Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Family Tree

Notes


Dollie Day CALLAHAM

1. Dollie Day was a TWIN to her sister Dora Mae.

2. The twins were adopted by Newton "Bunk" Bolivar & Carrie DeArman in 1898 because their mother died in childbirth.

3. Adoption records were found for Dollie in January 1899 in Montague, Texas.


Ben WATSON

1. Ben was on the 1870 Kerr County, Texas Census but not on the 1880.


Mary Elizabeth MC MINN

1. Elizabeth left Ben Watson in Texas when she came to New Mexico in 1881 with the Corn wagon train with her sons Peter and Willis Woody.

2. She lived in Angus, New Mexico, and is buried there under the name of Elizabeth Watson.

3. Records in the Clerk's office found her probate dated 7 Nov 1887. Her son Willis W. Corn was the administrator of the estate.

4. Angus, Lincoln, New Mexico records reveal her name was Mary Elizabeth, which has been disputed several times.


Martin Van Buren CORN "Sr"

1. LDS Film No. 451023.

2. According to the book Cornstalks and Preacher, by Lois Dorsey, Hendersonville, North Carolina, he was married to Mary Hampton in 1867 at Kerr County, Texas, to Julia McVicker 14 Oct 1886, in Roswell, New Mexico.

3. According to the book Chaves Pioneers, by James Shinkle, Martin V. Corn died 30 Sep 1915, obituary from Roswell News, tombstone pictures at Eden Valley Ranch, Roswell, NM.

4. He served in Civil War from Kerr County, Texas, 32nd Cavalary, Wood's Regiment, Texas, Mounted Volunteers.


Mary Jane NICHOLS

1. Somewhere I came up with a surname of Hamilton....maybe she was married before?


Susan Fannie LILES

1. It is suspected that Fannie died and is buried in Miami, Gila, Arizona.


Martin Van Buren CORN "Sr"

1. LDS Film No. 451023.

2. According to the book Cornstalks and Preacher, by Lois Dorsey, Hendersonville, North Carolina, he was married to Mary Hampton in 1867 at Kerr County, Texas, to Julia McVicker 14 Oct 1886, in Roswell, New Mexico.

3. According to the book Chaves Pioneers, by James Shinkle, Martin V. Corn died 30 Sep 1915, obituary from Roswell News, tombstone pictures at Eden Valley Ranch, Roswell, NM.

4. He served in Civil War from Kerr County, Texas, 32nd Cavalary, Wood's Regiment, Texas, Mounted Volunteers.