Mary Curry Bickham

Family/Spouse: George W. Iles. George was born on 1 Jun 1817; died on 4 Apr 1868; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White and Toole show she died ca 1878, but she is listed on the 1880 census with George and her children. She also applied for a Confederate Widows Pension in February 1911.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 3
Enumerated 8 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 5B
83-83
Mays, M. Elizabeth Head W F Aug 1849 50 Wd 11/7 La Miss Miss Farmer
Mays, Ross Aug 1871 28 S Tx Tx La Farmer
Mays, Nannie Dau W F Apr 1881 19 S Tx Tx La
Mays, Samuel Son W M Aug 1882 17 S Tx Tx La
Mays, Linnie Dau W F Jan 1886 14 S Tx Tx La
Mays, May Dau W F Aug 1880 (sic, s/b 1890) 9 S Tx Tx La

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 3
Enumerated 8 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 19A
360-360
Mays, Mary E Head F W 60 We 4/4 Ark Miss Miss None
Mays, Ross Son M W 38 S Tx Miss Ark Laborer Odd Jobs
Mays, Nannie Dtr F W 27 S Tx Miss Ark
Mays, May Dtr F W 19 S Tx Miss Ark
Robbins, Ida Dtr F W 42 We 3/2 Tx Miss Ark Seamstress Own Shop
Robbins, Clarence Grandson M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Robbins, Lottie Grandtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx

Mary married George Washington Mays on 1 Mar 1866 in Lafayette County, Arkansas. George was born on 3 Jul 1844 in Texas; died on 12 Nov 1895 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 10 July 1880
Page 29 SD 1 ED 84 Stamped 222
260-270
Iles, Howell W M 25 Wheelwright La Akr Miss
Iles, Rebecca W F 22 Wf Tx La La
Iles, Mary W F 5 Dtr Tx La Tx
Iles, John W M 3 Son Tx La Tx
Iles, Samuel W M 6/12 Nov Tx La Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 25 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheets 11A and
180-184
Iles, Howel Head M W July 1855 44 M 27 Ark Miss Miss Farmer
Iles, Rebecca Wf W F Mar 1858 42 M 27 8/7 Tx Tx Tx
Iles, John T Son W M Aug 1877 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Iles, Howel Son W M Aug 1882 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Iles, Wm E Son W M July 1885 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Iles, Jessie E Son W M Nov 1888 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Iles, Geo. R. Son W M Sept 1892 & S Tx Tx Tx
Iles, Clarence Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Rebecca Low. Rebecca (daughter of John C. Low and Sarah J. Johnson) was born on 2 Mar 1858 in Texas; died on 14 Oct 1903; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Sallie Iles Mcelroy
Event Type Death
Event Date 30 Jan 1924
Event Place San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 12 Sep 1860
Birthplace , Arkansas
Father's Name George Iles
Mother's Name Bickham
Certificate Number 3012
GS Film number 2075023
Digital Folder Number 005145646
Image Number 01760

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3ZW-9Y9 : accessed 29 Jan 2014), Sallie Iles Mcelroy, 30 Jan 1924; citing certificate number 3012, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2075023.

Sallie married Felix Hiram "Hi" McElroy on 10 Jul 1875 in Sabine County, Texas. Felix (son of William W. McElroy and Queen Artemissa Boren) was born on 28 Dec 1854 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 May 1939 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 3
Enumerated 8 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 19A
360-360
Mays, Mary E Head F W 60 We 4/4 Ark Miss Miss None
Mays, Ross Son M W 38 S Tx Miss Ark Laborer Odd Jobs
Mays, Nannie Dtr F W 27 S Tx Miss Ark
Mays, May Dtr F W 19 S Tx Miss Ark
Robbins, Ida Dtr F W 42 We 3/2 Tx Miss Ark Seamstress Own Shop
Robbins, Clarence Grandson M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Robbins, Lottie Grandtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: W. George Robbins. W. was born on 18 Mar 1867; died on 5 Sep 1921; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His headstone is engraved "He was the sunshine of our home."

