Richard Jay Reeves was born on 29 Nov 1959 in not known. He married Kathryn Lynnette Hindalong in Aug 1987.
Kathryn Lynnette Hindalong [Parents] was born on 31 Oct 1960 in Glendora, California. She married Richard Jay Reeves in Aug 1987.
William Alexander Knox [scrapbook] was born on 26 Oct 1903 in Geddings, TX. He died on 7 Jun 1974 in Tom Green Co., TX. He was buried in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, San Angelo, TX. He married Mary Nita Presley on 8 Jun 1930 in San Angelo, Tom Green Co., TX.
Death record states he was single at time of death
From the San Angelo Standard Times, June 9, 1974.
WILLIAM KNOX RITES MONDAY
Services for William A. Knox, 70, of 2812 Colorado, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens with J. G. Bunyard, of the Businessmen's Bible Class, officiating.
Knox died at 6:15 p.m. Friday in a local nursing home.
He was born October 26, 1903 in Geddings and was married to Mary Presley June 8, 1930 in San Angelo. He grew up in Brownwood and was a graduate of Daniel Baker College. He moved to San Angelo as a fruit and vegetable broker from 1927 through 1942. He left San Angelo for 12 years, returning in 1953. He was district manager for Combined American Insurance Co. for several years.
Survivors include his wife; a son, William A. Knox, Jr. of Houston; a daughter, Mrs. James E. Watcher of Austin; a sister, Mrs. Daisy Boone of Houston and 5 grandchildren.
Mary Nita Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 4 Mar 1908 in Ft. Worth, Texas. She died on 27 Dec 1981 in Katy, Texas. She was buried in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, San Angelo, TX. She married William Alexander Knox on 8 Jun 1930 in San Angelo, Tom Green Co., TX.
They had the following children:
F i Nita Knox was born on 16 Jan 1935. M ii William Alexander Knox Jr. was born on 21 Nov 1937 in Tom Green Co., TX. He died on 14 Feb 2003 in Katy, Harris Co., TX.
Living in Houston at time of his father's death.
Houston Chronicle (TX) - February 17, 2003
Deceased Name: William Alexander "Al" KNOX, JR. -- Citation Only
Full-text unavailable from publisher.
Houston Chronicle (TX)
Date: February 17, 2003
Edition: 3 STAR
Page: 24
Record Number: 3627407
Copyright (c) , 2003, Houston Chronicle. All Rights Reserved.
Judd Bishop Presley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 22 Dec 1913 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He died on 12 May 1977 in St. Louis, MO. He was buried on 14 May 1977 in Oak Grove Mausoleum, St. Louis, MO. He married Margaret Ellen McIntosh.
Visited with Judd's widow Margaret in 1980 at 25 Log Cabin Dr,, St. Louis,
Mo. 63124. She supplied birth and death dates for her husband.Oak Grove Chapel and Crematory
7800 St. Charles Rock Road
St. Louis, MO 63114
314-721-7260
Margaret Ellen McIntosh [scrapbook] was born on 2 Aug 1915. She died on 26 Dec 1986 in St. Louis, MO. She was buried on 30 Dec 1986 in Oak Grove Mausoleum, St. Louis, MO. She married Judd Bishop Presley.
Obit appeared onDec 28, 1982 page 10C
St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper
They had the following children:
M i Judd Bishop Presley Jr.. F ii Judith Ellen Presley.
Richard K. Bleser.Richard married Imogene Belle Presley unknown.
Imogene Belle Presley [Parents] was born on 1 Feb 1921 in San Angelo, Texas. She died on 9 Oct 1995 in Boca Raton, Florida. She married Richard K. Bleser unknown.
Died of pulmonary fibrosis. Had moved to Florida from N.York to be with
daughter, Dale.
Lived in Syosset, Long Island, New York during 1960-80's.
They had the following children:
M i Richard Bleser Jr.. F ii Dale Bleser.
James Booth Granberry was born on 23 Feb 1916. He died on 27 Feb 2000 in Odessa, Hillsborough Co., FL. He married Bettye Jo Ann Presley.
Saturday September 30, 2000
JAMES B. GRANBERRY, 84, of Odessa died Wednesday at home. A native of Tullahoma, Tenn., he moved to this area 37 years ago from Honolulu. He was retired from the Air Force, a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam wars, member of the Retired Officers Association in Alexandria, Va., and American Legion Post 335 in Hudson. He is survived by two daughters, Jo Ann Calonge of Odessa and Sally Ann Fry of Valrico; a brother, John of Tullahoma; a sister, Francis Grider of St. Augustine; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Family Funeral Care, Hudson.
Bettye Jo Ann Presley [Parents] was born on 4 Jan 1924 in San Angelo, Texas. She died on 13 Nov 1997 in Odessa, Hillsborough Co., FL. She married James Booth Granberry.
