Selected Families and Individuals


Thomas Frank Evetts was born about 1813 in Smith Co., TN. He died after 1880. He married Mary Jane (Polly) Cale on 19 Oct 1834 in Shelby Co., TN.

Listed on the 1860 census of Coryell Co., TX
Listed on the 1880 census of Coryell Co. TX with wife

Mary Jane (Polly) Cale was born about 1815 in AL. She died after 1880. She married Thomas Frank Evetts on 19 Oct 1834 in Shelby Co., TN.

On the 1860 Coryell census, her birthplace is listed as KY. On the 1880 census of Coryell Co. her birthplace is listed as AL with father born in England, mother in SC
Maiden name given on son Hugh's death certificate; LDS record (IGI)gives maiden name as Cole.

They had the following children:

  M i Hugh Evetts was born on 3 Jun 1837. He died on 1 Jan 1926.
  F ii Margaret A. Evetts was born about 1841 in TX.
  M iii Thomas Frank Evetts was born about 1845.
  F iv Mary Jane Evetts was born about 1848.
  M v Samuel G. Evetts was born about 1851.
  F vi Adelia Evetts was born about 1857 in TX.

Hugh Evetts [Parents] was born on 3 Jun 1837 in MS. He died on 1 Jan 1926. The cause of death was pneumonia. He was buried in Hubbard Cem., Coryell Co., TX. He married Lucy Ann Elizabeth Shelton on 8 Jan 1861 in Coryell Co., TX.

Listed on 1880 census of Coryell Co., TX, ED 25.
Listed on the 1900 census of Coryell Co., TX - Hugh's birthplace is listed as TN, father born TN, mother born MS.
Death certificate # 2520
Born June 3, 1837, MS
Died in Ludura (?), Jones Co. TX
married; farmer
father: Frank Evetts; mother: Pollie Cale
Burial: Gatesville Cemetery (Coryell Co., TX)
Informant: Tom Evetts, Loveless (?), TX

Lucy Ann Elizabeth Shelton "Bettie" was born on 1 Jul 1840 in AL. She died on 10 Jun 1905. She was buried in Hubbard Cem., Coryell Co., TX. She married Hugh Evetts on 8 Jan 1861 in Coryell Co., TX.

Her tombstone reads "L.A.E.E.Elizabeth Evetts born 1 July 1840 died 10 June 1905, wife of Hugh Evetts"

They had the following children:

  M i James Green Evetts was born on 4 Nov 1865 in TX. He died on 8 Sep 1888. He was buried in Hubbard Cem., Coryell Co., TX.
  M ii Thomas F. Evetts was born in Mar 1867.
  M iii Robert Newton Evetts was born in Apr 1869.
  M iv Hugh A. Evetts was born on 19 Sep 1873 in TX. He died on 14 Aug 1880. He was buried in Hubbard Cem., Coryell Co., TX.
  M v Obediah Evetts was born on 17 Aug 1875 in TX. He died on 14 Aug 1880. He was buried in Hubbard Cem., Coryell Co., TX (on Ft. Hood).
  M vi Columbus Evetts was born on 12 May 1878 in TX. He died on 27 Aug 1880. He was buried in Hubbard Cem., Coryell Co., TX.
  F vii Pearle Evetts was born in Feb 1880 in TX.

Robert Newton Evetts [Parents] was born in Apr 1869 in TX. He married Mary Belle Parker on 2 Jan 1896 in Coryell Co., TX.

Listed on the 1900 census of Coryell Co., TX

Mary Belle Parker was born in Aug 1876 in TX. She married Robert Newton Evetts on 2 Jan 1896 in Coryell Co., TX.

They had the following children:

  F i Frankie Evetts was born in Sep 1896 in TX.
  M ii Hugh Evetts was born in Jun 1898 in TX.

Thomas F. Evetts [Parents] was born in Mar 1867 in TX. He married Love K. Jones on 1 Oct 1893 in Coryell Co., TX.

Listed on 1900 census of Coryell Co., TX, Pct 5.
Listed on the 1920 census of Jones Co., TX. Pct 7
Listed on 1930 census of Jones Co., TX, Pct 7.

Love K. Jones was born in Sep 1875 in TX. She married Thomas F. Evetts on 1 Oct 1893 in Coryell Co., TX.

They had the following children:

  F i Freddie Evetts was born in Nov 1894 in TX.
  M ii James Evetts was born about 1896 in TX.
  F iii Annie Evetts was born in Apr 1899 in TX.
  F iv Onie Evetts was born about 1915 in TX.

