1930 Census
Texas, Hudspeth County, JP #2, Fort Hancock
Enumerated 11 Apr 1930
ED 115-20 SD 20 Sheet 10B
State Highway #80
149-220
Walton, John Hd m W 40 Wd Ok US Tx Pumper Railroad
Walton, Jewel Son m W 18 S Tx Ok Tx Truck Driver Gas Station
Walton, Vivian Dtr F W 16 S Tx Ok Tx
Walton, Leslie Son M W 14 S Tx Ok Tx
Walton, Adell Dtr F W 9 S Tx Ok Tx
150-221
Clark, Olan Head M W 24 m 17 Tx Tx Ark Salesman Grocery Store
Clark, Annie May Wf F W 25 M 18 Tx Austria Ala
Clark, Duane Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Betty June Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Lonnie Love McGown, 92, of Milam, passed away Monday evening in the Dogwood Trails Manor in Woodville, Texas. She was born in Sabine County to J.U. and Fannie Fussell Walton. Lonnie was a member of the Geneva Baptist Church in Geneva, Texas.
Lonnie married Billie T. McGown on March 24th, 1938, and celebrated their 76th anniversary before Billie passed away on June 24, 2014. The four months she lived on this earth without her precious husband, she was looking forward to this day when she would be with him again. Billie had left instructions for their two daughters to take care of their mother, and they were by her side when she left for Heaven to be with their dad.
Lonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister Myrtle Walton Poole and her great granddaughter Colleen McInnerney. She is survived by her daughters Merle Davis and her husband Charles of Woodville, Joyce Lowery and her husband John of Jasper, her niece Donna White and her husband Mike of Katy, Texas, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter.
Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. The family will welcome friends in the Chapel one hour before service time. Burial will follow in the McGown Cemetery, Milam, Texas.
Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, November 5, 2014, Page 9
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDRM-Z8V
name: O. V. Walton
death date: 13 Jul 1920
death place: Brownwood, Brown, Texas
gender: Female
race: white
death age: 12 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 07 Aug 1908
birthplace: San Augustine Co, Texas
marital status: Single
spouse's name:
father's name: Andrew J. Walton
father's birthplace: San Augustine Co, Texas
mother's name: Eula Baldree
mother's birthplace: Texas
occupation: Student
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place: Tickham, Texas
burial date: 13 Jul 1920
additional relatives: X
film number: 2073789
digital film number: 4024457
image number: 2267
reference number: cn 21728
Collection: O. V. Walton, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
FindAGrave indicates her husband was named Clyde Jasper "Ted" Bell. A photo of their double headstone is shown.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K36H-L6P
name: Vena Bell
event: Death
event date: 24 Oct 1973
event place: 4340 Potomac, University Park, Dallas, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 12 Nov 1903
birthplace: San Augustino, Texas
father's name: Andrew Jackson Walton
mother's name: Eula Elizabeth Baldree
Occupation Sales Lady Real Estate
certificate number: 92581
film number: 2242950
digital folder number: 005145900
image number: 00195
Collection: Vena Bell, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3C1-K9Q
name: Wima Walton
event: Death
event date: 31 Oct 1923
event place: Coleman, Coleman, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Single
birth date: 16 Jun 1902
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: A J Walton
mother's name: Eula Baldru
occupation help around the home
certificate number: 28767
film number: 2074922
digital folder number: 005145632
image number: 00048
Collection: Wima Walton, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"
A Rebecca Walton, relationship not listed, was living with Winnie and William McDaniel at the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census.
Dry Creek Baptist Church Minutes:
Mar 1846: Recieved Winney McDaniel by experience. Note: Winney McDaniel was the wife of William Watson McDaniel, brother of Charity. Shortly before 1850 they moved to MS and then to Sabine Co, Texas where Levi McDaniel also moved.
1930 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Wilber
Enumerated April 12, 1930
ED 76-24 SD 11 Sheet 4B
96-96
Wanek, Frank J Head M W 35 M 25 Ne Czech Czech Farmer
Wanek, Anna C Wf F W 37 m 27 Neb Germany Czech
Wanek, Mary A Dtr F W 4 S Neb Neb Neb
Wanek, Rose M Dtr F W 2 S Neb Neb Neb
Maryanne Catherine Soukup was born to Frank J. Wanek and Anna Kersenbrock on August 9, 1925, at Wilber, Nebraska, and passed away on August 12, 1981, at Lincoln Nebraska at the age of 56 years and three days.
She graduated from Wilber high school with the class of 1944 after which she attended business school in Lincoln. In 1946 she was emplyed by the Fairmont Food Company at Crete after which she tookd employment with the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company as a comptrometer operator until her marriage.
On April 15, 1952, she was united in marriage to Arnold H. Soukup at St. Weceslaus church in Wilber by Reverend Jerome Pokorny, joining her husband in farming.
In the fall of 1959, they retired from the farm and moved to Milligan where both were employed. Maryanne worked at Kottas Pharmacy and for M. Stastny while he was associated with the Production Credit Company. In July of 1961 she began a career with the postal Service in July of 1981 (sic).
Maryanne was a member of the St. Wenceslaus church and past president of the Altar Society, past president of the Americal Legion H.S.S.K. Post Ladies Auxiliary, treasurer to the Milligan Public Library and to the Saline Center Lodge No. 389.
Maryanne was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband Arnold H. of Lincoln; sister Rosemarie Hannon and her husband James of Friend; nephew Michael of Wilber, Steven and wife Judy of Lincoln, and niece Judy of Friend.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, August 14, 10:00 am at St. Wenceslaus chruch with Msfr. J.J. Ingenhorst. Graveside services were at 1:30 pm with Msgr.
Dennis Belohlavy indicated a notice of her upcoming Eightieth birthday was published in the Crete (NE) News on January 20, 2010.
