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James Pedras "Fred" McGown

Male 1886 - 1983  (97 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Pedras "Fred" McGown was born on 12 Feb 1886 in Texas (son of James Jefferson McGown and Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson); died on 14 Feb 1983 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1900 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Pr No 1
    Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
    SD 8 ED 68 Sheet ___ B
    50-51
    McGown, Jas J Head M W Aug 1860 39 M Un Tx Tenn Ga Farmer
    [Actually the first cousin, once removed, of the children listed below, based on his name, month and year of birth, and location of birth]
    McGown, Jas J Son [???] W M Feb 1886 14 S Tx Ten Tx Farm Laborer
    McGown, Wm H Son [???] W M Sept 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
    McGown, May B Dtr [???] W F May 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Malcom Son [???] W M June 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Clinton Son [???] W M Dec 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx

    1920 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
    Enumerated 16 and 17 Feb 1920
    SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 37A
    736-760
    McGown, Fred Head m W 34 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
    McGown, Fannie Wf F W 28 M Tx Ala Miss
    McGown, Abbietius Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Allievius Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Lula Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Littleton Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Lillian Dtr F W 1 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx

    Family/Spouse: Frances Lee "Fannie" "Pinkie" Wright. Frances was born on 31 Jul 1891 in Texas; died on 25 Apr 1938; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Abbie Tine McGown was born on 5 May 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jan 1978 in Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Horton Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
    2. Allevius McGown was born about 1912 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    3. Lula May McGown was born on 20 May 1912 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Dec 2000; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. James Littleton McGown was born on 10 Sep 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1977 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
    5. Lillian McGown was born about 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Jefferson McGown was born about 1836 in Tennessee (son of George W. McGown and Margaret "Peggy" Sartain); and died.

    Notes:

    (Research):


    Census Listings:

    1860 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No 4, P O Milam
    Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
    Page 23
    166-166
    Margaret McGown 60 F Farmer 1500 294 Ga
    Jefferson McGown 23 M $--- $125 Tenn
    R A Jones 27 M Stage Driver Penn

    1900 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Pr No 1
    Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
    SD 8 ED 68 Sheet ___ B
    50-51
    McGown, Jas J Head M W Aug 1860 39 M Un Tx Tenn Ga Farmer
    [Actually the first cousin, once removed, of the children listed below, based on his name, month and year of birth, and location of birth]
    McGown, Jas J Son [???] W M Feb 1886 14 S Tx Ten Tx Farm Laborer
    McGown, Wm H Son [???] W M Sept 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
    McGown, May B Dtr [???] W F May 1890 10 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Malcom Son [???] W M June 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
    McGown, Clinton Son [???] W M Dec 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx













    James + Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson. Sarah"Sallie" (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe) was born about 1867 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson was born about 1867 in Texas (daughter of Pedras Phillip Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe); and died.
    Children:
    1. 1. James Pedras "Fred" McGown was born on 12 Feb 1886 in Texas; died on 14 Feb 1983 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. William Henderson McGown was born on 5 Dec 1887 in Texas; died on 28 Jan 1959 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas.
    3. Mary Maybelle McGown was born on 10 May 1890 in Texas; died on 31 Aug 1912 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Malcolm Elisha McGown was born on 7 Jun 1892 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Feb 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas.
    5. Clinton McGown was born in Dec 1894 in Texas; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George W. McGown was born on 26 Nov 1799 in Kentucky; died on 25 Jan 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    "Received a Land Grant from the Republic of Texas." (White and Toole, p 52). White and Toole also show he was born in Georgia. However, he is shown as born in Kentucky on the 1850 census. Larry Sidebottom also shows his location of birth as in Kentucky--Hart, Kentucky.

    His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, notes that he was the second person, and first of his family, to be buried in the McGown Cemetery. They also noted that he was a Sabine County Justice of the Peace during the Republic of Texas.

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
    Enumerated 11 Oct 1850
    Stamped 316
    85-85
    George W. McGown 49 M Farmer 25 Ky
    Margerett McGown 47 F Ga
    Margaret McGown 23 F Tenn
    Evaline McGown 17 F Tenn
    James J McGown 14 M Tenn
    John F McGown 12 m Miss
    Frances R McGown 7 F Tx
    86-86
    Alexander H McGown 25 M Tenn
    Elizabeth McGown 22 F Tenn
    George W McGown 5/12 M Tx

    George married Margaret "Peggy" Sartain in 1822. Margaret was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret "Peggy" Sartain was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Shown by White and Toole as Margaret WILLIAMS. Larry Sidebottom instead has her as
    Margaret SARTAIN, born 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia.

