6516. Alfred M. Jackson-11252
1920 Census Dist 26, Miami, Dade Co., Florida
Jackson, Alfred Dr. head M W 34 M TN TN TN Dentist
Jackson, Margaret wife F W 30 M FL AL TN
Jackson, William son M W 6 S FL TN FL
Jackson, Margaret dau F W 2 6/12 S FL TN FL
Jackson, Robert son M W 6/12 S FL TN FL
6522. William Leon Jackson-18008
1910 Census Dist 144, Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Jackson, Robert A. head M W 56 M1 married 17 yrs TN TN TN
Jackson, Bettie wife F W 45 M1 17 yrs 4ch:4lvg TN TN TN
Jackson, Thomas son M W 16 S TN TN TN
Jackson, Robert I. son M W 14 S TN TN TN
Jackson, William L. son M W 10 S TN TN TN
Jackson, Charles T. son M W 6 S FL TN TN
Poyner, Nancy sister F W 62 Wd TN TN TNWorld War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: William Leon Jackson
City: Tampa, County: Hillsborough, State: Florida
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1899
Occupation: Mgr of a Grocery Store
Nearest relative: R. A. Jackson, Lakeland, FL
Race: White
Signed: 12 Sep 1918
FHL Roll Number: 15568931930 Census Dist 23, Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Jackson, William Leon Head M W 30 m@25 TN TN TN
Jackson, Ollie wife F W 21 M@26 FL MI AL
Jackson, William L. Jr. son M W 3 single FL TN FL
( Glenda Truman corrected an error on this record at ancestry.com)Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
Name: William Leon Jackson
Death Date: 24 Oct 1988
County of Death: Polk, State of Death: Florida
Age at Death: 89
Race: White
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1899Social Security Death Index
Name: William L. Jackson
SSN: 263-03-xxxx
Last Residence: 33803 Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States of America
Born: 9 Jul 1899
Died: 24 Oct 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (Before 1951)Obituary copied from newspaper obit posted to ancestry.com tree of __________
http:
Lakeland Cash Feed Co., founder dies
LAKELAND - William Leon Jackson Sr., the founder and owner of Lakeland's oldest company - the Lakeland Cash Feed Company - died Monday at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 89.
Jackson's wife, Ollir R. Jackson, said the company was his "pride and joy," but added that he will be best remembered for his understanding nature.
"He was understanding to the people when they couldn't pay bills," she said. "He would say, 'Mother, they'll pay when the rain comes. Once it rains, their crops will come in and they'll pay.'"
Jackson started Lakeland Cash Feed Company on May 18, 1918, on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Cedar Street. The business, now located on Lake Mirror, also includes an Eaton Park Manufacturing plant that produces animal feeds.
Jackson, a native of Tennessee, came to Lakeland in 1910. He was a 1916 graduate of Lakeland High School, and a member of the Rotary and the Masons.
He is survived by his wife, a son, William Leon Jackson, Jr., brother, Charles Tyler Jackson; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Gentry Morrison Southside Funeral Home.
Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
Name: Ollie R Jackson
Death Date: 29 Jul 1991
County of Death: Polk, State of Death: Florida
Age at Death: 88
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1903Social Security Death Index
Name: Ollie R. Jackson
SSN: 262-36-3538
Born: 17 Jul 1903
Died: 19 Jul 1991
State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (Before 1951)
9797. William Leon Jackson Jr.-24791
1930 Census Dist 23, Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Jackson, William Leon Head M W 30 m@25 TN TN TN
Jackson, Ollie wife F W 21 M@26 FL MI AL
Jackson, William L. Jr. son M W 3 single FL TN FL
( Glenda Truman corrected an error on this record at ancestry.com)Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
Name: William Leon Jackson Jr
Marriage Date: 1950
County of Marriage: Polk
Volume: 1271
Certificate: 13256
Source: Florida Department of Health
6523. Charles Tyler Jackson-18009
1910 Census Dist 144, Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Jackson, Robert A. head M W 56 M1 married 17 yrs TN TN TN
Jackson, Bettie wife F W 45 M1 17 yrs 4ch:4lvg TN TN TN
Jackson, Thomas son M W 16 S TN TN TN
Jackson, Robert I. son M W 14 S TN TN TN
Jackson, William L. son M W 10 S TN TN TN
*Jackson, Charles T. son M W 6 S FL TN TN
Poyner, Nancy sister F W 62 Wd TN TN TN1930 Census Dist 9, Lake Placid, Highlands Co., Florida
Payne, John W. head M W 68 M@age 31 FL VA FL
Payne, Mary B. wife F W 55 M@18 TN TN TN
*Jackson, Charles T. son-in-law M W 26 M@21 FL TN TN
Jackson, Mary L. dau F W 20 M@15 FL FL TN
Jackson, Charles T. Jr. gr-son M W 3 11/12 S SC FL FLCHARLES T JACKSON born 13 May 1903; died 05 Jan 1989; last residence: 33837 (Davenport, Polk, FL) 567-44-5103 Issued in California
6537. John Duckett 'J.D.' Dillard-11069
Jody Dillard has a lot more info on this family on her website. See Contributors page for a link.
