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Nancy "Ann" Dyches, daughter of Josiah Dyches and Lucinda Dyches, was born in South Carolina in 1802.  Her 1850 and 1870 census enumerations show her birthplace as Louisiana, but her 1880 enumeration, believed to be more accurate, shows her birthplace as South Carolina.

 

Her mother addressed a note to the Tammany Parish Judge dated January 13, 1820:

 

"You are hereby requested to issue license authorizing the marriage of Joseph Fish and my daughter, Ann Dyches.

                                                                                                                                                                  Lucy Dyches"

 

The bride's brother, William Dyches was security for the marriage, along with the groom.  She was married to Joseph Martin Fish, a German emigrant, in St. Tammany Par­ish January 13, 1820, according the parish Marriage Book 1, page 45.  The mar­riage register recorded, "A License issued, directed to Peter Bauhthane, Esqr, who returned certificate of having performed on the 13th Jany. in the presence of Thomas Addison, Cullen Saunders and Lot Ridgle."

 

Joseph Martin Fish was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1820 cen­sus of St. Tam­many Parish:

 

          "Fish, Martin                                       white male             26-45

                                                                             white female                    26-45

                                                                             two foreign born, not naturalized"

 

The enumeration was repeated in the 1820 census of adjoining Washington Parish, sug­gesting that they lived near the boundary line and were recorded in both parishes.  The second listing appeared as:

 

          "Fish, Martin                    white male   16-26

                                                          white female          16-26"

 

He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Washington Parish, page 81.  The household was recorded as:

 

        "Fish, Joseph           white male      30-40   one foreign born and

                                white female    20-30   naturalized

                                white male       5-10

                                white female     5-10

                                white female     0-5

                                white female     0-5

                                white female     0-5"

 

His was the only Fish family indexed in the 1830 Louisiana census.

 

Washington Parish adjoined St. Tammany Parish on the north and the state of Missis­sip­pi on the west.  Also enumerated in 1830 in Washington Parish were the households of Samuel Dykes, William Dykes, page 80; William Dykes and Joseph Dykes, page 81.

 

Joseph Adam Fish , son of Joseph Martin Fish , reported in his 1850 census enumeration that he was born "in Mississippi" in 1830, however this is be­lieved to be an error.  He reported that he was born in Louisiana in the 1880 and 1900 enum­erations.

 

During this decade the battle for Texas independence was fought, and Joseph Mar­tin Fish  was influenced to move to the new republic, perhaps by his brother-in-law, David Hutcheson McFaden  who was a soldier under Gen. Sam Houston in the conflict.

 

He moved to Texas and located very near the Louisiana state line, in 1833, according to an affidavit made March 2, 1838 to Jasper County, Texas Board of Land Commissioners:

 

"No. 28

 

This is to certify that Joseph Fish has appeared before us, the Board of Land Commissioners for the County of Jasper and proved according to law that he arrived in this country in the year 1833 and that he is a married man and entitled to one leage and labor of land upon the condition of paying at the rate of $3.50 for every labor of irrigable land; $2.50 for every labor of temporal or arable land; $1.20 for every labor of pasture land, which may be contained in the survey secured to said Fish by this certificate.

 

Given under our hands this second day of March 1838.

 

        Attested                                 George W. Smyth

        A. Pinnall                               Thomas B. Huling

           Clerk                                 John Bevil" 

 

John Dodd McCall , a great-grandson, related that the family "moved to Texas in oxcarts and settled in an area where timber was plen­tiful.  They used the wood to construct wagons and implements.  From seasoned hickory they made ox-bows."  He appeared there on the 1840 Jasper County tax roll as "Joseph Fish, one poll and 10 head of cattle."  He received a labor of land un­der First Class Certificate No. 28 February 15, 1855, ac­cording to Jasper County Deed Book 12, patent 109.

 

Upon arrival in Texas Joseph Martin Fish  applied for a land grant.  On May 13, 1836 he gave a deed to "one-half of a sitio of land which Joseph M. Fish is entit­led to as an emigrant and settler in Zavala's Colony, Department of Nacog­doches, Muni­cipality of Jasper" to Stephen W. Everitt for $2,000, according to Williamson County Deed Book 2, page 426.  He gave bond to insure title to Everitt, and in it stated that he had "served the Republic of Texas in the capac­ity as landowner and loyal citizen."  The bond was also recorded in Williamson County Deed Book 2, page 426.

 

Joseph Martin Fish  appeared as a taxpayer in the 1840 tax list of Jasper County.  Appearing on the same page were the renditions of "Lewis Dykes and William Dykes .

 

On April 1, 1844 he purchased land for $1,000 "from the northwest quarter of the head­right league of Jesse McGee, 600 acres adjoining Joseph Fish, from Jesse McGee, Malin­da McGee and Jane Duncan of Jasper County," according to Jasper County Deed Book G, page 166-67.  The deed was witnessed by Philip Stone and "John Fish," believed to be a son of Joseph Martin Fish .  It was also recorded November 25, 1851 in Wil­liamson County Deed Book 2, page 424, sug­gesting that the land was surveyed in that county.

 

When Newton County was formed from Jasper County in 1846 Joseph Martin Fish  found himself in the new county.  He was a taxpayer in Newton County in 1846, accord­ing to "Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846" by Marion Day Mullins.  His name ap­peared on Newton County jury panels of January 25, 1847, July 12, 1847, Jan­uary 24, 1848, and January 1, 1850.  Alfred Lyons served with Joseph Martin Fish  and John N. Fish  on the jury panel of July 12, 1847 and January 24, 1848, ac­cord­ing to Newton County court records.  Judge Charles Augustus Lord , a grand­son of Joseph Martin Fish , of Beaumont, Texas wrote in 1941, "A fellow by the name of Lyons once visited in Beau­mont and mentioned that he was a descendant."  Henry Whit­mire , his son-in-law served with him on the jury panels of Jan­uary 11, 1847 and January 1, 1850.  James Hickman and Joshua Hickman also ap­peared on the jury panel of January 11, 1847.

 

He was enumerated there in the 1850 census as the head of Household 31-31:

 

        "Fish, Joseph            53, farmer, born in Germany

               Nancy             40, wife, born in Louisiana

               Isaac             17, born in Louisiana, attending school

               Louisa            12, born in Texas

               Celia             10, born in Texas

               Nancy              8, born in Texas

               Creecy             5, born in Texas

               Rebecca            2, born in Texas"

 

Joseph Martin Fish  ultimately received a land grant in Williamson County, for 4,425 acres signed by Pres. Anson Jones dated February 11, 1846, as recorded in the county's Deed Book 2, page 426.  His deed to the property, which lay T-shaped, astride the North San Gabriel River, was recorded in Deed Book 2, page 383.  No other land was patented to Joseph Martin Fish  by either the Republic or State of Texas.

 

His land grant read:

 

"IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS:

 

To all to whom these presents shall come, know ye, I, Anson Jones, President of the Republic aforesaid, by virtue of the power vested in me by law and in ac­cordance with the statutes of said Republic in such cases made and pro­vided do by these presents grant to Joseph Fish, his heirs or assigns forever one league of land situated in Milam [County] on South [North] San Gabriel River and de­scribed as . . . Hereby relinquishing to him the said Joseph Fish and his heirs and assigns forever all the right and title in and to said land heretofore held and possessed by the Government of said Republic and I do hereby issue this Let­ter Patent for the same.

 

In testimony whereof I have caused the great seal of the Republic to be af­fixed as well as the seal of the General Land Office, done at the city of Austin on the eleventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty six and the year of the Independence of said Republic the Tenth.

 

                                        Anson Jones

                                        President"

 

Shortly after his arrival in Williamson County he built a stone fort on his prop­erty for protection against Indian marauders since his sitio was a frontier out­post.

 

Judge D. B. Wood who in 1969 owned 1,500 acres which comprised the base of the "T" of the original Fish grant wrote December 20, 1969:

 

"I believe that the old Fish home was on my land  call it "Old Fort") adjacent to land occupied by Henry Boufford, now deceased.  [Boufford owned land on the east side of the base of the "T".]  There existed only two houses in that area some 300 yards apart.  The "Old Fort" was torn down by one of my title predecessors so that he could get the hand hewn stones for use in the construction of his dwelling house located some two miles southerly, which I later acquired and improved and now occupy.

 

I acquired this land in 1934 and have been keenly interested in the "Old Fort," made many inquiries as to who built it, but never got any authentic informa­tion.  Henry Boufford moved to the other old house in 1892 and told me the "Old Fort" was even then an old fallen-down house, but with a cellar under it.  It had walls of hand-hewn rocks, large cedar supports, portholes in the sides for defense, surrounded by a high rock wall also containing portholes and with an adja­cent pen for livestock also of rock.  Nothing now remains except piles of rock which define the outside walls."

 

On October 9, 1851 Joseph Martin Fish  sold 104.5 acres of his land to Ben­jamin Gooch, Jr. as a site for a gristmill at $1 per acre.  The deed, recorded in Williamson County Deed Book 2, page 384 read:

 

"Know all men by these presents: That I, Joseph Fish of the County and State aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and four & one-half dollars to me in hand paid by Benjamin Gooch, Junr. of said County and State, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold, alien­ed, con­veyed and confirmed and by these presents do bargain, sell, alien, con­vey and con­firm unto him the said Benj. Gooch, Junr. his said heirs and as­signs forever a certain piece or parcel of land situate in said County on the N. San Gabriel con­taining one hundred four and one-half acres more or less.

 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal  scroll for seal) this the 9th day of October A.D. 1851.

