Robert L. Black's Family Tree Page

Robert's Family Surnames
Arnold Beall  Black
Crabtree Delaney DeSpain
Dickens Dunn Hilburn
Hilburn Cemetery Jackson  Leal
Taylor  Tumlinson Winters
Last updated February 8, 1998

The Arnold’s

1 Daniel Arnold b: in South Carolina
.... +Rachael Unknown b: in South Carolina
.. 2 Benjamin F. Arnold d: in Goliad, TX
........ +Matilde Fulton
....... 3 Elizabeth Ann Arnold b: August 21, 1842 d: May 03, 1926 in Oilton, Texas
............. +Arnold Holmes
........... 4 Baby Holmes
....... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Ann Arnold:
............. +John Wesley DeSpain b: 1835 in Hardin Co.,TN d: 1890 in LaSalle County, Texas
........... 4 John Wesley DeSpain,jr. b: 1864 in LaSalle Co. ,TX d: 1935 in Webb County, Texas
........... 4 Simpson F. DeSpain b: Aug.1866 in LaSalle Co,TX d: July 1935 in Webb Co, TX
.................. +Mary Ann Cleary b: October 1865 in Texas d: 1939 in Texas
........... 4 Daniel Arnold DeSpain b: Jan.03, 1869 in Atacosa Co., Texas d: August 13, 1936
.................. +Rhoda Ellen Winters b:1879 in Calwell Co, Texas d:1974 in Carrizo Springs, TX
........... 4 Kizzie DeSpain b: January 1871 in Texas d: June 04, 1956 in Harris County, Texas
.................. +Hedley P. White b: September 1865 in Texas d: 1925 in Texas
........... 4 Matilda DeSpain b: April 1873 in Texas
.................. +Richard H. Overstreet b: December 1870 in texas
........... 4 Marshall B. DeSpain b: March 08, 1876 in Texas d: December 03, 1943 in Texas
.................. +Nancy Salmon b: October 1876 in Texas
........... 4 Duncan L. DeSpain b: December 14, 1879
........... 4 Fannie DeSpain
....... 3 Daniel Arnold b: August 24, 1939 in Medina Co. TX
............. +Margaret Bernice Davidson b: January 12, 1843 in Montgomery Co. Rep. of TX
.. 2 Hollis Arnold
........ +Eunice Heddy
.. 2 Hendrick Arnold
........ +Catherine Unknown

More detailed information is available on the above. If interested please e-mail me at rlblack@granderiver.net
 
 

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The Beall’s

1 Thomas Beall b: 1740 d: March 01, 1820 in Chatham, North Carolina
.... +Ann Norris
.. 2 Benjamin Bradley Beall b: 1760 in North Carolina d: August 13, 1844 in Greene Co. MO
........ +Nancy Taylor b: 1762 in Chatham, North Carolina d: August 14, 1844 in Green Co., MO
....... 3 Rhoda Creel Beall b:1784 in Chatham, NC d: June 25, 1859 in Oakville,Live Oak, TX
............. +James W. Winters b: 1773 in Halifax Co.NC d: May 23, 1848 in Waverly, Texas
....... 3 Sarah (Sallie) Beall
....... 3 Nellie Beall
....... 3 Lillie Beall b: Feb.1802 in Giles Co., TN d: Dec.1879 in Springfield, Greene Co. MO
....... 3 Majors Beall
....... 3 Micajah (Kajar) Beall b: Abt. 1795
....... 3 Presley Beall b: Abt. 1789 in Chatham Co. NC
....... 3 Taylor Beall
....... 3 Benjamin (Ben) Beall
....... 3 James (Jim) Beall

Any information on the above Beall line or related lines in NC or TX would be appreciated. If interested please e-mail me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Black’s

