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Nettie Florence Williams

Female 1875 - 1962  (87 years)


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  • Name Nettie Florence Williams  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 2 Apr 1875  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Nov 1962  [3
    Burial Oak Grove Cemetey, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • At that time (of the fire of Feb 26, 1918, the Williams) hotel was being managed by County Sheriff Bosco Bright and his wife, Nettie, who was a sister of Sim Williams. They were the parents of Sid Bright. (White and Toole, p 68).

      Death Roll
      Mrs. Nettie Bright

      Hemphill, Dec 5 (spl) - Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Parker were called to Nacogdoches for the funeral of Mrs. Parker's aunt, Mrs. Nettie Bright, 87.

      Funeral services were held in Cason and Monk Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Neal Cannon, district superintendent Methodist Conference, officiating. He was assisted by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, pastor of First Methodist Church, Nacogdoches. Burial was in a Nacogdoches cemetery.
      Mrs. Bright was a native of Hemphill and member of a prominent pioneer family.

      She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Sue Jameson and Mrs. Verde Arnold of Houston, and Mrs. Hattie Smith and Mrs. Lois Hale of Nacogdoches; two sons, Sid Bright of Natchitoches, La. and Charles Rutledge, Beaumont; one brother, George Williams of Alton; and one sister, Mrs. John Bright of Pasadena and numerous nieces and nephews."

      http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.sabine/462/mb.ashx
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1920 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, JP One
      Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
      SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 12B
      Yellowpine and Hemphill Avenue
      242-???
      Bright, Nettie F Head F W 44 Wd Tx Ga Ga None
      Bright, Verdie A Dtr F W 24 S Tx Tx Tx Bookkeeper Lumber Mill
      Bright, Sidney W Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Officer County Clerk
      Bright, Sue A Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Stenographer County Clerks Office
      Bright, Hattie R Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx None
      Bright, Charles L Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
      Bright, Adie L Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
    Person ID I17750  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Archer Williams,   b. 7 Jun 1846, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1901 (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Susan Culver Bickley,   b. 20 Mar 1851, Talbot County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1899 (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1868 
    • They appear to have also had a daughter named Lena " Her teachers included Lena Williams, a sister of the late Sim Williams, Tom Sutton and a Mr. McLanahan." (From a newspaper sketch of Alpha Martin Cooper, p. 46, OLD TIMES OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS.")
    Family ID F6566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carl Bosco Bright,   b. Sep 1872, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1918, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Children 
     1. Verdie Azalee Bright,   b. 19 Sep 1895, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1982, Bellaire, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Sidney W. Bright,   b. 18 Aug 1897, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1970, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. Sue A. Bright,   b. 10 Oct 1900, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1992, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     4. Harriet "Hattie" Ruth Bright,   b. 22 Dec 1902, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 2002, Brenham, Washington County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
     5. Charles Laurie Bright,   b. 5 Aug 1906, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1981, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Addie Lois Bright,   b. 19 Nov 1914, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 2000, Brenham, Washington County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F6568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2010 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 68 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Pr 8 Enumerated 2 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 3A 23-23 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 54009803 (Reliability: 3).