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Roger Frost ('Tad') Bartlett Jr.

Tad Bartlett as a senior at Texas A&M, 1932-1933, from The Longhorn, 1933, p. 36.

• Father: Roger Frost ('Rod') Bartlett Sr.^1,2,3 b. 7 Feb 1886, d. 10 Nov 1942
• Mother: Anna Pauline Fortson^4,5,6 b. 26 Aug 1886, d. 30 Sep 1972

• Birth*: He was born on 1 April 1912 in the family home, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^{7,8,9,10,11,12}
• Marriage*: He married Dorothy Louise Loop, daughter of David Marion Loop and Fannie Charity Walker, on 30 November 1940 in East Dallas Christian Church, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^13,14,15
• Death*: He died on 14 September 1979 in Navarro Memorial Hospital, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 67.^16,17,11,12
• Burial*: Interment was in section C, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^18,19,20

• Note*: • He graduated from Rice High School in 1929 (as valedictorian of a class of nine) and from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) in 1933 with a B.S.M.E. degree.
  • He was on active duty with the U.S. Army from 20 Mar 1941 to 29 Apr 1946, teaching armor maintenance at U.S. bases until late 1944, when he was ordered to Europe, where he served as a major in the Third Army. He was a lieutenant colonel at the time his service ended.
  • Except for his active military service, all of his career was with Cooper-Bessemer Corporation in Dallas (1934-1968) and Houston (1968-1970).
  • They moved back to Rice in December 1972.^21,22

• Last Edited: 30 Aug 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Descendants of Lt. Isaac Walker and Elizabeth Stuart

Dorothy Louise Loop

Dorothy Loop Bartlett in 1993.

• Father: David Marion Loop¹ b. 18 Jun 1860, d. 16 Sep 1933
• Mother: Fannie Charity Walker^2,3,4,5 b. 2 Nov 1868, d. 4 Oct 1942

• Birth*: She was born on 7 October 1911 in the family home, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^6,7,8,9
• Marriage*: She married Roger Frost ('Tad') Bartlett Jr., son of Roger Frost ('Rod') Bartlett Sr. and Anna Pauline Fortson, on 30 November 1940 in East Dallas Christian Church, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^10,11,12
• Death*: She died on 1 November 2009 in Navarro Regional Hospital, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 98.¹³
• Burial*: Interment was on 5 November 2009 in section C, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^13,14

• Note*: She attended Baylor College for Women in Belton, Texas for a year after her 1929 graduation from Rice (Texas) High School. She then worked in Dallas as a retail sales clerk for a variety store on Forest Avenue and for Sears, Roebuck until about the time of their marriage. As a youngster she survived an attempt to have her kicked out of the Baptist church for dancing in public, although the infraction resulted in her dismissal as a Sunday school teacher. She became a Methodist after she married and remained active in the Methodist church after her husband's death until the congregation in Rice disbanded, at which time she returned to the Baptist church.¹³

• Last Edited: 30 Aug 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Descendants of Lt. Isaac Walker and Elizabeth Stuart

Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett

J. M. Bartlett, courtesy of Mattie Mae Ellis.

• Father: Joseph Callaway Bartlett^1,2 b. 7 Aug 1814, d. 11 Sep 1888
• Mother: Amanda Monroe Estes^3,4 b. 6 Jun 1822, d. 18 Oct 1851

• Birth*: He was born on 29 December 1841 in Washington County, Texas (near Chappell Hill).^5,6,7,8
• Marriage*: He married Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton, daughter of Benjamin Michaux Clopton and Mary Elizabeth McLin, on 20 March 1872 in Navarro County, Texas.^5,9,10,11
• Death*: He died on 29 July 1922 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 80.^12,13,14
• Burial*: Interment was on 31 July 1922 in section B, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^15,16,17

• Scrapbook*: • "Mr. J. M. Bartlett is moving his house to town and will soon become a citizen of Rice."
  • "Serious Runaway. Ennis, Ellis Co., Tex., Feb. 5 [1897].—Jesse Bartlett of Rice came to town to-day for a wagon load of farming implements, and while loading the goods his mules became frightened and ran off up Main street. The wagon struck a hitching post and was considerably broken up. A harrow was thrown off and a tooth stuck into one of the mules inflicting an ugly wound. Jim Enix, a colored man, who had the team in charge, was thrown to the ground and a wheel ran over his leg and right arm, breaking the arm below the elbow and bruising his leg badly."^18,19
• Obituary*: "PROMINENT CITIZEN DIED
     "J. M. Bartlett Was Laid to Rest at Rice Yesterday
     "J. M. Bartlett, aged 80 years and seven months, and a resident of Navarro county nearly all his life, died at his home in Rice Saturday night [29 Jul 1922], and the funeral took place from the First Methodist church there yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. Rev. S. J. Nevill pastor of the First Methodist church there, officiated at the church services, and at the conclusion of the minister's remarks, the Masons took charge and concluded the services at the grave. The deceased and his wife celebrated their golden wedding a few months ago, and his wife and these children survive: Ben, Will, Hiram and Roger Bartlett, Mrs. Mary Parker, Mrs. Ida [sic] Smith and Mrs. Jessie Norwood.
     "The deceased had long been recognized as one of the county's best citizens, and there are many friends to join his family in their sorrow."¹³
• Note*: He was a sergeant in Company E, Twelfth Regiment, Texas Cavalry, during the Civil War, having enlisted on 27 Jan 1862 at Camp Parsons. He was paroled at Millican, Texas on 26 Jun 1865. He and Mollie were charter members of the Methodist church in Rice. In 1875 they joined nine others in donating money for construction of a church and school building in Rice, and he was on the building committee for the schoolhouse built in 1912 (demolished in the 1970s). In addition to farming he operated a gin with Mr. Haynie, which is now the Fortson Brothers gin, and a mercantile business that is now the Fortson Brothers store in Rice, and he was vice president of First State Bank in Rice. With lumber hauled from Houston by oxcart, in 1900 they built the family home in Rice now occupied by their great-grandson, Larry Shelton. The farm house was moved to Rice for Ben Bartlett's family in about 1890 and still stands, two houses north of J.M. and Mollie's home. He died as a result of an injury from a fall. At his death he had lived in Navarro County for seventy-six years, and a friend wrote that when he died he "was perhaps the oldest citizen, in point of residence, in the county." His and Mollie's grave marker bears Masonic and Eastern Star insignias.^{20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27}

• Last Edited: 29 Sep 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan, Pedigree of Roger F. Bartlett Sr.

Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton

Mollie Clopton Bartlett.

• Father: Benjamin Michaux Clopton b. 1 Oct 1828, d. 7 Apr 1900
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth McLin b. 1827, d. c Nov 1850

• Birth*: She was born on 28 November 1850 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: She married Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett, son of Joseph Callaway Bartlett and Amanda Monroe Estes, on 20 March 1872 in Navarro County, Texas.^1,5,6,7
• Death*: She died on 26 January 1928 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 77.^8,9,10,11,12
• Burial*: Interment was on 27 January 1928 in section B, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^13,14

• Obituary*: "Mrs. Bartlett, One of Oldest Residents, Dies
     "Mrs. Mollie H. Bartlett, age 77, wife of the late J. M. Bartlett, died at her home here Thursday night at 10:30 o'clock following a week's illness. Mrs. Bartlett had been in failing health for the past few months, but her condition was not considered serious until about a week preceding her death.
     "Mollie H. Clopton was born at Murphreesboro, Tenn., Nov. 28, 1850, being 77 years and two months old at the time of her death. She came with her parents to Texas in early childhood and settled at Chatfield, then the most important town in this section of the country. On March 20, 1872, she was married to J. M. Bartlett, and a short time afterwards they moved to a farm near Rice where Mr. Bartlett engaged in livestock raising, the gin business and various other enterprises. About forty years ago they moved to Rice where they resided continuously until their deaths. Mr. Bartlett preceded his wife to the grave by nearly six years, having died here in July 1922.
     "Mrs. Bartlett was a consecrated member of the Methodist Church, having professed religion and united with the Church in early childhood. In her earlier days she was an active church worker, but in her latter years, when declining years had overtaken her, her favorite pasttime was reading the Bible and silently communing with her God.
     "Mrs. Bartlett belonged to that rapidly vanishing type of old Southern womanhood. She was kind, gentle and cultured, and above all, she was devoted to her home and to those whom it was her duty to care for. She was unselfish and generous in all things. Her chief life's work was in making those about her happy and cheerful. The memory of her deeds will live long after she has passed out.
     "Mrs. Bartlett was the mother of seven children, four boys and three girls, all of whom survive. They are B. C. Bartlett, W. D. Bartlett, Mrs. W. S. Parker, H. C. Bartlett, Mrs. W. R. Smith, R. F. Bartlett, of Rice, and Mrs. R. C. Norwood of Ennis. There are 22 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
     "Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and were conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. H. Bowman, with Rev. W. H. Day, pastor of the Baptist Church assisting. Interment took place in Rice Cemetery. All business houses closed during the hour of the funeral. The two banks in Rice remained closed during the day in her memory. Her husband was one of the organizers of the First State Bank, and one son, H. C. Bartlett, is still a director of that institution. Her son-in-law, W. R. Smith, is vice president of the First National Bank."¹⁰
• Note*: Her mother died a few days after Mollie was born, and her father did not remarry while in Tennessee. Her uncle, John Clopton, had moved to Chatfield, Texas, and at about age six she came from Tennessee by stage coach to live with him south of Rice until her father moved down from Tennessee.

