John Berry Ponton

1865 - 1939  (74 years)

• Name	John Berry Ponton
  Birth	11 Jan 1865	Lee Co, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Feb 1939	Milam Co, Texas
  	PONTON, John Berry of Thorndale. Age 74 years, 23 days. Died 2/4/1939 (Sat.) of a heart attack at his home waiting for supper to be prepared. Services held (Sunday) at Christian Church. Rev. H.E. Crone, Rockdale Christian Church, officiated. Burial in City Cemetery. BORN 1/11/1865 near Lexington. Married Evelyn O. Lankford on 5/22/1901 and was a blacksmith. SURVIVORS: Wife; 4 sons, Harmon, Elmer, Tilman, all of Thorndale, and Arbie Ponton, with U.S. Marines at Guam Islands; daughter, Ethel Ponton Collins (Mrs. G.R. Collins) of Orange; 4 grandchildren, Miss Evelyn Penny of Orange, Yvonne Ponton of Amarillo, Ray Allen and Sylvia Ann Ponton of Thorndale. findagrave
  Burial	Thorndale Cem, Thorndale, Milam Co, Texas
  Person ID	I107425	Roots
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Joseph Parthenias Ponton,   b. 31 Mar 1837, Columbus, Gonzales Co, Texas d. 21 Mar 1921, Thorndale, Milam Co, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Bounds (Bownds), (foster?),   b. 7 Jun 1841, South Carolina d. 13 Nov 1900, Lexington, Lee Co, Texas (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1856	Texas
  Documents		Texas, Lavaca County, map 2 of 2 (d) Lavaca and Dewitt County maps
  Family ID	F11547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn O. Lankford,   b. 25 Jun 1885   d. 3 Apr 1859
  Children	1. Harmon J. Ponton,   b. 12 Feb 1904   d. 9 Apr 1941, Milam Co, Texas (Age 37 years)   2. Elmer H. Ponton,   b. 5 Feb 1906, Thorndale, Texas d. 3 Apr 1974, Milam Co, Texas (Age 68 years)   3. Tilmon Ponton,   b. 31 Dec 1907   d. 29 Oct 1988, Taylor, Williamson Co, Texas (Age 80 years)   4. Arbie Ponton,   b. 30 Apr 1912, Thorndale, Texas d. 16 Oct 1959 (Age 47 years)   5. (Mrs. Gerald Collins) Ponton   d. Aft 1959, of, Newton, Newton Co, Texas
  Family ID	F36359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2017