W is for Wallace James Lincecum. He Killed His Uncle? (A to Z)

Wallace James Lincecum, born 19 July 1908 in Denton, Texas, was a son of Val Dies Lincecum (who I was supposed to write about yesterday, but life happened) and Mary Elizabeth Murray (d. 1949).  He was also a half-brother to Edgar "Bud" Lincecum.

By the time Wallace was in his early twenties, he worked in the Texas oil industry.  His job titles include oil drilling rig laborer, oil field rotary rig helper, and oil driller.  He seemed to make a life-long career of it.

Before 1935, Wallace married Sybil G. Flowers.  The couple had at least one son.

Something a bit more notable surrounded Wallace about the age of 23 – he witnessed the death of his uncle, Lucullus Garland Lincecum.

Dallas Morning News (Texas)
27 June 1931

Ambush Slayer Makes Getaway After Man Dies

Killer Rises From Ditch and Opens Fire on Truck Rider.

Special to The News.
HOUSTON, Texas, June 26 -- Officers Friday night were searching for the slayer of L. G. Lincecum, 55, of West Columbia, who was shot from ambush as he rode in a truck toward Houston near West Columbia, about forty miles south of Houston.

Wallace Lincecum, who is a nephew of the slain man, and who was driving the truck, said the slayer rose from a ditch by the side of the road and fired two shots.  Only one bullet struck Lincecum and it pierced his heart.

So close did the slayer stand that the elder Lincecum's clothes were powder burned.  A rain in the West Columbia section obliterated any trail the slayer might have left and Sheriff John McKinney of Brazoria County called for bloodhounds.

Wallace Lincecum could not identify the slayer nor give a motive for the killing.

Here is an image of L. G.'s death certificate.  Up the right side, it was noted:  Murdered June 26 - 1931 - by parties unknown.  And you can see Lucullus's brother (and Wallace's father) was the informant.

But did Wallace do something more than witness the murder? The following news item from almost nine months after the killing seems to suggest he did.

Dallas Morning News (Texas)
6 March 1932

Lincecum is Given Five Years, Suspended

ANGLETON, Texas.  March 5 (AP) -- Wallace Lincecum, 22, was convicted Saturday of the murder of his uncle, L. G. Lincecum, and assessed a five-year suspended sentence.

The jury reported at 10:20 a.m.

The elder Lincecum was shot to death on a highway near here last June.  The prosecution sought to show the nephew slew him to benefit by a $500 legacy provided in the elder's will.

The defense pleaded the uncle, a Houston contractor, had committed suicide, offering depositions as well as witnesses.

Why the suspended sentence?

Wallace died 9 October 1967 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.  A few days later, his remains were laid to rest at Brookside Memorial Park in Houston.

Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

T is for Theresa Lincecum Martin, Famed Actress (A to Z)

"By his third wife Dr. Lucullus G. had a daughter, Teresa, who won considerable fame as a singer, musician, and Broadway actress."

Reading those words might send one down a rabbit hole. Wouldn't you agree? They can be found on page 87 of Lois Burkhalter's biography of Gideon Lincecum [affiliate link], father of said Dr. Lucullus G. I've tackled the research of cousin Theresa a couple of times, but still so woefully lack information.  I'm throwing out what I've got here, hoping someone can help.

First, according to the notes of Lois Burkhalter included in her book, the information she wrote about Teresa came from an interview she conducted with Dr. Addison Lysander Lincecum.  He was also a son of Dr. Lucullus G., by way of the second wife – Fannie Rainwater.

Dr. L. G. Lincecum had three wives and nine children.  Lee County, Texas records show the third marriage to be between L. G. Lincecum and M. E. Oliphant, taking place 29 December 1878.  Census records suggest her name to be Marie (or Mary) Emma.  L. G.'s last daughter, "Theresa Lincicum," is noted as a 6-month-old in the 1880 Lampasas County, Texas Federal census.

Theresa is not listed with the family in 1900.  Lucullus G. and Marie do have another child, though, also listed as Lucullus G.  (Later, I find newspaper articles to suggest this baby brother of Theresa's also went by "Lew" or "Louis.") The same census does note Marie/Mary had a total of two children, both living.  Dr. Lucullus G. Lincecum, father of Theresa, died a couple of months after this census was taken.