John took over the family farm at the age of 15 when his father, Thomas M. died in 1876 . He moved to Millersview in 1921.
9801. Leola Dillard-11017
According to Jody Dillard:
OBITUARY: 1968
EDEN (STNS) -- Mrs. Jake (Leola) Rabon, 77, died Tuesday at Menard Hospital after a long illness. Services are pending at Day Loveless Funeral Home in Eden.
Mrs. Rabon was born Sept 15, 1890 in Montgomery County. She was married to Jake Rabon in May 1907 in Montgomery. He died in September1964.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Frank Rainwater of St. Louis, MO, Mrs. Wallace Young of Fort Worth and Mrs. Seymour Mullins of Eden; seven sons, Ovid of Stockton, Calif., Bill of Auburn, Calif., Jack and M. L,, both of Eden, J. M. of Fort Stockton, Dick of Fort Worth, Ray of San Angelo; two sisters, Mrs. Eula Beisch of Stockton, Calif. and Mrs. Rabe Rabon of Doole; four brothers, Daniel Dillard of California, J. T. Dillard of Millersview, Varnie Dillard of Eden and Elmer Dilllard of Borger, 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
According to Jody Dillard:
Jake was a brother to Rabe Rabon, they married sisters.Rabon Origins: From Ron Rabon's Webpage, Dothan, Alabama
The origin of the name Rabon and its many forms of spelling begins in Scotland down under the borderlands between Scotts and England. The name is derived from the Rae Burn - (Burn is their term for creek) and the Raeburn is located in Ayshire lands in the old region of Strathclyde. The Raeburns belong to the Scottish Clan McRae and our Tartan is McRae.
The Scots were a religiously persecuted people by the government of England. They hated England. They hated the crown but loved their hilly land. Henceforth, after migrating from Scotland with some going to Ireland before coming to America, all branches of the Rabon family have been primarily Land Barons and landowners.
Most Rabon branches began their journey in Virginia and moved into North Carolina then South Carolina, Georgia then Alabama. One of the Georgia settlers became Governor of Georgia. One group went west early and was with Daniel Boone at the battle of Blue Lick when they were captured by the Shawnee War Chief Black Fish. This group eventually settled in Kentucky.
After the Civil War, the Alabama group split. Some went to Florida, others migrated to Arkansas then Oklahoma and Texas with the remainder staying in Alabama. Today, North Carolina and South Carolina probably have the highest number of Rabons of any other states.
I (Jody) am currently trying to find the parents of Richard Rabon or variations of spelling, that was born in North Carolina about 1798 and married Anne Potter. I have other earlier groups that I believe may be his ancestors but I need the missing piece to tie him in.
Rabe was the brother of Jake Rabon, they married Dillard sisters.
9804. J. T. Dillard-11019
According to Jody Dillard:
J. T. DILLARD Obituary
Eden -- J.T. Dillard, 78, of Millersview, died October 17, 1982 at 7:30 p.m. at his residence.
Services will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Day-Loveless Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Richard White officiating. Burial will be in Millersview Cemetery.
Dillard was born Aug 5,1904, in Montgomery County, TX. He married Lou Ella Roland in 1922. She preceded him in death in 1977. He was a member of Millersview Baptist Church, a stock farmer, and had lived in Concho County.
Survivors include three sons, J. R. Dillard of Buchanan Dam, R. D. Dillard of Ft. Worth, Mickey Dillard of Eden, two brothers, Varnie Dillard of Eden and Elmer Dillard of Eden; one sister, Lila Rabon of Stacy, TX; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren.
9805. Varnado Dillard-11020
According to Jody Dillard:
The family moved from Montgomery County, Texas when Varnado was a very small boy to Stacy, Texas. The family waited for him to get big enough to travel before making the move.
