Husband Elisha Anglin
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Father: Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Mother: Mrs. Orpha James
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Wife Retta McGUIRE
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Husband Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
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Died: 17 Jan 1874 - Near Mt. Calm, Limestone, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-75
Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Marriage: 1816 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Mrs. Orpha James - Tinnans Fort
Other Spouse: Nancy Faulkenberry 77 - Abt 1823 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Sarah Crist - 23 Sep 1873
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Wife Rachel Wilson 77
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Died: 1830 - Edgar County, Illinois
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Father: Abraham Wilson Jr.
Mother: Margaret Johnston
Children
1 M Abram Anglin
Born: 28 Jan 1817 - Kentucky, USA
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Died: 6 Sep 1875 - Limestone County, Texas, USA
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Spouse: Rebecca Faulkenberry 80
Marr: 1836
2 M William Anglin
Born: Abt 1821 - Illinois, USA
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Died: 1871 - Limestone County, Texas, USA 11
Buried: - Fort Parker Cemetery, , Limestone, Texas 11
Spouse: Sarah Wood 11
Marr: Abt 1845 - Texas, USA 11
3 M John Anglin
Born: 23 Mar 1823 - Clay, Illinois
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Died: Jan 1874 - Mt. Calm, Grimes, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Missouri Ann Powell
Marr: 19 May 1842 - <, Limestone, Texas> 11
Spouse: Nattie Crisy 11
Marr: Abt 1845 - Of, , , Illinois 11
Spouse: Martha Ann Chambers 11
Marr: 1873 - Limestone County, Texas, USA 11
4 F Mary Anglin
Born: 1826 - Illinois, USA
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5 F Margaret Anglin
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General Notes (Husband)
1. In 1826, Elisha Anglin and Rachel his wife sold land to James G. Hyden.
See James' record for information.
2. From the History of Clay Co., IL:
For the October circuit court, 1825, listed as a grand juror.
For the October circuit court, 1826, listed as a grand juror.
3. Elisha Anglin came to Texas with Parkers from Illinois in 1833, reached Grimes Prarie, Grimes Co. in fall of 1833 where Austin Co. still remained. Located claim in Limestone Co. 1834.
4. In the summer of 1834 James and Silas Parker and Elisha visited the Navasota River area which is now Limestone Co., TX and each man located a claim and returned to Grimes Prarie and Fort Brown in preparation for moving their families to the new claims.
5. Received a large grant of land covering a part of the site of the present town of Groesbeck, TX Feb. 23, 1835
6. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
481 - 421 Elisha Anglin 62 M Farmer 10500 9600 VA
Orpha 51 F OH
Seth B. 20 M TX
Silas 17 M TX
Sarah E. 14 F TX
Adeline 5 F TX
Sarah Ellison 63 F SC
7. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
Elisha Anglin was one of the first white men who made a permanent settle-ment in Limestone County. He was born in Powell Valley, Virginia, where he was raised and married; moved thence to Kentucky, afterward to Clay, Edgar and Cole counties, Illinois, and finally, in 1833, to Texas. He reached what is now Grimes Prairie, Grimes county, in the fall of 1833, where Austin's colony still remained. In the summer of 1834, in company with James and Silas Parker, he visited Limestone county, in Robertson's colony, and located a claim where the present town of Groesbeck is situated. Silas Parker located his claim north of Anglin's, and James Parker went still further north.
They then returned to Grimes Prairie, each buying load of corn preparatory to bringing their families, which they did in the summer of 1834. Mr Anglin settled on his claim February 1, 1835, and Fort Parker was built in the summer of the same year. An account of the building of the fort and events leading to it's fall will be found in the history proper of the county. When the Parkers and Mr. Anglin settled in the county the Indians were friendly and peaceable, those then in the locality being the Tehuancanas, at Tehuancana Hills; the Keechies, on Keechie creek, and the Wacos, who were then occupying their village at Waco. The first trouble was brought about by raids made on them by bands of white men. The raids were made in the summer of 1835, and the following spring news reached the fort of the advance of the Mexicans
under Santa Ana. Mr Anglin, believing that the fort and the inmates would fall victims to Mexican foes and hostile Indians, tried to induce the Parkers to abandon it and retire to the settlements beyond the Trinity. But this they refused to do. Taking his family, Mr. Anglin, in company of Mr. Faulkenberry and family and Mr. Bates and family, sought safety at old Fort Houston, near Palestine. He did not return to Limestone Co. until the spring of 1838, when Springfield, afterward the county seat, was laid out, he being present and assisting in this labor. For four or five years following this date he resided principally in the settlements in Grimes county, but in January, 1844, took up his permanent residence on his claim, where he lived until his last marriage, and until his death, near Mount Calm, in January, 1874, aged 76 years. He assisted in the organization of the county, held a number of minor positions at an earlier date, was an unlettered man, but possessed considerable force of character, the elements of the pioneer strongly predominating. Mr Anglin was five times married, and the father of number of children. His first wife was Rachel Wilson, a native of Virginia, who died in Edgar Co. Ill. leaving 5 children: Abram, William, John, Mary, afterward the wife of Silas Bates, and Margaret, now Mrs. John Moody. He then married, in Coles Co. Ill. to Catherine Duty, who bore him three children, only one of which reached maturity, Rebecca Catherine, now the wife of Franklin Coates, of Utah territory. His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson Co., Mrs. Orpha James. They had eight children, only one of whom is now living; Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson Co. Texas. His fourth marriage occurred in Limestone Co., to Mrs. Nancy Faulkenberry, widow of David Faulkenberry. His fifth wife was Mrs. Sarah Chaffin, nee Crist, but by the last two unions, there were no children.
8. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
The Anglin family were a family inured to toil and hardships and at once prepared to meet frontier life and all its conditions just as they found it. No one questions their being the first white family in the county, and many are the Indian fights in which the sons participated, in one of which their father was wounded. They learned to know the red men perfectly. Just prior to the attack and capture of Fort Parker by the Indians, when Cynthia Parker was captured, the tribe encamped near Waco had been robbed while absent from the camp by whites from this vicinity. No attention seemed to be paid to it for some time, and many of the settlers thought the matter had been forgotten, but the Anglins, with characteristic shrewdness and precaution moved their families back to the settlements and awaited developments. The Indians came, the fort was taken, and many lives were lost.
9. Became affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church through his friendship with the Parkers.
2. In 1826 Elisha Anglin & Rachel his wife of Clay Co. Ill. sold James G.
Hyden their share in the land decreed by the court to the devisees of John Anglin dec'd. (The will of John Anglin dated June 30, 1814, will book 1, page 46, gives to "son in law James G. Hyden 100 acres where he now lives." In 1827 James G. Hyden and Lydia his wife, of Lee Co. for $450 sold to Allen Milam of same co. 130 acres on Walden's creek adjoining Randolph Noe's land.
GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation Area and eight miles north of Thornton, in the central part of the county. The area was first settled by Elisha Anglin in 1835, when he received part of the old Spanish land grant of the A. Varela survey.
3. Here goes: McLean's "Papers concerning Robertson's Colony" in Texas, Vol. XII, page 584 Shows Ophra James, a widow, age 26, born in Missouri, with two children, Sarah Ann age 6 and Carsan B age 4. She is shown as # 47 on " A list of Colonist received since the passage of Organic law in the Nashville Colony". Sworn and recorded by the Alcalde this 14th Jany, 1836.
Vol IX of the same papers, page 469 states, in part, about Elisha Anglin "His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time, at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson County, Mrs Ophra James. They had eight children, only one who is now living: Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson County, Texas". I have not been able to determine an exact date for for the marriage.However I suspect it was in 1836/1837.
The 1850 census of Limestone County, Texas shows the following people living with J.R. Mcallister (McCollister)and Catherine.
Sarah Ann James 20 b IL
Benjamin Usery 13 TX
Rebecca E Anglin 14 TX
Elisha Anglin 13 TX
Seth B. Anglin 11 TX
Silas B. Anglin 7 TX
Emaline Anglin 3 TX
"Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" shows that Elisha Anglin haad the following childrenb in school---Silas, Seth and Sarah E.
It is interesting to note that the 1850 census shows Elisha and Ophra Anglin living alone! Sounds like they had farmed the kids out. Because another source indicates tht Benjamin Usery was living with Elisha Anglin.
Don't know if this will help you any, or not. Maybe we can get som corospondence going and tie up some loose ends.
Regards Narvel Rogers---I am the one related to the McAllisters.
Research Notes (Husband)
Usry's in Limestone County, Texas 1. In 1826, Elisha Anglin and Rachel his wife sold land to James G. Hyden. Usry's in Limestone County, Texas 1. Bore Elisha three children.
1. In 1826, Elisha Anglin and Rachel his wife sold land to James G. Hyden. Usry's in Limestone County, Texas 1. Bore RElisha eight children.
1. In 1826, Elisha Anglin and Rachel his wife sold land to James G. Hyden. Usry's in Limestone County, Texas 1. Widow of David Faulkenberry. 1. In 1826, Elisha Anglin and Rachel his wife sold land to James G. Hyden. Usry's in Limestone County, Texas 1. In 1826, Elisha Anglin and Rachel his wife sold land to James G. Hyden. Usry's in Limestone County, Texas 1. Bore Elisha three children.
Married Moses Cade, probably the son of Thomas Cade, in Randolph County, (West) Virginia, on 25 Nov 1788. Elizabeth must have died in Harrison County (West) Virginia before 19 Sep 1796, when land was conveyed to Moses Cade "and his wife Lydia" (apparently his second wife).
January 18, 1972, (John Usry) went to Richardson, Texas and talked with Mrs.Lottie Maud Kilborn....She said that her maiden name was Lottie Maud Usry, sometimes called "Pete", and that she was born September 19,1896 in Limestone Co., TX. Her parents were Rufus Milas Usry and Lela Maud Jackson Usry. Her grandfather was Benjamin Milam Usry.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her grandfather, Benjamin Milam Usry, died about 1902 at an age of about 63. His father (name unknown) was married to Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the widow of Silas Parker who was killed in 1836 at old Fort Parker, Limestone Co., TX, during an Indian massacre. Mrs. Lucinda Parker had been the mother of four Parker children. Two of them, Cinthia Ann and John, were taken captives by the Indians at the massacre at Fort Parker. Her husband, Silas Parker, was killed. Mrs. Parker soon thereafter married Mr. Usry and had one child, Benjamin. Mr. Usry and Lucy (Lucinda) were divorced, and she married again but did not have any more children. Lucinda died when her son Benjamin was about twelve years of age and he went to live with neighbors.[See txrec.htm#lime 1850 US Census]
Benjamin Milam Usry grew up and married Tabitha Anglin. She died during the Civil War. Benjamin served in the Confederate forces during this war. He afterward married Miss Zion Sharp, and they had four children:
* Lee Usry married Mally Seawright; they had a daughter, Mally, who married Gary Smith. The daughter now lives at Ft. Worth, TX, aged about 80.
* Rufus Milas Usry, born July 21, about 1874, at Groesbeck, in Limestone County, Texas. He died in June of 1955 at Richardson, TX, and is buried at Fort Parker Cemetery in Limestone County. He married Miss Lela Maud Jackson, who was born Feb 27, 1875 and died in 1965. Also buried in Ft. Parker Cemetery.
* Meredith Usry, died during infancy.
* Benjamin Usry, died about 1899; not married.
Mrs. Kilborn said that she was married first to Mr. Owen Amples Utley. He died Jan. 21, 1920. She married again June 21 1924 to Mr. Willard Stockton Kilborn, who was born March 10, 1899 and died June 29, 1966 at Ardmore, OK. Mrs. Kilborn had not had children, but adopted a daughter, Mary Sue, who was born August 10, 1934.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her mother, Lela Maud Jackson, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Mollie Rushing
Mrs. Kilborn produced a copy of an affidavit made years ago by her grandfather, Ben Usry:
An Affidavit
State of Texas
Limestone County
Before me, W.W. Williams, a notary public in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared B.M. Usry, being by me duly sworn says on oath that he is the son of Lucinda Usry, that said Lucinda Usry was first married to S.M. Parker to whom the S.M. Parker League in Limestone Co., TX, was granted; that by said marriage with said Parker said Lucinda Parker had four children, viz: Cinthia Ann Parker, who was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre in Limestone County, TX. John Parker who was also captured by the Indians at said massacre, Silas M. Parker, Jr., and Orlena Parker.
Affiant further says that Silas M. Parker, husband of Lucinda Parker, was killed in the Fort Parker massacre in 1836; that after his death his said wife married said Usry, the father of affiant and by whom she had only one child,affiant; that said Lucinda Usry obtained a divorce from said Usry and afterward married Wm. W. Roberts, by whom she had no children. Affiant further says that said Silas M. Parker, Jr. died some seven or eight years ago; that said Cinthia Ann Parker died shortly after the Civil War; that said Orlena Parker married one Rufus Oquina; that she died some five or six years ago, and her husband is still living; that said John Parker was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre, and no reliable or definite news has ever been heard from him since.
B.M. Usry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Feb 1st, 1899. W.W. Williams, Notary Public, Limestone County, TX
The following was taken from the Brazos County, Texas marriage records:
Mr. William W.Roberts and Mrs. Lucinda Strauther, married June 28, 1844, by Wm. B. Smith, JP.
Mrs. Lucinda Strauther or Strother is believed to have had the maiden name of Lucinda Duty. She married Silas M. Parker about 1826, probably in Illinois, and became the mother of four children: Cinthia Anne, John, Orlena and Silas M., Jr. After she was widowed in 1836 at the Fort Parker Indian attack, Lucinda married and became the mother of Benjamin M. Usry.
Fort Parker Memorial Park
Located two miles west of Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX, reached by a road leading off from F.M. Highwy 1245, a sign at the entrance says:
The site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cinthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands and the grave is marked by a granite slab. Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas War for Independence....Limestone County Historical Society, 1963.
Rufus M. Usry July 21, 1874 June 3, 1955
Lela M. Usry Feb. 27, 1876 July 22, 1965
O.A. Utley Aug. 22, 1891 Jan. 21, 1920
B.M. Usry Jan 13, 1838 May 31, 1902
N.A. wife of B.M. Usry 1841 Oct 25, 1886
Bell Usry Nov 5, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873
Lottie May Usry May 18, 1882 Sept. 8, 1882
Merida Usry July 1, 1877 Sept 10, 1891
Benjamin A. Usry Sept 6, 1879 Jan 23, 1900
Obituary of B.M. Usry
From the Groesbeck Journal IX, No 6, page 6; Thursday June 5, 1902
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE, B.M. USRY, OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
For three consecutive weeks we have been called on to chronicle the death of an old citizen, each of whom was loved and honored among their neighbors, and each of whom has contributed largely to the advancement of this county. First, F.C.Oliver responded to the summons, then L.G. Aspley, and now that prince of a man, who numbered friends by the hundreds, B.M. Usry, has succumbed to the inevitable fate that awaits us all, and gone to join the innumerable caravan that move to the pale realm. Mr. Usry's death came as a surprise to everyone, few being aware of his illness. He was stricken Tuesday with a congestive chill, which was followed by another Thursday night, and then it was realized that his race was about run. He lingered until Saturday morning, when just as the King of day came peeping over the hills, he breathed his last, and thus ended the lifeof one who was a friend to all men.
Mr. Usry was about 61 years of age and had lived here all of his life. His mother was the widow of Silas M. Parker who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre, and he was therefore a half brother of Cinthia Anne Parker who was captured by the Indians in this raid and was carried into captivity. His nephew, Cinthia Anne's son, Quanah Parker , now a prosperous chief among the Commanches, has often requested his uncle Ben to visit him, but he never did, being too far away from home. Mr. Usry was a man that was well read upon all subject. His mind was of that quick grasping character, that enabled him to solve intricate problems with alacrity, and his sound judgment upon all matters, was looked up to by his acquaintances. He always took an active part in politics and was outspoken in his convictions, being a democrat of the old school, unyielding and unbending. While he was not a professed christian, yet his Bible was his constant companion, and it is doubtful if there is one to be found more famiiar with its teachings than he was. He believed with all his soul that a crown awaited those who did their duty. His life has been one of kindness to his fellowmen and tender devotion to his family. In the language of Marc Antony, "he was gentle and kind,and the elements so mixed in him that the world might say, he was a man." Let us hope, as we verily believe, that when his eyes beheld for the last time the dimly receding shore of this vale of tears, that the light of the eternal morning burst upon his gaze, and accompanied by the angelic hosts, that he found safe shelter in the loving arms of his Master.
Mr. Usry leaves two children, Mrs. Lee Seawright and Rufus Usry, besides other relatives who mourn his loss, and in their bereavement they have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was held at the old Lewisville cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Thurmond
Obituary of Rufus Usry
(For more info on Rufus Usry click here.)
From the Groesbeck Journal -- Thursday June 9, 1955
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR RUFUS M. USRY, SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GROESBECK DIED IN RICHARDSON JUNE 4
Funeral services were held for Rufus Milam Usry Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Groesbeck at the Shelton Funeral Home.
Mr. Usry had lived all his life in Limestone County in the Groesbeck vicinity until 1936 when he and Mrs. Usry moved to Richardson, near Dallas. He was born in Groesbeck on July 21, 1874, the son of Benjamin and Zion Usry, pioneer residents of this sections. He succumbed early Saturday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas.