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan, Pedigree of Roger F. Bartlett Sr.

Benjamin Clopton Bartlett

Ben Bartlett, ca. 1896.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett¹ b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton^2,3 b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: He was born on 8 July 1873 in Navarro County, Texas.^4,5,6,7,8,9
• Marriage*: He married Minnie Eudora Queen, daughter of Jacob F. ('Jake') Queen and Sarah E. ('Sally') McDonald, on 10 June 1896 in Methodist Church, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^10,11,12,13
• Death*: He died on 12 December 1947 in his residence, Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 74.^{14,15,16,17,18}
• Burial*: Interment was in section B, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^19,20,21,22

• Obituary*: "BENJ. C. BARTLETT FUNERAL SERVICES PLANNED SATURDAY
     "Benjamin C. Bartlett, aged 74 years, died at his home in Rice early Friday morning. He had been in ill health for some time.
     "Native of Chatfield, Bartlett had resided at Rice for a number of years.
     "Surviving are his wife of Rice; two sons, J. M. Bartlett, Spring Hill, La., and Ben C. Bartlett, Jr., Shamrock; four daughters, Mrs. B. C. Bell, Corsicana; Mrs. Joe Aylward, Mrs. Dan Morgan and Mrs. C. Q. Butcher [sic], all of Dallas; two brothers, Bill and Hiram Bartlett, both of Rice; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Smith, Mrs. Mary Parker and Mrs. Jess Norwood, all of Rice; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and other relatives.
     "Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church in Rice Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Burial will be in the Rice cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Marvin C. Bledsoe, pastor of the Central Methodist church in Corsicana.
     "McCammon Funeral Home will direct."²³
• Note*: • His grave marker gives 8 Jul 1874 as his birth date.
  • When he registered for the draft on 12 Sep 1918 he gave his occupation as "automobile," was married and living in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, was of medium weight and height, and had brown eyes and black hair.
  • By 1912 he had an automobile, judging from a brief item in the Rice Rustler newspaper: "B. C. Bartlett and children went to Kerens Sunday in Mr. Bartlett's automobile."^24,25,9,26

• Last Edited: 3 May 2021

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

William D. Bartlett¹

Will Bartlett, ca. 1896.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton² b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: He was born on 10 September 1875 in Navarro County, Texas.^3,4,5,6,7
• Marriage*: He married Ola Corrine Gibson, daughter of John Neily Gibson and Susan ('Susie') Moore, on 5 March 1899 in Navarro County, Texas.^8,9,10,11,12
• Death*: He died on 12 August 1956 in Veterans Administration Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 80.^{13,4,14,15,6,16,17}
• Burial*: Interment was on 14 August 1956 in section D, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^{18,15,19,20,21}

• Scrapbook*: "W. D. Bartlett arrived in Corsicana Wednesday evening from Miles [Texas] with three car loads of mules and horses. Will spent Thursday with relatives here. He says his wife has much better health since they moved to Miles."²²
• Obituary*: "W. D. Bartlett of Rice Dies Sunday
     "W. D. Bartlett, prominent Rice resident for many years, Spanish American War veteran, died in the Veterans Administration hospital at Lisbon, near Dallas, Sunday night.
     "Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Haynie Memorial Methodist church in Rice with burial in the Rice cemetery.
     "Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Harper, Chatfield, and Mrs. A. D. Ellis, Rice; two grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. R. C. Norwood, Dallas, and Mrs. Walter Smith, Rice, and other relatives.
     "The Keever Funeral Home of Ennis directs."²³
• Obituary Abstract*: Funeral services were to be at Haynie Memorial Methodist Church in Rice at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 14 Aug 1956. He died in a Dallas hospital Sunday night.¹⁵
• Note*: • During the Spanish-American War he served as a private in the Hospital Corps.
  • He was a member of the Haynie Memorial Methodist Church in Rice and the Rice Masonic Lodge.
  • His World War I draft registration card, dated 12 Sep 1918, gives 10 Sep 1875 as his birth date, his residence as Rice, Navarro County, Texas, his occupation as mechanic for R. F. Bartlett & Co. in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, his height as medium, his build as stout, blue as his eye color, grey as his hair color, and his nearest relative as Mattie Mae Bartlett, Rice, Texas.^24,25,26

• Last Edited: 3 May 2021

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Mary Amanda Bartlett

Mary Bartlett, ca. 1896.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton¹ b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: She was born on 6 July 1878 in Navarro County, Texas.^2,3,4,5,6
• Marriage*: She married Welborn Scoffield Parker on 2 January 1898 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^7,8,9
• Death*: She died on 24 May 1951 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at age 72.^{2,10,3,11,5,6}
• Burial*: Interment was on 25 May 1951 in section A, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^12,13,14,15

• Last Edited: 17 Jun 2014

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Hiram Callaway Bartlett¹

Hiram Callaway Bartlett, courtesy of Janette Dilworth.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton² b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: He was born on 29 November 1880 in Navarro County, Texas.^3,4,5,6,7,8
• Marriage*: He married Piercy Jane ('Jennie') Edmundson, daughter of Burwell Edmundson and Jane Tabitha Heys, on 21 June 1905 in Navarro County, Texas.^9,10,11,12
• Death*: He died on 3 July 1951 in his residence, Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 70.^3,4,13,8,14
• Burial*: Interment was on 5 July 1951 in section D, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^15,16,17

• Scrapbook*: "A crowd of young folks consisting of H. C. Bartlett and Miss Jennie Edmundson, Walter Harper and Miss Carrie Queen, Ethel Walker and Miss Anna Fortson and R. T. Irwin and Miss Willie Hays attended an ice cream supper at Roane [Texas] Wednesday night and were the recipients of an involuntary baptising." There was no explanation of the baptising.¹⁸
• Obituary*: "Hiram Bartlett Rites Thursday
     "Hiram Bartlett, 70, retired banker and stockman, died at his Rice residence late Tuesday afternoon [3 Jul 1951].
     "Funeral services will be held from his home Thursday at 10:30 a. m. with Rev. Marvin C. Bledsoe conducting. Masons will be In charge of graveside rites in the Rice cemetery.
     "Bartlett is survived by his wife of Rice; a daughter, Mrs. J. C. Barton of Rice; a brother, W. D. Bartlett of Rice; two sisters. Mrs. R. C. Norwood of Dallas and Mrs. W. R. Smith of Rice, and other relatives.
     "Nephews will be pallbearers.
     "McCammon Funeral Home will direct."¹⁹
• Note*: • An uncle, Thomas Smith Bartlett, married Sally Edmundson, and another uncle, James Edmond Bartlett, married Piercy Edmundson, making them his aunts as well as his wife's aunts.
  • Hiram and Jennie were married by Giles C. Taylor, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Rice, Texas.
  • His World War I draft registration card, dated 12 Sep 1918, gives 29 Nov 1880 as his birth date, his residence as Rice, Navarro County, Texas, his occupation as bookkeeper for Fortson Brothers in Rice, Texas, his height as medium, his build as stout, gray as his eye color, brown as his hair color, and his nearest relative as Piercy Jane Bartlett, Rice, Texas.^20,21,22

• Last Edited: 7 May 2021

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Adelaide Laura ('Addie') Bartlett

Addie Bartlett Smith, courtesy of Janette Dilworth.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton¹ b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: She was born on 8 August 1882 in Navarro County, Texas.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: She married Walter Raleigh Smith on 17 December 1902 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^5,2,6,7,8
• Death*: She died on 28 July 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, at age 82.^2,9,3,10,11
• Burial*: Interment was on 30 July 1965 in section D, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^12,13,14,15

• Obituary*: "Rites Friday For Mrs. Smith
     "Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Smith, 82, of Rice, who died in Ennis Wednesday, were held Friday at 10 a. m. from the Corley Chapel with burial in the Rice cemetery.
     "The rites were conducted by Rev. Connally Dugger and Rev. Jack Daniel.
     "Surviving are two sons, W. Bartlett Smith, Houston, and Hugh Smith, Cleburne; two daughters, Mrs. Ben Easterling, Chatfield and Mrs. Alfred Shelton, Rice; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Jeff Pirtle, Dallas, and other relatives.
     "Nephews were pall bearers."
• Note*: • Her grave marker bears 18 Aug 1882 as her birth date.
  • Her survivors included two sons, two daughters, five grandchildren, eight grandchildren, and a sister.^16,17,18

• Last Edited: 30 Oct 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Roger Frost ('Rod') Bartlett Sr.¹

Rod Bartlett.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett² b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton^3,4 b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: He was born on 7 February 1886 in Navarro County, Texas (near Rice).^5,6,7,8,9,10
• Marriage*: He married Anna Pauline Fortson, daughter of James Thomas Fortson and Ida Carolyn Clayton, on 25 December 1907 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^{11,12,13,14,15}
• Death*: He died on 10 November 1942 in his home, Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 56.^{16,17,18,19,20,21,22}
• Burial*: Interment was on 12 November 1942 in section B, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^23,24,25,22

