52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #38 Jessie Mae Thompson Hicks, Daughter of Mattie Hairston

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Juanita, my second cousin once removed, told me that her father, Floyd Thompson, had relatives named Chapman. At the time, I didn't know if Juanita ever met them, but she did ask me about them several times. 

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Well, I searched and found some Chapman's in her mother's Cox family tree, but didn't find Chapman's on the Hairston side of the family . . . until yesterday when I found this obituary transcribed at Ancestry.com. 

9/25/1964 "Funeral Sunday for Joseph Young Hicks" 
Funeral services were help at 2pm Sunday in Huckabay Baptist Church for Joseph Young Hicks, 71, Huckababy, who died Friday night in Stephenville Hospital.  Revs. Bob Norris and Oscar Hartsfield officiated with burial in Huckabay cemetery under the direction of Trewitt-Reed Funeral Home. Hicks was born Dec 30,1882, in Huckabay and was a lifelong resident of Erath County.  He married Miss Jessie Mae Thompson April 12,1912.  She died Dec. 21, 1952. Survivors include one daughter Mrs. L.A. Chapman of Stephenville, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

This photo  is labeled "Aunt Jessie Thompson's 
only daughter."
Is the woman in the center Frona Lorene?
Photo courtesy of Nadine Thompson Waugh

Jessie Mae Thompson was the only daughter of Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Hairston Chisum Thompson and John Thompson.  She was born on October 11, 1893 in Erath County, Texas and from census and other records, it appears that she spent most of her life in Erath County. Jessie Mae and her husband, Joseph, are buried in the Huckabay Cemetery. 

Jessie Mae Thompson and Joseph Young Hicks had one daughter, Frona Lorene Hicks who was born on February 12, 1913. Frona Lorene married Leonard Adams Chapman in 1932. 


Juanita did meet her Chapman cousin as both Juanita and Lorene are both in the photo below. Juanita looks as if she is about 10 years old, placing this family gathering sometime in the late 1920s. 

A gathering of Hairston descendants at "The old Noah Place - Dublin Hwy" 
Photo courtesy of Nadine Thompson Waugh

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Diana

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Sources

Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

"Jessie Mae Hicks." Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2014. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HIC&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSsr=5441&GRid=24032035&>

"Joseph Young Hicks." Ancestry.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2014. <http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2288959/person/-1834973339/storyx/75488b06-c0a8-46cd-a334-9c29240d2c27?src=search>.


"Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXMR-N84 : accessed 27 Sep 2014), J.Y. Hicks and Jessie Thompson, 21 Apr 1912; citing Erath County, Texas, , reference v M p 166; FHL microfilm 1428410.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 1631; Page: 36A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1241631.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Huckabay, Erath, Texas; Roll: T625_1801; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 32.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 2326; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 177.0; FHL microfilm: 2342060.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #37 Aaron W. Thompson, a Farmer in Erath County, Texas.

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The first child of Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Hairston Chisum Thompson and John A. Thompson was Aaron Whitney Thompson. He was born on June 8, 1886 in Erath County, Texas. It appears that he lived his entire life in Erath County as he can be found in Erath County in each of the census records from 1900 to 1940.  On all documents, his occupation is that of a farmer. In 1942, his WWII draft registration describes him as being 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, and having brown eyes and black hair with a light complexion. 


Aaron married Algia Roberson in 1914 and they had four boys; twins - Ray and Rex, Albert, and Coy. 

Aaron died on January 24, 1964.  He is buried in Ramsey Cemetery in Erath County along with his wife and mother. 

The only known photo that I have of Aaron Thompson.
Brothers - Edgar Richard Thompson, Floyd William Thompson, Aaron Whitney Thompson, and Philip Louis Chisum.

Diana

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Sources

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

"Aaron Whitney Thompson." Find A Grave. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=6237&GRid=15656787&

"Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXMR-JP5 : accessed 24 Sep 2014), A. W. Thompson and Alyce Roberson, 15 Mar 1914; citing Erath County, Texas, , reference v M p 451; FHL microfilm 1428410.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 1631; Page: 36A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1241631.

Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: T624_1550; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375563.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 2326; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 218.0; FHL microfilm: 2342060.

Year: 1940; Census Place:  , Erath, Texas; Roll: T627_4029; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 72-7.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #36 Philip Chisum Lived in Erath County, Texas.

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Philip Louis Chisum was the youngest child of James C. Chisum and Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Hairston.  He was born in Falls County, Texas; however, there is some confusion about his birth date. According to his  WWI draft registration card, he was born on December 16, 1892.  His WWII draft registration gives him a birth date of December 15, 1881 and his headstone at the Morgan Mill Cemetery has a birth date of December 15, 1882.

It is not known what happened to Philip's father, but by late 1883, his family moved from Falls County to the Bethel Community in Erath County, Texas. In 1884, Philip's mother married John A. Thompson. John A. Thompson died in 1899 and in 1900 and 1910, Philip was found living with his mother and half-siblings in Erath County.

Philip Louis Chisum
Photograph from the collection of Nadine Waugh. 

On January 17, 1917, Philip married Nancy Jane "Janie" Keller Kolb, widow of Thomas J. Kolb and mother of children Orzo and Ola Frances Kolb. Philip and Janie spent their remaining years in the Morgan Mill area of Erath County. The 1940 census indicated that they owned land and Philip continued to farm.  Philip was described on his WWII draft registration as being tall and of medium build with brown hair and brown eyes.

Janie died on January 30, 1949 and Philip died on January 4, 1962. They are buried in the Morgan Mill Cemetery.

Diana

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Sources

Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.

Ancestry.com. Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2014. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26194095&ref=acom>.

"Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXMR-PWG : accessed 21 Sep 2014), P. L Chisum and Janie Kolb, 07 Jan 1917; citing Erath, Texas, , reference It 1 pg 351; FHL microfilm 1428411.

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27820-15891-34?cc=2000219 : accessed 21 Sep 2014), Texas > Erath > Justice Precinct 6, Morgan Mill > 72-16 Justice Precinct 6, Morgan Mill > image 12 of 33; citing NARA digital publication of T627.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZX4-DFF : accessed 21 Sep 2014), Phily Louis Chisum, 1917-1918.

"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11598-146375-24?cc=1861144 : accessed 21 Sep 2014), 004142597 > image 213 of 3625. Citing NARA microfilm publications M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090 and M2097, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 1631; Page: 36A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1241631.

Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: T624_1550; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375563.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Erath, Texas; Roll: T625_1801; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 193.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #35 Claud Clarence Thompson Left his Brother's Home And Was Never Seen Again.

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Claud had been drinking. Floyd, his older brother, told him that he could not live with Floyd and his family if he continued to drink. Claud left the home and was never heard from or seen again. Juanita, Floyd's daughter, told me this to me in 2001. 

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Juanita's cousin, Nadine, wrote Uncle Claud Thompson left home when he was about 18 and has never been heard of since. Daddy tried to find him but never could even get a lead.

Another cousin, Marie, wrote The Thompson family had a brother named Claud Thompson that disappeared the year of WWII. He was staying with Floyd and Ora and left one morning and was never heard from again.

Floyd never stopped looking for Claud. Juanita said that asking his brother to leave upset him so much that he cried for two days. Nadine's father, Edgar Richard Thompson would look for Claud's name in telephone books each time that he visited a town outside his home in Erath County. 

According to his WWI draft registration, Claud Clarence Thompson was born on June 4, 1891. A farmer, he was tall and slender with dark hair and brown eyes. Claud was the son of Martha "Mattie" Hairston Chisum Thompson and John A. Thompson of Erath County, Texas. Claud's father died when he was a young boy. The family lived in the Bethel Community which appears to later become part of Morgan Mill. Claud can be found living with his mother on the 1900, 1910, and 1920 United State Census records of Erath County, Texas. After 1920, he has not been positively identified.

