LOGAN-NEWBERRY-McANEAR in Upshur, Franklin, Lamar, Hopkins & Hutchinson Cos., TX
LOGAN-NEWBERRY-McANEAR in Upshur, Franklin, Lamar, Hopkins & Hutchinson Cos., TX ca. 1880
Please help!I am trying to identify the murderer of Martha Susan WEAVER GRAVES LOGAN ?????? b.ca.1856-d.ca.1883 near Gilmer, TX.
Her third husband, a wealthy farmer near Gilmer, who had a metal late in his head killed Martha, some kids, a negro boy and himself.
What was his name and when and where did this event occur?
If you have heard of this please continue reading and be sure to get in touch with me.
If you belong to the family listed below and want to provide more info or corrections please reply or write back.
Peace,
James R. Davis, 6708 Austin Way, Sacramento, CA 95823
James.davis1 at sbcglobal.net . . . . 12/9/13
Below you will find more on:
1)Martha Susan WEAVER GRAVES LOGAN ??????’shusbands and families
2)Mr. Logan’s birth family and siblings
3)A descendancy outline for Mr. LOGAN’s sister Susan E. LOGAN 1839-1890m. Rev. Joseph A. NEWBERRY 1835-1895 and the expansion of this family in nearby counties and several other surnames shown below.
Primary SURNAMES below:LOGAN, NEWBERRY, McANEAR, BASS, CHANCE, FISHER, MADDOX
Essentially LOGAN was in Upsher Co. TX (in NE Tx)
NEWBERRY was Upsher, Franklin, Lamar, Hopkins & Hutchinson Cos., TX. (1st 4 in NE Tx)
BASS was in Martin & Lubbock Cos., TX (below pan handle)
CHANCE was in Crosby & Lubbock Cos., TX (below pan handle)
FISHER was in Hutchinson Co., TX (in pan handle)
McANEAR was in Hopkins Co., TX, and (in NE Tx)
MADDOX was in Collingsworth Co., TX (in pan handle)
Of course they probably went elsewhere but I saw records in these counties.
All SURNAMES included below: Anderson, Bankston, BASS, Beaver, Bolton, Bowles, Bratcher, Byas, Cagle, Captenter, CHANCE, Daniel(s), Dillard, FISHER, Fuquay, Gibson, Graves, Harris, Hickman, Hightower, Jaggers, Jamar, Joyce, Johnson, Loftis, LOGAN, McANEAR, MADDOX, NEWBERRY, Newsome, Patterson, Pfister, Ponder, Prichard, Rodenbeck, Rushing, Springer, Terry, Truitt, Veasey, Weaver, West, Wright.
I’m looking for cousins from the LOGAN, NEWBERRY, McANEAR, BASS, CHANCE, FISHER, and MADDOX families shown below who might know about the murder near Gilmer, Upshur Co., TX of their great aunt Martha Susan WEAVER GRAVES LOGAN ?????? b.ca.1856-d.ca.1883 by her farmer husband who had a metal plate in his head.
I’m interested in Martha Susan WEAVER b.ca.1856. The story I have from my mother-in-law in the 1970’s goes like this.
Martha m1.ca.1872 Mr. GRAVES and had Mary ca.1873 and Joseph T. b.ca.1875 (he m. Sally CAGLE)
--- - - - Mr. Graves died about 1875-1877
Martha m2.1877 James R. LOGAN and had Ola L. 1879-1912 (she m. William L. TERRY) and Laura b.ca.1880
--- - - - James R. Logan died ca.1880
Martha m3.ca.1880 wealthy farmer with metal plate in his head.
--- - - - Wealthy famer kills wife, some kids, 1 negro boy, and himself in 1880’s near Gilmer, Upshur Co., TX.
Martha, above,was married second to James R. LOGAN 1846-1880.
