Surnames: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Surnames: CHILDERS, 
GUNTER
Researcher:Bob Childers
Email:childers@alaska.net
Date posted: Thursday, March 5, 1998
Trying to find information about my Great Grandparents John W. CHILDERS and Martha A. GUNTER, who were married in Wood County, and had their first child T. (Tom?) G. CHILDERS in 1865. Martha's mother was Rebecca (Williams?) GUNTER, b. abt 1805. Her father may have been named Lemuel GUNTER. Martha's family came to Wood Co. as a young girl (mid 1850's?), went to school and was married there. John W. CHILDERS, b. abt. 1841 in KY, moved to Wood Co. as a young man, where he farmed and raised stock. They moved to Cooke Co. by 1877, where John, Martha, their 7 children, and Rebecca GUNTER are listed in the 1880 census. Their last child, Robert Ashley (my grandfather) was born in Cooke Co. Sept. 3, 1877. Children: T.G., male, b. abt 1865; W(illiam?) H., male, b. abt 1867; E.R., female, b. abt 1869; J.W., male, b. abt 1871; Lenora, female, b. abt. 1873; Rosaline, female, b. abt. 1876; Robert A., male, b. Sept 3, 1877; John W. retired around the turn of the century in Abiline, TX.
Surnames: CLIFFORD,
WOODALL
Researcher:Clifford M. Shipp
Email:cshipp@montana.edu
Date posted: Friday, March 6, 1998
Searching for ancestral data on WOODALL, Jenny Lynn, b. June 22, 1858; mar. Harry C. CLIFFORD Nov. 23, 1874; died in Grand Saline July 28, 1910.
Surnames: BARTLETT
Researcher:Ann Bartlett
Email:mapears@lcc.net
Date posted: Saturday, March 7, 1998
BARTLETT, William Franklin, born in Alabama 11-13-1851 and moved to Wood Co Texas in 1877.
Surnames: JEFFCOAT,
WARREN
Researcher:Laurie Fisher
Email:katy@netpluscom.com
Date posted: Monday, March 9, 1998
Looking for information
regarding Warren's. My great grandma Rannie JEFFCOAT b.1891 in
Tyler Co,TX married Thomas Houston Warren in 1907 in Fred,TX.
They had children:1. Joe WARREN; 2. James Monroe WARREN married
Jewell Perkins; 3. Thomas Houston WARREN Jr. married Helen L.Hurst(Woodville,TX);
4. Bertha M.WARREN b.1909. married Jolley Frank Caskey. I am
looking for any information regarding:James Knox Polk WARREN,
Thomas Houston WARREN Sr., and Thomas Houston WARREN Jr.
Surnames: BARNES,
KIRBY,
PARKE,
TINSON
Researcher:Tom Zweiacher
Email:duffer@usa.net
Date posted: Tuesday, March 10, 1998
Does anyone have any information on this household found in the 1870 Wood Co. TX Census? M. M. TINSON 33 Female White Keeping house. B. Thomas KIRBY 10 Male White at home W. E. TINSON 1 Female White At home H. PARKE 21 Female White J.D. BARNES 56 Male White Farmer. Quite a collection of different names in this houshold. My interest lies primarily with the B. Thomas KIRBY. This is the only 10 year old Thomas KIRBY I could find in any county in the 1870 Texas Census, and I searched them all. I am trying to locate the parents of my Great Grandfather J. T. KIRBY or Thomas J. KIRBY. He married in Rusk, Cherokee CO, TX in 1885 and was born in Mar 1859 birthplace listed only as Texas.
Surnames: SURRATT
Researcher:Jennifer Fennell
Email:Jenuine821@AOL.com
Date posted: Thursday, March 12, 1998
Surnames: SPLAWN,
SUITER
Researcher:Beth Pethtal
Email:pethtalmb@aol.com
Date posted: Friday, March 13, 1998
Trying to find information relating to Thomas Alexander SPLAWN b. Sept. 13, 1865 in Shelby Co, Al and Nancy (Namie) Jane (Jean) SUITER b. Jan. 1868 in Nashville, Il. The SUITER family relocated to Texas from Il. after 1880. I believe Nancy (Namie) Jane (Jean) Suiter is the daughter of John Suiter who resided in Wood County. Will D. SUITER son of James and Elizabeth A. SUITER was, according to a letter he wrote to my grandmother Nannie Clara SPLAWN Perry, a "double cousin" of Nancy (Namie) Jane (Jean) Suiter. I am particularly interested in information about John SUITER, his wives, and his two sons James SUITER who was still living near Winnsboro in 1948 and I. H. SUITER who was living near Ira, TX in 1948.
