Nancy "Nannie" (Baker) Boyd 

"Died Near Malakoff

• Donated by: Gary Richards - Added May 31, 1998
• March 1922 - probably a Corsicana newspaper; date uncertain

Billy Doyle "Bert" Hurley
Oct 25, 1920 - Dec 25, 1943

Billy D. Hurley

Billy D. Hurley Fatally Injured in Bomber Crash
The body of Billy D. Hurley, aged 23, staff-sergeant. radio operator and gunner, U.S. Army Air Forces, fatally injured in a crash near Boise, Idaho, Sunday will be returned to Corsicana for burial. Funeral arrangements had been made Monday, but will be handled by the Corley Funeral Home. A graduate of Corsicana High School and ex-student of Hillsboro Junior College, Sergeant Hurley formerly was a football player at Corsicana High and was a well known amateur golfer. Enlisting in the U.S. Air forces, July 22, 1942, he graduated from the nation's greatest aerial gunnery school at Harlingen, and received his sergeant's rating, a pair of silver gunner's wings and combat air crew insignia. Reports received here were that the B24 Liberator bomber ship was on a routine training flight at the time of the accident and that the entire crew was list. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monrow Hurley; a sister, Miss Marie Hurley, all of Corsicana; and grandparents, T. J. Hurley, Ennis, and Mrs. D. T. Collins, Corsicana, and other relatives.

Norman Barney Godwin

Obituary moved to Norman Barney Godwin Biography Page

Virgil E. (Tiny) Johnston

KILLED IN ACTION - S-2-C Rdm. V.E. (Tiny) Johnston was killed in action in the Pacific area, according to a telegram received recently by his brother, Ishmael Johnston who is now in the Army at Camp Hood. Johnston had been overseas two years and three months. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist church here. Reared in the State Home here, Johnston was employed at the Corsicana Cotton Mills for a number of years' Surviving are two sisters Juanita McKenzie of Ohio and Bonita Johnston, Abilene, and a brother, Ishmael Johnston, U.S. Army. Details of how Seaman Johnston was killed have not been received here.

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• Added 9/16/1997
• WWII
• Killed aboard USS Franklin off Leyte, 1944

Lou Wright French 

DIES OF WOUNDS
Pvt. Lou W. French, age 21 years, infantry U.S. army, died from wounds received in action in France on June 16, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Annie L. French, 411 West Tenth avenue, from the war department. Mrs. French was notified on July 8 of her son's injuries which were listed as serious. Pvt. French, a graduate of Corsicana high school, entered the armed services in October 1942 and had been overseas about six months.

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• WWII
• Son of Ernest Pierce French, Sr. and Annie Lou (Wright) French
• Added 9/15/1997

J. M. Keech

J. M. Keech Killed
Pharmacist Mate second-class IM Mack Keech, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Keech, 1006 South Nineteenth street, who was wounded in action on Saipan June 15, has been killed in action, his parents were informed by navy department telegram Monday. Young Keech, a graduate of Lorena high school, was with the Second Marine division and was a veteran Tarawa and Saipan. He had been in the service nearly two years, having served overseas little over a year.

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• WWII
• Added 9/17/1997

Claude A. Howell

Lt. Howell Killed
First Lieut. Claude A. Howell, serving with a reconnaissance unit in France, was killed in action Aug 10, his widow Mrs. Tennie Howell of 802 South Fifth street, has been informed. He was the son of Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Howell of Hearne. Lieut. Howell had been overseas since March.

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• WWII
• Added 9/17/1997

Elliott H. Beale

June 11, 1944 - KILLED IN ACTION - First Lieutenant Elliott H. Beale 22, was killed in action in France on June 11, according to a notice received by his wife from the war department. Leut. Beale was an air officer with the field artillery. He graduated from the Corsicana high school in 1940 and was federalized with the National Guard in 1940. He attended Ft. Sill artillery school, liaison training school at Denton and went back to officers training school at Ft. Sill where he received his commission.