1 James M. Black b: December 1868 in Texas
.... +Tommie Marg Crabtree b: 1872 in Texas
.. 2 Vela Black b: November 1891 in Texas
.. 2 Ethan Black b: December 1893 in Texas d: June 27, 1980 in Albuquerque, NM
........ +Hentson Tucker
....... 3 James Cole Tucker
............. +Janice Unknown
........... 4 Karen Tucker
........... 4 Robin Tucker
........... 4 David Tucker
........... 4 Gerald Tucker
.. 2 Hazel Black b: September 1896 in Texas
.. 2 Hettie Black b: March 1898 in Texas
.. 2 Byron Arthur Black b: June 13, 1905 in Olney, Texas d: April 16, 1984 in Weslaco, Texas
........ +Lillian Jackson b:Nov.1906 in New Martinsville,Wetzel Co.,WVd: 1968 in Freer, Texas
....... 3 Robert Lewis Black b: Oct. 27, 1927 in Weslaco, Texas d: June 04, 1997 in Oilton, Tex.
............. +Bessie Lee Dickens
........... 4 Robert Lewis Black, jr.
.................. +Leticia Nora Cantu
................ 5 Lindsey Karin Black
................ 5 Kasey Lee Black
........... 4 Alan Lee Black
.................. +Yolanda Perez
....... 3 James Byron Black
............. +Colleen Lavern McWhorter
........... 4 Timothy Alan Black
.................. +Brenda Kay Upton
........... 4 Jonathan Kim Black
.................. +Connie Sue Beeson
................ 5 Aaron Lang Black
................ 5 Amy Lynn Black
....... 3 Francis Marion Black
............. +Dollie Jim Loftice
........... 4 Francis Michael Black
.................. +Bonnie Leigh Cowen
................ 5 Lisa Michele Black
........... *2nd Wife of Francis Michael Black:
.................. +Pamela D'Ann Massey
................ 5 Savannah Merle Black
................ 5 Derek James Massey Black
........... 4 Cynthia Cathryn Black
....... 3 Frank Gerald Black
............. +Nancy Brown
........... 4 Steve Black
........... 4 Judy Black
........... 4 Kelly Black
.. *2nd Wife of Byron Arthur Black:
........ +Eva R. Unknown b: October 19, 1909 in Cameron, TX d: March,1987 in Weslaco, TX
....... 3 James Hefley Black
....... 3 Jeanie Black
............. +Gene Montgomery
........... 4 Dennis Montgomery
........... 4 Gene Montgomery, jr.
........... 4 Susie Montgomery
....... 3 Joy Black
............. +Unknown Campbell
........... 4 Harold D. Campbell
........... 4 James Arthur Campbell
........... 4 Eva-Jean Campbell
........... 4 Linda Lee Campbell
.................. +Steve Daubrava
................ 5 Ross Daubrava
.. 2 Verna Black b: September 1909 in Texas
........ +Unknown Miller

Any information on the above family or related lines would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net
 
 

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The Crabtree’s

I have not researched my Crabtree line as yet, but I am looking for any information available on Tommie Marg Crabtree. She was born in 1872, probably somewhere in north Texas. She married James Black on Jan. 11, 1891 in Witchita Falls, Archer County, Texas. She and her husband lived in the Archer and Young County for the remainder of their lives. Her family (both father and mother) were born in Louisiana, according to the 1910 TX census. Any information on the above person or Crabtree family would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net
 
 

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The Delaney’s

A summary of my Delaney (Delany)(Dulany) family tree is as follows:

1.Thomas Dulany b.abt 1662 in Queens Co. Ireland d.1737 Maryland
.Sarah Unknown
..1.Dennis Dulany b.May 28,1731
...m.Easter Fugate
.....2.John Dulany b.1760,d.1823
......m.Rebecca Unknown
.......3.John Dulany b.1789 in Fayette Co. PA
........m.Nancy Hardin, b.Mar. 1804
.........4.John H. Delaney, b.1827 in PA, d.1855 in Wetzel Co.,WV
..........m.Zilpha Willey, b, 1832 in VA, d. 1916 in Wetzel Co. WV
...........5.Wesley Delaney, b.1855 in Wetzel Co. WV, d.1924 in WV
............m. Mary Virginia Criswell,b.1860 in Wetzel Co. WV, d.1888 in WV
.............6.Kitty Bell DeLaney b.Jan.10, 1877
..............m.Francis Marion Jackson b.1868 in WV d.Jan. 1929 in Okmulgee,OK
...............7.Lillian Jackson b.1906 in New Martinsville,WV d.1968 in Duval Co.,TX
................m.Byron Arthur Black b.1905 in Young Co.,TX d.1984 in Weslaco,TX