James comes from this LOGAN family:
James A. LOGAN 1808 KY-1856 Morris Co., TX, m. Sarah C. HICKMAN 1819-1856
--(lived; 1850 Lincoln Co., KY, and kids to TX)
--Susan E. - - - - 1839-1890 m. Joseph A. NEWBERRY 1835 MS- (looking for descendants)
--Sarah A. - - - - 1840-1916 m. Edward R. TRUITT 1834-1869
--Lydia Ellen– 1842-1923 m. Andrew J. PRICHARD 1843-1918
--William B. - -- 1844-1865
--James R. - - - - 1846-1880 m1. Melvina DANIELS 1846 TX-, m2. 1877 Martha Susan WEAVER 1856 GA-after 1880
--Ira J. - - - - - - - 1848- - - - - m. Margaret Elizabeth ANDERSON 1848 TX-1929 Upshur Co., TX
I wonder if any of the descendants of the siblings of Susan E. NEWBERRY sister-in-law to Martha Susan WEAVER GRAVES LOGAN know anything about her murder?
Have you heard the story of the man with the metal plate killing your grandmother Susan’s sister-in-law Martha?
Joseph A. NEWBERRY and Susan E. LOGAN Family:
Susan E. LOGAN 1839-1890Hopkins Co., TX, m. Rev. Joseph A. NEWBERRY 1835 MS-1895
--(lived in Coahoma Co., MS in 1860 and Upshur Co., TX in 1880)
--Estelle NEWBERRY 1859- , m.1878 M. H. TUBBS
--Augusta - - - - - - 1862-
--Mary - - - - - - - - 1869-1880
--William - - - - - - 1872-1894
--Albert Nolen- - - 1874-1951 Lamar Co., TX, m.1897 Franklin Co.Della Ann GIBSON
----(lived 1900 Hopkins Co., TX )
----Dovie Lee -- - - - - 1898-1971 m. Emmett J. BYAS 1895-1986
------Emmett Gerald BYAS 1922-1986 m. Dovie BRATCHER 1919-1994
----William A.- - - - - 1906-1963 Lamar Co.,TX, m. Flora 1907-1970
------Elysaun/Eljwan - - 1927 TX-
------Travis- - - - - - - - - 1929- (maybe m. Bonnie Fay BOLTON of Lamar Co., TX)
------Doris Jean- - - - - - 1932- (maybe m. Bill Joe SPRINGER of Lamar Co., TX)
------Della Ann - - - - - - 1936- (maybe m. Marshall Hunter JOYCE of Lamar Co., TX)
------Bobbie Joe - - - - - 1937-
------Robert B. - - - - - - 1940-
----Arland Ray- - - - - 1911-1972 Lamar Co., TX, m. Robbie L. JAMAR 1913-1985
----Louie W. - - - - - - 1913 TX-1999 Lamar Co., TX m. Gladys L. BEAVER 1916-2000
------Sandra Sue - - - - - 1941 TX
----Estelle- - - - - - - - 1915-2007 m.1931 Virgil CARPENTER 1910 -1997
------Barbara- - - - - - - - 1928- m. Bill PATTERSON
------Linda Kay- - - - - - - 1941- m1. Ray Adams, m2. Charles CHANCE
----Caterla - - - - - - - 1917-
----Ozell Zora - - - - - 1919-2003 m. James Daniel CHANCE 1914-1992
------James Ray CHANCE 1945 Crosby Co., TX
------Lola Fay - - - - - - - - 1947 Crosby Co., TX
------Ruby Joyce - - - - - - 1951 Lubbock Co., TX
--James E. - - - - - 1874-1901 Hopkins Co., TX
--Sidney C.- - - - - 1874-1951 Franklin Co., TX (also 1900 Hopkins Co., 1910/20/40 Franklin Co.)
--Jesse Bryant - - 1877-1944 Franklin Co., TX, m.1898 Ida FUQUAY 1884-1944
----Floy L. - - - - - - - - 1902-
----Blanton - - - - - - - 1904-1909 Franklin Co., TX
----Buna O. - - - - - - - 1906-1970 Smith Co., TX, m. Fred L. BASS 1903
------(lived in: 1930 Martin Co., 1940 Midland Co.)
