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Civil War Veterans Buried in Hale County, Texas

compiled by Maisie Jones, Hi-Plains Genealogical Societyedited by John Sigwald, Librarian, Unger Memorial Library© 2010

The following names are believed by some type of evidence to be Civil War veterans. Theinformation was obtained from obituaries, cemetery records, funeral home records, newspaperarticles, and Plainview city directories. The History of Hale County by Mary Cox, Facts andFolklore by Vera Wofford, and Hale County Historical Quarterlies provided a wealth ofinformation. Some descendants provided information. Several books which compiledinformation about Confederate troops were consulted. One valuable source was the ConfederatePension Index. These pensions were begun in 1899 for native Texans or for those entering Texasprior to 1880. Then the Pension was expanded to include those who entered Texas prior to 1910and were disabled, indigent, or widows. Many census records were consulted to obtain names ofwives and children and their birth dates and places.

Errors are always possible, but perhaps some of this information will lead you along another pathor around a road block that had seemed impassable and, suddenly, your family will appear.

— Maisie Jones

Sources

History of Hale County by Mary Cox © 1937Hale County Historical Quarterlies Facts and Folklore, vol. 1 and 2, by Vera WoffordNewspapers: Plainview Daily/Evening Herald, Hale County Herald, and Plainview NewsFuneral home records: Lemons Funeral Home and Wood-Dunning Funeral HomePlainview city directoriesHale County marriage recordsEarly Hale County land ownersHale County Cemetery Records databaseHale County cemetery data: block, lot, and spaceHeadstone picturesFamily interviews and documentsCensus recordsConfederate Pension Applications in TexasConfederate Troops in TexasConfederate State Roster, vol. 1 and 2, edited by Janet B. Hewitt

Civil War Veterans buried in Hale County, Texas(*listed in Mary Cox’s History of Hale County, Texas)

Henry A. Absher (Hale Center) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1*Benjamin Thomas Ansley, Sr. (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1Henry Miers Austin (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2*Reuben A. Barrow (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3*Joseph L. Boswell (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3Abner Bourn (Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4*James Oliver Brown (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4John Crockett Brown (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4*James Harvey Bryan (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5*Jesse C. Burch (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5*James H. Calvert (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6*Dr. Valerius C. Canon (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6James Henry Case (Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7*William C. Clements (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7Winfield Scott Connally (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8*Hiram S. Cox (Plainview IOOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8*Jesse L. Craig (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9William C. Crawford (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10J.R Davis (Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10Louis Dooley (Plainview IOOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11*Capt. Edwin W. Dyer (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12Thomas Jefferson Ellerd (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13Winfield Scott Eubanks (Hale Center) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13James E. Fitzgerald (Pearce Chapel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14*James R. Goodwin (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14*John E. Hardin (Plainview IOOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15*Rev. Alfred Jarmony Harp (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15*Henry Wakefield Harrel (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16Orlando Holland (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17*James Adam Hooper (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17*Major Alfred T. Howell (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18Capt. Bela Austin Hudgins (Hale Center) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19Dr. William Hunt (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20James Augustus Johnson (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20John Kiser (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21Robert West (Bob) Lemond (Hale Center) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21*William P. Long (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22*Robert William Marine (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24James May (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24*John Thomas Mayhugh (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24*Hugh M. McClelland (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25A.C. McDuffee (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26H.K. McQuigg (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26Matthew T. Moore (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27*John L. Moreton (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27

*A.F. Nash (Plainview IOOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28Dr. Andrew Jackson Oliver (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28William Houston Pearce (Pearce Chapel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29*Houston S. Pearson (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30*John Pendley (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30Thomas R. Pennington (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31*James T. Phelps (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31*John Newton Phenis (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31*Franklin A. Pickard (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32*Adam B. Powell (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32*Rev. W.M.P. Rippey (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32* Rev. Alfred Burton Roberts (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 33George Washington Robertson (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34*Jackson Lafayette Robinson (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35Lauren H. Rosser (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35George Washington Roy (Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35*Cornelius Sewell (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36*W.B. Sheffy (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37*Isaac Bynum Shelton (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37*James M. Shropshire (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38*Capt. J.D. Smith (Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38Joseph Andrew Smith (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39Lafayette E. Speed (Plainview IOOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39James F. Stewart (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40*Capt. John W. Stewart (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40*Capt. Charles Willis Tandy (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 41Isaac L. Thomas (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 41*James P. Toney (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42John Vanderslice (Plainview IOOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42*Jasper Leroy Vaughn (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 43*Rev. Samuel D. Waddill (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44William Smith Waddill (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 45James Lafayette Wagoner (Center Plains) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 45B.C. Walker (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 46*Winfield S. Wasson (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 46*Joseph H. Wayland (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 46*Frank Milton (Daddy) Wells (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 47James Alfred (J.A.) Wheeler (Abernathy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 48Thomas H. Williamson (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 49*John Wesley Winn (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 49Ben Wofford (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 50Leroy Wright (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 51L.J. Yates (Plainview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 52

Other possible veterans buried in Hale County cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 53

Henry A. Absher

Born: November 3, 1842 - Angelina County,TexasDied: November 28, 1926 (stone says 1928)Marriage: ~1872Spouse: Ella (b. August, 1850 in Texas)Parents: Chasin (mother) (b. in France)Children: John (b. 1874); Jenne M. (b. 1876);Alice (stepdaughter; b. 1872); A.H. (son)Military: Texas Confederate Pension #39047Funeral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Hale Center CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 2-S-ESources: 1880 Milam County, Texas, census;1900 Milam County, Texas, census; 1910 Runnells County, Texas, census; Confederate Pension

ObituaryH.A. Absher Died Near Hale Center Sunday Morning

H.A. Absher, 83, died at the home of his son, A.H. Absher, near Hale Center at eight o’clock Sunday morning.

He was a retired farmer and had lived with his son for the past several years. He had been in poor health for some

time.

Mr. Absher was a member of the Church of Christ and Thornton Crews pastor of the Plainview Church of Christ

conducted the funeral Monday afternoon at four o’clock. Interment was made in the Hale Center Cemetery under the

directio of Garner Bros. of this city. (December 2, 1926)

Benjamin Thomas Ansley, Sr.

Born: November 22, 1840 - Upson County,GeorgiaDied: December 29, 1915 - Plainview, Texas Marriage: 1869Spouse: Martha Ann SmyerParents: [unknown]Children: B.T., Jr. (b. 1871); Sam T. (b. 1876); Rebecca (b. 1875); Della (b. 1882); Julia (b.1893); Wince; Daniel Edward (b. 1880)Military: 17 Consolidated Dismounted Cavalry, Company Cth

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 81-4-11Sources: 1860 Smith County, Texas, census; 1870 Hill County, Texas, census; 1910 HaleCounty, Texas, census

CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED IN HALE COUNTY - 2

ObituaryB.T. Ansley, Sr., Dies After Lingering Illness; Pioneer Plainsman Laid to Rest in Plainview Cemetery

Yesterday Afternoon

B.T. Ansley, Sr. was called from his earthly to his heavenly home early Wednesday morning, December 29,

1915, surrounded by his family and fully prepared for the great change.

Mr. Ansley’s death was not unexpected, as he had been confined to his home for several weeks.

He was born in Upson County, Ga., in 1840. His parents started to Texas in 1854. Upon reaching New Orleans

they were smitten with Asiatic cholera, his father and several other members of the family dying from the dread

disease.

Mr. Ansley was married to Miss Martha Smyer, in Smith County, Texas, in 1869. She, with seven of the eight

children, survives him, six of whom live in the city. B.T. Ansley, Jr., Dan E. Ansley, Sam T. Ansley and Misses

Rebecca, Della, and Julia Ansley. Wince Ansley, another son, is a resident of Dumas, Texas.

The deceased had been a devout member of the Methodist Church for nearly forty years. His long and useful life

was exemplified by his death. “It pays, boy, to be ready,” he said to one of his sons a few hours before his death.

Mr. Ansley was a member of the 17 Texas Regiment during the Civil War and was present at several imporantth

engagements. He was a true pioneer in spirit, moving from county to county as civilization encroached upon the

boundless prairies of the West.

The funeral services were conducted at the home, on West Second Street. at three o’clock Thursday afternoon by

Rev. J.W. Story. The interment took place in the city cemetery. A.A. Hatchell, funeral director of Paxton & Oswald,

had charge of the funeral.

The profusion of beautiful flowers was a fitting tribute to the life of one who was ever ready to help those who

needed help.

The honorary pall bearers at the funeral were Rev. A.B. Roberts, Dr. Jas. Pickettt, Capt. C.W. Tandy, J.H.

Buntin, J.C. Jones and A.L. Maupin. The active pall bearers were Judge R.C. Joiner, J.N. Jordan, J.W. Wayuland,

A.J. Crager, R.A. Long, and N.V. Speer. (Plainview Evening Herald, December 31, 1915)

Henry Miers Austin

Born: May 1, 1836 - TennesseeDied: March 8, 1900Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Mary Frances GilliamParents: Eggleston F. and Amanda StaleyChildren: Harry (b. 1872 in Tennessee)Military: Sgt. V, 17 Infantry, Company Ith

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 60-1-11Sources: 1870 Sumner County Gallatin; 1900 Hale County, Texas,census; Texas Confederate Pension #23154


Reuben A. Barrow

Born: August 6, 1841 - North CarolinaDied: March 19, 1923 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: 1882Spouse: Mary Florence Sullivan (2 wife)nd

Parents: Phillip and Betsy BarrowChildren: Frank Sullivan Barrow (b. February 1,1884, d. December 6, 1931); Henry Clay Barrow (b. March 27, 1885, d. March 25, 1969); RubyA. Barrow (b. May 5, 1889, d. October 21, 1987)Military: 21 Regiment Company D.N.C., Captain; 1861-1865 UCV Campst

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 185-3-7Sources: 1910 Hale County, Texas, census

ObituaryCapt. R.A. Barrow Dies

Capt. Reuben A. Barrow, well known citizen of Plainview, died at his home Monday about noon, having been an

invalid for several years. He was an excellent citizen and his passing on casts a gloom over the town, for he had

many friends.

Capt. Barrow was born in Forsyth county, N.C., August 6 , 1841, was the son of Phillip and Betsy Barrow, and theth

youngest of three children, two brothers and one sister. The brother died during the Civil war and the sister in 1880.

Capt. Barrow was educated in Oak Ridge College, NC. When the Civil war broke out though yet a lad he enlisted

as a volunteer and joined the Twenty-first Regiment Company D.N.C. He was promoted until he became a captain in

the Confederate army.

He married Mary F. Sullivan in 1882, and moved to Texas six months later. He first located on a farm near Fort

Worth and in 1907 moved to Plainview.

When a young man he united with the Methodist church, on coming to Texas he helped to build a Presbyterian

church in the community where he lived, and served that church as a deacon and then as elder. His membership is

now in the Presbyterian church of Plainview.

Mr. Barrow leaves his widow and three children, Frank, Clay, and Ruby all of Plainview.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, Pastor H.E. Bullock officiating and

interment will follow in Plainview cemetery. (The Plainview News, March 20, 1923)

Joseph L. Boswell

Born: November, 1836 - Georgia or AlabamaDied: 1918Marriage: ~1865-1866Spouse: Mary M. ColeChildren: Robert L. (b. 1868 in Mississippi); George James (b. 1871 in Texas); William M. (b.1872 in Texas); Susan E. (b. 1874 in Texas); Cora I. (b. 1879 in Texas)Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 95-2-6Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #10093


Abner Bourn

Born: March 29, 1843Died: May 5, 1925Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Sallie A.Parents: [unknown]Children: [unknown]Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Petersburg CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 7Notes: American Legion markerSources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

James Oliver Brown

Born: August 15, 1846Died: October 10, 1921Marriage: ~1886Spouse: Alice GreerParents: [unknown]Children: Charlie G. (b. 1886), Matte G. (b. 1889), Oliver K. (b.1891), Nolan (b. 1893), Mary Etta (b. 1896), Frank B. (b. 1898),....mbra (b. 1901) - all children born in TexasMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: [unknown]Sources: 1900 Hale County, Texas, census; 1910 Hale County,Texas, census; 1920 Hale County, Texas, census; 1930 Hale County,Texas, census

John Crockett Brown

Born: November 15, 1841 - Lee County, VirginiaDied: March 17, 1920Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Elizabeth Mary JohnsonParents: [unknown]Children: Joseph (b. 1872), Lillie (b. 1874), Flora(b. 1876), Hall (b. 1877), Theophilus Hall (b. January 16, 1877, in Granger County), Marietta (b.November 6, 1882), Elida (Lida) Zuleka (b. December 22, 1869)


Military: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 2-3-7Sources: 1880 Grainger County, Tennessee, census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920Hale County, Texas, census

James Harvey Bryan

Born: March 11, 1833 - TennesseeDied: April 2, 1903Marriage: October 20, 1857Spouse: Nancy J.Parents: [unknown]Children: Oscar D. (b. 1859), James E., Polk F.,William Henry (b. 1865), Sallie, Myrtle, Robert E.,Mary E. (b. 1876), Bettie Alice (b. 1880)Military: 1 Lt. Company B, 1 Battalion, Tennessee Infantryst st

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 68-3-6Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #24871 (Mrs. N.J. Bryan); 1900 Hale County, Texas,census

Jesse C. Burch

Born: November 20, 1833 - AlabamaDied: January 20, 1916 - FloridaMarriage: [unknown]Spouse: Maria T.Parents: [unknown]Children: Robert E. (b. 1858 - Louisiana), S.L. (b.1861 - Texas), J. J. (James?) (b. 1861 - Texas),Hugh M. (b. 1867 - Texas), M.J (b. 1871 - Texas), S. (b. 1876 - Texas), Hattie (b. 1870 - Texas),Walter G.Military: 19 Cavalry, Company C th

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 90-8-11Sources: Texas Pension #09033; 1880, Taylor County, Texas, census; 1900 Hale County, Texas,census


ObituaryJudge Burch Buried

The funeral service of Judge J.C. Burch was held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church by Rev. J.W.

Story. Interment was made in the Plainview cemetery.

The pall bearers were: John G. Hamilton, John Pendley, L. Lee Dye, Le Roy Wright, R. Holland, Capt. Walker,

F.M. Wells, J.H. Buntin, R.W. O’Keefe, W.F. Brooks, W.B. Martine, Polk Bryan, Chas. Vincent, Col. R.P. Smyth,

Judge J.E. Lancanster, John Sander, J.H. Slaton and L.A. Knight.

