From George Smith Patton Jr. to Our Great-Great-Grandfather

Here is the family tree branch which leads us (indirectly) to Mr. George Smith Patton Jr. According to the MyHeritage Report, the person who connects us to him is Elizabeth Margaret Crockett (nee Patton). G. S. Patton Jr. was her sixth cousin twice removed.

While preparing the post, I read about gen. George Patton and watched the movie "Patton" (made in 1970) as well, just to learn more about the man.

George Smith Patton Jr. (b. 11 Nov. 1885, San Gabriel, LA, California/d. 21 Dec. 1945, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany)

Ruins of Heidelberg Castle, Germany

⇒ his father George Smith Patton II (b. 30 Sept. 1856, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia/d. 10 June 1927, Lake Vineyard Ranch, LA, California) - an attorney, Mayor of San Marino, California for many years.

⇒ his father George Smith Patton (b. 26 June 1833, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia/d. 25 Sept. 1864, Winchester, Virginia). He was a colonel, commanded 22nd Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.

⇒ his father John Mercer Patton (b. 10 August 1797, Fredericksburg, Virginia/d. 29 Oct. 1858, Richmond, Virginia) - a lawyer and politician, governor of Virginia (a short time in 1841). He represented two Virginia districts in the US House of Representatives.

⇒ his father Robert William Patton Sr. (b. 24 Sept. 1750, Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland/d. 3 No. 1828, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia) - emigrated with his parents and siblings from Scotland to Virginia. Robert married Anne Gordon Mercer who was born ≈ 1765 in Spotsylvania, Virginia.

⇒ his father James Patton (b. 24 April 1722, North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland/d. ≈ 1768, Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia). Wife - Elizabeth Gordon born on 21 Dec. 1725.

⇒ his father William Patton (b. ≈ Feb. 1862, Scotland/d. ≈ 1730, Scotland). His wife was Isabella Strawn nee Steven born in Scotland.

⇒ his father Mathew Patton (b. 12 Oct 1656, Scotland/d. ≈ 1698, Scotland) married Miss Margaret Miklejohn in ≈ 1677

⇒ his father William Henry Patton II (b. ≈ 1628, Ramoigh Parish, Donegal, Ireland/d. ≈ 1689, Clondevadock, Clonmary, Donegal, Ireland) - wife Margaret Skoech

⇒ his brother Henry Patton I (b. 31 Jan. 1627, Ramoigh Parish, Donegal, Ireland/d. ≈ 1689, Clondevadock, Clonmary, Donegal, Ireland) married Jane Guthree in Donegal, Ireland in  ≈ 1640

⇒ his son Henry Guthree Patton II (b. ≈ 1641, Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland/d. ≈ 1689, Donegal, Donegal County, Ireland) married Miss Jane Spears in ≈ 1657

⇒ his son Henry Patton III (b. ≈ 1660, Caigo, Dundee, County of Angus, Scotland/d. ≈ 1743, Clondevadock, Donegal, Ireland) married Miss Sarah Lynn in Derry, County Gavan, N. Ireland in ≈1675

Donegal, Ireland

⇒ his son William Patton (b. ≈ 1690, Newton-Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland/d. 5 Sept. 1742, Marlboro, Chester, Pensylvania) - his wife was Mary Byrne

⇒ his son John Logan Patton (b. ≈ 1720, Londonderry, Ireland/d. ≈ 1762, Rowan, North Carolina) - wife Hannah Brandon (b. ≈ 1740 in Virginia/d. ≈ 1800, Asheville, Bushcombe County, NC)

⇒ his son Robert Patton (b. ≈ 1742, Northern Ireland/d. 11 Nov. 1832, Gibson County, Tennessee)

Gibson County, Tennessee

Robert married Miss Rebecca Cathey in Rowan County, NC ≈ 1777. They had eight children. Robert served in the Revolutionary War.

⇒ his daughter Elizabeth Margaret (Patton) Crockett (b. 22 May, Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina/d. 31 Jan. 1860, Granbury, Hood, Texas). Her second husband was D. Crockett.

And here we are in Texas. In 1853, Elizabeth relocated with her husband David to Granbury in Texas.

Memorial to Elizabeth Crockett, Acton, Texas

⇒ her husband David Stern Crockett - the Alamo defender

⇒ his father John Wesley Crockett (b. ≈1753, Virginia/d. ≈ 1823, Tennessee). He married Rebecca Sullivan Hawkins, born in Maryland, Jan. 1764.

⇒ his brother Robert Crockett (b. 13 August 1755, Fredericksburg, Virginia/d. 26 Feb. 1836, Cumberland County, Kentucky). His wife was Margaret Rayburn.

⇒ his daughter Mary (Crockett) Travis (b. ≈ 1787, Fentress County, Tennessee/d. ≈ 1860, Travisville, Fentress County/present Pickett County, Tennessee) married William Travis in in about 1807 in Kentucky.

