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COLLEGEPORT OBITUARIES

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Roberta Mae Liggett

 Liggett, Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs.  L. E.   Dec 15, 1918     Dec 25, 1918

Location:                              28o44.496 N             096o10.175 W
 

 (Mr. Liggett's list indicated that the infant daughter was named Roberta Mae and was confirmed by a sister.)

 A birth record for Arthur Emerson Liggett born May 31, 1916 was found naming the parents as Lester Emerson and Agnes Elizabeth Spence Liggett.

 Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales Schedules for "Ace of Clubs" Ranch

L. E. Liggett, Collegeport , Texas , purchased Block 2, Lot 36

 

Andrew J. Palmer

Palmer, Andrew J.                                                                             Apr 21, 1924

Location:                              28o44.498 N             096o10.177 W

 

No additional information about Mr. Palmer was found.

 

Elizabeth Palmer

 Palmer, Elizabeth

Location:                              28o44.499 N             096o10.177 W

 

 Mrs. Ellen Franzen stated that Mrs. Palmer was died on the day her family arrived in Collegeport (December 24, 1909).

 

Lizzie Hill Primm

 Primm, Lizzie                                                         Sep 03, 1882     Jan 26, 1959

Location:                              28o44.482 N             096o10.192 W

 

 Mrs. Lizzie Primm Buried In Collegeport Tuesday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Primm were held at the Palacios Funeral Home Tuesday, January 27 with Rev. Rayford Harris of the First Baptist Church conducting the service. Interment was in the cemetery at Collegeport , Tex.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hill, she was born on September 3, 1882 in Tennessee and passed away in Bay View Hospital Monday morning, January 26.

She was married to Samuel Primm, who preceded her in death in 1939.

She is survived by three sisters; Mrs. Sallie Taylor of Palacios, Mrs. Erskin Adams of Nashville , Tenn. and Mrs. Annie Galbraith of Dallas, one nephew and four nieces.

The Palacios Beacon, January 29, 1959

 

 Palacios Texas News by Mrs. John Basford

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Primm were held at the Palacios Funeral Home, Tuesday, January 27, 1959 . The Rev. Rayford Harris of the First Baptist Church conducted the final rites. Burial was in the Collegeport Cemetery .

She was born on September 3, 1882 in Tennessee , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hill. She was stricken with a heart attack while shopping in one of the Palacios stores, and passed away at Bay View Hospital , January 26.

Her husband, Samuel Primm preceded her in death in 1939.

Survivors are her three sisters, Mrs. Sallie Taylor of Palacios , Texas ; Mrs. Erskin (Julie) Adams of Nashville, Tennessee, and Mrs. Annie Galbraith of Dallas , Texas .

The Daily Tribune, Wednesday, February 4, 1959 , page 3

 

NOTES: Mrs. Primm died in Palacios. She was the daughter of T. J. and Sallie Taylor Hill.

 1880 Wilson County , Tennessee Census

Hill, Lizzie, 10 months, born Tennessee

father: Thomas J. Hill   mother: Mary A. Mosley

 

Samuel Gray Primm

 Primm Samuel Gray                                             Feb 21, 1877     Mar 03, 1939

Location:                              28o44.483 N            096o10.192 W            Map: #51

 Information from the notes of Matagorda County researcher Kathleen Tatum.

Samuel Gray Primm was born in Hickman County , Tennessee . His parents were Oliver Hazard Perry Primm and Frances Ella Thomas Primm.

 

Harry Sundstrom

 Sundstrom, Harry                                                 1905                   1914

Location:                              28o44.494 N             096o10.162 W            Map: #15 & #66

 Collegeport

 The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sundstrom, on the Pierce ranch south of town, was saddened by the loss of their little nine-year-old son, who died suddenly with heart disease last Monday. The family has the sympathry of the entire community.

The Matagorda County Tribune, Friday, March 5, 1915
 

 (It appears that Harry Sunstrom's grave was the one marked by the stone with the Roman numeral I. A family member made this stone and placed it beside the stones of the Heemer children.)

 

John Stanley Wright

 Wright, John Stanley                                           Oct 27, 1889      Oct 20, 1968

Location:                              28o44.494 N             096o10.196 W

 

Collegeport News by D. Bullington

And we say farewell to another Collegeport old-timer, Stanley Wright, who was 70 years old, passed away Saturday at a rest home in El Campo. He came to Collegeport in 1909. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Collegeport Cemetery .

The Daily Tribune, October 25, 1968
 

NOTES:

1910 Matagorda County Census

Justice Precinct 8                 Enumeration District 147                    Sheet 5A

Household 75/77

Wright, John Stanley, 20, b Ohio , single

 Mr. Wright was the son of Wilson S. and Irene B. Wright.

 

Rena B. McCleary Wright

 Wright, Rena B.                                                     Apr 14, 1867      Oct 09, 1958

Location:                              28o44.493 N             096o10.196 W
 

Final Services Today For Mrs. Rena Wright

     Funeral services for Mrs. Rena Wright will be held Thursday, October 9, at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Collegeport, with Dr. Tom Ryal officiating. Interment will be in Collegeport Cemetery .

     Mrs. Wright passed away at her home at Collegeport at 5 p.m. Monday. She was 91 years of age and the oldest pioneer citizen of Collegeport. She is survived by one son, Stanley Wright, of Collegeport.

The Palacios Beacon, October 9, 1958
 

NOTES:

Mrs. Wright was born in Lloydsville , Ohio to John and Emily Thompson McCleary.
 

1910 Matagorda County Census

Justice Precinct 8                 Enumeration District 147                    Sheet 5A

Household 75/77

Wright, Wilson S, 47, b Ohio , married 23 years

Wright, Irene B., 43, b Ohio, married 23 years, 1 child, 1 living

Wright, Stanley, 20, b Ohio , single


1920 Matagorda County Census

Justice Precinct 7                 Enumeration District 142                    Sheet 2B

Household 47/47

Wright, Wilson S, 57, b Ohio

Wright, Irene B., 52, b Ohio

Wright, John S., 30, b Ohio

 

Wilson Shannon Wright

Wright, Wilson Shannon                                     1862                   Apr 18, 1923

Location:                           28o44.492 N             096o10.196 W            Map: #61
 

NOTES: Mr. Wright was the son of Isaac and Dorcas Van Dyne Wright.

1910 Matagorda County Census

Justice Precinct 8                 Enumeration District 147                    Sheet 5A

Household 75/77

Wright, Wilson S, 47, b Ohio , married 23 years

Wright, Irene B., 43, b Ohio, married 23 years, 1 child, 1 living

Wright, Stanley, 20, b Ohio , single

 

1920 Matagorda County Census

Justice Precinct 7                 Enumeration District 142                    Sheet 2B

Household 47/47

Wright, Wilson S, 57, b Ohio

Wright, Irene B., 52, b Ohio

Wright, John S., 30, b Ohio

 

Burton D. Hurd Land Company Sales Schedules for Collegeport Townsite 1908-1912

Wilson S. Wright of St. Clairsville , Ohio , purchased block 111, lots 2-3

 

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