In a message dated 10/9/2004 9:13:20 AM Central Daylight Time, jdeshong@nctv.com writes: Hi, I'm sorry I don't know any more about the Stanfields. Are you familiar with Cliff Cates, Pioneer History of Wise County ? It has a picture of Capt.Thomas L. Stanfield (p. 336). It mentions that he is a pioneer citizen of Wise County, but living in Terrell, TX when the book was written in 1907.On p. 214 of same book, it says that he is now a veteran attorney of Terrell, TX. and was a "youthful legal light of the county seat (Wise), was at this time intervening in the behalf of the citizens for the re-establishment of the much -needed mail lines (after the Indian troubles had ceased). The mail continued to be brought from Denton". If you would like to share about his parents, etc. I would appreciate it. I don't know much about his wife Emily Beeson, except that when her sister, Margaret Alice Beeson, came to visit her in Decatur from Sulphur Springs, she met her future husband and original settler of Wise County, Charles C. Thompson, my husband's great grandfather. Janet G. McMurray (Mrs. Clyde) YES!! Hooray!! You are the first person I've had contact with who had even the vaguest connection with descendants of W.W.O. Stanfield (Thomas Liddle Stanfield's father)!! I have information that Thomas's daughter was named Jesse, and she is one of the first members of the Daughters of the Texas Revolution. Apparently there were two daughters--I don't have any information about Annie Lee, but I'll try to run her down! I finally got discouraged from not being about to go any further on the Stanfield line than my own that I'll have to do some digging to refresh my memory. My grandmother (Ruby Stanfield, 1889-1986) grew up and taught school (until 1910, when they moved) around Wise County (Chico and Bowie that I know of) and talked about her many cousins in that area (Gardners, Stanfields, Ramsdales, and others). I've always thought it incredible that out of that many children and descendants of those chirldren that it seems I'm the only one interested in genealogy! Thank you, thank you again, for contacting me!! -Joanne

Hi again, You have inspired me to try to organize my notes and information about the Stanfield descendants of W.W.O. Stanfield. Turns out, I HAD looked at a copy of the Pioneer History of Wise County, but it was at the San Antonio Historical site, and apparently I was in a frenzy of having copies made of everything I could find, without actually reading much of it! And it never occurred to me to look up Thomas's name, so I don't have much of that. I'm going to order a copy of the book from the museum tomorrow! What I'm doing right now is copying everything I have with actual documentation and or acknowledgements, and will follow with undocumented information. As soon as I finish doing that, I will email it to you (and laDarla) in an attachment. Some of this is already on the Wise County website, but not in as organized a format. I have a lot of odd little bits of information I collected over the years--I thought for a while I'd write a book about W.W.O.'s life, but the collecting of all the info, and the difficulty of my lack of imagination have pretty much cured that idea!! Thank you so much for all your valuable information! I'll be sending you my info sometime later today. Thanks, Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tcmcmurray@aol.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > > In a message dated 10/9/2004 9:13:20 AM Central Daylight Time, > jdeshong@nctv.com writes: > Hi, > I'm sorry I don't know any more about the Stanfields. Are you familiar > with > Cliff Cates, Pioneer History of Wise County ? It has a picture of > Capt.Thomas > L. Stanfield (p. 336). It mentions that he is a pioneer citizen of Wise > County, but living in Terrell, TX when the book was written in 1907.On p. > 214 of > same book, it says that he is now a veteran attorney of Terrell, TX. and > was > a "youthful legal light of the county seat (Wise), was at this time > intervening in the behalf of the citizens for the re-establishment of the > much -needed > mail lines (after the Indian troubles had ceased). The mail continued to > be > brought from Denton". If you would like to share about his parents, etc. I > would appreciate it. I don't know much about his wife Emily Beeson, except > that > when her sister, Margaret Alice Beeson, came to visit her in Decatur from > Sulphur Springs, she met her future husband and original settler of Wise > County, > Charles C. Thompson, my husband's great grandfather. > Janet G. McMurray > (Mrs. Clyde) > > YES!! Hooray!! You are the first person I've had contact with who had > even > the vaguest connection with descendants of W.W.O. Stanfield (Thomas > Liddle > Stanfield's father)!! I have information that Thomas's daughter was > named > Jesse, and she is one of the first members of the Daughters of the Texas > Revolution. Apparently there were two daughters--I don't have any > information about Annie Lee, but I'll try to run her down! > I finally got discouraged from not being about to go any further on the > Stanfield line than my own that I'll have to do some digging to refresh > my > memory. > My grandmother (Ruby Stanfield, 1889-1986) grew up and taught school > (until > 1910, when they moved) around Wise County (Chico and Bowie that I know > of) > and talked about her many cousins in that area (Gardners, Stanfields, > Ramsdales, and others). I've always thought it incredible that out of > that > many children and descendants of those chirldren that it seems I'm the > only > one interested in genealogy! > Thank you, thank you again, for contacting me!! > -Joanne > > > > > > >