1. MARTHA ELIZABETH "MATTIE"4 BARRETT (JOHN WHITTEN3, DAVID2, REUBEN1) was born March 17, 1847 in Montgomery Co., TX. She married WILLIAM "BILL" BOBO 1867. He was born 1848 in Bastrop, Morehouse, La, and died January 06, 1888 in Madison Co., TX.
Notes for MARTHA ELIZABETH "MATTIE" BARRETT:
Parents: [1] John Whitten Family Bible: Martha E. Barrett second daughter was borned March 17, 1847
Birth: [1] Date: see above src in Parents [2] Date/Place: Gail Howell GR [3] Mitchell Vetuski GR
School: [1] 1855 School Census Madison County, Texas District 3: Children of J.W. Barrett Stephen R., William R., Ann C., Martha E., David A., Amanda C., Joseph A., John G.,: I hereby certify the above to be a correct list of the free white population between the agers of six and sixteen years residing in the several school districts of this county for the year 1855 this June 25th AD 1855: John McIver, Assessor & Collector Madison County
Marriage: [1] William Bobo [2] Albert Morton {a}1882 Land Record Deed from Madison Co., Tx; listed Martha as Alberts wife
Census: [1] Mitch Vetuski GR Src: 287S. Albert MORTON Census: 1900 Brownwood Brown Tex cen Vol 13 ed 4 sheet 3 line 73 Morton, Albert head w m Sep 1859 40 6 Ill Eng Eng NG Stonemason Mattie, wife w f Mar 1847 53 6 9 6 Tex S.C. Tenn. Bobo, Charles Stepson Sep 1884 15 s Tex La. Tex. Bobo, Natt Stepson Apr 1887 13 s Tex La Tex
Biography:
Martha called "Mattie" married William "Bill" Bobo in 1869. He was the son of Andrew Jackson Bobo and Harriett Brooks. (Bill was Molly Agnes Bobo, wife of Stephen Franklin's brother). Bill was somewhat of an outlaw and was arrested for cattle rustling in Madison County, he was caught and put in jail. "Mattie" went to visit him in the jail and traded clothes with him. Bill walked right out of the jail past the sheriff dressed in Mattie's clothes and rode off. When the deputy checked the cell he found Mattie sitting there in the cell instead. They let her go, and supposably moved far away, but as it turned out were only two counties away according to Karen Hett.
Bill is found in the census 1870 in Coleman county,TX, San Saba. He listed as being 26 years old and his occupation is driving cattle.
Bill was what the towns people called an unsavory characters and decided to get a mob together of about 100 men and rid the county of unruly characters. They caught Bill and as he bent down he was shot in the top of his head, family stories tell that his Mother Harriett was there and she ran over and started picking up his brains and putting them back in his head. She then grabbed his gun and started shooting into the mob. After Bill was killed Mattie remarried to Albert Morton in 1894. He was born in Sept 1859 and was born in England. His occupation was a Stonemason. Albert died 15 Sept 1931 in Brown Co.,TX. We find a Land Record Deed from Madison Co.,TX on 9 Mar 1882 that lists Mattie and Albert as man and wife.
Mitch Vetuski GR Src: 287. Martha "Mattie" Elizabeth BARRETT Marriage: #2 Albert Morton he died 15 Sep 1931 Brown Co., Texas Land Record: Deed from Madison Co., Texas bk I pg 92 dtd. 9 March 1882 listed as man and wife
Children: Nat Bobo children and grandchildren information came from Betty Bobo Niemann betbonie@yahoo.com
Notes for WILLIAM "BILL" BOBO:
Parents: [1] Harriett Brooks and Andrew Jackson Bobo; Mitch Vetuski GR
Birth: [1] Date: Huntsville paper 7 January 1888 [2] Year: Gail Howell GR 1869 (which is wrong)
Marriage: [1] Year: Gail Howell GR
Occupation: [1] Cattle Driver; 1870 Census
Land records: [1] Lived in Brown county as well as Madison County.
