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John Hugh McCall, son of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall, was born December 1, 1875 in Williamson County.  He appeared as a five-year-old in the 1880 census of his father's household.  He lost an eye as a teen-ager while riding a horse through a clump of trees.

 

He was married October 4, 1901 to Ethel Winnie Brooks in Williamson County where he was engaged in farming.  She was the daughter of Weldon Brooks and Rebecca Ellis Brooks and was born in Alabama December 18, 1882.  They lived in Throckmorton County, Texas in 1907 and moved to Stonewall County in 1915.  He died January 18, 1964 at Aspermont, Texas, according to Stonewall County Probate Book 19, page 106.  She died there March 1, 1973 and was buried beside her husband in Brazos Valley Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Madie Irene McCall                  born March 7, 1903

        Velma Jewel McCall                born April 21, 1904

        Artie Pearl McCall                    born April 29, 1906

        Bertha Lilar McCall                  born April 26, 1909

        Olgee Perry McCall                  born April 15, 1911

        Johnny Weldon McCall            born July 25, 1913

        Alta Mae McCall                      born July 2, 1915

        Ruby Marie McCall                  born October 8, 1917

        Truman George McCall            born September 19, 1921

        Lonnie Odell McCall               born October 1, 1923

 

Madie Irene McCall, daughter of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born March 7, 1903 in Williamson County.  She was married in 1923 to Roy Hahn.  In 1970 they lived on a farm on which his father had settled in 1885.  He died July 1979, and she continued there in 1987. 

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Roy Henry Hahn                  born March 23, 1926

        Kenneth Hahn                      born January 1, 1930

        Silas Hahn                            born September 17, 1931

        Rose Nan Hahn                   born March 30, 1937

 

Roy Henry Hahn, son of Roy Hahn and Madie Irene McCall Hahn, was born March 23, 1926 in Stonewall County.  He was married August 14, 1967 to Audrey Marie Price.  In 1985 he farmed in Stonewall County.  No children were born to them.

 

Kenneth Hahn, son of Roy Hahn and Madie Irene McCall Hahn, was born January 1, 1930 in Stonewall County.  He was married about 1947 to Patricia His.  In 1985 he, an oilfield employee, lived in Gardendale, Texas.

 

One son was born to them:

 

        Kenneth Roy Hahn                born about 1950.

 

Silas Hahn, son of Roy Hahn and Madie Irene McCall Hahn, was born September 17, 1931 in Stonewall County.  He was married about 1954 to Marcia Mayfield.  He was killed about 1970 in an oilfield accident.

 

Children born to Silas Hahn and Marcia Mayfield Hahn include:

 

        Terry Lee Hahn                    born in 1956

        Jerry Dowyle Hahn              born in 1959

        James Todd Hahn                born in 1961

 

Terry Lee Hahn, son of Silas Hahn and Marcia Mayfield Hahn, was born in 1956.  In 1980 Terry Lee Hahn was seriously injured on an oilfield drilling rig.

 

Rose Nan Hahn, daughter of Roy Hahn, and Madie Irene McCall Hahn, was born March 30, 1937 in Stonewall County.  She was married about 1954 to George Leonard Cullum.  In 1985 they lived in Odessa, Texas.

 

Children born were born to George Leonard Cullum and Rose Nan Hahn Cullum include:

 

        Susie Cullum                     born November 25, 1955

        Sharon Cullum                  born October 7, 1960

        Sheila Cullum                   born March 3, 1965

 

Susie Cullum, daughter of George Leonard Cullum and Rose Nan Hahn Cullum, was born November 25, 1955.  She was married about 1975 to Jerry Shifflett.  They were divorced about 1980.  In 1985 she lived in Odessa.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Stacy Lynn Shifflett           born about 1977

 

Sharon Cullum, daughter of George Leonard Cullum and Rose Nan Hahn Cullum, was born October 7, 1960.  She was married about 1980 to Grant Culver.  In 1985 they lived in Eunice, New Mexico.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Brady Culver                   born in February 1982

 

Sheila Cullum, daughter of George Leonard Cullum and Rose Nan Hahn Cullum, was born March 3, 1965.  In 1985 she continued in her parents' home in Odessa where she attended Odessa College.

 

Velma Jewel McCall, daughter of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks, was born April 21, 1904.  She was married about 1923 to Coy Hale, a cousin to Thomas Calvin Drennan, in Stonewall County.  In 1970 they lived in the Rio Grande valley.  Following separation she lived in Levelland, Texas in 1984.  He died in 1986.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Clarence Hale                    born about 1925

        Melvin Hale                       born about 1927

        Howard Hale                     born about 1929

        Thomas Hale                     born about 1932

        Lavern Hale                       born about 1935

        Lorene Hale                       born about 1938

 

Artie Pearl McCall, daughter of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born April 29, 1906.  She was married December 2, 1922 to Fred Austin Drennan, a cousin to Thomas Calvin Drennan.  She died December 16, 1967 and was buried at Tatum, New Mexico.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Cecil Drennan                       born about 1924

        Charlene Drennan                 born about 1927

        Thurman Drennan                 born about 1930

 

Cecil Drennan, son of Fred Austin Drennan and Artie Pearl McCall Drennan, was born about 1924.  He was married about 1946, wife's name Evelyn.

 

Charlene Drennan, daughter of Fred Austin Drennan and Artie Pearl McCall Drennan, was born about 1927.  She was married about 1946 to Dempsey Smith.

 

Thurman Drennan, son of Fred Austin Drennan and Artie Pearl McCall Drennan, was born about 1930.  He was married about 1952, wife's name Inez.