Surviving him are his wife,the former Lela Maud Jackson, whith whom he was united in wedlock in Groesbeck on Dec. 12, 1895, and their daughter, Mrs. Lettie Kilborn of Dallas.
During his years of activity in Groesbeck and Limestone County affairs, Mr. Usry had large farming interests, and he was elected as county commissioner in 1904, serving several years. He also served at one time as City Marshal of Groesbeck, and later served the city as an officer for a number of years just prior to moving to Richardson.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. R.F. Thompson, local pastor, conductd the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Charles Ferguson, organist, and Mrs. W.C. Shelton, vocalist. Interment was in the Ft. Fisher Memorial Park, with the following serving as pallbearers: John Browder, Wilford Sanders, Max Scharff, W.A. Browder, Joe T. Henderson and B.L. Bradley.
Reprint of Biographies from The Lone Star State
This book, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, contains two brief biographies which mention the name Benjamin Usry:
The biography of John Anglin of GROESBECK: John Anglin, born March 23, 1823, Clay County, Missouri, was a son of Elisha Anglin, born in Powell Valley, VA., and his wife, Rachel Wilson, who was born in Virginia and died in Edgar County, ILL. John Anglin moved to Texas with his father at age 11, about 1833. In 1842 he married Missouri Ann Powell, who was born at Memphis, Tenn. Their first child, Tabitha, became the wife of Benjamin M. Usery.
The biography of Mrs. Saluda Ann Sharp, of Hornhill, Limestone County, TX, the widow of Edward W. Sharp. In this biography it is stated that Edward W. Sharp was the son of Anthony Sharp, born about 1801 in Missouri. He married Charlotte Walker about 1825, and they moved to Texas in 1836. They had six children: Edward W., James E., Robert L., Rachel, William A., and Alphenzie. Alphenzie, born about 1840 married Benjamin Usery, born about 1837. Alphenzie was deceased at the time of the biography, 1893.
(Editor's note: From the above, it appears that Tabitha Anglin was the first wife of Benjamin Usry and died during the Civil War; Alphenzie Sharp was the second wife of Benjamin Usry, and died sometime before 1893
A History of Limestone County
A book written by Ray A. Walter, printed by Von Boechmann-Jones, Austin, Texas, copyright 1959.
In a description of the capture of Fort Parker in 1836 by Indians, it is stated that: "Samuel M. Frost and his son Robert, fell inside the fort."
The survivors of the Indian attack left Fort Parker and headed for Fort Houston in Anderson Co. "Mrs. Parker and Elizabeth Frost were the only ones having shoes."
"After Silas' death at the fort, Lucinda married a Mr. Usry; to this union was born Benjamin M. Usry. Later, Lucinda married W.W. Roberts; she died about 1852. Catherine Duty Anglin and Lucinda Duty Parker were sisters.
Who Was Benjamin M.Usry's Father?
".......The mystery of Mr. Usry needs to be identified,as he was one of the early settlers of Texas. Did he later marry Elizabeth Frost, the widow of Samuel Frost and the mother of Robert Frost? According to the land deed records, this widow did marry an Usry. Was it the same one?
Land Deed Records, Limestone County, Texas
49-150 Elizabeth Usry to Alphonzo Steele, waranty deed, Nov 6, 1845, 300 acres in A. Varela tract.
49-152 The State of Texas, County of Limestone, 7 June 1847, Elizabeth Usrey of Hariston Co., to Alphonse Steel of Limestone County, for $400, land on waters of Navistoa Creek known as FROST Creek, and a part of the Robert Frost head right fourth of a league of land granted by the Mexican government in 1835 and surveyed by P.Z.R. Wheelock(?), by estimation 807 acres. Signed by mark: Elizabeth Usery (formerly the widow of Samuel Frost deceased and mother and heir of Robert Frost, deceased.)
D-300 Benjamin M. Usry and wife Tabitha, to T.W. Bowdon, warranty deed, Feb. 9, 1861, $650 for 150 acres on Frosts Creek.
P-223 Benjamin M. Usry to John Anglin, deed, Jan 11, 1866, 150 acres.
B-339 Anthony Sharp to N.A. Usry, filed Nov. 25, 1874, for $500, land about four miles SW from Springfield, on Frost Creek.
C-27 J.W. and Dolly Anglin to B.M. Usry, deed, filed Feb. 5, 1875, estae of W.H. Anglin
Note: from the deed B339, the possibility is found that the second wife of Benjamin M. Usry had the name "N.A.". This was probably Nancy Alponzie. Perhaps sometimes called "Zion?"
John Henry Parker
Info provided from the email I received from Jean and Billy Gene Lack bjl@telepath.com
A little bit of Lack family history:
Nathan Jarred b, 1807 in Tennessee father of Mary Lucinda Jarred.
James Thomas Lack, born June 13, 1817, married Mary Lucinda Jarred, born July 8, 1827 both born in Tennessee.
They moved to Upshur County, Tx. about 1850. Their children:
Thomas Lack born June 13, 1817 in Tn.
Lucinda Lack b. July 8, 1827 in Tn.
Letha Ann Lack b. 1843 in Tn.
ANDREW LACK b. 1848 IN TN. [Bill's great grandfather]
Ellen Frances b. Nov. 22 1849 in Tn.
Isom Farris Lack b.
James Thomas, Jr. b.
Columbus Alexander b. Tx.
John W.b. Tx.
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Andrew Lack married Emmiline Seals, born in Tx. Her mother: Elizabeth Seals
Their children:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LACK b.1872 TX. (Bill's grandfather)
John E. b. 1875 Tx.
Etta M. b.Tx.
Alexander Campbell married Drucilla Lee Parker, Drucilla was born in 1878 in Texas, to John Henry Parker and Elizabeth Ann Clark. John Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker. John Henry and Cynthia Ann were captured by Indians in 1836, and Cynthia was the mother of Quannah Parker, an Indian chief.
Alexander and Drucilla had the following children:
Johnnie May b. July 29, 1898 Millsap, Tx.
Liffie Clifton, [Jack] b. Apr. 29, 1900 Millsap, Tx.
Clara Etta b. Oct. 17, 1905
Myrtle Alberta b. Nov. 27, 1907
Ruby Estelle
OWEN T. LACK b. AUGUST 15, 1912 WYNNEWOOD, OK.
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Owen Lack married Vee Bainey Courtney in 1931. She is now called Vera, and her parents were Tom and Cynthia Courtney. Owen and Vera are the parents of 10 children, 4 sons, and 6 daughters, all born in Wynnewood.
BILL LACK b. MAY 29, 1932 WYNNEWOOD, OK
Myrtie May b. May 23, 1933 now called Margie
Owen Ray b. Jan 7, 1938
Florence Loretta b.Feb 4, 1940
Margaret Ruth b. Aug. 27, 1941
Linda Johnice b. Oct. 8, 1942
Clara Louise b. Feb. 22, 1944
O.T. b. May 27, 1947
Carolyn Sue b. Jan. 7 1949? D. Feb. 4, 1949?
Elic Carlos b. Dec. 14, 1951
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BILLY GENE LACK married Barbara Jean Williams Sept. 29, 1951, in Ardmore, Ok. Jean's parents were John Elzie and Rose Etta Williams. Bill and Jean's children:
Rose Marie born
Michael Owen b. Aug. 15, 1955
David Gene b.Apr. 23, 1957 Wynnewood, Ok.
Doris Elaine b.
Brenda Karen b. Apr. 25, 1964
Husband Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1874 - Near Mt. Calm, Limestone, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-75
Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Marriage: Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Rachel Wilson 77 - 1816 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Mrs. Orpha James - Tinnans Fort
Other Spouse: Nancy Faulkenberry 77 - Abt 1823 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Sarah Crist - 23 Sep 1873
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Wife Catherine Duty 13
Born: Abt 1806 - South Carolina, USA
Christened:
Died: - Fort Houston, Near Palestine, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-8B
Other Spouse: Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79 - 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Children
General Notes (Husband)
See James' record for information.
2. From the History of Clay Co., IL:
For the October circuit court, 1825, listed as a grand juror.
For the October circuit court, 1826, listed as a grand juror.
3. Elisha Anglin came to Texas with Parkers from Illinois in 1833, reached Grimes Prarie, Grimes Co. in fall of 1833 where Austin Co. still remained. Located claim in Limestone Co. 1834.
4. In the summer of 1834 James and Silas Parker and Elisha visited the Navasota River area which is now Limestone Co., TX and each man located a claim and returned to Grimes Prarie and Fort Brown in preparation for moving their families to the new claims.
5. Received a large grant of land covering a part of the site of the present town of Groesbeck, TX Feb. 23, 1835
6. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
481 - 421 Elisha Anglin 62 M Farmer 10500 9600 VA
Orpha 51 F OH
Seth B. 20 M TX
Silas 17 M TX
Sarah E. 14 F TX
Adeline 5 F TX
Sarah Ellison 63 F SC
7. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
Elisha Anglin was one of the first white men who made a permanent settle-ment in Limestone County. He was born in Powell Valley, Virginia, where he was raised and married; moved thence to Kentucky, afterward to Clay, Edgar and Cole counties, Illinois, and finally, in 1833, to Texas. He reached what is now Grimes Prairie, Grimes county, in the fall of 1833, where Austin's colony still remained. In the summer of 1834, in company with James and Silas Parker, he visited Limestone county, in Robertson's colony, and located a claim where the present town of Groesbeck is situated. Silas Parker located his claim north of Anglin's, and James Parker went still further north.
They then returned to Grimes Prairie, each buying load of corn preparatory to bringing their families, which they did in the summer of 1834. Mr Anglin settled on his claim February 1, 1835, and Fort Parker was built in the summer of the same year. An account of the building of the fort and events leading to it's fall will be found in the history proper of the county. When the Parkers and Mr. Anglin settled in the county the Indians were friendly and peaceable, those then in the locality being the Tehuancanas, at Tehuancana Hills; the Keechies, on Keechie creek, and the Wacos, who were then occupying their village at Waco. The first trouble was brought about by raids made on them by bands of white men. The raids were made in the summer of 1835, and the following spring news reached the fort of the advance of the Mexicans
under Santa Ana. Mr Anglin, believing that the fort and the inmates would fall victims to Mexican foes and hostile Indians, tried to induce the Parkers to abandon it and retire to the settlements beyond the Trinity. But this they refused to do. Taking his family, Mr. Anglin, in company of Mr. Faulkenberry and family and Mr. Bates and family, sought safety at old Fort Houston, near Palestine. He did not return to Limestone Co. until the spring of 1838, when Springfield, afterward the county seat, was laid out, he being present and assisting in this labor. For four or five years following this date he resided principally in the settlements in Grimes county, but in January, 1844, took up his permanent residence on his claim, where he lived until his last marriage, and until his death, near Mount Calm, in January, 1874, aged 76 years. He assisted in the organization of the county, held a number of minor positions at an earlier date, was an unlettered man, but possessed considerable force of character, the elements of the pioneer strongly predominating. Mr Anglin was five times married, and the father of number of children. His first wife was Rachel Wilson, a native of Virginia, who died in Edgar Co. Ill. leaving 5 children: Abram, William, John, Mary, afterward the wife of Silas Bates, and Margaret, now Mrs. John Moody. He then married, in Coles Co. Ill. to Catherine Duty, who bore him three children, only one of which reached maturity, Rebecca Catherine, now the wife of Franklin Coates, of Utah territory. His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson Co., Mrs. Orpha James. They had eight children, only one of whom is now living; Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson Co. Texas. His fourth marriage occurred in Limestone Co., to Mrs. Nancy Faulkenberry, widow of David Faulkenberry. His fifth wife was Mrs. Sarah Chaffin, nee Crist, but by the last two unions, there were no children.
8. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
The Anglin family were a family inured to toil and hardships and at once prepared to meet frontier life and all its conditions just as they found it. No one questions their being the first white family in the county, and many are the Indian fights in which the sons participated, in one of which their father was wounded. They learned to know the red men perfectly. Just prior to the attack and capture of Fort Parker by the Indians, when Cynthia Parker was captured, the tribe encamped near Waco had been robbed while absent from the camp by whites from this vicinity. No attention seemed to be paid to it for some time, and many of the settlers thought the matter had been forgotten, but the Anglins, with characteristic shrewdness and precaution moved their families back to the settlements and awaited developments. The Indians came, the fort was taken, and many lives were lost.
9. Became affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church through his friendship with the Parkers.
2. In 1826 Elisha Anglin & Rachel his wife of Clay Co. Ill. sold James G.
Hyden their share in the land decreed by the court to the devisees of John Anglin dec'd. (The will of John Anglin dated June 30, 1814, will book 1, page 46, gives to "son in law James G. Hyden 100 acres where he now lives." In 1827 James G. Hyden and Lydia his wife, of Lee Co. for $450 sold to Allen Milam of same co. 130 acres on Walden's creek adjoining Randolph Noe's land.
GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation Area and eight miles north of Thornton, in the central part of the county. The area was first settled by Elisha Anglin in 1835, when he received part of the old Spanish land grant of the A. Varela survey.
3. Here goes: McLean's "Papers concerning Robertson's Colony" in Texas, Vol. XII, page 584 Shows Ophra James, a widow, age 26, born in Missouri, with two children, Sarah Ann age 6 and Carsan B age 4. She is shown as # 47 on " A list of Colonist received since the passage of Organic law in the Nashville Colony". Sworn and recorded by the Alcalde this 14th Jany, 1836.
Vol IX of the same papers, page 469 states, in part, about Elisha Anglin "His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time, at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson County, Mrs Ophra James. They had eight children, only one who is now living: Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson County, Texas". I have not been able to determine an exact date for for the marriage.However I suspect it was in 1836/1837.
The 1850 census of Limestone County, Texas shows the following people living with J.R. Mcallister (McCollister)and Catherine.
Sarah Ann James 20 b IL
Benjamin Usery 13 TX
Rebecca E Anglin 14 TX
Elisha Anglin 13 TX
Seth B. Anglin 11 TX
Silas B. Anglin 7 TX
Emaline Anglin 3 TX
"Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" shows that Elisha Anglin haad the following childrenb in school---Silas, Seth and Sarah E.
It is interesting to note that the 1850 census shows Elisha and Ophra Anglin living alone! Sounds like they had farmed the kids out. Because another source indicates tht Benjamin Usery was living with Elisha Anglin.
Don't know if this will help you any, or not. Maybe we can get som corospondence going and tie up some loose ends.
Regards Narvel Rogers---I am the one related to the McAllisters.
Research Notes (Husband)
January 18, 1972, (John Usry) went to Richardson, Texas and talked with Mrs.Lottie Maud Kilborn....She said that her maiden name was Lottie Maud Usry, sometimes called "Pete", and that she was born September 19,1896 in Limestone Co., TX. Her parents were Rufus Milas Usry and Lela Maud Jackson Usry. Her grandfather was Benjamin Milam Usry.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her grandfather, Benjamin Milam Usry, died about 1902 at an age of about 63. His father (name unknown) was married to Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the widow of Silas Parker who was killed in 1836 at old Fort Parker, Limestone Co., TX, during an Indian massacre. Mrs. Lucinda Parker had been the mother of four Parker children. Two of them, Cinthia Ann and John, were taken captives by the Indians at the massacre at Fort Parker. Her husband, Silas Parker, was killed. Mrs. Parker soon thereafter married Mr. Usry and had one child, Benjamin. Mr. Usry and Lucy (Lucinda) were divorced, and she married again but did not have any more children. Lucinda died when her son Benjamin was about twelve years of age and he went to live with neighbors.[See txrec.htm#lime 1850 US Census]
Benjamin Milam Usry grew up and married Tabitha Anglin. She died during the Civil War. Benjamin served in the Confederate forces during this war. He afterward married Miss Zion Sharp, and they had four children:
* Lee Usry married Mally Seawright; they had a daughter, Mally, who married Gary Smith. The daughter now lives at Ft. Worth, TX, aged about 80.
* Rufus Milas Usry, born July 21, about 1874, at Groesbeck, in Limestone County, Texas. He died in June of 1955 at Richardson, TX, and is buried at Fort Parker Cemetery in Limestone County. He married Miss Lela Maud Jackson, who was born Feb 27, 1875 and died in 1965. Also buried in Ft. Parker Cemetery.
* Meredith Usry, died during infancy.
* Benjamin Usry, died about 1899; not married.
Mrs. Kilborn said that she was married first to Mr. Owen Amples Utley. He died Jan. 21, 1920. She married again June 21 1924 to Mr. Willard Stockton Kilborn, who was born March 10, 1899 and died June 29, 1966 at Ardmore, OK. Mrs. Kilborn had not had children, but adopted a daughter, Mary Sue, who was born August 10, 1934.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her mother, Lela Maud Jackson, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Mollie Rushing
Mrs. Kilborn produced a copy of an affidavit made years ago by her grandfather, Ben Usry:
An Affidavit
State of Texas
Limestone County
Before me, W.W. Williams, a notary public in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared B.M. Usry, being by me duly sworn says on oath that he is the son of Lucinda Usry, that said Lucinda Usry was first married to S.M. Parker to whom the S.M. Parker League in Limestone Co., TX, was granted; that by said marriage with said Parker said Lucinda Parker had four children, viz: Cinthia Ann Parker, who was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre in Limestone County, TX. John Parker who was also captured by the Indians at said massacre, Silas M. Parker, Jr., and Orlena Parker.