 

                                            Joseph Fish"

 

The deed was recorded the same day by Benjamin Gooch, Sr, county clerk and fa­ther of the purchaser.  The gristmill was constructed there a short time later.

 

Apparently Joseph Martin Fish  made good on his contract to Stephen W. Everitt by deeding land to him November 29, 1851, according to Williamson County Deed Book 2, page 426.  On July 26, 1853 he deeded 230 acres," a portion of my head­right league of land" to Ben Gooch and John W. Owen for $50.

 

Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  received a deed of gift from her mother Lucinda Dy­ches October 30, 1854, according to Williamson County Deed Book 5, page 523.  The deed conveyed a portion of the league and labor Lucinda Dyches had received for being a resident citizen at the beginning of the Texas Revolution.

 

Joseph Martin Fish  gave a deed to William T. Gann November 11, 1854 for "land on San Gabriel" for $275, according to Williamson County Deed Book 5, page 541.  Joseph Martin Fish  deeded 160 acres, "part of my headright," to Joseph R. Shults January 6, 1855 for $360, according to Williamson County Deed Book 5, page 600.

 

On February 15, 1855 Joseph Martin Fish  received a patent to a labor of land located in New­ton County which he had applied for while he was a resident there.  The land was described as "177 acres on Bear Creek, 14 miles northwest of Burkeville.  This land was sold by "John Fish of Jasper County," probably his son John N. Fish , to W. H. Truett October 9, 1869 for $20, according to New­ton County Deed Book K, page 189.  The "Joseph Fish Labor" was sold by Truett to John Dick and his wife Caroline Dick in 1876.  When they resold the property De­cember 9, 1876 to J. B. Swann it was again described as the "Joseph Fish Labor," according to Newton County Deed Book K, page 263.

 

On May 9, 1855 Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  "for the love and deep solicitude we have and feel for the happiness and prosper­ity and es­tablished settlement of our two sons, Isaac Fish and Joseph Fish" deeded to them part of the headright in joint ownership "adjoining Gooch & Owens mill tract, on North San Gabriel River, eight miles above Georgetown," according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 102.

 

He wrote his will June 13, 1855, and it was recorded in Williamson County Pro­bate File 80.  The document specified:

 

"State of Texas

County of Williamson

 

In the name of God, Amen.  I, Joseph Fish, being at this time of sound and dis­posing mind have thought it proper and do hereby make and constitute this my last will and testament--to wit: I hereby at my death give and bequeath to my three daughters, Nancy, Cretia and Rebecca Fish all my community interest in and to five hundred acres of the league of land patented to me the said Joseph Fish by the Government of Texas situate on the North Gabriel River about five miles above Georgetown, said five hundred acres to include my homestead, and it is fur­ther my will that my wife Nancy Fish have the full control of said land in case I die before her and before the said daughters arrive at the legal age of matu­rity, for the purpose of supporting and suitably educating the said daughters.  It is further hereby my will that when each of my said daughters shall arrive at the age of legal maturity or shall marry that then my said wife's control shall cease as to said daughters share so married or arrived at maturity and each daugh­ter's share in and to said land at the happening of such event shall be set off and given to her by partition from the other shares of my said daughters and wife--And I do further will to my said daughters to be equally divided between them all my cattle branded "J.F," to be disposed of if I die before my said wife by her for the use and benefit of my said daughters to be delivered to them each at the same time that she received her share of the said land, this is when each of my said daughters shall marry or arrive at maturity then such daughters share of the cattle shall be given to her along with her land.

 

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and scrawl for seal this the 13th day of June 1855.

 

Executed in the presence of

A. J. Strickland                                Joseph Fish

A. S. Walker"

 

He deeded additional land to Joseph Adam Fish  July 14, 1855, according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 102.

 

Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  prepared a deed to their widowed daughter Amanda M. Fish Whitmire  July 14, 1855 in which they each conveyed 250 acres of land to her, according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 105.

 

He conveyed 500 acres "seven miles above Georgetown on the north side of North San Gabriel of the original Fish League" to his "daughter Louiza Barker," August 6, 1855, according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 112.

 

On the same date he deeded to his daughter Celia Fish  300 acres "adjoining Mrs. Barker on the north side of North San Gabriel," according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 121.

 

On the same day he conveyed "for the love and affection I entertain for the chil­dren [unnamed] of my daughter Catharine Dresser dcsd. about 350 acres adjoining Whitmire about six miles above Georgetown," according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 122.

 

Joseph Martin Fish  conveyed August 22, 1855 250 acres of land, be­lieved to be east of the "Old Fort," to his daughter Jerusha Fish Whitmire , ac­cording to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 134.  He deeded 250 acres in the "southeast corner of my headright to Jarusha Whit­mire, now the wife of Hezekiah Whitmire."

 

For $200 he prepared a deed to his wife Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  Novem­ber 3, 1855 conveying 1,000 acres "adjoining tract of Jerusha Whitmire to include the houses in which I, the said Joseph Fish, at present reside and also the farm and improvements adjoining and all my stock of cattle being branded 'J F'," accord­ing to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 92.

 

On March 20, 1857 Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  prepared a quit claim deed to Dr. David F. Knight "of Jerusha Whitmire prop­erty," ac­cording to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 106.  Dr. Knight lived on Brushy Creek near Round Rock.

 

Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  gave a quit claim deed to "Louisa Barker et al in confirmation of gift of Joseph Fish for the use and benefit of Mephy Dobbs," May 27, 1857, according to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 151.

 

On November 11, 1857 Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  for $1,100 con­veyed 1,000 acres to Josiah Taylor, according to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 254.  The deed recited that it covered "all the land owned in the origi­nal Fish League, having previously made other deeds."  He perhaps forgot that he had previously willed this property to his three unmar­ried daugh­ters.  A suit subsequently was filed by them to recover their inheri­tance, but was denied by Williamson County District Court.

 

On March 22, 1858 Joseph Martin Fish , his brother-in-law Joseph Josiah Dyches and Thomas B. Huling were bondsmen for James Clark Eaves , another brother-in-law when he was indicted for murder in Williamson County.  When Eaves failed to make his court appearance the $1,800 bond was forfeited, according to Williamson County Dis­trict Court Minute Book 2, page 62.  On March 25, 1858 the three bondsmen filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Texas where it was denied.

 

On September 1, 1858 Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  received a deed from William T. Gann et al to "part of the SE corner of Joseph Fish headright, same sold to A. D. Bucy by William T. Gann" for $500, according to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 407.

 

Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish sold 500 acres in the northwest corner of the headright April 6, 1860 to William M. Sawyer  for $300, accord­ing to Williamson County Deed Book 8, page 154.  He was killed three years later in a Bandera County massacre.

 

The household of Joseph Martin Fish  did not appear in the fragment of the 1860 census of Williamson that survived.  Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan  suggested that he was enumerated in the 1860 census of Fayette County, Texas, but a search of that census did not show any Fish house­holds.  Joseph Mar­tin Fish died in 1862 in Williamson County.

 

Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  appeared as the head of a household enumerated in the 1870 census of Williamson County, Household 92-92.  The family was listed as:

 

        "Fish, Nancy            68, born in Louisiana, keeping house, $300 real

                                    estate, $200 personal property, illiterate

     Thompson, Gordon           22, born in Arkansas, stockraiser, $500 person-

                                    al property

         Kyle, John              8, born in Texas [grandson]

         Kyle, Necia             5, born in Texas" [granddaughter]

 

For $40 Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish , "feme sole," deeded 40 acres addi­tional land to Dr. David F. Knight June 14, 1873, according to Williamson County Deed Book 14, page 480.  The land was located at the southeast corner of the Joseph Fish League and ad­joined the Dresser land.

 

She gave a correction deed to W. R. Piper October 22, 1873 to clarify the deed made by her deceased husband "to the heirs of Catherine Dresser" concerning land that adjoined her east boundary line, ac­cording to Williamson County Deed Book 14, page 666.  For $15 she deeded 20 acres additional to W. R. Piper February 27, 1874, according to Williamson County Deed Book 15, page 662.  

 

She received a deed to 160 acres located five miles northwest of Georgetown from R. F. Jenkins for $300 January 3, 1876, according to Williamson County Deed Book 16, page 689.

 

She appeared June 14, 1880 in the federal census living in the home of her daugh­ter Amanda M. Fish Whitmire  in Williamson County Justice Precinct 4.  She was listed as "Nancy Fish, 79, widow, lame."

 

She gave a deed in May 1883 to her son-in-law Leroy Boyce Lord  ac­cording to Williamson County Deed Book 28, page 548.

 

Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  survived her husband for about 38 years and died about 1900 at about the age of 98.  She continued to do her own housework, ac­cording to Blanche Maurie Duncum Monroe , a descendant.  She was buried in Chalk Ridge Ceme­tery where her daughter Amanda M. Fish Whitmire  was later buried.

 

Apparently the deed to Josiah Taylor was contested by some of the Fish heirs. William­son County District Court minutes record a judgment "in Cause No. 1250 for E. H. Na­pier, Emma B. Napier, John L. Peay, defendants and against Nancy Short, Evan Short, Cretia Lord, Rebecca Thompson and T. G. Thomp­son, plaintiffs."  The de­cree stated that "on November 11, 1857 Joseph Fish was mentally capable of making a good and valid deed to Josiah Taylor," according to Minute Volume 4, page 585. John L. Peay served as sheriff of Williamson County from 1869 to 1874.

