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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Napoleon B Breeding's Family - Part 4

More about Napoleon's relatives

Benjamin Wilkens Breeding, Napoleon's brother, and his nephews David S., Benjamin, and Columbus Patton Breeding served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Benjamin W. was with Company E, 15th Regiment of Texas Cavalry and Company G, 26th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Debray’s /Davis' Mounted Battalion).

The three nephews were with Company D, Waul’s Texas Legion.

Cornelius was the Company’s bugler. he also served with Company I, 18th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Darnell’s) and Company A , 9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nichols') (6 months, 1861-62).

David also served with Company I, 24th/25th Consolidated Regiment, Texas Cavalry, and Company G, 26th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Debray's) (Davis' Mounted Battalion) (16).

David, son of Napoleon's married Eliza F. Bell on 27 January 1867 in Fayette County, TX (17). She was born in 1850, in Fayette County, her parents were Granville P. Bell and Mary Ann Sutton.

Cornelia, the youngest daughter of Napoleon and Charlotte’s got married twice. Her first husband was James Sidney Black – their marriage took place on 26 January 1867 (18).

Later, she married Dawson N Hodges (born on 25 June 1848, in Gonzales, TX, to Thomas Robert Hodges and Nancy S. Reed) on 30 November 1876 (19).

Richard Landy, Napoleon’s brother, lived nearby their father’s household (which he also owned) until 1877. Then he moved to Hays County and sold the father’s home in December of that year.

Eliza F. Bell Breeding, David’s wife had passed by 8th June 1880. David lived then in Precinct # 3 of Gonzales County (20), together with his son by Eliza, Charles A (age 7) and brother Alexander Breeding (age 32). Cornelia, their sister, lived in the neighborhood with her husband Dawson (age 31), his father Andrew J Hodges (farmer, age 52), and her youngest child Eugenia (age 1).

On 13 July 1882, David S. Breeding remarried. His second spouse was Mattie M. Neal, a widow, born in 1842, in Gonzales, TX (21).

Charlotte Breeding, Napoleon's wife, passed on 20 August 1902.

David S Breeding, the son, passed a day later.

Cornelia died at the age of 80, on 1 February 1931.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Napoleon B. Breeding & Family - Part 3

♦ 28 December 1843 – Napoleon’s father David W Breeding passed.

⚭ 14 March 1844 – Richard Landy, Napoleon's brother, married Miss Artimecia Ware, in Colorado, Texas (4). The lady was born on 17 November 1827, in Gwinnett, Georgia. She was the daughter of Thomas Ware and Phoebe Peeler, sister of Louisa, John’s wife. Richard Landy ran a mercantile business.

🔹Alexander was born to the couple in about 1846.

⇒ 1847 – Fidelio, Napoleon’s brother, sold his share of the father’s estate to brother Benjamin, and in 1848, served with the U.S. Army in the Mexican.

🔹Josephine came to this world in abt. 1848.

👉 1848 – Napoleon owned 1376 acres of land (value $1376) in Colorado County (5).

♦ 1849 – Napoleon’s brother Fidelio passed in San Antonio. Together with his brother Benjamin, the man was going to go to California to look for gold.

🔹Cornelia M was born on 9 September 1850.

👉 About 1850 – Charlotte’s brother Alfred left Texas. Alexander, the oldest brother of Charlotte’s came to Texas and settled with his family on the land that belonged to his mother Mary.

🏠 Census 1850 – 29 August – the family of Napoleon B. Breeding was recorded in Fayette County. Napoleon was a farmer. The value of his real estate was given as $2000. Mr. R Wilson, blacksmith, age 37, lived with the family (6).

Among the children registered by the clerk was also Mary Elizabeth, born on 20 January 1836, in Alabama. It seems, she was the first child of Charlotte’s, from her previous marriage to Mr. Temple (7).

⚭ 20 January 1853 – Mary Elizabeth married James L Harwell (8).

