Madie Pearline Anderson

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Would have been a senior in High School (at the time of her death).

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 1
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 13B
Hemphill and San Augustine Road
227-229
Anderson, Ernest L Head M W 22 M1 2 Tx Ark Ark Farmer
Anderson, Aary J Wf F W 22 m1 3 1/1 Tx Tx Miss
Anderson, Simon E Son M W 1 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx
228-230
Anderson, George W Head M W 30 m1 8 Tx La Miss Farmer
Anderson, Mimeie Wf F W 33 m1 8 3/2 Tx Tn Il
Anderson, Bergley H Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Anderson, John L Son M W 1 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, John H cousin M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer

George married Ella Elizabeth "Lizzie" Travis on 28 Sep 1919 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of James Cannon Travis, Sr. and Ella Green Rice) was born on 22 Apr 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 1966 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charter Member (3 Jan 1876) Gravel Hill Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. Date of death shown as 1912 or 1913, depending on the source.

John married Martha Ann "Mattie" Conn about 1868 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of George Washington Conn and Mariah Mulford) was born on 1 Sep 1848 in Mississippi; died on 28 Feb 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Ella Green Rice on 10 Nov 1879 in Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of Matthias J. Rice and Millbury Cook) was born on 10 Dec 1861 in Mississippi; died after 2 Aug 1941 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Census Listings:

1860 Census
Louisiana, Bossier Parish, Ward No. 6, P.O. Cotton Valley
Enumerated 14 Aug 1860
Page 38
282-282
W.P. Anderson 35 M Planter $??? $??? Tenn
Mrs. Ruth Anderson 27 F Tenn
J.S. Anderson 10 M La
S.E. Anderson 8 F La
N.A. Anderson 6 F La
W.B. Anderson 4 M La
A.L. Anderson 1 M La

William married Rutha Moore on 2 Mar 1848 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Rutha was born about 1833 in Tennessee; died about 1888 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of Thomas Moore and Sarah Doyle.

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Charter member of the Gravel Hill Antioch Baptist Church, also gave land for the Church. His tombstone reads "Father Married To Mariah A. Mulford 19 Sept 1847, Kind father of love thou are gone to thy rest, Forever to bask in the joys of the blest." Kay Parker McCary shows him as a son of James CONN and Martha A. GIBSON.

He donated the property used to establish the Gravel Hill Cemetery. A deed to the property where the Church and cemetery are now located was given by Mr. George W. Conn, in August, 1875, but the Sabine County Court House burned in November and all records were destroyed, including the deed to the property. For some reason the deed was not refiled, but 97 years later, in 1972, a copy was found by a daughter-in-law looking through Mr. Conn's old trunk. Mrs. Allie Conn promptly filed the old deed.

The church was organized on January 3, 1876, under the direction of Elders J. S. Lambert and J. J. Roundtree. Thirteen other men and women went into the organization, including George Conn, John Anderson, J. S. White, Hosie Baldaree, Ann Mason, M. A. Conn, T. D. Burkhalter, John Deweese, L. S. Hoard, Mary E. White, Sophie H. Wallace, Mrs. C. A. Hoard, and C. Baldaree. In their preamble to organization, signed by each member, the church stated that they had "been regularly baptized on the profession of our faith"..."under the name of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Christ holding to the doctrine contained in the sacred Scriptures to be predicated on republican principles..." On May 18, 1991, the new sanctuary was dedicated. In July, 1997, the church became incorporated under the name Gravelhill Antioch Missionary Baptist Church to distinguish it from another church in the state with the name Antioch.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Third Police District
Enumerated 8 Nov 1850
443-444
George W. Conn 29 M Farmer Miss
Mariah Conn 29 F Miss
Martha A. Conn 1 F Miss

1860 Census
Louisiana, Bossier Parish, PO Orchard Grove, Ward 6
Enumerated 15 Aug 1860
Page 41
294-294
G W Conn 35 M Planter 6000 711 Miss
Mrs. Mriah Conn 30 F Miss
Martha Conn 11 F Miss
F B Conn 5 M La
Henry Clark 20 M Helper on Farm Miss

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Page 17 SD 1 ED 85 A. 232
Enumerated 29 Jun 1880
168-170
Conn, George W W M 59 Farmer Miss Miss NC
Conn, Maria A W F 56 Wf Keeping House Miss --- NC
Conn, Frank G. W M 23 Son 1 At School Louisiana

George married Mariah Mulford on 19 Sep 1847 in Marion County, Mississippi. Mariah was born on 7 Jul 1826 in Mississippi; died on 12 Oct 1888 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kay Parker McCary writes: "Daughter of Charles B. Mulford & Mary Letitia Ennis (Birth year is 1820 per parent's Bible record and census records)."

