Isham Mobley, Sr.

Isham married Susannah (..) Mobley about 1775 in Fairfield Co, South Carolina. Susannah was born in 1757 in Fairfield Co, South Carolina; died after 1820 in Fairfield Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isham married Penelope Jenkins about 1819 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, South Carolina. Penelope was born in 1800 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, South Carolina; died in 1852 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Eliza Ann McClane (or McClain) about 1860. Eliza was born in 1824 in South Carolina; died after 1880 in of, Wilson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Youngest child of Charles and Eliza Ann (McClain) Mobley. He came to Texas sometime between 1870 and 1874.

Charles married Nancy Ellen "Nannie" Jones on 9 Oct 1884 in Marclina Com, Wilson Co, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev and Martha M. Ponton) was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Lavaca Co, Texas; died on 27 Nov 1950 in Richland Springs, San Saba Co, Texas; was buried in Afton Cem, Dickens Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, San Saba Co, Texas

Notes:

from Olive Massie: "Addie told that she remembered going to school in Devilla, Milam Co, which must have been about 1901."
They had a totla of eight children, seven who were born at Knowles, New Mexico, then another child born after that.
Nannie was staying with them in 1950 when she died.

Census:
Todd 40 1890 Texas MO MO m age 24
Addie Todd 47 1883 Texas SC TX m age 19
Plus Todd 20 1910 New Mexico
J C Todd 18 1912 New Mexico
Lois Todd 15 1915 New Mexico
Hazel Todd 10 1920 New Mexico

Addie married Andrew Jackson "Drew" Todd, Sr. on 25 Dec 1904 in Comanche Co, Texas. Andrew was born on 27 Jun 1880 in Collins, Erie Co, New York; died on 3 Feb 1968 in San Saba Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Rural, Dickens Co, Texas

Notes:

He hauled freight for W.C. Post from Post to Spur (Dickens Co, Texas) before 1914. They had seven children.

Census:
Robert S Mobley 53
Bessie D Mobley 49
Otis Mobley 27 1913
Lena Mobley 18 1922
Wana Mobley 16 1924
Archie D Mobley 14 1926
Troy Mobley 19 son 1921

Robert married Bessie Dale Speights in 1911 in Post City, Wilson Co, Texas. Bessie (daughter of Joshua Hopkins Speights, Jr. and Ulah May Scott) was born on 25 Feb 1891 in Bayou Chiott, Louisiana; died on 8 Sep 1973 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Parmer Co, Texas

Notes:

Registered a cattle brand in Dickens Co, Texas before 1914. They had nine children.

Census:
Name: Charles J Mobley
Home in 1920: Justice Precinct 1, Parmer, Texas
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Spouse's Name: Zula Mobley
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

Charles J Mobley 31
Zula Mobley 21
Macel Mobley 2
[2 7/12]

Charles married Zula Ball on 16 Aug 1911 in Floydada, Floyd Co, Texas. Zula was born about 1888; died after 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

They had six children.

Henry married Gladys Estelle Taylor on 20 Mar 1920 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co, Texas. Gladys was born on 13 Feb 1903 in Comanche Co, Texas; died on 2 Jan 1997 in Herford, Deaf Smith Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
funeral pamphlet:
In Memory of Tom A. Mobley
Entered into Rest
January 13 1964

Services Held in
French-Fitzgerald
Chapel in the Garden
January 16, 1964

Officiating: Elder Archie Mobley and
Elder M.C. JEffries
Music: Church Choral Group

Thomas married Maddie Montgomery on 18 Mar 1913 in Dickens Co, Texas. Maddie was born about 1891; died after 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1917, Mason Co, Texas; draft registration card

Notes:

Following is brief marriage to his first cousin Cordie Buford which was annuled, he went on to have maybe 2, maybe more marriages. He had 8 children or more.

