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Samuel Willie Tatom

Male 1874 - 1967  (92 years)


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  • Name Samuel Willie Tatom  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 20 Mar 1874  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Mar 1967  Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial 2 Mar 1967  Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • From OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS by Virgie Speights

      WILL TATOM March 28, 1963

      When Will Tatom celebrated his 89th birthday Sunday, more than 150 persons attended the annual all-day celebration. A new 50 foot long table had been built in the yard of his home near Pineland, where he has lived for the past 50 years. Fifty-four of his 70 descendants were present including all nine of his children.

      Mr. Tatom was in the midst of all the hubbub, chipper as could be, greeting friends and relatives from far and near, including several sets of twins these being scattered throughout the family. The little Saver twins, exactly 85 years younger than he, perched one on each knee while he remembered about his early life.

      Born in the community in which he has lived his whole life, just southwest of Hemphill, he told of his early ancestors being early Sabine County settlers. His mother, the former Ella Dent, was a native of Georgia, but his father, Samuel Plummer Tatom was born at old Sabinetown, of parents who came from Mississippi. The family claims Indian ancestry, and Mr. Tatom does seem to possess the dignified bearing of an Indian chief.

      Mr. Tatom has the reputation of being a steady, enthuisiastic worker. His first job was hauling freight by wagon and mule team before the days of railroads in Hemphill. He hauled freight from Many, Louisiana and Bronson, Texas for the early Hemphill merchants, including Ed Pratt, J.O. Toole and Taylor Morris. He still remembers the day he made his biggest paycheck. From Bronson he rushed to a printing press to Hemphill and then sped back to Bronson with a gasoline motor. For this long day's work, he received the magnificant sum of $10, which was really a handsome sum in those days.

      Most of his livilhood was earned on the farm and he owned quite a sizable portion of land in his community, his holdings stretching from near Hemphill to quite close to Pineland.

      As each of his children married, he gave 40 acres as a wedding present. For the boys, he added a horse. All except two of his children still live in this area, in the Pinehill and Plainview communities. Mrs. Ola Kemp, a daughter lives in Beaumont, Texas, and W. C. Tatom, a son, lives in Buna, Texas.

      Mrs. Vernon Dubose, her husband and two children, live with her father in the old home. The others, who live near are Dewey, Elmon, Clyde, Claude, Grady, and Mrs. Edna King.

      Mr. Tatom married Miss Delia White, also a native of Pinehill, in 1896. She died in 955, after 59 years of marriage.
    • (Medical):Senelity, Diabetes Mellitus [4]
    Person ID I2040  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Samuel Plummer Tatom,   b. Abt 1851, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1900 (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ella Dent,   b. 1855, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900 (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1870  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F1340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Adelia "Delia" White,   b. 19 Dec 1874, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1955, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1896  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Dewey Tatom,   b. 20 Nov 1898, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1975, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Edna Tatom,   b. 30 Dec 1898, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1969, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Aubry Elmon Tatom,   b. 1 Apr 1901, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1972 (Age 71 years)
     4. Ola Tatom,   b. 1903, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Claude Tom Tatom,   b. 3 Jul 1908, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1963, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     6. Clyde Tatom,   b. 3 Jul 1908, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1973, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     7. Grady Monroe Tatom,   b. 8 Mar 1911, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1969, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     8. Willie Cornell "Boob" Tatom,   b. 4 Aug 1916, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1970, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     9. Vernon "Sister" Tatom,   b. 23 Jul 1919, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 2000, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Mar 1874 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jan 1896 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Mar 1967 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 2 Mar 1967 - Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S594] Davenport, Linda King-Family Researcher (dlkkport@hotmail.com) Emails, Family Group Sheets, Descendancy Trees, etc.

    2. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983).

    3. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 34 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    5. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.

    6. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983, 37 (Reliability: 3).