Forney Residents 1886

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A Few Citizens of Forney

This list of Forney residents was found in the papers of Emma Riter

1886

The following list was found in the records of Forney historian Emma Riter, and I believe it is a fairly good substitute for the 1890 census. No other information was provided, and I am unsure of the origin of the list. I kept the names in the order of the original list so they are a little bit out of order. Please use Ctrl-F to find names and consider various spellings. The comments were added by me, and they are based on other records, so they may or may not be accurate. Hope this helps you in your research!

Name	Comments
Jessie Adams (1886-1935)
Mose Alexander	Listed as a city alderman (councilman) in 1889.
Bonner Alexander	Bonner Alexander is listed in the 1880 Census for Forney, Kaufman County, Texas. He is 25 years old in 1880.
Hiller Alexander	Listed as the City Marshall in 1889.
W.D. Austin	There is a Walter Austin, age 22, living with his parents in Rockwall Texas in 1880. He's living with his wife, Jennie D., in Rockwall in 1900.
Mrs. Walter D. Austin	Could be Jennie D. Austin, mentioned above. She was 41 years old in 1900.
H.W. Anderson
John Baskin
B. Blakely
Thomas Baker
J.W. Baker	There is a John W. Baker living in Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas in the 1880 Census. He is 46 years old in 1880.
J.W. Barker
Mrs. Robert Barnes
W.S. Baldwin
J.W. Bernnight
Wood Blair
W. Blithe
J.R. Briscoe
Mrs. Thomas Briscoe	Hillcrest Cemetery records mention Thomas Jefferson & Mary Foster Briscoe.
W.T. Brogum
Price Butler	There is a Price Butler living in Princinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas. He is living with his mother Nancy and is 16 years old in 1880.
Mrs. Bell
Jesse Beasley (Col)
Ben Beaver (Col)
Reno Campbell
Wm. Cardwell
Callahan
C.W. Carter
J.C. Cash
Jessie Cash
Bob Clements	Robert J. Clements is living in Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County in the 1880 Census. He is 45 years old.
Mrs. Bob Clements	Mary E. Clements is living with her husband in Precinct 2 in 1880. She is 36 years old.
Jim S. Clements	James S. Clements is living in Forney, Kaufman County, Texas in the 1880 Census. He is single and 27 years old.
Glenn Cleckler
Mrs. Clepton
Mrs. Cadana
M.J. Cox
Mrs. M.J. Cox
Dr. E.P. Chambless
Henrietts Cager (Col)
T.J. Croen
Ed Crawford
Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crasy
D.M. Craven
Mrs. E.V. Crowder
Chas. C. Dodd
Maggie Dumas
Theopolus Daniel
Phil Daugherty
Sallie Douglass	There is a Sallie J. Douglass living in Precinct 1, Kaufman County, Texas in 1880.
Dick Daugherty
E.D. Douthitt	There is an Erasmus Ed Douthitt buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 7-30-1853 - 1936.
W.E. Dane
Bailey Daugherty II	Could be Bailey H. Daugherty who owned a Billiard Parlor on E. Front Street.
G.W. Davis
J.W. Brown
Pat Brown
Columbus C. Bailey
Mrs. C.C. Bailey
W.M. Bailey
Henry Ball	There is a Henry Washington Ball buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 12-12-1841 - 10-29-1889.
Joshua Ball	There is a Joshua Clements Ball buried at Hillcrest, 5-3-1880 - 1-3-1968.
Mrs. J.R. Badger
Mrs. Dick Belyou
John Briscoe
Mike Costello
Pat Collins
Mandy Cobb
Mrs. Cobb
Barstow Collins
J.B. Collins	There is a James Baker Collins buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 11-18-1849 - 11-10-1936.
Dan Cooper
William Cisel	William Cisel, Jr. is mentioned in the Hillcrest Cemetery records. NBD - 6-26-1894.