Military:
Jess Wallace Mobley
age 21
born Aug 30 1895, Fairfield, Texas
residence, Grit, Texas
natural born
farmer, self, Grit
nearest relative: Wife
married
height short, build, stout,
brown eyes, dark hair
no physical limitations
dated June 5th (no year)
age will be 22 in Aug, b 1895 - so 1917

Jesse married Cordie Lee Burford about 1922, and was divorced after 1922. Cordie (daughter of Isaac Paul Burford, Sr. and Laura Ann Jones) was born in 1907 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ruby Lee Addkisson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Abt 1978; re: Mabra Madden Jones

Notes:

They had seven children.

Artie married David Preston "Bud" Smiley on 30 Dec 1919 in Duncan Flat Com, Dickens Co, Texas. David was born on 4 Jun 1897 in Henry Co, Tennessee; died on 22 Oct 1964 in Roaring Springs, Motley Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She never married. About 1934 she went to Lubbock to do domestic work.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Abt 1978; re: Mabra Madden Jones

Notes:

She had four children.

Sadie married Leslie Ethridge in 1921 in Comanche Co, Texas. Leslie was born about 1902; died after 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sadie married John Stewart after 1930. John was born about 1902; died after 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Abt 1978; re: Mabra Madden Jones

Notes:

The had two boys and two girls.

Ruth married Frank C Miller on 14 Jul 1924 in Hereford, Texas. Frank was born about 1903; died after 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Abt 1978; re: Mabra Madden Jones

Notes:

g-granddau of Mabra* Jones and Martha Ponton

Cleo married Edgar Jones in 1926 in Texas. Edgar (son of Samuel M. Jones and Mrs. Julia (..) Jones) was born on 28 Apr 1904 in Texas; died after 1940 in of, San Angelo, Tom Green Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Whatley Longmire. William was born on 7 Jan 1891; died on 31 Jul 1983. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellis married Mrs. Minnie L. (..) Todd in 1930 in Hockley Co, Texas. Minnie was born in 1914 in Texas; died after 1930 in Hockley Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1937, Abilene Co, Texas

Plez married Bobbie Adelle Hopkins about 1937 in of, Coleman Co, Texas. Bobbie was born in 1915 in Texas; died after 1944 in of, McCulloch Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1959, Brownwood, Texas

Earl married Opel Clarice Vardeman on 5 Jan 1928 in San Saba, San Saba Co, Texas. Opel was born on 16 Jan 1911 in Brown, Texas; died on 2 Mar 2004 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cem, Brady, McCulloch Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alta married Albert Ray Lewis about 1930. Albert was born on 28 Jul 1908 in Texas; died on 27 Dec 2000 in Brownwood, Texas; was buried in Locker Cem, Brownwood, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Name: Cecil Mobley
State of Issue: Texas
Date of Birth: Sunday January 10, 1915
Date of Death: June 1978
Est. Age at Death: 63 years, 5 months
Last known residence:
City: Andrews
County: Andrews
State: Texas
ZIP Code: 79714
Latitude: 32.3051
Longitude: -102.6378

Cecil married Elizabeth (..) Mobley about 1935 in Dickens Co, Texas. Elizabeth was born in 1916 in Texas; died after 1940 in of, Castro Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Name: Lester Mobley
State of Issue: Texas
Date of Birth: Saturday June 08, 1918
Date of Death: January 1985
Est. Age at Death: 66 years, 7 months
Last known residence:
City: Houston
County: Harris
State: Texas
ZIP Code: 77023
Latitude: 29.7217
Longitude: -95.3184

Marguerite married Floyd Cole on 16 Aug 1947 in Hereford, Deaf Smith Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Hazel McMahon in Mar 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Earl Reno in Mar 1967. Earl died in 1989 in Midland, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Doris married D.C. Miller in 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Name: Charles Henry Mobley
Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1931
Gender: Male
Birth County: Deaf Smith
Father's name: T A Mobley
Mother's name: Maldie Montgomery
Roll number: 1931_0005


Died:
Name: Charles Henry Mobley
SSN: 525506723
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1931
Birth Place: Hereford Dea, Texas
Death Date: Dec 1985
Father: Thomas A Mobley
Mother: Madie M Montgomery
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jul: Name listed as CHARLES HENRY MOBLEY; 29 Dec 1987: Name listed as CHARLES MOBLEY

