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     Susan E. BROWN, daughter of John Humphreys BROWN and Jane Ann Allen, was born on 23 July 1856 in San Saba County, Texas.^1,2

Susan E. BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of John Humphreys BROWN in San Saba County, Texas.¹

Susan E. BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 2 July 1870, in the household of John Humphreys BROWN and Jane Ann Allen in San Saba, San Saba County, Texas.³

Susan married Boswell Herndon McAnally circa 1877.

Susan E. BROWN died on 4 September 1927 in Texas at age 71.² She was buried in Santa Anna Cemetery, Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas.

     John Mack BROWN, son of John Humphreys BROWN and Jane Ann Allen, was born on 23 March 1859 in Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas.¹

John Mack BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of John Humphreys BROWN in San Saba County, Texas.¹

John Mack BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 2 July 1870, in the household of John Humphreys BROWN and Jane Ann Allen in San Saba, San Saba County, Texas.²

John married Ara Alice Alford on 28 December 1876 in San Saba County, Texas.³

John Mack BROWN and Ara Alice Alford appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 12 June 1880 in San Saba County, Texas. The household was listed as Mack Brown, a 21-year-old farmer, and Allice, his wife, age 20. Her occupation was keeping house. They had two children: John age 2 and Sophia age 1.

John Mack BROWN and Joab BROWN killed Col. John Griffith on 7 March 1889 in Junction City, Texas. Griffith, a former Confederate guerilla leader and a master mason, was shot and killed at his ranch some twenty miles from Junction City. According to a newspaper story, Griffith "was a prominent figure during the civil war, commanding one of the most noted querrilla organizations, and the right bower of General Forrrest." The cause of the feud is believed to be Griffith's involvement in the lynching of Joab and Mack's older brother, Asa R. Brown.⁴

John Mack BROWN was sentenced to 25 years for the killing of Col. Griffith on 8 January 1894 in Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. His brother Joab also served three and a half years for manslaughterr 1893-1896. Mack was paroled 15 Nov 1905 and received a full pardon 3 Jul 1907.

John Mack BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1900 in Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. The household was listed as Mack Brown was a prisoner, age 41, born March 1859. He had been married for 22 years. His normal occupation was stockman.

John Mack BROWN and Alice Alford appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1910 in Kirkley, Converse County, Wyoming. The household was listed as (an unknown value.)

John Mack BROWN and Alice Alford appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 10 January 1920 in Thermopolis, Hot Springs county, Wyoming. The household was listed as John M. Brown, a 60-year-old laborer, and Alice A. Brown, his 60-year-old wife. They rented a home at 169 Washakie Street.

John Mack BROWN and Alice Alford appeared on a census enumerated 2 April 1930 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming. The household was listed as Myrtle I. Mathews, a 45-year-old cook in a restaurant, and her parents, John M. Brown, age 71, and Alice A. Brown, age 69. They had married when he was 20 and she was 17.

John Mack BROWN died on 7 March 1936 in Thermopolis, Hot Springs county, Wyoming, at age 76.⁵ He was buried in Monument Hill Cemetery.⁵

     Lecia LEWIS, daughter of Mordecai LEWIS and Lecia BROWN, was born circa 1810 in Tennessee.¹ She was also known as Leecy.

Lecia married Larkin Deshazo in 1832 in Bibb County, Alabama.²

     Larkin married Lecia LEWIS, daughter of Mordecai LEWIS and Lecia BROWN, in 1832 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

     James Marion WATTS, son of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES, was born in October 1884 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.¹ He was also known as Jim.

James Marion WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 11 June 1900, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES in Precinct 2, Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.⁴

James married Sarah Jerusha Luvenia Boyd on 3 April 1910 at residence of J. L. Boyd in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. With the ceremony performed by W. R. Kyle, justice of peace.^2,5

James Marion WATTS and Sarah Jerusha Luvenia Boyd appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 7 May 1910 in Koeppell, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as James M. Watts, a 27-year-old saw mill laborer, and his new wife, a 29-year-old Louvenia. They had been married less than a year and it was their first marriage. They lived in the household of her parents, Luther Boyd, 57, and Mary Jane, 63, at 331 Brookwood Road. Luther was a farm laborer. Mary Jane was the mother of five, but only two were living.⁶

James Marion WATTS and Sarah Jerusha Luvenia Boyd appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 8 January 1920 in Clement Station, Jones, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as James Watts, 38, blacksetter in a sawmill, and his wife, Louvenia, 40, along with their children, David, 8; Roy, 6; Josephine, 3 years one month; and Nettie, age one year and 5 months. Also living with them was James' mother, Sarah, age 67. All were born in Alabama.⁷