Census: [1] Mitch Vetuski GR Src: 287S. William "Bill" F. BOBO Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # 593-Roll 1579 State TX County Coleman District Enumerator S. W. Terry Post Office San Saba Enumerated 27 July - 1 Aug 1870 7 13 Bobo Wm. 26 m w Driving Cattle
Death: [1] William was killed in Madison county by a mob of townspeople who decided to rid the county of unsavory characters. As the townspeople about 100 of them approached him, he reached down into his boot for his gun, when he did this someone shot him in the top of the head. His Mother Harriett Bobo was standing nearby and ran to her son, started trying to put his brains back in his head, then grabbed his gun and started shooting into the crowd.;src: Family story passed down, told to me by My great Uncle Paul Barrett and also by Mitch Vetuski a cousin.; JBW
[2] Newspaper articles: From Betty Bobo Neiman: There was one more article on a William Bobo that I found in the Univ of Texas History Collection and it reads as follows:
"Dallas Weekly Herald Jan 19, 1882 San Saba Special to the Herald San Saba, January 14 - A few cases of typhoid fever in town. No deaths, William Bobo, who killed a man nine years ago in the Beverly settlement, in the southern part of this county, has been arrested in Walker county and will be brought back and tried for the murder."
Reply from Mitch Vetuski about article above: Fits a tale that was told about him. He was traveling to San Saba to stand trial and was accosted by local sheriff and didn't want to be hassled.;Shot the guy in the head, didn't kill him, and then went on to trial and was acquitted.
Miscellaneous Texas Newspaper Abstracts - Deaths, Vol. 2 compiled by: Michael Kelsey, Nancy Graff Floyd, Ginny Guinn Parsons, 1995, Heritage Books "The Old Capitol", published at Columbia, TX Issue 7 Jan 1888 Huntsville Jan 4th. Reliable news reaches here from Madison Co., 30 miles west of here, that a mob of 200 or 300 men went to the town of Madisonville yesterday and shot down one Will Bobo on the public square in presence of the sheriff. The mob went from there to the house of one Red Page and took him out and hanged him. Also, shot Alf. Whiting, it is supposed, fatally. Killed one other party, name unknown. Sent to me by Rex McClurin on 2/20/2000
[3] Galveston Daily News, January 24, 1888 page 4, column 5; from newspaper files (on microfilm) Sterling C. Evans Library Texas A&M; Madisonville County Library Genealogy Dept. 605 South May Madisonville, Tx 77864:
Our citizens, who recently shot BOBO and hung PAGE, met at the court-house in this place and after consultation divided in small companies and visited a number of persons in this county, not for the purpose of injuring them or of giving them notice to leave the county, but to admonish them to become good, civil, law abiding citizens. Those who live at a distance perhaps regard these men who have been compelled by force of circumstances to take the law in their own hands for the time being as desperate men, when in fact they are first-class, clever, honest gentleman; and although they have determined to supress murder and theft in our county, they are as kind and law-abiding gentlemen as Madison County can boast, and if an honest, upright citizen was being imposed upon they would be willing to come to his rescue as they are determined to supress murder and theft, and I have not yet met or heard of a good citizen in the whole county who attaches any sore of blame to them on account of the course they have been driven to pursue in defense of life and property. Mrs. Dina McBride, Gail Howell and Mitch Vetuski; sources for William J. and all his descendants.25 March 1998
From Karen Hett 11/15/02 Family records in possession of Martin Fraley, and researched by Mitchell Vetuski, indicate that William was shot and killed during a riot at Madisonville and died in his mother's arms on 3 January 1888. Verifying this story is a note in the diary of O. Wiley, as published in the Leon Hunters Dispatch, Vol. VIII # 1, p. 19: "Bill Bobo was killed in Madisonville Jan 7 (sic.) 88."
Children of MARTHA BARRETT and WILLIAM BOBO are:
i. ASIE5 BOBO, b. 1869, Texas. ii. ROBERT BOBO, b. 1871, Texas.
