Floyd Kenneth Lott

Notes:

Obituary from the
SABINE COUNTY REPORTER
16 Feb 2000

Kenneth Lott

Floyd Kenneth Lott, 74, of Route 1, Pineland, died Tuesday, Feb 8, 2000 at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.

Lott, born July 15, 1925, in Sabine County as a son of the late Floyd and Hessie Elisabeth (Conner) Lott, was a lifelong area resident and member of East Mayfield Baptist Church. He was a retired truck driver for Gold Kist and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, receiving the Purple Heart. Survivors: sisters, Ruby Mitchell of Sabine County, Wilma Bickam of Shreveport, LA, and Lucille Hanks Sharp of Silsbee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Bobby Lott and Keith Lott.

Funeral services were held February 10 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Vernon Watts officiating. Interment followed at Springhill Cemetery in Sabine County. Pallbearers: Danny Hanks, Roger Mitchell, Andy Lott, Timothy Mitchell, Terry Lott, and Bryan Lott. Honorary pallbearers were Chris Hanks and Mickey Mitchell.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Floyd Lott is the son of Andrew Jackson Lott and Julia D. Jones. Floyd married Hessie E. Conner, daughter of Robert and Frances Ada Conner. Floyd and Hessie are the parents of daughters Wilmer, Lucille, and Frances Ruby,and sons Floyd Kenneth, and Lloyd Keith. Floyd is the grandson of Nathan Lott and Dicy Lott Lott Mathis of Mississippi. Nathan and Dicy with their children moved to Vernon Parish Louisiana and settled on what is now Fort Polk Military Reservation. After Nathan died, Dicy and some of her children moved to Newton County Texas.

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 22, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 1B
Pineland Springhill Road
7-7
Lott, Floyd Head M W 40 M 31 Tx Miss Tx Brakeman Railroad
Lott, Hessie E Wf F W 26 m1 17 Tx Tx Tx
Lott, Lucile Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Lott, Wilmer Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Lott, Kenneth Son M W 4 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Lott, Keith Son M W 1 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 22, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 14B
Springhill Rural Road
7-7
Lott, Floyd Head M W 50 M 31 Tx Same House Farmer
Lott, Hessie Wf F W 38 m1 17 Tx Same House
Lott, Wilmer Dtr F W 16 S Tx Same House
Lott, Kenneth Son M W 14 S Tx Same House
Lott, Keith Son M W 11 S Tx Same House
Lott, Ruby Dtr F W 6 S Tx Same House
Lott, Bobby Lynn Son M W 0/12 O Tx
Lott, Julie Mother F W 73 Wd Texas Sabine Texas

Floyd married Hessie Elisabeth Conner about 1920. Hessie (daughter of Robert A. Conner and Ada Francis Crockett) was born on 14 May 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Apr 1979 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Branch Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Steve Carter and maintained by Cindy Lott it was noted that "Andrew Jackson Lott was born to Nathan Lott and Dicy Lott Lott in Covington Co., Mississippi. around 1870 they moved to Vernon Parish Louisiana, where Fort Polk Military Base presently is. Andrew and some of the Lott family then moved to Texas. Some settled in Sabine Co and some in Newton Co. Texas. Andrew married Julia D. Jones."

There is also a scan of his Texas Death Certificate. Date of birth on this certificate is shown as 8-14-1861 (vs. 1862). Father is lsited as Nathan Lott, but mother is listed as Julia Jones (sic). His wife is listed as Julia Lott. It appears that the information on wife and mother was conflated. He was shown as dying on Bronson, Texas, where he had lived for 48 years.

Andrew married Julia D. Jones. Julia was born about 1866; died about 1953 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 Federal census, he and his wife Ada were living with his widowed mother in Sabine County, Texas.

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Census Information:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 25 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 4A
Hemphill and YellowPine Road
105-107
Conner, William F Head m W 26 m1 0 Tx Fl Tx Farmer
Conner, Emme E Wf F W 16 m1 0 0/0 Tx Ark Tx
Conner, Pauline Mother F W 56 Wd 8/5 Tx Miss Ala
Smith, Robert J Servant M W 18 S Tx Ark Tx
106-108
Conner, Robert Head M W 30 m1 10 Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Conner, Francis A Wf F W 29 m1 10 4/3 Tx Un Un
Conner, Hessie E Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Robert A Son m W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Sadie P Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct One
Enumerated 20 January 1920
SD 326 WD 168 Sheet 20A
347-419
Conner, Robert Hd M W 39 M Tx Fl Tx Farmer
Conner, Francis A Wif F W 38 M Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Hessie E Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Robert A Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Conner, Sadie P Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Francis M Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Edward A Son M W 4 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Gladys W Dtr F W 1 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Robert married Ada Francis Crockett on 1 Feb 1900 in Sabine County, Texas. Ada (daughter of James Crockett and Mary Elizabeth Kelley) was born in Dec 1880 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jul 1958 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 8 Jul 1958 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Ada Conner Dies July 7

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Frances Conner, 76, were held Tuesday, July 8, at 4 p.m. at the East Mayfield Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. L. R. Dunn, officiating. Assisting was the Rev. Dan Marshall, pastor of the Jasper Baptist Church. Burial was in the Springhill cemetery under the direction of the Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill.

