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Louisa Fish daughter of Joseph Martin Fish and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish, was born in February 1838 in Texas.  She appeared in the 1850 census of her father's household as a 12-year-old.  She was referred to as "Ludie Fish" in 1941 by Charles Augustus Lord.  She was married August 26, 1852 to Jesse Barker, according to Williamson County Marriage Book 1, page 35.

 

Joseph Martin Fish conveyed "500 acres seven miles above Georgetown on the north side of North San Gabriel River of the original Fish League to my daughter Louiza Barker," August 6, 1855, according to Williamson County Deed Book 6, page 112.

 

On May 27, 1857 Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish gave a quit claim deed to "Louisa Barker et al in confirmation of the gift of Joseph Fish for the use and benefit of Mephy Dobbs," according to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 151.  "Mephy Dobbs" is believed to be a daughter of Joseph Dobbs and Celia M. Fish Dobbs.

 

Jesse Barker appeared as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Lee County, Texas, Enumeration District 94, page 46, precinct 4:

 

          "Barker                Jessie                   50, born in Mississippi

               Louisa                 40, born in Texas

                                      Calvin                  22, born in Texas, son

                                      Evin                     17, born in Texas, son

                                      Mary F.                15, born in Texas, daughter

                                      Stephen                12, born in Texas, son

                                      William                  6, born in Texas, son

                                      Wily                       4, born in Texas, son

                                      Levy                     1, born in Texas, son"

 

About 1881 Jesse Barker removed to Indian Territory, perhaps Carter County where other members of the family resided.  It is believed that he died there about 1897.

 

A nephew, Jeptha Cornelius Moore, wrote July 27, 1935:

 

"Aunt Lottie [Ludie?] and Uncle Jess Barker moved to the Indian Territory about the same time we did.  They had a large family, nearly all boys.  They had one girl.  The last I heard from her she lived in Milam County.  Steve Barker, one of Aunt Lottie's boys, married Frankie Hanks, one of my step-sisters.  They had a large family.  The last I heard of them they lived in East Oklahoma.  Frankie passed on several years ago.  I will give you the Barker boys' names the best I know, Joe, Cal, Steve, Ive, Imzie, Wiley and Lee.  Uncle Jess and Aunt Lottie passed away in the Indian Territory several years ago.  Most of the boys lived in East Oklahoma the last I knowed."

 

Louisa Fish Barker apparently had returned to Texas between July 1895 and June 1898.  She, apparently a widow, appeared as a farm owner and the head of Household 63 in the 1900 census of Ellis County, Texas, Enumeration District 33, page 4, precinct 8:

 

          "Barker      Louiza     62, born in February 1838 in Texas,father                                                                         born in Texas, mother born in Texas, farm                                                                 owner.

                           Elmsey       25, born in August 1874 in Texas, father born in         -                                                    Texas, mother born in Texas,

               farm worker

                          Wyle           23, born in May 1877 in Texas, father born in

                                                    Texas, mother born in Texas, farm laborer

                          Levy           21, born in March 1879 in Texas, father born                                                    in Texas, mother born in Texas, farm laborer"

 

All members of the family were illiterate.  Adjoining was Household 62 headed by Sam D. Barker, assumed to be a son.

 

Children born to them, according to Charles Augustus Lord include:

 

          Joseph Barker                                  born about 1855

          Calvin Barker                                  born in 1858

          Evin Barker                                      born in 1863

          Mary F. "Mintie" Barker                  born in 1865

          Lucinda Barker                                 born in December 1866

          Stephen Barker                                  born in 1867

          Sam D. Barker                                   born in January 1869

          William Emsey Barker                      born in August 1874

          Wylie Barker                                      born in May 1877

          Levy "Lee" Barker                              born in March 1879

 

Joseph Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker and namesake of his grandfather, was born about 1855.

 

Calvin Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in 1858.  He appeared as a 22-year-old in the 1880 census of his father's household.

 

Evin Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in 1863.  He appeared as a 17-year-old in the 1880 census of his father's household.

