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View Tree for Cora Anna UpchurchCora Anna Upchurch (b. 24 Jun 1861, d. Abt. 1956)

Cora Anna Upchurch (daughter of Unknown Upchurch) was born 24 Jun 1861 in South Gabriel, Williamson County, Texas, and died Abt. 1956 in Died at the home of her daughter Mrs. W.A. (Vada) Giddens, Holland, Texas. She married Jefferson Davis Magill on 16 Dec 1884 in Williamson County, Georgetown, Texas, son of James Patterson Magill and Angelina Sylvana Evans.

 Includes NotesNotes for Cora Anna Upchurch:
Delayed Certificate of Burth reveals she was housewife at time of birth of Vada Sarah Magill, on 10/13/1887. Vada was her second child. She was living in Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Texas, at the time.

It's from the Holland (Bell Co.), TX newspaper and had to be in 1951,
because it says she when she was born and had just turned 90:

an article in the newspaper read, "Mrs. J. D. Magill, Holland's Eldest
Citizen Leads Busy, Active Life at Ninety. Mrs. J. D. Magill probably
has the honor of being Holland's eldest citizen. She celebrated her 90th
anniversary on June 24th.
"Born and reared on South Gabriel, in Williamson Co., she was
married to J. D. Magill Dec 17, 1884, 'one of the coldest days I ever
saw,' she recalled.
"She came to Bell Co. 57 years ago and has lived in Holland since
1940. She and Mr. Magill had four children, three of whom are living.
Mr. Magill died in 1943. Since that time she has made her home with a
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Giddens.
"Despite her ninety years Mrs. Magill is not a stay-at-home. She
is active, and is vitally interested in what is going on, and only this
summer made an extended visit to Hebbronville with her elder sister, Mrs.
Sarah Upchurch, who was 92 in April. She and Mrs. Magill are the only
remaining members of her family.
"For many years Mrs. Magill's hobby was making fancy needle work,
which she gave away. These days she pieces quilt tops. She has more
than she will ever use, but with nine grandchildren, 19 great, and seven
great-great grandchildren, she figures she will be able to keep busy for
some time if she is to piece one for each of them. Last year she made
nine tops, six of them on her fingers. Since she can no longer make
dainty stitches with a needle, she now sews them on the machine. She
wears glasses only for reading fine print.
"A member of the Methodist church, she attends fairly regularly.
She sums it up quite simply, 'If I feel like going, I go, and if I don't,
I stay at home.
"She is pictured above at her favorite pastime, seated in her
favorite chair. 'I don't care for rocking chairs. Don't know why,' she
said, and her blue eyes twinkled. 'Guess I'm just not old enough.
"Mrs. Magill wears her snowy-white hair cut short, and while
there's nothing old-fashioned about this little lady, who tips the scales
at less than 89 pounds, she refused to be drawn out on the subject of the
present-day dress . . . or lack of dress.
"Like most persons her age, Mrs. Magill likes to reminisce. One of
her favorite stories is the time her father, as a young man, narrowly
escaped death at the hands of raiding Indians.
"It seems that her father, who lived near Austin was to have
accompanied a party of thirteen white men and one Negro on a quest for
land on which to file homestead claims. For some reason, her father was
detained and failed to accompany the party. He set out the following
day, however, with another party, and somewhere between Leander and
Liberty Hill came upon the bodies of the fourteen men who had been
massacred by the Indians. It later developed that in the first party
were a woman and two children, who were taken captive by the Indians.
"Mr. Upchurch and his friends buried the bodies of all fourteen men
in their wagon bed. The woman and her smaller child later escaped and
made their way through heavy underbrush, traveling by night, back to
Austin. The older child, a boy of 13, remained with the Indians.
"The tale has a real story-book ending, however, as the boy was
later released by the Indians in a treaty with the white men.
"Mrs. Magill has no secret for longevity. 'I don't know what I can
attribute it to,' she said. 'unless it's hard work, I've done plenty of
that, in my day.' "

Died at the home of her daughter Mrs. W.A. (Vada) Giddens. She had lived in Holland the last 40 years of her life. She was a member of the Methodist Church.




More About Cora Anna Upchurch and Jefferson Davis Magill:
Marriage: 16 Dec 1884, Williamson County, Georgetown, Texas.

Children of Cora Anna Upchurch and Jefferson Davis Magill are:
  1. +Vada Sarah Magill, b. 13 Oct 1887, Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Texas, d. date unknown.
  2. +Aaron Winston Magill, b. 19 Nov 1889, Williamson County, Texas, d. 27 Aug 1949, Salado, Texas.
  3. Nora Alice Magill, b. 16 Sep 1885, Leander, Williamson County, Texas, d. 30 Aug 1972, Temple, Texas.
  4. +Elmo Lewis Magill, b. 29 Feb 1892, Texas, d. 20 Feb 1965, Temple, Bell County, Texas.
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