Any information on the above Delaney line or related lines would be appreciated. If interested please e-mail me at rlblack@granderiver.net
 
 

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The DeSpain’s

My search for ancestors in my DeSpain line seems to have reached a dead end with John Wesley DeSpain and his twin sister Charlotte DeSpain. They were born in Tennessee in 1835 and moved to Texas at a young age but with someone other than their parents. Have not been able to get any information on where in Tennessee they were born or the DeSpain’s in Tennessee in the early 1800’s. A general overview of my DeSpain family tree from John Wesley DeSpain to the present is as follows:

1 John Wesley DeSpain b: 1835 in Hardin Co.,Tennessee d: 1890 in LaSalle County, Texas
.... +Elizabeth Ann Arnold b: August 21, 1842 d: May 03, 1926 in Oilton, Texas
.. 2 John Wesley DeSpain,jr. b: 1864 in LaSalle Co. ,TX d: 1935 in Webb County, Texas
.. 2 Simpson F. DeSpain b:1866 in LaSalle Co. ,TX d:1935 in Webb County, Texas
........ +Mary Ann Cleary b: October 1865 in Texas d: 1939 in Texas
....... 3 Willie Maude DeSpain b: Aug 01, 1885 in Cotulla, TX d: Mar 03, 1953 in Goliad, Texas
............. +Francis Carrie Harper b: March 06, 1886 d: September 07, 1961 in Falfurias, Texas
....... 3 Edward DeSpain b: June 21, 1887 in LaSalle County, Texas d: November 1962 in Texas
............. +Bulah Harper d: 1918
....... *2nd Wife of Edward DeSpain:
............. +Martina Ramirez b: July 20, 1907 d: June 01, 1990 in Laredo, Texas
....... 3 John Washington DeSpain b: November 1889
............. +Minnie Hibdon Jones
....... *2nd Wife of John Washington DeSpain:
............. +Mamie Mayfield
....... 3 William Andrew DeSpain b: April 1892
....... 3 Marshall Authur DeSpain b: January 1895
............. +Julia Vasquez
....... *2nd Wife of Marshall Authur DeSpain:
............. +Blanche Alabama Hornsby
....... 3 Simpson F. DeSpain, jr. b: May 1897
............. +Verna Dorn b: 1914
....... 3 Headley Polk DeSpain b: March 21, 1900 d: March 10, 1958 in Freer, Duval Co., TX
............. +Kate Hill b: June 21, 1902 in Glay Co., AL d: February 19, 1960 in Corpus Christi, TX
....... 3 Clyde Archie DeSpain b: Feb 12, 1903 in Big Foot, TX d: Aug 10, 1963 in Laredo, Texas
............. +Ruby Unknown
.. 2 Daniel Arnold DeSpain b: January 03, 1869 in Atacosa County, Texas d: August 13, 1936
........ +Rhoda Ellen Winters b: Nov 22, 1879 in Calwell Co, TX d:1974 in Carrizo Springs, TX
....... 3 Charlotte DeSpain b: July 31, 1899 in LaSalle County, Texas
............. +Lonnie Lee Coleman b: Jan 13, 1898 in Jim Hogg Co. TX d: 1980 in Cotulla, TX
....... 3 Oran Lemuel DeSpain b: Apr.01, 1901 in LaSalle Co, TX.d: Feb. 07, 1975 in Freer, TX
............. +Lorene A. Breiden b: October 11, 1909 in Texas
....... 3 Ida Ann DeSpain b: Jun 17, 1903 in LaSalle Co., TX d: Dec. 03, 1915 in Laredo, TX
....... 3 John Wesley DeSpain b:1905 in LaSalle Co, TX.d:1971 in Houston, Harris Co. Texas
............. +Mary Weatherly b: 1905 in Texas
....... 3 Nancy Elizabeth DeSpain b: May 07, 1907 in Tilden, Texas
............. +Guy Dickens b: Jan. 17, 1899 in Carrizo Springs, TX d: 1968 in San Antonio, TX
....... 3 Tennessie Althier DeSpain b: September 01, 1909 in Cotulla, Texas
............. +Robert Henry Dickens b: Sept 15, 1904 d: January 31, 1979 in San Antonio, Texas
....... 3 Elba Landan DeSpain b: February 03, 1912 in Cotulla, Texas
............. +Ruth Jopling b: 1915 in Texas d: 1996 in Texas
....... 3 Gorden Adame DeSpain b: Oct 21, 1914 in Webb Co, TX d:1995 in Houston, TX