Affiant further says that Silas M. Parker, husband of Lucinda Parker, was killed in the Fort Parker massacre in 1836; that after his death his said wife married said Usry, the father of affiant and by whom she had only one child,affiant; that said Lucinda Usry obtained a divorce from said Usry and afterward married Wm. W. Roberts, by whom she had no children. Affiant further says that said Silas M. Parker, Jr. died some seven or eight years ago; that said Cinthia Ann Parker died shortly after the Civil War; that said Orlena Parker married one Rufus Oquina; that she died some five or six years ago, and her husband is still living; that said John Parker was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre, and no reliable or definite news has ever been heard from him since.
B.M. Usry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Feb 1st, 1899. W.W. Williams, Notary Public, Limestone County, TX
The following was taken from the Brazos County, Texas marriage records:
Mr. William W.Roberts and Mrs. Lucinda Strauther, married June 28, 1844, by Wm. B. Smith, JP.
Mrs. Lucinda Strauther or Strother is believed to have had the maiden name of Lucinda Duty. She married Silas M. Parker about 1826, probably in Illinois, and became the mother of four children: Cinthia Anne, John, Orlena and Silas M., Jr. After she was widowed in 1836 at the Fort Parker Indian attack, Lucinda married and became the mother of Benjamin M. Usry.
Fort Parker Memorial Park
Located two miles west of Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX, reached by a road leading off from F.M. Highwy 1245, a sign at the entrance says:
The site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cinthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands and the grave is marked by a granite slab. Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas War for Independence....Limestone County Historical Society, 1963.
Rufus M. Usry July 21, 1874 June 3, 1955
Lela M. Usry Feb. 27, 1876 July 22, 1965
O.A. Utley Aug. 22, 1891 Jan. 21, 1920
B.M. Usry Jan 13, 1838 May 31, 1902
N.A. wife of B.M. Usry 1841 Oct 25, 1886
Bell Usry Nov 5, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873
Lottie May Usry May 18, 1882 Sept. 8, 1882
Merida Usry July 1, 1877 Sept 10, 1891
Benjamin A. Usry Sept 6, 1879 Jan 23, 1900
Obituary of B.M. Usry
From the Groesbeck Journal IX, No 6, page 6; Thursday June 5, 1902
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE, B.M. USRY, OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
For three consecutive weeks we have been called on to chronicle the death of an old citizen, each of whom was loved and honored among their neighbors, and each of whom has contributed largely to the advancement of this county. First, F.C.Oliver responded to the summons, then L.G. Aspley, and now that prince of a man, who numbered friends by the hundreds, B.M. Usry, has succumbed to the inevitable fate that awaits us all, and gone to join the innumerable caravan that move to the pale realm. Mr. Usry's death came as a surprise to everyone, few being aware of his illness. He was stricken Tuesday with a congestive chill, which was followed by another Thursday night, and then it was realized that his race was about run. He lingered until Saturday morning, when just as the King of day came peeping over the hills, he breathed his last, and thus ended the lifeof one who was a friend to all men.
Mr. Usry was about 61 years of age and had lived here all of his life. His mother was the widow of Silas M. Parker who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre, and he was therefore a half brother of Cinthia Anne Parker who was captured by the Indians in this raid and was carried into captivity. His nephew, Cinthia Anne's son, Quanah Parker , now a prosperous chief among the Commanches, has often requested his uncle Ben to visit him, but he never did, being too far away from home. Mr. Usry was a man that was well read upon all subject. His mind was of that quick grasping character, that enabled him to solve intricate problems with alacrity, and his sound judgment upon all matters, was looked up to by his acquaintances. He always took an active part in politics and was outspoken in his convictions, being a democrat of the old school, unyielding and unbending. While he was not a professed christian, yet his Bible was his constant companion, and it is doubtful if there is one to be found more famiiar with its teachings than he was. He believed with all his soul that a crown awaited those who did their duty. His life has been one of kindness to his fellowmen and tender devotion to his family. In the language of Marc Antony, "he was gentle and kind,and the elements so mixed in him that the world might say, he was a man." Let us hope, as we verily believe, that when his eyes beheld for the last time the dimly receding shore of this vale of tears, that the light of the eternal morning burst upon his gaze, and accompanied by the angelic hosts, that he found safe shelter in the loving arms of his Master.
Mr. Usry leaves two children, Mrs. Lee Seawright and Rufus Usry, besides other relatives who mourn his loss, and in their bereavement they have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was held at the old Lewisville cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Thurmond
Obituary of Rufus Usry
(For more info on Rufus Usry click here.)
From the Groesbeck Journal -- Thursday June 9, 1955
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR RUFUS M. USRY, SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GROESBECK DIED IN RICHARDSON JUNE 4
Funeral services were held for Rufus Milam Usry Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Groesbeck at the Shelton Funeral Home.
Mr. Usry had lived all his life in Limestone County in the Groesbeck vicinity until 1936 when he and Mrs. Usry moved to Richardson, near Dallas. He was born in Groesbeck on July 21, 1874, the son of Benjamin and Zion Usry, pioneer residents of this sections. He succumbed early Saturday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas.
Surviving him are his wife,the former Lela Maud Jackson, whith whom he was united in wedlock in Groesbeck on Dec. 12, 1895, and their daughter, Mrs. Lettie Kilborn of Dallas.
During his years of activity in Groesbeck and Limestone County affairs, Mr. Usry had large farming interests, and he was elected as county commissioner in 1904, serving several years. He also served at one time as City Marshal of Groesbeck, and later served the city as an officer for a number of years just prior to moving to Richardson.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. R.F. Thompson, local pastor, conductd the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Charles Ferguson, organist, and Mrs. W.C. Shelton, vocalist. Interment was in the Ft. Fisher Memorial Park, with the following serving as pallbearers: John Browder, Wilford Sanders, Max Scharff, W.A. Browder, Joe T. Henderson and B.L. Bradley.
Reprint of Biographies from The Lone Star State
This book, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, contains two brief biographies which mention the name Benjamin Usry:
The biography of John Anglin of GROESBECK: John Anglin, born March 23, 1823, Clay County, Missouri, was a son of Elisha Anglin, born in Powell Valley, VA., and his wife, Rachel Wilson, who was born in Virginia and died in Edgar County, ILL. John Anglin moved to Texas with his father at age 11, about 1833. In 1842 he married Missouri Ann Powell, who was born at Memphis, Tenn. Their first child, Tabitha, became the wife of Benjamin M. Usery.
The biography of Mrs. Saluda Ann Sharp, of Hornhill, Limestone County, TX, the widow of Edward W. Sharp. In this biography it is stated that Edward W. Sharp was the son of Anthony Sharp, born about 1801 in Missouri. He married Charlotte Walker about 1825, and they moved to Texas in 1836. They had six children: Edward W., James E., Robert L., Rachel, William A., and Alphenzie. Alphenzie, born about 1840 married Benjamin Usery, born about 1837. Alphenzie was deceased at the time of the biography, 1893.
(Editor's note: From the above, it appears that Tabitha Anglin was the first wife of Benjamin Usry and died during the Civil War; Alphenzie Sharp was the second wife of Benjamin Usry, and died sometime before 1893
A History of Limestone County
A book written by Ray A. Walter, printed by Von Boechmann-Jones, Austin, Texas, copyright 1959.
In a description of the capture of Fort Parker in 1836 by Indians, it is stated that: "Samuel M. Frost and his son Robert, fell inside the fort."
The survivors of the Indian attack left Fort Parker and headed for Fort Houston in Anderson Co. "Mrs. Parker and Elizabeth Frost were the only ones having shoes."
"After Silas' death at the fort, Lucinda married a Mr. Usry; to this union was born Benjamin M. Usry. Later, Lucinda married W.W. Roberts; she died about 1852. Catherine Duty Anglin and Lucinda Duty Parker were sisters.
Who Was Benjamin M.Usry's Father?
".......The mystery of Mr. Usry needs to be identified,as he was one of the early settlers of Texas. Did he later marry Elizabeth Frost, the widow of Samuel Frost and the mother of Robert Frost? According to the land deed records, this widow did marry an Usry. Was it the same one?
Land Deed Records, Limestone County, Texas
49-150 Elizabeth Usry to Alphonzo Steele, waranty deed, Nov 6, 1845, 300 acres in A. Varela tract.
49-152 The State of Texas, County of Limestone, 7 June 1847, Elizabeth Usrey of Hariston Co., to Alphonse Steel of Limestone County, for $400, land on waters of Navistoa Creek known as FROST Creek, and a part of the Robert Frost head right fourth of a league of land granted by the Mexican government in 1835 and surveyed by P.Z.R. Wheelock(?), by estimation 807 acres. Signed by mark: Elizabeth Usery (formerly the widow of Samuel Frost deceased and mother and heir of Robert Frost, deceased.)
D-300 Benjamin M. Usry and wife Tabitha, to T.W. Bowdon, warranty deed, Feb. 9, 1861, $650 for 150 acres on Frosts Creek.
P-223 Benjamin M. Usry to John Anglin, deed, Jan 11, 1866, 150 acres.
B-339 Anthony Sharp to N.A. Usry, filed Nov. 25, 1874, for $500, land about four miles SW from Springfield, on Frost Creek.
C-27 J.W. and Dolly Anglin to B.M. Usry, deed, filed Feb. 5, 1875, estae of W.H. Anglin
Note: from the deed B339, the possibility is found that the second wife of Benjamin M. Usry had the name "N.A.". This was probably Nancy Alponzie. Perhaps sometimes called "Zion?"
John Henry Parker
Info provided from the email I received from Jean and Billy Gene Lack bjl@telepath.com
A little bit of Lack family history:
Nathan Jarred b, 1807 in Tennessee father of Mary Lucinda Jarred.
James Thomas Lack, born June 13, 1817, married Mary Lucinda Jarred, born July 8, 1827 both born in Tennessee.
They moved to Upshur County, Tx. about 1850. Their children:
Thomas Lack born June 13, 1817 in Tn.
Lucinda Lack b. July 8, 1827 in Tn.
Letha Ann Lack b. 1843 in Tn.
ANDREW LACK b. 1848 IN TN. [Bill's great grandfather]
Ellen Frances b. Nov. 22 1849 in Tn.
Isom Farris Lack b.
James Thomas, Jr. b.
Columbus Alexander b. Tx.
John W.b. Tx.
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Andrew Lack married Emmiline Seals, born in Tx. Her mother: Elizabeth Seals
Their children:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LACK b.1872 TX. (Bill's grandfather)
John E. b. 1875 Tx.
Etta M. b.Tx.
Alexander Campbell married Drucilla Lee Parker, Drucilla was born in 1878 in Texas, to John Henry Parker and Elizabeth Ann Clark. John Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker. John Henry and Cynthia Ann were captured by Indians in 1836, and Cynthia was the mother of Quannah Parker, an Indian chief.
Alexander and Drucilla had the following children:
Johnnie May b. July 29, 1898 Millsap, Tx.
Liffie Clifton, [Jack] b. Apr. 29, 1900 Millsap, Tx.
Clara Etta b. Oct. 17, 1905
Myrtle Alberta b. Nov. 27, 1907
Ruby Estelle
OWEN T. LACK b. AUGUST 15, 1912 WYNNEWOOD, OK.
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Owen Lack married Vee Bainey Courtney in 1931. She is now called Vera, and her parents were Tom and Cynthia Courtney. Owen and Vera are the parents of 10 children, 4 sons, and 6 daughters, all born in Wynnewood.
BILL LACK b. MAY 29, 1932 WYNNEWOOD, OK
Myrtie May b. May 23, 1933 now called Margie
Owen Ray b. Jan 7, 1938
Florence Loretta b.Feb 4, 1940
Margaret Ruth b. Aug. 27, 1941
Linda Johnice b. Oct. 8, 1942
Clara Louise b. Feb. 22, 1944
O.T. b. May 27, 1947
Carolyn Sue b. Jan. 7 1949? D. Feb. 4, 1949?
Elic Carlos b. Dec. 14, 1951
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BILLY GENE LACK married Barbara Jean Williams Sept. 29, 1951, in Ardmore, Ok. Jean's parents were John Elzie and Rose Etta Williams. Bill and Jean's children:
Rose Marie born
Michael Owen b. Aug. 15, 1955
David Gene b.Apr. 23, 1957 Wynnewood, Ok.
Doris Elaine b.
Brenda Karen b. Apr. 25, 1964
General Notes (Wife)
Husband Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1874 - Near Mt. Calm, Limestone, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-75
Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Marriage: - Tinnans Fort
Other Spouse: Rachel Wilson 77 - 1816 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Nancy Faulkenberry 77 - Abt 1823 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Sarah Crist - 23 Sep 1873
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Wife Mrs. Orpha James
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Seth Anglin
Born: 1840
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Silas K. Anglin
Born: 1843
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Sarah E. Anglin
Born: 1846
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Adeline Anglin
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Daniel Parker
5 M Elisha Anglin
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Retta McGUIRE
6 F Catherine Anglin
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
7 F Emmaline Anglin
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
8 F Rebecca Anglin
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
See James' record for information.
2. From the History of Clay Co., IL:
For the October circuit court, 1825, listed as a grand juror.
For the October circuit court, 1826, listed as a grand juror.
3. Elisha Anglin came to Texas with Parkers from Illinois in 1833, reached Grimes Prarie, Grimes Co. in fall of 1833 where Austin Co. still remained. Located claim in Limestone Co. 1834.
4. In the summer of 1834 James and Silas Parker and Elisha visited the Navasota River area which is now Limestone Co., TX and each man located a claim and returned to Grimes Prarie and Fort Brown in preparation for moving their families to the new claims.
5. Received a large grant of land covering a part of the site of the present town of Groesbeck, TX Feb. 23, 1835
6. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
481 - 421 Elisha Anglin 62 M Farmer 10500 9600 VA
Orpha 51 F OH
Seth B. 20 M TX
Silas 17 M TX
Sarah E. 14 F TX
Adeline 5 F TX
Sarah Ellison 63 F SC
7. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
Elisha Anglin was one of the first white men who made a permanent settle-ment in Limestone County. He was born in Powell Valley, Virginia, where he was raised and married; moved thence to Kentucky, afterward to Clay, Edgar and Cole counties, Illinois, and finally, in 1833, to Texas. He reached what is now Grimes Prairie, Grimes county, in the fall of 1833, where Austin's colony still remained. In the summer of 1834, in company with James and Silas Parker, he visited Limestone county, in Robertson's colony, and located a claim where the present town of Groesbeck is situated. Silas Parker located his claim north of Anglin's, and James Parker went still further north.
They then returned to Grimes Prairie, each buying load of corn preparatory to bringing their families, which they did in the summer of 1834. Mr Anglin settled on his claim February 1, 1835, and Fort Parker was built in the summer of the same year. An account of the building of the fort and events leading to it's fall will be found in the history proper of the county. When the Parkers and Mr. Anglin settled in the county the Indians were friendly and peaceable, those then in the locality being the Tehuancanas, at Tehuancana Hills; the Keechies, on Keechie creek, and the Wacos, who were then occupying their village at Waco. The first trouble was brought about by raids made on them by bands of white men. The raids were made in the summer of 1835, and the following spring news reached the fort of the advance of the Mexicans
under Santa Ana. Mr Anglin, believing that the fort and the inmates would fall victims to Mexican foes and hostile Indians, tried to induce the Parkers to abandon it and retire to the settlements beyond the Trinity. But this they refused to do. Taking his family, Mr. Anglin, in company of Mr. Faulkenberry and family and Mr. Bates and family, sought safety at old Fort Houston, near Palestine. He did not return to Limestone Co. until the spring of 1838, when Springfield, afterward the county seat, was laid out, he being present and assisting in this labor. For four or five years following this date he resided principally in the settlements in Grimes county, but in January, 1844, took up his permanent residence on his claim, where he lived until his last marriage, and until his death, near Mount Calm, in January, 1874, aged 76 years. He assisted in the organization of the county, held a number of minor positions at an earlier date, was an unlettered man, but possessed considerable force of character, the elements of the pioneer strongly predominating. Mr Anglin was five times married, and the father of number of children. His first wife was Rachel Wilson, a native of Virginia, who died in Edgar Co. Ill. leaving 5 children: Abram, William, John, Mary, afterward the wife of Silas Bates, and Margaret, now Mrs. John Moody. He then married, in Coles Co. Ill. to Catherine Duty, who bore him three children, only one of which reached maturity, Rebecca Catherine, now the wife of Franklin Coates, of Utah territory. His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson Co., Mrs. Orpha James. They had eight children, only one of whom is now living; Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson Co. Texas. His fourth marriage occurred in Limestone Co., to Mrs. Nancy Faulkenberry, widow of David Faulkenberry. His fifth wife was Mrs. Sarah Chaffin, nee Crist, but by the last two unions, there were no children.
8. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
The Anglin family were a family inured to toil and hardships and at once prepared to meet frontier life and all its conditions just as they found it. No one questions their being the first white family in the county, and many are the Indian fights in which the sons participated, in one of which their father was wounded. They learned to know the red men perfectly. Just prior to the attack and capture of Fort Parker by the Indians, when Cynthia Parker was captured, the tribe encamped near Waco had been robbed while absent from the camp by whites from this vicinity. No attention seemed to be paid to it for some time, and many of the settlers thought the matter had been forgotten, but the Anglins, with characteristic shrewdness and precaution moved their families back to the settlements and awaited developments. The Indians came, the fort was taken, and many lives were lost.
