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Mary Rosetta Reissing

• Father: Herman Jacob Reissing^3,4 b. 1887, d. 30 Mar 1965
• Mother: Pearl Edith Tenney^1,2 b. 1888, d. 24 Apr 1924

• Birth*: She was born in 1924.⁵
• Death*: She died on 17 October 1924.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in plot C23, Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.⁵

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

George Reissing

• Father: Herman Jacob Reissing^1,2 b. 1887, d. 30 Mar 1965
• Mother: Pearl Edith Tenney^3,4 b. 1888, d. 24 Apr 1924

• Birth*: He was born in 1922.⁵
• Death*: He died on 8 February 1936.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in plot C23, Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.⁵

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Edward ('Ed') A. Reissing

• Father: Herman Jacob Reissing^1,2 b. 1887, d. 30 Mar 1965
• Mother: Pearl Edith Tenney^3,4 b. 1888, d. 24 Apr 1924

• Birth*: He was born on 27 July 1915 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.⁵
• Marriage*: He married Caroline R. Neal on 8 October 1938 in Augusta, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 10 April 2004 in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, at age 88.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana.⁵

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Caroline R. Neal

• Birth*: She was born on 3 May 1918.¹
• Marriage*: She married Edward ('Ed') A. Reissing, son of Herman Jacob Reissing and Pearl Edith Tenney, on 8 October 1938 in Augusta, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.^2,1
• Death*: She died on 26 December 2005 at age 87.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana.¹

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Edith A. Reissing

• Father: Herman Jacob Reissing^1,2 b. 1887, d. 30 Mar 1965
• Mother: Pearl Edith Tenney^3,4 b. 1888, d. 24 Apr 1924

• Birth*: She was born in 1917.⁵
• Marriage*: She married Fredrick A. Fowler.^5,6
• Death*: She died on 12 June 1952 in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in plot Mountainview 168, Forestvale Cemetery, 490 Forestvale Road, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.⁵

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Fredrick A. Fowler

• Birth*: He was born on 28 November 1909 in East Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.¹
• Marriage*: He married Edith A. Reissing, daughter of Herman Jacob Reissing and Pearl Edith Tenney.^2,1
• Death*: He died on 18 July 1987 in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, at age 77.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in plot Mountainview 168, Forestvale Cemetery, 490 Forestvale Road, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.¹

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Mabel E. Reissing

• Father: Herman Jacob Reissing^1,2 b. 1887, d. 30 Mar 1965
• Mother: Pearl Edith Tenney^3,4 b. 1888, d. 24 Apr 1924

• Birth*: She was born on 14 December 1918 in Augusta, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.⁵
• Marriage*: She married Paul Caldwell in 1941.^5,6
• Death*: She died on 21 October 1997 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, at age 78.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in Manchester Cemetery (also known as Sunset Memorial Gardens), Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.⁵

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Paul Caldwell

• Birth*: He was born on 14 November 1909 in Missouri.¹
• Marriage*: He married Mabel E. Reissing, daughter of Herman Jacob Reissing and Pearl Edith Tenney, in 1941.^2,1
• Death*: He died on 25 August 1972 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, at age 62.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Manchester Cemetery (also known as Sunset Memorial Gardens), Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.¹

• Last Edited: 4 May 2022

Thomas Chandler Fortson

• Father: Rev. Hugh Chandler Fortson b. 20 Feb 1921, d. 29 Oct 2007
• Mother: Laura Sargent¹ b. 15 Mar 1923, d. 26 Apr 2023

• Birth*: He was born on 30 December 1947.²
• Death*: He died on 11 May 2022 at age 74.³

• Last Edited: 28 Apr 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Rev. Hugh Chandler Fortson

• Father: Henry T. Fortson^1,2,3 b. 7 May 1873, d. Apr 1942
• Mother: Mary E. Osley^4,5,6 b. 1875, d. 1956

• Birth*: He was born on 20 February 1921 in Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina.^7,8
• Marriage*: He married Laura Sargent.^9,10
• Death*: He died on 29 October 2007 at age 86.^11,12
• Burial*: Interment was in Oakbrook Memorial Park, Highway 25 North, Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina.¹¹

• Note*: He retired in 1986 after many years in the ministry. In retirement he served as interim pastor of several churches and as senior adult minister at West Side Baptist Church in Greenwood, South Carolina.¹²