6538. Jerry Clements Dillard-10934
According to Jody Dillard:
Jerry Dillard was a big man. A proud man who farmed the land in Bell County and Jones County until his death at the age of 62. Although he had twelve children and grandchildren at an early age, he never allowed his grandchildren to call him "Grandpa". He told them he was 'Uncle Pete'. That is what he was known as by the young ones of Matt, Katy, and Robert.
He was not quite five when his own father died in Falls County, Texas in 1876. His father's brother Odell died there the year before. Manerva packed up her kids and moved to Tennessee Valley to stay with her family there.
His mother did not remarry so he grew up working the farms of his kinfolk with his two brothers, Tom and John, until he was able to get his own place in Nolan Valley. He married Leona Cowan there and had a large family. They moved to a farm near Lueders, Texas in Jones County. He farmed cotton mostly. He was a man of modest means but provided a good Baptist home for his wife and twelve children.
Jody Dillard has lots more info on this family on her website. See Contributors page for link.
According to Jody Dillard:
Leona was a 'God-fearin' woman who read her Bible daily and went to the Baptist church regularly. She did not remarry but kept the farm going after Jerry's death along with her children still at home. As the younger children married and moved away they had the 'bunkhouse' moved into to town so their mother would have a home and would be near the church she so loved. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lueders, Jones Co., TX
The 1900 Bell County, Texas Census states regarding the household of Robert J. Cowan and Sarah Cornelison. ....Also living with the Cowan family are his daughter by his first marriage, Leona Dillard and her husband Jerry, their children Clarence M., Robert S., Fannie C., and Katy L., Also Miss Clydie Johnson, 10 year old Neice of Jerry Dillard. Her father was born in Kentucky, mother in Texas. She is the daughter of Jerry Dillard's sister Belle, whose whereabouts is unknown during the 1900 census.
9810. Katie Louise Dillard-11000
According to Jody Dillard:
Katie Louise Dillard
1899-1993Remembrances from Katie's son Neal:
When as a small child in Bell County I asked Mom, "How come we get new screens for the windows and we still have 'skeeters' in the house at night?" Mom's reply was "The mamma mosquitoes push their tiny babies thru the screen so they can grow up in the house and eat on us."
Katie used to tell us of her childhood enjoyable experiences. Seems that Jerry Dillard had a brother, or close kindred (probably his half brother) who was referred to as Uncle Dan Dillard of Washington State and Vancouver, Canada area. He would write us often and then when the Washington apples were in season he would ship a barrel of apples to Jerry & Leona in Bell County, Texas. When the apples arrived it was "Christmas all over again!" she said. Other times he would send cases of canned Red Salmon from Vancouver B.C. and another occasion fond and vivid in her memory was when Uncle Dan sent them a wooden box (case) filled with 25 pounds of raisins from California.
Another story Katie told many times was about "Uncle Dan Dillard coming across a river from Canada into the U.S. (or vice versa) and was stopped and investigated by the Border Police. They inspected his belongings in the canoe and then questioned him and proceeded to search him. They came upon a small leather pouch and they asked Uncle Dan what this was. Scowling, he held the bag at arms length over the side of the canoe, "It's me gold dust!" he replied "and I'll deposit it here in the deep before ye shall have it!"
According to Jody Dillard:
Guy Barron
1882-1957Remembrances from son, Neal Barron:
Some mountain hillbillies lived up in the cedar brakes in the area now owned by Fort Hood, south of the Cow House Creek and northwest of Nolan Valley: Their chief spokes person was Gordy Drake: One day he came down the county road by our lane and turned in and drove up to the barn where Guy was tending the stock. He had a wagon with lower (1x12) cotton frames on the wagon and it was full of pumpkins. After the usual 'good mornins', Gordy finally got around to stating his business: "I was on my way to Belton to sell these here punkins", he said "but I got to thinkin', Mr. Barron. I'll tell ya what, I'll swap ya this here load o' punkins and my ole woman fer your ole woman even."
It didn't take daddy long to laugh him away and let him know in no uncertain terms that's not the way Guy Barron does business.
Gordy's parting gesture was, as he turned the wagon and team around, "Just thought I'd make the offer and maybe save me a trip ta town."Guy and Katie would get into a heated discussion at times (I neve rheard them have a Fuss) and Guy would make her laugh by saying:.."Remember, I could have swapped you for a load of punkins once!" Katie would throw a corn cob at Guy and every thing was "even" once again.