 

Bertha Lilar McCall, daughter of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born April 26, 1909 in Throckmorton County.  She was mar- ried October 30, 1925 at Swenson, Texas to George Washington Hudson who was born December 28, 1897 to James Edward Hudson and Emmaline Evelyn McDonald Hudson.  They lived in Lubbock in 1945.  He died August 10, 1985 in Roswell, New Mexico and was buried in Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.  She continued in Roswell in 1987.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        F. J. "Frank"  Hudson                born April 11, 1929

        George Edward Hudson            born January 8, 1933

        Jeaneace Eljean Hudson            born April 11, 1938

        John Wayne Hudson                  born August 14, 1945

 

F. J. "Frank" Hudson, son of George Washington Hudson and Bertha Lilar McCall, was born April 11, 1929.  He was married about 1950 to Nora "Boots" Sutton.  Following a divorce he was remarried to Diana Hay.

 

Children born to F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Nora "Boots" Sutton Hudson include:

 

        Frank Jeffery Hudson           born about 1952

 

Children born to F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Diana Hay Hudson include:

 

        Jed Hudson                             born about 1955

        F. J. Hudson                           born about 1957

        Brenda Hudson (twin)           born about 1960

        Brandy Hudson (twin)           born about 1960

 

Frank Jeffery Hudson, son of F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Nora "Boots" Sutton Hudson, was born about 1952.  He was married about 1974 to Patty Cole.  He was remarried to Jean Lanning Lee.

 

Children born to Frank Jeffery Hudson and Patty Cole include:

 

        Toby Hudson                      born about 1977

        Tabatha Hudson                 born about 1979

 

Jed Hudson, son of F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Diana Hay Hudson, was born about 1955.  In 1985 he was attending college in Las Cruces, New Mexi­co.

 

F. J. Hudson, son of F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Diana Hay Hudson, was born about 1957.  He was married about 1980 to Anita Kilgall.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Cody Hudson                    born March 1, 1984

 

Brenda Hudson, twin daughter of F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Diana Hay Hudson, was born about 1960.

 

Brandy Hudson, twin daughter of F. J. "Frank" Hudson and Diana Hay Hudson, was born about 1960.

 

George Edward Hudson, son of George Washington Hudson and Bertha Lilar McCall Hudson, was born January 8, 1933.  He was married about 1955 to Perry Jackson.  He was remarried about 1960 to Betty Wren.  Shortly afterward he was killed by Perry Jackson Hudson in jealous rage.  He was buried in Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.

 

Children born to James Edward Hudson and Betty Wren Hudson include:

 

        Jeff Hudson                   born about 1961

 

Jeaneace Eljean Hudson, daughter of George Washington Hudson and Bertha Lilar McCall Hudson, was born April 11, 1938.  She was married October 17, 1953 to Harry Meyer.  He died of a heart attack about 1980 in Hinkley, Minnesota.  In December 1985 she lived in Abilene, Texas.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Rick Meyer                      born about 1940

        Mark Meyer                     born about 1946

        Pam Meyer                      born about 1949

 

John Wayne Hudson, son of George Washington Hudson and Bertha Lilar McCall Hudson, was born August 14, 1945 in Lubbock.  Following graduation from high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1963.  After naval service he became a truckdriver and drove cross-country for eight years.  Later he became a hair sty- list.  He was married about 1968 to Beverly Bland from whom he was divorced.

 

He was married September 17, 1978 to Donna Catherine Nett St. Clair Joyner as her third husband.  She, a daughter of Donald LeRoy Nett and Catherine Betty Gentry Nett, was born May 14, 1948 in Grand Junction, Colorado. Donald LeRoy Nett was employed by Mountain Bell Telephone Company which required frequent moves.  The family lived subsequently in several towns in New Mexico including Albu­querque, Carizozo, Lordsburg, Alamagordo and Roswell.  She was graduated in 1969 from Roswell High School where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen.  In high school she became proficient in competition driving, winning first place in city competition.  She took second place in state competition and fourth place in national competition.  She was the only female finalist in the national competition which drew 3,622 entries.  In her senior year she was on the school rifle team and took third place in national competition.

 

In 1980 she attended University of New Mexico School of Medicine and graduated as a registered paramedic.  Following graduation she was employed by an ambulance service in Roswell.  In addition she is a professional writer having two articles published in "Readers Digest."

 

On March 10, 1983 they were baptized and on June 8, 1984 sealed at Mesa, Arizona Tem­ple, L.D.S.  In May 1987 they lived in Roswell.

 

Olgee Perry McCall, son of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born April 15, 1911 in Stonewall County.  He was married about 1932 to Ruth Cox.  In 1934 he was a farmer in Stonewall County.  Following a divorce he was remarried, wife's name Rosemary, about 1948.  She died in Lubbock Aug­ust 19, 1972 at age 58.  In 1987 he lived in Slaton, Texas.

 

Children born to Olgee Perry McCall and Ruth Cox McCall include:

 

        (infant)                                        born about 1933

        Vada Louise McCall                  born August 7, 1934

        Sue McCall                                 born about 1935

        Clennon "Bobby" McCall          born about 1939

        Jerry "Red" McCall                     born about 1942

 

Children born to Olgee Perry McCall and Rosemary McCall include:

 

        Perry McCall                    born about 1950

 

Vada Louise McCall, daughter of Olgee Perry McCall and Ruth Cox Mc­Call, was born August 7, 1934, according to Stonewall County Birth Book 4, page 113.

 

Sue McCall, daughter of Olgee Perry McCall and Ruth Cox McCall, was born about 1935.

 

Clennon "Bobby" McCall, son of Olgee Perry McCall and Ruth Cox Mc- Call, was born about 1939.  In 1984 he lived in Plainview, Texas.

 

Jerry "Red" McCall, son of Olgee Perry McCall and Ruth Cox McCall, was born about 1942.

 

Perry McCall, son of Olgee Perry McCall and Rosemary McCall, was born about 1950.  In 1984 he was an airman stationed at Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock.

 

Johnny Weldon McCall, son of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born July 25, 1913 in Stonewall County.  He was married about 1934 to Onis Marie Watson who was born in 1917.  