A marriage is recorded for Miss Fanny Theresa Lincecum in Lampasas County, Tx.  She wed Mr. C. Martin 3 January 1900.  The couple is found boarding in the Aldridge Putnam household at Waco, Tx later in the same year per the census taker.  Claud, a telephone inspector, was there with Theresa L., b. November 1879.

According to a single, undocumented source via FamilySearch's "Pedigree Resource File," Claude Martin died 10 October 1904 at Chattanooga, Tennessee.  That's all I got for him.

A relatively wide search of online newspaper articles does confirm Miss Theresa Lincecum Martin had an acting career, performing in plays at least in the Midwest and Texas.  An item in the 17 November 1910 edition of the Palestine Daily (Texas) shows the actress's birthday coincides closely with what the census taker said:

Birthday Party.
Miss Theresa Martin, leading lady with "The House of a Thousand Candles" company, was given a birthday party by the union stage employes [sic] of the New Temple last night after the performance.  The event was pronounced a most enjoyable one by every one present.

Next, I have an ad from the 7 July 1911 edition of the Temple Daily Telegram (Texas):

An article from the next day's edition says this:

AMUSEMENTS.

THE FLOWER OF THE RANCH.
…The Morey Stock is under the same management as "The Llower [sic] of the Ranch" company which played the New Exchange Theatre some time ago and have the enviable reputation of having the best of the best in every respect, regardless of expense, and to maintain the reputation that they have established, in offering Morey Stock company they offer Miss Theresa L. Martin, better known to the people of Temple as Miss Theresa Lincecum, daughter of the late Dr. L. G. Lincecum of Lampasas, who has been engaged for the leading roles and is featured in her own plays.  Miss Martin needs no introduction as her many friends and admirers have known her since childhood, and they will be pleased to have the estimable little lady with them for a week, and an opportunity to renew the pleasures of childhoods happy days.  Louis Lincecum, better known as "Son," is with the company, playing the leading roles opposite his sister, and the supporting company  is all that can be desired as they were engaged to support Miss Martin, and every one of her friends know that they must be good or they would not be capable of holding up their position if they were not better than the average as Miss Martin is certainly a star of no mean magnitude.  The Morey Stock offers Miss Martin in her favorite play, "Dixie Land," next Monday night, she having chosen this play for her opening performance so her friends may have a chance to see her to the best advantage.

The following is from the 25 August 1911 edition of The Walnut Valley Times (El Dorado, Kansas):

And, finally, an article from the 7 September 1912 edition of The Macon Republican (Missouri) notes the following, with which I don't completely agree:

…Lincecum, by the way is Miss Martin's real name, the other being her stage title only.

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I Have a Hunch (and a Ton of Questions)

I think it's possible Theresa and Lew's mother died sometime before or around 1910.  Did that (hypothetically) push Theresa into acting for financial reasons? Or was it a career she wanted and loved? I also think it's highly possible Mrs. Theresa Lincecum Martin married again.  But did she? The Texas Death Index database at FamilySearch has the following listing:

Frances Teresa Martin, d. 21 July 1980 at Tarrant County

If this is "my" Theresa, she would have been a few months shy of 101 years old at her time of death.  I'll admit it's unlikely, but not impossible.  Anyone out there have information to share about my cousin, the famed actress?

Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

Q is for Mr. Qualls, Son-in-Law of Leonora Lincecum (A to Z)

Had to stretch a bit to get this letter!

About a week ago, for the letter L, I mentioned the notable Gideon Lincecum.  He was a Texas naturalist, moving there from Mississippi in the late 1840s.

When Gideon's wife died in 1867, he was a bit disillusioned with post-Civil War Texas and ready for a new adventure.  So he moved to Tuxpan, Mexico.  Making the bold move with him was his daughter Leonora Lincecum, widow of George Washington Campbell, and her seven children.  One of those children was Attilia G. "Attie" Campbell – my third cousin.

While in Mexico, Attie married fellow American George Daniel Bradford.  He was a physician, born 1847 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  From Lois Burkhalter's 1965 Biography of Gideon Lincecum [affiliate link]:

George Bradford, a twenty-four-year-old doctor from Galveston, arrived in Tuxpan, met, and fell in love with Attilia Campbell.  Gideon considered him an industrious young man "having as good a knowledge of the science of medicine as is common among doctors." It was his proud duty to accompany George…to the alcalde's office where, in accordance with Mexican custom, the bans were issued.