............. +Lois Marie Gray b: March 22, 1920 in Texas
....... 3 Gaytha Gale DeSpain b: May 21, 1917 in Webb County, Texas
............. +Horace Garland b: 1907
....... 3 Boyd Lewis DeSpain b: December 26, 1924 in Dimmit County, Texas
............. +unknown
....... *2nd Wife of Boyd Lewis DeSpain:
............. +Margie Freude b: December 23, 1930 in Yorktown, TX
.. 2 Kizzie DeSpain b: January 1871 in Texas d: June 04, 1956 in Harris County, Texas
........ +Hedley P. White b: September 1865 in Texas d: 1925 in Texas
....... 3 Annie Laura White b: May 1889 in Cotulla, Texas d: June 10, 1972 in Pasadena, TX
............. +William Dewitt Scott
....... 3 William B. White b: June 1893 in Texas d: November 18, 1949
............. +Juanita Unknown
....... 3 Thomas Coleman White b: September 1899 in Texas d: 1953 in Texas
............. +Doris Unknown
....... 3 Claude Keeran White b: September 1899 in Texas d: 1959 in Texas
............. +Susie Williamson
....... 3 Myrtle Thelma White b: 1906 in Texas d: 1966 in Texas
............. +Melvin Outterside
....... 3 Henry White b: December 1890 in Texas d: 1950 in Texas
.. 2 Matilda DeSpain b: April 1873 in Texas
........ +Richard H. Overstreet b: December 1870 in texas
....... 3 Maggie Overstreet b: October 1892
............. +Unknown Scott
....... 3 Samuel A. Overstreet b: January 1895
....... 3 Maimie L. Overstreet b: September 1896
............. +Francis Welch
....... 3 Headley Pope Overstreet b: August 1898
............. +Alice P. Beckett
....... *2nd Wife of Headley Pope Overstreet:
............. +Merle Jones
....... 3 John Henry Overstreet b:1903 in Cotulla, LaSalle Co., TX d:1964 in San Angelo, TX
............. +Eva May Crisp b: August 05, 1915 in Brady, McCullogh Co., TX
....... 3 George Overstreet b: 1904
............. +Mamie Marie Crane
....... 3 Alice Overstreet b: 1907
............. +Unknown Sharkey
....... 3 Thelma Overstreet b: 1910
.. 2 Marshall B. DeSpain b: March 08, 1876 in Texas d: December 03, 1943 in Texas
........ +Nancy Salmon b: October 1876 in Texas
....... 3 Dannie DeSpain b: December 1897
............. +Unknown Correu
....... 3 Georgia Aslee DeSpain b: April 1900 d: 1991 in Laredo, Texas
............. +James Wise
....... 3 Annie Elizabeth DeSpain b: 1903
............. +Milton Worsham
....... 3 Ethel DeSpain b: 1905
............. +George Becklyhimer
....... 3 John Hausell DeSpain b: 1913
....... 3 Lafayette C. DeSpain b: June 24, 1906 d: December 1971 in Bruni, Texas
....... 3 Mary May DeSpain b: February 21, 1908 d: February 07, 1989
............. +John E. Long b: November 03, 1901 d: February 18, 1977
....... 3 Samuel V. DeSpain b: 1910
............. +Annie Hill b: 1913 d: July 08, 1996 in Laredo, Texas
....... 3 Jaurd Irvin DeSpain b: 1915
............. +Juanita Custer b: 1921 d: April 14, 1996 in Luling, Texas
....... 3 Lettabrook K. DeSpain b: October 31, 1916 d: September 28, 1987
............. +Francis A. Kohutek
....... 3 Walter Edwin DeSpain b: 1919
............. +Jean Cannon
....... 3 Lonnie DeSpain b: 1920
.. 2 Duncan L. DeSpain b: December 14, 1879
.. 2 Fannie DeSpain

I have much more information on the DeSpain families listed above and will gladly exchange info with anyone who is interested. Any information on the above DeSpain line or related lines would be appreciated. If interested please e-mail me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Dickens’s

Below is a summary of my Dickens family tree. Much more information is available and will gladly exchange information with anyone who is interested in this family.

