Selected Families and Individuals


Edward Selby was born about 1865 in Ohio. He died on 1 Jan 1932 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. He was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, OR. He married Marie Mindenhall.

operator of a pool hall per the 1930 Portland, OR census

Marie Mindenhall [Parents] [scrapbook] was born about 1892 in Ohio. She married Edward Selby.

Other marriages:
Mitchell, Burgess Augustus

Listed on the 1930 census of Portland, OR living with first husband, Edward Selby. She is a dressmaker in a shop. Had been married twice before marrying Burgess Mitchell.


Wiliam J. Brown was born in 1874 in NC. He died in 1950 in TX. He was buried in Memorial Park Cem., Vega, Oldham Co., TX. He married Jimmie Holdridge.

Listed on the 1930 census of Oldham Co., TX - he is listed as "married" but no wife is listed with him

Jimmie Holdridge.Jimmie married Wiliam J. Brown.

They had the following children:

  F i Ethel Rae Brown was born on 6 Apr 1901. She died on 7 Jan 1985.
  F ii Floyd M. Brown was born in 1905. She died in 1978. She was buried in Memorial Park Cem., Vega, Oldham Co., TX.
  M iii Edgar Lee Brown was born on 19 Jun 1903. He died on 7 Feb 1955. He was buried in Memorial Park Cem., Vega, Oldham Co., TX.
  F iv Mamie Kate Brown was born on 14 May 1907. She died on 7 Mar 1997.
  F v Bernice Beatrice Holdridge Brown died on 24 Jul 1959.
  M vi Ray H. Brown was born on 2 Jun 1913. He died on 2 Mar 1999.
  F vii Edna Mae Brown was born about 1917 in TX.
  M viii Earl Wilson Brown was born on 18 Jan 1919. He died on 22 Jun 1972. He was buried in Memorial Park Cem., Vega, Oldham Co., TX.

Mr. Fisher. married Mary Louise Estes.

Mary Louise Estes [Parents] was born on 28 Apr 1922 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. She married Mr. Fisher.

Other marriages:
Maines, Howard


Phillip Reynolds.Phillip married Ethel Rae Brown.

Ethel Rae Brown [Parents] was born on 6 Apr 1901 in TX. She died on 7 Jan 1985 in Riverside Co., CA. She married Phillip Reynolds.


Mr. Wertanen. married Mamie Kate Brown.

Mamie Kate Brown [Parents] was born on 14 May 1907 in TX. She died on 7 Mar 1997 in San Diego Co., CA. She married Mr. Wertanen.


Ray H. Brown [Parents] was born on 2 Jun 1913. He died on 2 Mar 1999. He was buried in Memorial Park Cem., Vega, Oldham Co., TX. He married Verna Mae on 23 Aug 1939.

Verna Mae was born in 1916. She died in 1995. She married Ray H. Brown on 23 Aug 1939.


Frank Joe Hiesser [scrapbook] was born on 23 Mar 1884. He died on 10 Oct 1918 in AZ. The cause of death was influenza epidemic. He was buried on 20 Oct 1918 in Mesa City Cem., Mesa, AZ. He married Katie Belle Graham on 20 May 1908 in Uvalde, TX.

Katie Belle Graham [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 4 Nov 1888 in Batesville, Zavala Co., TX. She died in Jun 1982 in Casa Grande, Pinal Co., AZ. She was buried on 17 Jun 1982 in Mesa City Cem., Mesa, AZ. She married Frank Joe Hiesser on 20 May 1908 in Uvalde, TX.

A widow, living with her parents & children on the 1930 census of Mesa, Maricopa Co., AZ - cashier at dry goods store. Living in Casa Grande, AZ in 1945 when her father died

Some data on Katie's family supplied by granddaughter Marlene McHaney (mmchaney@cybertrails.com) - 2006

Obit, Casa Grande Dispatch, June 18, 1982, Friday:
Katie Hiesser Dies at 93
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Cole and Maud Mortuary chapel, 215 S. Washington St., for Mrs. Katie B. Hiesser who died Thursday at the Hoemako Hospital Long Term Care unit. The Rev. Parker Smith of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be at 2 p.m.in the Mesa City Cemetery.
Mrs. Hiesser was born Dec 14, 1888 in Batesville (sic), TX (note:should be Gatesville). She had lived in Arizona 67 years; 48 years in Casa Grande. She had worked as a bookkeeper-accountant for 30 years for Ritchey-Davis Motors.
Her husband, Frank Joe, preeceded her in death in 1918; her son, Dr. F.G. Hiesser also preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Ritchey, Casa Grande; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

They had the following children:

  M i Dr. Frank Gerald Hiesser was born on 4 Feb 1910 in TX. He died on 19 Jan 1973 in Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ.

77 E Ocotillo Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85012-1004
(602) 266-7149
  F ii Mildred Kate Hiesser was born on 30 Jul 1916. She died on 24 Jul 2003.

Elihu Mancel Graham [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 22 May 1869 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He died on 29 Feb 1928 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ. The cause of death was meningitis. He was buried on 1 Mar 1928 in Mesa City Cem., Mesa, AZ. He married Neoma Neldis Oden in 1891.

Listed on the 1900 census of Zavala Co., TX (Justice Pct #2)
Death record indicates birth year of 1868 - tombstone reads 1869.

Died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ -occupation farmer, widower
Informant on death certificate: John W. Graham, Cottonwood, AZ
Listed on the 1920 census of Pct 31, Maricopa Co., AZ - widower - son Carl with him who was born in NM

Death notice, Arizona Republican, Mar 1, 1928:
Graham, Elihu M., passed away Feb 29 at a local hospital. The funeral conducted from St. Mary's will take place Thursday, March 1 at 2 o'clock. Interment in Mesa Cemetery. Arrangements by A.H. McLellan.

Research for marriage record:
Not in Uvalde Co., TX

Neoma Neldis Oden [Parents] was born on 17 Sep 1872 in Carizzo Springs, TX. She died on 12 Jan 1919 in Mesa, Maricopa Co., AZ. The cause of death was influenza, pneumonia. She was buried in Mesa Cem., Mesa, AZ. She married Elihu Mancel Graham in 1891.

They had the following children:

  M i John William Graham was born on 14 Jun 1891. He died on 27 Mar 1974.
  F ii Myrtle Graham was born in Mar 1893 in TX.
  F iii Florence Graham was born in Nov 1895 in TX.
  F iv Eithel Goldie Graham was born on 8 Apr 1899. She died on 7 Nov 1984.
  M v Carl Samuel Graham was born on 26 Aug 1904. He died on 18 Jul 1979.

Tim Oden.Tim married Margret McLaughlin.

Margret McLaughlin.Margret married Tim Oden.

They had the following children:

  F i Neoma Neldis Oden was born on 17 Sep 1872. She died on 12 Jan 1919.

George McFarland.George married Charleen M. Lamothe.

Charleen M. Lamothe [Parents].Charleen married George McFarland.

Living in Ashby, MA at time of her mother's death
Living in Townsend, MA in Apr 2011, 978-597-2895

They had the following children:

  M i David McFarland.

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