• Obituary*: "RITES THURSDAY FOR R. F. BARTLETT, LONG MAYOR OF RICE
     "Funeral services were held at Rice Thursday afternoon for Rodger [sic] Frost Bartlett, 56, Mayor of Rice, who died at his home there Tuesday afternoon, following an illness of several weeks.
     "A native of that community, he had long been active in political, social and religious circles, and at the time of his death, was head of the civilian defense organization in that section.
     "Rites were conducted by the Rev. D. R. McCauley, pastor of the Central Methodist church of Corsicana; and Rev. C. O. Hightower, pastor of the Rice Methodist church. Burial was in the Rice cemetery.
     "The deceased was operator of the Rice Warehouse and Cotton Yard Co. He was a Mason and a member of the Methodist church there.
     "Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Anna Bartlett, Rice; one daughter. . . , one son, Captain R. F. Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Army stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky; three brothers; B. C. Bartlett, W. D. Bartlett, and H. C. Bartlett, all of Rice, three sisters, Mrs. R. C. Norwood, Ennis; and Mrs. W. S. Parker and Mrs. W. R. Smith, both of Rice.
     "Pallbearers were J. A. Reynolds, Dallas; B. R. Reynolds, Dallas; John Sloan, J. K. Bradley, S. S. Swafford and W. C. Mahaley.
     "Sutherland-McCammon Funeral Home had charge of the" arrangements.²⁶
• Note*: • He was born on the family farm south of Rice. After attending Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas for perhaps a year, he returned to Rice to farm and operate various businesses, including a cotton yard. He operated a cotton gin at his death. Active in local Democratic Party politics and mayor of Rice at his death, from a brain tumor, in his later years he also was active in civil defense and boy scout work. He and his wife lived in Rice and were Methodists. From his obituary in the Corsicana Daily Sun: "The deceased was well-known in political and social circles of the county, having served as mayor of Rice for a considerable time."
  • His World War I draft registration card, dated 12 Sep 1918, gives 7 Feb 1886 as his birth date, his residence as Rice, Navarro County, Texas, his occupation as "farming, cattle dealer, auto dealer," his place of employment as Rice, Texas, his height as short, his build as medium, blue as his eye color, brown as his hair color, and his nearest relative as Anna Pauline Bartlett.^24,27,28,29

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Roger F. Bartlett Sr.

Jessie Bartlett

Jess Bartlett, courtesy of Janette Dilworth.

• Father: Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett b. 29 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jul 1922
• Mother: Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton¹ b. 28 Nov 1850, d. 26 Jan 1928

• Birth*: She was born on 13 July 1891 in Navarro County, Texas.^2,3
• Marriage*: She married Richard Clarke ('Dick') Norwood, son of Theodore DuBose Norwood and Martha Elize DeWitt, on 28 July 1912 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^4,5,6,7,8
• Marriage*: She married Jeff Albert Pirtle on 18 July 1961.^9,10
• Death*: She died on 15 January 1980 in Dallas County, Texas, at age 88.¹¹
• Burial*: Interment was on 17 January 1980 in Laurel Land Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.¹²

• Last Edited: 18 Jul 2024

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

David Marion Loop^1,2

Dave Loop, courtesy of Jack and Barbara Bartlett.

• Father: William Washington Loop^3,4,5,6,7 b. 20 Mar 1836, d. 4 Jun 1913
• Mother: Sarah Catherine Naudain^8,9 b. 3 Sep 1833, d. 22 Sep 1909

• Birth*: He was born on 18 June 1860 in Henderson County, Texas.^{10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18}
• Marriage*: He married Fannie Charity Walker, daughter of German Walker and Isa Fontaine Williams, on 29 June 1896 in Navarro County, Texas; They were married by Rev. J. W. Jennings of Kerens, Texas.^19,20,21
• Death*: He died on 16 September 1933 in Physicians and Surgeons Hospital, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 73.^{22,23,24,25,26,18}
• Burial*: Interment was on 17 September 1933 in the Loop and Walker family plot, section C, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^27,24,28,29

• Scrapbook*: Corsicana, Tex., April 22 [1904].—T. J. Fortson of Rice was in the city this morning and says that last night lightning struck the residence of D. M. Loop. Only slight damage was done and no one was hurt.³⁰
• Obituary*: "Pioneer Resident and Merchant of Rice Passes Away
     "David Manion [Marion] Loop, 73, died Saturday night [16 Sep 1933] at 6 o'clock at the P. and S. Hospital and the funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Rice Methodist church. He was a pioneer resident and merchant of Rice and was well-known in the northern and northeastern section of the county. Burial was made in the Rice cemetery.
     "The funeral was conducted by Rev. C. B. Knight, Rev. George C. Henry and Rev. Moss.
     "Surviving are his wife, four daughters, Miss Kellie Loop, Miss Dorothy Loop, Mrs. C. D. Heather all of Rice; and Mrs. Hugh Gallemore, Fort Worth; two sisters, Mrs. P. F. Halbert, Rice; and Mrs. Wm. Harper, Dallas; a brother, J. N. Loop, and a grandson, Carl David Heather, Rice.
     "The funeral was directed by the Corley Funeral Home."³¹
• Note*: • He was a partner in Loop & Walker, a general merchandise store in Rice, and was on the board of aldermen elected when Rice was incorporated in 1912.
  • He died of prostate cancer.
  • “RICE, June 18 [1936].—(Spl.)—Loop and Walker’s store, a two-story brick building, was destroyed about 2 o’clock Sunday morning [14 Jun 1936] by fire. The fire originated in the second story and was well underway when discovered.”.^32,33

• Last Edited: 25 Apr 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Descendants of Lt. Isaac Walker and Elizabeth Stuart, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

William Washington Loop

William Washington Loop, courtesy of Jack and Barbara Bartlett.

• Father: John Loop¹ b. 23 Jun 1811, d. 1855
• Mother: Margaret Rebecca ('Peggy') Spohr b. c 1807, d. 1853

• Birth*: He was born on 20 March 1836 in Boone County, Indiana.^2,3,4,5,6,7
• Marriage*: He married Sarah Catherine Naudain, daughter of James Nelson Naudain and Ellen Grose, on 22 May 1853 in Henderson County, Texas.^8,9,10,11,12
• Death*: He died on 4 June 1913 in the home of his daughter, Lizzie Halbert, Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 77.^13,4,14
• Burial*: Interment was on 6 June 1913 in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^15,16,17,18

