1. Harriett Roxanna Polley

Born September 10, 1842 in Brazoria Co., Texas

Died November 10, 1925 in La Vernia, Texas

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Married December 6, 1866 to

Dr. David Hannah Houston

Born March 23, 1837 in Gravelly Springs, Alabama

Died August 22, 1927 in La Vernia, Texas

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Children

2. Edith Houston

Born October 26, 1867 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

Died August 4, 1870 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

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2. Mary Adel Houston

Born January 31, 1870 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

Died May 7, 1953 in Houston, Texas

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Married November 15, 1893 to

William Harrington Gafford

Born May 3, 1866 in Camden, Mississippi

Death date unknown

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Children

3. Helen Francis Gafford

Born August 20, 1894 in Texas

Died June 28, 1971 in Dallas, Texas

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Married date unknown to

Alfred E. Stevens

Born April 15, 1886 in Judsonia, Arkansas

Died January 11, 1951 in Dallas, Texas

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3. William Houston Gafford

Born August 11, 1896 in La Vernia, Texas

Died January 24, 1965 in Houston, Texas

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Married date unknown to 

Helen Rebecca Jarmon

Born January 24, 1898 in Texas

Died October 9, 1983 in Lindale, Texas

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Children

4. Houston Forrest Gafford (1921-1963)

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3. Hallie C. Gafford

Born December 28, 1898 in Rockport, Texas

Died February 7, 1978 in Sun Valley, California

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Married June 3, 1925 to 

Marion Gardner Putnam

Born January 17, 1880 in Lyndon, Illinois

Died December 12, 1964 in Los Angeles, California

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2. Joseph Ross Houston

Born August 9, 1871 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

Died July 7, 1940 in Wilson Co., Texas

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Married July 2, 1905 to

Eloise Weston Sampson

Born October 13, 1867 in Richmond, Texas

Died November 15, 1962 in Bakersfield, California

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2. George Smith Houston

Born July 27, 1873 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

Died November 20, 1877 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

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2. Emma Houston

Born January 23, 1878 in Sutherland Springs, Texas

Died August 14, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas

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Married June 3, 1903 to 

Charles Elijah Wright

Born November 10, 1864 in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Died July 10, 1940 in San Antonio, Texas

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Children

3. Charles Gilbert Wright

Born August 30 1905 in San Antonio, Texas

Died January 7, 1990 in Harris Co., Texas

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Married March 3, 1925 to

Mary Annette Eifler

Born February 24, 1908 in San Antonio, Texas

Died November 28, 1958 in San Antonio, Texas

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Children

4. Edwin Gilbert (Bert) Wright (1939-2013)

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3. Allan Russell Wright

Born July 7, 1910 in San Antonio, Texas

Died August 6, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas

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Married September 30, 1937 to

Florence Cecelia Koch

Born April 18, 1913 in Texas

Died May 15, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas

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Children

4. Pamela Florence Wright (1941-  )

4. Allan Charles Wright (1944-2012)

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2. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Houston

Born August 8, 1879 in La Vernia, Texas

Died June 26, 1957 in San Antonio, Texas

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Married January 15, 1902 to 

Tilmon Tennessee New

Born January 25, 1879 in Pettus, Texas

Died April 7, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas

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Children

3. Gail Hampton New

Born August 13, 1906 in Wilson Co., Texas

Died November 21, 1994 in Marble Falls, Texas

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Married date unknown to

Mabel Mary Davis

Born June 26, 1910 in Romance, Arkansas

Died December 23, 2003 in Marble Falls, Texas

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Children

4. Daniel Tilmon New (1933-2022)

4. Evelyn Juanelle New (1935-2022)

4. Gail Hampton New, Jr. (1942-  )

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3. Hannah New

Born November 10, 1910 in La Vernia, Texas

Died August 18, 2021 in La Vernia, Texas

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Married date unknown to

Thomas Troy Spivey

Born February 3, 1901 in Texas

Died February 21, 1973 in San Antonio, Texas

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Children

4. Adele Geraldine Spivey (1929-2003)

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3. Kathryn Buchanan New

Born April 21, 1913 in Wilson Co., Texas

Died August 29, 1988 in Adkins, Texas

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Married April 21, 1936 to 

Rudolph Epperson Schnitz

Born June 26, 1903 in Nixon, Texas

Died August 26, 2001 in Adkins, Texas

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Children

4. Donald Rudolph Schnitz (1936-2020)

4. Noel Herman Schnitz (1942-  )

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3. Harriett Edith New

Born May 31, 1917 in Wilson Co., Texas

Died July 27, 2002 in San Antonio, Texas

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2. Walter Houston

Born January 19, 1882 in Wilson Co., Texas

Death date unknown

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Married June 2, 1910 to

Arie Bell Boesling

Born May 28, 1892 in Somerville, Texas

Died September 12, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas

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Children

3. Helen Adel Houston

Born December 31, 1914 in Somerville, Texas

Died August 4, 1920 in Somerville, Texas

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2. Russell Houston

Born November 20, 1884 in Wilson Co., Texas

Died July 1, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas

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Married December 28, 1919 to

Icie Zimmerman

Born September 22, 1891 in Caldwell Co., Texas

Died December 10, 1962 in Travis Co., Texas

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