Friday's Photo: Ina, Charlie, and Jimmy Biggs of Erath County, Texas

Yesterday, I posted Flowers and Family - A Letter from Erath County to Bienville Parish - May 3, 1913. The letter was written by my grandfather's sister, Terrell Little "Bunch" Bryan Biggs. Aunt Bunch, as my father called her, married James Daniel Biggs and had eight children. Two died as very young children.[1] This photo is a picture of the three youngest children who lived to adulthood; Ina Lou, Charlie, and Jimmy.[2] 

The photo was found in Marguerite Cook Clark's collection of family photos and documents originally held in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. It is unknown who received the photo in about 1899 or if it was sent by Bunch or possibly by one of her parents, Terrell Bryan or Harriet Albritton Bryan.[3]

The photo above appears to have been taken about 1899 as the youngest, Charles Calvin Biggs, was born on 15 March 1898. Charles was born in Erath County, married twice, and had no children. He was a teacher and died in Plainview, Texas on 18 July 1957 where he was buried.[4] 

Terrell Little "Bunch" Bryan and her husband James Daniel
Biggs. The young girls are Margaret (Maggie) and Willie. The
boy standing is Terrell Bryan, and the baby is James Ely. Ina
Lou and Charles Calvin were not yet part of the family. The 
older girl was Belle Hanley.[7] 

Ina Lou Biggs was born on 26 September 1894 in Erath County. She worked for at least a few years as a teacher. Ina Lou married Frank Bain Blackwell and they had children Frank Bain Jr., Mary Sue, and William Reed. Frank Blackwell Sr. died in 1929 just a few months after his youngest son's birth. Three years later Ina Lou married Robert Lee Chapman and they had children Margaret Elizabeth and Charles Donald. Ina Lou died 4 October 1984 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler, Texas.[5] 

James Ely Biggs (Jimmy in the photo) was born on 17 June 1890. He married twice and had one son, James Bryan Biggs called "Little Jim." James Ely Biggs was a teacher in Baylor County in 1910. He died on 17 August 1970 in Waco, Texas, and is buried in Plainview next to his brother, Charles.[6] 

Other Biggs Family Posts

Friday's Photo: The Biggs Family + One in Erath County, Texas

Friday's Photo: Terrell Little "Bunch" Bryan

The Terrell Bryan and Harriet Albritton Family

Flowers and Family - A Letter from Erath County to Bienville Parish - May 3, 1913

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    1. Ina Lou Biggs Blackwell Chapman, "Birth Record of Biggs Family," 1847 - 1939; supplied by Sue Blackwell Pierce, Texas, 2006.

    2. Three Biggs Children, photograph, n.d.; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2022. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

    3. Terrell Bryan Family Bible Records, 1836 - 1927, The Illustrated Polyglot Household Bible (Philadelphia: G. Zeigler, McCurdy, & Co., 1870), "Family Record," privately held by Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021.

    4. Chapman, Birth Record of Biggs Family. Also, "Heart Attack Fatal to Plainview Man," Lubbock Morning Avalanche (Lubbock, Texas), 18 July 1957, p.5; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101229162/charles-calvin-biggs-obituary/: accessed 28 April 2022).

    5. Chapman, Birth Record of Biggs Family. Also, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41174153/ina-lou-chapman: accessed 06 May 2022), memorial page for Ina Lou Biggs Chapman (26 Sep 1894–4 Oct 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41174153, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Tamera (contributor 46830348). Also, Locals, The Osage Chief (Fairfax, Oklahoma), 1 September 1916, p.3; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101232110/ina-lou-biggs-teacher/: accessed 28 April 2022).

    6. Chapman, Birth Record of Biggs Family. Also, "Biggs, James Eli," myplainview.com

 (http://unger.myplainview.com/cemetery/cemetery.php?row_id=2969 : accessed 25 April 2022). Also, J E. Biggs to teach in Red Spring, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 17 June 1910,  p.6, col. 1; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429359/m1/6/zoom/? : accessed 5 May 2022). 

    7. The Biggs Family, photograph, ca.1892; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Patricia Pierce Waas, TX, 2006. Also, Diana Bryan Quinn "Friday's Photo: The Biggs Family + One in Erath County, Texas" blog entry, 25 October 2019, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/fridays-photo-biggs-family-one-in-erath.html: accessed 4 May 2022).