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1860 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No 4, P O Milam
    Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
    Page 23
    166-166
    Margaret McGown 60 F Farmer 1500 294 Ga
    Jefferson McGown 23 M $--- $125 Tenn
    R A Jones 27 M Stage Driver Penn

    Children:
    1. Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown was born on 9 Mar 1824 in Tennessee; died on 14 Aug 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Margaret A. McGown was born about 1827 in Tennessee; and died.
    3. Evaline McGown was born about 1833 in Tennessee; and died.
    4. 2. James Jefferson McGown was born about 1836 in Tennessee; and died.
    5. John Franklin McGown was born on 15 Oct 1838 in Mississippi; died on 9 Aug 1911; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Frances R. McGown was born about 1843 in Texas; and died.

  3. 6.  Pedras Phillip Davidson was born about 1844 in Texas (son of Solomon Davidson and Christina Crawford); and died.

    Notes:

    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    1870 Sabine County Texas Census
    624/624
    Davidson, P.P. 26 M W Farmer 1200 800 Texas
    Davidson, Malvina 25 F W K.H. Texas
    Davidson, Sarah A. 3 F W Texas
    Davidson, Calvin B. 1 M W Texas
    FULLER, P.N. 54 M W 200 400 S.C. (Might be FULLEN)
    FULLER, Sarah A. 54 F W Va.
    FULLER, Rachel E 13 F W Texas
    Noble, Elizabeth J 18 F W Farmer 1000 400 Texas
    Noble, William 1 M W Texas

    Pedras married Malvina Parr Beddoe on 17 Sep 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Malvina (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree) was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Malvina Parr Beddoe was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee (daughter of Earl Percy Beddoe and Martha Caroline Hembree); and died.

    Notes:

    Married:
    SABINE COUNTY MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1875, has the following lisiting:

    Davidson, P.P. to Balvina (sic) BEDDOE ca 1866

    Virgie Speights writes that they had a total of nine children.

    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah"Sallie" Etta Davidson was born about 1867 in Texas; and died.
    2. Calvin B. Davidson, Sr. was born about 1869 in Texas; and died.
    3. Solomon N. Davidson was born about 1873 in Texas; and died.
    4. Mattie Earl Davidson was born on 23 Dec 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    5. James Pedras Davidson was born on 31 May 1877 in Texas; died on 30 Mar 1957 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in King Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Ellafair Davidson was born about 1879 in Texas; and died.
    7. David Lee Davidson was born about 1885; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Solomon Davidson was born about 1812 in Virginia; and died.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
    Enumerated 3 and 4 Oct 1850
    Page 312
    21-21
    Jacob Crawford 58 M Farmer 10,0000 NC
    Huldah Crawford 55 F North Carolina
    Joseph M. Crawford 22 M Tenn
    Elizabeth Crawford 17 F SC (wife of Joseph)
    Mary Crawford 17 F Tenn
    Mary Ann Crawford 10 F Tx
    24-24
    Solomon Davidson 38 M Farmer 500 Va
    Christina Davidson 28 F NC
    Predous Philip Davidson 6 M Tx
    Joseph Thomas Davidson 3 M Tx
    Willam B. Davidson 11/12 M Tx
    Mary E Davidson 10/12 Tx

    1860 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, PO Milam
    Enumerated 16 Jun 1860
    Page 6
    50-50
    Solomon Davidson 48 M Faremer 1000 1225 VA
    Christina Davidson 35 F Tenn
    Pedres Davidson 14 M Tx
    Joseph T Davidson 14 M Tx
    David Davidson 1 M Tx


    1870 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, PO Brookeland
    Enumerated 20 Aug 1870
    Page 27
    623
    Davidson, Solomon 58 M W farmer 1000 1000 Va
    Davidson, Christina 48 F W Keeping House NC
    Davidson, David 12 M W Tx
    624
    PP and Melvina Davidson

    Solomon married Christina Crawford about 1842. Christina (daughter of Jacob Crawford and Huldeth Luten) was born on 1 Jan 1822 in Tennessee; died about 1873 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Christina Crawford was born on 1 Jan 1822 in Tennessee (daughter of Jacob Crawford and Huldeth Luten); died about 1873 in Sabine County, Texas.
    Children:
    1. 6. Pedras Phillip Davidson was born about 1844 in Texas; and died.
    2. Joseph Thomas Davidson was born about 1847 in Texas; and died.
    3. William B. Davidson was born about 1849 in Texas; and died.
    4. Mary E. Davidson was born about 1849 in Texas; and died.
    5. David Kaufman Davidson was born about 1858 in Texas; and died.

  3. 14.  Earl Percy Beddoe was born on 30 Jan 1822 in Tennessee (son of Phillip Tolbert Beddoe and Catherine Parr); died on 27 Nov 1876 in Navarro County, Texas.