Notes for ROBERT BOBO:
Robert was still living with Harriet in 1880 census he was 29 years old and she is listed as 49 years old in Madison County Texas.
iii. BILL DUGAN BOBO, b. 1873, Texas.
Notes for BILL DUGAN BOBO:
Bill Bobo was living in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944. Source: his brother, Thomas Nathaniel Bobo obituary
iv. UNKNOWN BOBO, b. 1875, Texas.
v. LUCY BOBO, b. 1877; m. L. D. ARMENTROUT, January 25, 1897, San Saba Co., TX.
Notes for LUCY BOBO:
Marriage: [1] Lucy was still married to L.D. Armentrout in 1944 and living in Fort Stockton, Texas. source: brothers obituary
vi. MATTIE M. BOBO, b. 1877; m. W. M. STAPP, April 29, 1894, Brown Co., TX.
Notes for MATTIE M. BOBO: Marriage Source: State of Texas Marriage Records [2] Dan Donahoe: Madison County Court House Records Mattie was married to W.M. Stapp in 1944 when her brother died. She was living in Grand Fallas, Texas
vii. ANNETTE BOBO, b. December 25, 1879, Madison Co., TX; m. DAVID THOMAS, March 24, 1895, Brown Co., TX.
Notes for ANNETTE BOBO:
Marriage: David Thomas: [1] Annette was still married to David Thomas in 1944 and living in Houston,Harris, Texas at his death: source Thomas Nathanel Bobo obituary.
2. viii. CHARLES BOBO, b. September 1884, Texas.
3. ix. THOMAS NATHANIEL BOBO, b. April 09, 1887, Madison Co., TX; d. July 06, 1944, Houston,Harris, Texas.
2. CHARLES5 BOBO (MARTHA ELIZABETH "MATTIE"4 BARRETT, JOHN WHITTEN3, DAVID2, REUBEN1) was born September 1884 in Texas. He married WILLIE SAVAGE August 19, 1903 in Brown County, Texas. She was born in Texas.
Notes for CHARLES BOBO:
Marriage Source:State of Texas Marriage Records from Betty Bobo Niemann
Census: [1]In the State of Texas Census records that I sent you for the 1900,1910 & 1920 census I see:
Comanche Co 1910 Charlie Bobo 26 M Tx farmer general farm Willie Bobo 22 F Tx wife farm laborer home farm Edward Bobo 3 M Tx son Agnes Bobo 1 6/12 F Tx dau Info in ED 3, Sht 9, Vol 29 Line 42
above census record from Betty Bobo Neiman
Children of CHARLES BOBO and WILLIE SAVAGE are:
i. EDWARD6 BOBO, b. Abt. 1907, Texas.
ii. AGNES BOBO, b. Abt. 1908, Texas.
3. THOMAS NATHANIEL5 BOBO (MARTHA ELIZABETH "MATTIE"4 BARRETT, JOHN WHITTEN3, DAVID2, REUBEN1) was born April 09, 1887 in Madison Co., TX, and died July 06, 1944 in Houston,Harris, Texas. He married BARBARA JOSEPHINE E. UNKNOWN. She was born 27 Sept 1891 in Munich, Germany, and died May 14, 1967 in Houston,Harris, Texas.
