James Pedras "Fred" McGown

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr No 1
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet ___ B
50-51
McGown, Jas J Head M W Aug 1860 39 M Un Tx Tenn Ga Farmer
[Actually the first cousin, once removed, of the children listed below, based on his name, month and year of birth, and location of birth]
McGown, Jas J Son [???] W M Feb 1886 14 S Tx Ten Tx Farm Laborer
McGown, Wm H Son [???] W M Sept 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McGown, May B Dtr [???] W F May 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Malcom Son [???] W M June 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Clinton Son [???] W M Dec 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 16 and 17 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 37A
736-760
McGown, Fred Head m W 34 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Fannie Wf F W 28 M Tx Ala Miss
McGown, Abbietius Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Allievius Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Lula Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Littleton Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Lillian Dtr F W 1 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Frances Lee "Fannie" "Pinkie" Wright. Frances was born on 31 Jul 1891 in Texas; died on 25 Apr 1938; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abbie Tine McGown was born on 5 May 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jan 1978 in Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Horton Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
2. Allevius McGown was born about 1912 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
3. Lula May McGown was born on 20 May 1912 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Dec 2000; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas.
4. James Littleton McGown was born on 10 Sep 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1977 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
5. Lillian McGown was born about 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No 4, P O Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
166-166
Margaret McGown 60 F Farmer 1500 294 Ga
Jefferson McGown 23 M $--- $125 Tenn
R A Jones 27 M Stage Driver Penn

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr No 1
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet ___ B
50-51
McGown, Jas J Head M W Aug 1860 39 M Un Tx Tenn Ga Farmer
[Actually the first cousin, once removed, of the children listed below, based on his name, month and year of birth, and location of birth]
McGown, Jas J Son [???] W M Feb 1886 14 S Tx Ten Tx Farm Laborer
McGown, Wm H Son [???] W M Sept 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McGown, May B Dtr [???] W F May 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Malcom Son [???] W M June 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Clinton Son [???] W M Dec 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx

James married Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson. Sarah"Sallie" (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe) was born about 1867 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Received a Land Grant from the Republic of Texas." (White and Toole, p 52). White and Toole also show he was born in Georgia. However, he is shown as born in Kentucky on the 1850 census. Larry Sidebottom also shows his location of birth as in Kentucky--Hart, Kentucky.

His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, notes that he was the second person, and first of his family, to be buried in the McGown Cemetery. They also noted that he was a Sabine County Justice of the Peace during the Republic of Texas.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 11 Oct 1850
Stamped 316
85-85
George W. McGown 49 M Farmer 25 Ky
Margerett McGown 47 F Ga
Margaret McGown 23 F Tenn
Evaline McGown 17 F Tenn
James J McGown 14 M Tenn
John F McGown 12 m Miss
Frances R McGown 7 F Tx
86-86
Alexander H McGown 25 M Tenn
Elizabeth McGown 22 F Tenn
George W McGown 5/12 M Tx

George married Margaret "Peggy" Sartain in 1822. Margaret was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown by White and Toole as Margaret WILLIAMS. Larry Sidebottom instead has her as
Margaret SARTAIN, born 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No 4, P O Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
166-166
Margaret McGown 60 F Farmer 1500 294 Ga
Jefferson McGown 23 M $--- $125 Tenn
R A Jones 27 M Stage Driver Penn

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Census Listings:

1870 Sabine County Texas Census
624/624
Davidson, P.P. 26 M W Farmer 1200 800 Texas
Davidson, Malvina 25 F W K.H. Texas
Davidson, Sarah A. 3 F W Texas
Davidson, Calvin B. 1 M W Texas
FULLER, P.N. 54 M W 200 400 S.C. (Might be FULLEN)
FULLER, Sarah A. 54 F W Va.
FULLER, Rachel E 13 F W Texas
Noble, Elizabeth J 18 F W Farmer 1000 400 Texas
Noble, William 1 M W Texas

Pedras married Malvina Parr Beddoe on 17 Sep 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Malvina (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree) was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
SABINE COUNTY MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1875, has the following lisiting:

Davidson, P.P. to Balvina (sic) BEDDOE ca 1866

Virgie Speights writes that they had a total of nine children.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 3 and 4 Oct 1850
Page 312
21-21
Jacob Crawford 58 M Farmer 10,0000 NC
Huldah Crawford 55 F North Carolina
Joseph M. Crawford 22 M Tenn
Elizabeth Crawford 17 F SC (wife of Joseph)
Mary Crawford 17 F Tenn
Mary Ann Crawford 10 F Tx
24-24
Solomon Davidson 38 M Farmer 500 Va
Christina Davidson 28 F NC
Predous Philip Davidson 6 M Tx
Joseph Thomas Davidson 3 M Tx
Willam B. Davidson 11/12 M Tx
Mary E Davidson 10/12 Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, PO Milam
Enumerated 16 Jun 1860
Page 6
50-50
Solomon Davidson 48 M Faremer 1000 1225 VA
Christina Davidson 35 F Tenn
Pedres Davidson 14 M Tx
Joseph T Davidson 14 M Tx
David Davidson 1 M Tx