Name: Charles Henry Mobley
Social Security #: 525506723
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1931
Birth Place: Texas
Death Date: 31 Dec 1985
Death Place: San Bernardino
Mother's Maiden Name: Montgomery

Notes:

Died:
Name: Thomas Andrew Mobley
Social Security #: 525749386
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Dec 1937
Birth Place: New Mexico
Death Date: 6 May 1993
Death Place: San Mateo
Mother's Maiden Name: Montgomery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 1980; re: Mabra Madden Jones
• Residence: Between 1993 and 2012, County Road, Friona, Parmer Co,Texas
• Other-Begin: Between 1995 and 2011, Friona, Parmer Co, Texas; Farm subsidies

Notes:

Olive contributed the information on the Jones/Ponton family.
Olive has become a member of DAR.

Died:
OLIVE\'S OBITUARY

Our mother, Olive Smiley Massie passed away from this life on April 7, 2019. There will be a graveside service, 1:00 P.M. at the Friona Cemetery in Friona on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 with Dr. Skip Hodges, pastor of the Friona United Methodist Church, officiating. Arrangements by Hansard Family Funeral Home of Friona.

Olive was born in the family home in the Duncan Flat community near Roaring Springs, Texas, April 2 1921. Her parents were David Preston and Artie Bell Smiley, and she was the oldest of six children and the last to survive. Olive was raised with a strong work ethic ?having to hoe cotton and help with her younger siblings while she was at an early age, herself. She attended the 3 room school house at Duncan Flat and graduated from Patton Springs High School.

Olive attended Texas Tech University for 2 years and in 1942, met and married WM Massie (Meryle), who was stationed in Lubbock while in the Army Air Force. They had three daughters, Marca Lynn Herring and Jaynette Lea Looper of Friona and Betty Merylene Massie Towle of Bar Barbor Maine. There are 5 grandchildren, Richie Herring, Kriste Herring Haile (and the late Jamie Herring and Jill Herring Cotoia), Jodi Looper Allen. Lance Looper and Aaron Towle. There are also 14 great-grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Meryle preceded Olive in death in 2004.

Memories of Olive?s early married life from her daughters? points of view, include the raising of the girls with all their various activities, including attending all their basketball games, family vacations, gardening, raising chickens and helping her husband with farm life. She also cooked three meals a day and did the laundry for her husband?s two bachelor uncles who lived with them for several years. Olive was always busy. She had a great love for nature and was very resourceful all her life, creating things from what she had and sharing many of these creations with her grandchildren. She was a multi- talented woman with a wide range of interests and hobbies. Most important, she was a devoted, loving and generous mother to her 3 daughters and her grandchildren.

Olive was involved with the home demonstration club, serving as president and hosting members in her home occasionally. She was a Girl Scout leader for several years while her daughters were involved in the scouting program and continued to be a leader for many years thereafter. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star and had been a member of the Friona United Methodist Church since they moved to Friona in 1946. She had served as Children?s Sunday school superintendent and taught Bible School, and was a member of the WSCS, now called United Methodist Women.

In 1961, the Massie family hosted Friona?s first foreign exchange student, Anni Jensen, from Denmark and then in 1963, they hosted Nergis Yazgen, from Turkey. They visited these two girls in their own countries and stayed in contact with them through the years. Olive and Meryle enjoyed many years of travel and had seen many different countries in addition to their visits to Denmark and Turkey.

Olive?s father, DP Smiley, was interested in genealogy and did research for several years until his health prevented him from continuing. Olive inherited her father?s love for family history and spent many hours, including 2 visits to Salt Lake City Utah, to further her research. She also visited the Amarillo and Clovis libraries and joined the Friona Historical Society where other genealogists gathered to share their discoveries. In 1996, she purchased a computer and began recording her genealogy research there. A bi-product of her research resulted in contacting and getting to know many distant cousins from across the country. Her girls would say that Olive?s grandest achievement besides raising her family, was to publish three books on the family genealogy, as a result of her research. Her Turkish daughter, while visiting her a few summers ago, called Olive ?a scholar?. This is a fitting tribute to this little girl who grew up hoeing cotton and helping out wherever she was needed on the farm. Her family is proud of her, love her and will miss her.

