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For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.

Vawter William H [Male] b. 17 APR 1795 Woodford Co. KY - d. 31 MAR 1858 Fulton, MO

1850 Missouri Census:
William Vawter...........52.......... KY
Amanda Vawter.............40...........MO
James M Vawter.............14..........MO (probably should be Jane)
Alfred F Vawter.............10...........MO
James H Vawter........... 8..........MO
Thomas P Vawter.......... 7...........MO
William F Vawter........ 6...........MO
John M Vawter............... 1...........MO

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Vawter Sarah Julia [Female] b. 24 MAY 1850 Grand Bluff, Tx - d. 1 SEP 1934 Texas

1860 Rusk Co. Tx census, Julia Vawter and her brother A J are living with Andrew Weir.

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Sterrett Major Dowell [Male] b. 27 JUN 1840 Columbiana, Alabama - d. 24 OCT 1919 Texas

1880 Panola Co. TX census:
M D Sterritt........38 ?............AL.....physician
Julia Sterritt.....28 ? ..............TX
M A Sterritt.......7............TX.....daughter
M E Sterritt........7..............TX.....daughter
R A Sterritt.......... 3.............TX.....son
Polly Sterritt..........6/12...........TX.....daughter
S S Buford (?)...........12

1900 Panola Co. TX census:
M D Sterrett........June 1849......58 ?.....AL
Sarah Sterrett.....April 1850.....50.....TX
M A Marshall......Oct 1870.....29....daughter....widow
Terrell Marshall.....Oct 1892.....7....TX.....g.daughter
Henedee Marshall....May 1896....4.....TX....g,daughter
Ethleen Marshall......Oct 1898.....1.....TX..g.daughter
Carrie B Sterrett....April 1885.....15...TX....daughter
David L Sterrett.....Sept 1891......9.....TX...son...??

1910 Panola Co. TX census:
Major D Sterrett......69.....AL
Sarah Sterrett......59.....TX
Carrie B Sterrett.....29....TX
Davie L Sterrett......18.....TX
Ferrile J Marshall.....17.....TX.....g.daughter
Hennie D Marshall.....13.....TX.....g.daughter
Ether L Marshall.....10.....TX.....g.daughter

Texas Death Record:
Sarah Julia Sterrett, born May 24, 1850, died September 1, 1934 in Rusk Co. Texas
Husband - Dr. M D Sterrett
Parents - Lewis Vawter and Martha Ware

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Marshall Edward [Male] d. 2 FEB 1899

1900 Panola Co. TX census:
M D Sterrett........June 1849......58 ?.....AL
Sarah Sterrett.....April 1850.....50.....TX
M A Marshall......Oct 1870.....29....daughter....widow
Terrell Marshall.....Oct 1892.....7....TX.....g.daughter
Henedee Marshall....May 1896....4.....TX....g,daughter
Ethleen Marshall......Oct 1898.....1.....TX..g.daughter
Carrie B Sterrett....April 1885.....15...TX....daughter
David L Sterrett.....Sept 1891......9.....TX...son

1910 Panola Co. TX census:
Major D Sterrett......69.....AL
Sarah Sterrett......59.....TX
Carrie B Sterrett.....29....TX
Davie L Sterrett......18.....TX
Ferrile J Marshall.....17.....TX.....g.daughter
Hennie D Marshall.....13.....TX.....g.daughter
Ether L Marshall.....10.....TX.....g.daughter

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Bell Seaton [Male] b. 1858 Arkansas - d. 6 JUN 1930 Texas

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Lewis C Francisco [Male] b. 5 MAY 1822 Franklin City, Alabama - d. AFT 1880

1850 Panola Co. Tx census: same page as Lucinda Vawter and A L Vawter
C F Lewis......25......AL...............named indexed on Ancestry.com as "Lewer"
Amanda Lewis......22.....KY
Henry Lewis.......4.....TX
Emily Lewis.....1.....TX

1860 Panola Co. Tx census: same page as John M Vawter
C F Lewis........37.....AL.......merchant
Elizabeth Lewis ?......23......AL.....House keeper... remarried??
Henry Lewis......13.....TX
Emily Lewis.....11....TX
Sarah Lewis.....9.....TX
Mary Lewis.......7.....TX
Annie Lewis.....5.....TX
Sarah Lewis.....21.....AL.......Com. School Teacher

1870 Panola Co. Tx census:
C F Lewis......47.....AL
Elizabeth.....31.....AL
Ida Lewis.....17.....TX
Nettie Lewis.....7.....TX
Charles Lewis.....2.....TX
Henry Lewis and wife June are next door.