1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, PO Brookeland
Enumerated 20 Aug 1870
Page 27
623
Davidson, Solomon 58 M W farmer 1000 1000 Va
Davidson, Christina 48 F W Keeping House NC
Davidson, David 12 M W Tx
624
PP and Melvina Davidson

Solomon married Christina Crawford about 1842. Christina (daughter of Jacob Crawford and Huldeth Luten) was born on 1 Jan 1822 in Tennessee; died about 1873 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbe20.html


BEDDOE, EARL PERCY (1822-1876). Earl Percy Beddoe, pioneer civil engineer, was born on January 30, 1822, in eastern Tennessee, son of Philip Tolbert and Catherine (Parr) Beddoe. He married Martha Caroline Hembree on October 12, 1843, in Tennessee, and they had nine children. In 1845, after an education in civil engineering, Beddoe moved to Texas, lived in Marshall, where he built a tanyard, then in 1850 settled in Sabinetown, where he established a saddle and harness business. He served for a while there as school principal; he was named county surveyor of Sabine County and laid out the town of Hemphill as the new county seat in 1859. Beddoe acted as a courier during the Civil War , and as a civil engineer he figured in the planning of fortifications at Sabine Pass in 1863 (see SABINE PASS, BATTLE OF ). He helped plan and execute the embankments or breastworks fortifying Sabinetown in 1864. In 1869 or early 1870 the family moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana, but soon after 1871 they moved to Navarro County, Texas, where Beddoe died on November 27, 1876, in Chatfield.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Robert Cecil McDaniel, Sabine County, Texas (Waco: Texian, 1987). Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, 1850 Sabine County Census (Westminster, Colorado, 1979). Virgie Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County (Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson, 1983).
Helen Gomer Schluter

Virgie Speights writes, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, that he established a tan yard, taught school and put in a stagecoach inn. He was also a surveyor and surveyed the town of Hemphill in 1858, when the county seat was moved from Milam. As many people objected to this move, the surveying was begun in the middle of the night. (p. 35).


There was an article featuring a photograph of Earl Percy Beddoe in the October 2, 2013 issue of The Sabine County Reporter. The article was a story about a recent Civil War reenactment at Sabine Pass, during which the William Henry Parsons Camp #415, Sons of Confederate Veterans honored Earl Percy Beddoe, and early resident of Sabine County, whose family later moved to Chatfield, a community in Navarro County, Texas, where the Parsons Camp is located.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
31 October 1850
148-148
Earl P. Beddo 28 M Saddler and Farmer $50 Tenn
Martha C. Beddo 22 F Tenn
Malvina P 5 F Tenn
Ann E M 3 F Texas (Could this actually have been Alonzo M, age 12 in the 1860 census)
Veranah H A 1 F Tx
149-149
Philip H. Beddo 23 M Saddler and Farmer $600 Tenn
Martha Beddo 13 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas. Sabine County, Sabine Beat No. 2. PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 20 Jun 1860
Page 4
85-85
E P Beddo 38 M No occupation listed 150 150 Tenn
M C Beddo 34 F Tenn
Alonzo M Beddo 12 M Tenn
R M Beddo 11 F Tx
Philip Beddo 9 M Tx
Theophilus Beddo 5 M Tx
Dewit Beddo 2 M Tx
Joseph Beddo 4/12 M Tx
M P Beddo 15 F Tenn

1870 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward Six, PO Mansfield DeSoto Parish
Enumerated 24 July 1870
Page 5 Stemped 357
31-31
Beddo, Earl P 48 M W Land Surveyor 60 200 La
Beddo, M. Caroline 42 F W Keeping House Tenn
Beddo, Philip D N?/A? 19 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Albert D 15 M W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Verona H 20 F W At Home Tx
Beddo, Theophilus 18 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Dewit C 11 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Dalia 7 F W At Home Tx
Beddo, Catharine 73 F W At Home NC

Earl married Martha Caroline Hembree on 12 Oct 1843 in Roane County, Tennessee. Martha was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Dallas County, Dallas
Enumerated 7 Jun 1880
Page 20D SD 3 ED 56
37-182-191
Beddo, M D W F 54 Keeping House Tenn NC NC
Beddo, Albert W M 24 Son Printer Tx Tenn Tenn
Beddo, J. C. W F 18 Dtr At Home Tx Tenn Tenn
Beddo, J. E. W F 15 Dtr At Home Tx Tenn Tenn
Patterson, Geo W M 18 Boarder Clk in Jewelry Store La La La