Rubin Sim McDaniel, Sr.

Notes:

Robert Cecil McDaniel, his youngest son, writes that Rubin took the state teachers examination in May 1909 and obtained a certificate to teach in the county schools, teaching both in Tebo and Gravelhill communities in rural Sabine County.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 1A
5-5
McDaniel, Sim R Head m W 24 m1 2 Tx SC Tx Farmer
McDaniel, Winnie C Wf F W 24 m1 2 1/1 Tx Ark Ark
McDaniel, Kenneth S Son M W 1 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 111
1-1
McDaniel, Ruben S Head M W 44 M 21 Tx SC La Farmer
McDaniel, Winnie Wf F W 44 m 21 Tx Ark Ark
McDaniel, Kenneth S Son M W 21 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Norman B Son M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Ruben S Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaneil, Cecil Son M W 15 D (sic) Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Joan Mother F W 77 Wd 11 La Miss La
2-2
Nolan and Ella McDaniel and Family

Rubin married Caroline Winifred "Winnie" Broach on 11 Dec 1907 in Crawford, McLennan County, Texas. Caroline (daughter of Frank Norman Broach, Sr. and Kate Walker) was born on 2 Jan 1886 in Texas; died on 4 Aug 1943 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rubin married Rutha Mae Smith after 1943. Rutha (daughter of Daniel Vinson Smith and Ester Ann Miller) was born on 9 Sep 1889; died on 22 Aug 1966; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her transcription of the Oak Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that this was a military marker only, inscribed "Pvt US Army WW II." Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote that his brother worked in Baytown for a while after the war.

Notes:

Unable to find him on the Texas Death index, but he is listed on the SSDI, with his last address as in Hemphill, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Verdie Sophia Smith. Verdie was born on 25 Nov 1911 in Texas; died on 10 Oct 1990; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her transcription of the Oak Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates that he married first Thelma Alford and second Iola Westmoreland. His younger brother, Robert Cecil McDaniel, writes that R.S. and he jointly enrolled in Chenier Business and Radio College in Beaumont in September 1932, staying with their Uncle Kelse and Aunt Katie May (Broach) Renwick on 2805 Orange Street, two miles from the downtown business district. He graduated from the Radio course around December, 1933, and first returned to Hemphill and worked for W. E. Coussons. Later, Chenier's obtained a job for him as an engineer with KFDM radio station in Beaumont. He went on to work at KTRH and KXYZ in Houston, making many trips with the announcers to Southwest Conference football games. He later still worked for the Federal Aviation Agency, from which he retired in the early 1960's, returning to Hemphill.

Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Sabine County, shows he married second Iola Westmoreland.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMLT-27P/p1
Name: R S Mcdaniel Jr
Death Date: 10 Nov 1972
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 59 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1913
Birth Date: 7-22-1913
Occupation Retired Radio Tech, Electronics
Veteran No
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: R S Mcdaniel Sr
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Winnie Broach
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Additional Relatives:
Informant R S McDaniel Sr
Film Number: 2242194
Digital Film Number: 4169873
Image Number: 45
Reference Number: 85632
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Thelma A. Alford. Thelma (daughter of Adron Corbett Alford and Ada Amanda Conner) was born on 28 Oct 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jul 2005; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In his autobiography, "In Search of Blue Water", he writes that he was born on his parents 154 acre homestead, delivered by Dr. C. F. Smith, his Uncle by marriage. The house in which he was born and grew up in was probably built not long after the Civil War, and during his early years faced south toward Six Mile Creek. He passed the state teachers exam in 1935, thought he never taught school. After taking courses at the Chenier Business and Radio College in Beaumont, he worked for W. E. Coussons in Hemphill at his department store on the Hemphill Courthouse square.

US Army career serviceman, Chief Warrant Officer, W4, May 5, 1941 to May 1, 1962, served in the Philippines, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, and Canal Zone, awarded the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. After his retirement from the army, he worked for the Texas Employment Commission in Orange.


Robert Cecil McDaniel

Robert Cecil McDaniel died on the 23rd day of November, 2005 at 90 years of age. Cecil was born on March 19, 1915 in Sabine County, Texas in the community of Six Mile. Sabine County has been the home of his ancestors since 1850 when Cecil's great grandfather settled in the community later to be known as Fairdale in the Southeastern part of Sabine County, Texas.

He entered the United States Army on May 5, 1941 and retired from service after having served in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He served in the Philippines, Okinawa, Panama, and with the Army task groups in the Marshall Islands, South Pacific, which participated in the first hydrogen bomb test. He also served six years in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., in the Office of the Adjutant General, U.S. Army.