John Crutcher (Col)
William Dykes	William Dykes owned a house in the Pleasant Springs neighborhood, near present day Lake Ray Hubbard.
J.H. Early
T.J. Erwin
H.P. Erwin
F.J. Erwin
L. Erwin
Bud Evans
J. Endeved
Lewis Farthing (Col)	Lewis (Louis) Farthing is living in Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas in 1900. He was 35 years old in 1900 and widowed. He was in Harrison County in 1880.
Mrs. Farthing
B.J. Farthing (Col)	Benjamin Farthing is living with his brother and parents Lewis Farthing in Harrison County.
Rufus Fanning
W.S. Fix
Nelson Fisher
Mrs. E.J. Frederick
Haywood Griffin	There is a Haywood Watson Griffin buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 3-29-1882 - 8-24-1953.
John Griffin	There is a John H. Griffin buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 10-31-1850 - 5-29-1898.
Wm. (Billie) Gray	There is a William Gray in th 1880 Census in Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas. He was born in 1880.
Mrs. Gibbs
A. Greer
Mrs. Henry Guest
J.L. Gassoway
William Guynes
Mrs. Henry Guynes
Dr. W.M. Garrett
J.L. Groves
John R. Gaither
Thomas Gordan
Nellie Griffin
Jim F. Griffin
Rachel Hass (Col)
Bert P. Hailey	Burton P. Hailey had a two-story house on S. Bois d'Arc Street. He is listed in the 1900 Census with his wife, Addie, and three children.
Miss Hailey
C.H. Hall
Mrs. G. Hatley	There is a Julia Eudy Hatley, wife of Goodwin Hatley, buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 3-18-1851 - 4-8-1935.
Jacob Hadden
J.L. Hadden
W.S. Hartman	W.S. Hartman is listed as a City Alderman (Councilman). There is also a William Hartman living in Kaufman County in 1880 with his wife Emily.
Eva Hartman
J.D. Hightower
C.C. Hill
J.M. Hill, Sr.	There is a James Monroe Hill buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 3-14-1858 - 3-4-1937.
C.M. Hobbs
R.M. Hodges
C.J. Henderson
Anderson Howard
John Howard
J.R. Howard
Minnie Howard
W.A. Hoggard
J.M. Humphries
Dr. S.F. Hubbs
Mrs. C.M. Kindall
Isaac Kidd
James R. Knox
Troy Jennings
C.C. Lindsey	Christopher Columbus Lindsey is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 1-9-1843 - 12-14-1923.
Mrs. C.C. Lindsey	Malvinia Lindsey is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 12-26-1843 - 1-31-1923.
W.J. Lewis (1886)
J.T. Loveless
Albert Loveless
Mrs. S.E. McAdams
Jesse McCartney
Fred McCartney
W.H. McGraw
Mrs. Bettie McGraw
N.B. Chambless
James McFord
Jesse McGodfry
Henrietta McCaged
S. McMahan
Z.L. McNabb
W.B. McNabb
C.J. McWhirter
Mrs. McWhirter
A.R. Martin
J.C. Martin
N.B. Martin
Mrs. Mansfield
Josiah Madden
Miss L. Malone
T.P. Mills	There is a Thomas Pearson Mills buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 5-8-1851 - 1-4-1933. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
L.A. Murphy	Lafayette Murphy was appointed a Private by the Kaufman County Commissioners Court to a squad in 1961. The squad was to "patrol the Negroes" after Texas seceded from the Union.
W.S. Newton	Worked as a station agent at the T&P Depot. There were two William Newtons living in the area at the time.
N.W. Newman	Nathaniel W. Newman was living with his wife Nancy and several children in Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County in 1880.
G.W. Newberry
B.C. Overstreet
Julia Overstreet
James B. Overstreet	James B. Overstreet was living in Forney in 1880 with his two brothers, Rufus and Chelton. He was 23 years old in 1880 and is widowed.
Geo. Owen
William Peavy
