Tony Leon Gibson

Living married Thelma Marie Williamson. Thelma (daughter of Jason "Jake" C. Williamson and Nora Mae Manire) was born about 1920 in Texas; died about 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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1930 Census
Texas, Jones County, JP 6
Enumerated April 15, 1930
ED 127-16 SD 8 Sheet 6B
Anson Road
124-126
Williamson, Jason C Head M W 38 m 27 Tx Tx Tx Teacher School
Williamson, Nora M Wf F W 30 M 19 Tx Va Va
Williamson, Louise A Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Williamson, Thelma M Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Williamson, Windol W Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Williamson, Virginia M Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Williamson, Robert C Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Williamson, Roy S Son M W 3 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Jason married Nora Mae Manire on 19 Jan 1919 in Wise County, Texas. Nora (daughter of Arthur C. Manire and Willie May Hodges) was born on 26 Dec 1899 in Montague, Montague County, Texas; died on 25 Nov 1997 in Lubbock County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Arthur Cornelious Manire and Willie May "Madie" Hodges.

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Friday, 28 November 1997

Nora Williamson-Bryan

Services for Nora Mae Williamson-Bryan, 97, of Lubbock will be at 11 am Saturday in Sanders Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Herb Tavenner, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home. She died at Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1997, in St. Mary Hospital. Born 26 Dec 1899, in Montague County, she had lived in and around Lubbock since the 1930s. She married J.C. Williamson on 19 January 1919, in Wise County and they were active in showing flowers. He died 1 March 1969. She married Daniel B. Bryan on 2 Jan 1971, in Lubbock. He died 9 Apr 1978.

She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church. She also was preceded in death by three sons, Weldon in 1974, Calvin in 1988 and Roy in 1995; three daughters, Thelma Gibson in 1978, Louise Bushell in 1985 and Virginia Mildred Booher in 1996; and a grandson, Tony Gibson in 1979. Survivors include a daughter, Jeanette Lawrie of Lubbock, 17 grandchildren; several great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Memorial may be made to a favorite charity.

Notes:

Lynell shows him as the son of John Alvis Williamson, and Juanita Rainey notes that his mother was Harriett Ann Harvey. This is confirmed by Bryan Patterson, a direct descendant.

Wise County Messenger, page 1, 11 August 1960

Jerry Williamson, 102, Buried at Greenwood (sic)

Funeral services were held at 2 pm Wednesday in Christian Chapel here for Jerry Williamson, 102-year-old pioneer Wise County resident, who died Monday in a Lubbock convalescent home. Burial was in Cottonwood Cemetery, north of Decatur. Williamson, a native of Missouri, came with his parents from Tennessee in 1863 to the Greenwood Community north of here. On the wagon journey, the family's goods were confiscated by Union soldiers.

Williamson, a retired farmer, had lived in Lubbock about five years. He resided at Greenwood most of his life, but lived also at Haskell and Vega.

His wife died in 1939 after 55 years of marriage.

Surviving are seven sons, Claude Williamson of Amarillo, Homer and J.C. Williamson of Lubbock, Elmer Williamson of Greenwood, Luther Williamson of Ardmore, Oklahoma, Weaver Williamson of Pharr and Irving Williamson of Lawton, Oklahoma, and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Mauldin----(?) (illegible).

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

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Census Information:

1930 census Wise Co. TX

ED 247-15 Sheet 12A 248/259

Williamson, Jerry, MW 71 M 27 MO TN TN
Lou E., FW 63 M 19 TX TN TN
Doyle, son MW 28 TX MO TX
Ellen, dau. FW 22 TX MO TX

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Jeremiah married Lou Emma Gentry on 2 Nov 1884 in Wise County, Texas. Lou (daughter of John Melton Gentry and Pamelia C Harpole) was born on 20 Jun 1866 in Johnson County, Texas; died on 10 Dec 1939 in Wise County, Texas; was buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Wise County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her children were listed by Ruth Pearl Gentry and given to Lewis Adair Payne in about 1969.

One of Lou's boys may have had a middle name "Gerald" that he was known by and referred to as. This could have been Doyle Williamson i.e. he would have been Doyle Gerald Williamson.

Lewis Adair Payne remembers a Gerald Williamson saying to him "Take a fool's advise and never join the cavalry." He also vividly remembers him recounting to him that while he was in the cavalry he used to attempt to cut pillows in half with the sabre and the secret was to draw the highly sharpened blade across the falling pillow as it was being slashed. Apparently they used to hold competitions about this.

