Priscilla Jane Evans

Priscilla married George Washington McGown before 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. George (son of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall) was born on 14 Mar 1850 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died after 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Issac Henderson Mcgown
Event Type Death
Event Date 04 Jan 1944
Event Place Milam, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 28 May 1870
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name George Mcgown
Mother's Name Jene Evans
Burial Davis Cemetery (sic)
Certificate Number 5194
GS Film number 2137702
Digital Folder Number 005144817
Image Number 00722



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSBP-SG1 : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Issac Henderson Mcgown, 04 Jan 1944; citing certificate number 5194, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2137702.

(Research):

Census Data:
Transcribed by Larry Sidebottom, and copied from his tree at WorldConnect
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=larrymelkel


The 1900 U. S. Census for Sabine Co., TX taken on June 2, 1900, lists residing in household 18
Isaac McGown-Head Age 29 (Tanner),
Georgia-Wife Age 38,
Grover C.-Son Age 6,
Perry L.-Son Age 3.
[Head of Household 17 was Perry Browning, with son Peyton and dtr-in-law Nina McGown]

The 1910 U. S. Census for Sabine Co., TX taken on May 2, 1910, lists residing in household 134
Isaac H. McGown-Head Age 39 (Farmer),
Georgia P.-Wife Age 43,
Grover C.-Son Age 16 (Farm Laborer),
Perry L.-Son Age 14 (Farm Laborer),
Burlie J.-Daughter Age 8.

The 1920 U. S. Census for Sabine Co., TX taken on January 13, 1920, lists residing in household 142
Isaac H. McGown-Head Age 49 (Farmer),
Georgia P.-Wife Age 52,
Perry L.-Son Age 23,
Burlie J.-Daughter Age 18

Isaac married Georgia Perry Browning on 9 Mar 1892 in Sabine County, Texas. Georgia was born on 2 Jun 1861 in Muscogee County, Georgia; died on 7 Jun 1934 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Texas Death Certificate shows he was retired from Premium Oil Production, and that his surviving spouse was Annie Viola Jones.

Notes:

At his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, their is also a photo of his military marker, showing he served as a Private, US Army, World War I.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 5A
State Highway 21-Kings Highway
96-107
McGown, Perry L Head M W 34 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Vivian Wf F W 28 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Billie T Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Arthur Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Bruce Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
97-108
McGown, Eugene Head M W 31 M 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McGown, Monnie Wf F W 32 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Leo Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
---/109
Parks, Holman Boarder M Neb 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer Cotton Farmer
Parks, Felix Boarder M Neb 23 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer Cotton Farmer

Family/Spouse: Vera Vivian Williams. Vera was born on 27 Dec 1901 in Texas; died on 31 Jul 1991 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
September 14, 1994, Page 10

Burlie McGown Arnold

Funeral services for Burlie Jane McGown Arnold, 93, of Hemphill were held Saturday, Sept. 3, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Aldous Smith officiating. Interment followed in the Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

She died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine.

Mrs. Arnold was born Aug. 9, 1901, in Milam and had been a lifelong resident of the Hemphill/Milam area. She was a member of the Geneva United Methodist Church and a retired homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Arnold, in 1984; a son, Dewey Wilton Arnold, in 1988; and a grandson.

Survivors: daughters, Bonnie Blackerby of Hemphill and Reba Hankla of San Augustine; a son, Thomas H. Arnold of Nederland; eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2011)

Burlie married Dewey Bronson Arnold on 1 Sep 1927 in Sabine County, Texas. Dewey (son of William Thomas Arnold and Susan Lucine Halbert) was born on 16 Nov 1897 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jan 1984 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Billie T. McGown, 93, of Milam, passed away Tuesday morning in Woodville, Texas. B.T. was born near Milam to Perry L. and Vera Williams McGown and has lived there all his life. He married Lonnie Love Walton on March 24, 1938, and they celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary this year. Together they owned and operated B.T. McGown Grocery until retirement. They then continued to raise cattle, planted and harvested a big garden. The highlight of retirement was camping and fishing with family and friends at Harborlight Campground. B.T. was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Geneva and a member of the Sexton Masonic Lodge No. 251 in Milam, Texas.

Mr. McGown is survived by his wife Lonnie McGown, two daughters; Merle Davis and her husband Charles of Woodville, Joyce Lowery and her husband John of Jasper, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. He is also survived by his brother A.P. McGown of Pt. Neches, his sister Rosemary McGee of Lake Jackson, Texas, and his sister-in-law Dorothy McGown of Houston. He was preceded in death by his brother Bruce McGown and his great granddaughter Coleen McInnerney.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM, Friday evening, June 27, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Saturday, June 28, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the McGown Cemetery, Milam, Texas.

From Starr Funeral Home Website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter
July 2, 2014, page 11

Billie married Lonnie Love Walton on 24 Mar 1938. Lonnie was born on 3 Mar 1922 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Oct 2014 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bruce M. McGown, 85 of Houston, Texas, died Monday, September 27, 2010 at Memorial Herman Southwest Hospital in Houston.