W.R. Pattas
James Pierce
S.J. Patent
S.R. Russell
R.H. Russell	R.H. Russell owned a saloon on E. Front Street.
Mrs. Rawls
Joe Record	Joseph Record was living in Kaufman County in 1880 with his wife, Canney, and two children.
Suda Record
Lula Record	Lula is the daughter of Joseph and Canney Record.
Sam Reeves	Sam Reeves was a teacher in an early Forney school.
W.B. Reeves
L. Regan
Mrs. Joe Record	Canney (Cannie) Record
James Record	James Record is the son of Joseph and Canney Record.
Mrs. George Riter	This is probably Lou Emma Price Riter, wife of George Riter II. She is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 9-28-1866 - 6-7-1936.
Mrs. Richards
Pulo Rhea
A. Sasater
Robert Seaberry
Mrs. Selman	There is an Alice Taylor Selman buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, ~1856 - 10-3-1897.
E.H. Shaw
Dr. N.B. Shands	Dr. Newton B. Shands is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 12-16-1855 - 1-13-1928.
S.N. Smith	There is a Samuel Newton Smith buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 8-15-1857 - 12-19-1924.
Ank Smith
A.J. Smith
H.H. Smith
H.J. Short
Mayor H.H. Sowell	Hamilton H. Sowell was a Confederate soldier, Justice of the Peace, trustee of the Lone Elm school, and mayor.
J.E. Spratt
W. Sparks
W.H. Stone
W.P. Stuart
J.R. Storey
Lem Stroud
Lee R. Stroud	Probably Dr. Leonidas Ruffin Stroud. He lived in the Pleasant Springs/ Arkansaw/Briscoe neighborhood.
Jeff D. Stroud
Dr. L.M. Stroud	Lewis M. Stroud is listed in the 1880 Census for Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas. He is 23 years old in 1880 and is listed as a physician.
W.P. Stannest
L. Sullivan
Charles Johnson
T.M. Turner	Mood Turner owned Turner's Confectionary in the 1890's. He also owned the first Soda Fountain in Forney, and played the "fiddle."
Mrs. R.T. Turner
R.H. Turk	There is a Howard Turk listed in the 1880 Census for Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas. He is 21 years old in 1880. Howard Turk was a city alderman (councilman) in 1889.
J.T. Turk	There is a Thomas Turk listed in the 1880 Census for Precinct 2 (Forney), Kaufman County, Texas. He is 30 years old in 1880.
Miss Taylor
Mrs. Talley
Jim Tighe	James Tighe is living with the Walter Stephenson family in the 1880 Forney, Kaufman County, Texas Census. He is 47 years old and worked as a carpenter.
N. Thorp
Joe Thompson
O.P. Thomas	An Ol Thomas is mentioned in a Forney Tribune article in 1892.
A.H. Teeter	Albert Teeter was a hay farmer in Forney.
W.D. Wadsworth
F.K. Wannight
Andy H. Ward	Andrew H. Ward is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 8-18-1850 - 8-29-1911.
Matt Walker
J.G. Weaver
James Weaver
F.L. Webster
Sam Weathersby (Col)
Oscar L. Wiley	Oscar Lee Wiley is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 10-1851 - 1-16-1928.
Thomas Williams	There is a Thomas Williams buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 4-25-1839 - 3-30-1924.
Ras Williams
Jeff T. Wideman	T. Jefferson Wideman owned a grocery store on E. Front Street.
Sam Wideman	Sam Wideman is mentioned in a Kaufman Sun article in 1883.
Sue Wilson (Col)
J.M. Woods
Fred Woods	Professor Fred Woods was a teacher in the Pleasant Springs/Briscoe/Arkansaw community north of Forney.
Frank Woods
William Wood
J.H. Wroten	There is a J.H. Wroten buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 6-5-1825 - 1-18-1887.
C. Wren	There is a Charlie Wren buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 11-6-1860 - 4-13-1935.
Mrs. Venable
J.W. Young