Obituary
Rosemarie Hannon, passed away on Saturday, December 18th, 2010 at Bryan LGH West. She was born to Anna C. (Kersenbrock) and Frank J. Wanek on January 24, 1930 in Wilber. A graduate of Wilber High School in 1948. She married James H. Hannon on May 13th, 1952 and to this union three children were born; Michael, Steve, and Judy. Rosemarie was a co-owner of the Greentop and also was employed for many years at Warren Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include Michael of Dallas, and his children: David, Darin, and Michelle; Steve and wife Judy of York and their children: Scott, Sarah, and Kate; Judy and husband Dean Crawford of Friend and their children: Kiley and husband Tom and Jessica. Great grandchildren are Jacob Peters and Oliver Lee Palmertree. Preceded in death by her parents, sister and brother-in-law: Maryanne and Arnold Soukup, grandson: Mark Crawford.
Memorial Services: Wednesday, 2 pm, Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete. Interment: Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation: Tuesday, 5 to 8 pm, funeral home. Family greeting friends from 6 to 8 pm. Memorials in care of the family. Arrangements by Kuncl Funeral Home.
Zelda Lynch, 83, of San Augustine died May 2, 1999 at Memorial Medical Center in San Augustine.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 3, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home with burial at Liberty Hill Memorial Gardens.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Rayford Sharpton.
Mrs. Lynch worked for several years in sales at San Augustine Drug Co. She was a gifted needle worker and specialized in heirloom quilts. She was the wife of the late Arch Lynch.
A native of Brady community in Shelby County, she lived in San Augustine many years and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include her son, Darnell Lynch of San Augustine, sisters, Altonia Sharpton and Trudie Leach, both of San Augustine; granchildren Laura Lynch Barbre of Arlington; and Kevin Lynch of San Augustine; and three great-granchildren.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2011)
1850 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, Sub. 2
Enumerated 16 November 1850
Stamped 69
1179-1179
Daniel P. Ward 38 M Far Ten
Elizabeth Ward 35 F Ren
William Ward 8 M Ten
Letitia Ward 7 F Ten
Margaret Ward 3 F Ten
James N Ward 1 M Ten
1180-1180
E.C. Ward 36 M Far $1,000 Ten
Mary Ward 28 F Ten
Nancy Ward 10 F Ten
John Ward 9 M Ten
Elizabeth Ward 8 F Ten
Martha Ward 6 F Ten
Mary Ward 4 F Ten
Rosannah Ward 3 F Ten
Minerva Ward 1 F Ten
1850 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, Sub. 2
Enumerated 16 November 1850
Stamped 69
1179-1179
Daniel P. Ward 38 M Far Ten
Elizabeth Ward 35 F Ren
William Ward 8 M Ten
Letitia Ward 7 F Ten
Margaret Ward 3 F Ten
James N Ward 1 M Ten
1180-1180
E.C. Ward 36 M Far $1,000 Ten
Mary Ward 28 F Ten
Nancy Ward 10 F Ten
John Ward 9 M Ten
Elizabeth Ward 8 F Ten
Martha Ward 6 F Ten
Mary Ward 4 F Ten
Rosannah Ward 3 F Ten
Minerva Ward 1 F Ten
Noveda Metzger writes that "Louisa Ward b. c1838 (census) TN. In Flintville Cemetery, Lincoln County TN is a Louisa Ward d. 17 Feb 1918, no age given. Might be this one."
Noveda Metzger emailed that "Noah was in Lincoln County as early as 1820, as mentioned in the 1820 Lincoln County TN Census. A deed of conveyance from Wm. Hammock to Noah Ward for 50 acres of land was ordered to be certified Monday, January 17,1820.
He is in the 1840 Lincoln County Tn census. In the 1850 Census, sub division 2, household 807, Noah, 63, Sarah 53, Noah 17, Elizabeth 14 and Louesa are listed.
In 1868, E. C. (Erasmus Columbus) Ward, Daniel P(rice) Ward, Wm. Steed and wife Jincey Emeline, and Noah Ward, all of Lincoln County, and S. J. McLemore and wife Nancy Mary Ann (sic), and Louisa Ward of Coffee County TN vs. Defendants Wm. Ward who resided in Mississippi, James Womack and wife Elizabeth of Illinois, and Eliven Ward a non-resident in parts unknown. (Note the possible mistake of S. J. McLemore & wife Nancy Mary Ann) - later in the petition "about the year 1854 Noah Ward ---departed this life intestate----his only heirs at law: E. C. Ward, Daniel P. Ward, Jincey Emeline who intermarried with Wm. Steed, Noah Ward, Margaret J. who intermarried with S. J. McLamore, Nancy Mary Ann who intermarried with Albert Speck, Louisa Ward, William Ward, Elizabeth who intermarried with James Wommack and Eleven Ward.
Sarah, Noah's wife is in the 1860 Coffee County TN (Tullahoma) census, household 900 with Louisa and possibly the same again in household 988 - again with Louisa, but a William Moore, 73, b. KY is with them."
1850 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, Subdivision 2
Enumerated 25 October 1850
Stamped 91
807-807
Noah Ward 63 M Far. $400 NC
Sarah Ward 53 F NC
Noah Ward 17 M Far. Tenn
Elizabeth Ward 14 F Tenn
Louisa Ward 12 F Tenn
Noveda Metzger writes that "Noah C. Ward, b. c1833 (census) Lincoln County, died after 1854 and before 1868 (think it was probably closer to 1854, but haven't found a gravesite). He married Anna Brown on 29 November 1854 in Lincoln County."
