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[4560] Document: Karl F. Tate obituary
[4561]
Comanche (TX) Chief, 31 Aug 1989
Funeral services for Karl Franklin Tate of Dallas, member of a pioneer Comanche County family, were held in Rockwall, August 24, 1989, followed by Masonic graveside services at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas.
Mr. Tate, son of John F. and Martha Wetzel Tate, was born in Comanche, May 31, 1897, and died August 21 at age 92. He graduated from Comanche High School in 1916 and attended Rice Institute. A veteran, he served in the armed forces in 1917-1918 during World War I.
He and Angie Slack were married at Comanche, August 8, 1920. She died November 10, 1972.
He served as a financial officer with the First State Bank of Comanche, the San Angelo National Bank, the First State Bank of Big Lake, and owned movie theaters at Valley Mills and Whitney. A licensed public accountant, he moved to Dallas in 1942 where his career with the U.S. government included service as a bank examiner, work with the IRS, and in other positions as an examiner. After his retirement in 1958, he lived in Comanche for a few years before settling in Dallas.
When the family lived in Comanche during the 1920s, Tate enjoyed being a member of the prize-winning American Legion Band.
Mr. Tate was a member of the Hella Temple Shrine, Knights Templar No. 6, the A.F. & A.M. No. 760 of Dallas and was past Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of San Angelo.
Survivors are Mrs. William A. (Frankie Dean) White of Rockwall; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. His daughter, Mrs. Clarence L. (Johnnie Edwina) Oliver of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is deceased.
[Margaret T. Waring, without a by-line]
[4562] Document: Col. John Tate tombstone description
[4563]
Date sent: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:44:23 +0000
From: “David Stewart” <dstewart@sioux-lookout.lakeheadu.ca>
To: TATE-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [TATE-L] TATE PLANTATIONS IN MOCASSIN VALLEY, RUSSELL CO. VA
Judy:
Many of the tombstones can’t be read. Unfortunately, I can’t read the inscriptions on the tombstones in the pictures I have. I understand from the people who own that land (and may have read some place) that Leland Tate got a new stone made for Col. John, at least. The ones I saw were clear, but not particularly new. Anyway, in The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society (Vol. 27), 1929, there is a description of Col. John Tate’s tombstone. The writer of the article, I guess, went over and looked. “On H. John Tate’s farm (that’s Leland’s father) at Zumbeg (it’s really Tumbeg), near Lebanon, Russell Co., Va., we find a moss-covered slab that reads: &ldsquo;Col. John Tate, died Dec. 15, 1828, aged 85 years, and Mary Tate, his wife, died March 13, 1817, aged 75 years.’”
I’d imagine that Colbert’s buried in the Fugate Cemetery which would not be too far from this Tate-Burdine Cemetery. Apparently, there’s a Tate-Fugate Cemetery, which I may have visited last year. I could read virtually none of the stones and it’s all overgrown with grass and weeds.
As for Hannah, the same document says: Hannah, m. Fugate. She lived and died five miles S.W. Tateville. Ch.: Jane, m. Lewis; Polly, m. Geo. Ellis; Winnie, m. Lewis Shaddown; Martha, m. F. Claunch. That Tateville is in Kentucky, I think in Pulaski Co. I have read elsewhere that she went to Kentucky where her siblings lived, after Colbert died.
Hope this helps.
Dave
p.s. I’m going to cc it to the newsgroup for any who are interested.
[4564] Document: Warren Wetzel obituary
[4565]
Comanche (TX) Chief, 5 May 1929
Warren A. Wetzel, for forty-five years a citizen of Comanche County, died at his home in Wood County, Texas, Friday April 26, at 7 a.m. Interment was made at Board Church Sunday at 10 a.m. Rev. Gordon Barrett conducting the services.
Mr. Wetzel was born Sept. 8, 1842 in Ga. In 1861 he was married in that state to Miss Martha Bates and a few months later enlisted in the services of the Confederacy and served four years taking part in some of the major battles of the Civil War among which was Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. During the four years he was in service he came home only one time, obtaining a furlough when Gussie, a daughter was born.
In 1878, Mr. Wetzel moved to Texas settling in Coryell County where he lived until 1872 (1882?) when he moved to Comanche settling in the Board Church community. He lived in this community and near Baggett until 1888 when he moved six miles east of Comanche on the Gustine road where he lived until 1916, when he moved to Wood County.
Mr. Wetzel’s wife died in 1886 and two years later he was married to Mrs. Sallie Beard who survives him.
Mr. Wetzel was the father of 21 children, ten by his first marriage and 11 by the last. In 1883 he lost three grown children in a week during an epidemic of typhoid fever. They were Mrs. Pink Smart, Mrs. Rosa Hodge, and Charles J. Wetzel. The next year another son, Pink, died from getting over heated. W. Gordon Wetzel was killed in Brownwood three years ago. The surviving children of the first marriage are: George C. Wetzel and Mrs. J. F. Tate of Comanche; Mrs. Charles Batton of Spearman, Owen Wetzel of Fort Worth, M. J. Wetzel of Del Rio.
Two children of the last marriage died: Emma in 1912 and Joe in 1908. The surviving ones being: Mrs. J. L. Rainey of Granbury, Adam Seaborn Wetzel of Abilene, Ross Wetzel of Partner; Mrs. Lillie Cox of Louisiana; Mrs. Francis Smith of Abilene, Mrs. Maude Wetzel, Bud, Wesley, and Manual of Wood County.
Mr. Wetzel was converted while serving in the army and afterward united with the Baptist Church of which he was a member at the time of his death.
[4566] Document: John D. Waring obituary
[4567]
WARING, John D.
Comanche (TX) Chief, 14 Nov 1952
John D. Waring, 80, longtime resident and former mayor, died in Houston at the home of his son, Hayne Waring, at 6:45 p.m. November 8th. He had been in poor health since undergoing serious surgery last October. He was buried from St. Matthew’s Church at 10 a.m. on November 10th. Pallbearers were Gail Dudley, Sutton Dudley, Kenneth Ory, Ira Clemons, and Castle B. Ellis.
Mr. Waring was born August 7th, 1872 in Sommerville (sic) S.C., the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hayne Waring. He attended school in South Carolina and came to Texas in young manhood, settling first in the Beaumont area.* Later he moved to Dublin where he worked as bookkeeper for Utterback and Harris. Next he moved to Comanche in 1900, as bookkeeper for Neely-Harris-Cunningham. After a few years, he went into the real estate, loan, abstract and insurance business with J. R. Eanes & Associates. Mr. Waring was a director of the Comanche County Abstract Company for many years, and was a partner in J. R. Eanes & Co., predecessor of Greene & Waring. He remained a partner until he retired in 1944. He was also a director of Comanche National Bank for a number of years.
Mr. Waring was a civic leader and churchman for many years, being an official of the Episcopal Church. Besides his service as mayor, Mr. Waring headed many charity organizations and was always working for the good of the town and community. Mr. Waring was a Mason, being member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Council.
While a young man living in Dublin, he married Miss Flavia Hall of Cleburne. They were companions until her death, April 12, 1936. He is survived by four children: John D. Waring, Mrs. Tom F. (Marion) Reese of Dallas, Mrs. David (Laura Lu) Bruton of Dallas, and William Hayne Waring of Houston. All survive, also six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Out-of-town visitors for the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. David Bruton, Mr. and Mrs. Tom F. Reese and family, Mrs. W. H. Layden, Mrs. Georgia Herrick, Mrs. Billie Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bruton, and Joe Waring, all of Dallas, Hayne Reese of Utah, Capt. McEvan Palmer and family of Pasadena, and Mr. and Mrs. Evan Palmer of Brownwood.