Surnames: SATTERWHITE
Researcher:Dovie A. Kaupke
Email:dkaupke@prodigy.net
Date posted: Friday, March 13, 1998
Interested in Ike SATTERWHITE
that was in Wood Co., in early days. His wife Laura Wimbish died
there ab. 1880.
Surnames: BELL,
EZELL,
FRANKS,
HAYS,
MASON,
MYERS
Researcher:Patricia A. Cobb
Email:cloisc@cobco.com
Date posted: Wednesday, March 18, 1998
I am looking for information
on Lizzie Gertrude MYERS who married Owen HAYS, Lula Belle MYERS
who married John MASON, and Golden Gladys MYERS who married Sherdy
BELL. All three of the ladies were born either in Wood or Van
Zandt County. They were the daughters of Sarah Elizabeth EZELL
and Leura L. MYERS. Sarah Elizabeth after the death of her husband
married Henry L. FRANKS.
Surnames: JACKSON,
JOHNSON
Researcher:Angela Dwyer
Email:amd2556@aol.com
Date posted: Thursday, March 19, 1998
JACKSON, Ervin (Hog) born about 1835 in Illinois married Francis JOHNSON born about 1848 in Mississippi. Daughter Emma Peach JACKSON. Francis died when Peachie was 4. Ervin died 1918 in TX.
Surnames: JONES
Researcher:Danny Jones
Email:deejkeej@webTV.net
Date posted: Saturday, March 21, 1998
I am trying to obtain information about my father's family. My father's name was Jackson F. JONES Jr. and he lived in Mineola, Texas from 1908 to 1920. His father's name was Jackson F. JONES Sr. and he worked for the Texas & Pacific Railroad and was killed in a train wreck or fire in either 1912 or 1918. He is buried in the Mineola City Cemetery (grave unmarked) along with my grandmother Cora Shelby JONES who died in either 1922 or 1928. My father had two brothers; Rex L. JONES born in Longview,Texas in 1904; and Charlie P. JONES born in Mineola, Texas in 1910. There was also a half-brother Morris J. JONES born in either 1892 or 1893 who was killed in the same train wreck as my grandfather. If you have any information about the JONES family of Mineola, Texas that you can find. I am especially interested in the train wreck of 1912 or 1918. Also,the 1920 census would be helpful. Also, it is possible that the Rex L. JONES I mentioned was killed in a shooting in 1920 (there are conflicting stories if he survived or not). If you know of any death records concerning this name or old newspaper accounts of this shooting, I would be very interested.
Surnames: LOUDERMILK,
TANNER
Researcher:Shirley Tanner McDonald
Email:ptmbsm@cswnet.com
Date posted: Monday, March 23, 1998
Looking for links to the TANNER family. my ggrandfather Allen Sherman TANNER once lived in Wood co TX. His first wife was Rachel LOUDERMILK; she later passed away and he remarried my ggrandmother in 1887 in AR. He had at least one child born in Wood co. his name was Fawn TANNER I don't know if that was a nickname or not.
Surnames: HALL,
PHILLIPS,
RIDDLE
Researcher:Jim Phillips
Email:jriph@tyler.net
Date posted: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
I am researching Richard RIDDLE (1806-63) and his son, Jonathan M. RIDDLE (1827-186?) who came to Wood County in 1852 to the Redland area. Also, I am researching Wilder PHILLIPS and his children Lucy PHILLIPS HALL and Joseph Franklin PHILLIPS (1859-1906) who moved to Wood County in the mid-1870s. Joseph PHILLIPS and Lucinda RIDDLE m. in 1879.
Surnames: MCNAIR
Researcher:Sandra Delashaw Warden
Date posted: Thursday, March 26, 1998
Henry Brooks MCNAIR resided in Winsboro, Wood Co, TX when he applied for a confederate pension in 1899. He was from Kemper Co, MS. Did he have children or relatives there? Where was he buried, and when did he die? Contact me for information and pictures.