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Ramona Juanett McCall           born October 21, 1936

        Nona Gay McCall                     born about 1940

        Randy McCall                           born about 1943

        Scotty McCall                           born about 1946

        Stacy McCall                             born about 1950

 

Ramona Juanett McCall, daughter of Johnny Weldon McCall and Onis Marie Watson McCall, was born October 21, 1936, according to Stonewall County Birth Book 4, page 283 and page 293.

 

Alta Mae McCall, daughter of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born July 2, 1915.  She was married about 1935 to Jack Butler.  She died in Lubbock of cancer November 26, 1963 at age 46.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Joy Butler                          born about 1937

        Connie Butler                   born about 1940

        Bruce Butler                     born about 1943

 

Ruby Marie McCall, daughter of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born October 8, 1917,  according to Stonewall County Birth Book 3, page 4.  She was married about 1937 to Dean Brister.  She was remar­ried to Elmer Scott.  In 1984 she lived in Hobbs, New Mexico with her third husband.  One daughter was born to her about 1940.

 

Truman George McCall, son of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born September 19, 1921 in Stonewall County.  He was mar- ried about 1946 to Nelta Cook.  Following a divorce he was remarried to Es­telle Craig.  Estelle Craig McCall and her two children were killed in an automobile wreck near Lubbock, Texas in 1952.  He was remarried about 1958 to Dorothy "Dottie" Rawls.  In August 1987 he lived on Acuff Road, Lubbock and was employed by K-Mart.

 

 

Children born to Truman George McCall and Nelta Cook McCall include:

 

        Stanley McCall                  born about 1947

 

Children born to Truman George McCall and Estelle Craig McCall in­clude:

 

        Delores McCall                  born about 1948

        Irving McCall                     born in 1950

 

Children born to Truman George McCall and Dorothy "Dottie" Rawls McCall include:

 

        Kimberly McCall                 born about 1960

 

Lonnie Odell McCall, son of John Hugh McCall and Ethel Winnie Brooks McCall, was born October 1, 1923, according to Stonewall County Birth Book 5, page 310 and Birth Book 9, page 418.  He was married about 1946 to Annabelle Lee.  They were later divorced.  In 1985 he lived in Athens, Texas.

 

Children born to Lonnie Odell McCall and Annabelle Lee McCall include:

 

        Dwayne McCall                  born about 1948

        Clifford McCall                  born about 1950

        Wendell McCall                  born about 1953

 

Fannie Alice McCall, daughter of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall, was born September 2, 1880 in Williamson Coun­ty.  She was preparing to marry Wayne Mullen when he developed smallpox.  He, his brother Jim Mullen and another brother all died of the disease about 1898.  She was married in 1900 to George H. Holley in Williamson County.  He, an orphan, had been reared by Mary Green who was the mother of Candy Green and Della Green.  Later he had a step-father named Ike Foster.

 

She wrote a letter May 6, 1901 to her sister Amanda Lucinda "Cinda" McCall Cox in Hylton, Texas advising her of her father's death:

 

                                                        "Georgetown, Texas

                                                         May 6, 1901

Dear Brother, Sister & Family,

 

I will answer your sweet and highly appreciated letter which I received Satur­day.

 

Oh, Sinda, our dear Papa is dead.  He died April 28.  He died at Burnet.  Mama hired a hack and driver and brought him home the day he died.  Lizzie, Asbury, Ada and Ona was up there with Mama when he died.  We had been over at Mama's Saturday night and Sunday and had just got home when George Fielden came and told us the sad news.

 

We went back over there that night.  We got there at 11 o'clock.  Oh, it didn't seem like home.  It was the saddest place I ever saw.

 

Sinda, there was a big crowd at the burying, and all taken it awful hard.  They buried him at Chalk Ridge right close to Mothers grandmother, Amanda M. Fish Whitmire grave.  We have given up our Grandma and lots of friends, but Sinda, nothing seems so hard as giving up Papa.  Just seemed like I could­n't stand it.  But we have all got to die, and I know Papa was prepared to die, and all we can do now is to prepare to meet him for we will never see him again in this troublesome world.

 

Sinda, he did look so sweet and innocent.  They got the nicest coffin and clothes, a nice white shirt and black tie, and the sweetest black suit.  The coffin and the clothes cost $40.

 

The next day after Papa was buried John Bowlin's baby got rattle snake bit and lived about four hours.  It was buried that night at the same grave yard where Papa was buried.  I haven't saw John and Ida since the baby died, but I heard they taken it awful hard.

 

Sinda, I was right sick last night.  I taken a running off and throwing up.  I think it was the flux.  The people around here has been having them.  I don't hardly feel like sitting up this morning.  Mr. and Mrs. Green is still at Bur­net under treatment of Dr. Cheatham.  Nora Lord and children are here.  They come a Saturday.

 

Yes, Sinda, the old lady Smart Amy Cox Smart told me they was kin­folks to Jim.  I liked her and the girls right well.  George is fixing to go to town.  I will have to close as I don't feel like writing.  I will try to do better next time.  Hoping this will find you all well.  I close, as ever your sister.

 

                                                     Fannie Holley

                                                     Answer Soon"

 

George H. Holley lived in Throckmorton County in 1907, in Stonewall County in 1917 and in Dawson County in 1920.  No children were born to them.  She died December 12, 1951 and was buried in Lamesa Cemetery.  He was remarried about 1952 to a cousin named Ida and lived in Waelder, Texas.  He died there about March 10, 1962.

 

Elizabeth Susan McCall, daughter of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall, was born May 3, 1882 in Williamson County. She was married there in September 1900 to Asbury Frost Thurman, a minister of the Church of Christ.

 

Asbury Frost Thurman was the subject of an article in "Texas Who's Who" pub­lished in 1937:

 

"Thurman, Asbury Frost--Minister, born Mudd, Travis County, Texas July 13, 1881; son of Thomas Edward and Malissa Helen Pearson Thurmond; married Susan Elizabeth McCall, September 1900.  Children: Essie, Elie, Clarence.  Began min­istry in Church of Christ in 1903; also variously in grocery, automobile, bak­ing and hotel businesses.  As minister served at Woodson, Swenson, Roscoe, Eastland, Austin, Chillicothe, Haskell and Bowie, Texas.  Former mayor of Has­kell two years and of Chillicothe four years.  Address: National Hotel, Bowie, Texas, Telephone 369."