 

Mary F. "Mintie" Barker, daughter of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in 1865.  She appeared as "Mary F," a 15-year-old, in the 1880 census of her father's household.  Charles Augustus Lord, her cousin, referred to her as "Mintie."  Jeptha Cornelius Moore, another cousin, wrote that she was the only daughter and lived in Milam County "the last I heard." Apparently she married young and remained in central Texas when her parents removed to Indian Territory.

 

Lucinda Barker, daughter of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barkerwas born in December 1866, according to McGinty research.

 

Stephen Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in 1867.  He appeared in the 1880 census of his father's household as a 12-year-old.  He accompanied his parents in their move to Oklahoma and was married there to his cousin Frankie Hanks, according to Jeptha Cornelius Moore, her step-brother who wrote in 1935, "They had a large family.  The last of heard of them they lived in east Oklahoma.  Frankie past on several years ago."

 

Sam D. Barker, believed to be a son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker [although he did not appeared in the family's 1880 enumeration], was born in January 1869.  He accompanied his parents in their move to Indian Territory and was married there in 1888, wife's name Frances.

 

Sam D. Barker was enumerated as the head of Household 62, adjoining his mother, in the 1900 census of Ellis County, Enumeration District 33, page 4, precinct 8:

 

          Barker        Sam D.       31, born in January 1869 in Texas, father born

                                                       in Texas, mother born in Texas, farm labor-

                                                      er, illiterate, married 12 years

                             Francis       30, born in September 1869 in Mississippi,

                                                       father born in Mississippi, mother born in

                                                       Mississippi, wife

                             Ira               11, born in May 1889 in Indian Territory, father

                                                       born in Texas, mother born in Mississippi

                             Virgil           9, born in February 1891 in Indian Territory,

                                                      father born in Texas, mother born in Miss-

                                                      issippi

                             Emsey          4, born in July 1895 in Indian Territory,

                                                      father born in Texas, mother born in Miss

                                                      issippi

                             Rubie           1, born in June 1898 in Texas, father born in

                                                      Texas, mother born in Mississippi"

 

William Emsey Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in August 1874.  He appeared as "William," a six-year-old, in the 1880 census but his family probably called him "Emsey," a popular name in the Barker and Thompson families.  He appeared as a 25-year-old farm worker in the 1900 census of his mother's family in Ellis County.

 

Wylie Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in May 1877.  He appeared as a four-year-old in the 1880 census of his fa­ther's household.  He reappeared as a 23-year-old in the household of his mother in the 1900 census of Ellis County.

 

Simultaneously Wiley E. Barker was enumerated as the head of a household in Erath County, Texas, Enumeration District 70, page 9:

 

          "Barker      Wiley E.              23, born in December 1877 in Texas

                             Eula L.                 19, born in January 1881 in Texas

                            Jesse L.                    1, born in December 1898 in Texas

                            William E.         4/12, born in February 1900 in Texas"

 

Levy "Lee" Barker, son of Jesse Barker and Louisa Fish Barker, was born in March 1879.  He appeared as a one-year-old in the 1880 census of his father's household.  He reappeared in the 1900 enumeration of his mother's household as a 21-year-old farm laborer.

 

Celia M. Fish, daughter of Joseph Martin Fish and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish, was born in 1840 in Texas.  She appeared as a 10-year-old in the 1850 census of her father's household.  She was married August 7, 1856 in Williamson County to Joseph Dobbs.  [Charles Augustus Lord records him as Silas Dobbs and states that at least two sons were born to them.]

 

Nancy Fish, daughter of Joseph Martin Fish and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish, was born in 1842 in Texas.  She appeared as an eight-year-old in the 1850 census of her father's household.  She was mentioned in her father's will written in 1855 as an intended recipient of one-third of his remaining property.  She and others received a deed May 27, 1857, according to Williamson County Deed Book 7, page 151.

 

She was married December 6, 1860 to her first cousin Jacob Kyle, by Stephen Strickland, minister of the Church of Christ, according to Williamson County Marriage Book 2, page 74.  He was killed in the Civil War massacre in Bandera County July 25, 1863, along with his cousin, Jack Whitmire, son of Henry Whitmire and Amanda M. Fish Whitmire, according to "One Hundred Years in Bandera."  [For details, see page 218.]