Surnames: BRICE,
BUCK
Researcher:Lois Pfannenstiel
Email:LPfann9458@aol.com
Date posted: Sunday, March 29, 1998
BUCK, Chester W. b.abt 1896 East Point, Wood County, TX. m. Alma BRICE abt. 1921. Any information about these two names would be greatly appreciated.
Surnames: COTTON,
MILNER
Researcher:Julie O'Neil Perkins
Email:jperkins@mindspring.com
Date posted: Monday, March 30, 1998
Seeking family and information on family of John and Amelia COTTON MILNER. They were originally from Alabama and Georgia. Sons were George Wimberley Cotton MILNER, John H. (or I.H.) MILNER, and A.H. "Oscar" MILNER. Any tidbits appreciated!
Surnames: DAVIS,
HUGHES,
LAMINACK,
MURRAY,
PUCKETT
Researcher:Marti (French) Murray
Email:aleutdat@ptialaska.net
Date posted: Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Josie PUCKETT, daughter of unknown PUCKETT and Thursy (?), m. Pink HUGHES. They had one known child Rex HUGHES who was born Oct 1883 TX. Josie (PUCKETT) HUGHES died bef. 17 Jun 1917. She had brothers 1) Warren C. "Bud" PUCKETT (1851-1917) m. Maggie LAMINACK (1879->1917); 2) John Asa PUCKETT (1861-) m. Elec Elector MURRAY (1865-1936), daughter of James Kelsey MURRAY (1832-1920) and Sarah Lacey DAVIS (1844-1925); and J. M. PUCKETT (->1917). Known Wood County residences include Pine Mills, Mineola, and Hainesville.
Surnames: CONNELL,
DAVIS,
MURRAY,
PUCKETT
Researcher:Marti (French) Murray
Email:aleutdat@ptialaska.net
Date posted: Tuesday, March 31, 1998
J. R. CONNELL was born May 1871 in Alabama and married Leatha (?) who was born Jul 1876 in Texas. Their known children are 1) Curtis CONNELL born Jul 1897 in Texas and 2) Berta CONNELL born Jan 1900 in Texas. Berta married Herman Virgil PUCKETT who was born Aug 1896 in Texas, the fourth son of John Asa PUCKETT (1861- ) and Elec Elector MURRAY (1865-1936). Herman became a Judge and was rather well-known in the Wood County area. He was instrumental in procuring a Confederate Widow's Pension for his maternal grandmother Sarah Lacey (DAVIS) MURRAY though she died before it was approved.
Surnames: DEAS, NEWMAN, PORTER
Researcher:Linda K. Gamblin Allen
Email:dallen@computron.net
Date posted: Thursday, April 2, 1998
Looking for any information on Athalina PORTER, who was married to Martin David NEWMAN and lived in Wood Co. in the late 1890's-early 1900's. They had a daughter named Annie E. Newman who married W.H. DEAS in 1884 in Rains/Wood Co. They in turn had a daughter named Effie Deas who married Bob Gamblin in 1912 in Wood Co.
Surnames: CARRINGTON
Researcher:Sara Buckmaster
Email:slambert@eatel.net
Date posted: Monday, April 6, 1998
B.J. Turner and Charles T. Turner of Arizona registered in the Library last May, asking for information on CARRINGTON family members. Does anyone know these two people?
Surnames: CAWTHON
Researcher:Laurel Blackwell Mackenzie
Email:donm@hic.net
Date posted: Wednesday, April 8, 1998
I am looking for information on the surname CAWTHON. I have very little to go on regarding this name. My mother knows almost nothing about her family lineage. Edmund W. CAWTHON was my great grandfather and my grandmother, Minnie Mae Cawthon was born in Alba, Texas.
Surnames: ADAIR,
ALSTON,
DEUSON
Researcher:Anne Ross
Email:humbird@usa.net
Date posted: Friday, April 10, 1998
ADAIR, DEUSON, ALSTON Looking for info on Jefferson Arthur ADAIR, lived in Wood county early 1900's. He was born in Nacadochie Co. TX 8-28-1877. Married to Lucinda Allie DEUSON 10-20-1901(in Wood county?). He died in Wood county about 1906. After his death in 1906, Lucinda Allie married Charles Hastings ALSTON in Wood county (listed in Wood co Marriage book E. When did the Adairs and Duesons come to Wood county and from where? How did he die and where is he buried?