 

Children born to Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish  in­clude:

 

        John N. Fish                       born in 1823

        Mary Fish                          born in 1824

        Amanda M. Fish                  born in 1826

        Catherine Fish                     born about 1827

        Joseph Adam Fish                   born in December 1830

        Isaac Franklin Fish                born in 1833

        Jerusha Fish                       born in 1834

        Louisa Fish                        born in February 1838

        Celia M. Fish                      born in 1840

        Nancy Fish                        born in 1842

        Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish          born in 1845

        Sarah Rebecca Fish                born in 1848

 

John N. Fish  son of Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dy­ches Fish , was born in 1823 in Louisiana.  He was married about 1845, proba­bly in Jas­per County to Martha Harriet Whitmire  daughter of Jesse Whitmire  and Nancy "Ann" Durden Whitmire .

 

"John Fish" appeared as a juror along with Joseph Martin Fish  on the jury lists of Newton County dated July 12, 1847 and January 24, 1848.  He was enu­merated October 27, 1850 in the federal census of Newton County as the head of House­hold 101-101 composed of:

 

        "Fish, John             27, born in Louisiana, farmer, $400 real estate

               Martha           21, born in Mississippi

               Lettie            4, born in Texas

               Nancy Mary A.     2, born in Texas"

 

In March 1851 he appeared in Trinity County, Texas.  It is reported that he re­mained on his father's land in Jasper County when the family removed to central Texas.  

 

He paid taxes in Williamson County in 1860 on land in the Joseph Fish Survey val­ued at $200.  He paid taxes there again in 1861 and 1865.  In 1866 he paid taxes on "1 horse."

 

John N. Fish  enlisted as private in Confederate service in August 1861 and served in Williamson in a company commanded by Capt. R. C. Hart.  On August 7, 1863 at age 45 he reenlisted for six months in Willow Springs, Texas in Bell County as a sec­ond corporal in Company A, Second Texas Regiment commanded by Brig. Gen. H. P. Hale.  It was noted in company records that his horse was val­ued at $175, his equipment at $20 and his arms at $50.

 

He reenlisted January 28, 1864 as a private in Company B, First Frontier Dis­trict com­manded by Capt. J. M. Hawks.  He served 30 days in Wise County, Texas on the frontier.

 

On March 16, 1864 he was a private in Company C, Texas State Troops, Williamson County under Capt. A. J. Berry. His unit had been "detailed to take care of in­digent families by Gov. [Pendleton] Murrah."  

 

In December 1865 he lived in Milam County.  "John Fish of Jasper County, Texas" deeded "177 acres on Bear Creek, 14 miles northwest of Burkeville in New­ton County, patented to Joseph Fish Febru­ary 15, 1855" to W. H. Truett October 9, 1869 for $20, according to Newton County Deed Book K, page 189.

 

He appeared as the head of Household No. 906 in the 1870 census of Milam County com-posed of:

 

        "Fish, John N.          50, born in Louisiana

               Martha           40, born in Mississippi

               Bettie           15, born in Texas

               Isaac            13, born in Texas

               Hesekiah          9, born in Texas

               Leroy             8, born in Texas

               Bell              5, born in Texas"

 

A tax foreclosure was filed against John N. Fish  for unpaid taxes of $4.11 on 151 acres in the Hobson Survey September 4, 1876, according to Milam County Deed Book 16, pages 82 and 333.  "John E. Fish of Williamson County," pos­sibly , deeded 112.75 acres in Pedro Zarza Survey to James M. Williams and Sara Ann Williams for $845.62 June 20, 1882, according to Williamson County Deed Book 29, page 79.

 

"Uncle Johnny Fish died close to Newton [Texas]," according to a letter written in 1941 by Judge Charles Augustus Lord .

 

It is suggested by Patricia Ann "Patty" Bennett McGinty  that Martha Har­riet Whitmire Fish  died about 1878 and that John N. Fish  was re­married about 1879, to Mary Brown , sister of Nancy Ann Brown  who was married to Jesse Whitmire .  She cites a household in the 1880 census of San Jacinto County as possibly being the widow and son of John N. Fish  who must have died shortly after his remarriage:

 

 

        "Fish, Mary     25, widow, dumb, illiterate

               John      1, diseased"

 

The household adjoined the household of Jesse Whitmire .  Verna Mae Smith Ben­nett , a descendant of Mexia, Texas wrote June 19, 1983:

 

"There may be one other half-brother.  We think John N. Fish was married a second time, and a little boy was born to them before John died.  Her people [Whitmires] were supposed to have come and got her and the baby.  My grandmother never heard from them again, but my grand­mother named one of her children after her step-mother, Pearlee."  This all came from my Aunt Lavanda French."

 

Children born to John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whitmire Fish  in-clude:

 

        Letta "Lettie" Fish             born in 1846

        Nancy Mary Ann Fish             born in 1848

        Elias F. Fish                   born March 10, 1851

        Elizabeth "Betty" Fish          born in 1855

        Isaac Franklin Fish             born September 4, 1856

        Hezekiah Carr Fish              born March 4, 1860

        Leroy Fish                      born in 1862

        Riddy Belle Fish                born December 4, 1865

 

Letta "Lettie" Fish , daughter of John N. Fish  and Martha Har­riet Whitmire Fish , was born in 1846, probably in Jasper County.  She was married October 20, 1865 to Henry C. Paul ` according to Williamson County Marriage Book 2, page 189.  They were enumerated in the 1870 census of Milam County in the household of her brother Elias F. Fish .  They ap­peared in the 1880 census of Milam County, Enumeration District 103, page 22 as Household No. 178 with chil­dren: Louisa Paul, Margaret E. Paul, Martha M. Paul, Charles M. Paul and Samuel R. Paul. "Bellfority Fish, sister, 18" also appeared in the household.

 

Children born to Henry C. Paul  and Letta "Lettie" Fish Paul  in­clude:

 

        Louisa Paul                     born about 1867

        Margaret E. Paul                born about 1868

        Martha M. Paul                  born about 1871

        Charles M. Paul                 born about 1874

        Samuel R. Paul                  born about 1877

 

Nancy Mary Ann Fish s

aughter of John N. Fish and Martha Har­riet Whitmire Fish , was born in 1848, probably in Jasper County.  She was married May 31, 1866 in Williamson County to John Wesley Kile , who was born June 5, 1844 in Washington Parish, Louisiana.  He was a brother to Jacob Kyle  who was married December 6, 1860 to Nancy Fish  and a brother to George Kyle . They were sons of Mary "Polly" Dyches Kyle .  She died in 1881 in Wil­liamson County.  For details of their life, see his section, page 602.]

 

Elias F. Fish , son of John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whit­mire Fish , was born March 10, 1851 in Trinity County.  He was married in 1870 to his cousin Electra Jane Lev­ica Bingham  who was born March 18, 1851 in Milam County.  She was the daughter of James S. Bingham  and Lav­ica Ann Dyches Bing­ham  

 

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1870 census of Milam County, page 125.  Included in his household, No. 905, was the family of a sister:

 

        Fish, Elias     19, born in Texas

              Jane      19, born in Texas

        Poll, Henry     25, born in Georgia

              Letta     23, born in Texas, sister

              Louisa     3, born in Texas

              Margaret   2, born in Texas"

 

Elias F. Fish appeared as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Milam County, Enumer­ation District 103, page 22, precinct 4.  The family, No. 175, was lo­cated near the family of Henry C. Paul , No. 178, and recorded as:

 

        "Fish, Elias    29, farmer, born in Texas, father born in Texas, mother

                            born in Texas

               Jane     29, wife, born in Texas, father born in Texas

               Letta    10, daughter, born in Texas, father born in Texas,

                            mother born in Texas

               Malcolm   7, son, born in Texas, father born in Texas, mother

                            born in Texas

               Samuel    5, son, born in Texas, father born in Texas, mother

                            born in Texas"

 

On August 20, 1881  he purchased a 100-acre tract in the Gravis League in Williamson County, according to Williamson County Deed Book 48, page 171.

 

He reappeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Kimble County, Texas Enumeration Dis­trict 45, page 2, Precinct 1:

 

        "Fish, E. F.               49, born March 1851 in Texas

               Lester [Electra] J. 49, born March 1851 in Texas, wife

               William M.          24, born September 1875 in Texas, son

               Sam H.              22, born January 1878 in Texas, son

               John M.             16, born August 1883 in Texas, son

               Rosa L.             14, born October 1885 in Texas, daughter

               James R.            11, born October 1888 in Texas, son

               Louis E.             6, born July 1893 in Texas, son"

 

He died of pneumonia March 15, 1937, according to Kimble County Death Book 4, page 10, and was buried at Junction, Texas.  Excerpts from his obituary read:

 

"E. F. Fish was born in Trinity County March 10, 1851, being 86 years and 5 days old at the time of his death.  He was only nine years old when the Civil War broke out, and being the eldest son, the burden of caring for the family fell upon his young shoulders as his father was called into service.  He remem­bered vividly many Indian raids and as a youngster endured many hardships.

 

In 1870 he was married to Jane Bingham of Milam County.  Soon after marriage the couple moved to Williamson County where a family of 13 children were born.  The mother and six of the children predeceded him in death.  The family moved to Kimble County in 1900 where he was a rancher.  About the time of the World War they moved to Junction.  Mrs. Fish died in 1928.

 

The surviving children are Loie, Manuel, Sam, Malcolm, Mrs. Lettie Smith, Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Ancel Wallace.  One brother Carr Fish of Ft. McKavett, 22 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren also survive."

