Saturday, May 4, 2024

Frances Ann Rushing (1857-1931), Testifies in Murder Trial

Grandma Fannie Testifies!

A little known fact about my great-great-grandmother involved in an old 1921 court case which originated in Van Zandt County, Texas.  Statement of Facts, Cause No. 7698, The State of Texas vs. F. M. Richardson, 86th Judicial District Court of Texas, April Term, A. D., 1921.

Grandma Fannie was subpoenaed to appear as a state's witness in a local trial.  The charge was murder. The defendant resided in the Owlet Green community and Fannie was well-acquainted with the family. She received a subpoena from the court by virtue of having encountered and observed the defendant, Frank Richardson, late in the afternoon on the day of the alleged offense.  This observation was quite by accident.  

The case concerned the family of one of Grandma Fannie's neighbors, the Richardsons.  One brother allegedly shot and killed his own brother at their mother's residence, in her presence.  The brothers' disagreement stemmed from ownership of the homestead.

The trial was held during the April 1921 Term of the 86th Judicial District Court of Texas in Van Zandt County at Canton.  One of Grandma Fannie's sons and a grandson-in-law were also called to testify.  When the docket was called and the trial began, the State's "lead-off" witness was her son, John Morgan Martin; she was the second witness.  

Here is our opportunity to hear Grandma speak!  Indeed, to hear her own words, her own language, spoken in response to questioning by the Honorable D. M. Maynor, State's attorney as follows:

My name is Mrs. Fannie Martin.  I live in the Watts Community, three miles beyond Owlet Green on the Tyler and Canton road.  That road passes my house.  I remember the night Jones Richardson was killed.  I saw Frank Richardson pass my house that afternoon.  I really don't know exactly what time it was, but it was nearly night; the sun may be been three-quarters or maybe not so high, or may a little higher; I did not notice particularly.

There were two or three wagons in the party.  I can't say for sure, but I know there were two; I don't remember whether there were any saddled horses or not.  I saw Frank Richardson in the party and spoke to him.  They were going mighty fast; the team was mighty worried.  They looked like they were being mighty worried.

Yes, it seems to me that I saw Frank Richardson making gestures with his hands as he was talking to the men; they were talking this way (indicating gestures with hands).  They were making suggestions, but I didn't hear anything; they were very interestedly talking.  They were going at good speed in the direction of the old Richardson homestead.  I did not hear of the killing until the next morning.  (Emphasis by court reporter.)

They call it three miles from my house to where the killing occurred, and it was right on the hill on the other side of my house that I met them.  I was going to my daughter's.  I said the team was trotting mighty fast - as fast as they could trot; it seemed that they were mighty worried; they were going straight toward the old Richardson homestead.

(Mr. Maynor passed the witness and Grandma Fannie was then cross-examined by the Honorable N. A. Gentry, defendant's attorney.)

Her testimony continues:

Mrs. Martin;  Of course they were going toward Owlet Green - I did not see them make the turn.  They passed up that road a half or three-quarters of an hour before sundown and were talking.  To tell you the truth I cannot see good, and I couldn't see who was driving the other wagon, and I don't know who it was; it was ________(name withheld) sitting in the wagon with Frank, I think; I took him to be _______(name withheld).  That is all I know of the matter.

I never did tell anybody that Frank Richardson was making threats; I was as innocent as could be and never thought of anything.  J. M. Martin is my son; he and John Goode are brothers-in-law.  No, I can't see well and I did not particularly notice the hindmost wagon to see who was in it.  I particularly noticed the gestures - I knew they were mighty interested, it seemed like; I don't know what they were talking about, as I didn't understand anything.  
My daughter was with me and we gave them the road.

We can only imagine how uncomfortable and out of her element Fannie must have felt in this situation. One thing we do know from this testimony - she certainly liked to use the word "mighty".  The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, had only been ratified in August 1920. Women were not usually involved in public actions and their primary activities were limited to caring for children and maintaining a home.  
However, just looking at her picture, I can only imagine that she knew how to stand her ground!


Fannie and John Thomas "Tom" Martin married 20 June 1874 in Rusk County and moved to Van Zandt
County, Texas sometime between 1881 and 1884.  They had eleven children, seven were born in Van Zandt County.  All of her children remained in Van Zandt County or nearby Smith County and raised their families. 

Background Story of Frank Richardson

Upon trial of the case the defendant was found guilty of the offense of murder, and punishment was assessed by verdict of the jury at twenty-five years in the state penitentiary.  The defendant appealed the case; the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the District Court's judgment, and the defendant was committed to the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville for a period of twenty-five years.

The rest of the story regarding Frank Richardson, the man convicted of the murder of his brother, JonesRichardson.  Frank Richardson was 46 years old at the time of the murder and resided in Van Zandt County.  Below is an excerpt from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stating the facts regarding the disagreement between the brothers that led to the homicide:

"Jones Richardson was shot and killed by the appellant [Frank Richardson].  They were brothers, both being of mature years.  They were, at the time, in the house upon the farm known as the "old Richardson home place."  It had been owned by the appellant's father and mother; had been their home prior to his death and her home thereafter.  Appellant also resided there for 12 years immediately preceding the homicide.  His mother, for a short time, had been away, leaving her personal belongings.  The daughter and son-in-law of appellant also resided on the farm.  They, however, were moving away from it, and appellant was in the act of moving to the city of Tyler, where he was in business.  The deceased resided with his family in the state of Oklahoma and had done so for about 12 years. 

The appellant had purchased the interest in the farm of all the children, save the deceased, and his mother had made to him a deed to her interest.  Shortly preceding the homicide, the deceased came to the vicinity, and, acting on behalf of his mother and in her name, brought against the appellant a forcible entry and detainer suit for the possession on the farm, and upon the trial the judgment was in her favor, and from it appellant appealed.

Evidence of threats against the deceased and conduct indicating ill feeling and expressions of such sentiments was introduced.

Appellant's mother testified that she made the deed to the appellant without understanding the nature of the document that she executed.

Appellant denied the threats and expressions of bad feeling, though he did not think the deceased had treated him right.  He explained his possession of the pistol on the occasion of the homicide by stating that he had had difficulty with another person and was expecting trouble with him; that he had no knowledge of his brother being in the place when he went there."

That is a small part of the testimony during the appeal.  If you are interested in reading more go to  Richardson v. State.

Frank Richardson was sent to the prison in Huntsville, Texas on June 25, 1923.  He was paroled less than three years later on February 20, 1926 and pardoned on December 20, 1926.  Frank's convict number is 49616 and his conduct record is available online from Ancestry.com and Ancestry.com Texas in the database "Texas, Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875-1954".  

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Marguerite Vivian Scaife (1872-1909)

Marguerite Vivian Scaife Zeigler

Marguerite Vivian Scaife, or Maggie as she was called by family and friends, was a lovely and educated southern girl born and raised in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. She was born in the small town of Lisbon on February 25, 1872, and was the ninth of ten children born to Charner Poole Scaife and Sarah Ann Hollingsworth. Sadly, Maggie’s mother died when she was only three years old.  Sarah passed away on October 9, 1875, ten days after giving birth to a son, Adam, their tenth and last child. Charner was now a widower with a newborn infant and nine other children ranging in age from three years old to 21 years old.  Fortunately for Charner, two of the older children were daughters, Edith age 21 and Martha “Mattie” age 17, who could help with the younger children and the housekeeping.

Like many others during this time period in Louisiana, Charner Scaife was a cotton planter but he also owned and operated a textile mill in the small town of Arizona, Louisiana. He did quite well for himself while managing a large family, which must have been challenging after he lost his wife.  Charner's mother, Mary Crosby Poole Scaife, a widow, had migrated to Claiborne Parish from Alabama in about 1855 with three of her children and their families - son Charner and his wife Sarah Hollingsworth Scaife, son Dr. James M. and Sarah Blackman Scaife, and daughter Mary Scaife Blackman and husband Jefferon J. Blackman. Maggie's grandmother, Mary Poole Scaife may have helped out a little with her grandchildren after their mother died. However, she was 75 years old at the time and had already helped raise two other granddaughters, Mollie and May Blackman, by her daughter Mary who died in 1867 from childbirth. Mary Poole Scaife was widowed at the age of 35 with eight children to raise and never remarried so she must have been a strong and determined woman. She lived until 1892 when she died at the age of 89, which was quite an achievement in those days.

