| Historial Information on Early Members of FBC Meridian | ||||||||||||
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Origin | Approx | Spouse | Comments | ||||||
| arrival in | ||||||||||||
| Bosque Co | ||||||||||||
| Baxter | William Barnett | 1862 | MO | 1874 | Suzan Anna Womack | Son of John L Baxter and Mahala Caroline Kellison Baxter Myers. Moved to TX in 1874 and served as JP and Deputy Sheriff. Married Suzan Anna Womack 1886. | ||||||
| Baxter | Mrs. Suzan Anna Womack | 1872 | TX | W B | ||||||||
| Baxter | Bertha Lee Jane | 1887 | TX | Daughter of William and Suzan Baxter. | ||||||||
| Burdett | B A | |||||||||||
| Burdett | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Childers | R G | |||||||||||
| Childers | Jack | 1847 | TX | Mary | Dentist | |||||||
| Childers | Miss Effie | |||||||||||
| Childers | Miss Fannie | |||||||||||
| Childress | Judge Rufus G | 1838 | Al | c1870 | Mary A | FBC Deacon with purchase of land 1879. Served as judge for dedication of Courthouse 1886. | ||||||
| Cochran | John A | 1868 | MS | Brother of Mattie Lomax | ||||||||
| Cochran | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Coleman | J B | 1843 | TN | c1876 | Isabell | Lived in the Iredell area. | ||||||
| Coleman | Isabell | Al | James | |||||||||
| Dillard | ||||||||||||
| Dillard | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Ellis | A R | |||||||||||
| Fossett | Gussie | |||||||||||
| George | Sarah | Sarah E Million | 1843 | MO | Andrew Jackson | Married Andrew Jackson George in Meridian in 1862. Baptized at FBC Meridian in 1864 according to her Bible notation which was in possession of their daughter Ella who was born in 1865. A J was baptized when he returned from the Civil War. | ||||||
| George | Andrew Jackson | 1837 | MS | c1859 | Sarah | Son of Enoch B George. Helped build the Bosque Co courthouse in 1875. | ||||||
| George | Miss Ella | 1865 | TX | Daughter of Sarah Million George and A Jackson George | ||||||||
| Hanna Sr | Jefferson Davis | 1861 | TX | Addie | Son of John S and Jane Riddle Hanna. Married Addie Graves in 1888. Served as deacon for FBC Meridian although the family had been Presbyterian. | |||||||
| Hanna Sr | Mrs. Addie Graves | Jeff Davis | ||||||||||
| Harvey | Rebecca | |||||||||||
| Helton | Judge Joseph Knowles | 1817 | TN | 1851 | Lucinda Mabry | First arrived at Hog Creek in 1851. Moved to Meridian in 1874. FBC Deacon with land purchase of 1879. Served numerous terms as County Judge. | ||||||
| Helton | Lucinda Mabry | 1817 | MS | 1851 | J K Helton | Married J K Helton in 1839. | ||||||
| Hill | William A | 1848 | TX | C1877 | Mary | Real estate. | ||||||
| Johnson | John Henry | 1839 | MO | c1869 | Tabitha | Served as District Clerk according to 1880 Census. Ordained as a Baptist minister 1874. Organized the Morgan FBC with Rev Gus Jordan in 1877. Handled the dedication service for the Fairview Baptist Church in 1897. | ||||||
| Johnson | Tabitha | 1847 | MO | John Henry | ||||||||
| Johnson | W T | |||||||||||
| Johnson | Minnie | 1865 | IL | Daughter of Rev J H Johnson and wife Tabitha Johnson. | ||||||||
| Johnson | Jane | 1868 | MO | Daughter of Rev J H Johnson and wife Tabitha Johnson. | ||||||||
| Jordan | Augustus "Gus" | 1853 | AR | Son of Elijah and Frances Fagan Jordon who came to Bosque Co in the early 1850s. Rev. August and Elder Johnson of Meridian organized the Morgan Baptist Church in 1877. | ||||||||
| Jordan | Homer | 1871 | TX | Sadie | Son of Elijah and Frances Fagan Jordon who came to Bosque Co in the early 1850s. | |||||||
| Jordan | Mrs. Sadie Lester | Homer | Married Homer Jordan 1895. | |||||||||
| Jordon | Johnnie Monroe | Son of Homer and Sadie Lester Jordan. Married Vivian Burdick in 1917. Served as pastor of FBC Meridian in 1943. | ||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick | L C | |||||||||||
| Knight | L S | |||||||||||
| Lacy | George W | 1858 | LA | 1869 | Son of Samuel and Charletta Cox Lacy. Moved from LA to TX c1869. | |||||||
| Lacy | Jane | |||||||||||
| Lacy | Henry | 1854 | LA | 1869 | Sarah | Son of Samuel and Charletta Cox Lacy. Moved from LA oto TX c1869 | ||||||