After retiring from the military, Cecil and his wife, Loye Winona White McDaniel, returned to Sabine County. It was during this time that Cecil's love for writing, his family and the people of Sabine County resulted in his authoring 12 books, including a book of poetry and prose, When the Moon was on the Rise, an autobiography, In Search of Blue Water, a book of short essays, Come Smile with Me, and nine historical books: Citizen-Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas 1812-1991; Sabine County, Texas: The First One-Hundred and Fifty Years 1836-1986; Hemphill High School, Sabine County, Texas: The First Seventy-Eight Years 1911-1989; The 1900 Census of Sabine County, Texas; The 1920 Census of Sabine County, Texas; and A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas (Vols. I, II, III, and IV).

In addition to being an author, Cecil was an artist. His paintings most often depict valleys of bluebonnets and other landscapes. Robert Cecil McDaniel was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Loye Winona White McDaniel of the Gravel Hill community near Hemphill, Texas (born October 30, 1919 - died December 4, 2002), grandson, Stephen White McDaniel, II, parents, Ruben Sim McDaniel and Winifred Caroline Broach McDaniel, and brothers, Ruben Sim (R.S.) McDaniel, Jr., Norman Broach McDaniel, and Kenneth Smith McDaniel. He is survived by his sons, Dwight Patrick McDaniel and Stephen White McDaniel, daughters-in-law, Patricia Ann Tweten McDaniel and Marcia Sue Burlison McDaniel, and grandchildren, Harper Longstreet McDaniel and Erin Colleen McDaniel.

To his family, he will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather, and also as an artist, poet and historian of Sabine County. "A God who formed me from the clay, Then gave to me the sweet light of day, And one faith, one hope, one soul sure, Imperfect yes, but through Him made pure." (From: When the Moon was on the Rise - "Treasures", page 98) Visitation will be from 4:00p.m. to 9:00p.m., Sunday evening, November 27th, at Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas. The Funeral Service will be held at 1:00p.m., Monday, November 28th, at First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas with the burial following in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home. Starr Funeral Home Hemphill, TX (409) 787-3331


(Research):
Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill JP 1
Enumerated April 13, 1940
SD 42-3 ED 202-1 Sheet 5B
100
Coussons, Pole M Head m W 55 M Tx Same House Realtor Private Work
Coussons, Carie Wf F W 48 M Tx Same House
Coussons, William T. (ab) Son M W 22 S Tx Same House
Coussons, Joy (ab) Dtr F W 20 S Tx Same House
Coussons, Yvonne (ab) Dtr F W 18 S Tx Same House
Coussons, Bobbie Joe Son F W 9 S Tx Same House
McDaniel, Robert C Lodger M W 24 S Tx Same House Salesman Gen merch Store

Robert married Loye Winona White on 4 Mar 1942 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. Loye (daughter of Thomas Albert White, Sr. and Ollie Lee Conn) was born on 30 Oct 1919 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Dec 2002 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a 1952 graduate of Hemphill High School. In 2014, he celebrated his 52 graduation anniversary and reunion at Holly Park on Oct 18, 2014. A photo of this reunion was in the November 5, 2014 Sabitn County Reporter, page 6, and others pictured were Jack Taylor, Terrell Gaskins, Lonnie Melton, Charles Huff, Janice Maxey, Tony Morris, Bennie McNaughten, Oweda Clark Boyd and Gerald Glover.

The Sabine County Reporter
1963

Robert V. McDaniel received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Marines after a seven year tour of duty. He received his discharge from Camp Pendleton, CA.

(As reprinted in the BACK IN TIME column, Thirty-Five Years ago, published on January 28, 1998)

OBITUARY

Robert Vincent McDaniel, Sr., 84, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019 in Nacogdoches Medical Center.

Robert was born in Sabine County, Texas on December 23, 1934 to Norman Broach McDaniel and Verdie Smith McDaniel. He was a graduate of Hemphill High School and a veteran of the United States Marines. He worked for many years as Central Office Coordinator in the Telecommunications Field.

Robert was an Endowed Member and Past Master of Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge #305 in Hemphill as well as Past Master of Pineland Lodge #1166. He served as District Deputy Grand Master 1992-1993. He was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Hemphill Chapter 375 and a longtime member of East Mayfield Baptist Church.