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Raycroft Nancy [Female] b. ABT 1835 Tennessee - d. 12 MAR 1915 Texas

The name is sometimes spelled Roycroft. Nancy was married to Andrew Weir first.
Her mother was Cherokee.

1850 Panola Co. Tx census:
Caswell Raycroft 31 Farmer NC
Nancy Raycroft 21 TN
Mary E Raycroft 1 TX
Nancy Raycroft 16 TN

Must have married and divorced Andrew W Weir between 1851 and 1859.

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Vawter Martha Lucinda [Female] b. 8 SEP 1875 Texas - d. 15 SEP 1946 Texas

Nickname Chic. Her tombstone reads Chic Vawter Cooke

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Cooke John W. [Male] b. 30 JUL 1870 Kentucky - d. 29 FEB 1952 Texas

1900 Panola Co. TX census:
John W Cooke......Jul 1870.....29.....KY
Chic Cooke......Sept 1875......24.....TX
David Cooke.....Oct 1897......2......TX

1910 Panola Co. TX census:
John W Cooke.......39......KY.......married 13 years
Mattie L Cooke......34......TX

1920 Panola Co. TX census:
J W Cook......49......KY
Chic Cook......46 ?.....TX
Mary Cook......14......KY.....coded "daughter" but this is probably wrong

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White John C. [Male] b. ABT 1830 Alabama - d. BEF 1900 Texas

1860 Rusk, Tx census:
J C White...........32 .........KY
Martha White......... 23.......KY
Albert White........... 8........TX
W H White.......... 4 ..........TX
C B White.......... 1........TX

1870 Austin, Tx census:
John C White.......40.......AL
Martha White........ 32.........IN
Albert White..........16.........TX
William H White......14.......TX
David C White........ 10....TX
Walter C White.......... 1......TX

1880 Travis Co. Tx census:
John C White....... 53..........KY
Martha White.......... 44.........IN
Charles D White.....21..........TX
Walter P White.........11.........TX
Julia White.......... 8 ...........TX
Sarah L White......... 5..........TX
Minnie White........... 7............TX

1900 Travis Co. Tx census:
Martha White....Sept 1835.......64.....IN Widow
Charlie White.....Feb 1862.....38.....TX
Lu White......Feb 1877.....23.....TX

1910 Travis Co. Tx census:
Martha White.....73.....IN
Charlie White......48.....TX
Lue White......25 ??.......TX

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Sears Vesta [Female] b. 29 AUG 1848 Marshall, Texas - d. 30 APR 1929 Harrison Co. Tx

1920 Harrison Tx Census:
Robert Colston 23 TX
Daisy Colston 19 TX boarder
Vesta S Vawter 72 TX mother (?) son Ed is next door

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Vawter Addison Sears [Male] b. 15 MAY 1884 Marshall, TX - d. 12 DEC 1960 Tennessee

1910 Hamilton Co. TN census:
there is an Odessa Rainey living with parents James & Callie Rainey
She was born in Georgia about 1887

Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950 Family Search
Sears Vawter, b 1885.......name indexed as "Scars"
Odesses Rainey b 1888
married Dec 28, 1915 in Hamilton, TN

WWI Registration card: Sept 12, 1918
ADDISON SEARS VAWTER
925 Mariner St
Norfolk, VA
age in years - 35 Date of birth - May 15, 1884
Present occupation - iron worker
Employers name - Roahe (?) Construction Co.
Place of employment - Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Nearest relative - ODESSA VAWTER (wife)

1920 Cleveland Ohio, census: Jan 26, 1920
Addison S Vawter...............35..............TX
Odessa Vawter....................29.............GA
Elizabeth Vawter.................. 3.............TN
Edwin Vawter.................1 8/12...........VA (James Edwin Vawter, b. abt 1918)

