genealogy – Page 2 – Texas History Notebook

The Waggoners and the Halsells

The Halsells and Waggoners were twice related by marriage. Daniel Dale “Dan” Waggoner was the husband of Sicily (sometimes spelled Cicily) Halsell and Dan’s son W. T. “Tom” Waggoner was married to Ella Halsell, sister of Sicily. Dan’s first wife and Tom’s mother was the former Nancy Moore. Nancy had died in 1853. She is buried in a small family cemetery in Hopkins County along with Dan’s father Solomon and one of Dan’s sisters. Around 1858, Dan married Sicily Ann Halsell (Ella’s older sister). No known children were born to Dan and Sicily. Nineteen years later in 1877, Tom Waggoner married Sicily’s younger sister Ella. It may sound more complicated than it is, but as a result of the marriage, Tom’s step-grandparents and all of their children became his inlaws. The Waggoner father and son had each married one of two Halsell sisters. This is not all that uncommon an occurrence, since back in the day families were often much larger and children might be stretched out over a number of years.

Burk Burnett’s Family

When people think of the 6666 Ranch, they typically think of Samuel Burk Burnett, his wives and children. However, Burk Burnett had a number of siblings, some of whom were associated with the ranch over the years while others were ranchers on their own.

Bonnie Parker’s Family

Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born October 1, 1910 in Rowena, Runnels County, Texas to Charles Robert Parker and the former Emma Krause. She was the third child born to Charles Robert and Emma. The first was a brother named Coley who was born and died in 1905, possibly of sudden infant death syndrome, while the couple was living in Young, Freestone County, Texas. Coley’s burial place is unknown.

Dan Waggoner and His Descendants

Daniel Waggoner was born in 1828 in Tennessee to Solomon and Martha McGaugh Waggoner. Daniel was the second of the siblings to be born in Lincoln County, Tennessee before the family moved to Missouri where most of the other siblings were born. The family finally settled in Hopkins County, Texas. Daniel married Nancy Moore in 1851 in Hopkins County. The following year their only son William Thomas Waggoner was born. Nancy passed away in 1853. Five years later, Daniel married Sicily Ann Halsell, daughter of Electious and Elizabeth Jane Mayes Halsell. Sicily was from a large ranching family, also of Wise County. The couple had no children.

The Barrow Brothers

Henry Basil Barrow (1874-1957) married Cumie Tabitha Walker (1874-1942) on December 5, 1891. They had seven children:

Elvin Wilson Barrow (1894 – 1947)
Artie Adelle Barrow Keys (1899 – 1981)
Nell May Barrow Francis (1905 – 1968)
Marvin Ivan Barrow (1905 – 1933)
Clyde Barrow (1909 – 1934)
Leon C. Barrow (1913 – 1979)
Lillian Marie Barrow Scoma (1918 – 1999)