1845 - 1939 (93 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Gabriella E. Collier was born on 22 Dec 1845 in Claiborne County, Mississippi; died on 4 Mar 1939 in Orange, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD55-GDP
name: G. E. Oliphiant
death date: 04 Mar 1939
death place: Orange, Orange, Texas
gender: Female
race: white
death age: 93 years 2 months 9 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 22 Dec 1845
birthplace: Clayborn Co., Miss.
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Geo. W. Collier
father's birthplace: Unknown
mother's name: Sarah Tatom
mother's birthplace: Mississippi
occupation: Housework
place of residence: Hemphill, Texas
cemetery:
burial place: Hemphill, Tex.
burial date: 04 Mar 1939
additional relatives: X
film number: 2118014
digital film number: 4030437
image number: 1088
reference number: cn 14913
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," G. E. Oliphiant, 1939
(Research):Census Information:
1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 13 January 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 13 A
254-270
Oliphint, Gabriela E Hd F W 74 W Miss SC Miss
Oliphint, John H Son M W 50 D Tx Tx Miss Stockman Livestock
Oliphint, Sarah A Dtr F W 40 S Tx Tx Miss
Oliphint, Seaborn H Son M W 28 S Tx Tx Miss Stockman Livestock
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, J.P. 1
Enumerated April 25, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 4A Stamped 26
43-44
Oliphint, John H Head M W 60 Wd 47 Tx Tx Miss Farmer
Oliphint, Gabbriella E Mother F W 83 We 21 Miss Miss Miss
Oliphint, John H. Jr. Son M W 8 S Tx Tx La
Oliphint, Bennie R Son M W 5 S Tx Tx
Gabriella married Seaborn Harris Oliphint about 1867 in Sabine County, Texas. Seaborn (son of Wilford D. Oliphint and Martha Ann "Patty" Davenport) was born on 8 Apr 1844 in Sabine County, Texas; died about 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
3. | John Houston Oliphint (1.Gabriella1) was born about 1870 in Texas; died on 27 Mar 1931 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
(Research):
Census Information:
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, J.P. 1
Enumerated April 25, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 4A Stamped 26
43-44
Oliphint, John H Head M W 60 Wd 47 Tx Tx Miss Farmer
Oliphint, Gabbriella E Mother F W 83 We 21 Miss Miss Miss
Oliphint, John H. Jr. Son M W 8 S Tx Tx La
Oliphint, Bennie R Son M W 5 S Tx Tx La
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Living
- 12. Benjamin Ray Oliphint was born on 28 May 1924 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jul 2007 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
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4. | George Wilfred Oliphant (1.Gabriella1) was born on 6 Jan 1872 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Mar 1948 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. Notes:
Tracy Rice instead shows him as Frank Oliphant.
George married Emma Florida Meador on 16 Feb 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Emma (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Meador, Sr. and Anna Elizabeth "Bettie" Tillman) was born on 2 Oct 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Nov 1969 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Fred Meador Oliphint was born on 19 Dec 1904 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died in May 1980 in Sabine County, Texas.
- 14. George Rodney Oliphant was born on 31 Mar 1907 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jul 1998 in Harris County, Texas.
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Generation: 3
12. | Benjamin Ray Oliphint (3.John2, 1.Gabriella1) was born on 28 May 1924 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jul 2007 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Notes:
Sabine County Reporter
July 18, 2007
Page 9
Benjamin Ray Oliphint
Bishop Benjamin Ray Oliphint, 83, of Houston died Saturday, July 7, 2007. Bishop Oliphint was born May 28, 1924 in Hemphill. He received a B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University, A M. Div. degree from Duke University, and a S.T.M. degree from Union Theological Seminary, New York. In 1951, he earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He received honorary degrees from Baker University and Wiley College, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from SMU. Between 1947-1980, Bishop Oliphint served as pastor of United Methodist Churches in Dallas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Alexandria, Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was elected a bishop of The United Methodist Church in 1980 and served the Kansas area (1980-1984) and Houston area (1984-1992), and as interim bishop of the Louisiana area (1987-1988). From 1992-2002, he served as President of the Texas United Methodist College Association. Bishop Oliphint was elected a delegate to seven United Methodist General Conferences, and led the delegation four times. As bishop, he served as President of the General Commission of Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns, and President of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and was a member of the Presidium of the World Methodist Council.
He was instrumental in founding Africa University, Zimbabwe, and served as trustee for numerous United Methodist institutions, including SMU and Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Survivors, his wife of 55 years, Nancy Kelley Oliphint of Houston; daughter, Mary Brooke Casad and husband Victor of Carrollton; sons, Stuart Oliphint and wife Cassandra of Fort Worth, Clayton Oliphint and wife Lori of Dallas, and Kelley Oliphint and wife Priscilla of La Grange; brother John Oliphint and wife Ruth of Colorado Springs; grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
Graveside rites were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, at Greenwood Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.
Memorial gifts may be given to the Benjamin R. Oliphint Scholarship of the Methodist Global Education Fund for Leadership Development, 1 Music Circle North, P.O. Box 340029, Nashville, TN 37203-0029; Nancy Oliphint Playground, Lakeview Conference Center, 400 Private Road 6036, Palestine, TX 75801-4350 or St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77227,
Services were conducted under the direction of Earthman Funeral Directors in Houston.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2007)
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Generation: 4
15. | Keith Lamar Oliphint (13.Fred3, 4.George2, 1.Gabriella1) was born on 10 Sep 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 2011 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Notes:
Keith L. Oliphint
News-Journal.com, Longview, Texas
Keith L. Oliphint
Van---Memorial services for Keith Oliphint, 76, of Longview, are scheduled for 2 p.m. today, July 7, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church, 4715 Tenneryville Road, Longview. Keith Lamar Oliphint passed away July 3, 2011, after a short illness.
Keith was born September 10, 1934, in Hemphill, Texas to Fred Meador Oliphint and Thelma Lucille Clark Oliphint. The family moved to South Houston, Texas, when Keith was young. He graduated from Pasedena High School, Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
Keith loved his Lord. After pastoring Baptist Churches in Pledger, Texas and St. Clairsville, Ohio, the family moved ot Tanzania, East Africa, to served as missionairies for the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. They served there for the next 22 years, and returned to teh U.S. in 1987, to live in Waco, Texas. There he worked for Plantation Foods until retirement. Keith moved to Longview, Texas in 2010.
Keith loved to work with his hand and often thanked God for that ability. he also loved people and to make new friends. He enjoyed very much meeting Oliphints worldwide and attended the Clan meeting in Scotland. But he thought his most enjoyable privilege was to raise his three daughters.
Keith is survived by his wife, Peggy Howell Oliphint, brother, George Clark Oliphint of Los Angeles; daughter, Cynthia and husband, P. J. Cooley, of Longview, Texas, and daughter, Susan and husband, David Fergeson, of Fort Worth; and son-in-law, Darrell White of Corpus Christi. There are eight grandchildren, Amanda, Maci and Ryland White, Courtney Oliphint, Kenneth and Ben Copely, and Malaika and Amanda Ferguson; and one great-grandchild, Canaan White.
Memorials may be made to Orphans Unlimited Inc.,, 11152 Westheimer Road, PMB #391, Houston, TX 77042, to help orphans in Mozambique or the charity of your choice.
Published in the Longview News-Journal on July 7, 2011
Online on Ancestry.com
Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2012
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