 

In 1944 they lived at Eastland, Texas.  Later they lived at Frederick, Oklahoma where she died June 29, 1968 at age 86.  She was buried at Haskell, Texas.  He died in a nursing home in Frederick October 23, 1974 and was buried beside his wife.

 

Children born to Asbury Frost Thurman and Elizabeth Susan McCall Thurman include:

 

        Essie Lavern Thurman                born September 19, 1901

        Clarence Oliver Thurman           born October 11, 1904

        Ely Thurman                                born November 9, 1906

 

Essie Lavern Thurman, daughter of Asbury Frost Thurman and Elizabeth Susan McCall Thurman, was born September 19, 1901.  She was married about 1920 to Jack Craig.  One daughter and two sons were born to them.  In 1984 they lived in Frederick.

 

Clarence Oliver Thurman, son of Asbury Frost Thurman and Elizabeth Susan McCall Thurman, was born October 11, 1904.  He became a professional baseball player known as "Preacher" Thurman in the Texas league.  Later he was an at­torney and an insuranceman in Greensboro, North Carolina, according to John D. McCall.  He died in 1967 in Altus, Oklahoma as the result of an automobile accident.

 

Ely Thurman, son of Asbury Frost Thurman and Elizabeth Susan McCall Thurman, was born November 9. 1906.  He lived in Plainview, Texas and, at his death, was buried in Haskell, Texas.

 

Mary Rosella McCall, daughter of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall, was born March 3, 1884 in Williamson County. She was married March 13, 1901 to Francis Marion "Buddy" Mullen who was born January 8, 1875 in Williamson County.

 

He was the eighth child of Col. John W. Mullen who was born January 20, 1811 in New Castle County, Delaware.  Col. Mullen was married January 31, 1836 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Mary Hamilton who was born in 1814 in Butler County, Ohio. She was the daughter of John Hamilton and his wife Anne.

 

He was a member of the illfated Mier Expedition to Mexico in 1842, according to a daughter, Arena Mullen Cobb.  In the expedition a force of 300 men under Col. W. S. Fisher crossed the Rio Grande and attacked Mier, a strategic Mexican garri­son.  After an 18-hour battle the Americans were defeated and captured December 26, 1842.  They were started as prisoners in chains toward Mexico City March 1, 1843. En route, at Salado, they escaped, were recaptured and every tenth man executed as the result of the drawing of the infamous black beans.  The others were marched to Mexico City, arriving there May 27, and were imprisoned in the Castle of San Carlos de Per­ote.  Many died in the crowded prison.  The survivors, including "Big Foot" Wallace, were released September 16, 1844 and given one peso each to cover their expenses home.  They arrived in New Orleans aboard a ship and transferred to the "New York" bound for Galveston, Texas.  Once back they were eager to join the U.S. Army when the Mexican War broke out.

 

Monument Hill State Park, located near LaGrange, Texas, was dedicated to the men who died in the expedition.  The bodies of 35 men who were killed in the expedition and of 17 others who drew black beans are buried there.

 

When the United States declared war against Mexico in 1846 John W. Mullen, an engineer, volunteered and was mustered in at Ft. Clark, Indiana as a second lieutenant in Company H, Fourth Indiana Volunteer Regiment.  His regiment fought in several en­gagements in Mexico, and he was discharged as a colonel July 16, 1848 at Madison, In­diana.

 

John W. Mullen returned to Texas bringing his family, settling at Webberville in Travis County in the latter part of 1849 and appearing there in the 1850 census.  In 1851 John W. Mullen and Mary Hamilton Mullen sold a one-fifth share of inherited Hamilton land to William Hamilton, presumably her brother, according to Williamson Deed Book 3, page 19.

 

In February 1853 they removed to Williamson County, settling near Florence, Texas where he began farming.

 

John W. Mullen was enumerated as the head of Household 120-124 in the 1860 census of Williamson County.  The family was rendered as:

 

        "Mullin, John W.        49, born in Delaware, farmer, $1,000 real es-

                                                    tate, $500 personal property

          Allen,   M. H.             38, born in Ohio, female

         Mullin, William          21, born in Indiana, common laborer

                       Sarah M.         20, born in Arkansas

                       Mary E.             7, born in Texas

                       Indiana              5, born in Texas

                       John R.             4, born in Texas"

 

He enlisted in the Twentieth Texas Infantry Regiment April 2, 1862.  Lt. Col. John W. Mullen organized Company G, unorganized battalion, Arizona Brigade Volunteer Cavalry in 1862, the seventh company raised in Bell County, Texas for the Confederacy, according to "History of Bell County."  The company was stationed at Camp Salado Jan­uary 1, 1863 and was commanded by Capt. Robert B. Halley.  Col. Mullen was discharged on account of disability January 19, 1863 by order of Gen. Magruder.  Mary Hamilton Mullen died December 15, 1863 and was buried in the Mullen Cemetery located five miles south of Florence.

 

In 1865 he was shown in Eighth Texas Cavalry Regiment of Col. Benjamin Franklin Ter­ry's Texas Rangers.  He was remarried January 23, 1866 to Ruth M. Fisher who was born in Arkansas.  She died about 1869.

 

John W. Mullen was remarried February 9, 1871 to Nancy A. Mowery who was born in Missouri September 4, 1836.

 

On November 3, 1874 John W. Mullen and children of Mary Hamilton Mullen, Robert Ratliff and Mary Ann Mullen Ratliff and Indiana Mullen deeded their share of an inheritance of Mary Hamilton Mullen to N. M. Ratliff, according to Williamson County Deed Book 15, page 558.

