Joanne, I am sure you have seen these, since I did a Google search on WWO Stanfield and found your extensive research there. Diana http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicResults.jsp Check out this site for more information on WWO Stanfield. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00286/cah-00286.html Obituary for THOMAS LIDDLE STANFIELD, son of W.W.O. Stanfield (Newspaper clipping from a Terrell, Texas newspaper) "Captain Stanfield No More-Old Time Citizen Dies Suddenly from Heart Failure With the drifting out of the last sands of the year 1910 there passed away one of the oldest citizens of Terrell, Captain Thomas L. Stanfield, whose death occurred about 10:30 Friday night. It is presumed that death was the result of heart failure. Thursday Captain Stanfield spent in Dallas attending to some business, returning on the first train in the evening. He retired at about his usual hour seemingly in good health (unclear for a few lines) while spent with him, he seemed to be at ease again and his family retired shortly after to be again aroused when they found the husband and father breathing his last. A physician was quickly summoned, but it was to no avail (unclear few words). News of the unexpected death quickly spread this morning and was the theme of universal comment, coming as it did with no warning whatever to his friends who just the day before saw him in his usual good health. The funeral services are announced to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the auspices of the local Masonic Lodge. The organization will gather at the residence at 906 West Grove Street and will go from there to the Presbyterian church where the services will be held, internment following in Oakland cemetery. Biographical- Captain Stanfield had enjoyed the distinction of (unclear) practitioner in the profession in Kaufman County. His father was born in Virginia and his mother in England, and were married in Texas, where he first saw the light of day. He lived in Texas from the time of his birth, consequently under every flag that has floated over Texas since the declaration of independence from Mexico. A lawyer by profession, he was universally regarded as being a safe counselor and of good legal judgment, and made a specialty of land law and the perfecting of land titles. Conservative in his counsel, he never involved his clients in litigation without at least a fair prospect of success, hence the dockets show the successful termination of a large majority of his cases. He at one time held the office of district clerk of Jack County and was the first attorney of Wise County under the constitution of 1868, which office he held until he was removed by the reconstruction acts. He was at the first election thereafter elected to the office of presiding justice. He was the first attorney of Rockwall County, holding the office several terms and finally resigned to take the office of County Judge, which he resigned in 1882, before moving to Terrell, where he located Dec. 25, 1882. He held office in Rockwall County during his entire residence in the county without ever having to become a candidate. Captain Stanfield took a lively interest in educational matters and served several terms as a member of the Terrell school board. Prominent in Masonic circles he for many years held the office ofdistrict deputy grand master and was holding the office of grand visitor for the grand Royal Arch Chapter at the time of his death." Diana

Hi Diana, About 5 years ago, I was digging everywhere, and may have seen at least one of those sites. I'm going to have to go back and take another look, though! I think I'm about ready to delve in again! I had been planning a book (go ahead, laugh--I do!!) about this ancestor, but somewhere along the way, I discovered two half-sisters of mine, which sort of blew me out of the water, and I abandoned my search for W.W.O. until just a few weeks ago. Thank you for Googling W.W.O.--I used to do that from time to time, and found the results for a Masonic lodge and that was about it! Thanks for letting me know there's more now!! I really, really appreciate your message! -Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > Joanne, I am sure you have seen these, since I did a Google search on WWO > Stanfield and found your extensive research there. Diana > > http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicResults.jsp > > Check out this site for more information on WWO Stanfield. > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00286/cah-00286.html > > > Obituary for THOMAS LIDDLE STANFIELD, son of W.W.O. Stanfield > > (Newspaper clipping from a Terrell, Texas newspaper) > > "Captain Stanfield No More-Old Time Citizen Dies Suddenly from Heart > Failure > > With the drifting out of the last sands of the year 1910 there passed away > one of the oldest citizens of Terrell, Captain Thomas L. Stanfield, whose > death occurred about 10:30 Friday night. It is presumed that death was the > result of heart failure. Thursday Captain Stanfield spent in Dallas > attending to some business, returning on the first train in the evening. > He retired at about his usual hour seemingly in good health (unclear for a > few lines) while spent with him, he seemed to be at ease again and his > family retired shortly after to be again aroused when they found the > husband and father breathing his last. A physician was quickly summoned, > but it was to no avail (unclear few words). > > News of the unexpected death quickly spread this morning and was the theme > of universal comment, coming as it did with no warning whatever to his > friends who just the day before saw him in his usual good health. > > The funeral services are announced to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 > o'clock under the auspices of the local Masonic Lodge. The organization > will gather at the residence at 906 West Grove Street and will go from > there to the Presbyterian church where the services will be held, > internment following in Oakland cemetery. > > Biographical- > > Captain Stanfield had enjoyed the distinction of (unclear) practitioner in > the profession in Kaufman County. His father was born in Virginia and his > mother in England, and were married in Texas, where he first saw the light > of day. He lived in Texas from the time of his birth, consequently under > every flag that has floated over Texas since the declaration of > independence from Mexico. > > A lawyer by profession, he was universally regarded as being a safe > counselor and of good legal judgment, and made a specialty of land