Martha Hunt emailed, in February 2012, that ": Richard Ward's parents were Richard Ward,Sr. and Ann Nelms Ward (b. 1756). After Richard Ward, Sr., died Ann Nelms Ward married George C. Booth, Sr. They moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Richard and Elizabeth Ward remained in Franklin County, NC and lived on the land that Abraham McLemore gave them shortly after their marriage."
Sherry Butler Ward emailed, in October 2013, that they were the parents of Ben Ward of Hallsville, Texas. Her husband, Nathan Carter Ward, is a direct descendant of this family.
Noveda Metzger writes that "William C. Ward, b. c1841 Lincoln Co. TN. [There are two William C's and both married Sarah's, both born c1841. If I can ever get them sorted out I will be happy!!!! The second William C. is William Carrel Ward, son of Daniel Price - above. Think this one went to Scott County AR (Boles)."
Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace:
Helen Lourene McGraw, 87, of Buna, Texas, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at her residence.
Mrs. McGraw was a former longtime resident of Pineland, Texas.
Survivors: three sons, Shelton McGraw and wife Mary of Evadale, Texas, Allen McGraw and wife Ramonda of Carthage, Texas, and Mark McGraw of Buna, Texas; one daughter, Linda Gravis and husband Johnny of Evadale, Texas; two sisters, Katherine McDaniel of Mauriceville, Texas, and Dwanda McCroskey of Rosevine, Texas; two brothers, Donald Warden and J.D. Warden, both of Roganville, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sim McGraw; a son, Loy McGraw; and a daughter, Mona McGraw.
Funeral services are set for 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 5, at New Beginnings Church in Evadale, Texas. Interment will follow at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Sabine County, Texas.
Visitation will be held Sunday, April 4, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
J.D. "Jake" Warden, 78, of Kirbyville, died in his home Tuesday evening. He was born in Fairdale, Texas, to Jesse D. and Katie McGee Warden. J.D. graduated from Hemphill High School in 1954, then served in the U.S. Army in Korea after the Korean War. J.D. or "Jake" as he was known by his co-workers retired as supervisor for United States Steel and was a member of Boiler Makers Union Local 587. He belonged to and was a deacon of the Beechgrove Missionary Baptist Church. He moved to Kirbyville seventeen years ago coming from Orange, Texas.
J.D. is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Leona Warden of Kirbyville, his daughter Leisa Lewis and her husband Wesley of Orange, his brother Donald Warden and his wife Cookie of Kirbyville, his sisters; Kathryn McDaniel Smith and her husband Gale of Mauriceville, Dwanda White McCroskey and her husband Glenn of Hemphill, and his grandson Jarred Lewis. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters; Helen McGraw, Hazel Seago, Jessie Low, Tressie Loudon and his brother Norris Warden.
Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, August 28, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, August 29, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Mt. Sinai Cemetery in the Fairmount community near Hemphill.
Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 3, 2014, Page 12
His Texas Death Certificate shows him "Jesse D. (only) Warden" and lists him as a son of John Warden and Alice Rice. In 1930, a cousin, Earnest Rice was a boarder with his family in Newton County, Texas. His occupation was shown as farmer, and he was a resident of rural route 1, Pineland, Texas. He died in Orange, Texas, due to natural causes, as a consequence of cancer. His surviving spouse was listed as Katie Mae McGee, the informant on the certificate listed as J. D. Warden.
1930 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 3
Enumerated 9 April 1930
ED 176-4 SD 19 Sheet 1B
18-18
Warden, Jessie D Head M W 29 M 21 La La La Foreman Piling Manuf.
Warden, Mary R Wf F W 26 M 18 La La La
Warden, Helen Dtr F W 6 S La La La
Warden, Norris Son M W 4 S La La La
Warden, Hazel B Dtr F W 3 S La La La
Warden, Jessie May Dtr F W 6/12 Tx La La
Rice, Earnest Cousin M W 18 S La La La Piling Manuf.
Denman, Sam Boarder M W M 22 La La La Pealer Piling Manuf.
In the Pace Society of America quartertly bulletin, No. 132, dated June 2000, Jane Shelton Strickland writes that Henry Ware was the great grandson of another son of Solomon, Barnabus. Melinda and Henry's daughter, Elizabeth, married James Long. They were the parents of Dr. Crawford Long.
Marianna Matking writes that "In the book HISTORICAL NOTES ON JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA by Elrod (p 178) we find Dr. Crawford Long discoverd the anesthetic process of sulphuric ether and used it in the first painless surgery. Crawford Long's mother was Elizabeth Ware Long, a Virginian of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Her maternal grandfather was Solomon Strickland."
Cova Jean Williams met this man on several occasions when she was with her grandfather. He ran a little country store in Woodbine TX. They would stop there when we went to the Dye Cemetery.
His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, shows him as a son of Johnnie Pettis Warner (FAG #13520130) and Mary Jane "Pinkie" Dickerson (FAG #13520131).
The transcription of her tombstone lists her first name as "Katherine," but it appears as "Catherine" in all other sources.
Cass City Chronicle
January 5, 1917
Mrs. Geo Helwig Dead
Mrs. George Helwig died at her home 2 1/2 miles east of Cass City on Thursday morning, Jan. 4. She was taken ill last Saturday night. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at one o'clock at the residence and at two o'clock at the Evangelical church.
