry Cave is > just setting up in Milam co. and the nation is at war. I don't know where > the rest of the cave family was? Loucendia cave reid was in clark > co.alabama. > > What did this woman have that almost all the children were named some form > of her name--for generations-starting with her mother loucendia. Even her > mother in law was named loucendia dodd!??? The marriage of lucy (louisa) Ann Cave to Anthony Rabon was in Clark Co. > Alabama on june 18 , 1828, her age at marriage would have been 12 or 13- if > we go by the age at the census in 1850 of 34.The marriage of Loucinda CAVE > to john reid was also on june 18 , 1828 in clark co. ala. IF lucy ann > cave rab0n had any children between 1828 and 1836? we don't know about > them. > > Ashley Dodd m. Lucy RABON 1 Sep 1836 in Clarke Co., AL > Lucy Ann (CAVE) Rabon/ Dodd would have been 20 years old at the marriage of > ashley haywood dodd, he was 21. Their first child was a girl, synthia > (cynthia) elizabeth DODD born 1837, who grew up to marry Theodore Graebener > (Grabener) in San Augustine co. Tx on November 4, 1858. This age is in > conflict with the CAVE ages--and using all possible documents-we have been > unable to determine which is correct--? the census seem to all be the > same--if the first one in 1850 is TRUE? It does NOT match the age on the > bracket age of--her fathers paper of permission to travel through indian > lands. > lucy and ashley: They were in Washington co. ala. by 1840 census along > with jonathan dodd listed also, and Choctaw co. in 1850 with jonathan dodd > also, and in Texas, San Augustine co. before 1857. > > Note: the United States mortality index is listed on the tenth years--same > years as the census--it lists people who have died before the new census > was counted. Ashley Haywood is listed as dead on march, 1860, san augustine co.TX.,of pleurisy, > his age is given as 54 born South Carolina,( NC?) (this age is wrong--He was > age at death, 45 years old, born in 1815-I believe the date was reversed > when written. Lucy was 44 when widowed. ) Ashley was alive at the marriage > of his oldest child, synthia elizabeth in 1858 (he was of age 43 and she > (cynthia or synthia) was of age:21 at that marriage to Theo.Grabener. (the > name on the marriage is given as GRAEBENER-but has been changed by the > familys to Grabener.( IF the death age of ashley (most probably given by > lucy herself? is to be believed? then all the census data on ashley is > wrong.?). We have wondered if she ever knew when anyone was born? grin. This Lucy is the daughter of John B. Cave, son of Henry Cave, sister to my Lucy > Cave. Is he wrong? I know you have been on the trail of a Lucinda Cave that > married Rabin. This other Lucy would have been younger. Reply: Louisa or LUCY ANN CAVE Rabon/Dodd/ Autry was the child of John B cave and was the sister to henry cave along with a twin by the name of LOUCENDIA CAVE who married john Reid (reed-read) in Clark county on the same day-place and year that lucy m arried anthony rabon. (film # 1290227) 1290233 june 18, 1828. Loucendia Reid is in the clark co. census for 1850 and 1860 People of the Rabon family said that they do not know what happened to Anthony Rabon.? They think that when lucy and her siblings were put out to indenture or guardianship, at the marriage of their mother loucendia brown cave to another husband, that the family that took in lucy ann was the anthony rabon family and upon his death-his older children "put out "the younger wife-and she then married ashley haywood dodd.. (?) I have no proof of this-but the Rabon family said it ties in directly with their legends and stories and the data that they do have. We do know that the children of john cave and loucendia were put out to guardianship (indenture) upon the death of John Cave. The step father not wishing to have to be responsible for them. I believe Henry cave did have a child named lucy cave--as did almost everyone named cave in that entire century! MY lucy ann cave rabon dodd autry is supported with census, marriage certificates and microfilm records. WE do n otk now her where abouts in 1870--but know her oldest married daughter cynthia elizabeth dodd grabener was in burleson co in 1870. We know lucy married in burleson co. in 1872. We know she was in bandera co in 1880 and in milam co. by the birth of some grandchildren by 1885. IT is believed she died before 1900 and her age has always been in dispute with the age given in the john b cave passport--and the early census that just give years of ages between ( brackets)--she evidently lied about her age--many times but usually we can proove it is her by the children she is with or the grands. The differences in opinions that I know about in the cave listings is that there were two girls listed in one bracket group and one in another. The younger child evidently died leaving the two others--which had the same birth year! This caused confusion between some researchers who counted the one child with the birth year and the one child who was evidently dead as still living....not counting the twin. This may be my mis read of the data-and I am open for any documents that show otherwise? When I found - along with considerable- help of others---that lucendia cave and louisa (lucy ann) cave were both married on the same day in the same place and year--one to john reid and one to anthony rabon-it seemed clear- there WERE two women. Also, given the marriage of their MOTHER loucendia caves to other husbands--plural...the mystery of the girls cave-seemed solved to me. Also, living in the homes of loucendia cave reid in the clark census there are people who were of the household of lucy ann cave dodd in 1850 census choctaw co. alabama. We are tracking McDowell and Martin as well as Reid, Read, Reed, people who are related to this Dodd family in choctaw co. alabama. Possibly a maiden family of the mother to ashley haywood dodd and james riley dodd, who is known as lusinda and loucendia dodd wife of johnathan dodd of choctaw co. ala in 1850 and dead by 1860 with loucendia dodd being head of household in 1860.?? Also, there is the marriage of lucy ann cave rabon dodds kids--james m. dodd to marcella patterson and the marriage of Malissa louise (also called lucy) to the brother of marcella patterson, known as james N> Patterson. Also in san augustine on the same day and the same place and the same year and the same jp.> a family tradition of double marriages. In this case of a brother and as sister and a sister and a brother married. The two boys both died in the training camp at camp rondo, ark. of measles and flux. james dodd had no issue but james N. patterson did have a child a son with malissa (lucy) dodd patterson. The child was stolen- and to be fair to the patterson family--it is unknown as to the reason the child was taken and raised by the patterson family and never seen again by the dodd people. I found him in Louisiana(again with help from others even in the patterson families, st landrys parish in 1870 using the name , james m. Patterson, born in texas and age 8. Living in the household of his grandparents. There is a marriage of Loucendia DODD to Peter Hall on May 19, 1831 in washington co. alabama--we do not know who this is? My lucy cave dodd was a twin sister to loucendia cave reid and their father was john b. cave and the mother loucendia . Henry cave was their brother. I do not know yet who the sister in law, sarah cave dodd, wife of james riley dodd married in washington co. alabama on may5, 1846----I do not know what cave family she belonged to.??? it remains a mystery to us. Her husbands name is misread on the internet marriage lists: as james H. Dodd but on the marriage record it is James R. dodd.(brothr to ashley haywood dodd). This may have inaccuracies--as its all from memory today--but basically it is what we have found out-AGAIN with help from many researchers--about this core family of lucy ann caves dodd and ashley haywood dodd. We are completely open for any other data that proves up any of the above information. My thanks to the lists: judy hugg grimes

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