Last contact was in March, 1996. Phone 813-856-3276, 938 Peter Max Blvd, New
Port Richey, FL. 33553These are from the electronic files of the Tampa Tribune:
Saturday November 15, 1997
BETTY GRANBERRY, 73, of Odessa died Thursday at home. A native of San Angelo, Texas, she moved to this area 24 years ago from Tampa. She was Baptist. She is survived by her husband, James; two daughters, Sally Ann Fry of Valrico, and JoAnn Calonge of Odessa; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. North-Meadowlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, New Port Richey.
They had the following children:
M i Presley Booth Granberry was born on 20 Nov 1944. He died on 8 Aug 1996. F ii Sally Ann Granberry was born on 3 Jul 1946. F iii Jo Ann Granberry was born on 3 Jul 1946.
Judd Bishop Presley Jr. [Parents].Judd married Peggy M..
Judd Presley II
25 Log Cabin Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63124
Work-636-947-8345
Cell- 314-504-7427
Pager 314-424-9812
Peggy M..Peggy married Judd Bishop Presley Jr..
They had the following children:
M i Christian Presley. M ii Judd Bishop Presley III.
Joseph Douglas Hawes [Parents] was born on 12 Mar 1946 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. He married Marie Baldis on 6 Aug 1977 in Marysville, CA.. Joseph was employed as Air Force pilot.
Living in Huntington, WV at time of mother's death in 2001.
Marie Baldis was born on 20 May 1950. She married Joseph Douglas Hawes on 6 Aug 1977 in Marysville, CA..
Married while both were stationed at Beale Air Force Base
They had the following children:
F i Kathryn Elizabeth Hawes was born on 8 May 1981 in Huntington, West Virginia. M ii James Douglas Hawes was born on 30 Aug 1982 in Huntington, West Virginia.
Richard Franklin Tankersley [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 23 Jun 1828 in Decatur, AL. He died on 11 Dec 1912 in Tankersley Ranch, Tankersley, TX. The cause of death was pneumonia. He married Anne Eleanor Allen about 1848 in Mississippi. The marriage ended in divorce. Richard was employed as stock raiser.
Other marriages:Maldonado, Mary Conception (Conchita)
Listed on 1900 census in Commissioners Pct. 4, Tom Green Co., TX ED 158, p. 6
Living in District 3 Tom Green Co. TX, p. 408 with second wife
Ranch located 13 miles SW of San Angelo - town of Tankersley named for him.
Listed on the 1850 census of Itawamba Co., MS - living with his parentsAn excerpt from an article written by Richard's daughter, Mary Tankersley Lewis.
"About January 1st, we were visited by a band of Kickapoo Indians who were going to Mexico and had stopped at Dove Creek to spend a few days. We had at first thought they were hostile Indians and my father had drawn his gun on the leader, who waved a white cloth and called out, "me no fight." There were about fifty men and two women in the party. They were very friendly and in scouting some days later, found some of our horses which had strayed off and brought them home. On January 8, they were overtaken by a company of Texas Rangers under Captain Gillentine, and a fight was forced on the Indians. A number of white men were killed and my father helped bury them. While living at the head of the Concho, he gathered a herd of cattle with the intention of trailing them to New Mexico, but he sold them to John Chisum, and the Indians took them from him on the plains. In June, 1869, my father trailed a herd of twenty-five hundred cattle to Los Angeles, California, being on the trail about eight months. On the way home, two men who camped with him for the night, cut open a saddle bag and stole five hundred dollars. In the pair of saddle bags there was twenty-five thousand dollars in gold, and why they did not take it all is a mystery. At that time and for many years afterwards there were no banks in this part of the state, so all the money we had was buried under the house.
"Increasing depredations by the Indians caused us to move to Fort Concho in 1869. Many times every horse and mule on the ranch was taken. All the salt we used was hauled by wagon from Pecos. On one of these trips my father and a hired man were run into by Indians near the head of the main Concho. They got into the river under bushes and fought the Indians off. My father was shot in the ankle and the bullet was never extracted. In February, 1870, we were living in San Angelo, about where the American Legion opera house now stands, and Indians came trying to get horses out of the corral back of the house. About 10 o'clock that night the late Judge Preusser came to our door and said he had dreamed of seeing Indians and looking out saw them in fact. About that time they began yelling and shooting. They did not get the horses and it was thought that an Indian was wounded as a bloody war bonnet was found the next day. In this fight a Mexican was shot through one ear.
"A kind and all-wise Providence guarded us through all the dangers and hardships of pioneer life and will be with us to the end. Father passed away December 11th, 1912, leaving three sons, G.W., Fayette, and H.M Tankersley, and four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Emerick, Mrs. Clarissa Frary, Mrs. Sallie Phelan and Mrs. Mary Lewis. Since his death, the oldest son and youngest daughter have "crossed over the river," and are resting with him "'neath the shade of the trees."
What Mary Tankersley Lewis didn't write was that, after her parents' divorce, her father married again -- to a much younger Mexican woman, by whom he had a number of children. These children were apparently never acknowledged by the first family, and I'm told that even today some descendants refuse to talk about it. Richard Franklin Tankersley is buried in the Tankersley Cemetery at Tankersley, Texas with several of the children by his Mexican wife and apparently some grandchildren and in-laws. There is an unmarked grave outside the cemetery wall that one researcher was told was the grave of the Mexican wife.
