Individual Details
Mary Exah Hampton
(OCTOBER 25, 1870 - MARCH 29, 1955)
Events
| Birth | OCTOBER 25, 1870 | Three Forks, Bell County, Texas |  | ||
| Census | JUNE 10, 1880 | 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Slater, Coryell County, TX |  | | |
| Marriage | MAY 11, 1890 | Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas - Thomas Alexander Saunders | | | |
| Census | APRIL 16, 1910 | 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Gatesville, Coryell Co., TX | | | |
| Census | JANUARY 6, 1920 | 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Gatesville, Coryell Co., TX | | | |
| Event-Misc | DECEMBER 7, 1923 | Inherited Part of Hampton Ranch, Slater, Coryell Co., TX | | | |
| Census | APRIL 14, 1930 | 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Gatesville, TX, Coryell County | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JUNE 1, 1938 | Loan Assumption-Jim R. Saunders - Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JUNE 22, 1946 | Land Sale - J.R. Saunders Homesite, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Death | MARCH 29, 1955 | Evant, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | ABT MARCH 29, 1955 | City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, TX | | | |
| Alt name | Mary Exah Saunders | |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Alexander Saunders (1865 - 1937) |
| Child | Minnie Lucille Saunders (1891 - 1948) |
| Child | James Riley Saunders (1900 - 1957) |
| Child | Hazel Glee Saunders (1908 - 1975) |
| Father | Riley Green Hampton (1841 - 1928) |
| Mother | Julia Ann Williamson (1848 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Franklin C. Hampton (1867 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Luella "Ella" Hampton (1868 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Martha Ann "Mattie" Hampton (1872 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Ora Bell Hampton (1875 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Ada E. Hampton (1876 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Michael Wade Hampton (1879 - 1929) |
| Sibling | John Henry Hampton (1881 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Julia Teresa "Maude" Hampton (1882 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Infant Hampton (1887 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Jessie Lee Hampton (1890 - 1987) |
Notes
Census
The 1880 U.S. Federal Census, E.D. 24, page 434D, 6-10-1880, Line 141/141 shows her (Mary E., age 9) living with her parents, Riley G. and Julia A. Hampton.Marriage
Per Uncle Bob Saunders in a partial obituary he wrote that she was married in Lampasas, Texas.The marriage is recorded in the Lampasas Co., TX Marriage Record D, page 199. The original Marriage License and Certificate is in the possesion of Sherry Lawrence.
Other family history gives the marriage place as the home of R.G. and Julia Ann Hampton at Slater (King), Coryell County, Texas.
Census
The 1910 U.S. Federal Census for Coryell Co., TX, E.D. 33, Ward 1, JP Precinct 1, Saunders St., page 41A shows her living with her husband, T.A. Saunders, and their children, Minnie Lou, Jas. Riley, and Hazel Glee. Her occupation is listed as dry goods saleslady.Census
The 1920 Coryell Co. U.S. Federal Census, page 4B, Precinct 1, N. 10th Street shows her living with her husband Tom Saunders and their children, Jim and Hazel and nephew Ed Baker Powell. Her occupation is listed as a saleslady for a retail dry goods store.Event-Misc
At the probate of her parents will which was filed for probate on 12-7-1923 after her mother's death on 6-25-1921 she inherited 1/3 of 700 acres and $350. This land remained in her father's control until his death on 1-16-1928 and was later inherited by her son James Riley Saunders and became the nucleus for his large ranch.Census
She is listed as Mary E., age 59, living with her husband, Tom A. Saunders, married at age 19, can read and write, born in TX, father born in AR, mother born in TX, not working.This information is listed on page 83A of the 1930 Coryell Co., TX Census for Justice Precinct 1, Supervisor District 15, Enumeration District 50-1, N. 10th Street of Gatesvolle City.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 129, page 629-630 Coryell County Deed Records:On 6-1-1938, Mrs. T.A. Saunders, a widow, Minnie Saunders, a widow, Hazel and L.E. Kincannon of Stephens Co., OK, for $10, assumed the balance of a $3000 loan due to the Federal Land Bank of Houston made by Jim R. Saunders to purchase two tracts of the P. Lopez Survey, a 172 acre tract and a 131 acre tract. This land was originally purchased by T.A. Saunders on 8-25-1928.
Miscellaneous
Vol. 156, page 119-123, Coryell County Deed Records:On 6-22-1946, R.L. and Kipper Saunders, R.E. Powell, Mrs. Freda Saunders, a widow, Exa Saunders, a widow, Minnie Johnson, a widow, L.E. Kincannon and wife Hazel, Carl Sadler and wife Annie, Reid Powell, James N. Powell, Robert Powell, Ruth L. Powell, Margurite Powell, W.F. Powell, Louis Powell, H.R. Saunders, Mrs. Mary Raby, a widow, Miss Ora Saunders, and Jim R. Saunders sold, for $250, part of Block 61 in city of Gatesville (C. Cazenoba Survey) to J.E. Woodson.
These individuals are the surviving members of the James Read and Nancy Ann Baird Saunders family.
Death
She died at a Rest Home in Evant, TX.Burial
She is buried in the new Saunders family plot. Her marker has the inscription: Mary Exah Saunders, 1870-1955.Endnotes
1. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
2. Compiler: Nancy Warren Hampton, Hampton Family History (Nancy Warren Hampton, 2713 Windsor Bivd., Oklahoma City, OK 73127).
3. Hampton Family Bible, The New Pictorial Royal Quarto Bible, Family Info: John Williamson and R. G. Hampton Families, Present Owner: Robert L. Melbern, Location: Gatesville, TX (N. D. Thompson & Co., New YorK and St. Louis, MO, circa 1882).
4. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
5. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
6. Marriage Certificate, Record Type: Marriage Certificate.
7. Compiler: Marsha Richards and Williamson Family Reunion Attendees, Marsha Richards's Stephen Williamson Descendants (2011).
8. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
9. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
10. R.G. and J.A. Hampton Will, Testator: R.G. and J.A. Hampton.
11. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
12. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
13. Coryell County, Texas, Deed Records (Coryell County, Texas, Gatesville, Texas, 1854-present).
14. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
15. Hampton Family Bible, The New Pictorial Royal Quarto Bible, Family Info: John Williamson and R. G. Hampton Families, Present Owner: Robert L. Melbern, Location: Gatesville, TX (N. D. Thompson & Co., New YorK and St. Louis, MO, circa 1882).
16. Cemetery Marker, Record Type: Personal Observation, Reader: Sherry Lawrence (2000).
17. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..