SURNAME MEANINGS & ORIGINS

Grayson County Obituaries
Grayson County Newspaper articles
Post Masters of Grayson County
Sheriffs of Grayson County
 Biographical pages of the Grayson County Plat Book. Many Photographs
Glimpses of Grayson County From the Early Days - by Tom Bomar- Many biographical sketches
William Jefferson Blythe III, President Bill Clinton's father

• ACHESON, SARAH C. ~ SUFFRAGIST & TEMPERANCE REFORMER
• ADAMSON ~ COLLINSVILLE
• ALDRIDGE, LEONARD
• ALEXANDER, PINKNEY COLUMBUS ~ HOWE
• ANDERSON, THOMAS B 
• ANDREWS, FRETHIAS & LOUISA WELLS ~ PILOT GROVE
• ATCHISON, ROBERT
• BAKER, WILLIAM M. "WID" ~ DENISON
  
• BATSELL, CHARLES WILLIAM
• BEAUCHAMP, CHARLES PEYTON ~ COLLINSVILLE
• BECK, MAX FAMILY
  
• BERNHEIM, LAZARUS
  
• BIGGS, ELECTRA WAGGONER ~ SCULPTRESS
  
• BLAGG, THOMAS
• BLAIR, THOMAS WELLINGTON
• BLANTON, MRS. BETTY
• BLANTON, Z.T.
• BOGGS, WILLIAM HENRY & SARAH ANN MOSIER
• BOOTH, DR. WILLIAM T.
  
• BOSTON, FREDERICK
• BOSTON, JOHN CALVIN
• BOSTON, GEORGE
• BOYD, JAMES
  
• BRANTLY, REV. ERSKINE
• BRAUN, FRED FAMILY
• BRAUN, GEORGE
  
• BRAZEAL, HENRY 
• BROGDON, WILLIAM H. & JOHN T.
• BROOKS, HIRAM ~ DENISON
  
• BROOKS, J. W.
• BROUGHTON, EDWARD THOMAS JR
• BROUGHTON, EDWARD THOMAS SR
  
• BROWN, MAUDE MORTON
• BRUCKER, EMIL FAMILY
  
• BRYANT, CLORA ~ JAZZ MUSICIAN
  
• BRYANT, JESSE P.
• BURNS, CHARLES GEORGE
• BUSBY, FRANK LESLIE & CORA LEE SIMPSON
• BUSH, WILLIAM IZORA
  
• CANNON, ELIJAH
• CAMP, STERLING V.
• CANARY, JAMES D.
  
• CARADINE, JAMES T.
• CARNEY, WILLIAM & LAURA ALICE HOOTEN
• CARPENTER, EPHRAIM
• CARPENTER, GEORGE W. & AMELIA
• CARR, OLIVER ANDERSON
• CARROLL, JOHN T. "J.T." FAMILY ~ DENISON
  
• CARTER, DR.CHARLES SMITH
• CHAMBERLAIN, ANTHONY P.
  
• CHILES, WILLIAM BALLINGER
• CHRISTMAN, CONSTANTINE "MACK" & Anna Öster
• CHISHOLM FAMILY, Also CHISM's, Many early stories of the area
• CHISHOLM, WILLIAM HENRY
• CHUMBLEY, SARELDA RAINWATER
  
• CLEMENT, BECKY
• CLERE, J.M 
• CLIFT, WILLIAM H.
• CLOUNTZ FAMILY
• CLOUNTZ, HENRY S. & FLORENCE COOK
• COBB, CHARLES SIMEON ~ DENSION BANKER
  
• CODY, CARROLL F. & GLENNIS FAY
• COFFEE, HOLLAND
• COFFIN, ARTHUR HENRY & ANNA MARY RICHIE
• COFFIN, HENRY ABRAHAM & MARY IDA EARP
• COLEMAN, DAVID JACKSN & FLORENCE EDITH BIGBY
• COLLINS, ALPHEUS REMEMBER
  
• COLLINS, MRS. LODOWESKA ~ COLLINSVILLE & DENISON
• COLLINS, WALTER DAUGHTERY
  
• COLLINSVILLE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
  
• COOK, JAMES "JIM" JACKSON ~ POTTSBORO
• COOPER, GEORGE ROBERT
• COULSON, SUSANAH  PHILIPS
• COVINGTON BROTHERS - BASEBALL PLAYERS
• COVEY - HESTAND FAMLIES
• COWAN, M. C.
• CRABTREE, AMOS AARON
• CRABTREE, LOUISA CATHERINE DANIEL
  
