Houston Family Photos
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Mary Lee Houston born Jan 1894 and her husband Earl Thurmon Gary (Sr)
born 30 May 1891. They married ca. 1916.
Mary Lee Houston was the daughter of Martilla A. Warren born 3 July
1852 Heard Co. GA and her husband Cicero Irvin Houston born 27 Apr
1849 Heard Co. GA. Martilla and Cicero Houston moved to Panola County
by 1895. Cicero Houston is buried as C.I. Houston in the Old
Williamson Cemetery and Martilla (Warren) Houston is buried in
Corinth Cemetery, Shelby Co.
Earl Thurmon Gary (Sr) was the son of Andrew Washington 'Bud' Gary
and his 2nd wife Martha J Kinsey. Mary Lee Houston Gary is buried in
Gladewater Memorial Gardens, Gladewater, Gregg Co. TX
3 Cousins: L to R
Orra Lillian 'Lillie' Anderson born 15 Sept 1904 (daughter of Emma F.
Houston and William Marvin Anderson)
Elsie L. Houston born 22 Aug 1908 (daughter of Samuel Newton Houston
and Nancy Marium 'Mamie' Minter)
Minnie Marie Houston born ca. 1903 (daughter of John S. Houston and
Martha Ann 'Mattie' Williamson)
Orra Lillian Anderson married Robert Orlando Snider. She died May 10
1994 Carthage, Panola County
Elsie L. Houston married 10 Feb 1926 Bert Good, and married 2nd
Rurick Neville Staton, Sr
Minnie Marie Houston married James Clifton Harvey
Mossie Mae HOUSTON b. 6 Nov 1885 Henderson, Rusk Co. TX d.15 Nov 1967 Cherokee Co. TX m. 16 Nov 1902 in Panola Co. TX, Arvie Cheaverson MINTER b. 27 May 1880 GA d. 25 Apr 1952 in Cherokee Co. TX. His parents were John A. Minter b. 1846 GA and his wife Nancy M (Parks) Minter b. 23 June 1846 GA who married were farming in Flint, Upson Co. GA in 1880 and farming in Panola Co. TX in 1900. Mossie Mae Houston Minter and Arvie Minter divorced, and she went on to marry two more times. She is pictured here with third husband Edgar Rushing (seated). Mossie Mae Houston was the daughter of Martilla A. Warren and her husband Cicero Irvin Houston from Panola County.
Mossie Mae Houston with third husband Edgar Rushing.
William Henry HOUSTON b. 16 April 1895 Henderson, Rusk Co. TX. d. 13 Oct 1970 in Dallas, Dallas Co. TX. m. 21 Dec 1916 in Seagoville, TX, Jessie Ida CORNELISON b. 12 Dec 1898 in Kaufman Co TX. d. 23 Jan 1978 in Dallas, Dallas Co. TX. Jessie Cornelison was the daughter of Jasper Garrett Cornelison and his wife Sarah Rosalie Lavicy Harlan. William is living in Carthage, Panola Co. TX in 1900 and in Dallas Co TX in 1910, 1920. William Henry Houston was the son of John S. Houston from Panola County.
Martilla A. Warren born 3 July 1852 Heard Co. GA who married 1869
Cicero Irvin Houston born 27 Apr 1849 Heard Co. GA. Martilla and
Cicero Houston moved to Panola County by 1895. Cicero Irvin Houston
died first on 27 Aug 1899 in Panola County. Cicero Houston is buried
as C.I. Houston in the Old Williamson Cemetery. Martilla (Warren)
Houston died 6 March 1927 and is buried in Corinth Cemetery, Shelby Co.
Emma F. Houston born 1 Oct 1880 and her husband William 'Marvin'
Anderson b.ca. 1878. Emma and William 'Marvin' Anderson married 18
Sept 1901 in Panola County. Emma Houston was the daughter of Martilla
A. Warren born 3 July 1852 in Heard Co. GA and her husband Cicero
Irvin Houston born 27 April 1849 Heard County GA. who moved to Panola
County by 1885. Cicero Houston is buried as C.I. Houston in the Old
Williamson Cemetery, and his wife Martilla (Warren) Houston is buried
in Corinth Cemetery, Shelby Co.
Oscar Raymond Williams born 12 April 1897 Carthage, Panola County, TX
died 9 Feb 1991 Odessa, Ector Co TX.
Married 10 June 1917 in Arkinda, Little River County, Arkansas,
Berchie Houston born June 1897. He was the son of John Marion
Williams born 31 Aug 1871 in Rockwood, Roane Co. TN and his wife Mary
'Ada' Gary born 6 Oct 1871 in Carthage, Panola Co. She was the
daughter of Martilla A. Warren and Cicero Irvin Houston from Panola.
Oscar's first wife Berchie died Aug 19, 1963. He remarried Lorena
Johnson in Dec 1963. He began as a farmer in Carthage and later
became a minister for the Church of God for over 60 years, serving in
Anderson, Indiana. They are both buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco,
Eastland County, Texas.
Berchie Houston born June 1897 married Oscar Raymond Williams born 12
April 1897 Carthage, Panola County, TX died 9 Feb 1991 Odessa, Ector
Co TX.
Married 10 June 1917 in Arkinda, Little River County, Arkansas, Oscar
Raymond Williams born 12 April 1897.He was the son of John Marion
Williams born 31 Aug 1871 in Rockwood, Roane Co. TN and his wife Mary
'Ada' Gary born 6 Oct 1871 in Carthage, Panola Co. She was the
daughter of Martilla A. Warren and Cicero Irvin Houston from Panola.
Berchie died Aug 19, 1963. Oscar Raymond Williams remarried Lorena
Johnson in Dec 1963. He began as a farmer in Carthage and later
became a minister for the Church of God for over 60 years, serving in
Anderson, Indiana. They are both buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco,
Eastland County, Texas.
Two of the sons of Martilla A. Warren and her husband Cicero Irvin
Houston from Panola County. Left: John S. Houston, Right: Samuel
Newton Houston
Samuel Newton Houston was born 23 Feb 1871 GA and died 19 Sept 1945
Dallas Co. TX. He married 14 May 1893 in Clayton, Panola County,
Nancy Marium 'Mamie' Minter b. 1 Jan 1878 d. 10 Oct 1957. Her parents
were John A. Minter b. 20 Aug 1846 and his wife Nancy M. Parks b. 23
June 1846 who were farming in Panola in 1900.
John S. Houston was born May 1876 GA and married 9 Sept 1893 in
Panola County, Martha Ann 'Mattie' Williamson b. 20 Nov 1871.
'Mattie' was the daughter of William Henry Crawford Williamson
(1824-1894) and his wife Elizabeth Phillip Ingram b. 1826 who were
farming in Panola County.
Onnie Warren (L) and Odie Rene Houston Pike. Odie Rene Houston was
born 10 Jan 1891, the daughter of Martilla A. Warren b. 3 July 1852
in Heard Co. GA and Cicero Irvin Houston born 27 April 1849 Heard Co.
GA. They moved to Panola County by 1885. Odie Rene Houston married
James 'Hardy' Pike born 7 March 1888 in Carthage, Panola Co. TX. They
married 7 Sept 1910 in Panola. He was the son of Charlie Pike b. Oct
1847 and his wife Josephine Graves born Dec 1855 who were farmers in
1900 in Panola County. (Onnie Warren is said to be 'cousin' to Odie
Rene Houston Pike on back of photo but I have as yet not placed who
she is.)
Odie Rene Houston Pike (left) and Onnie
Warren, right.
Photos Courtesy of Cameron-Ashley Heath
