Virginia B. W. Gaffney: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1. Virginia B. W. Gaffney was born about 1860 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas (daughter of William Eli Gaffney and Mary Bolling); and died.

Generation: 2

William Eli Gaffney was born about 1835 in South Carolina; died after 1864.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Red River County, Pr. 7, P O Clarksville
Enumerated 1 Spet 1860
Page 7 Stamped 126
47-47
Eli W. Gaffney 25 M Farming 14,000 11,000 SC
Mary B Gaffney 21 F Tx
Virginia W. Gaffney 4/12 F Tx

William married Mary Bolling. Mary was born about 1848 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Bolling was born about 1848 in Texas; and died.

Notes:

At the time of the 1910 federal census, she was living in Abilene with her daughter and son-in-law, Annie and Joe Caro Russell.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Red River County, Clarksville
Enuemerated 8 July 1870
Page 14
81-82
Gaffney, M B 32 F W Keeping House 10,000 2,000 Tx
Gaffney, B. W. 11 F W Tx
Gaffney, Annie 7 F W Tx
Gaffney, W. G. 3 M W Tx (this appears to be Eli William, born 1866)
Garrney, Eli 1 M (sic) W Tx (this appears to be daugther, Elia, who was at school with her sister, Annie, in 1880)
Wilson, Anne 20 F B Domestic Servant Tx

Children:

1. Virginia B. W. Gaffney was born about 1860 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas; and died.
Annie Elizabeth Gaffney was born about 1863 in Red River County, Texas; and died.
Eli William Gaffney was born on 10 Oct 1866 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas; died on 22 Jan 1952 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Park (Forest Park Lawndale) Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Elia Gaffney was born about 1869 in Red River County, Texas; and died.