law and > the perfecting of land titles. Conservative in his counsel, he never > involved his clients in litigation without at least a fair prospect of > success, hence the dockets show the successful termination of a large > majority of his cases. > > He at one time held the office of district clerk of Jack County and was > the first attorney of Wise County under the constitution of 1868, which > office he held until he was removed by the reconstruction acts. He was at > the first election thereafter elected to the office of presiding justice. > He was the first attorney of Rockwall County, holding the office several > terms and finally resigned to take the office of County Judge, which he > resigned in 1882, before moving to Terrell, where he located Dec. 25, > 1882. He held office in Rockwall County during his entire residence in the > county without ever having to become a candidate. > > Captain Stanfield took a lively interest in educational matters and served > several terms as a member of the Terrell school board. Prominent in > Masonic circles he for many years held the office ofdistrict deputy grand > master and was holding the office of grand visitor for the grand Royal > Arch Chapter at the time of his death." > > > Diana > > >

Joanne, I am not laughing - we all need to write a book or at least a short manuscript with our research and conclusions. It is the one thing most of us put off doing. Eighto or so years ago, I wrote about one of my observations. It was about 8 pages putting forth the reasons and documents that led to the conclusion that Elizabeth Petitt, the daugther of Robert and Melinda Logan Pettit, was the wife of Granville Kuykendall. I had census, land records, probate records, etc that pointed to that. However, there is not a marriage license or any docuement with both of their names on it. She died in about 1846-47, so she was not on the 1850 census. If we did that on every question, we would have a record of our work. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > Hi Diana, > About 5 years ago, I was digging everywhere, and may have seen at least > one of those sites. I'm going to have to go back and take another look, > though! I think I'm about ready to delve in again! > I had been planning a book (go ahead, laugh--I do!!) about this ancestor, > but somewhere along the way, I discovered two half-sisters of mine, which > sort of blew me out of the water, and I abandoned my search for W.W.O. > until just a few weeks ago. > Thank you for Googling W.W.O.--I used to do that from time to time, and > found the results for a Masonic lodge and that was about it! Thanks for > letting me know there's more now!! > I really, really appreciate your message! > -Joanne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diana White" <dkwhite@charter.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Stanfield > > >> Joanne, I am sure you have seen these, since I did a Google search on WWO >> Stanfield and found your extensive research there. Diana >> >> http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/RepublicResults.jsp >> >> Check out this site for more information on WWO Stanfield. >> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00286/cah-00286.html >> >> >> Obituary for THOMAS LIDDLE STANFIELD, son of W.W.O. Stanfield >> >> (Newspaper clipping from a Terrell, Texas newspaper) >> >> "Captain Stanfield No More-Old Time Citizen Dies Suddenly from Heart >> Failure >> >> With the drifting out of the last sands of the year 1910 there passed >> away one of the oldest citizens of Terrell, Captain Thomas L. Stanfield, >> whose death occurred about 10:30 Friday night. It is presumed that death >> was the result of heart failure. Thursday Captain Stanfield spent in >> Dallas attending to some business, returning on the first train in the >> evening. He retired at about his usual hour seemingly in good health >> (unclear for a few lines) while spent with him, he seemed to be at ease >> again and his family retired shortly after to be again aroused when they >> found the husband and father breathing his last. A physician was quickly >> summoned, but it was to no avail (unclear few words). >> >> News of the unexpected death quickly spread this morning and was the >> theme of universal comment, coming as it did with no warning whatever to >> his friends who just the day before saw him in his usual good health. >> >> The funeral services are announced to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 >> o'clock under the auspices of the local Masonic Lodge. The organization >> will gather at the residence at 906 West Grove Street and will go from >> there to the Presbyterian church where the services will be held, >> internment following in Oakland cemetery. >> >> Biographical- >> >> Captain Stanfield had enjoyed the distinction of (unclear) practitioner >> in the profession in Kaufman County. His father was born in Virginia and >> his mother in England, and were married in Texas, where he first saw the >> light of day. He lived in Texas from the time of his birth, consequently >> under every flag that has floated over Texas since the declaration of >> independence from Mexico. >> >> A lawyer by profession, he was universally regarded as being a safe >> counselor and of good legal judgment, and made a specialty of land law >> and the perfecting of land titles. Conservative in his counsel, he never >> involved his clients in litigation without at least a fair prospect of >> success, hence the dockets show the successful termination of a large >> majority of his cases. >> >> He at one time held the office of district clerk of Jack County and was >> the first attorney of Wise County under the constitution of 1868, which >> office he held until he was removed by the reconstruction acts. He was at >> the first election thereafter elected to the office of presiding justice. >> He was the first attorney of Rockwall County, holding the office several >> terms and finally resigned to take the office of County Judge, which he >> resigned in 1882, before moving to Terrell, where he located Dec. 25, >> 1882. He held office in Rockwall County during his entire residence in >> the county without ever having to become a candidate. >> >> Captain Stanfield took a lively interest in educational matters and >> served several terms as a member of the Terrell school board. Prominent >> in Masonic circles he for many years held the office ofdistrict deputy >> grand master and was holding the office of grand visitor for the grand >> Royal Arch Chapter at the time of his death." >> >> >> Diana >> >> >> > >