Individual Details

"Basil Hymer was a surveyor for the government and was reported to have been killed in an Indian raid near St. Joe, Montague County, Texas. He had moved his family from Georgia to Hooks, Bowie County, Texas between 1850-1860. He was not in the Lumpkin County, Georgia 1860 Census. As per Warren Cantrell; Basil's brother, Bill Hymer married Margaret, Josephine's sister. Bill and Margaret came to Bowie County, Texs at the same time Basil and Josephine did. According to Agnes Ellison, Basil died during the Civil War, while home on leave from eating bad pork. (Carolyn Sue Mitchell Bouska, 15001 Quail Drive, Balch Springs, Texas 75180-2447; tele: 214-557-5532, 1993 - 1995, with information Great grand daughter, Gladys Davis, Gainesville, Texas; 1850 Census Samson District, Lumpkin County, Georgia; Ella Elizabeth Hymer Teague, his Grand daughter; Warren Cantrell 1913 Willowbend Drive, Killeen, Texas 76543; Agnes Josephine Hymer Mosley Ellison, his grand daughter.)

Birth	1824	Ashe County, North Carolina
Marriage	1845	Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia - Josephine Cantrell
Death	Abt, 1866	near St. Joe, Montague County, Texas

Spouse	Josephine Cantrell (1825 - 1900)
Child	Adaline Hymer (1846 - )
Child	Samuel Christian Hymer (1848 - 1931)