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  1. 2.  Oscar Thomas Huff was born on 17 Oct 1921; died on 11 Jul 2001 in Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Military Marker Inscription:
    Oscar T. Huff
    SGT US ARMY WWII
    OCT 17, 1921 - JUL 11 2001
    BRONZE STAR MEDAL
    PURPLE HEART
    CO F 381ST INF

    Oscar married Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly on 15 Mar 1949. Billie (daughter of Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly and Bena Norine Harris) was born on 13 May 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Dec 2012 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 21 Dec 2012 in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly was born on 13 May 1930 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly and Bena Norine Harris); died on 19 Dec 2012 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 21 Dec 2012 in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002

    Class of 1948 Members of the class of 1948 attending the (Hemphill High School) reunion included, from left, front; Joann (Hendrix) Alford, Bennie Jean (Chambers) Henderson and Thelma (Bass) Henderson; and back: Elaine (Erwin) Hamilton, Jackie Harris, Merle (Gellatly) Huff, Billie Sue (Ziefler) Chambers, Raymond Mattox and Kathleen (Crowell) Zachery.

    Obituary

    Merle Gellatly Huff, 82, of Milam, died Wednesday evening in the Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. She was born in Sabine County to Don and Bena Harris Gellatly and has lived in Sabine County all her life. Mrs. Huff was a farmer and rancher and attended the Riverside Church near Milam.

    She is survived by her sons; David Huff of Milam, Ted Huff and his wife Janie of Laurel, Mississippi, Tommy Huff and his wife Ashley of Henderson, her daughter Susan Sheard and her husband Ray of Milam, grandchildren; Rylie, Poppy, David and Rachel, and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Claudia Polley of Sexton and Bobbie Pratt of San Augustine.

    Visitation will be from 5:30PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery near Milam.

    http://www.starrfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1881157&fh_id=12228

    Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 26, 2012, page 7

    Children:
    1. David Alan Huff was born on 17 Jul 1952 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly was born on 21 Jun 1898 in Texas (son of David Claude Gellatly and Abbie Ola Mason); died on 19 Sep 1976 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FF-NBS
    name: Don C Gellatly
    event: Death
    event date: 19 Sep 1976
    event place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
    gender: Male
    marital status: Married
    birth date: 21 Jun 1898
    birthplace: , Texas
    father's name: Claude Gellatly
    mother's name: Ola Mason
    certificate number: 76615
    film number: 2243981
    digital folder number: 005165872
    image number: 00335
    Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Don C Gellatly, 1976

    Don married Bena Norine Harris about 1918. Bena (daughter of Robert Earl Harris and Susan L. "Sudie" Pratt) was born on 24 Jul 1901 in Texas; died on 5 Jan 2000 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Bena Norine Harris was born on 24 Jul 1901 in Texas (daughter of Robert Earl Harris and Susan L. "Sudie" Pratt); died on 5 Jan 2000 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER January 12, 2000

    Bena Harris Gellatly, 98, of Milam died Wednesday, Jan 5, 2000, in San Augustine. Mrs. Gellatly was born July 24, 1901 and had been a lifelong resident of the Milam area. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Survivors; daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia and Dan Polley of Sexton, Merle and Oscar Huff of Milam, and Bonnie and Larry Mobbs of Odessa, a sister, Elaine Brown of San Augustine; eight grandchildren a step-granddaughter; nine great-grandchildren; and four step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband D.C. Gellatly, and a son, Robert Gellatly. Funeral services were held Jan 7 at New Hope Baptist Church near Milam with Bro. Jim Moss and Bro. Lou Dane officiating. Interment followed at New Hope Cemetery. Starr Funeral Home Inc of Hemphill, Directors.