• Scrapbook*: "Business Change. W. W. Loop has bought Fortson Bros. interest in the General Merchandise establishment of Loop & Co., located on the corner of Main and Dallas streets [in Rice, Texas]. Mr. Linville will no longer be manager for the house but Mr. Loop (Uncle Billy) will become its manager himself."¹⁹
• Will Excerpts*: ¶ In the name of God Amen.
  ¶ I, William W. Loop, for the part forty five years a resident citizen of Navarro County, Texas, being of sound mind and knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of Death, do hereby make, publish and declare the following as my last Will and testament hereby revoking all others made heretofore by me.
  ¶ First. My executrix, hereinafter named, is directed to pay all just debts due by me.
  ¶ Second. My executrix is directed to provide my Sister Mrs. Christian [sic] Naudin [sic] with a Sufficiency during her life to satisfy her necessities, give her comforts, and at her death to pay her funeral expenses.
  ¶ Third. My said executrix is directed to pay the College expenses of my Grandson, Nugent Oliphant, at the A and M College at Bryan, Texas, until he shall have completed his College Course there.
  ¶ Fourth. I give my daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Halbert, Lots Nos. Five (5), and Six (6) in Block No. Forty three (43) Situated in the Town of Rice Navarro County, Texas, with all improvements situated thereon.
  ¶ Fifth. I give to my Grandson, Nugent Oliphant, Lots Nos. One (1) and Two (2), in Block No. Twenty-One (21) situated in the City of Corsicana Navarro County, Texas according to the Map of the H & T C Ry Cos. Add. But said two lots are not to be sold or mortgaged until the said Nugent Oliphant reaches the age of thirty (30) years and I hereby appoint my son D. M. Loop as Trustee, without bond to hold the title, control and possession of said two lots for my said Grandson in trust until he shall reach the age of Thirty (30) years. Said trustee shall keep said property rented and with the proceeds thereof pay all Taxes, and other necessary expenses, thereon and use the balance for the use and benefit of the said Nugent Oliphant as he may think best, but in the event the said Nugent Oliphant shall die before he reaches the age of thirty (30) years without bodily issue, then and in that event, the title to said two lots shall become vested in fee simple in his brothers and Sisters, or if they be dead, then in their bodily heirs.
  ¶ Sixth. I give to my three Grand children Alline Harper, Jane K. Harper, and Washington M. Harper, jointly and severally, Lots Nos. Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), and Eight (8) in Block No. Twenty-One (21) Situated in the City of Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, according to the map of the H & T C Ry Cos Add but said lots are not to be sold or mortgaged until the said Jane K. Harper shall have reached the age of thirty (30) years, and I hereby appoint my daughter Mrs. Addie H. Harper, as Trustee, without bond to hold the title, control and possession of said six lots for her said three children until the said Jane K. Harper shall have reached the age of thirty (30) years; said trustee shall keep said property rented and with the proceeds thereof pay all taxes and other necessary expenses, thereon and use the balance for the use and benefit of the said Alline, Washington and Jane K. Harper as she may think best, but in the event either of said three children shall die before the said Jane K. Harper shall have reached the age of thirty (30) years without bodily issue then and in that event the title to said six lots shall become vested in fee simple in the others if living or if dead, in their bodily heirs.
  ¶ Seventh. I give to my grandson W. B. Kenner, Lots Nos. Nine (9) and Ten (10) in Block No. Twenty-One (21) Situated in the City of Corsicana Navarro County Texas, according to the Map of the H & T C Ry Cos. Add but said two lots are not to be sold or mortgaged until the said W. B. Kenner shall have reached the age of thirty (30) years, and I hereby appoint my Son-in-law W. R. Kenner, Trustee, without bond to hold the title, control and possession of said two lots for the said W. B. Kenner in Trust until he shall have reached the age of Thirty (30) years. Said trustee shall keep said property rented and with the proceeds thereof pay all taxes and other necessary expenses, thereon and use the balance for the use and benefit of the said W. B. Kenner as he may think best but in the event the said W. B. Kenner shall die before he reaches the age of thirty (30) years without bodily issue then and in that event the title to said two lots shall become vested, in fee simple in Alline Harper, Jane K. Harper and Washington M. Harper, if living or if dead in their bodily heirs.
  ¶ Eighth. I direct my said executrix to take possession of all my property at my death and keep it from and in proper repairs and keep it insured and rented; she shall collect all rents, claims and notes belonging to my estate, she shall sell all of the personal as well as all of the lands belonging to my estate except the lots mentioned in Sections Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), and Seven (7) of this Will and with the proceeds received from said collections and Sales, pay the several amounts mentioned in the First (1), Second (2) and Third (3) Sections of this Will and all of the expense of carrying out the terms of this will and Settling up said estate and the residue or balance she shall divide as hereinafter directed.
  ¶ Ninth. Of said residue or balance described in Section Eight (8) of this Will, I direct that my said executrix shall pay herself as trustee without bond for the use and benefit of my Grand son W. B. Kenner a One Twenty-first (1/21) part thereof which I hereby give him, and I direct my said daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Halbert as trustee of said W. B. Kenner to Keep the interest herein given him invested to the best advantage until he shall have reached the age of Twenty-One (21) years when the same, with the increase thereof shall be turned over to him, by said trustee; but in the event the said W. B. Kenner shall die without issue before said last named date than the interest herein given him shall return and become the property of all of my bodily heirs, to descend to them as fixed by the laws of Texas.
  ¶ Tenth. I give to my Grand children, Bruce Oliphant, Matt F. Oliphant, Benj R. Oliphant, Addie H. Harper and Nugent Oliphant and to my Great, Grand daughter Irene Hervey, severally and jointly a One Sixth (1/6) part of the said residue and balance of my estate, mentioned in the eighth section of this will after the said One Twenty-first (1/21) part given to my Grand son W. B. Kenner and mentioned in the ninth section of this Will is deducted therefrom and I direct that the One Sixth (1/6) interest under this section given to my said Grandson Nugent Oliphant who is a Minor, be turned over by my said Executrix to my son D. M. Loop as trustee without bond to be held in trust by him for the use and benefit of the said Nugent Oliphant and I direct my said Son D. M. Loop as trustee of the said Nugent Oliphant to keep the interest herein given him invested to the best advantage until he shall have reached the age of Twenty-One (21) years when the same shall be turned over to him by said trustee with the increase thereof, but in the event of his death before he shall have reached the age of Twenty-One (21) years without bodily issue then the interest herein given him under this tenth section shall return to and become the property of his brothers and Sisters or their bodily descendants. And I further direct that the One Sixth (1/6) interest under this Section given to my Great Grand daughter Irene Hervey, who is a minor to be turned over by my said Executrix to my Grand son Bruce Oliphant as trustee of said Irene Hervey to keep the interest herein given her invested to the best advantage until she shall have reached the age of Twenty-One (21) years when the same shall be turned over to her by said trustee with the increase thereof; but in the event of her death before she shall have reached the age of Twenty-One (21) years without issue then the interests herein given her shall return to and become the property of her Uncles and Aunts or their bodily descendants.
  ¶ Eleventh. I give to my children John N. Loop, Mrs. Ellen R. Garner, David M. Loop, Mrs. Lizzie Halbert, and Mrs. Addie H. Harper all of the balance and residue of my estate to be divided equally to each of them.
  ¶ Twelfth. My said executrix is requested to settle and close up my estate, as speedily as possible but if it is necessary in her opinion she may have as long as Seven (7) years in which to close up said estate, after my decease.
  ¶ Thirteenth. In the event of the refusal or neglect of any or all of the persons, named herein before as trustees for any of said legatees, or in the event of the death of any of said trustees, I hereby direct and request the Probate Judge of Navarro County Texas, to appoint some Suitable person to act as trustee in the place and stead of the person failing to act as trustee of any of the minors herein before mentioned and require them to give such bond as in the opinion of said Probate Judge shall be sufficient to require a faithful performance from said appointees.
  ¶ Fourteenth. I hereby appoint my Daughter Mrs. Lizzie Halbert, the Executrix of this my last will and testament and direct that she be required to give no bond as such and that the Courts of the County take no further action in my estate than to probate this will and have an Inventory appraisement and list of claims filed approved and recorded as required by law. And I hereby direct that in the Management conduct and conveying of the property belonging to my estate that said executrix, shall act wholly by herself and without the aid or assistance of her husband in making contracts and in signing transfers or deeds to any property belonging to said estate. Witness my hand at Rice Texas, this 4th day of November 1910, in the presence of the witnesses who have signed their names below at my request.
  [Signed] W. W. Loop
  ¶ The above and foregoing instrument of writing was signed by William W. Loop in our presence and we at his request have signed the same as subscribing witnesses hereto in his presence and in the presence of each other and the day and date last above written.
  [Signed] G. W. Pollan
  O. C. Bowman.²⁰
• Obituary*: WILLIAM W. LOOP ANSWERS LAST CALL
  Death Came After More Than Three-Quarters of a Century—Funeral at Chatfield Cemetery
  It is with the deepest sorrow that we chronicle the death of one of Rice's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens—William W. Loop—which occurred Wednesday evening, June 4, at 7:30 o'clock, at the home of his son-in-law, P. F. Halbert, this city.
  Mr. Loop had been in feeble health for several years, but was, until the last few months able to get about comparatively well. About four weeks ago he was taken ill with la grippe and it was this that was the immediate cause of his death. For several days he lingered on the threshold of death, and when at last death came there was no surprise. During all his suffering and illness he never complained but was always cheerful and submissive. But this was characteristic of Mr. Loop throughout his lifetime. The end was peaceful. To him death had no horrors.
  William W. Loop was born in Indiana in 1836, and moved to Henderson County, Texas, in 1844[.] Mr. Loop served in the Confederate army, and after the close of the war in 1865 he moved to Chatfield. He remained at Chatfield until a few years ago when he moved to Rice. At Chatfield Mr. Loop was in the mercantile business, and farmed quite extensively and dealt in real estate. He was also associated with the firm of Fortson Bros. & Loop at this place and later the firm of W. W. Loop & Son, which did business in the building now occupied by Loop, Walker & Harper. Since the death of his wife, four years ago, Mr. Loop has retired from active business, having accumulated by conservative methods and good management quite a bit of this world's goods.
  For sixty years Mr. Loop had been a consistent and faithful member of the Christian Church, and has ever been an ardent follower of the teachings of the lowly Nazarine. But during his declining years was very active [in] his church work, having greatly assisted in organizing the Christian Church here, and since its organization has kept it going by assisting in a financial way. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge, having joined at Chatfield fifty years ago[.] From 1878 to 1881 he served the people of this precinct as County Commissioner, which was the only public office he ever held.
  Mr. Loop is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ann Nordain [Naudain] of Chatfield, who is now 82 years of age; two sons, D. M. Loop, of this place, and John Loop, of Leuders; three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Garner, of Chatfield; Mrs. P. F. Halbert, of Rice; and Mrs. M. W. Harper, of Corsicana.²¹
• Note*: He moved to Missouri (date unknown), then to Fannin County, Texas in 1844, and then to Henderson County, Texas. He farmed and raised cattle in Henderson County, Texas for a while; then, before the Civil War, they moved to a rented farm near Long Prairie (now Bazette) in adjacent Navarro County, which she ran until he returned from the war. He farmed and raised cattle there, and on a farm on the Trinity River near Chatfield, which they bought for $2.00 per acre from the Chambers family at auction, for several years. He then bought a cotton gin in Chatfield, then bought a general store and post office in Chatfield from a man named Shaw (which he operated while his sons ran the gin), and was a banker. He later bought a general store in Rice that had rooms above the store, and had his son Dave live there and run the store. His son-in-law, Dr. Harper, operated a drug store there as well, and he and Addie also lived above the store. Eventually W.W. and Sarah moved into rooms downstairs and kept Nugent Oliphant with them. Sarah died there. He then bought the Collins house, which he gave to daughter Lizzie and her husband, Pleas, and died while living there with them. W.W. and Sarah were members of the Christian Church. In his later years, he was known to most of his neighbors and townspeople as Uncle Billie. He served as postmaster at Chatfield from 9 Mar 1880 to 26 Oct 1887 and from 10 Feb 1890 to 12 Feb 1894.^22,23,14,24

• Last Edited: 23 Feb 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Sarah Catherine Naudain

Sarah Catherine Naudain Loop, courtesy of Jack and Barbara Bartlett.