Notes for THOMAS NATHANIEL BOBO:
Birth/Death: [1] Date/Place: Gail Howell GR
Marriage: [1] name from his obituary
Death: [1]Obituary: Obituary of Thomas Nat Bobo- publication date: 7 July 1944 - source: The Houston Chronicle - Date of Death 6 July 1944
Thomas Nat Bobo, 57, died at his home, 3512 Oakridge, at 10 p.m. Thursday. He had lived in Houston 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Barbara Josephine Bobo; two sons, Albert Roy Bobo and Raymond Nat Bobo, both of Houston; three sisters, Mrs Martha Stapp of Grand Fallas, Texas, Miss Annette Bobo of Houston and Mrs. Lucy Armentrout of Fort Stockton, a brother, Bill Bobo of Fort Worth, and two grandchildren. Funeral services at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of the Heights Funeral Home, with Rev. T. C. Jester officiating. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Heights Funeral Home directing
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Houston,Texas
Notes for BARBARA JOSEPHINE E. UNKNOWN: Birth: [1] Munich, Germany [2]Date: Social Security records 451-56-6840
Death: [1]Obituary:
Obituary of: Mrs T N Bobo (Barbara Josephine E Bobo) published 15 May 1967 source The Houston Chronicle date of death: 14 May 1967
Mrs T N Bobo, 75, of 3521 Oakridge, died 9:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14, 1967. Native of Munich Germany; had lived in Houston 50 years. Member Catholic Church. Survivors: Sons, Albert Roy Bobo, Nat Raymond Bobo, both of Houston; grandchildren, Mrs Barbara Faye Watkins, Thomas Gerald Bobo, Susan Kay Bobo, all of Houston, Mrs Diana Sartain, College Station, Cathy Eleen Bobo, Grooves, Texas. Funeral Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Geo H Lewis & Sons McGowen Ave Chapel, the Rev. Joseph O'Malley officiating. Burial Hollywood Cemetery. Geo H Lewis & Sons, 400 block McGowen, JA4-3141
Burial: [1] Hollywood Cemetery, Houston,Harris,Texas
Children of THOMAS BOBO and BARBARA UNKNOWN are:
4. i. ALBERT ROY6 BOBO, b. July 29, 1913, Harris County, Texas; d. January 07, 1989, Houston,Harris, Texas.
5. ii. NATHANIEL RAYMOND BOBO, b. Houston,Harris, Texas; d. December 28, 1973, Houston,Harris, Texas.
4. ALBERT ROY6 BOBO (THOMAS NATHANIEL5, MARTHA ELIZABETH "MATTIE"4 BARRETT, JOHN WHITTEN3, DAVID2, REUBEN1) was born July 29, 1913 in Harris County, Texas, and died January 07, 1989 in Houston,Harris, Texas. He married HAZEL MARY GUIDRY.
Notes for ALBERT ROY BOBO:
Birth: [1]Date: State of Texas Birth Records
Occupation: [1] Supervisor at Hughes Tools Company [37 years]
Clubs: [1]Woodland Masonic Lodge No. 1157
death: [1] Obituary: Obituary of Albert Roy Bobo, publication date: 9 Jan 1989 - source: The Houston Chronicle; date of death: 7 Jan 1989
Albert Roy Bobo, 75, died Saturday, January 7, 1989 at his residence in Houston. Mr Bobo was retired after 37 years as Supervisor of Hughes Tool Company. He was a member of the Woodland Masonic Lodge No. 1157. Mr Bobo is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Diann and Kenneth Richard of Port Arthur, Tex.; daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and John Beuhler of Beaumont, Tx.; grandchildren, Scott and Stephanie Sartain and Hillary Godbold; and two nieces and one nephew. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 10, 1989 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Heights Funeral Home, 1317 Heights Blvd. with the interment to follow at Hollywood Cemetery. Heights Funeral Home 862-8844
Burial: [1] 1/10/1989 Hollywood Cemetery, Houston,Texas
Children of ALBERT BOBO and HAZEL GUIDRY are:
i. VERA DIANN7 BOBO, b. April 05, 1945, Harris County, Texas; m. ALLEN RICHARD SARTAIN, March 26, 1966, Jefferson Co,Texas.
Notes for VERA DIANN BOBO: Birth/Parents: [1] State of Texas Birth Records
Marriage: [1] State of Texas Marriage Records
ii. CATHY E. BOBO, b. April 04, 1952; m. JOHN W. [JR.] BEUHLER, June 28, 1979, Jefferson Co,Texas.
Notes for CATHY E. BOBO:
Marriage: State of Texas Marriage Records.