• Last Edited: 28 Apr 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Laura Sargent

• Birth*: She was born on 15 March 1923 in Belton, Anderson County, South Carolina.¹
• Marriage*: She married Rev. Hugh Chandler Fortson, son of Henry T. Fortson and Mary E. Osley.^2,1
• Death*: She died on 26 April 2023 in Emerald Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care, Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina, at age 100.¹

• Last Edited: 28 Apr 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Dock Wilburn Fortson

• Father: Rev. Asbury Easton Fortson¹ b. 1865, d. 11 Feb 1928
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth ('Betty') Dudley² b. 26 Dec 1856, d. 12 Jul 1925

• Birth*: He was born on 28 April 1887.³
• Death*: He died on 22 February 1966 at age 78.³
• Burial*: Interment was in Bolivar Cemetery, Harrisburg, Poinsett County, Arkansas.³

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Margaret Tyler

• Birth*: She was born on 19 April 1915 in Nebraska.¹
• Marriage*: She married Walter Goodwin Ballard, son of William Nelson Ballard and Catherine Edith ('Cassie') Richardson, in 1940.^2,1
• Death*: She died on 25 July 2002 in Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska, at age 87.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in division E, lot 73, sub 7, Mount Hope Cemetery (also known as Wood Lake Cemetery), Wood Lake, Cherry County, Nebraska.¹

• Last Edited: 31 May 2022

Donald G. Kay

Donald G. Kay, courtesy of Judy Johnson.

• Birth*: He was born on 6 June 1929 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Shirley Mae Morgan, daughter of Robert Ellsworth Morgan and Mary Elizabeth Ballard, on 13 August 1947.^3,4,5
• Death*: He died on 26 July 2020 in Chadron Community Hospital, Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska, at age 91.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was on 30 July 2020 in section E, row 9, site 2, Nebraska Veterans Cemetery, 2610 County Road 57, Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska.^6,7

• Note*: Don was raised on the family ranch west of Marsland, in Dawes County, Nebraska and graduated from Chadron Preparatory High School, in Chadron, Nebraska, with the class of 1946. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1954. After his discharge he and Shirley took over the ranch thirteen miles south of Chadron that Shirley’s family homesteaded in 1885. They operated the ranch for sixty-five years.¹

• Last Edited: 15 Oct 2022

Mary Lynne Autry

• Father: Angus Marshall Autry^1,2 b. 26 Jun 1922, d. 3 Aug 1979
• Mother: Arminta Leelllen King^3,4 b. 1925, d. 2005

• Birth*: She was born on 12 January 1949.⁵
• Death*: She died on 22 January 1968 at age 19.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in section 6, Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁵

• Last Edited: 8 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway

Annabelle Williams

• Father: Robert Haden Williams b. 22 Apr 1895, d. 10 Jun 1962
• Mother: Harriette S. Millar b. 4 Apr 1901, d. 28 Apr 1971

• Birth*: She was born on 19 July 1934 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Frederick William Catterall III in 1957.³
• Death*: She died on 14 March 2022 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 87.^4,2
• Burial*: Her remains were placed in Episcopal Church of the Incarnation Columbarium, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.²

• Note*: Her parents moved the family to Austin, Texas, in 1941. She grew up there, attending local schools and graduating from St. Stephen's Episcopal School. She graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956. In 1962 her family to Dallas, Texas, where she lived the rest of her life.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Frederick William Catterall III

• Birth*: He was born on 22 December 1931 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Annabelle Williams, daughter of Robert Haden Williams and Harriette S. Millar, in 1957.³
• Death*: He died on 26 April 2007 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 75.^4,3
• Burial*: His remains were placed in Episcopal Church of the Incarnation Columbarium, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.³

• Note*: He graduated from Austin High School, received a bachelor's degree in 1953 from Princeton University, and received a master's degree in business administration from the University of Texas in 1956. He began his career in Austin, working for his father at Austex Foods; the family moved to Dallas in 1962 when the Frito Company acquired Austex, and the rest of his career was with Frito-Lay, Inc. in Dallas.⁴

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Grady Clopton Catterall

• Father: Frederick William Catterall III^1,2 b. 22 Dec 1931, d. 26 Apr 2007
• Mother: Annabelle Williams^3,4 b. 19 Jul 1934, d. 14 Mar 2022

• Birth*: He was born on 17 December 1962 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 21 March 2020 in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, at age 57.⁷

• Note*: He grew up in Dallas, attended public schools there, and graduated from Harvard University. He worked as a consulting actuary and earned a master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. He lived most of his adult life in Bethesda, Maryland. He died less than four months after being diagnosed with cancer.⁵

• Last Edited: 12 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Robert Haden Williams

Robert Haden Williams, from 1924 U.S. passport application.