Judge Burch was the second county judge of Hale County. He was also a charter member of the First Methodist

Church of Plainview. He moved to Hale County in 1887, and remained here for a number of years. He died at the

home of his daughter, Mrs. D.J. Red, at Larkin, Fla.

At the time of his death he was eight-two years old. (January 28, 1916)

James H. Calvert

Born: February 11, 1840Died: November 7, 1922Marriage: 1) ~1879; 2) ~1882Spouse: 1) Elizabeth; 2) Sidney Neeley HooperParents: [unknown]Children: Elizabeth L., Nannie Ruth, J.C., Bobby, GidneyMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 91-1-5Sources: 1900 and 1910 Hale County, Texas, censuses

Dr. Valerius C. Canon

Born: April 16, 1833 - GeorgiaDied: December 14, 1923Married: ~1862Spouse: Sarah BelleParents: [unknown]Children: Anna E. (b. 1879), Lena Adele (b.1881), Edna (b. 1885), Vera, (b. 1888), Valeria (b. 1889) - all children born in TexasMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 40-1-9Sources: 1900 Hamilton County census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920 Floyd County,Texas, census


ObituaryDr. C.V. Canon Dies

Dr. C.V. Canon, pioneer physician of Plainview, died today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Solon Clements.

The funeral will be held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3:45.

An extended account of his life will be published in Tuesday’s News. He was born in 1833. (December 14, 1923)

James Henry Case

Born: 1836Died: August 15, 1927 - Hale County, TexasMarriage: [unknown]Spouse: Nancy Ann CottonParents: [unknown]Children:[unknown]Military: U.S. ArmyFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Petersburg CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

William C. Clements

Born: May 15, 1847 - GeorgiaDied: January 9, 1926 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: ~1876Spouse: Lizzie WeaverParents: [unknown]Children: Billie, Homer, Harry Pelham (b. 1886),Bettie (b. 1888), Robert Ray (b. 1893), Hattie R.(b. 1896), Melvin (b. 1898), K. Joubert (b. 1900),Louis Blaylock (b. 1890), Charles E. (b. 1885), Solon, Sr.Military: served 2 years in Gov. Joe Brown’s Georgia cavalryFuneral Home:[unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 224-4-5Sources: 1910 Hale County, Texas, census

ObituaryClements Funeral Set for Tomorrow; Aged Hale County Man Celebrated Golden Wedding Only Six Days

Before His Death

W.C. Clements, for twenty-five years a resident of Hale County, died January 9 at the family home, one mileth

east of Plainview, following an illness of about twenty-four hours.


Only six days before he and Mrs. Clements had celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary. He had been in

poor health for the past several years, but for the past six or eight months he had been up and was feeling fine.

Mr. Clements was born in Fayetteville, Ga., May 15, 1847, and spent his young manhood there. He served two

years in the Confederate Army in Govern Joe Brown’s Georgia cavalry organization. At the close of the Civil War

he came to Texas and settled in Cass County. There he taught school until 1873, moving at that time near Corsicana.

There he met and married Miss Lizzie Weever. While living hear Corsicana he taught school and engaged in the

cotton ginning business and farming, which occupation he followed until 1900. In 1900 he and his family moved to

Plainview and settled one mile east of town at which place he lived until his death.

After coming to Plainview Mr. Cleemtns engaged in stock farming until he retired some few years ago.

Nine boys and two girls, all of whom are living, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Clements. In addition to his children

he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Clements. His children are Billie Clements of Corsicana; Homer and Melvin

Clements of Richmond, Calif.; Joubert Clements of Floydada; Mrs. Hattie Sparks of Vermillion, S.D., Solon

Clements, Charles Clements, Pelham Clements, Louis Clements, Roy Clements and Bettie Clements all of Plainview.

He had two sisters, Mrs. Roxie Ann Blalock of Fayetteville, Ga., and Mrs. Bettie Lester of Plainview, and two

nieces, Mrs. C.L. Jones of Corsicana and Mrs. L.A. Knight of Plainview, and a nephew, Lewis Lester of Canyon.

The funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted

by Rev. J. Pat Horton and Rev. L.N. Lipscomb. (January 12, 1926)

Winfield Scott Connally

Born: ~1848 - GeorgiaDied: ~1935Funeral Home: Wood-Dunning Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 48-4-4Notes: In Seaman family blockSources: Texas Confederate Pension #50738; 1910 Randall County, Texas, census; 1920 HaleCounty, Texas, census

Hiram S. Cox

Born: May 12 1844 - IllinoisDied: Mary 24, 1920Married: ~1869Spouse: Alice A.Children: George R. (b. 1871 - Iowa), Fred A. (b.1874 - Illinois), Joseph E. (b. 1877 - Kansas),Kenneth H. (b. 1883 - Nebraska), Mary Lovina (b.1885 - Nebraska), Carley L. (b. 1887 - Nebraska)Funeral Home: Cemetery: Plainview IOOFBlock, Lot, & Space: 29-2Notes: Daughter Mary Lovina Cox was the author of History of Hale County, TexasSources: 1880 Browns Creek, Kansas, census; 1900 Rock Island, Illinois, census; 1910 HaleCounty, Texas, census


ObituaryHiram Cox Dies

Hiram Cox, age 75 years, died at his home southwest of the square. He died from a stroke of paralysis which he

suffered a week before.

The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J.H. Abney conducting the service,

and interment was in Plainview cemetery.

The deceased leaves five sons and one daughter among them are Geo. Cox and Miss Mary Cox of Plainview. A

brother from New Mexico was with him when the end came, and a brother from California had been here several

days before. His wife died about five years ago, and he was buried by her side. (March 26, 1920)

Jesse L. Craig

Born: March 15, 1844 - IllinoisDied: March 13, 1928 - Plainview, TexasMarried: 1) ~1871 - Grayson County, Texas; 2)~1900 Spouse: 1) Sarah Ann Breazeall; 2) IsabellaSkaggsChildren: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 210-2-7Sources: 1880 Grayson County, Texas, census

ObituaryJ.L. Craig, Plains Pioneer, Died Today; Funeral Services at First Baptist Church Wednesday Afternoon at

Three o’Clock

J.L. Craig, for thirty years a resident of the Plains, died at his residence, 1301 Quincy Street, this afternnon at one

o’clock, following an illness of about a week’s duration. Mr. Craig would have been eight-four years of age had he

lived until Thursday, March 15 . th

He is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. R.Q. Silverthorne of Plainview, Mrs. G.J. Clements of

Floydada, and J.T. Craig of Duke, Okla., and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. J.E. Craig, whose husband died in 1923. All

were here at the time of death except J.T., who is enroute here and expected to arrive today.

The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock, services being at the First Baptist church with

Rev. J. Pat Horton in charge.

Mr. Craig was a native of Illinois. He moved to the Plains from Jack County, having moved there from Grayson.

Until he moved to Plainview, twenty years ago he was active in the management of his farm and ranch properties

northwest of Plainview. (Plainview Evening Herald, March 13, 1928)

J.L. Craig, 83, Died Here Tuesday; Pioneer Plains Cattleman was a Resident of Plainview 30 Years

J.L. Craig, for thirty years a resident of the Plains, died at his residence, 1301 Quincy Street, on Tuesday noon,

following an illness of only a few days duration. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Baptist

Church, the Reverend J. Pat Horton officiating. Interment was made in Plainview cemetery.

Mr. Craig was born in Illinois in 1844. He lived there and in Missouri until he wasa about eight years old, at

which time he came to Grayson County, Texas, to live with a sister. When only a youth he became engaged in the

cattle business. As Grayson County became more thickly settle, he moved on to Jack County, and from there on out

to the Plains, where he spent the remainder of his life.

He is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. R.Q. Silverthorne of Plainview, Mrs. G.J. Clements of

Floydada, and J.T. Craig of Luke, Okla., and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. J.E. Craig of Plainview, whose husband died in

1923. All were here for the funeral services.


Mr. Craig, up to the time of his retirement, was engaged in the cattle business. He was one of the most widely

know ranchers on the Plains. Most of his land was located about twenty miles northwest of Plainview. After his

retirement and prior to his ill health, caused by an accident ten years ago, he was active in church work, keenly

interested in all things which would make for the upbuilding of his community, and was a liberal contributor of his

means to Wayland College.

Many friends mourn his passingi, as was testified by the beautiful floral offerings and the many friends present.

Floydada friends present were Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Nelson, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. V. Andrews, W.E. Patty, Mrs. J.K.

Green, Mrs. Lee Howard, Mr. and Mrs. albert Clubb, Mrs. Sam Thurman, Mrs. E.S. Randerson, Misses Audrey

Ferris, Jesse May Wood and Katie Lee Thurman.

Active pall bearers were M.C. Cornelius, G.W. Lewellen, Guy Jacob, Jim Dougherty, W.B. Martine, J.L.

Dorsett, John Hooper and Jo W. Wayland.

Those named as honorary pall bearers were E. Graham, Dr. C.C. Gidney, Dr. J.C. Anderson, J.C. Anderson Jr.,

Capt. J.N. Donohoo, E.C. Nelson, C.W. Bryson, D.W. McGlasson, Green Wilson, E. T. Hartley, Roy Rowe, J.W,

Saffle, Solon Clements, Charles Clements, Charles Pierce, J.N. Jordan, Dick Hooper, F. Autrey, M.A. McCraw,

R.W. Shirley and R. Harris. (Plainview Evening Herald, March 15, 1928)

William C. Crawford

Born: ~1844Died: ~1924Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: [unknown]Parents: [unknown] Children: [unknown]Military: Cpl., Cavalry 2 Regiment, Company Hnd

Funeral Home:Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 2-3Notes:Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #19912

J.R. Davis

Born: July 22, 1842Died: December 19, 1919Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Josephine R.Parents: [unknown]Children:J.B. (b. 1872), J.R. (b. 1874), Lemuel (b.1876), Nora (b. 1878), Mat (b. 1880), Maude (b.1883), Waldo (b. 1896) - all children born in TexasMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]


Cemetery: Petersburg CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 1Sources: 1880 Fannin County, Texas, census; 1920 Gonzales County, Texas, census; 1930 HaleCounty, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #33535

Louis Dooley

Born: January 1, 1842 -Plainview, GeorgiaDied: November 9, 1936 -Plainview, TexasMarriage: ~1864 - GeorgiaSpouse: Malicia O.Parents: [unknown]Children: George W. (b.1866); Lousianna Phillips (b. 1868); Julie Marr Leonard Davis (b.1871); all children born in GeorgiaMilitary: Cuming Volunteer CavalryFuneral Home: Wood-Dunning Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview Cemetery IOOFBlock, Lot, & Space: 31-2Notes: joined Confederate forces at 21Sources: 1880 Haywood County, Georgia, census; 1920 Hale County, Texas, census; 1930 HaleCounty, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #49319

ObituaryConfederate Veteran, Aged 95, Succumbs

Death wrote finis yesterday to a career which was less than five years short of the century mark when it took

Louis Dooley, one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil War, who had lived in Plainview since 1918. He would

have ben 96 years old on January 1.

Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Set Ward Baptist church and burial followed in

the Plainview cemetery under the direction of the Roy G. Wood Funeral Parlor.

Mr. Dooley was born in Plainville, Georgia, on January 1, 1842. During the war between the states he joined the

cavalry and for a year and a half he served the “Stars and Bars,” seeing service in many skirmishes and battles that

took place during the latter part of the war along the eastern seaboard.

He lived in Georgia until 1895 when he moved to Oklahoma and thence, in 1808, to Eastland, Texas. Ten years

later he came to Plainview where his two daughters, Mrs. Lou Phillips and Mrs. Julia Davis reside. Several

grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive: A son died many years ago.

Mr. Dooley died early yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Davis, in Seth Ward. (Plainview

Evening Herald, November 10, 1936)


Capt. Edwin W. Dyer

Born: August 16, 1839 - Cherokee County, GeorgiaDied: June 3, 1918Marriage: December 27, 1865Spouse: Emma Eugenia RutherfordParents: [unknown]Children: Lou A. (b. 1867), Frank R. (b. 1872), John Cash (b.1874),Sallie B. (b. 1883), Edwin Eugene (b. 1880), Julia Alice (b. 1866)Military: CSA; January 1862-May 1, 1865 - Hempstead, Texas; 12th

Infantry, Company KFuneral Home: [unknown]; minister I.E. GatesCemetery: Plainview, TXBlock, Lot, & Space: 32-2-11Sources: 1880 Stephens County, Texas, census; 1900 Hale County,Texas, census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas ConfederatePension #38798

ObituaryCaptain E.W. Dyer

Captain E.W. Dyer died, at the home of Mr. J.H. Slaton, June 3 , 1918 and was buried from the Baptist Churchrd

at 5 p.m., attended by a throng of people.

Captain Dyer was born in Cherokee County, Georgia, August 16 , 1839, and was, a the time of death, almost 79th

years of age. He enlisted in the Confederate Army, from Baylor University, in January of 1862, and served with

honor until discharged, May 1 , 1865, at Hempstead, Texas. The most important battles in which he was engagedst

were Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and Jenkins Ferry. He married Miss Emma Eugenia Rutherford December 27 ,th

1865who survives him. He had a family of six children, three daughters and three sons, five of whom were at his

bedside when he died. The living children are Mrs. R.B.C. Howell, Mrs. J.H. Slaton, Frank Dyer, Edwin Eugene

Dyer and John Dyer.

Captain Dyer professed religion and joined the Baptist Church at Hillsboro, Texas, being a charter member of

that church. He was also a charter member later of the Towash Church, in Hill County, and still later joined the

Baptist Church of Breckenridge, in which church he was made a deacon under the ministry of his uncle, who was

pastor. He moved to the Plains in 1892, and united with the Plainview Baptist Church, serving both as deacon and

Sunday School superintendent during the ministry of Doctor Kimbrough, T.A. Moore and T.P. Speakman. He was a

member and a deacon in the church here when he died.

Captain Dyer was a very strong and a very active man all his life. He was a man of tremendously strong

convictions. You never had to guess where he stood on all religious and moral questions. He was faithful in his

attendance upon all church services and loyal to the pastor and the church, especially to the one who writes these

words. He died the death of the righteous. In all my life I never witness stronger faith as he neared the end. He called

his children and grandchildren around his bed, and the pastor and grandchildren sang his favorite hymns and read his

favorite verses and prayed. He talked calmly and yet heroically of his faith in God, quoting his favorite verse, “I

know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against

that day.” He asked all to meet him in heaven. I was deeply impressed by his last message, as it will help me to

preach better all my days. “Let me die the death of the righteous; let my last end be like his.” I preached his funeral

from the text “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”

Truly a great and good man has gone. He served his generation well by the will of God. He eft a faithful wife and

a devoted family. It was blessed to note how they loved him. The grandchildren loved him as well as the children.