9. Became affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church through his friendship with the Parkers.
2. In 1826 Elisha Anglin & Rachel his wife of Clay Co. Ill. sold James G.
Hyden their share in the land decreed by the court to the devisees of John Anglin dec'd. (The will of John Anglin dated June 30, 1814, will book 1, page 46, gives to "son in law James G. Hyden 100 acres where he now lives." In 1827 James G. Hyden and Lydia his wife, of Lee Co. for $450 sold to Allen Milam of same co. 130 acres on Walden's creek adjoining Randolph Noe's land.
GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation Area and eight miles north of Thornton, in the central part of the county. The area was first settled by Elisha Anglin in 1835, when he received part of the old Spanish land grant of the A. Varela survey.
3. Here goes: McLean's "Papers concerning Robertson's Colony" in Texas, Vol. XII, page 584 Shows Ophra James, a widow, age 26, born in Missouri, with two children, Sarah Ann age 6 and Carsan B age 4. She is shown as # 47 on " A list of Colonist received since the passage of Organic law in the Nashville Colony". Sworn and recorded by the Alcalde this 14th Jany, 1836.
Vol IX of the same papers, page 469 states, in part, about Elisha Anglin "His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time, at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson County, Mrs Ophra James. They had eight children, only one who is now living: Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson County, Texas". I have not been able to determine an exact date for for the marriage.However I suspect it was in 1836/1837.
The 1850 census of Limestone County, Texas shows the following people living with J.R. Mcallister (McCollister)and Catherine.
Sarah Ann James 20 b IL
Benjamin Usery 13 TX
Rebecca E Anglin 14 TX
Elisha Anglin 13 TX
Seth B. Anglin 11 TX
Silas B. Anglin 7 TX
Emaline Anglin 3 TX
"Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" shows that Elisha Anglin haad the following childrenb in school---Silas, Seth and Sarah E.
It is interesting to note that the 1850 census shows Elisha and Ophra Anglin living alone! Sounds like they had farmed the kids out. Because another source indicates tht Benjamin Usery was living with Elisha Anglin.
Don't know if this will help you any, or not. Maybe we can get som corospondence going and tie up some loose ends.
Regards Narvel Rogers---I am the one related to the McAllisters.
Research Notes (Husband)
January 18, 1972, (John Usry) went to Richardson, Texas and talked with Mrs.Lottie Maud Kilborn....She said that her maiden name was Lottie Maud Usry, sometimes called "Pete", and that she was born September 19,1896 in Limestone Co., TX. Her parents were Rufus Milas Usry and Lela Maud Jackson Usry. Her grandfather was Benjamin Milam Usry.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her grandfather, Benjamin Milam Usry, died about 1902 at an age of about 63. His father (name unknown) was married to Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the widow of Silas Parker who was killed in 1836 at old Fort Parker, Limestone Co., TX, during an Indian massacre. Mrs. Lucinda Parker had been the mother of four Parker children. Two of them, Cinthia Ann and John, were taken captives by the Indians at the massacre at Fort Parker. Her husband, Silas Parker, was killed. Mrs. Parker soon thereafter married Mr. Usry and had one child, Benjamin. Mr. Usry and Lucy (Lucinda) were divorced, and she married again but did not have any more children. Lucinda died when her son Benjamin was about twelve years of age and he went to live with neighbors.[See txrec.htm#lime 1850 US Census]
Benjamin Milam Usry grew up and married Tabitha Anglin. She died during the Civil War. Benjamin served in the Confederate forces during this war. He afterward married Miss Zion Sharp, and they had four children:
* Lee Usry married Mally Seawright; they had a daughter, Mally, who married Gary Smith. The daughter now lives at Ft. Worth, TX, aged about 80.
* Rufus Milas Usry, born July 21, about 1874, at Groesbeck, in Limestone County, Texas. He died in June of 1955 at Richardson, TX, and is buried at Fort Parker Cemetery in Limestone County. He married Miss Lela Maud Jackson, who was born Feb 27, 1875 and died in 1965. Also buried in Ft. Parker Cemetery.
* Meredith Usry, died during infancy.
* Benjamin Usry, died about 1899; not married.
Mrs. Kilborn said that she was married first to Mr. Owen Amples Utley. He died Jan. 21, 1920. She married again June 21 1924 to Mr. Willard Stockton Kilborn, who was born March 10, 1899 and died June 29, 1966 at Ardmore, OK. Mrs. Kilborn had not had children, but adopted a daughter, Mary Sue, who was born August 10, 1934.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her mother, Lela Maud Jackson, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Mollie Rushing
Mrs. Kilborn produced a copy of an affidavit made years ago by her grandfather, Ben Usry:
An Affidavit
State of Texas
Limestone County
Before me, W.W. Williams, a notary public in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared B.M. Usry, being by me duly sworn says on oath that he is the son of Lucinda Usry, that said Lucinda Usry was first married to S.M. Parker to whom the S.M. Parker League in Limestone Co., TX, was granted; that by said marriage with said Parker said Lucinda Parker had four children, viz: Cinthia Ann Parker, who was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre in Limestone County, TX. John Parker who was also captured by the Indians at said massacre, Silas M. Parker, Jr., and Orlena Parker.
Affiant further says that Silas M. Parker, husband of Lucinda Parker, was killed in the Fort Parker massacre in 1836; that after his death his said wife married said Usry, the father of affiant and by whom she had only one child,affiant; that said Lucinda Usry obtained a divorce from said Usry and afterward married Wm. W. Roberts, by whom she had no children. Affiant further says that said Silas M. Parker, Jr. died some seven or eight years ago; that said Cinthia Ann Parker died shortly after the Civil War; that said Orlena Parker married one Rufus Oquina; that she died some five or six years ago, and her husband is still living; that said John Parker was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre, and no reliable or definite news has ever been heard from him since.
B.M. Usry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Feb 1st, 1899. W.W. Williams, Notary Public, Limestone County, TX
The following was taken from the Brazos County, Texas marriage records:
Mr. William W.Roberts and Mrs. Lucinda Strauther, married June 28, 1844, by Wm. B. Smith, JP.
Mrs. Lucinda Strauther or Strother is believed to have had the maiden name of Lucinda Duty. She married Silas M. Parker about 1826, probably in Illinois, and became the mother of four children: Cinthia Anne, John, Orlena and Silas M., Jr. After she was widowed in 1836 at the Fort Parker Indian attack, Lucinda married and became the mother of Benjamin M. Usry.
Fort Parker Memorial Park
Located two miles west of Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX, reached by a road leading off from F.M. Highwy 1245, a sign at the entrance says:
The site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cinthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands and the grave is marked by a granite slab. Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas War for Independence....Limestone County Historical Society, 1963.
Rufus M. Usry July 21, 1874 June 3, 1955
Lela M. Usry Feb. 27, 1876 July 22, 1965
O.A. Utley Aug. 22, 1891 Jan. 21, 1920
B.M. Usry Jan 13, 1838 May 31, 1902
N.A. wife of B.M. Usry 1841 Oct 25, 1886
Bell Usry Nov 5, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873
Lottie May Usry May 18, 1882 Sept. 8, 1882
Merida Usry July 1, 1877 Sept 10, 1891
Benjamin A. Usry Sept 6, 1879 Jan 23, 1900
Obituary of B.M. Usry
From the Groesbeck Journal IX, No 6, page 6; Thursday June 5, 1902
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE, B.M. USRY, OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
For three consecutive weeks we have been called on to chronicle the death of an old citizen, each of whom was loved and honored among their neighbors, and each of whom has contributed largely to the advancement of this county. First, F.C.Oliver responded to the summons, then L.G. Aspley, and now that prince of a man, who numbered friends by the hundreds, B.M. Usry, has succumbed to the inevitable fate that awaits us all, and gone to join the innumerable caravan that move to the pale realm. Mr. Usry's death came as a surprise to everyone, few being aware of his illness. He was stricken Tuesday with a congestive chill, which was followed by another Thursday night, and then it was realized that his race was about run. He lingered until Saturday morning, when just as the King of day came peeping over the hills, he breathed his last, and thus ended the lifeof one who was a friend to all men.
Mr. Usry was about 61 years of age and had lived here all of his life. His mother was the widow of Silas M. Parker who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre, and he was therefore a half brother of Cinthia Anne Parker who was captured by the Indians in this raid and was carried into captivity. His nephew, Cinthia Anne's son, Quanah Parker , now a prosperous chief among the Commanches, has often requested his uncle Ben to visit him, but he never did, being too far away from home. Mr. Usry was a man that was well read upon all subject. His mind was of that quick grasping character, that enabled him to solve intricate problems with alacrity, and his sound judgment upon all matters, was looked up to by his acquaintances. He always took an active part in politics and was outspoken in his convictions, being a democrat of the old school, unyielding and unbending. While he was not a professed christian, yet his Bible was his constant companion, and it is doubtful if there is one to be found more famiiar with its teachings than he was. He believed with all his soul that a crown awaited those who did their duty. His life has been one of kindness to his fellowmen and tender devotion to his family. In the language of Marc Antony, "he was gentle and kind,and the elements so mixed in him that the world might say, he was a man." Let us hope, as we verily believe, that when his eyes beheld for the last time the dimly receding shore of this vale of tears, that the light of the eternal morning burst upon his gaze, and accompanied by the angelic hosts, that he found safe shelter in the loving arms of his Master.
Mr. Usry leaves two children, Mrs. Lee Seawright and Rufus Usry, besides other relatives who mourn his loss, and in their bereavement they have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was held at the old Lewisville cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Thurmond
Obituary of Rufus Usry
(For more info on Rufus Usry click here.)
From the Groesbeck Journal -- Thursday June 9, 1955
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR RUFUS M. USRY, SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GROESBECK DIED IN RICHARDSON JUNE 4
Funeral services were held for Rufus Milam Usry Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Groesbeck at the Shelton Funeral Home.
Mr. Usry had lived all his life in Limestone County in the Groesbeck vicinity until 1936 when he and Mrs. Usry moved to Richardson, near Dallas. He was born in Groesbeck on July 21, 1874, the son of Benjamin and Zion Usry, pioneer residents of this sections. He succumbed early Saturday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas.
Surviving him are his wife,the former Lela Maud Jackson, whith whom he was united in wedlock in Groesbeck on Dec. 12, 1895, and their daughter, Mrs. Lettie Kilborn of Dallas.
During his years of activity in Groesbeck and Limestone County affairs, Mr. Usry had large farming interests, and he was elected as county commissioner in 1904, serving several years. He also served at one time as City Marshal of Groesbeck, and later served the city as an officer for a number of years just prior to moving to Richardson.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. R.F. Thompson, local pastor, conductd the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Charles Ferguson, organist, and Mrs. W.C. Shelton, vocalist. Interment was in the Ft. Fisher Memorial Park, with the following serving as pallbearers: John Browder, Wilford Sanders, Max Scharff, W.A. Browder, Joe T. Henderson and B.L. Bradley.
Reprint of Biographies from The Lone Star State
This book, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, contains two brief biographies which mention the name Benjamin Usry:
The biography of John Anglin of GROESBECK: John Anglin, born March 23, 1823, Clay County, Missouri, was a son of Elisha Anglin, born in Powell Valley, VA., and his wife, Rachel Wilson, who was born in Virginia and died in Edgar County, ILL. John Anglin moved to Texas with his father at age 11, about 1833. In 1842 he married Missouri Ann Powell, who was born at Memphis, Tenn. Their first child, Tabitha, became the wife of Benjamin M. Usery.
The biography of Mrs. Saluda Ann Sharp, of Hornhill, Limestone County, TX, the widow of Edward W. Sharp. In this biography it is stated that Edward W. Sharp was the son of Anthony Sharp, born about 1801 in Missouri. He married Charlotte Walker about 1825, and they moved to Texas in 1836. They had six children: Edward W., James E., Robert L., Rachel, William A., and Alphenzie. Alphenzie, born about 1840 married Benjamin Usery, born about 1837. Alphenzie was deceased at the time of the biography, 1893.
(Editor's note: From the above, it appears that Tabitha Anglin was the first wife of Benjamin Usry and died during the Civil War; Alphenzie Sharp was the second wife of Benjamin Usry, and died sometime before 1893
A History of Limestone County
A book written by Ray A. Walter, printed by Von Boechmann-Jones, Austin, Texas, copyright 1959.
In a description of the capture of Fort Parker in 1836 by Indians, it is stated that: "Samuel M. Frost and his son Robert, fell inside the fort."
The survivors of the Indian attack left Fort Parker and headed for Fort Houston in Anderson Co. "Mrs. Parker and Elizabeth Frost were the only ones having shoes."
"After Silas' death at the fort, Lucinda married a Mr. Usry; to this union was born Benjamin M. Usry. Later, Lucinda married W.W. Roberts; she died about 1852. Catherine Duty Anglin and Lucinda Duty Parker were sisters.
Who Was Benjamin M.Usry's Father?
".......The mystery of Mr. Usry needs to be identified,as he was one of the early settlers of Texas. Did he later marry Elizabeth Frost, the widow of Samuel Frost and the mother of Robert Frost? According to the land deed records, this widow did marry an Usry. Was it the same one?
Land Deed Records, Limestone County, Texas
49-150 Elizabeth Usry to Alphonzo Steele, waranty deed, Nov 6, 1845, 300 acres in A. Varela tract.
49-152 The State of Texas, County of Limestone, 7 June 1847, Elizabeth Usrey of Hariston Co., to Alphonse Steel of Limestone County, for $400, land on waters of Navistoa Creek known as FROST Creek, and a part of the Robert Frost head right fourth of a league of land granted by the Mexican government in 1835 and surveyed by P.Z.R. Wheelock(?), by estimation 807 acres. Signed by mark: Elizabeth Usery (formerly the widow of Samuel Frost deceased and mother and heir of Robert Frost, deceased.)
D-300 Benjamin M. Usry and wife Tabitha, to T.W. Bowdon, warranty deed, Feb. 9, 1861, $650 for 150 acres on Frosts Creek.
P-223 Benjamin M. Usry to John Anglin, deed, Jan 11, 1866, 150 acres.
B-339 Anthony Sharp to N.A. Usry, filed Nov. 25, 1874, for $500, land about four miles SW from Springfield, on Frost Creek.
C-27 J.W. and Dolly Anglin to B.M. Usry, deed, filed Feb. 5, 1875, estae of W.H. Anglin
Note: from the deed B339, the possibility is found that the second wife of Benjamin M. Usry had the name "N.A.". This was probably Nancy Alponzie. Perhaps sometimes called "Zion?"
John Henry Parker
Info provided from the email I received from Jean and Billy Gene Lack bjl@telepath.com
A little bit of Lack family history:
Nathan Jarred b, 1807 in Tennessee father of Mary Lucinda Jarred.
James Thomas Lack, born June 13, 1817, married Mary Lucinda Jarred, born July 8, 1827 both born in Tennessee.
They moved to Upshur County, Tx. about 1850. Their children:
Thomas Lack born June 13, 1817 in Tn.
Lucinda Lack b. July 8, 1827 in Tn.
Letha Ann Lack b. 1843 in Tn.
ANDREW LACK b. 1848 IN TN. [Bill's great grandfather]
Ellen Frances b. Nov. 22 1849 in Tn.
Isom Farris Lack b.
James Thomas, Jr. b.
Columbus Alexander b. Tx.
John W.b. Tx.
______________________________________
Andrew Lack married Emmiline Seals, born in Tx. Her mother: Elizabeth Seals
Their children:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LACK b.1872 TX. (Bill's grandfather)
John E. b. 1875 Tx.
Etta M. b.Tx.
Alexander Campbell married Drucilla Lee Parker, Drucilla was born in 1878 in Texas, to John Henry Parker and Elizabeth Ann Clark. John Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker. John Henry and Cynthia Ann were captured by Indians in 1836, and Cynthia was the mother of Quannah Parker, an Indian chief.
Alexander and Drucilla had the following children:
Johnnie May b. July 29, 1898 Millsap, Tx.
Liffie Clifton, [Jack] b. Apr. 29, 1900 Millsap, Tx.
Clara Etta b. Oct. 17, 1905
Myrtle Alberta b. Nov. 27, 1907
Ruby Estelle
OWEN T. LACK b. AUGUST 15, 1912 WYNNEWOOD, OK.
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Owen Lack married Vee Bainey Courtney in 1931. She is now called Vera, and her parents were Tom and Cynthia Courtney. Owen and Vera are the parents of 10 children, 4 sons, and 6 daughters, all born in Wynnewood.
BILL LACK b. MAY 29, 1932 WYNNEWOOD, OK
Myrtie May b. May 23, 1933 now called Margie
Owen Ray b. Jan 7, 1938
Florence Loretta b.Feb 4, 1940
Margaret Ruth b. Aug. 27, 1941
Linda Johnice b. Oct. 8, 1942
Clara Louise b. Feb. 22, 1944
O.T. b. May 27, 1947
Carolyn Sue b. Jan. 7 1949? D. Feb. 4, 1949?
Elic Carlos b. Dec. 14, 1951
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BILLY GENE LACK married Barbara Jean Williams Sept. 29, 1951, in Ardmore, Ok. Jean's parents were John Elzie and Rose Etta Williams. Bill and Jean's children:
Rose Marie born
Michael Owen b. Aug. 15, 1955
David Gene b.Apr. 23, 1957 Wynnewood, Ok.