Cass City Chronicle
January 12, 1917
Mrs. George Helwig
Funeral Services Were Held in Evangelical Church Sunday
The Evangelical Church was crowded Sunday afternoon by the many relatives and friends who were present at attend the funeral of Mrs. George Helwig, whose sudden death after four days illness was briefly mentioned in last week's Chronicle. Rev. S. Cormany, the pastor, was in charge of the service and preached the sermon. He was assisted by Rev. C.E. Boone. Interment was made in Elkland Cemetery. Mrs. George Helwig (nee Warner) was born in Lancaster, N.Y. January 14, 1851, where she spent her early life and was married to George W. Helwig on February 10, 1870. To this union 10 children were born all of whom are living. They are Mrs. Grant McCONNELL, Mrs. George BARTLE, Mrs. Samuel JAUS, Mrs, Harvey KLINKMAN, Mrs. Clare SPURGEON, Edward and Samuel Helwig, all of Cass City, Mrs, William COOPER of Flint, and Miss Minnie and George Helwig, both of Lancaster, N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Helwig moved to Cass City in the year of 1881 and settled on a farm 2 1/2 miles east of Cass City where they have resided and where Mrs. Helwig's death occured Thursday morning, January 4. She leaves to mourn her sad death her husband, 10 children, 11 grandchildren, four brother and two sisters. The brothers are Michael, Frederick, John and Samuel WARNER, and the sisters are Mrs. Philip MOOK and Mrs. George FISCHBACK all of Lancaster, N.Y. One sister preceded her in death.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF3Q-BHG
name: Dud Ernest Warner
death date: 20 Sep 1937
death place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
gender: Male
race:
death age: 65 years 11 months 15 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 05 Oct 1871
birthplace: San Augustin, Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name: Candis Warner
father's name: John Warner
father's birthplace: Ga.
mother's name: Julia Belste (Beloti)
mother's birthplace: Mississippi
occupation: Farming
place of residence: Bronson, Texas
cemetery:
burial place: Bronson, Texas
burial date: 21 Sep 1937
additional relatives:
film number: 2117298
digital film number: 4166735
image number: 2408
reference number: P 2431 CN 46597
Collection: Dud Ernest Warner, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
His FindAGrave memorial page is linked to his parents and four siblings, and also has a photo.
1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 141 Sheet 7B
136-145
Warner, Dudley Head M W 38 m1 16 Tx Tn Miss Farmer
Warner, Candis S Wf W F 33 m1 16 6/6 Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Lara L Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Warner, Eula S Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Warner, Madie J Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Milton E Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Clara L Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Byron W Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 30 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 179 Sheet 9A
154-159
Warner, Dudley Head M W 48 M Tx La Tn Farmer
Warner, Candis Wf W F 43 M Tx Tx Tx
Warner, E Ula Dtr F W 23 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Warner, Clara F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Byron W Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Orem Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, D. S. Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Wilbur Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Warner, Dudley S Uncle M W 78 M La SC Miss Farm Laborer
Warner, Bell Aunt F W 78 M Tn Tn Tn
Thomas Burl Warner, Jr., 55, of San Augustine died Saturday, July 24, 2004, at his residence. Warner was born Aug. 19, 1948 in Jasper and was a longtime resident of the San Augustine area. He was a member of the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church and was employed in the wood products industry. Survivors: wife Janet Coulter Warner of San Augustine; mother Faye Easley Warner House of Hemphill; a sister June Fuller of Rosevine; and brothers, Robert Warner of Houston and Marcus Paul Warner of Columbus. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Bro. Skipper Eberlan officiating. Interment followed at Old Salem Cemetery, in Shelby County
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2L1-VZ6
name: Warner
event: Birth
event date: 16 Mar 1915
event place: Goldthwaite, Mills, Texas, United States
gender: Male
father: D E Warner
mother: Candis Cousins
Residence Pleasant Grove
Father occupation farmer
certificate number: 11751
digital folder number: 004220686
image number: 00793
Collection: Warner, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
William Byron Warner, Jr., 70, of Milam, died Saturday afternoon in the Vitas Hospice Facility, Shenandoah, Texas. Bill was born in Center, Texas, to Byron and Monnie Lou Vickers Warner. Milam has been his home all his life except for time spent overseas as a supervisor in petroleum production. Bill was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in the U.S. Air Force, and a member of the New Hope Baptist Church, Milam, Texas.
Cremation under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, no services are scheduled.
The Sabine County Reporter, October 7, 2015, Page 9
Annie Lee Warren Roberts, philanthropist and historical preservationist, was born in Terrell, Texas, in 1895, the only child of Annie (Cartwright) and state Senator Robert Lee Warren. Following graduation from high school in Terrell, Annie Lee attended Gunston Hall Women's College in Washington, D.C., and Monticello College in Geoffrey, Illinois. On May 15, 1920, she married Terrell native Summerfield G. Roberts, a fifth-generation Texan who was just beginning a business career in Dallas. As the couple prospered financially through his banking, oil, and real estate dealings, they jointly pursued interests that improved the cultural, social, and literary life of Dallas and Texas. Mrs. Roberts worked diligently to improve the plight of homeless pets and captive wildlife as well as to protect the animals in the wild. In 1984 she was a recipient of the Founders medal for extraordinary service to animals. In 1988, in association with the Animal Protection Institute and United Animal Nations-USA, she founded the Annie Lee Roberts Emergency Animal Rescue Service fund. She received the award for excellence for extraordinary achievement in animal rescue in 1988 and was the recipient of the animal philanthropist of the year award from the Animal Protection Institute in 1989. Her civic memberships included Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Dallas Garden Club. Preserving Texas history was an ardent interest she shared with her husband; in 1948 they established, through the Sons of the Republic of Texas, the Summerfield G. Roberts Award for the best work of history on early Texas. For her role in the creation of this monetary award, Mrs. Roberts subsequently was elected an honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. She and her husband also were responsible for numerous artistic and literary gifts to the Hall of State in Dallas and the State Library and Archives Building in Austin. Later in her life, following the death of her husband in 1970, she established the Summerlee Foundation to provide funding for the protection of animals and the study and preservation of Texas history. In its efforts to preserve the state's history, the foundation underwrote the work of the Summerlee Commission, which in 1991 completed a comprehensive study of the status of teaching, studying and preserving Texas history. Annie Lee Warren Roberts died at her Dallas home on April 22, 1990, at the age of ninety-four, and was buried in Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas. She and her husband had no children. [bio info from tshaonline.org]
The daughter of Richard WARREN and Alice JENWAY. Her death was recorded at St. Leonard, N/E Chapel, London, England. She and Johnhad four children, Robert, John, Aves, and Elizabeth. (www.footefamily.org/ancestor.htm)
Per "The Southern McGrews Grew" they had eight children. They lived in Goliad Co, Baylor Co, and Cottle Co. TX. He was a fence maker and farmer. He also ran a hotel in Swearengin for a period of time.