9811. Thomas Lee Dillard-10984
According to Jody Dillard:
OBITUARY: Abilene, TX Newspaper:
DILLARD -- Funeral for Thomas Lee Dillard, 67, former Abilene resident, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Elliott's Chapel of Memories with burial in Bethel Cemetery at Funston. Mr. Dillard died Wednesday at Kingsland of a heart attack.
He had lived in Kingsland for the past four days, after residing in Odessa seven years. He lived here before moving to Odessa.
Born May 21, 1902, in Belton, he was a Mason.
Surviving are his wife, Lela, two sons, Billy Lee of Midland and James A. of Liberty; five brothers, C. M. of Waco, J. C. of Kingsland, R. S. of Whitney, A. C. of Ganada and Ross of Decatur; four sisters, Mrs. Pearl O'Bryant of Stephenville, Mrs. Katie Barron of Waco and Mrs. Marie Cunningham of Albany; four grandchildren.
According to Jody Dillard:
Obituary in the Abilene Reporter-News, Saturday, June 18,1994
LELA DILLARD
Lela (Jones) Dillard, 88, who worked at Grissom's Department Store before retiring, died Thursday (June 16,1994) in a local hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 542 Hickory, with the Rev. Reginald Bridges officiating. Burial will be in Funston Cemetery.
Mrs. Dillard was born in Brown County. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and was the widow of Thomas Lee Dillard, whom she married in 1924 in Lueders. Survivors include two sons, Bill Dillard of Midland and James Dillard of Houston; and three grandchildren.
9815. Leona Pearl Dillard-10983
1921 Moved to Lueders, Jones Co, TX from Bell Co with family.
1929 graduate of Lueders High School.
1945 Moved to Stephenville, Erath Co., TX
July 30, 1960 Morris presented the Dillard RoundUp with a hand made gavel for meetings.
9816. Minnie Eunice Dillard-10985
According to Jody Dillard:
Minnie Eunice Dillard
1913-1984Obituary in the Abilene Reporter News - 9-30-1984
EUNICE SIDESEunice Sides, 71, of Houston, formerly of Abilene, died at 7:20 a.m. Friday (Sept. 28, 1984) at a Houston nursing home after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory Street. The Rev. E. K. Shepherd, associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Brownfield, will officiate. Burial will be in Funston Cemetery in Jones County.
Born April 15, 1913, in Bell County, she married Walter G. Sides Jan 5, 1935, in Lueders. She moved to Abilene from Kermit in 1946 and to Houston in 1981. She was a member of South Side Baptist Church here, where she taught Sunday school and had served as president of the Women's Missionary Union.
Survivors include her husband, four sons, Walter Alan of Houston, Jerry L. of Meadows, Dale L. of Brownfield and R. Rex of Alameda, Calif.; a brother, Ancil Dillard of Ganado; nine grandson; and a great grandson. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
According to Jody Dillard:
In 1937 Walter begins working for Haliburton Co. in Anson, Texas. In 1946 he moves to Haliburton in Abilene where in 1967,he received a gold watch for 30 yrs.
Walter developed the first straddle packer for Halliburton. His personal patent rights were signed away to Halliburton, as is the usual procedure.
9818. Inous 'Marie' Dillard-10987
According to Jody Dillard:
Marie got her first name "Inous" from her big brother Matt who had dated a girl named Inous and wanted his little sister to have that name. (I saw a picture of a girl at McDowell school in the 1920's with the name Inous Morrison,, hmmm)
When Marie was a small child she was very tiny. Whenever someone would ask her when her birthday was she would run to the kitchen, drag a big chair up to the wall where the picture calendar hung and flipping the pages till she came to December. Pointing to December 26th, she would exclaim... "There I am, right by the side of Jesus Christ!"
Marie was a Baptist.
According to Jody Dillard:
Obbie Thomas Cunningham
1908-1873OBITUARY: Abilene newspaper 1973
ALBANY -- Funeral for Obbie Thomas Cunningham, 65, of Albany, who died Thursday from injuries he received when the bulldozer he was operating near Haskell caught fire, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church here.
The Rev. Dewy Lamb, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Albany Cemetery directed by Godfrey Funeral Home.
Justice of the Peace Hubert Bledsoe ruled the death due to smoke inhalation. Cunningham was clearing land about 14 miles south of Haskell.
Born June 26, 1908 in Aquilla, he had been a resident of Albany 60 years. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church, member of the Albany Masonic Lodge and a veteran of World War II. He married Marie Dillard in Lueders Jan. 13, 1944.
