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Ida Carolyn Clayton
(1848-1910)
And Some of Her Descendants
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Generation One
1. Ida Carolyn CLAYTON (pictured above--portraits courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy), first of the eight children of Joseph Alvey CLAYTON and Margaret Amanda POOLE, was born on 24 May 1848 in Washington County, Texas.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 She married James Thomas FORTSON, son of Benjamin Joseph FORTSON and Elizabeth Ann Titus HOLLIDAY, on 20 Jun 1867 in Navarro County, Texas.8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 She died on 30 Aug 1910 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 62.16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 She was buried in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.24,25,26,27 She attended Independence Academy (predecessor to Baylor University), at Independence, Texas, and was far-sighted and accomplished in business. Although she was a Methodist (there is no record of her husband's church affiliation), a Baptist elder, Josiah Leake, performed their marriage.28,29
To read an obituary of Ida Clayton
Fortson, |
James Thomas FORTSON (pictured above--portraits courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy) was born on 27 Sep 1840 in Monroe County, Mississippi (near Aberdeen).30,31,32,33,34,35 He died on 11 Jan 1892 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 51.36,37,38 He was buried in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.39,40,41 He arrived in the Chatfield area in 1848 and attended the Chatfield public school. He served in the Confederate army, entering in 1861, and was wounded three times; one bullet hit his arm, and another passed through his body, entering near his spine and exiting through his chest. He was a farmer and stockman. He and Ida lived in Chatfield for a number of years and then moved to near Rice. After he died she moved the family into Rice.42,43
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Children of Ida Carolyn CLAYTON and James Thomas FORTSON were:
- + 2. i. Martha Eugenia ('Mattie') FORTSON, born 4 May 1868 in Navarro County, Texas; married J. Curtis GLENN.
- 3. ii. John Titus FORTSON (pictured at left, in
1928--portrait courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy) was born on 4 Feb 1870 in Navarro County, Texas (near Rice).44,45,46,47,48 He
married Viola HAYNIE, daughter of John Burrow HAYNIE and Mary
A. JONES, on 10 Jun 1903 in Navarro County, Texas.49,50,51,52,53 He
died on 1 Aug 1938 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 68.54,55,56,57,58 He was buried in Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.59,60 He was named for his uncle, John FORTSON, who died in 1868. He was about six feet tall and at age 62 weighed about
215 lbs. He and his brother, Joe, owned considerable farm land in Navarro County. In Rice
they also operated a cotton gin and owned interests in the First State Bank and a
mercantile business. John and Viola lived in Corsicana, Texas and had no children.61,62,63 To read "Of Rice
People Who Are Great and Those Who Are Growing
Great," a 1910 Rice Rustler article about the commercial endeavors of
brothers John and Joe Fortson, click here. - + 4. iii. Joseph Benjamin FORTSON, born 31 Mar 1872 in Navarro County, Texas; married Lyda MCGEE.
- 5. iv. Margaret Amanda ('Maggie') FORTSON (pictured at right-portrait courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy) was born on 2 Aug 1874 in Navarro County, Texas.64,65,66 She married John Jacob MATTHEWS, son of Thomas MATTHEWS, on 12 Jun 1912.67,68,69 She died on 24 Nov 1940 in Henderson County, Texas, at age 66.70 They lived in Athens, Texas and had no children.71,72
- 6. v. Mary Elizabeth FORTSON was born on 6 Aug 1876 in Navarro County, Texas.73,74 She died eleven days later, on 17 Aug 1876 in Navarro County, Texas.75,76 She was buried in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.77
- 7. vi. Lou Ellen ('Lula') FORTSON (pictured above with her
husband, Tom Queen (in the early 1950s in the right photo)--left photo courtesy of Ann
Fortson Marcy and right photo courtesy of Dorothy Bartlett) was born on 18
Aug 1878 in Navarro County, Texas.78,79 She married Thomas
David ('Tom') QUEEN, son of David A. QUEEN and Sue C. BOWDEN, on 20 Jan 1901 in Navarro County, Texas.80,81,82,83 She died on 29 May 1955 in Rice,
Navarro County, Texas, at age 76.84,85 She was buried in Rice,
Navarro County, Texas.86 They operated a
dry goods store in Rice. They had no children.87,88
- + 8. vii. Ida Mae FORTSON, born 29 May 1881 in Navarro County, Texas; married Robert Leslie HARPER.