1853 – Benjamin paid taxes in Fayette County for 3 horses and 60 heads of cattle (9).

In about ♦ 1854 – Napoleon’s mother Sally died.

♦ 1 November 1856 – Charlotte’s brother Alexander left this world.

18 July 1859 - Sarah Jane, age about 17, married Mr. Sidney S. Pollard in La Grange, Fayette, TX (10). He was born in about 1834, in Gonzales County, TX to William Roy Pollard, Sr. and Elvira Smith Pollard.

♦ Daughter Josephine died by 1860.

🏡 Census 1860, 15th June – Napoleon (age 46), his wife Charlotte (age 40), and children, David (age 20), Benjamin (age 16), Alexander (age 14), and Cornelia (age 9) lived in Fayette County, TX, Post Office Fayetteville. Napoleon was a farmer. His real estate was worth $1000, and his personal estate value was estimated for $4000.

⇒ Napoleon’s brothers – John (age 52) and Benjamin Wilkens (age 40) lived with their families in the same area, not far from each other (11). John’s wife was Louisa (age 36), the children who lived with them were Columbus (age 16), Sarah (age 14), David (age 12), John (age 10), Thomas (age 8), Josephine (age 6), Arthie (age 3), and Robert (age 2). A Mr. W. J. Shakelford (age 25, born in Georgia), a superintendent, lived in the household as well. John’s real estate value given in the record was $5000 and the personal estate was worth $14000.

⇒ John was the County Sheriff until 1840. Following that, he took part in the three month-long campaign against Comanche Indians serving under Colonel John Henry Moore. John and Louisa Park Ware (born on 6 July 1824, born in Gwinnett, Georgia) were married on ⚭ 10 February 1842, in Colorado City, Mitchell, TX (12). John was 34 on the day of their marriage. Louisa was about 16 year younger.

⇒ Benjamin Wilkens fought in the Texas Revolution when he was 16. In 1840, together with Napoleon, he was part of the Comanche campaign. Two years later, Benjamin participated in the Vasquez and Woll Campaigns.

Benjamin Wilkens Breeding was 32 when he married Miss Catharine Mayhar on 2 February 1850, in Colorado, Texas (13).

From census 1860: Benjamin W.’s Catherine (age 26) and their kids (according to the 1860 record) were Don R (age 6), Ada (age 5), Fidelio (age 2), and Mary (3 months). Ben was a farmer as well. His real estate was worth $12000 and his personal estate value was given as $10000.

Clipping source: The True Issue. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 23, 1859, newspaper, July 23, 1859; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1294586/: accessed September 20, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.

👉 It seems by the end of 1660, Napoleon’s wife had been registered as the owner of their property as it was her name only that appeared in the County taxes records. Perhaps, Napoleon’s health deteriorated (?). Anyhow, by then, the number of their cattle had risen to 75 heads. They also had 5 horses (14).

♦ Napoleon Bonaparte (Pole) Breeding passed on 22 January 1861 (15).

TBC

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Buford J Ellison

Today's "They Live in Texas" entry is also our WWII August memorial post.

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Beauford Jefferson Ellison was born on 10 August 1922, in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas His parents were James Thomas Ellison and Vada Zelma Knight (1, 2).

Later, the original spelling of the boy’s name was changed to Buford.

In 1930, little Buford lived with his siblings and parents in Precinct #1, Wichita, TX. The siblings were Thomas Jefferson (age 14) and Helen Alene (age 4). Mr. James Buford was a laborer at a stock ranch (3).

Seven years later, Buford’s brother, Marvin Burnell was born.

From the records - it seems that , when he left school, Buford most likely did various jobs. In 1940 census, there is a record of Jefferson B. Ellison who lived in Hartley, Texas, in the house of J. B. Bagwell. Jefferson B. worked as a waiter in a café owned by Mr. Bagwell (4).