------Joe B. BASS- - - - - 1929 TX
------Elwyn - - - - - - - - - 1934-
------Roger Samuel - - - 1940-
----Alfie- - - - - - - - - - 1911-
----Jessie- - - - - - - - - 1912- (maybe m. Coy J. VEASEY of Franklin Co., TX)
----Calvin- - - - - - - - - 1914- m. Agie JAGGERS 1913-
------Martha Ann - - - - - 1941 Taylor Co., TX
------Barbara Kay- - - - - 1949 Taylor Co., TX
------Sidney Carrol - - - - 1951 Taylor Co., TX
----Albert- - - - - - - - - 1915-1983 Franklin Co.,TX, m. Gladys Kathryn NEWSOME1914-2002
------Doris Jean- - - - - - - 1949 Lamar Co., TX
----Leona- - - - - - - - - 1917- (maybe m. Woodrow RUSHING of Gregg Co., or I.Prentiss HIGHTOWER of Franklin Co., TX)
----Vinton - - - - - - - - 1920- (maybe m. Mary Nell WEST)
----Winnell - - - - - - - 1925- (maybe m. Harold Douglas BANKSTON of Wichita Co., TX)
----Crystell- - - - - - - - 1925- (maybe m. Murrell Yarbough JOHNSON of Franklin Co., TX)
--David L. - - - - - - 1879-1884 Hopkins Co., TX
--Sarah Florence - 1880-1963 Hopkins Co., TX ,.1897 William C. McANEAR 1865-1948
----Marvin E. McANEAR 1897 Hopkins Co., TX-1967 San Diego Co., CA, m. Beulah 1898-1981 CA
------J.W. - - - - - - - - - - - - 1911 Hopkins Co., TX
------Johnnie S. (f)- - - - - - 1911-
------Harold - - - - - - - - - - 1913-
------Marion- - - - - - - - - - 1918-
----Zelma E. - - - - - - - - 1903-1993 m.1920 Franklin Co., TXWilliam Clyde HARRIS 1894-1987
------William C. HARRIS- - 1923 Hopkins Co., TX-1988
----Mary Sue- - - - - - - - 1906- (maybe m. Marion Pernell LOFTIS of Winkler Co., TX)
----Wilma Ertis - - - - - - 1908-1981 m. Luther M. MADDOX 1902-1935 of Collingsworth Co., TX
------James A. MADDOX - - 1924-1986 Collingsworth Co., TX
------Doris Virginia- - - - - - 1926
------Lowell Maurice - - - - 1928
------Auther Galyn- - - - - - 1931 (d.bef.1935?)
------Luther Galyn- - - - - - 1931-1975 Hopkins Co. (with Wm & Zelma HARRIS in 1940)
----Warren- - - - - - - - - 1917-
----William P.- - - - - - - 1920-
----Carlton S. - - - - - - - 1923-1977 Hopkins Co.,TX, m. Martha Lou PONDER1928-1997
------Karen Ann - - - - - - - -1949 Hopkins Co., TX
--John NEWBERRY 1882- , m.1901 Lovie DILLARD 1885-1945 Hutchinson Co., TX
----Myrtle M. - - - - - 1903 Hopkins Co., TX
----William V.- - - - - 1904 TX-
----Olan E. - - - - - - - 1906-
----Evelyn- - - - - - - - 1908- m. William FISHER 2000 AR
------(in 1940 Hutchinson Co., TX)
------Donald FISHER - - 1924 TX-
------Robert- - - - - - - - 1929-
------David Lee- - - - - - 1931-
------John - - - - - - - - - 1933-
------Carroll Jean - - - - 1934-
----Elsie L. - - - - - - 1910 OK- (maybe m.Potter Co., TXClarence Boyd BOWLES)
----Eldridge D. - - - 1914 OK- maybe to King Co., WA & d. 1984
----Marjorie L. - - - 1917 OK-
----Noel James- - - 1923-1976 Hutchinson, Co., TX, m. Phyllis Eileen RODENBECK 1923-2013 (she m2. Raymond Pfister)
------James Dale- - - - 1952 Hartley Co., TX
------Jeanette Eileen - 1956 Hutchinson Co., TX, m. 1973 Troy Wayne WRIGHT
Please let me know which of the above you are related to and who told you about the murder.Is this a real story or have I been pulled into researching a tall tale?
The above descendency chart is a first cut draft created from census records at FamilySearch and deaths via Find-A-Grave.
If you want me to add or delete from this outline of descendants I will be glad to get more info and make corrections.
Peace,
James R. Davis, 6708 Austin Way, Sacramento, CA 95823
James.davis1 at sbcglobal.net . . . . 12/9/13