Surnames: HURLEY,
LEDBETTER,
TEMPLE
Researcher:James Dale Ledbetter
Email:ledbettr@flash.net
Date posted: Friday, April 10, 1998
Looking for information on Andrew LEDBETTER who died in Musgrove around 1885-1888. I believe it may have been 1886.I believe he moved to the area around 1876 or 1877 from Tennessee, but I don't know what county. His wife was Rebecca HURLEY (or perhaps TEMPLE) LEDBETTER. They may have been living near Winnsboro when he died. They had seven children: Martha A., Ruth, Alice, Molly, W. M. (Bud), James, and Austin. He is my great grandfather. I don't know what cemetery he is buried in.
Surnames: HANSARD,
WHITWORTH
Researcher:Ann Palk Harlow
Email:fharlow@wcc.net
Date posted: Monday, April 13, 1998
Looking for information on Dycie WHITWORTH who m. J. W. HANSARD on January 31, 1907. Was she a relative of Nancy Caroline WHITWORTH HANSARD who was the wife of James William HANSARD? Where is Dycie WHITWORTH HANSARD buried? James William HANSARD and Nancy Caroline WHITWORTH HANSARD are buried in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Wood County.
Surnames: CHRIETSBURG,
GALLOWAY,
NABOURS,
PEEK,
RADNEY,
RUSHING,
SIZEMORE,
WALLACE
Researcher:John Mallory Land
Email:retrofit@flash.net
Date posted: Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Surnames: BELL,
CHANEY,
MCWRIGHT
Researcher:Lynn Denton
Email:ldenton@flash.net
Date posted: Friday, April 17, 1998
Jack MCWRIGHT, b. late 1880's or early 1890's in Quitman, Wood Co., orphaned as child and raised by Uncle Harve McWright's family on McWright Family homestead near Alba, Texas. Family came from Ireland, then Indian Territory, and from there down the Chisolm Trail in covered wagon to Wood Co.,Tx. On Feb. 7, 1914, in Wood Co., Jack married Rhoda May CHANEY, b. Jan. 10, 1894, in Wood Co. to parents, R. M. Chaney and Alice BELL Chaney. What were the names of Jack's parents and Uncle Harve's parents, and their grandparents? Where and when were Rhoda's parents born and married?
Surnames: FARMER,
LORD,
MURRELL
Researcher:Rosalie Byrd
Email:malek@flash.net
Date posted: Monday, April 20, 1998
Looking for descendants of Winnie Jewell MURRELL and Milton "Dick" Mendozia LORD, Jr. Their children were Raymond, Louise, Frankie, Norma, Robert, Linda, James and Judy Kay. Jewell and Dick lived in Ennis and Quitman until their death, they are buried in Navarro County. One daughter, Linda Darnell LORD, married a FARMER and is known to have lived in Wood County for many years.
Surnames: , WHITE
Researcher:Stephanie Mullins
Email:stmullins@yahoo.com
Date posted: Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Surnames: KAVANAUGH
Researcher:Clifford Kavanaugh
Email:cliffk@indy.net
Date posted: Wednesday, April 22, 1998
My father Clifford Patrick KAVANAUGH was born in Quitman TX on 8-8-1916. would like information on mother and fathers birthdates or any other information available from a birth certificate.
Surnames: DUNLAP,
HANEY,
SANDERS
Researcher:Kay Harper
Email:katty@texoma-ok.com
Date posted: Sunday, April 26, 1998
HANEY, SANDERS, DUNLAP. Would like to get in touch with Goldie Darlin to exchange info on the Haney and Sanders families. Would also like to exchange info with Carolyn Franklin if her Dunlaps are related to the Newcombs. [Webmaster note: Ms Harper has been send postal addresses for Goldie Darlin and Carolyn Franklin.]
Surnames: HAMMOND,
PILKINGTON
Researcher:Mitzi Hammond Perkins
Email:rharper@waymark.net
Date posted: Monday, April 27, 1998
Joseph Norfleet HAMMOND and Martha Jane (Mattie) PILKINGTON were my grandparents from Hawkins-Pine Mills. They had 16 known children, the youngest was Hansel Roy Hammond, my father (31 Oct 1919 -19 Dec 1991). Last known remaining brother Thurman, in the Lindale area.
Surnames: MCALLISTER
Researcher:Sandy King
Email:Sandyk@ix.netcom.com
Date posted: Wednesday, April 29, 1998
Looking for info on James W. MCALLISTER who married Mayola ? Wood County area. Have info on his children, etc
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