Name George R Mays
Event Type Death
Event Date 21 Nov 1939
Event Place , San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 17 Aug 1871
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name George W Mays
Mother's Name Elizabeth Iles
Certificate Number 52597
GS Film number 2118411
Digital Folder Number 005144952
Image Number 02250

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3MN-C2C : accessed 29 Jan 2014), George R Mays, 21 Nov 1939; citing certificate number 52597, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2118411.

Notes:

Name Nannie A Mays
Event Type Death
Event Date 20 Apr 1945
Event Place Brookeland, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 03 Apr 1882
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name George Mays
Mother's Name Mary Isles
Certificate Number 18087
GS Film number 2137916
Digital Folder Number 005144850
Image Number 00408

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS17-XBD : accessed 29 Jan 2014), Nannie A Mays, 20 Apr 1945; citing certificate number 18087, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2137916.

Notes:

White and Toole show that she died ca 1935. Could she have actually died before 1910? Her husband, Jesse Jacks, is listed as widowed as of the 1910 census, married in 1920 but without Stella in the home, and widowed in 1930. They may have simply seperated, as they share a double gravemarker at the Lott Cemetery, and her date of death on this is shown as Sept. 1936.

Stella married Jesse Andrew Jacks about 1896. Jesse (son of Nicholas Marion Jacks and Mary Rice) was born on 28 Mar 1868 in Texas; died on 9 Jul 1962 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Samuel Warren Mays
Event Type Death
Event Date 22 Nov 1936
Event Place , San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 25 Aug 1882
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name Geo Mays
Mother's Name Mary Isles
Certificate Number 56716
GS Film number 2117028
Digital Folder Number 005145551
Image Number 00775

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3H2-DR5 : accessed 29 Jan 2014), Samuel Warren Mays, 22 Nov 1936; citing certificate number 56716, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2117028.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #3
Enumerated 5 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 170 Sheet 2A
26-26
Mays, Sam W Head m W 37 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mays, Nannie E Wf F W 33 M Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Chesly Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Mary S Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Harrel W Son M W 4 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Nancy L Dtr F W 1 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 2
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 21-6 SD 19 Sheet 16B
308-352
Mays, S W Head M W 47 M 21 Tx Akr Akr Laborer Logging Camp
Mays, Nannie Wf F W 44 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Harold Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Nora Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mays, Sibyl Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

Samuel married Nannie E. Powell on 21 Apr 1904 in Sabine County, Texas. Nannie was born on 26 Sep 1886 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 27 Mar 1937 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows her full name as Martha Lenora of "Linnie."

Name Lemie Lane
Event Type Death
Event Date 18 Aug 1937
Event Place San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Husband or Wife J R Lane
Birth Date 18 Jan 1887
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name George Mayes
Mother's Name Elizabeth Iles
Certificate Number 43197
GS Film number 2117297
Digital Folder Number 005145556
Image Number 02420

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HP-Q7H : accessed 29 Jan 2014), Lemie Lane, 18 Aug 1937; citing certificate number 43197, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2117297.

Lemie married Joseph Robert "Robb" Lane on 4 Jan 1904 in Sabine County, Texas. Joseph was born on 24 Jan 1882 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 24 Jul 1943 in Texas; was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name May Mays
Event Type Death
Event Date 22 Oct 1969
Event Place Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 09 Aug 1890
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name George Washington Mays
Mother's Name Mary Elizabeth Iles
Certificate Number 88668
GS Film number 2218603
Digital Folder Number 005145862
Image Number 01848

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3D2-JT5 : accessed 29 Jan 2014), May Mays, 22 Oct 1969; citing certificate number 88668, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2218603.