* This fails to mention that he spent several years living in Cleburne, Texas. —MTW
[4568] Document: Joseph Hall obituary
[4569]
SOLDIER AND JURIST GOES TO HIS REWARD
Comanche (TX) Chief, Feb. 1915
Last Saturday at twelve-thirty Judge J. M. Hall, soldier, jurist, and Christian gentleman, went to answer to the roll call of united veterans of all lands and all time who have fought a good fight, finished the course. So modest and unobtrusive was his daily life among us, that possibly only a few who knew him most intimately realized that this man was a hero of both war and of peace. One of those stalwart characters who turned from the front rank of battle only to take up service in the front rank of those forces that built bulwarks of law, order and justice in the broken and disorganized Southland.
Judge Hall was a few months more than eighty-six years of age. Fifty years of this long life having been spent in Texas. He was a native of Alabama and served his state in the Civil War as Captain, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. Besides sacrifice and service he gave to the “lost cause,” his strong right arm, receiving at Spottsylvania courthouse a wound which necessitated three amputations of portions of the injured member. Thus maimed and weakened from the physical ordeals through which he had passed, he was unable to return to service in 1864, though at this time he had been commissioned Brigadier General.
As many another Southern girl waited through the long years of deadly struggle for her sweetheart to return and claim her, so had a beautiful daughter of the old South been waiting to link her life with him, and face the problems of the new order of things at his side.
In 1864 he was married to Miss Lida Hamill at Eutaw, Alabama, and the following year they came together into the frontier region of Texas to face reconstruction here and leave the mark of their influence on the institutions of their adopted state. For more than thirty years they stood shoulder to shoulder, giving to their state and rearing to maturity, seven worthy sons and daughters, and hearing a goodly share of every worthy undertaking that came to their hands. Then the faithful wife and mother, the frailer of the two, laid down the burden and the man, already well passed the meridian, was left to go on the way alone. For exactly eighteen years he kept up the struggle, then on the day and almost the hour of the departure of his beloved companion, he followed the way that she had led. During the days of his last illness he said more than once to the loving attendants at his bedside that he realized that the end had come and he desired that they let him go peacefully and unhindered.
His service to Texas is of that quality the worth of which can be reckoned only by the right placing of value upon the happy conditions that prevail for us today. That law, order, and justice have taken the place of anarchy, rowdyism and mob-law, is due to the untiring efforts of such pioneers as Judge Hall.
Serving for four years as Mayor of the city of Marshall his life was openly threatened because he dared to stand for good government against a characteristic clique of gamblers and outlaws. Also he served in this capacity through a scourge of small pox and one of yellow fever, both he and his wife having the latter disease. For sixteen years he was Judge of the Eighteenth District Court, living at Cleburne, Texas, where he was identified with every movement of the making of that enterprising little city. He was one of the organizers of the Pat Cleburne Camp U.C.V. of that city and at his funeral this camp sent a guard of honor, as a most sincere tribute of their esteem for him.
He was an Odd Fellow and a Mason, the latter order having charge of a very beautiful service at the grave. He was also a member of the Methodist church, and the services at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W. D. McCoy, were conducted by a minister of this church.
Seven children and a number of grand children survive Judge Hall, his children being: J.M. Hall, Jr. of Cleburne, R. J. Hall of Amarillo, Major Newton Hall of the Marine Corps, Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. W. D. McCoy of Cleburne, Mrs. Keith Chilton of Altus, Oklahoma, Mrs. T. W. Dunlap and Mrs. Jno. D. Waring of Comanche.
Judge Hall had made his home with Mrs. Waring for some years and had become a loved citizen of the town, who will be missed and mourned by all who came under his benign influence.
His body was taken to his old home, Cleburne, where his wife rests, and placed beside her, the funeral occurring on the same day of the week and the same hour that was chosen for her interment just eighteen years ago.
Soft soil above, lie light, lie light, Good night, dear heart, goodnight, good night.
[4570] Document: Preston Tate fatal accident
[4571]
MAN DIES IN WRECK AT HASSE
Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, about 19 Aug 1979
HASSE — One man was killed and another man was injured here Saturday in a multiple-vehicle accident.
George Preston Tate, 78, of Comanche was killed on U.S. 377, six miles east of Comanche, when the car he was driving, a truck and two other cars collided.
The accident occurred at 2:45 p.m. as Tate was leaving a grocery store.
When Tate’s car and a truck driven by Boyd Spencer Pilgreen, 42, of Mesquite collided, Tate’s car burst into flames and smashed into two cars parked off the highway. No one was in the parked cars.
The three cars and the truck were destroyed.
Pilgreen was treated at a Comanche hospital and released.
The two other cars belonged to Saeed Rahimi and Daudadagiloba Oladito, both Nigerian students at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. The students had stopped at a house inquiring about goats for a barbeque, according to reports.
Tate was a retired tobacco distributor. He is survived by his wife, Nima Tate; and a daughter, Margaret Waring.
[4572] Document: Martha C. Carson's retirement
[4573]
FOURTEEN The News, Frederick, Md., Friday, May 28, 1948
[4574] Document: Otis M. Carson obituary
[4575]
Otis M. Carson was born at Rutherfordton, N. C., July, 1864, and died at his home here on the morning of June 21. The immediate cause of death was meningitis, following a long period of ill health. He leaves a devoted wife and daughter who were never ceasing in administering to his comfort during his painful illness.
He loved birds and flowers. During his days of suffering the birds sang in the trees by his window. Many beautiful flowers, the last tribute of friends, were borne with him to his resting place in Greenville, S. C. He also leaves to mourn his loss a father, mother, her sister and a brother.
The body of Mr. Carson was taken to Greenville on Monday, accompanied by W. B. Lange, E. C. Dillingham and H. P. Bowles, members of the Order of Eagles from Asheville.
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From Saturday’s Greenville News.
A telegram was received in Greenville yesterday afternoon announcing the death of Mr. Otis Carson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Carson of Brevard.
Mr. Carson was a native of this city, and had many relatives here. His remains will reach Greenville this afternoon on Southern train No. 11, arriving at 3:30, and the funeral services will follow at Christ church at 4 p. m.
[4576] Document: Ambrose Mills
[4577]
[This document is copied from a photocopied typescript dating from the first quarter of the twentieth century. The original document was in poor condition, and the photocopy is barely legible in places due to overexposure and the condition of the original document. The typescript was originally typed in all capital letters; capitalization is thus mine. Spelling in the typescript has been retained; spacing and punctuation have been occasionally added for clarity. —SJCW]
from the History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties from 1750-1956 by Clarence W. Griffin
A Letter of Tryon County of Safety Page 57 June 12, 1776
&ldsquo;To the Corroner or Keeper of Public Gole for District of Salisbury
We do here by require you to take into your costedy the above Ambrouse Mills, a notorious offender against comon cause of America & him keep in public gole untill discharged by order of Congress Given under our hand this day 15th of June 1776
Matthew Locke
Griffith Rutherford
Colonel Ambrose Mills, named above, was a noted Loyalist & was subsequently hanged at Biggerstaffs field along with other Tories, on Octoba 1780 after being captured at Kings Mountain.
He was borne in England about 1722 & was taken while young to Maryland. He married Miss Mourning Stone, of Pa. settled on James River & finally removed to frontair of South Carolina. His wife was killed by Indians, leaving an only son William. He afterwards married Miss Anne Brown, of Chester region, sister of the Loyalist leader Col. Thomas Fletcher & about 1776 settled on Green River in Rutherford County and by this marriage had three sons & three daughters.