 

She was remarried October 5, 1865 in Williamson County to Evan Short, be­lieved to be a son of E[van?] Short and Delaney Short who appeared in the 1850 census of San Augustine County Texas:

 

          "Short         E.                         30, born in Louisiana, blacksmith

                             Delaney                30, born in Louisiana

                             Hardy                   12, born in Louisiana

                             Feliciana              10, born in Texas

                             Evan                       7, born in Texas

                             Abner                     5, born in Mississippi

                             Elizabeth                3, born in Mississippi

                             Maria                     1, born in Mississippi

                             Jackson                17, born in Louisiana"

 

Evan Short was "first married to a Dyches," according to the research of Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan.  He and Nancy Fish Kyle Short joined her sisters and their husbands about 1873 in an unsuccessful lawsuit to recover property from their father's estate.

 

Children born to Jacob Kyle and Nancy Fish Kyle are believed to in­clude:

 

          John Kyle            born in 1862

          Necia Kyle           born in 1864

 

Children born to Evan Short and Nancy Fish Kyle Short include:

 

          Sarah Short                             born about 1867

          Lucinda Short                         born about 1869

          Tom Short                              born about 1871

          Davis Ulysses Short               born about 1874

 

John Kyle, son of Jacob Kyle and Nancy Fish Kyle, was born in 1862.  He appeared in his grandmother's household in the 1870 census of Williamson County as an eight-year-old.

 

Necia Kyle, daughter of Jacob Kyle and Nancy Fish Kyle, was born in 1864.  She appeared in her grandmother's household in the 1870 census of Williamson County as an eight-year-old.  She was married there September 29, 1879 to D. P. Poole.

 

Sarah Short, daughter of Evan Short and Nancy Fish Kyle Short, was born about 1867 probably in Williamson County.

 

Lucinda Short, daughter of Evan Short and Nancy Fish Kyle Short, was born about 1869 probably in Williamson County.

 

Tom Short, son of Evan Short and Nancy Fish Kyle Short, was born about 1871 probably in Williamson County.

 

Davis Ulysses Short, son of Evan Short and Nancy Fish Kyle Short, was born about 1874 probably in Williamson County.

 

Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish, daughter of Joseph Martin Fish and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish, was born January 23, 1846 in Texas.  She appeared in the 1850 census of her father's household as a five-year-old.  She was mentioned in his will written in 1855 as the recipient of one-third of his remaining property.

 

She was married August 1, 1862 to Leroy Boyce Lord, according to Williamson County Marriage Book 2, page 117.  He, the son of Charles Griswold Lord was born January 1, 1833 in Southampton, Massachusetts.  His father owned a mill which made axe handles and similar items, and Leroy Boyce Lord was installed as the manager upon graduation from Harvard University.   Shortly afterward a flood washed the mill away, and he travelled to Chicago.  There he met a man who hired him to as­sist in driving a herd of sheep to Texas, according to Mary Lucretia E. Lord Crusan, his great-granddaughter.

 

He became a rancher there raising horses and cattle.  After their marriage he built a large rock home with a separate kitchen built in the backyard, following the custom of the time.  He was the first sheriff elected in Williamson County after the Civil War.  His portrait hung in the sheriff's office there for many years.

 

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1870 census of Williamson County, page 378:

 

          Lord            Leroy          37, born in Massachusetts

                             Cretia           24, born in Texas

                             Elviri             7, born in Texas

                             Lida               4, born in Texas

                             Julia               1, born in Texas"

 

She joined her sisters in an unsuccessful lawsuit to obtain property from their father's estate about 1873.

 

Leroy Boyce Lord appeared as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Williamson County, Enumeration District 156, page 42, precinct 1:

 

          "Lord          Leroy Boyce        47, born in Massachusetts, father born in                                                                           Massachusetts, mother born in                                                                         Massachusetts, farmer

                             Cresy                    34, born in Texas, wife

                             Elvira                    16, born in Texas, daughter

                             Lydia                    14, born in Texas, daughter, attending school

                             Julia                     12, born in Texas, daughter, attending school

                             Charles                  9, born in Texas, son, attending school

                             Leroy                     4, born in Texas, son

                             Joseph                    1, born in Texas"

 

He reappeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Williamson County, Enumeration District 121, page 27, precinct 1:

