Mary M. McNaughten

Notes:

It is possible that James instead married the Mattie McNaughten, born about 1898/1899 who was a daughter of William Jesse McNaughten and Georgia Ella Beckcom.

Mary married James Washington Ener on 1 Apr 1917 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. James (son of William Goodloe Ener and Arbry Senita Smith) was born on 13 Oct 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Apr 1943 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Burnis Ener was born on 21 Jan 1918 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died in Mar 1992 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
2. Vivian Genetta Ener was born on 9 Jun 1920 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
3. Daniel Eldon "Jiggs" Ener was born on 20 Apr 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Oct 2018 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.

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.

Notes:

Tricia McNaughten Williams emailed, on March 30, 2011, that "Obediah J. Smith's middle name is Jackson and his death date is July 21, 1868 his death place was Big Sandy, Sabine County, Texas, USA with burial at Dickey Cemetery, Sandy Creek, Sabine County, Texas, USA." In her annotated transcription of the Fairmount Cemetery of Sabine County, Kay Parker McCary instead writes that "Obediah Jackson Smith buried Obediah Jackson Smith Cemetery, SCT - old and new markers."

Obediah married Elizabeth Chapman before 1835. Elizabeth was born on 21 May 1816 in South Carolina; died on 20 Mar 1901; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Fairmount Cemetery of Sabine County, Kay Parker McCary notes that she was a daughter of Elijah CHAPMAN and Elizabeth MARTIN.