Novie Mae McNaughten

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
November 17, 1999, page 16

Novie Mae Smith

Novie Mae McNaughten Smith, 89, of Hemphill died at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill.

Mrs. Smith was born Dec. 25, 1909, in the Fairdale community as a daughter of the late Elisah and Alma (Dainwood) McNaughten and was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. She was a retired grocery store owner ande a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors: daughters, Bobbie Martine and Patsie Pearson, both of Houston; three grandchildren, Taska Fields, Sally Hill, and Chuck McCary; and two great grandchildren, Jason Fields and Lindsey Fields.

Funeral services were held Nov. 11 at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Charles Spears officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2011)

Family/Spouse: Roscoe Elbert Smith. Roscoe (son of Wiley P. Smith and Sallie Hammock) was born on 25 Dec 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Mar 1995 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Patsy Jane Smith was born on 11 Feb 1935 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jan 2011 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.

Elijah married Alma Jane Dainwood on 25 Oct 1908 in Sabine County, Texas. Alma was born in Jun 1893 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 8B
132-132
McNaughten, D. W. Head W M Jan 1856 44 M 21 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
McNaughten, Ophelia Wf W F Feb 1860 40 M 21 7/7 Tx Ala Tx
McNaughten, Henry J Son W M Aug 1881 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McNaughten, Elijah T Son W M Apr 1886 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McNaughten, Minnie M Dtr W F Feb 1887 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McNaughten, Lockie P Dtr W F Jan 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
McNaughten, Grover C Son W M Oct 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McNaughten, Hannah A Dtr W F July 1895 4 S Tx Tx Tx
McNaughten, Mary M Dtr W F July 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Daniel married Ophelia Birdwell on 27 Dec 1878 in Sabine County, Texas. Ophelia (daughter of James Andrew Birdwell and Mary Alice Cogburn) was born in Feb 1860 in Texas; died about 1947 in Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Allen McNaughten came to Texas about the same time as the Obediah Smith family, and both families settled on Sandy Creek near the Newton County line. Allen married Hannah, the daughter of Obediah and Elizabeth Smith.

M. married Hannah Smith. Hannah (daughter of Obediah Jackson Smith and Elizabeth Chapman) was born on 17 Nov 1833 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Pike writes that James Birdwell arrived in Texas in 1854, and that he enlisted in Company "H", 13th Texas Regiment on the 18 Feb, 1862. Served in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Was captured by Union Forces at Pleasant Hill, LA 9 Apr 1864, released in a prisoner exchange at Blair's Landing on the Red River, 20 Apr 1864. Discharged ca 5 May of 1865 at Hempstead, TX.

Henry, second child of J. A. and Mary's, was born 11 Nov 1864. This would indicate that James was home on leave in march of that year, just prior to the Battle of Pleasant Hill.

25 Jan 1906-made application (1st) for CSA pension. It was disapproved.
11 Aug 1909- made second application for pension. It was also disapproved.
He may have still owned land in Newton County. This may have been reason for these disapprovals. On his application he listed real and personal property as:
100 acres - $200.00
1 Pony - 45.00
2 Cows - 20.00
3 Shoats - 3.00
Wife's estate listed as her interest of the 100 acres.

David Pike also notes that "Family Search has James born in (Newton) Alabama. I do not believe this is correct. Also, some accounts have him and his bro. John as children of John and Mary Allen Birdwell. I believe this is also incorrect. "






(Research):

Census Information:

1870 Census
Texas, Newton County, P. O. Newton
Enumerated 4 Aug 1870
Page 20
152-154
Birdwell, James 35 M W Farmer $600 $250 Alabama
Birdwell, Mary A. 27 F W Keeping House Ark
Birdwell, Emelia I [Ophelia]11 F W Tx
Birdwell, Henry W. 6 M W Tx
Birdwell, Addie E 4 F W Tx
Birdwell, Henry G 1 M W Tx


1880 Sabine County Census:
124-125
Birdwell, James A. w m 44 farmer Ala Ala Ala
Birdwell, Mary A. w f 37 wife Ala SC Ga
Birdwell, Henry W. w m 15 son TX
Birdwell, Addie E w f 13 dau TX
Birdwell, Charley L. w m 9 son TX
Birdwell, Florence E w f 7 dau TX
Birdwell, Lemeul J w m 5 son TX
Birdwell, David R w m 2 son TX


1900 Census
Sabine County, Texas
Birdwell, James Head M W 64 M AL AL AL Farmer
Birdwell, Mary A Wife F W 57 N AL AL AL
Birdwell, Norman Son M W 18 S TX AL AL
Birdwell, Elbert Son M W 15 S TX AL AL
Birdwell, Willie Minnie Dau F W 12 S TX AL AL
Cogburn, Martha M-in-Law F W 78 Wd GA GA GA

James married Mary Alice Cogburn about 1859 in Newton County, Texas. Mary was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Alabama; died on 3 Nov 1909 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Was she also called Nancy? According to an email from Dolores Burton, she was named Nancy Cogburn. However, on the 1880 and on the 1900 Sabine County Census, the wife of James Birdwell is listed as Mary. In fact, in the 1900 census, she is shown as Mary A. (Cogburn).

David Pike, a Cogburn researcher, also shows her as Mary Alice. He indicates that she was probably born in Georgia, though census records report Alabama, and on one occasion Arkansas.