Mysterious Mr. Shrader

As the family story says, our grandmother named one of her sons Shrader because it was the surname of her favorite teacher.

Some time ago, I researched a possible family connection with any Shraders and came across Wilhelm Shrader (born about 1724) who sailed to America with his parents but arrived at the New World alone. More about him in the post HERE.

Although that was all very interesting, Wilhelm Shrader was a rather distant and indirect ancestor. Maybe too distant to influence our grandmother's choice regarding naming her son.

See yourself

Wilhelm Shrader
⇒ his son Heinrich Jacob Schrader (b. 5 July 1750, Rimbeck, Halberstadt, Saxony, Germany/d. 1 Feb. 1829, Jefferson, Kentucky) + wife Anna Maria (b. about 1740, Jefferson, Kentucky)

⇒ his son Jacob Shreader (17 August 1771, Westmoreland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/d. 11 Sept. 1837, Oldham, Kentucky) + wife Eva Elizabeth (b. 26 April 1774, Bethel Township, Berks, Pennsylvania/d. August 1860, Oldham, Kentucky). They married on 27 August 1793.

Bethel Township, view from near Pleasant Grove Rd.

⇒ his son Elijah Shrader (b. about 1817, Oldham, Kentucky/d. 15 July 1845, Edgar County, Illinois)

⇒ his wife Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Shrader (b. about 1816, Madison Co., Virginia/d. 5 Oct 1849, Edgar County, Illinois)

Elijah and Sarah Ann married on 9 June 1834 in Oldham, Kentucky (1).

⇒ her sister Eliza Ann (Carpenter) Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1808, Madison, Virginia/d. 1 Nov. 1849, Oldham, Kentucky) married Mr. John Brown (b. 18 April 1811/d. 4 June 1841) on 20 April 1829 in Oldham, Kentucky (2).

⇒ her son John Liter Brown (b. March 1838 in Floydsburg, Oldham, KY) - a farmer and carpenter.

John relocated from Kentucky to Texas where he married (3) Miss Mary Susannah Lunsford (b. 17 May 1841, Kentucky/d. 9 August 1917, Allen, Collin, TX). She was the daughter of William Lunceford and Catherine Pottof Schrader, and a great-granddaughter of Wilhelm Shrader, the emigrant, mentioned above.

In 1880 John, his wife Mary Susannah, and their seven children lived in Precinct 5, Collin County, Texas. John was a farmer and he hired 11 men who also lived in the household (4). One of the workers was John's distant relative Albert Ross Wetsel.

John passed on 14 April 1913 in Collin County, Texas.

Clipping source:

Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1913, newspaper, April 17, 1913; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992417/: accessed March 28, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

⇒ John and Mary's daughter Eliza Catherine (Brown) Angle (b. 5 May 1869, Collin, TX/d. 27 July 1964, Allen, Collin, TX).

Train Water Station, Allen, Texas

⇒ her husband James Lafayette Angle (b. 25 Feb. 1863, Tennessee/d. 27 June 1949, Allen, Collin, TX), son of Marcus Lafayette Angle and Mammie Erena Jones.

James and Eliza Catherine married on 23 July 1890 and they had 8 children, two of whom died young.

The Census of 1940 recorded that Jim L Angle, his wife, son James L. Jr, Willie M (daughter-in-law) + a niece and nephew lived in Justice Precinct 6 (McKinney), Collin, Texas (5). The record contains a mistake. The children described as a nephew (Robert Doyle) and niece (Betty Sue) were actually James L Sr.'s grandchildren (6). Their parents were James Lafayette Jr. and Willa Mae (nee Starnes).

⇒ his younger sister Dora Elizabeth (Angel) Brown (b. 1 May 1868, Tennessee/d. 29 Dec. 1961, Plano, Collin, TX)

On 17 June 1880, Dora, her parents and siblings (Isabelle, James L., Albert Abner, Durrett Monroe, Nancy Neal, Charles Thomas, and John Walter lived at a farm in Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas (7).

⇒ her husband Robert Lee Howard - our great-uncle

⇒ his sister/our grandmother Rachel

I continued my research, looking for a Shrader family who lived in Texas, in the same area and at the same time where and when our grandma lived.

Well, I did find the Shraders in Texas.

