Selected Families and Individuals


James Dublin.James married Sarah Ann Charlotte Tankersley.

Sarah Ann Charlotte Tankersley [Parents] was born on 16 May 1831. She died on 19 Mar 1860. She married James Dublin.


William Dublin.William married Mary Elizabeth Tankersley.

Mary Elizabeth Tankersley [Parents] was born on 16 Aug 1833. She died on 3 Dec 1852. She married William Dublin.


George A. Cloud was born about 1854 in TN. He married Clarissa (Lena) Cyrena Tankersley on 12 Aug 1889 in Young Co., TX.

Clarissa (Lena) Cyrena Tankersley [Parents] was born on 13 Feb 1859. She died on 27 Nov 1938 in Young Co., TX. She married George A. Cloud on 12 Aug 1889 in Young Co., TX. Clarissa was employed as farmer.

They had the following children:

  F i Myrtle Cloud was born about 1891 in TX.
  F ii Marvis Cloud was born about 1896 in TX.

William A. Massie.William married Clara Henrietta Tankersley in Apr 1891 in Hood Co., TX.

Clara Henrietta Tankersley [Parents] was born on 20 Nov 1861. She died on 8 Jul 1907. She married William A. Massie in Apr 1891 in Hood Co., TX.


Alphonse Robert Plag was born on 1 Oct 1880 in Ohio. He died on 8 May 1974 in Stanislaus Co., CA. He was buried in Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cem., Modesto, CA. He married Mary Belle Smith on 12 May 1909 in Sebastopol, Sonoma Co., CA.

city employee - street department - for many years

Mary Belle Smith [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 7 Feb 1880 in TX. She died on 18 Dec 1972 in Stanislaus Co., CA. She was buried in Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cem., Modesto, CA. She married Alphonse Robert Plag on 12 May 1909 in Sebastopol, Sonoma Co., CA.

Listed on the 1920 census of Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA - at 814 First St.

Plagg Mary Belle Dec 18,1972 J S-41 A-4 GR 11 b.TX d.Modesto 92 y 10 m 11 d m/o Thelma Turpen double burial (From burial records at Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery, Modesto, CA)

They had the following children:

  F i Josephine Plag was born on 17 Feb 1910. She died on 21 Feb 1997.
  F ii Thelma Plag was born on 22 Feb 1911. She died on 10 Sep 2000.
  F iii Viola Plag was born on 28 Sep 1912. She died on 18 Mar 2005.

Charles Richard Smith [Parents] was born on 1 Jun 1877 in Colorado. He died on 8 Jan 1967 in Stanislaus Co., CA. He was buried in Modesto Citizens Cem., Modesto, CA. He married Bertha A. about 1920.

Listed on the 1910 census with his parents
Listed on the 1920 census living with his sister Mary and her family in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA
Listed on the 1930 census of Modesto, CA - living with wife - manages boarding house - 805 Eighth St.

Bl 115 E Lot 7 GR 2 - burial location at Modesto Cem.

Obit: Modesto Bee, January 9, 1966 p B-6

CHARLES R. SMITH

Charles Richard Smith, 89, died yesterday in a Modesto hospital after a long illness. A native of Colorado, he had been a resident of Modesto for 46 years. He was a member of the Unity Church and the Modesto Senior Citizen Inc. Survivors include a sister, Mary Plagg of Modesto. Services are pending in the Franklin & Downs Funeral Home.

Modesto Bee, January 10, 1966 with funeral notices.
Funeral services will be conducted for the late Charles Richard Smith Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. by Mrs. Betty Bingle in the Franklin and Downs Funeral Home.

Bertha A. was born about 1877 in Kansas. She married Charles Richard Smith about 1920.

They had the following children:

  U i no children.

Warren "Pete" Turpen.Warren married Thelma Plag on 30 Dec 1936.

Thelma Plag [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 22 Feb 1911 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA. She died on 10 Sep 2000 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA. She was buried on 15 Sep 2000 in Stanislaus Catholic Cem., Modesto, CA. She married Warren "Pete" Turpen on 30 Dec 1936.

her husband left her -


Thomas Earl Orgain [Parents] was born on 12 Feb 1883 in TX. He died on 27 Jan 1970. He was buried in Pioneers Rest, Ft. Worth, TX. He married Bettie.

Bettie was born about 1870 in KY. She married Thomas Earl Orgain.


Mr. Bremer.Mr. married Jessie Dees.

Jessie Dees [Parents] was born about 1901 in AL. She married Mr. Bremer.

Living in Augusta, GA per the obit for sister Madie in 1977
Living in Atlanta , GA per the obit for her mother in 1982


Mr. Brunnelli.Mr. married Nina Arnold.

Nina Arnold [Parents] was born on 9 Nov 1892 in CO. She married Mr. Brunnelli.

Living in La Veta, CO in 1947 at time of her mother's death

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