Family: William Fowler "Fowl" McElroy / Sarah Katherine Ashmore (F4828)

• Father | Male William Fowler "Fowl" McElroy

  
  

  Born	4 Mar 1852	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	10 Oct 1936	Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Married
  Father	William W. McElroy | F13235 Group Sheet
  Mother	Queen Artemissa Boren | F13235 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Sarah Katherine Ashmore

  
  

  Born	Abt 1854	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	24 Aug 1947	Sabine County, Texas
  Buried	26 Aug 1947	Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Spencer Ashmore | F1850 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Clark | F1850 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Jo Ella McElroy

  
  

  Born	Abt 1894	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Barney Dillard McElroy

  
  

  Born	27 Mar 1898	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	14 Mar 1937	Rusk County, Texas
  Buried		Rusk State Hospital Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas
  Spouse	Mary Etta Macel Deas | F12257
  Married	Abt 1918  [1]

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Ida McElroy

  
  

  Born	Abt 1899	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Benena McElroy

  
  

  Born	Abt 1902	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Some online trees also show that their first child was Samuel, and that Ida appears to have had a twin, Ada. If they are correct, it would appear both children died young as they are not located on census listings with the rest of the family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 33 (Reliability: 3).