Individual Details

Missouri must have married Thomas Hockaday about 1893 - 22 Dec 1892, Navarro Co, TX

1900 Census. Justice Precinct 4, Fannin Co, TX, Hh 267
Thomas Hockaday, b. Apr 1835, age 65, [42 years since first married] b. VA as were his parents, farmer
Missouri B., wife, b. Oct 1853, age 46, married 7 years, no children
Sam Steel, boarder, b. Dec 1862, age 37, b. TN, farm labor
Ela Hockaday, daughter, b. Mar 1875, age 25, single, b. TX, father b. VA, mother b. TN school teacher

1910 Census. Fannin Co TX, Hh 537
Thomas Hockaday, age 75, married 2 times, this last time for 17 years
Missouri B., wife, age 56, married 1 time for 17 years

1920 Census. Corsicana, Navarro Co, TX, Hh 141
Sharp, E. R. head of household, female, age 56, widow [This is Mary E. "Bettie" s sister Emily]
Mary, dau, age 20
Susie, dau, age 18
E. O. Bird, brother, age 65, widowed, blacksmith
M. E. Hockaday, sister, age 66, widowed
R. L. Bird, brother, age 50, single
Mary R. Eagleton, boarder, age 22, student

Missouri A. Bird Hockaday
Birth: Oct. 23, 1853, Navarro County, Texas, USA
Death: Aug. 23, 1927, Corsicana
Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana

Texas Death Certificate #28236: Mrs. Missouri Hockaday, 508 N. Main St., Corsicana, died 23 Aug 1927 of a tumor of the liver. She was a widow. Missouri was born 23 Oct 1853 in Texas. Her father was M. H. Bird, born KY; her mother Arminta Fry, b. MO. Mrs. C. B. Sutherland, her sister, was the informant. The undertaker was C. B. Sutherland and Missouri was buried Oakwood Cemetery.

Buried Ladonia Cemetery, Fannin Co, TX is Thomas Hart Benton Hockaday, b. 29 Apr 1835, Lynchburg City, Virginia, d. 8 Jan 1918. His Find-AGrave page indicates he was first married to Maria Elizabeth Kerr, who died in 1881 - they have a joint grave marker, Ladonia Cemetery.

Birth	23 Oct 1853	Texas
Death	23 Aug 1927	Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas

Father	Mark H. Bird (1822 - 1882)
Mother	Araminta Fry (1829 - 1902)
Sibling	Edward Oscar Bird (1855 - 1928)
Sibling	Sarah K. "Sallie" Bird (1857 - 1917)
Sibling	Isabelle A. "Belle" Bird (1859 - 1936)
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Bird (1861 - 1944)
Sibling	Emily Roberta Bird (1863 - 1937)
Sibling	Henry Bird (1867 - 1867)
Sibling	Ellen Bird (1867 - 1867)
Sibling	Robert Lee Bird (1870 - 1924)