My Trails into the Past

West End Cemetery Section 6 Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas Photo taken by the author Thomas N. Johnston is my great-grandfather.  He was born July 25, 1885 in Texas to Reuben M. Johnston and Olivia Jane Jones.  He married Nell Hutson, daughter of Peter H. Hutson and Helena H. Selman June 6, 1907 in Comanche Co.  They had five children live to adulthood.  He worked for many years as a manager at Higgenbotham's Lumber Yard.  He died Feb 20, 1951 and is buried at the West End Cemetery. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

Thomas MacEntee asked bloggers to list their surnames and ancestor they most wanted to find. So I decided to write about my mother's side of the family. I have several roadblocks that I'd love to get past and maybe someone will find my blog post and help me. How The Meme Works To participate, do the following at your own blog and post a link back here in the comments: 1. List your surnames in alphabetical order as follows: [SURNAME]: State/Province (county/subdivision), date range 2. At the end, list your Most Wanted Ancestor with details! 1. My Entries COOR; Texas (Erath Co) 1880-present, Mississippi (Lawrence Co, Copiah Co) 1820-1880, North Carolina (Wayne Co, Sampson Co) pre-1800  HALEY; Mississippi (Rankin Co), 1820-1870, North Carolina 1770’s-1820.  HUTSON; Texas (Comanche Co, Hood Co) 1880 to present, Georgia (Cherokee Co, Chattooga Co) 1800-1880, Virginia prior to 1800.  JOHNSTON; Texas (Titus Co, Comanche Co), 1870-present; Mississippi (Yalobusha C

This is John Cyril Sullivan, my grandmother's brother.  We called him "Uncle Jack." He was born 9 Feb 1887 in Mitchell, Davison Co, Dakota Territory [1] .  The family later moved to Anaconda, Montana sometime in the 1890's.  He served during World War I.  His niece, Margaret Patterson, told me he was injured in France when hit by scrapnal in his leg and was in and out of Veteran's Hospitals most of his life because of the injury [2] . Jack lived in Los Angeles and later married Effa LaVerne Wilson.  He died 9 Aug 1978 in Claremont, Los Angeles Co, California, and is buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles next to his wife [3] . Thank you, Uncle Jack, for serving our country! [1] Baptism of John Cyril Sullivan, Holy Family Catholic Church, 321 E 3rd, Mitchell, SD 57301. [2] Letter from Margaret Patterson, dated 27 Feb 1998. [3] Calvary Cemetery, 4201 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023-2017; Section R, L634, grave 8. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Su

Lela N. Johnston & William J. Hork 19 April 1953 Queen of All Saints Church Concord, CA Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

Anna Marie (Gleeson) Sullivan born 13 Feb 1860 in Carleton Co, Ontario, Canada died 3 Jan 1912, Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana, USA buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Anaconda, Montana Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past