    Children:
    1. Robert Earl Gellatly was born on 27 Sep 1919; died in Jan 1987 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
    2. Claudia Jeanette Gellatly was born on 14 Nov 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Jul 2020 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. 3. Billie Merlene "Merle" Gellatly was born on 13 May 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Dec 2012 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 21 Dec 2012 in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 4

  1. 12.  David Claude Gellatly was born on 1 Apr 1872 in Texas (son of Peter Gellatly and Josephine Montgomery Howard); died on 7 Sep 1909 in Texas; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1900 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr. 4
    Enumerated 20 and 21 Jun 1900
    SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 11A
    188-188
    Gellatly, Claude D Head W M Apr 1873 27 M Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Oly A Wf W F Nov 1878 27 M 5 2/2 Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Carl J Son W M Oct 1895 4 S Tx Tx Tx
    Gellately, Doney Son W M Jun 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx
    189-189
    Gellatly, Peter Head W M Jan 1840 59 M 35 Tx Scotland Scotland
    Gellatly, Josephine Wf W F Oct 1846 m 35 7/4 Ala Ala GGa
    Gellatly, Robert Head W M Jany 1870 29 M 2 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
    Gellatly, Ada Wf W F Apr 1878 22 M 3 2/2 Tx Ga Ga
    Gellatly, Cecile E Dtr W F Dec 1897 S Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Rodney Son W M Sept 1899 S Tx Tx Tx

    David married Abbie Ola Mason before 1895. Abbie (daughter of James G. "Governor" Mason and Susannah "Susan" Halbert) was born on 28 Nov 1875 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jan 1918; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Abbie Ola Mason was born on 28 Nov 1875 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of James G. "Governor" Mason and Susannah "Susan" Halbert); died on 4 Jan 1918; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1910 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
    Enumerated 25 Apr 1910
    SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 5A Stamped 155
    65-66
    Mason, James G Head m W 71 M1 46 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
    Mason, Susanna Wf F W M2 46 11/7 Tx Ala Ala
    Mason, Carey H Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
    --/67
    Gellatly, Abiola Head F W 31 Wd 5/4 Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Carl Jr. Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Don SOn M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Thelma Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
    Gellatly, Mason Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
    Neil, Austin J Nephew M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer

    Children:
    1. Carl Jefferson Gellatly was born on 13 Oct 1895 in Texas; died on 25 Jul 1964; was buried in Zwolle City Cemetery, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
    2. 6. Don Claude "D. C." Gellatly was born on 21 Jun 1898 in Texas; died on 19 Sep 1976 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. Abbie Thelma Gellatly was born on 8 Jun 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1963 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Mason Gellatly was born about 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

  3. 14.  Robert Earl Harris was born on 11 Aug 1868 in Texas (son of Judge Joseph L. Harris and Cyrenthia Collier); died on 29 Dec 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1910 Census
    Texas, Sabine County
    Enumerated 26 April 1910
    SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 134 Sheet 5B
    Harris, Robert E 42 m1 20 Tx Ala Miss
    Harris, Sudie L 38 M1 20 8/7 Tx Al Tx (First Wife)
    Harris, Earl P 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
    Harris, Mabel V 17 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Wallace D 11 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Bena A 8 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Daisy L 5 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Marie 3 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Robert W 1 S Tx Tx Tx

    1920 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
    Enumerated 21 through 26 January 1920
    SD 326 ED 171 Sheet 14B
    Harris, Robert E Hd 52 Wd Tx Alabama Mississippi Merchant Dry Goods
    Harris, Mabel Dtr 27 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Wallis Son 20 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
    Harris, Lucille Dtr 15 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Marie Dtr 13 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Windell Son 11 S Tx Tx Tx
    Harris, Elaine Dtr 2 6/12 Tx Tx Tx

    Robert married Susan L. "Sudie" Pratt on 1 Jan 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Susan (daughter of Drayton Pratt and Mary Benena J. Low) was born on 30 May 1871 in Texas; died on 11 Jun 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Susan L. "Sudie" Pratt was born on 30 May 1871 in Texas (daughter of Drayton Pratt and Mary Benena J. Low); died on 11 Jun 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    Children:
    1. Earl P. Harris was born about 1891 in Texas; and died.
    2. Mabel V. Harris was born about 1893 in Texas; and died.
    3. Ales Blanche Harris was born on 14 Apr 1896 in Texas; died on 30 Apr 1903 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Drayton Wallace Harris was born on 16 Feb 1899 in Texas; died on 21 May 1984; was buried in South Park Cemetery, Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas.
    5. 7. Bena Norine Harris was born on 24 Jul 1901 in Texas; died on 5 Jan 2000 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Daisy Lucille Harris was born about 1905 in Texas; and died.
    7. Marie Harris was born on 13 Jul 1906 in Texas; died in Apr 1991 in Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    8. Robert Wendell "Buck" Harris was born on 14 Dec 1908 in Texas; died on 11 Oct 1974; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.