Mary Elizabeth Riley Married name: Martin, born 28 Dec 1856 Hope, Hempstead County, AR, died 3 Sep 1933 Gainseville, Cook Tx, 76 years Mary also had two brothers named Lawrence Riley, and Jim Riley. She also had 3 sisters. Two sisters moved to Deleon, Texas and married two Lightfoot brothers. One Lightfoot descendant became Superintendent of School in Dublin, TX and another became a Methodist preacher. One of the Lightfoot couples had a daughter (name unknown) who married a Parker who had a son named Fess Parker, movie star for Walt Disney, best known for his portrait of Davy Crockett. Fess Parker was raised in Comanche, TX. Married 9 Oct 1889 Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas (35 years married) to: William Lindsay Martin, son of Thomal Stacy Martin and Emmaline Carolee (Curie) Bomar. Born 14 Apr 1844 Wilson County, Tennessee, died 19 Dec 1924 Callisburg, Cooke Co., Texas, 80 years, 1st marriage to: M. E. Ragsdale, 2nd marriage to: Mary Elizabeth Riley W. L. and Mary Martin were charter members of the Callisburg Methodist Church, Cooke County, TX. formed in 1898. Prior to this they were Baptist. After the Civil War, W.L. owned a drug store in Franklin, TN. (this would be between 1865 and 1879) He left TN in 1879. W E Martin Edgar Martin 1878 – 1930 William Stonewall Martin 11 Dec 1892 in Callisburg, Cooke, Texas 18 Mar 1943 in Callisburg, Cooke, Texas 1892 – 1943 Jeanette Martin (Nettie) 1896 – Emiline Martin 1897 – Thomas Martin Colonel 1898 – 1968 William Stonewall Martin 1892 – 1943 |