This was approximately the year 1871.  In a relatively short time, maybe a couple of years later, George and Attie decided to return to the United States.  By the 1880 Federal census, they were in Memphis, Tennessee with five-year-old son Andrew Lysander, who had been born in Texas.

According to Ms. Burkhalter's book, Attie married again to Mr. George S. Qualls.  And, sure enough, a record exists for said marriage.  It took place in 1889 at Waller County, Texas.  Furthermore, the book mentions Attie was dead by 1895.  But I was having trouble finding confirmation of this fact.

Turning to FindAGrave, I located Dr. George Bradford.  He died in 1886 and was buried at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Washington County, Texas.  A family link led me to Attie.  She, too, was buried at Prairie Lea Cemetery upon her death in 1893.  But, her tombstone bears the name Attie G. Bradford.  No mention of her marriage to Mr. Qualls.

(Image courtesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker.)

Attie G. Bradford
Born in Long Point, Tex.
June 1, 1852
Died in Brenham, Tex.
Aug 12, 1893

I did find mention of the death of Mrs. Qualls in a newspaper, though.

Galveston Daily News (Texas)
13 August 1893 - pg. 2

MORTUARY

MRS. A. G. QUALLS.
Brenham, Tex., Aug. 12 – Mrs. A. G. Qualls, aged 41 years, died at 3 a. m. today at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Sarita Tamplett.

And, lastly, I was able to search the records of Prairie Lea Cemetery directly.  The only relevant result for "Bradford" is the good doctor (though it provides an incorrect death year) – resting in lot 45, section 3, range 1, and grave 5.  But a search for "Qualls" does give us the entry for Attie, as Mrs. A. G. – resting in lot 45, section 3, range 1, and grave 13.

I wonder if Andrew placed the stone for his mother.  Maybe he didn't care for Mr. Qualls?

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Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

N is for Newton P. Hawthorn, Union Soldier (A to Z Challenge)

When researching my family history, I usually deal with Confederates.  So much so, that when I learned the husband of my 3rd cousin, Louisiana-born Newton Hawthorn/e, had been a member of Company B of the 2nd Louisiana Cavalry, I assumed he was part of the Confederate States Army.  But, oops! His tombstone bears a recessed shield, as opposed to the Southern Cross of Honor carved on the stones of Confederate soldiers.  Maybe I should look at this more closely…

But first, let me fill you in a bit more regarding Newton's vitals.  He was born 1845-1847 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana to Albert (b. abt 1808) and Martha (d. aft. 1860) Hawthorn.  Newton spent all of his life in Louisiana, marrying Caledonia Lincicum/Lincecum there about 1868.  The couple went on to have up to 11 children.  I have seven names:  Daniel P., Pitsy M., Simeon B., Bullard T., Urettah A., Gorda Macune, and Ella V.

Now to return to Newton's service during the Civil War.  He enlisted in the Army of the United States of America at Natchez, Mississippi just after Christmas of 1863.  Natchez was about 75 miles from his home in 1860 of Alexandria, La.  An image of Newton's enlistment paper is found in his compiled service record at Fold3.

Though Newton was promoted to Sergeant just a couple of months after enlistment, his service would not be lengthy.  Newton was discharged at Morganza, La (near Baton Rouge) October 1864 due to illness of chronic diarrhea and hemoptysis.

After learning a little about Louisiana's place during the Civil War, Newton joining a Union company no longer seemed strange.  Per Wikipedia:

By 1860, 47% of the state's [Louisiana] population were enslaved, though the state also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States. Much of the white population, particularly in the cities, supported southern states' rights and slavery, while pockets of support for the U.S. and its government existed in the more rural areas.

Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. New Orleans, the largest city in the South, was strategically important as a port city due to its southernmost location on the Mississippi River and its access to the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. War Department early on planned for its capture. The city was taken by U.S. Army forces on April 25, 1862. Because a large part of the population had Union sympathies (or compatible commercial interests), the U.S. government took the unusual step of designating the areas of Louisiana then under U.S. control as a state within the Union, with its own elected representatives to the U.S. Congress. For the latter part of the war, both the U.S. and the Confederacy recognized their own distinct Louisiana governors.

Given the timing of Newton's enlistment, as well as his proximity to New Orleans, it probably should not be a surprise he joined the Union Army.

