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

Joseph Leland STRALEY "Lee"

Born: Sep 21, 1820, New River, Montgomery Co, VA
Died: Sep 12, 1921, LCTX

Father: Charles STRALEY

Mother: Betsy MCCOMAS

 

Married
June 1845, Paris, Lamar Co, TX

Sarah Rebecca CLARK "Sally"

Born: Jan 17, 1880 in Sevier Co, AR
Died: Oct 14, 1912, TX

Father: David CLARK

Mother: Minerva INGLISH

 

Children:
 

1. Minerva Straley (b. May 7, 1850 in Travis Co, TX; d. Feb 12, 1948, Copperas Cove, Coryell Co, TX; m. William M. THOMPSON "Bill" (of Alabama, b. 1846; d. 1917) on Sep 10, 1868, Lampasas Co, TX)

Children: 

  1. Francis Marion Thompson "Gabe" (b. Apr 1, 1869, LCTX; d. Mar 6, 1939 in Roswell, NM)

  2. Fanny Thompson (b. Nov 27, 1872, Adamsville, LCTX; d. Jun 15, 1873)

  3. Joseph M. William Thompson (b. Jul 9, 1871, Adamsville, Lampasas Co, TX; m. Maggie HILL, 1889)

Notes:

  • Minerva, Bill and Gabe are buried at Straley Cemetery cem, LCTX. 

  • William (hunting stock), Minerva (keeping house), and Francis are listed in the 1870 Lampasas Co. Census.

  • William's parents were Pleasant G. Thompson (b. Nov 12, 1824; d. Aug 26, 1882, LCTX) and Mary Elizabeth Smith (b. 1830 in TN; d. LCTX)

  • From Rose Piņon via email, I learned that Francis M. Thompson had a common-law marriage to Manuela "Nellie" VILLESCAS.
 

2. Joseph Leland Straley Jr. "Joe" (b. Mar 12, 1853, TX; d. Mar 25, 1928, Adamsville, LCTX; m. Hulda J. BAIN (b. Apr 11, 1848, KY; d. Aug 29, 1911, Adamsville, LCTX) on Jun 11, 1874, LCTX.

Children:

  1. Ruby Straley (m. Samuel MCCANDLESS)

  2. Myrtle Straley (b.1877; d. 1958; m. Will R. WAGLE)

  3. Sallie Leland Straley "Lee" (b. Feb 15, 1880; m. Jim F. WEST)

Notes:
 

3. Charles Clement Straley (b. Dec 15, 1851; d. May 28, 1892 at age 42; m. Maggie POPENOE)

Children:

  1. Crystal Straley (b. Feb 8, 1889; m. Cleo O. LAWLER)

  2. Infant son (b. Feb 8, 1890; d. Feb 9, 1890)

  3. Charles Dean Straley (b. Jan 19, 1891; m. Annie L. Windham)

  4. Ada Straley (b. Oct 10, 1893; m. Tom MCINTYRE)

Notes:
  • He was killed from a horse fall at age 42. His brother, John Henry (below), who had lost his wife that same year, 1892, married Charles' wife, Maggie. It was a marriage of family convenience.
 

4. John Henry Straley (b. Sep 20, 1856, LCTX; d. Jul 30, 1928, Oplin, CCTX; m1. Addie POPNOE (died during childbirth); m2. Maggie Popnoe STRALEY)

Children to Addie:

  1. Ethel Straley (b. Mar 8, 1882, TX)

  2. Bertha Mary Straley "May" (b. Feb, 1883, m. William H. AVERY)

  3. James D. Straley "Dee" (b. Feb 3, 1885, m.  Fannie E. BUNCH)

  4. Joseph Leland Straley "Lee" (b. Feb 3, 1885, m. Laney ATWOOD)

  5. Magdaline Straley (b. Feb 16, 1886, TX; m. John W. WINDHAM)

  6. John Straley (b. Apr 14, 1889, d. Apr 20, 1889)

  7. Ernestine Straley (b. Aug 14, 1891, m. Forrest WINDHAM)

Children to Maggie:

  1. Henry Bland Straley "H.B." (b. May 10, 1897; m. Lanie C. ROBERSON)

  2. Mattie Elizabeth Straley (b. Dec 12, 1900; d. Jan 25, 1907)

  3. Myrtle Thelma Straley "Mertie" (b. Feb 15, 1908; m. Leslie L. DAVIS)

Notes:
  • John's second wife, Maggie, was his brother's widow. After she marrying John, they had more children.
  • John and Maggie are buried at Oplin Cemetery cem, CCTX.  Maggie's obituary.
 