 

          "Lord          L. B.           67, born in January 1833 in Massachusetts

                             Creasie       42, [54?], born in January 1858 [1846] in Texas

                             Lydia          33, born in May 1867 in Texas, daughter

                             Le Roy B.  23, born in April 1877 in Texas, son

                             J. E.            20, born in November 1878 in Texas, son

                             Ellen           19, born in March 1881 in Texas, daughter

                             Cora           15, born in January 1885 in Texas, daughter"

 

Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord died November 25, 1902 and was buried in the Fish Cemetery which was later located on land included in Green Ranch.  Her tombstone was the only one remaining in the Fish cemetery, according to Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan who visited the cemetery in 1967.

 

Leroy Boyce Lord wrote his will November 10, 1910 and mentioned "wife C. E. Lord and children Elvira Stiles, Lydia Lord, Julia Miller, C. A. Lord, Leroy Lord, Emma Patrick, Ellen Dyches, Joseph E. Lord and Cora Ford."  He died April 14, 4911 in Georgetown and was buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

 

Children born to Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord include:

 

          Elvira Lord                                      born in 1863

          Lydia Lord                                        born in May 1867

          Julia Lord                                         born in 1868

          Charles Augustus Lord                   born July 27, 1870

          Emma Lord                                      born about 1872

          Leroy Boyce Lord, Jr.                      born in April 1877

          Joseph E. Lord                                 born in November 1878

          Ellen Lord                                        born in March 1881

          Cora Lord                                        born in January 1885

 

Elvira Lord, daughter of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in 1863.  She appeared as a seven-year-old in 1870 and as a 16-year-old in the 1880 census of her father's household.  She was married about 1881, husband's name Stiles.

 

Lydia Lord, daughter of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in May 1867.  She appeared in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 enumerations of her father's household.  She remained single at age 43 when her father wrote his will in 1910.

 

Julia Lord, daughter of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in 1868.  She appeared as a one-year-old in the 1870 census of her father's household and at age 12 in the 1880 enumeration.  She was mar­ried about 1889, husband's name Miller.

 

Charles Augustus Lord, son of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in Williamson County July 27, 1870.  He was married March 19, 1893 to Lenora Green who was born July 25, 1872.  In 1941 he was a judge in Beaumont, Texas.  He died August 8, 1946.  Both were buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont.

 

Children born to Charles Augustus Lord and Lenora Green Lord in­clude:

 

          Ruby Lord                     born in 1894

          Owen Martin Lord       born August 13, 1895

 

Ruby Lord, daughter of Charles Augustus Lord and Lenora Green Lord, was born in 1894.  She died in 1926 and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

 

Owen Martin Lord, son of Charles Augustus Lord and Lenora Green Lord, was born August 13, 1895.  He was graduated from Beaumont High School in 1913 and studied law in his father's office.  He passed his law examination in 1915 and was admitted to the bar at the age of 19.  After becoming an attorney he attended Cumberland Law School, Lebanon, Tennessee and was graduated from there with an LLB de­gree in 1916.  In Lebanon he was married June 8, 1916 to Elizabeth Blair Bryan who was born March 17, 1895.

 

He returned to Texas and began a law practice in Port Arthur, Texas and later in Sour Lake, Texas.  In 1921 he returned to Beaumont.  In 1946 he was elected judge of the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County and held that office until retirement in 1962.  During his tenure he handled more than 8,000 felony cases and 36,000 domestic relations cases.  He was a member of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Church of Beaumont for many years.

 

He died February 15, 1967, and she died December 21, 1970.  Both were buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

          Charlene Augusta Lord         born April 8, 1917

          Everett Bryan Lord                born December 19, 1918

          Mary Lucretia E. Lord           born January 4, 1921

          Elizabeth Owen Lord             born July 9, 1925

 

Charlene Augusta Lord, daughter of Owen Martin Lord and Elizabeth Blair Bryan Lord, was born April 8, 1917.  She died January 30, 1934 in her second year in college and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

 

Everett Bryan Lord, son of Owen Martin Lord and Elizabeth Blair Bryan, was born December 19, 1918.