The sons-in-law held him in high esteem and wept like children at his funeral. I never attended a funeral that

impressed me more. Everything was beautiful and inspiring. The male quartet sang four or five great hymns, stirring

our souls to the depths. The floral offering was beautiful and large. The grave was lined from top to bottom with

roses, and as his body was being lowered the wife of 53 years said: “The grave does not look so sad and gloomy

amid the fragrant flowers. Good-bye, sweetheart, I will meet you soon.”


As his pastor, I commend his life to all. His life was a great sermon. He wrote his epitaph while living. His record

is made. His influence abides. His soul rests well. He is through with sin, pain and sorrow. He has finished the school

of life, with its discipline. Discontent and unrest are at an end. His vision is clear, for he is done with the myteries

and problems of life which vex us. His is now in the land without limitations, and all his faculties are keenly alive to

all the enjoyments and privileges of heavenly citizenship.

Do not grieve after him. Live as he lived, and join him in the land of light and love and immortality. — I.E. Gates

(Hale County Herald, June 7, 1918)

Thomas Jefferson Ellerd

Born: March 3, 1844 - AlabamaDied: February 27, 1932 - AmherstMarriage: ~1865Spouse: Lucinda J.Parents: [unknown]Children: James Thomas, (b. 1866), John Jasper (b.1867), S.A. (b. 1868), M.P. (b. 1870),Reuben M. (b. 1872), Ollie (b. 1882), Lilly M. (b. 1887)Military: CSAFuneral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 133-4-3Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #08485

Winfield Scott Eubanks

Born: February 22, 1847 - Dover, ArkansasDied: January 23, 1922Marriage: ~1883 - Holland, Bell County, TexasSpouse: Madora Eagan McCaslandParents: John and Nancy Hamm EubanksChildren: [unknown]Military: CSA, Company E, Randall’s Raiders, 28 Texas Cavalry, 1862-1865th

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Hale Center CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 3-NNotes: Moved to Hale Center ~1908; marker dedication September 11, 1994, Hale CenterCemeterySources: Texas Confederate Pension #49942 (Mrs.)

BiographyBorn February 22, 1847, at Dover, Arkansas to John and Nancy Hamm Eubanks (who died at his birth). He left

Arkansas at age 15 and settle in Cherokee County, Texas at Alto. He joined the Confederate service on the 29 ofth

March 1862 for a three year enlistment or until the war ended. He was mustered into Co. “E” of (Randall’s Raiders)

the 28 Texas Cavalry.th


Muster rolls of January and February 1864 last record Winfield Scott Eubanks as present. The regiment was

listed among Confederate troops surrendered at Galveston, Texas on the 2 of June 1865, but had ceased to exist bynd

that late date. No capture or parole records exist regarding Winfield Scott.

By 1880 he was in Bell Co. TX farming and ranching. He married Madora Egan McCasland on the 12 ofth

August 1883 in Davilla, Milam Co. TX and settled near Holland in Bell Co. TX. There were 7 children born to them.

Around 1908 the family moved west of Hale Center, TX where he farmed and bought and sold cattle.

By November 1921 he had moved the family to Olton, TX, where he died suddenly on the 23 of January 1922,rd

leaving his family in Hale And Lamb counties of Texas and on land he had homesteaded near Tatum NM.

James E. Fitzgerald

Born: May 25, 1845Died: October 28, 1932Marriage: see belowSpouse: 1) Sarah; 2) Ida Lee Miller (m. 1886)Children: John N. (b. 1890), Mattie V. (b. 1893), George W. and James R. (b. 1896), Etta L. (b.1898), Minnie M. (b. 1911), Avie L. (b. 1887).Military: CSA; Cpl, Texas CavalryFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Pearce Chapel/Strip CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: [unknown]Sources: 1910 Hale County, Texas census; 1920 Hale County, Texas, census; 1930 Hale County,Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #45775

BiographyJames E. Fitzgerald of Strip was only sixteen years old when he left his family to fight for the South in 1862:

Well do I remember when we were issued one-half of an ear of corn as rations. I threw my part away, thinking that

if I could get no more, this would do me no good, but someone told me that I had better keep it. It would tast good

before I got any more, and it was only too true. (from Texas Boys in Gray, © 1912)

James R. Goodwin

Born: November 1846 - AlabamaDied: January 24, 1926Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Martha M. GoldenParents: [unknown]Children: Mrs. J.P. Spence, W.G., D.G., G.W.,Mrs. D.H. Creecy, and J.W.Military: CSA 1863-1864Funeral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 221-3-3Notes: moved to Texas ~1886Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #22369


ObituaryJ.R. Goodwin Funeral Yesterday

J.R. Goodwin died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D.H. Spence, 1409 West 8 Street iat 11:50 p.m. Tuesday,th

January 24 . He had been ill since Christmas. Mr. Goodwin was a Confedearte soldier, serving in the Southernth

armies during the years of 1863 and 1864.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Goodwin; his sons, W.G. and D.G. of shamrock; G.W. of Kim, Col.; his

daughters, Mrs. Spence of Plainview, Mrs. J.P. Spence and Mrs. D.H. Creecy, Iemp, Texas and several

grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted from the home Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. J. Pat Horton in charge

and interment was made under direction of Garner Bros. in Plainview Cemetery. Pall bearers were W.A. Spence,

O.C. Spence, D.H. Spence, Jr., W.M. Cornelius, J.T. Reid and Lon Robinson. (January 26, 1928)

John E. Hardin

Born: October 5, 1845 - ArkansasDied: June 21, 1924Marriage: ~1867Spouse: Martha A. MorganParents: [unknown]Children: Emery (b. 1882), Eva (b. 1884), Hugh(b. 1887), Polly (b. 1892), Walter Lee (b. 1871)Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview IOOFBlock, Lot, & Space: IOOF 91-2Notes: J.E. Hardin - Gonzales County - Indigent (from Confederate Indigent Families, 1863-1865)Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #28107

Rev. Alfred Jarmony Harp

Born: April 27, 1843 - Crawford County, GeorgiaDied: February 24, 1910 - Hale County, TexasMarriage: Spouse: 1) Caroline T. Wilcher (January 17, 1865- Randolph County, Georgia); 2) Charlie AmandaOliverMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 98-3Notes: family says he lost an arm in the Civil War;brother of Dr. E.M. HarpSources: Hale County Cemetery Records database


Henry Wakefield Harrel

Born: December 25, 1847 - KentuckyDied: February 14, 1934 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: ~1871Spouse: Arabella YoungParents: [unknown]Children: Alice Dixon (b. January 20, 1883 -Kentucky), Addison Young (b. March 8, 1872 -Kentucky)Military: CSAFuneral Home: Wood-Dunning Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 248-1-5Sources: 1900 Willaimson County, Texas, census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920Harris County, Texas, census; 1930 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension#49667

ObituaryH.W. Harrel Died Today; Was Confederate Veteran and Resident of This City Since 1909

Death came to H.W. Harrel, 85, prominent pioneer resident of Plainview, this afternoon at 1:15 o’clock at the

Plainview Sanitarium. Mr. Harrel had been ill since January 19.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of Roy G. Wood Funeral Home.

The following pallbearers have been named: H.S. Hilburn, Charles Saigling, Herbert Dysart, Guy Jasob, D.

Hefflefinger, Carl Donohoo, E.H. Bawden, E.E. Winn, Josh Beck, B.F. Jarvis, r. J.H. Stewart; honorary, Dr. J.H.

Hansen and J.O. Rountree.

Surviving Mr. Harrel is a daughter, Miss Alice Harrel of Plainview. His granddaughters are: Mrs. J. E. Beall of

Houston, who has been at his bedside since Sunday, Mrs. A.T. Webber of the New Orleans, and Miss Mary Harrel of

Houston. A nephew, T.B. Young, and his wife of Morganfield, Ky., were also at his beside.

Mr. Harrel was born in Kentucky in 1847. He celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday the twenty-fifth of last

December.

He served in the Confederate Army during the civil war.

For more than half a century Mr. Harrel engaged in the insurance business, most of that time in Texas. He moved

from Kentucky to Georgetown, Texas, in 1885, where he was in business until removal to Plainview in 1909. He

engaged in the insurance business here for several years by himself and retired from business for a few years, after

having sold his business to Knoohuizen & Boyd. In 1923 he again entered business, forming a partnership with F.J.

Hurlbut, under the name of Hurlbut and Harrel. This partnership was dissolved September 1, 1933, when Mr. Harrel

determined to quit active business. However, he continued to come to the office to transact his personal business and

was there intermittently until about a month before his death.

Several years ago he served as a member of the Plainview city council, and in his earlier years was active in civic

affairs. (Plainview Evening Herald, February 14, 1934)


Orlando Holland

Born: May 29, 1849 - GeorgiaDied: June 5, 1927Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Laura BurgessParents: O. Holland and Maranda Smith Children: J.H., Nell M., Rufus, C. Orlando, VeraMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 103-3-8Sources: Texas Confederate Penion #05492(Laura)

ObituaryAged Resident of Plainview Passed Away Last Sunday

O. Holland, 78, died at 5 o-clock Sunday morning at his home at 713 West Eighth Street, following a long illness.

Mr. holland had been stricken with paralysis several years ago which left him without control of his speech. He

had been rapidly sinking for the past few days.

The funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, with Rev. J. Pat Horton officiating. Interment

followed in the Plainview cemetery under the direction of Garner Brothers.

Pall bearers were: J.L. Dorsett, J.P. Siler, H.W. Harrell, O.K. Shelton and Rev. G.I. Britain.

Mr. Holland is survived by his wife, a son, and two daughers.

James Adam Hooper

Born: January 12, 1821 - South CarolinaDied: January 26, 1908Marriage: see belowSpouse: 1) Sophia Puryear; 2) Mary EubanksMiller (m. ~1860)Children: 1) Mary Jane (b. 1850 - Arkansas),Sidney Neeley (b. 1855 - Arkansas); 2) Marta (E.(b. 1864 - Texas), James Adam, Jr. (b. 1865 -Texas), John Cleveland (b. 1867 - Texas), AsaDavis (b. 1869 - Cooke County), RichardLaFayette (b. 1872 - Texas), Gilbert Bebie (b. 1877- Texas), Daniel Webster (b. 1879 - Texas), Ben F. Lee (b. 1885 - Cooke County)Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 90-12-9Sources: 1870 Cooke County, Texas, census; 1880 Cooke County, Texas, census; 1900 HaleCounty, Texas, census


Major Alfred T. Howell

Born: April 7, 1830 - Norfolk, VirginiaDied: February 23, 1909 Marriage: April 7, 1856Spouse: Sarah Rebecca DicksonParents: [unknown]Children: Robert Boyte Crawford Howell, Sr.(b. 1858), Bennett (b. 1850), Morton (b 1866),Mary (b. 1868), Isabella (b. 1871), Serena Florence (b. 1873), and Alfred E. (b. 1876)Military: CSA; Major in General J.G. Steven’s regiment 1861 - Hunt County, TexasFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 69-1-6Sources: 1880 Hood County, Texas, census; 1900 Hale County, Texas, census; 1910 HaleCounty, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #06879

ObituaryProminent Man of Plainview Dies

Major A. T. Howell died Tuesday, Feb. 23. Interment was at the City Cemetery, Wednesday Feb. 24, with

Masonic honors. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Bell.

Deceased was nearly 79 years of age.

In the passing of Major Howell, death has claimed on of Plainview’s pioneer citizens, and a public-spirited man

who unselfishly served this town and country to its progress and betterment in many ways, and who was spared to

see the community for which he had labored long blossom into the fruition of a new era of permanent prosperity and

constant advancement.

Major Howell was a veteran of the civil war and a gentleman and a scholar of the old school. He was learned in

the law and had served as county attorney for several terms, and was for a long time editor of The Hale County

Herald.

Major Howell was singularly free from avarice and greed, and never appeared to consider the profits of a service

as worthy of his attention, and his compensation was out of all prportion to the eminent services rendered to this

community. His death has caused more than a mere passing regret, for he had won a warm and loving place in every

heart, even among those who did not know him personally, and there is among our people a feeling of geneuine gried

since he has passed away. In truth to a man such as was Major Howell “There is no death! The stars go down / To

rise upon some fairer shore, / And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown / They shine forever more.” (Hale County

Herald, February 16, 1909)

Tribute of Respect

— Plainview Camp, U.C.V., February 23, 1909

At a meeting of this camp on the above date, the following preamble and resolutions were passed, and the local

papers were requested to publish same.

Whereas, this Camp has learned with regret and profound sorrow of the death of our esteemed and well-beloved

comrade, Maja. Alfred T. Howell, (February 23 he answered to his last roll-call. While taps were sounded for lights

out here, our abiding faith tells us that, at the same instant, he was awakened in spirit by the sound of the reveille on

the other shore.)

Therefore, be it resolved: that in the death of Maj. A.T. Howell this Camp has lost an honored comrade, who in

the dark days of ‘61 to ‘65 served his country with that devotion, zeal, courage and self-sacrifice which has

immortalized the soldiery of the Confederacy.

Major Howell enlisted in General J.G. Steven’s regiment from Hunt Count, Texas, in 1861 and belong to

Polignac’s brigade; he was adjutant on Polignac’s staff.

That his bereaved family have lost a husband and father who was kind, gentle and sympathetic.


That the community has lost an honored and fearless citizen, who was independent in word and action. In the

highest patriotic sense he performed every duty confided to him, with loyalty and devotion to his country.

[signed] John G. Hamilton, R. Holland, Bob Lemmons, John Henry (Committee) (Hale County Herald, March 19,

1909)

Capt. Bela Austin Hudgins

Born: August 20, 1836 - Pickens County, AlabamaDied: June 28, 1918Marriage: January 18, 1859 - Coal Fire Plantation,Pickens County, AlabamaSpouse: Laura Virginia WalkerParents: Austin Hudgins and Nancy MangumChildren: Fitz Hugh “Gerald” (b. 1862), SallieOlivia (b. 1867), Mattie Elizabeth (b. 1872),Myrtle Katherine (b. 1872), Lewis Decatur(b.1878), Edwin Brooks (b. 1886), Nancy Eldora(b. 1859 - Carrollton, Alabama); all children bornin AlabamaMilitary: CSA (also see notes below)Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Hale Center CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 1-NNotes: Captain CSA in the Civil War; Commander Co. D, 41 Infantry, 1 ballte of Bridgeport,st st

Alabama, April 1862; Wounded at Murphreesboro, Tennessee, in December, 1862. Last battle atChickamauga, Georgia, September, 1863. Superintendent of a large farm in Pickens County,Alabama. Merchant/Sheriff in Carrolton, Alabama; moved to Hale Center in 1889.Sources: 1880 Young County, Texas, census; 1900 Hale County, Texas, census

Biography. . . Fitz Gerald’s father, Captain Bela A. Hudgins of Alabama, came west with his wife and seven children,

located in 1889 four miles south of Hale Center of five section of ranch land, and for years carried on a general

stock-farm business. Iowa Avenue school was their closest community center.