• Father: James Nelson Naudain^1,2 b. 29 Oct 1804, d. 23 Nov 1880
• Mother: Ellen Grose³ b. 22 May 1809, d. 1 Jul 1872

• Birth*: She was born on 3 September 1833 in New Castle County, Delaware (near Fieldsboro).^{4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}
• Marriage*: She married William Washington Loop, son of John Loop and Margaret Rebecca ('Peggy') Spohr, on 22 May 1853 in Henderson County, Texas.^{12,13,14,10,15}
• Death*: She died on 22 September 1909 in the Main Hotel, Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 76.^16,17
• Burial*: Interment was on 24 September 1909 in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^18,19

• Obituary*: Death Claimed Mrs Loop
  Mrs. Loop, wife of W. W. Loop, passed peacefully to the beyond at the Main Hotel here Tuesday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock. She had been seriously ill for more than three weeks and suffered untold pain until death came to her relief. She was 76 years old, and she and her husband had lived happily together for more than half a century, spending most of their lives at Chatfield. Mrs. Loop is survived by her husband and 5 children, John Loop of west Texas, D. M. Loop and Mrs. Halbert of Rice, Mrs. W. C. Garner of Chatfield, and Mrs. Dr. Harper, of Corsicana, and they were all at her bedside when she breathed her last breath.
  She had lived a devoted Christian life, having been for many years a member of the Christian church, and has now gone to reap her reward above.
  As the death dew gathered over her marble brow, around her bedside gathered her boys and girls--always boys and girls to her, though now grown to mature years with boys and girls around their own fire side. The life so long interwoven with theirs, with tearful eyes they watched as it, slowly, but surely passed over. The boys and girls that gathered around the bed of their dying mother and so bravely fought the Death Angel, long ago passed out from the little home circle. Business cares and their own home circle have encroached upon their time, may have robbed mother of their companionship, but she was ever just the same; rejoicing at their success and grieving at their misfortune. We know that years hence of the memory of her unselfish devotion will make them better men and women.
  Rev. Henry held a short service at the hotel here at one o'clock and her remains were followed to Chatfield by a large procession. Funeral Services were held at Chatfield in the Christian Church, conducted by Rev. V. I. Stirman, of Palmer, after which she was buried in the Chatfield cemetery.
  The Rustler extends sympathy to the husband and children.²⁰
• Note*: She died of a gall infection.²¹

• Last Edited: 11 Mar 2012

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

John Loop^1,2

Historical marker at Henderson County courthouse, Athens, Tex., mentioning John Loop. (Click on image to enlarge it.)

• Father: Christian Loop Jr.^3,4 b. 17 Nov 1788, d. 20 Sep 1879
• Mother: Eva Airhart⁵ b. 7 Apr 1793, d. 28 Sep 1866

• Birth*: He was born on 23 June 1811 in Augusta County, Virginia.^6,7,8
• Marriage*: He married Margaret Rebecca ('Peggy') Spohr, daughter of Jacob Spohr and _____ _____, on 8 October 1829 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.^9,10,11
• Death*: He died in 1855 in Henderson County, Texas.⁸

• Note*: He moved to Indiana in 1832, two years before his parents followed; then to Missouri (date unknown); about 1843 to Fannin County, Texas; and before 1850 to Henderson County, Texas. He was a farmer and mechanic and a Democrat. The Loops were among the early residents of Athens, which was founded to be the county seat of Henderson County, and in 1850 the county commissioners hired John to build the first courthouse for $50, paying an additional $15 for a chimney made of sticks and dirt. He delivered the building on November 19, 1850.^12,13,14,15

• Last Edited: 9 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Margaret Rebecca ('Peggy') Spohr

• Father: Jacob Spohr¹
• Mother: _____ _____

• Birth*: She was born circa 1807 in Virginia.²
• Marriage*: She married John Loop, son of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, on 8 October 1829 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.^3,4,5
• Death*: She died in 1853 in Henderson County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 9 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

James Nelson Naudain

• Father: John Elias Naudain¹ b. 1780, d. 6 Aug 1827
• Mother: Catherine Baker d. 1816

• Birth*: He was born on 29 October 1804 in New Castle County, Delaware (near Fieldsboro).^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: He married Ellen Grose, daughter of Philip Grose and _____ _____, on 24 March 1825.^2,6
• Marriage*: He married Mrs. Henrietta Bailey on 11 February 1873 in Robertson County, Texas.^7,8
• Death*: He died on 23 November 1880 in Paint Rock, Concho County, Texas, at age 76.^9,10,11

• Note*: He farmed for a few years in New Castle County, Delaware. On 7 Jun 1833 he bought his father's small farm near Fieldsboro but sold it to John Mercer a few months later, on 26 Aug, "with the exception of one-quarter of an acre for the burial ground which is to be laid off around the present graveyard and to take in said graveyard or burial place, which said Naudain reserves for himself and his heirs forever." This land is part of what had been the Paul Allfree Mansion Plantation. James's father is believed buried there, but there are no longer any grave markers and the cemetery cannot now be located. In 1845 the family moved from Delaware to Cincinnati, traveling down the Ohio River part of the way and losing their household goods en route. After visiting his brother, Elias, at Hillsboro, Ohio, they moved on to Henderson County, Texas, near Athens, and were there in 1846. He served as a county commissioner for Henderson County in 1846 and 1847, the first two years of the county's existence. James taught in several West Texas counties and practiced medicine during the Civil War. He was a Presbyterian, as were many in his family, and was a church elder for many years. A grandson, John Wesley Dalton, understood that the Naudains were of Irish descent and "moved to Peter's Colony, now Kaufmann (sic) County, Texas, in 1832." He also remembered that "Grandfather Naudain taught school in a log cabin called Shilo just across the San Saba River from Pecan Grove, in 1870 or 1871. A strange man one day rode up to the school and told the teacher that old Lucy Sucia had killed an Indian about daylight that morning about three miles away. The teacher turned out school and took us over to see the dead Indian. When we got there Sucia had drug the body to the river bank with oxen and had rolled him off of the bluff. The Indian had been killed at Lucy Sucia's house and had had nothing to shoot with. Later on we found his cave, his bow and arrow, and a part of a hog which he had eaten on."^12,13,14,15

• Last Edited: 12 Aug 2018

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Christian Loop Jr.^1,2,3,4

Christian Loop, Jr.'s tombstone, Providence Cemetery, Beckville, Ind., courtesy of Freida Summerville.

• Father: Philip Lupp⁵ b. 1 Apr 1763
• Mother: Catherine _____⁶

• Birth*: He was born on 17 November 1788 in Rockingham County, Virginia.^7,8,9,10,11
• Marriage*: He married Eva Airhart, daughter of Christian Earhart and Elizabeth Zirkle, on 11 May 1810 in Augusta County, Virginia.^{12,13,14,15,16}
• Death*: He died on 20 September 1879 in Beckville, Montgomery County, Indiana, at age 90.^{17,18,19,20,21,22}
• Burial*: Interment was in Providence Cemetery, Beckville, Montgomery County, Indiana.^17,2,21,23

• Note*: • While in Augusta County, Virginia they were members of St. John's German Reformed and Lutheran Church.
  • In about 1834 they moved to the western edge of Boone County, Indiana, near Montgomery County.
  • The trip from Virginia was by horse and wagon through wilderness and took four weeks. The Airharts migrated with the Loops. Five of the girls walked the entire trip. (One history says that Christian had a sister, Catherine, who accompanied him and Eva on the move and that he had two brothers, Phillip and Jacob, and some sisters who remained in Virginia.) The nearest mill was ten miles away, on the Cox River. One account of those days in nearby Montgomery County says that 'many of the farmers took their wheat to Chicago to market. The pioneers here lived in log houses, wore clothes made of flax and wool, raised on their farms, and woven, cut and made by the wives and daughters, and their food was of home production, varied by game from the forest.' In 1855 the Loops sold the Boone County farm and bought a farm near Beckville, in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. He owned 220 acres when he died.
  • He did all his business in German, although he could write his name in English.
  • He was a life-long Democrat. Both he and Eva belonged to the German Lutheran church.
  • From a family history: "It is tempting to make him the son of Philip's brother Christian, because of the 'Jr.' But the only child mentioned in Philip's brother Christian's will was an as yet unborn child, who turned out to be a girl, Christina, Jr. It is almost certain that Philip named his son Christian, Jr., in honor of his deceased brother."^24,25,26,27

• Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Eva Airhart^1,2,3,4

• Father: Christian Earhart^5,6,7 b. 1766, d. Jun 1834
• Mother: Elizabeth Zirkle^8,9,10 b. 3 Oct 1770, d. 1839

