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William Hutson Amason

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William Hutson Amason

Birth
Timpson, Shelby County, Texas, USA
Death
4 Jun 1947 (aged 70)
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
Burial
Shelby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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William Hutson Amason was the only child of M. T. J. "John" Amason and Rhoda Starkey. His father died before 1880, and his mother, Rhoda, remarried to James M. Dinkins in 1887.

At the time of the 1900 census, Rhody J. was noted as "wife", living in the HH of J. M. Dinkins, with her son, William, whose surname was dittoed as Dinkins. William was raised in Nacogdoches County. In 1900, the Dinkins family was living adjacent to the Latham family.

In December of 1900, William Hutson Amason married Ethyl Annie Latham, daughter of neighbors, William Alvin Latham, and Josephine Holt.

William Hutson Amason was a grandson of Jesse Amason (d. Mar 1870 in Shelby Co. TX), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, who received a land grant of "a league and a labor", from the Republic of Texas, based on his early residency of Texas, before 1837. The land grant was located in Shelby County, Texas.

Land on which the Shelby County courthouse was built was partially donated by Jesse Amason. Another part of the land, belonging to a man named Wilson, was also donated. All of the land on which the courthouse is built was part of the original Amason land grant.
William Hutson Amason was the only child of M. T. J. "John" Amason and Rhoda Starkey. His father died before 1880, and his mother, Rhoda, remarried to James M. Dinkins in 1887.

At the time of the 1900 census, Rhody J. was noted as "wife", living in the HH of J. M. Dinkins, with her son, William, whose surname was dittoed as Dinkins. William was raised in Nacogdoches County. In 1900, the Dinkins family was living adjacent to the Latham family.

In December of 1900, William Hutson Amason married Ethyl Annie Latham, daughter of neighbors, William Alvin Latham, and Josephine Holt.

William Hutson Amason was a grandson of Jesse Amason (d. Mar 1870 in Shelby Co. TX), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, who received a land grant of "a league and a labor", from the Republic of Texas, based on his early residency of Texas, before 1837. The land grant was located in Shelby County, Texas.

Land on which the Shelby County courthouse was built was partially donated by Jesse Amason. Another part of the land, belonging to a man named Wilson, was also donated. All of the land on which the courthouse is built was part of the original Amason land grant.

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