27 June 1942 – Buford lived at 600 N. Grant, in Odessa, Ector, TX. He was unemployed. On that day, he was drafted (WWII time). The young man was 5 feet 6 tall, weighted 130 lbs., had blonde hair, and brown eyes. His complexion was described in the draft paper as ”ruddy”. Buford’s mom lived in Hawley then (5).

Buford J Ellison was enrolled into the Air Force where he became a B-24 J engineer. He served with 866th Bomber Squadron, 494th Bomb Group and was part of the “Lonesome Lady” bomber crew.

On 28 July 1945, they flew on a mission to the Japan area. The plane crashed on a tree near Hiroshima. All the crew members (besides one) survived. They were soon arrested and taken to the local police station. A few days later, on 6 August, Buford perished - killed by the A bomb blast.

His fate was unknown for a long time.

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Sergeant Buford J. Ellison was awarded

World War II Victory Medal,

Purple Heart,

American Campaign Medal,

Army Presidential Unit Citation,

Army Good Conduct Medal, and Prisoner of War Medal.

We learned about Mr. Buford and other American POW who were imprisoned in Hiroshima in August 1945, at the documentary ("Paper Lanterns") screening event at the local Museum of the Pacific War.

Book by Mr. Mori - the documentary is based on.

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Sources:

1. "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDPK-Q74 : Tue Feb 25 15:36:35 UTC 2025), Entry for Beaufard Ellison, 10 Aug 1922.
2. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L8F-DY3Z : 14 February 2020), Buford Jefferson Ellison, 1922.
3. "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HLJK-93Z : Thu Mar 07 03:25:52 UTC 2024), Entry for James T Ellison and Vada Z Ellison, 1930.
4. "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWK2-DR8 : Wed Jan 22 08:20:02 UTC 2025), Entry for T B Bagwell and Jefferson B Ellison, 1940.
5. "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3X-YX61 : Mon Apr 21 20:50:51 UTC 2025), Entry for Buford Jefferson Ellison and Vada Ellison Hawley, 27 Jun 1942.
6. https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient/recipient-59758/,
7. Honorstates.org
8. Familysearch.org

Monday, August 4, 2025

James J Harper

In the book I have studied*, among many men, James J Harper is mentioned.

James was a resident of Polk County, TX. He enlisted into the CA on 14 May 1862. The man was a Private (1), he served with Company F, the 22nd Regiment Texas Infantry (Hubbard’s Regiment). In November 1862, he was reported sick at Camp Nelson in Arkansas. James did not recover. He passed on 17th November of the same year and was buried at Camp Nelson Cemetery in Cabot, Arkansas.

The note mentions James’ wife Susannah who received $80.42 from the CA Treasure Department after the man’s passing. It was the soldier’s earnings.

According to James’ military record, he was born in 1833 (2). I tried to find out more about James J. Harper and his family. Here are the results of my research.

I did not know where James was born so I looked for him in various states. It appeared the name James Harper was quite common as I found quite a few men by that name, who were born in 1833 in Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, among others..

However, 3 things needed to add up: James’ estimated year of birth, the name of his wife, and the place of residence in 1862 – Polk County, TX.

The only more clear record was the birth of Nancy Ann E Harper, the daughter of James J Harper and Susanna O’Neal. Nancy was born on 12 August 1862, in Polk County, TX (3, 4).

It led me to James J Harper born in Alabama.

He was the son of Benjamin Hale Harper and Nancy Jane Standley. James’ mother died early and his father remarried. In 1850, the family of Mr. Benjamin Harper, a farmer, lived in Henry, Alabama (5). The family was – wife Elizabeth (age 38, born in NC), Sarah Jane (age 18), James (age 15) + children from the second marriage Benjamin Hale (age 13), Wilson (age 11), Malinda (age 9), Eliza (age 7), Washington (age 7), Joseph (age 3), and William (age 2).

James started his own family in 1859, on 21 March. He married 18-year-old Miss Susannah O’Neal (6), who was born on 19 April 1840, in South Carolina and was the daughter of James Henry O’Neal and Sarah Jane Hill.