In the 1880 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana census Charner's family was living in Arizona and Maggie’s sister Edith, her husband Victor, and their two year old daughter Mattie were living in the Scaife household.   Charner's mother, Mary, was living in Arizona also with her son-in-law, Jefferson J. Blackman and granddaughters Mollie and May. Charner remained a single father until 1885 when he married Mary Elizabeth Goodwin.  In 1888, Charner and Mary had a son, Fletcher Terry Scaife.

In March of 1893 there was an article in The Guardian-Journal newspaper of Homer, Louisiana under the heading “Bridgeman Schoolhouse Dots” regarding a social honoring Miss Maggie Scaife, administrator for the Bridgeman Schoolhouse. She was only 21 years old at the time. While researching this article I found that “Dots” was a term used for news or gossip. Maggie was granted a teaching certificate in May of 1893 to teach first grade in Homer.


Later, Maggie attended Sam Houston Normal School in Huntsville, Texas.  This was an institution with the purpose of preparing individuals for positions in the public schools of Texas as teachers and later became Sam Houston State University. Maggie began her teaching career in East Texas shortly after her education was complete.

  

Maggie must have been teaching somewhere in East Texas near the Gregg county area because she happened to meet a young and handsome Longview entrepreneur and business owner by the name of John Philip Zeigler. We will never know when, how, or where they met but if we can assume anything from the note below, then it would be that John, being 34 years old and well established in Longview, was ready for married life!

Note written by John P. Zeigler

They courted, fell in love and married at 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning, October 19, 1897 in Center, Shelby County, Texas at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Rogers of Center. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. A. J. Frick of the First Methodist Church in Longview, Texas. The bridal party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Zeigler, Rev. A. J. Frick, Mr. G. E. Ramsey, and Miss Ruth Scaife, sister of the bride.

Marriage license

Marriage announcement in
Longview newspaper.

Marriage announcement in the
Homer, Louisiana newspaper

John purchased a house at 209 West Methvin in April 1897 for $650.00 to be their first home after they married.  John and Maggie settled down in Longview, Texas and on July 12, 1899 their first son, Roland Scaife Zeigler, was born.  Roland was named after Maggie’s brother, Roland Lee Scaife.  After starting a family and probably needing more space, the young couple purchased their second home on September 20, 1899, located at 215 West Methvin Street for $1,550.00 - two houses down from the first house.  In the 1900 census the Zeigler household included John’s sister, Romania, who never married and was always known as Aunt Minnie, Maria Turner, a cook, and Beatrice Parker, a nurse. 

1900 census

Deed for 215 W. Methvin St., Longview, Texas
Lots 7 & 8, Block 8

1916 Sanborn Map, Longview, Texas

Within the next six years, the Scaife family was blessed with two more sons, John Philip Zeigler, Jr., born July 9, 1902, and Leroy Trice Zeigler, born February 28, 1906.  Leroy was named after Leroy Trice, the husband of John's sister, Mollie Zeigler Trice.  John's meat market was doing well and their life was probably quite busy with three young boys and living in the downtown area of Longview.  They lived within walking distance of every necessity, John's meat market, First Methodist Church, friends, family, church, parks, groceries, physician, and all the social happenings in Longview. 
Leroy Trice Zeigler

Roland and John Jr. Zeigler




Roland and Leroy in front of the Zeigler home at 
215 West Methvin Street

In a 1903 Prohibition Petition Maggie and her sister-in-law Minnie and other family members joined the ladies of Longview in submitting a petition to the voters of Longview to try and persuade them to vote their conscience at the upcoming polls regarding the sale and consumption of alcohol.

This parade in 1908 traveled down Methvin Street in front of the First Presbyterian Church which was on the same block as the Zeigler home. 


Below is a photo of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument at Bodie Park in Longview.  It is highly likely that the Zeigler family are somewhere in this crowd because Robert F. Echols, a Confederate veteran, was married to Alabama "Aunt Bama" Zeigler, John's sister.  The Echols and Molly and Leroy Trice families also lived in the downtown area just a block or two from each other.  This monument now stands  on the Gregg County courthouse lawn.


