FRANCES DEVINE BASS EDMONDSON, Fannie, is the first female to be a direct ancestor. She was born in March of 1884 and was about ten years of age when her mother died and her father remarried.
Frances married her father's business partner, Samuel Rayburn Edmondson on October 29, 1905, at the age of twenty-one. The marriage took place in Joplin, Texas.
The couple had three children,
Clemon (Aug. 14, 1906),
Zelma Dell (March 30, 1908), and
Ora Geneva (Aug. 9, 1913).
Samuel farmed at Barton's Chapel until the death of his first wife, Martha Elizabeth Estes. After he married Fannie, they lived in Berwick, Jacksboro, Markley, and Jermyn where he had grocery stores. A post office was usually attached to the stores and he served as post- master. When the community no longer needed a post office, he would move.
In 1921 Samuel and his family and two daughters from his first marriage, Iva and Mae, moved to Collingsworth County in Texas. In Wellington Samuel ran a grocery and filling station . Fannie operated a group of tourist cabins. The station and cabins were located on the highway between Childress and Shamrock, Texas. As cars became more popular, Samuel leased his station to Gulf Oil.
Samuel died in November of 1932. He was buried in the Winn Hill Cemetery in Jack County, Texas. His daughter Mae had married and lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband, Paul Rogers. They had a daughter, Frances, born in January of 1930. Iva returned to Jacksboro to live with her sister, Effie. Iva never married.
The depression years came and Clemon worked with the CCC, a federal program, that gave jobs to men who built public buildings across the nation. He worked in Colorado.
Zelma had married Frank Lankford in 1926 and raised her family in Wellington.
Ora completed school in Wellington, took a beauty course and became a certified beauty operator. She married Spence Dyer of Austin , Texas.
Spence worked in the State Highway Building in Austin as a planner. They had two children, Allan and Kaye. Allan and Ora came to Wellington and lived with her mother while awaiting the birth of Kaye. Spence was overseas in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Spence and Ora raised their children in Austin. They lived in a large house near the University of Texas campus and rented rooms to boys from the university.
Allan now teaches in the Spanish department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Kaye married Howard Dunbar and had two sons. One of the sons is married. Kaye is a Special Education teacher who works with dyslexic students.
Clemon returned from his work with the CCC and entered the army after Pearl Harbor. He trained for duty in Africa, but developed a severe stomach problem and never saw overseas duty. After his return to Wellington, he went to a college in Lawton, Oklahoma, under the GI Bill.
He studied furniture making and took general courses. While attending the college he met Mary Delk, a teacher. The two married and taught together in small rural communities in Olkahoma. They settled in Gotebo, Oklahoma.
After his health became poor, Clemon and Mary moved to Wellington and lived in the family home. Fannie was already living in a small house besides the family home which had been rented.
Clemon and Mary lived there until his death from lung cancer in 1957.
Mary remarried and opened a private pre-school in Wellington after she had taught special education classes in Memphis, Texas for several years.
Frances married her father's business partner, Samuel Rayburn Edmondson on October 29, 1905, at the age of twenty-one. The marriage took place in Joplin, Texas.
The couple had three children,
Clemon (Aug. 14, 1906),
Zelma Dell (March 30, 1908), and
Ora Geneva (Aug. 9, 1913).
Samuel farmed at Barton's Chapel until the death of his first wife, Martha Elizabeth Estes. After he married Fannie, they lived in Berwick, Jacksboro, Markley, and Jermyn where he had grocery stores. A post office was usually attached to the stores and he served as post- master. When the community no longer needed a post office, he would move.
In 1921 Samuel and his family and two daughters from his first marriage, Iva and Mae, moved to Collingsworth County in Texas. In Wellington Samuel ran a grocery and filling station . Fannie operated a group of tourist cabins. The station and cabins were located on the highway between Childress and Shamrock, Texas. As cars became more popular, Samuel leased his station to Gulf Oil.
Samuel died in November of 1932. He was buried in the Winn Hill Cemetery in Jack County, Texas. His daughter Mae had married and lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband, Paul Rogers. They had a daughter, Frances, born in January of 1930. Iva returned to Jacksboro to live with her sister, Effie. Iva never married.
The depression years came and Clemon worked with the CCC, a federal program, that gave jobs to men who built public buildings across the nation. He worked in Colorado.
Zelma had married Frank Lankford in 1926 and raised her family in Wellington.
Ora completed school in Wellington, took a beauty course and became a certified beauty operator. She married Spence Dyer of Austin , Texas.
Spence worked in the State Highway Building in Austin as a planner. They had two children, Allan and Kaye. Allan and Ora came to Wellington and lived with her mother while awaiting the birth of Kaye. Spence was overseas in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Spence and Ora raised their children in Austin. They lived in a large house near the University of Texas campus and rented rooms to boys from the university.
Allan now teaches in the Spanish department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Kaye married Howard Dunbar and had two sons. One of the sons is married. Kaye is a Special Education teacher who works with dyslexic students.
Clemon returned from his work with the CCC and entered the army after Pearl Harbor. He trained for duty in Africa, but developed a severe stomach problem and never saw overseas duty. After his return to Wellington, he went to a college in Lawton, Oklahoma, under the GI Bill.
He studied furniture making and took general courses. While attending the college he met Mary Delk, a teacher. The two married and taught together in small rural communities in Olkahoma. They settled in Gotebo, Oklahoma.
After his health became poor, Clemon and Mary moved to Wellington and lived in the family home. Fannie was already living in a small house besides the family home which had been rented.
Clemon and Mary lived there until his death from lung cancer in 1957.
Mary remarried and opened a private pre-school in Wellington after she had taught special education classes in Memphis, Texas for several years.