By June 1890, the time of the U.S. Census of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Newton had returned to his county of birth – Catahoula Parish, La.

Newton died March 1906.  A news article in the Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La) stated the following:  "During a difficulty near Wright, Walt Brister shot and killed his uncle, Newton Hawthorne."

Newton P. Hawthorn was laid to rest at Hawthorne Cemetery in Little Creek, La Salle Parish, Louisiana.  His gravesite is graced with a government-issued military tombstone – recessed shield and all.

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Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

M is for Montie B. Lincecum Saulsbury. Was She Poisoned? (A-Z)

Montie – also called Montego, Monte, and Montia – was a daughter of Leander W. C. Lincecum (d. 1882) and Tennessee Levy / Levi.  Montie was born about 1867 in the state of Texas, and spent her entire life there.  She married Wiley Saulsbury at Bell County about a week before Christmas, 1885.  The couple had five daughters, including one who died from scarlet fever at the age of just four years.

After their marriage, Wiley and Montie remained at Temple in Bell County, TX for the next 20+ years.  Wiley was a livestock trader, and Montie kept house and raised the girls.  Wiley also served the town as constable for a number of years.  Some time after the taking of the April 1910 Federal census, Wiley died.  He was only in his mid to late fifties.

After Wiley's death, Montie moved to Waco in McLennan County, Texas.  Likely to be with a couple of her daughters that were living there:  Belle and Willa.

A "personal paragraph" in the social section of a 1921 Temple Daily Telegram newspaper, stated Mrs. Saulsbury was ill and had been so for some time.  She improved and life went on.

But not for too terribly long.  Mrs. Wiley Saulsbury died a few days before Thanksgiving just three years later in 1924.  Her last vital record provides a curious cause of death:  "Died suddenly, supposed to be accidental dose of Carbolic acid."

So who administered the dose? Did Montie do it herself? Well, there is a rumor Mrs. Saulsbury was poisoned by her son-in-law.  But which one? For the 1920 McLennan County, TX Federal census, Monte was living with two sons-in-law, Will Parker (husband of Belle) and John H. Hall (husband of Willa).

I haven't uncovered any more evidence, yet.  So I'm still wondering who did the deed.

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Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

J is for John L. Lincecum. He Violated Quarantine Law. (A to Z)

Dr. John Louis Lincecum was born 28 November 1855 in Washington County, Texas to Dr. Lucullus Garland Lincecum (d. 1900) and Edna Caroline "Kate" Lauderdale.

After 1870, John made his way deeper into southeast Texas to Victoria County.  An 1887 city directory shows he spent some time in Louisville, Kentucky as a student and later graduate of the state's University, after which he returned to Victoria.  He would stay there, practicing medicine, for the rest of his life.

According to the 1910 Victoria County, Texas Federal census, John was (at that time) on his second marriage.  The Texas County Marriage Index via FamilySearch.org shows Jno. L. Lincecum married Emma P. Phillips 20 March 1890 at Refugio County, a neighbor of Victoria.  I think Emma is his first wife.  She was with him during his trouble with the board of health:

Galveston Daily News (Texas)
1 March 1891

The Victoria Review remarks:
...Dr. J. L. Lincecum, who has been a practicing physician in Victoria a short while, was some time since confined to his rooms at the Rupley building and isolated, quarantined and guarded there by order of the health officer because he was adjudged by him to have smallpox.  One night, soon after, Dr. Lincecum with his wife eluded the guard around the building and made his escape to Goliad, where it is stated,  [?]  Lincecum became sick with smallpox.  On last Sunday Dr. Lincecum returned to Victoria, and was arrested on Monday by the authority of the health officer and board of health for violation of quarantine regulations.  Brought that day before acting Mayor Hexter, Dr. Lincecum was fined for his offense $100 and costs.  Failing to pay this fine imposed he was consigned to the city calaboose where he now lies.

Galveston Daily News (Texas)
6 December 1891

...A Doctor Charged With Perjury.
VICTORIA, Tex., Dec. 5. -- ...Dr. J. L. Lincecum, who was quarantined here during the smallpox excitement last winter and escaped from confinement, was indicted by the grand jury yesterday for perjury.  He was tried for violation of the quarantine law and acquitted, and the alleged perjury is in his testimony at the trial.  He was released on $1000 bond...