In 1776 he served against the Cherokee Indians. In 1778 he and the nottorias David Fanning raised a corps of 500 men, with the design of joining the royal standard at St. Augustine, Florida, when one of the party betrayed their plans. Mills and sixteen others were apprehended & conveyed to Salisbury jail, Fanning undertaking to rescure them on the way but his force proved too weak to effect the purpose. Mills was in the course of time liberated, joined Fergerson with the loyal militia at Tryon County & fought at Earls Ford and at Kings Mountain where he was captured and hanged a few days later. As viewed a centry after it occured, he was too severely dealt with at Biggerstaffs. His desendants are among the ablest and best citizens in the South and South west from Drapers King Mountain and its Heroes. How much of the evidence hurriedly adduced & was one sided and prejuideced it is not possible to determine. Col. Ambrose Mills the principal person condemed, was a man of good reputation and must have been reguarded chiefly in the light of being the proper person upon whom to exersicise retaliatory measures, yet it is necessary to make some specific charges against him. The only [one] brought out at the trial was that Mills had on some formar occasion, instigated the Cherokee Indians to dessolate the frontier of South Carolina, which was very likely to have been with[out?] foundation. Nothing much is known of the other males(?). (Draper, pp. 334-335) Following the execution Col. Shelbys views on the matter was that the execution of the Tories will by many persons be considered an act of retaliation unnecessarily cruel. (My mother Margaret Mills Carson) daughter of Dr. Otis Mills, son of Marvell Mills and a direct desendant of Ambrose told me that the mob “tried to make him take the oath of alegis(?) and with the rope around his neck” waved his hat and said “three cheers for King George.”
In the Colonial records of North Carolina is a letter from Lord Cornwallis speaks of the “outrage on old Col. Mills and others” in Landrums History they say “Col Mills died like a Roman”
On Page 75 of Clarance W. Griffins History of Old Tryon & Rutherford Counties is quoted extracts from Lieutenants Anthony Allaires diary (Capt Aliers was an officer in Patrick Fergersons officers from Drapers King Mountain & its Heroes pp. 484 to page 584 from Oct 1780) On Saturday 14th twelve field officers were chosen to try the militia prisoners preticular those who had most influence in country they condemed thirty. In the evening they began to exicute Lieutenant Col. Mills Capt. Wilson Capt Chitwood, & six others who unfortunately fell a sacrifice to tere(?) infamous mock jury. Mills, Wilson & Chatwood died like Romans. The others were repreaved. Page 79.
We officers were allowed to go to Col. McDowells where we were lodged most comfortably”. Lieu Allier says “Pleasant Garden is a very handsome place I was surpris
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[4578] Document: Frances Waring obituary
[4579]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: December 09, 1994
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 30
Subjects:
Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
COMANCHE — Frances Elizabeth Waring, 94, retired from the insurance industry, died Thursday at a nursing home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Comanche. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche. Arrangements: Comanche Funeral Home.
Her husband, John Dawson Waring Jr., died in 1954.
Survivors: Son, Joe Waring of Comanche.
[4580] Document: Joe M. Waring obituary
[4581]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: December 11, 1995
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 19
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
COMANCHE — Joe M. Waring, 69, a retired insurance agent, died Friday at a Fort Worth hospital.
Funeral: 11 a.m. today at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Waring was born Jan. 18, 1926, in Comanche. Comanche Funeral Home Comanche, (915) 356-2531
[4582] Document: Nima McArthur Tate obituary
[4583]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: March 12, 1992
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 25
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
COMANCHE — Nima McArthur Tate, a homemaker, died Tuesday at a Comanche nursing center. She was 89.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Comanche Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Tate was born in Erath County and was a lifelong resident [of Comanche County]. She was an organizer of the American Red Cross Volunteers during World War II, an organizer of the first Comanche Girl Scout troop, a former president of Comanche Band Parents, a member of the Comanche Study Club and Comanche Garden Club, a member of the group responsible for organizing the Public Library and a dispatcher for the Sheriff’s Department for 15 years.
Survivors: Daughter, Margaret Waring of Cleburne [recte Comanche]; sister, [Mrs.] M.E. Gore of Cleburne [recte Comanche]; three grandsons; and one great-granddaughter.
[4584] Document: Marty Gore obituary
[4585]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: September 26, 1996
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 6; 7
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
COMANCHE — Margaret “Marty” Gore, 68, a dance instructor, died Tuesday at a Brownwood hospital. Private funeral: To be held later for the family. Rosary was Wednesday at Comanche Funeral Home. Memorials: Comanche Public Library or a charity of choice. Margaret “Marty” Gore was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Brownwood to Ned and Rozier Snyder. On June 12, 1958, she married Jimmy Gore.
Survivors: Husband, Jimmy E. Gore of Comanche; and brother, Dr. Ned Snyder of Brownwood. Comanche Funeral Home Comanche, (915) 356-2531
[4586] Document: Ava Gore obituary
[4587]
Headline: Obituaries
Publication Date: July 28, 1997
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 6; 7
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
COMANCHE — Ava E. Gore, 92, a homemaker who owned and operated Red and White Grocery for many years, died Sunday, July 27, 1997, at a nursing home.
Graveside service: 3 p.m. Monday in Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche. Visitation: 2:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials: Comanche Public Library or the Oakwood Cemetery Association. Ava E. Gore was born June 12, 1905, in Comanche. Hall & Sons Funeral Home Comanche,(915) 356-5214
[4588] Document: Don W. Cunningham obituary
[4589]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: January 16, 1994
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 23; 26
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
PORT LAVACA — Don W. Cunningham, owner of a real estate company, died Friday at a Corpus Christi hospital. He was 58. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Port Lavaca. Graveside service will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Oakwood Cemetery in Commerce [recte Comanche]. Hall & Chaney Funeral Home in Comanche is in charge of local arrangements. Mr. Cunningham was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. The family suggests that memorials be made to the American Heart Association. Survivors: Wife, Jessica Cunningham; mother, Thelma Cunningham of Comanche; two daughters, Shari Maloy of Carrollton and Quay Martinez of Point Comfort; two sons, Travis Cunningham of Leander and Donald Cunningham of Round Rock; sister, Lou Riley of Comanche; brother, Jimmy Cunningham of Round Rock; and 12 grandchildren.
[4590] Document: Brenda Dixon Webb obituary
[4591]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: November 30, 1995
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 26; 27
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
BURLESON — Brenda Gale Webb, 43, a sales clerk for Target Stores, died Tuesday at an Arlington hospital. Graveside service: 11 a.m. today in Clifton Cemetery in Clifton. Memorials: American Cancer Fund, in care of First National Bank, Box 699, Burleson 76028-0699. Brenda Gale Webb was born Aug. 17, 1952, in Munday. She was reared in Abilene and graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1970. She married Jerry Wayne Webb on Aug. 6, 1973. Survivors: Husband, Jerry Wayne Webb; son, Carl Webb of Burleson; daughter, Lisa Lynn Webb of Burleson; father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Dixon of Abilene; brother, Billy Dixon of Bangs; sister, Kay Payne of Graham; grandmother, Ruby Cunningham of Comanche; and one grandchild. Clifton Funeral Home Clifton, (817) 675-8611
[4592] Document: Thelma M. Cunningham obituary
[4593]
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: July 30, 1994
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page: 37
Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas
Obituary:
COMANCHE — Thelma McDonald Cunningham, a homemaker and clerk in Cunningham Pharmacy in Port Lavaca, died Friday at a Brownwood hospital. She was 90. Funeral will be at 4 p.m. today at Hall & Chaney Funeral Home in Comanche. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche. Mrs. Cunningham was born in Comanche. She lived in Port Lavaca from 1950 to 1984, when she returned to Comanche. Mrs. Cunningham was a member of First Baptist Church, PAR Luncheon Bridge Club, Wednesday Bridge Club, Friday Bridge Club and the Rejeban Club. The family suggests that memorials be made to a church or charity of choice. Survivors: Daughter, Lou Cunningham Riley of Comanche; son, James T. Cunningham of Round Rock; two sisters, Naomi Miller of San Antonio and Lou Mestayer of New Iberia, La.; two brothers, Grady L. McDonald of San Angelo and W. Lester McDonald of Artesia, N.M.; 11 grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren.