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• WWII
• Added 9/17/1997

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James Hugh Brantley

Lt. Jas. Brantley, Bomber Pilot, Is Killed in Action
First Lieut. James H. Brantley, 26, bomber pilot, U.S. Army Air Forces, was killed in action over England August 6, according to a telegram received by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Oakley Brantley, San Antonio from the war department and relayed to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Marr, Corsicana. No details of the action over England was given in the message, it was stated. He is a graduate of Corsicana high school and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He received his wings at Lubbock in September, 1942. Mr. and Mrs. Marr had a letter from him Thursday of this week which was written Aug 4, in which he stated that he would fly his first mission the following day. A second letter was received stating that he flew the mission in which more than 500 bombers participated. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, May Beth, and a son, Paul, San Antonio; his father, A. L. Bralley, Galveston; his mother, Mrs. Jesse L. Watkins, New Haven, Conn., grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Marr, Corsicana; grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Brantley, Nacogdoches; great grandmother, Mrs. L. I. Banon, Dallas; four uncles, James and Paget Marr, Corsicana; Donald Marr, with the U.S. Army in Italy, Lynn Brantley, Texarkana, and other relatives.

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• WWII
• Added 9/17/1997

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• Submitted by Dana Stubbs

James C. Harris

KILLED IN ACTION - Pfc. James C. Harris, 18, United States Marine Corps, was killed in action September 21, somewhere in the Pacific Theater of Operations according to a message received from the navy department by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Harris, Streetman. Enlisting December 31, 1943, he went overseas in August 1944. He and his cousin, A. C. Harris, III, were stationed together at the time of his death.

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• WWII
• Added 9/17/1997

John Allen Pierce
abt 1899 - Nov. 1943

DIED IN AUSTIN - Lieut. John A. Pierce, Corsicana, U.S. Navy, died with a heart attack Wednesday night in Austin. He was head coach at Corsicana High School for 17 years. Funeral rites are slated here Friday afternoon.

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Nov 19, 1943
John Pierce, Ex-Aggie Star, Grid Coach, Dead

The body of Lieut, John Allen Pierce, 44, Corsicana naval officer and former football star and coach, Thursday was taken from Austin, where he died unexpectedly, to Corsicana for burial.
Lieutenant Pierce, who was in Austin on an official mission for the Naval Air Primary Training Command regional office here, was stricken Wednesday evening by a heart attack, died soon afterward in a hospital.
Lieutenant Pierce was the second member of the famous, undefeated Texas A. & M. team to die while in naval service. The other was Lieutenant Roswell Higginbotham, who entered the service from Southern Methodist University.
The officer was widely known in state football circles, being a member of the Southwestern Football Officials Association, and was one of the organizers and the first president of the Texas High School Coaches Association.
An All-Southwestern center at Texas A. & M. College in 1919 and 1920, Lieutenant Pierce was a telephone engineer in St. Louis, Mo., for a while before returning to College Station as freshman coach under Dana X. Bible.
He went to Corsicana as head football coach in 1925 and served for seventeen seasons, during which time his Tigers won five district championships, advanced to the semifinals in 1930 and 1931, and in 1932 won the state championship.
He was a member of Dallas' Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board before is was dissolved, having come to Dallas when ordered to active duty in 1942. Lieutenant Pierce was a veteran of World War I, when he served in the Army as a private, From 1922 to 1926 he was a second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the Army.
Services Friday Afternoon
A military funeral will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, Corsicana, at 2:30 p.m. Friday, with a number of Dallas Navy and Army officers attending.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Pierce; a daughter, Mrs. Sara Holmes, both of Corsicana; his mother, Mrs. Cora Etta Pierce, San Antonio, and two sisters.

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• World War I & World War II Veteran
• Submitted by Dana Stubbs

Frederick Lamar Graves
Apr 18, 1921 - Sep 26, 1944

1944-KILLED IN PACIFIC AREA - Sgt. Frederick Lamar Graves, 23, U.S. Army, was killed in the Southwest Pacific theater of operations September 26, according to information from the war department received by his wife Mrs. Florence Graves and nine months old son, Frederick Lamar, Jr., Frost. Entering the service in March 1942, he went overseas December 13, 1943. He attended the Mildred high school. Sgt. Graves had never seen his young son. Other survivors include: his father William T. Graves, Mertens; two sisters, Mrs. G. L. Boykin, Mertens; Mrs. A.O. Freeman Iredell; a brother, W. T. Graves Blooming Grove.

