| Name |
Nancy* Linville (maybe) |
| Suffix |
(dau?) |
| Birth |
1800 |
South Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Property |
1 Nov 1830 |
Jackson Co, Missouri |
| bought |
- William Bowers and wife Catherine Linville and James Lovelady, paid for these same 80 acres from BLM on Nov 1, 1830, approx 16 months before selling (Dec 24, 1831) the very same property to Thomas Linville (brother to Catherine Linville)
"24 Dec 1831, William Bowers and Catherine, his wife and James Lovelady and Nancy, his wife, to Thomas Linville sum of $120.00, E 1/2 of SW Quarter of Section 36, Township 50, Range 33, 80 acres. Witness: George Manship J.P., Rec 31 May 1832
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| Property |
24 Dec 1831 |
Jackson Co, Missouri |
| sold |
- William Bowers and wife Catherine Linville and James Lovelady, paid for these same 80 acres from BLM on Nov 1, 1830, approx 16 months before selling (Dec 24, 1831) the very same property to Thomas Linville (brother to Catherine Linville)
"24 Dec 1831, William Bowers and Catherine, his wife and James Lovelady and Nancy, his wife, to Thomas Linville sum of $120.00, E 1/2 of SW Quarter of Section 36, Township 50, Range 33, 80 acres. Witness: George Manship J.P., Rec 31 May 1832
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| Religion |
Abt 1832 |
New Salem Church, Jackson Co, Missouri |
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| Religion |
Abt 1835 |
First Christian Congregation, Platte Co, Missouri |
- abt 1835
First Christian Congregation, Platte Co, Missouri
The Christian Church in Missouri, Chapter XXI, Platte County; page 364.
"Founded by James Lovelady, James Cox, James McBride, and Elihu Randolph, local preachers who resided in the neighborhood.
Charter members:
James White, Polly Lovelady, Jane Lovelady, John Bounds, Elizabeth Bounds, Andrew Henson and Nancy Lovelady, (now Mrs. Newby)"
snip
In 1840, James Lovelady, James Cox and James McBride moved to Oregon" (James Lovelady went to Texas, not Oregon.)
(see attachment)
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Christian Church - Platte County, Missouri
"The Christian Church in Missouri" Chapter XXI, Platte County. (d)
Historical and biographical sketches of the early churches and pioneer preachers of the Christian church in Missouri
It was founded by James Lovelady, James Cox, James McBride, and Elihu Randolph, local preachers who resided in the neighborhood. The first meeting house was "a little log cabin."
Charter members were James White, Polly Lovelady, Jane Lovelady, John Bounds, Elizabeth Bounds, Andrew Henson and Nancy Lovelady Newby.
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| Census |
Nov 1840 |
Platte Co, Missouri |
- Name: James Lovelady
County: Platte
State: Missouri
James Lovelady
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 James (43)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Ann (1821-1825)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Nancy (40)
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 3
Persons Employed in Learned Professional Engineers: 1
Girls: Sarah (19) - probably newlywed living with Mabra at Stephen's.
Jane: age unk, but married 1835; so she's gone.
Ann: age unk, she married in 1847 - this is Ann.
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1840 Missouri, Platte County Census - Lovelady
Jane Wear Lovelady (widowed mother, living with William)
sons:
James* Lovelady, wife Nancy, dau Ann
Thomas J. Lovelady and wife Amanda Mary Bounds
William Lovelady
Andrew Jackson Lovelady (living with William)
granddau Jane Lovelady (dau of another brother Jesse) and newlywed husband Thomas Dyer
also:
Nathan Newby, (In-law He 2nd m Nancy Bounds, mother of Jane, 1st wife of Jesse. Newby's dau later m Andrew Jackson Lovelady.)
