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From: "Callie Waits" <>
Subject: Re: [TXCem] looking for gravesites in Texas Hill Co, Coryelle, Limestone, Freestone
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:08:17 -0500
References: <029901c56131$d2726010$f41a280a@sba.oakland.edu> <002301c5613e$a08ba4a0$f4e25d44@CallieWaits> <032301c56141$1307e460$f41a280a@sba.oakland.edu>


Try going to topozone.com and write in the cemetery, county, and state names
they will bring up a map. you can zoom in own.
Callie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Williams" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [TXCem] looking for gravesites in Texas Hill Co, Coryelle,
Limestone, Freestone


> Thanks-
> I know right where it is. Its just finding an online map or cemetery info
or
> hooking up with folks "in state" to do lookups or trade research services
> thats been difficult. Unless you have relatives or reasons, not many folks
> want to make the drive!
>
> I remember when I was very young, driving from my great aunt Minnie Ruth
> Smith's house in Mexia to her mother's house in Wortham, and then
sometimes
> we would drive back over to Tehuacana to see what shape the land was in,
or
> to check out what was left of Brandon homestead, Trinity University
> building, or just to walk along the creek and see if we could find
> arrowheads or indian beads. Of course later we ate at Sam's in Fairfield
or
> went over to Bealls in Corsicana to shop. ....great memories!
>
> Now, to find anyone who has taken or could take photos of the area, or who
> might be able to help me find my mising Brandons! (My older relatives have
> all passed away and no more family in the area.)
>
> I will gladly trade online lookups or census lookups or even cemetery
photos
> in Michigan or even Ontario!
>
> THANKS again.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Callie Waits" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [TXCem] looking for gravesites in Texas Hill Co, Coryelle,
> Limestone, Freestone
>
>
> > Hi Diane, in your letter you said....
> >>>>they moved to Tehuacana in about 1878<<<<
> > You might try looking in Limestone, Freestone, and Navarro Counties.
> > Tehuacana is between Hubbard and Mexia or just past Mexia. I think that
is
> > Limestone County.
> > Good Luck
> > Callie
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Diane Williams" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:57 AM
> > Subject: [TXCem] looking for gravesites in Texas Hill Co, Coryelle,
> > Limestone, Freestone
> >
> >
> >> I am looking for info on BRANDON family buried in or around Itasca Hill
> >> Co
> >> TX. I believe there is a Hugh and a Charles and their spouses and
> > children,
> >> and perhaps their married sisters Josephine and maybe Margaret. The
> >> family
> >> was orig from Missouri & Tenn and I believe their parents John Brandon
b
> >> 1803 or 1804 & Elizabeth Henson (b 1808-1811 in Roane Co Tenn) are also
> >> buried somewhere in Texas. Records indicate John Sr. may have died
1870-
> >> 1874 in TX.
> >> I cant find 'em anywhere yet!
> >>
> >> The family info goes like this.
> >> Children of John and Elizabeth Brandon:
> >>
> >> Charles L BRANDON b: 1834 in TN Lived and died in Texas.
> >> Margaret BRANDON b: 1836 in AL
> >> Walter BRANDON b: 1838 in AL
> >> Ann BRANDON b: 1840 in AL
> >> Sarah BRANDON b: 1843 in TX
> >> Benton BRANDON b: 1845 in MO We believe he lived most of his
life
> >> and died in Missouri.
> >> Mary BRANDON b: 1847 in MO
> >> John A BRANDON b: 1850 in MO John married Emma Calhoun Robinson
in
> >> 1874 and had two sons and a daughter in Tehuacana, Texas.
> >> Hugh F BRANDON b: 1852 in MO Lived and died in Texas.
> >>
> >> John and his brothers may have come to Texas through Arkansas, first at
> >> Cranfill's Gap, then Turnersville, then originally settled in Coryelle
> >> County. John's land in Coryelle County was given to Walter John
Robinson
> >> when they moved to Tehuacana in about 1878 or so. Walter Robinson was
> > John's
> >> wife Emma's younger brother.
> >> I am also looking for any info on Walter Robinson's family and where
they
> >> are buried.
> >>
> >> I need to find out as much as I can about Brandons- these families have
> > been
> >> my "brick wall" stopping oint for a few years now. I dont know much
> >> about
> >> the Brandons except for my gggrandfather John Adam Brandon, who I
believe
> > is
> >> buried in Wortham near our former Smith family home.
> >>
> >> I would like to know if there is anyone who is familiar with cemetries
in
> >> Hill County or could do lookups in the area. The Brandon family was
> >> Presbyterian and Hugh Brandon was active in the orphanage/Presbyterian
> > home
> >> for children in Itasca.
> >>
> >> John & Emma's daughter Mary Frances (aka Minnie) Brandon b1888 in
> > Tehuacana
> >> married Wade Hampton Smith and they settled in Wortham and raised three
> >> generations there. The family cemetery plots are located in a cemetery
> > just
> >> off the highway to Corsicana a few acres over from their former home.I
do
> >> not know the name of that cemetery or address, just how to get there. I
> >> haven't been there in YEARS and would like help finding it again.I live
> > out
> >> of state now but visit occasionally /whenever I can.
> >>
> >> Any help appreciated!
> >>
> >> THANKS SO MUCH-
> >> Diane
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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