James Bean, Sr.

Notes:

Said to be born in Walton County, Georgia.

(Research):Census Information:

1880 Federal Census Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James BEAN Self M Male W 55 GA Farmer SC SC
Martha BEAN Wife M Female W 49 GA Keeping House
Franklin BEAN Son S Male W 21 TX Works On Farm
Winnie BEAN Dau S Female W 14 TX At Home GA GA
Levi BEAN Son S Male W 10 TX Works On Farm GA GA
Ausel BEAN Son S Male W 7 TX GA GA
Joseph BEAN Son S Male W 5 TX GA GA
Minnie BEAN Dau S Female W 13 TX At Home GA GA
William OLDS Other S Male W 24 AR Laborer TX LA
Henry LAIRD Other S Male W 19 LA Laborer AR GA Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255313
NA Film Number T9-1313
Page Number 154D

James married Martha Sarah Garrett on 4 Sep 1850 in Union County, Arkansas. Martha was born about 1831 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eunice Ferrell on 21 Aug 1872 in Jasper County, Texas. Eunice was born before 1856; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Amanda Kelley. Amanda (daughter of Joseph Kelley and Martha Collins) was born on 31 Jul 1858 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 22 Jan 1934 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Emily Singletary on 10 Jul 1877 in Jasper County, Texas. Emily was born about 1858 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Richard J. Turner on 27 Nov 1875 in Jasper County, Texas. Richard (son of Madison Turner and Mary Catherine McFarlane) was born about 1852 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as a surveyor. His parents were listed as James Bean and Martha Garrett of Georgia. The informant was Albert Turner.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 3
Enumerated 1 Jun 1880
Page 24D SD 1 ED 38
209-227
Bean, James Jr W M 26 Works in Saw Mill Tx Ga Ga
Bean, Emily W F 22 Wf Keeping House Ga NC SC
Bean, Bessy W F 2 Dtr Tx Tx Ga
Bean, Macleary W F 9/12 Aug Dtr Tx Tx Ta
210-228
Bean, Wm B W M 23 Farmer Tx Ga Ga
Bean, Martha W F 23 Wf Keeping House Tx Tenn Tx
Bean, James B W M 1 Son Tx Tx Tx
Bean, John W M 2/12 Mch Tx Tx Tx

William married Martha C.H. Turner on 12 Sep 1877 in Jasper County, Texas. Martha (daughter of Madison Turner and Mary Catherine McFarlane) was born about 1857 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as a widower, and 20 year resident of 9405 10th, Slaton, Texas. He was listed as retired and a widower. The informant was Mrs. Roy Wicker of Slaton, relationship unknown. His parents were listed as James Bean and Martha Garrett of Alabama.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Jesse married Florence Arabella Singletary on 10 Jul 1877 in Jasper County, Texas. Florence was born in 1859 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 3 Sep 1940 in Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In "Newton County Nuggets" (Nortex Press, Austin, Texas, 1986, p 375), Ruby Sutton Droptini writes about helping her widowed mother run the local telephone operator office in rural Burkeville in the late 1930's and early 1940's. She recalled the day that their "neighbors' house caught fire. It was the house of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. BEAN. It happened on a beautiful day about the middle of the morning. There was no fire department in Burkeville." The Beans operated a store in Wiergate, and were not home to take action themselves. Ruby therefore "rang all the business places in town at one time and as they answered I told them, "Beans house is on fire!""

Everyone responded and in a few minutes the yard was full of people. They drew water from the Bean's well and from the wards well to put on the house. The fire was extinguished before it could cause much damage, and the Beans were grateful their house had been saved.

Benjamin married Minnie E. Beck before 1879. Minnie was born about 1859 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married McClera Elizabeth Withers on 24 Aug 1887 in Jasper County, Texas. McClera was born on 28 Mar 1865 in Texas; died on 29 Mar 1897; was buried in Withers Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah Angelina Withers on 2 May 1901 in Jasper County, Texas. Sarah was born on 11 Apr 1857 in Texas; died on 28 Mar 1927; was buried in Withers Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Kenneth Morgan's book, MORGAN'S EAST TEXAS TALES, he wrote that "Since my earliest memories, I have heard the old folks speak of "The Becky Field". (After her husband died) leaving Rebecca with five children still living at home, ranging in age from 4 to 17, and Carrol age thirty, who was crippled. With all the children pitching in, they tended the fields and raised enough produce for the family, with some left over to sell for cash money...."Aunt Becky" as she was called by friends and neighbors, ran cattle and hogs in the woods. She was a fine horsewoman, and sometimes rode with a baby on the saddle. In winter time, hogs were butchered, and the meat carried to town in the wagon, where it was peddled door to door. Becky heated big rocks ont he wood stove, wrapped them in burlap sacks, and placed them in front of the wagon to keep her feet warm on the long drive. When there was sickness or death in the community, she was always there to help in any way she could."

