THE FRIDDLE FABRIC

THE FRIDDLE FABRIC

Updated June 11, 2008
Anita Friddle Stubbs
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JAMES BUCHANAN FRIDDLE AND MARY JANE HARRIS FRIDDLE came to Hopkins Co, TX in 1894 from Grove Hill, Clarke Co., AL. and settled near Como, in the the vicinity of the Green Pond Community.
My FRIDDLE line has been traced back as far as LOUIS/LEWIS FRIDDLE, born ca 1780 in N.C.He married Elizabeth (last name unknown), born ca 1790 in NC.I am trying to establish a link to the GEORGE FRIDDLE whose will was probated in 1806 in Orange Co., NC. through one of the sons named in that will.Their names were John Friddle, Casper Friddle, and Henry Friddle.I know that the youngest son, Martin Friddle, is not my ancestor.I am hopeful that contact with descendants of the three older brothers might reveal one of them to be the father of my LOUIS/LEWIS FRIDDLE.Since Louis named his first son, John, I am especially interested in the John Friddle named in the GEORGE FRIDDLE Will.
It is thought that the FRIDDLE name was established in colonial NC by the German immigrant HANS GEORGE FRIEDLE,SR. who came to America in 1731 with his two young sons, LORETZ/LAURENCE FRIDDLE, age two, and HANS GEORGE FRIEDLE, JR., age 15 days.Family legend tells us that our FRIDDLE immigrant came to America from Germany with two young sons, their mother having died during the voyage and buried at sea.It is my belief that the GEORGE FRIDDLE who made his will in Orange Co. NC in 1800 and died in 1806 is the HANS GEORGE FRIEDLE, JR., the infant who came with his father from Germany.My search for the father of LOUIS/LEWIS FRIDDLE is now dependent upon information from anyone descending from either John, Henry, or Casper Friddle named in the GEORGE FRIDDLE will.
My paternal grandmother, MINNIE ALMA OWENS FRIDDLE, descends from ETHELDRED OWENS, a Revolutionary solder in 1781 & 1782 and lived in N.C.He was granted 1000 acres in Barnwell District, SC in 1801.
My maternal ancestoral line has been traced back to Heinrich ROTH/RHODT/RODE/RHOADS thru CAPTAIN HENRY RHOADS, a Revolutionary War Soldier with General George Washington at Valley Forge.
Another ancestor, WILLIAM FOX, born July 3, 1801 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,was a drummer boy in the War of 1812.He was captured by American forces in Michigan, and never returned to Canada.His baptismal record at Christ's Church in Montreal bears the names of his parents, WILLIAM and MARY FOX. He had at least four brothers and sisters.When he left Canada as a young boy, he never returned, or communicated with his family again, for whatever reason.I am interested in learning more about his Canadian family.
Other lines include: NELSON-PARKS-SMITH-HUBBARD-ROBINSON, RODGERS, DARDEN, HARRIS-STEPHENS, HOOKS-MAYO-EADY/EDITH, HINSON-MOORE, TEAGUE, WILLEFORD/WILLIFORD, CHRISTIAN, KEITH, STONER, GREEN, JONES.
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Family Photos

  • James N. M. Owens and Hester Ann Hooks Owens (151 KB)
    This family photo was taken around 1900 at the Owens home near Como, in Hopkins Co., TX.Owens children, back Row, L - R: John Monroe, Jessie F., Thomas Evan.Middle Row: Willie R., James Newt Monroe Owens, Hester Ann Hooks Owens, Marion Columbus.In father's lap: Charlie G.In mother's lap: Minnie Alma.Children not pictured: Fannie Dona, Mary E.(Molly), J. Hubbard, and Lillie Ann.
  • James Thomas Friddle, 1889-1969 (24 KB)
    James Thomas Friddle was born January 17, 1889, in Clarke County, AL, the son of James Buchanon Friddle, and Mary Jane Harris Friddle.He came to Texas with his family in a covered wagon around 1894 when he was just a small boy.The family settled in southern Hopkins County, near the Greenpond Community, not far from Como, Tx.He married Minnie Alma Owens on July 5, 1908 in Hopkins County, and they had fourteen children.He died on March 12, 1969, and is buried in the Greenpond Cemetery.
  • Descendants of James B. and Mary Harris Friddle (77 KB)
    From L - R: George Maynard Friddle, 1890-1972; Eva C. Friddle Owens, 1891-abt.1960;James Thomas Friddle, 1889-1969.Other children of James Buchanon Friddle and Mary Jane Harris Friddle were Clayton A. Friddle, 1878 - ca 1930; Curtis Hanon Friddle, 1880-1882; Clara Friddle, 1882-1928; Frank Friddle 1887 - 1929; Felter Friddle, 1894-1898.There were no children born to any of these.George Maynard, Eva, and James Thomas each had families.James Thomas fathered fourteen children, and George Maynard, eight,and Eva Friddle Owens had four.This photo was taken in Como, Texas probably in the late 1950's.
  • William Fox, Jr. (133 KB)
    William Fox, Jr. was a Civil War Soldier, enlisting in Hopkins County, TX in 1861.
 

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