Captain Hudgins was born in Pickens County, Alabama, in 1836, married there in 1859, entered military service

in 1861 and had an illustrious career, was disabled in the Civil War, returned home to resume farming, and later

decied to come West after the War ended. He spent his last fifteen years in Hale County where he died in 1918.

Children of Captain Bela A. and Laura V. (Walker ) Hudgins are: Nancy E. Pearson, Fitz Gerald, Sallie Olivia

Birdwell, Mattie Eliza Norfleet, Katie Myrtle Payne, Lewis Decatur, and Ed B. (Hale County History, vol. IX, no. 2,

May 1979, p. 17)

Bela Austin Hudgins

An early settler of Hale County was Bela Austin Hudgins, Scotch-Irish-English. He was born in Pickens County,

Alabama on August 20, 1836, to Austin Hudgins and Nancy Mangum. Both of his parents were natives of South

Carolina. B.A. Hudgins was reared on the Alabama plantation and enjoyed that life until the age of twenty-five, but

in the summer of 1881 he elisted in the Forty-first Infantry and served in the Civil War. After he was wounded, he

worked in the Enrolling Office until the end of the war. After that he went back to his old home and engaged in

farming and other lines of business until coming to Texas in 1879. In this state he went into the cattle business, his

first location being in Young County, and then in Palo Pinto County. He was among the first settlers in each county.


A surveyor told him of the Staked Plains of West Texas. In 1889, deciding to come still further west, he drove his

cattle out to Hale County and located five miles south of Hale Center. Hthere he had a pasturage or four sections and

carried on a general stock-farming business.He lived his remaining days in Hale County and on June 28, 1918 was

buried in the Hale Center Cemetery.

Capt. Hudgins was married in Pickens County in 1859 to Laura Virginia Walker, and they had eight children as

follows; Nancy Eldora (Pearson), Fitz Hugh, John Franklin, Sallie Olivia (Birdwell), Marttie Elisabeth (Norfleet),

Myrtle Katherine (Payne), Lewis Decatur, and Edwin Brooks. Capt. Hudgins and his wife lived their remaining days

with the Ed Hudgins family. (Hale County Facts and Folklore, vol. II by Ver Wofford, © 1986)

Dr. William Hunt

Born: ~1829Died: ~1900Marriage: ~1854Spouse: ElizabethParents: [unknown]Children: Emma (b. 1856), Ann (b. 1863), William (b. 1866), Alfred(b. 1871), John (b. 1878)Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 61-1-7Sources: 1880 Victoria County, Texas, census

James Augustus Johnson

Born: January 7, 1846 - AlabamaDied: May 8, 1915 - Hale County, TexasMarriage: ~1867Spouse: Emily Amanda MartinParents: [unknown]Children: Florence (b. 1870, J. Martin (b. 1872),Hattie, (b. 1874), Allie (b. 1876) Mattie (b. 1878);all children born in Texas Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 247-4-7Sources: 1870 Polk County, Texas, census; 1880 Polk County, Texas, census; 1910 HaleCounty, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #39600

ObituaryJ.A. Johnson was Devotee to Church of His Choice; Lived in Texas Fifty-Seven Years; Leaves Wife and Five

Children

Saturday afternoon J.A. Johnson, a respected citizen of Plainview, died of intestinal nephritis. The funeral

services were held at the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.W. Story, his pastor. Interment

was made at the Plainview Cemetery under the direction of W.F. Garner.


Mr. Johnson had lived in Texas fifty-seven years, having moved to Polk County with his parents from Macon,

Ala., in 1858. For forty years he has been a steward in the Methodist Church. In 1867 he married Miss Evelyn

Martin. To this union eight children, five of whom survive, were born. The living children are Martin Johnson,

Plainview; Alex Johnson, Stephenville; Mrs. E.F. McClendon, Plainview; Mrs. J.J. Handley, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs.

F.L. Barnes, Houston. (May 14, 1915)

John Kiser

Born: February 18, 1824 - VirginiaDied: October 3, 1891Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Virginia LewisParents: [unknown]Children: John Marshall (b.1861), Elizabeth S.(b. 1864), James (b. 1866), Lucy S. (b. 1867,Andrew (b. 1869), Edmund (b. 1871), Virginia?;all children born in MissouriMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 92-5-7Sources: 1870 Saline County, Missouri, census; Texas Confederate Pension #11040 (for J.H.Kiser)

Robert West (Bob) LeMond

Born: March 21, 1847 - Tippah County,MississippiDied: November 24, 1941Marriage: 1) ~1874; 2) July 17, 1883 -Honeywell, KansasSpouse: 1) Mrs. Mattie J. Price Spath; 2) LeanthaEvelyn (Lena) HaleParents: [unknown]Children: 1) Cornelia A. (b. 1874 - Texas), Kate H. (b. 1876 - Texas), Robert West, Jr. (b. 1878- Texas); 2) Walter Thomas (b. 1877 - Kansas), Grover C. (Jenks) (b. 1889 - Kansas)Military: Ford’s Brigade, Company E, 1 Regiment, Benevide’s Texas Cavalry; Battle ofst

Pancho Palmotta; CorporalFuneral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Hale Center CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 1-C-WSources: 1880 Gonzales County, Texas, census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920 HaleCounty, Texas, census; 1930 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #51709


ObituaryR.W. (Uncle Bob) Lemond, Last Hale County Confederate Vet, Died At His Home Last Night; Funeral Is

Today

Special to The Herald

Hale Center, Nov. 25—Robert West Lemond, 94-year-old Texan, died here at his home Monday night following

an illness of several years. Last rites will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the home for the pioneer Plains

resident and prominent Texas Masonic leader. The Rev. Donald Harris, Presbyterian minister of Jacksonville, will

deliver the funeral address. He formerly was pastor of Littlefield and Hale Center churches, of which the deceased

had been a member for more than 50 years. Lemons Funeral Home of Plainview will direct the funeral.

“Uncle Bob,” as he was affectionately know by hundreds in the Panhandle, was the last surviving Confederate

soldier in Hale County. He was past grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Texas. He had been a Mason 72

years. He was the chairman of the first board of trustees for the Eastern Star in Texas, which built the Ophans’ Home

in Arlington. Among his services in civic life was assisting in organizing first bank in Hale Center in 1907, and

serving as president of the Hale Center school board 16 years. He served as mayor of Hale Center several terms.

In the Civil War, he saw service with Ford’s brigade, and alater with Company E of the first regiment of

Benevide’s Texas cavalry. He fought in the battle of Pansho Palmetta. He ended the war as a corporal. In 1938 he

was accompanied by a son, Howard, to the last great re-union of Confederate and Union army veterans held in

Gettysburg, where he miraculously recovered from a severe case of pneumonia under the care of skilled army

doctors in a sanitarium there.

He was born in Tippah County, Mississippi, March 21, 1847, and with his parents, came to Texa at the age of 3,

in 1850, to Gonzales county. He Married Mrs. Mattie J. (Price) Spath in 1874, there. She passed away four years

later shortly after they moved to Coleman county. Their childre are Mrs. Cornelia Lemond Claxton of Dallas and

Robert West Lemond, Jr. of California, both living, and another daughter, Mrs. Kate H. Lemond-McWhorter, of

Lubbock, now deceased.

July 17, 1883, he we Miss Lena Hale in Honeywell, Tenn. who survives him, and their children are Walter T.

Lemond of Littlefield, and W. Howard Lemond, of Hale Center.

“Uncle Bob” came to the plains in 1892, buying a four-section ranch in the northwest corner of Lubbock county.

In 1898 he came to Hale County, locating near the two pioneer towns of the county, Epworth and Hale City, later

combined to from Hale Center.

Newspaper notice (“Back in Time”?)

R.W. (Uncle Bob) Lemond celebrated his 90 birthday at the Masonic Hall in Hale Center, hosted by Plainview andth

Hale Center OES chapter. He organized a number of Eastern Star Chapters in the area. (March 22, 1937)

William P. Long

Born: December 6, 1847 - AlabamaDied: June 25, 1926Marriage: ~1879Spouse: Annie Elida (Lida)Parents: ___ Dickerson (mother)Children: Lida Launa (b. 1885), Richard Burnie(b. 1889), Henry W. (b. 1892), Margaret (b. 1894,William D. (b. 1896); all children born in TexasMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 90-1-9Sources: 1900 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #39998


ObituaryAged Hale Co. Resident Died Early This Morning

W.P. Long, 79, died at one o’clock this morning at this moe two miles southesast of Plainview. Mr. Long was an

old settler in this part of the country.

Funeral services will be held at five o’clock this afternoon at Garner Gros. Undertaking parlors. Interment will

follow in the Plainview cemetery. (Plainview Evening Herald, June 25, 1926)

BiographyThe W.P. Long Family by Erald Long Gross

One day in late fall of 1890, W.P. Long and wife, Annie Elida, were loading all their family’s possessions to

leave the Palestine area. When friends asked where they were going, Mr. Long answered, “to hunt health.” They had

buried three infants in that area. So, working a team of oxen and leading a saddle horse, they started out for West

Texas. There was Mr. Long, his wife, an infant son, Richard Burnie, and a daughter, Lida Launa, who was six years

old.

They camped under the Caprock, and met a Mr. Albison and Mr. Buntin. After visiting with these men, they

decided to come to Hale County. Mr. Buntin had a sod house on his place, and he let them winter there.

The next year Mr. Long (my grandpa) filed on what the family refers to as the Alvin Matsler section. This place

had a dugout that was just a hole in the ground. Henry Long was born here on April 27, 1892. The story is that they

proved up on this place, paid the taxes and then let it go back to the states. (I carefully checked records, and found on

record of this.)

They then moved to what they referred to as the Swint Section (Section #30, Block D7, which was about one

mile East of Happy Union according to County maps.) This place had a much better dugout, it was about two feet

about ground and had a shingle roof.

At both of these locations, Granpa had a post office known as Progress. I do not know how long this post office

was in existence.

When Henry was a small baby they made a trip back to Palestine and Oakwood to get their horses. A Dr. Harp at

Abernathy had told Grandma that she could never make the trip. He had diagnosed her as having a bad heart and said

that if she tackled the trip, she would be buried by the side of the road. She made the trip fine!

May Long was born in 1894,l then Sam (my father) was born in 1896. Sometime after this they moved to town to

send the children to school. Here Clyde Raymon was born on March 28, 1898. He was never well and he died

August 25, 1898. During this time they lived in a small house belonging to Dr. Wayland.

Daddy always told this story about his old rocking chair (which my son still has). In the summer of 1898 a freight

wagon loaded with furniture pulled up in front of Bain’s Furniture. There were two big rocking chairs tield on top of

the load. Grandpa and another man crawled up and untied the Rockers and got them off the wagon and bought them

before they were ever taken inside the store.

Grandpa then bought a house at the Northeast corner of Beech and Fourth Street. Aunt May told be several years

ago that here most vivid memory of living here was Aunt Launa having her first bad asthma attack and grandma

sending her across the street to get Dr. Dye. She was so scared that all she could say was “Sister.” Dr. Dye grabbed

his bag and ran home with her. This was the beginning of a lifetime problem for Aunt Launa, and the reason she

never visited Plainview in later years. Aunt Launa, Burnie, Henry and Aunt May attended school at East Side and I

am sure Launa attended the Llano Estacado Institute.

This place was sold in 1903, and they all moved back to the farm. Grandpa had improved the dugout to a two

room and shed house.

In 1978 Frank Buchana told me: “We came out here to visit seventy-five years ago, and the Long girls, Launa

and May, came and took my sisters to church with them in a buggy. Burnie was on horseback, and he rode circles

around the buggy aggravating the girls.”

On October 24, 1904, Launa married J.A. Gregg, who was kid to the Maatslers and they went back to San Saba.

That was where Uncle Jake was from.

In October 1905 Grandpa and Henry left and went to New Mexico. Grandma, May, Burnie and Sam (my daddy)

stayed on the farm until the fall of 1912. Then they sold the farm to Lee M. Springer and moved into Plainview.

Daddy drove the College Wagon and went to Seth Ward College in 1913 and 1914.

After Christmas of 1913, Dadd, Grandma and Burnie moved to Seth Ward. (Hale County History, vol. XIII, No.

2 - May, 1983)


Robert William Martine

Born: October 9, 1837 - ItalyDied: July 1, 1899 - Amarillo, TexasSpouse: Julia Eleanor BoxChildren: Robert E. (b. 1885), William Benton (b.1870), OtisMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 94-4-2Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #04075 (Julia B. Martine)

James May

Born: ~ 1838 - West VirginiaDied: February 24, 1919Marriage: ~1866Spouse: MaryChildren: William F. (b. 1870), Arlo C. (b. 1872)+ 5 othersMilitary: CSA; Company K, 7 WVth

Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 269-4-5Sources: 1910 Hale County, Texas, census

John Thomas Mayhugh

Born: Jun 7, 1840 - KentuckyDied: May 23, 1930Marriage: April 19, 1871 - Chariton County,MissouriSpouse: Laura VirginiaParents: [unknown]Children: Mary Edna (b. 1872), John W. (b.1874), Loyd Thomas (b. 1877), Roger P. (b. 1879),EmmaJean “Laura” (b. 1882), Norman B. (b.1884), Annie Lochie (b. 1996); all children born inMissouriMilitary: Union Army, IllinoisFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 213-2Sources: 1900 Chariton County, Missouri, censue; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census


ObituaryJ.T. Mayhugh Died at Home Early Today; Has been Resident of This City During the Last Twenty-three

Years

J.T. Mayhugh, 89, died this morning at 12:35 o’clock ah his home, 809 Baltimore street. He had been seriously

ill since Wednesday night. Mr. Mayhugh has been a resident of Plainview since 1907.