• Birth*: She was born on 7 April 1793 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.^11,12,13
• Marriage*: She married Christian Loop Jr., son of Philip Lupp and Catherine _____, on 11 May 1810 in Augusta County, Virginia.^{14,15,16,17,18}
• Death*: She died on 28 September 1866 in Montgomery County, Indiana, at age 73.^19,20,21
• Burial*: Interment was in Providence Cemetery, Beckville, Montgomery County, Indiana.^22,23,1,24

• Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Christian Loop Jr. and Eva Airhart, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

John Elias Naudain¹

• Father: Elias Naudain Jr. d. Oct 1800
• Mother: _____ _____

• Birth*: He was born in 1780 in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.^2,3
• Marriage*: He married Catherine Baker.²
• Marriage*: He married Susanna Lattomus Allfree, daughter of William Allfree and Diana Lattomus, after November 1804.
• Marriage*: He married Martha Ann Murch, daughter of Mathew Murch and Martha Ann Cameron, on 15 November 1825.⁴
• Burial*: Interment was in Paul Allfree Mansion Plantation cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware.
• Death*: He died on 6 August 1827.^5,6,7

• Note*: He was born on the "old Naudain homestead" at Taylor's Bridge that his great-grandfather, Elias Naudain, had bought in 1735. He was a farmer and lived all his life in Appoquinimink Hundred. By a series of conveyances designed to cut off any interest of the children of his second wife, Susanna Allfree, he acquired interests in some land in Appoquinimink Hundred that Susanna had inherited; these lands were sold by the sheriff after John's death to pay his creditors. Ruth Bennett's Naudain Family of Delaware says, at p. 41, that his third wife, Martha, treated John's younger children very cruelly, and that they finally left to live with their half-brothers, J. Elias and James Nelson Naudain.

• Last Edited: 11 Mar 2022

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives, Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Capt. Benjamin Head¹

• Father: Henry Head^2,3 b. c 1695, d. 5 May 1765
• Mother: Frances Spence^4,5

• Birth*: He was born in 1731 in Orange County, Virginia.^6,7
• Marriage*: He married Martha Marshall, daughter of Robert Sharman and Lucy _____, in 1754 in Culpeper or Orange County, Virginia.^8,9
• Death*: He died on 19 August 1803 in Orange County, Virginia.^6,10

• Note*: He may have been born in Lancaster or King George County, Virginia. He moved to Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1743. He enlisted in the Continental Army on 24 Jan 1776 and served his two-year enlistment in Captain George Stubblefield's Company, 5th Virginia Regiment. He reenlisted under Spotswood Dandridge and served throughout the Revolutionary War. He was appointed captain on 28 May 1778 and was described as 'a brave and valuable soldier [who] rendered great service to his country; was much beliked by his officers, who reposed the greatest confidence in him.' He appears to have been living on the Rapidan River in Orange County, Virginia after the war. In 1778 his petition to open an ordinary at his some at 'the Old Trap' in Orange County was granted.¹¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2020

• Charts: Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Philip Lupp

• Father: Rev. Ludwig Christian Lupp b. 7 Jan 1733, d. 28 Jun 1798
• Mother: Anna Maria Spath b. 5 Apr 1732, d. 27 Sep 1794

• Birth*: He was born on 1 April 1763 in Upper Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania.¹
• Marriage*: He married Catherine _____.¹
• Marriage*: He married _____ _____.
• Marriage*: He married Catherine Minga on 14 October 1805 in Augusta County, Virginia.²
• Death*: He died in Botetourt County, Virginia.

• Note*: He was christened at the Blue Mountain Reformed Church in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married two or three times. His first wife, Catherine, was the mother of his first child and possibly his first five children. He must have been living in Rockingham County, Virginia by 1788, as that is where his son, Christian Jr., said he was born in that year. By Sep 1801 he and a brother, Simon, owned land in nearby Augusta County. A few years later, probably in 1811, the family moved to Botetourt County, where he presumably was living when he died in the summer of 1824, as his will, dated 24 Jul 1824, was probated there in Oct 1824. Virginia records consistently spell the name as Loop, so it seems to have been with Philip that the name changed from Lupp to Loop. He was a farmer, and quite likely he still spoke German.

• Last Edited: 9 Jul 2011

• Charts: Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Christian Earhart^1,2,3,4,5

• Father: George Earhart
• Mother: _____ _____

• Birth*: He was born in 1766 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.^6,7
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Zirkle, daughter of Andrew Zirkle and Mary Catherine Rife, on 25 October 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.⁸
• Death*: He died in June 1834 in Augusta County, Virginia.⁹
• Burial*: Interment was in Mount Tabor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia.⁹

• Last Edited: 7 Jan 2020

• Charts: Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Elizabeth Zirkle^1,2,3

• Father: Andrew Zirkle⁴ b. 1737, d. 1816
• Mother: Mary Catherine Rife⁵ d. b 1794

• Birth*: She was born on 3 October 1770 in Virginia.⁶
• Marriage*: She married Christian Earhart, son of George Earhart and _____ _____, on 25 October 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.⁷
• Death*: She died in 1839.

• Last Edited: 28 Aug 2004

• Charts: Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Rev. Ludwig Christian Lupp

Ludwig Lupp's signature in 1753, from Bennison's The Loop Family in America, p. 47.

• Father: Johann Henrich Lupp
• Mother: Anna Elisabeth Rubsamen

• Birth*: He was born on 7 January 1733 in Hof, Germany.¹
• Marriage*: He married Anna Maria Spath, daughter of Johann Georg Spadt and Eliza Caterina _____, in 1756.
• Marriage*: He married Catherine Peters on 1 February 1796.
• Death*: He died on 28 June 1798 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, at age 65.²
• Burial*: Interment was in First Reformed Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.²

• Note*: • He came to America at age 20 on the ship Rowand, arriving in Philadelphia on 29 Sep 1753. From Hinke, Ministers of the German Reformed Congregations in Pennsylvania: "Shortly after his arrival, Lupp settled near Strausstown, in what is now Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County. Here he was at first the schoolmaster of the parochial school. But, owing to the lack of duly ordained ministers, he gradually assumed all the duties of a pastor . . . He was one of the numerous independent ministers . . . as there were not enough ordained ministers to supply all the Reformed congregations." For many years he ministered to parishes in Strausstown and Bern in northern Berks County. He then moved to the Lebanon area (in the next county west of Berks County) and served many parishes in what were then Lancaster and Dauphin Counties. He married three times, although only two of his wives' names are known.
  • Hinke's book quotes from the "Hebron Diary": "[In 1789] I was in town and heard the Reformed pastor Lupp deliver a funeral sermon. I rejoiced over his evangelical discourse, since he is at other times a legalistically pious man, who attacks sins and evils with the thundering words of the law, which may result in shocks, but in the end the sheep that go astray are not sufficiently directed to the source of healing and life."
  • Hinke also quotes one of Ludwig's successors, Rev. Henry Wagner: "He was not a man of classical education, and had not been regularly prepared for the ministry; he was, however, a well-read man, and pious servant of Christ, and much devoted in his pastoral attention to the people of his charge. It was his regular custom, in his pastoral visits, wherever he remained over night, to have the neighbors invited, in order to spend the evening with them in prayer and religious conversation. He seems to have been untiring in his pastoral labors to promote true piety and godliness among the people entrusted to his care, as a true shepherd of his flock."
  • In 1792 he laid the cornerstone on the First Reformed Church in Lebanon, which still stands, on 10th Street, as the UCC Church.
  • His grave marker is a replacement. The original was in German and translated: "Here sleeps a grey head Ludwig Lupp Minister for 12 years in Lebanon 1733, he was born January 7, 1733 Married 3 times He had 12 children, of whom 5 survive him. He died June 28, 1798 His age 65 years, 5 mos. and 3 weeks. It was my profession and my worldly office To teach what God and Jesus pleased To preach the gospel pure and true And to call sinners to pennance [sic], attonement [sic], and penitence So adieu! Friends, follow my teaching and my word Then we will see each other again at heaven's gate."

• Last Edited: 7 Oct 2017

• Charts: Pedigree of David Marion Loop

Anna Pauline Fortson^1,2,3

Anna Fortson Bartlett, courtesy of Barbara Bartlett.

• Father: James Thomas Fortson^4,5 b. 27 Sep 1840, d. 11 Jan 1892
• Mother: Ida Carolyn Clayton^6,7 b. 24 May 1848, d. 30 Aug 1910

• Birth*: Anna Pauline Fortson was born on 26 August 1886 in family home, Navarro County, Texas (near Rice).^{8,9,10,11,12,13}
• Marriage*: She married Roger Frost ('Rod') Bartlett Sr., son of Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett and Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton, on 25 December 1907 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^{14,15,16,17,18}
• Death*: She died on 30 September 1972 in Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 86.^{8,19,20,21,13}
• Burial*: Interment was on 3 October 1972 in section B, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^22,23,24

• Scrapbook*: "A crowd of young folks consisting of H. C. Bartlett and Miss Jennie Edmundson, Walter Harper and Miss Carrie Queen, Ethel Walker and Miss Anna Fortson and R. T. Irwin and Miss Willie Hays attended an ice cream supper at Roane [Texas] Wednesday night and were the recipients of an involuntary baptising." There was no explanation of the baptising.²⁵
• Obituary*: "Mrs. Bartlett
     "RICE—Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Rice Methodist Church for Mrs. R. F. Bartlett, 86, of Rice who died Saturday in a Dallas hospital.
     "Rev. John Basham and Rev. Glenn Jones will officiate, and burial will be in the Rice Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana.
     "She was a native of Rice.
     "Survivors include a son, R.F. Bartlett Jr., of Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Walter Dilworth of Dallas; and four grand-children."²⁶
• Note*: She was born on the family farm about two miles east of Rice and was named for Anna Fortson Owen, a sister of her father. The family later moved into a house just north of the Baptist church in Rice. She attended Kidd-Key College in Sherman, Texas. When they married they moved into a house near where the Southern Pacific tracks crossed the Emhouse road south of Rice; later they moved into Rice, a few houses south of his parents' home. She died of cancer at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.²⁷

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2016

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

James Thomas Fortson^1,2

James Thomas Fortson, ca. 1867, as a bridegroom (age 27), courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy.