Her son, Albert Turner, was the informant on her death certificate.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Rebecca married Isaac Campbell Turner on 18 Apr 1877 in Jasper County, Texas. Isaac (son of Madison Turner and Mary Catherine McFarlane) was born on 30 Nov 1854 in Texas; died on 12 Mar 1908; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as a housewife, and daughter of James Bean and Martha Garrett of Georgia. The informant was Mrs. Minnie Morgan.

Rose married Auja Madison Turner on 31 Dec 1879 in Jasper County, Texas. Auja (son of Madison Turner and Mary Catherine McFarlane) was born on 2 Mar 1859 in Texas; died on 22 Dec 1885; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rose married Samuel McFarland McLemore on 20 Dec 1891 in Jasper County, Texas. Samuel (son of John M. McLemore and Sarah Ann E. Boyett) was born on 22 Oct 1862 in Erin, Jasper County, Texas; died on 5 Jul 1924 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

Winnie married Joseph Warren Jones on 31 Oct 1883 in Jasper County, Texas. Joseph was born on 16 May 1859 in Texas; died on 27 Jan 1925; was buried in Magnolia Springs Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Rhea. John was born about 1861 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Ira Bean was one of the first teachers in a one teacher school in Newton County, Texas in 1898, held in the Methodist church in Survey. (Newton County Historical Committee, , "Glimpses of Newton County History," Nortex Press, Burnet, TX, copyright 1982, p. 163).

In "Newton County Nuggets," another publication of Nortx Press, c. 1986, Ida Mae Stewart recalls that she "for six years worked for the Ira Bean family. This family was very generous to me and I still count them among my friends."

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as a Carpenter. He had been a two year resident of Alpine at the time of his death. His parents were listed as Rev. James C. Bean and Martha Sarah Bean, and the informant was Cecil V. Turner of Alpine.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as a night attendant at Claybar Funeral Home. He was shown as married.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as the daughter of Dr. B. F. Bean and Elzebith Withers. She was listed as a teacher in the public schools, and her name at death was Maud Bean Wetzel. She was listed as a widow.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

A digital image of his actual Texas Death certificate is viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. At the time of death he was marrieed and with a home address of 272 Park Street in Jasper. His occupation was listed as Retired, Public Office, and his parents were shown as I.C. Turner and Rebecca E. Bean. The informant was his wife, Mrs. Albert Turner.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Albert married Lillie Behannon on 29 Jan 1907 in Jasper County, Texas. Lillie was born on 24 Dec 1886 in Texas; died on 25 May 1976 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary (Source: United States Gen Web Page, Jasper County, Texas; The Orange Leader 5 August 1970)

Roganville. Funeral services for Mrs. Mittie Hawthorne, 79, of Roganville, will be tomorrow at 2 pm in Zion Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Elmos Withers, pastor of the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, will officiate. He will be assisted by Rev. Jessie Thomas, a Baptist minister.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Causey's Stringer Funeral Home of Kirbyville. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Hugh Beaver, Harvie Hawthorne, Ronnie Hawthorne, Douglas Hawthorne, Max Lee Hawthorne, Kerry Hawthorne, Robert Armitage and Dennis Hawthorne.

The body was moved to the Hawthorne home today at 2 pm and will remain there until tomorrow at 1 pm when it will be moved to the church. She died today about 2 am in Jasper Hospital following a long illness.

She was a native of Jasper County and had lived all her life in Jasper County. She was a member of the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church.

Survivors include 6 sons, Elliott Hawthorne of Port Neches, Guy Hawthorne of Goodrich, Edward Hawthorne and S.C. Hawthorne, both of Vidor, Eston Hawthorne of Bridge City and Arthur Jack Hawthorne of Kirbyville; 4 daughters, Mrs. Perry Spillers of Lake Jackson, Mrs. Bruce Sheffield of Kirbyville, Mrs. Edgar Morgan of Orange and Mrs. Roger Armitage of Gibson, LA; one sister Mrs. Polk Hawthorne of Roganville; 27 grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren.