 

Thirteen children born to Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Levica Bing­ham Fish  in­clude:

 

        Lettie Ann Livonia Fish          born September 19, 1870

        William Malcolm Fish            born September 26, 1873

        Samuel Houston Fish             born January 2, 1876

        Mary Lucinda Fish               born June 12, 1878

        Emma Jane Fish                  born November 4, 1879

        Missouri Angeline Fish          born January 28, 1881

        John Emanuel Fish               born August 6, 1883

        Rosa Lavicie Fish               born October 20, 1886

        James Riley Fish                born October 15, 1888

        Jessie Ivy Fish                born May 27, 1892

        Louis Elias Fish               born July 25, 1893

        Ollie Ethel Fish              born May 24, 1896

 

Lettie Ann Livonia Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Lev­ica Bingham Fish , was born September 19, 1870 in Milam County.  She was mar­ried about 1890 to Lue Smith \S3/1.1) at Junction.

 

William Malcolm Fish , son of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Levica Bingham Fish , was born September 26, 1873 in Milam County.  He died in Junc­tion August 6, 1969.

 

Samuel Houston Fish , son of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Lev­ica Bingham Fish , was born January 2, 1876 in Milam County.  He was married No­vember 20, 1891 to Fannie Lea Crisp , according to McGinty research.  Children born to Samuel Houston Fish  and Fannie Lea Crisp Fish  are unknown.

 

Mary Lucinda Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Levica Bingham Fish , was born June 12, 1878 in Milam County.  She died September 26, 1878.

 

Emma Jane Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Levica Bingham Fish , was born November 4, 1879 in Milam County.  She died February 19, 1880.

 

Missouri Angeline Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Levica Bingham Fish , was born January 28, 1881 in Milam County.  She was married about 1900 to George Franklin Smith .  She died June 25, 1964.

 

John Emanuel Fish , son of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Lev­ica Bingham Fish , was born August 6, 1883 in Milam County.  He was married August 11, 1907 to Tassie "Travis" Pierce .  He died February 19, 1943 at Junction.  Chil­dren born to John Emanuel Fish  and Tassie "Travis" Pierce Fish  are un­known.

 

Rosa Lavicie Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Lev­ica Bingham Fish , was born in October 1885.  She appeared as a 14-year-old in the 1900 census of her father's household.  She was married December 25, 1905 to Ancil Wallace .  She died December 6, 1983.

 

James Riley Fish , son of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Lev­ica Bing­ham Fish , was born October 15, 1888 in Milam County.  He was married about 1912, wife's name Ruby.  He died in Kimble County December 20, 1928, according to Texas BVS File 54335.  Children born to James Riley Fish  and Ruby Fish are un­known.

 

Jessie Ivy Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish   and Electra Jane Levica Bingham Fish  was born July 25, 1893 in Kimble County.  She died September 20 of that year.

 

Louis Elias Fish , son of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Lev­ica Bing­ham Fish , was born July 25, 1893 in Kimble County.  He died in 1971 at Brownwood, Texas.  Among his children was a son:

 

        Laport Vestibule Fish      born about 1918

 

Laport Vestibule Fish , son of Louis Elias Fish , was born about 1918.  He died in 1984, according to Billy Don Whitmire  who reported that he was a "cousin to Oma Fish who married Prince Murphy."

 

Ollie Ethel Fish , daughter of Elias F. Fish  and Electra Jane Levica Bingham Fish  was born May 24, 1896 in Kimble County and died September 14

of that year.

 

Elizabeth "Betty" Fish , daughter of John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whit­mire Fish , was born in 1855.  She was married April 24, 1879 in Trinity County to Samuel R. Crawford .  She died "of flux" in January 1880, according to Milam County Mortality Census.

 

Isaac Franklin Fish , son of John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whitmire Fish , was born September 4, 1856.  He was married August 8, 1880 to Susan Ann Osteen High .  Williamson County marriage records show the bride as "S. A. High."  Charles Augustus Lord  re­ferred to her as "Mrs. Ann Hye."  She was the daughter of Washington "Billy" Osteen  and Piercy Cotton McArthur Os­teen  and a sister to Martha Ann "Mattie" Osteen  who was married to Elbert V. "Ebb" Whitmire .  Dora Ann Osteen , granddaughter of Washington "Billy" Osteen  and daughter of William P. Osteen  and Min­erva Ann Mims Osteen  was married to Hezekiah Carr Fish .

 

They sold property to his cousin Asa C. "Ace" Whitmire  August 17, 1885, ac­cording to Williamson County Deed Book 37, page 575.

 

She died March 3, 1933 in Menard County, Texas, and he died there of pneumonia May 7, 1935 at age 78 at Ft. McKavett after 20 months residence there.  They were bur­ied in Ft. McKavett Cemetery.

 

Children born to Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Osteen High Fish  include:

 

        John W. Fish                    born in 1884

        Lillie M. Fish                  born in 1889

        Montie Ray Fish                 born about 1890

        Learcy L. Fish                  born in 1892

        Dona Fish                       born about 1894

        Pearcie Fish                    born about 1897

         r)                     born about 1900

 

John W. Fish , son of Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Osteen High Fish , was born in 1884.  He was married in 1908 to Orpha F. Toby , according to McGinty research.  He was the infor­mant for his father's death certificate in 1935.  Children born to John W. Fish  and Orpha F. Toby Fish  are unknown.

 

Lillie M. Fish , daughter of Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Osteen High Fish , was born in 1889.  She was married about 1908 to Alden Garrett .

 

Montie Ray Fish , daughter of Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Os­teen High Fish , was born about 1890.  She was married January 11, 1910 in Me­nard County to W. J. Warren .

 

Learcy L. Fish , daughter of Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Osteen High Fish , was born in 1892.

 

Dona Fish , daughter of Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Os­teen High Fish , was born about 1894.  She was married about 1913 to Jim Ben­ton .

 

Pearcie Fish , daughter of Isaac Franklin Fish  and Susan Ann Os­teen High Fish , was born about 1897.

 

A daughter, , was born about 1900 to Isaac Franklin Fish  and Su­san Ann Osteen High Fish .  It is assumed that she died in infancy.

 

Hezekiah Carr Fish , son of John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whitmire Fish , was born March 4, 1860.  "K. F. 'Carr' Fish" was married June 27, 1880 to Dora Ann Osteen , according to Williamson County Mar­riage Book 5, page 95.  She was the daughter of William P. Osteen  and Minerva Ann Mims Osteen .

 

It is possible that he was enumerated as "Charles Fish" and she as "Della Fish" in the 1900 census of Williamson County, Enumeration District 126, page 9, precinct 3. The listing appeared as:

 

        "Fish, Charles          39, born January 1860 in Texas

               Della            34, born September 1865 in Texas, wife

       Osteen, William          31, born March 1869 in Texas, brother-in-law"

 

In 1937 they lived at Ft. McKavett.  He, a widower, lived at Brady, Texas May 23, 1947.  Chil­dren born to Hezekiah Carr Fish  and Dora Ann Osteen Fish  are unknown.

 

Leroy Fish , son of John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whitmire Fish , was born in December 1862.  He was married June 27, 1880 to Lu­cinda Barker Spires , according to Williamson County Marriage Book 5, page 396.  He died before 1900 leaving one child.

 

Children born to Leroy Fish  and Lucinda Barker Spires Fish  in­clude:

 

        Annie Lee Fish                 born in July 1884

 

Riddy Belle Fish , daughter of John N. Fish  and Martha Harriet Whit- mire Fish , was born December 4, 1865 in Milam County.  According to Milam County Marriage Book 2, page 445 she was married May 5, 1881 to Wiley B. D. Smith , son of William Richard Smith  and Nancy McLeod Smith , who was born May 10, 1861 in Milam County.  He died at Cole­man, Texas July 27, 1933, and she died there of cancer October 5, 1933.  She was buried in Cleveland Cemetery, ac­cording to Coleman County Death Book 3, page 57.

 

Children born to Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith  in­clude:

 

        Lavanda Smith               born July 14, 1882

        William Henry Smith         born July 26, 1884

        Benjamin Franklin Smith     born January 9, 1886

        Elder Smith                 born April 28, 1888

        Pearlee Smith               born in 1890

        Lee Wiley Smith             born June 4, 1892

        Burt Doublehead Smith       born in 1894

        Leatha Smith                born in May 1897

        Levie Lonnie Lawrence Smith born October 12, 1899

        Felix Monroe Smith          born January 4, 1901

        Belle Smith                 born October 12, 1905

        Arthur Smith                born March 3, 1907

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                             ==O==

By Patti McGinty

 

Wiley Bunt Dennim, the son of William Richard

and Nancy Ann ~cLoud Smith, was born the 10th May 1861 at Rockdale,

Milam County, Texas. There on the 5th May 18~1 he married Riddy Belle

Fish, the daughter of John H. and Martha Whitmire Fish. Riddy was born

the 4th December 1865 in Milam ~ounty, Texas, and died the 5th October

1933 Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. Wiley died the 27th July 1933

Coleman, Coleman County, Texas. They were both buried in the Cleveland

Cemetery, Coleman County.

 

Wiley brought his family to Coleman County around the turn of the

century to join his uncle Henry Smith's family. The Coleman County Tax

Record 1øJO1 showed Henry owned 210 acres of land valued at $840.00

while Wiley owned one tract of 145 acres valued at $440.00 and one

tract of 147 1/10 acres valued at $510.00.

 

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THE STATE OF TEXAS          )          IN THE COUNTY COURT,

COUNTY OF COLEMAN           )          COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS.