They last lived in O'Donnell, Texas and both were buried in the Paducah cemetery in Paducah, Cottle Co, Texas.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDY4-34W
Name: H. Warren
Death Date: 06 Sep 1925
Death Place: Cottle County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 67 years 2 months 27 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Jun 1858
Birthplace: Goliad Co., Tex
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph Warren
Father's Birthplace: Florida
Mother's Name: Eliza Castles [Cassels]
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: Paducah City Cemetery
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 07 Sep 1925
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113923
Digital Film Number: 4167320
Image Number: 3186
Reference Number: cn 32010
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Jessie was the daughter of Henderson Warren and Elizabeth Maddox. Jessie married Charlie Williams and they had three children: Ophelia, Emma Elizabeth, and Verna Williams. The family lived most of their life on a farm near Kirkland Texas. Daughter Emma graduated from Kirkland High School in 1939. The other daughters died young.
Wynema McGrew writes that he was one of the few surviving old-time cowhands of the Waggoner Ranch, where he worked for 13 years as a chuck wagon cook. A colorful character, he was featured in newspaper and magazine articles about the passing of the West, including the Saturday Evening Post. He was a member of the Baptist Faith.
1930 Census
Texas, Cherokee County, JP 3
Enumerated April 8, 1030
ED 37-22 Sd 12 Sheet 3A Stamped 136
45-46
Warren, Oscar D head M W 31 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Warren, Eula A Wf F W 28 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Warren, Oscar D Jr Son m W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Warren, Dewey M Son m W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Obituary and death certificate information from FindAGrave:
Robert Lee Warren, 86, of 4241 Lorraine, Dallas attorney, real estate developer and former State Senator, died at his home Monday. Born in Harrison County, he came to Terrell when he was fifteen years old and practiced law in that city for forty years. Warren moved to Dallas in 1920, where he was engaged in the practice of civil law and also as a developer of residential real estate additions. He served three terms in the Texas State Senate from Terrell, being first elected in 1914. He attended private schools in Harrison County and also in Terrell. He developed the Urbandale and the Ruthmede additions and also built homes in other sections of the city. He was a thirty-second-degree Mason and a member of the Shrine. Warren is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Summerfield G. Roberts, both of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. Sue Warren Nuckolls of San Antonio. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the residence with Dean Gerald G. Moore of St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral officiating. Entombment will be in Hillcrest Mausoleum. Dallas Morning News, March 25, 1952
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From his Texas certificate of death
Name: Robert Lee Warren
Death Date: 24 Mar 1952
Death Place: Residence, Highland Park, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 86 years 5 months 25 days
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1865
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: William Warren
Father's Birthplace: Miss.
Mother's Name: Elizabeth E. Waskom
Mother's Birthplace: Miss.
Occupation: Real Estate & Inv.
Place of Residence: 4241 Lorraine, Highland Park, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Hillcrest Mausoleum
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 26 Mar 1952
Informant: Summerfield G. Roberts
Name: Pallie Margaret Jergins
Death Date: 05 Dec 1971
Death Place: Grand Prairie, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 73 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1898
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Charles Walters
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Film Number: 2223504
Digital Film Number: 4005462
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Reference Number: 92112
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Name: Betty Lee Mclemore
Death Date: 17 Dec 1976
Death Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 56 years
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Birth Date: 26 Jan 1920
Birthplace: Van Zandt County Texas
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Father's Name: William Bradley Watkins
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Film Number: 2243986
Digital Film Number: 4005516
Image Number: 03221
Reference Number: 96558
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Joseph William Watkins was born in Georgia and died in Sabine County ca 1838. He and his wife Drucilla were the parents of Drucilla Watkins, b 30 July 1829, in Coahuila-Texas and d after 1860, m James E. White ca 1847. (White and Toole, p 67). However, Scott Watkins doesn't think this is correct. In December, 2010 he emailed that:
"Green Berry's younger brother Alfred L, only had two daughters and no sons. The oldest daughter was Mary Ann, who married Amon P. Morris and her younger sister Drucilla Cordelia who married 1) White and 2) Partin. Both Mary Ann(s) are used back in forth between the family lines as well as William W. and Nancy. I started out to prove I was a descendant of Alfred L., only to find out I belong with Green Berry instead."
The 1840 Natchitoches Parish census shows:
J. B. Watkins 0111001000000 222001000000 1 3 1
A. L. Watkins 0000010000000 002001000000
The J. is a G. (census writers?) Both brothers are on the same page, just 10 lines apart. J. B. has 4 males and 7 females. A. L. has 1 male and 3 females. Later census shows Alfred with the same numbers and Green Berry with another daughter.
In December, 2010, Scott Watkins (firedogger@gmail.com) emailed that "Green Berry's younger brother Alfred L, only had two daughters and no sons. The oldest daughter was Mary Ann, who married Amon P. Morris and her younger sister Drucilla Cordelia who married 1) White and 2) Partin. Both Mary Ann(s) are used back in forth between the family lines as well as William W. and Nancy. I started out to prove I was a descendant of Alfred L., only to find out I belong with Green Berry instead."