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Married:
The transcription of this record at Ancestry.com shows her first name as Martha, not Mariah.

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He was known by his middle name, Cannon. He may have been married previously to an Elizabeth, also from Mississippi.

According to the MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS, (James) Cannon and Sophronia (White) Travis were among the 11 founding members of the church. Sophronia was admitted by voucher on September 7, 1857 from W. C. Southwell, Missionary East Texas, as was her husband, Cannon Travis. Fellowship was withdrawn from Cannon Travis on November 10, 1860, and restored September 24, 1864. In June 1884, "charges having been preferred against Bro. Cannon Travis for unchristian conduct & said charges as alleged being Sustained, it was ordered that the Church withdraw fellowship from him & it is further ordered that his name be erased from the Church Book."

Note: Children's names and birthdates are based on a transcription of the 1870 census. The actual 1870 and 1880 census microfilm's should be carefully checked. The 1880 extract seems to have several glaring discrencies in names and dates. Blanche Toole speculates that perhaps the census taker knew Cannon and his family, and completed the information from (faulty) memory instead of by actually interviewing the family. Also, Charlie White lists a child named Jann White, born ca 1868 per the 1870 census who is not listed on either transcription of the census. Perhaps this is Martha Jane White.

Military Service Co. D 1 Tex HV Arty CSA (Courtesy of Tony Pickett)

Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

Jules Hurst writes that "I understand that Cannon died in Texas of cancer of the eye."

James married Sophronia Pauline White on 5 Dec 1850 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Sophronia (daughter of Edward White and Elizabeth Strickland) was born in Nov 1833 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sophronia was born during an auspicious month. On November 13, 1833, between midnight and dawn, thousands of meteors showered the sky over North America. To the native peoples of the land, it appeared that the stars were falling out of the heavens. Some thought it was the judgment day. Others called it "The Night the Stars Fell".

A young girl who was a slave at the time of the event said "Somebody in the quarters started yellin' in the middle of the night to come out and to look up at the sky. We went outside and there they was a fallin' everywhere! Big stars coming down real close to the groun' and just before they hit the ground they would burn up! We was all scared. Some O'the folks was screamin' and some was prayin' we all made so much noise, the white folk came out to see what was happenin'. They looked up and then they got scared too."

The celestial phenomenon called "the most impressive and awesome display ever recorded" was, in fact, the Leonids meteor shower seen in one of its most impressive years. Viewers witnessed 50,000 to 150,000 meteors per hour, only equaled by the November 17, 1966 display, when the Leonid shower brought 150,000 meteors per hour. Debris from the comet Temple-Tuttle that orbits the sun every 33 years causes the shower.

She was born and raised in Amite County, Mississippi, and can be found on the 1850 census with her parents. Sometime after that, the family moved to Sabine County, Texas.

After her husband's death, she lived with her oldest son, William Hardy Travis. She can be found living with he and his wife, Grace Ener, at the time of the 1900 and 1910 Sabine County census.

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A grave marker, photo shown on his FindAGrave memorial page, is inscribed "Matthias Rice Pvt Co F 11 Texas Infantry Confederate States Army Jan 15, 1832 Feb 16 1918" His memorial page is linked to his parents, Joseph and Catherine (Melton) Rice, as well as to his wife, Milbury Cook. The couple is also linked to four of their children. His wife's headstone shows him as "M. J. Rice"

Matthias married Millbury Cook on 7 Jan 1856 in Sabine County, Texas. Millbury (daughter of Greenberry Morris Cook and Rebecca Low) was born on 13 Sep 1835 in Texas; died on 14 Jun 1908 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]