 

John W. Mullen died January 9, 1894 and was buried in Mullen Cemetery.

 

A newspaper account of a 94th birthday party for Nancy A. Mowery Mullen was published in 1930:

 

"CELEBRATES NINETY-FOURTH

   BIRTHDAY WITH FAMILY

 

Thursday, September 4 was an enjoyable day for Mrs. N. A. Mullen and her many

relatives and friends, the day being her 94th birthday.  All met at the home of

Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cobb near Lometa.  Five generations were represented, being her children, Mrs. D. M. McIntyre, Coleman; Mr. F. M. Mullen, Lamesa; Mrs. R. R. Forehand, Florence and Mrs. A. M. Cobb, Lometa, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

 

A delicious dinner of barbecue, bread, pickles, salads, cakes and pies was served to a crowd of about 50 people.

 

The afternoon was spent by talking of old times, singing old religious songs and kodaking.  About four o'clock the 94 candles were lighted on the large birthday cake.  As each took a sample he expressed his best wishes to the beloved, hoping to be with her again on September 4, 1931.

 

Those present to enjoy the day were Mrs. D. M. McIntyre, Mrs. D. L. Hensley and

children, Coleman; Mr. Buddy Mullen and son, Lane, and Mr. Troy McCall, Lamesa;

Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Forehand, Valera; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Forehand and children,

Liberty Hill; Mr. Reed, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Forehand, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.

Forehand and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gardner and children, Florence; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Faubion and daughter, Mrs. Elvis Faubion and baby, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Forehand and children, Mrs. Jesse Fulston, Mrs. Standridge and son, Mr. Ira Palmer,  Mr. and Mrs. O'Bannon, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Standridge and son, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cobb all of Lometa."

 

Children born to John W. Mullen and Mary Hamilton Mullen include:

 

        William S. Mullen                         born June 14, 1838

        Joseph Lane Mullen                       born March 11, 1849

        Mary Ann Mullen                           born July 22, 1852

        Indiana "Babe" Mullen                   born in 1855

 

Children born to John W. Mullen and Ruth M. Fisher Mullen include:

 

        John Robert Mullen                      born about 1866

        Sarah I. Mullen                              born in 1867

 

Children born to John W. Mullen and Nancy A. Mowery Mullen include:

 

        Catherine Mullen                                   born about 1872

        Francis Marion "Buddy" Mullen           born January 8, 1875

        Arena Belle Mullen                                born January 31, 1881

 

In 1901 Mary Rosella McCall Mullen wrote a letter to her sister Amanda Lu­cinda "Cinda" McCall Cox who lived at Hylton, Texas to advise her of her fa­ther's death:

 

                                                               "Florence

                                                                May 24, [1901]

Dear Sister, Brother & Family,

 

I will again write you all a few lines as I wrote one letter & never got eny ans.  Sinda I wrote to you and sent you some pieces of my dresses.

 

Well, Sinda, we had to part with our dear old father, but it was sad, oh sad, to give him up.  I never knew what trouble was until I had to part with my dear Papa.  But dear sister [let] us all try to meet him in heaven.  Oh it like to of killed us all to give him up. But we all have to die some day.  But Sinda, I know you hated it because you wasent here.  But you couldent of hated it any worse than I did.  Me & Mama & F. & Liz cryed and wished for our dear old sis­ter to be with us.

 

Yes, Sinda, I wrote in the last letter I wrote to you & told you how Pa takened

sick.  But dident hear from you.  Me & Buddie started up to Burnet to stay a week with Ma & Pa & we met them coming home with Pa.

 

Oh, I just couldent hardly stand it.  I have been nearly sick ever since Pa died.  I have been in bed sick all the week.

 

Sinda, Me and Buddie went down to Ma's Saturday night & F & G & L & Asbury were

all down there.

 

Jim, have you all had any Dew Berry pie.  We have had several pies.  They is a

good many Dew Berries down here.  Buddie went a fishing yesterday evening & caught a mess of fish for supper.  Sinda, I set me a hen & she is a hatching.  She sure has got some pretty chickens.

 

Jim, it rains down here every week.  The corn & cotton sure does look fine.  Brown Forehand has moved to Rackey.

 

Tell them dear children Howdy for me & kiss them all for me.

 

Sinda, this is Saturday morning & we had a big mess of fish last night for sup­per.  Tell Ora & E. & Alvie if they were out here they could go a fishing every day down here on the branch.

 

Well, I will close for now.  Write soon & a long letter.

 

                                                from Mary

                                                to all, By By"

 

Francis Marion "Buddy" Mullen farmed in Williamson County until about 1905 when other members of the family prevailed upon him to move, along with them, to Stonewall County, Texas.  In 1917 they lived in Swenson, Texas, in 1920 in Merkel, Texas and in Dawson County, Texas in 1928 where he died in December 1933.

 

In 1946 Mary Rosella McCall Mullen removed to Lubbock.  In 1962 she lived in Roswell, New Mexico, and in 1969 returned to Lubbock where she died June 13, 1976.

 

Two children were born to Francis Marion "Buddy" Mullen and Mary Rosella Mc- Call Mullen

        Leona Maye Mullen               born January 6, 1906

        Lane Loran Mullen                born November 7, 1908

 

Leona Maye Mullen, daughter of Francis Marion "Buddy" Mullen and Mary Rosella McCall Mullen, was born in Stonewall County January 6, 1906. She was married to Leonard Lamirand in Lubbock June 28, 1937.  He was born in Wanette, Oklahoma April 5, 1912.  During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the CBI theatre.  In 1946 they lived in Lubbock where he was employed by Dr. Pepper Bottling Company.  In 1962 they were transferred to Roswell and returned to Lubbock in 1969.  He died there August 18, 1984 and was buried in Lamesa, Texas.

