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Elvira T. (Perry) Stickney family at home in Robert Lee, Coke County, TX.
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Part 4, “The Stickney / Sauls Family – Joseph Henry and Lula Bell (Stickney) Sauls”
By 1890, the Sauls and Stickney families were living on neighboring properties near Jonesboro, a small farming community that straddled the Coryell and Hamilton county line. What do these two neighborly families possibly consist of in 1890? William M. … Continue reading
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Part 3, “The Stickney / Sauls Family – William and Elizabeth Gone to Texas through Arkansas and the Civil War,”
Just as William and Elizabeth (Bunting) Sauls begin their lives together as a married couple in October 1849, they are enumerated in three different censuses a year later, providing a clear picture of their household. The October 31, 1850, Agricultural … Continue reading
Part 2 The Stickney / Sauls Family – William and Elizabeth (Bunting) Sauls’ Youthful Beginnings
It was not suspected that William and Elizabeth were underage since the legal marriage age in Tennessee was generally considered to be 14 years for males and 12 years for females, based on the English common law that was largely adopted in the United States at the time, allowing for marriage at these younger ages with parental consent. Indications were that they were on the younger side of age for brides and grooms, even by 1850 norms, not to mention modern ones that instigate this investigation. Continue reading
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The Stickney / Sauls Family Part 1
Lula Belle Stickney was the third of James Franklin and Elvira T. (Perry) Stickney’s ten children, of whom only eight survived to adulthood. Lula was the first to marry and leave the family nucleus in 1892 while they were still living in Jonesboro, Texas. Lula Belle married Joseph “Joe” Henry Sauls, the son of William M. and Elizabeth C. (Bunting) Sauls. Continue reading
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