Audie Rae Matchett: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Audie Rae Matchett was born on 25 Sep 1929 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Linn B. Matchett and Minnie Elizabeth Strickland); died on 4 Oct 2016 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

Notes:

Obituary
Copied from the E. E. Stringer Funeral Home

Audie Rae Smith, 87, of Kirbyville, Texas died Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Jasper Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Adams EE Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery in Jasper. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Born Sept. 25, 1929 in Hemphill, Texas to Minnie Elizabeth Strickland and Lynn Machett, she had lived in Kirbyville 20 years and was retired custodian with the Kirbyville School District.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ferrell Smith

Survivors include sons, Ferrell L. Smith, Jr. and Debra of Huntsville, and William Dewayne "Bill" Smith of Kirbyville; 2 sisters, Nora Lee Clay and Gene of Lufkin, and Bonnie King of Kirbyville; and 2 grandchildren, Wendy Smith Dulcome and Larry, and Cindy Smith.

Family/Spouse: Ferrell Levi Smith, Sr.. Ferrell (son of Rev. William Edward Smith and Minnie Mozelle McDaniel) was born on 21 Dec 1914 in Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Dec 1996 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Linn B. Matchett was born about 1903 in Texas; and died.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 25 Apr 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 4B
Hemphill/Oliphint Road
48-48
Matchett, Linn B Head M W M 25 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Matchett, Minnie Wf F W 25 M 23 Tx Tx La
Matchett, Audia R. Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Matchett, Susie E Mother F W 57 Wd 21 Tx Tx Tx
Katenhead, Sara E Grandmother F W 75 Wd 23 Tx NC Ala

Linn married Minnie Elizabeth Strickland before 1920. Minnie (daughter of Augustus Strickland and Ida Eldora Holt) was born on 22 Jan 1905 in Texas; died on 12 Aug 1992 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie Elizabeth Strickland was born on 22 Jan 1905 in Texas (daughter of Augustus Strickland and Ida Eldora Holt); died on 12 Aug 1992 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

Notes:

She married first B. L. Matchett, and later Noah Thacker.

August 12, 1992

Minnie Elizabeth Thacker, 87, of Lufkin died Wednesday, August 12, at her daughter's residence in Lufkin.

Funeral was at 2 p.m. Friday, August 14, at E. E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery near Jasper.

(Transcribed from an undated, unreferenced clipping posted on her Find A Grave Memorial page.

Children:

1. Audie Rae Matchett was born on 25 Sep 1929 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Oct 2016 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

Generation: 3

Augustus Strickland was born about 1870 in Texas (son of William Strickland and Nancy Caroline Travis); died on 20 Dec 1958 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

Notes:

The informant on his death certificate was son, Bill Strickland.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 27 Jan 1920
SD 386 ED 168 Sheet 21B
Bronson Pineland Road
420-442
Jack and Addie Boyle Family
Strickland, Bill Laborer M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
421-443
Luther and Lila Huff family
422-444
Strickland, Augustus Head M W 48 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Strickland, Pinkie A Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Strickland, Minnie E Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Strickland, George W Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Strickland, Maggie L Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Strickland, Nannie M Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Strickland, Samuel B Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Strickland, Meadie S Dtr F W 2 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Strickland, Maudie E Dtr F W 2 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 1, District 003
Enumerated 20 Apr 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19th Sheet 9A Stamped 31
Lower Hemphill and Bronson Graded Public Road
127-131
Augustus Strickland Head M 60 Tx
Ida Strickland Wf F 50 Tx
Barney Strickland Son M 17 Tx
Meedy Strickland Dtr F 12 Tx
Maudie Strickland Dtr F 12 Tx
128-132
Wilburn, Tandy Head M W M W 48 M 46 Tx Tx Tx Laborer General Farm
Wilburn, Maggie L Wf F W 21 M 19 Tx Tx Tx

Augustus married Ida Eldora Holt about 1900. Ida was born on 15 Feb 1880 in Newton County, Texas; died on 27 Jul 1959 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida Eldora Holt was born on 15 Feb 1880 in Newton County, Texas; died on 27 Jul 1959 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

Notes:

As of the 1910 Sabine County Census, she was listed as the mother of 6 children, all of whom were still living.

Her Texas Death Certificate shows that her parents were Bill HOLT and Margaret FARRIS. The informant was Mrs. W. D. Curl, her daughter, Maudie Strickland Curl. She was widowed, and a 13 year resident of Kirbyville at the time of her death.

Children:

Pinkie Irene Strickland was born on 23 Sep 1901 in Texas; died on 20 Sep 1993; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
William Riley "Bill" "Bud" Strickland was born on 12 Dec 1902 in Texas; died on 27 Feb 1982; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Minnie Elizabeth Strickland was born on 22 Jan 1905 in Texas; died on 12 Aug 1992 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
George Washington Strickland was born on 9 Dec 1906 in Texas; died in Nov 1981 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
Maggie L. Strickland was born on 1 Jan 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 2000 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas.
Nannie Mae Strickland was born on 6 Apr 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Mar 2004 in Newton County, Texas.
Samuel Barney Daniel Strickland was born on 22 Jul 1913 in Texas; died on 14 Nov 1971; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
Maudie Emily Strickland was born on 28 Apr 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Jun 1994 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried on 20 Jun 1994 in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
Meadie Semily Strickland was born on 28 Apr 1917 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Dec 2007 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas.

Generation: 4

12.

William Strickland was born about 1842 in Louisiana (son of Noah Strickland and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Carter); died after 1910.

Notes:

Shown as William H. Strickland on the death certificate of his son, Augustus.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census - (for the only William Strickland in Sabine County that was born in 1869)
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Prect No. 1
Page 23 SD 1 ED 84 Stamped 219
5 and 6 July 1880
202-211
Henry and Laura Carlton
203-212
Strickland, William WM 38 Farmer LA NC Miss
Strickland, Nancy W F 34 Wife Miss Miss Miss
Strickland, Jane W F 15 dau Tx La Miss
Strickland, Nancy W F 14 dau Tx La Miss
Strickland, James W M 13 son Tx La Miss
Strickland, Augustus W M 10 son Tx La Miss
Strickland, Redman W M 6 son Tx La Miss
Strickland, Henry W M 2 son Tx La Miss
Strickland, Wm W M 11 Son Tx La Miss

In 1910, William and Nancy were living with their son James.

William married Nancy Caroline Travis before 1865. Nancy (daughter of Richard "Dick" Henry Travis and Rutha Caroline White) was born about 1845 in Amite County, Mississippi; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Nancy Caroline Travis was born about 1845 in Amite County, Mississippi (daughter of Richard "Dick" Henry Travis and Rutha Caroline White); died after 1910.

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Children:

Pharby Jane Strickland was born about 1865 in Texas; and died.
Nancy Elizabeth Strickland was born on 11 Dec 1865 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jul 1946 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.
James D. Strickland was born on 1 Mar 1868 in Texas; died on 13 Mar 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
William Green Strickland was born in Mar 1869 in Texas; and died.
6. Augustus Strickland was born about 1870 in Texas; died on 20 Dec 1958 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
Redmond Strickland was born about 1874 in Texas; and died.
Henry Stephenson Strickland was born on 7 Apr 1876 in Texas; died on 8 Feb 1942 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 9 Feb 1942 in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.
Charlie Frank Strickland was born in 1882; and died.
Martha Laney Strickland was born on 10 May 1883 in Texas; and died.
Noah F. Strickland was born in 1887; and died.