Her headstone was inscribed "Thy Life was Beauty, Truth, Goodness, and Love."

Mittie married Sion Hawthorn on 30 Oct 1910 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas. Sion (son of Joshua Timothy "Tim" Hawthorne, Jr. and Mary Matilda Jones) was born on 11 Jan 1886 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; died on 4 Sep 1939 in Roganville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie married Walter Hawthorne on 29 May 1910. Walter (son of Joshua Timothy "Tim" Hawthorne, Jr. and Mary Matilda Jones) was born on 28 Jun 1890 in Texas; died in Sep 1965 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hawthorne, Ludie Turner
Nov. 24, 1980
KIRBYVILLE ? Ludie Turner Hawthorne, 84, of Kirbyville died at 7 a.m. Monday at Schlesinger Geriatric Center in Beaumont. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Central Baptist Church with burial in Zion Hill Cemetery under the direction of Causey?s E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville. She was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Survivors include three daughters, Aline Kelley of Beaumont, and Martha V. Morgan and Marcelle Conlin, both of Orange; four sons, Polk Hawthorne Jr. of Silsbee, Carroll Hawthorne of Fort Worth, Amos Hawthorne of Lufkin, and Hollis Hawthorne of Gladewater, Texas; 23 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.

http://www.genealogybuff.com/tx/tx-jasper-obits11.htm

Ludie married Polk Hawthorne on 31 May 1913 in Jasper County, Texas. Polk (son of Joshua Timothy "Tim" Hawthorne, Jr. and Mary Matilda Jones) was born on 11 Jun 1892 in Texas; died on 23 Jul 1976 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Essie Sims on 5 Dec 1917 in Jasper County, Texas. Essie was born on 21 Oct 1893; died on 18 Feb 1976; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Francis Arthur Dougharty on 10 Aug 1910 in Texas. Francis (son of John Alexander Dougharty and Texanna Boyett) was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1962 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a young girl, Ollie would say "I wish I could help you (do the dishes), but my legs just carry me out of the kitchen." (As told by Ruby Lee Morgan)

Ollie married Joseph Newman on 2 Feb 1913 in Jasper County, Texas. Joseph (son of Alfred Johnson Newman and Mary M. Turner) was born on 21 Sep 1892 in Texas; died on 25 Jun 1943 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ROY McLEMORE, BOY OF FEW WORDS Ivy McLemore often told his children this story favorite story about his younger brothers: When Roy and Lee were rather small children, Roy received a new coin purse of the type that snaps together on the top. He was playing with it while sitting beside the fireplace one night, when he inadvertently snapped it onto his lower lip. In a voice showing some consternation he said, "Come hyar, Lee!" Lee was engrossed with something else and ignored Roy for the moment. In a somewhat more insistant voice, Roy repeated "Come hyar, Lee!." When Lee still had not come, Roy's voice rose in a crescendo and, with the purse pinching his lip, causing excruciating pain, he fairly screamed, "I SAID COME HYAR, LEE!!" (Submitted by Ivy's son, Bobbie McLemore)

1920 Federal Census It appears that Roy was working as an Oil Field Laborer in Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas at the time of this census. His listing appears as follows: McLemore, John R. Lodger M w 24 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Oil Field He is living in the Lodging home of Dale and Vivian PIERCE, both from Iowa. This census enumeration was completed in January, 1920. Living in the boarding home at the same time was Walter Winfield STRONG. In an amazing coincidence, meaning absolutely nothing, Walter's great grandson, Tom STRONG, would some sixty years later marry Roy McLemore's half first cousin, twice removed, Melinda McLEMORE.


Former President of Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas. The student union building is named in his honor. Tombstone is inscribed, 'TX, PFC, Company A, 358th Infantry, WW I, PH."

