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| From Mary Sandison Fox:368 In Nacogdoches County, January 17, 1847, John married Mrs. Cynthia Beauclark Douglass, daughter of Elisha Turner. More about this name according to Dianne Allen; Little is known about Cynthia's life. Census records indicate she was born in Louisians 1818-19. I cannot locate her apparent early marriages. I believe 'Beauclark' is a misapplication of 'Bois d'arc' pronounced bow-dark, the fork in the Trinity River on which they lived. The only Douglass I found on the tax roles is a Kelly H. Douglass in Nacogdoches County 1838-39. I believe the marriage is correct, however because on Nov. 4, 1847, John sold his headright certificate to Cynthia's brother, Zachariah Turner. The bill of sale, written on the back of the certificate, was signed by John H. Fox, Elisha Turner and Goodman Deweese. 'Crazy Woman Springs' at Mineral Wells, Texas, are said to be named for Cynthia. John took her there 1881-82 following a nervous breakdown. She supposedly recovered after a few weeks of drinking the water. Her date and place of death are unknown. She is believed buried at the Campground Cemetery at Poetry, Tx. Also; She is believed to have been married at the Saint Landry's Parish, Louisiana. John and Cynthia came to Poetry in about 1855-56. Elisha gave them 200 acres, then John bought 130 acres. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| From Mary Sanderson Fox:368 Beulah Stiles Brown thinks that John donated one acre to the Turner's Point Masonic Lodge. John was a freighter during the Civil War, transporting goods to the army. He came home after the war broke and was about to loose his property for non-payment of taxes. John swore Cynthia to secrecy and went to Mississippi where he was an exhibition wrestler for 6 months or so, he made enough money to come home and redeem his land. He considered wrestling to be a bad thing, so he did not want his children or neighbors to know where he had gone, but it was the only way to recoup his losses. According to Beulah Stiles Brown, John must have been a reprobate because he was not good to his family. Beulah thinks John died at his homeplace. It was in Hunt County, Tx. but was listed in Kaufman County in 1860-1870. She doubted John did alot of travel as he has 400+ acres to clear of timber and a home to build. The beams under those old houses were made of hand hewn logs about 8-12 inches thick. The lumber was hauled from East Texas. This meant 8-10 days journey. The old home that Beulah lived in, which was smaller than John's, took a year to build. 1838- John left his Lincoln, County, Tn. home for Texas with a horse, saddle and $600. 'grubstake' from his father. He recieved a conditional certificate for 320 acres of donation land in Nacogdoches County dated Nov. 7, 1839. His unconditional headright was dated May 4, 1841. 1841- John returned to Tenn. when his father died August 1841, remaining a few years. He married Mary Wagoner March 1, 1842, but she apparently died without issue 1846-John returned to Texas. In Nacogdoches County, January 17, 1847, he married Cynthia. 1857-April 8, John bought 105 acres in Kaufman County. 1867- John is listed on the voters registration for Kaufman County with this information; Precinct 38, resident in the state for 16 years, resident in the county and precinct 6 months, native of Tennessee. John farmed and made leather goods with the Turners'. John also did some contract freighting during the Civil War, sometimes taking young Elisha with him. The 1900 Hunt County Census shows three widow(er)s in one household. Monroe Humphreys, 50, with sons John, 25 and James, 14, his father-in-law, John Fox, 86, and sister-in-law, Cynthia DeMoss, 41, with daughter, Bettied E., 11, (husband and 1 child deceased). This is the last known record of John. He reportedly died 1902 and is believed buried in Campground Cemetery at Poetry, Texas. I just discovered that on the Rootsweb Campground Cemetery enumeration, that John Fox was reported in the Terrell Daily Tribune to have died 16 Nov 1901 and buried in an unmarked grave at Campground Cemetery. | ||||||||||||||||||
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