John Young, father of Duke Young who married Sarah Lovelady, sister of Lovelady brothers. |
| Religion |
28 Mar 1849 |
First Christian Congregation of Victoria |
| church formed |
- Victoria, Crossroads of So TX, (1982), FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA, TEXAS
In Deed Book 4, page 145, Victoria County Courthouse, the following entry was made 28 March 1849
"We the undersigned, entertaining the same views of Christian Doctrine, Practice & Church Government as those held by the Denomination usually called Christians, do hereby organize Ourselves into a corporate body as contemplated by an act of the Republic of Texas, approved Jan. 20th 1845. Do authorize the appointment of Trustees in Certain Cases and adopt the name of 'The First Christian Congregation of Victoria'. In order that we may recieve the benefits of said act we hereby constitute and appoint Felix B. Webb, Mayberry M. Jones, James Lovelady, Ann Allie and their successors in Office a board of trustees to take & hold such property both real and personal for the use & benefit of said Congregation, as may hereafter be conveyed to the same. In testimony whereof, we hereunto Affix our names this 28th day March A. D. 1849."
Signed, Nancy Lovelady
James Lovelady
Felix B. Webb
Sarah Jones
M. M. Jones
Jackson Butts
Ann Allie
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| Census |
22 Aug 1850 |
Victoria Co, Texas |
- 1850 Victoria, Texas Census: (res: 153)
James age 53 farmer 600 TN
Nancy age 50 SC
Alfred Allice 30 mechanic 1600 PA (their son-in-law)
Next door: (res 154)
(relation unknown)
David M. Jones 38 M Carpenter 1000 VA
Lidia 34 F MS
P.T. Hall 22 M Farmer MS
Felix G. Hall 13 M MS
H.M.C. Hall 10 M TX
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1850 Texas, Lavaca County census
James and Nancy Linville Lovelady and Alfred Allie (widowered son-in-law)
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| Residence |
16 May 1855 |
Manahuilla Minnuvee Creek at Buzzard Roost Country, Dewitt Co, Texas |
| per letter |
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Letter - 1855 05/16
From James Lovelady, in his handwriting, to Jackson Butts, his son in law (husband of his daughter Jane) regarding grandsons Andrew Butts and John Butts, who are staying with the Loveladys to attend school. Loveladys are living Manahula, Dewitt County, Texas, and Jackson Butts is in Lavaca County.
linked to:
Manahuilla Minnuvee Creek at Buzzard Roost Country, Dewitt Co, Texas
Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463)
John William Butts (I1415)
Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (I1031)
James* Lovelady (I1020)
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| Residence |
28 Jun 1856 |
Dewitt Co, Texas |
| per letter |
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Letter - 1856 06/18
Letter from Nancy Lovelady, in her handwriting, to Jackson and Susan Bounds Butts telling of camp meetings and encouraging them "to attend to Christianity." The Loveladys are living in Manahula, Dewitt County Texas, and the Butts are living in Lavaca County.
linked to:
Dewitt Co, Texas
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463)
Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (I1031)
James* Lovelady (I1020) |
| Residence |
7 Aug 1856 |
Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas |
| per letter |
- letter states simply that "Grandma is not well."
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Letter - 1856, 08/07
Mary M Jones to her aunt and uncle, Susan Bounds and Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr., and cousins, tells of camp meeting where she, her sister Susan and her friend Aurela Seal from Victoria, brother George, and cousin John Butts (son of Susan and Andrew Jackson), John and Charlie Middleton, her cousins she says, and many others (47 total) joined the church. This would be the Christian church, pastor is her grandfather, James Lovelady. She also mentions "Grandma (Nancy Lovelady) is not well."
linked to:
Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463)
John William Butts (I1415)
Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492)
Andrew Moses Cooley (I1424)
Easter Jane Cooley (I1393)
Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637)
George Washington Jones, Dr (I604)
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| Residence |
11 Jul 1860 |
Dewitt Co, Texas |
| per letter |
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Letter - 1860, 07/11
from Mary to Aunt Susan Bounds Butts, referencing her new bro, Andrew (my g-gf), and other family news. Written in Dewitt Co, mailed from Helena, Texas.
"Mr. Bean" referred to in this letter was Russell Bean, a 30 yr-old gentleman from Alabama, with a wife and two small children. She states Mr. Bean had bought Uncle "Alec's property and had a wonderful well, sustaining 4 families thru a drought. She states that he had been hurt in an explosion while blasting a well for George Jacobs who was son of Andrew Jacobs.
A.J. Jacobs and Bean were neighbors with only one residence between them. George Jacobs was connected to the Jones family by marriage as his sister-in-law Julie Wilcox was 2nd wife of Alfred Allee, who was widower of Ann Lovelady, daughter of James and Nancy Lovelady. George was living next door to the Loveladys.