Unfortunately, I don't know the specifics on how that turned out.  The 1900 U.S. Federal census places J. L. Lincecum in the S. C. Phillips household at Victoria.  The relationship between the two is a word I cannot read that is struck through.  I can see, however, J. L. is listed as divorced.

About this time, John marries his second wife.  She was Ida Pauline Luter, born 1877 to French parents Marks Luter and Pauline Arnold.  It does not appear this couple had any children (more on that later).

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I discovered another tidbit about John with another Texas newspaper item (from the Victoria Advocate) – he was apparently a bad driver:

JANUARY 12, 1911
Dr. J. L. Lincecum has ordered a $1400 E.M.F. roadster through L. G. Kreisle, and will receive it in a few days.  Dr. Lincecum has the reputation of being a reckless driver of horses, and the fact of him owning an automobile will doubtless cause considerable apprehension among pedestrians.  The doctor is fully aware of this, and said jokingly this morning that he would have his car equipped with a fender and employ a Red Cross nurse to ride with him.

From at least 1910 until his death, John and Ida resided at 403 East Forest Street in Victoria, Texas.  A news item regarding John's granddaughter – the well-known Texas artist Mrs. Willie Reed Rowe – states he practiced medicine in Victoria for 52 years.  John died in the city 14 October 1936, and was laid to rest the next day at Evergreen Cemetery.

Lucille Lincecum, Daughter of John

We know from Lois Burkhalter's 1965 book titled Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874: A Biography [affiliate link] that John had a daughter named Lucille.  Some online family trees list her, also, as the daughter of Ida Pauline Luter.  I don't think that's so.  Born 25 July 1892, Lucille is more likely the daughter of Emma P. Phillips.

What is a little annoying is I cannot find Lucille in census records before her marriage to William Austin Reed.  I'm guessing she was with her mother, since she is never listed with John and Ida.  I did find in the Texas County Marriage Index mentioned previously, that Emma P. Lincecum married S. J. Stratton 16 January 1900 at Travis County.  Even with this information, I have yet to locate Emma or Lucille.

Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

H is for Henry Howcott Lincecum, Born on the 4th of July (A–Z)

My 4th cousin Henry was born 4 July 1893 in Lincecum – just outside of Selma – Grant Parish, Louisiana.  He was one of six sons born to Dixie G. Lincecum (d. 1952) and Mary Ida Brister (d. 1950).

Henry married Zilla, daughter of Jonathan and Margarette Sketoe, about 1918, and the couple had three children.  A son was Max Henry (d. 1981), and a daughter was Wytona (d. 2008).

While I wouldn't call Henry a "career" military man, he certainly stepped up at wartime.  He entered into service with the United States Navy mid-December 1917.  His initial training was at the Naval station in Great Lakes, Illinois.  After surviving that, Henry went on to spend five months at the Harvard Radio School at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Per Wikipedia:

Training focused on raising the student’s Morse Code operating ability, measured at the rate of words per minute. Students were drawn from Naval Reserve stations around the country. A recruit was sent to Harvard upon reaching an aptitude of 10 words per minute; when he improved to 22 words per minute he was graduated and immediately transferred to the fleet.

Henry was transferred to the USS Missouri, and served until the 11 November 1918 armistice.  The image below contains Henry's draft registration cards for both World Wars, as well as a Louisiana WWI service record.

When it came time to serve during World War II, Henry found a way.  It is documented, in the early 1940s, that the blue-eyed and blonde-headed Henry served his country and fellow veteran soldiers by working at the U. S. Veterans Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Henry H. Lincecum died 15 October 1968.  His remains rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana.  Zilla joined him 18 years later.

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Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

G is for Garland Norton Lincecum. He was Shot Accidentally.

Garland Norton Lincecum was born October 1872 in Texas to Lysander Rezin Lincecum (d. 1875) and Margaret "Maggie" Wood/s (b. 1846).  Garland was married at least twice, and possibly three times.

Before I get to that aspect of Garland's story, however, let me share this interesting bit of life experience he endured:

Caldwell News-Chronicle (Texas)
Friday, 11 May 1900 [via The Portal to Texas History]

Convict Guard Accidentally Shot.
Gonzales, Texas, May 9.--Norton Lincecum, a county convict guard, was shot accidentally Monday evening by A. C. McCown, a deputy sheriff.  Lincecum had the county convicts at work near Slayden, eight miles above here.  Three of the negro convicts made a break to escape and McCown and Lincecum were after them, Lincecum trying to head them off from the brush.  McCown fired one shot with his pistol and just as he fired Lincecum came up out of a small ravine and the bullet struck him on the right side of the stomach, passing through the body on the right side.  He is doing very well today and will be brought to town.