Family/Spouse: Mabel K. Maund. Mabel (daughter of Judge Henry Clay Maund and Pattie Emma Goodloe) was born in Feb 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Nov 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A copy of his actual Texas Death Certificate can be seen online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. He was shown as a son of Howell Iles and Rebecca Low, and a resident of Pineland, Texas. He was also shown as married. His occupation was shown as Farmer, and the informant was Mrs. B. E. Ener, daughter.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Ara Robena "Bena" Bennett. Ara (daughter of Adam Jackson "Tony" Bennett, Jr and Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jones) was born on 29 Mar 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1985 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Jesse Edward Iles
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Jan 1957
Event Place: Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
Father's Name: Howell Iles
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Rebecca Lowe
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Lela Iles
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Certificate Number: 1036
Page:
GS Film number: 4340974
Digital Folder Number: 004340974
Image Number: 00040

Citing this Record:
"Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNRY-CNP : accessed 26 Sep 2013), Jesse Edward Iles, 1957.

Notes:

Name: George R Iles
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Jun 1965
Event Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1892
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Howell Iles
Mother's Name: Rebecca Low
Certificate Number: 37166
GS Film number: 2117827
Digital Folder Number: 005144742
Image Number: 00990

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K78B-N4S : accessed 26 Sep 2013), George R Iles, 1965.

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a single resident of Sabinetown, and worked as a Machinist at Kirby Lumber Company in Browndell. He was described as slender, of medium heighth and with gray eyes and brown hair.

Name Clarence Walls Iles
Event Type Death
Event Date 23 Oct 1970
Event Place Bridge City, Orange, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 24 Jan 1896
Birthplace Texas
Father's Name Harvell Iles
Mother's Name Rebecca Low
Certificate Number 74957
GS Film number 2218909
Digital Folder Number 005145882
Image Number 01898

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3D1-VB3 : accessed 26 Sep 2013), Clarence Walls Iles, 1970.

Family/Spouse: Onie Josephine Martin. Onie (daughter of William Franklin "Frank" Martin and Mary Ann Elizabeth Jordan) was born on 23 May 1898 in Texas; died on 11 Apr 1984 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Clara S. Wright, widowed, at the time of the 1930 Census. She was living with her father and sister in Sabine County, along with 5 year old Ollie McClelland and Mack McClelland. Her headstone, in the Lott Cemetery, shows her instead as Clara McClelland, Apparently she was widowed/divorced from a McClelland before she married, and was later widowed from, a Wright. Her headstone is inscribed "Clara McClelland, 1898-1945, Gone but not Forgotten." Sharon Whitaker shows that her first husband was Samuel D. "Mack" McClelland.

Clara married Samuel D. "Mack" McClelland before 1925. Samuel (son of Samuel N. McClelland and Ada C. D. Bailey) was born in Sep 1885 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joshua Lott. Joshua (son of Andrew Jackson Lott and Julia D. Jones) was born on 21 Apr 1895 in Texas; died on 1 Apr 1961; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a pulp wood trucker. He died as a result of an auto accident.

Marion married Bessie Beatrice Wood on 19 Nov 1921. Bessie (daughter of Thomas E. "Edd" Wood, Jr. and Amelia Melvina "Vinie" Carrico) was born on 20 Nov 1902 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Nov 1973 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Jordan. Dorothy was born on 4 Oct 1924; died on 12 Nov 2008 in Orange, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Autumn Oaks Memorial Park, Orange, Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Clarence Corley, Jr.. Charles (son of Charles "Charlie" Clarence Corley, Sr. and Willie Mae Burk) was born on 13 Feb 1922 in Texas; died on 6 Nov 1998 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
June 20, 2007, page 14

Inez Blanche Ener

Inez Blanche Ener, 94, of Pineland, died June 10, 2007 at Hemphill Care Center.

She was born Sept. 3, 1912 in Sabine County to Howell Iles and Bena Bennett Iles. She had lived in Pineland her entire life and was a member of the Pineland Church of Christ. Shw and her late husband Bennie were owners of Ener's Store in Pineland until their retirement in 1974.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Bennie C. ENER and a son, Bennie Paul ENER.