Jack Bowker.Jack married Patti J. Dodson.

Patti J. Dodson [Parents] was born about 1926 in OK. She married Jack Bowker.


Samuel Alexander Sharp [Parents] was born in Dec 1868 in Coryell Co., TX. He died on 22 Aug 1958 in El Paso Co., TX. He was buried in Abilene, TX. He married Lavinia about 1896.

Other marriages:
, Lula L.

Listed on the 1900 census with 1st wife/children on 1900 census of Ballinger, Runnels Co., TX
Listed with 2nd wife/children on 1910 census of Nolan Co., TX
Living in Abilene, TX in 1948 per his sister Mary's obit

Death certificate # 44418 TX
Died at Southwestern General Hospital, El Paso.
Had lived in El Paso for 10 previous years
Widower; retired rancher; age 89
Father: Addison Sharp; mother: Mary Frances Dodson
Informant: Mrs. J. D. Arrant
Cause of death: penumonia, broncho for 7 days complicated by congestive heart failure
Date of birth: Dec 27, 1868, TX
Body removed to Abilene, TX for burial - Kaster and Maxon Funeral home

Lavinia was born in Dec 1872 in TX. She married Samuel Alexander Sharp about 1896.

They had the following children:

  M i Eugene H. Sharp was born about 1897 in TX.
  F ii Thomas Alison Sharp was born in May 1900 in TX.

Samuel G. Evetts [Parents] was born about 1851 in TX. He married Sarah Parks on 20 Jul 1870 in Coryell Co., TX.

Sarah Parks.Sarah married Samuel G. Evetts on 20 Jul 1870 in Coryell Co., TX.


Thomas Frank Evetts [Parents] was born about 1845 in TX. He married M.H. Osham on 2 Mar 1872 in Coryell Co., TX.

Listed at home with his parents on the 1880 census of Coryell Co., TX census.

M.H. Osham.M.H. married Thomas Frank Evetts on 2 Mar 1872 in Coryell Co., TX.


Lemuel Kenneth Henderson was born on 25 Oct 1849 in MS. He died on 15 Mar 1937 in Edwards Co., TX. He was buried on 16 Mar 1937 in Rocksprings, Edwards Co., TX. He married Virginia Eugenia Dodson on 27 Mar 1873 in Coryell Co., TX.

Other marriages:
Greer, Effie Eleanor
Green, Mollie

Listed on the 1900-1930 Edwards Co., TX census

Death certificate # 14392
Died at Henderson Ranch, No 4. , Rock Springs, TX (Edwards Co.)
Married to Mollie Henderson; ranchman
Birth Oct 25, 1849, MS - age 87
Retired in 1933
Father: Sam Henderson, birth place unknown
Mother: Emily Winkler, birth place unknown
Cause of death: Coronary Scherosis (sic) since 1935; myocarditis
Informant: Mrs. Elvin R. Custer, 304 E. 29th St., San Angelo, TX
Burial: Rock Springs, TX on March 16, 1937
Richardson & Henry - undertaker - Rock Springs

Virginia Eugenia Dodson [Parents] was born about 1857 in Coryell Co., TX. She died on 9 Jul 1884 in Kimble Co., TX. She was buried in Big Paint Creek Ranch Cem., near Telegraph, Kimble Co., TX. She married Lemuel Kenneth Henderson on 27 Mar 1873 in Coryell Co., TX.

Per Sherry Ned Clark Jenkins, Virginia's grave was originally marked with a tombstone but the tombstone was taken by a visitor (a lady from Arizona) and never returned. Cemetery is near Highway 377, about four miles south of Telegraph.

Listed on the 1880 census of Pct 3, Kimble Co., TX with husband and 2 y/o daughter "Ennace". He is 30; she is 22, born in TX, father born in VA, mother in MS. Her name is shown as "Eugenie E."

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Eunice Henderson was born on 8 Jun 1877. She died in 1937.
  F ii Laura Aline Henderson was born on 3 Jun 1880. She died on 4 Apr 1978.
  F iii Nancy Holland Henderson was born on 15 Apr 1882. She died on 25 Sep 1982.

Mr. Seale. married Hadie Greer Henderson.

Hadie Greer Henderson [Parents] was born on 24 Jun 1904 in Rocksrpings, Edwards Co., TX. She died on 12 Jul 1998 in Travis Co., TX. She married Mr. Seale.

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