• CROCKETT, DAVIE (WOMAN'S NICKNAME)
• DAILY, RAY KARCHMER
  
• DANIEL, ROBERT
  
• DAVENPORT, JULIA CHISHOLM
• DAVIS, JEREMIAH LEVI
• DAVIS, WELDON ALONZO
  
• DAWSON, LEWIS FRANKLIN
• DENISON BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1879
  
• DOLEZALEK, EMMA JARESH
  
• DOUGLAS, MARY GILL
  
• DUGAN, DANIEL & CATHARINE VADEN
• DURRETT, ELMER CABLE "RED"
  
• ENGLISH, MRS. TALITHA WILSON
• EPPSTEIN FAMILY ~ DENISON
  
• ESLER, WILLIAM
• ESTES, ROSS
• EUPER, JOSEPH ANTON
  
• FAIRBANKS, JOHN JOSEPH
  
• FEILD, JULIAN CLARENCE & SUSAN McLAIN
• FENNELL, JAMES HAMPTON ~ DENISON
  
• FERGUSON, JOHN THOMAS
• FITZGERALD, GARRETT
• FITZGERALD, GEORGE S.
• FITZGERALD, JABEZ
• FITZGERALD, WILLIAM P.
• FLETCHER, MACK
  
• FOX, BARLETT ANDERSON
• FOX, JOSHUA HALE
• GERMAN FAMILIES OF GRAYSON COUNTY
  
• GIBSON, WILLIAM M. JR.
• GILBERT, PASCO W.
• GLADNEY, EDNA B.
  
• GODING, GEORGE GANCELO
• GODSEY, SAMUEL W. & LAURA PRUDENCE JOHNSON
• GOFF, RICHARD BETHEL
• GOLDSTON, WILLIAM AARON & ANGELINE NARCIS WILLIAMS
• GORDON, THOMAS
  
• GOREE, JAMES WILLIAM & MARY ELLA GOWDY
  
• GORRELL, JAMES BENJAMIN
• GOSS FAMILY OF DENISON
• GRAHAM, GEORGE & ALICE ALLMON ~ COLLINSVILLE
• GREENE, CARL B. & THELMA 
• GREENE, CHARLES SPENCE & RUTH BLEVINS
• GREENE, DAVID J. & MARY ANN
  
• GREENE, ROBERT  MILIAM & GRACE EDNA SIEBMAN
• HALL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
  
• HALLENBECK, WILFRED
• HALTON, WILLIAM HENRY
  
• HAMBLEN, PLEASANT W. & LUCINDA RANSOME ~ SHERMAN
• HAMILTON, MAELISSA GERTRUDE ~ WHITEWRIGHT
• HAMPTON, GLADYS RIDDLE
  
• HANSON BROTHERS ~ SHERMAN
• HASH, JAMES HENRY & ELMIRA ELLIE MOSIER
• HART, CATHARINE & GEORGE HUDSPETH 
• HARVEY, MATTIE
• HARVEY, NELLIE RUTH LAMBETH
• HATCHER SISTERS - ELLA & LIZZIE
• HAY, SAMUEL RIDLEY
• HENDRICKS, JESSE ELVIS
  
• HENRY, NEWBERRY SANFORD
• HERDMAN, DR. SARAH FRANCES
  
• HIBBARD BROTHERS ~ DENISON
  
• HILL- HENRY & ROSA
  
• HOERR, LOUIS AUGUST
  
• HOOK, STELLA BETTIE
• HORNSBY, ROGERS 
• HUTTON, VINCENT JAMES
• IMPARATO, LILLIAN ~ DANCE INSTRUCTOR
  
• INGE, JOHN M. & FRANCES DANCE
• JOHNSON, THOMAS PRICE
• JOHNSON - CHAMBLISS
• JONES, MINNIE MARSH
  
• JONES, WILSON N.
• JONES, WILSON N.
• KILE, IDA SELLER
• KINNEY, WALTER WILLIAM
• KING, RAYMOND A. "PETE"
• KITCHING, JOHN & NANCY
• KNAUR, GEORGE ERNEST SR. FAMILY ~ DENSION BUSINESMANN
  
• KNAUR, SIMON G. FAMILY ~ EARLY DENISON BUSINESSMAN
  
• KOHFELDT, FRANZ
  
• LEASE, MARY ELIZABETH
• LEBRECHT, LOUIS ~ DENISON
  
• LINDSEY, ISAAC
  
• LOMBARD, CAROLINE BOATMAN PILCHER
• LOVING, JESSE PIPKINS
• LYNCH, ROBERT LEE & CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH EVANS
• MADDEN, JOHN W. ~ Denison Department Store owner
  
• MAGERS, JOHN & ELIZA
• MAJOR, MRS LUCRETIA 
• MARSH, MINNIE
  
• MATHIS, WILLIAM JOHN
• MAYES, Dr. JOSEPH A.
  