Thanks to Geneva Garrett's voluntary search, she found the transaction where Russell Bean bought 252 acres from A. Allee, etux (Book J pg 239)
A. Allee must be Alfred Allee, who was indeed Mary's uncle, but odd that he would be referred to as "Uncle Alec."
She also states "Pap and Grandma talks of going to the mountains they have sold their cattle." (Pap=James Lovelady; Grandma=Nancy)
She also mentions of Ann Bosworth's marriage: "I was surprised to hear of Ann’s wedding. I think she is quite young."
Linked to:
Dewitt Co, Texas
Hallettsville, Texas
Alfred Alonzo Lee Allee (I1539)
Eliza Ann Bosworth (I32832)
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371)
John William Butts (I1415)
George W. Jacobs (I32535)
Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209)
Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637)
Russell Bean "Findagrave Memorial #11364534"
(d) |
| Census |
13 Jul 1860 |
Dewitt Co, Texas |
- residence 298
Mabra Jones 40 1820 blacksmith 3500 1500 Kentucky
checked "attended school within the year"
Sarah 39 1821 Missouri
George W. 19 1841 Missouri
Mary M 17 1843 Missouri
Susan D. 13 1847 Texas
Cyrus 8 1852 Texas
Stephen L. 6 1854 Texas
Andrew 3 1857 Texas
M.H. 5/12 1860 Texas
residence 302
James Lovelate 62 1798 minister 300 1,000 Tennessee
Nancy 60 1800 South Carolina
(Ancestry translators had the Jones name spelled Louer, Mabre and Lovelady was written aas Lovelate.)
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1860 Texas, Dewitt County, Census
Mabra and Sarah Lovelady Jones and children, George, Mary, Susan, Cyrus, Stephen, Andrew, and Henry; and James and Nancy Lovelady, Sarah's parents. |
| Residence |
14 Aug 1861 |
| per letter |
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Letter - 1861, 08/14
from Mary M Jones to Aunt Susan Bounds, news they moved into their new home (Middletown, Goliad Co, Texas) and are closer to her aunt, can now "come easy in a day." Aunt Susan lived in Halletsville, Lavaca Co.
linked to:
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371)
John William Butts (I1415)
Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209)
Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637)
Henry M. Jones (I660)
Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (I583)
Mary Madden Jones (I615)
Stephen Lovelady Jones (I648)
Susan Maria (or Mariah) Jones (I626)
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| Other-Begin |
28 Dec 1866 |
Lavaca Co, Texas |
| letter |
- letter from Joseph Young, nephew, son of Duke Young and Sarah Lovelady, sister-in-law.
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Letter - Young, Joseph R.
Written to his aunt and uncle, James and Nancy Lovelady, tells of his and several family members' experiences in the Civil War.
Provided to me by Berny McCaul Calhoun who had received it from Karl Kiser in 2010. Annotations are by Karl Kiser.
linked to:
James Allison, III (I34211)
John B. Dysart, (maybe grandson??) (I7276)
Cyrus Jackson Elliott (I9541)
James Knox Polk Elliott (I9539)
Jesse Washington Elliott (I9473)
William Mann Elliott, Sr. (I9453)
Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (I1031)
James* Lovelady (I1020)
John W. Lovelady (I1445)
Thomas Lovelady (I9413)
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| Death |
Bef 1872 |
Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas |
- She was alive in 1866 since we have a letter written to her and James by a nephew Joseph Young. Mary writes of her concern of location of ?grandpa? ? James Lovelady in 1872.
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| Research Notes |
Abt 1978 |
| from Olive Massie |
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Biographical Data of M.M. Jones and family sheet from 1980
composed by Olive Massie, given to me in 1998.
Collaborative effort of descendants of Mabra and Martha. Key piece of info on this sheet is that Nancy, wife of James Lovelady, was nee "Lineville." The ladies listed as researchers who compiled this information were all born before 1910. Did they have personal knowledge? Still not conclusive, but a step closer to reasonable validity.
-- "cousin Nell (Nell Ada Wooten 1905-1989) Donaldson of Fairfield TX 1978"
-- Grand-daughters to Mabra: Artie (Artie Bell Mobley) Smiley,
-- Sadie (Sadie Lee Mobley 1902-1998) Stewart,
-- Ruth (Ruth Ellen Mobley 1903-1996) Miller
-- great-granddau to Mabra: Cleo Todd Longmire (1906-1987) of San Saba.
