Bessie Eunice Summers: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Bessie Eunice Summers was born on 26 Feb 1906 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas (daughter of Jonah Charles Summers and Gertrude Wiley Stewart); died on 3 Oct 1969 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

She is buried in the City of Commerce.

Bessie married Carl William Johnson on 17 Oct 1925 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Carl (son of Carl August Johnson and Jennie Olive Frederickson) was born on 3 Apr 1903 in Cappock, Washington County, Iowa; died on 22 Jun 1936 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Laverne Betty Johnson was born on 6 Dec 1926 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California; died on 19 Jun 1963.
Carl Edward Johnson was born on 13 Jan 1928 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California; died on 3 Mar 1928 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California.
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Bessie married William George Rose on 30 Dec 1943 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. William was born before 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bessie married Merton Phillip Ferris in Dec 1961 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Merton was born about 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Jonah Charles Summers was born in Jan 1886 in Texas; died after 1924.

Notes:

Son of James Charles Summers and Margaret Ellen Ballard.

Jonah married Gertrude Wiley Stewart on 4 Feb 1905 in Texas. Gertrude (daughter of Ward Keller Stewart and Eunice "Una" Carter Clark) was born on 18 Jun 1892 in Texas; died on 20 Jan 1919 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude Wiley Stewart was born on 18 Jun 1892 in Texas (daughter of Ward Keller Stewart and Eunice "Una" Carter Clark); died on 20 Jan 1919 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.

Children:

1. Bessie Eunice Summers was born on 26 Feb 1906 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; died on 3 Oct 1969 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Generation: 3

Ward Keller Stewart was born between 1858 and 1859 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas; died in 1896 in Texas.

Notes:

He was the son of Benjamion Franklin STEWART of Tennessee.

Ward married Eunice "Una" Carter Clark on 21 Oct 1883 in Mason County, Texas. Eunice (daughter of Lewis F. Clark and Mary Eliza White) was born in Feb 1868 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eunice "Una" Carter Clark was born in Feb 1868 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Lewis F. Clark and Mary Eliza White); died after 1910.

Notes:

Trudy Cox believes she died in Texas or Mexico. She had listed her probable DOD as in 1908, but it must have actually been after 1910, as she can be found on the 1910 Reeves County, Texas census with her second husband and children.

Children:

Mary Alice Stewart was born in May 1883 in Texas; died after 1950.
John Ward Stewart was born on 2 Jul 1887 in Texas; died on 10 Jun 1957.
3. Gertrude Wiley Stewart was born on 18 Jun 1892 in Texas; died on 20 Jan 1919 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
Georgia Florence Stewart was born on 29 Jun 1896 in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1977.

Generation: 4

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Lewis F. Clark was born about 1839 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Elijah Clark and Unknown First Wife Of Elijah Clark); and died.

Notes:

Lewis Clark joined the First Baptist Church of Hemphill by certificate of Baptism in March 1864. He was excluded in August 1871 "for conduct to base to be mentioned in the minutes of the church", He was restored in July 1872 after he "Came forward Confessed his Rongs. beged forgiveness on Motion said Brother was restorde to fellowship in the Church." He was again Excluded in March 1873, because he had "bin so bad in Gambling Swaring and other unchristian Conduct known to Seviral of the Members."

MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS transcribed by Di Ann Vick

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat 1, PO Hemphill
Enumerated 20 Jun 1870
Page 9
68-68
Clark, R. Lewis 31 M W Farmer 310 200 Tx
Clark, Mary D F W Keeping House Tx
Clark, Eliza F. 11 F W Tx
Clark, Elizabeth A 8 F W Tx
Clark, Lewis N. 4 M W TX
Clark Unice C 2 F W Tx
69-69
Clark, PP 25 m W Farmer $--- $200 Tx
Clark, Elizabeth 32 F W Keeping House Miss
Clark, Mary L 3 F W Tx
Clark, Sam H. 1 M W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, Prec. No. 2
Enumerated 5 Jun 1880
Page 1 SD 1 ED 48 Stamped 201
133-133
Clark, Lewis M W 45 Laborer Tx
Clark, Mary E W F 40 Wf Keeping House Tx Tx Miss
Clark, Betsy A W F 17 Dtr Keeping House Tx Tx
Clark, Lewis N W M 14 Son Laborer Tx Tx
Clark, Uney C W F 12 Dtr Keeping House Tx Tx
Clark, Wm. H W M 4 Son Tx Tx

Lewis married Mary Eliza White about 1857 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Eliza Jones) was born about 1839 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Mary Eliza White was born about 1839 in Mississippi (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Eliza Jones); and died.

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Children:

Eliza F. Clark was born about 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Elizabeth "Betsy" A. Clark was born about 1862 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
Lewis N. Clark, Jr. was born about 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
7. Eunice "Una" Carter Clark was born in Feb 1868 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died after 1910.
William Hannibal Clark was born on 13 Feb 1877 in Texas; died on 9 Sep 1961 in Tulare County, California.