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Lula D. Clifton Potts

Lula D. Clifton
 b. 13 APR 1869, Hopkins County TX
 m. Francis M. STOCKTON, 10 DEC 1885, Hopkins County TX
 m. Joseph Richard POTTS, 20 NOV 1898
 d. 29 JAN 1925, Hopkins County TX
 Old Shirley Cemetery, Hopkins County TX

Francis M. STOCKTON *, Bob
 b. 7 JUL 1862
 m. 10 DEC 1885, Hopkins County, TX
 d. 11 NOV 1897
 Old Shirley Cemetery, Hopkins County TX

Joseph Richard Potts and Lula D. Clifton Potts; Claris Modeen Nabors (in lap), Estelle Potts Nabors and Cecil Fillmore Nabors; Juanita Koon, May Stockton Koon and Herman C. Koon; Marvis Koon (child standing behind...), Audrey Bealle kneeling; circa 1920, Rains County TX

CHILDREN

1. Myrtle Stockton
    b. 12 NOV 1888, Hopkins County, TX
    m. Thomas N. BELL, 11 DEC 1904, Hopkins County, TX
    d. 19 MAY 1907, Hopkins County, TX
    Shirley Cemetery, Hopkins County, TX
   
   
2. May Stockton
    b. MAY 1890, Brashear, Hopkins County, TX
    m. Herman Curtis KOON, 5 DEC 1915, Hopkins County, TX
    d. 1950, Hopkins County, TX
    Shirley Cemetery, Hopkins County, TX
   
   
3. Emmis Souvrin Stockton
    b. NOV 1894, Hopkins County, TX
    m. Mary Myrtle MAYO, 29 AUG 1919, Hopkins County TX
    d. 16 MAY 1973, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX
    Shirley Cemetery, Hopkins County, TX

Joseph Richard POTTS
 b. 7 JAN 1866, Hopkins County TX
 m. Nevada Walker *
 m. Lula D. CLIFTON, 20 NOV 1898
 d. 11 MAY 1945, Hopkins County TX
 Greenview Cemetery, "At Rest," Hopkins County TX

CHILDREN

1. Estelle Potts
    b. 23 MAY 1901, Shirley, Hopkins County TX
    m. Cecil Fillmore NABORS, 6 DEC 1919, Hopkins County, TX
    m. David MAYO, 1950
    d. 4 DEC 1988, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County TX
    Shirley Cemetery, Hopkins County, TX

According to Modene Huggins, in a conversation 14 NOV 2006, Lula and Dick took in Audrey Bell (Bealle) after her mother Myrtle Stockton Bell died.

On 13 AUG 2009, Christ Stanga, sent me a file he copied from the Hopkins County Courthouse at Sulphur Springs from the records of (cattle) brands and markings. On 11 OCT 1887 F.M. Stockton registered this brand and marking [pdf]. The record stated that he lived 10 miles SW of Sulphur Springs.

Nevada Potts, b. 14 DEC 1867, d. 30 AUG 1897, wife of J.R. Potts, buried at Greenville Cemetery, Hopkins County TX.

Hopkins County TX Marriages lists the following:

Dick and Lula Potts

Ethel Potts was Lula's step-daughter. She was born ~1891. The 1920 and 1930 censuses in Hopkins County shows James B. and Ethel Enix with three children: Lester, b. ~1912; Electra, b. ~1916; and J.B., b. ~ 1918.

The 1920 census lists Lee R. Nabors, with son Cecil, 19, and daughter-in-law Estelle, 18.The 1930 census lists two children: Claris M., b. ~1922; and Martha J., b. ~1925. The widowed Joseph R. Potts is listed as father-in-law.

Enix, Jim - b. 19 Jly. 1887, d. 9 Mar. 1972, New Hope Cemetery, Hopkins County, TX

According to Hopkins County Cemetery Inscriptions, by June England Tuck, Emmis Stockton and Myrtle Stockton are buried in the Shirley Cemetery. Emmis reads "1894-1973," and Myrtle reads "1901-1972".

James Porter Stockton and his son Delmer were murdered on the same day. James Porter Stockton was Francis M. Stockton's brother. The following newspaper accounts explain the situation:
Hopkins Co. TX - Killing of Price and Clarence Wood
Hopkins Co. TX - Killing of Porter and Delmar Stockton
Hopkins County Echo, November 21, 1919

The really strange thing is, that Wilson Stockton had a brother named Porter, who had a son named Delbert, and this son was shot and killed accidently by a local sheriff.

1880 Rains County Texas Federal Census

Name	Race	Sex	Age	Rel	POB	F'POB	M'POB	Job
D.W. STOCTON	Self	M	M	W	68	KY	TN	KY	Physician
Lucy E. STOCTON	Wife	M	F	W	46	MO	MO	MO	Keeping House
D.A. STOCTON	Son	W	M	W	26	AR	KY	MO	Farmer
Nancy A. STOCTON	Dau	S	F	W	27	AR	KY	MO	Ast. Keeping House
Martha B. STOCTON	Dau	S	F	W	23	AR	KY	MO	Farm Laborer
Lucy E. Clark Ward Stockton's children
Francis M. STOCTON	Son	S	M	W	17	TX	KY	MO	Farm Laborer
E.E. STOCTON	Son	S	M	W	15	TX	KY	MO	Farm Laborer
Hamilton Mc STOCTON	Son	S	M	W	12	TX	KY	MO	Farm Laborer
James P. STOCTON	Son	S	M	W	10	TX	KY	MO	Farm Laborer
Lucy White STOCTON	Dau	S	F	W	5	TX	KY	MO

Ishamel Cemetery sits on the land owned by Brody Koon, as well as 2 or 3 other small graveyards.

* A descendant read from his notes that F.M. Stockton bore the nickname "Port." I have my doubts about this. F.M. Stockton had a brother named Porter (James P. in the census notes above) so someone may have confused these two brothers with each other over the years.

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