George Hammond Shrader, a farmer, (b. on 11 Sept. 1825 in Warren County, Tennessee) and his wife Mary Inez Gibbs (b. 10 Nov. 1827, Warren, Tennessee) came to Collin County in Texas with their 12 children around 1871/1872.

In 1870 they all still lived in Civil District No. 9 in Coffee County, Tennessee (8). The twelfth child of George and Mary's was born on 26 Jan 1871 in Carroll County, Arkansas. Probably when the family was on their way to Texas. The supposition supports the fact that their last and thirteenth child was born in August 1874 in Frisco, Collin County, TX.

Anyway, the next Census which took place in 1880 recorded the Shrader family who dwelled in 6th Precinct of Collin County, TX.

Household

George Shrader, Self, Male, age 54, born Tennessee, United States
Mary Shrader, Wife, Female, age 52, born Tennessee, United States
William H Shrader, Son, Male, age 29, born Tennessee, United States
Houston P Shrader, Son, Male, age 25, born Tennessee, United States
George W Shrader, Son, Male, age 23, born Tennessee, United States
James P Shrader, Son, Male, age 19, born Tennessee, United States
Martha Shrader, Daughter, Female, age 16, born Tennessee, United States
Virginia Shrader, Daughter, Female, age 14, born Tennessee, United States
Tennsee Shrader, Daughter, Female, age 12, born Tennessee, United States
Fountain P Shrader, Son, Male, age 9, Arkansas, United States
Daniel B Shrader, Son, Male, age 5, born Texas, United States

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-BH9 : 15 July 2017), Houston P Shrader in entry for George Shrader, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 237C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.

George Hammond was a Civil War veteran. He served as Sergeant in 34th Regiment of 4th Tennessee Confederate Infantry (Capt. J. F. Ross' Company, Churchwell's Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers).
Af all his children only one had anything to do with teaching. It was George's third son and fourth child Houston Petway Shrader born 24 March 1855 in Coffee County, Tennessee.

Houston became a methodist preacher. He was a contemporary of our grandma Rachel. Actually, she was 11 years younger than him. They both lived in Collin County, Texas so, all in all, very likely it was Houston Petway Shrader who inspired grandma so much that she decided to name one of her sons after that Bible teacher.

Methodist Episcopal Curch in Fredericksburg, Texas

On 10 June 1886, 31-year-old Houston married Miss Ruby Ann Emeline Edgar (b. 5 July 1861 in Newton, TX).

Mr. Shrader was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1885 to 1910. He also worked in the Euless Methodist Church (1893/1894). In 1912, during his retirement, he served as a supply pastor in the Electra Circuit.

What makes it all even more interesting, is the fact that Houston Petway and our grandma Rachel were related due to the marriage of Houston's youngest brother (the one born in Texas) Daniel Booker Shrader. The latter one married Miss Ada R Rogers on 27 Nov. 1897 in Collin, TX (9).

Ada's brother Addison Pierce Rogers was married to Rachel's brother William Monroe Howard's son-in-law's sister.

Here is the family line

Houston Petway Shrader
⇒ his brother Daniel Booker Shrader (b. 4 August 1874, Frisco, Collin, TX/d. 1 Oct. 1937, Collin, TX) was the first postmaster of Frisco

⇒ his wife Ada R Rogers (b. 14 Feb. 1876, Rockhill, Collin, TX/d. 20 May 1909, Collin, TX) was the daughter of Beverly Leonidas Rogers and Elizabeth Rhoda Ware. She was the first wife of Daniel's. They married on 27 Nov. 1897 (10).

In 1900, the couple lived with their first child, one-year-old son Harold Pearson and Daniel's mother Mary Inez in Justice Precinct 6 (north half), Collin, TX (11). Ada died at birth of her fifth child, a girl who was stillborn.

⇒ her brother Addison Pierce Rogers (b. 29 Jan. 1879, Frisco, Collin, TX/d. 22 June 1961, Frisco, Collin, TX), farmer

⇒ his wife Maude Lillian (Miller) Rogers (b. 1881 /d. Nov. 1953, Collin, TX), daughter of  Rev. Samuel William Miller and Martha Elizabeth Moore

Addison and Maude married on 15 Jan. 1902 in Collin, TX (12).

Possibly they had 4 children. At least that was what I found in the records.

