A Few Citizens of Forney
This list of Forney residents was found in the papers of Forney historian 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 the Filter option or Ctrl-F to find names and consider various spellings.
The comments were added by me, and they are based on other records. They may or may not be accurate so you should not use these comments as an original source. Hope this helps you in your research! ~Tracy
| Name | Our 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. |
| 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 | William |
| 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 | Charles |
| 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? |
| 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 the 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 | James |
| Rachel Hass (Col) | |
| Bert P. Hailey | Burton Pinson 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Mrs. C.C. Lindsey | Malvinia Lindsey is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| 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. |
| L.A. Murphy | Lafayette Murphy was appointed a Private by the Kaufman County Commissioners Court to a squad in 1861. The squad was to "patrol the Negroes" after Texas seceded from the Union. |
| W.S. Newton | There were two William Newtons living in the area at the time. One worked as a station agent at the T&P Depot. |
| 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. |
| Mrs. Richards | |
| Pulo Rhea | |
| A. Sasater | |
| Robert Seaberry | |
| Mrs. Selman | There is an Alice Taylor Selman buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| E.H. Shaw | |
| Dr. N.B. Shands | Dr. Newton B. Shands is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| S.N. Smith | There is a Samuel Newton Smith buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| 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 O. 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. |
| Matt Walker | |
| J.G. Weaver | |
| James Weaver | |
| F.L. Webster | |
| Sam Weathersby (Col) | |
| Oscar L. Wiley | Oscar Lee Wiley is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| Thomas Williams | There is a Thomas Williams buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| Ras Williams | |
| Jeff T. Wideman | T. Jefferson Wideman built one of our museum's buildings at 202 S. Bois d'Arc around 1900. He also 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. |
| C. Wren | There is a Charlie Wren buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. |
| Mrs. Venable | |
| J.W. Young |