-- great-granddau to Mabra: Olive Smiley Massie |
| Research Notes |
15 May 2011 |
| Linville/Johnson/Young/Lovelady |
- Familiar relationships to help confirm Nancy Linville is a Linville - but more info is needed:
Granville Linville m Ann Adeline Johnson
Granville is brother of Harrison Linville who married Nancy Bounds.
Nancy Bounds is daughter of James* Lovelady.
Granville and Harrison's father Richard would be Nancy's uncle.
1850 census, North Carolina: Granville living with his father in law and Nancy Young 15 (b 1835) is also there.
Gan Johnson 68 1783 North Carolina
Nancy Johnson 63 1787 Tennessee
Nancy P Johnson 30 1820 Tennessee
Barnet J Johnson 21 1829 Missouri
Nancy Young 15 1835 Missouri
Granville Linville 40 1810 Tennessee
Ann A (Johnson) Linville 28 1822 North Carolina
John B Linville 7 1843 North Carolina
Washington Linville 3 1847 North Carolina
Ann M Linville 1 1849 North Carolina
Ann Johnson Linville's brother Barnet J Johnson. in 1865 Leavenworth Co, Kansas census:
B J Johnson 36 1829 freighter 21500 MO
_?_ Johnson 30 1835 KY
Robt Johnson 10 1855 KY
Lizzie Johnson 4 1861 KS
Wm Johnson 2 1864 KS
_?_ Neal 31 1834 female KS
Lottie Young 1834 31 MO
Mary Young 5 1860 MO
Jane Young 3 1862 MO
Lottie Young -- looks like she could be a widowed sister or sister-in-law and Mary and Jane nieces - or she could be Mrs. B.J. Johnson's sister
Lottie Young probably related to Nancy Young, same age, living with Gan Johnson in 1850?
or could she even be same person? (Nancy Charlotte or something?)
Duke Young, married Sarah Lovelady, another sister of James Lovelady. he named one of his sons William Johnson Young (b 1818). Johnson name must have connected to Young name, rather than Loveladys.
These Youngs in the Johnson family are likely connect to the Duke Young family somehow. Looks like Granville marrying into the Johnson family is also indirectly marrying into the Lovelady/Duke Young connection. Also, Barnett Johnson might have married into the Duke Young family as well.
research notes:
Duke Young
Granville Linville
Gan Johnson
Barnett Johnson
Nancy Linville
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| Research Notes |
2 Oct 2012 |
| Linville/Lovelady |
- Linville connections to the children of Thomas Lovelady and Jane Wear -- even though no conclusions this shows the strong kinship of the two families.
However, no Nancy has been found to be recorded in the Thomas Linville family. Also not sure if Linville family was in SC and/or White County TN during time frame to meet up with James Lovelady and marry in c 1815.
1 THOMAS* LOVELADY, SR. & HANNAH HIX
....2. THOMAS LOVELADY, JR. & LEAH HIX
............3. SIMEON LOVELADY & ?
....................4.JOHN LOVELADY & MARY ELLIS
............................5. MOSES JONES LOVELADY& NANCY WARD
.................................. 6. SARAH LOVELADY
Sarah Lovelady who married Zachariah Linville (1829) was dau of Moses Jones Lovelady,
....2. JOHN* LOVELADY AND SARAH* MORGAN
.............3. THOMAS LOVELADY* AND JANE* WEAR
CHILDREN OF THOMAS LOVELADY AND JANE WEAR;
1. SARAH MARRIED DUKE YOUNG
Some Johnston households had some sort of stray Youngs living with them and the two families neighbors in census records. Duke Young married Sarah Lovelady, another of my James' sisters. Can't establish exact connection, but they connect somehow. Duke named a son William Johnson Young. Johnstons connecting Linvilles and Youngs.