Doris Elaine b.
Brenda Karen b. Apr. 25, 1964
General Notes (Wife)
Husband Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1874 - Near Mt. Calm, Limestone, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-75
Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Marriage: Abt 1823 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Rachel Wilson 77 - 1816 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Mrs. Orpha James - Tinnans Fort
Other Spouse: Sarah Crist - 23 Sep 1873
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Wife Nancy Faulkenberry 77
Born: Abt 1795 - Tennessee, USA
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Other Spouse: David Falkenberry
Children
General Notes (Husband)
See James' record for information.
2. From the History of Clay Co., IL:
For the October circuit court, 1825, listed as a grand juror.
For the October circuit court, 1826, listed as a grand juror.
3. Elisha Anglin came to Texas with Parkers from Illinois in 1833, reached Grimes Prarie, Grimes Co. in fall of 1833 where Austin Co. still remained. Located claim in Limestone Co. 1834.
4. In the summer of 1834 James and Silas Parker and Elisha visited the Navasota River area which is now Limestone Co., TX and each man located a claim and returned to Grimes Prarie and Fort Brown in preparation for moving their families to the new claims.
5. Received a large grant of land covering a part of the site of the present town of Groesbeck, TX Feb. 23, 1835
6. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
481 - 421 Elisha Anglin 62 M Farmer 10500 9600 VA
Orpha 51 F OH
Seth B. 20 M TX
Silas 17 M TX
Sarah E. 14 F TX
Adeline 5 F TX
Sarah Ellison 63 F SC
7. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
Elisha Anglin was one of the first white men who made a permanent settle-ment in Limestone County. He was born in Powell Valley, Virginia, where he was raised and married; moved thence to Kentucky, afterward to Clay, Edgar and Cole counties, Illinois, and finally, in 1833, to Texas. He reached what is now Grimes Prairie, Grimes county, in the fall of 1833, where Austin's colony still remained. In the summer of 1834, in company with James and Silas Parker, he visited Limestone county, in Robertson's colony, and located a claim where the present town of Groesbeck is situated. Silas Parker located his claim north of Anglin's, and James Parker went still further north.
They then returned to Grimes Prairie, each buying load of corn preparatory to bringing their families, which they did in the summer of 1834. Mr Anglin settled on his claim February 1, 1835, and Fort Parker was built in the summer of the same year. An account of the building of the fort and events leading to it's fall will be found in the history proper of the county. When the Parkers and Mr. Anglin settled in the county the Indians were friendly and peaceable, those then in the locality being the Tehuancanas, at Tehuancana Hills; the Keechies, on Keechie creek, and the Wacos, who were then occupying their village at Waco. The first trouble was brought about by raids made on them by bands of white men. The raids were made in the summer of 1835, and the following spring news reached the fort of the advance of the Mexicans
under Santa Ana. Mr Anglin, believing that the fort and the inmates would fall victims to Mexican foes and hostile Indians, tried to induce the Parkers to abandon it and retire to the settlements beyond the Trinity. But this they refused to do. Taking his family, Mr. Anglin, in company of Mr. Faulkenberry and family and Mr. Bates and family, sought safety at old Fort Houston, near Palestine. He did not return to Limestone Co. until the spring of 1838, when Springfield, afterward the county seat, was laid out, he being present and assisting in this labor. For four or five years following this date he resided principally in the settlements in Grimes county, but in January, 1844, took up his permanent residence on his claim, where he lived until his last marriage, and until his death, near Mount Calm, in January, 1874, aged 76 years. He assisted in the organization of the county, held a number of minor positions at an earlier date, was an unlettered man, but possessed considerable force of character, the elements of the pioneer strongly predominating. Mr Anglin was five times married, and the father of number of children. His first wife was Rachel Wilson, a native of Virginia, who died in Edgar Co. Ill. leaving 5 children: Abram, William, John, Mary, afterward the wife of Silas Bates, and Margaret, now Mrs. John Moody. He then married, in Coles Co. Ill. to Catherine Duty, who bore him three children, only one of which reached maturity, Rebecca Catherine, now the wife of Franklin Coates, of Utah territory. His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson Co., Mrs. Orpha James. They had eight children, only one of whom is now living; Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson Co. Texas. His fourth marriage occurred in Limestone Co., to Mrs. Nancy Faulkenberry, widow of David Faulkenberry. His fifth wife was Mrs. Sarah Chaffin, nee Crist, but by the last two unions, there were no children.
8. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
The Anglin family were a family inured to toil and hardships and at once prepared to meet frontier life and all its conditions just as they found it. No one questions their being the first white family in the county, and many are the Indian fights in which the sons participated, in one of which their father was wounded. They learned to know the red men perfectly. Just prior to the attack and capture of Fort Parker by the Indians, when Cynthia Parker was captured, the tribe encamped near Waco had been robbed while absent from the camp by whites from this vicinity. No attention seemed to be paid to it for some time, and many of the settlers thought the matter had been forgotten, but the Anglins, with characteristic shrewdness and precaution moved their families back to the settlements and awaited developments. The Indians came, the fort was taken, and many lives were lost.
9. Became affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church through his friendship with the Parkers.
2. In 1826 Elisha Anglin & Rachel his wife of Clay Co. Ill. sold James G.
Hyden their share in the land decreed by the court to the devisees of John Anglin dec'd. (The will of John Anglin dated June 30, 1814, will book 1, page 46, gives to "son in law James G. Hyden 100 acres where he now lives." In 1827 James G. Hyden and Lydia his wife, of Lee Co. for $450 sold to Allen Milam of same co. 130 acres on Walden's creek adjoining Randolph Noe's land.
GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation Area and eight miles north of Thornton, in the central part of the county. The area was first settled by Elisha Anglin in 1835, when he received part of the old Spanish land grant of the A. Varela survey.
3. Here goes: McLean's "Papers concerning Robertson's Colony" in Texas, Vol. XII, page 584 Shows Ophra James, a widow, age 26, born in Missouri, with two children, Sarah Ann age 6 and Carsan B age 4. She is shown as # 47 on " A list of Colonist received since the passage of Organic law in the Nashville Colony". Sworn and recorded by the Alcalde this 14th Jany, 1836.
Vol IX of the same papers, page 469 states, in part, about Elisha Anglin "His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time, at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson County, Mrs Ophra James. They had eight children, only one who is now living: Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson County, Texas". I have not been able to determine an exact date for for the marriage.However I suspect it was in 1836/1837.
The 1850 census of Limestone County, Texas shows the following people living with J.R. Mcallister (McCollister)and Catherine.
Sarah Ann James 20 b IL
Benjamin Usery 13 TX
Rebecca E Anglin 14 TX
Elisha Anglin 13 TX
Seth B. Anglin 11 TX
Silas B. Anglin 7 TX
Emaline Anglin 3 TX
"Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" shows that Elisha Anglin haad the following childrenb in school---Silas, Seth and Sarah E.
It is interesting to note that the 1850 census shows Elisha and Ophra Anglin living alone! Sounds like they had farmed the kids out. Because another source indicates tht Benjamin Usery was living with Elisha Anglin.
Don't know if this will help you any, or not. Maybe we can get som corospondence going and tie up some loose ends.
Regards Narvel Rogers---I am the one related to the McAllisters.
Research Notes (Husband)
January 18, 1972, (John Usry) went to Richardson, Texas and talked with Mrs.Lottie Maud Kilborn....She said that her maiden name was Lottie Maud Usry, sometimes called "Pete", and that she was born September 19,1896 in Limestone Co., TX. Her parents were Rufus Milas Usry and Lela Maud Jackson Usry. Her grandfather was Benjamin Milam Usry.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her grandfather, Benjamin Milam Usry, died about 1902 at an age of about 63. His father (name unknown) was married to Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the widow of Silas Parker who was killed in 1836 at old Fort Parker, Limestone Co., TX, during an Indian massacre. Mrs. Lucinda Parker had been the mother of four Parker children. Two of them, Cinthia Ann and John, were taken captives by the Indians at the massacre at Fort Parker. Her husband, Silas Parker, was killed. Mrs. Parker soon thereafter married Mr. Usry and had one child, Benjamin. Mr. Usry and Lucy (Lucinda) were divorced, and she married again but did not have any more children. Lucinda died when her son Benjamin was about twelve years of age and he went to live with neighbors.[See txrec.htm#lime 1850 US Census]
Benjamin Milam Usry grew up and married Tabitha Anglin. She died during the Civil War. Benjamin served in the Confederate forces during this war. He afterward married Miss Zion Sharp, and they had four children:
* Lee Usry married Mally Seawright; they had a daughter, Mally, who married Gary Smith. The daughter now lives at Ft. Worth, TX, aged about 80.
* Rufus Milas Usry, born July 21, about 1874, at Groesbeck, in Limestone County, Texas. He died in June of 1955 at Richardson, TX, and is buried at Fort Parker Cemetery in Limestone County. He married Miss Lela Maud Jackson, who was born Feb 27, 1875 and died in 1965. Also buried in Ft. Parker Cemetery.
* Meredith Usry, died during infancy.
* Benjamin Usry, died about 1899; not married.
Mrs. Kilborn said that she was married first to Mr. Owen Amples Utley. He died Jan. 21, 1920. She married again June 21 1924 to Mr. Willard Stockton Kilborn, who was born March 10, 1899 and died June 29, 1966 at Ardmore, OK. Mrs. Kilborn had not had children, but adopted a daughter, Mary Sue, who was born August 10, 1934.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her mother, Lela Maud Jackson, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Mollie Rushing
Mrs. Kilborn produced a copy of an affidavit made years ago by her grandfather, Ben Usry:
An Affidavit
State of Texas
Limestone County
Before me, W.W. Williams, a notary public in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared B.M. Usry, being by me duly sworn says on oath that he is the son of Lucinda Usry, that said Lucinda Usry was first married to S.M. Parker to whom the S.M. Parker League in Limestone Co., TX, was granted; that by said marriage with said Parker said Lucinda Parker had four children, viz: Cinthia Ann Parker, who was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre in Limestone County, TX. John Parker who was also captured by the Indians at said massacre, Silas M. Parker, Jr., and Orlena Parker.
Affiant further says that Silas M. Parker, husband of Lucinda Parker, was killed in the Fort Parker massacre in 1836; that after his death his said wife married said Usry, the father of affiant and by whom she had only one child,affiant; that said Lucinda Usry obtained a divorce from said Usry and afterward married Wm. W. Roberts, by whom she had no children. Affiant further says that said Silas M. Parker, Jr. died some seven or eight years ago; that said Cinthia Ann Parker died shortly after the Civil War; that said Orlena Parker married one Rufus Oquina; that she died some five or six years ago, and her husband is still living; that said John Parker was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre, and no reliable or definite news has ever been heard from him since.
B.M. Usry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Feb 1st, 1899. W.W. Williams, Notary Public, Limestone County, TX
The following was taken from the Brazos County, Texas marriage records:
Mr. William W.Roberts and Mrs. Lucinda Strauther, married June 28, 1844, by Wm. B. Smith, JP.
Mrs. Lucinda Strauther or Strother is believed to have had the maiden name of Lucinda Duty. She married Silas M. Parker about 1826, probably in Illinois, and became the mother of four children: Cinthia Anne, John, Orlena and Silas M., Jr. After she was widowed in 1836 at the Fort Parker Indian attack, Lucinda married and became the mother of Benjamin M. Usry.
Fort Parker Memorial Park
Located two miles west of Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX, reached by a road leading off from F.M. Highwy 1245, a sign at the entrance says:
The site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cinthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands and the grave is marked by a granite slab. Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas War for Independence....Limestone County Historical Society, 1963.
Rufus M. Usry July 21, 1874 June 3, 1955
Lela M. Usry Feb. 27, 1876 July 22, 1965
O.A. Utley Aug. 22, 1891 Jan. 21, 1920
B.M. Usry Jan 13, 1838 May 31, 1902
N.A. wife of B.M. Usry 1841 Oct 25, 1886
Bell Usry Nov 5, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873
Lottie May Usry May 18, 1882 Sept. 8, 1882
Merida Usry July 1, 1877 Sept 10, 1891
Benjamin A. Usry Sept 6, 1879 Jan 23, 1900
Obituary of B.M. Usry
From the Groesbeck Journal IX, No 6, page 6; Thursday June 5, 1902
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE, B.M. USRY, OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
For three consecutive weeks we have been called on to chronicle the death of an old citizen, each of whom was loved and honored among their neighbors, and each of whom has contributed largely to the advancement of this county. First, F.C.Oliver responded to the summons, then L.G. Aspley, and now that prince of a man, who numbered friends by the hundreds, B.M. Usry, has succumbed to the inevitable fate that awaits us all, and gone to join the innumerable caravan that move to the pale realm. Mr. Usry's death came as a surprise to everyone, few being aware of his illness. He was stricken Tuesday with a congestive chill, which was followed by another Thursday night, and then it was realized that his race was about run. He lingered until Saturday morning, when just as the King of day came peeping over the hills, he breathed his last, and thus ended the lifeof one who was a friend to all men.
Mr. Usry was about 61 years of age and had lived here all of his life. His mother was the widow of Silas M. Parker who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre, and he was therefore a half brother of Cinthia Anne Parker who was captured by the Indians in this raid and was carried into captivity. His nephew, Cinthia Anne's son, Quanah Parker , now a prosperous chief among the Commanches, has often requested his uncle Ben to visit him, but he never did, being too far away from home. Mr. Usry was a man that was well read upon all subject. His mind was of that quick grasping character, that enabled him to solve intricate problems with alacrity, and his sound judgment upon all matters, was looked up to by his acquaintances. He always took an active part in politics and was outspoken in his convictions, being a democrat of the old school, unyielding and unbending. While he was not a professed christian, yet his Bible was his constant companion, and it is doubtful if there is one to be found more famiiar with its teachings than he was. He believed with all his soul that a crown awaited those who did their duty. His life has been one of kindness to his fellowmen and tender devotion to his family. In the language of Marc Antony, "he was gentle and kind,and the elements so mixed in him that the world might say, he was a man." Let us hope, as we verily believe, that when his eyes beheld for the last time the dimly receding shore of this vale of tears, that the light of the eternal morning burst upon his gaze, and accompanied by the angelic hosts, that he found safe shelter in the loving arms of his Master.
Mr. Usry leaves two children, Mrs. Lee Seawright and Rufus Usry, besides other relatives who mourn his loss, and in their bereavement they have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was held at the old Lewisville cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Thurmond
Obituary of Rufus Usry
(For more info on Rufus Usry click here.)
From the Groesbeck Journal -- Thursday June 9, 1955
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR RUFUS M. USRY, SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GROESBECK DIED IN RICHARDSON JUNE 4
Funeral services were held for Rufus Milam Usry Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Groesbeck at the Shelton Funeral Home.
Mr. Usry had lived all his life in Limestone County in the Groesbeck vicinity until 1936 when he and Mrs. Usry moved to Richardson, near Dallas. He was born in Groesbeck on July 21, 1874, the son of Benjamin and Zion Usry, pioneer residents of this sections. He succumbed early Saturday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas.
Surviving him are his wife,the former Lela Maud Jackson, whith whom he was united in wedlock in Groesbeck on Dec. 12, 1895, and their daughter, Mrs. Lettie Kilborn of Dallas.
During his years of activity in Groesbeck and Limestone County affairs, Mr. Usry had large farming interests, and he was elected as county commissioner in 1904, serving several years. He also served at one time as City Marshal of Groesbeck, and later served the city as an officer for a number of years just prior to moving to Richardson.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. R.F. Thompson, local pastor, conductd the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Charles Ferguson, organist, and Mrs. W.C. Shelton, vocalist. Interment was in the Ft. Fisher Memorial Park, with the following serving as pallbearers: John Browder, Wilford Sanders, Max Scharff, W.A. Browder, Joe T. Henderson and B.L. Bradley.
Reprint of Biographies from The Lone Star State
This book, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, contains two brief biographies which mention the name Benjamin Usry:
The biography of John Anglin of GROESBECK: John Anglin, born March 23, 1823, Clay County, Missouri, was a son of Elisha Anglin, born in Powell Valley, VA., and his wife, Rachel Wilson, who was born in Virginia and died in Edgar County, ILL. John Anglin moved to Texas with his father at age 11, about 1833. In 1842 he married Missouri Ann Powell, who was born at Memphis, Tenn. Their first child, Tabitha, became the wife of Benjamin M. Usery.
The biography of Mrs. Saluda Ann Sharp, of Hornhill, Limestone County, TX, the widow of Edward W. Sharp. In this biography it is stated that Edward W. Sharp was the son of Anthony Sharp, born about 1801 in Missouri. He married Charlotte Walker about 1825, and they moved to Texas in 1836. They had six children: Edward W., James E., Robert L., Rachel, William A., and Alphenzie. Alphenzie, born about 1840 married Benjamin Usery, born about 1837. Alphenzie was deceased at the time of the biography, 1893.
(Editor's note: From the above, it appears that Tabitha Anglin was the first wife of Benjamin Usry and died during the Civil War; Alphenzie Sharp was the second wife of Benjamin Usry, and died sometime before 1893
A History of Limestone County
A book written by Ray A. Walter, printed by Von Boechmann-Jones, Austin, Texas, copyright 1959.