He was born June 7, 1840, in Kentucky. He enlisted in the Union Army in Illinois and was wounded during the

Civil War. At the close of the war, in 1865, Mr. Mayhugh removed to Missouri where he lived until he moved here.

He was united in marriage to Miss Laura V. West on April 19, 1871, in Chariton County, Mo. She was the

daughter of Dr. and Mr.s J.W. West of that county. Mrs. Mayhugh survives him.

The following children also survive: J.W. Mayhugh and Miss Edna Mayhugh, Kansas City; L.T. Mayhugh, R.P.

Mayhugh, Dr. N. B. Mayhugh, Mrs. T.B. Carter and Mrs. A.G. Hinn, all of Plainview.

He leaves one brother, also; O. A. Mayhugh, Rothville, Mo.

Mr. Mayhugh in his active days was a ssteward of the Methodist Church. Since coming here he has taken an

interest in his farm and ranching enterprises.

The two children living in Kansas City are expected to reach Plainview tonight or early tomorrow. Funeral

services will be conducted from the First Methodist Church, at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. (Plainview Evening

Herald, May 23, 1930)

Hugh M. McClelland

Born: November 18, 1836 - VirginiaDied: May 28, 1926Marriage: ~1861 - IllinoisSpouse: Prudie R. MedcalfParents: [unknown]Children: Annie Catherine (b. 1866), Charles E.(b. 1869), John William (b. 1872)Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: Plainview Undertaking CompanyCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 110-2-13Sources: 1880 McClennan County, census; 1900Hale County, Texas, census; 1910 Hale County,Texas, census

Plainview’s First HotelThe structure pictured above is reputed to have served as Plainview’s “first” hotel in 1887. Operated by the Hugh

McClelland’s, the bottom floor served as the McClelland residence while the attic served as the “hotel.” Hugh

McClelland operated a store at the location where Thornton Jones built his first store, on the southeast corner of the

square at the southwest corner of present day Fifth and Ash (then California and Covington). Later, McClelland

moved his store to the west side of the square where he purchased Lot #12 of Black 32 from L.G. Wilson [R.C. Ware

had purchased this lot from Z.T. Maxwell on August 21, 1889 and sold it to R.A. Ford on June 21, 1890. Ford sold

1/3 interest to J.H. Bryan on June 26, 1890. Ford and Bryan sold the lot to L.G. Wilson on March 16, 1891. Wilson,

in turn sold the lot to McClelland on July 2, 1891.] In 1910 the McClellands were operating the McClelland House

on the northwest corner of Fifth (California) and Broadway (Pacific). (photograph from the Milner Collection in the

Caprock-Plains Historical Collection at Van Howeling Memorial Library.)


ObituaryAged Resdient of Plainview Passed Away Last Friday

Hugh McClelland, aged Civil Ware veteran and a resident of Plainview sine 1886, died at the home of his

daughter, Mrs. A.M. Lycan, at 604 East Fifth Street at six o’clock Friday evening. Deceased was eighty-nine years of

age at the time of his death.

The funeral was held at one thirty o’clock Sunday afternoon from the First Christian church with the pastor John

H. Swift officiating. Interment followed in the Plainview Cemetery under the direction of Plainview Undertaking

Company.

Hugh McClelland was born in Virginia nearly ninety years ago. He later moved to Illinois where he was married

in 1861 to Miss Medcalf, who died a year go. Of the five children born to this union two remain to mourn the loss of

their parents, a son and Mrs. Lycan, a daughter.

Mr. McClelland and family moved to Waco in 1872 and from there to Plainview in 1886 where he has since

lived. He and Mrs. McClelland were charter members of the First Christian church of Plainview and were active in

church work until prohibitle by ill health. (June 1, 1926)

A.C. McDuffee

Born: [unknown]Died: [unknown]Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: [unknown]Parents: [unknown]Children: [unknown]Military: CSA; Company G, Bowling’s Texas CavalryFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 235-4-8Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #40917

H.K. McQuigg

Born: June 17, 1834 - TennesseeDied: March 5, 1923Children: John (b. 1862 - Tennessee), Alla M.(Allie Mae?) (b. 1865 - Tennessee), Franklin V.(1869 - Tennessee), Hester (b. 1872 - Texas), Mary(b. 1878 - Texas)Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 17-4-7Sources: 1880 Cooke County, Texas, census


Mathew T. Moore

Born: November 12, 1842 - Ft. Gaines, GeorgiaDied: January 27, 1926Marriage: November 12, 1865Spouse: Nellie McCoyParents: [unknown]Children: Edgar O. (b. 1868 - Alabama), Albert(b. 1875 - Texas), Chesley O. (b. 1878 - Texas),M.C., D.G., Mrs. H.H. StuckyMilitary: 1861 - Company B, 6 Regiment, Capt.th

Lightfoot; served four years; was at Appomattoxwith General Lee on November 2, 1865.Funeral Home: Plainview Undertaking CompanyCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 242-3-8Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #40168

ObituaryAged Confederate Veteran Succumbs to Attack of Flu

Mathew F. Moore, aged Confederate veteran, succumbed to an attack of influenza at his home six miles north of

Plainview at two thirty Wednesday morning. He was eight-three years old at the time of his death.

Mr. Moore was born in Fort Gaines, Georgia, November 12, 1842. In early life he moved with his parents to

Abbeville, Alabama, where he grew to manhood. In 1861 he joined Company B of the Sixth Regiment of the

Confederate forces under Captain Lightfoot. He served four years and was with General Lee when he surrendered at

Appomattox, November 2, 1865.

Mr. Moore was married to Miss Nellie McCoy. This union was blessed with eight children, five of whom are still

living: Mrs. H.H. Stuckey, Plainview, E.O. Moore of Corpus Christi, C.O. Moore of Waco, M.C. Moore of Amarillo

and D.G. Moore of Plainview. Four of the children were at their father’s bedside when he died.

Mr. Moore moved to Texas in 1872 and to Hale County about six years ago. He was a member of the Primitive

Baptist Church, a true Christian gentleman loved by all his friends.

The funeral services were conducted by Elder J.L. Bolinger of Cone, Texas, at the Church of Christ at four

o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Hew was laid to rest in the Plainview cemetery by the side of his wife who died two

years ago. The interment was directed by the Plainview Undertaking Company.

Active pall bearers were J.H. McCain, H.K. Hartley, M.E. England, Nath Burkett, W.W. Dandy and B.T. Wells.

Honorary pall bearers were: Dr. J.R. Knight, W.F. Hill, G.W. Hay, T. Page, R.B. Morton, W.F. Moon, E. Hay,

and L.L. Stewart.

John L. Moreton

Born: March 9, 1840 - OhioDied: March 31, 1919 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: ~1887Spouse: Anna WebberParents: Sarah A.Children: noneMilitary: Levi Moreton? 24 and 25th th


Consolidated Cavalry, Company ECemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 247-3-7Sources: 1900 Kossuth County, Iowa, census; 1910 Kossuth County, Iowa, census

ObituaryJ.L. Moreton Dead

J.L. Moreton died at his home, near that of Wilbert Peterson in this city, yesterday morning at 10 o’clock, from

dropsy, from which he had been suffering for a long time, and from which he had been confined to his home since

last fall.

The funeral will take palce from the family home this afternoon, and interment will be at the cemetery.

The deceased was 79 years and 22 days of age, and was born in Ohio. He and his wife came to Hale County more

than eight years ago, and lived on their farm south of town a few miles, moving into Plainview but a few days ago.

He was a good man, and was esteemed by the people. (April 1, 1919)

A.F. Nash

Born: December 26, 1845Died: February 22, 1923Children: W.A., Jerome KearbyMilitary: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview Cemetery IOOFBlock, Lot, & Space: 74-1Notes: Buried with service cross pinned to breast.Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

Card of thanksWe wish to express our sincere appreciation for the kindness shown us and for the beautiful floral offerings at

the recent death of our father and grandfather, A.F. Nash—Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Nash, mr. and Mrs. E.A. Rodgers, Mr

and Mrs. J.K. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Rock. (February 27, 1923)

Dr. Andrew Jackson Oliver

Born: May 5, 1829 - Pike County, GeorgiaDied: July 18, 1899 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: 2) June 28, 1865 - Cass County, TexasSpouse: 2) Lucinda Fedelia DuncanParents: Charles and MaryChildren: Charlee Amanda (b. 1866 - Georgia), Walter A. (b. 1868- Texas), Ida L. (b. 1870 - Texas), Robina L. (b. 1872 - Texas),Andrew J. (b. 1874 - Texas), Lenora (b. 1876 - Texas), Willie H. (b.1880 - Texas)Military: 18 Regiment Texas Infantry, Company Bth

Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 59-1-10


Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #32595 (A.J. Oliver - Upshur County); Family of EdgarGrady Harp - Chapter 26, “Oliver Family”; 1870 Cass County, Texas, census; 1880 CassCounty, Texas, census; 1900 Hale County, Texas, census

William Houston Pearce

Born: February 16, 1844 - Polk County, TexasDied: September 21, 1926 - Abernathy, TexasMarriage: ~1882Spouse: Louise Hortence SalvidgeParents: mother’s maiden name was Mason; David PearceChildren: Walter Edgar, Wiliam A., David, John (J/T), FannieM., Grover ClintonMilitary: CSA, Sgt. in 3 Tennessee Infantry; Yager’s 1rd st

Cavalry, Company BFuneral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Pearce Chapel CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: [unknown]Notes: Texas RangerSources: Texas Confederate Pension #42378

Biography. . . William Houston Pearce, a public-spirited person, moved into the Strip in 1895 and made it one of his first

concerns to establish a school, which . . . being in 1898 when F.E. Andrews, who had moved to the Strip sometime

during the 1890s and filed a claim for 160 acres of land, donated a five acre plot out of his claim for the purpose of

establishing a cemetery. Andrews was the first person to be buried there, at the age of 41, the same year he made the

donation. His twin children, born soon after his death, also were buried in the cemetery in a single grave next to that

of their father.

Near the turn of the century a building was acquired to be used as a combination school and church house, and

for any other public meeting. It was purchased by the settlers and moved to the Strip from its original location in the

Progress Community.

Sixteen horses were used for moving the building which took several days. Leslie Maupin taught the first session

of the school after it was relocated in 1899. The school was called Round-top or Strip in the beginning, but later was

named Pearce Chapel for William Houston Pearce, a Confederate veteran and initiator of the school. H is said to

have been probably the oldest person present when the community met in the schoolhouse to hold a watch party and

celebrate on New Year’s Eve, 1900, to watch the 19 century fade into oblivion and the 20 century arrive. (fromth th

History of Pearce Chapel)


Houston S. Pearson

Born: April 7, 1846 - MississippiDied: December 10, 1925Marriage: 1) ~1872; 2) ~1914Spouse: 1) Mollie F.; 2) Mrs. Lizzie MiddleChildren: James (b. 1872), Clayborne (b. 1876),Foster (b. 1878), Fannie (b. 1879), Frank Elmer (b.1886), LeRoy (b. 1889), Floyd A. (b. 1896),Thomas L.; all children born in TexasMilitary: 1863 Confederate Army, Walker’sDivision, 12 Infantry, Company Cth

Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 69-3-7Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #32190 (Mrs. M.F. Pearson)ObituaryH.S. Pearson Was a Resident of Texas 57 Years

H.S. Pearson, a pioneer frontiersman, who has lived in Texas for this past fifty-seven years, died at his home on

West Fourth Street at six-thirty o’clock Thursday evening.

Mr. Pearson was born April 7, 1846, in Mississippi and moved to Tex., when he was sixteen years old. A year

later, when he was yet under age, he joined the Confederate army and served through the civil war in Walker’s

division.

In 1872 he was married to Miss Mary Donaldson. Ten children were born to this union, six of whom are still living.

His first wife died in 1911 and he remarried in 1914 to Mrs. Lizzie Middle, who survives him.

Mr. Pearson has made Plainview his home for the past eighteen years.

The funeral was held at three-thirty Friday afternoon at the Methodist church. Rev. L.N. Lipscomb conducted the

services assisted by President G.W. McDonald of Wayland College.

Interment was in the Plainview Cemetery and services at the grave were conducted by the Masonic fraternity of

which he was a member. (Plainview Evening Herald, December 11, 1925)

John Pendley

Born: March 15, 1834 - Butler County, KentuckyDied: April 26, 1922 Marriage: May 15, 1856 - Hopkins County, KentuckySpouse: I.B.Parents: Catherine Cagle PendleyChildren: Mary C. (b. 1859 - Kentucky), John H. (b. 1866 - Arkansas),Elias (b. 1869 - Arkansas), Cicero T. (b. 1877 - Arkansas), Armerita (b.1880 - Texas), Stella . (b. 1882 - Texas)Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 65-5-8Sources: 1880 Jones County, Texas, census; 1900 Hale County, Texas,census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920 Hale County, Texas,census; Texas Confederate Pension #11221


Thomas R. Pennington

Born: November 13, 1834 - IllinoisDied: March 5, 1905Marriage: ~1865Spouse: FrancisParents: [unknown]Children: Margrit (b. ~1867), Mathilda (b. ~1869), Olive (b.~1871), William (b. ~1872), Maud (b. ~1874), Edward (b. ~1877),Thomas (b. ~1879); all children born in TexasMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 60-1-8Sources: 1880 Comanche County, Texas, census

James T. Phelps

Born: September 27, 1840 - KentuckyDied: July 29, 1917Marriage: ~1861Spouse: Sallie HittParents: [unknown]Children: [unknown]Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 138-4-7Sources:

John Newton Phenis

Born: June 11, 1847Died: December 21, 1918Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Tryphena PhillipsParents: [unknown]Children: Sarah (b. 1884 - Kansas), Eandau? (b. 1887 - Kansas), Howard (b. 1893 - Kansas)Military: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 129-4-6Sources: 1900 Lyon County, Kansas, census


Franklin A. Pickard

Born: ~1843 - New YorkDied: ~1922 Marriage: ~1866Spouse: Naomi M.Parents: [unknown]Children: [unknown]Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 207-3-5Sources: 1910 Carroll County, Arkansas, census

Adam B. Powell

Born: February 15, 1832Died: August 2, 1905Marriage: ~1873Spouse: JosephineMilitary: 2 Lieutenant, 31 Cavalry, Company Bnd st

Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 1-1-7Sources: 1900 Scurry County, Texas, census

Rev. W.M.P. Rippey

Born: July 7, 1947 - North CarolinaDied: December 19, 1918Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Sue ThomasParents: [unknown]Children: Lula (b. 1871 - North Carolina), Lillain(b. 1872 - North Carolina), Edgar A. (b. 1876 -North Carolina)Military: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 118-4-6Sources: 1880 Pickens County, Alabama, census; 1900 Dallas County, Texas, census; TexasConfederate Pension #36343 (Mrs. Sue E. Rippey)


Rev. Alfred Burton Roberts

Born: March 8, 1844 - Buncombe County, NorthCarolinaDied: April 20, 1920Marriage: ~1866Spouse: Nancy Ann CarawayParents: [unknown]Children: Lewis (b. 1868), Julia (b. 1870), Ida (b.1872), Minnie (b. 1874), Birtie (b. 1876), A.B., Mary E. (b. 1885), Archie K. (b. 1890), Velma B.(b. 1892), Sibyl L. (b. 1894); all children born in Texas(?)Military: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 99-1-7Sources: 1870 Erath County, Texas, census; 1880 Erath County, Texas, census; 1900 FisherCounty, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension (Mrs. Nancy A. Roberts)

ObituaryRev. A.B. Roberts Gone to His Eternal Home; Was Pioneer Preacher in Texas—Life of Service for Master

Rev. A.B. Roberts died about two o’clock last night at his home in this city, from heart disease, he having been

afflicted with it for some year. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church, at 2:30

o’clock. Dr. Ernest E. Robinson will conduct the service, and likely the Masonic fraternity will attend in a body.