Juanita was a child when Claud disappeared so the time was probably the 1920s rather than the 1940s. Claud would have been in his late 20s or early 30s at the time of his disappearance. 

On the 1930 United States Census, there were over fifty Claud/Claude Thompsons born about 1891 in Texas. Many of these Claud/Claude Thompsons could be eliminated from my list of possibilities immediately, but some required research.

If Claud was transient, there may be no record at all. There were a few boarders or lodgers, living in Texas, listed on the 1930 census without families that could have been Claude. There were Claud Thompsons in California, Oklahoma and Denver that matched his age and place of birth.  A forty-two year old C. Thompson died in San Antonio on December 13, 1933 of tuberculosis. He was so sick when he was brought to the hospital that he was not able to give them much information.  

Additional Internet and library searches may turn up more clues, but there are so many possibilities!

Diana

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Sources

Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.

Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Thompson, Marie (Fort Worth, Texas) to "Dear Diana" [Diana Quinn]. Letter. 12 October 2000. Bryan-Quinn Genealogy Papers. Virginia Beach, Virginia.

United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

Waugh, Nadine Thompson (Stephenville, Texas) to "Dear Diana" [Diana Quinn]. Letter. 26 September 2000. Bryan-Quinn Genealogy Papers. Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 1631; Page: 36A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1241631.

Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: T624_1550; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375563.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Morgan Mill, Erath, Texas; Roll: T625_1801; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 453.

Friday's Photo: Borger, Texas

Dad (Whit Bryan) with niece, Jackie, and sisters - Marie, DeRay, and Willa Mae
614 North McGee Street in 1943

Most of Dad's childhood memories were of Borger, Texas. His sister, DeRay Bryan, moved to Borger in 1927 to teach. Dad said that teacher salaries offered by Borger were the highest in that part of the state. Dad and his other two sisters moved from Seymour to Borger after their father died in 1929. 

In 1930, Dad and his sisters were living at 608 Cable Street. There were several other families living in the house so it must have been apartments or a boarding house. DeRay wrote that they moved to 614 North McGee Street in 1932 where they rented an apartment owned by Homer E. Hardeman. When Homer died in 1972, he left the building to one or more of the Bryan sisters. DeRay and Marie passed away in in the 1980s and Willa Mae died in 1991. The home was sold by Willa Mae's daughter in 1992. 

614 North McGee Street in the 1980s

614 North McGee Street - September 17, 2014

I visited Borger, for the first time, earlier this week. The house on North McGee Street is still standing and well taken care of. My cousin, Sharon, and I enjoyed the museum, the antique shops on Main Street, and lunch at a wonderful restaurant. A nice day in Borger, Texas. Dad would have enjoyed it!

Diana

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Sources

Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Hutchinson County Historical Commission. History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 years, 1876-1980, Book, 1980; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20204/ : accessed September 19, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Genealogical Society, Borger, Texas.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas; Roll: 2360; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 554.0; FHL microfilm: 2342094.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #34 Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Hairston Chisum Thompson - A Timeline and Surprising Information about a Well Circulated Photograph

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The woman in this photo is probably not Mattie Hairston. 
The girl may be Mattie Hairston. The girl is not Stella Chisum. 

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No Story Too Small

Diana

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Chisum, Stella Rhoetta, Certificate of Birth (1942), Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. 

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Year: 1860; Census Place: Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 674; Image: 206; Family History Library Film: 803582.

Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 2, Falls, Texas; Roll: M593_1584; Page: 31B; Image: 66; Family History Library Film: 553083.

Year: 1880; Census Place: Falls, Texas; Roll: 1302; Family History Film: 1255302; Page: 190B; Enumeration District: 038.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 1631; Page: 36A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1241631.

Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: T624_1550; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375563.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Morgan Mill, Erath, Texas; Roll: T625_1801; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 453.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 2326; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 177.0; FHL microfilm: 2342060.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 2326; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 187.0; FHL microfilm: 2342060.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Erath, Texas; Roll: 2326; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 218.0; FHL microfilm: 2342060.