James Marion WATTS died on 12 December 1948 in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 64. He was buried in Enterprise Baptist Church Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.⁸

His obituary appeared 14 December 1948 in the The Tuscaloosa News, published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services for Jim Watts, 69, who died Sunday at his home in Cottondale, were to be held at 2 p. m. today from the Enterprise Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving are two sons, David Watts, Bessemer, and Roy Watts, Cottondale; three daughters, Mrs. O. L. Criss, Raymon, Miss; Mrs. R. J. Johnson, Cottondale; and Mrs. M. L. Wright, Marshall, Texas.

     Liddie P. WATTS, daughter of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES, was born in August 1889 in Alabama.¹

Liddie P. WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 11 June 1900, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES in Precinct 2, Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.²

     Rev. Henry Edgar WATTS, son of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES, was born on 24 August 1890 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.² He was a Pentecostal preacher in Bibb, Tuscaloosa and Shelby Counties, Alabama. He never married, but moved around preaching and staying with first one family and then another (not always related) and then maintaining his own residence at other times.³ He was described as red-headed by A. J. Watts of Centreville.⁴

Rev. Henry Edgar WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 11 June 1900, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES in Precinct 2, Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.⁵

Rev. Henry Edgar WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 21 April 1910 in Vance, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Henry Watts, a 19-year-old sawmill laborer, and his 57-year-old widowed mother, Sarah E. Watts. Sarah was the mother of four children with three of them living. They could both read and write, and they rented their home on the Centreville and Tuscaloosa Road.⁶

Rev. Henry Edgar WATTS died on 29 February 1972 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, at age 81.^7,8,9 He was buried in Hickman Chapel Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.⁹

His obituary appeared 2 March 1972 in the The Tuscaloosa News, published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. CENTREVILLE -- Funeral services for the Rev. Henry Edgar Watts, 81, of Centreville were to be held today at 2 p.m. at Hickman Chapel Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

He died Tuesday in the Bibb County Hospital.

Survivors include two nephews, Lemuel D. Watts of Helena and Albert C. Watts of Mansfield, Ohio; and six nieces, Mrs. Gertrude Duncan of Brent, Mrs. Josephine Criss of Houston, Mrs. Nettie Johnson of Cottondale, Mrs. Mary Wright of Longview, Tex, and Mrs. Irene Tinney and Mrs. Leon Lockhart, both of Hollins.

     Eugenia M. BUCKNER, daughter of John Strother BUCKNER and Lucy Ellen GIBSON, was born on 14 December 1856 in Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia.^1,2

Eugenia M. BUCKNER appeared on a census, enumerated 19 June 1870, in the household of her parents John Strother BUCKNER and Lucy Ellen BUCKNER in Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. She was recorded as Eugenia Buckner, age 15.

Eugenia M. BUCKNER died in 1900.¹

     Willis LANGSTON, son of Isaac Newton LANGSTON and Sarah PATTON, was born circa 1816 in North Alabama.¹

Willis married Ina Louisa Woolley on 29 October 1837 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley joined the Antioch Baptist Church, Bibb County, Alabama, November 1837 by baptism. Before that, Willis was in Monroe County, Alabama where he appeared in the household of his father, Isaac Langston.

Willis LANGSTON moved from Bibb County to Jemison, Shelby County, Alabama, April 1855 when on the Saturday before the 4th Sabbath Bro. Willis Langston and his wife called for letters of dismission from Antioch Baptist Church. They moved to approximately three miles northeast of what is now the town of Jemison, which was then part of Shelby County. The family tradition holds that Willis had a falling out with the other members of his family over the question of slavery.

Willis LANGSTON died on 6 February 1865 in Shelby County, Alabama. Willis and his son, Andrew Jackson Langston, were killed by the Blackwell Crowd who operated out of Montevallo, Shelby County near the end of the Civil War. Family tradition is that they were hung. The following account appears in the book [ITALl:]Chilton County and Her People by T. E. Wyatt, 1950: "A total of 17 men in Chilton County were killed by the Blackwell Crowd immediately following the close of the War; most were from the northern part of the county. The Blackwell Crowd were secessionists to the nth degree; they rounded up men who were supposed to have been Union sympathizers during the war. Men whose brutal deaths are charged to the Blackwell Crowd included: Charlie Cobb, Jonathan Huckabee of Union Grove, Willis and Jack Langston of Dry Valley, Mart McDaniel, Thames Lowery, and Anderson Honeycutt." There must have been more to the story because Andrew Jackson Langston served with the Confederacy. In 1864, Andrew married Martha E. Cobb, a sister to Jim Cobb, who was supposed to be a member of the Blackwell Crowd. She was also the sister of Charlie Cobb who was killed by the Blackwell Crowd.¹

Willis LANGSTON was buried in Mount New Hope Cemetery, Jemison, Alabama.