The deceased was born March 8, 1844, in Buncombe county, North Carolina. He moved to Texas in 1860, and

later served with distinction in the Confederate army. After the war, in 1865, he was married to Nancy Ann Caraway,

and she survives him. To them were born ten children, who are living, and all of whom but a son, who is . . . were at

his bedside when he passed to his eternal reward. Six of them are daughters and four sons, among them being Mrs.

Jordon of Plainview, Mrs. Gordon of South Dakota, Mrs. Banks of Snyder, Mrs. Woodlee of Oklahoma and the

others whose names we cannot get just now. There are nineteen grandchildren.

The family moved to Plainview about thirteen years ago.

Bro. Roberts was for more than forty years a minister in the Methodist church, and the past few years was on the

superannuated list, though he kept up his work preaching at several churches in this county. He preached in Erath

county in the Indian days, when he carried a pistol with his Bible in his saddle bags as he rode on horseback to his

appointments. It was then that the father of the editor of the News and Bro. Roberts became fast friends.

In Friday’s News we shall have an editorial eulogy of this Godly man, who has gone to be with His Father after a

life full of good works.

Bro. Roberts was one of the oldest Masons on the Plains. (Plainview News, April 20, 1920)

Funeral of Rev. A.B. Roberts

The funeral of A.B. Roberts took place at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of a large

concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives.

The corpse was brought into the church, being preceded by a number of Methodist ministers from this and other

nearby towns, and Mrs. Tom Carter at the pipe organ played the funeral dirge.

A quartette composed of Messrs. George Hutchings, Fred Cousineau, Will and T. Stockton sang old hymns he

was in this life. Mrs. O’Keefe was accompanist.

Rev. Geo. H. Bryant of Hale Center read a scripture leson so did another visiting preacher, after which Dr. Neal

prayed.

The address was by Dr. Ernest E. Robinson, and he told of the staunch Christian character of Bro. Roberts his

long faithfulness and efficient work for the Master, and of his glorious death and final reward.

The casket was banked with beautiful floral offerings, and at the close of the service the people were permitted to

view the face of the departed.


Interment followed at the cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Garner.

The following sons and daughters of the deceased were here when the end came.

A.B. Roberts, Victor, Colo., Mrs. J.?. Maxwell, Snyder, Mrs. E.T. Woodey, Shreveport, La.; G.A. Roberts,

Cisco; Mrs. Birtie Jordan, Plainview; N.L. Roberts, Creede, Colorado; Mrs. Ardoin Banks, Snyder; Mrs. A.B.

Terrell, Ralls; and Mrs. R.J. Gordon, Yanktown, S.D. (Plainview News, April 23, 1920)

George Washington Robertson

Born: April 6, 1843 - Decatur, GeorgiaDied: January 6, 1941 - Happy Union, TexasMarriage: [unknown]Spouse: Mary Jane CruceParents: [unknown]Children: Charlie J. (b. 1878 - Georgia)Military: CSAFuneral Home: Wood-Dunning Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 192-2Sources: 1930 census

ObituaryG.W. Robertson

G.W. Robertson, 97, Confederate veteran and probably Hale County’s oldest resident, died at 11:30 last night at

the hospital here where he was taken for treatment Sunday. He would have been 98 years of age April 6.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the Roy Wood funeral chapel with Rev. E.S.

Weathers, pastor of the Happy Union Baptist church, officiating, and assisted by Rev. L.B. Reavis, pastor of the

Plainview First Baptist church.

Robertson, a native of Georgia, came to Texas sixty years ago, settling with his family at Fort Worth. He served

during the last year of the Civil War with a cavalry unit in Georgia. The Hale county man’s parents preceded him to

Texas, the elder Georgian coming to this state to fight Indians on a promise of a grant of land. Relatives here recalled

that G.W. Robertson’s parents built a log residence at Fort Worth and that the structure was preserved until recent

years as a landmark.

From Fort Worth G.W. Robertson and his family moved to Ellis county and from there to Haskell. They came to

Hale county in 1918 from Haskell.

He was born April 6, 1843 at Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. He was a member of the Baptist church. Survivors

are a son, Charley Robertson of the Happy Union community with whom he made his home the past several years;

three brothers, William, Ben and Jim Robertson, all of Lithonia, Ga., and all younger than the Hale County man;

seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Members of Mr. Robertson’ family said it was his desire to live to be 100 years old and observed that the man’s

state of health during the past years gave every indication he might realize his desire. His last illness until the fatal

attack was fifteen years ago. He operated a tractor on the farm until a few years ago and kept busy until his last days

overseeing irrigation operations and other activities about the place.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of the Roy Wood Funeral Home. Most of the grand children and great

grandchildren were expected here for the funeral services.


Jackson Lafayette Robinson

Born: February 9, 1842 - MississippiDied: October 23, 1903Marriage: ~1866Spouse: Susan R.Parents: [unknown]Children: Pete J. (b. 1879 - Mississippi), Blanche (b. 1883 - Texas),Sidney (b. 1883), Dora Lee (b. 1875 - Mississippi), Elva (b. 1892 -Mississippi), Earl (b. 1895 - Texas)Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 62-2-6Sources: 1900 Coke County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension

Lauren H. Rosser

Born: January 20, 1845 - AlabamaDied: January 8, 1924Marriage: ~1869Spouse: Alice Ceba HurstParents: James Thomas and Juliete Mary TrueRosserChildren: True Hurst (B. 1873), Percy A. (b. 1874), Lon (b. 1878?), Arthur (b. 1878 - Texas),Everist (b. 1880 - Texas)Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 161-2-7Sources: Texas Confederate Pension (Mrs. L.H. Rosser); Hale County Facts and Folklore byVera Wofford, p. 439; 1900, 1910, and 1920 Hale County censuses

George Washington Roy

Born: ~ 1847 - TennesseeDied: July 16, 1935Marriage: ~1868Spouse: Sarah Catherine BargerChildren: Leonard (b. 1874), Felix, Perry (b.1889), Nancy (b. 1884), Cora (b. 1891), Henry (b.1886), Tom, Mrs. E.M. Dickey, Mrs. AliceSohlockly; all(?) children born in Arkansas


Military: CSAFuneral Home: W.H. Lindsey Funeral HomeCemetery: Petersburg CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 7-15Sources: 1880 Washington County, Arkansas, census; 1910 Grayson County, Texas, census;Texas Confederate Pension #46687

ObituaryAged Petersburg Resident Is Dead

Funeral services for George Washington Roy, 88, were scheduled this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Petersburg

Church of Christ with Oran Martin officiating. Interment was to be made in the Petersburg cemetery beside the body

of his wife who died four years ago. Arrangements were in charge of the W.H. Lindsey Funeral Home.

Mr. Roy died yesterday afternoon at the home of his son, Leonard Roy, five miles west of Petersburg. He was a

native of Tennessee.

Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Leonard, Felix, Perry, Miss Nancy Roy and Miss Cora Roy, all

of Petersburg, Henry of Hugo, Oklahoma, Mrs. M. E. Dickey and Mrs. Alice Shockley of Amarillo. (Plainview

Evening Herald, July 17, 1935)

Cornelius Sewell

Born: April 18, 1842 - McMinn, TennesseeDied: July 30, 1917Marriage: October 5, 1865 - Fayette CountySpouse: Mattie J. WaddillParents: [unknown]Children: [unknown]Military: CSA; Nichol’s 9 Infantry, Company Ath

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 106-2-8Sources: Texas Confederate Pension #34878 (Mrs. Martha J. Sewell)

ObituaryCornelies Sewell, 74 Years Old, Buried Yesterday

Cornelies Sewell, 74 year old, died at his home at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Sewell has for a number of

years been engaged in the making of brooms here and is a pioneer resident of this part of the country. The funeral

services were held yesterday afternoon at the family residence at 3 o’clock. The Rev. A.B. Roberts officiated at the

services. Burial was in the Plainview Cemetery. (July 31, 1917)


W.B. Sheffy

Born: October 30, 1845 - TennesseeDied: June 2, 1921Marriage: October 11, 1877 - Rockwall CountySpouse: Sarah Alice SherwoodParents: [unknown]Children: Mrs. M.A. (Mamie) McCraw, Minerva,I.F., 1 Lt. Sim F. Sheffy, Mrs. James McHan,st

Ray, SidneyMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 67-4-3Sources: 1880 Jack County, Texas, census, 1900and 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920Randall County, Texas, census

Isaac Bynum Shelton

Born: December 7, 1842 - Jackson, AlabamaDied: December 23, 1913Marriage: ~1865Spouse: Mary Elizabeth CoffmanParents: [unknown]Children: Elisha (b. 1868), John (b. 1872),Obediah (b. 1875), Elizabeth (b. 1879), WilliamA. (b. 1870), Thomas J. (b. 1881), Calvin K. (b.1884); all children born in TexasMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 95-4Sources: 1870 and 1880 Smith County, Texas, census; 1900 and 1910 Hale County Texas, census

ObituaryOld-Time Plainsman Answer “Last Call”

Funeral services of I.B. Shelton will be held at 2 o’clock to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon from the family

residence. Rev. J.W. Winn will conduct the funeral. Mr. Shelton died this morning just after 6 o’clock. He was

paralyzed several days ago.

Mr. Shelton was 71 years and 16 days old. He leaves a widow and five sons: C.K, of Plainview; Andrew, of

Abernathy; Tom, who lives about 10 miles northeast; Jim, who lives in Titus County; John and L.A., who live in

Oklahoma.

A host of friends mourn this pioneer’s departure to the “great beyond.” (Hale County Herald, December 23, 1913)


James M. Shropshire

Born: February 10, 1836 - AlabamaDied: October 18, 1922Marriage: January 1, 1866Spouse: Ruth WintersParents: [unknown]Children: Gertrude (b. 1867), Jeff Lee (b. 1868)Military: CSA; 12 Cavalry, Company Cth

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 96-3-9Sources: 1870 and 1880 Johnson County, Texas, census; 1900 Greer County, Texas, census;1910 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #23904

Capt. J.D. Smith

Born: August 30, 1849 - TexasDied: February 20, 1915Marriage: ~1893Spouse: M.A.Parents: [unknown]Children: 3 living children (1910 census)Military: CSA captain; 10 Texas Infantry, Armyth

of Tennessee; wounded September 20, 1863Cemetery: Petersburg CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: Notes: from the obituary: d. October 14, 1914; Commander of the Confederate Camp(Plainview, Texas)Sources: 1910 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #39573 (Mrs. M.A. Smith)

ObituaryDeath of Capt. J.D. Smith; Tribute to a Ex-Confederate Gallant Soldier

Capt. J.D. Smith enlisted at Houston, Texas, September 21, 1861. He was captured at Arkansas Post. After being

exchanged, he served in the 10 Texas Infantry, Army of Tennessee, and was wounded September 20, 1863, whichth

disqualified him from further service. He died here October 1 , 1914, having been Commander of the Confederatest

Camp here two years.

RESOLVED, by the Camp, That it is but a just tribute to the memory of the departed to say that in regretting his

removal from our midst we mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our respect and regard.

RESOLVED, That we sincerely condole with the family of the deceased on the dispensation with which it has

pleased Divine Providence to affect them, and recommend them for consolation to Him who orders all things for the

best and whose chastisements are meant in mercy.

RESOLVED, That this heartfelt testimonial of our sympathy and sorrow be forwarded to the family of our departed

friend. — C.W. Tandy, Commander of the Camp of Plainview, Texas (Hale County Herald, October 15, 1914)


Joseph Andrew Smith

Born: March 7, 1847 - Copiah County, MississippiDied: February 8, 1937Marriage: ~1868Spouse: Martha Ann BellChildren: W.M., A.J., B.A., T.W., Viola, C.G.Military: CSA; 6 Mississippi Regiment,th

Lowery’s Brigade, Loren’s DivisionFuneral Home: W.H. Lindsey Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 281-1-1Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

ObituaryJ.A. Smith, 90, Succumbs Here

The already depleted ranks of veterans of the Civil War were thinned again last night with the passing of J.A.

Smith, 90, at the home of his son, C.G. Smith, with whom he had lived for several months.

Funeral services are to be held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the First Methodist Church here with Rev.

E.B. Fincher, Amarillo, and Rev. C.R. Hooton of Plainview, officiating. Burial will be here under direction of the

W.H. Lindsey Funeral Home.

Joseph Andrew Smith was born on March 7, 1847, in Cop8iah County, Mississippi, where, 22 years later, he and

Miss Martha Ann Bell were married. She preceded him in death by a little more than a year. Only a few months

before her death they had celebrated their 67 wedding anniversary.th

Mr. Smith was a member of the Sixth Mississippi Regiment, Lowery’s Brigade, Loren’s Division of the

Confederate army. He came to Williamson County, Texas, in 1891. Later he lived in San Angelo, Friona, and

Amarillo. He had been a member of the Methodist church since boyhood and obtained a license to preach 40 years ago.