[4594] Document: Ruby Dixon Cunningham Loftis obituary
[4595]
Headline: Obituaries
Publication Date: October 12, 1998
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Page:
Subjects:
Region:
Obituary:
BROWNWOOD — Ruby Lee “Cunningham” Loftis, 96, a retired schoolteacher, died Friday, Oct. 9, 1998, at a local nursing home. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday in Oakwood Cemetery in Comanche. Ruby Lee “Cunningham” Loftis was born Dec. 26, 1901, in Payne Springs. Survivors: One sister, Tressie McGlothlin of Shreveport, La.; two grandchildren, Billy Dixon of Bangs and Kay Lynn Payne of Graham; nine great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. Comanche Funeral Home Comanche, (915) 356-2531
[4596] Document: Descendants of John Shankle(s)
[4597]
1 John (Johnnie) Shankles Born: ca. 1814 in Tennessee (Franklin Co.?) Died: December 13, 1885 in DeKalb Co., Ala.
Event 1: 1860 John, 46, and Clarissa Shankles in Valley Head, p. 85
Fact 2: 1850 Aged 33, Dekalb Co. census
Fact 3: 1866 In T6 R8E, Dekalb Co., Ala. Residence: Sand Mountain, Alabama Ethnicity/Relig.: Father: George Shankle (?) Occupation: Baptist minister ..
+Clarissa Proctor Born: ca. 1819 in Tennessee Married: ca. 1834 in Maynards Cove, Alabama Died: September 10, 1885 in DeKalb County, Ala.
Event 1: Mother: Jane Davis
Fact 2: Grandmother: Mary Ann Black Ethnicity/Relig.: Cherokee (?)
........ 2 Sarah Shankles Born: ca. 1835
........ 2 Robert Shankles Born: ca. 1836
............ +Julia Ashberry Married: October 29, 1856 in DeKalb Co., Ala.
........ 2 William T. Shankles Born: ca. 1838 in Alabama
............ +Perlina Cunningham Born: ca. 1841 in Alabama Married: ca. 1860 Residence: Rawlingsville, DeKalb Co., Ala.
................. 3 George N. Shankles Born: ca. 1861
................. 3 William Henry Shankles Born: ca. 1864
..................... +Elvie Richards Born: March 1872 Married: November 6, 1898 in DeKalb Co., Ga.
................. 3 Sarah Elizabeth Shankles Born: ca. 1865
................. 3 John G. Shankles Born: 1867 Died: 1923 Residence: Buried in Antioch Cemetery, DeKalb Co.
..................... +Mary L. ------- Born: 1876 Died: 1963
................. 3 Robert Greenbery Shankles Born: ca. 1868
................. 3 Thomas Shankles Born: ca. 1870
................. 3 Rebecca Shankles Born: ca. 1873
................. 3 Jonathan Shankles Born: ca. 1873
................. 3 Charles Shankles Born: ca. 1878
........ 2 Jesse G. Shankles Born: February 1839
............ +Ellen -------- Born: ca. 1841 Died: BEFORE 1900
................. 3 Susan Shankles Born: ca. 1858
................. 3 William R. Shankles Born: January 1861
..................... +Drusilla McCelravy Born: January 1870 Married: August 29, 1886 in DeKalb Co., Ala.
........................... 4 Leonia Shankles Born: February 1889
........................... 4 Fanny Shankles Born: April 1891
........................... 4 Jessie L. Shankles Born: March 1893
........................... 4 Wiley Shankles Born: May 1895
........................... 4 Emoline Shankles Born: March 1897
........................... 4 Sally A. Shankles Born: April 1900
................. 3 Samuel Shankles Born: ca. 1867
................. 3 Charles Shankles Born: ca. 1868
................. 3 Clarissa Shankles Born: April 1872
........ 2 Mary Shankles Born: ca. 1842
........ 2 Hannah Shankles Born: ca. 1843 Event 1: 1870 DeKalb Co. T 5 R 8 as Hannah Shankle
............ +Stephen Hastings Married: March 2, 1860 in Jackson County, Ala.
................. 3 Nancy Shankles Born: ca. 1862
................. 3 Mary J. Shankles Born: ca. 1864
................. 3 Elizabeth Shankles Born: ca. 1865
................. 3 James Shankles Born: ca. 1866
................. 3 Melinda Shankles Born: ca. 1868
........ 2 James Shankles Born: ca. 1844 Died: April 1860
........ 2 Samuel G. Shankles Born: ca. 1846 in Alabama Died: January 5, 1902 in DeKalb Co., Ala. Event 1: 1862 Fought in Union Cavalry Fact 2: 1850 Aged 3 in hh of John and Clarissa, DeKalb Co., Ala. Fact 3: 1870 Jackson Co., Ala., p. 6, aged 24 Fact 4: 1880Jackson Co., Ala., Kirbys Mill, ED 124, sht 14, age 34
Comment 1: Buried in Antioch Cemetery, DeKalb Co. with Civil War record Ethnicity/Relig.: 1/2 Cherokee
............ +Caroline Little Married: July 10, 1862 in DeKalb Co., Ala. Source: Loose Papers 1862
........ *2nd spouse of Samuel G. Shankles:
............ +Dovie Adeline Lackey Born: March 14, 1845 in Georgia Married: September 4, 1866 in DeKalb Co., Ala. Source: DeKalb Co. Marriages 1864-1875, page 215 Died: June 5, 1888 in DeKalb Co., Alabama
Event 1: “Dovie” may be indication of Bird Clan
Fact 2: 1850 Gilmer County as Lovina A. Lackey
Fact 3: 1860 Married Milligin Fossett as Dovey A. Lackey
Fact 4: 1866 Married Samuel Shankles as Dicey or Dody Fosset
Fact 5: May be adopted dau. of John & Lucinda Lackey
Comment 1: 1888 Buried in Fossett plot of Robertson Chapel cemetery as Dovie Adeline Shankle
Comment 2: 1880 Called Dora A. Shankles in census Ethnicity/Relig.: Cherokee, probably fullblood
................. 3 Milvina or Melinda Shankles Born: ca. 1868 Died: in Buried atop Sand Mountain
................. 3 John H. Shankles Born: ca. 1869
................. 3 Lucinda C. Shankles Born: ca. 1872 in Alabama Died: ca. 1898 in Alabama
Event 1: Middle name may have been Clarissa Ethnicity/Relig.: 3/4 blood Cherokee
..................... +James Lafayette ”Fate” Goble Born: July 1864 in Georgia Married: September 30, 1886 in Jackson Co. by L. L. Hayes Source: Jackson Co. Marriage Reg., p. 61 Died: January 22, 1918 in Hog Jaw, Jackson Co., Ala. Source: Alabama Deaths, vol. 3, p. 23 (J. L. Gable)
........................... 4 Seaborn E. Goble Born: December 1888 in Alabama
Comment 1: Died as young boy
........................... 4 Dovie Palestine Goble Born: March 2, 1890 in Kirby’s Mill, Jackson Co., Alabama (?) Died: March 19, 1920 in Langston, Jackson Co., Alabama Source: Alabama Death Cert. 5194
Comment 1: Buried in Goble Plot, Davis Cemetery, Langston, Ala.
