Children:

	1. Lucretia Laduska POPNOE "Lucy" (b. Dec 28, 1848, Jasper, FannTX; d. Nov 27, 1903, Bonham, FannTX; Find-A-Grave 51595099) m. Francis "Frank" Marion BASSHAM (b. Jul 1845, MS; d. Dec 12, 1915; Find-A-Grave 29103862) Children: Susan Elizabeth BASSHAM "Betty" (b. Jul 10, 1868, Bonham, FannTX; d. Jul 5, 1913, Bonham, FannTX) m. Allen Robert HUFF (b. Sep 2, 1842, Albany, ClinKY; d. Jan 6, 1947, Mt. Pleasant, TituTX; Find-A-Grave 115219899) William Palestine BASSHAM "Bill" (b. Aug 29, 1870; d. Apr 16, 1963, Colorado City, MitcTX; Find-A-Grave 47606060) m. Ida Mae VANSICKLE (b. Dec 5, 1876, Des Moines, PolkIA; d. Jul 19, 1937, Colorado City, Mitchell County, TX; Find-A-Grave 47605978) on Apr 26, 1894, Bonham, FannTX) Henry Lansford BASSHAM (b. Sep 14, 1872; d. Oct 22, 1939; Find-A-Grave 47605956) m. Ida PETTIT "Fannie" (b. Jan 16, 1874, AR; d. Jan 30, 1957, Colorado City, MitcTX; Find-A-Grave 47605968) on Oct 15, 1896 Edward Franklin BASSHAM "Edd" (b. Jan 12, 1875, Bonham, FannTX; d. Dec 22, 1937, Kermit, WinkTX) m. Neoma Ann HARVEY "Oma" (b. Mar 7, 1881, Collin County, TX; d. Nov 3, 1969, Hamilton, HamiTX; Find-A-Grave 52019650) on Jan 15, 1924, Fayetteville, FayAR Arrie Ellen BASSHAM (b. c. Jul 1878, Bonham, FannTX; d. Feb 15, 1910, OK) m. Robert Lee JONES "Bob" Leonard Lawrence BASSHAM (b. May 25, 1880, Bonham, FannTX; d. Oct 8, 1956, Colorado City, MitcTX; Find-A-Grave 47524586) m. Lou BELL "Ella" Sam Estes BASSHAM (b. Dec 2, 1881; d. Mar 12, 1917, age 35; Find-A-Grave 29103874) m. Phebe BARTLETT Phinis Malcom BASSHAM (b. May 13, 1884, TX; d. Mar 25, 1946, Sweetwater, NolaTX; Find-A-Grave 47524999) m1. Minnie Lee BARRETT "Goldie" (b. Jul 30, 1890; d. Aug 15, 1926; Find-A-Grave 47605943) on Aug 10, 1905, Titus, TX m2. Myrtle ROBISON Ethel Erie BASSHAM (b. Nov 25, 1886; d. Jan 15, 1977) m. Richard Bury BARRETT "Rick" Cora Seeley BASSHAM "May" (b. Sep 14, 1890, TX; d. Dec 30, 1918, TX; Find-A-Grave 28031581) m. Edgar William HOBBS "Big Daddy" (b. Aug 7, 888, Mt. Pleasant, TituTX; d. Feb 16, 1961, Mt. Pleasant, TituTX; Find-A-Grave 28031779) Notes: Lucretia (Popnoe) Bassham's middle initial is often listed as "L" as documented her and her son Phinnis' death certificates. There is a single BASSHAM grave marker at Tushka Cemetery, Tushka, AtokOK. On the gravestone are Francis Marion Bassham, Sam Estes Bassham, and three of Sam's daughters: Lorene, Cecile Gertrude, and Ethel S. E. Phinis Bassham He spelled his own name "Phinis" on his WWII draft card. From 1880 US Census for Precinct 1, Fannin County, TX:   Name Rel. Mar. Stat Gender Race Date of Birth Age Birth Place Occ. Father BPlace Mother BPlace F. M. Basham Self M M W 1847 33 MS Farmer TN AL L. L. Basham Wife M F W 1849 31 TX Keeping House TX TX Susan L. Basham Dau S F W 1869 11 TX At Home MS TX Wm. P. Basham Son S M W 1871 9 TX At Home MS TX Henry L. Basham Son S M W 1874 6 TX At Home MS TX Eddie Basham Son S M W 1875 5 TX At Home MS TX Ara E. Basham Dau S F W 1877 3 TX At Home MS TX Lauren A. L. Basham Son S M W 1880 6m TX At Home MS TX Jesse B. Murphy Other S M W 1857 23 TN Farm Laborer