Five sons, one daughter, twenty-three grandchildren, and twenty-eight great-grandchildren survive. The daughter

is Mrs. Viola M? of Amarillo, and the sons are C.G., W.M., A.J., B.A., and T.W. Smith, all of Plainview. Mr. and

Mrs. Smith also reared nine other children. (February 8, 1937)

Lafayette E. Speed

Born: June 17, 1847 - Covington County, MississippiDied: January 15, 1914 - Corsicana, TexasMarriage: ~1866Spouse: Mary Emity Brooks RandalParents: [unknown]Children: Carlton (b. 1868), Allie (b. 1870), Guy B. (b. 1873), Hugh Patrick (b. 1875), Eva (b.1878), Ruth (b. 1880); all children born in TexasMilitary: 2 Lieutenant Commandernd

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview Cemetery IOOFBlock, Lot, & Space: [no marker]Sources: 1880 Bastrop County, Texas, census; 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Hale County, Texas,census; 1900 and 1920 Navarro County (Corsicana) census; 1910 Jefferson County, Texas, census


James F. Stewart

Born: February 3, 1834 - KentuckyDied: March 21, 1914Marriage: ~1872Spouse: Emma GatesChildren: Florence (born in Missouri), JamesGreen (born in Missouri)Military: Col. Thomas Lubbock’s 8 Cavalry, Company Ath

Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 99-4Sources: 1910 and 1920 Hale County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #38360(Emma Stewart)

Capt. John W. Stewart

Born: December 24, 1831Died: June 10, 1914Marriage: ~1858Spouse: Louisa E.Parents: [unknown]Children: Richard (b. 1866 - Louisiana), CharleyS. (b. 1870), Maggie J. (b. 1872 - Texas), Wade H.(b. 1874 - Texas), Ada B. (b. 1879 - Texas), MaryA. (b. 1883 - Texas)Military: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 97-4-6Sources: 1860 Mobile County, Alabama, census; 1880 and 1900 Grayson County, Texas,census; Texas Confederate Pension #01610

ObituaryFuneral of Captain Stewart

Capt. J.W. Stewart died yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. S. A. Barnes will preach his funeral to-morrow at

3 p.m., at his home, four miles south of the city. He will be buried in the Plainview Cemetery. Flake Garner is

undertaker. (Hale County Herald, June 12, 1914)


Capt. Charles Willis Tandy

Born: February 20, 1840 - TennesseeDied: September 14, 1924Marriage: 2) ~1883 - Mississippi; 3) ~1915 -VirginiaSpouse: 2) Mrs. Ada Coleman; 3) Katherine LeakeParents: Nathaniel and Charlotte Marguee(?)TandyChildren: Charles W., Jr. (b. 1885 - Texas), Clara(b. 1886 - Texas), Edwin Coleman (b. 1878 -Arkansas)Military: Company C, 7 Tennessee Cavalryth

Funeral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 229-2-7Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database1900 Shelby County, Texas, census; 1910 and1930 Hale County, Texas, censuses; 1920 Matagorda County, Texas, census

Isaac L. Thomas

Born: August 17, 1844 - TennesseeDied: January 8, 1940Marriage: ~1875 - MississippiSpouse: Docia M. ParkeyChildren: J.C., R.D., E.C., Jennie (b. 1875 -Tennessee), Mary (b. 1878 - Tennessee); Curtis B.(b. 1885 - Virginia)Military: CSA; Scout and courier under Gen.Jubal A. Early, Shenandoah Valley Campaign;Commander, Plainview Camp #1548Funeral Home: Wood-Dunning Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 135-4-8Notes: Masonic LodgeSources: 1880 Whitesburg, Tennessee, census; 1920 and 1930 Hale County, Texas, censuses

ObituaryI.L. Thomas Rites Held

Funeral services here this afternoon marked the end of a long life for Isaac L. Thomas who during his 95 years,

served his county and community in activities that ranged from dut as a courier and scout in the Civil War to

organizing and teaching a Sunday School.

Mr. Thomas, who was active up until he became ill a few days ago, died yesterday afternoon at the Plainview

hospital. Rev. M.E. Fisher, Plainview Methodist circuit minister, and Rev. E.K. White, Methodist superintendent

here, conducted the services at 3 o’clock at the Methodist church.


Making his home alone since his wife’s death in 1918 Mr. Thomas amazed his acquaintances with his activity

and housekeeping ability, at the same time remaining active as a teacher in the Liberty Sunday School which he

organized twenty years ago.

Born August 17, 1844, Mr. Thomas had resided on the Plains for the past 23 years, in the Liberty community the

past several years.

During the Civil War he was a scout and a courier in the Confederate army under Gen. Jubal A. Early and

engaged in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. He was married in 1875 to Miss Docia Parkey in Mississippi.

He had been a member of the Methodist church for 84 years and had taught a Sunday School class since 1867,

starting in Tennessee. He served five years as worshipful master in the Masonic lodge of which he had been a

member more than sixty years and once was district grand master.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. M.J. Overton, Herando, and Mrs. J.W. Bradley, Clovis, N.M.; four sons, J.C.

Thomas, Jackson, Miss.; R.D. Thomas, Cornith, Miss.; C.B. Thoams, Hereford, and E.C. Thomas, Roswell, N.M.

Eleven grandchildren also survive.

Burial was in the Plainview cemetery under the direction of the Roy Wood Funeral Home. (Plainview Evening

Herald, January 9, 1940)

James P. Toney

Born: March 29, 1844 - AlabamaDied: March 8, 1907Marriage: [unknown]Spouse: Lou M.Parents: [unknown]Children: Pearl (b. 1874 - Alabama), W.W. (b. 1877 - Alabama)Military: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 20-3-8Notes: Masonic EmblemSources: 1880 Callahan County, Texas, census; Homestead Record

John Vanderslice

Born: April 23, 1842Died: December 4, 1912Marriage: 1) ~1873; 2) ~1885Spouse: 1) Martha J.; 2) Delia Jane WilsonChildren: 1) Ernest (b. 1878 - Texas), Lee A. (b.1875 - Arkansas), Robert W. (b. 1880 - Texas),J.H.; 2) John M. (b. 1885), James (b. 1892), Lilly(b. 1889)Military: Company I, 34d Arkansas and Texas Cemetery: Plainview IOOFBlock, Lot, & Space: 74-4Sources: 1880 and 1900 Cooke County, Texas, censuses; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census;Texas Confederate Pension #06238


ObituaryJohn Vanderslice

Plainview, Texas, December 4, 1912

John Vanderslice was born Aprl 23, 1842, at Nolandsville, Tenn. Surviving him are his wife, Delila Jan

Vanderslice (nee Wilson), two daughter, Mrs. J.S. Nummy, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Lillie Lacy, Turkey, Texas,

and four sons, E.M. Vanderslice, Valley View, Texas; R.W. Vanderslice, Valley View, Texas; J.M. Vanderslice,

Tulia, Texas; and J.H. Vanderslice, Tulia, Texas. All his children were with him during his last hours.

Mr. Vanderslice served four years in the Civil War, belonging to Company I, 3 Arkansas and Texas. About therd

close of the war he came to Johnson County, Texas. In about 1880 he removed to North Central Texas, near

Gainesville, where he lived principally after that time, having only lived in Plainview about 7 months. (Hale County

Herald, December 6, 1912)

Jasper Leroy Vaughn

Born: March 1, 1842 - Missouri Died: July 11, 1913 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: 2) January 12, 1898Spouse: 1) Nancey Elizabeth Miller; 2) May B.Jones Fowle Parents: [unknown]Children: 1) Tom (b. 1877 - Brown County,Texas), John (b. 1872); 2) James H. (b. 1899 -Texas), Erle Wood (b. 1901 - Texas)Military: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 78-1-6Notes: Information from Erle Vaughn: Jasper was an orphan; lived with an aunt in Missouri. Hejoined the Confederate Army when he was 16 and took care of horses. Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

ObituaryPioneer Plainsman Answers Last Call; Captain J.L. Vaughn Had Passed 3 Score and 10 Years; Masons to

Conduct Funeral Services

Captain J.L. Vaughn died this morning at his home, on Highland Avenue. He was 71 year, 4 monts and 10 days

old. He had been ill for sometime.

Captain Vaughn moved to Hale County about 18 years ago. He was a native of Missouri. After serving an

enlistment in the Confederate army, he moved to Texas in 1862. His ventures in the cattle business on the South

Plains proved profitable. When the Citizens’ State Bank was organized, in 1906, Captain Vaughn became president.

The Citizens’ State Bank consolidated with the Plainview Bank and Trust Company in 1908, under the name of

The Citizens’ Natioanl Bank. The President of the Citizens’ State Bank became Vice President of the new institution.

He retired from active connection with the Citizens’ National Bank a little more than a year ago.

He was a member of the Methodist Church. He held positions of high honor in the Masonic Lodge.

Funeral services for Captain Vaughn will be held at 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, under the auspices of the

Masonic Lodges. (Hale County Herald, July 11, 1913)


Home: From Hale County Historical Quarterly: Located at

the corner of Restriction and White (present 601 West

Eleventh) the house was build by Captain Vaughn in 1907. . .

. The Vaughn home, designed by J.C. Goodwin and Build by

E.L. Kerr and Son, was reportedly the first fully electrified

home in Plainview. The house had six bedrooms upstairs and

four rooms in the basement. [Photograph from the Milner

Collection).

Rev. Samuel D. Waddill

Born: July 5, 1839Died: November 30, 1911Marriage: ~1861Spouse: Rebecca E.Parents: [unknown]Children: Martha J. (b. 1867), Mary E. (b. 1870), Samuel Wright (b.1873), Alfred W. (b. 1877), Seth Q. (b. 1880), R...(daughter, b.1885), Macy (b. 1887), Lou Ella (b. 1881); all children born in TexasMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 42-2-3Sources: 1880 Fayette County, Texas, census; 1900 Coryell County,Texas, census

ObituaryRev. S.D. Waddill Dead

Rev. S.D. Waddill died at the home of his son, in this city, about 1 o’clock Tuesday evening, at the age of 72.

Rev. Waddill had been sick for many months, and, while his death was expected at any time, it was a shock to the

community. Mr. Waddill had lived in this county several years, and had a large number of acquaintances. He was a

good, true worker in the Lord’s vineyard, and was admired by all who knew him. He leaves several sons and

daughters to mourn his loss.

Funeral services were conducted at the M.E. Church, South, Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, after which the

remains were interred in Plainview Cemetery. The Herald extends condolence to the bereaved relatives.


William Smith Waddill

Born: January 17, 1848 - Post Oak Point, TexasDied: April 9, 1915 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: December 27, 1868 - Fayette CitySpouse: Amanda IzardChildren: Allen Walker (b. 1881), John, George M. (b. 1884), Mrs.Effie L. Broom, Mrs. Wood, Thomas William (b. 1871)Military: CSACemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 86-3-8Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database1910 Potter County,Texas, census; 1910 Hale County, Texas, census

ObituaryAged Man Hangs Self From Window of Barn; Told Friends About Town He Was Tired Living; Wife Dead 4

Years; Was Confederate Soldier; Has Lived in Plainview About Ten Years; Has Five Living Children

He was tired of living.

Four years ago Mrs. W. S. Waddill was buried in Plainview. Last night about 9 o’clock inmates of the home of

H.S. Broom, 710 West Third Street, heard W.S. Waddill leave the house, and supposed he had gone to a neighbor’s

for a visit, for he was in the habit of visiting. Often he would stay all night, so his leaving did not arouse suspicion.

When morning came and he was not in his room, the supposition was that he had visited for the night.

At seven o’clock, when H.S. Broom, his son-in-law, with whom he lived, went to feed his team the young man

noticed that the door to the barn was ajar. As he entered the stable he saw an unusual light, and climbing into the loft

he saw that the window opening to the alley was wide open. Stepping to it he saw a scantling across the two-by-two

window with a rope tied around it. At the end of the rope, eighteen inches from the window, was the dead body of his

father-in-law, Mr. Waddill.

The supposition is that the aged man had determined to put an end to his life and, having secured the rope and

scantling, climbed the step ladder leading to the loft, tied the rope around his neck and to the stick, passed a wire

around his body, then around his wrists, and slowly forced himself through the small window.

Coroner Frye held an inquest this morning, and found that the deceased had met death at his own hands.

Mr. Waddill was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He fought with the Confederacy. Many years ago his

moved to the Plains country, and has made Plainview his home for ten years. He has five living children. Mrs. H.S.

Broom, Plainview; Allen Waddill, Petersburg; John Waddill, Lockney; George Waddill, Amarillo, and Mrs. Guy

Wood, Dily. They are expected to arrive in time for the funeral, which will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock

from the residence of the H.S. Broom, 710 West Third Street. (Plainview Evening Herald, April 9, 1915)

James Layfayette Wagoner

Born: December 4, 1839 - TennesseeDied: May 12, 1893Spouse: SarahChildren: Laura (b. 1862), Julia A. (b. 1868, Emma J. (b. 1871), George W. (b. 1872), Robert S.(b. 1875), May (b. 1876), Florence (b. 1879); all children born in ArkansasMilitary: CSA; 32 Cavalry, Company And

Cemetery: Center Plains CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: F-section 1Sources: 1880 Ashley County, Arkansas, census


B.C. Walker

Born: February 26, 1827Died: January 17, 1902Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 45-2-5Notes: In B.F. Hudgins block

Winfield S. Wasson

Born: July 29, 1848Died: February 19, 1923Marriage: ~1871Spouse: Mary E. PeedParents: [unknown]Children: Sarah (b. 1881), Mary L. (b. 1883), Hanley P. (b. 1885),Melvin S. (b. 1889), Louvena Lee (b. 1879); all children born inArkansasMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 86-1-6Sources: 1900 Hale County, Texas, census; 1920 Palo PintoCounty, Texas, census

ObituaryW.S. Wasson Is Dead

W.S. Wasson, age 74 years, died today, and his funeral will likely be held tomorrow.

He was a pioneer citizen, having come here in 1898, and lived northwest of town these many years.

He leaves a widow and several sons and daughters—Hanley Wasson and Mrs. Tom Shelton of this city, Mrs. J.J.

Simpson of near town, and Melvin Wasson of Amarillo.

We will have more about his life in Friday’s issue. (February 20, 1923)

Joseph H. Wayland

Born: March 9, 1832 - Albemarle County,VirginiaDied: October 21, 1916 - Plainview, TexasMarriage: January 15, 1857Spouse: Catherine GatesParents: [unknown]Children: James Henry (b. 1863), Osmas F. (b. 1866), John G. (b. 1871), Joseph Willard (b.1876), Levi Clarence (b. 1879); all children born in Missouri


Military: CSA; Company C, Clark’s Regiment, Missouri Infantry; Company D, 9 Missourith

InfantryFuneral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 23-2-12Notes: Father of Dr. James H. Wayland, founder of Wayland Baptist College/UniversitySources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

ObituaryFather of Professional Men in Plainview Dies in Son’s Home

Saturday morning about eight o’clock Jos. H. Wayland fell dead in the home of his son, Dr. J.H. Wayland. Heart

failure is the cause of death, as filed by the physician’s certificate.

