Willie Bradford Eicke

Willie married Lura Mae Strickland on 30 May 1931. Lura (daughter of James D. Strickland and Mary "Mollie"Elizabeth Carter) was born on 26 Oct 1910 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jul 2005 in Tomball, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Louise Eicke was born on 6 Jun 1932 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Oct 2010 in Vidor, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Willie Bradford Eicke, Jr. was born on 29 Apr 1933 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Oct 2020 in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas.
3. Cecil Emil Eicke was born on 10 Feb 1935 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Mar 2010 in Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas.
4. Living
5. Col. George Douglas Eicke was born on 26 Jun 1943 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 May 2008 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
6. Living

Notes:

FindAGrave shows him as a son of Wilhelm Eicke and Emile Brewer, and indicates he immigrated to the US in 1879, at age 6. It lists his location of birht as Stadt Hannover Germany.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
183-185
Eicke, George A Head m W 37 m1 6 Germany Germany Geramany English Farmer
Eicke, Rohoma Wf F W 30 m1 6 3/2 Tx La Tx
Eicke, William B Son M W 4 S Tx Germany Tx
Eicke, Telma M Dtr F W 2 S Tx Germany Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 7B
Bronson-Pineland and Hemphill
94-98
Eicke, George A Head M W 57 M 28 Hanover Hanover Hanover German 1885 na Farmer
Eicke, Rohoma Wf F W 51 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Eicke, Willie B Son M W 24 wd 23 Tx Hanover Tx
Clark, Roberta Niece F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Artemus Nephew m W 16 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Rohama Jacks on 21 Aug 1904 in Sabine County, Texas. Rohama (daughter of Bradford Kemp Jacks and Martha Ann "Puss" Davidson) was born on 14 Dec 1879 in Alabama; died on 3 Jun 1959 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11A Stamped 96
Hemphill and Homer Road
180-182
182-184
Jacks, Bradford K Head M W 66 Wd La La La Farmer
Jacks, Eva A Dtr F W 26 E 1/0 Tx La Tx Laborer Home Farm
Jacks, Emma A Dtr f W 21 S Tx La Tx Laborer Home Farm
Jacks, Dolly Dtr F W 17 S Tx La Tx Laborer Home Farm

Bradford married Martha Ann "Puss" Davidson. Martha (daughter of William Madison Davidson and Martha Claiborne Goodrich) was born about 1851 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Census Information:

Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerate 2 Oct 1850 by J.H. Gallion

HH 561-563
Nicholas and Matilda Jacks

HH 562-564
Andrew Jacks 32 M Farmer La
Doucilla Jacks 28 F La
Nicholas Jacks 8 M La
Bradford Jacks 7 M La
A.J. Jacks 4 M La
Alfred Jacks 2 M La

HH 563-565
Nicholas and Amelia Jacks

Andrew married Drucilla Kemp. Drucilla was born about 1832 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kathy Casagranda shows her as a daughter of John Bradford Kemp and Mary Druscilla Campbell. Her husband Andrew died during the Civil War and she is listed in the 1870 census for Sabine County, Texas.

Sometimes shown as CAMP.

Notes:

Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections," William Madison Davidson owned 16 slaves. Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he fought along with his son-in-law Amazia Vardeman White in Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. He died on the way home, somewhere near Marshall, and the irony of it was that he volunteered after he was past the age of 55, in anothers place, in exchange for a slave.

He was said by White and Toole to be the son of William "Squire Billy" DAVIDSON and Jane BIRDWELL, and a brother of Blackburn Davidson, who married Harriet Goodrich. White and Toole show him as a grandson of Wm. Davidson, b ca 1755, in N.C., lived to be 96. When members of his family loaded their wagons in 1849, and departed for Texas, never to return, the old grandfather, nearly blind, stood by the side of the road and waved until they were out of sight. He had begged to be taken to Texas with them. SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, pps 84-87, contains details of various early Davidson families settlers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. Gen. Samuel Houston was the grandson of a Margaret Davidson. Thomas Whitfiled Davidson, a Texas state senator and Lietut. Governor, was claimed as a relative of Jefferson Oliver Davidson of Sabine County (personal interview with Beulah Davis Hughes). (White and Toole, p 87).

Other researchers show him instead as a son of William DAVIDSON (born 1779 Va, d. 1860 Texas) and Nancy ALBRIGHT (born 1779 Va), and an Uncle of Blackburn Davidson.

William married Martha Claiborne Goodrich about 1839. Martha (daughter of Thomas Benton Goodrich and Martha Smith) was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lived with her son, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, at the time of the 1880 census.