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Clarence Wesley Duffer

• Father: George William Duffer¹ b. 12 Feb 1870, d. 3 May 1931
• Mother: Eliza Ann Sherron² b. 8 Nov 1871, d. 6 May 1960

• Birth*: He was born on 24 September 1911 in Sumner County, Tennessee.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Cora Ethel Whitley on 29 January 1932 in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky.³
• Death*: He died on 4 January 1975 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 63.^3,5

• Last Edited: 5 Mar 1998

Cora Ethel Whitley

• Birth*: She was born on 18 December 1906 in Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, Tennessee.¹
• Marriage*: She married Clarence Wesley Duffer, son of George William Duffer and Eliza Ann Sherron, on 29 January 1932 in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky.¹
• Death*: She died on 3 May 1966 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, at age 59.¹

• Last Edited: 7 Apr 1998

Pauline Odell Duffer

• Father: George William Duffer¹ b. 12 Feb 1870, d. 3 May 1931
• Mother: Eliza Ann Sherron² b. 8 Nov 1871, d. 6 May 1960

• Birth*: She was born on 1 March 1915 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Death*: She died on 7 October 1946 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 31.³

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 1997

James E. Duffer

• Father: Flemming Duffer¹ b. c 1803, d. Oct 1858
• Mother: Eliza Ann Rutledge² b. 1820

• Birth*: He was born in 1840.³

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 1997

Eva Jane Duffer

• Father: Flemming Duffer¹ b. c 1803, d. Oct 1858
• Mother: Eliza Ann Rutledge² b. 1820

• Birth*: She was born in 1844.³
• Marriage*: She married R. T. Newcomb on 10 December 1868 in Charlotte County, Virginia.³

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 1997

R. T. Newcomb

• Marriage*: He married Eva Jane Duffer, daughter of Flemming Duffer and Eliza Ann Rutledge, on 10 December 1868 in Charlotte County, Virginia.¹

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 1997

John D. Duffer

• Father: Flemming Duffer¹ b. c 1803, d. Oct 1858
• Mother: Eliza Ann Rutledge² b. 1820

• Birth*: He was born in 1847 in Charlotte County, Virginia.³

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 1997

Sarah Ann Duffer

• Father: Flemming Duffer¹ b. c 1803, d. Oct 1858
• Mother: Eliza Ann Rutledge² b. 1820

• Birth*: She was born after 1850 in Charlotte County, Virginia.³
• Death*: She died before 1860 in Charlotte County, Virginia.³

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 1997

Abner T. Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: He was born on 17 August 1839 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Marriage*: He married Lucy A. Rogers.³
• Death*: He died on 20 November 1915 at age 76.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Mary Arminta Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: She was born on 28 December 1840 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Marriage*: She married Patton Troutt on 14 September 1884 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Death*: She died on 6 January 1916 at age 75.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Nancy J. Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: She was born in October 1842 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

John Lucious Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: He was born on 19 December 1844 in Sumner County, Tennessee.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Mary Susan Bowlin in 1874 in Texas.^3,5,6
• Marriage*: He married Mattie _____ in 1892 in Texas.^3,7
• Death*: He died on 22 October 1918 in Eastland County, Texas, at age 73.^3,4
• Burial*: Interment was in Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas.^3,8

• Note*: He was a prosperous tobacco farmer in Sumner County, Tennessee until his plantation was destroyed in the Civil War. He moved to Eastland County, Texas in 1864 and settled on the Leon River, about ten miles south of Ranger. He farmed and ranched cattle, hogs, horses, corn, and hegari and had an apple orchard of 100 acres. His house was the first in Eastland County to have glass windows, and he and his first wife were issued the first marriage license recorded in Eastland County.⁶

• Last Edited: 22 May 2004

Willametta F. Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: She was born in August 1848 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Leander W. Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: He was born in October 1854 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Marriage*: He married Lula Barton.³
• Death*: He died in June 1940 at age 85.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Charles S. Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: He was born on 17 January 1857 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Marriage*: He married Delia Dowell on 28 March 1886 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Death*: He died in 1935 in Allen County, Kentucky.³
• Burial*: Interment was in Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Delia Dowell

• Birth*: She was born in 1860.¹
• Marriage*: She married Charles S. Duffer, son of Edward Duffer and Emily F. McClary, on 28 March 1886 in Sumner County, Tennessee.¹
• Death*: She died in 1943 in Allen County, Kentucky.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

_____ Duffer

• Father: Charles S. Duffer¹ b. 17 Jan 1857, d. 1935
• Mother: Delia Dowell² b. 1860, d. 1943

• Birth*: He was born in November 1888.³

• Note*: The name and gender of this child are unknown.

• Last Edited: 29 May 2000

Carson Duffer

• Father: Charles S. Duffer¹ b. 17 Jan 1857, d. 1935
• Mother: Delia Dowell² b. 1860, d. 1943

• Birth*: He was born in July 1892.³

• Last Edited: 15 Jun 2003

Omie Duffer

• Father: Charles S. Duffer¹ b. 17 Jan 1857, d. 1935
• Mother: Delia Dowell² b. 1860, d. 1943

• Birth*: He was born in November 1894.³

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Lula Barton

• Birth*: She was born in March 1871 in Texas.¹
• Marriage*: She married Leander W. Duffer, son of Edward Duffer and Emily F. McClary.¹
• Death*: She died in 1956.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Philos Duffer

• Father: Leander W. Duffer¹ b. Oct 1854, d. Jun 1940
• Mother: Lula Barton² b. Mar 1871, d. 1956

• Birth*: He was born in November 1897 in Greer County, Oklahoma.³

• Last Edited: 5 Mar 1998

Les A. Duffer

• Father: Leander W. Duffer¹ b. Oct 1854, d. Jun 1940
• Mother: Lula Barton² b. Mar 1871, d. 1956

• Birth*: He was born in January 1899 in Greer County, Oklahoma.³

• Last Edited: 5 Mar 1998

Wayne Spencer Duffer

• Father: Leander W. Duffer¹ b. Oct 1854, d. Jun 1940
• Mother: Lula Barton² b. Mar 1871, d. 1956

• Birth*: He was born on 24 April 1900 in Greer County, Oklahoma.^3,4
• Death*: He died in November 1977 at age 77.^3,5

• Last Edited: 6 Mar 1998

Mary Susan Bowlin

• Birth*: She was born on 16 November 1852 in Alabama.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married John Lucious Duffer, son of Edward Duffer and Emily F. McClary, in 1874 in Texas.^3,4,5
• Death*: She died on 18 November 1887 in Texas at age 35.^1,6,7
• Burial*: Interment was in Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas.²

• Last Edited: 22 May 2004

Mattie _____

• Birth*: She was born on 19 May 1849 in Virginia.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married John Lucious Duffer, son of Edward Duffer and Emily F. McClary, in 1892 in Texas.^3,4
• Death*: She died on 2 April 1904 at age 54.^5,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Pioneer Cemetery, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas.⁶

• Last Edited: 7 Feb 1998

Henry E. Duffer

• Father: John Lucious Duffer^1,2,3 b. 19 Dec 1844, d. 22 Oct 1918
• Mother: Mary Susan Bowlin^4,5,6 b. 16 Nov 1852, d. 18 Nov 1887

• Birth*: He was born on 24 May 1875 in Eastland County, Texas.^7,8
• Death*: He died on 15 October 1877 in Eastland County, Texas, at age 2.^7,8
• Burial*: Interment was in Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas.⁹

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 1998

Ora Bell Duffer

• Father: John Lucious Duffer^1,2 b. 19 Dec 1844, d. 22 Oct 1918
• Mother: Mary Susan Bowlin^3,4 b. 16 Nov 1852, d. 18 Nov 1887

• Birth*: She was born in September 1877 in Texas.^5,6
• Marriage*: She married Tom A. Jones in 1896 in Texas.^5,7
• Death*: She died in 1953.⁸
• Burial*: Interment was in plot E5C 280 W, Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas.⁸

• Note*: They built a home on land she inherited from her father but in 1920 moved into Eastland.⁹

• Last Edited: 12 Apr 2014

Tom A. Jones

Historical marker, Cisco, Tex.

• Birth*: He was born in 1874.¹
• Marriage*: He married Ora Bell Duffer, daughter of John Lucious Duffer and Mary Susan Bowlin, in 1896 in Texas.^2,3
• Death*: He died on 20 November 1929 in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas.^4,5,6
• Burial*: Interment was in plot E5C 280 W, Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas.¹