Comment 2: 1900 Census says born July 1890 Ethnicity/Relig.: Halfblood Indian (Cherokee) Occupation: Homemaker
............................... +John Wesley Monroe Dolphus “Dolphy” Cooper Born: December 5, 1881 in Langston or Scottsboro, Alabama Source: Guion Miller says Oct 5, 1881 Married: January 31, 1912 in Jackson Co. Source: Jackson Co. Marriages, p. 472 Died: May 29, 1960 in Ft. Payne, Alabama Source: Gravestone says July 29, 1960
Event 1:1907 Guion-Miller Application 42018
Fact 2: 1900 DeKalb Co., Ala. census in Poplar Springs
Comment 1: Buried in Mt. Home Cemetery
Comment 2: Worked for Dee Vault (cotton & corn) Residence: Sand Mountain Ethnicity/Relig.: Family was “Irish and Indian” Occupation: Farmer and Woodworker
........................... 4 Mattie A. Goble Born: August 1892
........................... 4 Georgia “Georgie” L. Goble Born: March 1894 Died: ca. 1920
............................... +Thomas “Tom” Davis
................. 3 Barbara A. Shankles Born: ca. 1874
................. 3 Sephronia P. Shankles Born: ca. 1876
................. 3 Thomas G. Shankles Born: October 15, 1878 in DeKalb Co., Ala. Died: December 13, 1893 in DeKalb Co., Ala.
................. 3 Reuben Sidney Shankles Born: September 30, 1886
..................... +Sadie Francis Morris Born: December 3, 1886 Married: March 4, 1902 in DeKalb Co., Ala.
........................... 4 Mollie Shankles Born: February 22, 1923
............................... +Willis Warren Mountain Born: December 29, 1921
........ *3rd spouse of Samuel G. Shankles:
............ +Elvira (Vira) Frazier Married: September 6, 1888
Comment 1: Buried Old Antioch Church up Sylvania Gap Rd. from Fort Payne, Ala.
........ 2 Catharine Shankles Born: ca. 1849
........ 2 Martha J. Shankles Born: ca. 1851
............ +Thomas B. Skelton Married: August 12, 1872 in Jackson Co., Ala.
........ 2 Lucinda P. Shankles Born: ca. 1853
........ 2 Delilah A. Shankles Born: ca. 1857
........ 2 Ellen S. Shankles Born: ca. 1858
[4598] Document: Will of Joseph Waring
[4599]
WILL OF
JOSEPH WARING
South Carolina ) In the name of Almighty God Amen, ____ye whom it may
Colleton District ) concern that I Joseph Waring of St. Georges Parish Dorchester Planter living of sound mind and disposing memory but considering the uncertainty of life Do make this my last Will and Testament.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son William R. Waring One Negro fellow named Billy. Also Myrtilla, Claria, & Jacob to be delivered unto him after the payment of my debts and I wish it known that I give him no more in consequence of my having already Educated and given him a Profession by which with industry and perseverance he can accumulate a fortune, my property being small were I to leave him more considering the previous expense he has occasioned me would be doing my other children an Injustice therefore my leaving him a less portion of my property than the others arises from ---- causes not from deficiency of affection on my part or want of duty on that of my Son William.
Item I give and Bequeath unto my daughter Martha wife of Joseph H. Waring all my house hold and kitchen furniture.
Item The remainder of my Estate real and Personal I divide equally between my other three children share and share alike viz. My daughter Martha my Son Joseph I. Waring and my other daughter Amelia Eliza Waring to be divided or apportioned whenever my Son Joseph Ioor Waring comes to the age of twenty one years or my daughter Amelia arrives to the age of Eighteen or changing her condition and entering into the Holy State of Wedlock. In such case provided always that all just debts have been previously paid. In case of the death of my Son Joseph I. Waring or if my Daughter Amelia previous to arriving at the age Twenty one years or day of marriage as respects to my son, and previous to arriving at the age eighteen years or day of Marriage as regards my daughter. I give and bequeath to the Survivor or Survivors the share of the child or children so deceased Share and Share alike, But is expressly to be understood that this regards only my three children last named to wit my two daughters Martha and Amelia and my Son Joseph Ioor Waring. For in case of the decease of Son Joseph Ioor Waring and of and of Daughter Amelia of then previous to arriving of age or day of marriage my Son William R. Waring is to draw no share or in any way be benefited there by. In case of the decease of my Son Joseph and of Daughter Amelia previous to arriving the day of marriage then I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Martha all and singular the property of the two Children so deceased in case one only die so circumstance then the share of the one so dying must be equally divided between the two surviving.
I leave as my Executors to this my last Will and Testament Joseph Hall Waring and Joseph Ioor Waring and Richard George Waring. The ninth of February one thousand Eight hundred and fifteen.
Sealed & Signed in presence of
George Smith
Savage Smith
Joseph Waring
George H. Smith
The above is copied from a document in long hand which was in the possession of J. I. Waring (1941) Great-great-grandson of Joseph Waring. The Documents which is now filed in the S.C. Historical Society (Fireproof Building) in Charleston, S.C. since the signatures are all apparently in the same hand. It may have been the copy sent to William R. Waring who at the time of his father’s death living in Savannah.
(File # 43/18 Will Item 1815 Copy of the Will of Capt. Joseph Waring,
February 9, 1815, Colleton Dist., S.C.
[4600] Document: Robert Tate will (1790)
[4601]
[It is uncertain whether Robert was illiterate or merely too weak to sign his name; in either case, the will is signed with his mark. —SJCW]
WILL OF ROBERT TATE
Russell County, Virginia
Will Book 2, Pages 122-123
Executed 03 February 1807
Be it remembered that I, Robert Tate of the county of Russell in the State of Virginia being in a very weak and infirm state of body but of sound mind and desirous of settling my worldly affairs do make this my last will and testament giving and bequeathing as follows, viz:
Imprimis,
1st I do give to my wife Mary Tate one Negro woman named Luce and one Negro boy named Jim and also one Negro boy named Sulas and also four cows and calves, two two-year old heifers, one two year old steer and also two bay horses and one gray horse, and also all my household furniture and also all my stock of hogs and also the land I now live on and also all working tools thereto belonging except that piece or parcel of land lying on the south west side of the mill dam beginning at the big spring thence with the dam to the saw pit thence to the cave by the big sink hole thence to the line where it crosses Ovaltons road and also do give to my wife Mary Tate one still and the complements thereto belonging and also all my flock of sheep and also one yearling steer to hold during her natural life or widowhood then at her death or marriage to be decided between my son Joseph Tate and my son Alexander Tate and my son Aaron Tate and my daughter Polly Tate reserving to my wife Mary Tate her third part only in case she should marry.
Item, I give to my son John Tate and my son James Tate that piece or parcel of land above mentioned lying south-west of the mill dam and bounded as above
directed, only that my son John Tate and my son James Tate do pay my son Robert Tate a ten pounds horse each at the time they receive the land.
I give to my son Robert Tate one Negro girl named Ryah and also one mans saddle.
Item, I do direct that the above mentioned part of my estate except the land be appraised but not sold and also do except the Negro girl named Ryah which I gave to my son Robert Tate.
Item, I do direct that one mare and colt and one two-year old mare, three steers, one two-year old heifer and four of the ____ size of the big barrows to be sold to discharge my debts.
Confirmed and subscribed by me this twentieth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety ______.
Robert X Tate (Seal)
Test: Robert Tate junr.
Isaac Tate
John Tate
At a court held for Russell County the third day of February 1807.
This instrument of writing was exhibited in court as and for the last will and testament of Robert Tate dec’d and proven by the oath of John Tate one of the witnesses thereto and the hand writing of Robert Tate junr. another of the witnesses proven by the oath of the said John Tate and William Fugate and thereupon ordered to be recorded. And on motion of Mary Tate who made oath according to law and together with Richard Davis and Colbard Fugate her securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $2,500 conditioned as the law directs administration with the will annexed is granted her on the said decedents estate in due form.
Teste Henry Dickenson, C.R.C.
[4602] Document: Flavia Hall Waring obituary
[4603]
Comanche (TX) Chief, 17 Apr 1936
News of the death of one of Comanche’s most prominent and best loved citizens was received in Comanche Sunday morning when a message came about ten o’clock stating that Mrs. John D. Waring, Sr. had passed away at a Dallas hospital at 9:30 o’clock that morning following several months of illness.
