Husband: Hugh Mack "Huey" MIDGETT (1)
Birthdate: 23 Jun 1853 - TN (2)
Death date: 12 Jun 1932 - Uvalde Co, TX (2)
Burial: Fordtran Cem, Victoria Co, TX (3)
father: Henry Armster MIDGETT (1830-1894) (1, 4)
mother: Minerva (Elizabeth M.) BADGETT (1835-1912) (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Marriage date: 1 Nov 1877
Marriage date: Wilson Co, TN (11, 12)

Wife: Sarah C. "Sallie" BUCHANAN (10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Birthdate: 29 Feb 1860 - TN (2)
Death date: 21 Feb 1952 - El Campo, Wharton Co, TX (2)
Burial: Fordtran Cem, Victoria Co, TX (3)
father: Laban Estes BUCHANAN (1827-1910) (4, 19, 20)
mother: Martha Jane SAULMON (1833-1910) (13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: (M) Harmor (Harmon) Herschel MIDGETT (10, 14)
Birthdate: 25 Aug 1878 - TN (2)
Spouse's name:
Marriage date:
Death date: 22 Dec 1954 - San Francisco, CA (2, 26)

Child No. 2: (M) Lacy Delphus MIDGETT
Birthdate: 19 Apr 1880 - Wilson Co, TN (2)
Spouse's name: Minnie Belle BRADY (1883-1979) (28, 29, 30)
Marriage date: 27 Oct 1901 - DeWitt Co, TX (2, 31)
Death date: 23 Feb 1960 - Bay City, Matagorda Co, TX (2)
Burial: Nursery Cemetery, Nursery, Victoria Co, TX (27)

Child No. 3: (F) Lillie Era MIDGETT (10, 32)
Birthdate: 1 Sep 1882 - TN (2, 3)
Spouse's name: Dahlgren H. HAILEY (1880-1958)
Marriage date:
Death date: 17 Mar 1946 (3)
Burial: Nursery Cemetery, Nursery, Victoria Co, TX (27)

Child No. 4: (F) Emma H. MIDGETT (10, 33)
Birthdate: 28 Apr 1889 - IL (2)
Spouse's name: Aaron C. "Cleve" HICKS (1883-1964)
Marriage date:
Death date: 1971 - GA (2)

Child No. 5: (M) Carl H. MIDGETT (10, 16, 17)
Birthdate: 28 May 1895 - Marion, Williamson Co, IL (2)
Spouse's name: Beulah Amanda EVANS (1895-
Marriage date: 8 Jan 1914 - Fordtran, Victoria Co, TX (19)
Death date: 27 Dec 1958 - San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX (2)
Burial: Uvalde, Uvalde Co, TX
 