Mr. Wayland has lived in Plainview for the past fifteen years. He is the father of Dr. J.H. Wayland, Dr. L.C.

Wayland and Jo W. Wayland, prominent in business and professional circles in Plainview.

The funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, at the Methodist Church, Rev. J.W. Story, pastor,

preaching the funeral sermon, and Rev. I.E. Gates, pastor of the Baptist Church, assisting. Interment was made at the

Plainview Cemetery under the direction of W.F. Garner. Pall bearers were: J.H. Buntin, S.S. Sloneker, Lee

Shropshire, D.E. Ansley, F.M. Wells, J.L. Harris, R.B. C. Howell, J.W. Winn, R. Holland and R.M. Irick.

Mr. Wayland was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, March 9, 1832, bein eight-four years, six months and

twleve days of age when he died. At the age of six years he moved with the family to Randolph County, Missouir. He

was one of a family of nine children. A brother, who survives him, lives at Temple, Texas. His only sister lives at

Marsaline, Missouri. He professed religion at the age of eleven years and joined the Methodist Church, of which he

was a member seventy-four years. He was married to Katerine Gates on January 15, 1857. She and five sons are yet

living. The sons are Dr. J.H. Wayland, Dr. L.C. Wayland and Jo Wayland, of Plainview; J.C. Wayland, of Kansas

City Mo., and OF. Wayland, of West Plains, Mo. (Plainview Evening Herald, October 24, 1916)

Frank Milton (Daddy) Wells

Born: July 27, 1844 - VirginiaDied: January 17, 1927Marriage: 2) ~1878Spouse: 1) Emma Lavender; 2) Jennie Patterson StovallParents: Children: 1) Harry (b. 1868 - Virginia), Janie (b. 1871 - Virginia); 2) Tony (b. 1879 - Virginia),Mary Belle Read (b. 1881 - Missouri), Gracie (b. 1883 - Missouri), Sally Frances (b. 1885 -Missouri), Carl H. (b. 1889 - Hale County, Texas), Jessie M. (b. 1891 - Hale County, Texas)Military: CSA; in Pickett’s Corps; wounded at GettysburgFuneral Home: Lemons Funeral HomeCemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 67-1-2Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database;1860, 1870, and 1880 Henry County,Virginia, censuses; 1900, 1910, and 1920 Hale County, Texas, censuses; Texas ConfederatePension #28338


James Alfred (J.A.) Wheeler

Born: October 17, 1844 - Bedford County,TennesseeDied: March 29, 1934 - Hale Center, TexasMarriage:~1870Spouse: HannahParents: [unknown]Children: Elena P. (b. 1870 - Virginia), James T.(b. 1878 - Virginia), Alfred L. (b. 1881 - Virginia),George A. (b. 1882 - Texas), Virginia (b. 1885 -Texas), Laurie (b. 1886 - Texas), Annie E. (b.1887 - Texas)Military: CSA; Captain, 16 Cavalry, Company Dth

Funeral Home: A.H. Lindsey Funeral HomeCemetery: Abernathy CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: C-14Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

ObituaryCaptain Wheeler

Captain J.A. Wheeler, 89-year-old Confederate veteran, is reported to be seriously ill at the home of his daughter,

Mrs. Fox, in the Stoneback community, three miles south of Hale Counter. Captain Wheeler suffered a stroke of

paralysis Sunday. (March 29, 1934

J.A. Wheeler to be Buried Today

Funeral services of Captain J.A. Wheeler, 89-year-old Confederate veteran of the Civil War, were to be

conducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Abernathy Baptist Church with the Mothodist and Baptist pastors in

charge.

Captain Wheeler died last night at the home of his daughter in the Stoneback community near Hale Center. He

was born October 17, 1844, in Bedford County, Tennessee. He moved to Belton, Texas, in 1882 and came to Hale

County seven years ago. A brother, B.H. Wheeler, lives at Belton.

Pall bearers were named as follows: A.H. Nevens, C.C. Powell, T.R. Applewhite, L.M. Fearn, W. L. Doyle, and

Jim Nunn.

Funeral arrangements were in charge of W.H. Lindsey Funeral Home and burial was in the Abernathy cemetery.

(March 30, 1934)

Experiences During Civil War are Told by Confederate Vet

Last Friday afternoon the pupils of the Stoneback school had the opportunity of listening to an old Confederate

Soldier speak. Mr. Wheeler, 84 years of age, the father of Mrs. A.F. Fox, gave a very interesting discusion of Civl

War days. Mr. Wheeler fought in the Battle of Shiloh and was present when General Albert Sidney Johnson was

mortally wounded. Mr. Wheeler was wounded in some of the battles. He showed the children an old gun and several

other relics which he used in the war.

Mr. Wheeler spoke of the terrible hardships endured by the Southern Armies. He said that toward the end of the

war they never had enough food and their clothing could not be replaced when worn out.

This was a very enjoyable afternoon for the children and teachers. We feel very fortunate in having Mr. Wheeler

in our community to cooperate with the patrons and teachers. Mr. Wheeler says he would be glad to speak in other

schools in other communities. (November 16, 1928)


Thomas H. Williamson

Born: April 2, 1834Died: April 11, 1905Marriage: December 29, 1889 - TexasSpouse: Emma WardlowParents: [unknown]Children: Thomas H. (b. 1890), James A. (b. 1893), John E. (b 1894);all children born in TexasMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 30-1-11Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

Rev. John Wesley Winn

Born: November 1, 1842 - TennesseeDied: December 30, 1926 - San Antonio, TexasMarriage: ~1866Spouse: Cyntha A. WellsParents: [unknown]Children: Frank (b. 1867), Ellen (b. 1868), Gusta (b. 1870),William (b. 1872), Elizabeth (b. 1874), Walter M. (b. 1876),Imogene (Emma) b. 1879), Ed M. (b. 1880), Mattie Pearl (b.1885), Vera B. (b. 1889), Willie, Nellie; all children born inKentuckyMilitary: CSAFuneral Home: Cemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 89-6-6Notes: Brother J.W. Winn, first preacher of Pearce Chapel Methodist Church ~1893Sources: Confederate Troops in Texas; 1870 and 1880 Graves County, Kentucky, censuses;1900 and 1910 Hale County, Texas, censuses; Hale County Historical Quarterly vol. IX, No. 2,May 1979


Texas Boys in Gray © 1912J.W. Wynn of Plainview was a private in Company F, Eleventh Tennessee Infantry and fought in most of the battles

in Tennessee:

Some of the most severe hardships we had to undergo was in standing guard, where we were exposed to the

wind, sleet and snow, to say nothing of the danger from rifles of foes lurking behind rocks and bushes, ready to pick

us off without warning. Then the hard marches with Bragg into Kentucky in 1862, when I divided my “one biscuit a

day” with my brother in the Cavalry, who had nothing. The only sleep we got was in marching four abreast with

arms locked. On the retreat from Kentucky we camped at Bears Station, a few miles south of Cumberland Gap. That

night there came a four-inch snow and the ground froze hard enough to support loaded wagons. That winter, just

before the battle of Murfreesboro we camped in the snow which we raked away and spread one blanket on the

ground and covered with another. We waked up next morning in water caused by the heat from our bodies. Our

clothes were wet and we stood around our fires to dry them out.

ObituaryPioneer Died In San Antonio to be Buried Here Sunday

J.W. Winn, pioneer Baptist missionary in Northwest Texas, died at one o’clock Thursday morning at the home of

his daughter, Mrs. Charles Loveless, at San Antonio, Texas. Rev. Winn had been well up to the time of his death and

passed away quietly and unexpectedly early Thursday morning according to the report received here.

The body is being shipped to Plainview, to be buried beside that of his wife who died June 2, 1921. Services will

be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. J. Pat Horton officiating.

Rev. Winn came to Plainview the first part of July, 1892.

Surviving Mr. Winn are the following children: Frank Winn, Mayfield, Ky.; Mrs. Albert Farmer and Mrs. Jim

Alexander, Paducah; Mrs. A.S. Stultz, Plainview; Mrs. J.R. Purlin, Albuquerque, New Mex.; Ed Winn of Yuma,

Arizona; Walter Winn, Tampa, California; Mrs. Chas. Conley and Mrs. Chas. Loveless of San Antonio; Mrs. Ashton

Wilterding, Yuma, Ariz. Mrs. Chas. Vaughn is the only child who has died. She died at Lubbock, June 16, 1925.

(December 31, 1926)

Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Winn Celebrate Golden Wedding; Friends of Popular Old Couple Give Hundred Dollars

in Gold as Remembrance

Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Winn have passed the golden milestone in their matrimonial journey. They celebrated this

event yesterday by keeping open house at their home on East Sixth Street.

At eleven o’clock a.m. Rev. I.E. Gates, pastor of the Plainview Baptist Church, revived the memories of fifty

years by performing anew the marriage rite.

Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Winn, three sons and eight daughters, all of whom are living. Four of

these were present yesterday.

As a token of esteem and respect, one hundred dollars in gold was given the popular couple by their friends and

fellow church members. Other handsome presents were received.

Chocolate and cake were served throughout the day to the sixty-odd guests who called to offer their

congratulations and good wishes.

Ben Wofford

Born: July 26, 1847 - South CarolinaDied: November 2, 1919 - Plainview, Texas Marriage: 1) ~1871; 2) ~1907Spouse: 1) Mollie E. Lancaster; 2) BramleyShoemakerParents: [unknown]Children: 1) Harvey A. (b. 1872), Elma G. (b.1873), Annie (b. 1874), Mannie (b. 1877),Frederick F. (b. 1879), William L. (b. 1883), Clarence DeJarnett (b. 1885), Ernest E. (b. 1888),Mary E. (b. 1891 - Texas); all other children born in South Carolina


Military: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: [unknown]Block, Lot, & Space: [unknown]Sources: Hale County Cemetery Records database1880 Spartenburg, South Carolina, census;1900 Shackleford County, Texas, census; Texas Confederate Pension #32324

ObituaryBen Wofford Died Sunday

Ben Wofford died in this city Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, from chronic Bright’s disease. The funeral was

held at the Methodist church, of which he had been a life-long member, yesterday afternoon, Dr. Ernest E. Robinson

conducting the service. Interment followed at the cemetery.

The deceased leaves seven sons and daughters—Mrs. A.W. Sternenberg of Tulia, Mrs. Ben Hardy of Stratford,

Mrs. Morris Randall of Seymour, Fred Wofford of Lockney, H. A. and C.D. Wofford of Plainview, and E.E.

Wofford of Lubbock, all being present at the funeral except the latter, who was on a hunting trip to the El Paso

county, and could not be reached.

Mr. Wofford was 72 years, three months and seven days of age, having been born in South Carolina in 1847. He

was married there to Mollie Lancaster, and she was the mother of the sons and daughters mentioned above. The

family moved to Texas thirty years ago, settling near Albany, in Shackleford county. His wife died fifteen years ago,

and twelve years ago he married Mrs. Bramley Shoemaker, whose death occurred three weeks ago in this city. For

the past five years he made his home in Mineral Wells, but was this fall unable to return to that place. (November 2,

1919)

Leroy Wright

Born: April 6, 1843 - Southern, IndianaDied: May 2, 1916Marriage: ~1873 - Milford, TexasSpouse: Fannie McJiltonParents: [unknown]Children: Catherine (b. 1875), Leroy W., Jr. (b.1878), Sarta (b. 1881); all children born in TexasMilitary: CSACemetery: Plainview CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 49-4-6Notes: Masonic servicesSources: 1870, 1880, and 1890 Ellis County censuses; 19010 Hale County, Texas, census

ObituaryFuneral of Le Roy Wright is to be Held Wednesday; Confederate Veteran Will be Buried with Rites of

Church and Masonic Lodge

Le Roy Wright, an aged citizen of Plainview died at the Plainview Hotel at 7:15 this morning following a stroke

of paralysis Sunday. All of the funeral arrangmenets have not yet been made. The services will be conducted at the

residence of E.M. Carter, 512 West Third Street, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. T. B. Hayneie. Church

Services at the grave will be under the auspices of the Masonic pastor of the First Presbyterian Lodge, of which Mr.

Wright was a member. A call has been issued by C.S. Williams to members of that lodge to meet at the lodge

quarters at 1:30 tomorrow. The Knights Templar will meet at the same time, in uniform, to escort. The funeral will

be under the direction of A.A. Hatchell, of Paxton & Oswald.


Mr. Wright was born April 6, 1843, in Southern Indiana. He removed to Texas in 1852 with the family. From

1890 to 1906 he resided at Seymour, Texas, removing to Plainview in 1906. He has made this city his home since

that time.

He was married to Miss Fannie McJilton, in Milford, Texas, in 1873. His son Le Roy Wright, of Gaines County,

and daughters, Mrs. W.P. Rogers, of Milford, and Mrs. Forrest Taylor, of Fort Worth, survive him. His brokers

Frank, of Anson, Texas, John, of Hereford, and Marshall, of Pueblo, Colo., and his sister, Mrs. C.L. Carter, of

Portales, N.M., are here. His children, Mrs. Rodgers, Le Roy Wright and Mrs. Taylor, are expected tomorrow.

For many years Mr. Wright has been a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

(Plainview Evening Herald, May 2, 1916)

L. J. Yates

Born: September 26, 1845Died: June 22, 1923Marriage: ~1867Spouse: Salena Jane RuckerParents: [unknown]Children: Henry, Cay, Asa, George, Mrs. I.M.BaileyMilitary: [unknown]Funeral Home: [unknown]Cemetery: Hale Center CemeteryBlock, Lot, & Space: 2-C-WSources: Hale County Cemetery Records database

ObituaryUncle L.J. Yates Dies

L.J. Yates, age 77 years and nine moths, died at his home in Hale Center Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock, and the

funeral took place at the Methodist church in that town Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, under the direction of Pastor

G.T. Palmer assisted by Rev. George Bryant of Panhandle. Interment followed in Hale Center cemetery.

The deceased had been a citizen of Hale Center for twenty-three years, an dwas highly esteemed. He had all the

good qualities of the old pioneer.

He leaves a wife, four sons and two daughters—Henry of El Paso, Cay of Riverside, Calif., Asa of Clarndon,

George of Idalou, Mrs. I.M. Bailey of Hale Center and a daughter living in Missouri. All were present except the two

living in California and Missouri.

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