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From: Phil Beshear <>
Subject: New Bowie County query update
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 20:01:55 -0500


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I apoligize for it being so long since my last update. I've
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list for that one.)

Thanks for your interest in Bowie County.

pb

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LEWIS, NESBETT posted by Sue Miller on Sunday, August 24, 1997

My grandmother, Ethel Eudora LEWIS b 1896, and some of her
siblings, were born in Daingerfield, TX. Her
parents were married there in 1892. They were John Wesley
Sellers LEWIS b 1855 in TN d 1919 in
Texarkana, and Sarah Evelyn NESBETT b 1866 in Avinger, TX d
1917 in Texarkana. The other children in
the family were Bertha LEWIS, John LEWIS, Jim LEWIS, Mary
Madeline LEWIS, Herman LEWIS, and
Floyd Wesley LEWIS. John Wesley Sellers LEWIS also married his
first wife in Daingerfield. She was
Elizabeth LEWIS b abt 1864 d abt 1890. They were married in
Daingerfield Sept 6, 1883. The children from
that marriage are Willie Leola LEWIS, Tommie Luella LEWIS, and
Lucy LEWIS. I have many family
connections to East Texas, and an anxious to exchange
information.

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HILLIS, MOORE posted by Harold Moore on Sunday, August 24, 1997

MOORE,Odis(Ode), wife Mildred,HILLIS and anything on the
HILLIS or MOORE family.Moved to Texas
from Tenn. about 1910.Bowie co,Tx. Mildred MOORE HILLIS has
brother George HILLIS.and others.Any
info on these two familys.

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JENKINS, ROBERT, ROBERTS posted by Jan Curtis on Wednesday, August
27, 1997

Looking for information on the family of ROBERTS, specifically
Ernest Roy ROBERT (birth & death dates
unknown) m. to Ola M. JENKINS of Hooks, TX. They had a son
Charles Wayne ROBERTS, b. May 26,
1933 in Naples, TX. We're wanting to research a family history
beginning with this family in Bowie County.

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RADCLIFF, WALTON, WILLIAMS, WILSON posted by Lottie Hamilton on
Tuesday, September 2, 1997

Looking for any info.on surnames
WILSON,WILLIAMS,WALTON,RADCLIFF,all of Bowie
County,Henry E.WILSON died there about 1928-30 his daughter
Onnie married Andrew WILLIAMS,two
of thier daughters were Annie who married Paul WALTON,and
Lilly who married a RADCLIFF. If you have
any information on this line ,please e-mail.I have info. to
share,Thanks!

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GWINN posted by Mary Pat Livingston on Sunday, September 7, 1997

Bowie, Tarrant, Smith County Query: Seeking any info on GWINN,
George Conrad b12/11/1869 in Indiana
and his son, GWINN, George H. b12/14/1894 perhaps Ingersol,
Bowie Co., TX. They lived in the other
counties around the turn of the century. George Conrad is
found in Winfield, LA. in 1915.

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DOUGLASS posted by Linda Clay on Friday, September 12, 1997

DOUGLASS, Looking for links to James Monroe Douglas, b. 1831,
AL or AR. Two of his daughters were
born in Bowie Co, TX, other children may have been born in
Bowie Co. Ethel Willie Douglas, b. 1888 in
Basssett, Bowie Co. Texas. Myrtle Douglas was born around 1890.

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