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• WWII
• Cemetery Marker Photo
• Biography in Men and Women in WWII from Navarro County, Texas
• Added 9/17/1997

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Arthur F. Chandler

KILLED IN ACTION - Pvt Arthur F. Chandler, 27, U.S. Army Field Artillery, General Patton's Third Army was killed in action Jan 13, in Luxembourg, according to a telegram to his wife, Mrs. Dolores Chandler, Corsicana, from the war department. He had been in the armed forces since October 17,1942, and overseas since arch, 1944. Surviving are his wife, mother, two sisters and four brothers.

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• WWII
• Added 9/17/1997

Mary Hester "Mollie" (Clopton) Bartlett 
Nov 28, 1850 - Jan 26, 1928

Mrs. Bartlett, One of Oldest Residents, Dies Mrs. Mollie H. Bartlett, age 77, wife of the late J. M. Bartlett, died at her home here Thursday night [January 26, 1928] at 10:30 o'clock following a week's illness. Mrs. Bartlett had been in failing health for the past few months, but her condition was not considered serious until about a week preceding her death. Mollie H. Clopton was born at Murphreesboro, Tenn., Nov. 28, 1850, being 77 years and two months old at the time of her death. She came with her parents to Texas in early childhood and settled at Chatfield, then the most important town in this section of the country. On March 20, 1872, she was married to J. M. Bartlett, and a short time afterwards they moved to a farm near Rice where Mr. Bartlett engaged in livestock raising, the gin business and various other enterprises. About forty years ago they moved to Rice where they resided continuously until their deaths. Mr. Bartlett preceded his wife to the grave by nearly six years, having died here in July 1922. Mrs. Bartlett was a consecrated member of the Methodist Church, having professed religion and united with the Church in early childhood. In her earlier days she was an active church worker, but in her latter years, when declining years had overtaken her, her favorite pastime was reading the Bible and silently communing with her God. Mrs. Bartlett belonged to that rapidly vanishing type of old Southern womanhood. She was kind, gentle and cultured, and above all, she was devoted to her home and to those whom it was her duty to care for. She was unselfish and generous in all things. Her chief life's work was in making those about her happy and cheerful. The memory of her deeds will live long after she has passed out. Mrs. Bartlett was the mother of seven children, four boys and three girls, all of whom survive. They are B. C. Bartlett, W. D. Bartlett, Mrs. W. S. Parker, H. C. Bartlett, Mrs. W. R. Smith, R. F. Bartlett, of Rice, and Mrs. R. C. Norwood of Ennis [Benjamin Clopton Bartlett, Will D. Bartlett, Mary Parker, Hiram Callaway Bartlett, Addie Smith, Roger Frost Bartlett, Jessie Norwood]. There are 22 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and were conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. H. Bowman, with Rev. W. H. Day, pastor of the Baptist Church assisting. Interment took place in Rice Cemetery. All business houses closed during the hour of the funeral. The two banks in Rice remained closed during the day in her memory. Her husband was one of the organizers of the First State Bank, and one son, H. C. Bartlett, is still a director of that institution. Her son-in-law, W. R. Smith, is vice president of the First National Bank.

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• 1850 - 1928
• Donated by Roger A. Bartlett - Added Nov 15, 1997

Jesse Marshall Bartlett
Dec 29, 1841 - Jul 29, 1922

PROMINENT CITIZEN DIED J. M. Bartlett Was Laid to Rest at Rice Yesterday J. M. Bartlett, aged 80 years and seven months, and a resident of Navarro county nearly all his life, died at his home in Rice Saturday night [29 July 1922], and the funeral took place from the First Methodist church there yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. Rev. S. J. Nevill pastor of the First Methodist church there, officiated at the church services, and at the conclusion of the minister's remarks, the Masons took charge and concluded the services at the grave. The deceased and his wife celebrated their golden wedding a few months ago, and his wife and these children survive: Ben, Will, Hiram and Roger Bartlett, Mrs. Mary Parker, Mrs. Ida [Addie] Smith and Mrs. Jessie Norwood. The deceased had long been recognized as one of the county's best citizens, and there are many friends to join his family in their sorrow.

