Helen Zager: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Helen Zager was born on 13 Jan 1920 in Texas (daughter of Johannes "John" Zager and Minnie Jane Smith); died on 10 Mar 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
March 15, 1995, Page 10

Helen Zager Smith, 75, of Jasper died Friday, March 10, 1995, at a Beaumont Hospital.

She was a native and former resident of Sabine County. Mrs. Smith was also a former resident of Flagstaff, Arizona, and had lived in Jasper several years, where she was a member of Bishop Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and retired from the Mathews-Miller Department Store. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Smith.

Survivors: two sisters, Clarice Key of Pineland and Sue Erzen of Jasper; and a brother, Tony Zager of Buna.

Funeral services were held Sunday at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home--Jasper Chapel with Bro. Robert Cheek officiating. Interment followed at Evergreen Park Cemetery in Jasper.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Generation: 2

Johannes "John" Zager was born about 1884 in Austria; and died.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated April 15, 1930
ED 202-5 SD 19 Sheet 3B
60-60
Zager, John Hd M W 46 M@26 Austria Austria Austria/German 1
903 Na Operator Saw Mill
Zager, Minnie Wf F W 36 M@16 Tx Austria (sic) Texas
Zager, Henry Son M W 18 S Tx Austria Tx Farm Laborer
Zager, Pearl Dtr F W 17 S Tx Austria Tx
Zager, Toney Son M W 14 S Tx Austria Tx Farm Laborer
Zager, Clarice Dtr F W 12 S Tx Austria Tx
Zager, Helen Dtr F W 10 S Tx Austria Tx
Zager, Vernada Dtr F W 8 X Tx Austria Tx
Zager, Joe Brother M W 41 S Austria Austria Austria/German 1908 Na Log Cutter Saw Mill

Johannes married Minnie Jane Smith about 1910. Minnie (daughter of William Henry Smith and Sarah Elinor Edy) was born on 8 Jan 1892 in Texas; died on 1 Aug 1972 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie Jane Smith was born on 8 Jan 1892 in Texas (daughter of William Henry Smith and Sarah Elinor Edy); died on 1 Aug 1972 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Her death certificate shows her as the daugher of William Henry Smith and Sarah E. Edie.

Children:

William Henry Zager was born on 11 Oct 1911 in Texas; died on 29 Mar 1979 in Sabine County, Texas.
Pearl Zager was born on 2 Sep 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Feb 1990 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
Tony O. Zager was born on 17 Sep 1915 in Texas; died on 29 Apr 1996 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas.
Clarice Zager was born about 1918 in Texas; and died.
1. Helen Zager was born on 13 Jan 1920 in Texas; died on 10 Mar 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
Living

Generation: 3

William Henry Smith was born on 20 May 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana (son of Samuel Smith and Angeleine Dainwood); died on 9 Mar 1935 in Sabine County, Texas.

William married Sarah Elinor Edy on 17 Nov 1869. Sarah (daughter of John Edy and Mary B. Hill) was born on 10 Mar 1856 in Texas; died on 28 Sep 1900; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Elinor Edy was born on 10 Mar 1856 in Texas (daughter of John Edy and Mary B. Hill); died on 28 Sep 1900; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas.

Children:

Newton H. Smith was born in Oct 1870 in Texas; and died.
Mary (Mollie) Smith was born about 1875; died before 1910.
Isabelle Smith was born about 1876; and died.
Samuel Smith was born in Jul 1880; and died.
David Smith was born in Jul 1881; and died.
Martha Emma Smith was born on 11 Aug 1883; died about 1956.
Murray Smith was born in Mar 1889.
Della Smith was born in Aug 1891.
3. Minnie Jane Smith was born on 8 Jan 1892 in Texas; died on 1 Aug 1972 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
Rufus Smith was born in Jul 1895.
Audrey Lucretia Smith was born on 11 Oct 1899.

Generation: 4

12.	Samuel Smith was born about 1828 (son of Rev. William Smith and Nancy Huse); and died. Samuel married Angeleine Dainwood. Angeleine was born about 1836; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Angeleine Dainwood was born about 1836; and died.

Children:

6. William Henry Smith was born on 20 May 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 9 Mar 1935 in Sabine County, Texas.
David Smith was born about 1853; and died.
John E. Smith was born about 1860; and died.

14.	John Edy was born after 1820; and died. John married Mary B. Hill on 6 Aug 1854 in Cherokee County, Texas. Mary was born after 1820 in Alabama; died on 24 Jan 1877 in Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Mary B. Hill was born after 1820 in Alabama; died on 24 Jan 1877 in Cherokee County, Texas.

Notes:

(Aaron Martin) m. Sept. 3, 1843, Mrs. Mary Hill Willis....(she) m. third an EDY. (White and Toole, p 47).

Dale Rubel shows she was born in Georgia or Alabama, as does Kay Parker McCary. McCary also shows that Mary was married for a third time, to John Edy on 6 Aug 1854, in Cherokee County, Texas.

Children:

7. Sarah Elinor Edy was born on 10 Mar 1856 in Texas; died on 28 Sep 1900; was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas.