Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Massengale deeded two and half acres of land to the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in 1885, along with Mr. & Mrs, John Mathis. A son of H.B. Massengale, and the first child of Mr. and Mrs. John Mathis, were the first to be buried In Wesley Chapel Cemetery. They were leading Christians in this church with other charter members; Mr. Massengale was a Mason. He was also a Major in the Civil War. (21st Texas Cavalry Army of the Confederate States)
Mr. Massengale came by steamboat from Alabama and Mississippi, to Galveston, Texas. He married Ellender Crowson in Mississippi. They arrived in Texas in the early 1870's. They went to Crockett, Houston County, Texas where he had a saw mill. They moved in 1880 to Wesley Chapel Jack Co. TX. They were parents of sixteen children.
obit--
H.B. Massengale died at his home six miles west of Jacksboro on 12 May 1904, and was buried in Wesley Chapel cemetery, Rev. McCloud of Bryson conducting the funeral services.
Massengale was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 3 December 1822. Had he lived 3 December 1904, would have passed his 82nd milepost. He came to Texas in 1846, and to Jack county in the spring of 1880, and settled on the place where he was living at the time of his death. Survived: 5 daughters, 2 sons, many grand and great-grandchildren.
A consistent member of the M.E. church, an honest man gone to be re-united with those who have gone before on the other shore. Though he be dead yet speaketh.
Mr. Massengale came by steamboat from Alabama and Mississippi, to Galveston, Texas. He married Ellender Crowson in Mississippi. They arrived in Texas in the early 1870's. They went to Crockett, Houston County, Texas where he had a saw mill. They moved in 1880 to Wesley Chapel Jack Co. TX. They were parents of sixteen children.
obit--
H.B. Massengale died at his home six miles west of Jacksboro on 12 May 1904, and was buried in Wesley Chapel cemetery, Rev. McCloud of Bryson conducting the funeral services.
Massengale was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 3 December 1822. Had he lived 3 December 1904, would have passed his 82nd milepost. He came to Texas in 1846, and to Jack county in the spring of 1880, and settled on the place where he was living at the time of his death. Survived: 5 daughters, 2 sons, many grand and great-grandchildren.
A consistent member of the M.E. church, an honest man gone to be re-united with those who have gone before on the other shore. Though he be dead yet speaketh.
Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Massengale deeded two and half acres of land to the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in 1885, along with Mr. & Mrs, John Mathis. A son of H.B. Massengale, and the first child of Mr. and Mrs. John Mathis, were the first to be buried In Wesley Chapel Cemetery. They were leading Christians in this church with other charter members; Mr. Massengale was a Mason. He was also a Major in the Civil War. (21st Texas Cavalry Army of the Confederate States)
Mr. Massengale came by steamboat from Alabama and Mississippi, to Galveston, Texas. He married Ellender Crowson in Mississippi. They arrived in Texas in the early 1870's. They went to Crockett, Houston County, Texas where he had a saw mill. They moved in 1880 to Wesley Chapel Jack Co. TX. They were parents of sixteen children.
obit--
H.B. Massengale died at his home six miles west of Jacksboro on 12 May 1904, and was buried in Wesley Chapel cemetery, Rev. McCloud of Bryson conducting the funeral services.
Massengale was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 3 December 1822. Had he lived 3 December 1904, would have passed his 82nd milepost. He came to Texas in 1846, and to Jack county in the spring of 1880, and settled on the place where he was living at the time of his death. Survived: 5 daughters, 2 sons, many grand and great-grandchildren.
A consistent member of the M.E. church, an honest man gone to be re-united with those who have gone before on the other shore. Though he be dead yet speaketh.
Mr. Massengale came by steamboat from Alabama and Mississippi, to Galveston, Texas. He married Ellender Crowson in Mississippi. They arrived in Texas in the early 1870's. They went to Crockett, Houston County, Texas where he had a saw mill. They moved in 1880 to Wesley Chapel Jack Co. TX. They were parents of sixteen children.
obit--
H.B. Massengale died at his home six miles west of Jacksboro on 12 May 1904, and was buried in Wesley Chapel cemetery, Rev. McCloud of Bryson conducting the funeral services.
Massengale was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 3 December 1822. Had he lived 3 December 1904, would have passed his 82nd milepost. He came to Texas in 1846, and to Jack county in the spring of 1880, and settled on the place where he was living at the time of his death. Survived: 5 daughters, 2 sons, many grand and great-grandchildren.
A consistent member of the M.E. church, an honest man gone to be re-united with those who have gone before on the other shore. Though he be dead yet speaketh.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