FRANCES DEVINE BASS EDMONDSON, Fannie, is the first female to be a direct ancestor. She was born in March of 1884 and was about ten years of age when her mother died and her father remarried.
Frances married her father's business partner, Samuel Rayburn Edmondson on October 29, 1905, at the age of twenty-one. The marriage took place in Joplin, Texas.
The couple had three children,
Clemon (Aug. 14, 1906),
Zelma Dell (March 30, 1908), and
Ora Geneva (Aug. 9, 1913).
Samuel farmed at Barton's Chapel until the death of his first wife, Martha Elizabeth Estes. After he married Fannie, they lived in Berwick, Jacksboro, Markley, and Jermyn where he had grocery stores. A post office was usually attached to the stores and he served as post- master. When the community no longer needed a post office, he would move.
In 1921 Samuel and his family and two daughters from his first marriage, Iva and Mae, moved to Collingsworth County in Texas. In Wellington Samuel ran a grocery and filling station . Fannie operated a group of tourist cabins. The station and cabins were located on the highway between Childress and Shamrock, Texas. As cars became more popular, Samuel leased his station to Gulf Oil.
Samuel died in November of 1932. He was buried in the Winn Hill Cemetery in Jack County, Texas. His daughter Mae had married and lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband, Paul Rogers. They had a daughter, Frances, born in January of 1930. Iva returned to Jacksboro to live with her sister, Effie. Iva never married.
The depression years came and Clemon worked with the CCC, a federal program, that gave jobs to men who built public buildings across the nation. He worked in Colorado.
Zelma had married Frank Lankford in 1926 and raised her family in Wellington.
Ora completed school in Wellington, took a beauty course and became a certified beauty operator. She married Spence Dyer of Austin , Texas.
Spence worked in the State Highway Building in Austin as a planner. They had two children, Allan and Kaye. Allan and Ora came to Wellington and lived with her mother while awaiting the birth of Kaye. Spence was overseas in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Spence and Ora raised their children in Austin. They lived in a large house near the University of Texas campus and rented rooms to boys from the university.
Allan now teaches in the Spanish department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Kaye married Howard Dunbar and had two sons. One of the sons is married. Kaye is a Special Education teacher who works with dyslexic students.
Clemon returned from his work with the CCC and entered the army after Pearl Harbor. He trained for duty in Africa, but developed a severe stomach problem and never saw overseas duty. After his return to Wellington, he went to a college in Lawton, Oklahoma, under the GI Bill.
He studied furniture making and took general courses. While attending the college he met Mary Delk, a teacher. The two married and taught together in small rural communities in Olkahoma. They settled in Gotebo, Oklahoma.
After his health became poor, Clemon and Mary moved to Wellington and lived in the family home. Fannie was already living in a small house besides the family home which had been rented.
Clemon and Mary lived there until his death from lung cancer in 1957.
Mary remarried and opened a private pre-school in Wellington after she had taught special education classes in Memphis, Texas for several years.
Frances married her father's business partner, Samuel Rayburn Edmondson on October 29, 1905, at the age of twenty-one. The marriage took place in Joplin, Texas.
The couple had three children,
Clemon (Aug. 14, 1906),
Zelma Dell (March 30, 1908), and
Ora Geneva (Aug. 9, 1913).
Samuel farmed at Barton's Chapel until the death of his first wife, Martha Elizabeth Estes. After he married Fannie, they lived in Berwick, Jacksboro, Markley, and Jermyn where he had grocery stores. A post office was usually attached to the stores and he served as post- master. When the community no longer needed a post office, he would move.
In 1921 Samuel and his family and two daughters from his first marriage, Iva and Mae, moved to Collingsworth County in Texas. In Wellington Samuel ran a grocery and filling station . Fannie operated a group of tourist cabins. The station and cabins were located on the highway between Childress and Shamrock, Texas. As cars became more popular, Samuel leased his station to Gulf Oil.
Samuel died in November of 1932. He was buried in the Winn Hill Cemetery in Jack County, Texas. His daughter Mae had married and lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband, Paul Rogers. They had a daughter, Frances, born in January of 1930. Iva returned to Jacksboro to live with her sister, Effie. Iva never married.
The depression years came and Clemon worked with the CCC, a federal program, that gave jobs to men who built public buildings across the nation. He worked in Colorado.
Zelma had married Frank Lankford in 1926 and raised her family in Wellington.
Ora completed school in Wellington, took a beauty course and became a certified beauty operator. She married Spence Dyer of Austin , Texas.
Spence worked in the State Highway Building in Austin as a planner. They had two children, Allan and Kaye. Allan and Ora came to Wellington and lived with her mother while awaiting the birth of Kaye. Spence was overseas in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Spence and Ora raised their children in Austin. They lived in a large house near the University of Texas campus and rented rooms to boys from the university.
Allan now teaches in the Spanish department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Kaye married Howard Dunbar and had two sons. One of the sons is married. Kaye is a Special Education teacher who works with dyslexic students.
Clemon returned from his work with the CCC and entered the army after Pearl Harbor. He trained for duty in Africa, but developed a severe stomach problem and never saw overseas duty. After his return to Wellington, he went to a college in Lawton, Oklahoma, under the GI Bill.
He studied furniture making and took general courses. While attending the college he met Mary Delk, a teacher. The two married and taught together in small rural communities in Olkahoma. They settled in Gotebo, Oklahoma.
After his health became poor, Clemon and Mary moved to Wellington and lived in the family home. Fannie was already living in a small house besides the family home which had been rented.
Clemon and Mary lived there until his death from lung cancer in 1957.
Mary remarried and opened a private pre-school in Wellington after she had taught special education classes in Memphis, Texas for several years.
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