Samuel B. Windham > John Darby Windham > Hilary  Windham > Hilery Windham

Children:

	1. Warnie Winfield Windham (b. Apr 30, 1920; m. Mildred ALLEN) Children: Morna Anne Windham (b. July 25, 1941 in , CCTX; online birth record). Notes: Warnie and Mildred lived in Farmington, San Juan Co, NM.
	2. Monterey Windham "Montie" (b. Jun 17, 1922; d. Jun 19, 1996, Taylor Co, TX; m. Patricia Ophelia ASHLEY "Grammy" (b. May 2, 1924; d. Feb 1, 2007, TX) on Nov 15, 1941) Children: Patsy Jean Windham (b. Sep 12, 1942 in , CCTX; online birth record; m. ? TUSSEY) Barbara Jane Windham (m. George GLADDEN and lives in Abilene, TaCTX) Diana Janette Windham "Jan" (m. Calvin HILLEN and lives in Wichita Falls, TX) Monterey Windham Jr. "Sonny" (m. Leneta RUSSELL) Notes: Montie and Patricia are buried in Tecumseh Cemetery cem, CCTX.
	3. Stanley Wayne Windham (b. ?)   Notes:
	4. Infant Son (b. Jan 22, 1927; d. Jan 23, 1927)   Notes: Online birth record. He is buried in Tecumseh Cemetery cem, CCTX.

 2nd Marriage

Hilery WINDHAM Born July 5, 1899 Died May 31, 1983, TX Son of H. Tod and Lenora (CONNELL) WINDHAM

Married 1928

Ellen Jones MCBRIDE Born ?? Died Dec 14, 1974

 

Notes:

Hilery died in Abilene, Texas. He and Minnie are both buried at Tecumseh Cemetery cem, CCTX. Ellen is buried at Oplin Cemetery, CCTX. Hilery married Minnie Belle Preston and they had four (?) children before her death in 1927 at the age of 23. She is believed to have died of dropsy. On her gravestone, it reads: "She was too good, too gentle and fair, to dwell in this cold world of care." Hilery was a blacksmith and welder in Oplin, CCTX for most of his later years. The blacksmith shop still stands today in old downtown Oplin, Texas.  My mother and I visited his shop a few times. I remember he  had a gruffed voice and could not hear very well. This however did not hinder him from being a top-notch blacksmith. He made us a fireplace grate with my cattle brand (bar J or -J) on the face plate. He learned his welding while working at the shipyards. There are two stories passed onto me from my father, E. Earl Durham. The first story tells of how Hilery deployed a very dangerous technique to fix a leak in metal gasoline tanks (on cars, trucks, tractors, etc.), and they claim to have seen him do it. He would weld the tank directly on the vehicle, but only after completely filling it with gasoline.  Hilery told them if the tank was full, there would be no fumes to ignite. This somehow kept the tank from exploding from the intense heat of the welding arc. The second story relates to Hilery's days working at shipyards. One day on the job, his foreman needed a long, warped beam of solid iron straightened out.  No one there could figure out how to easily accomplish such a feat.  They sought Hilery's opinion on the matter. He instructed two teams with blow torches to heat the length of the iron beam. He then took a single drop of ice water and dabbed it on the center of the beam. To their amazement, the iron beam instantly straightened! Believe it or not!

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