Mam-ma's Southern Family

I left off with the timeline for Reuben M. Johnston who lived in Titus and Comanche counties in Texas, from about 1860s to his death in 1924.  From an undated Comanche Chief article in the Wagon Wheels column, clipping sent to me by my mother's cousin . Time now for what I can locate using FamilySearch full-text search function. I searched using “R. M. Johnston,” “Reuben M Johnston,” “Rubin M Johnston” and the same using “Johnson” in Titus and Comanche counties. These are the only records I found. Children’s Vital Records Named Their Parents On 7 February 1904, R. M. and Lee Johnston were named as parents of Loyd S. Johnston was born in Gustine. The physician or midwife was D. M. Smith. [1]       COMMENT: Was Olivia called Lee by family? Or did the doctor or midwife get her name wrong? Ruby Mack Johnston and Olivia Jane Jones were named as parents on the birth record of Woodie Andrew Johnston, born 6 October 1892 in Comanche County, but recorded in O...

Reuben M. Johnston, my 2x-great-grandfather, was born 18 April 1841 in Alabama and died 4 May 1824. This information is clearly written on the tombstone in Hazeldell Cemetery in Comanche County, Texas, where he lived since the late 1870s. [1] Before Comanche County, he lived in Titus County, Texas, where he registered to vote and pay taxes. [2] Hazeldell Cemetery, Gustine, Texas photo by author 1870s In 1870, he was thirty years old and a farmer. He lived with Catharine, who was nineteen, and Samuel M, who was four months old, born in February of that year. He had no real estate listed. [3] He paid tax on a horse in 1868, [4] 1869, [5] and 1870. [6] By 1871, he owned 80 acres of land valued at $160. [7] No record has been found of the marriage to Catharine, most likely due to the Titus County courthouse fire in 1895 that destroyed all records. [8] He moved to Comanche County sometime in the 1870s. Catharine must have died before 1879, as Reuben married Olivia on 23 December 18...

When my maternal great-grandmother (Lela Ann)’s brother, Hutts Loveless, died on 23 May 1898, he was 104 years old. [1] His birth was recorded on 1 September 1943 as 1 March 1894, to Ebby Loveless and Elzy Rodgers, both living near Greenbrier, Faulkner County, Arkansas. [2] He worked as a farmer in Erath and Lubbock counties until 1949, when he moved to Fort Worth. [3] He worked as a produce manager in retail grocery, working 72 hours a week. Luckily, he was asked extra questions in the 1950 census, revealing that he didn’t live in the current house a year ago. What experience did he have to get this job at age 56? They had three children: Dorothy Nell (1916-2008), Royce Braswell “Buck” (1918-1988), and Erwin Marl (1920-2008). Because my grandmother’s parents had siblings who also married, these children of Hutts were my grandmother’s double cousins. Several newspaper articles were written about Hutts and his wife. They celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 1965, while living in...