| Lester | H Newt | 1862 | IL | c1885 | Ann | Son of George Washington Lester and Sarah Word. Married Ann Rogers then Ethel Campbell. | ||||||
| Lester | Ann Rogers | H N | ||||||||||
| Lester | Loyd | Son of H N and Ann Lester. Ordained as Baptist minister as was his first cousin Delbert Rogers, son of Ellen Lester and Sam Rogers. | ||||||||||
| Lockett | Will | 1892 | TX | postmaster | ||||||||
| Lockett | Judge O L | 1849 | MO | Dora | ||||||||
| Lomax | Mattie Cochran | 1854 | MS | 1876 | James Terrence Lomax | Mattie Cochran Lomax' father was a Baptist minister from MS. She remained a Baptist while her husband J T stayed with his family's Methodist faith. Prior to the building of a permanent church, services were often held in the Lomax home at 503 N Bosque St. | ||||||
| Lomax | A S | son of Mattie and J T Lomax | ||||||||||
| McCandless | Sambo | Ruby | ||||||||||
| McCandless | Ruby | Sambo | ||||||||||
| McFadden | Wyatt | 1859 | TX | Sarah E | Tax assessor | |||||||
| McFadden | Mrs. Sarah E | 1864 | MS | C1892 | Wyatt | |||||||
| McGill | Essie | 1843 | SC | C1869 | Samuel | Husband Samuel McGill was a ginwright from Ireland. | ||||||
| Moorman | R B | |||||||||||
| Moorman | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Neely | William | 1864 | MS | c1886 | Sarah | |||||||
| Neely | Mrs Sarah | 1868 | TX | William | ||||||||
| Odle | Mrs Mollie | |||||||||||
| Percival | E T | |||||||||||
| Percival | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Powell | W S "Sid" | 1839 | MS | c1884 | Sarah A | Owned the Meridian Tribune in 1860 | ||||||
| Randall | G W | 1846 | TX | Son of Jackson Randall | ||||||||
| Renmick | Mrs Ida | |||||||||||
| Robertson | William P | 1843 | TN | Sarah A | ||||||||
| Rock | Tranquilla | |||||||||||
| Rowland | Eugene | |||||||||||
| Saddler | Effie | 1865 | TX | c1890 | Grant | |||||||
| Scott | T James | 1841 | KY | c1865 | Permillia | |||||||
| Sheppard | William Ellis | 1866 | MS | Mollie | Son of Rev William Elexander Sheppard from Perry Co MS to Eulogy and Brazos Pt by 1874 then to Blooming Grove. William Ellis owned several businesses in Meridian before purchasing the Sheppard Farm in 1907. | |||||||
| Sheppard | Mrs Mollie Crawford | 1870 | William Ellis Sheppard | |||||||||
| Shuford | Louisa E "Lizzie" | 1867 | AR | c1869 | Daughter of Thomas and N A Shuford | |||||||
| Smith | W Joseph | TN | Sarah | Sold property to the Church in 1879 | ||||||||
| Smith | Sarah | Joseph | ||||||||||
| Smith | Miss Carrie | |||||||||||
| Smith | John | Susan | ||||||||||
| Smith | Susan | John | ||||||||||
| Smith | S C | |||||||||||
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| Standifer | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Stretch | William | 1856 | TN | According to 1880 Hill Co Census. Laborer | ||||||||
| Stretch | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Vaughn | Sallie | 1863 | TN | c1868 | Daughter of Robert and Martha Vaughn. | |||||||
| Warren | Rueben | 1864 | TX | Son of T N and Emily Warren of GA. Family came to TX by 1859 | ||||||||
| Warren | Mrs | |||||||||||
| Whisenaut | Rev George W | 1856 | AR | c1900 | Julie Nelson | Married Julie Nelson 1878 and moved to Bosque Co c1900. Ordained in 1908. | ||||||
| Whisenaut | Julie Nelson | 1855 | c1900 | George W | Married in AR 1878 and moved to Bosque Co c1900 | |||||||
| Word | Judge B J | 1854 | MS | c1881 | ||||||||
| York | Judge W A | 1882 | AR | c1885 | Myrtle Lester | Son of Thomas and Missouri York. Served as County Judge. | ||||||
| York | Mrs. Myrtle Lester | W A | Daughter of George and Lillie Philps Lester | |||||||||
| York | W Ash | 1834 | GA | c1869 | Frances | |||||||
| References: Census Records 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900; BOSQUE COUNTY-IT's LAND AND PEOPLE, Vol 1, 1985; Bosque Co TX Deed Record P-574, 575 | ||||||||||||
| Date and location for births of children was determination for approximate arrival in TX in many cases. | ||||||||||||
Last Update Monday, 07-May-2018 17:58:14 CDT
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County Coordinator:
Gayle Triller |
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