Leon Hilliard Gandy: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1. Leon Hilliard Gandy was born about 1921 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Pedras Perry Gandy and Edith Wilna Watson); and died.

Generation: 2

Pedras Perry Gandy was born about 1897 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Leroy "Lee" Gandy and Mattie Earl Davidson); and died.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 13A
Hemphill and Fairdale Road
252-268
Gandy, Leroy R Head m W 43 M La Ala La Salesman Retail Dry Goods Store
Gandy, Mattie E Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Miss
Gandy, Pedras P Son M W 23 M La La Tx Tailor Own Shop
Gandy, Edith W Dtr-in-law F W 22 m Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 2B
Lillian Street
34-40
Gandy, Lee P Head M W 54 m20 La Ala La Farm Overseer
Gandy, Mattie Wf F W 54 m20 Tx Tx La
35-41
Gandy, Pedraw P Head M W 33 M 22 La La Tx Tailor Mens Clothing
Gandy, Wilna W F W 31 m 21 Tx Tx Tx
Gandy, Leon Son M W 9 S Tx La Tx
Gandy, Phillip Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield
Enumerated 9 April 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 4A
Line 16
Gandy, Pedras P head M W 43 M La Same House Merchant Retail Dry Goods
Gandy, Wilma Wf F W 41 M Tx Same house
Gandy, Hilliard Son M W 19 S Tx Same House
Gandy, Philip Son M W 16 S Tx Same House

Pedras married Edith Wilna Watson about 1919. Edith was born about 1898 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith Wilna Watson was born about 1898 in Texas; and died.

Children:

1. Leon Hilliard Gandy was born about 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Philip Pedras Gandy was born on 15 Nov 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Oct 1995 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 24 Oct 1995 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 3

Leroy "Lee" Gandy was born about 1877 in Louisiana; and died.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 13A
Hemphill and Fairdale Road
252-268
Gandy, Leroy R Head m W 43 M La Ala La Salesman Retail Dry Goods Store
Gandy, Mattie E Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Miss
Gandy, Pedras P Son M W 23 M La La Tx Tailor Own Shop
Gandy, Edith W Dtr-in-law F W 22 m Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 2B
Lillian Street
34-40
Gandy, Lee P Head M W 54 m20 La Ala La Farm Overseer
Gandy, Mattie Wf F W 54 m20 Tx Tx La
35-41
Gandy, Pedraw P Head M W 33 M 22 La La Tx Tailor Mens Clothing
Gandy, Wilna W F W 31 m 21 Tx Tx Tx
Gandy, Leon Son M W 9 S Tx La Tx
Gandy, Phillip Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx

Leroy married Mattie Earl Davidson about 1895. Mattie (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe) was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie Earl Davidson was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe); and died.

Notes:

Virgie Speights writes that she was brough up in Milam where she went to school. Her parents were in the Mercantile business in Milam, where her only brother surviving [as of 1963] still lived. She married Lee P. GANDY in 1895, and moved to East Pendeleton, where their two children, Lula Marie and Pedras Perry Gandy were born. Lula died at age 5. The Gandy's moved to Runnels County, Texas, where they lived until forced to come home because of the drought in 1912. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, p. 35).

Children:

2. Pedras Perry Gandy was born about 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

Generation: 4

10.

Pedras Phillip Davidson was born about 1844 in Texas (son of Solomon Davidson and Christina Crawford); and died.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1870 Sabine County Texas Census
624/624
Davidson, P.P. 26 M W Farmer 1200 800 Texas
Davidson, Malvina 25 F W K.H. Texas
Davidson, Sarah A. 3 F W Texas
Davidson, Calvin B. 1 M W Texas
FULLER, P.N. 54 M W 200 400 S.C. (Might be FULLEN)
FULLER, Sarah A. 54 F W Va.
FULLER, Rachel E 13 F W Texas
Noble, Elizabeth J 18 F W Farmer 1000 400 Texas
Noble, William 1 M W Texas

Pedras married Malvina Parr Beddoe on 17 Sep 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Malvina (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree) was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Malvina Parr Beddoe was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree); and died.

Notes:

Married:
SABINE COUNTY MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1875, has the following lisiting:

Davidson, P.P. to Balvina (sic) BEDDOE ca 1866

Virgie Speights writes that they had a total of nine children.

Children:

Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson was born about 1867 in Texas; and died.
Calvin B. Davidson, Sr. was born about 1869 in Texas; and died.
Solomon N. Davidson was born about 1873 in Texas; and died.
5. Mattie Earl Davidson was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
James Pedras Davidson was born on 31 May 1877 in Texas; died on 30 Mar 1957 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in King Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
Ellafair Davidson was born about 1879 in Texas; and died.
David Lee Davidson was born about 1885; and died.