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• 1841 -1922
• Donated by Roger A. Bartlett - Added Nov 15, 1997
• Civil War Veteran - 3rd Sgt. 12 Texas Cav. Parson's Brigade
• Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro Co., TX
• Find-A-Grave Entry

Harriett "Hattie" (Phillips) Lane
Apr 7, 1857 - Oct 21, 1931

"Aunt Hattie" Lane Put To Rest in Hico Cemetery Thursday Afternoon

Mrs. T. B. Lane, who died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1933 was put to rest in the Hico Cemetery Thursday afternoon October 22 in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives who had met at the Hico Methodist Church to hear a last tribute paid her by her pastor, Rev. A. C. Haynes, and later followed the funeral party to the cemetery. The abundance of flowers upon her grave paid silent tribute to the memory of a soul gone to its reward.

Mrs. Hattie Phillips Lane was born at Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas April 7, 1858. She was reared in Navarro County by her grandmother [Catharine Persons]. Her parents were Dr. R. M. Phillips and Cynthia Persons Phillips who were natives of Kentucky.

Her father died in 1861 and her mother in 1862. She joined the church when about 15 years of age. Her sister, Kate Phillips died September 1862 and her brother J. M. Phillips died Feb. 15, 1931. She was married to Mr. E. Raby {Everard Raby, an Englishman] in 1890.[in Kerene]. He died in Mexico a few years later. In 1898 she married Rev. T. B. Lane and moved to Hico in May 1901. "Uncle Tom" as he was affectionately known, passed away June 29, 1923.

A list of immediate relatives includes the following: Mrs. James M. Phillips and son Goodwyn and daughters Mae, Ruth and Mrs. Wilburn Sanders of Hico, son Robert of Monroe, La., and Mrs. Geo. Leeth of Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Persons and daughter, Eleanor; Mrs. J. J. Marshall [ neeSallie Persons], Edgar. H. Persons, all of Hico; D. H. Persons of Haskell; R. H. Daniel and daughters, Carrie and Erin of Kerens; J. L. Joplin and son, John, of Rusk; Rev/ and Mrs. W. N\M. Lane of Lampasas; Mrs. E. B. Lane of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Swinsky of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Mayo and son Hardy of Kerens.

A Tribute.

Mrs. Hattie Phillips Lane, or "Aunt Hattie" as a vast host of relatives called her, was born April 7, 1857 at Chatfield Navarro County, Texas. Here she spend a delightful girlhood. Being early deprived by death of both father and mother's love she lavished her affection upon her only brother, James Phillips and an uncle and aunt, J. T. Persons and Mary Persons Joplin. Always throughout her seventy three years these, together in later years with their children, were her first thought and consideration. Need we mention her wonderful work in her church? The Sunday School classes throughout the years, her untiring work in the Missionary Society or any branch of her Lord's work.

Wherever Aunt Hattie was needed, no matter in what manner, there you found her, with ready hand and provision for every need.

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• Added 11/16/1997

James Marcus Phillips
Nov 19, 1855 - Feb 15, 1931

James M. Phillips, Long-Time Citizen Passes to Reward

James Phillips, who had been in ill health for some time, passed away at his home in the Cox-Weaver Addition Tuesday afternoon and funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 with interment in the Hico Cemetery.

James Marcus Phillips was born on the 19th of November 1855 at Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas. When a small child his parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Phillips, moved to Rush Creek in the same county where he was reared. He was converted and born into the Kingdom of God when he was 26 years of age. He united with the Methodist Church and has always remained loyal to his God and his church.

He was united in marriage to Miss Florence Dayton in 1887. [Navarro County] God blessed this union with six children all of whom survive. They are Robert of Monroe, La.; Mrs. George Leeth of Hamilton, Mrs. H. W. Sanders of Waco, Goodwyn, Mae and Ruth of Hico.
[Added 11/16/1997]

James Turner Persons
Nov 19, 1855 - Sep 17, 1933

Death Summons One of County Pioneers On Saturday

Closing the last chapter in a life filled with activity, public service and honest endeavor, death came to James Turner Persons at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, September 16, 1933. Funeral services were held at the Hico Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock conducted by Rev. W. P. Cunningham, pastor of the Hico Methodist Church with burial in the Hico cemetery.