⇒ her husband William B Travis (b. ≈ 1783, Maryland/d. ≈ 1858, Travisville, Fentress County/present Pickett County, Tennessee). William was a son of William Barret Crockett's (the Alamo defender's) cousin. He lived with his wife in District 7, Fentress County Tennessee.


William Travis
United States Census, 1850
Name: William Travis
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Fentress county, Fentress, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Race: White
Birth Year: (Estimated) 1783
Birthplace: Maryland
House Number 635

Household

William Travis, Male, age, 67, born in Maryland
Mary Travis, Female, age 63, born in Tennessee

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-WX8 : 12 April 2016), William Travis, Fentress county, Fentress, Tennessee, United States; citing family 635, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

⇒ his sister Hannah (Travis) Long (b. 2 March 1786, Travisville, Overton, Tennessee/d. 4 Nov. 1865, Paris, Lamar, Texas)

The Plaza and Culbertson Fountain, Paris, Texas

William and Hannah's parents were Thomas Travis and Hannah Hutchins. They married on 20 Feb. 1774 in Baltimore, Maryland. On 27 July 1806, Hannah married Mr. Edward Solomon Long, the son of  Edward Solomon Long Sr. and catherine Mary Julian.

⇒ her daughter Elizabeth (Long) Blair (b. ≈ 1810, Kentucky)

In 1832, Elizabeth married Mr. Joel Perrin Blair (b. 1807, Tennessee) , a farmer. In 1850, the couple had four children and lived in Illinois, Washington County, Arkansas (1). Ten years later, Elizabeth and Joel lived in Center Township, Doniphan, Kansas with their oldest son William and youngest daughter Jennie. William worked as a steamboat pilot (2).

The Census of 1870, recorded that Elizabeth lived with her husband only. William had already married and lived with his wife Laura and the youngest sister Jennie in a house next to their parents (3). Elizabeth died between 1870 and 1875 as the next Census informs that in 1875 Joel lived on his own (4).

⇒ her daughter Jennie Elizabeth (Blair) Dudley (b. 3 Feb. 1849, Arkansas/d. 2 Oct. 1896, Paris, Lamar, Texas)

Here we get to Texas again.

On 25 Sept. 1875 in Lamar County, TX, Jennie married James Gasham Dudley, a lawyer. He was born in 1948 in Missouri to James A and Parmelia Dudley (5).
Five years after the wedding, Jennie and James lived with their two children Frederick and Charles, and James' mother at Ward 2, Lamar, TX (6).

Jennie lived for 47 years. She passed on 2 Oct. 1896 and was buried et the Evergreen Cemetery in Paris, TX.

⇒ her daughter Ethel Blair (Dudley) Maddox (20 March 1887, Paris, Lamar, TX/d. 8 Nov. 1957, Paris, Lamar, TX)

Ethel got married at the age of 24. The ceremony took place on 18 April 1911 in Lamar, TX (7). Her husband was Clarence Witherspoon Maddox, the son of  Thomas Frederick Maddox and Amanda Lee Nance. Unfortunately, I have not found much more about Ethel, her husband and the family.
Ethel Maddox passed on 8 Nov. 1957 (8).

⇒ her daughter Clare (Maddox) Fowler (b. 1 June 1923, Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma/d. 24 Oct. 1971, Dallas, Dallas, TX)

Clare lived with her parents (and at least one sibling) in Pushmataha, Oklahoma. Oklahoma school records from 1934 to 1943 list Clare's school enrollments (9). She became a scholteacher.
Claire got married on 8 March 1949 in Paris, TX. Her spouse was Bert L Fowler.  Clare passed in Baylor Hospital in Dallas on 24 Oct. 1971. She was 48 when she died. (10)

Downtown Dallas, TX

⇒ her husband Bert L Fowler Jr. (b. 22 Jan. 1919, Denton, Denton, TX/d. 27 August 1981, Dallas, Dallas, TX) - our 4th cousin

He was the son of Bert L Fowler Sr. and Marie Bailey.
Bert completed 3 years of college education and worked as a bookkeeper in a bank (11, 12).

⇒ his mother Marie (Bailey) Fowler (b. 25 Oct. 1897, Texas/d. 12 Jan. 1949, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX) - our 3rd cousin once removed

Japanese Garden, part of Botanic Gardern, Fort Worth, TX

In 1900 Marie lived with her parents Lafayette Bailey and Ideller Gant in the west part of Plano (Justice Precinct 5), Collin County, Texas.