 

Children adopted by them include:

 

          Billie Jean Hamilton Lamirand         born June 16, 1945

 

Lane Loran Mullen, son of Francis Marion "Buddy" Mullen and Mary Rosella McCall Mullen, was born in Stonewall County November 7, 1908.  He was married about 1932 to Ruth Thomas.  He was employed by Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in Lubbock.  In 1948 they lived in McAllen, Texas.  In 1954 he operated a ser­vice station in Lamesa, moving to Artesia, New Mexico in 1962.  They lived in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1969.  He died in 1971 in Dallas and was buried in Lamesa Cemetery.  Ruth Thomas Mullen died in Midland, Texas May 14, 1985 and was buried beside her husband.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Jo Frances Mullen                  born October 23, 1935

        Sharon Lane Mullen               born February 28, 1938

        Mary Ann Mullen                    born in March 1941

        James Mullen                          born in 1943

        Buddy Wayne Mullen              born in 1945

 

Mary Ann Mullen, daughter of Lane Loran Mullen  and Ruth Thomas Mullen, was born in March 1941.  She was married about 1961, husband's name Westmoreland.  In May 1985 Mary Ann Mullen Westmoreland lived in Hamilton, Texas and worked in the city hall there.

 

Oliver Elijah McCa, son of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall, was born February 6, 1886 in Williamson County.  He was December 4, 1907 in Throckmorton County, Texas to Mary E. Boatright.  In 1930 they moved to Dawson County.  He died in Lamesa February 23, 1944 of a cerebral hemorrhage.

 

His obituary appeared in the February 28, 1944 edition of the "Dawson County Courier:"

 

"Final rites were held Saturday, February 26, for Oliver Eligah McCall, 58, who

passed away here on Thursday, February 24.  Funeral services were held at the

Church of Christ at 3 p.m. with O. H. Tabor officiating.  Interment was in Lamesa Cemetery.

 

McCall, who was born in Williamson County February 6, 1886, resided in this county for the past 14 years.  At the time of his death he was living on Route A.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary E. McCall; brother, J. H. McCall of Aspermont; sisters, Mrs. L. O. Followill, Mrs. F. M. Mullen, Mrs. M. L. Cox, Mrs. George H. Holley and Mrs. J. E. Boatright, all of this city, and Mrs. A. F. Thurmond of Eastland; children, Troy E. McCall, U. S. Army; Mrs. C. A. Mc­Clure of California; Grady and Eugene McCall of Lamesa; and two grandchildren."

 

Following his death Mary E. Boatright McCall removed to Tulare, California. She died there December 22, 1974 at age 84.

 

Children born to Oliver Elijah McCall and Mary E. Boatright McCall include:

 

        Troy Edward McCall              born June 18, 1908

        Vera McCall                            born about 1910

        Grady McCall                          born about 1913

        Eugene McCall                        born about 1916

 

Troy Edward McCall, son of Oliver Elijah McCall and Mary E. Boat- right McCall, was born June 18, 1908 in Young County, Texas.  In 1944 he was serving in the U.S. Army.  He died in California in 1972.

 

Vera McCall, daughter of Oliver Elijah McCall and Mary E. Boatright McCall, was born about 1910.  She was married about 1930 to C. A. "Pinky" Mc­Clure.  After 1944 she was remarried, husband's name Gilley.  In 1984 they lived in California.

 

Grady McCall, son of Oliver Elijah McCall and Mary E. Boatright Mc- Call, was born about 1913.  In 1984 he lived in California.

 

Eugene McCall, son of Oliver Elijah McCall and Mary E. Boatright Mc­Call, was born about 1916.  In 1984 he lived in California.

 

Ada Almeda McCall, daughter of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall, was born December 21, 1890 in Williamson County.

 

Her father died when she was 10 and she wrote her six-year-old niece Ora Ethel Cox to advise her of his death:

 

                                                               "Gravis, Texas

                                                                May the 1, 1901

 

Well, Ora, I will try to write you a few lines to let you know that we are all

well, but Pa, and he is dead.  He died last Sunday morning 5 minutes after 5 a.m.  Ma and me and Oney and Lizzie and Asbury was up there, but me and Ma was asleep, but they woke her up.  He was sitting up in the bed, and Ma got up and lay him down and he died and they buried him Monday.  Ida Bowlin's baby got rattle snake bit 2 times, and it died.  Well, I will close for this time.

 

                                                From Ada

                                                To Ora"

 

Ada Almeda McCall was married February 9, 1907 to Thomas Thurman, brother to Asbury Frost Thurman, and son of Thomas Edward Thurman and Malissa Helen Pearson Thurman.  He was killed at Monument, New Mexico January 16, 1918 by a bushwhacker named Deatheredge who rode up at night to their homestead and shot him.  The killer objected to the rangeland being opened up to farm­ers.  The family had just arrived on their claim and were living in a tent.  Ada Al­meda McCall Thurman was left alive--a widow alone with four small sons, one of them only 17 days old--as the killer rode away from the tent in the cold January night.

 

She rejoined her sister Amanda Lucinda "Cinda" McCall Cox, also recently wid­owed, in Weed, New Mexico.  Later when the family returned to Texas she lived tempor­arily with the family of her brother-in-law George H. Holley (H3/1.1) in Swenson, Texas.  When other members of the family made a move to Dawson County, Texas she join­ed them.  She was remarried about 1940 to Lionel O. Followill (F3/1.1) in Lamesa.  She died in Chandler, Oklahoma in September 1974 and was buried in Lamesa City Ceme­tery.

