Joe Gomer

Notes:

Name: Joe Gomer
Death Date: 22 Jun 1975
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 79 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1896
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: A. C. Gomer
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Rosie Anna Lord
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Carpenter Construction
Place of Residence: Silsbee Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243826
Digital Film Number: 4167849
Image Number: 1940
Reference Number: 52781
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Joe married Zella Martha Bragg on 24 Jun 1916. Zella (daughter of Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg and Lorena Lord) was born on 22 Jul 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Apr 1987 in Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Augustus married Rosanna "Rosie" Lord on 19 Nov 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Rosanna (daughter of Greenberry William Lord and Martha Chambers) was born on 23 May 1871 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Oct 1962 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows that after Augustus Gomer died, she married William Howell ILES Sr on 9 Apr 1908. Howell was born 4 July 1855. Sometime prior to her death she married again, to a Thornbury.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDX8-69Q
Name: Rosana Gomer Thornbury
Death Date: 10 Oct 1962
Death Place: Kirbyville, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: WHITE
Death Age: 91 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 1871
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Greenberry Lord
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha Chambers
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife & Mother
Place of Residence: HAMPHILL, SABINE, TEXAS
Cemetery: LAW'S CHAPEL
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 1962
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117122
Digital Film Number: 4028524
Image Number: 829
Reference Number: cn 76611
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

Augustus married Minerva Eliza Nichols before 1850. Minerva was born about 1832 in Mississippi; died before 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Henry Nichols.

Notes:

Said to be a son of James M. LORD and Evaline SANDERS.

http://www.fogleman.net/Lord-Fogleman/documents/Greenberry-Lord-Family.pdf

(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat 2, P O Sabine Town
Enumerated 25 July 1870
Page 8
374-374
Lord, G W 33 M W Farmer 300 315 Ga
Lord, Martha 33 F W Keeping House Ga
Lord, James A 11 M W Ga
Lord, Elizabeth 7 F W Tx
Lord, Susan 6 F W Tx
Lord, Laura 3 F W Tx
Lord, Syndenham 1 F (sic) W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
Enumerated 3 and 5 Day July 1880
Page 26 SD 1 ED 86
231-231
Lord, Greenbery W M 43 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Lord, Martha W F 43 Keeps House Ga Ga Ga
Lord, Lizzie W F 17 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Susan W F 15 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Lorina W F 13 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Doctor W M 11 Son At School Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Rosanna W F 9 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Henry W M 7 Son Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Levi W M 5 Son Tx Ga Ga
Lord, Soney W M 3 Son Tx Ga Ga

Greenberry married Martha Chambers about 1858 in Georgia. Martha (daughter of Allen Chambers and Mary "Polly" Dixon) was born about 1838 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Gomer family came to Sabine County, Texas from Giles County, Tennessee between March 2, 1836 and August 19, 1836. He rec'd a Second Class land grant of 1280 A. located and surveyed in what is now Parker County. Evidently he never moved from Sabine County as records show that he bought land in 1844, located in the John Haley Survey, south of Housens Bayou near the Yellowpine community. James Frederick Gomer was typical of the average settler of his time, industrious, honest and determined to have a home in the new country. He raised his family by old fashioned standards, to obey their parents, honor God and country, and respect themselves and their neighbors. He owned a few slaves, according to the records, and a large slave cemetery is located near the Old Gomer Cemetery." (White and Toole)

James married Anna M. B. ??? about 1822 in Tennessee. Anna was born about 1803 in Georgia; died after 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Often shown as Bateman, but not proven. Helen Gomer Schluter was said to have spent many years trying to discover her maiden name.

In a DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS PATRIOT ANNUAL ALBUM, by Turner Publishing Company (online at Google Books), it was noted that Anna was a well known midwife, nurse and "doctor" of the Housen Bayou area of Sabine County.