The 1840 Natchitoches Parish census shows:
J. B. Watkins 0111001000000 222001000000 1 3 1
A. L. Watkins 0000010000000 002001000000
The J. is a G. (census writers?) Both brothers are on the same page, just 10 lines apart. J. B. has 4 males and 7 females. A. L. has 1 male and 3 females. Later census shows Alfred with the same numbers and Green Berry with another daughter.
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, P. O. Many
Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Page 35
244-244
G. B. Watkins 60 M Farmer 500 675 Ga
Elizabeth Watkins 58 F NC
Susan Watkins 21 F La
Amanda Watkins 20 F La
At the time of the 1900 census, she was living with her son-in-law and daughter, William and Amanda Cook, and their 11 children in Negreet, Louisiana. She was shown as a 69 year old widow, born in Texas with her parents born in Georgia and Tennessee, and as the mother of 3 children in total, only one of them still living.
1870 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, PO Many
Enumerated 24 Aug 1870
Page 3 Stamped 324
16-16
Watkins, John J 38 M W Farmer $200 $452 Tx
Watkins, Elizabeth M 24 F W Keeping House La
Watkins, Sarah P 6 F W La
Watkins, Lorell W 8 M W La
17-17
Watkins, Elizabeth 78 F W At Home 700 300 Tenn
Watkins, Susanna 32 F W Keeping House La
Watkins, Amanda 28 F W At Home La
Scott Watkins (firedogger@gmail.com) showed that she married first a CANNON and later a CONSTABLE, an Englishman. She was NOT the Mary Ann Watkins that married Amon P. Morris. Mary Ann Watkins Morris was instead the daughter of Alfred Watkins.
Scott notes that on the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census Mary Ann and Daniel Cannon are listed. Mary Ann is shown as age 28, born ca 1822. Their son, Green B. Cannon is enumerated with them. In 1860 Mary Ann can be found in Sabine Parish, Lousiana, age 28, and living with her second husband, Thomas Constable. Her son, now listed as Greenbury, is living with them at age 11.
In Kathy Casagranda's 1850 Sabine Parish Census, she cites Mary Watkins as being the daughter of Joseph W. Watkins and Mary Smith of Sabine County, Texas on page 79 of her book. Later, on page 87, she indicates that she was likely a daughter of G. B. Watkins and his wife, Elizabeth, and that Mary Ann later married into the Constable family (sic).
Tim Willingham and Bettye Wagstaff don't think this is correct, nor does Scott Watkins (firedogger@gmail.com). In December, 2010 he emailed that:
"Green Berry's younger brother Alfred L, only had two daughters and no sons. The oldest daughter was Mary Ann, who married Amon P. Morris and her younger sister Drucilla Cordelia who married 1) White and 2) Partin. Both Mary Ann(s) are used back in forth between the family lines as well as William W. and Nancy. I started out to prove I was a descendant of Alfred L., only to find out I belong with Green Berry instead."
The 1840 Natchitoches Parish census shows:
J. B. Watkins 0111001000000 222001000000 1 3 1
A. L. Watkins 0000010000000 002001000000
The J. is a G. (census writers?) Both brothers are on the same page, just 10 lines apart. J. B. has 4 males and 7 females. A. L. has 1 male and 3 females. Later census shows Alfred with the same numbers and Green Berry with another daughter.
Ann McElhaney emailed, in March 2014, that "Mary Ann Watkins Morris died on November 21, 1892 and is buried on private land in Grosebeck, Limestone Co, Tx where it appears there was a small cemetery that has been hit by a small tornado. Mary Ann's grave was the only one with the stone intact and standing, I had to stoop down under trees and step over brush to get there and as I lifted my head, she was facing me as if to say, 'I'm here, I've been waiting for you to find me.' Truly there was great rejoicing on my part. "
He lived in Sabine County in 1850, and San Augustine County in 1870. He is listed on the 1863-1864 Sabine County rosters of indigent families of CSA. He married and Eliza and had two children. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 88).
Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave Memorial Page:
Mrs. Anna Mary Dent was born at Hemphill, Sabine County, February 1st,1869 and died at her home in Hemphill June 27,1949 at 7:30 p.m. She was 80 years 4 months and 27 days old She was the daughter of Thomas Barden Watson and Mary E. Watson, old-time residents of Hemphill. She united with the Methodist church when she was a young girl and had been a member since that time.
She was married to John T. Dent of Milam March 3,1898 and moved to Milam where she resided for a number of years. She taught in the schools of Sabine County before her marriage. She was assistant teacher in the Hemphill school several terms. Her husband preceded her in death over 32 years ago.
She was the mother of three children, Mrs. D. A. Sibley of San Augustine, Ray Dent and Miss Mary Dent of Hemphill all of whom survive. She is also survived by one grand-daughter, Miss Dorris Ann Sibley of San Augustine, 5 step-children, Rev. I. O. Dent, J. T. Dent, Mrs. Ettie Finley and Mrs. Annie Williams of Henderson and R. H. Dent of Hemphill. A number of step-grandchildren and step great great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Davidson of Pasadena and Miss Evie Watson of Nacogdoches, one brother, Dr. C. A. Watson of Ballenger.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at Milam Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. Rev. Alverson Fanks pastor of McMahans Chapel Methodist church and Rev. Clarence Howell pastor of the Baptist church at Hemphill conducted the services. Interment was in the cemetery at Milam. Pallbearers were: L. E. Busby, Ramsey Smith, Lee Robbins, Brad Carter, Oscar Pate and V. B. Elliott.Out of town relatives here for the funeral were: Rev. and Mrs. I. O. Dent., J. T. Dent and Mrs. Ettie Finley of Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dent and daughter, Mrds. John Rahar and Children. Mr and Mrs I. O. Dent and Miss Myrta Watson of Beaumont, Mr and Mrs Wilson Dent and Miss Laverne Halbert of Dallas. Rev and Mrs. Dal McGaughey of Pasadena, Mrs. Willie Dent and Mrs. Dessie Halbert of Milam and Russell Watson of Geneva.