- + 9. viii. James Thomas FORTSON Jr., born 3 Apr 1884 in Navarro County, Texas; married Laura Ursula ('Connie') CONRAD.
- + 10. ix. Anna Pauline FORTSON, born 26 Aug 1886 in Navarro County, Texas (near Rice); married Roger Frost ('Rod') BARTLETT.
- 11. x. Carolyn Frances ('Callie') FORTSON (pictured at right--portrait courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy) was born on 18 Jan 1889 in Navarro County, Texas (near Rice).89,90 She married Walter Scott ('Hollie') HOLLISTER on 7 Jan 1917.91,92 She died on 25 Dec 1941 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 52.93,94 She was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. In some records her name is given as Caroline. They lived in Dallas.
Generation Two
2. Martha Eugenia ('Mattie') FORTSON (Ida CLAYTON) was born on 4 May 1868 in Navarro County, Texas.95,96,97,98,99 She married J. Curtis GLENN on 15 Nov 1891 in Navarro County, Texas.100,101,102,103 She died on 20 Sep 1893 at age 25.104 She was buried in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.105 She was known as Mattie and Big Sister. She was said to have died in childbirth, but cemetery records indicate that the child lived about four months and that she died about ten days after the child died.106,107
Children of Martha Eugenia ('Mattie') FORTSON and J. Curtis GLENN were:
- 12. i. (Daughter) GLENN was born on 10 May 1893.108 She died on 10 Sep 1893.109 She was buried in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.110
4. Joseph
Benjamin FORTSON (Ida CLAYTON) (pictured
at left--portrait courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy) was born on 31 Mar 1872 in Navarro County, Texas.111,112 He married Lyda MCGEE, daughter of John
Abraham MCGEE M.D. and Laura Paralee SESSIONS, on 22 Jun 1904 in Rice,
Navarro County, Texas.113,114,115,116,117,118 He died on 22 Nov 1950 in Corsicana,
Navarro County, Texas, at age 78.119,120,121,122 He was buried in Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.123,124 He and his brother, John, owned
considerable farm land in Navarro County. In Rice they also operated a cotton gin and
owned interests in the First State Bank and a mercantile business, and Joe was president
of the school board when the 1912 schoolhouse was built. He and his family moved to
Corsicana in 1923. He was a director of Corsicana National Bank and the bank into which it
merged in 1931, the First National Bank of Corsicana, and from 1920 to 1927 he was
president of Corsicana National. He also had interests in ice plants in Corsicana and
Palestine, Tex., the Navarro Hotel in Corsicana, General American Finance Co. in
Corsicana, and a mercantile business in Rice. He was a director of the Trinity Improvement
Association. They lived in a large, three-story house at 220 N. 14th St. in Corsicana.
They were active in the Methodist churches in Rice and Corsicana and established a
scholarship in the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist Univ. He died after a
short illness following a heart attack. He was about the same weight and complexion as his
brother John but was about two inches shorter.125,126,127,128 To read "Of Rice People Who Are
Great and Those Who Are Growing Great," a 1910 Rice Rustler article about
the commercial endeavors of brothers Joe and John Fortson, click here.