The body was brought to the family home in Comanche early Monday morning and funeral services were held at the local St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church at five o’clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Robert Y. Davis of Brownwood officiating. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. Pall bearers were T. J. Williams, William Chilton, D. Charles Clarke, G. C. Bryson, N. N. Durham and John Cunningham.
Mrs. Waring was born in Marshall, Texas September 25, 1872, being the daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. J. M. Hall. In childhood she moved with her parents to Cleburne, where her father became one of the well known lawyers of the State and served for a number of years as a district judge.
She was married in Cleburne February 9, 1898 to John D. Waring, who had formerly lived in Cleburne, but at the time was living in Dublin. After a short residence in Dublin, Mr. and Mrs. Waring moved to Hico, coming to Comanche in 1903.
Mrs. Waring was a lady who appreciated the finer things of life. She was a leader in the Episcopal Church at Comanche and was active in social and civic affairs. She was one of the charter members and helped organize the Comanche Study Club and contributed much to its success. Her main interest, however, was in her home and family. She was ambition (sic) for her children, all of whom were given special training in school and later a college education. She and Mr. Waring had been married thirty-eight years at the time of her death.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Waring is survived by the following children: John D. Waring, Jr. of Comanche, Mrs. Tom F. Reese of Dallas, Miss Laura Lu Waring of Cisco, and Hayne Waring of Dallas. Surviving also are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. P. H. Dunlap of Dallas, Mrs. W. D. McKoy of Comanche, Mrs. Keith Chilton of Altus, Oklahoma; Robert G. Hall of Willington (sic), N.C., Colonel N. H. Hall of Palm Beach, Florida, and a foster-sister, Mrs. E. W. Harris of Fort Worth.
In addition to the children and their families, the following from out of town were in Comanche for the funeral: Mrs. Pearl Dunlap and son Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Ed McHale, Mrs. H. W. Sears, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Winder, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Whedbee, Mrs. T. McCabe Brown, A. P. Daniel, Oakes T. Turner, Miss Ann Orr, Ray L. Tribble, J. D. Henry, John J. Anderson, Ben K. Kerley, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Mullins, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Binford, all of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Warnell of Longview, Mrs. John Harris, Mrs. Lula Barrett, Mrs. Will Neal, Mrs. George Ray and Mrs. George Doubleday all of Dublin; Mrs. Gordon McMahan of Handley, Mrs. Keith Chilton, Mrs. Tom Bleeker and son, Keith, and Herbert Chilton all of Altus, Oklahoma, Mrs. Wilmot O’Dell of Fort Worth; Mrs. Joe Holleran of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Hart Shoemaker of Abilene and Mrs. C. H. Abbotts and Gene Abbotts, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Wright, Jr. and Mrs. J. A. Bearmon, Miss 8ster (sic) Hale, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McGinnis, Mrs. A.E. Cunningham, Mrs. W. E. Spencer, Mrs. J. D. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Homer McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ponder, Miss Ida Mae Collins, Miss Titia Bell Simmons, Mrs. R. N. Cluck and Miss Lucy Lewis all of Cisco.
[4604] Document: John D. Waring eulogy
[4605]
***JOHN D. WARING***
NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS — GREAT RESPECTER OF GOD
This week we were saddened by the death of John D. and I know that he will be greatly missed by all. In thinking over my short time with John D. and the many wonderful things I have heard about him during the past few days I feel that the greatest thing about him is that he was a great respecter of God. It is plain that John D. was able to rise to every occasion to which he was called, and was able to contribute a great deal to others. His love for others was evident at all times. Yet John D. did not try to agree with everyone to obtain their love and a slap on the back. He was straight forward and sincere with others and was loved by all for being John D. It didn’t matter who you were or what you were, you could always count on John D. to show you the love, consideration and honesty that were part of him. If he did not agree with you, it still didn’t matter who you were, John D. would still treat you in the same way. He had a great love for all and it was shown in his life. He was not a respecter of persons. John D. was a great respecter of God. That is evident by the life he lived. He gave of himself and his time unselfishly to the work of the Church not only St. Matthew’s but the Diocese too. But he knew that the work could only be done through the power of God and he received that through the worship of Almighty God. The basis of that worship was his attendance at the Holy Eucharist and his personal prayer life. That worship was then allowed to flow through him and into the lives of others. John D. had much to be proud of but one never felt that he was proud but rather that he allowed the power of God to flow through him to others. John D. [was] a great respecter of Almighty God. I consider it a great privilege to have been his priest and to have been with him as his soul departed this life. I Anointed him and pronounced the Absolution and then commended his soul to God. Pray for him as he will do for us. We are here worshipping and praising God. He is on the other side of the Altar worshipping and praising God in God we are united.
The Rev. John T. Salberg
[4606] Document: Frances Waring obituary (Chief)
[4607]
Comanche (TX) Chief, 15 Dec 1994
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Waring, 94, of Comanche passed away Thursday, December 9, 1994, at 9:52 a.m. in Western Hills Nursing Home in Comanche.
Services were held for Mrs. Waring at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 10, in St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church with Fr. Andrew Bradley officiating. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Comanche Funeral Home.
Mrs. Waring was born on September 23, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Otis Mills Carson and Martha Campbell Carson.
She received her college degree from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. She accepted a teaching job for the government in Puerto Rico. It was there she met John Dawson Waring, Jr., Comanchean who was an engineer with Sun Oil Co. in Venezuela and was vacationing in Puerto Rico. They were married on May 18, 1922.
The Warings moved to Comanche in 1925. In 1932 they purchased &ldsquo;Windy Hill” where she resided until her death. Mrs. Waring was a caseworker for the Department of Public Welfare in Comanche, until the untimely death of her husband in 1954 in a plane crash which she survived.
She then assumed his part of the Waring Insurance Co. and worked until her retirement.
Mrs. Waring was a devoted and loyal member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.
Also preceding Mrs. Waring in death were a daughter, Flavia Martha, who died in 1950, and a son, John Dawson Waring III, who died in 1992.
She is survived by one son, Joe Waring, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
[4608] Document: Evelyn Tate Stanton obituary
[4609]
Obituary of Mrs. Evelyn Tate Stanton
Comanche (TX) Chief, 28 Jan 1949
Mrs. Evelyn Stanton, 86, resident for 78 years, died Thursday, Jan 20, from
a fall suffered Christmas Eve when she was shooting firecrackers in the yard with a granddaughter. Buried at Board Church Cemetery, S. J. Isham officiating.
Described by her neighbors as one of the best women in the county. She was born 9 July [recte January] 1863, De Kalb Co., Alabama and came to Comanche with her parents. Baptist. Married at age 18 in 1881. Her husband died 43 years
ago leaving 6 children:
One infant son, deceased
Merlin Stanton, deceased [Myrlene Stanton Reese’s father].
J. B. Stanton, a lumber dealer at Temple, deceased,
Mrs. H. B. Redwine, Throckmorton,
Bob Stanton of Comanche,
B. L. Stanton of Stephenville.
[4610] Document: George W. Tate obituary
[4611]
Obit for George Washington Tate
Comanche (TX) Chief, 18 December 1931
George W. Tate d. 16 December 1931 at home. Had been in poor health about 2 years. Buried from the residence. Son of Robert H. & Julia Tate. George W. born 14 February 1863, De Kalb Co., Alabama. Came to Texas at age 7 [not exactly true. The family apparently arrived in Comanche County by fall of 1871 —MTW] Married Ava Robertson, 16 February 1905 [I think she was from Dublin but should verify. —MTW]. John [Franklin] and George opened Tate Bros. Grocery in 1896. Added hardware in 1905. Later added dry goods. George retired on account of health about 10 years ago. Survivors: wife,
daughter Elizabeth, siblings: J.H., J.F., and Mrs. E. Stanton of Comanche,
Mrs. T. B. Seago of Gustine, Mrs. W. B. Dunlap of Ballinger, Mrs. L. A.
