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

Children:

	1. Crystal Straley (b. Feb 8, 1889, TX; d. Nov 4, 1973, Lamesa, TX; m. Cleo O. Lawler) Children: Charles Lawler (b. 1905, TX) Ray Lawler (b. 1909, TX) Doris Laverne Lawler (d. Jul 12, 1988; m. ? KIRKLEY) Sally Oma Lawler (b. ?; m. ? LENA) Orval Lawler (b. Oct 7, 1907, TX; m. Alice MOORE) Mary Gwendolyn Lawler "Gwen" (b. Dec 20, 1911, TX; m. Cully OAKS) Cleo Fay Lawler (b. 1918, TX; m. Red BROOKS) John Lawler (b. 1917, TX, m. Mary Lou ?) Notes:
	2. Infant Son (b. Feb 8, 1890; d. Feb 9, 1890)   Notes: Buried at Silver Valley Cemetery, CoCTX.
	3. Charles Dean Straley (b. Jan 19, 1891, TX; d. Jun 11, 1979; m. Annie Laura Windham "Lollie") Children: Frankie Lee Straley (b. Aug 14, 1915; m. Jack HANCOCK) Elsie Louise Straley (b. Apr 3, 1920; m.  E. Earl DURHAM) Charley Tom Straley (b. Jul 11, 1923; m. Peggy E. SANSOM). Notes: Annie's father was Tom WINDHAM. 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".
	4. Ada Straley (b. Oct 10, 1893; d. Jan 4, 1990, age 96; m. Tom Stewart MCINTYRE (b. May 13, 1889, TX; d. Sep 18, 1958, TX)) Children: Tom Stewart McIntyre Jr. (d. Dec 7, 1966; m. Marjorie Lovella STRANGE (d. Feb 10, 2008)) Harold B. McIntyre (b. May 24, 1917; d. Feb 13, 2008, TX; m. Mary Lou STRANGE (d. Feb 19, 2008)) 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. Marjorie and Mary Lou Strange were sisters. Tom and Ada (Straley) McIntyre are buried at Ralls Cemetery, Ralls, Crosby Co, TX. View Tom's Find-A-Grave 26785601 Entry. View Ada's Find-A-Grave 26785935 Entry. Tom McIntyre Jr. is buried at Ralls Cemetery, Ralls, Crosby Co, TX. View her Find-A-Grave 26785935 Entry. Harold is buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, Mabank, Henderson Co, TX. View Harold's Find-A-Grave 24673614 Entry. From 1920 US Census for Callahan Co, TX:   Name Rel Sex Race Est. DOB Age Mar. Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Tom S. McIntyre Self M W 1889 31 M TX AL TX Ada McIntyre Wife W F 1893 27 M TX TX TX Tom S. McIntyre Son W M 1916 4 S TX TX TX Harold B. McIntyre Son W M 1918 2 S TX TX TX

 

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 Straley Durham, and her father, C.D. "Daddy" Straley, was that Charlie took a trip into town, and he was gone for several days, if not weeks. During his absence, a new barbed wire fence was constructed. Charlie returned alone one night, of course , unaware of the new fence. He rode full speed into it, which threw him from his horse and killed him instantly.  That event left his wife, Maggie, a young widow with three children. As fate would have it, Charlie's brother, John H. Straley, experienced a similar tragedy earlier that May when his own wife, Addie, died (in childbirth as the story goes). Whether it was a pre-arranged agreement between brothers to care for the other's family in event of tragedy, simple convenience, we will never know, however, soon after Charlie's death, John H. and Maggie exchanged wedding vows. The couple would go on to have more children. So, from these circumstances, my grand father had brothers, sisters, half-brothers, half-sisters, and step-brothers and -sisters, who were also his first cousins! Charles C. Straley is buried in Silver Valley Cemetery, CoCTX.  Maggie is buried in Oplin Cemetery, CCTX (Maggie's obituary), with her second husband John H. Straley.

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