Lizzie Ledbetter, a daughter of Isaac and Julia Ledbetter, then of Milam county but originally from Rutherford county, Tennessee. Mrs. Wilson's parents moved to Texas in 1853 and took up their residence in this county. She was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, as were also her parents – her father in 1814, and her mother in 1824. These died in Milam county, the father on March 14, 1861, and the mother on July 20, 1863. Mrs. Wilson is one of eleven children, seven of whom became grown, she being the eldest of the number. Her eldest brother, Henry C. Ledbetter who lives in this county; Jennie Ledbetter is the wife of T. A. Porter of Big Springs, Howard county, this State; William Horace Ledbetter died in this county some years ago; Mattie Ledbetter is the wife of W. A. Barclay of Temple, Texas; Ada Ledbetter is the deceased wife of E. M. Scarbrough of Austin; and Ida Ledbetter is the wife of Dr. E. J. Powell of Maysfield, this county.
SOURCE: History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (Chicago, IL: Lewis, 1893), p. 335-337.
SOURCE: History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (Chicago, IL: Lewis, 1893), p. 335-337.
Lizzie Ledbetter, a daughter of Isaac and Julia Ledbetter, then of Milam county but originally from Rutherford county, Tennessee. Mrs. Wilson's parents moved to Texas in 1853 and took up their residence in this county. She was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, as were also her parents – her father in 1814, and her mother in 1824. These died in Milam county, the father on March 14, 1861, and the mother on July 20, 1863. Mrs. Wilson is one of eleven children, seven of whom became grown, she being the eldest of the number. Her eldest brother, Henry C. Ledbetter who lives in this county; Jennie Ledbetter is the wife of T. A. Porter of Big Springs, Howard county, this State; William Horace Ledbetter died in this county some years ago; Mattie Ledbetter is the wife of W. A. Barclay of Temple, Texas; Ada Ledbetter is the deceased wife of E. M. Scarbrough of Austin; and Ida Ledbetter is the wife of Dr. E. J. Powell of Maysfield, this county.
SOURCE: History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (Chicago, IL: Lewis, 1893), p. 335-337.
SOURCE: History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (Chicago, IL: Lewis, 1893), p. 335-337.
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Born in Rutherford Co Tenn and died in Milam Co TX. Married William Sewell Goodhue Wilson on Aug 9, 1859 in Milam Co TX
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