1.Lewis Dickens, b.May 15, 1817 in TN
..m.Nancy Sanders,b.July 2,1816 in Georgia
....2.Thomas Ewin Dickens b.1836 in IL, d.1915 in Dimmit Co.TX
......m.Hallie Tumblinson, b.1843 in TX, d.1926 in Harris Co. TX
........3.Joe Dickens b.1859 in TX
..........m.Paulina M. Roberts
........3.Nancy Ann Dickens, b.1865 in TX, d.1917
..........m.Robert Graham Thornton
........3.Katie Dickens b.1867 in TX
..........m.W.B.Lansford
........3.Thomas Ewin Dickens,jr.b.1868 in Atacosa Co.TX d. 1931 in Dimmit Co.TX
..........m.Flora Frazier,b.1874 in Live Oak Co.TX d. 1890 in Uvalde Co.TX
............4.Lucy Lee Dickens
............4.Tom Dickens
............4.Winifred Conn Dickens
............4.Norman Lee Dickens
............4.Cleveland Dickens
............4.Robert Dickens
............4.Alfred B. Dickens
............4.Howard Dickens
........3.Peter Fleming Dickens b. 1871 in IL, d.1912 in Cestohowa, TX
...........m.Judy Brown b.1871 in TX d. 1979 in Bexar Co.TX
............4.Robert Dickens
............4.George Dickens
............4.Ray Dickens
............4.Sally Dickens
............4.Sister Dickens
........3.Lew Dickens b.1873 in TX d.1945
..........m.Delia Hilborn d.1928
............4.Guy Dickens
............4.Judy Dickens
............4.Grace Dickens
............4.Charles Dickens
........3.Edwin J. Dickens b. 1875 in TX
..........m.Bertie Elliott
........3.Charles Dickens b.1878 in TX
........3.Unknown Dickens b.1880 in TX
........3.Mollie H. Dickens b. 1883 in TX
..........m. J. Wesley Vivian
........3.Samuel D. Dickens b.1887
..........m.Ruth Carrigan
....2.William C. Dickens b. 1836 in IL d.1917 in Dimmit Co.,TX
......m. Amanda Murelda Burleson b.1843 in Frio,TX d.1925 in Dimmit Co.TX
........3.John Russell Dickens b. 1857 d. 1918 in Dimmit Co. TX
........3.William C. Dickens, jr. b. 1863 in TX d.1903 in TX
........3. Nancy Dickens b. 1865 d. 1917 in Pierce, Arizona
........3.Glen Dickens b.1868 d.1945 in Phoeniz, Arizona
........3.Albany Dickens b.1872 d. 1945 in Webb Co.,TX
........3.Mary Dickens b. 1874 in TX
........3.Aaron Dickens b. 1878 in Dimmit Co.TX d. 1915 in LaSalle Co.TX
..........m.Ida Anne Winters b. 1879 in TX d. 1920 in Dimmit Co.TX
............4.Paul Franklin Dickens
............4.Otto Lemmen Dickens
............4.William Terrell Dickens
............4.Frank Votaw Dickens
............4.Nancy Elizabeth Dickens
............4.Rhoda Ellen Dickens
............4.Aaron Dickens
........3.Amanda Elizabeth Dickens b. 1888 , d.1932
Any information on the above Dickens line or related lines would be appreciated. If interested please e-mail me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Dunn’s

I have very little information on my Dunn family line at this time. The information I do have is as follows:

1.John McAlister Dunn b. 1838 d. 1910
..m.Cynthia Ann Yarbrough b.1840 d.1920
....2.Nancy Elizabeth Dunn b.1859 in Gonzalez Co.,TX d.1883 in Big Foot,TX
......m.Oran Lemmen Winters b.1858 in Lavaco Co.TX d. 1925 in Dimmit Co.TX
........3.Rhoda Ellen Winters b. 1879 in Calwell Co.,TX d.1974 in Dimmit Co.TX

I understand that this is not much information, but any information on the above Dunn line or related lines would be appreciated. If interested please e-mail me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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