• Father: Benjamin Joseph Fortson³ b. 1820, d. 17 Sep 1855
• Mother: Elizabeth Ann Titus Holliday⁴ b. 28 Feb 1824, d. 1867

• Birth*: He was born on 27 September 1840 in Monroe County, Mississippi (near Aberdeen).^{5,6,7,8,9,10,11}
• Marriage*: He married Ida Carolyn Clayton, daughter of Joseph Alvey Clayton and Margaret Amanda Poole, on 20 June 1867 in Navarro County, Texas.^{12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19}
• Death*: He died on 11 January 1892 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 51.^20,21,10
• Burial*: Interment was in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^22,23,10

• Note*: He arrived in the Chatfield area in 1848 and attended the Chatfield public school. He served in the Confederate army, entering in 1861, and was wounded three times; one bullet hit his arm, and another passed through his body, entering near his spine and exiting through his chest. He was a farmer and stockman. He and Ida lived in Chatfield for a number of years and then moved to near Rice. After he died she moved the family into Rice.^24,10

• Last Edited: 3 Jun 2014

• Charts: Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Ida Carolyn Clayton¹

Ida Clayton Fortson, ca. 1908 (age 60), courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy.

• Father: Joseph Alvey Clayton^2,3,4,5,6 b. 30 Aug 1817, d. 1 Aug 1873
• Mother: Margaret Amanda Poole^7,8,9,10 b. 20 Dec 1831, d. 29 Jul 1873

• Birth*: She was born on 24 May 1848 in Washington County, Texas.^{11,12,13,14,15,16,17}
• Marriage*: She married James Thomas Fortson, son of Benjamin Joseph Fortson and Elizabeth Ann Titus Holliday, on 20 June 1867 in Navarro County, Texas.^{18,12,19,20,21,22,23,24}
• Death*: She died on 30 August 1910 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 62.^{11,12,25,26,27,28,16,29}
• Burial*: Interment was on 31 August 1910 in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^30,31,32,33

• Note*: She attended Independence Academy (predecessor to Baylor University), at Independence, Texas, and was far-sighted and accomplished in business. Although she was a Methodist (there is no record of her husband's church affiliation), a Baptist elder, Josiah Leake, performed their marriage.^34,29

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2019

• Charts: Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Benjamin Joseph Fortson¹

Modern-day Navarro County, Texas. Click on the image to enlarge it.

• Father: John Fortson^2,3,4 b. 6 Feb 1794, d. 6 Dec 1860
• Mother: Sarah ('Sally') Moore^5,6,7 b. 13 May 1792, d. 27 Jan 1847

• Birth*: He was born in 1820 in Mississippi.^8,9,10,11
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Ann Titus Holliday, daughter of Titus C. Holliday and Elizabeth Ann Catherine Edwards, on 9 December 1839 in Monroe County, Mississippi.^8,12,9
• Death*: He died on 17 September 1855 in Navarro County, Texas.^13,14,15

• Scrapbook*: He was named as a member of an 1853 "vigilance committee" in Navarro County, Texas.¹⁶
• Note*: He may have been born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The family moved to Texas in 1852, first settling in Denton County and then moving to near Kerens in Navarro County. He died from a gunshot on a camp hunt. Hugh Cooper was convicted twice of murdering him and was sentenced to be hanged, but in both instances the conviction was reversed and the matter was remanded for a new trial. The third prosecution was transferred to Freestone County, but no witness appeared against him and the case was dismissed. Cooper was a "gallant soldier" in the Confederate Army and drowned on his way back to Texas after the war's end. At the third trial, Cooper's attorney accused Jonas Taylor of the murder. The evidence had always been circumstantial and is said to have fit Taylor as well as it ever did Cooper. Taylor never was tried for the murder, for, it was reported, "he got drunk and never drew a sober breath for six months, when death relieved him of his fatal secret."^17,18,19

• Last Edited: 26 Jun 2018

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Elizabeth Ann Titus Holliday¹

• Father: Titus C. Holliday^2,3,4,5,6 b. 7 Apr 1801, d. 19 Oct 1830
• Mother: Elizabeth Ann Catherine Edwards^7,8,9 b. 21 Mar 1806

• Birth*: She was born on 28 February 1824 in Greene County, North Carolina.^{10,11,12,13,14}
• Marriage*: She married Benjamin Joseph Fortson, son of John Fortson and Sarah ('Sally') Moore, on 9 December 1839 in Monroe County, Mississippi.^15,16,17
• Marriage*: She married Rodrick Fortson on 12 December 1855 in Navarro County, Texas.¹⁸
• Death*: She died in 1867.^19,20

• Last Edited: 9 Sep 2009

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Joseph Alvey Clayton

Joseph Alvey Clayton, from daguerreotype at San Jacinto Museum.

• Father: Morgan Clayton b. 1792, d. 1873
• Mother: Molly Steele b. 20 Aug 1792

• Birth*: He was born on 30 August 1817 in Giles County, Tennessee.¹
• Marriage*: He married Margaret Amanda Poole, daughter of George Poole and Martha Mitchell, on 24 June 1847 in Shelby County, Tennessee.^2,3,4
• Death*: He died on 1 August 1873 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas, at age 55.^5,6,7,8
• Burial*: Interment was in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^5,7

• Scrapbook*: "Mr. J. A. Clayton literally had his arm torn from his body by a threshing machine in Navarro county. Medical aid was had and he is now improving."⁹
• Obituary*: "Died on Friday the 1st day of August 1873 Joseph Alvie Clayton aged 55 years seven months. He was born in Giles County Tenn., moved to Texas in 1835, was actively engaged in the Texas revolution. His tragic death has envolved [sic] the county in the saddest gloom. He lived 16 days after the fatal accident. We may truthfully say that in him "there was no guile." He belonged to no church; had honesty without policy, principle and not expediency characterized his life, and endeared him to all who loved truth and virtue. He had strong family ties, [was] an effectionate [sic] husband and kind father, a fast friend and brave soldier. Just past the meridian of life, he has been cut down in his usefulness in an unusual and unlooked for manner. We sympathize in common with his many friends, with the orphanage he has left, and cordially promise comfort and support. Oh blindness to the future kindly given, that each may fill the place marked by heaven, who sees with equal eye as God of all, a hero perish or a sparrow fall."¹
• Note*: • An obituary says he was born in Giles County, Tennessee. He was reared in Marshall County, Tennessee and had little schooling, but his "alert mentality enabled him to overcome this early handicap and he became a man of broad information and mature judgment." He came to Texas early in 1835, at age 17, and fought in the Texas Revolution, a member of Capt. Amasa Turner's infantry company but attached to the artillery under Lt. Col. James C. Neill at the Battle of San Jacinto. He did some Indian scouting and worked as a surveyor and then returned to Tennessee and married in 1847. Family tradition is that he was a member of the surveying party wiped out at Battle Creek near Spring Hill in Navarro County in 1847 but that he was not with the party when attacked because he had returned to Franklin to retrieve forgotten equipment. He participated in the Mexican War, including the Battle of Chapultepec, and then the couple settled in 1847 near Washington-on-the-Brazos and in 1852 moved to Mesquite, near Kerens in Navarro County, where he raised sheep and horses. With the coming of the Civil War, he and J. P. Weir were elected to represent Navarro and Hill Counties at the secession convention in Austin January 28 to February 4, 1861, and he signed the Ordinance of Secession. When war came he joined the Confederate army on 15 Sep 1861 in a reserve company of the 19th Infantry Brigade of the Texas Militia. One duty was training recruits at a training camp in Corsicana. Joseph and Amanda died three days apart. She had been ill in July 1873 when his arm was mangled by a threshing machine. This hastened her death, which came on July 29, and he died the day she was buried, August 1. He was a Baptist, an Odd Fellow, and a Mason and helped established some of the early Odd Fellow and Masonic lodges in Navarro County.
  • “CLAYTON, Joseph—Private from Turner’s Company, Artillery Corps. Born in Marshall County, Tennessee December 30, 1817, he came to Texas early in 1835. He was a member of Captain Turner’s Company at San Jacinto. After the Revolution he returned to Tennessee. He was issued 1280 acres of land November 17, 1837 but the Land Office records do not show that he applied for the land due him for having participated in the Battle.”.^{10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

• Last Edited: 17 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Margaret Amanda Poole

Margaret Amanda Poole Clayton's tombstone, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Tex.

