This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pritchett, Martin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1430 Message Board Post: Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Tx. 28 Feb 1908: J.J. Pritchett died, Tues; heart failure; services 1st Christian church; Eld. C. M. Schoonover & Rev. M.L. Hamilton; buried Willow Wild; Mason; native of Virginia; born 1 Dec 1824, Pittsylvania County; married 1856 Halifax Co., Va. to Miss Anna Martin; children: 4 sons, 1 daughter; Anna died 1869; all except 1 son living in Texas now; to Fannin Co. 1881 to Savoy; surviviing children: E.H. of Bonham; J.J. of Ector; Rev. W.A. of Como; Mrs. Anna Weaver of St. Jo. manufacturer of tobacco; lost one fortune, gained another; lost and gained a thrid; became Mason in Va. 62 yrs. ago