In a description of the capture of Fort Parker in 1836 by Indians, it is stated that: "Samuel M. Frost and his son Robert, fell inside the fort."
The survivors of the Indian attack left Fort Parker and headed for Fort Houston in Anderson Co. "Mrs. Parker and Elizabeth Frost were the only ones having shoes."
"After Silas' death at the fort, Lucinda married a Mr. Usry; to this union was born Benjamin M. Usry. Later, Lucinda married W.W. Roberts; she died about 1852. Catherine Duty Anglin and Lucinda Duty Parker were sisters.
Who Was Benjamin M.Usry's Father?
".......The mystery of Mr. Usry needs to be identified,as he was one of the early settlers of Texas. Did he later marry Elizabeth Frost, the widow of Samuel Frost and the mother of Robert Frost? According to the land deed records, this widow did marry an Usry. Was it the same one?
Land Deed Records, Limestone County, Texas
49-150 Elizabeth Usry to Alphonzo Steele, waranty deed, Nov 6, 1845, 300 acres in A. Varela tract.
49-152 The State of Texas, County of Limestone, 7 June 1847, Elizabeth Usrey of Hariston Co., to Alphonse Steel of Limestone County, for $400, land on waters of Navistoa Creek known as FROST Creek, and a part of the Robert Frost head right fourth of a league of land granted by the Mexican government in 1835 and surveyed by P.Z.R. Wheelock(?), by estimation 807 acres. Signed by mark: Elizabeth Usery (formerly the widow of Samuel Frost deceased and mother and heir of Robert Frost, deceased.)
D-300 Benjamin M. Usry and wife Tabitha, to T.W. Bowdon, warranty deed, Feb. 9, 1861, $650 for 150 acres on Frosts Creek.
P-223 Benjamin M. Usry to John Anglin, deed, Jan 11, 1866, 150 acres.
B-339 Anthony Sharp to N.A. Usry, filed Nov. 25, 1874, for $500, land about four miles SW from Springfield, on Frost Creek.
C-27 J.W. and Dolly Anglin to B.M. Usry, deed, filed Feb. 5, 1875, estae of W.H. Anglin
Note: from the deed B339, the possibility is found that the second wife of Benjamin M. Usry had the name "N.A.". This was probably Nancy Alponzie. Perhaps sometimes called "Zion?"
John Henry Parker
Info provided from the email I received from Jean and Billy Gene Lack bjl@telepath.com
A little bit of Lack family history:
Nathan Jarred b, 1807 in Tennessee father of Mary Lucinda Jarred.
James Thomas Lack, born June 13, 1817, married Mary Lucinda Jarred, born July 8, 1827 both born in Tennessee.
They moved to Upshur County, Tx. about 1850. Their children:
Thomas Lack born June 13, 1817 in Tn.
Lucinda Lack b. July 8, 1827 in Tn.
Letha Ann Lack b. 1843 in Tn.
ANDREW LACK b. 1848 IN TN. [Bill's great grandfather]
Ellen Frances b. Nov. 22 1849 in Tn.
Isom Farris Lack b.
James Thomas, Jr. b.
Columbus Alexander b. Tx.
John W.b. Tx.
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Andrew Lack married Emmiline Seals, born in Tx. Her mother: Elizabeth Seals
Their children:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LACK b.1872 TX. (Bill's grandfather)
John E. b. 1875 Tx.
Etta M. b.Tx.
Alexander Campbell married Drucilla Lee Parker, Drucilla was born in 1878 in Texas, to John Henry Parker and Elizabeth Ann Clark. John Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker. John Henry and Cynthia Ann were captured by Indians in 1836, and Cynthia was the mother of Quannah Parker, an Indian chief.
Alexander and Drucilla had the following children:
Johnnie May b. July 29, 1898 Millsap, Tx.
Liffie Clifton, [Jack] b. Apr. 29, 1900 Millsap, Tx.
Clara Etta b. Oct. 17, 1905
Myrtle Alberta b. Nov. 27, 1907
Ruby Estelle
OWEN T. LACK b. AUGUST 15, 1912 WYNNEWOOD, OK.
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Owen Lack married Vee Bainey Courtney in 1931. She is now called Vera, and her parents were Tom and Cynthia Courtney. Owen and Vera are the parents of 10 children, 4 sons, and 6 daughters, all born in Wynnewood.
BILL LACK b. MAY 29, 1932 WYNNEWOOD, OK
Myrtie May b. May 23, 1933 now called Margie
Owen Ray b. Jan 7, 1938
Florence Loretta b.Feb 4, 1940
Margaret Ruth b. Aug. 27, 1941
Linda Johnice b. Oct. 8, 1942
Clara Louise b. Feb. 22, 1944
O.T. b. May 27, 1947
Carolyn Sue b. Jan. 7 1949? D. Feb. 4, 1949?
Elic Carlos b. Dec. 14, 1951
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BILLY GENE LACK married Barbara Jean Williams Sept. 29, 1951, in Ardmore, Ok. Jean's parents were John Elzie and Rose Etta Williams. Bill and Jean's children:
Rose Marie born
Michael Owen b. Aug. 15, 1955
David Gene b.Apr. 23, 1957 Wynnewood, Ok.
Doris Elaine b.
Brenda Karen b. Apr. 25, 1964
General Notes (Wife)
2. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
585 - 517 A. or S. Anglin 42 M Farmer 9400 15700 KY
Rebecca 41 F TN
John F. 18 M TX
Eli 15 M TX
J. C. 13 M TX
Abram 11 M TX
William 7 M TX
M. H. 5 M TX S. Carroll 35 M Dagnerreau 250 VA
Nancy Faulkenberry 65 F 2500 650 TN (This is Elisha Anglin's 1st wife. I always thought she had died, but evidently they divoirced as he is listed next with another wife).
Husband Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1874 - Near Mt. Calm, Limestone, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-75
Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Marriage: 23 Sep 1873
Other Spouse: Rachel Wilson 77 - 1816 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Mrs. Orpha James - Tinnans Fort
Other Spouse: Nancy Faulkenberry 77 - Abt 1823 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Wife Sarah Crist
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes (Husband)
See James' record for information.
2. From the History of Clay Co., IL:
For the October circuit court, 1825, listed as a grand juror.
For the October circuit court, 1826, listed as a grand juror.
3. Elisha Anglin came to Texas with Parkers from Illinois in 1833, reached Grimes Prarie, Grimes Co. in fall of 1833 where Austin Co. still remained. Located claim in Limestone Co. 1834.
4. In the summer of 1834 James and Silas Parker and Elisha visited the Navasota River area which is now Limestone Co., TX and each man located a claim and returned to Grimes Prarie and Fort Brown in preparation for moving their families to the new claims.
5. Received a large grant of land covering a part of the site of the present town of Groesbeck, TX Feb. 23, 1835
6. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
481 - 421 Elisha Anglin 62 M Farmer 10500 9600 VA
Orpha 51 F OH
Seth B. 20 M TX
Silas 17 M TX
Sarah E. 14 F TX
Adeline 5 F TX
Sarah Ellison 63 F SC
7. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
Elisha Anglin was one of the first white men who made a permanent settle-ment in Limestone County. He was born in Powell Valley, Virginia, where he was raised and married; moved thence to Kentucky, afterward to Clay, Edgar and Cole counties, Illinois, and finally, in 1833, to Texas. He reached what is now Grimes Prairie, Grimes county, in the fall of 1833, where Austin's colony still remained. In the summer of 1834, in company with James and Silas Parker, he visited Limestone county, in Robertson's colony, and located a claim where the present town of Groesbeck is situated. Silas Parker located his claim north of Anglin's, and James Parker went still further north.
They then returned to Grimes Prairie, each buying load of corn preparatory to bringing their families, which they did in the summer of 1834. Mr Anglin settled on his claim February 1, 1835, and Fort Parker was built in the summer of the same year. An account of the building of the fort and events leading to it's fall will be found in the history proper of the county. When the Parkers and Mr. Anglin settled in the county the Indians were friendly and peaceable, those then in the locality being the Tehuancanas, at Tehuancana Hills; the Keechies, on Keechie creek, and the Wacos, who were then occupying their village at Waco. The first trouble was brought about by raids made on them by bands of white men. The raids were made in the summer of 1835, and the following spring news reached the fort of the advance of the Mexicans
under Santa Ana. Mr Anglin, believing that the fort and the inmates would fall victims to Mexican foes and hostile Indians, tried to induce the Parkers to abandon it and retire to the settlements beyond the Trinity. But this they refused to do. Taking his family, Mr. Anglin, in company of Mr. Faulkenberry and family and Mr. Bates and family, sought safety at old Fort Houston, near Palestine. He did not return to Limestone Co. until the spring of 1838, when Springfield, afterward the county seat, was laid out, he being present and assisting in this labor. For four or five years following this date he resided principally in the settlements in Grimes county, but in January, 1844, took up his permanent residence on his claim, where he lived until his last marriage, and until his death, near Mount Calm, in January, 1874, aged 76 years. He assisted in the organization of the county, held a number of minor positions at an earlier date, was an unlettered man, but possessed considerable force of character, the elements of the pioneer strongly predominating. Mr Anglin was five times married, and the father of number of children. His first wife was Rachel Wilson, a native of Virginia, who died in Edgar Co. Ill. leaving 5 children: Abram, William, John, Mary, afterward the wife of Silas Bates, and Margaret, now Mrs. John Moody. He then married, in Coles Co. Ill. to Catherine Duty, who bore him three children, only one of which reached maturity, Rebecca Catherine, now the wife of Franklin Coates, of Utah territory. His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson Co., Mrs. Orpha James. They had eight children, only one of whom is now living; Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson Co. Texas. His fourth marriage occurred in Limestone Co., to Mrs. Nancy Faulkenberry, widow of David Faulkenberry. His fifth wife was Mrs. Sarah Chaffin, nee Crist, but by the last two unions, there were no children.
8. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
The Anglin family were a family inured to toil and hardships and at once prepared to meet frontier life and all its conditions just as they found it. No one questions their being the first white family in the county, and many are the Indian fights in which the sons participated, in one of which their father was wounded. They learned to know the red men perfectly. Just prior to the attack and capture of Fort Parker by the Indians, when Cynthia Parker was captured, the tribe encamped near Waco had been robbed while absent from the camp by whites from this vicinity. No attention seemed to be paid to it for some time, and many of the settlers thought the matter had been forgotten, but the Anglins, with characteristic shrewdness and precaution moved their families back to the settlements and awaited developments. The Indians came, the fort was taken, and many lives were lost.
9. Became affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church through his friendship with the Parkers.
2. In 1826 Elisha Anglin & Rachel his wife of Clay Co. Ill. sold James G.
Hyden their share in the land decreed by the court to the devisees of John Anglin dec'd. (The will of John Anglin dated June 30, 1814, will book 1, page 46, gives to "son in law James G. Hyden 100 acres where he now lives." In 1827 James G. Hyden and Lydia his wife, of Lee Co. for $450 sold to Allen Milam of same co. 130 acres on Walden's creek adjoining Randolph Noe's land.
GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation Area and eight miles north of Thornton, in the central part of the county. The area was first settled by Elisha Anglin in 1835, when he received part of the old Spanish land grant of the A. Varela survey.
3. Here goes: McLean's "Papers concerning Robertson's Colony" in Texas, Vol. XII, page 584 Shows Ophra James, a widow, age 26, born in Missouri, with two children, Sarah Ann age 6 and Carsan B age 4. She is shown as # 47 on " A list of Colonist received since the passage of Organic law in the Nashville Colony". Sworn and recorded by the Alcalde this 14th Jany, 1836.
Vol IX of the same papers, page 469 states, in part, about Elisha Anglin "His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time, at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson County, Mrs Ophra James. They had eight children, only one who is now living: Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson County, Texas". I have not been able to determine an exact date for for the marriage.However I suspect it was in 1836/1837.
The 1850 census of Limestone County, Texas shows the following people living with J.R. Mcallister (McCollister)and Catherine.
Sarah Ann James 20 b IL
Benjamin Usery 13 TX
Rebecca E Anglin 14 TX
Elisha Anglin 13 TX
Seth B. Anglin 11 TX
Silas B. Anglin 7 TX
Emaline Anglin 3 TX
"Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" shows that Elisha Anglin haad the following childrenb in school---Silas, Seth and Sarah E.
It is interesting to note that the 1850 census shows Elisha and Ophra Anglin living alone! Sounds like they had farmed the kids out. Because another source indicates tht Benjamin Usery was living with Elisha Anglin.
Don't know if this will help you any, or not. Maybe we can get som corospondence going and tie up some loose ends.
Regards Narvel Rogers---I am the one related to the McAllisters.
Research Notes (Husband)
January 18, 1972, (John Usry) went to Richardson, Texas and talked with Mrs.Lottie Maud Kilborn....She said that her maiden name was Lottie Maud Usry, sometimes called "Pete", and that she was born September 19,1896 in Limestone Co., TX. Her parents were Rufus Milas Usry and Lela Maud Jackson Usry. Her grandfather was Benjamin Milam Usry.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her grandfather, Benjamin Milam Usry, died about 1902 at an age of about 63. His father (name unknown) was married to Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the widow of Silas Parker who was killed in 1836 at old Fort Parker, Limestone Co., TX, during an Indian massacre. Mrs. Lucinda Parker had been the mother of four Parker children. Two of them, Cinthia Ann and John, were taken captives by the Indians at the massacre at Fort Parker. Her husband, Silas Parker, was killed. Mrs. Parker soon thereafter married Mr. Usry and had one child, Benjamin. Mr. Usry and Lucy (Lucinda) were divorced, and she married again but did not have any more children. Lucinda died when her son Benjamin was about twelve years of age and he went to live with neighbors.[See txrec.htm#lime 1850 US Census]
Benjamin Milam Usry grew up and married Tabitha Anglin. She died during the Civil War. Benjamin served in the Confederate forces during this war. He afterward married Miss Zion Sharp, and they had four children:
* Lee Usry married Mally Seawright; they had a daughter, Mally, who married Gary Smith. The daughter now lives at Ft. Worth, TX, aged about 80.
* Rufus Milas Usry, born July 21, about 1874, at Groesbeck, in Limestone County, Texas. He died in June of 1955 at Richardson, TX, and is buried at Fort Parker Cemetery in Limestone County. He married Miss Lela Maud Jackson, who was born Feb 27, 1875 and died in 1965. Also buried in Ft. Parker Cemetery.
* Meredith Usry, died during infancy.
* Benjamin Usry, died about 1899; not married.
Mrs. Kilborn said that she was married first to Mr. Owen Amples Utley. He died Jan. 21, 1920. She married again June 21 1924 to Mr. Willard Stockton Kilborn, who was born March 10, 1899 and died June 29, 1966 at Ardmore, OK. Mrs. Kilborn had not had children, but adopted a daughter, Mary Sue, who was born August 10, 1934.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her mother, Lela Maud Jackson, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Mollie Rushing
Mrs. Kilborn produced a copy of an affidavit made years ago by her grandfather, Ben Usry:
An Affidavit
State of Texas
Limestone County
Before me, W.W. Williams, a notary public in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared B.M. Usry, being by me duly sworn says on oath that he is the son of Lucinda Usry, that said Lucinda Usry was first married to S.M. Parker to whom the S.M. Parker League in Limestone Co., TX, was granted; that by said marriage with said Parker said Lucinda Parker had four children, viz: Cinthia Ann Parker, who was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre in Limestone County, TX. John Parker who was also captured by the Indians at said massacre, Silas M. Parker, Jr., and Orlena Parker.
Affiant further says that Silas M. Parker, husband of Lucinda Parker, was killed in the Fort Parker massacre in 1836; that after his death his said wife married said Usry, the father of affiant and by whom she had only one child,affiant; that said Lucinda Usry obtained a divorce from said Usry and afterward married Wm. W. Roberts, by whom she had no children. Affiant further says that said Silas M. Parker, Jr. died some seven or eight years ago; that said Cinthia Ann Parker died shortly after the Civil War; that said Orlena Parker married one Rufus Oquina; that she died some five or six years ago, and her husband is still living; that said John Parker was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre, and no reliable or definite news has ever been heard from him since.
B.M. Usry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Feb 1st, 1899. W.W. Williams, Notary Public, Limestone County, TX
The following was taken from the Brazos County, Texas marriage records:
Mr. William W.Roberts and Mrs. Lucinda Strauther, married June 28, 1844, by Wm. B. Smith, JP.
Mrs. Lucinda Strauther or Strother is believed to have had the maiden name of Lucinda Duty. She married Silas M. Parker about 1826, probably in Illinois, and became the mother of four children: Cinthia Anne, John, Orlena and Silas M., Jr. After she was widowed in 1836 at the Fort Parker Indian attack, Lucinda married and became the mother of Benjamin M. Usry.
Fort Parker Memorial Park
Located two miles west of Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX, reached by a road leading off from F.M. Highwy 1245, a sign at the entrance says:
The site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cinthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands and the grave is marked by a granite slab. Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas War for Independence....Limestone County Historical Society, 1963.