Back to those wives.  The conflicting information comes from census records.  The 1910 Gonzales County, Texas Federal census shows Norton and his wife at the time (Lizzie) were both on their second marriage.  Twenty years later, the 1930 Federal census for the same place states Norton was first married at age 30.  This was the time of his marriage to the aforementioned, supposed second wife.

Turning to marriage records, the first union is found in the Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 database at FamilySearch:  Garland N. Lincecum & Annie Kent, m. 15 September 1895 at Travis County.

A side note regarding this marriage is found in the 1900 Williamson County, Texas Federal census.  Norton is listed as single, versus divorced or widowed.

Document images are available for Garland's second and third marriages.  First is his union with Lizzie Fanning on 28 August 1904 at Gonzales County.

The third union was with Miss Mabel Lott on 15 June 1925 at Guadalupe County.

With three marriages, one might expect at least a couple offspring.  But I have no concrete evidence of any children born to Garland and his wives.  There is one possibility – a son called Arnold born about 1901 is listed in the 1910 census.  But it is unclear if this is Garland's son from his first wife, or Lizzie's son from her previous husband.  Anyone know for sure?

Garland spent most of his life farming.  The 1900 census gives him the occupation of "Cotton Marker" (what that is, I do not know), and his World War I draft registration card says he was also a "Ginner," so maybe he dealt specifically with cotton much of the time.

Garland Norton Lincecum lived to the age of 82 years.  He died 19 June 1955 in Leesville, Gonzales County, Tx.  His remains rest at the Leesville Cemetery.

This isn't the first time I've written about a Garland Lincecum. An Individual Report for Garland Harvey Lincecum (1887-1912) is also here.

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#AD: Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans -- Over 700 pages of Texas history in five parts:

1. Comanches and the King's Mercies
2. Blood and Soil -- the Texans
3. Star Light, Star Bright
4. The Confederacy and the Conquered
5. Until Day Breaks and Darkness Disappears -- the Last Frontier

I own the Kindle version. Worth the read.

 

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Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!

F is for Florence Ellen Gordon Lincecum (A to Z Challenge)

This was a tough letter. Only a few Fs in the family tree.  And with the few there are, there's a limited amount of information to share.

Florence Ellen was a daughter of F. E. and Alice Wallace Gordon.  She was born 8 April 1873.  Her death certificate provides a birthplace of Arkansas, but other sources suggest Mississippi.

(Death Certificate via FamilySearch.org.)

Florence married Herbert Clarence Lincecum 4 January 1896 in Hill County, Texas.  For the 1900 Texas Federal census, the couple was in neighboring Limestone County.  About 1910, Florence and Herbert moved a little to the northeast to Athens in Henderson County.  They resided there for the remainder of their days.  It appears the family even lived on the same street (Scott) for over 20 years.

Florence and Herbert had five children:  Marcus Clarence, Lena/Lana M., Matson, Francis (Frances?), and Kathryn Evelyn.

[Side note:  Herbert, a son of Leonidas L. Lincecum and Sarah Virginia Lauderdale, was orphaned about the time he was becoming a teenager, aged 12 – 14 years.  He soon after went to live with his aunt and uncle, Mary (Lincecum) and James V. Matson.  Naming one of his sons Matson is possibly a nod to that couple who took him as their own.]

Herbert died 5 June 1921, leaving Florence alone when she was still a young 48 years old.  She did not remarry, but lived on for twenty more years.  Florence Ellen Gordon Lincecum died six days after her 69th birthday, 14 April 1942.  The remains of Florence and Herbert rest at Athens City Cemetery in Henderson County, Texas.

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#AD: Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans -- Over 700 pages of Texas history in five parts:

1. Comanches and the King's Mercies
2. Blood and Soil -- the Texans
3. Star Light, Star Bright
4. The Confederacy and the Conquered
5. Until Day Breaks and Darkness Disappears -- the Last Frontier

I own the Kindle version. Worth the read.

 

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Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off.  Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z.  Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order).  Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs.  My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related.  You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar.  I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.

I'm also participating with Southern Graves.  This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.

Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit.  Good luck to all involved!