THE PARIS NEWS, 30 Apr 1961. 'On the eve of his retirement after 35 years association with Paris Junior College, Dr. J.R. McLemore, its president since 1929, died of a heart attack Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at his home, 2343 Culbertson St. Due to retire within a month as head of the college, he had been named honoree for the Ex-Students Association annual spring banquet on May 20, the same group having presented an appreciation plaque to him at the 1960 fall homecoming game. Joining the faculty of the two year old college in 1926 as basketball coach and instructor, he became its head three years later, and guided its growth, from obscure quarters in Paris High School basement and a shoestring budget, to a million and a half dollar plant, and a high scholastic standing. Monday evening, 'Doctor Mac's' body will lie from 7 to 9 p.m. in DeShong Chapel on the college campus, and Tuesday at 2 p.m. service will be held at Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald Prince of First Baptist Church, where Dr. McLemore was a deacon, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. John Shuler of First Methodist Church. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are Mrs. McLemore, the former Miss Willie Mae Robinson; these children: Capt. John Robinson (Pondus) McLemore, US Air Force, Panama City, Fla.; Mrs. Newton O. Felps, Baytown, and Mrs. Wallace Finfrock, Dallas; four grandchildren; these sisters and brothers; Mrs. Robert Morgan, Kirbyville; Mrs. Ollie Newman and Mrs. Clyde Wilkinson, Houston; Frank McLemore, Beaumont, and Ivan McLemore and Lee McLemore, both of Jasper. Son of Samuel M. and Rose Ella (Bean) McLemore, John Roy McLemore was born at Erin, Jasper County, 8 Jan 1896. He attended Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville, and later, East Texas State at Commerce, receiving his master's degree from the University of Texas, and the honorary LLD from Howard Payne College. He studied for a time at the University of Dijon in France, after World War I service with the 90th Division, and wore the Purple Heart for injuries during that period. He married Miss Robinson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Robinson at Biardstown, 27 Dec 1920, and they taught the nearby Burnett school together for two years. In the spring of 1926, Dr. McLemore taught French before joining the PJC faculty here for the fall term. He became the first president of the Texas Public Junior College Association; headed also the Junior College Athletic Association, the Texas Association of Universities and Colleges, and was treasurer of the Committee on Cooperation between Colleges and Public Schools and was listed in 'Who's Who in America.


Source:
http://theusgenweb.org/tx/lamar/cemetery/
(Courtesy of Debra Usry)

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Federal Census
Texas, Lamar County, Paris, Fourth Ward Culberston Street
#556-138-142
McLemore Roy Head O $3000 M W 34 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Teacher Junior College
McLemore, Willie M Wife F W 30 M 21 Texas La Mississippi Teacher Public School
McLemore, Mysie L Dtr F w 7 S Tx Tx Tx

John married Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson on 27 Dec 1920 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas. Willie (daughter of Robert M. Robinson and Ada Womack) was born on 7 Oct 1899 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie married Robert Theodore Morgan on 14 Apr 1915 in Jasper County, Texas. Robert (son of Robert Manley Morgan and Augusta Smith) was born in Nov 1893 in Jasper County, Texas; died about 1960; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lee and his wife lived on the old McLemore farm at Erin, Texas.

When Lee was on his death bed in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Beaumont, his son Robert Lee went to see him. When Lee asked who he was, Robert Lee replied, "I'm your son, Robert Lee." Lee shook his head, "No your not. You're one of those Morgan boys." Whereupon Robert Lee asked, "Which one do you think I am?" to which Lee replied, "You're Julian." (Submitted by Minnie McLemore Morgan).

Lee married Mary Othalia "Mackie" Powell on 3 Feb 1924. Mary (daughter of Robert Wesley Powell and Minnie "Maybell" Adams) was born on 25 May 1905 in Texas; died on 3 Mar 1994 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Clyde A Wilkinson on 1 May 1920. Clyde was born on 7 Feb 1901 in Texas; died on 9 Sep 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Park (Forest Park Lawndale) Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Nan McCoy Kittell, Lucy had a daughter before she married Hank Votes. Her brothers paid to send her to Houston, where the baby was born. She placed the baby for adoption. Later in life, she searched for her child, but was never able to locate the child. This was confirmed by Hank Votes in 1982. She and Hank were unable to have children together, and he believed that Lucy "died of a broken heart."

Louvenia married Henry Joseph Votes on 18 Feb 1924. Henry was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Texas; died on 25 Aug 1994 in Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lois Auzella Rhea MRD: Benjamin Franklin Thomas.... they had Vivian Rhea, Lois Vernell & Pat.

Patricia A. Thomas
PAThomas1@gmail.com

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Franklin "Patrick" Thomas. Benjamin was born before 1901; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appears to have been listed as "Eldie" on the 1930 census, age 18. Brother Edward was clearly listed as Edward, age 7, on the same census.

