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Albums | Mabra Madden Jones and James Lovelady Families (70) Mabra Jones and wife Sarah Lovelady, daughter of Rev James Lovelady and Nancy Linville (maiden name unproven) - this family settled in Dewitt and Lavaca counties area of Texas before 1850, eventually spreading out to places like Waco and Beaumont and Palestine. This album is dedicated to that family unit. Letters written by some of these family members, mostly Mary Jones, are included. These letters span a time from 1855 on through in the 1920s. They were transcribed and supplied to me by Leonard Meyer in the late 1990s. He was from Halletsville and a descendent of the Butts, Bounds, Coolie families. James Lovelady's daughter Jane died with a young family of her own. Her husband, Andrew Butts, stayed a "son" to the family, even after he remarried Susan Bounds. Susan became the beloved Aunt to the Jones children who most of these letters were written to. While the Jones children were still young, Sarah Lovelady, daughter of James, and sister to Jane, died at an early age. Mabra remarried Martha Ponton and had several more children. But it's through these letters that we get a good view of the whole family and indeed brings them all to life and allows us to share their memories. |
Matches 1 to 47 of 47
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
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1 | Barnett, Manurva E. | 5 Dec 1831 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61463 |
2 | Barrett, Claudie | Jul 1894 | Anderson Co, Texas | I43919 |
3 | Barrett, Margaret Sue | Apr 1892 | Anderson Co, Texas | I43918 |
4 | Butts, Radford W. | 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61521 |
5 | Campbell, Cyrus Albynus | 24 Mar 1874 | Anderson Co, Texas | I91008 |
6 | Eubanks, Elbert Jackson | 1 Oct 1866 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78242 |
7 | Farris (Faires), James Hanks IV | 21 Aug 1913 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61424 |
8 | Farris (Faires), Sarah Belle | 19 Apr 1878 | Anderson Co, Texas | I21267 |
9 | Fitzgerald, Sara Jane | 1 Feb 1851 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45937 |
10 | Guinn, Sarah Malissa | 17 Sep 1850 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78283 |
11 | Hanks, Gertrude B. "Guita" | 21 Nov 1868 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61465 |
12 | Hanks, Joseph L. Jr. | 1848 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61371 |
13 | Hanks, Lizzie T. | 1864 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61515 |
14 | Hanks, Mattie R. | 1862 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61514 |
15 | Hassell, Florence Moggie | 12 Jan 1851 | Anderson Co, Texas | I91007 |
16 | Hathcock, Edmund Greer | 1890 | Anderson Co, Texas | I46409 |
17 | Hathcock, Nancy Hanks | 16 Jun 1887 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45948 |
18 | Jones, Doris V | Mar 1900 | Anderson Co, Texas | I9811 |
19 | Jones, Johnny Charles | 26 Oct 1932 | Anderson Co, Texas | I47327 |
20 | Jordan, Judy Latimer | I26114 | ||
21 | Kendrick, John | 1866 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78247 |
22 | Kendrick, Walter | 1861 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78246 |
23 | Lightfoot, Adkins | I46402 | ||
24 | Lightfoot, Alfred E. | 1912 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45993 |
25 | Lightfoot, Alfred Orin | 29 Mar 1881 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45962 |
26 | Lightfoot, Jack George | 4 Nov 1910 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45988 |
27 | Lightfoot, Jefferson Owen | 7 Feb 1914 | Anderson Co, Texas | I46006 |
28 | Lightfoot, Jessie C. | 1919 | Anderson Co, Texas | I46392 |
29 | Lightfoot, Johnnie Dawson | 3 Sep 1917 | Anderson Co, Texas | I46362 |
30 | Lightfoot, Lucretia | I46396 | ||
31 | Lightfoot, Sallye Mae | 29 Mar 1909 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45963 |
32 | Lightfoot, William Tollie | 19 Jan 1916 | Anderson Co, Texas | I46180 |
33 | Montgomery, Claudia | 1904 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78250 |
34 | Montgomery, Ethel Hulda | 20 Sep 1892 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61591 |
35 | Pate, Mittie Ann | 17 Jul 1882 | Anderson Co, Texas | I9632 |
36 | Sanders, Edward DeLancie | 8 My 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | I73279 |
37 | Sanders, Samuel Oscar | 8 May 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | I73280 |
38 | Scarbrough, Verner | 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78215 |
39 | Seagler, Irma Belle | 25 Dec 1890 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78271 |
40 | Shaver, Elijah | Aug 1851 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78669 |