Survivors are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Zelma Loter of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Alice Scott of Crane and Mrs. Margret Ashley of Anna; a son, Obbie of the home; his mother, Mrs. C.T. Cunningham of Albany; four sisters, Mrs. R. T. Chambers of Lawn, Mrs. C. V. McAfee of Albany, Mrs .Hal Hughes of San Antonio and Mrs. Denver Dillard, address unknown, a brother, J.J. of Amarillo; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
The seniors of the Albany Lion football team will be pallbearers with the remainder of the team as honorary pallbearers.
6539. Minnie Catherine Dillard-10979
According to Jody Dillard:
Minnie Catherine Dillard Herring
1874-1963Her obituary stated that she was the last surviving child of Thomas Milton Dillard and Minerva Jane Dillard, a pioneer family settling in the old Tennessee Valley community. Was later called Nolan Valley and Bell County.
Obituary: The Temple Telegram, May 25, 1963
MINNIE CATHERINE DILLARD HERRINGHeadline: Mrs. Herring, 89, Dies Friday
BELTON -- Mrs. Minnie Herring, 89, died in a Temple hospital late Friday afternoon following a lengthy illness. She was born in Milam County March 15, 1874, and had lived in Bell County since early childhood. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Herring is survived by three sons, Newton Herring and Millard F. Herring of Belton and H. H. Herring of Brownwood: one daughter, Mrs. Leland T. Duke of Belton, five grandchildren, Mrs. Ralph Carpenter, Liles G. Herring, Mrs. Duryl Bailey, Mrs. Joe H. Brown, and Jan Duke and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. N. Herring and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Belton Church of Christ, with James LeFan, minister of the Seventh and Avenue G Church of Christ of Temple, officiating. Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery. Pallbearers will be R. E. Hendricks, R. H. Raney, Charles Northam, Alton Martin, Clyde Watson and Jack Allen.
The body will be at the church an hour before the service.
Jody Dillard has a lot more info on this family on her website. See Contributors page for link.
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Her obituary stated that she was the last surviving child of ThomasMilton Dillard and Minerva Jane Dillard, a pioneer family settling in theold Tennessee Valley community. Was later called Nolan Valley and BellCounty.
BELTON -- Mrs. Minnie Herring, 89, died in a Temple hospital lateFriday afternoon following a lengthy illness.
She was born in Milam County March 15, 1874 and had lived in BellCounty since early childhood. She was a member of the Church of Christ.Mrs. Herring is survived by three sons, Newton Herring and Millard F.Herring of Belton and H.H. Herring of Brownwood: one daughter, Mrs.Leland T. Duke of Belton, five grandchildren, Mrs. Ralph Carpenter, LilesG. Herring, Mrs. Duryl Bailey, Mrs. Joe H. Brown, and Jan Duke and fivegreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband,W.N.Herring and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Belton Churchof Christ, with James LeFan, minister of the Seventh and Avenue G Churchof Christ of Temple, officiating. Burial will be in Rest haven Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be R.E. Hendricks, R.H. Raney, Charles Northam, AltonMartin, Clyde Watson and Jack Allen.
The body will be at the church an hour before the service.
According to Jody Dillard:
From "Tennessee Valley Texas 1851-1951" by Ann Joseph, Stillhouse Hollow Publishing, Temple, TX:
Brother to Thomas, Will Herring, visited Texas only twice as he preferred Tennessee, but his son W. Newt bought the James S. Allen* place (32 acres) in 1914 for $1600. It still had all varieties of trees and even albino berry plants surviving from the original orchard and a log cabin in back full of bee gum. In 1892, he married Minnie Dillard who was staying with her Stokes relatives from Arkansas. Newt stocked the local store with $58 worth of dry goods, candy and tobacco, and raised a family of seven: Esther (wife of Dr. Pittman), Newton (storekeeper in the Valley), Hazel, Millard, Katherine, and Mayolen (died as an infant).
*James S. Allen was married to Sarah Jane Draper, had a son named Joseph Douglas Allen. They came from Jackson County, Tennessee.