 

Children born to Thomas Thurman (T3/1.2) and Ada Almeda McCall Thurman (M3/3.7) in- clude:

 

        Perry Mervin Thurman          (T2/2.1)        born December 6, 1907

        Iris Edward Thurman             (T2/2.2)        born May 7, 1910

        Federal Jefferson Thurman    (T2/2.3)        born November 23, 1912

         (daughter)                               (T2/2.4)        born in 1915

        Lowell Thomas Thurman       (T2/2.5)        born December 30, 1917

 

Perry Mervin Thurman (T2/2.1), son of Thomas Thurman (T3/1.2) and Ada Almeda McCall Thurman (M3/3.7), was born December 6, 1907 in Stonewall County.  He was married in Dawson County about 1929 to Cora Boyd (B2/1.1).  Following their divorce he was remar­ried to Mrs. Cora Denton and lived in Big Spring, Texas in 1984.  He died there April 20, 1985 and was buried in Lamesa Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Gloretta Mervine Thurman  (T1/1.1)      born February 18, 1930

        Perry Lane Thurman             (T1/1.2)      born July 14, 1937

 

Gloretta Mervine Thurman (T1/1.1), daughter of Perry Mervin Thurman (T2/2.1) and Cora Boyd Thurman (B2/1.1), was born February 18, 1930 in Lamesa.  She was married about 1946 to Gene Reed (R1/1.1).

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Deborah Lee Reed         (R-1/1.1)      born June 10, 1950

 

Perry Lane Thurman (T1/1.2), son of Perry Mervin Thurman (T2/2.1) and Cora Boyd Thur­man (B2/1.1), was born July 14, 1937 in Lamesa.  He was married about 1956.  In 1984 he lived in New Mexico.

 

Children born to him include:

 

        Michael Dwayne Thurman  (T-1/2.1)       born April 14, 1957

 

Iris Edward "Jake" Thurman (T2/2.2), son of Thomas Thurman (T3/1.2) and Ada Almeda Mc­Call Thurman (M3/3.7), was born May 7, 1910 in Throckmorton County.  He was married July 8, 1926 to Verna Arabell Pope (P2/1.1).  He was remarried June 21, 1936 to Mar­guerite Talbott (T2/2.2) in Amarillo, Texas.  In 1984 they lived in Chandler, Oklahoma where he managed Anthony's Department Store.  No children were born to him.

 

Federal Jefferson Thurman (T2/2.3), son of Thomas Thurman (T3/1.2) and Ada Almeda Mc- Call Thurman (M3/3.7), was born November 23, 1912 in Haskell County.  He was married about 1933 to Mary Ellen Britt (B2/1.1) in Lamesa.  Following a divorce she was re- married, husband's name Fortenberry.

 

He died September 27, 1984 in Big Spring and was buried in Lamesa.  At that time she, a widow, lived in Lubbock.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Peggy Jeanine Thurman   (T1/3.1)        born August 10, 1935

        Sherry Gwyn Thurman     (T1/3.2)        born November 5, 1938

 

Peggy Jenine Thurman (T1/3.1), daughter of Federal Jefferson Thurman (T2/2.3) and Mary Ellen Britt Thurman (B2/1.1), was born August 10, 1935 in Lamesa.  She was married about 1955 to Johnnie Stanfield (S1/1.1).  In 1985 they lived in Midland, Texas.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Shelly Rene Stanfield   (S-1/1.1)       born September 11, 1957

        Michael Jay Stanfield   (S-1/1.2)       born February 4, 1960

 

Sherry Gwyn Thurman (T1/3.2), daughter of Federal Jefferson Thurman (T2/2.3) and Mary Ellen Britt Thurman (B2/1.1), was born November 5, 1938 in Lamesa.  She was married about 1955 to Don Rogers (R1/1.1).  She was remarried about 1960 to Billie Faulken­berry (F1/1.1).  In 1985 they lived in Lubbock.

 

Children born to Don Rogers (R1/1.1) and Sherry Gwyn Thurman Rogers (T1/3.2) include:

 

        Deborah Lynn Rogers     (R-1/1.1)       born September 4, 1956

        Ellen Don Rogers            (R-1/1.2)       born January 2, 1958

 

Children born to Billie Faulkenberry (F1/1.1) and Sherry Gwyn Thurman Rogers Faulken- berry (T1/3.2) include:

 

        Ellen Denise Faulkenberry (F-1/1.1)      born December 21, 1961

 

Thomas Thurman (T3/1.2) and Ada Almeda McCall Thurman (M3/3.7) were the parents of a baby daughter stillborn in 1915 in Haskell, Texas.

 

Lowell Thomas Thurman (T2/2.5), son of Thomas Thurman (T3/1.2) and Ada Almeda McCall Thurman (M3/3.7), was born December 30, 1917.  He was married to Mary Mae Brannon (B2/1.1) about 1940.  No children were born to them.  In 1984 he lived in Chandler, Oklahoma.

 

Lillie May McCall (M3/3.8), daughter of Oliver Hazard Perry McCall (M4/1.3) and Nancy Almeda Whitmire McCall (M4/1.6), was born February 21, 1892 in Williamson County.  She was married July 18, 1907 to James Emmett Boatright (B3/1.3) who was born in William­son County in 1885.  He was the son of William Alexander Boatright (B4/1.1) and Sarah Permelia Eskew Boatright (E4/1.1).

 

William Alexander Boatright (B4/1.1) appeared in the 1880 census of Williamson County, Household 451-451.  The family was listed as:

 

        "Boatright, William     23, born in Missouri, father born in Missouri,

                                                    mother born in Missouri, tenant farmer

                            Sarah       17, born in Texas, father born in Texas, mother

                                                   born in Texas, wife

                             Frank       25, born in Missouri, father born in Missouri,

                                                    mother born in Missouri, brother"

 

Children born to William Alexander Boatright (B4/1.1) and Sarah Permelia Eskew Boat- right (E4/1.1) include:

 

        Minerva Boatright                 (B3/1.1)        born in 1881

        Richard Ira Boatright            (B3/1.2)        born in 1883

        James Emmett Boatright      (B3/1.3)        born April 10, 1885

        William Floyd Boatright      (B3/1.4)        born in 1887

        Monroe Boatright                 (B3/1.5)        born in 1889

        Mary E. Boatright                 (B3/1.6)        born in 1890

        Thomas Elmer Boatright      (B3/1.7)        born in 1892

 