Extract from a transcription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia Census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt
687 687
Watson, Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson, John F. 19 M F SC
Watson, Mary A 16 F GA
Watson, Allen H. 13 M GA 6
Watson, Ophelia F. 12 F GA X
Watson,Elizabeth P.8 F GA X
In searching the WorldConnect Project family trees, I found a match at DANA'S FAMILY COLLECTIONS http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dana_thomas
Arthur Holmes (sic) WATSON was born 1807, and died 1880. He was buried in Concord Methodist Church Cemetery outside of Woodbury, Meriwether County, Georgia. He married Frances Ophelia O'HARA, daughter of William O'HARA and Rebecca Louisa FOY. She was born 1805, and died ABT 1845. She was buried in Imac, Meriwether County, Georgia. Dana's tree included sons Allen Hezikiah WATSON and John Frederick WATSON, but did not list the daughters shown in the above census. As her sources were not listed, this information should be used as a starting point for further research. It is believed to be realible, but not proven.
On her annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows him as the son of Richard T. Watson and Tommie Watson. The SSDI instead shows his date of birth as 30 Jun 1887.
Funeral services for Eunice Collier, 87, of Douglass, TX, will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, May 27, 2011, at First Baptist Church, Douglass, with Bro. John McGuire, Bro. C. T. "Pete" McGuire, and Bro. Bobby Whitehead officiating. Interment will follow in Douglass Cemetery. Mrs. Collier passed away May 25, 2011, in Nacogdoches, TX.
Born February 10, 1924, in Clarksville, TX, Eunice Collier was the daughter of the late Willie Walter and Eunice Mae (Bledsoe) Watson. She graduated from Ringgold High School in Ringgold, TX. On September 1, 1944, she and Homer Collier were married in Orange, TX, where they both worked at Consolidated Steel Shipyard. After the end of World War II, they returned to their home in Douglass.
Eunice was a lady of many talents. She was co-owner of a clothing store and co-owner and bookkeeper for many years at Nacogdoches Sewing Center. Eunice was a teacher of the Martha Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church, Douglass. Her talents as an excellent seamstress and cook allowed her to fashion beautiful wedding gowns and wedding cakes for many brides. She was a true homemaker - taking care of her home and family. Eunice was a talented hostess who provided hospitality not only for her family, but also for many friends. Her caring for others was based on her great Christian strength and beliefs.
Survivors includes her husband Homer Collier of Douglass; daughter Joyce Rogers of Alto; 3 sons: Larry Collier and wife Diann, Dale Collier and wife Judy, and Dave Collier, all of Douglass; brother Roy Watson of Wichita Falls; grandchildren: Kevin Rogers, Carla Absalom, Lalena Rushing, Amanda Arrington, Casey Collier, Michelle Baggett, Ann Tucker, Thomas Collier, Nancy Rice, Lucas Collier, and Christine Snyder; 26 great grandchildren; and 1 great great grandchild. In addition to her parents, Eunice Collier was preceded in death by 4 brothers and 1 sister.
The Sabine County Reporter
October 12, 1996, Page 12
Fay Watson Turner
Fay Watson Turner, 83, of Hemphill died at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 1996, at Hemphill Care Center.
She was born May 22, 1913, in Remlig, as a daughter of the late Clifford J. and Minnie Ola (Bragg) Watson. She was a former longtime resident of Beaumont, where she was a member of the Calvary Baptist Chruch and retired from Citizens National Bank, before moving to Hemphill in 1990.
Survivors: two sisters, Sybil Irene Burcalow of Hemphill and Margie Nelius of Bellville.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Bob Arthur officiating. Interment followed at Hemphill City Cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)
Per ABBEVILLE DISTRICT WILLS AND BONDS Compiled by Willie Pauline Young of Liberty, S.C. and copyright 1950:
WATSON, HEZEKIAH Box 102, Pack 2504
Est. Admnr. Oct. 27, 1828 by John W. Swanzy, Richard Anderson, Geo. W. Hodges bound to Moses Taggart Ord. Abbeville Dist. sum $1,000. Cit. pub. at Greenville Church. Inv. made Nov. 21, 1828 by Wm. Dunn, Jas. Hodges, A.C. Edward Weatherall. Sale, Nov. 27, 1828. Byrs: Gilla Watson, Rosannah Moore, Saml., Richard L. Anderson, etc.
IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE WILL ABSTRACTED ABOVE IS FOR THE SAME HEZEKIAH WATSON.
Robert Cecil McDaniel describes him as a Hemphill pioneer and businessman. He served as city secretary during the 1930's.
Name: Jacob Authur Watson
Death Date: 04 Mar 1961
Death Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas United States
Gender: Male
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Death Age: 97 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1864
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Father's Name: Author Watson
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Film Number: 2116712
Digital Film Number: 4157173
Image Number: 983
Reference Number: 17852
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 14B
290-307
Watson, Jake A Head M W 52 M Tx Miss Miss Manufacturer Pine Lumber
Watson, Martha A Wf F W 43 M Tx Ga Tn
Watson, Susie P Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Murphy, Elbert H Son-in-law M W 30 m Ala Ala Ala Druggist Retail Drug Store
Murphy, Lucile Dtr F W 22 M Tx Tx Tx
Michael Watson, b ca 1798 in Ga., m Pensey Raiford b 1798 in Ga., moved to Texas ca 1836, rec'd a second class land grant, and settled in Sabine County. He was a charter member of the Jackson Masonic Lodge at Milam. A son, JACOB MOORE WATSON, b Feb 11, 1835, d Sept 6, 1872, m Oct 15, 1857 at Milam, NANCY CURRAN ROWAN DAY. (White and Toole, p 68).