9819. Esther Herring-11409
from Jody Dillard:
from... Temple Daily Telegram.. Temple, Texas
ESTHER HERRING PITTMAN"Prominent Woman Died In Galveston Wednesday After Long Illness"
BELTON, Jan 31,1940.---Mrs. J.W. Pittman 46, a prominent Belton woman who was a leader of social and civic affairs here before her health failed, died at 1 A.M. Wednesday in a Galveston hospital. Funeral services will be held at her home, at 3 P.M. Thursday, conducted by Orval Filbeck, local Curch of Christ minister, and R.B. Sweet of College Station, former minister of the Belton Church of Christ. Pallbearers will be Charles Duke, L.E. Bush, W.H. Garner, Raymond Morgan, W.E. Wicker and Frank Kraner. Burial will be in the North Belton cemetery with Eads & Son in charge.
Mrs. Pittman was born in Bell county Nov 16,1893, and had lived in the county all her life. She was Esther Herring before her marriage to Dr. Pittman on March 28, 1917. She received her college education at Southwest Texas State Teachers college at San Marcos and taught school for several years in Bell County. She had been a member of the Church of Christ for the past 28 years, and was a leading member of nearly all the civic and social clubs of Belton for a number of years, including the Civic League, board of directors of the Carnegie library, study clubs and others. She was also a member of the Bell County Medical auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, Dr. J.W. Pittman; her mother, Mrs. Minnie C. Herring; three brothers, N.L, H.H., one M.F. Herring, and one sister, Mrs. Leland Duke, all of Belton.Note on her birth location:
TENNESSEE VALLEY, TEXAS. Tennessee Valley was on the Leon River five miles northwest of Belton in northwestern Bell County. The community was founded in 1851 by a party of settlers who originated in the Tennessee valley and named the new settlement for their former home. The Tennessee Valley school had some seventy-two pupils in 1896. There was a commercial pecan orchard at Tennessee Valley in the 1920s, and in 1948 the community had two churches and two businesses. In the mid-1950s the site of the community was inundated by Lake Belton.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/hvt17.html> (accessed November 29, 2007).
Dr. John William Pittman-11415
1 _MILT
2 PLAC Drafted into US Army for WW I
Obituary in Temple Daily Telegram , Temple, Texas
BELTON: Services for Eunice Opal Herring, 88, of Temple will be at 2 PM Monday at Hearfield Funeral Home in Belton with minister Joe Baisden officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery in Belton.
She died Friday in a Temple hospital. Mrs. Herring lived in Bell County most of her life and was a member of Belton Church of Christ.
Survivors are two daughters. Linda Brown of Belton and DorothyCarpenter of Seguine, one brother, Winbourne Denman of Tyler, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
9821. Hazel H. Herring-11414
Note that his Mother's obituary says that H. H. Herring is a son. 467-52-2619 ss#
Note on his birth location:
NOLAN, TEXAS. Nolan, on Farm Road 126 in east central Nolan County, was established in 1928. It was formed from a consolidation of old Nolan, founded in 1897 five miles west, and Dora, five miles east. Each had stores, gins, churches, a post office (Nolan from 1892, Dora from 1888), and a school. The schools were consolidated and named Divide. The Dora post office closed in 1938. By that time the population in Dora had dwindled to twenty-five, and by the late 1940s the community had ceased to exist. In 1970, 1980, and 1990 Nolan reported a population of 131, and its post office was still functioning. By 2000 the population dropped to forty-seven.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/hvt17.html> (accessed November 29, 2007).
Please notify me if any of this information is incorrect.
9822. Millard Fillmore Herring-11411
Please notify me if any of this information is incorrect.
Note on her birth location:
LITTLE FLOCK, TEXAS. Little Flock is a farming community on Little Elm Creek three miles east of Temple in eastern Bell County. The community, named for the biblical text in Luke 12:32, was the site in the 1860s of a gristmill, a cotton gin, a Primitive Baptist church, and a cemetery. Sunshine Church moved to the community from another location in 1879. Little Flock also hosted an annual camp meeting for seven different congregations in the later nineteenth century. In 1903 the Little Flock School had fifty-three pupils and two teachers. Little Flock remained a small community and had two churches, scattered dwellings, the school, and the cemetery in 1948. In 1974 only a single church and a few dwellings remained there.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/hvt17.html> (accessed November 29, 2007).
9823. Catherine Herring-11412
SS#464-32-7508
ss#453-42-0744
6540. Thomas Milton Dillard Jr.-11002
According to Jody Dillard:
Thomas Milton, Jr. was born just a month and a half after his father's death.
Like his father he was a farmer. He loved hunting and fishing, his family and his church. He was a Southern Baptist. During his life he lived in Concho, McCullough, Goliad and Jones County, Texas .Jody Dillard has a lot more info on the children of this family on her website. See Contributors page for a link.