	2. Caroline Daphne POPNOE "Callie" (b. Mar 26, 1851, JaspTX; d. Dec 21, 1936, Anson, JoneTX; Find-A-Grave 47583200) m. William James COWSERT (b. TN; Find-A-Grave 47583186) Children: Edna Eugenia COWSERT (b. Mar 11, 1870; d. Aug 25, 1953) m. Mr. Russell Thales Lester COWSERT (b. c. 1873) Dodie Alice COWSERT (b. Apr 11, 1876, TX; d. Jul 30, 1945, Austin, TravTX; Find-A-Grave 40839733 m. Mr. HAMM William Murray COWSERT (b. Dec 1879) Homer COWSERT (b. Jun 1885) Notes:
	3. Peter Vastine POPNOE (Styvestant?) "Pete" (b. Oct 10, 1854, probably in Sabine County, TX; d. May 1, 1892 at Camp Springs, ScurTX; Find-A-Grave 49769149) m. Viola Evaline BUCK "Gally" Children: Ira Vastine POPNOE (b. May 26, 1882, Silver Valley, ColeTX; d. Sep 5, 1945, Roswell, ChavNM; Find-A-Grave 14933489) m. Mary Lee BAIRD on Dec 18, 1913, FishTX Inez POPNOE (b. Dec 9, 1883; d. Oct 15, 1967, San Antonio, BexaTX) Pearl V. POPNOE (b. Dec 22, 1886, Liberty, TX m1. Francis William LESNETT "Frank" (b. c. 1884; d. Jan 29, 1937, Carrizozo, LincNM; Find-A-Grave 34484917) on Jan 7, 1908, Roswell, ChavNM m2. Harlan Amos Prichard (b. Oct 28, 1884, CA; d. Jan 1972, Corpus Christi, NuecTX)) Ivan James POPNOE "Tox" (b. Jul 14, 1888; d. Feb 22, 1972, Winifred, FergMT; Find-A-Grave 60124293) m. Ella LOHSE (b. Sep 25, 1893, MT; d. Sep 4, 1968) on Jan 15, 1917, Great Falls, CascMT; Find-A-Grave 60124270) Irvin Buck POPNOE (b. Apr 29, 1891) Notes: Viola remarried to Frank J. PARKS. She is in that household, along with Irvin B. in 1910 at Lake Arthur, Chaves County, NM. Ira V. Popnoe's death certificate specifies that his father's name was "Peter B. Popnoe". In the 1920 census, Ivan Popnoe is living in Chouteau, MT with wife Ella and child Rose M. Popnoe. Irvin B. Popnoe was living in ChavNM in 1920.
	4. Martha Ellen POPNOE "Mattie" (b. Apr 22, 1860, Bonham, FannTX; d. Mar 29, 1952, BlanTX; Find-A-Grave 62692446) m1. J. Lacy MCKENZIE (b. TX) m2. Mr. HAYES Children: Cora C. MCKENZIE (b. Sep 20, 1878, Bonham, FannTX; d. Sep 21, 1947, TravTX; Find-A-Grave 62692095) m. Frederick Thomas RODWAY (b. Feb 18, 1874, England; d. Apr 7, 1946, Johnson City, BlanTX; Find-A-Grave 62692180) Roy MCKENZIE (b. c. 1885) Willia Era MCKENZIE (b. Oct 4, 1890) Notes: Mattie (Popnoe) McKenzie/Hayes seemed to have lived quite a life. At her time of death, her residence was the Rodway Ranch in Johnson City, TX. On Mattie Ellen Hayes' death certificate, the informant, Fred Rodway Jr. (her grandson), lists that her parents, James Popnoe and Susan Popnoe, were both born in Iowa(?).