Lyda MCGEE (pictured at right--portrait courtesy of Ann Fortson Marcy) was born on 22 Dec 1880 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.129,130,131,132,133 She died on 13 Dec 1967 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 86.134,135,136,137 She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.138 She graduated from Kidd-Key College in Sherman, Texas in 1901. Her Sessions ancestors were Scots who came to America in 1630. One of the immigrants, John, was provisional governor of Connecticut under King James. A son of one of John's brother married a niece of Daniel Boone, and the Boone name appeared in several subsequent generations. The Sessions family reached present Navarro County, Texas in 1846 when Isaac Boone Sessions arrived from North Carolina to settle in what was then Robertson County. He helped organize Navarro County, was foreman of its first grand jury, and served as justice of the peace and as commissioner for several years.139
Children of Joseph Benjamin FORTSON and Lyda MCGEE who are now deceased were:
- 13. i. Joseph Benjamin ('Joe B') FORTSON Jr was born on 13 Jul 1905 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.140,141,142 He married Ruby Loyce SYKES on 28 Aug 1935.143,144 He married Mary Frances PRINCE on 29 Aug 1986 in Orange County, Texas.145 He died on 23 Sep 1988 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 83.146,147,148 He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.149 He attended Texas Military Academy and Vanderbilt University. He was a director of First State Bank in Rice from 1950 to his death and of First National Bank of Corsicana and its successors from 1952 to his death. He was a member of Haynie Memorial Methodist Church of Rice all his life and of First United Methodist Church of Corsicana since 1923. He was an investor, farmer, and rancher.150
- 14. ii. Laura M. FORTSON was born on 7 Aug 1907 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.150a,150b,150c,150d She married Eliot Alexander JOHNSTON, son of Horace Greeley JOHNSTON and Genevive CHANCEY, on 26 Jan 1928 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.150e,150f,150g She died on 2 Nov 2002 in Corsicana, Navarro County, County, Texas, at age 95150h and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.150i She graduated from Corsicana (Tex.) High School and Ward-Belmont College in Nashville, Tennessee and attended Southern Methodist University. They lived in the antebellum home of U.S. Senator Roger Q. Mills on West Second Avenue in Corsicana, which they bought in 1944 and which bears a Texas historical marker. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana.150j Her only child, Judith Claire JOHNSTON, and her husband predeceased her, and she was survived by two granddaughters, a grandson, three great-granddaughters, three great-grandsons, a great-great-granddaughter, and a great-great-grandson.150k
- 14a. iii. John McGee FORTSON was born on 11 Dec 1909.151,152 He died on 10 Jun 1912 in Ellis County, Texas, at age 2.153,154 He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.155
8. Ida Mae FORTSON (Ida CLAYTON)
(pictured at right--photo courtesy of Janette Dilworth) was born
on 29 May 1881 in Navarro County, Texas.156,157 She married
Robert Leslie HARPER on 4 Sep 1901 in Navarro County, Texas.158,159,160,161
She died on 18 Jul 1958 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 77.162,163
Children of Ida Mae FORTSON and Robert Leslie HARPER were:
- 15. i. Robert Leslie HARPER Jr was born on 5 Jun 1910 in Navarro County, Texas.164 He married Marjorie RATTAN on 14 Mar 1942 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.165 He died on 21 Mar 1974 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 63.166,167 He was buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. They lived in Dallas, Texas.168
- 16. ii. Mattie Beth HARPER was born on 17 Mar 1903.169 She married Samuel Arthur MOORE Jr.170 She died on 16 May 1990 in Tarrant County, Texas, at age 87.171,172
9. James Thomas ('Tom') FORTSON Jr. (Ida CLAYTON) (pictured at left--portrait courtesy of Ann Fortson
Marcy) was born on 3 Apr 1884 in Navarro County, Texas.173,174,175 He married Laura Ursula ('Connie') CONRAD
on 3 Jul 1917.176,177 He died on 24 May 1959 in Navarro County,
Texas, at age 75.178,179 He was buried in City Cemetery, Mexia,
Limestone County, Texas.180,181
Laura Ursula ('Connie') CONRAD was born on 7 Sep 1892.182,183 She died on 31 Dec 1977 in Navarro County, Texas, at age 85.184,185,186 She was buried in City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.187 She taught school in Rice. Her father was a doctor.188