As you can see, the record mentions James S Harper - not James J (?)

James and Susannah’s marriage took place in Henry County, Alabama. Susanna was the bride’s middle name. Her first name was Charlotte.

Sometime after the marriage, the couple came to Texas. I tried to find him in the 1860 records. However, he might have come to Texas later, possibly in 1861.

James never saw his daughter Nancy, who was born a few months after he was enrolled in the CA.

Sources:

* "There never were such men before: the Civil War soldiers and veterans of Polk County, Texas, 1861-1865". Ruth Peebles, Livingston, TX, Polk County Historical Commission, 1987.

1. Soldiers and sailors

2. "Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ4L-K77 : Thu Feb 13 18:52:41 UTC 2025), Entry for James J Harper, 1862.

3. Findagrave

4. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBN-P82 : Tue Jun 10 00:01:01 UTC 2025), Entry for Nancy Ann Jackson and James J Harper, 20 March 1937.

5. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5M-LRQ : Thu Jan 16 23:55:33 UTC 2025), Entry for Benjamin Harper and Elizabeth Watts Harper, 1850.

6. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-FG6K : Tue Mar 05 05:08:42 UTC 2024), Entry for James S. Harper and Susannah O Neal, 21 Mar 1859.

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Phillip R Goodbread & Family

Phillip R Goodbread was the son of John Goodbread and Mary Ledbetter. The latter is our direct ancestor, 5 X great-grandmother. Mary's first husband was John Bradley (our direct line) who died on 24 June 1778 in North Carolina. 36-year-old Mary was left with 4 sons below 10 years of age (Johnson, James, Isaac, and Edward), 1 girl, Polly, age 13, 3 sons age about 15/16 (George Walton, John, and Thomas) and another son, John Jr..

⚭ On 23 April 1779, Mary Ledbetter Bradley married Mr. John Goodbread (1) in Rutherford Township, Rutherford, North Carolina. The second spouse was about 11 years junior to Mary. He was born in about 1753 in Orange, NC, to Mr. Philippus Gutbrodt and his wife Mary Catherine Braun.

John and Mary's children were born:
Sarah - in abt 1780
Catherine Wharton - 1780
John Jr. - 1781
Thomas - 1782
🏠 The family lived in Rutheford, NC (2,3).

Phillip R Goodbread, born in about 1786, was the youngest child of John and Mary's.

On ⚭ 19 December 1812 (4, 4.1), Phillip married Nancy Webb, his second wife, in Burke, NC.

marriage license

Phillip R. had a son by the name of Joseph, who was born in about 1809 by Phillip's first wife (whose name is unknown). Later, Phillip and Nancy's children came to this world:

Thomas - 1813
Minerva Eliza - born in abt. 1815
John - born in abt. 1818,
Nancy Mathilda - 1820
Sarah - 1821.

Nancy Webb Goodbread, Phillip's wife, died in 1823.

Phillip and children had moved to Alabama by 30 March 1830. On that day, Phillip's daughter Mary Louisa was born in Marengo, Alabama. Her mother was Mary (Polly) Hanson.

⚭ 4 July 1830, Phillip married Polly (5). I do not know why the lady's surname mentioned in the marriage record is given as Goodbread. An error, or perhaps, she had been married to another Goodbread man before?

⚭ 26 January 1831 - Minerva Elisabeth, age about 16, married Mr. Daniel Bird in Marengo, Alabama (6). Daniel was the son of Mr. Abraham Bird and Ms. Sarah Gaines. He was about 6 years older than Miverva, and was born on 23 January 1809 in Telfair, Laurens County, Georgia.

marriage bond - Daniel Bird

marriage record - Minerva and Daniel

⚭ 27-year-old Thomas married Malinda Brewer on 27 May 1833 (7). Malinda was born in Marengo, Alabama, in abt 1810, to Matthew H Brerwer and Mary Hammond.