The Zeiglers had a full and happy life until late in 1907 when Maggie became ill and increasingly weak.  She was diagnosed with “consumption”, also known as tuberculosis, and later their son John, Jr. also was diagnosed with this terrible disease.  After being ill for about three months, their precious little Johnnie died on July 28th 1909 at the age of seven.  Maggie passed away just two months later on October 2nd.  Amazingly, no one else in the household was infected but the sadness and loneliness must have been devastating.  Both Maggie and John Jr. were buried in a family plot in Greenwood Cemetery located near the downtown area.  

John P. Zeigler, Jr.
obituary





Maggie Scaife Zeigler obituary 


Headstone of Maggie & John Zeigler, Jr





Gregg County, Texas
Death Index Ledger

John was fortunate to have his sister Minnie living with them to help with Roland and Leroy as well as many other family members nearby to help them get through their loss.  


In the 1910 census it was just John, Roland, Leroy, and Minnie in the household. Three years later, on December 24, 1913, John married Nora Culver, a lovely 31 year old school teacher who had never married. Less than two years later, on August 18, 1915, Nora gave birth to a son, Robert Edward Zeigler. John, at 52 years old, was not a young man anymore and was probably quite hopeful that the family could put all the tragedy behind them and enjoy life again.


It was a short-lived respite as Minnie Zeigler, age 47, passed away on September 12, 1914.  According to her obituary the cause of death was heart trouble.  The beautiful tributes in the newspaper show what a caring and selfless person Aunt Minnie was to all who knew her.

Romania "Minnie" Zeigler




Maggie had three sisters but she was closest to her sister Ruth who was three years older.  The other two sisters, Edith Olivia and Martha "Mattie" Elizabeth, were respectively, 18 and 15 years older than Maggie and died before she was married.  In 1899 Ruth married George Edward Ramsey, a Texan from Shelby County.  Ruth and George eventually moved to Sweetwater, Texas and remained there for the rest of their lives.  In the 1900 Cherokee County, Texas census, Maggie's brother, Dr. Robert Hollingsworth Scaife and his family, wife Nevada Gibbs, daughter Aldina, and son Robert Dayton, were living in Mt. Selman near Jacksonville, Texas and had a daughter, Margaret born there in 1903. After Dr. Scaife died in 1904, his wife and children returned to Louisiana to live near family.  This is all the family Maggie had in Texas.  Ruth and her brother James Madison Scaife, who remained in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana,  were the only two siblings that survived Maggie.


There is much more to be written about the Zeigler family but this is Maggie's story. Her life was far too short but she will never be forgotten by those who loved her. The note below was written to John and Maggie's youngest son, Leroy Trice Zeigler, by Ruth Scaife Ramsey, Maggie's sister on what would have been Maggie's 70th birthday.





Charner Poole SCAIFE and Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH

Descendant Chart - 3 Generations



Charner Poole SCAIFE

  b. 21 Mar 1830, DeKalb County, Georgia

  d. 2 Apr 1895, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

& Sarah Ann HOLLINGSWORTH

  b. 23 Apr 1836, Henry County, Georgia

  d. 9 Oct 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

  m. 6 Oct 1853, Fayette County, Georgia

| Edith Olivia SCAIFE

|   b. 2 Sep 1854, Georgia

|   d. 14 Sep 1890, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia

| & Victor Ernest St. CLOUD

|   b. 27 Dec 1858, At Sea - Gulf of Mexico

|   d. 3 Feb 1917, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah

|   m. 24 Apr 1877, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 

| | Martha Inez St. CLOUD

| |   b. 15 Jun 1878, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

| |   d. 16 Aug 1959, Baytown, Harris, Texas

| | & William Andrew LYON

| |   b. 13 Oct 1867, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina

| |   d. 29 Sep 1930, San Marcos, Hays, Texas

| |   m. 12 Apr 1904, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia

| | Sarah “Sallie” Irene St. CLOUD

| |   b. 1881

| |   d. 1913

| | Victor Ernest St. CLOUD Jr.

