BIBLE RECORD: Arthur Family - Smith County, TX **************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Bob Arthur - BOBA100@aol.com 6 April 2002 **************************************************************** In the possession of Bob Arthur, PO Box 40854, Houston, TX 77240 Notes in ( ) were added by Bob Arthur. Only two family pages remain (back & front) from the old Bible. No copyright dates for the Bible. Page 1 - Marriages Joseph P. Arthur and Mary L. Wesley was married Dec the 14th 1868 Their son's marriages T. L. Arthur to Maude Lane Jefferies Jany 14 1903 B. L. Arthur to Mattie Morris, Lindale Tex Feb 14 1903 Names T. L. Arthurs children (all were born in Lindale) Loftin Jefferies Arthur born Feby 8th 1904 - at Lindale Mary Lennice Arthur born May 2nd 1905 Melbourne Dorsely Arthur born Mar 1st 1907 T. L. Arthur Jr born August 6th 1912 Loftin Jefferies & Bessie Snow Dece. 18, 1986 (married at Goldswaithe) Mary Lennis Arthur & J. S. Busha Melbourne Dorsley Arthur & Marguerite Boggan Aug 29, 1931 (married at Livingston) Thomas Loftin Arthur Jr & Natalie Wilson Sept 5, 1937 (maried Sulphur Springs) Joe Manguel Arthur & Audry Tracy were married March 1946 Page 2 - Births The Farther - Joseph P. Arthur was Borned Oct. 14th 1840 The Mother - Mary Loucinda (Lucinda) Arthur was Borned June the 26th 1846 Louther (Luther) Stell Arthur was Borned March 18 1870 (He died at age 3 and is buried at Harris Creek Cemetery) Thomas Loftin Arthur was Borned April 7th 1871 Byron Lee Arthur Was Borned August 3rd 1873 Joseph P. Arthur - Lindale TX Died March 20th 1916 Mary Lucinda Arthur - Lindale TX Died Jany 21st 1916 Page 3 - Deaths Died Louther S. Arthur August the 26the 1873 Died - Dr. Byron Lee Arthur Mar. 7th 1941 - Practiced his profession about 45 years. About 40 years at Lindale, Tex. where he died. Buried Dr. Thomas Loftin Arthur March 24, 1945 3 o'clock a.m. At his home in Kingsville, Texas. Buried Chamberlain Cemetery, Kingsville, Tex. Mary Lucinda Wesley Arthur - Lindale, Tex. Died Jan 21st 1906 Joseph Prichard Arthur - Lindale Tex. March 20th 1916 Page 4 - Memoranda Thomas R. Arthur was borned Jan 15 1813 Rachel D. Loftin was borned Oct 7 1819 They were married Feb 17 1834 The former died in his 61st year - The latter in her 55th year (By T. L Arthur, Sr. from Memory) Sons: Bill (William G., married M. A. Rasbury) John (Died in 1862, Miss. Springs Hosp.) Joe married M. L. Wesley Charles married Secrest (Julia Secrest) Philip married Ella Dobbs Jim married Dora Fowler (James Joyce "JJ" married Glen Dora "Dorie" Fowler at Oakwood, TX, S. of Palestine) Daughters: Martha Murrell married 1. Murrell (Joel Simeon Murrell, died in Civil War Two children reared in Smith County after the war) 2. Jeff Lewis Mary married Doak Stell (J. D. "Doak" Stell Janie married Steve Yarbrough Nettie married Frank Smyre --------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: These marriages were copied from the: Marriage Records of Smith County, Texas - 1846-1899 Published by the East Texas Genealogical Society (1979) P.O. Box 6968, Tyler, TX 75711 Arthur, C. L. Julia Ann Secrest 25 Dec 1872 G-175 Arthur, J. P. M. L. Wesley 14 Dec 1868 C-149 Arthur, P. E. Ella Dobbs 8 Dec 1880 I-37 Arthur, W. G. M. A. Rasbury 8 Jan 1861 B-167 Lewis, J. J. Mrs. Martha A. Murrell 30 Nov 1867 C-46 Smyre, F. M. S. F. Arthur 22 Dec 1875 H-89 Stell, J. D. Mollie A. Arthur 9 Dec 1869 F-34 Yarbrough, S. M. N. J. Arthur 17 Dec 1874 G-417