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Eight children were born to Umphrey P. and
Sarah Q. Crone. One died in infancy. Those surviving
were:
George, married Mary Ann Sullivan
Jessie F., married Maude Davenport
Thomas B. (Bud), married Nannie Williams
William P. (Bill), married Sallie Powell
Sarah U., married Ja Hue Richey
Ada, married Erk Richardson
Annie, married Doctor Albert Shelton
Umphrey Posey and Sarah Q. Crone were buried
in Mount Pisgah Cemetery.Submitted By Charm Reed Shamburger
DAVID WESLEY CROW, an attorney, born 1833
in Alabama, came to Wood County from Tyler between
1867 and 1870. In 1859, he married Jane Eskridge, a
step-daughter of Charlie Pierce who came to Texas in
1851.
Dave Crow was city attorney of Mineola in 1892,
and was county judge from 1894 to 1900. He then
served as superintendent of schools of Wood County for
a period of time. He also served on the bar examining
commission and on the Tax Equalization Board.
The date of Dave Crow's arrival in Texas is not
known, but he was admitted to the bar in Tyler in 1852,
and was justice of the peace in Tyler in 1867. After
moving to Mineola, he became a friend and law
associate of James Stephen Hogg.
In the 1870 census of Wood County, Dave and Jane
Crow are listed as having five children. A daughter,
Victoria Crow, married Robert Lee Terrell in 1878. His
parents had come from Virginia to Texas in 1851.
Robert Lee Terrell served as city marshall and deputy
sheriff and was a member of the Mineola Lodge
Number 25 Knights of Pythias.
Jennie Terrell, a daughter of Robert Lee and Vic-
toria Crow Terrell, was a schoolmate and friend of Ima
Hogg; another daughter, Clota, taught school in Wood
County circa 1902-1903.
David Wesley Crow died during a visit to Fort
Worth in 1908. Robert Lee and Victoria Crow Terrell
died in Mineola in the 1890's and were buried in the
Mineola City Cemetery.
Source: Camilla B. CampbellJAMES YARBOROUGH DANIEL came with his
mother to Wood County following the Civil War. He
was born in Upshur County, Texas on 11 November
1859. His father, John M. Daniel, Jr. a native of
Tennessee, died in the service of the Confederate Ar-
my. His mother, Harriett Flanagan Daniel, was
married to Isham LaRue when she moved to Wood
County.
In December 1882, James Y. was married to
Martha E. Robbins, daughter of Elias and Minerva
Jane Burnett Robbins. They settled in the New Hope
Community and reared their ten children: Isham
Daniel, died in France in 1918; Maggie Daniel
Pritchett, John, Rob, Claud, Floyd, Arch, Howard,
Lillie Daniel Schady and Mary Daniel Anderson.
James Y. and Martha Daniel later moved to the
Oak Grove Community. They were buried at the
Ebenezer Cemetery.JAMES YARBOROUGH DANIEL FAMILY
Back row: James Y., Martha, Maggie Daniel Pritchett, John, Arch,
Rob, Claud and Isham. Front row: Howard, Ora and Bertha Pritchett,
Mary and Lillie.
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