I found this picture of Samuel Horn Cawthon, my great-grandfather, father of Mary Edna Cawthon McBride which was posted in a Cawthon family tree on ancestry.com. I have since contacted the woman who posted it and found she is a descendant of Edna's brother Lawrence. She had found it on another ancestry family tree and is going to try and find the name of the person who initially posted it. I love the picture with the butterfly collection and wonder whatever happened to it.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Samuel Horn Cawthon,28 Jun 1849 - 11 Jun 1907
I found this picture of Samuel Horn Cawthon, my great-grandfather, father of Mary Edna Cawthon McBride which was posted in a Cawthon family tree on ancestry.com. I have since contacted the woman who posted it and found she is a descendant of Edna's brother Lawrence. She had found it on another ancestry family tree and is going to try and find the name of the person who initially posted it. I love the picture with the butterfly collection and wonder whatever happened to it.
Letter from Lawrence Cawthon to Mary Edna Cawthon McBride on death of mother
Picture of Elizabeth Shryer Cawthon 18 Feb 1850-19 Dec 1938My maternal grandmother was Mary Edna Cawthon McBride, 8 Sep 1890 - 24 Jun 1980. She was the daughter of Samuel Horn Cawthon and Elizabeth Shryer Cawthon. This is a letter received by Mary Edna from her brother Lawrence Marcus Cawthon, 14 Apr 1886 - 18 Aug 1952 after the death of their mother, Elizabeth Shryer Cawthon.
Stockton Jan 1st 1939
Dear Edna & family
I guess you have received the news about mother. It came right in the Christmas rush and I could not even go to the funeral and you will never know how it hurt me. I had a letter from Robert, he said they put her away awfully nice and that she looked awfuly sweet. Bless her heart she is at rest, even though it is hard to give her up, she had a long hard fight of it. I have been intending to write and almost insist on you coming to see her one more time. I am completely worked down and almost sick from the holiday rush of mail, I am having two days rest this Sunday & Monday. Robert and I have had a long time almost 10 years of wearry and expence and spent around a thousand dollars towards mother's care and went through a lot. We never felt it any thing but our duty and never hesitated at any thing we thought would make her happy or help her in any way. We never did call on you for we didn't know your financial conditions even (if) we had to barrow at times to make our way by. But I feel now since Robert is only getting 80 dollars and he is in pretty bad health & Carra sick and I am way behind on bills accumulated while I was sick so long. We feel now that you should chip in with us and pay one third of the funeral expense. Robert will send you in a few days a copy of the contract. He barrowed the down payment and it has to be paid back by Jan 23rd which is $31.76. After that the payments are only $8 per month for 18 months. So you see one third of the 8 dollars per month wont be so much for the three of us. What do you think about it Edna don't you think this is fair? I know I owe you a long letter, I haven't forgot it and just as soon as I get to feeling better I will sure come through with it. We still want to come to Okla in April but don't know if I will be able to make the trip. In the meantime will you please let me know if you can help us. We will appreciate it. We wish all of you a very happy and a prosperous New Year. Lots of love from your Brother, L.M. Cawthon 1641 S. Sutter St.
Letter from Robert Cawthon to Mary Edna Cawthon on funeral of Mother Elizabeth Shryer Cawthon
Montrose, Calif.
Jan. 5, 1939.
Dear Sister-
I have been thinking to write every day - I know you
are anxious to know about the funeral. Lawrence couldn't come, and
of course we didn't expect you to make the long trip just at Christmas.
Everything went off very nice. Dolly made the burial robe,
it was white silk with a corsage at the neck. Her hair was curled,
and she looked awfully nice and peaceful. I left it to Dolly's
folks to arrange the chapel, the music and the minister. I arranged
everything else. There was a nice crowd - all of the Santa Ana
bunch, including Aunt Mary and Pleas and family and Roy and wife.
She was buried at Westminster Memorial Park, alongside of Jim. She
died on the 19th, of a heart attack. For weeks, or even months she
had not recognized anyone, and if you had seen her she would not
have known her. It is nice that she ts at rest, for she had a
long, thankless siege of illness.
Carra is very weak and sick, and might not last the winter out.
Ernestine and Virgil are here, and Ernie keeps house. Virgil's job
is near here. It makes it nice for us, and gives me a chance to
get away when I want to.
There were lots of nice flowers - there was nothing lacking to
make a nice funeral. I picked out the casket, it was a light
silver gray, and matched well with her robe.
I have a letter from Lawrence which I am sending on to you. We,
or rather I, had to sign up for everything, and I wrote Lawrence
about standing his part. He will do so, and if you feel like you
can stand a third, it will not hurt any of us so much. I only have
$80.00 coming now, and it is very hard to stretch it to go round.
I am sending you the copy of the contract I signed. I am responsible
for all of it, so if you can help out any, just send it to me,
as I will have to send it in each month. The 31.56 had to be cash
which I borrowed and is due the 23d. After that the payments are
$8.00 for 18 months. If you can stand one third it will be only
2. 67 a month for each of us. The 7.50 on the flowers donated by
the Grandchildren can be deducted. I don't know what your financial
circumstances are now, and if you feel like you are depriving your
family, well, your family comes first. But Lawrence and I have spent
so much - I figure nearly a thousand dollars each, in the past nine
years, that perhaps now you feel like you could help us out that much.
Lawrence gets a good salary, but he was off sick a long time, and recently
had to spend $150.00 on his teeth. So let me know how you
feel about it, and return the copy of the contract to me for my record.
Hope you are all well, and I still think I may get to visit you
next summer.
Happy new Year to you and all the family.
As ever, your brother, Robert
Jan. 5, 1939.
Dear Sister-
I have been thinking to write every day - I know you
are anxious to know about the funeral. Lawrence couldn't come, and
of course we didn't expect you to make the long trip just at Christmas.