2. jOHN W. MARRIED MARY (POLLY) COX
Zachariah and Aaron Linville in 1830 Lafayette Co MO with several related families incl John Bounds, John W. Lovelady and Duke Young, several Johnston/Johnsons
3. JAMES* m NANCY* Nancy b 1800 SC per census records. They married bet 1814-1817 in White County, TN.
Aaron Linville (bro to Zachariah who married Nancy Cash) m Eleanor Ellison 1822 - wonder if that's Allison?) Zachariah and Aaron would be bros to my Nancy - if she's a Linville.
the Zachariah in 1830 census married Nancy Cash was into the Christian/Church of Christ movement along with my James Lovelady and Duke Young and others.
Zachariah's daughter married an Allison (see above) another family line threading thru Johnsons, Bounds and Linvilles and even Trapp.
LAND DEAL:
William Bowers and wife Catherine Linville and James Lovelady, paid for these same 80 acres from BLM on Nov 1, 1830, approx 16 months before selling (Dec 24, 1831) the very same property to Thomas Linville (brother to Catherine Linville)
"24 Dec 1831, William Bowers and Catherine, his wife and James Lovelady and Nancy, his wife, to Thomas Linville sum of $120.00, E 1/2 of SW Quarter of Section 36, Township 50, Range 33, 80 acres. Witness: George Manship J.P., Rec 31 May 1832
4. NANCY WEAR MARRIED OBADIAH BOUNDS
Rachel Linville (dau of Thomas Hunter Linville and Eliza Allison, but I don't know who he is - do you?) m James Lovelady Bounds , son of Nancy Wear Lovelady and Obadiah Bounds - Nancy Wear Lovelady sister of my James Lovelady.
5 ELIZABETH MARRIED JOHN BIRD BOUNDS
Granville Linville m Ann Johnston (Johnson) (SEE ABOVE ABT JOHNSTON/JOHNSONS)
their child Harrison Linville m Nancy Bounds (Nancy's mother is Elizabeth Lovelady, sister of my James Lovelady.
6 THOMAS JESSE MARRIED AMANDA BOUNDS
7 REBECCA MARRIED JUDGE WILLIAM L. TRAPP
Nancy Trapp (1805) m Abraham Linville (1805) I don't have a good database on the Trapps looks like William and Abraham are 1st cousins.
8 JESSE MARRIED NANCY BOUNDS
9 WILLIAM M MARRIED SARAH AMANDA THOMAS (don't know anything abt her)
10 JEMIMA JANE MARRIED ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT
11 ANDREW JACKSON MARRIED JUDY NEWBY
Abraham Linville m Nancy Trapp
their grandson Coriolanus Thorp m Maud Lovelady, d/of Andrew Jackson Lovelady, bro of my James Lovelady.
12 MARGARET A MARRIED ALLEN CROOK
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Lovelady connections to the children of Thomas Linville & Catherine:
J. John Jones d bef 28 Aug 1823
will written 22 Jul 1823
probated 28 Aug 1823
wife Betsy (..) Jones
children
1. Betsy Jones
+ William Galbreath
2. William Jones d bef 1823
+ ??
Betsy Jones
+ Byrd Williamson (1801-1868, son of
William Pullium Williamson
1820 census over 45
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25499675/person/1987023851
Lewis Jones
Armstead Jones
3. Lucy Jones
+ .. Dickson
William Dickerson (Dickson)
4. Nancy Jones
+ .. Ford
Moses Ford
5. Alsey Jones
+ .. Beard
Jonas Beard
friends: Cyrus Brevard
William Watts 1820 Smith co age 26-44
guardians in trust
exrs Brice Martin 1820 smith co age over 45
Alfred Bevard
wit: William Martin
P. (William Pulliam) Williamson [b NC, d 1828; father of Byrd Williamson
wife Lucy B. Adkesson]
Joseph Wright
29 Aug 1838 [sic] (* typo?)
-William Dickson, possesses such a cruel and unreasonable
adisposition towards Negros that I should be unwilling for
any of those our unfortunate brethern, by my agency, fall
into his hands.