 
Documentation:
1. KM descendant of Henry A. Midgett / Minerva Elizabeth Badgett, through their son Josiah "Sar"Midgett / Louisa Dockins, through their daughter Dora Etta Midgett / William Charles Roberts (great-grandparents).
2. Minnie Belle Brady Midgett, Minnie Belle (Brady) Midgett Bible, in possession of B.W. Midgett, Bay City, TX. .
3. Photo of tombstone, Fordtran Cem., Victoria Co, TX.
4. Illinois State, 1891 Tax Collectors Book, Williamson County, IL, Southern Township, Township 10 South, Range 2 East of the 3rd P.M.
5. US Federal Census, 1870 Commerce P. O., Wilson Co, TN, enum 7 July 1870.
6. US Federal Census, US Population Schedule 1860 Commerce, WIlson Co, TN, Enum. 24 Aug 1860 (ancestry.com image 16).
7. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1880, WIlson Co, TN, Dist 11, ED 255, Sheet 3, Line 4 (ancestry.com image 3).
8. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1910 Victoria Co, TX, E.D. 158, Sheet 219, (ancestry.com image 25), Victoria-Halletsville Rd., Dwell/Fam 219/219.
9. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1850 Wilson Co, TN, Civil Dist 11, p 413B, enum 22 Oct 1850 by R. Harkins, ancestry image 202.
10. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1900 Victoria Co, TX, Justice Prec. 5, ED 91, Sheet 9, pg 140A, Dwell/Fam 121/122, enum 14 June 1900 by John W. McCullough, ancestry image 17.
11. Partlow, Thomas E., Wilson County, Tennessee, Deeds, Marriages, and Wills, 1800-1902, (Easley, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, c1987. Descript. vii, 235 p. ; 23 cm.), p 96.
12. Dodd, Jordan R., Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: See extended description for original data sources listed by county., (Smith County was created in 1799 from Sumner County and Indian lands. The records from the county in this database cover the years 1851 through 1900. Original data: Smith County, Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900. County court records located at Carthage, Tennessee or Family History Library microfilm #0319168-0319172.)
13. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1860 Smith Co, TN, Reel M653-1271, p 414B, enum 7/10/1860.
14. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1880, WIlson Co, TN, Dist. 9, TN census, Vol. 35, ED 253, Sheet, 32.
15. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1870 Smith Co, TN, District No 17 Reel No. M593-156 p 178A : Enum 28 day of June by James A. Thomas (image 11).
16. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1910 Victoria Co, TX, ED 158, sheet 14A, p 277, line 25-28 (ancestry.com image 27). Prec. 5.
17. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1920 Victoria Co, Fordtran Dist, TX, ED 155, (ED 155; Prt. 5-Fordtran Dist.); sheet 11A; Ancestry Image 21-22.
18. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule - 1930 Uvalde Co, TX, Prec 6, ED 9, Roll T626-2404, p 3B.
19. Latter Day Saints Family History Site.
20. Barrnett, Albert, The Barnetts of Smith County, Tennessee - Some Ancestors and Descendants, Appendix J, p 94.
21. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1860 Smith Co, TN Dist. 19, Pg. 83B, image 32, National Archives Film T9-1280.
22. History of Tennessee, Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, (Goodspeed Publishing Company, Nashville, TN. 1887. Online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/goodspeedsmithbio.htm), Biographical Appendix, Smith Co.
23. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1870 Smith Co, TN, Dist 17 Reel No. M593-156 p 178A : Enum 28 June 1870 by James A. Thomas (image 11).
24. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1850 Smith Co, TN, South Div., enum 14 Nov 1850, Dwell/Fam 986/986, p 375B, image 332.
25. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1900 Victoria Co, TX, Justice Prec. 5, ED 91, Sheet 9, pg 140A, enum 14 June 1900 by John W. McCullough, Dwell 119, Fam 120, ancestry image 17.
26. Ancestry.com. . [database online], California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--.)
27. photo taken by C. (Midgett) Shaffer, Nursery Cemetery, Victoria Co, TX.
28. US Federal Census, Federal Population Census 1910 San Marcos, Hays Co, TX (Dudsey/Dudley St/Comanche St.), enum. 18 Apr 1910, E.D. 38, Sheet 96.
29. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1920 Matagorda Co, TX, ED 139.
30. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule - 1930 Victoria Co, TX, ED 12, Prec. 5, Nat'l Arch Roll T626-2405, p. 11B.
31. DeWitt Co, TX, DeWitt Co, TX. Repository DeWitt Co. Courthouse, County Clerk's office, Marriage Record Vol. H, page 116, copied 3/19/2002.
32. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule - 1930 Bexar Co, TX, ED 7, Prec. 1, Roll T626-2405, p. 10B.
33. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1910 Victoria Co, TX, ED 158, sheet 14A, p 277, line 17-21 (ancestry.image 27). Prec. 5., Dwell/Fam 238, Victoria-Halletsville Rd.
34. Victoria Co. Clerk's Office, Victoria Co, TX Land Records, reviewed at Victoria, Victoria Co, Courthouse, TX, Deed Record Book 53, p 300.
35. Ibid, Deed Record Book 53, p 301-302.
36. Ibid, Deed Record Book 41, p 320-322.
37. Victoria Co. Genealogical Society, Crossroads of South Texas, Summer 1994, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 51.
38. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule 1860 Wilson Co, TN, Enum. 24 Aug 1860 (ancestry.com image 16).
39. US Federal Census, 1870 Commerce P. O., Wilson Co, TN, enum. 6 July 1870 (ancestry.com image 14) Household 101/Family 110.
40. Swann, R. A/, from interview with A. Swann Mar 2002, son of Velcie Midgett and Robert Swann, Mar 2002.
41. Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker, 1900-, Marriages of Wilson County, Tennessee, 1802-1850, (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981. p 96.
42. US Federal Census, Federal Population Schedule - 1930 San Francisco Co, CA, San Francisco Twp, ED 408, Roll T626-210, p 11B.
43. Barrnett, Albert, The Barnetts of Smith County, Tennessee - Some Ancestors and Descendants, Appendix J, p 95.
Notes:
* In 1931, Hugh and Sarah were living in Uvalde, TX with youngest son.
* Land Record (first found in TX for Hugh Midgett) Handwritten deed, dated 10 Nov 1898. 2 parcels of land & 2 deeds. (copy of deeds). Victoria Co. Courthouse, TX.
* Land Records: Deed Fletcher S. Schleicher to H. M. Midgett, dated 30 Aug 1905.(copy of deed). Victoria Co. Couthouse, TX.
* Land Record: H. M. Midgett to S. W. McCollum, dated 30 Aug 1905 at Cuero, DeWitt Co.TX (copy of deed, recorded Victoria Co.)
* List of Victoria Co. TX District Trustees, Dist. No. 11, H. M. Midgett, President; R. T. Buchanan, secretary; L. Wilson (10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
* written by Lacy D. Midgett Mch 7, 1940, in a 5x7 book, in possession of B.W.Midgett, Bay City, TX, recorded March, 2002.
"The writer of this sketch was born in Wilson Co, Tenn. on April 19, 1880, son of Hugh Mac Midgett and Sarah C. Midgett. The second of five children.
  In the fall of 1882, his parents and family with a caravan left Tenn seeking homes in the "Western Empire in the vacinity (sic) of Springfield Missouri. Disinheartened by a near fatal accident while crossing the St. Francis River and continued rains, muds and mountains, the caravan circled a large tree and started back. We Midgett families went back by Southern Ill. to visit Grandmother Midgett's sister family John and Parker White. [my Notes: This is the Badgett family - Parker was Arrinda Parker Badgett.] They decided to stay so lived in Williamson Co. for sixteen years. In 1898, H. M. Midgett and family, W. N. Midgett and family, Mrs. H. M. Midgett's father and mother, Mrs. & Mr. L. E. Buchanan and brothers E. J. and R. T. Buchanan and families came to Texas and settled in the Fordtran Community of Victoria County
  The son, L. D. Midgett, had been attending high school in Marion, ILL and being somewhat interested in some of the high school lassies, naturally did not take well to the idea of coming to Texas, hence became rather sour about the matter. When his father offered to send him to a high school for another year as he had done with the older brother, L. D. bloated. The father then offered a horse, cow and a little cash and L. D. foolishly accepted. However, in 1900, he attended a Summer Normal in Victoria conducted by Prof. Colston of Cuero and Arthur Lefevra Suft of Victoria Schools and obtained his first Teachers Certificate.
  He began his teaching career at the Garrett (first called the Fordtran) School. The school was on a high rolling prairie about a mile from the closest homes.
  The first two weeks were trying indeed. There were only 2 pupils - a boy - 15 and his nephew 8 years old. However, when the cotton got picked, more pupils came and he had an interesting little school of 20 odd pupils.
  We had good opportunities for nature study. Prairie chickens in School grounds. Sandhill cranes near and one day two wolves passed within fifty yards of the school house.
  The teacher came near losing his head and heart to a little Swede girl Clara but was rescued by Minnie Bell Brady whom he married in October 1901." (10, 14, 28, 29, 30).