Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living

Living married Johnnie Mae White. Johnnie (daughter of Carter Arnold White and Charles "Connie" Conway Brown) was born on 30 Apr 1937 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Mar 2017 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Springs Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Johnnie Mae Smith, 79, of Milam died Friday, March 31, 2017 at CHI Memorial Hospital, Lufkin, TX. after a brief illness. Johnnie was born April 30, 1937 in Hemphill, TX. to Charles Conway (Connie) Brown White and Carter Arnold White and resided in Sabine County throughout her life. She was a housewife, mother and lifelong member of Hemphill Church of God. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Millard Smith; son, Randy Smith and wife Becky of Strickland Crossing; daughters Sheila Woods of Hudson and Angie Fuller and husband Rusty of Lufkin, two sisters, Betty Webb of Center and Linda Horton of Hemphill; grandchildren Justin Smith and wife Cassie, Kaitlyn Smith, Benjamin Smith; Hannah Woods, Reece Woods, Haylee Woods, Hayden Woods; Samantha McElroy and husband Will, Demi Fuller and Chase Fuller. She was preceded in death by her sister Billie Ruth Ferguson and son-in-law Vince Woods. Mrs. Smith is also survived by brothers in law Lamar Smith and wife Ruth, Tommy Smith and wife Juanita, Morris Shofner; sisters in law Janice Hughes and Brenda Elliott. Mrs. Smith leaves behind a large number of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 PM, Monday evening at Starr Funeral Home with the funeral service at 2:00 PM Tuesday, April 4, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Liberty Springs Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 1504 West Frank, Lufkin, TX 75904 or the Liberty Springs Cemetery Fund, 1895 Reeves Road, Milam, TX 75959.

Copied from the Lufkin News. Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, April 5, 2017, Page 5

Notes:

SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE
Thursday, April 24, 2003

90th Birthday Join us in celebrating the 90th birthday of Reece SMITH on Sunday, April 27, 2003, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Family Farm, off Hwy 87, north of Milam.

The Sabine County Reporter
January 5, 2011, Page 14

Reece Thomas Smith

Reece Thomas Smith, 97, died Wednesday, Dec. 28 (sic), 2010, in his home near Milam, after an illness.

Smith was born in Time to June and Vessie Brittain Smith. He retired from Graver Tank and Oil and was a farmer/rancer all his life. He was a member of the Pendleton Assembly of God in Pendleton, LA.

He is survived by son, Millard Smith and his wife, Johnnie of Milam, Lamar Smith and his wife Ruth of Patroon, and Tommy Smith and his wife Juanita of Sam Rayburn; daughters, Janice Hughes of Center and Brenda Elliott of Lufkin; sister, Zelma Blasingame of Garland; son-in-law, Morris Shofner of Houston; 13 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Liberty Springs Cemetery near Milam.

Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 South Raguet, Lufkin, TX 75904; Pendleton Assembly of God Church, 14152 Texas Highway, Many, LA 71499; or Liberty Springs Cemetery Fund, 2009 Reeves Road, Milam TX 75959.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)

Reece married Ida Baldree about 1933. Ida (daughter of James David "Jim" Baldree and Ella Gray) was born on 27 Apr 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Jan 2003 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
January 23, 2003
Obituary: Ida Baldree Smith

A nearly identical obituary was in the January 22, 2003 Sabine County Reporter

Services for Mrs. Ida Baldree SMITH, 89, were held at 2:00 pm Sunday, January 19, 2003, at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, Hemphill, with Rev. Daniel Davis officiating. Interment followed in Liberty Springs, Sabine County.

Mrs. Smith died Friday morning, January 17, 2003 at her daughter's residence in Lufkin after a lenghty illness. She was born April 27, 1913, in Sabine County to Ella GRAY and Jim BALDREE. She resided in Milam most of her life.

She was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. Mrs. Smith was an avid gardener and took pride in her flowers and vegetables. She was a member of Pendleton Assembly of God Church, Pendleton, La.