He is survived by his sons, Vince McDaniel and wife, Michelle, of Lumberton, Texas and Richard McDaniel and wife, Rene', of Henderson, Texas; daughter, Laurie Paulson and husband, Steve, of Kane, Pennsylvania; brothers, Lyndon McDaniel and wife, Pat, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Gail McDaniel and wife, Donna, of Spring, Texas, and Jimmy McDaniel and wife, Janice, of Hemphill; sisters, Peggy Pfleider and husband, Troy, of Hemphill and Carolyn Canizales and husband, Ray, of Round Rock, Texas; and grandchildren, Erin Paulson of Pennsylvania and Preslee McDaniel of Henderson.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary; and his brother, Randy.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 13, 2019 at East Mayfield Baptist Church, 125 Linda Lane, Hemphill, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Gene Lee officiating.

Serving as pallbearers are members of the Masonic Lodge.

Masonic Rites and burial will follow services in Oakhill Cemetery, 300 Oakhill Rd.,

The Sabine County Reporter, October 16, 2019, Page 8

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Randy McDaniel of Hemphill died Friday April 19, 2019 in a Lufkin Hospital. He was born September 25, 1953 in Yellowpine, Texas and was 65 years of age. He is survived by his wife Linda McDaniel of Hemphill, a son Scott Clevenger of Hemphill, four brothers Robert McDaniel of Hemphill, Allen G. McDaniel and wife Donna of Spring, TX, Lyndon McDaniel and wife Pat of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Jimmy McDaniel and wife Janice of Hemphill, two sisters Peggy Pfleider and husband Troy of Hemphill and Carolyn Canizales and husband Ray of Round Rock, TX, two grandchildren Kasey Clevenger of Hemphill and Katelyn Clevenger of Chico, California. He was preceded in death by his parents Norman & Berdie McDaniel. Randy was a house painter by trade and a life long resident of Sabine County. Register book may be signed and condolences may be left at www.starrfuneralhome.com

Copied from Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, April 24, 2019, Page 8 and May 1, 2019, Page 8

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dwight Patrick McDaniel

Dwight Patrick McDaniel died on the 9th day of February, 2006 at the age of 55 in Houston, Texas. Dwight was born on June 10, 1950 at Brooke Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. As a son of an army officer, Dwight lived on different army bases throughout his childhood including Quarry Heights in the Panama Canal Zone and Fort Myer in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Lutcher Stark High School in Orange, Texas in 1968, Dwight attended Baylor University from 1968-69 and The University of Hawaii from 1969-70 before traveling extensively in the South Sea Islands. As part of his oceanography studies at the University of Hawaii, Dwight worked on a research ship in his Spring semester that journeyed from Hawaii to New Guinea. At the end of this voyage, Dwight remained in New Guinea and spent over three years living and working in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the Fiji Islands. It was during this time that he developed a love for mountain climbing and hiking, and worked briefly as an instructor and guide. In 1971, Dwight returned to the United States, worked for Temple Industries, Pineland, and then attended The University of Texas at Austin. Dwight's love for the outdoors and mountaineering took him to Banff, Alberta, Canada in the Spring of 1976 where he met his future wife, Patricia Ann Tweten of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dwight and Pat were married two years later on June 29, 1978 in Missoula, Montana where Dwight was attending The University of Montana. Dwight graduated from The University of Montana with a journalism degree in 1979. After graduation, he worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Lufkin, and later, for a bank in Cushing, Texas. In 1985, Dwight earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston. Dwight practiced law in Longview, Texas with his brother, Stephen White McDaniel, from 1985-90. In 1990, Dwight moved to Hemphill, Texas where he established a private law practice, served as Sabine County Attorney for a number of years, and with his brother, built a computerized title company, Toledo Bend Title. In addition to mountaineering and hiking, Dwight was interested in history and read extensively on the American Civil War. He also authored numerous short stories and a novel, and maintained a diary to his son, Harper Longstreet McDaniel, from Harper's birth until he was eight years old. Dwight Patrick McDaniel is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Tweten McDaniel; his son, Harper Longstreet McDaniel; brother, Stephen White McDaniel; sister-in-law, Marcia Sue Burlison McDaniel; and niece, Erin Colleen McDaniel. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Cecil McDaniel and Loye Winona White McDaniel; and his nephew Stephen White McDaniel, II. He will be remembered as an adventurer, scholar, and mountaineer. Dwight was by birth and nature a kind and generous husband, father, son, brother and uncle who will be truly missed by his family and all who knew him. Visitation will be from 4:00-9:00pm Sunday evening, February 12, 2006, at Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas. The funeral service will be at 1:00pm Monday, February 13, 2006, at First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas, with the burial following in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home. Starr Funeral Home P.O. Box 731 Hemphill, Texas (409)787-3331

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A nearly identical obituary was published in the February 15, 2006 Sabine County Reporter, along with a personal rememberance by Mary Howell in her "On the Bright Side" column.

Dwight married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]