(son) Hamshire

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. (son living) Hamshire

James married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ainsworth in 1898 in Galveston Co, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Godair Ainsworth and Elizabeth Abshire (Abshier)) was born on 18 Aug 1879 in Texas; died in 1976 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Jefferson Co (Dist 41), Texas

Notes:

Census:
Lovan Hamshire, 47 LA LA LA
M.A. Hamshire wife 31 TX LA LA
J.E. Broussard son 13 TX LA LA
Agnes Hamshire dau 7 TX LA LA
Marion Hamshire son 5 TX LA LA
M.T. dau 9 months, TX LA LA
Harvey Taylor, other, male, 27 TX Laborer, LA LA


Died:
D.C. Lovan Hamshire age 82, widowed,, b Cal Parish, cattleman
father, mother, birthplaces -- all unknown
place of death 1617 College, Bmt. acute nephritis, at 8:a.m.
informant: B. Hancock

Lovan married Levisa Angelina Landrum(not married). Levisa (daughter of Gabriel Landrum and Martha E. Goleman) was born on 16 Jun 1845 in Alabama; died on 16 Feb 1874 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Landrum Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
unmarked grave.

Notes:

Married:
Levisy was living with her parents at Taylor's Bayou after the war. She had a son by Lovan Hampshire who lived near the Landrum's at Taylor's Bayou. Their child, James A Hampshire, was born on August 28, 1870. He was called "Tine" and was raised at Taylor's Bayou with his mother and her parents. Lovan Hampshire and Levisa were never married. Lovan Hampshire married Mary Broussard {sic} and they had 8 children (Half siblings to "Tine") Levisa married 2nd to William MCGill on October 25, 1872. They apparently had no children and Levisa died a little over a year after they were married. She is buried in an unmarked grave in the Landrum Cemetery at Fannett.

Excerpt from "The Landrum Family of Beaumont, Texas" by Kathryn Slatten 1989

Daniel married Elizabeth Abshire (Abshier) on 3 Jul 1865 in Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Abshire Abshire (Abshier), Jr. and Carmelite Boullett) was born on 12 Feb 1847 in Liberty City, Liberty Co, Texas; died on 29 Nov 1912 in Liberty City, Liberty Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Sep 1850, Liberty Co, Texas
• Census: 11 Aug 1870, Galveston Co (Precinct 5), Texas

Notes:

John was one of High Island's early settlers and the town of Hamshire would take its name from the surname of his grandson, Lovan.

Census:
Hamshier John 42 1808 Louisiana Farmer
Jane 34 1816 Louisiana
Emily 17 1833 Louisiana
Emiline 16 1834 LA
Barney 15 1835 LA
Cornelius 13 1837 LA
Matelan 12 1838 LA (female)
Lucinda 10 1840 LA
Ellen 6 1844 Texas
Jacob 4 1845 Texas
Seales, Abraham 52 1798 New Hamshire carpenter

Census:
Hampshire John 63 (1807) farmer 1,000 250 LA
Elizabeth 57 (1813) LA
Alexander Thos 18 (1852) farm hand Texas

a few houses away, their daughter Emily:
John Crainer 28 1842 Texas
Emily (Hamshire) wife 37 1833 Louisiana
Josephine 8 1862 TX
Mary 5 1865 TX
Martha 3 1867 TX

John married Julia Ellender about 1830. Julia was born on 11 Aug 1800 in St. Martinsville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1840 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There were five blacksmiths in Jefferson County in 1850,82 and eight in 1860. During the latter year, Isaiah Junker and Gabriel Landrum were blacksmiths at Beaumont, Leopold Gianbrun owned a shop at Sabine Pass, and H. A. Reed operated a blacksmith shop in the Pine Island community. The county?s other four blacksmiths were employed by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad at Beaumont.83 Closely allied to blacksmithing was the wagon-making trade, an occupation in which two early Beaumonters, Joseph E. Rogers and August Blumaier, were engaged.84

Source: CHAPTER IX: A History of Jefferson County, Texas
Early Industry and BusinessesBy W. T. Block

Gabriel married Martha E. Goleman on 23 May 1843 in Washington Co, Alabama. Martha was born on 21 Mar 1824 in Mississippi; died in 1901 in Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Carmelite Boullett on 2 Sep 1842 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Carmelite was born on 7 Dec 1827 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Feb 1889 in Devers, Liberty Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]