    Notes:

    From the Handbook of Texas Online
    http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbe20.html


    BEDDOE, EARL PERCY (1822-1876). Earl Percy Beddoe, pioneer civil engineer, was born on January 30, 1822, in eastern Tennessee, son of Philip Tolbert and Catherine (Parr) Beddoe. He married Martha Caroline Hembree on October 12, 1843, in Tennessee, and they had nine children. In 1845, after an education in civil engineering, Beddoe moved to Texas, lived in Marshall, where he built a tanyard, then in 1850 settled in Sabinetown, where he established a saddle and harness business. He served for a while there as school principal; he was named county surveyor of Sabine County and laid out the town of Hemphill as the new county seat in 1859. Beddoe acted as a courier during the Civil War , and as a civil engineer he figured in the planning of fortifications at Sabine Pass in 1863 (see SABINE PASS, BATTLE OF ). He helped plan and execute the embankments or breastworks fortifying Sabinetown in 1864. In 1869 or early 1870 the family moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana, but soon after 1871 they moved to Navarro County, Texas, where Beddoe died on November 27, 1876, in Chatfield.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Robert Cecil McDaniel, Sabine County, Texas (Waco: Texian, 1987). Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, 1850 Sabine County Census (Westminster, Colorado, 1979). Virgie Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County (Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson, 1983).
    Helen Gomer Schluter

    Virgie Speights writes, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, that he established a tan yard, taught school and put in a stagecoach inn. He was also a surveyor and surveyed the town of Hemphill in 1858, when the county seat was moved from Milam. As many people objected to this move, the surveying was begun in the middle of the night. (p. 35).


    There was an article featuring a photograph of Earl Percy Beddoe in the October 2, 2013 issue of The Sabine County Reporter. The article was a story about a recent Civil War reenactment at Sabine Pass, during which the William Henry Parsons Camp #415, Sons of Confederate Veterans honored Earl Percy Beddoe, and early resident of Sabine County, whose family later moved to Chatfield, a community in Navarro County, Texas, where the Parsons Camp is located.

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
    31 October 1850
    148-148
    Earl P. Beddo 28 M Saddler and Farmer $50 Tenn
    Martha C. Beddo 22 F Tenn
    Malvina P 5 F Tenn
    Ann E M 3 F Texas (Could this actually have been Alonzo M, age 12 in the 1860 census)
    Veranah H A 1 F Tx
    149-149
    Philip H. Beddo 23 M Saddler and Farmer $600 Tenn
    Martha Beddo 13 F Tx

    1860 Census
    Texas. Sabine County, Sabine Beat No. 2. PO Sabine Town
    Enumerated 20 Jun 1860
    Page 4
    85-85
    E P Beddo 38 M No occupation listed 150 150 Tenn
    M C Beddo 34 F Tenn
    Alonzo M Beddo 12 M Tenn
    R M Beddo 11 F Tx
    Philip Beddo 9 M Tx
    Theophilus Beddo 5 M Tx
    Dewit Beddo 2 M Tx
    Joseph Beddo 4/12 M Tx
    M P Beddo 15 F Tenn

    1870 Census
    Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward Six, PO Mansfield DeSoto Parish
    Enumerated 24 July 1870
    Page 5 Stemped 357
    31-31
    Beddo, Earl P 48 M W Land Surveyor 60 200 La
    Beddo, M. Caroline 42 F W Keeping House Tenn
    Beddo, Philip D N?/A? 19 m W Works on Farm Tx
    Beddo, Albert D 15 M W Works on Farm Tx
    Beddo, Verona H 20 F W At Home Tx
    Beddo, Theophilus 18 m W Works on Farm Tx
    Beddo, Dewit C 11 m W Works on Farm Tx
    Beddo, Dalia 7 F W At Home Tx
    Beddo, Catharine 73 F W At Home NC



    Earl married Martha Caroline Hembree on 12 Oct 1843 in Roane County, Tennessee. Martha was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Martha Caroline Hembree was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died.

    Notes:

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1880 Census
    Texas, Dallas County, Dallas
    Enumerated 7 Jun 1880
    Page 20D SD 3 ED 56
    37-182-191
    Beddo, M D W F 54 Keeping House Tenn NC NC
    Beddo, Albert W M 24 Son Printer Tx Tenn Tenn
    Beddo, J. C. W F 18 Dtr At Home Tx Tenn Tenn
    Beddo, J. E. W F 15 Dtr At Home Tx Tenn Tenn
    Patterson, Geo W M 18 Boarder Clk in Jewelry Store La La La

    Children:
    1. 7. Malvina Parr Beddoe was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Tennessee; and died.
    2. Ann Eliza Beddoe was born about 1847 in Texas; and died.
    3. Alonzo M. Beddoe was born about 1848 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    4. Veronica H. Adaline Beddoe was born about 1849 in Texas; and died.
    5. Philip Beddoe was born about 1851 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    6. Dr. Albert Beddoe was born about 1854 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jan 1932 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
    7. Theophilus Beddoe was born about 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    8. Dewit Beddoe was born about 1858 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    9. Josephine C. Beddoe was born about 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    10. Julia E. Beddoe was born on 6 Sep 1864 in Texas; died on 24 Oct 1956 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.