| |   b. 1883

| |   d. 1885

| | William Purse St. CLOUD

| |   b. 1888

| |   d. 1889

| Dr. Charner Augustus “Gus” SCAIFE

|   b. 18 Mar 1856, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 26 Mar 1900, Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma

| & Leoma Enoch BARKMAN

|   b. 30 Aug 1860, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas

|   d. 19 Apr 1942, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana

|   m. 2 Jan 1877

| | William Stonewall SCAIFE

| |   b. 5 Jan 1878, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas

| |   d. 31 Mar 1956, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana

| | & Edna Lucille POOLE

| |   b. 20 Jul 1872, Lovelady, Houston, Texas

| |   d. 3 Jun 1953, Lovelady, Houston, Texas

| | Minnie SCAIFE

| |   b. Feb 1880, Texas

| | Charner Augustus SCAIFE   Jr.

| |   b. 14 Jun 1884, Gibsland, Bienville, Louisiana

| |   d. 11 Sep 1944, Nocona, Montague, Texas

| | & Ida May SLOAN

| |   b. 1887, Cleburne, Johnson, Texas

| |   d. 1964, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana

| |   m. 25 Sep 1910, Nolan County, Texas

| | Claude SCAIFE

| |   b. 15 Dec 1886, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas

| |   d. 18 Apr 1899, Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma

| Martha Elizabeth SCAIFE

|   b. 28 Nov 1857, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 31 Dec 1891, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

| & Preston S. SMITH

|   b. Mar 1854, Fayette County, Georgia

|   d. 1906

|   m. 1 May 1883

| | Byron SMITH

| |   b. Aug 1886, Georgia

| | Victor E. SMITH

| |   b. Sep 1888, Georgia

| James Madison SCAIFE

|   b. 19 Jan 1860, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 10 Aug 1912, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

| & Rhoda Missouri COLVIN

|   b. 9 Oct 1858

|   d. 20 Jan 1944

|   m. 18 Dec 1881, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

| | Roland Lee SCAIFE*

| |   b. Oct 1884, Louisiana

| | & Mineola GIBBS

| |   b. 1882

| |   d. 1954

| |   m. 1907

| | Roland Lee SCAIFE*

| |   b. Oct 1884, Louisiana

| | & Mineola “Minnie” GIBBS

| |   b. Dec 1882, Louisiana

| |   d. 1954, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

| | Florence SCAIFE

| |   b. Oct 1886, Louisiana

| | Elmore SCAIFE

| |   b. Sep 1888, Louisiana

| | Ruth SCAIFE

| |   b. 27 Feb 1893, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana

| |   d. 26 Aug 1968, Benton, Saline, Arkansas

| | & Elmer V. COLLINS

| |   m. 4 Nov 1916, Union County, Arkansas

| | Ruby SCAIFE

| |   b. 3 Apr 1895, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana

| |   d. Dec 1977, Princeton, Bossier, Louisiana

| | & Arthur ALFORD

| |   b. 1898

| |   d. 1968

| | Robert Roy SCAIFE

| |   b. 13 Feb 1896, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana

| |   d. 13 Feb 1959, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas

| | Donald Augustus SCAIFE

| |   b. 26 Feb 1899, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

| |   d. 28 Jan 1984, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

| | & Selma MAINS

| |   b. 9 Jun 1914

| |   d. 6 Jun 2007, Many, Sabine, Louisiana

| Dr. William Isaiah SCAIFE

|   b. 16 May 1862, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 21 Jul 1902, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

| & Blondel Elizabeth GRIFFIN

|   b. 27 Feb 1869

|   d. 8 Aug 1941

|   m. 17 Nov 1891, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

| | Erin R. SCAIFE

| |   b. 21 Sep 1893, Louisiana

| |   d. 28 Jan 1982, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana

| | & Henry Clunn McKEAN

| |   b. 1888, Arkansas

| |   d. 1961

| |   m. 8 May 1917, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana

| | Zorita SCAIFE

| |   b. 31 Jul 1896, Louisiana

| |   d. 25 Oct 1963, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

| | & Austin Sherman MANN

| |   b. 20 Dec 1885, Brooksville, Florida

| |   d. 21 Jul 1947, Houston, Harris, Texas

| | Charner G. SCAIFE

| |   b. Apr 1899, Louisiana

| Roland Lee SCAIFE

|   b. 11 Jun 1864, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 11 Jul 1904, Arkansas