Mr. Persons was born November 10, 1855, in Livingston County, Kentucky. He was one of twins, who were the youngest members in a family of fourteen children. Since his death, his twin sister, Mrs. J. L. Joplin of Rusk, is the sole survivor of the immediate family.

Mr. Persons came to Texas with his parents in March 1856 when less than six months old, settling in Navarro County, where in 1880 he became a member of the Cumberland. Presbyterian Church. On Dec. 19, 1882, he married Miss Henrietta Eleanor {"Ellie"} Kimes [in Navarro County] who made him a most companiable helpmate up to the time of his death.

To this union were born eight children, seven of whom survive as follows:

E. H. Persons, Hico, D. H. Persons, of Haskell; R. H. Persons of Dallas; T. K. Persons of Dallas, James Turner Persons Jr. of Corpus Christi; Mrs. J. J. Marshall and Miss Eleanor Persons of Hico.

In 1901 Mr. Persons moved to Hamilton County settling on a place near the city limits where he and his good wife had made there home since, rearing and educating a large and estimable family of children, whom they had been privileged to see gain places of importance in the world's affairs.

Through industry and thoughtful management Mr. Persons had conducted his affairs in a most businesslike manner until at the time of his death he was considered one of the substantial citizens of this end of the county. He leaves a legacy of honesty and integrity which is most enviable. Several weeks ago Mr. Persons was forced to give up his activities because of trouble with his right leg which progressed to such a point that two weeks ago he was taken to Stephenville Hospital for treatment. Suffering from dry gangrene induced by poor circulation he received medical attention for a few days until on Tuesday of last week it was considered advisable to amputate the leg above the knee. At his advanced age his constitution was not able to withstand the shock, together with attending complications, and on Saturday last death came to end his suffering.

Out of town attendants at the funeral included H. W. Henderson and wife and Dr. A. G. Livingston of Hamilton; Prof. Arbuckle, J. M. Diggs and C. B. Breedlove of Haskell; Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Tunnell, Mrs. W. P. Hooker, Jack K Hooker and Mildred Hooker of Stephenville; Miss Erin Daniel, Miss Carrie Daniel, Miss Dona Kirven, Mrs. T. A. Crowley, Mr. and Mrs. Blanton Hemphill of

Kerens; Mrs. Luther Batwell of Barry; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Joplin of Rusk [his twin sister and her husband]; J. T. Persons, Jr. of Corpus Christi [son}; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Persons and son and Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Persons and daughter of Dallas Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Persons of Haskell.

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• Added 11/16/1997

Henrietta Eleanor (Kimes) Persons
Jan 22, 1866 - Apr 20, 1940

Services Held Thursday Afternon for Mrs. J. T. Persons

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Mrs. J. T. Persons, 74 who died early Thursday morning [April 20, 1940] after a critical illness of several weeks. Rev./ J. C. Mann, pastor of the church, conducted the services and burial was in the Rice Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Lusk Randals, H. M. Woilfe, George Powledge, A. T. McFadden, John Lackey and B. B. Gamble.

Seven children survive. They are James T. Persons of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Sallie Marshall of Houston, David H. Persons of Haskell, Robert H. Persons of Austin, Thoimas K. Persons of Dallas, E. H. [Edgar] Persons and Mrs. Eleanor Butterfield of Hico.

Henrietta Eleanor {'Ellie"] Kimes was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., January 22, 1846. She was married to James T. Persons in Navarro County December 19, 1882. Eight children were born to them, all of whom survive except one daughter, Mary Persons.

Mr. and Mrs. Persons moved to Hico in 1900 [from Navarro County] settling near the city limits of Hico and reared and educated their large family of children. Since Mr. Persons' death in September 1933, Mrs. Persons has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Butterfield, living for a time in Houston, returning here in December of last year with Mrs. Butterfield and her husband [Henry] to live.

She had been in ill health for some time but it was not until recently that her condition became critical and the children were called to her bedside.

Her death is felt as a distinct loss to the entire community and her many relatives and friends find solace only in the fact that her days were well-lived in the service of her family, her friends and her community.

Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were J. F. Joplin of Risk, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boswell of Marry, Mrs. Mary Kimes, Mrs. Hazel McClung and Miss Carrie Daniel of Kerens, C. D. Breedlive, superintendent of schools, Dr. George C. French, pastor of the Methodist Church, Mrs. Matt Graham, Mrs. J. M. Diggs, Mrs. W. P. Ruff and Miss Martelle Clifton, all of Haskell.

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• Added 11/16/1997

Virginia A. "Jennie" (Kendall) Ashford
1849 - 1936

Mother Ashford Died After 50 Years Spent on Plains of Texas

"Mother: Ashford died early Monday, age 87....was 1st white child[?} born in Corsicana, had established home in Canyon in time to see first train come in, more than 50 years ago. Funeral rites today, 10:00 a.m., Boxwell Bros Funeral Home, Rev. W. W. Pittman, pastor Buchanan Street Methodist Church officiating. Pall bearers: T. M. Bruner, W. W. O'Neal, Charley McCarter, Ray Edinburg, Bruce Autry and G. B. Hamilton. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Virginia Kendall Ashford was the widow of C. S. Ashford, Confederate veteran and contractor who made his home in various towns on the Plains, moving frequently as the area replaced shacks and tents with buildings and enduring homes. He died in Lubbock in 1917.

Reared eight orphans; also had 11 children of their own; only 3 survive: Mrs. W. H. Crawford, 912 Harrison St., with whom Mother Ashford lived; Mrs. G. M. Small, Fort Worth, Tex., and J. A. Ashford,.

Mrs. Ashford was born Jan. 20, 1849, two years after her parents came to Texas from Illinois with colony immigrants who settled Navarro County. Her father, Robert Fenwick Kendall, one of the organizers of the county, was also a JP.

C. S. Ashford claimed her as his bride 24 August 1871 and the couple made their home in Foard County...next to Ellis County, then Coleman County. It was in the latter home that Mrs. Crawford was born 60 years ago. They next lived in Quanah, there Mother Ashford saw the first train arrive. The Methodist Ladies Aid Society helped serve meals to railroad officials with a profit of $200, which went into the building fund for Quanah's first school. Their next home was in Canyon. When the first train steamed in, everything was free - folks from miles around came for the big barbecue. Next home was in Amarillo where there were saloons than any other businesses, They were there when the village had its first local option election and she took part in the parade the night before the election.

[Note by Barbara Knox: Virginia Kendall was enumerated twice in the 1860 census - both in Navarro and Ellis Counties. Bettie Diedema Kendall married in 1870 Williard O'Neil. - who served as a pall bearer].

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• Amarillo Daily News - August 24 1936

Benjamin Thompson Green
Feb 10, 1868 - Feb 17, 1941

BEN GREEN DIES

Benjamin Thompson Green, 73, died at his home six miles west of Jacksboro at 11:30 Monday morning, February 17, 1941.

Mr. Green was born in Navarro County Feb. 10, 1868, and when ten years old, came to Jack County where he has resided since. He was well known as the oldest cowboy in this vicinity, having worked on the Loving ranch near Jermyn for many years. Memorial services were conducted by the Rev. C. M. Sampley, assisted by Lewie Baker, at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. The Bethany Church was filled and many had to stand outside during the services, thus showing the respect his many friends had for him. Internment was in the Winn Hill Cemetery. Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Mamie Durham Green, and seven children:

Fred, Mrs. Berie Baker and Mrs. Eulalee Larson of Olney: Jim, Mrs. Viola Fox and Mrs. Ada Winn of Jacksboro; and Mrs. Vera Mauzy of Lindrith, N. M.; three sisters, Mrs. Lannie Newman, Mrs. Lena Durham and Mrs. Fanny Clay of Jacksboro, and fifteen grandchildren.

Out of town relatives attending the funeral were: Mrs. C. B. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Hill, of Coolidge; Mrs. Ollie Lankford, Childress; Mrs. T. O. Miller, Graham; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Derrick, Porrin; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Amburn, Lubbock; Beryl Clay, Mr. and Mrs. Cul Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Clinnt Heard, all of Olney.

Pallbearers were all nephews: Ray Newman, Nat McCoy, Arvel Monroe, Beryl Clay, Obie Clay, and Osie Caddell.

Arrangements were with Leon Hawkins Funeral Home.

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• Submitted by Jean Caddel
• Added Feb 17, 1998