Loveladys in Smith TN 1820
James over 45
Asa 16-25
John over 45
Thomas in Jackson 1820 16-25
Jane in Dickson 1820 16-25
Jesse in Overton 1820 over 45
Thomas in White 1820 over 45
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| Burial |
Memorial Square Cem, Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas [1] |
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Victoria Memorial Square Cemetery
Listing of Interred at Victoria Square - shows "Parson Lovelady" and "Mrs Lovelady." Considering that our James Lovelady was a Chrisitan preacher in Victoria and surrounding areas, it seems a safe assumption that this is our James and Nancy Linville Lovelady. Though it is curious why their names are not listed on their headstones. |
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Victoria Memorial Square
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Victoria Memorial Square
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Memorial Square was Once a Public Cemetery
article published in Victoria Advocate
Apr 17, 2002
written by Henry Wolff, Jr. |
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Victoria County Cemeteries
Memorial Square Cemetery (partial list)
Parson Lovelady
Mrs. Lovelady
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| Notes |
- (from Mary Ehlers)
Catherine Linville Bowers and Thomas Linville were the children of a constable of White Co, Tennessee, in 1808 (sic), Thomas Linville, and his wife, Catherine. Catherine died and he married secondly Mary Ridge. He died in Missouri and his will writtn in 1836 was very simple, stating his possessions and leaving them to his wife and the youngest four children - Jeremiah, Hyram H., Andrew and Charity. Two of his older sons, Zachariah and Aaron witnessed the will. Two unnamed daughters born before 1790 are listed in "The Linville Family in America - 300th Annual Edition" by Alice Eicholz. It seems like that Nancy Lovelady was one of these daughters.
(sic) - they married in 1811 in Carter County.
(From Leonard B Meyer)
July 24, 1997
Dear Sherry Sharp:
Your letter came yesterday, and some material from Wilma came today. I told my wife Ruth that it seems I have acquired another fan in Wilma, that making two, Ruth being the other one! I am glad that what I have contributed is appreciated,d I appreciate what I have received also.
Perhaps I should make it clear how I acquired this much information regarding such a limited time span. A few years ago, I got possession of a bunch of old letters and documents far long enough to transcribe them by hand, into three bindef legal paper. I started out trying to learn more about the Butts family from which I am descended, and from there the search proliferated into the Lovelady, Bownds (Bounds) and other families.
My great-grandfather, Jackson Butts, married Jane Lovelady as his first wife. She died August 31, 1847. He married a second wife, Catherine Poland, who died within a year or so, then in 1852 he married Susan Bounds who was my great-grandm. So, you see, there is no blood relationship between me and the Loveladys, except for Jackson's oldest daughter Margaret Ann, who was Jane's only survivor who had children. But Pappy Lovelady wrote to Jackson and Susan as son and daughter, Mary Jones addressed her as "beloved aunt," and Stephen wrote to my grandfather as "Cousin Berry."
I think there is no doubt that the Loveladys, Buttses, and Joneses were in Victoria County in 1844, as one of Jackson's sons, Andrew, appears as born in Texas about that time. Also I have a copy of a handwritten receipt which goes "Receif Jackson Butts the sum of five dollars in full of his state and county tax for the year 1849 - F.U. Fordham, Ass & Coll, V.C., Victoria County."
Also, Ann, the youngest Lovelady girl, married Alfred Allee November 4, 1847. And I have a copy of the Bill of Sale of the home of James Lovelady to Edward Fink, Lot #1, Block 117, Range 8, Victoria, April 24, 1852.
In the statement in the summation sent by Wilma regarding the organization of the First Christian Congregation in Victoria, about James and Nancy being on the board, there is a little error. Those named, James and Nancy, Jackson, Sarah any Jones, A. Allee (Ann had already died) and perhaps Felix Webb, were the whole congregation!
It must have been in 1852 that the Loveladys and Joneses moved over into Dewitt County on the Manahurla Minnuvee Creek, also called Buzzard Roost Country.
There was quite a lot of communication between the Joneses and Butts families in the '50s. In 1860, George was going to school in Goliad. A letter from Mary goes thus: "We are all about to leave this country. Pap (James) and Grandmaf going to the mountains. They have sold their cattle." There seems to have been a terrible drought that caused many people to leave that area. Added in a postscript at the beginning of the letter is "I have got the sweetest little brother. He can sit along. He is as fat as a pig." That must have been Henry at several months old; and it is apparent that Sarah must have died soon after Henry's birth. So my date of 1860 must be an error of reading an indistinct date.