Odell, Quanah, and half sister Mrs. A. J. F. Janes of Lamesa.
[4612] Document: John F. Tate obituary
[4613]
Obituary of John F. Tate
Comanche (TX) Chief, 28 Jan. 1949, p. 1, col. 4
John F. Tate, 83, died suddenly at home Tuesday night. Services by Comanche Funeral Home. Rev. Arthur Johnson in charge [First Baptist Church minister] Head of Tate & Son Tobacco Co., a stockholder in the State National Bank. Quotation from a sketch by Rev. Johnson:
[John F. Tate] A quiet, successful, good man was born 21 September 1865, one of ten children [b. De Kalb Co., Alabama. This refers to the children of Robert Hood Tate and his second wife, Julianne.] Surviving siblings are Mrs. T. B. Seago, Mrs. Fannie Blake Dunlap, Mrs. Cornelia Odell, and J. H. [James Henry] Tate. [His sister] Mrs. Eveline Stanton buried only last Friday.
Moved from De Kalb Co., Alabama to Comanche County in 1870 [recte 1871.] Entered retail business in 1896 and operated wholesale or retail business ever since.
His life is appreciated by those who knew him best. Though well past the three score and ten, he had a deep sense of humor. He is one whom the younger generation might emulate. Though at an age that often demands retirement, he still plied his tools, carving out his own niche in life that he might serve his own generation in a way that seemed best to him.
Truly he was of pioneer stock that sought to leave a better trail for posterity than that he found. The piety of his life was well demonstrated in that a few hours before he left the walks of men the songs of Zion were on his lips.
[4614] Debbie Waring to Sam Waring, interview
[4615] Joe M.C. Waring is the source for lost grave story.
[4616] Comanche County Marriage Records vol B. p. 269
[4617] Comanche County marriage records vol. B-2 p. 37
[4618] Holograph document by Olive McWhirter, Greenville, Texas, dated 22 Aug 1930
[4619] Effie Birdwell at Cunningham family reunion, 8 Aug 1992
[4620] DeKalb Co. AL Marriage records, Loose papers 1836-37-38
[4621] DeKalb Co. AL Marriage records, Loose papers
[4622] DeKalb Co. AL Marriage records, Loose papers 1858
[4623] Comanche County Marriage Records, Vol. C, p. 157
[4624] Probate Court Records, DeKalb Co., AL
[4625] Texas State DAR Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors, Vol. 1, A-C p. 488
[4626] Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky, by William Kozee
[4627] Letter, Frankie Dean White to Preston Tate, 28 Aug 1978
[4628] Tate Families of the Southern States, Vol. II; Updike & Mentzel.
[4629] Letter, Adjutant General’s Office, War Department, 19 Apr 1921
[4630] Pension Application, Warren A. Wetzel, 11 Mar 1921
[4631] Letter, Robert S. Calvert to Mabel Huckaby, 11 May 1956
[4632] Birth register, Comanche, Texas
[4633] Comanche County Marriage Records, Vol. C, p. 143
[4634] 1860 census, DeKalb Co., Alabama
[4635] 1880 census, Comanche Co., Texas
[4636] G. Preston Tate to Margaret Waring, 1957
[4637] Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions, vol. IV
[4638] Margaret Waring ancestor chart; 24 Nov 1983
[4639] Comanche (TX) Chief, Evelyn Stanton obituary, 28 Jan 1949
[4640] Comanche (TX) Chief, &ldsquo;Wagon Wheels’ column, 14 Jul 1979
[4641] Letter, G. W. Killiam to Alma Cox, 19 Sep 1932
[4642] Letter, Steven Kensing to Margaret Waring, undated
[4643] Letter, Margaret Waring to Steven Kensing, undated
[4644] Margaret T. Waring, personal knowledge
[4645] Letter, Arlan Womble to MTW, 15 Aug 1967
[4646] Comanche (TX) Chief-Exponent, G. P. Wetzel obituary, Jan 1914
[4647] Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions, vol. III
[4648] Comanche (TX) Chief-Exponent, G. P. Wetzel obituary, Jan 1914; Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions, vol. III
[4649] Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions, vol. I
[4650] Deposition, Martha Ann Tate, 29 Apr 1957
[4651] 1900 census, Comanche Co., Texas
[4652] Comanche County Marriage Records 1855-1903
[4653] 1860 census, Murray Co., Georgia
[4654] 1850 census, Murray Co., Georgia
[4655] Cunningham Family Centennial Reunion, genealogy, 1989
[4656] Waring Family genealogy, compiled by Joseph Ioor Waring; publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXIV (1923)
[4657] “Revolutionary Letters,” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXVIII (1937)
[4658] “Marriage and Death Notices in the South Carolina Weekly Gazette;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XVIII (1917)
[4659] “Abstract of South Carolina Marriage Bonds,” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XIX (1918)
[4660] “Inscriptions from Pine Hill and Cypress Plantations,” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XX (1919)
[4661] “Upper Ashley River Plantations,” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XX (1920)
[4662] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston Morning Post, Daily Advertiser, and City Gazette;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXI (1920)
[4663] “Cemetery Inscriptions from Strawberry Chapel;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXI (1920)
[4664] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston City Gazette; publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXVIII (1927)
[4665] Georgetown Gazette, from “Notes Relating to Georgetown, SC;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, v. XXXII (1931)
[4666] “Register of the Independent Congregational (Circular) Church, Charleston;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXIII (1932)
[4667] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston City Gazette;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXIV (1933)
[4668] “Letters from the Schenckingh Smiths;” South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXV (1934)
[4669] South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XII (1911)
[4670] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston City Gazette;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXVIII (1937)
[4671] “Inscriptions from Yeaman’s Hall,” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXVIII (1937)
[4672] History of South Carolina (1934), v. 4, p. 696
[4673] History of South Carolina (1934), v. 4, p. 599
[4674] Who’s Who in South Carolina, 1921
[4675] “Memoirs of Frederick Adolphus Porcher;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XLVI (1945)
[4676] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston City Gazette;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXIX (1938)
[4677] Waties family genealogy; publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XLV (1944)
[4678] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston City Gazette;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XLIV (1943)
[4679] “Dr. Anthony Cordes and Descendants;” publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XLIV (1943)
[4680] South Carolina Women in the Confederacy, South Carolina chapter, UDC, 1903
[4681] South Carolina Marriages 1688-1820 & Supplement; by Brent Holcomb
[4682] Marriage & Death Notices in the Charleston Observer, 1827-1845; by Brent Holcomb
[4683] South Carolina Magazine for Ancestral Research, v. 7 # 2
[4684] Parish register, St. Philip, Charleston, 1754-1810
[4685] South Carolina Magazine for Ancestral Research
[4686] 1850 census, Colleton Co., South Carolina
[4687] 1850 census, Charleston Co., South Carolina