• MAYES, ROSE MARIE RIDDLE
  
• McCLAIN - FEILD FAMILY
• McDONALD, ESTELLINE RUTH VICK
• McDOUGALL, JOHN BUE
  
• McKINNEY, COLLIN 
• McKINNEY, MARTHA WILMETH
• MESSENGER, JOSH
• METHVIN, JAMES SHELTON
• MONTAGUE, DANIEL
• MOORE, CELIA ANDERSON
• MORRIS, ABIGAIL CHIPMAN
• MUNSON, ELOISE
  
• MUNSON, THOMAS VOLNEY
• MURRAY, BREDETTE C.
  
• MURRAY, WILLIAM HENRY "ALFALFA BILL"
• More about Alfalfa Bill Murray
• MYERS, WILLIAM HENDERSON & SARAH HASH
• NALL, WILLIAM CLEM & JESSIE DARLENE PILCHER ~ COLLINSVILLE
• NEHR, WILLIAM BOYD
• NITCHOLAS, SIM
  
• OAKES, KITTIE LANHAM
• OGLE, BENJAMIN & RACHEL EMELIA MANLEY
• ORR, GARLAND & SAMANTHA
• OURAND, JOHN D.
  
• OWENBY, J.P  - TAYLOR, MRS. J.L. OWENBY ~ PILOT GROVE
• OWINGS, Dr. L.S. ~ DENISON
  
• OWNBY, ELI
• OXFORD, WILLIAM ECHOLS
• PACE, WILLIAM L.
  
• PECK, WILLIA A. "WILL" ~ Denison Jeweler
  
• PENLAND, EARL PAUL
• PILCHER, LOUIS T. & NANNIE HENRY ~ COLLINSVILLE
• PINKERTON, MRS EMMA
• PLUMLEE, EUGENE FRANCIS & LILLIE CRAIN ~ POTTSBORO
• POLSTON, GEORGE W.
• PORTER, SOPHIA
• PORTER, SOPHIA  - "Texas' Own scarlett O'Hara"
• QUINN FAMILY ~ DENISON
• RAGSDALE & HUSPETH FAMILIES
• RAMSEY, JOHN Z. 
• RAMSEY, SAMUEL
• RAMSEY BROTHERS ~ SHERMAN
• RANDLE, EMMA DEE
  
• READ, MARY G 
• REASOR FAMILY
  
• RENFRO, NELLIE
• ROBERTS, MAME
  
• ROSS, JOHN ALLEN 
• RUDASILL, EMANUEL
• SCHEID FAMILY ~ WHITESBORO
• SCHEID, SIDNEY A.
• SHOFFNER, MILTON ~ baseball player
  
• SHATTLES, JAMES & EMMA
• SHELTON ~ WESTER ~ CLOUNTZ 
  
• SIEBMAN, JOHN RICHARD (DICK) & DAISY REBECCA
• SIMMS, THOMAS S.
• SMITH FAMILY - ROBERT EMMETT
• SMITH, JEFFERSON D & MARY E. McCLENDON
• SMITH - BLEDSOE
• SOUTHMAYD, REV. DANIEL STARR
• ST. JOHN, RALPH ~ CATERER & CONFECTIONERY
• STAR, SAMUEL ~ EARLY DENISON CLOTHING PURVEYOR
  
• STARR, BELLE & GRAYSON COUNTY CONNECTIONS
  
• STEELE, ALBERT GODWIN ~ POULSTON, MARY ELLEN
  
• STEPHENS, DILLARD
• STEPHENS, JOSEPH MARION & JUDA EMMALINE HERRIN
  
• STONE, JOHN W.
• STRATTON, MONTY FRANKLIN PIERCE
• STUBBLEFIELD, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN & MARY S. REYNOLDS
• SWEATT, ADDIE BLANTON
• SWEATT, ADDIE BLANTON
  
• TAYLOR FAMILY of the Choctaw Community
• THOMAS  & HALLENBECK FAMILY
• TEAS, FRANCIS MORGAN & ORA JEANETTE ELLIS ~ DENISON
• TELFORD, ROBERT B & SARAH
• TERRY, ZEB
• TESAR, FLOSSIE
• TOBIN, PATRICK HENRY
• TODD, THOMAS & MARTHA ~ ETHEL
• TONE FAMILY
• TONE, HARRISON
• TREDWAY, MARTHA CAREY
  
• TROLINGER, WILLIAM HENRY
• TRUETT, GEORGE W.
  