👉 Phillip, Polly and their child came to Texas in 1834. According to the records, at first, they most likely settled in Gonzales County.

His elder children came to Texas in later years.

⚭ Nancy Mathilda was married in abt 1840 to Creed Taylor (born 10 April 1820 in Giles Town, Shelby, Tennessee), the son of Josiah Taylor and Hephzibeth Luker.

⚭ Sarah was married in abt 1838, in NC to Martin C West, born in 1814, in Walton, Georgia.

Joseph, the eldest son of Phillip's, married Susan Johanna E Todd (born in abt 1822 in Georgia). She was the daughter of William Henry Todd, Sr. and Martha "Patsey" Holder. Joseph met his tragic end in abt. 1840 in Shelby County, TX when he was shot to death in broad daylight. At the moment of his death, Joseph was unarmed. I will come back to it in another post as his death ignited a lethal conflict due to which other family members suffered as well.

👉 1840 - Phillip R Goodbread was listed among the land owners who did not pay taxes to the Republic of Texas for the land in Gonzales County (8).

👉 Minerva Elizabeth had came with her family to Wilson County, TX by 25 Dec 1842. On that day, she gave birth to her son George Washington Bird.

👉 1845 - a piece of land granted to Phillip in Montgomery County.
👉 18 Nov 1845 the land patent of the land piece in Montgomery, originally granted to Phillip, was in the General Land Office "ready for delivery". It was announced in the Texas national Register from November until December (**) Did Phillip Goodbread collect the grant? I am not sure about what had occured as there are no records regarding his stay/taxes collected in Montgomery county. On the other hand, (among others) Phillip Goodbread was mentioned in the tax records in Grimes county.

👉 1846 - Phillip rendered 4428 acres in Grimes County. The land was worth $2, 214 (9).

👉 1847 - He still had 4428 acres of land in Grimes County, Texas (10).

👉 - Phillip Goodbread paid taxes in Addison, Dallas, TX, for 2 horses and 140 head of cattle. (11)

👉 1848 - Grimes County, TX - Phillip had 4428 acres worth $2214 (12).

In the same year, John Goodbread, Phillip's son died. I do not know any details regarding John's departure.

More tax records in which Phillip Goodbread was listed:

👉 1849 - taxes calculated in Bexar, Bexar, TX - no land or property was mentioned (13).
👉 1849 - Gonzales, Gonzales - taxes for 1476 acres of land worth $370 (14),

👉 1849 - Bexar, Bexar County - Phillip paid $1 for poll tax (15).

👉 1849 - Phillip Goodbread paid taxes for 4428 acres in Grimes County, TX (16). At that time the land he had was only worth $1107.

🏡 4 September 1850 - Phillip (age 65), Polly (age 57), Eliza (age 18), and Phillip West (age 9) lived in Walker County, Texas (17).

⚭ 27 July 1851 Louisa married Mr. John Douglas Gillespie in Bexar, Bexar County, TX (18). John was born in 1822, in Alabama, to George Gillespie and Mary Elizabeth McAdams.

👉 1852 - Phillip paid taxes for 5 horses and 100 head of cattle, 1 wagon and 50 hogs, in Bexar County, TX. John Gillespie, his son-in-law - in the same county - had 7 horses and 40 head of cattle (19).

👉 1853 - Phillip Goobread owned 4428 acres (value = $2200) Grimes County
Phillip Goodbread Jr (?) had 1476 acres (value = $740) in Gonzales County (20).

Later tax records regarding Phillip Goodbread:

👉 1855 - He had 1478 acres in Bexar (the land value was $2000) (21),

In 1856, Phillip Goodbread paid taxes for 1476 acres (worth $1500) in Guadalupe County, TX. He also had 18 horses, 610 head of cattle, 1 wagon, 125 hogs (22, 23).
1857 - the tax record mentioned 1428 acres in Grimes County owned by Phillip. The land estaimated value was $300 (24).
👉 1858 - 4498 acres of land, worth $3000, in Grimes County (25),
👉 1858 - 400 acres of land (on Cibolo Stream) worth $600, originally granted to Morris May (26). In that year, Phillip' tax expenses also covered 400 acres in Bexar County. The land was originally granted to Morris May. He also ownedd 10 horses, 100 head of cattle (27).

