James Edward Johnson

Notes:

According to Caryn Getsinger, he was in the Military from 1940 through 1960, a commander in the Navy based in New York. He was said to be heartbroken after his wife died, moving from New York to Springtown, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Helen Gertrude Baker. Helen was born about 1915; died about 1968 in West Park, Ulster County, New York; was buried in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In an email dated September 27, 2002, Caryn Getsinger wrote that: Eva's first husband, Aron Martin Johnson, was killed in 1908 in Hemphill. Robert Wright was hung Dec. 17, 1909 for Aron's murder (Robert Wright was the husband of Aron's sister, Mollie Johnson Wright. There was some dispute over their father George L. Johnson's estate).

Aron married Eva Lee "Evie" Collins on 22 Oct 1906 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Eva (daughter of John Henry Collins and Drucilla Cordelia White) was born on 5 Mar 1889 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Aug 1966 in Newton County, Texas; was buried on 1 Sep 1966 in Trout Creek Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After Eva's first husband Aron died, there was a big trial and she met Joseph Allen Chambers during that time. She resided primarily in the Houston area. Later in life she lived with Ferdinand and Bertha Partin, and then later still with George and Erma Partin, who "thought the world of her." George Partin was the information on her death certificate, and also paid for her burial, in an unmarked plot next to his and Erma's.


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name: Eva Lee Chambers
death date: 31 Aug 1966
death place: Newton, Newton, Texas
gender: Female
race: W
death age: 77 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 05 Mar 1889
birthplace: Tx
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: not known
father's birthplace:
mother's name: not known
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence: Rural Pct 5, Call, Newton County, TX
cemetery:
burial place: Trout Creek
burial date:9/1/1066
Informant: George Partin
additional relatives:
film number: 2118373
digital film number: 4030074
image number: 1681
reference number: cn 54507
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Eva Lee Chambers, 1966

George married Sarah Sharpe. Sarah was born before 1860; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Drucilla Cordelia White on 23 Jun 1888 in San Augustine County, Texas. Drucilla (daughter of James White and Drucilla C. Watkins) was born on 8 Jul 1850 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Apr 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably the trailblazer in the family. He was the only family member living in Sabine County in 1850. All the other family members migrated from Mississippi at a later date. His two oldest daughters were born in Louisiana circa 1848 and 1849, so he had not been in Texas long. His middle initial is sometimes shown as C and other times as E.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 20 Nov 1850
Stamped 327
257-257
Morris, Amon P 25 M Farmer Miss
Morris, Mary A 21 F La
Morris, Mary C. F. 3 F La
Morris, Alfred W 1 m La
Watkins, Mary 45 F NC*
258-258
White, John C 24 M Farmer Miss
White, Drucilla C 21 F Tx
White, Mary E 2 F La
White, Theodotia 1 F La
White, Drucilla 1/12 F Tx
(Courtesy of Scott Watkins)

*Schluter and Toole, in their annotated transcription of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, show her as "dau of John and Mary Smith and widow of ---- Watkins." Scott Watkins points out that she is actually Mary Kemp Watkins, mother of Mary Morris and Drucilla White. A daughter of John and Mary Smith, namely Elizabeth, was married to Green Berry Watkins, thus causing the confusion.

James married Drucilla C. Watkins on 29 Oct 1846 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Drucilla (daughter of Alfred L. Watkins and Mary Drucilla Kemp) was born on 30 Jul 1829 in Ayish Bayou, Texas And Coahuila, Mexico; died after Jun 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph William Watkins was born in Georgia and died in Sabine County ca 1838. He and his wife Drucilla were the parents of Drucilla Watkins, b 30 July 1829, in Coahuila-Texas and d after 1860, m James E. White ca 1847. (White and Toole, p 67). However, Scott Watkins doesn't think this is correct. In December, 2010 he emailed that:

"Green Berry's younger brother Alfred L, only had two daughters and no sons. The oldest daughter was Mary Ann, who married Amon P. Morris and her younger sister Drucilla Cordelia who married 1) White and 2) Partin. Both Mary Ann(s) are used back in forth between the family lines as well as William W. and Nancy. I started out to prove I was a descendant of Alfred L., only to find out I belong with Green Berry instead."

The 1840 Natchitoches Parish census shows:
J. B. Watkins 0111001000000 222001000000 1 3 1
A. L. Watkins 0000010000000 002001000000
The J. is a G. (census writers?) Both brothers are on the same page, just 10 lines apart. J. B. has 4 males and 7 females. A. L. has 1 male and 3 females. Later census shows Alfred with the same numbers and Green Berry with another daughter.