Children of James Thomas FORTSON Jr. and Laura Ursula ('Connie') CONRAD were:
- 17. i. Ruby Frances FORTSON was born on 11 Apr 1918 in Navarro County, Texas.189,190 She died on 19 Jan 1919 in Navarro County, Texas.191,192 She was buried in City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.193 One source gives her name as Mary Frances. She died in infancy.194
- 18. ii. Doris Ann FORTSON was born on 15 May 1920.195 She died on 6 May 1997 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 76.196,197 She was buried in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.198 She never married.199
10. Anna Pauline FORTSON (Ida CLAYTON) (pictured
at left) was born on 26 Aug 1886 in Navarro County, Texas
(near Rice).200,201,202,203,204,205 She married Roger Frost ('Rod') BARTLETT, son of Jesse Marshall
('J.M.') BARTLETT and Mary Hester ('Mollie') CLOPTON, on 25 Dec 1907 in Rice,
Navarro County, Texas.206,207 She died on 30 Sep 1972 in Dallas, Dallas
County, Texas, at age 86.208,209,210,211,212 She was buried
in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.213
She was born on the family farm about two miles east of Rice and was named for Anna
Fortson Owen, a sister of her father. The family later moved into a house just north of
the Baptist church in Rice. She attended Kidd-Key College in Sherman, Texas. When they
married they moved into a house near where the Southern Pacific tracks crossed the Emhouse
road south of Rice; later they moved into Rice, a few houses south of his parents' home.
She died of cancer at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.214
Roger Frost ('Rod') BARTLETT
(pictured at right) was born on 7 Feb 1886 on the
family farm south of Rice, Navarro County, Texas.215,216,217,218 He died on 10
Nov 1942 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas, at age 56.219,220,221,222,223 He was buried in Rice, Navarro County,
Texas.224 After attending Southwestern
University in Georgetown, Texas for perhaps a year, he returned to Rice to farm and
operate various businesses, including a cotton yard. He operated a cotton gin at his
death. Active in local Democratic Party politics and mayor of Rice at his death, from a
brain tumor, in his later years he also was active in civil defense and boy scout work. He
and his wife lived in Rice and were Methodists.225,226,227
Children of Anna Pauline FORTSON and Roger Frost ('Rod') BARTLETT who are now deceased were:
- 19. i. Roger Frost ('Tad') BARTLETT Jr was born on 1 Apr 1912 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.228,229,230,231,232 He died on 14 Sep 1979 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 67.235,236,237 He was buried in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.238,239 He graduated from Rice High School in 1929 (as valedictorian) and from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) in 1933 with a B.S.M.E. degree. He was on active duty with the U.S. Army from early 1941 to late 1945, teaching at U.S. bases until late 1944, when he was ordered to Czechoslovakia, where he served as a major in the Third Army. Except for his active military service, all of his career was with Cooper-Bessemer Corporation in Dallas (1934-1968) and Houston (1968-1970). They moved back to Rice in December 1972.
1. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson,
Augusta, Ga., "A Fortson Line", p. 4 (giving only the date). This undated
typewritten document was addressed to "Mrs. French." A copy now in the
possession of Roger Bartlett, Austin, Tex., was provided about 1976 by Laura Fortson
Johnston.
2. Ann Marcy, 1050 Camelot, Clinton, Okla. 73601,
charts and information sent to Roger Bartlett, 7 May 1996 (giving only the year and not
naming the place).
3. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3
(Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), p. 23 (giving only the date).
4. 1880 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Texas,
enumeration dist. 129, p. 41, family 7 (indicating that she was born in Tennessee circa
1848).
5. Maggie Highnote, undated records (giving only the
date and stating that she was born at 8:00 a.m.). These five pages are marked "Record
from Family Bible (Clayton)" on one page and "Family Record" on another.
Two pages are on letterhead of Charles H. Highnote, 616 S. 15th St., Corsicana, Tex. Some
or all are thought to have been written by Mrs. Highnote from a family bible. The bible
probably is now in the San Jacinto battlefield museum, near Houston, Texas. Joe Guthrie,
Corsicana, Tex., provided copies to Roger Bartlett on 31 May 1973.
6. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
7. "Our Fortson Line," undated manuscript,
p. 2 (giving only the year and not naming the place). James E. Fortson, Corsicana, Tex.,
provided a copy of this three-page manuscript, which he and his wife prepared, to Roger
Bartlett in May 1996.
8. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
9. Marriage Records, Navarro County, Tex., vol. 1, p.
222.
10. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and information,
above (giving only the date).
11. Maggie Highnote, undated records, above (no
date or place).
12. Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and
Texans, ed. Eugene C. Barker and Ernest William Winkler (Chicago, Ill.: The American
Historical Society, 1914), vol. IV, p. 1727, s.v. "Mitchell
S. Clayton" (not giving the date or place and giving his name as James P.
Fortson).
13. Mattie Beth Harper Moore, "Historical
Facts About Rice and Chatfield, Texas, Navarro County, and of Families of Both Communities,"
in Navarro County Scroll 1967 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Hist. Soc'y,
1967), pp. 28-35, p. 31 (giving only the date).
14. Susie Robinson, Corsicana, Tex., letter
believed to be to Will Bachman in California, 18 Sep 1938, p. 6 (no date or place).
15. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
16. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
17. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and information,
above (giving only the year and place).
18. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3,
above, p. 23 (giving only the date).
19. Records of Bank Sutherland Funeral Home (later
McCammon Funeral Home), Corsicana, Texas, in Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. IV,
no. 3 (Aug 1981), p. 12 (giving only the date).
20. Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and
Texans, above, vol. IV, p. 1727, s.v. "Mitchell
S. Clayton" (stating that she died at Rice, Texas but not giving the date).
21. Mattie Beth Harper Moore, "Historical
Facts About Rice and Chatfield, Texas," above, p. 32 (giving only the date).
22. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
23. Ibid., p. 2.
24. Rice Rustler, Rice, Tex., 2 Sep 1910 (obituary
of Mrs. Ida C. Fortson).
25. Grave marker, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Tex.
(common marker with James T. Fortson and Mary E. Fortson) (not giving the date).
26. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3,
above, p. 23 (not giving the date).
27. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (not giving the date).
28. Mattie Beth Harper Moore, "Historical
Facts About Rice and Chatfield, Texas," above, pp. 31-32.
29. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2.
30. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
31. Grave marker, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Tex.
(giving only the date).
32. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and information,
above (giving Aberdeen, Mississippi as his birthplace).
33. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3,
above, p. 23 (giving only the date).
34. Mattie Beth Harper Moore, "Historical
Facts About Rice and Chatfield, Texas," above, p. 32 (giving only the date).
35. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2.
36. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and information,
above (giving only the year and not naming the place).
37. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3,
above, p. 23 (giving only the date).
38. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2.
39. Grave marker, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Tex.
(giving only the birth and death dates) (common marker with Ida Clayton Fortson and Mary
E. Fortson, and bearing Confederate insignia).
40. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3,
above, p. 23.
41. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2.
42. Mattie Beth Harper Moore, "Historical
Facts About Rice and Chatfield, Texas," above, pp. 31-32.
43. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2.
44. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
45. 1880 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Texas,
enumeration dist. 129, p. 41, family 7 (indicating that he was born in Texas circa 1870).
46. Maggie Highnote, undated records, above (giving
only the date).
47. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
48. Obituary
of John Titus Fortson, online,
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/obituaries/pg000005.htm#Fortson, John Titus, downloaded
20 Mar 1998.
49. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (not giving the date or place).
50. Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. XVI,
no. III (Aug 1993), p. 3 (citing Navarro County, Tex. Marriage Records, bk. XIV, p. 215).
51. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
52. Obituary
of John Titus Fortson, above (giving only the year and not naming the place).
53. Janette Dilworth, 4515 Glenleigh Dr., Dallas,
Tex. 75220, letter to Roger Bartlett, 17 May 1973 (not giving the date or place).
54. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving month and year only and not naming the place).
55. Index to Texas Death Records (Austin,
Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), 1903-1940, vol. 17, p. 8091, file
38605 (giving his middle initial as J and naming the county but not the town).