     Ina Louisa Woolley was born in November 1816 in South Carolina.¹

Ina married Willis LANGSTON, son of Isaac Newton LANGSTON and Sarah PATTON, on 29 October 1837 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Ina Louisa Woolley and Willis LANGSTON joined the Antioch Baptist Church, Bibb County, Alabama, November 1837 by baptism. Before that, Willis was in Monroe County, Alabama where he appeared in the household of his father, Isaac Langston.

Ina Louisa Woolley died on 6 September 1882 in Alabama at age 65.¹

     Elizabeth C. LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 6 October 1838 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Elizabeth married Eli Levi Scott on 19 December 1862 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

Elizabeth C. LANGSTON died on 1 March 1883 in Jefferson County, Alabama, at age 44.¹

     George Washington LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 16 February 1840 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

George married Martha Bullock on 6 January 1859 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

George Washington LANGSTON died on 16 April 1912 at age 72.¹

     Lucinda J. LANGSTON, daughter of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born in 1841.¹

Lucinda married Newton R. Lowery on 17 December 1857 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

Lucinda J. LANGSTON died before 1870.¹

     Amanda C. LANGSTON, daughter of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born in 1843 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Amanda C. LANGSTON died before 1870.¹

     Andrew Jackson LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born in 1843 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Andrew married Martha E. Cobb on 15 December 1864 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹ He witnessed the death of Willis LANGSTON on 6 February 1865 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

Andrew Jackson LANGSTON died on 6 February 1865 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     William Zacheus Woolley LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 15 July 1846 in Alabama.¹

William married Polly Ann Miles on 30 September 1866 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

William Zacheus Woolley LANGSTON died on 14 July 1894 in Alabama at age 47.¹

     Isaac Newton LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 5 July 1848 in Alabama.¹

Isaac married Allana Atkinson circa 1868 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

Isaac Newton LANGSTON died on 17 February 1926 at age 77.¹

     Reason J. LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 10 January 1849 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Reason married Amanda E. Bullock on 31 January 1869 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

Reason J. LANGSTON died on 14 January 1912 in Chilton County, Alabama, at age 63.^1,2 He was buried in Mars Hill Baptist Cemetery.

     Columbus LaFayette LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 9 June 1851 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Columbus married Mary Elizabeth Edwards on 3 April 1871 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Columbus LaFayette LANGSTON died on 14 September 1917 at age 66.¹

     Franklin M. LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born in 1853 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Franklin married Paratine L. Gentry on 30 September 1875 in Baker (now Chilton) County, Alabama.¹

Franklin M. LANGSTON died in 1927.¹

     Sarah E. LANGSTON, daughter of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 10 February 1856 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Sarah married William B. Scott on 12 April 1871 in Baker (now Chilton) County, Alabama.¹

Sarah E. LANGSTON died on 9 June 1925 at age 69.¹

     Mary A. L. LANGSTON, daughter of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, was born on 15 May 1859 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Mary married O. Perry Scott on 30 September 1875 in Chilton County, Alabama.¹

Mary A. L. LANGSTON died on 12 April 1922 in Alabama at age 62.¹

     Eli married Elizabeth C. LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 19 December 1862 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     Martha married George Washington LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 6 January 1859 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     Newton married Lucinda J. LANGSTON, daughter of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 17 December 1857 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     Martha married Andrew Jackson LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 15 December 1864 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     Polly married William Zacheus Woolley LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 30 September 1866 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     Allana married Isaac Newton LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, circa 1868 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹

     Amanda E. Bullock was born on 27 April 1844.

Amanda married Reason J. LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 31 January 1869 in Shelby County, Alabama.¹ She was buried in Mars Hill Baptist Cemetery.

Amanda E. Bullock died on 10 June 1918 in Pletcher, Chilton County, Alabama, at age 74.²

Her obituary appeared 21 June 1918 in the The Union Banner, published in Clanton, Alabama. Mrs. Amanda Langston, wife of R. J. Langston, died in June at Pletcher, burial at Mars Hill.³

     Mary married Columbus LaFayette LANGSTON, son of Willis LANGSTON and Ina Louisa Woolley, on 3 April 1871 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