She is survived by her husband of seventy years, Reece SMITH; daughters and son-in-laws, Janice and O.B. HUGHES of Center, Jeanell and Morris SHOFNER of Houston, and Brenda ELLIOT of Lufkin; sons and daughters-in-law Mildard and Johnnie SMITH of Pineland, Lamar and Ruth SMITH of Patroon, Tommy and Juanita SMITH of Pineland; sisters, Mrs. Mabel FRENCH of Anahuac and Mrs. Jimmie KNIGHT of Houston; 15 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; caregivers, Martha WILLIAMS, Debbie WALKER and Debbie GREEN; and her longtime housekeeper, Mary WILLIAMS.

Pallbearers were grandsons; Mickey SMITH, Randy SMITH, Paul SMITH, Steve SMITH, Billy HUGHES and Danny HUGHES.

The family requests memorials to be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904 or to the Pendleton Assembly of God Church, 14152 Texas Hwy, Many, LA 71449, or to Joe W. Elliot House, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904.

Funeral services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Directors.

Notes:

Shown as Carry A on the 1920 census.

Name: Carter Arnold White
Death Date: 03 Jun 1957
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 48 years 6 months 3 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1908
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J M White
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Kate Morris
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Carpenter
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Jun 1957
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135738
Digital Film Number: 4163633
Image Number: 1532
Reference Number: cn 33708
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Carter married Charles "Connie" Conway Brown before 1933. Charles (daughter of John Henry Brown and Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Spradley) was born on 2 Apr 1911 in Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; died on 24 Aug 2012 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
April 22, 2009, Page 8

Ninety-Eighth Birthday

Ms. Connie White celebrated her ninety-eighth birthday last Sunday with her family and friends. Ms. White turned 98 on April 2. She would like to thank everyone for the cards, beautiful plants, and especially al the friends that came by to visit and share this special time with her. She had one person come all the way from Fort Smith, Arkansas just to help her celebrated. Her four daughters, are Linda Horton of Hemphill, Billy Ruth Ferguson of Pineland, Betty Webb of Center and Johnnie Mae Smith of Milam . She has nine children and 19 great-grandchildren. Grandchildren at her celebration included Darren Webb, Shelia Woods, Angie Fuller, Robert Ferguson, Randy Smith, Kenneth Ferguson, Barry Webb and Eric Williams.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

Obituary

Connie White, 101, died Friday evening in the Hemphill Care Center. Ms. Connie was born in Vivian, LA, to John Henry and Margaret Spradley Brown. She moved to Hemphill 90 years ago where she was a homemaker and a seamstress. Ms. Connie's pride and joy was her flower garden which she maintained by herself until she was ninety-six years old. She was a member of the First Church of God in Hemphill, TX.

She is survived by three daughters; Johnnie Smith and her husband Millard of Milam, Betty Webb and her husband Steve of Center, and Linda Horton and her husband Joe of Hemphill, nine grand children, eighteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter Billie Ruth Ferguson.

Visitation will be from 4:30PM until 9:00PM, Sunday, August 26, 2012 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will be at 4:00PM, Monday, August 27, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Springhill Cemetery near Hemphill.

from the Starr Funeral Home website

A nearly identical obituary was published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 29, 2012, page 14

Notes:

"Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas" by Virgie Speights
Page 23

June Smith October 3, 1963

June Smith sat on the porch of his home near Pineland and regaled more than 100 persons at his 80th birthday party with tales of early days in East Texas.

Born at Sabinetown, he was the son of Henry and Martha Ann Morris Smith, and grandson of Shadrach Morris, who gave 200 acres of land in the early 1830s to found Sabinetown. His great grandfather, Gideon Morris, had donated a like amount for the founding of Morristown, Tennessee in the 1700s.

His father Henry Smith who died before he was born, came from England to teach school at Milam and Sabinetown. As a boy, he grew up the hard way, but with lots of fun and frolicking. He recalls working hard, long hours on logging rafts, floating logs to Orange. He did the cooking before he was old enough to push logs.

Frank Davis, a mail contractor, hired him at the sum of $5.00 a month to carry the mail from Hemphill to Geneva, when he was just a boy.