 

TO THE HONORABLE A. O. NEWMAN, JUDGE OF SAID COURT:-

 

Now comes L. W. Smith who resides in Coleman County, Texas,

and applying to the Court for Letters of Administration upon the

estate of Mrs. Belle Smith, deceased, in support thereof represents to

the Court as f~llows:

 

1. That the said Mrs. Belle Smith1 wi~ow of l~. ~. Smith

decd, died intestate in Coleman County, Texas, on October 5, 1933, and

that said decedent was at the time of her death a resident of Coleman

County, Texas~ and left an estate situated in Coleman County, Texas,

consisting of both real and personal property of the probable and

estimated value of $5000.00.

 

2. That the said Mrs. Belle Smith left a will hereto

attached marked "Exhibit A", here referred to and made a part hereof,

which will is void as same was not subscribed by any witness and that

except for said void will said Mrs. Relle Smith left no will or

testament.

 

3. That a necessity exists for an administration upon

said estate by reason of the fact that the said Mrs. Belle Smith had

money on deposit with the United States Postal Savings Bank as

represented by certificate No. 244 issued by the Coleman Post Office,

and that in order to collect the said deposit for the heirs of said

estate the United States Government requires that Letters of

Administration be taken out upon said estate.

 

4. That your applicant is a son of the said Mrs. Belle

Smith, deceased, and she was not survived by her husband, and your

applicant is not disqualified but is a proper person to receive such

appointment.

 

liHEREFORE, premises considercd, the Applicant prays that

citation and notice hereof be made as required by law, and tha~ upon

hearing hereof letters of administration upon said estate be granted

Lo him, and for such other and further orders and decrees as may~ from

time to time, be necessary.

W. Marcus Weatherred,

Attorney for Applicant

 

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~,UUI~      JVi~ ;A;;           )          ~NoW Al,~ MLN 1~ I 1 IlL~          v ~

 

That I, Belle Smith, of the County of ~.oleman and State of Texas,

_        being in sound and disposing mind and memory and being desirous of

settling my worldly affairs and directing how my estate shall be

~          disposed of after my decease, do make and publish this my 1ast will

_        and testament, in the manner and form following, herehy revoking any

and all wills by me heretofore made:

 

FIRST

 

_

 

It is my will and I so direct that my body be buried in a decent

and Christianlike manner, suitable to my circumstances in life and the

expenses paid out of my estate by my Executor hereinafter named.

 

SECOND

 

It is my will and I so direct that my just debts he paid out of

my estate by my said Executor, as soon as convenient after my dece~se.

 

T~IIRD

 

After the payment of the debts and expenses aforesaid, I give,

devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate, real and

personal, that L may die seized and posscssed of, to my heloved

husband, W. B. Smith, for the term of his natural life, together with

all rents, revenu~s and interest issuing out of or accruing from the

same, with remainder to our ten children and to their descendants, as

hereinafter provided and subject to the ~erms and provisions

hereinafter set out. Provided, however, that the said W.B.Smith shall

have the right to use, sell or dispose of the personal property,

including money on hand belonging to my estate in such manner as he

shall see fit, ~he proceeds of same existing at the time of his deaL-h

to go to our said ten children and their descendants, as her~in

provided, and nothing herein contained shall limit the rioht of the

said W. B. Smith to so use or dispose of said personal estate during

his natural life; and, provided further, that the said ~. B. Smith

shall be liable for the payment of the taxes on all of said estate

during his natural life.

 

FOURTH

 

Five of our children, to-wit: Mrs. Vanda French, llenry Smith, 1~.

F. Smith, Elder Smith, and Lee Smith, have ~lready each received

$800.00 out of the estate of myself and my said husband, W. B. Smith,

and it is therefore my will and I so direct that after the death of

myself and said husband, the remaining five chi1drell, to-wit: ~rs.

Leatha l~eonard, Levi Smith, Mrs. ~elle Faulkner, Felix ~I. Smith and

Arthur Smith, shall each receive the sum of $800. out of the estate

of myself and my said husband, W. B. Smith; said sum of $800.00 to be

paid to each of them only once; it being understood that my husband,

W. B. Smith, is on this date making a similar will to me and to said

children, with a simila~ provision ~or thc payment of said $~00.00; it

 

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being the intention of this will that the said $800.00 to be paid to

each remaining five children out of the estate of both myself and my

said husband, shall be paid only one time.

 

~IFTII

 

After the payment of the debts and expenses aforesaid and after

the death of both myself and my said husband, W. B. Smith, and subject

to his life estate in said real estate and to his ri~ht to manage,

sell and dispose of the personal property, together with the rents,

revenues and interest growing out of the same, and after the payment

of said sum of $800.00 to each of said last named five children, it is

my will and I so direct that all the re~t and residue of my estate,

real and personal, shall pass to and vest in fee simple in the said

ten children, or such of them as shall be living at the time of the

death of myself and my said husband, or the survivor of us, with the

further provision and understanding that if any of said ten children

shall die before the death of both myself and my said husband, without

leaving any lineal descendants, that the portion of said estate that

would have gone to said children, had he or she survived both myself

and husband, shall go to the survivors of our said children and to

their lineal descendants; it being the intention hereof that if any of

said children should be dead at the time of the death of myself and

my said husband, or the last survivor of us, leaving lineal

descendants, then that such descendants shall receive the same portion

of said esLaLe that their parent would have received had he or she

survived both myself and my said husband; the portion that would have

gone to said parent to be distributed to such descendants in lil~e

manner as he or she would receive the same under said parent by the

laws of descent and distribution.

 

SI~TH:

 

In determining the rights of my said children and their lineal

descendants surviving them, if any, such rights shall be determined as

the conditions exist at thc time of the death of the last survivor of

myself and my said husband, W. B. Smith.

 

SEVENTH:

 

It is further admitted and stated as a part of this will and to

be considered in the disposition of said estate, that all property,

real and personal, now owned or held by me, or my said husband, is the

community property and estate of myself and my said hushand, ~'. B.

Smith, and that neither of us have or claim any separate estate.

 

EIGI~TE~:

 

I hereby nominate, constitute and appOint my son, !~ee Smith,

Executor of this my last will and testament, and it is my will and I

so direct that no bond or other security shall be required of him as

such Executor.

 

NINTEI:

 

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It is my will and I further direct that no action shall be had in

the County Court in the settlement or administration of my estate,

than to prove and record this will and to return and record an

Inventory and Appraisement and l.ist of claims of my said estate.

 

TENTI~:

 

It is my ~lill and I further direct that the said Lee Smith as

such Executor, shall have no control over my estate in the matter of

settlement, management, sale or division of the same during the life

of my said husband; and during said time and in the event he should

survive me, my said Lxecutor shall present this will for probate and

cause same to be duly probated, paying the expenses thereof out of my

estate; and that the m~nagement and control of my estate, subject only

to the powers herein conferred upon said Executor, shall remain in and

be exercised by my said husband, W.B. Smith, as hereinabove provided.

 

IN TESTI~IONY I~HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand at Santa Anna,

Texas, this the 4 day of October, 1923, in the presence of ~frs.

Roseybird and Middy Margelin attesting witnesses, who hereunto

subscribe their names at my request and in my presence and in the

presence of each other.

 

X Mrs Belle Smith

Testator

 

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Children born to l~iley B. D. and Riddy Belle Fish Smith, include:

 

Era Lavanda, the daughter of Wiley ~nd

Belle Fish Smith, was born the 14th July 1882 Williamson County,

Texas, married the 27th February 1902 Brown County, Texas, Wil1iam ~.

French, and died the 6th April 1969.

 

William llenry SEE NEXT S~TTON

 

Benjamin Franklin Smith son of wileyandBelle Fish Smith, was born the 9th January 1886 l~illiamson County,

rexas, married the 11th February lgO5 Coleman County, Texas, to

Elizabeth "Li2zie" Ijidner 84 - 9/9/1960). Ile died the 8th

November 1963 and was buried beside Lizzie in the Whon Cemetery,

Coleman County, Texas.

 

`s

he son of liiley and nelle Eish

Smith, was born the 28th April 1888 Williamson County, Texas, married

the 6th November 1906 Brown County, Texas, F.llie ~lae McIntosh

, and died the summer of 1984 in San Angelo.

 

Pearlee, the d~ughter of l~iley and

Belle Fish Smith, was born in 1~90 White Bluff, Kimble County, Texas,

and died there in 1891.

 

Lee Wiley, the son of Wiley ~n~l Belle

Fish Smith, ~as born on the 4tll June 1892 White Bluff, Kimble County,

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married the 28th January 1911 Annie Lee ~elson 

and died the 26t-h November 1982.

 

Burt Doublehe~d, the son of l~iley and

Belle Fish Smith, was born 1894 Oklahoma Territory and died there as a

young boy.

 

Leatha, the daughter of Wiley and

Belle Fish Smith, was born in May 1~97 Robertson County, Texas,

married 1st Allen Leonard and 2nd Kurt Shields.

 

ù        Levi Lonnie Lawrence, the son of ~iley

and Belle Fish Smith, was born on the 12th of October 1899 Coleman

County, Texas, married on the 20th April 1918 Allie Davis.

 

Felix ~onroe, the son of Wiley and

~        Belle Fish Smith, was born on the 4th January 1~01 Coleman County,

,          Texas, married on the 3rd March 1921 Gertrude "Gertie" Manning.

 

-        Rita Belle, the daugh~er of Wiley and

Belle Fish Smith, was born on the 12th October 1905 Coleman County,

~          Texas, married the 27th December 1921 ~fenard County, Texas, Roy ~.

Faulkner, and died in llouston, Harris County, Texas, in the spring of

1957.

 

..