In 1909 they lived in Throckmorton County, and in 1914 they lived at Milano, Texas in Milam County.  James Emmett Boatright (B3/1.3) moved his family to Dawson County in 1924, settling in the Woody community.  He died there April 21, 1974 at age 89.  Lil­lie May McCall Boatright (M3/3.8) continued to live in Lamesa in July 1987 at age 95.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Clarence Ernest Boatright           (B2/3.1)        born February 1, 1909

        Olen Emmett "Pat" Boatright     (B2/3.2)        born July 7, 1911

        Opal Faye Boatright                     (B2/3.3)        born November 10, 1916

 

Clarence Ernest Boatright (B2/3.1), son of James Emmett Boatright (B3/1.3) and Lillie May McCall Boatright (M3/3.8), was born February 1, 1909 in Throckmorton County, Tex­as.  He was married July 30, 1931 in Lovington, New Mexico to Josie Lee Lakey (L2/1.1) who was born November 4, 1912.  In 1933 they moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico where he was employed in the potash mines.  Josie Lee Lakey Boatright (L2/1.1) died there Jan­uary 28, 1980 at age 67.  He was remarried July 15, 1982 in Dawson County to Gladys Matlock (M2/1.1), a childhood acquaintance.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Leland Lee Boatright       (B1/1.1)        born January 9, 1935

        Patsy Jean Boatright        (B1/1.2)        born June 13, 1937

        Bennie Doyle Boatright  (B1/1.3)        born August 4, 1939

 

Leland Lee Boatright (B1/1.1), son of Clarence Ernest Boatright (B2/3.1) and Josie Lee Lakey Boatright (L2/1.1), was born January 9, 1935.  He was married August 25, 1956 to Carolyn Jacobson (J1/1.1) in El Paso, Texas and continued there in 1984.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        David Lee Boatright     (B-1/1.1)       born December 4, 1957

        Robert Lee Boatright    (B-1/1.2)       born February 14, 1962

 

Patsy Gene Boatright (B1/1.2), daughter of Clarence Ernest Boatright (B2/3.1) and Josie Lee Lakey Boatright (L2/1.1), was born June 13, 1937.  She was married July 30, 1960 to J. Brooks (B1/1.1).  She died December 14, 1960.

 

Bennie Doyle Boatright (B1/1.3), son of Clarence Ernest Boatright (B2/3.1) and Josie Lee Lakey Boatright (L2/1.1), was born August 4, 1939.  In 1984 he, a single man, lived in Carlsbad.

 

Olen Emmett "Pat" Boatright (B2/3.2), son of James Emmett Boatright (B3/1.3) and Lil- lie May McCall Boatright (M3/3.8), was born July 7, 1911.  He was married December 7, 1931 at Lovington to Lamoine Clift (C2/1.1) who was born June 7, 1912.  He died June 25, 1969 in Lamesa of cancer.

 

Children born to Olen Emmett "Pat" Boatright (B2/3.2) and Lamoine Clift Boatright (C2/1.1) include:

 

        James Cleve Boatright    (B1/2.1)        born April 14, 1933

        Olen Clift Boatright        (B1/2.2)        born February 14, 1938

        Tawana Mae Boatright    (B1/2.3)        born June 1, 1945

 

James Cleve Boatright (B1/2.1), son of Olen Emmett "Pat" Boatright (B2/3.2) and La­moine Clift Boatright (C2/1.1), was born April 14, 1933.  He died two days later.

 

Olen Clift Boatright (B1/2.1), son of Olen Emmett "Pat" Boatright (B2/3.2) and Lamoine Clift Boatright (C2/1.1), was born February 14, 1938.  He was married July 13, 1963 in Plainview, Texas to Connie Morrison (M1/1.1).  In 1984 they lived in Seymour, Texas where they operated a ladieswear store.

 

Tawana Mae Boatright (B1/2.3), daughter of Olen Emmett "Pat" Boatright (B2/3.2) and Lamoine Clift Boatright (C2/1.1), was born June 1, 1945.  She was married June 1, 1968 to Joe Arnett (A1/1.1).

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Kevin Arnett            (A-1/1.1)       born February 28, 1974

 

Opal Faye Boatright (B2/3.3), daughter of James Emmett Boatright (B3/1.3) and Lillie May McCall Boatright (M3/3.8), was born November 10, 1916 in Lamesa.  She was married December 4, 1935 to Edward Bush Leatherwood (L2/1.1) who was born January 15, 1914. In 1984 they lived in Lamesa.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Neil Thannie Leatherwood    (L1/1.1)    born March 17, 1941

        James Earl Leatherwood        (L1/1.2)    born January 2, 1945

 

Neil Thannie Leatherwood (L1/1.1), son of Edward Bush Leatherwood (L2/1.1) and Opal Faye Boatright Leatherwood (B2/3.3), was born March 17, 1941 in Lamesa.  He was mar­ried July 14, 1963 in Lamesa to Judy Clearman (C1/1.1).  In 1984 they lived in El Paso where he was a pharmaceutical salesman.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        David Leatherwood       (L-1/1.1)       born February 22, 1964

        Lisa Leatherwood           (L-1/1.2)       born May 22, 1967

 

James Earl Leatherwood (L1/1.2), son of Edward Bush Leatherwood (L2/1.1) and Opal Faye Boatright Leatherwood (B2/3.3), was born January 2, 1945.  He was married June 18, 1966 to Beth Florence Mensch (M1/1.1).  Following a divorce he was remarried, wife's name Betty.  After a second divorce he was married October 20, 1979 to Sharon Payne (P1/1.1).  In 1984 he was a farmer in Dawson County and was farming the land that was put into cultivation by his grandfather.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Karlesa Gail Leatherwood  (L-1/2.1)      born March 28, 1968

        Darren Kris Leatherwood   (L-1/2.2)      born May 29, 1970

 

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5708 Gary Avenue

Lubbock, Texas, 79413           FISHMS.012, 08/02/87

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