Malissa Elizabeth Jane Dragoo-11022
According to Jody Dillard:
Texas Death Records has her name as Melissa Ann Dillard.
9826. Azalea Bertha Dillard-11024
According to Jody Dillard:
OBITUARY: Abilene Newspaper
STAMFORD, July 18, (RNS) -- Mrs. Fred Sides, 46, wife of a Lueders Service Station owner, died Friday in Hendrick Memorial Hospital at Abilene. She had undergone surgery July 1.
She was born Bertha A. Dillard, on April 3, 1906 at Stacy, Tex.. She and Mr. Sides were married in Stacy in 1925 -- four years before they moved to Lueders. She was a past worthy matron of the Stamford Eastern Star.
Funeral has been set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lueders Baptist Church with the Rev. B. L. Higdon, pastor, and the Rev. Melvin Byrd o fAbilene officiating. Kinney Funeral Home will direct burial at the Funston Cemetery near Avoca.
Besides her husband, survivors are two sons. Fred and Robert Sides of Abilene a daughter, Betty Joyce of Lueders; five brothers, T. B. Dillard of Lueders, D. D. Dillard of San Antonio, A. C. Dillard of Ranger, M. A. Dillard of the U.S. Army: a sister Mrs. Reba Mack of Kelso, Wash.,and a granddaughter.
In 1864 he was Service Station/Auto Repair Owner.
From Jody: Kansas Univ. graduate and Sigma Nu; Member of the School Board, Longview, WA and Councilman-at-large, Kelso, WA.
9828. Thomas Bennie Dillard-11023
According to Jody Dillard:
THOMAS B. DILLARD
LUEDERS -- Thomas Bennie Dillard, 73, of Sonora, a retired drilling contractor and former Lueders resident, died at 3:55 a.m. Wednesday at Hudspeth Memorial Hospital in Sonora after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lueders Baptist Church, directed by Kinney Funeral Home of Stamford. The Rev. Ron Carroll, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery in Funston.
Born Sept. 13, 1908, in Concho County, he moved to Lueders in 1926, where he married Thelma Ford May 19, 1935. The couple had lived in Sonora since 1977. He was a Baptist.
A brother, sister, and granddaughter preceeded him in death.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sandra Kay Fincher of Sonora, three brothers, Denver of West Point, KY, Milton of Denton, and Alva of Colorado City; a sister Reba Mack of Washington; two grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be S. L. Hughes, G. C. Cooley, R. L. Sides, Buck Newsome, Charley Ford and Fred Sides.
9829. Milton Andrew Dillard-11026
According to Jody Dillard:
Obituary from the Abilene Reporter News: Sunday Sept. 4, 1983
MILTON DILLARD
Denton -- Milton A. Dillard, 71, of Denton, formerly of Colorado City, died at 8:12 a.m. Friday at Flow Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church.
The Rev. L. L. Armstrong, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be at Roselawn Memorial park, directed by Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home.
Born June 9,1910, in Paint Rock, he married Daisy McCoy Dec. 23, 1933, in Sweetwater. He was retired from the engineering department of the City of Denton. He was a member of the Colorado City Masonic Lodge, the Dallas Scottish Rite and the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Coy of Tucker, GA; a daughter, Mary Sue Simmons of Denton; a sister, two brothers, A. C. of Colorado City and Denver of Kentucky; and five grandchildren.
9831. John D. Dillard-11028
According to Jody Dillard:
John D. Dillard, son of Mrs. Melissa Dillard of Lueders, was inducted into the Army in June 1939; received training at Fort Sam Houston; sailed for the Pacific on Dec. 23, 1939; served with Infantry; overseas almost six years; discharged in June 1945. He was at Pearl Harbor whenit was attacked.
Obituary from the Abilene News Reporter - 1981
JOHN DILLARD
Lueders -- John D. Dillard, 65, of Abilene, formerly of Lueders, died at12:30 p.m. Monday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring after a long illness. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Lueders, directed by Kinney Funeral Home of Stamford. The Rev. Neal Shepherd will officiate. Burial will be at Bethel Cemetery in Funston.Born March 13, 1916, in Stacy, he was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army from 1938 to 1964. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include four brothers, T. B. "Bennie" of Sonora, Denver of West Point, KY, Milton A. of Denton and Alvie C. of Colorado City.
Pallbearers were S. L. Hughes, G. C. Cooley, R. L. Sides, Buck Newsom, Charley Ford and Fred Sides.