Anne Eleanor Allen [scrapbook] was born on 16 Mar 1828 in Aberdeen, MS. She died on 12 Feb 1902 in San Angelo, Tom Green Co., TX. She married Richard Franklin Tankersley about 1848 in Mississippi. The marriage ended in divorce.
Listed in Ft. Concho, Tom Green Co., Tx on 1880 census, p. 393 - as a divorcee, hotel keeper
Listed on 1900 census of San Angelo, Tom Green Co., TX - owns a boarding house
TANKERSLEY, ANNIE ELLEN ALLEN (1828-1902). Annie Ellen AllenTankersley, Concho Valley pioneer, daughter of Ellen (Ellender)Allen, was born at Aberdeen, Mississippi, on March 16, 1828.She was the only child of a wealthy Louisiana family. In 1848,Annie Allen married Richard Franklin Tankersley of Jackson, MS.
With their infant daughter Elizabeth, they moved to Texas in 1853. After a short stay in Round Rock, the Tankersleys stopped in Cherokee Co., before settling in San Saba Co. Richard Tankersley served briefly as a Texas Ranger, and while a Ranger he may have located a new homestead in Brown Co. By 1859, the Tankersleys
were living south of Brownwood. Five years later, the family, which by then included six children, moved to the headwaters of the South Concho River, making the Tankersleys the first Anglo--American family to settle in the Concho River basin. For the rest of her life Annie Tankersley lived in and around what became San Angelo and played an active role in the history of the region. On Jan. 8, 1865, Texas Rangers and volunteer Confederate troops attacked a band of Kickapoo Indians encamped on Dove Creek near the Tankersley home. After the battle the Tankersleys helped tend the injured Texans and bury the dead. In 1869, Richard Tankersley drove a herd of cattle to California, leaving Annie to protect her children at a time of increasing Indian hostilities. Upon the urging of Maj. John P. Hatch, commander of the recently established Fort Concho, Annie moved her family to safety at the post. When Richard returned from California, the Tankersleys acquired several lots near the fort and settled in the small community of San Angelo. In 1876, Annie filed for divorce, and after a lengthy proceeding she gained a settlement that included the San Angelo property. On one of the parcels she established the Concho House Hotel. Firedestroyed it in 1879, but she rebuilt it, this time out of adobe. In Jan. 1881, the county sheriff used the hotel to house a man suspected of killing a trooper from Fort Concho. When a mob of soldiers came looking for the culprit, Annie prevented them from entering long enough for the sheriff to escape out the back door with his prisoner. In Aug. 1882, extensive flooding severely damaged the Concho House; it was eventually repaired, but was completely destroyed by another fire in 1894, marking the end of one of San Angelo's earliest landmarks. Annie joined the First Christian Church of San Angelo in 1884, and she participated in church affairs and in private philanthropy. She had borne seven children, one of whom died in infancy in Mississippi. Two of her
sons, George Washington and Lafayette, became influential cattle operators and businessmen in the Concho River region, and Lafayette played an important role in the development of Irion County. After a brief illness, Annie Tankersley died at her home in San Angelo on February 12, 1902.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Grace Bitner, "R. F. Tankersley and Family, Pioneers
of the Concho Country," West Texas Historical Association Year Book
20 (1944). William C. Pool, "The Battle of Dove Creek,"
Southwestern Historical Quarterly 53 (April 1950).
Tankersley Family File, Fort Concho Museum and Library,
San Angelo, Texas. Marvin E. Schultz.
They had the following children:
M i Nathan Tankersley was born about 1849 in MS. F ii Elizabeth Tankersley was born on 21 Sep 1852. She died in 1941. F iii Clarissa Tankersley was born on 6 Apr 1855. She died on 27 Apr 1931. M iv George Washington Tankersley was born on 16 Apr 1857. He died on 28 May 1917. M v LaFayette Tankersley was born on 5 Aug 1859. He died on 29 Nov 1937. F vi Mary Tabitha Tankersley was born in Jun 1861. She died in 1931. M vii H.Martin Tankersley "Mart" was born about 1865 in TX.
Appears on the 1880 census of Tom Green Co. TX - living with brothers Fayette and WashF viii Sarah (Sallie) Tankersley was born about 1867.
Harry Emerick was born about 1848 in PA. He married Elizabeth Tankersley.
Elizabeth Tankersley [Parents] was born on 21 Sep 1852 in MS. She died in 1941. She married Harry Emerick.
Liviing in Pct 1, Tom Green Co., TX on 1880 census, p. 374
They had the following children:
F i Mary (Mamie) Emerick was born about 1871. F ii Emma Emerick. F iii Ella Emerick was born about 1876. M iv Frank Emerick was born about 1878. F v Clara Emerick. M vi Harry Emerick.
W.M. Noelke.W.M. married Mary (Mamie) Emerick.
Mary (Mamie) Emerick [Parents] was born about 1871 in TX. She married W.M. Noelke.
They had the following children:
M i Hal Noelke. F ii Mamie Noelke. M iii Sonnie Noelke.