Arthur, the son of l~iley and Belle

~        Fish Smith~ was born the 3rd March/April 1907 Coleman County, married

on the 19th February 1931 Faye Kimble.

 

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William Henry, the son of l~iley and

Belle Fish Smith, was born the 26th July 1884 ncar Georgetown,

Williamson County, Texas. On the 18th November 1903 Coleman County,

Texas, he married Lucinda "Cindy" Widener. Cindy died of childbirth

fever on the 17th June 1918 Coleman County, Texas, and was buried

beside one of her babies at Novice, Texas. Henry then married on the

1st January 1919 Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas, Alice Pearl ~ubanks,

the daughter of .lohn William and Bettie Ann Daniel Swain Eubanks.

Pearl was born the 30th July 1886 at Thrifty, Brown County, Texas, and

died at Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, on the 4th June 1971. She

was buried beside Henry, who died the 10th November 1960 in Palestine,

in the Land of Memory Cemetery, Palestine, Texas.

 

Children born to Henry and Cindy Widener Smith included:

 

Rita Mae, the daughter of Henry

and Cindy Widener Smith, was born the 23rd February 1906, Thrifty,

Brown County, Texas, married the 11th November 1923 Santa Anna,

Coleman County, Texas, to Riley Edward McFarlin. Children born to this

union included:

 

Juanita born January

1925, married Alton ~ammondK leen, Texas, and died in Houston,

Harris County, Texas, in March 1942/3.

 

Billie born November

1931, married the 5th August 1950 Santa Anna, Tcxas, Geor~e Wheatley.

 

Danny   born the

20th August 1955 Santa Anna, Texas.

 

.    Jimmie   D. born

the 24th May 1962 and died 1970, Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas.

 

Carr, the son of Henry and

Cindy Widener Smith, was born the 9th Au~ust 1909, Santa Anna, Coleman

County, Texas. Ile married Elva l~ells. Children born to this union

included:

 

Jimmie ~ayne

 

Delbert

 

Cindy

 

Leon and baby, sons of llenry

and Cindy Widener Smith. Leon was born in May 1918 and died in the

Fall 1918. He was buried in the Cleveland Cemetery, unmarked. The baby

probably born between Carr and Teon was buried at ~ovice.

 

Children born to llenry and Yearl Eubanks Smith included:

 

Vernie ~lae SEE NEXT SECTIOI~

 

Riley ~yrle, the son of llenry

and Pearl Eubanks Smith, was horn the 17th June 1924 Buffalo, Coleman

County, Texas, married the 26th January 1944 Ceorgia to Dorothy lee

Combs Cherry , and died of cancer the 19th February

198 was buried beside his parents in the Lancl of Memory Cemetery,

Palestine, Texas.

 

Riley   Elmo   died   in

infancy.

 

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Roy Glenn

 

Stephen Myrle

 

Donald Lee

 

Betty Bell, the daughter of

llenry and Pearl Eubanks Smith, was born the 25th December 1926 Ft.

McKavett, Texas, married the 4th September 1953 Pasadena, Harris

County, Texas, Howard Winston Williams, the son of Thomas Fred and

Hettie Pistole Williams. Howard was born in Clinton, Van Buren County,

Arkansas, on the 21 March 1928. Children born to this marriage

include:

 

Howard Kenneth born the

16th February 1956 Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, married the 19th

January 1980 Pasadena, Texas, to Mary Katherine Kershaw.

 

Larry Wayne born the

19th February 1958 Pasadena, Harris County, Texas.

 

Betty Elaine born the

20th December 1960 Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, married the 19th

November 1982 Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, to Marvin Randal Pruitt,

divorced the 14th February 1985 Harris County, Texas.

 

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Vernie Mae, the daughter of

Henry and Pearl Eubanks Smith, w~s horn at Rockwood, Coleman County,

Texas, the 7th ~ebruary 1920. On the 21st June 1941 Brownwood, Texas

she married LLoyd Jason Bennett, the son of Charles Walker and ~innie

Alpha Ballew Bennett. Jake was born the 4th June 1919 Mexia, Limestone

County, Texas. This couple met while Jake was stationed at Camp Bowie

in Brownwood and Vernie was attending Daniel Baker College. After the

war was over, Jake went to work for Houston Lighting and Power Company

while attending the University of liouston. In 1948 they bought five

acres in Pasadena, Texas, and proceeded to build themselves a five

bedroom house later adding a swimming pool and bath house. In 1981

Jake and Vernie moved to Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, as Jake's new

position with the Light Company encompassed purchasing for the new

lignite plant being built near Jewett, Texas. Children born to this

union include:

 

Jason Douglas, the son

of Jake and Vernie Smith Bennett, was born the 12th January 1943

Edgewood Arsenal, ~aryland. He 1st married Melody Haines on the 1~th

June 1965 Bellaire, Harris County, Texas, and 2nd on the 19th ~ovember

1971 Richmond, Ft. Bend County, Texas, Shelia Kay Stripling, the

daughter of Abner and Luralove Burleson Stripling. Shelia was born the

3rd September 1942. Children born to these marriages include:

 

Heath     Douglas

born the 21st December 1968 ~louston, Texas.

 

Carrie Lynn

born the 13th June 1978 Abilene, Texas.

 

~Sl-1-2-1-2-5-2)Patricia Ann, the

daughter of Jake and Vernic Smith Bennett, was born the 8th October

1944 Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas. On the 3rd September 19~5 in

Pasadena, llarris County, Texas, she married Thomas Dreaper ~IcGinty,

the son of Milton Bowles and ~uth Louise Dreaper ~IcGinty. Tom w~s born

the 25th August 1939 S~. Joseph ~lospital, Houston, Texas. Ele is a

third generation Houstonian. Children horn to this union are:

 

Kathleen born the

20th March 1970, Houston, Texas.

 

Timothy   Dreaper

born the 3rd November 1971, ~ouston, Texas.

 

Brenda Kaye, the daugh-

ter of Jake and Vernie Smith Bennett, was born the 28th June 1950

Pasadena, Texas. She married 2nd Charles Swenson on the 21st June 1981

Houston, Texas. One son was born to this union:

 

Brandon   Bennett

was born the 26th ~ovember 1984 llouston, Texas

 

LLoyd Rex Bennett, the son of Jake Bennett and Vernie Smith Bennett, was born the 4th June 1952 Pasadena,

Texas.  He married Carol Scheiern on the 16th October 1970 Pasadena,

Texas.  Carol was born the 17th January 1952 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

Zachery Is~ac was born the 11th November 1986 ~xahachie, ~llis County, Texas.

 

Lavanda Smith , daughter of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born July 14, 1882 in Williamson County.  She was mar­ried February 27, 1902 to William French  in Coleman County.  She died there April 6, 1969.

 

William Henry Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born July 26, 1884.  He was married about 1909 to Cinda Widner .  He was remarried to Al­ice Pearl Eubanks  January 1, 1919.  She was born July 30, 1886 to John William Eubanks  and Betty Ann Daniel Swain Eubanks , a Brown County farm couple.  He died November 10, 1964 in An­derson County, Texas, and she died there June 4, 1971 at age 85.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Rita Mae Smith                  born February 23, 1906

        Carr Smith                      born September 8, 1909

        Leon Smith                      born in May 1918

        Vernie Mae Smith                born February 7, 1920

        Riley Myrle Smith               born June 17, 1924

        Betty Belle Smith              born December 25, 1926

 

Rita Mae Smith  daughter of William Henry Smith  and Alice Pearl Eu­banks Smith , was born February 23, 1906 in Brown County.  She was mar­ried No­vember 11, 1923 at Santa Anna, Texas to Riley Edward McFarlin .

 

Carr Smith , son of William Henry Smith  and Alice Pearl Eu­banks Smith , was born September 8, 1909 at Santa Anna.  He was married about 1930 to Elva Wills .

 

Leon Smith , son of William Henry Smith  and Alice Pearl Eu­banks Smith , was born in May 1918 and died about six months later in Coleman County.

 

Vernie Mae Smith , daughter of William Henry Smith  and Alice Pearl Eubanks Smith , was born February 7, 1920 in Coleman County.  She was married June 21, 1941 in Brown County to Lloyd Jason Bennett .  He was born June 4, 1919 at Teague, Texas to Charles Walker Bennett  and Minnie Alpha Ballew Ben­nett .  He, an engineer, lived at Mexia, Texas in April 1987.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Jason Douglas Bennett                   born January 12, 1943

        Patricia Ann "Patty" Bennett            born October 8, 1944

        Brenda Kay Bennett                      born June 28, 1950

        Lloyd Rex Bennett                       born June 4, 1952

 

Jason Douglas Bennett , son of Lloyd Jason Bennett  and Vernie Mae Smith Bennett , was born January 12, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland.  He was mar­ried about 1963 to Melody Long .  Following a divorce he was remar­ried to She­lia Kaye Stripling 

 

Children born to them include:

 

      Heath Douglas Bennett                  born December 20, 1967

      Carrie Lynn Bennett                   born in June 1980

 

Patricia Ann "Patty" Bennett  daughter of Jason Douglas Bennett and Vernie Mae Smith Bennett , was born October 8, 1944 at Santa Anna.  She was married September 3, 1965 to Thomas Dreaper McGinty  at Pasadena.  In April 1987 they lived in Houston.

 

She, an outstanding genealogist, has developed an extensive research on the Fish and Dyches families.  It is through her kindness that much of the details of the Fish fam­ily appears in this manuscript.