 

Mary Lucretia E. Lord, daughter of Owen Martin Lord and Elizabeth Blair Bryan Lord, was born January 4, 1921 in Beaumont.  She was married about 1943 to Howard Fay Crusan.  She was admitted in April 1947 to Daughters of Texas Founders and Patriots, tracing her ancestry to Joseph Martin Fish.  He entered retirement in 1983 and continued in Beaumont in May 1986.

 

Two children born to them:

 

          Lucretia E. Lord Crusan        born May 12, 1945

          Charles Howard Crusan        born August 7, 1953

 

Lucretia E. Lord Crusan, daughter of Howard Fay Crusan and Mary Lu­cretia E. Lord Crusan, was born May 12, 1945 in Beaumont.  She was graduated from Lamar University with a BA degree about 1964.  She was married about 1968 to Clarence Hopper.  In 1985 she was a private tutor, and he was a math teacher in McArthur Middle School, Beaumont.  No children were born to them.

 

Charles Howard Crusan, son of Howard Fay Crusan and Mary Lucretia E. Lord Crusan, was born August 7, 1953 in Beaumont.  After attending Lamar University he joined the U.S. Navy and became an electrician following his discharge. He was married about 1977 to Shirley Dragg of Madisonville, Louisiana.  In 1984 he was a journeyman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in 1985 he was employed at a nuclear power plant in Georgia

 

Children born to them include:

 

          Charles Howard Crusan, Jr.              born January 30, 1979

          Matthew Joseph Crusan                     born July 4, 1983

 

Elizabeth Owen Lord, daughter of Owen Martin Lord and Elizabeth Blair Bryan Lord, was born about 1923.  She was admitted in April 1947 to Daughters of Texas Founders and Patriots, tracing her ancestry to Joseph Martin Fish.

 

Emma Lord, daughter of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born about 1872 in Williamson County.  Although she appeared in no census enumerations she was mentioned in the will of her father as "Emma Patrick."

 

Leroy Boyce Lord, Jr., son of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Cre­cy" Fish Lord, was born about 1874 probably in Williamson County.  He was mentioned in the will of his father written in 1910.

 

Joseph E. Lord, son of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in November 1878 in Williamson County.  He appeared at age 20 in the 1900 census of his father's household.  He was mentioned in his father's will written in 1910.

 

Ellen Lord, daughter of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in March 1881 in Williamson County.  She appeared in the 1900 census as a 19-year-old.  In her father's will written in 1910 she was identified as "Ellen Dyches."

 

Cora Lord, daughter of Leroy Boyce Lord and Lucretia E. "Crecy" Fish Lord, was born in January 1885 in Williamson County.  She appeared as a 15-year-old in the 1900 census of her father's household.  In 1910 she was mentioned in her father's will as "Cora Ford."

 

Sarah Rebecca Fish, daughter of Joseph Martin Fish and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish, was born in 1848 in Texas.  She appeared in the 1850 census of her father's household as a two-year-old.  She was mentioned in his will written in 1855 as the recipient of one-third of his remaining property.

 

She was married in 1870 to Thomas Gordon Thompson, according to Williamson County Marriage Book 3, page 55.  Thomas Gordon Thompson appeared in the 1870 census of Williamson County living in the household of his mother-in-law-to-be, Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish.  He appeared as "stockraiser, 22, born in Arkansas, $500 personal property."

 

They joined her sisters about 1873 in filing an unsuccessful lawsuit in Williamson County to recover property from their father's estate.

 

Thomas Gordon Thompson was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Callahan County, Texas, Enumeration District 175, page 17:

 

          Thompson          Thomas                30, born in Arkansas

                                      Rebecca               31, born in Texas

                                      Ansley                    9, born in Texas, son

                                      Emily                     8, born in Texas, daughter"

 

Children born to them, according to Charles Augustus Lord, include:

 

          Emzie Thompson         born about 1871

          Emily Thompson          born about 1872

 

Emzie Thompson, son of Thomas Gordon Thompson and Sarah Rebecca Fish Thompson, was born about 1871 probably in Williamson County.

 

Emily Thompson, daughter of Thomas Gordon Thompson and Sarah Rebecca Fish Thompson, was born about 1872 probably in Williamson County.

 

 

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