⚭ 5 July 1859, Louisa remarried - her second spouse was Oliver Lightfoot (28).

🏡 12 July 1860 - Phillip (age 73) lived with the family of Oliver (age 32) and Mary S Lightfoot (age 27), and Cebillie (age 9) Gillespie in Wilson, Bexar, TX (29).

Thomas Goodbread had come to Texas by 1860. he settled in Guadalupe County (30)

👉 1861 - Phillip still had 4428 acres (worth $4428) in Grimes (31)

♦ 15 June 1867 - Nancy Matilda Goodbread Taylor, Phillip's daughter, passed at the age of 47 in Wilson, TX. She had came to Texas with her family in about 1839.

♦ 22 Sept 1867 - another child of Phillip's - Minerva Elizabeth Goodbread Bird died in Montgomery/Wilson County, TX (32).

♦ Phillip R Goodbread passed in 1870, in Wilson, Bexar, TX.

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Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 29, 1845, newspaper, November 29, 1845; Washington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80141/: accessed April 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 17, 1845, newspaper, December 17, 1845; Washington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80143/: accessed April 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

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1."North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-XX6Q : Sat Mar 09 10:30:02 UTC 2024), Entry for John Goodbread and Mary Bradly, 23 Apr 1779.
2. "United States, Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-HQX : Sat Jul 20 03:23:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Goodbread, 1820.
3. "United States, Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-N3M : Fri Oct 04 20:09:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Goodbread, 1810.
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24. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-VJ1 : Mon Jan 20 06:05:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Phillip Goodbread, 1857.
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26. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-CXY : Thu Mar 07 12:21:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1858.
27. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-CXY : Thu Mar 07 12:21:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1858.
28. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6BH-1M6 : 22 January 2020), Mary Louise Gillespie in entry for Oliver Lightfoot, 1859.
29. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF1-WTC : Mon Jul 08 22:29:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Olivar Lightfoot and Mary S Lightfoot, 1860."United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-4H3 : Sun Jan 12 19:44:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Phillip Goodbread and Polly Goodbread, 1850.
30. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFL-7W2 : Mon Jul 08 22:51:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Tho Goodbread and Melinda Goodbread, 1860.
31. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-8H2M : Fri Mar 08 13:39:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1861.
32. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-SJG7 : Thu Apr 03 08:16:42 UTC 2025), Entry for Minerva Elizabeth Goodbread Bird, 1867.

Photos: August 2020

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Jesse Bobo Gant & Family

Jesse Bobo Gant, our 3rd cousin 4 times removed, has already been mentioned here, when I talked about his father and other Bobos of the family.
Today, more about Jesse Bobo's immediate family.

👉 Jesse came to this world on 6 February 1866, in Waynesboro, Wayne, TN. His parents were Mr. Absolom Bobo Gant and Nancy E Martin. The family was registered on 23 June 1870 (1) in Civil District #7, Wayne, TN (post office Waynesboro). Absolom B. Gant (age 31) was a farmer. His wife Nancy (age 32) was keeping house. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth (age 9), Jesse Bobo (age 4), and Samantha A (age 3). There is also Ann Gant (age 14) mentioned in the record, who was a "domestic servant". Ann was most likely not Jesse's sibling, as his parents married in 1860 (2). I have not established their exact relationship, though. The family real estate was worth #600. The estimated value of their personal estate was given as $400.

Not long after the census, on 1 September 1870, Jesse's sister Nancy Emma was born in Wayne, TN. Another one, Sarah Clementine, arrived in January 1873. Then, on 13 April 1876, his sister Eliza Perry came to this world.