Rufus M. Usry July 21, 1874 June 3, 1955
Lela M. Usry Feb. 27, 1876 July 22, 1965
O.A. Utley Aug. 22, 1891 Jan. 21, 1920
B.M. Usry Jan 13, 1838 May 31, 1902
N.A. wife of B.M. Usry 1841 Oct 25, 1886
Bell Usry Nov 5, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873
Lottie May Usry May 18, 1882 Sept. 8, 1882
Merida Usry July 1, 1877 Sept 10, 1891
Benjamin A. Usry Sept 6, 1879 Jan 23, 1900
Obituary of B.M. Usry
From the Groesbeck Journal IX, No 6, page 6; Thursday June 5, 1902
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE, B.M. USRY, OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
For three consecutive weeks we have been called on to chronicle the death of an old citizen, each of whom was loved and honored among their neighbors, and each of whom has contributed largely to the advancement of this county. First, F.C.Oliver responded to the summons, then L.G. Aspley, and now that prince of a man, who numbered friends by the hundreds, B.M. Usry, has succumbed to the inevitable fate that awaits us all, and gone to join the innumerable caravan that move to the pale realm. Mr. Usry's death came as a surprise to everyone, few being aware of his illness. He was stricken Tuesday with a congestive chill, which was followed by another Thursday night, and then it was realized that his race was about run. He lingered until Saturday morning, when just as the King of day came peeping over the hills, he breathed his last, and thus ended the lifeof one who was a friend to all men.
Mr. Usry was about 61 years of age and had lived here all of his life. His mother was the widow of Silas M. Parker who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre, and he was therefore a half brother of Cinthia Anne Parker who was captured by the Indians in this raid and was carried into captivity. His nephew, Cinthia Anne's son, Quanah Parker , now a prosperous chief among the Commanches, has often requested his uncle Ben to visit him, but he never did, being too far away from home. Mr. Usry was a man that was well read upon all subject. His mind was of that quick grasping character, that enabled him to solve intricate problems with alacrity, and his sound judgment upon all matters, was looked up to by his acquaintances. He always took an active part in politics and was outspoken in his convictions, being a democrat of the old school, unyielding and unbending. While he was not a professed christian, yet his Bible was his constant companion, and it is doubtful if there is one to be found more famiiar with its teachings than he was. He believed with all his soul that a crown awaited those who did their duty. His life has been one of kindness to his fellowmen and tender devotion to his family. In the language of Marc Antony, "he was gentle and kind,and the elements so mixed in him that the world might say, he was a man." Let us hope, as we verily believe, that when his eyes beheld for the last time the dimly receding shore of this vale of tears, that the light of the eternal morning burst upon his gaze, and accompanied by the angelic hosts, that he found safe shelter in the loving arms of his Master.
Mr. Usry leaves two children, Mrs. Lee Seawright and Rufus Usry, besides other relatives who mourn his loss, and in their bereavement they have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was held at the old Lewisville cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Thurmond
Obituary of Rufus Usry
(For more info on Rufus Usry click here.)
From the Groesbeck Journal -- Thursday June 9, 1955
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR RUFUS M. USRY, SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GROESBECK DIED IN RICHARDSON JUNE 4
Funeral services were held for Rufus Milam Usry Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Groesbeck at the Shelton Funeral Home.
Mr. Usry had lived all his life in Limestone County in the Groesbeck vicinity until 1936 when he and Mrs. Usry moved to Richardson, near Dallas. He was born in Groesbeck on July 21, 1874, the son of Benjamin and Zion Usry, pioneer residents of this sections. He succumbed early Saturday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas.
Surviving him are his wife,the former Lela Maud Jackson, whith whom he was united in wedlock in Groesbeck on Dec. 12, 1895, and their daughter, Mrs. Lettie Kilborn of Dallas.
During his years of activity in Groesbeck and Limestone County affairs, Mr. Usry had large farming interests, and he was elected as county commissioner in 1904, serving several years. He also served at one time as City Marshal of Groesbeck, and later served the city as an officer for a number of years just prior to moving to Richardson.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. R.F. Thompson, local pastor, conductd the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Charles Ferguson, organist, and Mrs. W.C. Shelton, vocalist. Interment was in the Ft. Fisher Memorial Park, with the following serving as pallbearers: John Browder, Wilford Sanders, Max Scharff, W.A. Browder, Joe T. Henderson and B.L. Bradley.
Reprint of Biographies from The Lone Star State
This book, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, contains two brief biographies which mention the name Benjamin Usry:
The biography of John Anglin of GROESBECK: John Anglin, born March 23, 1823, Clay County, Missouri, was a son of Elisha Anglin, born in Powell Valley, VA., and his wife, Rachel Wilson, who was born in Virginia and died in Edgar County, ILL. John Anglin moved to Texas with his father at age 11, about 1833. In 1842 he married Missouri Ann Powell, who was born at Memphis, Tenn. Their first child, Tabitha, became the wife of Benjamin M. Usery.
The biography of Mrs. Saluda Ann Sharp, of Hornhill, Limestone County, TX, the widow of Edward W. Sharp. In this biography it is stated that Edward W. Sharp was the son of Anthony Sharp, born about 1801 in Missouri. He married Charlotte Walker about 1825, and they moved to Texas in 1836. They had six children: Edward W., James E., Robert L., Rachel, William A., and Alphenzie. Alphenzie, born about 1840 married Benjamin Usery, born about 1837. Alphenzie was deceased at the time of the biography, 1893.
(Editor's note: From the above, it appears that Tabitha Anglin was the first wife of Benjamin Usry and died during the Civil War; Alphenzie Sharp was the second wife of Benjamin Usry, and died sometime before 1893
A History of Limestone County
A book written by Ray A. Walter, printed by Von Boechmann-Jones, Austin, Texas, copyright 1959.
In a description of the capture of Fort Parker in 1836 by Indians, it is stated that: "Samuel M. Frost and his son Robert, fell inside the fort."
The survivors of the Indian attack left Fort Parker and headed for Fort Houston in Anderson Co. "Mrs. Parker and Elizabeth Frost were the only ones having shoes."
"After Silas' death at the fort, Lucinda married a Mr. Usry; to this union was born Benjamin M. Usry. Later, Lucinda married W.W. Roberts; she died about 1852. Catherine Duty Anglin and Lucinda Duty Parker were sisters.
Who Was Benjamin M.Usry's Father?
".......The mystery of Mr. Usry needs to be identified,as he was one of the early settlers of Texas. Did he later marry Elizabeth Frost, the widow of Samuel Frost and the mother of Robert Frost? According to the land deed records, this widow did marry an Usry. Was it the same one?
Land Deed Records, Limestone County, Texas
49-150 Elizabeth Usry to Alphonzo Steele, waranty deed, Nov 6, 1845, 300 acres in A. Varela tract.
49-152 The State of Texas, County of Limestone, 7 June 1847, Elizabeth Usrey of Hariston Co., to Alphonse Steel of Limestone County, for $400, land on waters of Navistoa Creek known as FROST Creek, and a part of the Robert Frost head right fourth of a league of land granted by the Mexican government in 1835 and surveyed by P.Z.R. Wheelock(?), by estimation 807 acres. Signed by mark: Elizabeth Usery (formerly the widow of Samuel Frost deceased and mother and heir of Robert Frost, deceased.)
D-300 Benjamin M. Usry and wife Tabitha, to T.W. Bowdon, warranty deed, Feb. 9, 1861, $650 for 150 acres on Frosts Creek.
P-223 Benjamin M. Usry to John Anglin, deed, Jan 11, 1866, 150 acres.
B-339 Anthony Sharp to N.A. Usry, filed Nov. 25, 1874, for $500, land about four miles SW from Springfield, on Frost Creek.
C-27 J.W. and Dolly Anglin to B.M. Usry, deed, filed Feb. 5, 1875, estae of W.H. Anglin
Note: from the deed B339, the possibility is found that the second wife of Benjamin M. Usry had the name "N.A.". This was probably Nancy Alponzie. Perhaps sometimes called "Zion?"
John Henry Parker
Info provided from the email I received from Jean and Billy Gene Lack bjl@telepath.com
A little bit of Lack family history:
Nathan Jarred b, 1807 in Tennessee father of Mary Lucinda Jarred.
James Thomas Lack, born June 13, 1817, married Mary Lucinda Jarred, born July 8, 1827 both born in Tennessee.
They moved to Upshur County, Tx. about 1850. Their children:
Thomas Lack born June 13, 1817 in Tn.
Lucinda Lack b. July 8, 1827 in Tn.
Letha Ann Lack b. 1843 in Tn.
ANDREW LACK b. 1848 IN TN. [Bill's great grandfather]
Ellen Frances b. Nov. 22 1849 in Tn.
Isom Farris Lack b.
James Thomas, Jr. b.
Columbus Alexander b. Tx.
John W.b. Tx.
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Andrew Lack married Emmiline Seals, born in Tx. Her mother: Elizabeth Seals
Their children:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LACK b.1872 TX. (Bill's grandfather)
John E. b. 1875 Tx.
Etta M. b.Tx.
Alexander Campbell married Drucilla Lee Parker, Drucilla was born in 1878 in Texas, to John Henry Parker and Elizabeth Ann Clark. John Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker. John Henry and Cynthia Ann were captured by Indians in 1836, and Cynthia was the mother of Quannah Parker, an Indian chief.
Alexander and Drucilla had the following children:
Johnnie May b. July 29, 1898 Millsap, Tx.
Liffie Clifton, [Jack] b. Apr. 29, 1900 Millsap, Tx.
Clara Etta b. Oct. 17, 1905
Myrtle Alberta b. Nov. 27, 1907
Ruby Estelle
OWEN T. LACK b. AUGUST 15, 1912 WYNNEWOOD, OK.
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Owen Lack married Vee Bainey Courtney in 1931. She is now called Vera, and her parents were Tom and Cynthia Courtney. Owen and Vera are the parents of 10 children, 4 sons, and 6 daughters, all born in Wynnewood.
BILL LACK b. MAY 29, 1932 WYNNEWOOD, OK
Myrtie May b. May 23, 1933 now called Margie
Owen Ray b. Jan 7, 1938
Florence Loretta b.Feb 4, 1940
Margaret Ruth b. Aug. 27, 1941
Linda Johnice b. Oct. 8, 1942
Clara Louise b. Feb. 22, 1944
O.T. b. May 27, 1947
Carolyn Sue b. Jan. 7 1949? D. Feb. 4, 1949?
Elic Carlos b. Dec. 14, 1951
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BILLY GENE LACK married Barbara Jean Williams Sept. 29, 1951, in Ardmore, Ok. Jean's parents were John Elzie and Rose Etta Williams. Bill and Jean's children:
Rose Marie born
Michael Owen b. Aug. 15, 1955
David Gene b.Apr. 23, 1957 Wynnewood, Ok.
Doris Elaine b.
Brenda Karen b. Apr. 25, 1964
General Notes (Wife)
Husband Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79
Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1874 - Near Mt. Calm, Limestone, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-75
Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Marriage: 21 Jul 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Rachel Wilson 77 - 1816 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Catherine Duty 13 - Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Other Spouse: Mrs. Orpha James - Tinnans Fort
Other Spouse: Nancy Faulkenberry 77 - Abt 1823 - Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia
Other Spouse: Sarah Crist - 23 Sep 1873
Wife Catherine Duty 13
Born: Abt 1806 - South Carolina, USA
Christened:
Died: - Fort Houston, Near Palestine, Texas
Buried:
AFN: 2ZK1-8B
Other Spouse: Elisha Anglin 13,77,78,79 - Abt 1 Jan 1831 - Coles County, Illinois, USA
Children
1 F Rebecca Catherine Anglin 13
Born: 2 Feb 1837 - Anderson, Grimes, Texas
Christened:
Died: 2 Aug 1927 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Buried: - American Fork, Utah, Utah
AFN: 2ZK1-29
Spouse: Benjamin Franklin Coates 11
Marr: 1854 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA 11
General Notes (Husband)
See James' record for information.
2. From the History of Clay Co., IL:
For the October circuit court, 1825, listed as a grand juror.
For the October circuit court, 1826, listed as a grand juror.
3. Elisha Anglin came to Texas with Parkers from Illinois in 1833, reached Grimes Prarie, Grimes Co. in fall of 1833 where Austin Co. still remained. Located claim in Limestone Co. 1834.
4. In the summer of 1834 James and Silas Parker and Elisha visited the Navasota River area which is now Limestone Co., TX and each man located a claim and returned to Grimes Prarie and Fort Brown in preparation for moving their families to the new claims.
5. Received a large grant of land covering a part of the site of the present town of Groesbeck, TX Feb. 23, 1835
6. 1860 Limestone County, Texas Census
Springfield
481 - 421 Elisha Anglin 62 M Farmer 10500 9600 VA
Orpha 51 F OH
Seth B. 20 M TX
Silas 17 M TX
Sarah E. 14 F TX
Adeline 5 F TX
Sarah Ellison 63 F SC
7. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
Elisha Anglin was one of the first white men who made a permanent settle-ment in Limestone County. He was born in Powell Valley, Virginia, where he was raised and married; moved thence to Kentucky, afterward to Clay, Edgar and Cole counties, Illinois, and finally, in 1833, to Texas. He reached what is now Grimes Prairie, Grimes county, in the fall of 1833, where Austin's colony still remained. In the summer of 1834, in company with James and Silas Parker, he visited Limestone county, in Robertson's colony, and located a claim where the present town of Groesbeck is situated. Silas Parker located his claim north of Anglin's, and James Parker went still further north.
They then returned to Grimes Prairie, each buying load of corn preparatory to bringing their families, which they did in the summer of 1834. Mr Anglin settled on his claim February 1, 1835, and Fort Parker was built in the summer of the same year. An account of the building of the fort and events leading to it's fall will be found in the history proper of the county. When the Parkers and Mr. Anglin settled in the county the Indians were friendly and peaceable, those then in the locality being the Tehuancanas, at Tehuancana Hills; the Keechies, on Keechie creek, and the Wacos, who were then occupying their village at Waco. The first trouble was brought about by raids made on them by bands of white men. The raids were made in the summer of 1835, and the following spring news reached the fort of the advance of the Mexicans
under Santa Ana. Mr Anglin, believing that the fort and the inmates would fall victims to Mexican foes and hostile Indians, tried to induce the Parkers to abandon it and retire to the settlements beyond the Trinity. But this they refused to do. Taking his family, Mr. Anglin, in company of Mr. Faulkenberry and family and Mr. Bates and family, sought safety at old Fort Houston, near Palestine. He did not return to Limestone Co. until the spring of 1838, when Springfield, afterward the county seat, was laid out, he being present and assisting in this labor. For four or five years following this date he resided principally in the settlements in Grimes county, but in January, 1844, took up his permanent residence on his claim, where he lived until his last marriage, and until his death, near Mount Calm, in January, 1874, aged 76 years. He assisted in the organization of the county, held a number of minor positions at an earlier date, was an unlettered man, but possessed considerable force of character, the elements of the pioneer strongly predominating. Mr Anglin was five times married, and the father of number of children. His first wife was Rachel Wilson, a native of Virginia, who died in Edgar Co. Ill. leaving 5 children: Abram, William, John, Mary, afterward the wife of Silas Bates, and Margaret, now Mrs. John Moody. He then married, in Coles Co. Ill. to Catherine Duty, who bore him three children, only one of which reached maturity, Rebecca Catherine, now the wife of Franklin Coates, of Utah territory. His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson Co., Mrs. Orpha James. They had eight children, only one of whom is now living; Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson Co. Texas. His fourth marriage occurred in Limestone Co., to Mrs. Nancy Faulkenberry, widow of David Faulkenberry. His fifth wife was Mrs. Sarah Chaffin, nee Crist, but by the last two unions, there were no children.
8. From History of Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties, Texas:
The Anglin family were a family inured to toil and hardships and at once prepared to meet frontier life and all its conditions just as they found it. No one questions their being the first white family in the county, and many are the Indian fights in which the sons participated, in one of which their father was wounded. They learned to know the red men perfectly. Just prior to the attack and capture of Fort Parker by the Indians, when Cynthia Parker was captured, the tribe encamped near Waco had been robbed while absent from the camp by whites from this vicinity. No attention seemed to be paid to it for some time, and many of the settlers thought the matter had been forgotten, but the Anglins, with characteristic shrewdness and precaution moved their families back to the settlements and awaited developments. The Indians came, the fort was taken, and many lives were lost.
9. Became affiliated with the Primitive Baptist Church through his friendship with the Parkers.
2. In 1826 Elisha Anglin & Rachel his wife of Clay Co. Ill. sold James G.
Hyden their share in the land decreed by the court to the devisees of John Anglin dec'd. (The will of John Anglin dated June 30, 1814, will book 1, page 46, gives to "son in law James G. Hyden 100 acres where he now lives." In 1827 James G. Hyden and Lydia his wife, of Lee Co. for $450 sold to Allen Milam of same co. 130 acres on Walden's creek adjoining Randolph Noe's land.
GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation Area and eight miles north of Thornton, in the central part of the county. The area was first settled by Elisha Anglin in 1835, when he received part of the old Spanish land grant of the A. Varela survey.
3. Here goes: McLean's "Papers concerning Robertson's Colony" in Texas, Vol. XII, page 584 Shows Ophra James, a widow, age 26, born in Missouri, with two children, Sarah Ann age 6 and Carsan B age 4. She is shown as # 47 on " A list of Colonist received since the passage of Organic law in the Nashville Colony". Sworn and recorded by the Alcalde this 14th Jany, 1836.