Survivors: son, Bill ENER of Pineland; daughter, Beth McDANIEL and husband Weldon of Hemphill; seven granchildren, Elizabeth Ener PERRY and husband Bill of Mauriceville, John David ENER of Beaumont, Alan McDANIEL ane wife Kayla of Hemphill, Gay Lynne McDaniel MILLER and husband Guvie of Brookeland, Todd ENER and wife Cheryl of El Campo, Jennifer McDaniel MAXEY and husband Harold of Pineland and Jason ENER of Webster; 11 great-grandchildren, Brittany McDANIEL, Jordan PERRY, Amber WILSON, Byrun PERRY, Sara Beth McDANIEL, Gredgory PERRY, Scarlett PERRY, Patrick ENER, Ally ENER, Abby ENER, and Ty ENER; and two great-great grandchildren, Kierra and Akadynce LcBLANC.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jun 12, at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with Bro. Guvia Miller and Bro. Bill Perry officiating. Interment followed in Pineland Cemetery.

Inez married Benjamin Claudie "Bennie" Ener on 29 Dec 1934 in Sabine County, Texas. Benjamin (son of Hartman Erastus Ener and Sleta Margaret Sanford) was born on 5 Jun 1909 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jan 1987 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
September 17, 1997, Page 12

Lucille Ball

Lucille Iles Ball, 82, of Brookeland died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1997, at St. Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana.

She was born Feb. 13, 1915, in Sabine County as a daughter of the late Howell and Ira B. (Bennett) Iles and had lived in Brookeland several years. Mrs. Ball was a member of Brookeland Church of Christ and was a retired textile department manager for Rexall Drugs in Juneau, Alaska.

Survivors: two sons, Jerry Ball and Jimmy Ball, both of Pineville, Louisiana; a sister, Inez ENER of Pineland; and a brother, William Howell Iles of Big Spring.

Graveside rites were held at 1 p.m Friday at Brookeland Cemetery with Bro. W Clarence Howell officiating.

Arrangementw were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

John Kenneth Iles, 85, died Wednesday morning, December 30, 2009 at the Medical Center of South East Texas in Port Arthur, Texas.

He was born on August 17, 1924, in Orange, Texas. Mr. Iles lived in Hemphill until he joined the Marines in 1947. After his service in the Marine Corps he moved to Port Arthur and was a machinist for J & L Steel.

He is survived by his wife Geneva Iles of Port Arthur, two sons, James Thomas Iles of Port Arthur and Don Iles and wife Angelia of Hemphill, Texas. John Kenneth is also survived by one sister, Mildred Iles Jordan and husband Marvin of Hemphill. Four Grandchildren; John Daniel, Christopher Allan, Cataitlyn Diane, and Makenna Elise.

Funeral services will be 2pm, Saturday, January 2, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, Hemphill, Texas.

Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery, Hemphill, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Geneva Thomas. Geneva was born on 15 Jan 1930 in Kerlin, Columbia County, Arkansas; died on 31 Dec 2019 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Referred to in the 2009 obituary of her brother as "sister, Mildred Iles Jordan and husband Marvin of Hemphill."

Mildred Iles Jordan, 89, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Monday, February 4, 2019 in Hemphill Care Center.

Mildred was born June 27, 1929 in Brookeland, Texas to Clarence Walls Iles and Onie Josephine Martin Iles. She was a wife and homemaker.

Mildred was a lifetime resident of Sabine County, Texas and a member of Hemphill Church of Christ. She and her late husband, Marvin, enjoyed traveling and RVing together. Mildred was also an artist that loved to paint.

She is survived by her nephews, Don Iles and wife, Angela, of Hemphill, Texas and James Iles, also of Hemphill; her sister-in-law, Betty Jordan of Hemphill; great nieces, Caitlyn Iles-Clifton and Makenna Iles; great nephews, Danny Iles and Chris Iles; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin James Jordan.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.

Burial will follow services in Hemphill Cemetery.

Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.
Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, February 13, 2019, page 8

Family/Spouse: Marvin James Jordan. Marvin was born on 2 May 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Mar 2011 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]