⇒ her brother William Bryant Miller (b. 29 Nov. 1883, Tupelo, Mississippi/d. 5 Dec. 1971, McKinney, Collin, TX) was a salesman. The WW1 draft registration tells that William was tall, had blue eays and light hair (13).

⇒ his wife Geneva Clementine (Howard) Miller (b. 1 April 1889, Allen, Collin, TX/d. 10 June 1968, McKinney, Collin, TX)

William and Geneva's house was at 539 North Curch St., McKinney, TX (13).

⇒ her father William Monroe Howard - our great-uncle

Clipping source:

Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1909, newspaper, September 16, 1909; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857114/: accessed March 28, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

⇒ his sister Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother


And how is Houston Petway Shrader related to Wilhelm Shrader the immigrant, mentioned at the beginning of this article? Maybe there is a more direct relation, but I have not found it. Actually, I have not looked for that since I found the Shrader family who settled in Colin, Texas.
That connection in our family tree goes through the Howard and Anglea family.

Houston Petway Shrader
⇒ his brother Daniel Booker Shrader
⇒ his wife Ada R Rogers
⇒ her brother Addison Pierce Rogers
⇒ his wife Maude Lillian (Miller) Rogers
⇒ her brother William Bryant Miller
⇒ his wife Geneva Clementine (Howard) Miller
⇒ her mother Isabel (Howard) Angle, wife of William Monroe Howard
⇒ her sister Nancy Neal (Angel) Brown
⇒ her husband John William Brown (b. 2 Sept. 1870, Collin, TX/d. 9 Dec. 1915, McKinney, Collin, TX)

Nannie and John married on 14 Dec. 1892 in Collin, Texas

⇒ his father John Liter Brown
⇒ his mother Eliza Ann (Carpenter) Brown
⇒ her sister Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Shrader
⇒ her husband Elijah Shrader
⇒ his father Jacob Shreader
⇒ his father Heinrich Jacob Schrader
⇒ his father Wilhelm Shrader

Houston Petway Shrader passed away on 18 May 1935 in his home in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas (14). He was buried in the Restland Cemetery, Dallas, TX.

Resources:
(1) "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-483M : 17 May 2018), Elijah Shrader and Sarah Ann Carpenter, 9 Jun 1834; citing Marriage, Oldham, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 482,444.
(2) "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-WNFH : 17 May 2018), John Brown and Eliza Carpenter, 20 Apr 1829; citing Marriage, Oldham, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 482,443.
(3) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-C36 : 10 December 2017), J L Brown and Mary S Lunsford Or Lansford, 09 Apr 1868; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.
(4) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-5G7 : 15 July 2017), John L Brown, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 191D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.
(5) "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJ6-F5F : 14 March 2018), Jim L Angle in household of Jim L Angle, Justice Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-37, sheet 1A, line 10, family 3, 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 4009.
(6) "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6GR-C3C : 13 March 2018), Robert Doyle Angel, 08 May 1933; citing Mckinney, Collin, Texas, United States, certificate 35653, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,283,078.
(7) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-TDP : 15 July 2017), Dora E Angle in entry for Marcus Angle, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 210A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.
(8) "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8L-HN7 : 12 April 2016), Houston Shrader in household of G H Shrader, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 10, family 69, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,019.
(9) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-9YR : 10 December 2017), Daniel Booker Shrader and Ada Rogers, 28 Nov 1897; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,599.
(10) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-9YR : 10 December 2017), Daniel Booker Shrader and Ada Rogers, 28 Nov 1897; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,599.
(11) "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-5KP : accessed 27 March 2019), Ada R Shrader in household of Daniel B Shrader, Justice Precinct 6 (north half), Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.
(12) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K615-HX9 : 10 December 2017), A P Rogers and Maude Miller, 15 Jan 1902; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,600
(13) "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX9-7N6 : 13 March 2018), William Bryant Miller, 1917-1918; citing Collin County no 1, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,952,405.
(14) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K341-CZN : 13 March 2018), Houston Petway Shrader, 18 May 1935; citing certificate number 25160, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,471.

Photos:
Bethel Township: Andrew Bossi [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)] 
Cornfield: By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54584142
Train water station, Allen, TX: By MeekMark - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21075908

Clint S Haggard and Kate Lunsford

According to "A History of Collin County, Texas", the Haggard family is of Danish ancestry, from Denmark they moved to England. I have found the information regarding the Haggards' English heritage at geni.com.