| & Hammie MOORE

|   b. abt 1873, Alabama

|   d. aft 6 May 1940, Chicot County, Arkansas

|   m. 19 Mar 1893, Chicot County, Arkansas

| | Roland Lee SCAIFE

| |   b. 11 Feb 1896, Grand Lake, Chicot, Arkansas

| |   d. 25 Feb 1953, Eudora, Chicot, Arkansas

| | & Jane F. RAMSEY

| |   b. 2 Mar 1902, Mississippi

| |   d. 4 May 1994, Arkansas

| |   m. 29 Oct 1923, Covington County, Mississippi

| | Edward SCAIFE

| |   b. Mar 1898, Chicot County, Arkansas

| |   d. UNKNOWN

| Dr. Robert Hollingsworth SCAIFE

|   b. 5 Jan 1867, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 25 Dec 1904, Mt. Selman, Cherokee, Texas

| & Nevada GIBBS

|   b. 25 Dec 1878, Panola County, Texas

|   d. 2 Jun 1960, Winnsboro, Franklin, Louisiana

|   m. 3 Feb 1896, Union Parish, Louisiana

| | Aldina S. SCAIFE

| |   b. 1896, Louisiana

| | & ____ GATES

| | Robert Dayton SCAIFE

| |   b. 1899, Louisiana

| | Margaret SCAIFE

| |   b. 12 Dec 1903, Cherokee County, Texas

| |   d. 4 Jul 1995, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

| | & Daniel Roy GIANELLONI

| |   b. 23 Nov 1902, Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana

| |   d. 28 Oct 1989, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

| Ruth SCAIFE

|   b. 1 Jan 1869, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 18 Nov 1950, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas

| & George Edward RAMSEY

|   b. 31 Aug 1870, Shelby County, Texas

|   d. 25 Aug 1952, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas

|   m. 7 Jun 1899, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| | George Edward RAMSEY   Jr.

| |   b. 13 Sep 1904, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas

| |   d. 2 Jan 1966, Midland, Midland, Texas

| | & Winifred Gertrude BARRONS

| |   b. 11 Nov 1909

| |   d. 6 Feb 1989, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas

| |   m. 26 Dec 1933, Jackson County, Missouri

| | Charner Scaife RAMSEY

| |   b. 19 Aug 1906, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas

| |   d. 28 Apr 1918, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas

| Marguerite Vivian SCAIFE

|   b. 25 Feb 1872, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 2 Oct 1909, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| & John Philip ZEIGLER

|   b. 16 May 1863, Gilmer, Upshur, Texas

|   d. 15 Jun 1916, Longview, Gregg, Texas

|   m. 17 Oct 1897, Center, Shelby, Texas

| | Roland Scaife ZEIGLER Sr.

| |   b. 12 Jul 1899, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| |   d. 30 Apr 1964, Plainview, Hale, Texas

| | & Mildred Katria POOLE

| |   b. 22 Jul 1898, St. Louis, Missouri

| |   d. 20 Jan 1987, Plainview, Hale, Texas

| |   m. 20 Jun 1923, Greenville, Hunt, Texas

| | John Philip ZEIGLER   Jr.

| |   b. 9 Jul 1902, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| |   d. 28 Jul 1909, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| | Leroy Trice ZEIGLER

| |   b. 28 Feb 1906, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| |   d. 24 Jan 1972, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| | & Nelda Mae WILKINS

| |   b. 20 Dec 1905, New Willard, Trinity, Texas

| |   d. 26 Apr 1990, Tyler, Smith, Texas

| |   m. 23 Mar 1929, Longview, Gregg, Texas

| Adam SCAIFE

|   b. 29 Sep 1875, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

|   d. 2 Dec 1895, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana


Compiled by Debbie T. Hilliard

February 15, 2021



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