56. Maggie Highnote, undated records, above (giving
only the date).
57. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
58. Obituary
of John Titus Fortson, above.
59. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10
(Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1990), p. 76 (not giving the date).
60. Obituary
of John Titus Fortson, above.
61. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4.
62. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (stating that they had no children).
63. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(stating that they had no children).
64. 1880 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Texas,
enumeration dist. 129, p. 41, family 7 (indicating that she was born in Texas circa 1876).
65. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
66. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
67. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 5.
68. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3.
69. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date).
70. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1903-40, vol. 34, p. 16776, file 50954.
71. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (stating that they had no children).
72. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above.
73. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
74. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
75. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
76. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
77. Grave marker, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Tex.
(birth and death dates) (common marker with James T. Fortson and Ida Clayton Fortson).
78. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
79. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
80. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 5.
81. Navarro Leaves and Branches, above, vol.
XIII, no. I (Feb 1990), p. 6 (citing Navarro County, Tex. Marriage Records, bk. XIII, p.
21).
82. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
83. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(giving her first name as Louella and not giving the date or place).
84. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1955, vol. 2, p. 942, file 25002.
85. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
86. Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. (birth
and death years) (common stone with Thomas D. Queen).
87. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (stating that they had no children).
88. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(stating that they had no children).
89. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
90. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
91. Ibid., p. 3.
92. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date).
93. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1941-45, vol. 6, p. 2509, file 54504 (giving her first name as Caroline).
94. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
95. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 3,
above, p. 23 (giving only the date).
96. 1880 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Texas,
enumeration dist. 129, p. 41, family 7 (indicating that she was born in Texas circa 1868).
97. Maggie Highnote, undated records, above (giving
only the date).
98. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
99. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
100. Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 2,
1889-1899 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 127 (citing
Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. VII, p. 107).
101. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
3, above, p. 23 (naming Mattie E. as wife of J. O. Glenn).
102. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving his name as J. C. Glenn) (giving only the date).
103. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(stating that she married a Mr. Glenn but not giving the date or place).
104. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
3, above, p. 23.
105. Ibid.
106. Ibid.
107. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(stating that she was called Big Sister and died in childbirth).
108. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
3, above, p. 23.
109. Ibid.
110. Ibid.
111. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
112. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
113. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex.,
23 Nov 1950 (giving only the date).
114. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
115. Navarro Leaves and Branches, above,
vol. XX, no. I (Feb 1997), p. 18 (citing Navarro County, Tex. Marriage Records, bk. XIV,
p. 509).
116. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above (giving only the date).
117. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
118. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(giving her first name as Lydia and not giving the date or place).
119. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1950, vol. 1, file 54400.
120. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above.
121. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
122. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
123. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex.,
23 Nov 1950.
124. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76.
125. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex.,
23 Nov 1950.
126. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (physical description).
127. Laura Fortson Johnston, "Eliot A.
Johnston Family," in Navarro County History, vol. 2 (Corsicana, Tex.: The
Navarro County Hist. Soc'y, 1978), p. 137.
128. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above (attributing information to Marie Fortson).
129. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4.
130. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above.
131. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
132. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, downloaded 23 Mar 1998 (giving only the date).
133. Navarro County Scroll, 1967, p. 3
(obituary of Mrs. Lyda McGee Fortson).
134. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1967, vol. 1, p. 461, file 82279.
135. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
136. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the date).
137. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 23 Mar 1998 (stating that she died in Dec 1967;
not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Corsicana, Texas when she
died).
138. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76.
139. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above (attributing information to Marie Fortson).
140. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
141. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above.
142. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
143. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above.
144. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(spelling her surname as Sikes and not giving the date or place).
145. Index to Texas Marriages (Austin,
Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), 1986 (microfiche), pp. 2100, 5260,
file 124057.
146. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1988 (microfiche), p. 656, file 86685-88.
147. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above.
148. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 6 Mar 1998 (not naming the place of death but
stating that he lived in Corsicana, Texas when he died).
149. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 42.