Mr. McGown was a native of Milam, Texas, and had lived in Wildwood and Nederland prior to living in Houston two years ago. He retired with thirty-four years of service as a regional supervisor at Fina in Port Arthur. Mr. McGown served his country in the United States Army. He was a member of Wildwood Village Mills United Methodist Church and Wildwood Men's Golf Association.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy McGown of Houston; daughter, Christy Guess of Houston; Reggie McGown of Houston; two grandchildren, Courtney and Alexander Guess of Houston; brothers, Billy McGown of Milam and Arthur McGown of Port Neches and sister, Rosemary McGee of Lake Jackson.

His funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches with Reverend Eldon Reed officiating, under the direction of Broussard's in Nederland.


Obituary, copied from the FindAGrave memorial page created by Judy Blacksher, was originally from Brousssard's Mortuary, Nederland, Texas; September 29, 2010

Notes:

She later married a McGEE.

Rose Mary McCalip, 80, of Spring, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at We Are Family Hospice in Houston, Texas.

Rose Mary was born August 7, 1938 in Milam, Texas to Perry and Vivian McGown. She worked as and retired from the oil and gas industry after many years as an executive secretary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Perry and Vivian McGown; her husbands, Melvin McCalip and Sam McGee; and her grandson, Matthew Johnson.

She is survived by her sons, Scott McCalip of Hitchcock, Texas and Steven McCalip and wife, Jana, of Houston, Texas; daughter, Suzanne Geaslen and husband, Phillip, of Spring, Texas; grandchildren, Jennifer Bramwell and husband, Douglas, of College Station, Texas, Andrew McCalip and wife, Sarah, of Houston, Texas, Jonathan McCalip of Houston, Samuel McCalip and wife, Brooke, of Nacogdoches, Texas, Jacob McCalip of Houston, David McCalip of Houston, Christi Paris and husband, Chris of Spring, Texas and Craig Geaslen and wife, Kaysie, of Denver, Colorado; and great grandchildren, Isabelle, Grace and Beau Bramwell of College Station, Texas, Ethan, Evan, and Emily Johnson of Wichita, Kansas, and Parker and Patricia Paris of Spring, Texas.

Funeral services will begin at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Buddy Pratt officiating.

Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. prior to service.

Burial will follow services in McGown Cemetery in Milam, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers are Douglas Bramwell, Andrew McCalip, Jonathan McCalip, Samuel McCalip, Jacob McCalip, and David McCalip.

Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

(Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website)

Rose married Roy Melvin McCalip on 5 Sep 1959 in Harris County, Texas. Roy was born on 13 Aug 1929 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi; died on 11 Nov 2001; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
August 17, 2005, Page 14

Reba Hankla

Reba Jane Arnold Hankla, 76, of Geneva passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin after a lengthy battle with diabetes.

Her families settled in the East Texas area in the early 1800s. Reba was a great historian of Sabine and San Augustine counties.

Mrs. Hankla was born March 3, 1928, in Geneva to Dewey and Burlie McGown Arnold. She married Hiram (Coy) Hankla on March 21, 1959 (sic), at McMahan's chapel.

Reba was a lifelong Methodist and a descendant of Samuel Doak McMahan. She operated the Geneva Post Office for nearly 20 years. She was widowed early in life and lovingly raised her five children.

Her surviving children are Mary Jane Hankla Ryan and husband Bill of Houston, Martha Hankla Pitts and husband Phil of Plano, Sam A. Hankla and his wife Marilyn of Lufkin, Tina Marie Tallachi and husband Ray of Houston, and Jim Ann Hankla of Lufkin. She is also survived by a brother, Thomas H. Arnold and wife Lynn of Nederland; a sister, Bonnie Blackerby and husband Frank of Milam; nine grandchildren, Michael Ryan, Patrick Ryan, Haley Pitts, Caleb Hankla and wife Amanda, Scarlett Hankla, Seth Hankla, Darien Tallachi, Janna Partin, and Colt Partin; one great-grandchild, Lexi Hankla; and sisters-in-law, Ernestine Henry of Nacogdoches, Florine Ramsey of Austin, Allen Hankla of San Augustine, and Janice Daniel of Nederland.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Hankla on May 1, 1960; parents, Burlie and Dewey Arnold, and a brother, Dewey Wilton Arnold.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with the Rev. Robert Gilcrease and Richard Smith officiating. Interment followed at Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

Arrangements were handled by Wyman Roberts Funeral Directors in San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2011)

Reba married Hiram Coy "Jim" Hankla on 21 Mar 1949 in McMahan's Chapel, Sabine County, Texas. Hiram (son of Samuel Flournoy Hankla and Lula Elma Smith) was born on 21 May 1923 in Texas; died on 1 May 1960 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On her annotated transcription of the Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary notes that he was a Mason-Shriner-Pfc US Army

Dewey married Mildred Jane "Janice" Maxey on 29 Jul 1954. Mildred (daughter of Preston Henry Maxey and Dixie Bell Ferguson) was born about 1935 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]