 

Children born to Thomas Dreaper McGinty  and Patricia Ann "Patty" Ben­nett Mc­Ginty in­clude:

 

        Kathleen McGinty                      born March 20, 1970

        Timothy Dreaper McGinty               born November 3, 1971

 

Brenda Kay Bennett , daughter of Jason Douglas Bennett  and Vernie Mae Smith Bennett , was born June 28, 1950 at Pasadena.  She was mar­ried about 1970 to Gary Tillery .  Following a divorce she was remar­ried June 21, 1981 at Houston to Charles Swenson .

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Brandon Bennett Swenson                born November 26, 1984

 

Lloyd Rex Bennett , son of Lloyd Jason Bennett  and Vernie Mae Smith Bennett , was born June 4, 1952 at Pasadena.  He was married about 1973 to Caroline Ruth Schiern .

 

Riley Myrle Smith , son of William Henry Smith  and Alice Pearl Eu­banks Smith , was born June 17, 1924 in Coleman County.  He was married Jan­uary 26, 1944 to Dorothy Combs Cherry .  He died in February 1980 in Anderson County.

 

Betty Belle Smith , daughter of William Henry Smith  and Alice Pearl Eubanks Smith , was born December 25, 1926 at Ft. McKavett.  She was married September 4, 1953 at Pasadena to Howard Winston Williams .  He was born March 21, 1928 in Clinton, Arkansas to Thomas Fred Williams  and Hettie Pis­tole Williams .

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Howard Kenneth Williams      born February 16, 1956

        Larry Wayne Williams         born February 19, 1958

        Betty Elaine Williams        December 20, 1960

 

Benjamin Franklin Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born January 9, 1886 in Williamson County.  He was married February 11, 1905 in Coleman County to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Widner .  He died August 11, 1965 in Coleman County.

 

Elder Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born November 6, 1906. He was married at Brownwood about 1929 to Ellie Mae McIntosh  and they lived in Coleman County.

 

Pearlee Smith , daughter of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in 1890 in the White Bluff community of Kimble County.  She died in 1891.

 

Lee Wiley Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born June 4, 1892 in Kimble County.  He was married Febru­ary 28, 1911 to Annie Lee Nelson .  He died November 26, 1982.

 

Burt Doublehead Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in Oklahoma Territory in 1894 and died in child­hood.

 

Leatha Smith , daughter of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in Robertson County, Texas in May 1897.  She was mar­ried about 1925 to Allen Leonard .  Later she was remarried to Kurt Shields .

 

Levie Lonnie Lawrence Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in Coleman County October 12, 1899.  He was mar­ried April 20, 1918 to Allie Davis 

 

Felix Monroe Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in Coleman County January 4, 1901.  He was married March 3, 1921 to Gertrude Manning 

 

Belle Smith `, daughter of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in Coleman County October 12, 1905.  She was mar­ried about 1923 to Roy Falkner .  In 1964 they lived in Houston, Texas.

 

Arthur Smith , son of Wiley B. D. Smith  and Riddy Belle Fish Smith , was born in Coleman County March 3, 1907.  He was married Febru­ary 19, 1931 to Faye Kimble .

 

Mary Fish , daughter of Joseph Martin Fish  and Nancy "Ann" Dy­ches Fish , was born in 1824 in Louisiana, probably Washington Parish.  She was married about 1839 to William Lewis Jr.  who was born in England in 1813.  He was the son of William Lewis , accord­ing to James Harmon Lewis , a descendant.

 

The military record of William Lewis, Jr. , researched by Hazel Inez Nel­son Bradbury , shows that he enlisted in a volunteer company of the Texas Army July 25, 1835 and fought in a campaign against the Indians.  Following the end of this campaign September 15, 1835 he reenlisted in the Texas Army in Novem­ber 1836 and was discharged May 1, 1837.  He probably saw action in the Battle of San Jac­into.  His dis­charge revealed, "William Lewis, 24, born in England, 5 feet, 5 and one-half inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, bricklayer."

 

Three weeks later William Lewis, Jr.  traded a military land grant of 640 acres for "1 blanket, 1 roundabout, 2 shirts, 2 pr. pantaloons, 2 pr. socks, 1 cap, 2 pr. shoes:"

 

"For value received I transfer all my right, title and interest to William Houston  and Robert T. Walker their heirs or assigns which I have to Six Hun­dred and forty acres of land coming to me for Military Services rendered as stated in the within Certificate of Discharge and I do hereby authorise and im­power the said William Houston and Robert T. Walker to silect, locate, survey and perfect title to said land in their own name  name if required by the Laws of this Repub­lic) this power and transfer is irrevocable from and af­ter date done at Houston this 22nd day of May 1837.

 

                                            Wm. Lewis"

 

Joel Lewis , a brother to William Lewis, Jr. , married Mrs. Ly­dia Stevenson, a widow of Jefferson County, according to Bradbury research.  He made several land transactions in Jefferson County.

 

William Lewis, Jr.  enlisted at Liberty, Texas March 20, 1862 as a pri­vate in Company G, Twenty-Fifth Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA.  He was captured at Ft. Hindman, Arkansas Post by Union forces January 11, 1863.  He was imprisoned at Camp But­ler, Springfield, Illinois where he died Febru­ary 15, 1863.  He was buried in Grave 237 in Camp Butler National Cemetery there, according to Adju­tant General Office records.

 

Mary Fish Lewis  appeared as the head of Household 90-90 in the 1870 cen­sus of Williamson County, located near her mother and her sister, Amanda M. Fish Whitmire .

 

The family was rendered as:

 

        "Lewis, Mary            46, born in Louisiana, keeping house, $300

                                    real estate, cannot write

                Elizabeth       30, born in Texas, blind

                James           20, born in Texas, farmer, cannot write

                Mary            12, born in Texas, cannot write

                Georgian        14, born in Texas, illiterate

                Cintha           8, born in Texas"

 

Children born to William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis  in­clude:

 

        Elizabeth Lewis                   born in 1840

        Nancy Anne Lewis                  born about 1846

        Jasper A. Lewis                   born about 1848

        James W. Lewis                    born in 1850

        Joyce Ann Lewis                   born about 1855

        Georgian Lewis                    born about 1856

        Mary Rmintha "Mint" Lewis         born February 16, 1858

        Alice Lewis                       born about 1861

        Cynthia Lewis                     born in 1862

 

Elizabeth Lewis , daughter of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis  was born in Liberty County in 1840.  She was married about 1860, hus­band's name Gilmore.  She "followed her husband when he went to the Civil War," ac­cording to Hazel Inez Nelson Bradbury   The hardships she en­dured caused her to go blind.  It is reported that he was killed in the Civil War.  She appeared as "age 30, blind" in the 1870 census of her mother's house­hold.  She was remarried after 1870 to Lewis P. Dyches  reportedly a cousin.  According to Drennan research he was "a son of David Dyches and a first cousin to Jerusha Dyches McFadin."  Judge Charles Augustus Lord , a cousin, wrote in 1941 that, instead, she was remarried to Wesley Burgoyne Dyches 

 

Lewis P. Dyches  was born in 1811.  He emigrated to Texas as a colonist a re­ceived a league and a labor in a land grant in 1834.  He appeared as "age 24, farmer, single in the May 1, 1835 cen­sus of Bevil District.  Lewis P. Dyches  served in the Texas Army in a company commanded by Capt. Mar­tin B. Lewis, believed to be a relative.  Capt. Lewis ap­peared in the Bevil District census of 1835 and 1836.

 

Lewis P. Dyches  was successful in seeing his Mexican land grant con­firmed by the State of Texas, and it was recorded in Jasper County Deed Book 1, page 398.  He sold this land to Thomas H. Espy July 4, 1850.

 

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Jasper County, page 88. "Lewis Dykes" was an early land applicant in Liberty County.  He received a patent from the State of Texas to land in Milam County March 1, 1845.  When Williamson County was formed from Milam the land lay in the new county, according to William County Deed Book 1, page 270.  An early land map of the county showed that "Lewis D. Dyches" has received a patent to 1,280 acres in Williamson County.

 

Lewis P. Dyches  "of Jasper County" sold "my interest in 640 acres out of my headright league of land granted to me in Milam County as a colonist or emi­grant by the Board of Land Commissioners of Jasper County" for $500 to "widow, Mrs. Brit­ton, formerly Mrs. J. M. Glasscock," according to Williamson County Deed Book 5, page 320. Lewis P. Dyches  "of Jasper County" deeded 640 acres "out of my head­right in Milam County" to C. K. Blanchard September 21, 1846.  The deed was filed June 20, 1855, according to Williamson County Deed Book 5, page 617.  John T. Lewis was a wit­ness to the deed.

 

Lewis P. Dyches  appeared as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Grimes County, Texas, Household 309-309:

 

        "Dykes, Lewis P.        37, born in Louisiana, $88 real estate

                Joyce A.        26 [36?], born in Mississippi

                Thomas J.       11, born in Texas

                Mary Ann         8, born in Texas

                Francis M.       5, born in Texas

                Teressa E.       2, born in Texas

                Narcissa J.      1, born in Texas"

 

He reappeared there in the 1855 scholastic census with "two males, two females of school age."

 

Children born to Lewis P. Dyches  and Joyce Ann Dyches include:

 

        Thomas J. Dyches                born in 1839

        Mary Ann Dyches                 born in 1842

        Francis M. Dyches               born in 1845

        Teressa E. Dyches               born in 1848

        Narcissa J. Dyches              born in 1849

 

Of Lewis P. Dyches  and Elizabeth Lewis Gilmore Dyches  nothing more is known.  No children were born to her.

