Limestone Co. TX - Burroughs Cheek Stephens

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                     Burroughs Cheek Stephens    
                                      
   Burroughs Cheek Stephens was born in Orange Cty, NC Dec. 11, 1837. He
   married Winnie Roselia Little on Dec. 28, 1870 in LaSalle (Limestone
   Cty) TX. She was born Sep. 7, 1853 in Personville, TX. She was
   daughter of John Wiley Little and Amira Elizabeth Lauderdale. Their
   children were 1. James William Stephens b. Oct. 9, 1871 d. in Gilmer,
   TX. married Nina Burleson 2. Maude Stephens b. July 5, 1873 buried
   LaSalle, Cemetary. She married Tom Smith. 3. Alma Stephens b. Sep 11,
   1875 buried LaSalle Cemetery. Married Will Brown. 4. Lottie Stephens
   b. Sep. 6, 1877 died in Athens, TX Married George Jones. 5. John Otha
   Stephens b. Oct. 8, 1880 at LaSalle,Tx. Died Mar. 21, 1948 at Mexia,
   TX. Married Eva Alvaretta Rambo on Jul 26, 1903 in LaSalle, TX. (These
   are my grandparents). 6. Carl Cheek Stephens b. Oct. 20, 1883 died May
   20, 1937 buried at LaSalle Cemetery. Married Nannie Tompkins Pollock.
   7. Molly J. Stephens b. Dec. 29, 1886 died Apr. 1923 at Altus, Okla.
   Married Newt (Fritz) Baker. 8. Effie B. Stephens b. Nov. 9, 1890 died
   in Stockton, Calif. Married Will Mead.
   
   John Otha Stephens and Eva Alvaretta Rambo Stephens children were 1.
   Hope Beatrice Stephens b. Sep 21, 1904 died in Dallas,TX. Married
   Thomas Haskell Truelove on Dec. 1, 1928. 2. Oree Stephens b. Sep 28,
   1908 died at Mexia, Tx. Married James Robert Fore on May 10, 1927. 3.
   Grace Pauline Stephens b. Oct. 28, 1908 died Aug. 31, 1994 in Ft.
   Worth, TX. Married Robert Thurman Brown on Feb. 26, 1929. 4. Corine
   Stephens b. Aug. 17, 1910 died in Dallas, TX. Married Jimmie Lee
   Lancaster on Oct. 31, 1931. 5. Ila Blanche Stephens b. May 4, 1913
   died Feb. 28, 1979 at Wortham, TX. Married Guy Leslie Owens on Dec.
   24, 1932. (These are my parents.) 6. Cecil Alton Stephens b. Feb. 26,
   1916. Married first Zelda Mae Sunday on Dec. 24, 1937. Married second
   Ann Calame. 7. Collie Dean Stephens b. May 20, 1918 died Mar. 26,
   1919. 8. Eva Joyce Stephens b. Jun 27, 1920. Married Erve Adrin Owens
   on Jun 8, 1938. 9. Weldon Zane Stephens b. Oct. 23, 1922, died Dec. 4,
   1997in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. Married Frances Jane Speer on May
   31, 1945.