Everything went off very nice. Dolly made the burial robe,
it was white silk with a corsage at the neck. Her hair was curled,
and she looked awfully nice and peaceful. I left it to Dolly's
folks to arrange the chapel, the music and the minister. I arranged
everything else. There was a nice crowd - all of the Santa Ana
bunch, including Aunt Mary and Pleas and family and Roy and wife.
She was buried at Westminster Memorial Park, alongside of Jim. She
died on the 19th, of a heart attack. For weeks, or even months she
had not recognized anyone, and if you had seen her she would not
have known her. It is nice that she ts at rest, for she had a
long, thankless siege of illness.
Carra is very weak and sick, and might not last the winter out.
Ernestine and Virgil are here, and Ernie keeps house. Virgil's job
is near here. It makes it nice for us, and gives me a chance to
get away when I want to.
There were lots of nice flowers - there was nothing lacking to
make a nice funeral. I picked out the casket, it was a light
silver gray, and matched well with her robe.
I have a letter from Lawrence which I am sending on to you. We,
or rather I, had to sign up for everything, and I wrote Lawrence
about standing his part. He will do so, and if you feel like you
can stand a third, it will not hurt any of us so much. I only have
$80.00 coming now, and it is very hard to stretch it to go round.
I am sending you the copy of the contract I signed. I am responsible
for all of it, so if you can help out any, just send it to me,
as I will have to send it in each month. The 31.56 had to be cash
which I borrowed and is due the 23d. After that the payments are
$8.00 for 18 months. If you can stand one third it will be only
2. 67 a month for each of us. The 7.50 on the flowers donated by
the Grandchildren can be deducted. I don't know what your financial
circumstances are now, and if you feel like you are depriving your
family, well, your family comes first. But Lawrence and I have spent
so much - I figure nearly a thousand dollars each, in the past nine
years, that perhaps now you feel like you could help us out that much.
Lawrence gets a good salary, but he was off sick a long time, and recently
had to spend $150.00 on his teeth. So let me know how you
feel about it, and return the copy of the contract to me for my record.
Hope you are all well, and I still think I may get to visit you
next summer.
Happy new Year to you and all the family.
As ever, your brother, Robert
Letter from Robert Cawthon to Mary Edna Cawthon McBride notifying of death of mother
This letter was sent from Robert Cawthon to my grandmother (his sister) Mary Edna Cawthon McBride concerning the death of their mother, Elizabeth Shryer Cawthon, Dec 19, 1938.
Montrose, Calif.
Dec. 21, 1938
Dear Sister,-
Just after I sent you the letter the other day Mother
passed away. I didn't know it until yesterday. They moved her
to the undertaking parlor and notified me the next day.
I don't believe you would want to come just at Christmas, with
your own family with all Christmas plans made, and after all, it
would be a long and bad trip at this time of year. There would
really be no point to you coming all the way out to go go to her funeral.
We have made all the plans to have the funeral on Friday, Dec. 23d.
She will be buried alongside of Jim, in Westminster Memorial Park,
All the plans are made and most of the relatives will be here.
It is one of those things we have to expect, and nave been expecting
for a long time, so we will go ahead and bury her, and not expect
you out at this time.
Write me,
As ever,
Robert, 2261 Mira Ave, Montrose
Montrose, Calif.
Dec. 21, 1938
Dear Sister,-
Just after I sent you the letter the other day Mother
passed away. I didn't know it until yesterday. They moved her
to the undertaking parlor and notified me the next day.
I don't believe you would want to come just at Christmas, with
your own family with all Christmas plans made, and after all, it
would be a long and bad trip at this time of year. There would
really be no point to you coming all the way out to go go to her funeral.
We have made all the plans to have the funeral on Friday, Dec. 23d.
She will be buried alongside of Jim, in Westminster Memorial Park,
All the plans are made and most of the relatives will be here.
It is one of those things we have to expect, and nave been expecting
for a long time, so we will go ahead and bury her, and not expect
you out at this time.
Write me,
As ever,
Robert, 2261 Mira Ave, Montrose
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Moves of Thomas Alexander O'Neal, 1824-1910
Picture 1 Thomas A. O'Neal Picture 2 Thomas A. & Lucinda White O'NealThomas Alexander O'Neal, along with his family, was quite the wanderer. From census, birth, marriage and death records, I have listed what I know of his residences.
1829 Born in 1829, Greene, Georgia
1853 Married Lucinda White, Chatooga County Georgia
1854 Son, William H. O'Neal, born in Sublingua, Georgia
1860 Census, Cass County, Texas (listed in census, T.A., L {Lucinda}, W. H.)
1860 Daughter, Lucinda Crawford O'Neal, born in Wichita Falls, Texas
1865 Daughter, Martha Elizabeth O'Neal, born in Sublingua, Georgia
1870 Census, Yell County, Arkansas (listed in census: Thomas, Lucinda, William, Lula, Martha)
1872 Son, John M. O'Neal, born in Dardenelle, Arkansas
1875 Death of Lucinda White and stillborn son in Bellsville, Arkansas
1877 Married Julia Mason in Yell County, Arkansas
1878-1880 Letters from Thomas A. and Lucinda, in Clay County/Wichita Falls, Texas
1880 Census, Clay County Texas (listed in census: Thomas, Lou, Martha, John)
1883 Lucinda married R. H. McBride, Yell County, Arkansas
1887 Thomas married Mary Smith, Pope County, Arkansas
1891 Lived in what was to become Brown, Oklahoma (west of Tecumseh OK) in a dugout with daughter Lucinda and her husband Robert H. McBride, until a log cabin could be built.
1910 Died in Cromwell, Oklahoma.
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