Individual Details

Eudora "Dora" Colvin

(3 Oct 1862 - 21 Jul 1937)

"Aunt Jane's daughter, Dora Colvin, who had married and been left a widow, made her home with Charles Broyles during the last years of her life. She and I had corresponded from early childhood, though we had never seen each other until we were both near thirty years of age. She had then been a teacher in her home state, Texas, for several years, and I had returned from several years work in China, when we first met in the summer of 1892. We had some happy days together in John Adair's home, near Brownsboro in Henderson County, Texas. Then, again, in 1905 (eleven years later) Dora and I were again together in her own home near Willspoint, Texas.
Until a short time before her death, which occurred some years ago, we had continued tjo correspond. Now, since I'm no longer to do much writing, I've lost sight of my Texas relatives" Betty Hughes

Events

Birth3 Oct 1862Brownsboro, Henderson, Texas, United States
Marriage6 Feb 1894Henderson, Texas, United States - W Henry Hardy
Census1910Justice Precinct 2, Van Zandt, Texas, United States
Census1930Minco, Grady, Oklahoma, United States
Death21 Jul 1937Fruitvale, Van Zandt, Texas, United States
Burial23 Jul 1937Evergreen Cemetery, Minco, Grady, Oklahoma, United States

Families

SpouseW Henry Hardy (1864 - )
FatherJacob Feaster Colvin (1823 - 1863)
MotherEliza Jane Craig (1824 - 1894)
SiblingElizabeth Jane Colvin (1856 - 1935)

Notes

Marriage

"One of grandmother's brothers, Henry Barfield, was among those who left for the lone star state. He became a prosperous farmer after settling in East Texas. His sons, Lewis, Henry, and Alfred, did well too, and had good homes, which I had the pleasure of seeing when I was in Texas in 1892, and again in 1905. These were relatives that we were proud of. My cousin, Dora Colvin, married a son of one of the daughters of Uncle Henry. His name was Henry Hardy. He too, was a fine young man I was glad to know. Dora, and their one son, Henry, have long since passed to "another world," and since death, as I said before, I've seemed to lose sight of our Texas relatives." Aunt Betty Hughes.

Census

SELF Dora Hardy F 47y Texas,AL AL, widowed
SON Henry Hardy M 15y Texas, TX TX, single
Mary Adair F 6y Texas, MS TX, niece, single

Census

Head Susin A Chester F 67 Missouri
Lodger Dora Hardy F 67 Texas, AL AL, widowed

Endnotes

1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 census.

2. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed ), .

3. International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library).

4. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 February 2015), W.H. Hardy and Miss Dora Calvin, 06 Feb 1894; citing Henderson, Texas.

5. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed ), .

6. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed ), .