6550. Parilee Lydia Jackson-10969
Lydia was cremated.
He was a Refridgerator Engineer.
6551. Clarac Alma Johnson-10972
According to Jody Dillard:
On January 21,1895 Clarac Alma married George Woodland in Marlin, TX. George and Clarac were married in his home on the southeast corner of Walker and Houghton Streets by Rev. J. F. McLean, a Baptist minister of Reagan and Blue Ridge. They lived there for five years until Clarac told George not to come home if he could not find a better place to live. George walked down around the corner and located a house at 525 Gift Street and Woodland Alley, purchasing the front three-fourth acre lot in 1900, and the back three-fourth acre lot in 1917. They built a carriage barn, planted an orchard, pecan trees, gardens, and a berry patch. They had a well and a cistern, a workshop, storeroom, and smokehouse, and had a guest house in the back. George had blue eyes and dark hair which never turned gray. He was interested in political and local affairs, always voting until his death. He was a cotton and corn farmer, and a ginner --- working at that trade while in California for three years. In 1916 he bought 117 acres south of Marlin and ran the Live Oak Dairy for many years. In 1928, George and Orr A. Edwards, son of Margie (Dillard) Edwards, was a Jackson cousin of Clarac, bought two sections of land at Encinal, Texas. "Yad" subsequently sold out to George, and the land remained in the family until 1968 when his daughter sold it.
George and Clarac Woodland had only one child. Alma Clarac Woodland who married Kit Carson Pratt.
George was a Farmer, Stockman & Ginner.
9841. Clarac 'Alma' Woodland-10975
According to Jody Dillard:
Alma was a member of the United Methodist Church; and was a High School teacher.ALMA WOODLAND:
Kit Carson Pratt, b. ca. 1910, was the son of Henry Thompson Pratt, b.Smythe County, Virginia, and his wife, Martha Carson, of Grayson County,Virginia. He was married on September 3, 1932 in Marlin, Texas to Clarac Alma Woodland (called Alma). She died December 7, 1975 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin. She was a daughter of George and Clarac Alma (Johnson) Woodland.
Kit came to Falls County, Texas where his Uncle Oliver Pratt had settled on a ranch near the Woodland homestead. He and Alma had one child, Alma Lavonne Pratt born October 10, 1935 -- just eighteen months before Kit was accidentally killed by a horse.
Alma managed the family estate after Kit's death -- including the Marlin, Hog Island, and Encinal property (bought by her grandparents), until her death . She married second to Harold Waldemar Swenson, b. 1901, and d. 1966, who was from Austin, Texas and was in the oil leasing business.
According to Jody Dillard:
Kit died in an accident when he was thrown from a horse.
6553. Erle Stuart Jackson-10935
According to Jody Dillard:
Obituary for E. S. Jackson in the Fresno Bee, Friday, March 31, 1950 page 10B
ERLE STEWART JACKSON:
Jackson --- In Fresno. March 29, 1950. Erle Stewart Jackson, a native of Texas, aged 60 years. Loving father of E. Spencer Jackson of Sacramento, Floyd W. Jackson of Oklahoma, Mrs. Paul Turi of Fresno: loving brother of Sanger, Mrs Maggie M. Curtis of Clovis. Nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Friends are invited to attend the funeral service to be held in the chapel of the Lisle Funeral Home on Monday morning April 3, 1950, at 10 o'clock. Rev. Bernie G. Osterhouse officiating. Interment in Belmont Memorial Park.
Obituary #2: The Fresno Bee, March 30, 1950 page 17B
Erle Stewart Jackson, 69, assistant construction superintendent for the Fresno Irrigation District, died yesterday in his home at Route 9, Box 605, Nielson and Marks Avenues. Death was attributed to heart disease.
A resident of this community for the last 57 years, Jackson had been employed by the district for 40 years. He was born in Texas. He was a long time member of the Clovis Grange.
According to Jody Dillard:
Obituary for Mrs. Bessie Jackson in the Fresno Bee, Monday May 28, 1945
MRS. BESSIE JACKSON:
Mrs. Bessie Jackson 62, died today in her home at 1578 Millbrook Avenue after a long illness. A native of Michigan, she had lived in Fresno 50 years.
She is survived by her husband, E. S. Jackson; two sons, Spencer Jackson of Sacramento and Floyd Jackson of the United States Army; two brothers, S. H. Curtis of Clovis and E. L. Curtis of Fresno; eight grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lisle Funeral Home. Interment at Belmont Memorial Park.