5. Julia Straley (b. Dec 1, 1858; d. Jun 1, 1940, Adamsville, LCTX; m. Judge Franklin David "Bud" RICHARDSON (b. Sep 15, 1861, Hamilton, TX; d. May 8, 1923, Adamsville, LCTX) on Jul 6, 1884, LCTX)

Children:

  1. Ruth Richardson (b. 1885; d. 1955; m. William W. MITCHELL "Buster")

  2. Inez Richardson (b. Jul 27, 1887, TX; d. Oct 15, 1973, Graham,  Young Co, TX; m. Albert LYONS)

  3. Sarah Richardson "Sallie" (b. Oct 24, 1887, LCTX; d. Nov. 16, 1982, LCTX; m. George Henry DOOLEY (b. 1880, d. 1962), LCTX)

  4. Franklin  Lee Richardson (b. Dec 14, 1888, LCTX; d. Mar 25, 1969, LCTX; m. Lena Arleen CARTER (b. Jun 15, 1897, d. 1983))

  5. Lemuel Burkett Richardson (b. May 17, 1890, TX; d. Mar 30, 1947, Lometa, LCTX; m. Lucille BROOKS)

  6. Joseph Burgess Richardson (b. Nov 10, 1891, LCTX; d. Apr 5, 1967, Goldthwaiate, Mills Co, TX; m. Lou CHAMBERS (b. 1898), buried at Straley Cemetery cem.)

  7. Luella Richardson (b. 1893; m. Luther LESTER)

  8. Mary H. Richardson (b. Mar 24, 1895, TX; d. Aug 8, 1968, Jayton, Kent Co, TX; m. Rollie MCKINZIE)

  9. Julia Richardson (b. Sep 3, 1896, LCTX; d. Apr 28, 1991, LCTX; m. James William FORD "Jim" (b. Dec 6, 1889, TX))

  10. Henry Clay Richardson (b. Sep 29, 1898; d. Dec 27, 1973, Adamsville, LCTX; m. Velma Myrtle LONG (b. May 23, 1903), buried at Straley Cemetery cem.)

  11. Rachel Alice Richardson (b. Mar 10, 1900, d. Apr 5, 1900, LCTX, died at age 1, buried at Straley Cemetery cem.)

  12. Minerva Richardson (b. Jul 16, 1901, TX; d. May 12, 1957, LCTX; m. Fred RICHARDSON - her 1st cousin)

Notes:
  • Bud and Julia are buried at Straley Cemetery cem, LCTX.
  • Lemuel Richardson was a carpenter.
 

6. Thomas Jefferson Straley "Tom" (b. Apr 4, 1861, TX, Adamsville, LCTX; m. Lucy Allen COPE (b. Aug 1866, TX; d. 1937, TX), Dec 4, 1884, Coleman, TX)

Children:

  1. Henry Artimas Straley (b. Nov 2, 1885, TX; m. Katherine Berry FULLER?)

  2. Sarah Straley "Sally" (b. Sep 1888, TX)

  3. Eli Simon Straley (died in Koblenz, Germany)

  4. Thomas Jefferson Straley Jr. (b. Mar 25, 1890, TX; m. Margaret POLLAFAX)

  5. Charles Spurgen Straley (b. Sep 6, 1892)

  6. Alice B. Straley (b. 1896, TX)

  7. Myrtle Straley (b. Aug 20, 1897, TX; m1. Almon KNIGHT, m2. Allen KILE)

  8. Lucy Straley "Jackie" (b. Aug 2, 1899, TX; m. Walter SILVERS) 

  9. George Leeland Straley (b. Mar 12, 1902, TX; m. Katie May PATRICK)

  10. Rebecca Straley "Reba" (b. Dec 24, 1903, TX; m1. Joe ROSCOE, m2. Rowland BINGHAM?)

  11. Thelma Ethel Straley (b. Mar 21, 1906, died an infant)

  12. John Cope Straley (b. May 31, 1907, TX; m. June CALDWELL)

  13. Thurman Earnest Straley (b. Oct 1, 1911, TX; died young)

Notes:
 

7. Sam Houston Straley (b. Jan 15, 1863, TX; d. Sep 7, 1948, TX; m. Frances E. BAIN "Fannie" (b. Oct 20, 1868, KY; d. Aug 14, 1956, Adamsville, LCTX) on Aug 24, 1886).

Children:

  1. Sarah Violet Straley (b. Jun 2, 1887, TX; m. Clarence W. MOSES)

  2. Albert Calrton Straley "Carl" (b. Jan 11, 1889, LCTX; m. Ercella JONES)

  3. Mary Edith Straley (b. Jan 29, 1891, TX; d. Mar 17, 1972)

  4. Francis A. Straley (b. Mar 16, 1894)

Notes:
  • Sam and Fannie are buried at Straley Cemetery cem, LCTX.
 