• VADEN FAMILY
• VAN ZANDT, OLAN
• VERKIN, PAUL
  
• VICK, ALEXANDER HARRIS & RUTHY HARMON ~ SHERMAN
• WALD, CHARLES F.
• WALTZ, CHRISTIAN
  
• WASHBURN, SAMUEL
• WEBB, WILLIAM HENRY
• WEEMS, THOMAS MADISON
• WEST, JOHN G. ~ early railroading
  
• WEST, JOSHUA
• WESTER, CALVIN EUGENE
• WHITE, DICY JANE CARPENTER
• WHITE, WILLIAM RICHARD
• WHITING, FREDERICK PARKER & EMILY DUGAN
• WILLIAMS, DR. GEORGE W. & ELIZA A. WILLIAMS FAIRBANKS
  
• WILLIAMS, JOHN & ANNE MOORE
• WILLIAMS, SEXTON REYNOE
• WILMOUTH, LOUIS
• WILSON, JAMES PLEASANT MONROE
• WILSON, JACKSON FURMAN & MARY ELIZABETH STROUD ~ HOWE
• WOOSLEY, MAJOR JAMES 
• WYNNE, DR. IONIA KATE 
  
• YOWELL, ANNIE LEE
• ZAUK, BRUNO H.
  

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Native of Grayson County
 
His Family Tree
 
Mamie Eisenhower's Life & Family Tree
 
 
 
 

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Olive Ann Oatman Fairchild
 Lived & died in Sherman
Buried in West Hill Cemetery

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Tombstone in West Hill Cemetery
 
 
 
 
 

Gene Autry
Born in Tioga, Grayson County
Tioga, Texas

Buck Owens 
Born in Sherman, Grayson County
 
Grayson County People Listed in
The HANDBOOK OF TEXAS ONLINE

• Acheson, Alexander  W.
• Acheson, Sarah  C. 
• Bass, Thomas Coke 
• Bivins, Lee
• Bledsoe, Joseph 
• Bourland, William H.
• Brown, Thomas Jefferson
• Burns, Rollie C. 
• Carlisle, James McCoy
• Cockrell, Jeremiah Vardaman
• Coffee, Holland
• Colville, Silas Creek 
• Conner, Lincoln Guy 
• Diamond, George Washington
• Diamond, James J.
• Dillard, Frank Clifford
• Earheart, Joseph Bonaparte
• Emberson, John 
• Everts, Gustavus A. 
• German, James Layfayette
• Gilbert, Mable
• Gladney, Edna   Browning
• Gregg, Edward Pearsall
• Guleke,  James O. 
• Hall, Benjamin Franklin
• Hall, Richard Moore
• Hare, Silas Jr.
• Hart, John
• Herring, Cornelius Taylor
• Hudson, J.E.
• Hurt, James Mann 
• Kimbell, Kay
• Kimbell, Velma Fuller
• Lamb,  William Robert
• Lease, Mary Elizabeth Clyens
• Loving, Jesse P.
• Lively, Elizabeth Marcelle Hamer
• McKinney, Collin
• Means, Robert Madison
• Munson, William Benjamin 
• Nation, Carry Moore
• Parmer, Allen 
• Sophia Suttonfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter "The Confederate Paul Revere "
• Quantrill,William Clarke 
• Randell, Choice Boswell
• Reeves, George Robertson
• Sanborn, Henry Bradley
• Selman, John Henry
• Shannon, Thomas Jefferson
• Simmons, Marshall Lee
• Stem, Jesse
• Strong, Henry W.
• Taylor, Robert 
• Thompson, James George
• Truett , George Washington
• Walsh, Charles Clinton
• White, Ambrose B.
• Wight, Lyman
• Wilkinson, Alfred Ernest
• Young, Hugh Franklin
• Young, William Cocke.

Mrs. Jim Bolton - Sanborn Ranch and Amarillo

Mrs. John Coleman - Frontier life in Grayson County (Cox family)

Buster (Dad) DeGraftenried, tales of his life as a cowboy. He was from Grayson Co.; his story is long and interesting.

Hardie Spence - His life as a Cowboy and time on the Jot Gunter Ranch

Jesse Pipkins Loving - Memoirs of early Grayson County

R. L. Maddox, born in Grayson Co. and moved to West Texas

J. D. Shannon shoot-ups in Denison and Alligators in Bonham

Mrs. Agnes Mender Snyder of Sherman and her family settlement in Arizona

J.H. Yardley, Grayson Co. Native, West Texas Cowboy