At the age of 18, Mr. Smith helped to move his sister and family, the Ide Russells from Louisiana across the Sabine to Sabine County. There was a post office, a church, a school, a doctor, F.S. Love and 52 families. June Smith stayed there and farmed, first with his sister's family and then with his own until recently when he had to move nearer a doctor. His wife the former Miss Vessie Brittain, is an invalid since a fall a few years ago, which broke her hip. His was the last family to leave this now deserted community. He moved over to Pineland to live in a house owned by his son, Brittain Smith, who lives nearby. He does, however, still drive over regularly to care for his cattle, fix fences and dream of wonderful years when he was raising his family there.
Not long after he helped move the Russells in an ox-drawn wagon, he met and married Miss Vessie Brittain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Brittain. There was a church wedding in 1904 with Burnis and Mattie Lou Honeycutt Vickers as attendants.

The Brittains gave the couple 67 acres on which Ide Rusell helped his brother in law build a two room house with cypress shingles, stick and dirt chimney, big rooms and wide porches. There they worked hard, were self-sustaining and gradually prospered, buying more land, clearing and raising cotton for money crop, sheep for clothing, and hogs and cattle.

Mr. Smith refused to shear the sheep, but accommodating neighbors Abb Vickers and Perkins Harvey were willing to help out. He liked to raise hogs and trained his to come when he called. There was the whole country for the cattle, sheep, goats, horses and hogs to roam in, even being taken across the river into Louisiana when grass or cane shoots were better there.
Nothing was wasted. When land needed clearing, the whole community came in to help. Cooking went on for days, with food being cooked in huge iron pots. It was a frolic for the young people, who were expected to help in the work, though. The logs were used for houses, barns, rail fences, stove wood, etc.

At butchering time, the same community spirit prevailed and the same thrift and utilization of everything. Cold weather was necessary, and the meat saved by curing the smoke. Everyone had a smokehouse, quite large with a fire of hickory wood, kept smoldering for weeks in the center of the dirt floor. Meat was hung from the rafters to absorb that hickory flavor.

"They don't make that kind of meat these days," says Mr. Smith. They made what they called souse, now known as hogshead cheese. Excessive fat was trimmed off, after the sausage meat was set aside, and rendered into lard. Big iron pots outdoors over a fire were filled with these bits of fat, which were slowly stirred until nothing was left but cracklings. From these cracklings came the family soap. Lye, leeched from hardwood ashes, mixed with the cracklings, water added and cooked until bubbly thick. When cool, this soap was stored in crocks and used at laundry time. Clothes were boiled, after being soaked in soapy water, placed on a block and battled. This was to removed embedded soil from work cloths. The Smiths owned a "crackling squeezer", a luxury in those days, which squeezed the last bit of grease from the fat. Cracklings were also delicious cooked in cornbread. They also had a fine sausage mill.

Once Mr. Smith's four year old daughter, Eula, caught her finger in the sausage mill. Afraid to turn the mill for fear it would cut off her ginger, they carried her to Dr. Love, sausage hanging by a bit of skin. The doctor splinted it up and Eula, now Mrs. Judge Cordray, has her finger just a bit scarred.

Mr. Smith was active in church and community affairs. When the Rev CA Perkins an outstanding evangelist in the area, established the Methodist Sabine Circuit with both sides of the river as his charge, he credited Mr. Smith with being a factor in its establishment. He also owned the second car in Sabine County, a beautiful Model T Ford.

Besides Mrs. Cordray of Isla community, his children are Mrs. Zelma Blasingame of Garland, Texas, Reece Smith of the Sexton community, Brittain Smith of Pineland, and Aldous Smith, a Methodist Minister, of Dayton, Bulah, who married Roy Allen, died in 1930 and Clarence died in 1928. There are 19 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

(Research):Census Information:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 5
Enumerated 16 & 17 of January 1920 by Callin A. McDaniel
SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 10 A
184-185
Smith, J.A. Hd M W 36 M Tx England English Tx Farmer Own Fa
rm
Smith, Vessie Wife F W 34 M Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Beulah Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Eula Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Myrtis Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Reece Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Britton Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Clarence Son M W 10/12 Tx Tx Tx
Jones, Casey Servant M B 19 S Tx Ga Tx Farmhand