150. Obituary of Joseph Benjamin Fortson, Jr.,
online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/Obits/obituary.htm, downloaded 16 Nov 1997.
150a. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A
Fortson Line," above, p. 5 (giving only the date).
150b. Ann Marcy, 7 May 1996 charts and
information, above.
150c. Index to Texas Birth Records,
above, 1903-09, vol. 2, p. 854, file 114925 (not giving her name but identifying her as
"Infant of Joe B. Fortson").
150d. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
150e. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A
Fortson Line," above, p. 5 (spelling his name as Elliot).
150f. Rice Rustler, Rice, Tex., 26 Jan
1928.
150g. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter,
above (spelling his name as Elliott and not giving the date or place).
150h. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana,
Tex., 4 Nov 2002 (obituary of Laura Fortson Johnston).
150i. Ibid.
150j. Laura Fortson Johnston, "Eliot A.
Johnston Family," above, p. 137.
150k. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana,
Tex., 4 Nov 2002 (obituary of Laura Fortson Johnston).
151. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76.
152. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (stating that he was born in 1909 or 1910).
153. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1903-40, vol. 17, p. 8091, file 14973.
154. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 2 (stating only that he died in 1912 without naming the place).
155. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
10, above, p. 76.
156. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
157. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
158. Mrs. Samuel Anthony Fortson, "A Fortson
Line," above, p. 5.
159. Navarro Leaves and Branches, above,
vol. XIII, no. IV (Nov 1990), p. 4 (citing Navarro County, Tex. Marriage Records, bk.
XIII, p. 212).
160. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving his middle name as Lee and giving only the date).
161. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date or place).
162. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1958, vol. 2, p. 544, file 40983.
163. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
164. Index to Texas Birth Records (Austin,
Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), 1910, vol. 1, p. 335, file 21598
(not giving his name but identifying him as "Infant of R. L. Harper").
165. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date or place).
166. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1974, vol. 2, p. 687, file 15971.
167. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 12 Mar 1998 (stating that he died in Mar 1974;
not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Dallas, Texas when he died).
168. Personal knowledge of Roger A. Bartlett.
169. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 14 Nov 1997.
170. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date or place).
171. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1990 (microfiche), p. 1430, file 1430 (giving her name as Mattie Elizabeth Moore).
172. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 14 Nov 1997 (giving her name as Mattie Moore
and stating that she lived in Arlington, Texas when she died).
173. Mexia City Cemetery Records (Mexia,
Tex.: Limestone Gen. Ass'n, 1984), p. 6 (giving only the date) (identifying him as T. Tom
Conrad).
174. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
175. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
176. Ibid., p. 3.
177. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date).
178. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1959, vol. 1, p. 425, file 33413.
179. Mexia City Cemetery Records, above,
p. 6 (giving only the date) (identifying him as T. Tom Conrad).
180. Ibid., p. 6 (identifying him as T. Tom
Conrad).
181. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(stating that he is buried in Mexia, Texas but not giving the date or naming the
cemetery).
182. Mexia City Cemetery Records, above,
p. 6.
183. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 3 Mar 1998.
184. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1977 (microfiche), p. 537, file 101577-77 (giving her name as Laura U. Fortson).
185. Mexia City Cemetery Records, above,
p. 6 (giving only the date).
186. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 3 Mar 1998 (stating that she died in Dec 1977;
not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Rice, Texas when she died).
187. Mexia City Cemetery Records, above,
p. 6.
188. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above.
189. Index to Texas Birth Records, above,
1918, vol. 1, p. 370, file 20725.
190. Mexia City Cemetery Records, above,
p. 6 (giving only the date).
191. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1903-1940, vol. 17, p. 8091, file 4175 (spelling her middle name as Francis).
192. Mexia City Cemetery Records, above,
p. 6 (giving only the date).
193. Ibid., p. 6 (identifying her as Rubye
Frances Conrad).
194. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above.
195. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 26 Feb 1998.
196. Dorothy Bartlett, Rice, Tex., telephone
conversation with Roger Bartlett, , 8 May 1997.
197. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 26 Feb 1998 (not naming the place of death but
stating that she lived in Corsicana, Texas when she died).
198. Dorothy Bartlett, Rice, Tex., telephone
conversation with Roger Bartlett, , 8 May 1997.
199. Personal knowledge of Roger A. Bartlett.
200. Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex.
(giving only the date).
201. Application for social security account
number (no. 452-70-8488) for Anna Fortson Bartlett, dated 23 Jan 1960, per copy provided
by Social Security Administration to Roger Bartlett on 5 Dec 1996.
202. Standard certificate of birth (corrected)
(Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 14363 for Roger Frost
Bartlett, Jr., filed with Bureau of Vital Statistics on 31 Mar 1941, per copy provided by
Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, to Roger Bartlett on 25 Feb 1997
(stating that she was born in Rice, Texas without giving the date). This certificate is
signed by the subject.
203. Supposition as to place, based on family's
residence.
204. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 24 Feb 1998.
205. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(giving only the date).
206. Marriage Records, Navarro County, Tex., vol.
16, p. 593. The Bartlett-Clopton bible states that they married on 25 Dec 1908.
207. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(not giving the date or place).
208. Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex.
(giving only the date).
209. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1972, vol. 1, p. 87, file 73771.
210. "Our Fortson Line," undated
manuscript, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
211. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 24 Feb 1998 (stating that she died in Sep 1972;
not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Rice, Texas when she died).
212. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(giving only the date).
213. Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex.
(common marker with Roger F. Bartlett, not giving the date of burial).
214. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(stating that she was named for Anna Fortson Owen).
215. Rice Cemetery Association Directory
(n.p.: n.pub., 1985) (giving only the date).
216. Standard certificate of death (Texas
Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 50703 for R. F. Bartlett, filed with
Bureau of Vital Statistics on 4 Dec 1942, Hiram Bartlett, informant, per copy provided by
Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, to Roger Bartlett on 10 Mar 1997
(giving date of birth and state).
217. Birth certificate of Roger Frost Bartlett,
Jr., above (stating that he was born in Rice, Texas without giving the date).
218. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(giving only the date).
219. Holy Bible (1873) (giving only the
date). This bible was originally owned by J. M. Bartlett and Mollie Clopton and was in the
possession of Ruby Lynn Shelton, Rice, Tex., in 1974.
220. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex.,
11 Nov 1942, p. 9.
221. Rice Cemetery Association Directory,
above (giving only the date).
222. Death certificate for R. F. Bartlett, above.
223. Janette Dilworth, 17 May 1973 letter, above
(giving only the date).
224. Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex.
(common marker with Anna F. Bartlett).
225. Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex.,
11 Nov 1942, p. 9.
226. Death certificate for R. F. Bartlett, above
(occupation as ginner; cause of death).
227. Birth certificate of Roger Frost Bartlett,
Jr., above (indicating that he was a farmer in 1912).
228. Bartlett-Clopton bible, above (spelling his
name as Rodger and giving only the date).
229. Kellie Loop, Rice, Tex., miscellaneous
papers, p. 17 (giving only the date). Miss Loop collected family data for decades,
probably from the 1930s to the 1970s. Some of it is in her handwriting, and much of it
appears to have been written by others and sent to her, but very little of it contains
source attribution. Occasionally there are inconsistencies within the papers. The papers
are now in the possession of Roger Bartlett, Austin, Tex., who assigned the page numbers
for ease of reference.
230. Birth certificate of Roger Frost Bartlett,
Jr., above.
231. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 25 Feb 1998 (not giving the place).
232. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 97 (giving only the date).
235. Index to Texas Death Records, above,
1964-1988 (microfiche), p. 2338, file 70919-79.
236. Social Security Death Records, online
http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 25 Feb 1998 (stating that he died in Sep 1979;
not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Rice, Texas when he died).
237. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
4, above, p. 97 (giving only the date).
238. Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex..
239. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol.
4, above, p. 97 (common marker with Dorothy L. Bartlett).
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