Dau. of: John D. Beckwith
Lucretia

b: Sep 1, 1831 Elmira,
Chemung Co, NY

m: Dec 4, 1850 Hancock Co, IL

d: Sep 19, 1906 Weatherford,
Parker Co, TX
 
 
burial: City Greenwood Cemetery,
Weatherford

Marriage documents
Census listings 1850, 1860

There is a Botetourt County, Virginia, marriage record for an Albert Obenchain and Susan Fluke, dated May 15, 1847.   It appears that this was the same Albert who married Delphine three years later.  No information about this marriage or Susan's fate was passed down through Albert and Delphine's children.  It was surely Delphine who arrived in Texas with Albert, reportedly in 1853, with their two little children, Charles and Virginia.

Son of: Samuel Obenchain*
Martha Toler/Toller

b: Feb 7**, 1824 Botetourt Co, VA
 

m: Dec 4, 1850 Hancock Co, IL

d: Aug 16, 1862 near the present day
location of Breckenridge,
Stephens Co, TX
 
burial: Initially buried on the prairie where he died, his body was recovered and reburied in a military camp cemetery.

*This surname is found with various spellings.
**This is the date recorded by direct descendants.

The Handbook of Texas Online
"White Man", a Weatherford newspaper; Alfred and two partners took over the publication of this newspaper in the fall of 1860.

Texas Ordinance of Secession - 1861
Alfred was one of the signers (see column four).

Senator, 9th Texas Legislature
Note that the first reference to Alfred in this essay states that he took office in 1863, but the second reference shows that he resigned February 15, 1862.

He served as a lieutenant colonel with the Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry (later designated the 46th Texas Cavalry).

Charles Goodnight, Cowman and Plainsman
By J. Evetts Haley
"Scouting Under Obenchain", pp. 68-81

'Frontier Justice' Takes On Military Law
Graham Leader, July 20, 2003

In the 1900 census, it was reported that Delphine (named therein as Belle) was the mother of eight children, only three of whom were living.  We can document seven of the eight children from census records: five by Albert and two by second husband, William Higgins.  Children known to be alive in 1900 were Albertine Bertha Obenchain East and Maie Obenchain.
 

Spouse:
b:
d:
burial:

Census transciptions 1860-1870
 

In 1900 Tessie Obenchain was living with her widowed mother in Justice Precinct 7, Parker County.  She had a daughter, Ruby M. Obenchain, 4 years old.  Tessie was reported as a widow, but that is not reliable - often times divorced persons reported themselves as widowed.

By 1910 Tessie had remarried and was living with her second husband, Pleas S. Lynn, in Jack County, adjacent to Parker County.  Ruby M. Obenchain, 14, stepdaughter to Pleas, was a member of the household, born in Texas, father born in "West Virginia."

We have found later listings for a Charles Obenchain and a Charles E. Obenchain, but cannot confirm that those listings were for this Obenchain son, nor can we absolutely assert that the man whom Tessie married was this same Obenchain son.
 

Spouse: Elisha David East
Son of: Jack East and "Miss Barber"
b: Apr 14, 1843 Virginia
d: May 06, 1922 Weatherford
burial: City Greenwood Cemetery,
Weatherford

Census transcriptions
 

Census transcription 1870
 

Spouse: Julius Schonfield
Son of: Henry Schonfield
b: Oct 1, 1846 Germany
d: Feb 22, Cleburne, Johnson Co, TX
burial: Oakland Cemetery,
Weatherford, Parker Co, TX

Census transcriptions
 

Julius' surname was spelled Schonfield on the marriage record and his death certificate, Schonfeld in census records.  Maie's death certificate was prepared with the surname Schonfeld.

Maie's niece, Mary East Pipkin, was the informant for her death certificate and stated that Maie was born February 2, 1859.  Only one census record supports that year of birth and in that year, 1870, the family was counted twice.  One 1870 listing showed Maie at age 9, the other at age 11.

1860 census - Maie was not listed with the family
1870 census - age 9 and age 11
1880 census - age 19
1900 census - age 37, born Feb 1862
1910 census - age 43
1920 census - age 52
1930 census - age 65
 

Census transcriptions 1870, 1900