Notes:

"Allen Chamber's father was Henry (d 1842, the son of Wm Chambers, Amer Rev Veteran who rec'd a land grant in Warren Co, Ga. He d ca 1832, in Wilkinson Co Ga, leaving his widow Martha* who was on the 1850 census. The Allen Chambers family came to Sabine County in 1860, where he died Feb 5, 1884. His wife died Apr 29, 1878. Both are buried in the New Hope cemetery." White & Toole, SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. Virgie Speights wrote that the Chambers came from Georgia in the middle 1800's and settled on Chambers Hill, north of Milam, where they built a log cabin, in which they lived until they moved a mile or so further north, and built another cabin. Eventually they built a new huge, handhewn, square logged house, which was still standing when she wrote of it in the mid 1960's, and was owned by Elzie Chambers, who used the original home as a corn crib.

*Martha Chambers on 1850 Wilkinson Co Ga census is widow of Henry Chambers, and NOT the widow of his father William (Sr) Chambers. Martha, Henry's widow, lived until 1873. (Email from Earl Scott Chambers).

Earl Scott Chamber's line of descent follows:

-William Chambers and Elizabeth Patton

-William Chambers and Rebecca Stuckey (likely to be his 2d wife) (Henry, Joel and others descend from Williams first wife.....)

-William Chambers and Isabell Jane Garrett

-Lewis Morgan Chambers and Lillie Louise McCorkle

-Jessie Robert Chambers and Ella Horne

-Johnie Hue Chambers and Sadie Morris

-Earl Scott Chambers.

More about the Chambers family can be found here:

http://www.fogleman.net/Lord-Fogleman/documents/Greenberry-Lord-Family.pdf





(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Georgia, Wilkinson County, The Ninety Third Subdivision
Enumerated 28 Aug 1850
53-53
Martha Chambers and Children, born NC
54-54
John and Rebecca Chambers and children, born Ga
55-55
Allen Chambers 34 M Farmer 1000 Ga
Mary Chambers 30 F Ga
Thomas Chambers 12 M Ga
Martha Chambers 12 F Ga
Henry Chambers 11 M Ga
William Chambers 10 M Ga
Louellu Chambers 9 M Ga
Mary Chambers 7 F Ga
Lousan Chambers 5 F Ga
George W Chambers 4 M Ga
Frances E Chambers 3 F Ga
Levi Chambers 1 M Ga
Mary Davidson 70 F SC

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No. 5, PO Milam
Enumerated 1 July 1860
Pages 27 and 28 Stamped 332
Allen Chambers 49 M Farmer $--- $6035 Ga
Mary Chambers 45 F Ga
William Chambers 20 M Ga
L A Chamber 19 M Ga
Mary Chambers 17 F Ga
L A Chambers 14 F Ga
George Chambers 13 M Ga
Levi Chambers 12 M Ga
Winey Cambers 9 F Ga
Nathaniel D Chambers 6 M Ga
J. D. Chambers 4 M Ga

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 23 July 1870
Page 4
334-334
Chambers, Allen 60 M W Farmer 3000 1000 Ga
Chambers, Mary 53 F W Keeping House Ga
Chambers, Levy 21 M W Ga
Chambers, Nathan 17 M W Ga
Chambers, Dillomortan 19 M W Ga
Chambers, Pickard A 18 f W Keeping House Tn
Chambers, Thomas 12 M W Ala

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fourth Precinct
Enumerated 22 and 23 Jun 1880
Pg 12D SD 1 ED 86
104-104
Chambers, Allen W M 66 Farmer Ga NC NC
105-105
Levi Chambers W M 30 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Rosa Chambers W F 27 Wf Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
Ira Chambers W M 6 Son Tx Ga Ga
Allen Chambers W M 4 Son Tx Ga Ga
Rush Chambers W M 2 Son Tx Ga Ga
Babe Chambers W M 4/12 Feb Son Tx Ga Ga
106-106
Chambers John W M W 24 Tx Ga Ga
Chambers, Mollie W F 20 Wf Tx Ga Ga
Chambers, Celie W F 4 Tx Tx Tx
Chambers, Joseph W M 1 Tx Tx Tx

Allen married Mary "Polly" Dixon on 18 Dec 1834 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. Mary was born on 20 Feb 1817 in Georgia; died on 29 Apr 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]