Wordless Wednesday - Sons of Darling Barber Yates (Neshoba Co., MS)

Sons of Darling Barber Yates (Neshoba Co., MS)

Happy Hunting,
Revis

Those Places Thursday - Stuart Reunions of Texas

The Texas Stuart Reunions

 

For as long as I can remember as a child

up to a young adult, the Texas Stuart's

(which included the Stuart's, Moore's and Terry's)

of Fisher County, Texas always held a reunion. 

 

Why do I call them "Texas Stuart's"?  Well,

to differentiate them from our close kin -

the "Mississippi Stuart's" of Neshoba County.

 

In the later years, the reunion became

mainly a reunion of just the Stuart side.  In the next

few days, the DENNIS side of this family will gather

and many of their STUART family members will

be joining us in the Mineral Wells, TX area.

 

I remember going to Sweetwater Lake for reunions.

Then, to Cisco Lake, and later on to Lake Brownwood

after the new Texas 4-H Center was opened in

April of 1975.

 

Here's a couple of pictures:

 

Stuart women in the food line at

Lake Cisco (TX) in 1970.

 

 

The children of Jeff STUART and

Mamie TEEL and their spouses in

1980 at the Texas 4-H Center, Brownwood, TX. 

 

We descend from:

Nancy Emma MUSGROVE b. 2 May 1871-Neshoba Co., MS

d. 6 Jun 1899-OK

married

James Monroe STUART b. 26 Jan 1863-Neshoba Co. MS

d. 13 Feb 1947-Fisher Co. TX.

 

Children: 

Orpha Abigail STUART b. 15 May 1889-Neshoba Co. MS

d. 3 Jun 1976-Roby, Fisher Co. TX [m. P.T. "Pink" TERRY]
 Jefferson Davis STUART b. 4 Jul 1891-Brown Co. TX

d. 13 Aug 1949-Roby, Fisher Co. TX [m. Mamie TEEL]

Emma Cora STUART b. 30 May 1893-TX

d. 3 May 1983-Roby, Fisher Co. TX [m. Charles Humphrey MOORE]

 

Happy Hunting!

Revis



Wordless Wednesday - Picnic on the Llano River (Texas)

Picnic On the Llano River 

from the album of Nina Ada BALDRIDGE DENNIS.

of San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas

Happy Hunting!

Revis

Faces of the Past - Betsy Ware

 

 

Betsy WARE - an "unknown" person to me! 

[no connection to my families or their friends]

 

In one of my vintage/antiquing adventures

I found this picture.  Do you look at old pictures

the way I do when you go to antique stores?

 

 

 

Betsy Ware

other names associated with Betsy:

Mildred Hart Blake

Alice Ware Hart

 

My antiquing companion (my sister)

knows that I love old pictures and I look through

them at antique places!  

 

We came across

Betsy Ware on one of our treks through

the Texas Hill Country going down to the Gonzales

area where our Baldridge, Zumwalt, Tillery,

and Callaway ancestors came (some pre-Texas revolution days).

We were headed to the Andrew Kent Muster

(he died in the Alamo and that's another

story for another day)!

 

 

Do you now who Betsy Ware is?  Are you

her family? She may be the Betsy Ware of a Rapides, LA

family, but I cannot confirm it.

Let me know and I will

gladly send you the original picture!

 

Happy Hunting,

Revis 

Those Places Thursday - Mamie Teel with schoolgirls Tishimingo, Indian Territory

Mamie Teel with schoolgirls and 

Teacher at Tishimingo, Indian Territory

Teacher is facing students and has her back to us in picture.

Mamie TEEL (later married Jeff STUART) is in the

middle of the picture.  

Not a real good picture, but it's one of the few

that we have of her in the Chickasaw Nation. 

We are proudly descended from 

Choctaw/Chickasaw/Cherokee lines.  Mamie's 

grandchildren recall that she still spoke 

some Choctaw in her older age. 

atDNA testing has further proven 

that our family carries 

Native American Indian DNA.

I estimate this picture to be taken ca. 1906, when

Mamie would have been about 14 years old.

By 1909, when youngest sister Bertha was born,

Mamie's father had brought them to Fisher Co. TX

and they were living at Clayton [1910]. 

Mamie was my great-grandmother.

