Daughter of Jesse Obediah Mixon #1796

1848 MARGARET ELIZABETH MIXON, JESSE OBEDIAH MIXON (1796), JOHN MIXON (1775), JESSE MIXON (702), JOHN MIXON IV (6), JOHN MIXON III (3), JOHN MIXON II (2), JOHN MIXON I (1)

 

Margaret Elizabeth Mixon, dau. of Jesse Obediah and Elizabeth Mott Mixon, was b. ca 1855 MS, d. Jan 17, 1901, Washington Co., TX., m. before Jul 19, 1873, James J. Saunders, b. 1848, Buffalo, NY, d. May 28, 1906, Washington Co., TX . Both buried Old Gay Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Washington Co., TX.

 

A grandson, Mr. John R. Parker, says Mr. James J. Saunders was from Buffalo, New York. He was engaged to a southern girl when the Civil War broke out, so enlisted in the Confederate Army. The young lady died during the war.

 

After the Civil War when James Saunders returned home, his family wanted nothing to do with him, so he went south again and settled on the water front near Galveston, TX, as he knew something about ship building.

 

Mr. Saunders finally stopped at Anahuac, TX, where he met Margaret Elizabeth Mixon, and married her there. They lived at Anahuac until sometime after the first child was born, and then moved to Gay Hill, TX, in Washington County. Mr. Saunders worked, building railroads, for the Santa Fe Railroad. He later worked for the County of Washington building most of their bridges across the various creeks, and at that time lived in Brenham.

 

Margaret and James Saunders had the following
Children:

8123 Dora Elvenice Saunders - b. Apr 27, 1877 Chambers Co., TX, d. Feb 10, 1967 Houston, TX, m. Jun 20, 1894 Brenham, TX, Milas Roberson "Burney” Parker, b. Mar 18, 1874, Corpus Christi, TX, d. Oct 12, 1932, Houston, TX both bur. Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, TX. Mr. Parker was the son of Thomas Swift and Annie Laura (Polk) Parker, Jr.
Children:

8128 Charles Burney Parker - b. Mar 3, 1898 Brenham, TX, d. Jan 24, 1973, m. Aug 23, 1927 Houston, TX, Clara Pate, b. Sep 9, 1900, d. Jan, 1986.  Both bur. Pate Cemetery, Montgomery County, TX.
Children:

8131 Charles Ralph Parker - b. Jun 28, 1930 Houston, TX, m. Jun 26, 1955 to Moria Ann Beggs, b. Mar 19, 1937 Manchester, England.
Children:

8133 Gerald Ralph Parker - b. Sep 21, 1956

8134 Clay Arthur Parker - b. Mar 19, 1960

8135 Debra Lee Parker - b. Dec 8, 1961

8132 Jessse Hugh Parker - b. Jan 30, 1934, d. Sep 9, 1994, m. Nov 28, 1953, Evelyn Maxine Parker, b. Oct 7, 1937.  Both bur. Pate Cemetery, Montgomery County, TX.
Children:

8136 Frances Ann Parker - b. Dec 5, 1954

8137 Kathy Diann Parker - b. Jun 13, 1959

8129 John Routt Parker - b. Jan 7, 1901 Brenham, TX, m. Sep 23, 1922 Brenham, TX, d. Oct 8, 1973, Dorothy Cornelia Hoffman, b. Oct 7, 1901 Brenham, TX, d. Jun 9, 1984.
Children:

8138 John Hoffman Parker - b. Jan 20, 1929 Houston, TX, m. Aug 18, 1950, Gloria C. Gillespie, b. Feb 18, 1929.
Children:

8139 Gloria Elizabeth Parker - b. Nov 15, 1951

8140 John Hoffman Parker, Jr. - b. Sep 26, 1959

8141 Lester Gillespie Parker - b. Mar 5, 1962

8130 Annie Elizabeth Parker - b. Aug 20, 1903, d. May 2, 1908 Brenham, TX, bur. Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, TX.

18435 Burney Parker - b. Dec 21, 1905 Brenham, TX, d. 1996, m. Aug 14, 1927 to Edith A. Hackworth, b. Sep 21, 1908, Brenham, TX, d. 1992.  Both bur. Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, TX.
Children:

8142 Burney Parker, Jr. - b. Jul 12, 1928 Houston, TX, d. Apr 17, 2003, m. Jul 23, 1949, Frances Allyne Wuensche, b. Jun 20, 1927. Both bur. Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, TX.
Children:

8145 Thomas Sterling Parker - b. May 4, 1953

8146 John Edwin Parker - b. May 3, 1955

8147 Mary Margaret Parker - b. May 22, 1957

8143 Margaret Dene Parker - b. Nov 16, 1930 Houston, TX, m. May 27, 1950 to James Grant McCully, b. Nov 17, 1929. 
Children:

8148 Carol Anne McCully - b. Jun 20, 1951

8149 James Grant McCully, Jr. - b. Oct 27, 1960

8144 James K. Parker - b. Jul 16, 1946 Houston, TX, m. Dec 18, 1965 to Sharon Gail King, b. Nov 21, 1947. 
Children:

8150 Letitia Jate Parker - b. Aug 4, 1967

8155 Mark James Parker - b. Jul 1, 1969

8124 Fred Saunders - b. ____, d. ca 1900

8125 Jesse Lee Saunders - b. Oct 11, 1887 Gay Hill, TX, d. Jan 31, 1964 Houston, TX. buried Forest Park Cemetery., m. 25 Aug 1934 Houston, TX, Lonnie Kelly, b. Jul 31, 1902, d. May 5, 1978. no issue

8126 James Saunders - d. ca 1900

8127 Elizabeth Saunders - d. ca 1900

Fred, James, and Elizabeth, died in a yellow fever epidemic about 1900, and are buried in the old Gay Hill Cemetery

 

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