Clifford E. and Emma E. Hansford

Clifford Edwin Hansford was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia, February 24, 1882, and came to Cass County with his parents at the age of two. The son of Francis Marion and Mary Elizabeth (Willis) Hansford.

Clifford married (1) Emma Elizabeth Wood, born July 24, 1887 in Cass County, daughter of William Ervin and Margaret Tallulah “Lou” (Grogan)Wood. The Wood family later moved to Miller County, Arkansas and here Clifford E. Hansford married( l) Emma Elizabeth Wood, August 11, 1904.

Clifford was a farmer and rancher before retirement in 1963. Emma Wood Hansford died February 10, 1937 and was buried in the Salem Cemetery near Bloomburg.

Clifford married (2) Mary Elizabeth (Cope) Lockett in 1939 and she died January 1, 1975. No children by this marriage. Clifford died June 18, 1979 and buried in the Salem Cemetery.

Clifford and Emma E. Wood Hansford had eight children: 1. Wade Franklin born November 1 1905, married Ora Lee Gentry, have two daughters, Bobby Lee, married Thomas Edward Lowry, and Vicki Lynn.

2. Winnie Delma born February 8, 1907 married February 28, 1943 William Percival Garrett, died March 10, 1975. Had one son Kenneth Hansford Garrett, born February 3, 1945 and married June 4, 1977, Susan Kowal born September 5, 1949.

3. Edna Gertrude born July 11, 1?08, married (1) John S. Williams, died April 13, 1950, had two daughters, Trudie Gayle, and Monica Micheline. Married (2) October 21, 1956, Ben P. Langston, no children by this marriage but he adopted the two daughters by the first marriage. Trudie Gayle born June 3, 1946 married Travis Lowell Knight has one son, Travis Lowell Jr. Monica M. born May 14, 1948, married Richard R. Curry, two children, Heather D. and Richard R., Jr.

4. Joseph Harvey born April 17, 1910 married June 11, 1935, Clara (Reed) Massey. No children.

5. Allie Louise born August 12, 1911, married (1) October 7, 1937 Wallace H. Furqueron. One son died in infancy and an adopted son Ronald Ray. She married (2) December 10, 1965, Dr. Walter W. Bittel, no children.

6. Herman Edwin born April 6, 1913, married July 10, 1938 Lucile Nelms, two daughters; Linda Lucile “born September 28, 1943, married C.H. Jenkins, son Quinton Wiley born December 26, 1971. Edwina Sue, married B.D. Kormann, Jr. No children and now divorced. 7. Marie Estelle born April 6, 1915, married July 29,1939 Charlie Putty, three daughters; Charlcie Helen born. December 25, 1942, married Arthur Charles Miller, have four daughters; Carrie Christine born November 5, 1963; Sandra Faye born February 8, 1965; Connie Sue born April 20, 1969; Cindy Lou born March 19, 1971. Theresa Louise born January 7, 1945, married Thomas Bond; have two daughters; Julie Ann born January 12, 1971, Wendy Eylene born June 10, 1973-Phyllis Anita born January 18, unmarried and is a Minister. 8. Noel Leon born August 14, 1917, died September 25, 1978, married (1) Lillie Kendzora, had one son Vernon Darrell, born December 27, 1940, married Donna Kay Burrows. They have two sons and a daughter: Christopher Scott and Taryn. Noel married (2) May 28, 1947 Dorothy Gamel, had one son, Dale, who married Loren Kay Johnston, had one daughter, Amanda Kay, born September 10, 1975.

My father told me some years ago that his parents with two small children came to Cass County by train, and his Uncle Joseph Hansford, who preceded him by covered wagon, met them in Queen City and took them to his home near Bloomburg. His father later homesteaded a farm in Miller County, Ark., on Bloomburg- Doddridge Road, one mile east of Bloomburg. On this farm the family lived in a two-room log house, after my father’s marriage another log house was built across the road where his three oldest children were born, including myself, and the other five children were born in Cass County, Texas.

In 1910 my father became overseer for a large tract of land near Bivins on which iron ore prospecting was being done by the Texas Iron Association. He continued to live on the property and farmed for several years. In 1918 he purchased a general mercantile business in Bivins, but disliking indoor confinement and having to finance customers, he sold the store and purchased a 100-acre farm in the Salem community on the Bloomburg-Queen City road, where he farmed. He was considered one of the most progressive and successful farmers in the area. He fenced his land, terraced his fields, and rotated his crops. He later purchased adjoining acreage, known as the McKelvy place, here he raised cattle until his retirement in 1963, when he sold the property and “built a home in Bloomburg. He celebrated his 9?th birthday on February 24, 1979 and died June 18, 1979. A Methodist and a Democrat.

By Mrs. W.P. (Winnie) Garrett