I am looking for descendants of a Doctor Meissner and his wife Martha Johnson Meissner who lived in Milam County and perhaps Bell County back in the late 1800's and early 1900.s. Martha Elizabeth Johnson was born on Aug. 19, 1876 in Texas to Redden Hezekiah Johnson and Cecila Ann Fortenberry Miller Johnson. Cecila Ann ran the hotel in Buckholts for years and Redden had a blacksmith shop there. Martha's oldest brother, William Benjamin [Ben] Johnson was my great grandfather and he was married to Mary Susanna Salina "Mamie" Little whose family lived next door to the Johnson's in Milam County in the late 1800's. I was told that after Dr. Meissner died that Martha Meissner moved to Bridgeport, Texas or somewhere close to there. We found a marriage certificate for a Oscar Herman Meissner and a Martha Elizabeth Johnson in Milam County for Nov. 6, 1891 and they were married by M.G. Raney, Minister of the Gospel. If this is the same one as my Martha Meissner, I also found them in the 1900 census with their children listed as: 1. Elsie W. Meissner--born Dec. 1892 2. William A. Meissner--Sept. 1894 3. Lonie Meissner--born 1895 4. Caroline or Ceclise A. Meissner 5. Annie Meissner--born 1987 6. Max Meissner born Sept. 1899 7. Theodore Meissner--born 1903 8. Herman Meissner--born 1905 9. Liz Meissner --born 1907 10. Cecil Meissner-born 1909 11. George Meissner [I didn't find this in a census record but I know that she had a son by this name and they used to have Meissner family reunions in Bridgeport. Martha Johnson Meissner also had a sister name Mary Virginia Johnson called Mollie who married William Bud Pollock and then Frank Yaws after Bud died. They also had a brother named Francis Marion Johnson who was a druggist in Buckholts and he was called "Med". He was married to Maglene Rawls and they had three children, Elbert Johnson, Dennis Franklin Johnson and Marion Lovey Johnson who married Bardon Umphlett. After Maglene died, Marion took her back to North Carolina to bury her and he stayed up there and married a Rosa Jane Eure and had a daughter and son by her. I have corresponded with the son, Milam Johnson. There was another brother named Joseph L. Johnson who died at age 13 and he and my great grandfather, William Benjamin Johnson are buried side by side at the Bryant Station Cemetery. I would love to hear from someone in this family. thank you..... Jane Little McEndree janemc@airmail.net