Just to see if there might be a kinship connection — I found information on “Chuck” Norris’s ancestors…Guess what?
Via his father’s line he is 7th cousin to my brother, Byron, and me.
Our common ancestors are John Norris and Mary Winifred Patrick.
I will add more details at a later date.
T’was doing other things when I saw a ‘lead’ mentioned in a random email message.
Just FYI.
Isn’t genealogy detective work worth the effort, at times?
– Cathy
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Accused financier, billionaire left Texas hometown long ago, but Mexia saw lofty goals | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
Accused financier, billionaire left Texas hometown long ago, but Mexia saw lofty goals
11:18 PM CST on Wednesday, February 18, 2009
By SHERYL JEAN / The Dallas Morning News
sjean@dallasnews.com
MEXIA, Texas – Stanford Financial Group’s office in this sleepy town is a small white building that looks more like a house than a business.
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Yet federal regulators say it’s part of an $8 billion fraud involving the sale of high-yield certificates of deposits and a bank in Antigua.
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week accused Mexia native and global financier Allen Stanford and three of his companies of securities fraud, saying he duped investors by promising “improbable” high returns. The SEC said Wednesday that it did not know where Stanford was.
Stanford’s 81-year-old father, who lives in Mexia (pronounced Muh-HEY-uh), is listed as a company director, but he’s not named in the SEC charges.
Fort Klock, New York – 1900
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William Pickard, stone mason, helped to build some the structures at Fort Klock.
— CAA
Corpus Christi Caller-Times – Obituaries
WARREN Ruby Gertrude (Richardson) Warren was born September 25, 1918 in Hasima, Matagorda County, Texas to the late Robert ‘Bob’ Gilbert and Myrtle Lillian (Sewell) Richardson of Victoria, Texas. Her family moved from Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas in September 1933 to Victoria, Texas for her to enter 9th grade at Patti Welder High School where she graduated in the Spring of 1936. Next she enrolled in Victoria Junior College for higher education, graduating in 1938 with an Associates degree. She was a member of the Drum & Bugle Corp, under the late George Filley, Director. Final college years were at Sam Houston State Teacher’s College in Huntsville, Texas graduating in 1940 with a B.S. degree. Her first teaching position was at East Bernard Independent School District in Texas where she worked for one year prior to enrolling in nurses training at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Ruby returned to teaching a year later. While on vacation in Corpus Christi she met her future husband, Roy Warren, Jr., a chief petty officer in the Navy. They married August 17, 1945 in Corpus Christi at the end of WW II. Their military life carried them from coast to coast with their two daughters. In 1953, while Roy was at sea Ruby and the girls lived in Victoria, Texas with her parents, where she taught at Hopkins Elementary School. After moving to Corpus Christi, Texas Ruby taught at Skinner Elementary at West Oso Independent School District, where she eventually retired from teaching in 1977. Ruby often independently funded projects for her students’ enrichment.
via Corpus Christi Caller-Times – Obituaries.
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A cousin, and descendant of Ransom Middleton Meadows.
– Cathy
Ransom Meadows descendants – Dick – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com
Ransom Meadows descendants
susanaldridge2000 (View posts) Posted: 9 Mar 2007 2:58PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hardy Dick Ogletree Farris Meadows Bankston
A newspaper announcement referring to the below transcribed court paper from 1873 is attached. After Ransom meadow´s widow´s death, the remaining property was sold.
A Petition was filed in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 18 January 1873, by Gilbert Meadows. To the Hon. Allen D. Sturdevant, Judge of the Probate for said county: Gilbert Meadows, a resident citizen of said county over age twenty-one years. He stated that Ransom Meadows, late of said county, decd., died owning 352 acres off the west side of Section 20, Township 22, Range 21, in said county, with other lands. After the death of Ransom Meadows, the said lands above were set apart as the dower of the widow of Ransom, Sarah Meadows, who has since departed this life 3 November 1872 leaving real estate unadministered. Petition further states that the following named persons are the children and heirs at law of Ransom Meadows: (1) Mary Dick over 21 years old and resides in Pickens(?) County, Alabama; (2) William Meadows over 21 years old and resides in Lowndes County, Alabama; (3) adix Elias Meadows over 21 years old and resides in Pike [Polk] County, Texas; (4) Moses Meadows of lawful age and resides in Coosa County, Alabama; (5) adix Elizabeth Bankston over 21 years of age and resides somewhere in the State of Georgia, but petitioner is not informed as to her county; (6) Milas Meadows over 21 years residing in Coosa County, Alabama; (7) Stephen Meadows who is now decd., leaving surviving him Mary Konley/Nonley(?) who is of lawful age and resides in Coosa County, Alabama; (8) Martha Farris who is also decd., leaving surviving her June Boss(?) and Francis Farris all of whom are of lawful age and reside in Coosa County, Alabama; (9) Sarah Ogletree who died leaving surviving her John & Thomas Ogletree over the age of 21 years – John resides in said county and state, Thomas having died last resided in Coosa County, Alabama leaving surviving him Daniel, Sidney, and Elizabeth Ogletree all under fourteen years of age; (10) Petitioner Gilbert Meadows who is of lawful age and residing in said county and state. Petitioner shows that all the above mentioned heirs at law & children of Ransom Meadows are joint owners and tenants in common in said lands above described and have each a one tenth interest in said lands. Lands cannot be equitably & fairly divided without a sale of same. Henry A. Garrett is guardian ad litem for the minors in this petition.
Transcribed by Russell Henderson from the original.
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via Ransom Meadows descendants – Dick – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com.
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A bit more detail about Ransom Meadows’ descendants
- CAA