• Father: George Poole¹ d. 7 Feb 1841
• Mother: Martha Mitchell² d. 26 Jan 1840

• Birth*: She was born on 20 December 1831 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: She married Joseph Alvey Clayton, son of Morgan Clayton and Molly Steele, on 21 June 1847 in Tennessee.^{6,4,7,8,9,10,11}
• Death*: She died on 29 July 1873 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas, at age 41.^12,13,14
• Burial*: Interment was on 1 August 1873 in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^15,9

• Obituary*: "Mrs. Margaret Amanda Clayton, amiable wife of Capt. Joseph A. Clayton, died on Tuesday the 29th day of July 1873 of pulmonary consumption. She has been a long sufferer and a patient one. She was illy prepared in her feeble condition to bear the shock of her husband's misfortune. Her decline was rapid, she never rallied again but her nerve gave way under the sudden and unexpected blow. The path of sorrow and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown."¹⁶
• Note*: Both her parents were dead by her marriage in 1847.¹⁷

• Last Edited: 17 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

John Fortson¹

• Father: Benjamin Fortson^2,3,4,5,6 b. 1765, d. 1823
• Mother: Sarah ('Sally') Head^7,8,9,10 b. c 1776, d. c 1796

• Birth*: He was born on 6 February 1794 in Elbert County, Georgia.^{11,12,13,14,15}
• Marriage*: He married Sarah ('Sally') Moore, daughter of John Moore and Mary Lewis, on 17 March 1814 in Elbert County, Georgia.^{16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25}
• Death*: He died on 6 December 1860 in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, at age 66.^{11,26,14,27,28}
• Burial*: Interment was in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi.²⁹

• Note*: He and his family moved about 1820 from Elbert County to Greene County, Alabama, where he obtained land by deed signed by President James Monroe. He stated in a stockholder's oath for the Mississippi Union Bank in Jackson that he sold his land in Alabama and moved to Monroe County, Mississippi on 27 Jul 1837.³⁰

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Sarah ('Sally') Moore¹

• Father: John Moore^2,3,4,5 b. 8 Jan 1758, d. 7 Jul 1823
• Mother: Mary Lewis^6,7,8,9 d. 1832

• Birth*: She was born on 13 May 1792 in Elbert County, Georgia.^{10,11,12,13,14,15,16}
• Marriage*: She married John Fortson, son of Benjamin Fortson and Sarah ('Sally') Head, on 17 March 1814 in Elbert County, Georgia.^{17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26}
• Death*: She died on 27 January 1847 in Monroe County, Mississippi, at age 54.^{27,28,29,30,31,32}
• Burial*: Interment was in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi.³¹

• Note*: One source says she was born on 12 May 1792, and another says 18 May 1792. One source says she died on 25 Jul 1847, and another says 27 Jul 1847. One source says she is buried near Waverly, Clay County, Mississippi.^33,34,35,36

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Titus C. Holliday^1,2

• Father: Col. William Holliday^3,4,5,6 b. 20 Oct 1770, d. 12 Aug 1835
• Mother: Ann ('Nancy') Carr^7,8,9 b. 7 Jan 1778, d. 18 Nov 1847

• Birth*: He was born on 7 April 1801 in Greene County, North Carolina.^10,11
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Ann Catherine Edwards, daughter of Theophilus Edwards and Elizabeth Sheppard, on 13 May 1823.^12,13,14
• Death*: He died on 19 October 1830 at age 29.¹⁵

• Note*: He and Samuel were twins.¹⁶

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2022

• Charts: Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Elizabeth Ann Catherine Edwards^1,2

• Father: Theophilus Edwards³ b. 14 Feb 1765, d. 7 Sep 1834
• Mother: Elizabeth Sheppard⁴ b. 15 Oct 1780, d. 27 Feb 1864

• Birth*: She was born on 21 March 1806 in Greene County, North Carolina.^5,6
• Marriage*: She married Titus C. Holliday, son of Col. William Holliday and Ann ('Nancy') Carr, on 13 May 1823.^7,8,9
• Marriage*: She married William Augustus Darden.⁶

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2022

• Charts: Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Benjamin Fortson^1,2

• Father: Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr.^3,4,5 b. 1 May 1742, d. 15 Feb 1824
• Mother: Rachel Winn^6,7 b. c 1743, d. 15 Feb 1824

• Birth*: He was born in 1765 in Orange County, Virginia.^8,9,10,11
• Marriage*: He married Sarah ('Sally') Head, daughter of James Head and Elizabeth Janet Powell, on 6 December 1790 in Orange County, Virginia.^12,13
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of Richard Gaines and Elizabeth Eastin, in 1797.^14,12,15,16
• Death*: He died in 1823 in Elbert County, Georgia.^17,12,18,10

• Note*: He served in the War of 1812. He and Sally must have moved to Elbert County, Georgia within a short while after their marriage, for on 7 Oct 1793 they bought 100 acres on Beaverdam Creek. With the Heads, they were members of the Vann's Creek Baptist Church at Ruckersville, Georgia.^19,20,21

• Last Edited: 6 Apr 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Sarah ('Sally') Head¹

• Father: James Head^2,3 b. 1756, d. Jan 1796
• Mother: Elizabeth Janet Powell⁴ b. c 1756, d. c Apr 1827

• Birth*: She was born circa 1776 in Caroline County, Virginia.⁵
• Marriage*: She married Benjamin Fortson, son of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, on 28 December 1790 in Orange County, Virginia.^6,7
• Death*: She died circa 1796 in Elbert County, Georgia.

• Note*: Her father's will left her a feather bed, furniture, a horse, saddle, and bridle, and a slave, Liscy.⁸

• Last Edited: 25 Sep 2002

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn, Pedigree of Anna Fortson Bartlett

Minnie Eudora Queen

Minnie Eudora Queen, ca. 1896, about the time of her marriage to Ben Bartlett.

• Father: Jacob F. ('Jake') Queen¹ b. 1847, d. Sep 1927
• Mother: Sarah E. ('Sally') McDonald² d. 1881

• Birth*: She was born on 18 January 1878.^3,4,5,6,7
• Marriage*: She married Benjamin Clopton Bartlett, son of Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett and Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton, on 10 June 1896 in Methodist Church, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^8,9,10,11
• Death*: She died on 9 May 1973 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 95.^{12,13,14,15,7}
• Burial*: Interment was on 11 May 1973 in section B, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^16,17,6,18

• Last Edited: 5 Aug 2018

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Ola Corrine Gibson

• Father: John Neily Gibson^1,2 b. 8 Nov 1841, d. 20 Mar 1900
• Mother: Susan ('Susie') Moore^1,3 b. 20 Jul 1849, d. 17 Nov 1902

• Birth*: She was born on 28 May 1879 in Tupelo or Aberdeen, Mississippi.⁴
• Marriage*: She married William D. Bartlett, son of Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett and Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton, on 5 March 1899 in Navarro County, Texas.^5,6,7,8,9
• Death*: She died on 11 June 1908 at age 29.⁴
• Burial*: Interment was in lot A, plot 10 1/4 1, Miles Cemetery, Miles, Runnels County, Texas.¹⁰

• Note*: • She died from childbirth complications and is buried near the tuberculosis sanatorium where the family resided at her death.
  • Her brother, Guy Gibson, married Cleo Frost, a second cousin of Will Bartlett, her husband.
  • A family bible gives 14 May 1908 as her death date.¹¹

• Last Edited: 27 Apr 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Welborn Scoffield Parker

Welborn Scofield Parker's tombstone, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex., courtesy of Lori Hegar.

• Birth*: He was born on 8 January 1869.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: He married Mary Amanda Bartlett, daughter of Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett and Mary Hester ('Mollie') Clopton, on 2 January 1898 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^4,5,6
• Death*: He died on 30 January 1937 in his home one and one-half miles south of Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 68.^7,8,9,10
• Burial*: Interment was on 31 January 1937 in section A, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^11,12,13,10

• Obituary*: "PROMINENT FARMER OF RICE COMMUNITY IS BURIED MONDAY
     "W. S. Parker, aged 68 years, well-known farmer of the Rice community, died at his home one and one-half miles south of Rice Saturday evening [30 Jan 1937] at 7:15 o’clock. He had been ill for some time and had suffered several strokes.
     "Funeral services were held at Rice Sunday afternoon with interment in the Rice cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. H. D. Henry, Baptist minister.
     "Mr. Parker was the raiser of exceptionally fine hogs. He had resided in the Rice sector for the past 39 years.
     "Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Parker, Rice; three sons, Matt Parker, Rice; John Parker, Austin, and Jesse Parker, Rice; a daughter, Miss Beulah Parker, Kansas City; three sisters, Mrs. Lou Chessure, Fort Worth, and two sisters who reside near Murfreesboro, Tenn."¹⁴
• Note*: • He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and taught school at Rice, Texas.
  • His death certificate gives 31 Jan 1937 as his death date.
  • His obituary says that he had lived in the Rice area for thirty-nine years at the time of his death and was a farmer and "the raiser of exceptionally fine hogs."^15,16,17

• Last Edited: 17 Jun 2014

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway, Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan