Daughter of Tilman Curbow. First husband John Bedwell, 2nd husband Edward H. Pressley. Children; Will Bedwell, James M Bedwell, AC Bedwell, Olivia Bedwell Harrison, Walter Gordon Pressley and May/Mary Pressley Harper.
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Martha Isabell Curbow was the daughter of Tilman P. Curbow and Elizabeth Box. She was the granddaughter of William Bolton Box. Belle, as she was called, spent most of her childhood in Itawamba County, Mississipi. She came to Texas with her family either right before or during the Civil War. At the tender age of 14 she married Charles C. Hodges in McLennan County, Texas. It is not known if Mr. Hodges died or whether the couple divorced. She married second to Johnathan Bedwell in McLennan County in 1876. The couple had four children: Olivia A., Albert C., William F. and James Monroe. After her husband's untimely death, she married third to Edward Henry Pressley in Sept 1884 in McLennan County, Texas. The couple had two children: Jennie Mae and Walter Gordon.
Published in the SAN ANTONIO LIGHT; Sunday, Feb. 16, 1941, Par 7, Page 3:
PRESSLEY - Martha Isabell Pressley Died at her residence, 134 Belden street, February 15, 1941, in her eighty-third year. Survivors, daughters Mrs. Mae Harper and Mrs. Olivia Harrison. Services Sunday 4 p.m. from the chapel of Southside funeral home. Rev. W. P. Carmichael officiating. Interment, Mission burial park. Direction Southside funeral home, 5519 So. Flores street in Harlandale.
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Martha Isabell Curbow was the daughter of Tilman P. Curbow and Elizabeth Box. She was the granddaughter of William Bolton Box. Belle, as she was called, spent most of her childhood in Itawamba County, Mississipi. She came to Texas with her family either right before or during the Civil War. At the tender age of 14 she married Charles C. Hodges in McLennan County, Texas. It is not known if Mr. Hodges died or whether the couple divorced. She married second to Johnathan Bedwell in McLennan County in 1876. The couple had four children: Olivia A., Albert C., William F. and James Monroe. After her husband's untimely death, she married third to Edward Henry Pressley in Sept 1884 in McLennan County, Texas. The couple had two children: Jennie Mae and Walter Gordon.
Published in the SAN ANTONIO LIGHT; Sunday, Feb. 16, 1941, Par 7, Page 3:
PRESSLEY - Martha Isabell Pressley Died at her residence, 134 Belden street, February 15, 1941, in her eighty-third year. Survivors, daughters Mrs. Mae Harper and Mrs. Olivia Harrison. Services Sunday 4 p.m. from the chapel of Southside funeral home. Rev. W. P. Carmichael officiating. Interment, Mission burial park. Direction Southside funeral home, 5519 So. Flores street in Harlandale.
Daughter of Tilman Curbow. First husband John Bedwell, 2nd husband Edward H. Pressley. Children; Will Bedwell, James M Bedwell, AC Bedwell, Olivia Bedwell Harrison, Walter Gordon Pressley and May/Mary Pressley Harper.
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Martha Isabell Curbow was the daughter of Tilman P. Curbow and Elizabeth Box. She was the granddaughter of William Bolton Box. Belle, as she was called, spent most of her childhood in Itawamba County, Mississipi. She came to Texas with her family either right before or during the Civil War. At the tender age of 14 she married Charles C. Hodges in McLennan County, Texas. It is not known if Mr. Hodges died or whether the couple divorced. She married second to Johnathan Bedwell in McLennan County in 1876. The couple had four children: Olivia A., Albert C., William F. and James Monroe. After her husband's untimely death, she married third to Edward Henry Pressley in Sept 1884 in McLennan County, Texas. The couple had two children: Jennie Mae and Walter Gordon.
Published in the SAN ANTONIO LIGHT; Sunday, Feb. 16, 1941, Par 7, Page 3:
PRESSLEY - Martha Isabell Pressley Died at her residence, 134 Belden street, February 15, 1941, in her eighty-third year. Survivors, daughters Mrs. Mae Harper and Mrs. Olivia Harrison. Services Sunday 4 p.m. from the chapel of Southside funeral home. Rev. W. P. Carmichael officiating. Interment, Mission burial park. Direction Southside funeral home, 5519 So. Flores street in Harlandale.
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Martha Isabell Curbow was the daughter of Tilman P. Curbow and Elizabeth Box. She was the granddaughter of William Bolton Box. Belle, as she was called, spent most of her childhood in Itawamba County, Mississipi. She came to Texas with her family either right before or during the Civil War. At the tender age of 14 she married Charles C. Hodges in McLennan County, Texas. It is not known if Mr. Hodges died or whether the couple divorced. She married second to Johnathan Bedwell in McLennan County in 1876. The couple had four children: Olivia A., Albert C., William F. and James Monroe. After her husband's untimely death, she married third to Edward Henry Pressley in Sept 1884 in McLennan County, Texas. The couple had two children: Jennie Mae and Walter Gordon.
Published in the SAN ANTONIO LIGHT; Sunday, Feb. 16, 1941, Par 7, Page 3:
PRESSLEY - Martha Isabell Pressley Died at her residence, 134 Belden street, February 15, 1941, in her eighty-third year. Survivors, daughters Mrs. Mae Harper and Mrs. Olivia Harrison. Services Sunday 4 p.m. from the chapel of Southside funeral home. Rev. W. P. Carmichael officiating. Interment, Mission burial park. Direction Southside funeral home, 5519 So. Flores street in Harlandale.
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