• Scrapbook*: “VICTIM LYNCHED BANDIT DIES
     “MARSHALL RATLIFF HANGED BY EASTLAND MOB TUESDAY NIGHT
     “LATEST CRIME OF SHOOTING OFFICER IN ESCAPE ATTEMPT ENDS CAREER
     “EASTLAND [Tex.], Nov. 20 [1929].—(AP)—Deputy Sheriff Tom Jones, wounded by Marshall Ratliff, bank robber, who was lynched here last night died in a hospital at 11 o’clock this morning.
     “Conscious until the end, Jones bade farewell to his fellow Eastland county officers here shortly before he died.
     “Shortly after Jones’ death, District Judge George Davenport called the county grand jury into special session to investigate the lynching. It will convene at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
     “After hope for recovery of the officer had been given up, county officers who had served with him grouped about his bed and grasped his hand.
     “To Tuck Kilborn, jailer, who was in the prison when Ratliff tried to escape, Jones said:
     “‘Tuck, I stayed with you to the last, but I have to go now.’
     “The officer’s 8-year-old son, Billy, also was at the bedside as the end approached. His father admonished him to be a ‘good boy.’
     “The widow and mother today received a letter from Mrs. Rilla Carter, mother of Ratliff, from Houston, expressing her sympathies over the shooting.”.⁷
• Note*: He was a deputy sheriff of Eastland County and died of wounds received in an attempt by Marshall Ratliff to escape from the county jail. Ratliff had been one of a group that had held up a bank in Cisco, Texas on 23 Dec 1927 in what has become known as the "Santa Claus bank robbery," in which several hundred shots were exchanged among officers, the four bank robbers, and citizens, leaving several wounded townspeople, two dead officers, and two dead robbers. Ratliff had been dressed as Santa Claus in the robbery and, wounded, fled with hostages. He was caught within a few days and was sentenced to death. After his escape attempt failed two years later, he was lynched the next evening as Deputy Tom Jones lingered before dying about a few hours later. His last words were to his eight-year-old son: "Be a good boy, Billy."^8,4,9,10

• Last Edited: 25 Jul 2015

Mary E. Duffer

• Father: John Lucious Duffer^1,2,3 b. 19 Dec 1844, d. 22 Oct 1918
• Mother: Mary Susan Bowlin^4,5,6 b. 16 Nov 1852, d. 18 Nov 1887

• Birth*: She was born on 16 January 1880 in Eastland County, Texas.^7,8
• Death*: She died on 15 May 1881 in Eastland County, Texas, at age 1.^7,8
• Burial*: Interment was in Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas.⁹

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 1998

Spencer Wayne Duffer

• Father: John Lucious Duffer^1,2 b. 19 Dec 1844, d. 22 Oct 1918
• Mother: Mary Susan Bowlin^3,4 b. 16 Nov 1852, d. 18 Nov 1887

• Birth*: He was born on 14 March 1882 in Eastland County, Texas.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 14 June 1900 in Eastland County, Texas, at age 18.^7,8
• Burial*: Interment was in Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas.⁹

• Last Edited: 22 May 2004

Albert Lucious Duffer

• Father: John Lucious Duffer^1,2 b. 19 Dec 1844, d. 22 Oct 1918
• Mother: Mary Susan Bowlin^3,4 b. 16 Nov 1852, d. 18 Nov 1887

• Birth*: He was born on 9 April 1885.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 21 March 1976 in Brown County, Texas, at age 90.^7,8

• Last Edited: 20 Mar 2004

Meta Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Birth*: He was born in August 1898.³
• Death*: He died before 1989.⁴

• Last Edited: 16 Mar 1998

Thelbert D. Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Birth*: He was born in February 1900.³
• Death*: He died on 4 December 1954 in Eastland County, Texas, at age 54.^4,3

• Note*: He was a founder of the Eastland County Farm Bureau, and he and Lena bought 1,000 acres from his mother in 1941 and raised cattle and goats on it.⁵

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 1998

Jewell Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Death*: He died before 1989.³

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 1998

Bertha Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Death*: She died before 1989.³

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 1998

Hazel Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Death*: She died before 1989.³

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 1998

T. A. Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Death*: He died before 1989.³

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 1998

Billy M. Jones

• Father: Tom A. Jones¹ b. 1874, d. 20 Nov 1929
• Mother: Ora Bell Duffer² b. Sep 1877, d. 1953

• Birth*: He was born in 1921.
• Death*: He died before 1989.³

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 1998

Patton Troutt

• Birth*: He was born on 11 January 1834.¹
• Marriage*: He married Mary Arminta Duffer, daughter of Edward Duffer and Emily F. McClary, on 14 September 1884 in Sumner County, Tennessee.¹
• Death*: He died on 18 August 1909 at age 75.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997

Lucy A. Rogers

• Birth*: She was born in August 1851.¹
• Marriage*: She married Abner T. Duffer, son of Edward Duffer and Emily F. McClary.¹
• Death*: She died on 11 January 1915 at age 63.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 1997