Martha Ann Lucas was the daughter of William M Lucus and Hulda Majors. In the census below, she is age 6 and living in Henry County Alabama.

1871 February, Martha marries William James Madison Skipper in Henry County Alabama. Lizzie Neal is born December of 1871. The Skipper, Jernigan, Johnson and Lucas families were some of the pioneers who left Alabama and headed toward Texas.

1880 Rusk County Texas finds William, Martha, Lizzie and a new sister, Maggie who was born in 1878.

1900: Bienville Parish, Ward 4 Ringgold.
Records show Martha had 12 children with 8 living. She has been married 29 years. She is now the grandmother of Charley Shepherd and James Curtis Phennel. Lizzie Neal married Code Phennel. Code Phennel died 1899. Maggie married John S Shepherd and has a son named Charley

William J Skipper 51
Martha A Skipper 45
James (Jimmy) 19
Annie J 17
Addie M 15
Mollie M 13
Ada F 11
Mattie A 7
Maggie Shepherd 22 w/o John Shepherd
Charley Shepherd 3
Lizzie Neal Skipper Phennel 29 wife of Code Phennel
James Curtis Phennel 4

1860 Hilliardsville Beat # 12, Henry, Alabama, United States
William M Lucus M 48 South Carolina
Hulda Lucus F 39 Georgia
Rebecca Lucus F 20 Alabama
Alexander J Lucus M 19 Alabama
James M Lucus M 17 Alabama
John W Lucus M 14 Alabama
Samuel Lucus M 10 Alabama
Amanda Lucus F 8 Alabama
Martha Lucus F 6 Alabama
Eunice Lucus F 4 Alabama
Matilda Lucus F 0 Alabama

Martha lived to see 83 birthdays and at the time of her death, she was grandmother to over 29 grandchildren.

Phennel: James Curtis & Oza F Phennel
Franklin: Junie Mae & Zack Francis Franklin
Shepherd: Charley & Leo
Skipper: Roy Everett
McCoy: G B,Bonnie, O T, Ernest & Doyle
Nettles: William G, Obie L, Jesse T, Exie D, Mattie Chloe, Clyde
Slack: Donie, Bunah, Aureal
Morrow: Odie, Nonnie, Ozie, Dolores, Frances
Bates: Bertice, Lunnie, Lowry, Louis

Thanks to Ky2Bama, Virginia Wilson-Bailey, Donna Warke and other kind genealogists who have been instrumental in helping me "track my roots".

Ann Skipper Boykin