LOYALTY RANGER
John Erastus Buster was born December 30, 1851, in Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky, to John P. Buster and Martha Jane Lair. John stood 5ft 11in tall, had blue eyes, dark hair and a light complexion. He was married to his first wife, (name unknown) and had a son, Lair. His married a second wife , Emma Sanola Mayfield, in December 1894. They had four children. John was a farmer in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. In the 1900 census, he was listed as a "ginner" in Denton County, Texas so he must have lived in "cotton farming" country. John enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a LOYALTY RANGER on May 5, 1918 through February, 1919. Loyalty Rangers worked under cover and most people never knew what they did. They were a secret service, working under the Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918. Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918 made it illegal to speak or act against the United States' involvement in World War I. John Erastus Buster died June 11, 1937, in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas.
Contributed by Nancy E. Brown, FAG#46822811
John Buster's marker is the northern most of the four Buster markers. It may be hidden by debris and branches of large tree.
John Erastus Buster was born December 30, 1851, in Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky, to John P. Buster and Martha Jane Lair. John stood 5ft 11in tall, had blue eyes, dark hair and a light complexion. He was married to his first wife, (name unknown) and had a son, Lair. His married a second wife , Emma Sanola Mayfield, in December 1894. They had four children. John was a farmer in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. In the 1900 census, he was listed as a "ginner" in Denton County, Texas so he must have lived in "cotton farming" country. John enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a LOYALTY RANGER on May 5, 1918 through February, 1919. Loyalty Rangers worked under cover and most people never knew what they did. They were a secret service, working under the Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918. Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918 made it illegal to speak or act against the United States' involvement in World War I. John Erastus Buster died June 11, 1937, in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas.
Contributed by Nancy E. Brown, FAG#46822811
John Buster's marker is the northern most of the four Buster markers. It may be hidden by debris and branches of large tree.
LOYALTY RANGER
John Erastus Buster was born December 30, 1851, in Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky, to John P. Buster and Martha Jane Lair. John stood 5ft 11in tall, had blue eyes, dark hair and a light complexion. He was married to his first wife, (name unknown) and had a son, Lair. His married a second wife , Emma Sanola Mayfield, in December 1894. They had four children. John was a farmer in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. In the 1900 census, he was listed as a "ginner" in Denton County, Texas so he must have lived in "cotton farming" country. John enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a LOYALTY RANGER on May 5, 1918 through February, 1919. Loyalty Rangers worked under cover and most people never knew what they did. They were a secret service, working under the Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918. Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918 made it illegal to speak or act against the United States' involvement in World War I. John Erastus Buster died June 11, 1937, in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas.
Contributed by Nancy E. Brown, FAG#46822811
John Buster's marker is the northern most of the four Buster markers. It may be hidden by debris and branches of large tree.
John Erastus Buster was born December 30, 1851, in Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky, to John P. Buster and Martha Jane Lair. John stood 5ft 11in tall, had blue eyes, dark hair and a light complexion. He was married to his first wife, (name unknown) and had a son, Lair. His married a second wife , Emma Sanola Mayfield, in December 1894. They had four children. John was a farmer in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. In the 1900 census, he was listed as a "ginner" in Denton County, Texas so he must have lived in "cotton farming" country. John enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a LOYALTY RANGER on May 5, 1918 through February, 1919. Loyalty Rangers worked under cover and most people never knew what they did. They were a secret service, working under the Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918. Hobby Loyalty Act of 1918 made it illegal to speak or act against the United States' involvement in World War I. John Erastus Buster died June 11, 1937, in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas.
Contributed by Nancy E. Brown, FAG#46822811
John Buster's marker is the northern most of the four Buster markers. It may be hidden by debris and branches of large tree.
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Father
Gravesite Details
h/o 1) Ada Hall, married 17 Jan 1889 in Denton Co, TX 2) Emma Sanola Mayfield, married 23 Dec 1894 in Denton Co, TX. Son of John Prather Buster and Martha Lair.
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