Henderson County Texas Archives History - Letters .....Hightower, Elon Death 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 December 6, 2008, 7:54 pm Texas Henderson County October 19, 1856 Dear Brother, I embrace this opportunity of writing to you. I'm hoping that you have received the letter that we wrote to you stating that your dear mother departed this life in August 1856. She died on the 10th day after she was takin sick. O Roly, what an awful time that was to see our dear mother dying who had raised us all and had lived with us so long in this world and felt long and dear to us. O to think of it. What a great satisfaction it was at anytime to see or to hear from Mamma. Mamma, mamma how sweet the name sounds. Rolly, she talked about you and wanted to see you so bad. Rolly, all the children was withher except you and Thomas. Thomas lived 150 miles from us. He heard of her being sick and came to see her but he was too late. Mamma was gone before he got there. I wish you and Thomas both had have got to seen her. Rolly, she said all the time she was sick that was not afraid to die that she was going to heaven nearly her last words was that all of dear children could meet in heaven for she knowed that she was going there. Rolly, we cannot help shedding tears at the thoughts of having to give up our dear mother, but Rolly, O what a great satisfaction it ought to be to us to think that our dear mother has gone to a better world. Pap was taking sick two or three before Mamma died and he was not expected to live for some time, but he has got up and since more. Rolly, I will send you a lock of dear mother's hair. Steven Sanders lost one his children last week. His youngest child. It was about ten months old. Myself and family are all well at this time. All the rest of the connections are well so far as I know. Dear brother, I hope these few lines may find you and family all well and doing well. Times is hard. Money is scarce so I must bring my letter to close. Yours respectfully, Joseph W. Hightower P.S. Rolly write to me as soon as you get this in hand. Direct your letter to Browne Burrough. Bro, give my respect to the connection all and all in Tushing? friends. ===== Research below by Carl M. Stewart Charnell HIGHTOWER ( ABT 1792 in Georgia died: 1 JAN 1871 in Thorp Springs, Hood Co., Texas Marriage first 22 DEC 1816 in Morgan Co., Georgia: Elon WATTS b: ABT 1798 in Georgia Death according to J.W. Hightower'sBible Records: August 20, 1856 a Letter transcribing Elon's Bible gives date of death as Sept 5, 1856. Burial location is unknown. Children 1. Thomas Preston HIGHTOWER b: 13 DEC 1817 in Clarke Co., Georgia d. 1896 2. Permelia C. HIGHTOWER b: 25 AUG 1819 in Clarke Co., Georgia d; ? 3. Sarah Elizabeth HIGHTOWER b: 21 MAR 1821 in Clarke Co., Georgia d 1840's 4. John McPheres Bryan HIGHTOWER b: 22 DEC 1822 in Walton Co., Georgia d. 1876 5. Telletha W. HIGHTOWER b: 24 JUL 1824 in Walton Co., Georgia m. Sanders d. 1906 6. Franciney E. HIGHTOWER b: 9 NOV 1825 in Walton Co., Georgia d. 1870's 7. Charnel HIGHTOWER , Jr. b: 13 JUL 1827 in Newton Co., Georgia d: 1918 8. William T. HIGHTOWER b: 29 MAR 1829 in Georgia d. 1870's 9. Raleigh (Rolly) HIGHTOWER b: 11 DEC 1830 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi d. 1920 10. Joseph Watts HIGHTOWER b: 26 MAR 1832 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi d. 1899 11. Joshua C. (Jock) HIGHTOWER b: 21 MAR 1834 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi d: unknown 12. Rebecker HIGHTOWER b: 5 JAN 1837 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi d. 1837 13. Alexander Gregory HIGHTOWER b: 1 DEC 1838 in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi d. 1923 Her death was recorded in the family Bible of her son, Joseph Watts Hightower. It reads, "Elon Hightower, August 20th, 1856, aged 59 years". Only two months after the death of Elon, Charnell remarried Mrs Thomas Jefferson Morris of Cherokee County, Texas. Mrs Morris or Glovina as she was called, probably met Charnell when he visited his son, Thomas P, who also lived in Cherokee County. Charnell and Glovina were married there on October 30, 1856, though they lived afterward in Charnell's home in Henderson County. Several of Glovina's children from her previous marriage lived with them. Glovina was almost twenty years younger than Charnell, and their marriage record her name was listed as "Lucretia Morris". Charnell fathered two children by his new wife, when he was over 60 years old. Both of there children were born in Henderson County. (Sidney S born in 1857 and Lucinda or Cynthia born in 1859). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/henderson/history/letters/hightowe53gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb