The Crystal Lady's Genealogy
High Family Tree
John High Family.
John T.
High one
of the sons of John High born 1786- 90 N.C.
He was a brother of Wiley Turner High (1816 Ga.) His sister were Martha High Chapman Wise, Sarah High
Goolsby , Susan High Clark and Julia High Cummings. all of
Georgia. John T. High is first found on 1850 Jasper County Census
with
wife Lucy Chapman High and baby son Thomas.
They live next door to the family of his wife's Chapman family
His sister Martha
lives there
married to Asa Chapman.
He moves to
Cass county
Texas(1960 census) with wife,
Lucy, and
sons , Thomas, William Abner, James Henry , Baby John Wesley and
daughter
Francis E. High.
In May of 1962 he joins the 19th Texas Volunteer Infantry.
Company G under Col. Waterhouse
He enlists at Jefferson Texas and is sent to Rondo Ark.
He dies from measles and is originally buried at the camp where
he died on September 18, 1862.
After the Civil War the people of Rondo re-bury 85 of the soldiers
at the Rondo Cemetery in Arkansas Rondo is located near Texarkana Texas and Arkansas. (Pictures of Rondo
Cemetery.)
After John dies his widow, Lucy Chapman High is destitute and William
Wise and William Goolsby administered his estate.
They sold everything they could to raise some money and pay off
a doctor bill. .
The families came from Ga. to Texas together by boat to Jefferson , Texas.
Lucy is buried at Harris Chapel in Cass County Texas, in the same row
as Martha and Sarah. .
Sarah and Martha took in Lucy 's children after Lucy died in
1866.
Sarah Goolsby took in Francis and Pinkney.
Martha Wise had John W. and James Henry.
William seems to have been living with James Goolsby s/o Sarah.
in Titus County
Children of John T. High and Lucy Chapman High
Were:
Thomas born 1849 in Ga. He was on the 1850 Jasper County
Census and 1860 Cass County Census. *Jean Rush found a Thomas B. High
the
right age born in Ga. on the 1870 Hunt county census living with the
Fowler
family.
William Abner High born in 1851 Ga. He married Martha( Mattie
) Stickland (1849-1924)
She had 3 children prior to marriage. Alma,(1875) George,(1877)
Marion.(1880)
William and Mattie had 5 children Evaline Evie High (1882),
Ora Lee High,1883) John Ira High (1886)and Milton Frances (Trav)
(1888)
William Abner is on the 1860 Cass County Census, He is on the 1870
Titus County at Sarah's son James Goolsby. The 1880 Jack County Census
s and the 1900 Cass County Census.
He died on December 14, 1932 in Tarrant County Texas of a heart attack
and is buried at Iron Bluff Cem. in Lone Star Texas.
There is grandson of William Abner living today 2003,
in Saginaw Texas.
James Henry High born 12-24-1854 in Ga. Died Oct 13, 1937 in
Texas
He is on the 1860 Cass County Census age 6
He married Nancy Elizabeth Truitt on March 10, 1981
There children were, Lucy Ann ,(1881) Sarah Florrie (Florence)(1887)
James Marcus,(1890) Fannie Endora, (1893) Ella Mae, (1895)William
Albert,(
1896) and Ethel Elizabeth,(1899)
James Henry is on the 1900 census for Morris County. with his wife
and above listed children.
He has a grandson still living today 2004 in Daingerfield Texas
John Wesley High was 8 months old on the 1860 Census.
So he was born in Ga. about 1859 or 1860.
He married Iola Mae McDaniels on December 23, 1886
They had 4 or 5 children. One child was blind and may have died young.
Children of Iola and John Wesley were:
Ivy, (1887), Iola Clyde High Kennedy (1889) Pearl High
(1894) John
Curtis (1897)
John Wesley was sheriff of Morris County from 1890 to 1897.
He died in 1898 from a gun shot wound which was the result of hard
feeling over a dime bet
in a game of dice.
Iola May is on the 1900 Cass County Census living next store to her
mother Florence McDaniel.
4 children are listed with her as John Wesley has died.
By 1910 she has remarried and only has John Curtis at home. John Curtis
High
and his wife Steedie are buried at Springhill Cemetery outside of
Naples.
*John Wesley High had a grandson , Windell "Smokey" Kennedy,
who was born March 18 1928 in Morris County who died Oct
27, 2004
in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. He was the son of Iola Clyde High
and Edward
Kennedy. He was proceeded in death by his wife, Thenia Lea Alexander.
Although
he didn't leave any descendents he was a part of a large family
through
his Alexander step children. which included 8 grand children, and
10 great
grandchildren. "Smokey" served in the army in Japan just after the end
of the World War 2. He will be most remembered as a man who loved and
trained
horses. Despite the infirmities brought on by old age and a body
that had
suffered a lot of broken bones over the years, he was able to maintain
a
cheerful countenance with a good sense of humor. He was a man,
whose large
doze of personal courage came packaged in a small and slightly build body.
He showed amazing loyalty to his friends, some of which he had for 50
years. He
was extremely proud of his grandfather John Wesley High. He still had
the badge
his grandfather had worn when his grandfather John Wesley High
was sheriff
of Daingerfield in the late 1890's. He is shown wearing it in this picture
which you can link to by clicking on his name
Francis (Fannie) Elizabeth High born about 1858 in Ga.
She is on the 1860 census age 2
She married Pinkney Trewitt from Va.
Thanks to Jean Rush I found her on the 1880 Census with baby
Beulah.
I found her on the 1910 Dallas County Census.
She is a widow and Has 3 sons W. Henry age 28, Harvey age 23,
Albert age 19.
Living with her is Pearl High d/o of her brother John Wesley High.
Pinkney High born about 1862.
He is not on the 1860 Census for Cass.
We find him on the 1870 census living with Francis at his Aunt Sarah
Goolsby's house.
This page is the result of a lot of hard work done by
various people. I wish to thank the following people for sharing their
research
and family records with me.
Grace Lawrence
Jean Welch Rush
Charles "Don" High
W.C. "Smokey" Kennedy.
If you have anything to add to this page please contact me and I will
see if I have any additional dates and information.
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