👉 The family had come to Hill County, Texas by 26 May 1879, when the youngest daughter of Absolom and Nancy Gant was born. They named the girl Tennie.

🏡 Census 30 June 1880 - Jesse lived with his parents and sisters in Precinct #1, Hill County, Texas. Absolom Bobo's (the father's) given in the record was 43, Nancy (the mother) was also 43. Then came Mary E (age 19), Jesse B. (age 13), S A (Samantha A - age 12), Nannie (age 10), S C (Sarah Clementine - age 5), Eliza P (age 4), and Tennie (age 1). Both Jesse and his sister Samantha attended school then (3).

⚭ 29 May 1881 - the family celebrated Mary Elizabeth's wedding, who married John Pritchard Clark (4). John was born on 26 July 1857, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. John S Clark and Priscilla Pauline Pritchard.

⚭ 1 December 1885 - Jesse married Lillian Hanna Hoffmann (5). The lady was born in Hammonton, Atlantic, New Jersey, on 15 September 1868. Her parents were Jacob Boyer Hoffmann and Sarah Ann Shaw.

Another marriage in the Absolom Bobo Gant family took place on ⚭ 17 December 1885 (6). 18-year-old Samantha Arabelle married 20-year-old William Frank Brown - born on 6 April 1865, in Hill County, TX, to William Marion Brown and Margaret Elizabeth Smith.

♦ 22 October 1886 - Jesse and Lillian's daughter Gertrude was born. Sadly, the baby girl died on ♦ 2 November of the same year (7).

Another daughter, ♦ Mertie Rosalee, was born to the young couple on 20 November 1887.

A few months later, on ⚭ 15 February 1888 (8), Jesse's sister, 17-year-old Nancy Emma, married her 1st cousin once removed Elisha Thomas Harbour. It took place in Hilsboro, Hill, TX. The man was born on 6 September 1864 in Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, to Elijah Carol Harbour and Elizabeth Ann Gant.

⚭ 15 February 1891 (9) - Sarah Clementine Gant (age 18), Jesse's sister, married Mr. Ross Bartow Aldridge (age 25). he was born on 16 August 1865, in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, to the family of Mr. Willliam Pope Aldridge and Sarah Charlotte Robinson.

Jesse and Lillian welcomed another son on ♦ 19 June 1892. His name was Albert Ivy (10).

Their next daughter Laura Leona arrived on ♦ 18 March 1893.

On ♦ 30 December 1894 baby girl Sadie Bell was born (11).

Then, on ♦ 13 October 1896 (12) - Theodore Floyd - another son of Jesse and Lillian's came to this world.

⚭ 20 Jan 1899 - the youngest sister of Jessie's, 19-year-old Tennie Gant married William Harvey Hardin (13). The groom was born in 1873 in Mississippi.

Source: "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-NP5Z : Thu Jan 16 12:59:18 UTC 2025), Entry for W H Hordin and Tennie Gant, 20 Jan 1899.

The time of mourning came again on ♦ 22 February 1904, when Absolom Bobo Gant, Jesse's father died (14).

In the same year, on ⚭ 27 July 1904 (15), the eldest surviving daughter of Jesse's, Mertie, married Mr, Andy Glass, who was born on 24 January 1895 in Peoria, Hill, TX, to James William Glass and Katherine Victoria Winters.

On ♦ 17 September 1900 (16), baby girl Nannie Maud was born to Jesse and Lillian.

A wedding again - ⚭ 5 June 1904 (17) - Jesse's sister Eliza Perry (age 28) married a 4-year-older Mr. John Marion McDaniel. He was born in 1872 in Wayne, TN.

Jesse's son Albert Ivy (age 17) married Miss Ella Harris on ⚭ 21 March 1910 (18). Ella was born in the Hill County, TX, on 23 March 1892, to Archibald Barkley Harris and Martha Ann Colville.