• Father: Robert Lucius Williams^5,6,7,8 b. 12 Aug 1859, d. 24 Oct 1923
• Mother: Annis Clopton^1,2,3,4 b. 26 Oct 1868, d. 28 Oct 1964

• Birth*: He was born on 22 April 1895 in McDade, Bastrop County, Texas.^9,10
• Marriage*: He married Harriette S. Millar on 31 May 1926 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^11,12,13
• Death*: He died on 10 June 1962 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at age 67.^14,10
• Burial*: Interment was in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas.¹⁰

• Note*: • He served in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant in World War I. He received a B.A. degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas in 1915, a M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1922, and a Ph.D. from Columbia as well. After teaching at Brown University, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas in 1941 and was a professor of romance languages there at his death.
  • In his April 1924 application for a U.S. passport, he was described as 5 feet 10 inches in height, with gray eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, and a star tattoo on his left forearm.^15,16,17

• Last Edited: 14 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Harriette S. Millar

• Birth*: She was born on 4 April 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: She married Robert Haden Williams, son of Robert Lucius Williams and Annis Clopton, on 31 May 1926 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^5,6,7
• Death*: She died on 28 April 1971 in Crestview Nursing Home, 7906 Churchill Way, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 70.^8,9,10
• Burial*: Interment was on 30 April 1971 in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas.^11,12,13

• Note*: She received bachelor's and master's degrees from Bryn Mawr College, taught at Bryn Mawr for ten years, and later taught at St. Stephen's School in Austin, Texas. She was a member of University Congregational Church in Austin.¹⁴

• Last Edited: 14 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Charles Baird Williams

Charles Baird Williams, senior-class picture in 1916 college yearbook.

• Father: Robert Lucius Williams^5,6,7,8 b. 12 Aug 1859, d. 24 Oct 1923
• Mother: Annis Clopton^1,2,3,4 b. 26 Oct 1868, d. 28 Oct 1964

• Birth*: He was born on 11 November 1890 in Bastrop County, Texas.^9,10,11
• Marriage*: He married Bessie Mintie Price in 1919.^12,13
• Death*: He died on 9 July 1971 in Saint Joseph Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at age 80.^14,10,15
• Burial*: Interment was on 12 July 1971 in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 3100 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.^16,9,17

• Note*: • He graduated from the University of Texas in 1916 with an electrical engineering degree and in 1917-1918 served as a first lieutenant in World War I.
  • Much of his career was with Texaco. He served on the Fort Worth, Texas city council from 1957 to 1961. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth.^18,19

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Robert Lucius Williams

• Birth*: He was born on 12 August 1859 in Greensboro, Greene County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: He married Annis Clopton, daughter of Hoggatt Clopton and Martha Anne Christian, on 24 December 1889.^4,5,6
• Death*: He died on 24 October 1923 in his home, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas, at age 64.^7,8,2,9
• Burial*: Interment was on 27 October 1923 in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas.^10,11

• Obituary*: "ELGIN, Texas, Oct. 27.—The funeral arrangements have been made here for the burial of R. L. Williams. A prominent business man of McDade, whose death occurred at his home Thursday morning. Definite funeral arrangements have been held up awaiting the arrival of Robert Williams, a son residing in New York. Funeral services will be held at the Elgin cemetery Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. A short service will be held at the home at McDade prior to the departure of the procession for Elgin."¹²
• Note*: He manufactured pottery.⁴

• Last Edited: 14 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Albert Paine Williams

Paine Williams, from 1917 college yearbook.

• Father: Robert Lucius Williams^1,2,3 b. 12 Aug 1859, d. 24 Oct 1923
• Mother: Annis Clopton^4,5,6 b. 26 Oct 1868, d. 28 Oct 1964

• Birth*: He was born on 3 February 1898 in Bastrop County, Texas.^7,8
• Death*: He died on 2 November 1974 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at age 76.⁹
• Burial*: Interment was in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas.⁹

• Note*: He graduated in 1918 from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, with B.A. degree. In 1918 he served in the World War Record Student Army Training Corps.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 14 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Olive Williams

Olive Williams, senior-class picture in 1921 college yearbook.