The Sabine County Reporter
March 15, 1995, Page 10

Elliott Hawthorne

Elliott Hawthorne, 83, of Houma, La died Thursday, March 9, 1995, at his residence.

Hawthorne was a retired construction inspector with United Gas Pipeline. He was a native of Roganville, Texas, and had lived in Houma for several years.

Survivors: wife, Leola Peoples Hawthorne of Houma; a son, Harvie E. Hawthorne of Houma; a daughter, Terry Diann Douglas of Pennsylvania; brothers, Edward Hawthorne of Vidor, Eston Hawthorne of Orange, and Arthur Jack Hawthorne of Brookeland; sisters, Alice Spillars of Lake Jackson, Olnie Sheffield of Roganville; and Zelma Morgan and Elsie Armitage, both of Kirbyville; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Graveside rites were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Zion Hill Cemetery in Jasper County. Arrangements were handled by Forest Oaks Funeral Home, Jasper.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

Family/Spouse: Leola Jayse Peoples. Leola was born on 19 Sep 1919; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Perry Spillers before 1935. Perry was born before 1915; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bruce Robert Sheffield. Bruce was born on 9 Jun 1902; died on 17 Sep 1980 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Roganville, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Ruby Burkett, he married Ellamina "Pete" PEOPLES, and died in action during World War II.

Notes:

Zelma L. Hawthorne Morgan, 91, of Kirbyville died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at her daughters home in Vidor.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Adams EE Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery near Jasper. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 ? 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

She was a native and lifelong resident of Kirbyville.

She is survived by 2 daughters, Faye Varner of Richmond and Nell Williams of Vidor; a brother, Eston Hawthorne of Groves; 4 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

http://www.adamseestringerfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1390905&fh_id=13618

Family/Spouse: Edgar Alexander Morgan. Edgar (son of Joseph Benjamin Morgan and Maggie Eudora McDonald) was born on 21 Jan 1916; died on 28 Mar 1995; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Find A Grave Memorial page, MEMORIAL ID 84004386 , shows he served in the US Army during World War II. He is linked to his "loving wife of 54 years" Opal D Hawthorn (5 Mar 1923-26 Jan 1996-Shown on Family Search as Opal Daphne DAVIS).

Elcie married Roger Wilson Armitage before 1955. Roger was born on 9 Nov 1913; died on 6 Mar 1989 in Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hawthorne, Sion Campbell

Sion Campbell Hawthorne, 63, of Kirbyville died Tuesday, November, 15, 1988 in California. Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirbyville Memorial Funeral Home in Kirbyville. A lifelong resident of Kirbyville, he was a construction worker. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Hawthorne of Vidor; a son, Max Hawthorne of Corona, Calif., daughters, Brenda O'Leary of Medford, N.Y., Terri Hawthorne and Toni Fregia, both of Vidor; brothers, Arthur Jack Hawthorne and Elliot Hawthorne, both of Kirbyville, Edward Hawthorne of Vidor, and Eston Hawthorne of Orange; sisters, Alice Spillers of Lake Jackson, and Ollnie Sheffield, Zelma Morgan and Crickett Armitage, all of Kirbyville; and five grandchildren.

http://www.genealogybuff.com/tx/tx-jasper-obits11.htm

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
July 5, 1995, Page 8

Arthur Jack Hawthorne, 62, of Brookeland died Friday, June 9, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper.

Hawthorned had lived in Brookeland three years and was a retired steel rigger with Texaco. He was a native and former longtime resident of Kirbyville.

Survivors: wife, Winnie Faye Hawthorne of Brookeland; sons, Kerry Hawthorne and Kent Hawthorne of Brookeland; daughter, Kim Hawthorne of Kirbyville; brothers, Edward Hawthorne of Vidor and Eston Hawthorne of Orange; sisters, Alice Spillers of Lake Jackson, and Oline Sheffield, Zelma Morgan, and Elcie "Crickett" Armitage, all of Kirbyville; and one grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday at the chapel of String Funeral Home in Kirbyville. Interment followed at Magnolia Springs Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2009)

Notes:

Hawthorne, Walter Valton Buck

Walter Valton "Buck" Hawthorne, 83, of Hearne died Sept. 22, 2001. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Hearne with burial at Norwood Cemetery under the direction of Heartfield Funeral Home in Hearne. A native of Kirbyville, he was a construction supervisor for several pipeline companies and a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. He worked as a telegraph and telephone lineman for Texas Pipeline Co. and was owner and manager of Brazos Contractors Inc. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Beard Hawthorne of Hearne; sons, Ray A. Hawthorne of Franklin, Tenn., and William E. "Billy" Hawthorne of Colmesneil; daughter, Mary E. Dobbs of Anchorage, Alaska; brother, Lenox Hawthorne of Silsbee; sisters, Wynona Lumpkin of Spring; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

http://www.genealogybuff.com/tx/tx-jasper-obits11.htm

Notes:

POLK HAWTHORNE, JR.

Funeral services for Polk Hawthorne, Jr., 83, of Silsbee are 2:00 pm Monday at Farmer Funeral Home with interment following in Zion Hill Cemetery in Jasper. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Hawthorne died February 3, 2006 at Pine Arbor Healthcare in Silsbee. A native of Roganville, Mr. Hawthorne was a longtime resident of this area. He was a retired guard from Texaco and was also a farmer. Polk was also a retired bus driver from Silsbee ISD and proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII. Mr. Hawthorne is survived by two sons and daughters-in-laws, Rickey and Wanda Hawthorne of Buna and Larry and Debbie Hawthorne of Kirbyville; daughter and son-in-law Judy and Roy Hernandez, Jr. of Nederland; sister Marcelle Conlin of Longview; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Farmer Funeral Home Condolences will be accepted at timeformemory.com/farmer

http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.asp?brd=2287&pag=460&dept_id=512596

Notes:

Hobbies: Golf, Visiting the elderly.

Family/Spouse: Willie Hawthorne. Willie (son of John C. Hawthorne and Mary Ella Wilkinson) was born on 23 Aug 1910 in Texas; died on 17 Jul 1988 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Never married.

Arthur married Katherine Cecelia Holder on 5 Jul 1940. Katherine was born on 5 Oct 1920; died on 9 Oct 2003 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2001
Name Raymond Dougharty
Gender: Male
Birth Date 18 Nov 1921
Death Date 21 Nov 2006
Branch 1 ARMY
Enlistment Date 1 19 Feb 1943
Release Date 1 22 Jan 1946

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Headstonephotos&h=6412&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2441

Raymond married Louise Carrie Chapman before 1952. Louise was born on 1 Jul 1926; died on 29 Mar 1984 in Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Marcus H Dougharty
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Texas
County or City: Jasper

Enlistment Date: 26 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: Houston
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other
emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President
or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Apprentices to other trades
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 126

Member of the AICPA, Texas Society of CPA's; Rotary Club of Beaumont, TX. Hobbies: Fishing, Horses

Beaumont Enterprise.com
Letters to the Editor
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Written in response to an article about US 69 in Lumberton about a TxDOT project to construct a shoulder on a two lane highway

"In the early 1970s, I had the privilege of serving as the president of the Beaumont Salvation Army board. Also serving at that time were several astute community business men - Peter Wells , Ed Collins , Wes Callaway and Marcus Dougharty. We wanted to do everything and anything to improve the Boy's Club gym on Sabine Pass, which would require replacing it. Marcus Dougharty, our treasurer, and a banker by profession, said, "You can't do that."

"Why not?" we asked. "Because you do not have the money, and when your outgo is more than your income, your upkeep will be your downfall," he replied.
So we replaced some rotted timbers, shoveled up the old asphalt floor with shovels borrowed from the H.G. Nichols Co. and replaced the old floor.

So when we look at our economy remember the words of Marcus Dougharty, it still is as simple as that!"

Martha G. Reimers

Marcus married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hobbies: Fishing

This US World War II Army Enlistment from Ancestry.com record MAY be related to him, based on the spelling of his first name and his middle initial, year of birth, and location of enlistment. This should be verified through other sources, however.