[4688] Genealogical chart, compiled by Emily R. Farrow of Charleston, SC; undated
[4689] South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799
[4690] Letter, Sarah Waring White to Frances Waring, 10 Feb 1961
[4691] 1880 census, Colleton Co., South Carolina
[4692] 1880 census, Charleston Co., SC
[4693] Martha C. Carson, UDC certificate, 1931
[4694] Personal knowledge
[4695] South Carolina Magazine for Ancestral Research, vol. 5
[4696] Reminiscences of Octavia Haygood to MTW, 1960
[4697] Undated notes by Margaret Waring
[4698] Undated notes from Isaac Haygood to Nima Tate
[4699] 1850 census, Chattooga Co., Georgia
[4700] History of McDowells, Erwins, Irwins, & Connections by John H. McDowell; Memphis, 1918
[4701] Letter, J. A. Campbell to Martha C. Carson, 19 Feb 1915
[4702] Letter, W. P. Campbell to Jane Campbell ___________, Feb 1928
[4703] Letter, J.A. Campbell to Martha C. Carson, 8 Mar 1915
[4704] Catherine R. Carson—DAR admission papers for Frances C. Waring
[4705] Military Service record, John H. Carson, 24 Oct 1903
[4706] Newspaper article, Asheville Citizen, 31 Aug 1930
[4707] Social Security Death Index, ssdi.ancestry.com
[4708] Elizabeth H. Waring, personal knowledge
[4709] Mary B. Harry genealogical notes, undated
[4710] Virginia Colonial Abstracts, p. 77
[4711] Åkeson-Johnson genealogy chart, undated
[4712] Burlington: Part of a Greater Chronicle, 1976
[4713] Ancestry.com name database
[4714]
Joe M. Cunningham Web page,
http://atlantis.austin.apple.com/people.pages/joecunham/Genealogy/SURNMES.html
[4715] Richard Bates research to Margaret Waring & Sam Waring, 1999
[4716] Cemetery census by Jonathan Mallard <jon@c-zone.net>
[4717] Christopher K. Perry <jep@c-com.net>, at Gene Stark’s Index of GenWeb Surnames
[4718] Darrell Sego <dsego@netusa1.net> page
[4719] Miller Surname Page <chmiller@intertex.net>
[4720] Terri Clayton & Gerald Affeldt’s Genealogical Database <microsaur@granitecity.com>
[4721]
Enfield-Bryant Genealogy page
(http://www.gendex.com/users/Enf_Bry/Enf_Bry/)
[4722] Foshee family page (http://www.culpepper.net/genealogy/foshee/)
[4723] Frances Waring interview, undated
[4724] Freda B. Waring interview, undated
[4725] Margaret T. Waring research
[4726] John D. Waring marriage license
[4727] LaGroon Redmond <lagroon@bellsouth.net>
[4728] Winch family database, Carolyn Proffitt Winch <gumby@edge.net>
[4729] Jan Burgess Morrow <bjmoro.atl@worldnet.att.net>
[4730] John Ball Waring, per Waring Hills <wwhills@yahoo.com>
[4731] McWh*rter family database, from Alan McWhirter <XCHM58A@prodigy.com>
[4732] A Passion for Justice, Tinsley Yarbrough; Oxford, 1987.
[4733] Doris Gore interview, 31 Jan 1999
[4734] Email, Margaret Waring to SJCW
[4735] Linda Graham, 5 Apr 1999
[4736] Origins of European Colonists of South Carolina, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/webdoc3.htm, John J. Simons III <simonsj@internetx.net>
[4737] Descendants of Thomas Smith, as provided by John James Simons III <simonsj@internetx.net>, 15 Feb 1999
[4738] Descendants of William Hayne Waring, as provided by Elizabeth Waring Noble <noblehouse@setnet.net>, 16 Feb 1999
[4739] “A History of the Waring Plantations and Cemeteries near Summerville, SC,” unpublished paper by Elizabeth Waring Noble, rev. Jan 1999
[4740] Ancestors of John Dawson Waring chart, provided by Elizabeth W. Noble to SJCW, 1999
[4741] “Lists of Inhabitants of St. John's Berkeley Parish, 1762-1764,” in South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research Vol. XVI #3, Summer 1988
[4742] 1800 census, Burke Co., NC
[4743]
Green River Plantation Cemetery survey, W. D. Floyd
(http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/GrnRivPl.html)
[4744]
Mills Cemetery survey, W. D. Floyd
(http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/Mills.html)
[4745] Elizabeth Waring Noble <noblehouse@tds.net>
[4746] Telegram, John D. Waring Jr. to Martha C. Carson
[4747] National Archives & Records Administration archives; Confederate parole records for siege of Vicksburg.
[4748] Broderbund World Family Tree Vol. 3
[4749] Virginia Land Office Patents & Grants
[4750] Descendants of John Shankle(s), from Donald Panther-Yates <PANTHER_D@popmail.firn.edu>
[4751] Email, Donald Panther-Yates <PANTHER_D@popmail.firn.edu>, to RootsWeb SHANKLE-L listserv, 31 Aug 1999
[4752] Ruth Ann Fults <fults@blomand.net>
[4753] Tate Families of the Southern States, Vol. I; Updike & Mentzel
[4754]
Tate census abstracts for Alabama,
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/4806/alcensus2.html
[4755]
Tate census abstracts for Tennessee,
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/4806/tncensus.html
[4756] Comanche Funeral Home records, unpublished
[4757] Fincastle Co., VA, Deed book pp. 80-81
[4758] The Tate Families of Russell County, VA, by David Farris (Gateway Press, 1986)
[4759] Laura Lu Waring Bruton to Esther T. Harvey, Dec. 1989
[4760] Charleston Business Guide and Directory, 1872-73
[4761] Esther Toomer Harvey, 1989
[4762] Lynda E. Gibbs <lynda2@bellsouth.net>
[4763] Josiah Smith, Jr., Letter Book; Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection (1954).
[4764] “Josiah Smith’s Diary, 1780-1781,” Mabel L. Webber, ed., publ. in South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, XXXIII (January 1932), pp. 1-28
[4765] Charles H. Miller <chmiller@intertex.net>, at Ancestry.com
[4766] Christian Garth Knight <swrad@juno.com>
[4767] Autobiography of Nellie Bly Tate Heywood — March 13, 1887 to July 12,1973
[4768] 1880 Census, Enumeration Dist. 37, Kaufman Co., TX
[4769] Photo of Tate tombstone at Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona; Chris Knight <swrad@juno.com>
[4770] Christian Garth Knight <swrad@juno.com>
[4771] Ed Parker <wmbm@bellsouth.net>
[4772] Twyla Pardue <pardue2026@aol.com>, from Ancestry.com
[4773] “Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina: Burke Co.” by Emmett R. White
[4774] Cleburne Memorial Cemetery of Johnson County, Texas
[4775] John Ball Waring, on edistoisland@yahoogroups.com
[4776] Christie Verdonik <La Purpura@aol.com>, on edistoisland@yahoogroups.com
[4777] Waring “Butch” Hills, on edistoisland@yahoogroups.com
[4778] Edward Manigault, on edistoisland@yahoogroups.com
[4779] “Marriage Records of William States Lee, 1816-1871,” South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, X #3 (July 1909).
[4780] Terry Meggett <jpreno45@aol.com>, on edistoisland@yahoogroups.com
[4781] Tombstone Records of Magnolia Cemetery (1940)
[4782] “Registry of St. Philip’s Parish 1754-1810”
[4783] “Descendants of John Ball Waring,” ms. from John Ball Waring <jbwaring@charleston.net>
[4784] John C. Foster <JCF456@aol.com>, on edistoisland@yahoogroups.com
[4785] “Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston Mercury, 1822-1832”
[4786] “Marriage and Death Notices in the Charleston Mercury 1822-1832”
[4787] Waring-Dawson descendant chart, John B. Waring
[4788] Waring-Vanderhorst descendant chart; John Ball Waring
[4789] Harry Ancestors book, by Franklin Parmenio Harry; 1945 (MS)
[4790] Jan Wilbur <cvwilbur@juno.com>, Frederick, MD
[4791] Dixie Brodigan <brodigan@wfeca.net>
[4792] Charleston Marriages 1877-1895
[4793] Jim Grigsby <juneg@earthlink.net>, Lake Brownwood, TX
[4794] Comanche County Marriage Records, Vol. A, p. 53
[4795] 1880 census, DeKalb Co., Alabama
[4796] <SALLY228@aol.com>
[4797] 1850 census, DeKalb Co., Alabama
[4798] WARING-L Archives, RootsWeb