• Father: Robert Lucius Williams¹ b. 12 Aug 1859, d. 24 Oct 1923
• Mother: Annis Clopton² b. 26 Oct 1868, d. 28 Oct 1964

• Birth*: She was born on 1 December 1900.^3,4
• Death*: She died on 13 February 1987 at age 86.⁴
• Burial*: Interment was in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas.⁴

• Note*: She graduated in 1921 from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, with B.A. degree.³

• Last Edited: 14 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Bessie Mintie Price

• Birth*: She was born on 22 May 1896 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.¹
• Marriage*: She married Charles Baird Williams, son of Robert Lucius Williams and Annis Clopton, in 1919.^2,1
• Death*: She died on 13 December 1983 in Tarrant County, Texas, at age 87.^3,4,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Devotion plot, Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 3100 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Charlotte Baird Williams

• Father: Charles Baird Williams¹ b. 11 Nov 1890, d. 9 Jul 1971
• Mother: Bessie Mintie Price² b. 22 May 1896, d. 13 Dec 1983

• Birth*: She was born on 2 June 1939 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.^3,4
• Death*: She died on 6 October 2012 at age 73.^5,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Devotion plot, Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 3100 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.⁶

• Note*: She grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, attended Sweet Briar College, and graduated from the University of Texas.^7,8

• Last Edited: 15 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Laura Blount Williams

Laura Blount Williams, freshman-class picture in 1938 college yearbook.

• Father: Charles Baird Williams^1,2 b. 11 Nov 1890, d. 9 Jul 1971
• Mother: Bessie Mintie Price^3,4 b. 22 May 1896, d. 13 Dec 1983

• Birth*: She was born on 8 September 1920 in Tampico, Ciudad Madero Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico.⁵
• Marriage*: She married Ernest Andrew Bosl Jr. on 13 February 1943 in chapel of First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.⁶
• Marriage*: She married Robert Raymond ('Bobby') Goodrich on 11 June 1946 in chapel of First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.^7,8,9
• Death*: She died on 10 March 1964 in a hospital, Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 43.^5,10
• Burial*: Interment was in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 3100 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.⁵

• Last Edited: 20 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Robert Raymond ('Bobby') Goodrich

• Birth*: He was born on 11 June 1917 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Laura Blount Williams, daughter of Charles Baird Williams and Bessie Mintie Price, on 11 June 1946 in chapel of First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.^3,4,5
• Death*: He died on 10 September 2002 in his home, Westover Hills, Tarrant County, Texas, at age 85.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was on 14 September 2002 in lot 191, space 8, Garden of Devotion section, Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 3100 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.^6,7

• Note*: He attended Texas Christian University and graduated from the University of Texas. He was a dive bomber pilot in World War II and received several awards for his service, including the Navy Cross. After the war he served as city attorney of Fort Worth, Texas and later was in private practice. He was an avid golfer.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Ernest Andrew Bosl Jr.

• Birth*: He was born on 25 January 1918 in Temple, Bell County, Texas.¹
• Marriage*: He married Laura Blount Williams, daughter of Charles Baird Williams and Bessie Mintie Price, on 13 February 1943 in chapel of First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.²
• Death*: He died on 24 November 1943 at age 25.¹

• Note*: • He attended Marion Institute, Marion, Alabama, and graduated from the University of Texas Law School. He was an ensign in the U.S. Navy at the time of his wedding to Laura Williams.
  • He died when the Navy ship on which he was serving in the Pacific during World War II, USS Liscome Bay, was sunk in a Japanese submarine's torpedo attack.^3,4

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Benjamin Clopton and Agnes Morgan

Claris Hadleigh Eatinger

• Birth*: He was born on 24 April 1921.¹
• Marriage*: He married Helen Sylvia Ballard, daughter of William Nelson Ballard and Catherine Edith ('Cassie') Richardson, on 26 December 1942 in Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska.^2,3
• Death*: He died on 5 February 1981 at age 59.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in block 54, section C, lot 3, Mount Hope Cemetery (also known as Wood Lake Cemetery), Wood Lake, Cherry County, Nebraska.¹

• Last Edited: 22 Jun 2022