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     Mary Catherine Frances was born on 18 July 1915 in Campbellsville, Giles Co., Tennessee.^3,2 She married Arthur Robert Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 22 May 1937 in Maury Co., Tennessee.¹ She died on 22 August 2003 in Lynnville, Giles Co., at age 88.^4,3 She was buried at Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski, Giles Co.⁵
     She and her husband Arthur are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1940 census, as renters in the home of Arthur's brother Walter and his family², and in Giles Co., Tennessee, in 1950. Her brother F. Butler Francis was living with them in 1950.⁶

     Jack Otto Siegert was born on 1 April 1901 in Texas.² He married Katherine Theresa Morse, daughter of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 17 October 1927 in Galveston Co., Texas.¹ He died on 30 April 1970 at home in La Marque, Galveston Co., at age 69 from an infection, instigated by bone cancer.² He was buried at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^2,3
     He and his wife Katherine are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the censuses from 1930 to 1950.^4,5,6 Together they owned and operated Broadway Builders Supply Co. in Galveston for many years.⁷

     Reginald Scott Fidler was born on 3 March 1905 in Tolar, Hood Co., Texas.^3,2 He married first Gertrude May Dorris, license dated February 1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas.⁴ He married second Katherine Theresa Morse, daughter of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, between 1970 and 1988.^1,2 He died on 29 October 1988 at Humana Hospital-Clear Lake in Webster, Harris Co., Texas, at age 83.² He was buried at Hayes Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co., Texas.⁵
     He was a representative for Southwestern Drug Corporation before moving to Galveston, where he owned and ran the Tremont Drug Store. When it was lost in a fire, he began working at the Broadway Drug Store.²

     William Henry Bahnsen was born on 25 December 1900 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.^3,2 He married Ethel Pearl Morse, daughter of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 29 September 1928 at the First Methodist Church in Galveston.^1,4 He died on 19 May 1981 at St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston at age 80 from a heart attack.² He was buried at Hayes Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^5,2
     He and his wife Ethel are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the censuses from 1930 to 1950.^6,7,8
     He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad in Galveston for almost 50 years as an accountant and clerk, from 24 November 1911 until retiring on 1 January 1961.^3,6,7,8 He later worked part time for various credit unions, and as a bookkeeper for Kauffman, Meyers Furniture.³
     He was one of the organizers of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, and served as its first secretary.³

     Hazel Victoria Carlson was born on 26 May 1909 in Cuero, DeWitt Co., Texas.^4,2,3 She married Walter Samuel Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 16 September 1930 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.^5,1 She died in June 1992 in Travis Co., Texas, at age 83.^6,7,4 She was buried at Sutherland Springs Cemetery in Sutherland Springs, Wilson Co., Texas.⁸
     In 1950 she was a patient at Austin State Hospital, an insane asylum, in Austin, Travis Co., Texas.⁹

     Linnie Mary Reeves was born on 27 April 1914 in North Carolina.^4,2 She married first George Albert Tucker on 31 December 1928 in Harris Co., Texas.^5,6 She married second Walter Samuel Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 11 December 1937 in Harris Co.^1,3 She and her first husband George were remarried on 3 March 1945 in Union Co., North Carolina.² She married fourth Fred William Cook.^7,8 She died on 17 October 1992 at Union Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Union Co., at age 78.^9,4
     She and her second husband Walter are listed in Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1940 census, along with his son Walter Jr. from his first marriage, and her son Aubrey Tucker from her first marriage.³
     She later worked as a seamstress.⁷

     Ruby Lorene Hinson was born on 16 June 1906 in Henderson, Rusk Co., Texas.^3,1 She married first John Henry Duncan.^4,5,2 She married second Walter Samuel Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 23 March 1945 in Galveston Co., Texas.^6,1 She died on 8 March 1989 in Texas City, Galveston Co., at age 82.³ She was buried at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^3,7
     She and her second husband Walter are listed in Texas City, Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1950 census, along with her son Dean Duncan from her first marriage.¹ She later moved to Mineola, Wood Co., Texas.³

     Eliza V. Hollis was born about 1861 in Louisiana.^1,2 She died about 1883 (based on a birth year of 1861, and age at death of 22).³ She was buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Camden, Ouachita Co., Arkansas.³

     Fanny Hollis was born about 1867 in Louisiana.¹

     Emma G. Ponder was born about 1874 in Arkansas.¹ She married Eugene B. Cawthon, son of William Cawthon and Tery Parr, on 24 April 1892 at the bride's parents' home in Ouachita Co., Arkansas.^2,3,4 She died about 1892, shortly after her marriage, at age 17.⁴ She was buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Camden, Ouachita Co.⁴
     At the time of her marriage in 1892 she was living in Locust Bayou, Calhoun Co., Arkansas.²

     Newitt Vick Ponder was born in Arkansas, probably on 10 April 1881.^1,3 (The 1900 census lists his birth date as April 1881¹, and he gave the date as 10 April 1881 when he registered for the World War I draft in 1918.³ This date is also consistent with his age of 38 in the 1920 census, when the official census date was 1 January.⁴ He understated his age in later census years, and his World War II draft registration and his death certificate both say 10 April 1884.^5,2 And, his World War II draft registration says he was born in Camden, Ouachita Co., while his obituary says in Locust Bayou, Calhoun Co.)⁶ He married first Mary Elizabeth McAnn, daughter of Robt. L. McAnn and Mary Francis McGee, about 1912 (based on the birth date of their daughter Elizabeth).^7,8 He married second Minnie McWilliams on 15 September 1925 in Columbia Co., Arkansas.⁹ He died on 22 January 1965 at Magnolia Hospital in Magnolia, Columbia Co., at age 83.² He was buried at Magnolia Memorial Park Cemetery in Magnolia.²
     He is listed in the 1900 census living with his mother in Caswell Twp., Calhoun Co., Arkansas,, and working as a truck driver for a lumber company.¹
     When he registered for the World War I draft in September 1918, he was living in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and working there as a machinist in planing mill owned by the Victoria Lumber Co.³, while his wife Mary, and presumably their children, were living in Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.³ In 1920 he was living as a boarder with the family of Bascom F. Owen in Emerson, Columbia Co., Arkansas. He's listed in the census as married, but his wife Mary is not listed with him, and she has not been found in the census.⁴
     He's listed with his second wife Minnie in Brister Twp., Columbia Co., Arkansas, in the 1930 census, along with his children Elizabeth and Morris [sic] from his first marriage.⁸ By 1940 they had moved to Kingsland, Cleveland Co., Arkansas.¹⁰ He's listed in Johnson Twp., Union Co., Arkansas, in 1950¹¹, while Minnie is listed as a patient at the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Booneville, Logan Co., Arkansas.¹² He was working as a foreman in a plaining mill in 1930 and 1940^8,10, and as a lumber company moulderman in 1950.¹¹
     At some point before September 1918 he lost the ends of four fingers on his right hand. (Possibly in a work-related accident?)³