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Jacob Straley > Jacob Straley Jr. > Charles M. Straley > Joseph Leland Straley > Charles Clement Straley

Charles Clement STRALEY

Born: Dec 15, 1851
Died: May 28, 1893 (age 42)

Father: Joseph L. STRALEY

Mother: Sarah CLARK

Charles Clement Straley

Married
Jun 9, 1887, CoCTX

Magdaline POPNOE "Maggie"

Born: Dec 27, 1867 in Fannin, TX
Died: Apr 20, 1959, LCTX

Father: James POPNOE

Mother: Susan WATTS

Children:
Crystal Straley Lawler

1. Crystal Straley (b. Feb 8, 1889, TX; d. ??; m. Cleo O. Lawler)

Children:

  1. Charles Lawler (b. ?)

  2. Ray Lawler (b. ?)

  3. Doris Laverne Lawler (b. ?; m. ? KIRKLEY)

  4. Sally Oma Lawler (b. ?; m. ? LENA)

  5. Orval Lawler (b. ?, m. Alice ?)

  6. Gwendelin Lawler "Gwen" (b. ?; m. Cully OAKS)

  7. Cleo Fay Lawler (b. ?; m. Red BROOKS)

  8. John Lawler (b. ?, m. Mary Lou ?)

Notes:
  2. Infant Son (b. Feb 8, 1890; d. Feb 9, 1890)
 
Notes:
  • Buried at Silver Valley Cemetery cem, CoCTX.
Zachary Durham 2001

3. Charles Dean Straley (b. Jan 19, 1891; d. Jun 11, 1979; m. Annie Laura Windham "Lollie", dau. of Tom WINDHAM)

Children:

  1. Frankie Lee Straley (b. Aug 14, 1915; m. Jack HANCOCK)

  2. Elsie Louise Straley (b. Apr 3, 1920; m.  E. Earl DURHAM)

  3. Charley Tom Straley (b. Jul 11, 1923; m. Peggy E. SANSOM).

Notes:
  • Charles was known to friends as "Charley".  His grandchildren (who unanimously loved him as a Texas legend and their wonderful grandfather) referred to him as "Dady Straley".
Ada Straley McIntyre

4. Ada Straley (b. Oct 10, 1893; d. Jan 4, 1990 at age 96; m. Tom S. MCINTYRE (b. 1889, TX))

Children:

  1. Tom McIntyre Jr. (d. Dec 7, 1966; m. Marjorie Lovella STRANGE (d. Feb 10, 2008))

  2. Harold McIntyre (d. Feb 12, 2008; m. Mary Lou STRANGE (d. Feb 19, 2008))

  3. Lurlyne McIntyre "Margaret" (m. Grover JOHNSON "Johnnie")

Notes:
  • Tom Jr. was a 2nd Lt. at Fort Hood during World War II.  He was was later killed in a car accident.
  • Margorie and Mary Lou Strange were sisters.

 
Notes:

  • Charles Clement Straley was born in Adamsville, Lampasas Co, Texas. Maggie was born in Fannin, Texas. She died at Davis Ranch, Lampasas, Texas.

  • Charles died at the age of 42. The story, as often told to me by my mother, Elsie, and her father, C.D. Straley, was that Charlie had taken a long trip to town. He was gone for several days. During his absence, a new barbed wire fence was constructed. Charlie returned alone one night, unaware of the new fence. He rode full speed into it, killing him. Those events left his wife, Maggie, a young widow. As fate would have it, Charlie's brother, John H. Straley, had experienced similar tragedy earlier that May. His own wife, Addie, died (in childbirth as the story goes). The story follows that Charlie and John had made an agreement to look out for each other's families in the event of either's death. So, soon after Charlie's death, John H. and Maggie were married. They eventually had more children.

  • Charles C. Straley is buried in Silver Valley Cemetery cem.  Maggie is buried in Oplin Cemetery cem, CCTX (Maggie's obituary), with her second husband John H. Straley.


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