Name Earnest K Newman
Birth Year 1913
Race White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country Texas
State of Residence Texas
County or City Harris

Enlistment Date 31 Oct 1942
Enlistment State Texas
Enlistment City Houston
Branch Air Corps
Branch Code Air Corps
Grade Private
Grade Code Private
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life

Education 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation Semiskilled welders and flame cutters
Marital Status Married
Height 66
Weight 180

Earnest married Josephine Barcelona on 10 Jul 1938. Josephine was born on 27 Feb 1920 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 27 Jan 1994 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elbert married Pauline Lott about 1939. Pauline was born on 12 May 1921; died on 10 Jul 2001 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mysie married Newton O'Brien Felps on 7 Jun 1943. Newton was born on 27 Aug 1920 in Jefferson County, Texas; died on 19 Nov 1998 in Rockport, Aransas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Bettye Sue Parker on 21 Jul 1957 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia. Bettye (daughter of Francis Marion Parker and Olney Barnhill) was born on 19 Aug 1928 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia; died on 5 May 2006 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ruby's hobbies included Handwork.

RUBY L MURDY 20 Apr 1916 22 Nov 2001 (V) 75965 (PE) 75961 (Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX) 460-01-3256 Texas

(Research):Mary Susan Walden Moore emailed, on August 7, 2008, that when her mother, Ruby Lee Morgan "graduated from Kirbyville High School, she was a brain, but there was no money for college in those dark days of 1934. So her Mother (Minnie) suggested that she write to her Uncle Roy, the President of Paris Junior College, and ask for assistance. He wrote back and said that she could attend PJC, but she would have to work on campus. She could live with him and his family if she would help her aunt do housework, and help with the children. Those jobs would pay her tuition, and her room and board. He also made it clear in the letter that even though he was her uncle, he would not help her with her homework...she would have to do it on her own. Also, she would have to come up with transportation to get to Paris. She found out that a one way ticket to Paris was 100 dollars. She went around to all of the businessmen in Kirbyville and stated her case, and asked for a loan. When she had nearly given up hope, she courageously went to one of the more prominent professional men in town and stated her case with great passion, I am sure, because my Mom wanted to go to school so badly. He said, "Girly, I have loaned money to other girls in this town, and they have never paid me back, because they always get married and forget that they owe me money." She promised that she would not be like those other girls...and he loaned her the money. She said that train ride was so sad for her, because she had never been away from home before, and only had a oneway ticket. Uncle Roy was true to his word, and he never helped her, even though he was also her French teacher. She made Phi Theta Kappa while she was at PJC. Her brother Julian, who was later killed in WWII, dug stumps for a dollar a day, and sent her some of his wages. After she graduated in 1936, she moved to Houston, because there was no more money for further studies. She lived with her Aunt Emily McLemore Wilkinson, and she met my Dad, Lewis Walden, at church. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, "but first I have to pay back the man in Kirbyville who loaned me 100 dollars to go to college."
And she did. She raised 3 kids, and went back to college in her forties, and earned her B.Ed. in Education when she was 49. Mom passed away in 2001."

Ruby married Lewis Mckinney Walden, Sr. before 1939. Lewis was born on 24 Jan 1915; died in Jul 1975 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruby married William D. Murdy on 18 Oct 1980 in Galveston County, Texas. William was born on 7 Aug 1915; died on 10 Aug 2000 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Billy married Helen Judene "Judy" Kimmey on 7 Mar 1953 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. Helen was born on 30 Aug 1935 in Livingston, Polk County, Texas; died on 9 May 2023 in Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joe Kenneth McLemore, 74, of Lumberton died Sunday, January 9, 2011, at his residence in Lumberton.

Born in Jasper, Texas, Joe had lived in the area since 1961. He was a music director at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Silsbee for eleven years and a Deacon for First Baptist Church in Silsbee.

He is survived by his wife, Sammie McLemore of Lumberton; children, LaDonna Ross and her husband Warren of Houston, Kenneth McLemore and his wife Lisa of Silsbee; grandchildren, Joseph Tracy and his wife ShaVonne; April McLemore LeBlanc and her husband Jason, Joshua Tracy, and Kenneth Cameron Milo; great-grandchildren, Madelyn Gayle McLemore, Greyson Kenna Harrison, and Kenneth Landyn McLemore; and eldest brother, Robert Lee McLemore and his wife Betty of Jasper.

A memorial service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Broussard's, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.

In lieu of flowers or plants, at family's request, contributions can be made in Joe's memory to First Baptist Church, 350 Hwy 96 South, Silsbee, Texas 77656.


http://broussardsmortuary.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=7369

Joe married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hobbies: Photography

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a Jennings.

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

Notes:

(Research):Patricia Thomas notes that he died in Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.

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