🏠 Census - 7 May 1910 - Jesse Bobo lived with his nuclear family in Justice Precinct #7, Hill County, TX.The record mentions Jesse B, (age 44), his wife Lillian (age 41, born in New Jersey). By the time of the census, the lady had given birth to 8 children, only 6 survived*. Jesse and Lillian's children given in the record, who still live at home were Ivy (age 17), Sadie (age 15), Floyd (age 12), and Nannie (age 9). Jesse was a farmer. His daughter Mertie (age 22), her husband Andy (age 25), and their two children Blanch (age 4), and Claude (age 1) lived in the next house (19).

In the following year. Jesse and Lillian's family grew again. On ♦ 27 May 1911, their daughter Lillian Lorene was born (20).

On ⚭ 5 October 1913 (21), 19-year-old Sadie Bell left her parents' home. She married 2-year-older James Monroe Smith, born on 23 December 1892 in Waco, TX.

Source: "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-MZ6Z : Thu Jul 11 19:03:59 UTC 2024), Entry for and Sadie Gant, 04 Oct 1913.

Their first child was born next year, in July.

From: "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCR-D4ZM : 12 March 2020)

Jesse's mother Nancy E Gant died on ♦ 22 October 1913, in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas.

👉 It appears cousin Jesse had a creative mind. He rationalized and patented a cotton chopper in 1915.

Source: Gant, Jesse B. Cotton-Chopper., patent, March 23, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857830/: accessed February 24, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

On ⚭ 26 November 1916 (22), Nannie Maud (age 16) married James John Hrabal (age 19), born on 2 February 1897 in Hilsboro, TX, to Joseph F Hrabal II and Aloisie Winklar.

🏠 1920 - Census - only Theodore F (age 21) and Lillian (age 8) lived with their parents Jesse and Lillian in Justice Precinct #7, Hill County, TX (23).

Sad time came again, when Nannie's husband James (age about 29) died of broncho pneumonia on ♦ 21 January 1926, in Waco McLennan, TX (24).

Grief stayed with the family - on ♦ 21 March 1927 Sadie Bell Gant Smith passed away, due to TB, at the age of 26 (25).

⚭ Lillian Lorene married Otis Charles Wade by 23 March 1928. On that day, their baby girl Francis, born on 12 February 1928, passed away (26, 27).

🏠 In 1930 (28), the Jesse and Lillian lived in Justice Precinct #4, Hill County, TX. The census of the 14th April registered also in their their son Theodore F (age 31) in the same household also. They looked after the children of Sadie's, who after their mother's passing lived with their grandparents and uncle. The children were Pauline (age 15), Orvis (age 13), Raymond (age 21), Hannah R (age 4), and Jack T (age 9).

Otis Wade, Lillian Lorene's husband, left this world on ♦ 2 January 1934. He lived 24 years.

Jesse Bobo Gant passed on ♦ 22 January 1934, about a week before his 68th birthday. He lived in Whithey, Hill County, TX at the time of his death (29).

Two years later, Lillian Gant mourned her child again. This time, it was Mertie, who died of influenza/pneumonia on ♦ 29 April 1936 (30). Mertie Rosalee lived 48 years, 5 months, and 9 days (30).

♦ 3 February 1941 - another daughter, Laura Leona, passed due to flu and pulmonary problems, in Waco, McLennan, TX,. She was 47 years, 10 months, and 15 days old (31).

Jesse's wife, Lillian Hannah Hoffman Gant joined her spouse on 3 June 1961, when a cardiac arrest took her from this world. She lived 92 years, 8 months, and 18 days (32).

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Nannie remarried. Her second husband was Ben Meart Drennan who was 4 year older than Nannie. He was born on 12 March 1896 in Saline, Arkansas. His parents were John Harvey Drennan and Mary C White. Ben was also a widower.

Lillian Lorene's second spouse was Henry Tracy Boyd, born on 8 December 1910, Texas, to Robert Arthur Boyd and Edna Lee Cook.

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Pictures taken on 18 August 2020

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