W. R. "Dub" Joines [Sr.] Family

Standing in back l to r: Guy, Clarence, Clyde, Addie, Calvin
Middle row l to r: Wheeler, W. R., Sallie, Ottis, Robert
Girls in front l to r: Lillie, Ruby, Sylvia
 

W. R. "Dub" Joines was born December 21, 1870 in Giles County, Tennessee and was the son of Emmanuel Thomas Joines and Henrietta Tabitha Joines. His father moved their family to Manor in Travis County, Texas and it is there he married Sallie Ann Duncan on June 29, 1892. Sallie was the daughter of Rubin C. Duncan and Nancy P. Joines (daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Keltner Joines) and was also born in Giles County, Tennessee. She died of cancer in Galveston on 23 Mar 1916 and is buried at the Joines Family Cemetery, Buhler, Jackson County, Texas across the creek from where their house stood. (W. R., Sr. at right - picture courtesy of J. T. Joines & Shelley Mayorga)

Children of W. R. and Sallie were:

1. Clarence Emett Joines b Mar 23, 1893, Manor, Travis Co., TX

d November 26, 1948 in Octonto, Nebraska and buried at Broken Bow Cemetery

m 1st Ethel A. Hemphill August 7, 1915 in Jackson Co., TX

m 2nd Florence Ransley
(pictured at right)

2. Clyde Lee Joines b 15 Sep 1894 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 14 Sep 1947 Refugio, Refugio Co., TX

Buried: Palacios Cemetery, Palacios, Matagorda County, TX

m 1st Lucy

m 2nd Susie

Clyde and Susie?
(pictured at left)

3. Addie Louise Joines b 25 Jun 1896 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX d 13 May 1973

Buried Palacios Cemetery, Palacios, Matagorda Co., TX

m Willie Linton 16 Nov 1910 Jackson Co., TX

4. Calvin Joines b 7 Feb 1898 LaWard?, Jackson Co., TX

d 23 Jan 1955 LaWard, Jackson Co., TX

Buried: Edna Cemetery, Edna, Jackson Co., TX

m 1st Beatrice
m 1st Bessie

m 2nd Fannie
 

5. Guy W. Joines b 19 Feb 1900 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 16 Jul 1971

Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX

m 11 May 1918 to Theresa Koch

(picture courtesy of Viola Sparks)

6. Robert Reuben Joines b 14 Jul 1902

d 13 Jun 1977 Francitas, Jackson Co., TX

Buried: Edna Cemetery, Jackson Co., TX

m Nettie Mae Carvell 25 Oct 1919, Matagorda Co,. TX

m 2nd Lena Mae Sampson

7. Otis Ray Joines b 12 Apr 1904 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 20 Dec 1977 Houston, Harris Co., TX

Buried: Forest Park Lawndale, Houston, Harris Co., TX

m 1st Ellodie

m 2nd Myrtle

m 3rd  Ailene

m 4th Pearlie Chapman Whittington (pictured at left)
(picture courtesy of Viola Sparks)





 

8. Wheeler Gordon Joines b 11 Jul 1906, Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 12 Aug 1973 in Victoria, Victoria Co., TX, buried Joines Family Cemetery, Buhler, Jackson Co., TX
(pictured at right)

9. Lillie Mae Joines b 4 Feb 1909 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 9 Aug 1989 Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX

Buried: Oak Bluff Cemetery, Port Neches, _____, TX

m 1st James Arthur Warner

m 2nd David A. "Amsey" Choate

m 3rd Leroy Moore

10. Ruby Elsie Joines b 3 Aug 1911 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 30 January 2000, Orange County, Texas

m 1st Robert Plant

m 2nd Melvin Brown (pictured at right)

m 3rd George Carre

m 4th William Ryling Linton
(picture courtesy of Viola Sparks)


 

11. Gladis Sylvia Joines b May 24, 1913 Buhler, Jackson Co., TX

d 7 March 1980

Buried in Palacios Cemetery, Palacios Matagorda Co., TX

m William Ryling Linton

W. R. was married on 18 Sep 1918 in Giles Co., TN, to Ada Luella Martin who was the daughter of James F. and Sarah Pairlee Bonee Martin. She was born 4 June 1887 probably in Lawrence County, TN which is just west of Giles County. The family lived near the Giles County line. Family tradition pieces together from several family members indicates that W. R. left newlyweds, Guy and Theresa Joines (m 11 May 1918 to care for the younger children still at home and traveled back to Giles County, TN to find a wife. Wouldn't you be interested in how that courtship was accomplished? Ada was 31 at the time and she and her sister Lula, along with their father, were raising their nephew Claude. Claude was the son of their sister, Mary Etta Fleeman, who had passed away. Was Ada actually in love? Was she just that desperate? Did W. R. neglect to tell her he still had six children at home ranging in ages from 16 to 5? Whatever the reason, they were married and returned to his home at Buhler. According to one family member, Ada said one of the first things she did upon arrival was sew 75 pairs of underwear for her new family.

The family was living in Francitas when Ada's two youngest children were born, but had moved back to Buhler some time later.

W. R., always troubled with heart problems, died 18 Mar 1937. He was buried beside Sallie at the Joines Family Cemetery. Ada was left with their three children, ages eleven, seven and five. In his will Ada was appointed executrix he willed to her 320 acres of land. W. R.'s inventory revealed he had owned three parcels of land which totaled 303 acres and a lot in Bloomington all valued at $2742.28 as well as one mule (very old) valued at $2.50 and household and kitchen furniture valued at $50.00.

Ada and the children continued to live in Buhler until the early 1940s when they moved to Francitas in a house they purchased from Mr. Everett Upton. The house had originally been built by Levi Bailey who was a builder from Kansas. He built his own house in the spring of 1911 to last and last it did. It is still standing in 2007.

 

Children of W. R. and Ada
James Thomas (l) Etta Jean (m) W. R. "Dub" Joines, Jr. (r)	12. James Thomas Joines (r) 13. W. R. "Dub" Joines, Jr. (l) 14. Etta Jean Joines (m)

W. R. Joines and hog
 

Emmanuel Thomas Joines Family

Additional Joines Family Pictures

Francitas, Jackson County, Texas

Ezekiel Joines Family Page - Eldon Joines

Thomas Joines Family Page - Paul Ridenour

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