So, Mabry and Mary, and perhaps others moved to Terryville, on the line between Dewitt and Lavaca Counties. But Susan Mariah must have married to A Wiggins and was still living at Middletown or Weesatche. Susan later lived at Hoss Bluffrty County and urged George to come out there, as that area needed a doctor and singing school teacher. But that was in 1872, after the war! Instead, he seems to have married Frances Bosworth and was living near Schulenburg in Lavaca County. From there, in connection with the Bosworth family, we find him living up in Central Texas, Red Rock, Pettytown, maybe San Saba and finally Stephenville. He and Frances are buried in West End Cemetery, Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas.
I have no date for Mary's marriage, but she and Mr. Norton moved to Oak Hill near LaGrange, Texas. After several years, they moved to North Texas, then moved back. Mary was living in Burleson County about 1914. According to the reuni, Mary had married a Moore, and Sue had married a Linthicum.
Mary never had any children (by choice), and I am of the opinion that the friction between her and Mabry was because she married and did not continue to take care of his "four little motherless boys" as she put it. Anyway, she tried toe of the boys, as George and Sue did. Mabry farmed the boys out at times, some of them to my great-grandmother Susan. But the 1870 Census reveals that Stephen and Andrew were living with Mabry and Martha then, as well as daughter Nancy and Nellie (b 1864 & 1868) and the 1880 lists a son Joel A, born November 28, 1874.
I am confused about the children of Martha listed as being born in Chambers Co, after Nancy (Nannie) and Nellie, also Joel A. I know nothing about Laura, Tom, Anna, Alice and John, but those named above were in the 1870 and 1880 Lavaca Cos records and must have been in Lavaca Co at that time. Also, it is a matter of record that Mabry officiated at the wedding of his father-in-law, Dr. Joel Ponton, to Harriet Koonce on October 1, 1871, near where I now live in Lavaca Co. However, it may well explain Stephen's reference to having been to Beaumont on one occasion.
Incidentally, I have noticed that Mabry and Sarah had a daughter Nancy J, born 1848, next after Sue. About the name ---- in the document about the Organization of the First Christian Congregation, the name is Mayberry, which no doubt is t, shortened to Mabry usually, but spelled Mabarie by Margaret Ann Butts Cooley.
I have just been checking the list of Mabry's children and the dates given for their births seems to have been made from a faulty memory. Assuming, I think correctly, that the three families came to Texas in 1844, it seems obvious that Ge841 and Mary 1843 were born in Missouri, but there is some doubt about Susan 1846 and Nancy 1848, though I think they were born in Texas. But Cyrus 1852, Stephen 1854, Andrew 1857, were born in Texas because the document of the Organization of the First Christian Congregation in Victoria has the names of M.M. and Sarah, date of March 28, 1849. Henry was not listed in the census of 1860, so his birth date 1863 is probably correct. It is on record that Cyrus Jones was in Goliad Co in 1870, age 18, seemingly living with relatives after the breakup of the Jones family. But in a letter from Mary she wrote that Susan Mariah (Margaret Ann Butts spelled Mariar) wrote that Mr. Wiggins had "joined the church" and that Cyrus intended to. I wonder if this Cyrus was one of the Wiggins children. In this letter Mary complains that Mabry had George and Susan a brother to keep, but had refused to give her one.
As far as I had known previously, Margaret Ann, Jackson's daughter, Sue Wiggins, and George were the only Lovelady descendents, and I am glad to find there were others. I have been trying to find some of the Jones descendents for some ythout success.
I was born, not many miles from where the Joneses and the Loveladys lived, in Goliad County, at a later date, Dec 7, 1906. From that you will notice that I will be 91 on my next birthday. My handwriting has deteriorated considerably spied these letters.
I am sending this information for you to consider, before I send any copies. I will have to go through the letters to find some that will illustrate what I have written. But as I wrote Wilma, I have three binders full of writings, ant want to let them get away, possibly in the mail. I have suggested that Ron Lehde, who lives in Victoria, copy those he wants to, but she/Wilma reports that his copier is in need of repair. Since Sherry Sharp has a son John in Houston, I might make the same offer to him. Or I might leave the material at my son's place, 30211 Charlie Lane, Magnolia, Texas 77355. Maybe something can be arranged.
Sincerely,
Leonard B. Meyer
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| Person ID |
I1031 |
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17 Apr 2014 |
1800 - Bef 1872 (< 72 years)