The one who moved the family line from England to Virginia was Lord James D Haggard, born on 29 August 1687 in  Bradenham Hall, Bradenham, England. He was the son of a rich English nobleman, Lord Anthony Haggard.

James did not wish to follow the career plans his father had for him and as a result of that, young Lord J D Haggard arrived in Norfolk, Virginia around 1698. He married Miss Elizabeth Lucy Gentry and became a tobacco planter. 

James' son Nathaniel Haggard (Rev.) moved the family to Clark County, Kentucky in 1788.  Reverand's grandson was John W Haggard Jr. (born 17 March 1794 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky).

When John was 17, he married Miss Mourning Quisenberry. She was the daughter of  James and Jane Quisenberry.

John Haggard
mentioned in the record of John Haggard and Mourning Quisenberry
Name: John Haggard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Dec 1811
Event Place: Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mourning Quisenberry
Spouse's Gender: Female

Record Source:
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW19-Q2G : accessed 18 September 2018), John Haggard and Mourning Quisenberry, 22 Dec 1811; citing Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,943,687.

After Mourning's death in 1846, John and his son Clinton Shepard (born on 12 November 1838 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky) came to Texas. They settled west of Plano

John and his son grew horses, cattle and mules and soon became vital members of the Plano community. They also supported education. Together with other local families they started the Haggard school which was later transformed in Add Run College. The College became Texas Christian University.

John died  on 11 December 1858.

About a year later, at the age of 21, Clinton married Miss Nancy Catherine Lunsford, the daughter of William Lunceford and Catherine Potoff Schrader. Nancy was also a sister of Fred Lunsford's father Simon Peter.

Nancy C Lunsford
mentioned in the record of Clinton S Haggard and Nancy C Lunsford
Name: Clinton S Haggard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Sep 1859
Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Nancy C Lunsford
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page 55

Record source:
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-HMV : accessed 18 September 2018), Clinton S Haggard and Nancy C Lunsford, 01 Sep 1859, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.

Clint grew oats and wheat, he also breaded mules.
He, his wife and children lived not far from Plano, in Precinct #5. The Census of 1870 informs that Clinton was a stock raiser, and the Haggard's family's real estate was worth $8.000 and their personal estate was $10.000. (2)

Clint and Mourning had nine children.

Clinton Haggard
United States Census, 1880
Name: Clinton Haggard
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Sheet Letter D
Sheet Number 241
Person Number 0
Volume 2

Household

Clinton Haggard, Self, Male, age 42, born Kentucky, United States
Kate Haggard, Wife, F, age 41, born Kentucky, United States
Mary Haggard, Daughter, F, 19, Texas, United States
Minnie Haggard, Daughter, F, 17, Texas, United States
John Haggard, Son, M, 14, Texas, United States
Jennie Haggard, Daughter, F, 11, Texas, United States
Emma Haggard, Daughter, F, 9, Texas, United States
Annie Haggard, Daughter, F, 7, Texas, United States
Clifton Haggard, Son, M, 4, Texas, United States
Walter Haggard, Son, M, 0, Texas, United States

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-P12 : 15 July 2017), Clinton Haggard, Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 241D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.

On 1 Sept. 1921, Nancy Catherine and Clinton Shepard celebrated their 62 wedding anniversary.

Clippings Source:

Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1921, newspaper, October 13, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291728/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Mrs. Jack Bowman mentioned in the article was Madora Ellen Elizabeth Bowman (nee Dye), the wife of Jackson Harrison Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was a distant relation of Nancy and Clint's:

Madora Ellen Elizabeth 

⇒ her sister  Mary Elizabeth (Dye) Aldridge (b. 20 Feb. 1873, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 9 Feb. 1957, Plano, TX)

⇒ her husband Joel Lively Aldridge (b. 8 Feb. 1864, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 20 Nov. 1946, Texas)

⇒ his brother James Shelton Aldridge (b. 23 May 1866, Collin, TX/d. 19 May 1918, Collin, TX)

⇒ his wife Annie Belle Haggard (the daughter of Clinton and Nancy C's)

Sadly, about a month later, on 6 October 1921, Mrs. Nancy Catherine Haggard passed away. In the newspaper obituary included below, we can read that the reason of her death was paralysis. I guess, she had had a stroke.

Clipping Source:

The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1921, newspaper, October 7, 1921; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570515/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

We can learn more about the circumstances of Nancy's departure from the article published in the Weekly Democrat-Gazette about a week later.

Nancy Catherine Haggard was buried at Bethany Cemetery.

The funeral service was attended by friends and relatives of Clint and Nancy's. It was a very solemn event, which also celebrated the life of Nancy Catherine and Clinton Shepard Haggard as a married couple. Both of them supported the local church, education and the local community in general.

Clippings Source:

Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1921, newspaper, October 13, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291728/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Fred Lunsford is not the only one who connects us to the Haggard family. There is also a line which goes from Clinton S. Haggard via the Aldridge, and the Browns to our paternal grandmother Rachel Clementine Gant.

Clinton S Haggard

⇒ his daughter Annie Belle (Haggard) Aldrige (b. 6 June 1873, White Rock, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 5 Sept. 1969, Plano, Collin, TX)
⇒ her husband James Shelton Aldridge (b. 23 May 1866, Collin, TX/d. 19 May 1918, Collin, TX)
⇒ his brother Joel Lively Aldridge (b. 8 Feb. 1864, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 20 Nov. 1946, Texas)
⇒ his wife Mary Elizabeth (Dye) Aldridge (b. 20 Feb. 1873, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 9 Feb. 1957, Plano as well)
⇒ her sister Addie Lee (Dye) Brown (b. 23 June 1866, Plano, Collin, TX/d. 5 Jan. 1930, Collin, TX)
⇒ her husband John Wesley Brown (b. 24 Sept. 1858, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 21 March 1934, Plano, Collin, TX)
⇒ his brother Robert Jefferson Davis Brown (11 Sept. 1860, Sumner, Tennessee/d. 23 May. 1893, Collin, TX)
⇒ his wife Rachel Clementine (Howard) Brown Gant

Sources:

• geni.com;
• my MyHeritage research; 
• (1) Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed September 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu;
• (2) "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGP-8VQ : 12 April 2016), Clinton Haggard, Texas, United States; citing p. 5, family 27, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,078. 

Fred Purney Lunsford

Fred Lunsford belonged to the social circle of our aunts: Lula, Victoria, and Viola.
He was also a brother-in-law of our 1st cousin once removed Ethel Howard Richards.

Frederick Purney Lunsford was born on 31 July 1888 in Collin County, Texas. His parents were Simon Peter Lunsford and Mary Etta Haggard. The couple married on 24 October 1867 in Collin County, Texas.

Record Source:
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-HBZ : accessed 6 September 2018), S P Lunsford and M E M Haggard, 24 Oct 1867, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.


According to the 1900 Census records, Fred was one of the couple's 15 children. Only 11 children, including Fred, survived till adulthood. The family lived in Plano, TX.

Fred Lunsford
United States Census, 1900
Name: Fred Lunsford
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precinct 6 (south half), Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Date: Jul 1888
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Household
Simon P Lunsford, Head, Male, age 57, born Kentucky
Mary E Lunsford, Wife, F, 51, Tennessee
Sue Lunsford, Daughter, F, 22, Texas
Clint Lunsford, Son, M, 20, Texas
Janie Lunsford, Daughter, F, 15, Texas
Fred Lunsford Son, M, 12, Texas
Lida Lunsford, Daughter, F, 10, Texas
Walter Lunsford, Son, M, 9, Texas

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-137 : accessed 31 August 2018), Fred Lunsford in household of Simon P Lunsford, Justice Precinct 6 (south half), Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.

When Fred grew up, he worked as a farmer. Frederick's father died in 1914. Since then, Fred supported his mother financially.

The WW1 draft record also tells us that Fred had blue eyes and brown hair. He was medium height and was medium built.

Fredrick Pumia Lunsford (it seems the person who digitilized the record misspelled the middle name, I would it reads Purnia not Pumia).

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards

Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Collin County no 1, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1888
Birthplace: Plano, Texas, United States

Record Source:
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX9-79C : 13 March 2018), Fredrick Pumia Lunsford, 1917-1918; citing Collin County no 1, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,952,405.