Vol IX of the same papers, page 469 states, in part, about Elisha Anglin "His second wife died at old Fort Houston, near Palestine, this state, and he married the third time, at Tinnan's Fort, Robertson County, Mrs Ophra James. They had eight children, only one who is now living: Adeline, wife of Daniel Parker, of Anderson County, Texas". I have not been able to determine an exact date for for the marriage.However I suspect it was in 1836/1837.
The 1850 census of Limestone County, Texas shows the following people living with J.R. Mcallister (McCollister)and Catherine.
Sarah Ann James 20 b IL
Benjamin Usery 13 TX
Rebecca E Anglin 14 TX
Elisha Anglin 13 TX
Seth B. Anglin 11 TX
Silas B. Anglin 7 TX
Emaline Anglin 3 TX
"Texas Scholastics 1854-1855" shows that Elisha Anglin haad the following childrenb in school---Silas, Seth and Sarah E.
It is interesting to note that the 1850 census shows Elisha and Ophra Anglin living alone! Sounds like they had farmed the kids out. Because another source indicates tht Benjamin Usery was living with Elisha Anglin.
Don't know if this will help you any, or not. Maybe we can get som corospondence going and tie up some loose ends.
Regards Narvel Rogers---I am the one related to the McAllisters.
Research Notes (Husband)
January 18, 1972, (John Usry) went to Richardson, Texas and talked with Mrs.Lottie Maud Kilborn....She said that her maiden name was Lottie Maud Usry, sometimes called "Pete", and that she was born September 19,1896 in Limestone Co., TX. Her parents were Rufus Milas Usry and Lela Maud Jackson Usry. Her grandfather was Benjamin Milam Usry.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her grandfather, Benjamin Milam Usry, died about 1902 at an age of about 63. His father (name unknown) was married to Mrs. Lucinda Parker, the widow of Silas Parker who was killed in 1836 at old Fort Parker, Limestone Co., TX, during an Indian massacre. Mrs. Lucinda Parker had been the mother of four Parker children. Two of them, Cinthia Ann and John, were taken captives by the Indians at the massacre at Fort Parker. Her husband, Silas Parker, was killed. Mrs. Parker soon thereafter married Mr. Usry and had one child, Benjamin. Mr. Usry and Lucy (Lucinda) were divorced, and she married again but did not have any more children. Lucinda died when her son Benjamin was about twelve years of age and he went to live with neighbors.[See txrec.htm#lime 1850 US Census]
Benjamin Milam Usry grew up and married Tabitha Anglin. She died during the Civil War. Benjamin served in the Confederate forces during this war. He afterward married Miss Zion Sharp, and they had four children:
* Lee Usry married Mally Seawright; they had a daughter, Mally, who married Gary Smith. The daughter now lives at Ft. Worth, TX, aged about 80.
* Rufus Milas Usry, born July 21, about 1874, at Groesbeck, in Limestone County, Texas. He died in June of 1955 at Richardson, TX, and is buried at Fort Parker Cemetery in Limestone County. He married Miss Lela Maud Jackson, who was born Feb 27, 1875 and died in 1965. Also buried in Ft. Parker Cemetery.
* Meredith Usry, died during infancy.
* Benjamin Usry, died about 1899; not married.
Mrs. Kilborn said that she was married first to Mr. Owen Amples Utley. He died Jan. 21, 1920. She married again June 21 1924 to Mr. Willard Stockton Kilborn, who was born March 10, 1899 and died June 29, 1966 at Ardmore, OK. Mrs. Kilborn had not had children, but adopted a daughter, Mary Sue, who was born August 10, 1934.
Mrs. Kilborn said that her mother, Lela Maud Jackson, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jackson and Mollie Rushing
Mrs. Kilborn produced a copy of an affidavit made years ago by her grandfather, Ben Usry:
An Affidavit
State of Texas
Limestone County
Before me, W.W. Williams, a notary public in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared B.M. Usry, being by me duly sworn says on oath that he is the son of Lucinda Usry, that said Lucinda Usry was first married to S.M. Parker to whom the S.M. Parker League in Limestone Co., TX, was granted; that by said marriage with said Parker said Lucinda Parker had four children, viz: Cinthia Ann Parker, who was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre in Limestone County, TX. John Parker who was also captured by the Indians at said massacre, Silas M. Parker, Jr., and Orlena Parker.
Affiant further says that Silas M. Parker, husband of Lucinda Parker, was killed in the Fort Parker massacre in 1836; that after his death his said wife married said Usry, the father of affiant and by whom she had only one child,affiant; that said Lucinda Usry obtained a divorce from said Usry and afterward married Wm. W. Roberts, by whom she had no children. Affiant further says that said Silas M. Parker, Jr. died some seven or eight years ago; that said Cinthia Ann Parker died shortly after the Civil War; that said Orlena Parker married one Rufus Oquina; that she died some five or six years ago, and her husband is still living; that said John Parker was captured by the Indians at the Fort Parker massacre, and no reliable or definite news has ever been heard from him since.
B.M. Usry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Feb 1st, 1899. W.W. Williams, Notary Public, Limestone County, TX
The following was taken from the Brazos County, Texas marriage records:
Mr. William W.Roberts and Mrs. Lucinda Strauther, married June 28, 1844, by Wm. B. Smith, JP.
Mrs. Lucinda Strauther or Strother is believed to have had the maiden name of Lucinda Duty. She married Silas M. Parker about 1826, probably in Illinois, and became the mother of four children: Cinthia Anne, John, Orlena and Silas M., Jr. After she was widowed in 1836 at the Fort Parker Indian attack, Lucinda married and became the mother of Benjamin M. Usry.
Fort Parker Memorial Park
Located two miles west of Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX, reached by a road leading off from F.M. Highwy 1245, a sign at the entrance says:
The site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cinthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands and the grave is marked by a granite slab. Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas War for Independence....Limestone County Historical Society, 1963.
Rufus M. Usry July 21, 1874 June 3, 1955
Lela M. Usry Feb. 27, 1876 July 22, 1965
O.A. Utley Aug. 22, 1891 Jan. 21, 1920
B.M. Usry Jan 13, 1838 May 31, 1902
N.A. wife of B.M. Usry 1841 Oct 25, 1886
Bell Usry Nov 5, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873
Lottie May Usry May 18, 1882 Sept. 8, 1882
Merida Usry July 1, 1877 Sept 10, 1891
Benjamin A. Usry Sept 6, 1879 Jan 23, 1900
Obituary of B.M. Usry
From the Groesbeck Journal IX, No 6, page 6; Thursday June 5, 1902
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE, B.M. USRY, OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
For three consecutive weeks we have been called on to chronicle the death of an old citizen, each of whom was loved and honored among their neighbors, and each of whom has contributed largely to the advancement of this county. First, F.C.Oliver responded to the summons, then L.G. Aspley, and now that prince of a man, who numbered friends by the hundreds, B.M. Usry, has succumbed to the inevitable fate that awaits us all, and gone to join the innumerable caravan that move to the pale realm. Mr. Usry's death came as a surprise to everyone, few being aware of his illness. He was stricken Tuesday with a congestive chill, which was followed by another Thursday night, and then it was realized that his race was about run. He lingered until Saturday morning, when just as the King of day came peeping over the hills, he breathed his last, and thus ended the lifeof one who was a friend to all men.
Mr. Usry was about 61 years of age and had lived here all of his life. His mother was the widow of Silas M. Parker who was killed in the Fort Parker massacre, and he was therefore a half brother of Cinthia Anne Parker who was captured by the Indians in this raid and was carried into captivity. His nephew, Cinthia Anne's son, Quanah Parker , now a prosperous chief among the Commanches, has often requested his uncle Ben to visit him, but he never did, being too far away from home. Mr. Usry was a man that was well read upon all subject. His mind was of that quick grasping character, that enabled him to solve intricate problems with alacrity, and his sound judgment upon all matters, was looked up to by his acquaintances. He always took an active part in politics and was outspoken in his convictions, being a democrat of the old school, unyielding and unbending. While he was not a professed christian, yet his Bible was his constant companion, and it is doubtful if there is one to be found more famiiar with its teachings than he was. He believed with all his soul that a crown awaited those who did their duty. His life has been one of kindness to his fellowmen and tender devotion to his family. In the language of Marc Antony, "he was gentle and kind,and the elements so mixed in him that the world might say, he was a man." Let us hope, as we verily believe, that when his eyes beheld for the last time the dimly receding shore of this vale of tears, that the light of the eternal morning burst upon his gaze, and accompanied by the angelic hosts, that he found safe shelter in the loving arms of his Master.
Mr. Usry leaves two children, Mrs. Lee Seawright and Rufus Usry, besides other relatives who mourn his loss, and in their bereavement they have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was held at the old Lewisville cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Thurmond
Obituary of Rufus Usry
(For more info on Rufus Usry click here.)
From the Groesbeck Journal -- Thursday June 9, 1955
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR RUFUS M. USRY, SUNDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GROESBECK DIED IN RICHARDSON JUNE 4
Funeral services were held for Rufus Milam Usry Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Groesbeck at the Shelton Funeral Home.
Mr. Usry had lived all his life in Limestone County in the Groesbeck vicinity until 1936 when he and Mrs. Usry moved to Richardson, near Dallas. He was born in Groesbeck on July 21, 1874, the son of Benjamin and Zion Usry, pioneer residents of this sections. He succumbed early Saturday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas.
Surviving him are his wife,the former Lela Maud Jackson, whith whom he was united in wedlock in Groesbeck on Dec. 12, 1895, and their daughter, Mrs. Lettie Kilborn of Dallas.
During his years of activity in Groesbeck and Limestone County affairs, Mr. Usry had large farming interests, and he was elected as county commissioner in 1904, serving several years. He also served at one time as City Marshal of Groesbeck, and later served the city as an officer for a number of years just prior to moving to Richardson.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. R.F. Thompson, local pastor, conductd the services. Special music was provided by Mrs. Charles Ferguson, organist, and Mrs. W.C. Shelton, vocalist. Interment was in the Ft. Fisher Memorial Park, with the following serving as pallbearers: John Browder, Wilford Sanders, Max Scharff, W.A. Browder, Joe T. Henderson and B.L. Bradley.
Reprint of Biographies from The Lone Star State
This book, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, contains two brief biographies which mention the name Benjamin Usry:
The biography of John Anglin of GROESBECK: John Anglin, born March 23, 1823, Clay County, Missouri, was a son of Elisha Anglin, born in Powell Valley, VA., and his wife, Rachel Wilson, who was born in Virginia and died in Edgar County, ILL. John Anglin moved to Texas with his father at age 11, about 1833. In 1842 he married Missouri Ann Powell, who was born at Memphis, Tenn. Their first child, Tabitha, became the wife of Benjamin M. Usery.
The biography of Mrs. Saluda Ann Sharp, of Hornhill, Limestone County, TX, the widow of Edward W. Sharp. In this biography it is stated that Edward W. Sharp was the son of Anthony Sharp, born about 1801 in Missouri. He married Charlotte Walker about 1825, and they moved to Texas in 1836. They had six children: Edward W., James E., Robert L., Rachel, William A., and Alphenzie. Alphenzie, born about 1840 married Benjamin Usery, born about 1837. Alphenzie was deceased at the time of the biography, 1893.
(Editor's note: From the above, it appears that Tabitha Anglin was the first wife of Benjamin Usry and died during the Civil War; Alphenzie Sharp was the second wife of Benjamin Usry, and died sometime before 1893
A History of Limestone County
A book written by Ray A. Walter, printed by Von Boechmann-Jones, Austin, Texas, copyright 1959.
In a description of the capture of Fort Parker in 1836 by Indians, it is stated that: "Samuel M. Frost and his son Robert, fell inside the fort."
The survivors of the Indian attack left Fort Parker and headed for Fort Houston in Anderson Co. "Mrs. Parker and Elizabeth Frost were the only ones having shoes."
"After Silas' death at the fort, Lucinda married a Mr. Usry; to this union was born Benjamin M. Usry. Later, Lucinda married W.W. Roberts; she died about 1852. Catherine Duty Anglin and Lucinda Duty Parker were sisters.
Who Was Benjamin M.Usry's Father?
".......The mystery of Mr. Usry needs to be identified,as he was one of the early settlers of Texas. Did he later marry Elizabeth Frost, the widow of Samuel Frost and the mother of Robert Frost? According to the land deed records, this widow did marry an Usry. Was it the same one?
Land Deed Records, Limestone County, Texas
49-150 Elizabeth Usry to Alphonzo Steele, waranty deed, Nov 6, 1845, 300 acres in A. Varela tract.
49-152 The State of Texas, County of Limestone, 7 June 1847, Elizabeth Usrey of Hariston Co., to Alphonse Steel of Limestone County, for $400, land on waters of Navistoa Creek known as FROST Creek, and a part of the Robert Frost head right fourth of a league of land granted by the Mexican government in 1835 and surveyed by P.Z.R. Wheelock(?), by estimation 807 acres. Signed by mark: Elizabeth Usery (formerly the widow of Samuel Frost deceased and mother and heir of Robert Frost, deceased.)
D-300 Benjamin M. Usry and wife Tabitha, to T.W. Bowdon, warranty deed, Feb. 9, 1861, $650 for 150 acres on Frosts Creek.
P-223 Benjamin M. Usry to John Anglin, deed, Jan 11, 1866, 150 acres.
B-339 Anthony Sharp to N.A. Usry, filed Nov. 25, 1874, for $500, land about four miles SW from Springfield, on Frost Creek.
C-27 J.W. and Dolly Anglin to B.M. Usry, deed, filed Feb. 5, 1875, estae of W.H. Anglin
Note: from the deed B339, the possibility is found that the second wife of Benjamin M. Usry had the name "N.A.". This was probably Nancy Alponzie. Perhaps sometimes called "Zion?"
John Henry Parker
Info provided from the email I received from Jean and Billy Gene Lack bjl@telepath.com
A little bit of Lack family history:
Nathan Jarred b, 1807 in Tennessee father of Mary Lucinda Jarred.
James Thomas Lack, born June 13, 1817, married Mary Lucinda Jarred, born July 8, 1827 both born in Tennessee.
They moved to Upshur County, Tx. about 1850. Their children:
Thomas Lack born June 13, 1817 in Tn.
Lucinda Lack b. July 8, 1827 in Tn.
Letha Ann Lack b. 1843 in Tn.
ANDREW LACK b. 1848 IN TN. [Bill's great grandfather]
Ellen Frances b. Nov. 22 1849 in Tn.
Isom Farris Lack b.
James Thomas, Jr. b.
Columbus Alexander b. Tx.
John W.b. Tx.
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Andrew Lack married Emmiline Seals, born in Tx. Her mother: Elizabeth Seals
Their children:
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LACK b.1872 TX. (Bill's grandfather)
John E. b. 1875 Tx.
Etta M. b.Tx.
Alexander Campbell married Drucilla Lee Parker, Drucilla was born in 1878 in Texas, to John Henry Parker and Elizabeth Ann Clark. John Parker was the brother of Cynthia Ann Parker. John Henry and Cynthia Ann were captured by Indians in 1836, and Cynthia was the mother of Quannah Parker, an Indian chief.
Alexander and Drucilla had the following children:
Johnnie May b. July 29, 1898 Millsap, Tx.
Liffie Clifton, [Jack] b. Apr. 29, 1900 Millsap, Tx.
Clara Etta b. Oct. 17, 1905
Myrtle Alberta b. Nov. 27, 1907
Ruby Estelle
OWEN T. LACK b. AUGUST 15, 1912 WYNNEWOOD, OK.
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Owen Lack married Vee Bainey Courtney in 1931. She is now called Vera, and her parents were Tom and Cynthia Courtney. Owen and Vera are the parents of 10 children, 4 sons, and 6 daughters, all born in Wynnewood.
BILL LACK b. MAY 29, 1932 WYNNEWOOD, OK
Myrtie May b. May 23, 1933 now called Margie
Owen Ray b. Jan 7, 1938
Florence Loretta b.Feb 4, 1940
Margaret Ruth b. Aug. 27, 1941
Linda Johnice b. Oct. 8, 1942
Clara Louise b. Feb. 22, 1944
O.T. b. May 27, 1947
Carolyn Sue b. Jan. 7 1949? D. Feb. 4, 1949?
Elic Carlos b. Dec. 14, 1951
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BILLY GENE LACK married Barbara Jean Williams Sept. 29, 1951, in Ardmore, Ok. Jean's parents were John Elzie and Rose Etta Williams. Bill and Jean's children:
Rose Marie born
Michael Owen b. Aug. 15, 1955
David Gene b.Apr. 23, 1957 Wynnewood, Ok.
Doris Elaine b.
Brenda Karen b. Apr. 25, 1964
General Notes (Wife)
Husband Nicholas Daugherty
Born: 1779 - Lee County, Virginia, USA
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Father: Joseph Daugherty
Mother:
Marriage: Abt 1799 - Wallens Creek, Virginia
Wife Elizabeth Anglin
Born: Abt 1786 - Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
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Father: John Anglin 13
Mother: Elizabeth Carver 13
Children
Husband Moses Cade
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Marriage: 25 Nov 1788 - Randolph County, Virginia, USA
Wife Elizabeth Anglin
Born: 1765
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Buried:
Father: William Anglin
Mother: Susannah
Children
General Notes (Wife)
Husband F.M. Lloyd
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Anglin
Born:
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Father: John Anglin
Mother: Missouri Ann Powell
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