1930 Pittsburgh, PA census:
Albert S Vawter...........46.....TX....TX.....TX........named indexed as Vauter.
Odessa Vawter.......37.....TX.....TX....TX
Thelma Vawter......13.....TX
Edwin Vawter.....11.....PA
Doris Vawter......9.....PA
Elizabeth Vawter......6.....PA

1940 Hamilton, TN census:
Addison S Vawter.....55.....TX
Nancy O Vawter......51.....GA
Mary E Vawter......23......TN
James E Vawter.....21.....VA
Thelma Vawter......19.....OH
Dorris Vawter......16.....OH

August 2005 Obituary, Chattanooga, TN: (in part)
Thelma Vawter Ford, 84, a resident of Ringgold, GA, died on August 7, 2005.
She was preceeded in death by her parents, ODESSA and SEARS VAWTER,
brother JAMES EDWIN VAWTER and sister, ELIZABETH PETTITT HAMILTON.

Among survivors - sister DORIS VAWTER and nephew JIMMY VAWTER.

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Vawter Edwin Alexander [Male] b. 1 AUG 1887 Texas - d. 27 JUL 1943 Marshall, Texas

1920 Harrison, TX census:
Edd Vawter............ 32..........TX
Willie May Vawter........32........TX
Ray Vawter............8.........TX
Vesta Vawter..........4 & 11/12.......TX

1940 Harrison, TX census:
Edd Vawter......52.....TX
Willie M Vawter......53.....TX
N June Vawter......19.....TX
Lucile Vawter.....15......TX
Edwin N ? Vawter......84.....TX......father

Death date from vital records.
Buried in Greenwood cemetery in Harrison Co. Tx.

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Vawter Eugene Ray [Male] b. 18 OCT 1892 Texas - d. 12 SEP 1969 Houston, Texas

1920 Liberty, TX census:
E R Vawter.......27.....TX
Mary Vawter......23......TX
Eugenia Vawter......3.....TX

1930 Okmulgee, OK census:
Eugene R Vawter......36....TX
Mary Vawter......33......TX
Eugenia R Vawter......13.....TX

Death certificate in 1969 says he was divorced.
Parents - Edwin Vawter and Vesta Sears

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Vawter John Thomas [Male] b. 18 APR 1882 Rusk Co. Tx - d. 12 JUL 1947 Marshall, TX

1930 Gregg, Tx census:
John T Vawter.....48.......TX
Hattie J Vawter....47.......TX
William T Vawter..19.....TX
Melba W Vawter..16.....TX

1940 Tarrant Co. TX census:
John T Vawter......58.....TX
Hattie Vawter......60......TX
2 lodgers

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Vawter Alexander J [Male] b. 18 JAN 1886 Bandera Co. TX - d. 18 OCT 1918 Marshall, Texas

WWI Draft Registration:
Alex James Vawter, b. Jan 18, 1886
Sept 12 1918...very dim and hard to read
Self employed, tailor
Nearest relative, Mary Pearl Vawter
Marshall, Texas

Name on Death certificate is Alex James Vawter. d. Oct 18,1918
Influenza followed by pneumonia
Parents - Thos. Milton Vawter and Hannah Magnolia Carter.
Married, information given by Mrs. A J Vawter.

1920 Harrison Co. TX census:
Mary P Vawter......30.....TX.....widow
George A Vincent......65......TX.....father
Margaret Vincent......61.....AL.....mother
Jack Vincent......7.......TX......adopted brother

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Vawter Luna Kate [Female] b. 29 AUG 1887 Bandera, Co, Tx - d. 5 APR 1969 Harris Co. Tx

Her death certificate states that she was a widow. Information given by Elizabeth Moore, connection not known.

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Vawter Lewis Orin [Male] b. 21 AUG 1889 Bandera, Co, Tx - d. 24 FEB 1982 Harrison Co. Tx

1930 Harrison, Tx census:
Lewis O Vawter..........40....TX
Lucile Vawter...............35....TX
Catherine Vawter.........13....TX
Perry Vawter................11....TX
Lewis Vawter, Jr...........8.....TX
Mary A Vawter...............3....TX

1940 Harrison, TX census:
Lewis O Vawter......50.....TX
Lucile Vawter.......45.....TX
Kathryn Vawter.....23.....TX
Perry Vawter.......21......TX
Lewis Vawter Jr.......17.....TX
Mary Anne Vawter......13.....TX