8. Andrew Jackson Straley "Jack" (b. Sep 1866, TX; d. Mar 8, 1907, Adamsville, LCTX; m. Mary Etta FOWLER (b. Mar 1875; d. 1951) on Dec 3, 1891)

Children:

  1. Ora Hulda Straley (b. Dec 3, 1892; m. Homer Lee ARCHIE

  2. Lucy Lenora Straley "Lee" (b. Jul 21, 1895; m. Milton PATTERSON)

  3. Byran Fowler Straley (b. Dec 11, 1896)

  4. Charles C. Straley "Sam" (b. Jul 4, 1899; m. Effie WILSON)

  5. Samuel Franklin Straley (b. Jul 13, 1901, TX; m. Mittie LITTLE)

  6. Andrew Jackson Straley Jr. "A. J." (b. Aug 21, 1903; m. Eunice B. WARD

  7. Mary Pearl Straley (b. Oct 3, 1905, LCTX; m. Earl FAUBION)

  8. Jewel Eunice Straley (b. 1907; m. Lester E. HOARD

Notes:
  • Jack, Mary, Ora, Samuel, AJ, Eunice, and Jewel are buried at Straley Cemetery cem, LCTX.
  • Eunice Straley was a Nurses Aid.
  • From the 1900 Lampasas Co. TX Census census.
    Straley, Andrew J, head, w, m, Sep 1866, age 33, farmer
    Mary E., wife, w, f, Mar 1875, age 25,
    Ora H., daughter, w, f, Dec 1892, age 7
    Lenora N., daughter, w, f, Jul 1895, age 4
    Byron F., son, w, m, Dec 1896, age 3
    Charles C., son, w, m, Jun 1899, age 11 months
    Joseph L., father, w, m, Sep 1820, age 79, born in VA
    Sarah, mother, w, f, Jun 1830, age 70, born in AR  

 
Notes:

  • Joseph Leland "Lee" eventually left Virginia, and moved to Arkansas. There he met and married Sarah "Sallie" CLARK. She was a petite, 90 pound, 14-year-old girl at the time.

  • Sam Houston's death certificate says that Lee was born in Illinois. This game from A.C. Straley, who lived in Lubbock and was the Informant on the Death Certificate.

  • Lee and Sallie moved to Fannin County, Texas. Lee sat on the first jury held in Fannin County in 1837. They lived for a while in Yokum, TX where he was a freighter, with four yoke of oxen, hauling lumber from ports on the Gulf of Mexico. They later moved to Marble Falls in Burnet Co. TX, where they lived with General Edward BURLESON and wife (At one time, Leland was also personal friends with General Albert Sidney JOHNSON and Sam HOUSTON.). They next moved to San Marcos in Hayes Co, TX. Then finally to Lampasas Co, TX.

  • Joseph was a 2nd Lt. Confederate Army, Texas Frontier Dist. in the Civil War.

  • Their sons were given the names of famous American heroes or ancestors. Their daughters were named after Roman women or goddesses.

  • Leland Straley donated land for the Straley School, the Baptist Church and the Straley Cemetery cem. He and his wife and many Straleys are buried there.  His original home still stands and many Straleys still live in the Lampasas, Texas area.

  • Lee died just 10 days shy of his 101st birthday. His death certificates says he was born in Giles Co, VA. It also states that his father's name was "Charles M. Straley" from Virginia.

  • The 1860 Lampasas Co. Census lists a J.L.Straley and family. It does not look as if this is Joseph Leland: (who is this Straley?)
    Joseph L, age 35, male, stockraising, from TN
    Mariah, age 26, female, from TX
    Matilda, age 6, female, from TX
    Joseph, age 4, male, from TX
    Wm. age 2, male, from TX
    Sarah, age 6/12, female, from TX

  • The 1870 Lampasas Co. Census lists Joseph and family. J.L.'s occupation is farming, while Sarah's is keeping house. Listed are:
    Joseph L, age 49, male, white, 1000 acres, from VA
    Sarah, age 40, from AR
    Joseph, age 17 from TX
    Charles, age 15 from TX
    John, age 13 from TX
    Julia, age 11 from TX
    Thomas, age 9 from TX
    Sam H, age 7 from TX
    Andrew, age 5 from TX

  • Page Sources:
    1. Research document entitled: Descendants of Jacob Straley by Cathy Cox Straley.
    2. Genealogy of The Straley Family by Grace (RHODES) Straley SWARTZ on Gateway Press.
    3. Additional information from Don Allen Davis.
    4. Rose Piņon via email

Names Added to Name Index: YES

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