The above draft record informs that it happened on June 5, 1719. Somebody made an error. It was June 5, 1917.

About four months later, on 30 October 1917, Fred married Miss Ethel Mae Richards, the daughter of Mr. Alonzo Woolfield Richards and Miss Theodocia Ellen Liggett. On the day of the wedding, Fred was 29, his bride was nine years younger. She was born on 18 August 1897 in Allen, Collin County, Texas.

Frederick P Lunsford
mentioned in the record of Frederick P Lunsford and Ethel May Richards

Name: Frederick P Lunsford
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type Marriage
Event Date: 03 Oct 1917
Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Ethel May Richards
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page 441

Record Source:
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61T-K5C : accessed 31 August 2018), Frederick P Lunsford and Ethel May Richards, 03 Oct 1917, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 2,316,240.

The newspaper note informs that 30 Oct. 1917 was Wednesday. The marriage took place at 7:30 PM.

Clipping Source:

The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1917, newspaper, October 19, 1917; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601796/: accessed August 31, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

After the wedding, Fred and Ethel lived in Denton, Collin, TX.

Ethel M Lunsford
United States Census, 1920
Name: Ethel M Lunsford
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age; 23
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original) White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace:Texas
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 4

Household
Fred P Lunsford, Head, Male, age 31, born Texas
Ethel M Lunsford, Wife, F, 23, Texas
J Lillian A Bamburg, Boarder, F, 16, Texas

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHT4-7G5 : accessed 31 August 2018), Ethel M Lunsford in household of Fred P Lunsford, Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas, United States; citing ED 64, sheet 4B, line 73, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1795; FHL microfilm 1,821,795.

Unfortunately, Fred and Ethel's life together did not last long. Shortly after that census, three years after the wedding, they lived in Plano. Sadly, Ethel got sick with influenza which soon turned into pneumonia. She died at the age of 23, after a week of sickness on 15 February 1920 in St. Paul's Sanatorium in Dallas (1).

Ethel was buried at the Allen Cemetery.

Inscription: She was the sunshine of our life

I found more about the circumstances of her death when I was searching the information regarding Fred's siblings. See below, at the end of this post.

Fred and Ethel did not have any children. I do not know whether he remarried later. Probably not. In the WW2 draft record, he did not give any wife's name. The person who would always know his address was Mrs. W A Johnson who lived at Route #7, Dallas, Texas. At that time Fred's place of residence was 1603 Pocahontas Street in Dallas as well. Mrs. W. A. Johnson was his sister Sarah Jane born in 1885. Sarah married William Albert Johnson on 12 August 1902 in Grayson County, Texas (2).

According to the Census of 1920, Sarah Jane (3) and her husband had seven children -  a son Clarence Minor, born on 10 November 1904 in Plano, Dallas, TX (4), Wilma P., b. 1907, Carl L, b. 1910, Annie B., b. 1912, James G., b. 1914, Emma Jewel, born on 30 Sept. 1916 in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas (5), and a son Tom W., born in 1920. Fred and Sarah's mother Mary Etta lived with Sarah's family after the death of their father and Mary Etta's husband Peter Simon Lunsford.

Frederick Purney Lunsford
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Frederick Purney Lunsford
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Dallas, Texas, United States
Residence Place: Dallas, Texas
Gende:r Male
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1888

Record Source:
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP5Q-4ML : 6 November 2017), Frederick Purney Lunsford, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

In 1942, Fred worked in Francis Wolf's Stop & Shop store at 1507 S. Evory in Dallas.

He passed at the age of 91. His body was buried at the cemetery in Allen.

Fredrick Purney Lunsford
Texas Death Index
Name: Fredrick Purney Lunsford
Gender: Male
Event Date: 30 Mar 1980
County: Kaufman
Event Place: Kaufman, Texas, United States

Record Source:
"Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVDD-HPG : 5 December 2014), Fredrick Purney Lunsford, Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.

As for Fred's siblings, I also found some info about:

1. His brother Simon Gibson Lunsford. He was born on 30 Sept. 1873 in Texas, died on 10 January 1953 in Snyder, Surry, Texas (6). His wife was Cyntha and they lived in Denton

2. His sister Lida Lee Lunsford Watterson was born on 25 Jan. 1890 in Collin, Texas. She lived at 2709 Lucas Dr. in Dallas. Lida died at the age of 70 on 11 Nov. 1940 in Dallas (7).

