Texas Family Group Sheet for the James Cope Waits Family *********************************************** Copyright © Caron Richard Waits. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Caron Richard Waits Email address: cwaits@satx.rr.com Husband: James Cope WAITS Birthdate: 11 May 1817 Birthplace: Warren County, Tennessee Death date: 13 Mar 1899 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial: City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Texas Father: Allen Waits Mother: Rhoda Cope Marriage date: 16 May 1843 Marriage place: Red River County, Texas Wife: Martha Ann CHRISTIAN Birthdate: 11 Mar 1827 Birthplace: Madison County, Tennessee Death date: 9 Feb 1913 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial: City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Texas Father: Mark Christian Mother: Mary (Polly) Burt CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mary Jane Waits Sex: F Birthdate: 4 Dec 1844 Birthplace: Cass County, Texas Death date: 20 Dec 1933 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Texas Marriage date: 23 Dec 1863 Marriage place: Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas Spouse's name: Washington Gray Schuler Child No. 2: William Tell Waits Sex: M Birthdate: 29 Apr 1850 Birthplace: Cass County, Texas Death date: 19 Jan 1925 Place of death: Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Texas Marriage date: 23 Dec 1876 Marriage place: Hopkins County, Texas Spouse's name: Sarah Jane Shook Child No. 3: Allen Christian Waits Sex: M Birthdate: 17 Jan 1853 Birthplace: Cass County, Texas Death date: 21 Jan 1947 Place of death: Ellis County, Texas Burial: Marriage date: 29 Nov 1893 Marriage place: Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas Spouse's name: Florence Fulmer Child No. 4: Cleora Ann Waits Sex: F Birthdate: 13 Mar 1855 Birthplace: Cass County, Texas Death date: 11Jan 1933 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial: Marriage date: 23 Sep 1874 Marriage place: Sulphur Springs, Texas Spouse's name: Thomas Jessup Coffey Child No. 5: Walter Scott Waits Sex: M Birthdate: 28 Nov 1858 Birthplace: Cass County, Texas Death date: 18 Apr 1935 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Marriage date: 8 Nov 1903 Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Mae Morgan Child No. 6: James Moreland Waits Sex: M Birthdate: 1 Jun 1863 Birthplace: Hopkins County, Texas Death date: 25 Jun 1952 Place of death: San Antonio, Texas Burial: Austin Memorial Cemetery, Austin, Texas Marriage date: 17 Jun 1891 Marriage place: Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Spouse's name: Nannie A. Edwards Child No. 7: Martha Leona Waits Sex: F Birthdate: 30 Mar 1866 Birthplace: Hopkins County, Texas Death date: 26 Jul 1961 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial: Marriage date: 20 Jan 1892 Marriage place: Hopkins County, Texas Spouse's name: Harry D. Norris Child No. 8: Samuel Mitt Waits Sex: M Birthdate: 16 Sep 1874 Birthplace: Hopkins County, Texas Death date: 11 Apr 1950 Place of death: Austin, Travis County, Texas Burial: Dallas, Texas Marriage date: 15 Apr 1908 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Abby D. Mitchell Documentation: Death Certificates, James Moreland Waits and Nannie A. Edwards Waits; Various US Censuses; City Directories for Dallas, Texas and San Antonio, Texas; Hopkins County Genealogical Society quarterly journal; personal experience and family members; Cemetery Records for Sulphur Springs City Cemetery; correspondence with Elizabeth Chupet of California (Mary Jane Waits Schuler's granddaughter), her self-published book on the family of James Cope Waits (Fort Worth Public Library)