41 | Shelton, June | 1 Jun 1925 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78273 |
42 | Tucker, Jim Bob | 1897 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78253 |
43 | Wallace, Cynthia Ann Elizabeth | 7 Apr 1859 | Anderson Co, Texas | I79439 |
44 | Woolverton, Adella | May 1856 | Anderson Co, Texas | I87273 |
45 | Woolverton, Callie B. | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I71033 |
46 | Woolverton, Mary Emma | 19 Mar 1850 | Anderson Co, Texas | I90990 |
47 | Woolverton, Mattie A. | 1865 | Anderson Co, Texas | I71032 |
Matches 1 to 34 of 34
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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1 | Bradshaw, William | 26 Jul 1861 | Anderson Co, Texas | I53358 |
2 | Campbell, James Irish | 4 Sep 1911 | Anderson Co, Texas | I91006 |
3 | Campbell, Tucker | 19 Nov 1973 | Anderson Co, Texas | I90997 |
4 | Eubanks, William Pinkney | 24 Oct 1905 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78236 |
5 | Farris (Faires), Anna George "Annie" | 30 Oct 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61411 |
6 | Farris (Faires), James Hanks Jr. | 25 Dec 1881 | Anderson Co, Texas | I31103 |
7 | Fields, Eera Ann Elizabeth | 18 Mar 1900 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78243 |
8 | Fitzgerald, Sara Jane | 3 Jan 1929 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45937 |
9 | Goad, Peter Coleman | Aft 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78248 |
10 | Goad (or Gourd), Robert | 20 Sep 1888 | Anderson Co, Texas | I100085 |
11 | Griffith, Nancy | 9 Dec 1881 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45596 |
12 | Hanks, Bird Lewis | 28 Jul 1851 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61525 |
13 | Hanks, Elizabeth "Kizzie" | 1851 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61372 |
14 | Hanks, George Dewitt | 1 Sep 1859 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61772 |
15 | Hanks, James Steele | 17 Nov 1898 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61376 |
16 | Hanks, Rev. Joshua Brown | 6 Oct 1896 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61466 |
17 | Hanks, Rev Thomas Reuben | 28 Nov 1857 | Anderson Co, Texas | I31104 |
18 | Hanks, Wesley W. | 1886 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61527 |
19 | Hassell, Florence Moggie | 11 Apr 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | I91007 |
20 | Hathcock, James Alfred | 14 Aug 1900 | Anderson Co, Texas | I45886 |
21 | Hathcock, William Jefferson | 19 Dec 1907 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61483 |
22 | Hill, Sarah Joyce "Sally" (daughter?) | 30 Jan 1847 | Anderson Co, Texas | I31105 |
23 | Monk, Zachariah Marion | 22 Oct 1924 | Anderson Co, Texas | I82599 |
24 | Neil, Lucinda | 19 Sep 1918 | Anderson Co, Texas | I83640 |
25 | Nix, Elisha A. | 1867 | Anderson Co, Texas | I66804 |
26 | Pate, Thomas Benjamin | 22 Feb 1924 | Anderson Co, Texas | I107487 |
27 | Scarborough, John Lawrence | 30 Jan 1900 | Anderson Co, Texas | I73367 |
28 | Shaver, Elijah | Between 1910 and 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78669 |
29 | Shaver, Mitsey Ann | 22 Oct 1917 | Anderson Co, Texas | I107486 |
30 | Tucker, Arabella | Aft 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61467 |
31 | Wear, Melinda | 14 Dec 1852 | Anderson Co, Texas | I3120 |
32 | Woolverton, Mary Emma | 1 Oct 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | I90990 |
33 | Woolverton, Thomas | Oct 1863 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61487 |
34 | Young, Martha Matilda | 28 Apr 1889 | Anderson Co, Texas | I66802 |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Burial | Person ID | ||
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1 | Jones, Laura Ann | Anderson Co, Texas | I704 |
Matches 1 to 36 of 36
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Census | Person ID | ||
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1 | Butts, James M. | 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61516 |
2 | Butts, James M. | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61516 |
3 | Farris (Faires), James Hanks Jr. | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I31103 |
4 | Farris (Faires), James Hanks III | 1910 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61416 |
5 | Farris (Faires), James Hanks III | 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61416 |
6 | Goad, Peter Coleman | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78248 |
7 | Grider, William Franklin^ | 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | I52490 |
8 | Hanks, Rev. Joshua Brown | 1850 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61466 |
9 | Hanks, Rev. Joshua Brown | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61466 |
10 | Hanks, Rev Thomas Reuben | 1850 | Anderson Co, Texas | I31104 |