3. His brother Walter Clyde Lunsford was born on 14 Oct. 1891 in Collin, TX. He died from pneumonia when he was 28, on 7 Feb. 1920. Walter was buried on the same day (8).

According to the record included in the death certificate of Fred's wife Ethel, she got sick on 7 Feb. 1920 and died a week later. She might have caught a cold during Walter's funeral ceremony.

Apparently, also Fred's brother's wife died a week before Walter. Three deaths in the family, three weeks in a row. Very tragic.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1920, newspaper, February 20, 1920; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570348/: accessed September 7, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.


4. His brother John William Lunsford was born in 1868 in Texas. He died in Colfax, New Mexico on 5 August 1933. John's wife was Anna Berry Lunsford (9).

5. His brother Clint Haggard, born on 5 Dec. 1880, lived 86 years. His place of residence was RD #2, Aubrey in Denton, Texas. Clint died in Denton Osteopathic Hospital on 28 April 1967 (10). His wife's name was Hattie.

6. His sister Mattie Sue was born on 31 Dec. 1878. She married P H Vince on 10 Sept. 1924 (11).
 Mattie died in Fowler Home in Dallas on her 85th birthday, 31 Dec. 1963 (12).

7. His brother Robbert, born in 1874 in Texas (13).

8. His brother James, born in 1877 in Texas (13).



Sources:

My MyHeritage research.

(1) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DR-ZDW : 13 March 2018), Ethel May Lunsford, 15 Feb 1920; citing certificate number 4959, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,708.
(2) "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX92-TM4 : 22 December 2016), W. A. Johnson and Sarah J. Lunsford, 12 Aug 1902; citing Grayson Co., Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,290,419.
(3) "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHT4-FWL : accessed 6 September 2018), Sarah J Johnson in household of William A Johnson, Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas, United States; citing ED 64, sheet 3B, line 70, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1795; FHL microfilm 1,821,795.
(4) "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZK-XPY : 9 March 2018), Sarah Jane Lunsford in entry for Clarence Minor Johnson, 10 Nov 1904; citing Plano, Collin, Texas, United States, certificate 29349, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,370,522.
(5) "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2TJ-9LH : 11 March 2018), Sarah Jane Lunsford in entry for Emma Jewel Johnson, 30 Sep 1916; citing Carrollton, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 35710, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,478,198.
(6) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QB-ZG9 : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Simon Gibson Lunsford, 10 Jan 1953; citing certificate number 4851, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,113,748.
(7) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39M-ZJV : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Lida Lee Watterson, 11 Nov 1940; citing certificate number 49576, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,120.
 (8) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DR-CR3 : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Walter Clyde Lunsford, 07 Feb 1920; citing certificate number 4654, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,708.
(9) "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLTR-87Y : 10 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for John William Lunsford, 05 Aug 1933; citing Colfax, New Mexico, reference 145, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 1,913,293.
(10) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1G-1Q5 : 13 March 2018), Clint Haggard Lunsford, 28 Apr 1967; citing certificate number 22871, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,606.
(11) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61Y-3FW : accessed 6 September 2018), P H Vinson and Susie Lunsford, 10 Sep 1924, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 2,316,241.
(12) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SL-RTC : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Mattie Sue Vinson, 31 Dec 1963; citing certificate number 81880, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,402.
(13) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-PY6 : 15 July 2017), Simon Lunsford, Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 241C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.

Photos of garvestones: Courtesy of Wendy

Ethel Howard and Her Society Life

Ethel Howard, our 1st cousin once removed, was mentioned in the post related to her parents, Robert Lee Howard and Dora Elizabeth Angel.

The Howards were part of the early Collin County prominent society. Their daily activities and family matters were announced in the social columns of the local newspapers. Studying those old papers you can learn what certain persons did, where they went or whom they met on a given day.

When Ethel grew up, her whereabouts and major life events also became "public", known to the citizens of Plano and McKinney, the readers of The Plano Star Courier and The Weekly Democrat-Gazette.

25 May 1912 - Saturday, Ethel was 19 then. A day in Frisco.

Clipping source: Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912, newspaper, May 30, 1912; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292099/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

24 June 1912, Monday

She had her cousins for dinner. Ina was Ethel's relation via her mother's side. Victoria and Viola were Ethel's first cousins.