 

Nancy Anne Lewis , daughter of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis , was born about 1846 in Liberty County.  She was married "to a man named Short," according to a statement written in 1941 by Judge Charles Augustus Lord , a cousin.

 

Jasper A. Lewis  son of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis , was born about 1848 in Jasper County.  He was married about 1873 to Rachel Ral­ston .  In 1875 they lived at Rockdale, Texas.  In later years he was a rancher at Pinon, New Mexico.  Following the death of Rachel Ralston Lewis  he was remarried, and unhappily, according to Rachel Ruby Lewis O'Neal , a grand­daughter.  He died in December 1914 at Hope, New Mexico.

 

Children born to him include:

 

        Samuel Wesley Lewis             born December 3, 1875

        Margaret "Maggie" Lewis         born about 1877

        Nettie Lewis                    born about 1880

        Sarah Lewis                     born about 1885

 

Samuel Wesley Lewis , son of Jasper A. Lewis  and Rachel Ralston Lewis , was born December 3, 1875 at Rockdale.  He was married about 1898 to Evelyn Eliza­beth "Lizzie" Smith  who was born September 19, 1880 at Ker­rville, Texas. In 1899 they appeared at Mayhill where he became a rancher.  He died June 10, 1949 at El Paso, Texas and was buried at Mayhill.  She died April 29, 1959 at El Paso and was buried beside her husband.

 

Children born to Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Evelyn Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith Lew­is .

 

        Iva Pearl Lewis                   born September 27, 1899

        Frank Otto "Stub" Lewis           born August 29, 1901

        Rachel Ruby Lewis                 born November 19, 1902

        Alice Opal Lewis         born April 8, 1905

        Marion Elmer Lewis         born April 8, 1905

        William Carl Lewis               born May 9, 1907

 

Iva Pearl Lewis L2/1.1), daughter of Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Evelyn Eliza- beth "Lizzie" Smith Lewis , was born September 27, 1899 at Mayhill.  She was married about 1919 to Robert Clarence Prothro  who was born September 16, 1897 at El Paso.  She died there May 12, 1971.

 

Frank Otto "Stub" Lewis , son of Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Eve­lyn Eliz­abeth "Lizzie" Smith Lewis , was born August 29, 1901 at Mayhill.  He was mar­ried about 1922 to Alma "Dixie" Cavender  who was born October 18, 1903 at Or­ange, New Mexico.  She, a schoolteacher, died July 7, 1973.  He lived in El Paso in 1983.

 

Children born to Frank Otto "Stub" Lewis  and Alma "Dixie" Cavender Lewis  include:

 

        Ramona Jeanneane Lewis          born January 8, 1929

 

Ramona Jeanneane Lewis , daughter of Frank Otto "Stub" Lewis  and Alma "Dixie" Caven­der Lewis , was born January 8, 1929 at Miami, Ari­zona. She was married about 1950 to Gerald Winifred "Rip" Van Winkle  who was born February 9, 1927 at Rogers, New Mexico.  In 1984 they lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico where he owned Kindel Systems, Inc. and VW Furniture Company.

 

Children born to Gerald Winifred "Rip" Van Winkle  and Ramona Jeanneane Lewis Van Winkle  include:

 

        Lewis Dirk Van Winkle          born October 3, 1957

 

Lewis Dirk Van Winkle , son of Gerald Winifred "Rip" Van Winkle  and Ramona Jeanneane Lewis Van Winkle  was born October 3, 1957 at Carls­bad.  In 1984, following grad­uation from University of New Mex­ico, he was employed at Yosemite National Park as a mountaineering instructor.

 

Rachel Ruby Lewis , daughter of Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Evelyn Eliza­beth "Lizzie" Smith Lewis , was born November 19, 1902 at Weed, New Mexico.  She was married September 30, 1925 to Branch Kelly O'Neal  who was born Octo­ber 6, 1899 at Odessa, Texas.  No children were born to them.  In 1983 they lived in El Paso.

 

Alice Opal Lewis , twin daughter of Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Eve­lyn Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith Lewis , was born April 8, 1905 at Hope.  She was mar­ried about 1923 to Fran­cis William Burt , son of Dr. Frank Burt , who was born August 19, 1894 at Ft. Worth, Texas.  The grandfather of Fran-cis William Burt  was the first governor of Ne­braska.  Fran­cis William Burt  died November 10, 1973 at Atascadero, Cal­ifornia, and she died there Septem­ber 24, 1982.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        William Samuel Burt             born July 11, 1928

        Francis "Frank" Burt            born in 1932

 

William Samuel Burt , son of Francis William Burt  and Alice Opal Lew­is Burt , was born July 11, 1928 at Hatch, New Mexico.  He was mar­ried about 1948, wife's name Theon who was born in 1931 at Pullman, Washington.  In 1983 they lived in Atascadero where he was employed by Grey­hound Bus Company and she as a real­tor.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Beth Burt                      born in 1962

        Seth Burt                      born in 1964

 

Beth Burt , daughter of William Samuel Burt  and Theon Burt, was born in 1962 at St. Helena, California.  In 1983 she was enrolled at Chico State College.

 

Seth Burt , son of William Samuel Burt  and Theon Burt, was born in 1964 at Turlock, California.  In 1983 he was enrolled in a fireman's academy.

 

Francis "Frank" Burt , handicapped son of Francis William Burt  and Alice Opal Lewis Burt , was born in 1932.  In 1983 he lived in Atas­cadero and was employed by North County In­dustries.

 

Marion Elmer Lewis , twin son of Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Eve­lyn Eliz­abeth "Lizzie" Smith Lewis , was born August 4, 1905 and died in in­fancy.

 

William Carl Lewis , son of Samuel Wesley Lewis  and Evelyn Eliz­abeth "Lizzie" Smith Lewis , was born May 9, 1907 at Hope.  He was mar­ried about 1930 to Ann Bell Prude  who was born August 28, 1907 at Weed.  He died March 22, 1980 at Artesia, New Mexico where she lived in 1984.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Samuel Wesley Lewis             born July 2, 1933

        Donald Branch Lewis             born April 17, 1937

 

Samuel Wesley Lewis  son of William Carl Lewis  and Ann Bell Prude Lewis , was born July 2, 1933 at Artesia.  He died there November 14, 1947.

 

Donald Branch Lewis , son of William Carl Lewis  and Ann Bell Prude Lewis , was born April 17, 1937 in Artesia.  He was married about 1956 to Mar­ian Lois Hand  who was born April 13, 1939 in Arkansas.  In 1984 he was a building contractor in Artesia.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Tamila Ann Lewis               born May 21, 1958

        Steve William Lewis            born November 11, 1959

        Carlette Dall Lewis            born December 2, 1964

 

Margaret "Maggie" Lewis  daughter of Jasper A. Lewis  and Rachel Ral­ston Lewis , was born about 1877.  She was married about 1894, husband's name Stevenson.

 

Nettie Lewis , daughter of Jasper A. Lewis  and Rachel Ralston Lewis

, was born about 1880.  She was married about 1897 to Anthony Connor .

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Olivette Connor                 born about 1899

        Lewis Connor                    born about 1901

        Mildred Connor                  born about 1904

 

Olivette Connor , daughter of Anthony Connor  and Nettie Lewis Connor , was born about 1899.  She was married about 1918 to Fred Prevost . They lived at Silver City, New Mexico.

 

Sarah Lewis , daughter of Jasper A. Lewis  and Rachel Ralston Lewis,  was born about 1885.  She was married about 1906, husband's name McWhorter.

 

James W. Lewis  son of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis , was born about 1853 in Jasper County.  He was married about 1876, wife's name Sallie. Another source shows her name as "Gala."  Sallie Lewis died at age 92.

 

Maurie Duncum Monroe  wrote in 1984, "I visited Aunt Gollie Lewis in 1944 in southern Califor­nia.  She was a staunch member of the Church of Christ, well past age 80 then.  She said he had helped start several congregations in her home in several California towns.  She would stay with them until they got going good, then pull out with a few members and start another."

 

Children born to James W. Lewis  and Sallie Lewis include:

 

        William Lewis                   born about 1880

        John Lewis                      born about 1881

        James Harmon Lewis              born about 1883

        Mertie Lewis                    born about 1885

        Hardy Lewis                     born about 1888

 

William Lewis , son of James W. Lewis  and Sallie Lewis, was born about 1878.  He be­came a rancher at Bakersfield, California, according to Bradbury research.  In 1968 he was living at Wil­lows, California.

 

John Lewis , son of James W. Lewis  and Sallie Lewis, was born about 1880.  He joined his brother in ranching at Bakersfield.  He was killed in an automo­bile accident before 1956.

 

James Harmon Lewis , son of James W. Lewis  and Sallie Lewis, was born about 1883.  He was married about 1910, wife's name Anna.  In 1927 he formed Equitable Royalty Corporation in Oklahoma City, dealing in oil properties, and became president of the company.  He and Anna Lewis were divorced about 1954.  He was remarried in 1956, wife's name Jackie.  Anna Lewis removed to Shawnee, Oklahoma where she was liv­ing when he died in 1969.  Jackie Lewis was remarried to Richard Linehan, according to Robert Waring who was president of Equitable Royalty Corporation in 1984.  James Har­mon Lewis  was active in family history research, but his files have not been located after his death.  No children were born to them.

 

Mertie Lewis , daughter of James W. Lewis  and Sallie Lewis, was born about 1885.  She was married about 1914, husband's name Le Fevre, and was de­ceased by 1956.

 

Hardy Lewis , son of James W. Lewis and Sallie Lewis, was born about 1888.  At his death he was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery near Rockdale.

 

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