Jefferson Oliver Davidson

Notes:

Known as "Oley."

Robert Cecil McDaniel notes that he was Sabine County Commissioner from 1895-1898.

In 1910 and 1920, he was widowed and living with members of his extended family.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Census

Oliphar DAVIDSON Self W Male W 35 AL Farmer TN VA
Mary Lee DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 9 TX AL MS Wm.
Henry DAVIDSON Son S Male W 8 TX AL MS
Martha C. DAVIDSON Mother W Female W 66 VA TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325
NA Film Number T9-1325
Page Number 219C

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 27 and 28 January 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 22A Stamped 115
424-446
Carlton, Martha A Head F W 43 Wd Tx La Ala Farmer
Carlton, Eugene Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Carlton, Ary E Dt F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Carlton, Ethel B Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 74 Wd Ala Miss Miss

Family/Spouse: Nancy C. "Nannie" Travis. Nancy (daughter of John Travis and Mary Raborn) was born about 1846 in Mississippi; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mary Lee Buckley
Death Date: 09 Jan 1934
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 63 years 5 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 05 Jan 1871
Birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Y E Buckley
Father's Name: J O Davidson
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Nannie Travis
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Hemphill
Burial Date: 11 Jan 1934
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2115985
Digital Film Number: 4165965
Image Number: 912
Reference Number: cn 4357
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 7 Apr 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 72
County Road
10-11
Buckley, Mary L Head F W 59 Wd Tx Ala Miss
Buckley, Ivy D SOn M W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer

Mary married Young Elijah Buckley on 23 Dec 1896 in Texas. Young (son of William N. Buckley and Ruth Mary Ann "Ruthie" Land) was born on 11 Feb 1866 in Texas; died on 17 Nov 1920 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

County Judge of Sabine County. (White and Toole, p 87).

Family/Spouse: Mary Melton. Mary was born about 1872; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pearl married Jesse "Bud" Conn on 20 Oct 1920. Jesse (son of Henry Patrick "Jiggs" Conn and Frances Mae "Fannie" Barrett) was born on 21 Oct 1895 in Texas; died on 16 Jun 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Port Arthur City
Enumerated 14 Apr 1930
ED 123-59 SD 27 Sheet 16A Stamped 265
18th Street
1023-289-394
Buckley, Roy Had M W 28 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Refinery
Buckley, Beaulah Wf F W 24 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Clinton Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Elaine Dtr F W 4 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Louise Dtr F W 1 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William Brother-in-law M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Refinery

Family/Spouse: Beulah Emily White. Beulah (daughter of Cade Drew White, Jr. and Dora E. Speights) was born on 27 May 1906 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jul 2008 in Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
January 8, 1997, Page 10

Ivy Davidson Buckley, 88, of Beaumont died Monday, Dec. 30, 1996 at a Beaumont Hospital.

He was a native of Sabine County and had lived in Jefferson County several years. Buckley was a retired operator with Texas Gas Company.

Survivors, wife, Grace Gilchriest Buckley of Beaumont, sons, Dwaynee Buckley of Beaumont and Gerald Buckley of Vidor: six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Graveside rites were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County following 10 am funeral services at the Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home chapel in Beaumont.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Ivy married Grace Idelle Gilchriest after 1930. Grace (daughter of James Clarence Milam "Mike" Gilchriest and Nola Idel Carpenter) was born on 13 Sep 1915 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; died on 31 May 2007 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary writes that he was first married to Wanda ADAMS.

Jesse married Betty Lee Worrell on 13 Jun 1951. Betty was born on 12 Apr 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Aug 1975 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Wanda Hellen Adams after 1946. Wanda (daughter of George J. Adams and Mary Ella McGown) was born on 4 Mar 1928 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 1992; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
May 6, 1998, page 14

Nobie Lee Chambers

Nobie Lee Chambers, 74, of the Gravelhill community died early Saturday, May 2, 1998, at her residence following an illness.

Mrs. Chambers was born April 14, 1924 in Sabine County and was a longtime area resident and a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and member of the Jasper Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter #291.

Survivors: her husband, Leon Chamber of Gravelhill; a daughter and son-in-law, Althea and Roy Glen Odom of Gravelhill; two grandsons, Brian Odom of Milam and Glen Odom of Alto; and three great-grandsons.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Gravelhill, with Bro. I. W. Ferguson officiating. Interment followed a Gravelhill Cemetery.

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

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2011)

Family/Spouse: Leon Chambers. Leon (son of Thomas Dermont Chambers and Mary Jane Horton) was born on 21 Aug 1919 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jul 2000 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances married Billy Dwan Butler on 20 Feb 1952 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Billy (son of Robert Raymond "R. R." "Bobby" Butler and Mary Arlene White) was born on 18 Jun 1933 in Texas; died on 22 Jul 1992 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

Clinton Buckley

Graveside rites for Clinton Leland Buckly, 71, of Beaumont were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 1995, at Gravehill Cemetery in Sabine County. Arrangements were handled by Carroll-Wallace Funeral Home in Beaumont.

He died Friday, Jan. 6, 1995, at a Beaumont hospital.

Buckley, a native of Sabine County, had lived in the Beaumont area several years. He was a U.S. Marine Air Corps veteran of Workd War II and the owner/operator of Buckley's Exxon Station.

Survivors: wife, Gerry Buckley of Beaumont; mother Beulah Hoffpauir of Pt. Arthur; a son, Lee Buckley of Beaumont; daughter, Pamelaw Baldwin of Beaumont; a sister, Louise McElwee of Pt. Arthur; and three grandchildren.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 18, 1995, Page 12

Family/Spouse: Geraldine Johnson. Geraldine was born on 16 Oct 1927; died on 6 Jan 2006; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Dora Elaine Williams
Death Date: 09 Jul 1963
Death Place: Groves, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 37 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1926
Birthplace: Hemphill, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Roy Buckley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Beulah White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Nederland, Jefferson, Texas
Cemetery: Oak Bluff Memorial Park
Burial Place: Port Neches, Texas
Burial Date: 10 Jul 1963
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117290
Digital Film Number: 4028577
Image Number: 910
Reference Number: cn 45553
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Dora married Charles Ray Williams before 1954. Charles was born about 1922; died about 1982; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]