Clipping source:  Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1912, newspaper, June 27, 1912; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570549/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

1/2 February 1913, a day with friends in Sherman

Miss Ethel Cothes was Mary Ethel Cothes, daughter of Herman Cothes and George Anna Brown of Kentucky. She was three years older than our Ethel (Mary Ethel Cothes was born on 17 January 1889).

Clipping source:  Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1913, newspaper, February 6, 1913; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570342/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

23 May 1913 - Ethel Howard was 20 years old, she graduated from Plano High School.

Ethel is mentioned in the second place regarding the list of graduates. Since the names are not given in the alphabetical order, I assume her final results might have been the second best in the class.

Note that Ethel's class colors were purple and gold and the class flower was the sweet pea.
The class motto: "If I am not for myself who is? If for myself only what am I? If not now, when?" seems to be a paraphrase of the thought by Hillel, Jewish scholar and philosopher: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?" Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14

Clipping source:  Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1913, newspaper, May 29, 1913; McKinney, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992654/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

12 June 1913, Thursday

Ethel played the game of 42 at her cousins'.
 

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913, newspaper, June 12, 1913; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570558/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Lula, Viola and Ethel were cousins. Thanks to a marriage in the family, Tessie also was Ethel's relative. She was a cousin of Georgia Lou Mayes who had married Ethel's cousin Leffel.

22 June 1913, Sunday

Ethel spent the day with the Dillehays in Plano.

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1913, newspaper, June 26, 1913; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570504/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

Jim Dillehay was Mr. James Allen "Jimme" Dillehay. His children Cassie (b. 1890), John (b. 1894) and Allie (b. 1896) were around Ethel's age.

12 April 1914, Sunday. Ethel is 21. She meets Leona Mathews.

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1914, newspaper, April 16, 1914; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601809/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

9 July 1914, Ethel's father Robert Lee is sick.

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1914, newspaper, July 9, 1914; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601693/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

1 November 1914, Sunday in McKinney.

Clipping source: Wankan, Fred E. & Bagwill, Arthur A. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1914, newspaper, November 5, 1914; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601684/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

28 March 1915, Sunday

22-year-old Ethel spent the day with friends and her two years younger brother Claudie (b. 1894).

Clipping source: Wankan, Fred E. The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1915, newspaper, April 1, 1915; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601628/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

26 Sept. 1915, Sunday

Ethel gives a luncheon which was a "family only" event. Ethel (1897) and Florence (1898) Richards were sisters of Ethel's future husband Cecil. The latter one married Claudie (Ethel's brother) two years later.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1915, newspaper, September 30, 1915; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601621/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

7 November 1915, Sunday

A month after the family luncheon at Ethel's, she was hosted by Florence and Ethel Richards - her future sisters-in-law. Forrest Richards present at the dinner was her future brother-in-law.

There is a mistake in the surname Gant (not Grant). What's more? Clark Sexton became Viola Gant's husband in December 1915, Fred Lunsford married Ethel Richards (one of the hostesses) two years later.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1915, newspaper, November 11, 1915; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601770/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

Another piece of information about the same Sunday dinner and more mistakes - Claudie Howard, not Claudia. Misses Richards, not Miss Richard.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1915, newspaper, November 11, 1915; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601770/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

December 1915, Ethel and friends attend a dinner hosted by her cousin Victoria Gant

The marriage of Viola Gant and Clark Sexton announced at dinner, took place on 15 Dec. 1915.

Other marriages which took place some time later (considering the guests mentioned in the clipping):
Ethel Howard + Cecil Richards
Florence Richards + Claudie Howard
Ethel Richards + Fred Lunsford
Marion Bourn + Leslie Yarbrough.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1915, newspaper, December 24, 1915; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601597/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

2 March 1916, Thursday - Ethel and Cecil got married

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1916, newspaper, March 10, 1916; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601631/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

The wedding colors (including the cake) were pink and white. Cecil Richard's (the groom's) mother's grandfather was Salathiel Coffey, a Collin County pioneer.

Ethel Richards who found a ring in a piece of cake married Fred Lunsford in 1917.

Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1916, newspaper, March 17, 1916; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601592/: accessed July 23, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.