Notes:

Said by Lynell Gentry Cordell to be the son of James Joel Manire and Elizabeth Poates, which matches his death certificate information as shown below. Vickie Berry, on the "Manire Family Tree" she posted at Ancestry.com, also shows the same parents. She further indicates he was born in Weakley, Tennessee.


Name Arthur C. Manire
Event Date 03 Nov 1949
Event Place Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
Gender Male
Race (Original) W
Age (Formatted) 78 years 11 months 13 days

Birth Date 20 Nov 1870
Birthplace Tennessee
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name James Joel Manire
Father's Birthplace Tenn.
Mother's Name Mary E. Poates
Mother's Birthplace Va.
Occupation Laborer
Residence Place Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
Cemetery (Original) Tech Memorial Park Cemetery
Burial Place Lubbock, Texas
Burial Date 04 Nov 1949
Informant's Name (Original) X
GS Film number 2223547
Digital Folder Number 4031936
Image Number 48
Reference ID 54640

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDG6-74K : accessed 15 Jul 2013), Arthur C. Manire, 03 Nov 1949.

He appears to have left home prior to the 1900 census, however, and the Arthur Manire enumberated with Joel Manire, below, is likely a namesake nephew. Indeed, he is listed as a grandson, and not son, of Joel Manire.


1900 Census
Texas, Montague County, Uz Voting Precinct
Enumerated 20 Jun 1900
SD 3 ED 51 Sheet 11B
204-207
Manier, Joel Head W M May 1824 76 Wd Tenn Ala NC
Manier, William A# Son M M Apr 1859 41 S Tenn Tenn Va Farmer
Manier, Emma* V Dtr W F Nov 1860 39 S Tenn Tenn Av
Manier, Arther D GSon W M Sept 1879 20 S Tx Tenn Tenn Farm Laborer

#Living with Arthur C. Manire at the time of the 1920 Montague County, Texas census, and shown as W. A., age 62, brother. . Also enunmerated in the household as of 1920 was Arthur's eldest son, Harry, along with his widowed father-in-law, Benj. F. Hodges. Note that Arthur is shown as brother, not nephew.

*Living with Arthur C. Manire at the time of the 1920 Montague County, Texas census, and shown as Emma, age 60, sister. Also enunmerated in the household as of 1920 was Arthur's eldest son, Harry, along with his widowed father-in-law, Benj. F. Hodges.

A Memorial for the younger Arthur D. Manire is at FindAGrave (Memorial #44009208):

On this memorial, Arthur D. MANIRE (1 Sep 1878-23 Nov 1955) is shown as a son of Benajim F. MANIRE and Mary Adeline ELLISON. Benjamin is shown as a son of Joel James MANIRE and Elizabeth Mariah POATS, all of whom also have memorials on FindAGrave. Arthur's tombstone is engraved as Arthur D. Manire, and his shares a double marker with Ida Birtha Stone Manire (1887-1962). Additionally, the 1910 and 1920 census both show Arthur C. Manire would have been born ca 1871, not 1878.

There is also a FindAGrave memorial (# 20433020) for Arthur C. Manire, 20 Nov 1870-3 Nov 1949 at the Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock, and this matches the Texas Death record index on FamilySearch.org.

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Census Information:

1910 census
Wise Co. TX
ED 260 pg. 215B
92/92
Manire, Arthur C., head MW 39 WD TN TN VA
Manire, Harry T., son MW 17 S OK TN TX
Manire, Ollin, son MW 16 S OK TN TX
Manire, Ira C., son MW 14 S TX TN TX
Manire, James A., son MW 12 S TX TN TN
Manire, Nora M., daughter FW 10 S TX TN TN
Hodges, Benj. F, father-in-law MW 71 WD TX TN TN

1920 census
Montague Co. TX
ED 43 Pg. 67A
Forestburg
Fm/8/8
Manire, A.C., head, MW, 49, Wd., TN TN VA
Manire, Harry, son, MW, 26, S, OK TN TX
Manire, W.A., brother, MW, 62, S, TN TN VA
Manire, Emma V., sister, FW, 60, S, TN TN VA
Hodges, B.F., father-in-law, MW, 82, Wd., TX TX TX

Arthur married Willie May Hodges before 1893. Willie (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Hodges and Sarah M. "Sally" Gentry) was born about 1876 in Texas; died after 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]