11 | Hathcock, William Jefferson | 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61483 |
12 | Hathcock, William Jefferson | 1900 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61483 |
13 | Horton, Samuel W | 23 Oct 1950 | Anderson Co, Texas | I22270 |
14 | Jones, Anna Lee | 31 Jan 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | I726 |
15 | Jones, Anna Lee | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I726 |
16 | Jones, John W. | 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I748 |
17 | Scarbrough, Robert S. | 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61437 |
18 | Scarbrough, Robert S. | 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61437 |
19 | Scarbrough, William | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I78245 |
20 | Seagler, Edward Harper Sr. | 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61580 |
21 | Seagler, Emily Frances | 1910 | Anderson Co, Texas | I43920 |
22 | Shaver, Archie Demaid | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8896 |
23 | Shaver, Clarence Odell | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8894 |
24 | Shaver, Dora S. | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8897 |
25 | Shaver, Doris L. | I32363 | ||
26 | Shaver, Jesse M. | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8895 |
27 | Shaver, L.B. | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I32364 |
28 | Shaver, Marion Harvey "Ike" | 1900 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8833 |
29 | Shaver, Marion Harvey "Ike" | 31 Jan 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8833 |
30 | Shaver, Marion Harvey "Ike" | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8833 |
31 | Shaver, Martha Lorene | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8898 |
32 | Shaver, Wesley Harvey | 12 Apr 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | I8893 |
33 | Shelton, George A. | 1850 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61596 |
34 | Shelton, George A. | 15 Oct 1850 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61596 |
35 | Woolverton, John Nelson | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I61671 |
36 | Woolverton, Thomas B. | 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | I71026 |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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1 | Faires (Farris), James Sr. (son/relative?) | Anderson Co, Texas | I6921 |
Matches 1 to 30 of 30
Family | Marriage | Family ID | ||
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1 | Andrews / Lightfoot | F11351 | ||
2 | Armstrong / Jones | 1903 | Anderson Co, Texas | F370 |
3 | Barrett / Faires | 10 Dec 1889 | Anderson Co, Texas | F14598 |
4 | Bellair / Carr | 12 Jan 1885 | Anderson Co, Texas | F26084 |
5 | Campbell / Hassell | 18 Jul 1866 | Anderson Co, Texas | F30420 |
6 | Campbell / Steel | 25 Dec 1949 | Anderson Co, Texas | F30412 |
7 | Eubanks / Fields | Abt 1880 | Anderson Co, Texas | F25428 |
8 | Farmer / Shelton | 9 Mar 1847 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20249 |
9 | Farris (Faires) / Tucker | Abt 1910 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20090 |
10 | Fitzgerald / Hanks | Abt 1841 | Anderson Co, Texas | F11350 |
11 | Goad / Doss | Aft 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | F25429 |
12 | Graham / Shelton | 27 Dec 1866 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20112 |
13 | Graham / Woolverton | 1 Jul 1869 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20113 |
14 | Hanks / Tucker | 19 Oct 1846 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20104 |
15 | Hathcock / Shelton | 3 Nov 1882 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20111 |
16 | Jones / Kluth | Abt 1906 | Anderson Co, Texas | F374 |
17 | Jones / McHatten | Abt 1930 | Anderson Co, Texas | F11347 |
18 | Jones / Pate | 13 May 1899 | Anderson Co, Texas | F364 |
19 | Marlow / Shelton | Abt 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20106 |
20 | Scarbrough / Wofford-Kenney | Abt 1878 | Anderson Co, Texas | F25419 |
21 | Shelton / Barnett | 16 Jan 1858 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20102 |
22 | Shelton / Butts | Aft 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20118 |
23 | Shelton / Hanks | Abt 1888 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20103 |
24 | Shelton / Hodges | 21 Aug 1856 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20108 |
25 | Shelton / Seagler | Abt 1932 | Anderson Co, Texas | F25435 |
26 | Shelton / Shelton | Abt 1890 | Anderson Co, Texas | F20107 |
27 | Steel / Woolverton | 19 Dec 1882 | Anderson Co, Texas | F30410 |
28 | Tucker / Goad | Bef 1920 | Anderson Co, Texas | F25430 |
29 | Woolverton / Guinn | Feb 1870 | Anderson Co, Texas | F25438 |
30 | Woolverton / Woolverton | Bef 1860 | Anderson Co, Texas | F22995 |