FindAGrave shows that Michael and Pensey were buried at McMahans Chapel Cemetery.
1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Housan Bayou, P.O. Hemphill
Enumerated 21 Jun 1860
Page 13
95-95
J.M. Watson 25 M Merchante $250 Ga
N.C.R. Watson 23 F Miss
O.M. Watson 1 M Texas
1870 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill
Enumerated 27 Jun 1870
Page 1
1-1
Watson, J. M. 35 M W Lawyer $1000 $1000 Ga
Watson, Nancy C. R. 24 F W Keeping House Mississippi
Watson, Thomas R 9 M W Texas
Watson, Lucinda C 8 F W Texas
Watson, Jacob A 6 m W Texas
Watson, Roberta S 4 F W Texas
Watson, Eddie 3 M W Texas
Watson, Nannie J 1 F W Texas
Elizabeth BROWN 21 F W Widow Mississippi
1880 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sub Distr. 84
Page 12, SD 1, ED 84, Stamped 14
Enumerated 26 Jun 1880
116-123
Watson, C. R. W F 44 Keeping House Miss Ga Ga
Waston, Thomas W M 20 Son Merchant Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Luly C. W F 18 Dtr Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Jacob W M 16 Son Farmer Tx Ga Miss
Watson, R. W F 14 Dtr Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Eddy W M 12 Son Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Nannie W F 11 D Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Dora W F 7 D Tx Ga Miss
Davis, W. R. W M 25 Boarder Merchant Miss Ala Miss
Helen Gomer Schluther and Blanche Finley Toole show her as the daughter of Michael Watson and Patsy Raiford of Georgia. They were living next door to her parents at the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census.
Her headstone was inscribed Lucina C. Watson, 6 Apr 1862-29 Aug 1884, "She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother and a friend to all" Her footstone was marked L C W
Kay Parker McCary, on her annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, shows her as the daughter of Jacob Moore Watson and Nancy Curren Day Watson, and the wife of George Franklin Conn, who was buried in Gravel Hill. No indication is given as to why her tombstone was inscribed with her maiden name.
The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 1997, Page 7
Class of 1944
Hemphill's Class of 1944 recently held a reunion at the home of Phillip and Loretta Sterle in Hemphill. Shown are, from left: Claudine Gellaty Polley, Philip Sterle, Onie Bell Grim Williams, Doris Stewart Walts, Eugene Procella, Margie Watson Neilus, LaTrent Walker, Melba Rue Isom Byley, Charlotta Kign Walker, Bertie Scott, Helen Strickland Murray, Betty Mae Ener McGraw and Patsy Pickley Becka. The Class of '44 donated $100 from their treasury to the J. R. Huffman Public Library.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)
According to the online trascription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia census, there were two Mary Watsons living in Meriwether County, Georgia in 1850. I believe that the Mary Watson whom married John Brooks Fuller was the daughter of Arthur Watson.
1) The daughter of Arthur Watson, below, was born circa 1834. This matches the closely to her age as of the 1870 Sabine County Census (she was shown as age 36). On the 1860 Arkansas census, she is listed as age 24, which would make her year of birth circa 1836. On neither the 1860 or 1870 census, however, is she shown as being born circa 1831, as was the daughter of Robert Watson.
2) Robert Watson was born in Ireland. There is no indication that Mary Watson's father was born in Ireland. Arthur Watson was born in South Carolina, and at the time of the 1880 census, Charles H. Fuller indicates that his mother was born in South Carolina.
3) Arthur Watson has a daughter named Ophelia. This name is used in later generations of the Fuller family in Texas.
More work needs to be done to verify this, but it seems that it is a resonable hypothesis that Arthur Watson of South Carolina is the father of Mary Watson Fuller.
WATSON Families in Meriwether with daughters named MARY
687 687
Watson Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson John F. 19 M F SC
Watson Mary A. 16 F GA
Watson Allen H. 13 M GA
Watson Ophelia F. 12 F GA
Watson Elizabeth P.8 F GA
383 383
Watson Robert 55 M F 2,500 Ireland
Watson Elizabeth 49 F GA
Watson Mary Ann 19 F GA
Watson William 18 M F GA
Watson Susan Ann 15 F GA
Watson Margaret 12 F GA
Other WATSON's in Meriwether
67 67
Johnson Mordica 62 M F 1,370 VA
Johnson E. 49 F VA
Watson Cintha 6 F GA
Murphy Wm. D. 23 M F GA
265 265
Watson William 50 M F 2,100 NC
Watson Rebecca 44 F NC
Watson John F. 20 M F GA
Watson William T. 17 M F GA
Watson Martha A. 15 F GA
Watson Henry L. 13 M GA
Watson Rebecca M. 10 F GA
Watson Georgia A.8 F GA
Watson Laura J.5 F GA
Watson Robert A. 3 Mo GA
Only a death date is shown on her headstone. She shares a double marker with John Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."
Other WATSON Brides during that time period. This doesn't appear to list either of her sisters listed on the 1850 census.
PARTRIDGE CHARLES 15-Jul1868 WATSON ANN
STRICKLAND E 28-Mar1868 WATSON BETTY
STROZIER GEORGE 13-Feb1869WATSON DILLA
BELLARC H 26-Dec1875WATSON EASLEY
PERKINSON JOHN D 20-Dec1860 WATSON GEORGIA A
ROSSER WILSON 1-Jan1873 WATSON HANNAH
HAYSBUCK S 23-Dec1870 WATSON LINA
DARDIN FRANKLIN A 5-Dec1858 WATSON MARGARET
GILLOLVIN H 22-Jun1856 WATSON MARYANN
GATES GEORGE 18-Sep1870 WATSON SUSAN