1930
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated April 14 & 15, 1930
ED 202-7, Sd 19 Sheet 4A Stamped 88
72-76
Smith, June A Hd Y M W 48 M 23 Tx England US Farmer
Smith, Docia M Wf F W 43 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Reece T Son M W ? S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Smith, Britton L Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Smith, Zelma Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Aldus Son W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Britton, Margarett A Mother in law F W 68 Wd Tx Ga Al
Saupe?, Carme? Boarder F W 19? S Tx Tx Tx Teacher School

June married Vessie Mae Brittain about 1904. Vessie (daughter of Thomas Strouse "Bud" Brittain and Margaret "Peggy" A. Harvey) was born on 1 Oct 1886 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Oct 1968 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Springs Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that Vissie's mother, Margarett E. Britton, a 68 year old widow, born in Texas, was living with them at the time of the 1930 Federal Census. Her father was born in Georgia, and her mother in Alabama. Her Texas Death Certificate indicates she was the daughter of Bud Brittian and Peggy Harvey. The informant was Mrs. Judge Cordray, a daughter.

Name: Vessie Mae Smith
Death Date: 01 Oct 1968
Death Place: Pineland, Precinct 2, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 82 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Oct 1886
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Bud Brittian
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Peggy Harvy
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pineland, Precinct # 2, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Liberty Springs
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 03 Oct 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137188
Digital Film Number: 4188418
Image Number: 2673
Reference Number: cn 73705
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):Her death certificate also indicated she had been an invalid for about 40 years, with the cause unknown

Notes:

Married:
"There was a church wedding in 1904 with Burnis and Mattie Lou Honeycutt Vickers as attendants.

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6VY-FG4
name: James David Baldree
death date: 19 Mar 1963
death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 95 years 8 months
estimated birth date:
birth date: 03 Jul 1867
birthplace: Georgia
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: John Baldree
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Fannie Burns
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farmer
place of residence: Sexton, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Tobo Cemetery
burial place: San Augustine Co, Texas
burial date: 20 Mar 1963
additional relatives:
informant Mrs. J P KNIGHT
film number: 2117179
digital film number: 4005456
image number: 2479
reference number: cn 20078
Collection: James David Baldree, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine, JP 1
Enumerated 18 and 19 Jun 1900
SD 267 ED 74 Sheet 9B
159-159
Baldree, James D Head W M July 1867 32 Wd La Ga Ark Farmer
Baldree, Fannie Mother W F Dec 1846 53 Wd 8/4 Ark Ga Ga
Baldree, Robert Son W M Sept 1888 11 S Tx La Tx
Baldree, Estella Dtr W F Dec 1893 6 S Tx La Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5, ED 172
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920 by Collin A. McDaniel
SD 326, ED 172 Sheets 11B and 12 A
210-211
Baldree, J.D. Head M W 52 La Ark Ark Farmer
Baldree, Ella Wife F W 42 La Al La
Baldree, Kate Dtr F W 16 Tx La La
Baldree, Verna Dtr F W 14 Tx La La
Baldree, Lola Dtr F W 11 Tx La La
Baldree, Bulah Dtr F W 9 Tx La La
Baldree, Ida Dtr F W 7 Tx La La
Baldree, Jimmie Dtr F W 5 Tx La La
Baldree, Mabel Dtr F W 3 2/12 Tx La La

James married Ella Gray on 6 Jan 1901. Ella was born on 1 Sep 1878 in Louisiana; died on 25 Jul 1959; was buried in Tebo Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
As with the FindAGrave memorial page for his first wife and their eldest son, the page for J. D. Baldree has photos of two markers for her and his second wife, Ella. One appears to be a handmade cement marker, with handwritten/handengraved death information. The older marker is hand inscribed as follow:

J. D. Baldree, Born July 3, 1867 Mar 19, 1963
Ella Baldree Born Sept 1, 1878 Died July 25, 1959
In God We Trust

It is engraved in all capital letters, and the letter N is write backwards in each case. It appears both of the original markers were installed sometime after 1963, when Robert died.

The second is a presumably newer pink granite marker, and it is a double headstone for James David Baldree and Ella Gray Baldree. A Masonic Symbol is engraved above James's name. The same dates of birth and death are shown.