Olive married William Meryle Massie on 27 Dec 1942 in Wilson Co, Texas. William was born on 28 Feb 1915 in Claude, Armstrong Co, Texas; died on 17 Nov 2004 in Friona, Parmer Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Goldie married Clark L. Sweeny on 15 Jan 1947 in San Diego, California. Clark was born about 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

One son, one daughter.

David married Mary Dean Reynolds about 1946. Mary was born about 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived eight hours.

Charley married Susie Loreta Green on 24 Apr 1955 in Missouri. Susie was born about 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Three sons, two daughters.

Thelma married Melton L Brantley on 18 Jan 1953 in Clovis, New Mexico. Melton was born about 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ronald married Melba Jean Bracken on 8 Dec 1957 in Friona, Parmer Co, Texas. Melba was born about 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2010, Spring Branch, Texas

Notes:

Died:
OBIT:
Memorial for Glenda McDonald Born in Abilene, TX on Jan. 19, 1938 Died Sep. 29, 2010 and resided in Spring Branch, TX. Memorial Service: Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions. Glenda McDonald, age 72, passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. She was preceded in death by her father, Plez Todd; son, Jeff Davis; and daughter, Lisa Stracener. Glenda is survived by her husband, Bill McDonald; mother, Adele Todd; daughter, Leslie Briggs and husband, Donnie; brother, Jerry Todd and wife, Lou; four grandchildren, Todd, Logan, Amanda, and Nicholas; step-daughters and their families, Kathy McDonald, Judy Brown, Susan McDonald, and Laura Trevor-Wilson; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. MEMORIAL SERVICE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2010 2:00 P.M. PORTER LORING NORTH CHAPEL In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 8115 Datapoint Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229.

Glenda married Bill McDonald [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jerry married Lou (..) Todd [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Doyle married Mary Kittle about 1957 in of, Brady, McCulloch Co, Texas. Mary was born on 1 Apr 1937 in of, Brady, McCulloch Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marca married Richard Glen Herring [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Betty married David W Towle on 28 Nov 1974 in Friona, Parmer Co, Texas. David was born about 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jaynelle married C.B. Looper, Jr [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lisa married (..) Stracener [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leslie married Leslie Briggs [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richie married Mrs. Blair (..) Cotoia [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kristie married Neal Haile [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
OBIT:
Jill Beth Herring Cotoia
posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2006

CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Jill Beth Herring Cotoia, 36, formerly of Friona, Texas, died Thursday, May 18, 2006.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Friona United Methodist Church in Friona with the Rev. Steve Patterson, pastor, and the Rev. Archie Echols of Roswell, N.M., officiating. Burial will be in Friona Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home of Friona.

Mrs. Cotoia died May 18 after a brief, courageous battle with cancer.

Jill was born Nov. 11, 1969, in Friona to Richard Glen Herring and Marca Massie Herring. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Aliquippa and was employed as a nurse practitioner with Associates In Neurology in Pittsburgh.

She was preceded in death by her grandfather, William Meryle Massie, and her father-in-law, Anthony Cotoia.

Survivors include her parents of Friona; her husband, Scott Cotoia; three sons Kyle, Colby and Jake, all of Center Township; a brother, Richie Herring and wife Blaire of Friona; two sisters, Kristie Haile and husband Neal of Corinth, Texas, and Jamie Herring of Lubbock, Texas; her grandparents Olive Massie and D.C. and Margie Herring, all of Friona; her mother-in-law, Barbara Cotoia of Shrewsberry, Mass.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

The family suggests memorials be to Women Against Lung Cancer, www.4walc.org, (608) 233-7905.

Amarillo Globe-News, May 23, 2006

Jill married Scott Cotoia [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2006, Lubbock, Lubbock Co, Texas