Name: Marie Bailey
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precinct 5 (west part) Plano town, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Date: Oct 1897
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
 
Household

Lafayette Bailey, Head. M, 31, born in Tennessee
Della Bailey, Wife, Female, 25, born in Tennessee
Marie Bailey, Daughter, Female, 3, born in Texas
William W Chaddick, Boarder, Male, 29, born in Louisiana
J D Brent, Boarder, Male, 22, born in Texas
Burn Hansell, Boarder, Male, 34, born in Missouri
James M Shellings, Boarder, Male, 27, born in Texas
Albert A Angle, Boarder, Male, 36, born in Tennessee
Jane Nash, Servant, Female, born in Texas

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-JXS : accessed 31 January 2019), Marie Bailey in household of Lafayette Bailey, Justice Precinct 5 (west part) Plano town, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 8A, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.

Some of the boarders mentioned in the record were related to the Baileys. William W Chaddick and the Chaddick family was distantly related to Forman and Howard families as well.
Albert A Angle was Albert Abner Angle (b. 13 Oct. 1864 in Tennessee). His parents were Marcus Lafayette Anglea and Mammie Erena Jones. Albert was a first cousin once removed of Ideller bailey's grandmother.

Two years after the Census, J D Brent - James Devit Brent (b. 1 Oct. 1878 in Plano, TX), the son of James Monroe Brent and Rebecca Florence Hansel, became the husband of Marie's mother's second cousin Roxie L. Brown.

Marie died in All Saints Hospital on 19 Jan 1949 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. She was 51 years 2 month and 10 days on the day of her death (13).

You can read more about Marie and her family in the post linked below.

⇒ her mother Ideller (Gant) Bailey - our second cousin twice removed

⇒ her father Benjamine Thomas Gant Jr. (b. 16 Dec. 1853, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 29 March 1906, Plano, Collin, Texas) - our 1st cousin 3 times removed

Haggard Park, Plano, TX

On 11 May 1873 in Sumner County, Tennessee, Benjamine married 23-year-old Martha Ellen Riggs the daughter of James R Riggs and Louisa Ann Anglea. Louisa was a sister of Alber Abner Angle's (mentioned above) father.

⇒ his father Benjamin Thomas Gant - (b. ≈ 1812, Orange, North Carolina/d. ≈ 1865, Sumner, Tennessee)

21-year-old Benjamin married on 20 May 1833 in Orange County, North Carolina.. His wife was Mary (Polly) Tarpley, the daughter of mason Tarpley and Elizabeth Cooke (14).

⇒ his brother Jacob Rippy Gant - our great-great-grandfather

Sources:
My MyHeritage research, 
geni.com,

• (1) "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-V6M: 12 April 2016), Joel P Blair, Illinois, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing family 1, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• (2) "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66W-VDV: 13 December 2017), Joel Blair, 1860.
• (3)  "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJV-KX6 : 12 April 2016), Joel P Blair, Kansas, United States; citing p. 4, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,931.
• (4) "Kansas State Census, 1875", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-HZNL : 12 November 2017), Joel P Blair in entry for Leroy Hughley, 1875.
• (5) "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZF-XNG : 14 December 2017), James G Dudley in entry for James A Dudley, 1860.
• (6) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFN5-PN3 : 15 July 2017), James Dudley, Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 82, sheet 215C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1314; FHL microfilm 1,255,315.
• (7) "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9T-JQ6 : 21 July 2017), Clarence Maddox and Ethel Blair Dudley, 18 Apr 1911; citing Lamar, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,293,683.
• (8) "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ6L-W6Z : 24 May 2014), Ethel B Maddox, 08 Nov 1957; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 62629, Lamar, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
• (9) "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2GH-3TJN : 10 April 2018), Claire Maddox, 1943; citing School enrollment, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States, various County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school district offices, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm 2,435,018.
• (10)"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XS-8HV : 13 March 2018), Clare Maddox Fowler, 24 Oct 1971; citing certificate number 78887, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,437.
• (11) "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PG-HTZ : 5 December 2014), Bert Jr Fowler, enlisted 22 May 1941, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland. No image available
• United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
• Affiliate Publication Title Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
• (12) "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVS-PJ6 : 14 March 2018), Bert Fowler in household of Bert Fowler, Denton, Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-1, sheet 4A, line 39, family 100, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4020.
• (13) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39B-KRX : 13 March 2018), Marie Bailey Fowler, 12 Jan 1949; citing certificate number 4342, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,119.
• (14) "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YY-7JM : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Gant and Polly Tarpley, 20 May 1833; citing Orange,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,298.

Photos:

•  Donegal: By No machine-readable author provided. Kanchelskis assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=324962
• Gibson County, Tennessee map: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=502376
• Acton Memorial: By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8372115
• Photo of gravestone of Jennie Dudley: Mary Hall Ferguson
• The Plaza, Paris, Texas: By Adavyd - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27882476
• Downtown Dallas: By Alan Botting - https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-flora_botting/32921796582/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59764799
• Fort Worth Botanic Garden: By BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA - FW Japanese Gardens 2, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70763611
• Haggard Park, Plano: By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44214720