Mamie TEEL - b. 26 Nov 1892-DeKalb, Bowie, TX

d. 25 Sept 1969-Hamlin, Jones, TX

buried: Roby Cemetery, Roby, Fisher Co. TX

Parents:

William Perry TEEL - b. 27 Jul 1870-MO

d. 4 Jun 1921-River Place Home, Roby, Fisher Co. TX

m. Jennie HAM - 22 Sept 1890 - Bowie Co. TX

Jennie HAM - b. 1870-AL [1880 Fed Census: 8 years old living in Centreville, Bibb, AL]

d. 19 Apr 1909 - Roby, Fisher Co. TX

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Wedding Wednesday - Naples, Italy

Among my great-grandmother

Nina Ada Baldridge Dennis' 

pictures were these that 

were of a wedding in Naples, Italy.  

It is believed to be the wedding of her

youngest son, who was called "Marty".

Who did he marry in Naples, Italy?

The Kiss!

The Wedding Party!

Leaving the ceremony!

Mama Dennis wrote on the back

of one of the pictures - "leaving the show"!

I have often wondered what she meant

about "the show"?

If you know anything about these pictures, 

please contact me. 

Happy Hunting, 

Revis

Wordless Wednesday - Darling Barber Yates II

Darling Barber Yates II

b. 9 Sept 1887 - Philadelphia, Neshoba Co. MS

d. 22 Apr 1908 - Philadelphia,Neshoba Co. MS

son of James Oliver Yates & Sue Ella Lewis Yates

Killed in a saw mill accident at the age of 21 years old 

Happy Hunting, 

Revis

Maternal Monday - Pearl Teel Frazier

Pearl Teel Frazier

Pearl:

Father: Thomas Alexander Teel

Mother: Catherine "Kate" Petell 

b. 30 Jun 1884 - DeKalb, Bowie Co., TX

m. Julius Caesar Frazier in 1903 - Spencerville, Choctaw, OK

d. 17 Dec 1950 - Hugo, Choctaw, OK

buried - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw, OK

Son: Alvin Julius Frazier

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Sibling Saturday - Ernest, Helene, Rose and Hugo Ziegenfuss

ZIEGENFUSS SIBLINGS of Prussia and Texas:

Ernest - born 7 Jan 1879 in Prussia

Helene ("Lena") Olivia - born 24 Feb 1882 at or near Magdeburg

Rosa ("Rose") - born Feb 1888 - Texas

Bruno Hugo - born 20 Jul 1876 at or near Weferlingen 

Other siblings not pictured were:
Louisa - b. 2 Jun 1870 - Prussia
Otto - 25 Dec 1872 - Prussia
Benno John - 9 Apr 1875 - Prussia
Mathilda Mae - 24 Jan 1878 - Prussia

Lena was my great-grandmother, who we called "Bum Bum".

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Thankful Thursday - Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July, America!

Today I am thankful for the United States of America!

Thankful for my DAR ancestor Robert Baldridge, 

Joshua Tillery and more!

Thankful for the men and women 

who in my lifetime have defended our freedom!

Shall we "ponder" today what the future holds for America?

I know I am!

May God Bless America!

Revis

Wordless Wednesday - John David Baldridge, Molly Caperton Baldridge, Yolanda Robertson & Sam the Dog

Tuesday's Tip - The Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College [Confederate Records]

The Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College

is located at Hillsboro, Texas 

off of I-35 at exit 368 (sitting on a hill

overlooking an outlet Mall).

Address: 112 Lamar Drive

Hillsboro, TX  76645

(254) 659-7750

The museum's Galleries and Collection
Division houses over 16,000 artifacts from the

1830's to present time.  It's exhibits include:

"Texas Revolution and Republic" and 

"The Blue and Gray Gallery".

The Texas Heritage Museum Hill College

I learned about the center years ago when it was called

the Confederate Research Center.  The director spoke

at a meeting of the Southwest Genealogical Society.

The Historical Research Center Division of The

Texas Heritage Museum houses one of the best 

Civil War collections repositories in the nation.

Do you have ancestors that served in the Civil War?

Whether your ancestor was Confederate or Union,

you might find some information on your ancestor(s)

in the Texas Heritage Museum's Historical Research Center.

Check out the

Historical Research Center Division

There's also a downloadable (PDF)

Civil War Veteran Research request form

at the bottom of the page.

I've had excellent results with finding some of 

my ancestors' Civil War papers, including

prisoner of war papers.

I hope you can, too! 

Happy Hunting, 

Revis