Mrs. Conner died suddenly July 7 at her home here at 1:20 p.m. from a heart attack. She was a native of Sabine County and had lived here all her life.

Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Obie Kindley, Mrs. Floyd Lott and Mrs. Ivy Ferguson, all of Hemphill; Mrs. Marvin Herndon of Huntington and Mrs. A. B. Jenkins of Beaumont; two sons, Alton Conner of Hemphill, and Robert Conner of Beaumont; 24 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/obituaries/TXSabine_Obits_Surname-C.htm

Laura Buckmaster shows her as a daughter of James CROCKETT and Mary Elizabeth KELLEY.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J633-QQS
Name: Ada Francis Conner
Event Date: 07 Jul 1958
Event Place: Precinct 1, Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race (Original):
Age (Formatted): 75 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1883
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Kelley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Residence Place:
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Burial Date: 08 Jul 1958
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2115590
Digital Folder Number: 4167375
Image Number: 1159
Reference ID: 47322
Collection: Ada Francis Conner, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):
Census Information:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct 1
Enumerated 22 April 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 1B
Pineland Springhill Road
10-10
Conner, Francis A. Hd F W 49 Wd 18 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Conner, Robert A Son M W 24 Wd 20 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Conner, Edward A Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Gladys W Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Conner, Dollie Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Fed, along with his father Willis, and brothers William, John and Charles were indicted for the murders of Eli Low and Kit Smith after a short trial and based on a longstanding feud over free-ranging. Charles and Fed's trial was held first and they were found guilty. Charles was sent to prison for twenty-five years. Fed was given life in prison, but successfully appealed his case and was retried. He was again found guilty. He would never serve, however, as the jail was broken into and Willis, Fed, William and John escaped into the countryside- where they began a running war with the law enforcement of the day.
The Texas Rangers were called in to assist in arresting the Conners, but were ambushed and one Ranger, J.H. (Jim) Moore was killed. William Conner was also killed and many others were wounded. Willis, Fed and John escaped the battle. The Rangers, having suffered a grievous defeat, left Sabine County and did not return.
The people of the county, wanting to end the violence, began to pressure local officers to arrest the Conners. Eventually, a private investigator was hired and disguised as a cattle buyer went through the county looking for clues to the Conner's whereabouts. He learned that Willis and Fed's families left food and supplies for them on a trail somewhere deep in the woods. An ambush was set up and Fed Conner was killed. Willis escaped, but was killed a few weeks later, when his young grandson, a boy of twelve, was coming to give him food. The boy had been tracked and followed by a posse and in the ensuing gunfight, Willis and the boy were killed.
This sad situation finally ended the Low-Conner Feud which had divided the county for so long. For years, no one wanted to discuss what had occurred as it was simply too divisive and the families too intermingled to be considered a worthy subject of conversation. Courtesy of Ed Wetterman (edwetterman@hotmail.com), as posted on his website http://clikto/sabinefeud

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Census Listings:

1870 census
not located

1880 census
not located

Frederick married Nancy Pauline Travis after 1870. Nancy (daughter of James Cannon Travis and Sophronia Pauline White) was born on 2 Sep 1852 in Texas; died on 26 Sep 1927; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1910 Federal census, she was living with her son and daughter in law, William F. and Emma Conner, in Sabine County; and in 1920 she was living with son Willis and his wife Nora.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct No 1
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 8A
125-129
Conner, Nancy W F Sept 1852 47 Wd 8/5 Tx La Miss Farmer
Conner, Robt W F Feb 1880 20 M 0 Tx Fla La Farm Laborer
Conner, Ada Dtr-in-Law W F Dec 1880 20 M 0/0 Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

"Looking through Ancestry's World family trees......He was the son of Andrew David Crockett and Clarissa Ann Richardson Crockett Foster

The 1860 census list his age as 6/12 the census was dated 7-30-1860
therefore making him born probably Late Jan or early Feb 1860. He died I can
only tell you bet Dec 1880 and 1900."

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CROCKETT/2006-10/1159747862

James married Mary Elizabeth Kelley on 30 Oct 1879 in Newton County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Elijah Kelley and Nancy Shepherd) was born about 1860 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]