John A. Woodall arrived in Navarro Co. between 1860-1870. He was b. 1824 AL, married Lacy Melissa Harris in Greene Co. AL in 1845 and moved his family to Nacogdoches Co. TX @ 1859. The family moved to Navarro Co. before the 1870 census, which lists him as a ginner; and 1880 as a farmer. The family lived at Dresden. John died on 27 Sep 1890, the day after a tornado hit Dresden. He is buried at the Dresden Cemetery. Lacy Melissa went to live with Mary and Albert Luke Jones. She died 1920 and is buried at Hope Cemetery in Clay Co. TX. John and Lacy Melissa had nine children: 1.. Sarah Catherine b. 1848 AL; married W. Scott Sheppard 1866 Navarro Co.; had three children: Alice b. 1869, Walter W. b. 1870 and Samuel Joseph b. 1871. 2.. Joseph S.L. b. @ 1850 AL; married Mrs. Nancy A. Tisdell?; she already had three daughters. They had six children together: Alcista @ 1873, Tiny/Livvy @ 1869, Jody/Jack @ 1871, Augustus 1874, Alabama @ 1877 and Dallas 1878. Family in Cherokee Co. in 1880. 3.. Samantha J. b. @ 1852 AL; married William L. Harris in 1873 Navarro Co.. They had four children: Charley @ 1874, Alvia @ 1875, John @ 1887 and James @ 1879. Samantha was living with son, John or James, in 1930 Navarro Co. 4.. Mary A. "Mollie" b. 1856 AL; married Albert Luke Jones 1876 Navarro Co. They had two children: Maggie @ 1877 and James 1880. Albert and Mary were in Montague Co. 1920 and are buried at Hope Cemetery, Clay Co. 5.. Francis Marion b. 1858 AL; married Cinderella Dixie Sheppard 1878 Navarro Co. They had fourteen children: Wyley 1880 Navarro Co., (all others born in Falls Co.) Annie Judidiah 1882, Frankie Cinderella @ 1883, George W. @ 1884, Lizora 1886, Jessie 1887, Sidney S. @ 1891, Curtis S. @ 1893, Bella/Bessie @ 1895, Minnie/Mozelle @ 1896, Marshall @ 1897, Verneal 1898, Rex 1900 and Ozell @ 1905. "Frank" and Dixie and buried at the Bremond Cemetery, Robertson Co. 6.. Emma P. b. @ 1861 TX, married J. A. Jones 1880 Navarro Co. 7.. Nancy C. b. @ 1863 TX, married R.C. Degges/Deggs/Deggars 1879 Navarro Co. I have found a M/M R. C. Deggs as members of the Bazette Church of Christ 1885-not there in 1897. Cannot find them on any 1880 census. 8.. Nolie L. b. @ 1865 TX; married J. A. Perry 1887 Navarro Co. Cannot find them on any censuses. 9.. William Sidney b. 1873 Navarro Co. TX; married Mrs. Alice Wheeler McDade @ 1893 Navarro Co. She already had two children: Nora @ 1888 and Walter Nolen 1889. W.S. and Alice had six children: John Noland 1894, Jesse A. 1896, Ana/Emma 1898, Nellie @ 1904, Raymond @ 1905, Cinderella Dixie 1908. The family was in Falls Co. on the 1900 census. I need help locating the Sheppard, Harris, Jones, Deggs/Degges/Deggars, Perry families and Joseph S.L. Woodall and family. I am, also, trying to find out who Jediah Woodall was. She is listed on the 1870 census with the John A. Woodall family. She was b. @ 1852 AL. She is NOT John or Lacy Melissa's daughter, nor was Susan Ella Woodall Stanaland b. @ 1844 AL, who was listed with her husband in the John Woodall household on the 1860 census. Judy Hopkins Baker Mart, McLennan Co. TX buddyandjudy@msn.com