5. NATHANIEL RAYMOND6 BOBO (THOMAS NATHANIEL5, MARTHA ELIZABETH "MATTIE"4 BARRETT, JOHN WHITTEN3, DAVID2, REUBEN1) was born in Houston,Harris, Texas, and died December 28, 1973 in Houston,Harris, Texas. He married (1) RENE JEAN BARUTH. He married (2) ARCHIE BETH HAYES, daughter of CLYDE HAYES and VALLIE ROBBINS. She was born July 11, 1923 in San Saba, Texas, and died February 05, 2001 in Richmond, Ft.Bend,Texas.
Notes for NATHANIEL RAYMOND BOBO:
Occupation: [1]District Construction Foreman for Southwestern Bell, Houston,Texas
Clubs: [1] Woodland Masonic Lodge No. 1157 A.F & A.M
Death: [1] Obituary: Obituary of Natheniel Ray Bobo - publication date: 29 Dec 1973 - Source: The Houston Chronicle - date of death 28 Dec 1973
Natheniel Ray Bobo, 58, of 7600 Burgoyne, died 5:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 1973. Native and lifelong resident of Houston. Was district construction foreman with Southwestern Bell for 38 years. Member of Woodland Lodge No. 1157 A.F. & A. M. Survivors: wife, Mrs Archie Bobo; daughters, Mrs Barbara Arnold, Miss Susan Bobo; sons, Thomas Jerald Bobo; stepson; Charles Tillinghast; brother, A. R. Bobo, all of Houston; three grandchildren. Arrangements to be announced. Geo. H. Lewis and Sons, 2530 Sage Road, 621-6500.
Nathaniel had a step-son Charles Tillinghast of Houston, Texas Notes for ARCHIE BETH HAYES:
Birth/Parents: Source: Obituary
Marriages: Unknown Tillinghast:source Obituary
Death: [1]Obituary: Obituary of Archie Beth Hayes Bobo source Houston Chronicle Web Feb 7, 2001
Archie Beth Hayes Bobo died Monday, February 5, 2001. She was born in San Saba, Texas on July 11, 1923 to Clyde Hayes and Vallie Robbins Hayes. She lived in Houston from 1942 till 1983 when she moved to Richmond Texas. She retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1979 after 33 years of service. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. She is survived by one son, Charles A. Tillinghast, grandson Dylan H Tillinghast; one sister Mrs Clydola Patterson of Springfield, Missouri, one brother Arnold Hayes and wife Tommie of Houston; and several nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to visitation with family from 6 until 8 o'clock in evening on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home, 13001 Katy Freeway. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the Chapel of Memorial Oaks Funeral Home on Friday, February 9, 2001 with Dr. James Deloach officiating. Interment will follow. Pall bearers will be Clyde Hayes, James Patterson, Duane Scott, Ted Lewis, Darrelll Lewis CHRISTOPHER BOBO, Carlton Smith and George Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be Glenn Hogg, Bill Bullock, Frank Kendrick, Leland Sims, George Winfield and Bill Gunn. In lieu of flowers and for those desiring, memorial contributions may be directed to Second Baptist Church Building Fund, 6400 Woodway, Houston, tx 77087 or a charity of your choice. Geo H Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Dr 713-789-3005.
Children of NATHANIEL BOBO and RENE BARUTH are:
i. THOMAS GERALD7 BOBO, b. December 28, 1943, Harris County, Texas.
Notes for THOMAS GERALD BOBO:
Birth/Parents: [1]State of Texas Birth Records
ii. BARBARA LYNN OR FAYE BOBO, b. January 18, 1954, Harris County, Texas; m. (1) UNKNOWN ARNOLD; m. (2) UNKNOWN WATKINS.
Notes for BARBARA LYNN OR FAYE BOBO:
Parents/Birth: [1] Date,Names: State of Texas Birth records
Marriage: source: fathers obituary source: Grandmothers Obituary
iii. SUSAN KAY BOBO, b. December 29, 1951, Harris County, Texas.
Notes for SUSAN KAY BOBO:
Birth:[1]State of Texas Birth Records.