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Descendants of Thomas Jefferson MABRA
Generation No. 1
1. Thomas Jefferson2 MABRA (Joseph1) was born December 04, 1861 in Dallas, Dallas County, TX, and died August 05, 1888 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX. He married Martha Ellen HOUSTON1 January 30, 1881 in Dallas, Dallas County, TX, daughter of Henry HOUSTON and Mary JORDAN. She was born May 02, 1862 in Rusk County, Texas1, and died Abt. 1922 in Colorado(?)2. Notes for Martha Ellen HOUSTON: 11/05/1995 In a family record obtained from the Gribble's in Oklahoma, Martha Mitchell is listed as dying in Colorado in 1922. 06/18/1997 1880 census, Dallas County, does not show Martha Houston living with her parents. She was not married to Thomas Mabra until January of 1881. 1900 census, Dallas County, ED 138, enumerated on 15 June, 1900: Mattie Capps - May 1868 - widow - (should be May 1862) Clarence L. Capps - Feb 1891 - male Cleveland Mabry - Oct 1886 - male Jennie A. Mabry - Oct 1888 - female Deloral Mitchell - Jun 1878 - from NC - hired help 06/26/1997 Dallas County Marriage Records: Mattie Houston married Thomas Mabra Jan. 30, 1881, by A.D. Gaskill. 10/29/2000 There is a picture in my file, undated, showing an elderly lady holding a baby in a dress. On the back Mary, my mother has written "Martha Houston & Mary (Pearson). Since my mother was born in Feb, 1916, Martha had to be around Texas that year.
More About Martha Ellen HOUSTON: Census: 1900, Dallas County, Texas
Children of Thomas MABRA and Martha HOUSTON are: + 2 i. Viola3 MABRA, born Abt. 1882 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX; died 1962 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX. 3 ii. G. Cleveland MABRA3, born October 1886; died January 06, 1915 in Guymon, OK. More About G. Cleveland MABRA: Burial: Guymond Cemetery, Guymon, Oklahoma 4 iii. Jennie A. MABRA3, born October 1888. She married ROCKETT.
Generation No. 2
2. Viola3 MABRA (Thomas Jefferson2, Joseph1) was born Abt. 1882 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX4, and died 1962 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX. She married W.L. (Buck) WATERS, son of David M. WATERS. He was born 1879, and died 1957 in Dallas County, Texas.
Child of Viola MABRA and W.L. WATERS is: + 5 i. Orbie Lee4 WATERS, born April 02, 1901 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX; died February 03, 1955 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX.
Generation No. 3
5. Orbie Lee4 WATERS (Viola3 MABRA, Thomas Jefferson2, Joseph1) was born April 02, 1901 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX, and died February 03, 1955 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX. He married Marie McFARLAND June 26, 1924 in Dallas County, Texas. She was born August 21, 1905, and died July 22, 1961 in Lancaster, Dallas Co. TX.
Children of Orbie WATERS and Marie McFARLAND are: 6 i. Melvin Earl5 WATERS. 7 ii. Linda Lee WATERS. She married Wayne MITCHELL.
Endnotes
1. Mary A. (Jordan) Houston, Houston Family Bible. 2. Gribble Family Records 3. 1900 Federal Census - Dallas County, Texas. 4. Dallas County Genealogical Data from Early Cemeteries, Pg. 81. |