Notes:

Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS "he was known as the Daniel Boone of his day, never tiring of being in the woods. He hunted wild game at every opportunity, and never was his larder empty of venison, turkey and squirrel. A nephew, A.V. White recalls seeing John and his brother-in-law, George Morris, coming home with two large turkey gobblers, with their feet tied together and a pole between their legs and their heads dragging.

He loves to tell tall tales and was known as somewhat of a joker. He tells of the time his uncle, Jack White, shot a deer and thinking it was dead, ran up and grabbed it by the horns. The deer came up stomping and kicking Jack with its sharp hoofs. "Jacks feet were in pretty bad condition" chuckled John "but he was always getting in trouble. Once he caught a fawn and tied it to a tree with his shirt. When Jack got ready to go home home, it had broken loose and fled, taking Jack's shirt along." A dead pan joker, John White had such a reputation for tall tales that Andrew Lott told a newcomer Tom Pulliam, who started to repeat something John said, "anyone repeating anything John White says has to shell a a half a bushel of peanuts. Once when someone was bragging about his corn harvest, Johh said "Oh that's nothing. I had to haul half of mine into have room to windrow the rest."

The Whites have lived all their married life on their farm in the Pinehill community where they raised their children and where they now have retired in their pleasant little house surrounded by tall pines and beautiful scenery.

There are 23 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren (circa 1964).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDBJ-C8Q
Name: John Madison White
Death Date: 28 Dec 1964
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 84 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: A.V. Vardenon White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Era Edna Davidson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Springhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 29 Dec 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117697
Digital Film Number: 4028381
Image Number: 1099
Reference Number: cn 83352
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

John married Katie Morris on 24 Oct 1907 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Katie (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Morris and Sarah Virginia Howard) was born on 2 Feb 1885 in Texas; died on 20 Jun 1969 in Buna, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Katie is descended from Gideon Morris, founder of Morristown, Tennessee in the 1700s and from Shadrach Morris, who donated 200 acres, same amount as his ancestor, to found Sabinetown in the early 1800s. Katie is the daughter of Ben and Sarah Virginia Howard Morris, who reared their family on the banks of the Sabine River--both sides." (White and Toole)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDVL-MJR
Name: Katie Morris White
Death Date: 20 Jun 1969
Death Place: Buna, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 84 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Feb 1885
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ben Morris
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Virginia Howard
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Pinehill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Spring Hill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 20 Jun 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137445
Digital Film Number: 4029609
Image Number: 2615
Reference Number: cn 43038
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
"On the 24th of October, 1907, John White borrowed a buggy from George Oliphint, gathered up Miss Katie Morris and sallied down to Hemphill where they were married by Judge Henry Maund, the county judge."

Notes:

Said to be the brother of Victoria Brown, her married his wifes brother, John Spradley.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900
TX Panola Co Just Prec1
Spradley Sarah M head Mar 1852 48 mar TX AL AL farmer
Spradley Newton son Jul 1875 24 TX MS TX
Spradley Robert N son Aug 1887 12 TX MS TX
living next door
Brown John H head Jan 1872 28 married 3yrs MS MS MS farmer
Brown Maggie wife Jan 1875 25 mar 3yrs 1 born 0 living TX MS TX

1910 Census
Texas, Nolan County, JP 6
Enumerated 5 Apr 1910
SD 16 ED 180 Sheet 4B
Brown John H head 36 married once 12yrs MS MS MS farmer
Brown Margret E wife 33 married once 12yrs 4 born 3 living TX TX TX
Brown Lyles M dau 8 LA MS TX
Brown Joseph L son 4 TX MS TX
Brown Delmer L son 6/12 TX MS TX

1920
TX Harrison Co Just Prec5
Brown John head 44 wid MS unk unk farmer
Brown Joseph son 13 TX MS TX
Brown Delmer son 10 TX MS TX
Brown Connie dau 9 TX MS TX

http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.brown/27551.1/mb.ashx

John married Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Spradley about 1897. Margaret (daughter of William P. Spradley and Sarah Rich) was born on 30 Jan 1875 in Texas; died on 5 Jun 1912 in Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the cousin of Sheriff Spradley of Nacogdoches. (White and Toole, p 65).