	5. Addie Octaverie POPNOE (b. Dec 26, 1863, d. May 10, 1893, age 30) m. John H. STRALEY) Children: Ethel STRALEY (b. Mar 8, 1882, TX) Bertha Mary STRALEY "Mae" (b. Feb 2, 1882, TX) m. William H. AVERY James D. STRALEY "Dee" (b. Feb 3, 1885, TX) m.  Fannie E. BUNCH Joseph Leland STRALEY "Lee" (b. Feb 3, 1885, TX) m. Delaney B. ATWOOD Maggie STRALEY "Bunce" (b. Feb 16, 1886, TX) m. John W. WINDHAM John STRALEY (b. Apr 14, 1889, TX) Ernestine STRALEY (b. Aug 14, 1893, TX) m. Forrest Windham Notes:
	6. Mary Magdeline POPNOE "Maggie" (b. Dec 27, 1867, Fannin, GoliTX; d. Apr 20, 1959, LampTX, age 91; m1.  Charles Clement STRALEY , m2. John H. STRALEY, Charles' brother. Children to Charles: Crystal STRALEY (b. Feb 8, 1889, TX; m. Cleo O. Lawler) Infant (b. Feb 8, 1890) Charles Dean STRALEY (b. Jan 19, 1891; m. Annie L. Windham) Ada STRALEY (b. Oct 10, 1893; m. Tom S. MCINTYRE) Children to John H.: Henry Bland STRALEY (b. May 10, 1897, TX; m. Lanie C. ROBERSON) Mattie Elizabeth STRALEY (b. Dec 12, 1900, TX) Myrtle Thelma STRALEY (b. Feb 15, 1908, TX; m. Leslie L. DAVIS) Notes: Charles C. Straley was killed by an accident at the age 42. Maggie is buried at Oplin Cemetery, CallTX. View her Find-A-Grave  31013487 Entry.
	7. Charles Cullen POPNOE "Charlie" (b. Apr 22, 1870, Fannin, GoliTX, d. Nov 4, 1927, age 59; m. Nora L. COPE (b. Oct 22, 1871, AL; d. Oct 6, 1920, Ballinger, RunnTX; age 49) c. 1893) Children: Bowen POPNOE "Bonnie" (b. Sep 2, 1893; d. Aug 22, 1928, Wichita Falls, WichTX; m. Millie GILLASPY (b. Feb 3, 1895; d. Oct 13, 1985)) Thomas Cullen POPNOE "Tom" (b. Mar 29, 1895, TX; d. Nov 5, 1960, Coleman, ColeTX, age 65; m. Lucile A. WYATT (b. Jun 4, 1895; d. Dec 22, 1978, HarrTX)) Nora J. POPNOE "Jewel" (b. c. 1898) Notes: Nora Cope Popnoe's parents were R. T. COPE of Alabama and Miss Conger of Texas. Charles and Nora (Cope) Popnoe are buried at Silver Valley Cemetery, ColeTX. View Charlie's Find-A-Grave 47502519 Entry.  View Nora's Find-A-Grave 47502585 Entry. Bonnie and Minnie (Gillaspy) Popnoe were ranchers. Bonnie died at age 34 of alcoholism. He and Millie are buried at Silver Valley Cemetery. View Bonnie's Find-A-Grave 35689339 Entry.  View Millie's Find-A-Grave 47518833 Entry. Tom and Lucile (Wyatt) Popnoe are buried at Silver Valley Cemetery, ColeTX. View Tom's Find-A-Grave 47519195 Entry. View Lucile's Find-A-Grave 47519047 Entry. They had a son, Bill Wyatt POPNOE (b. 1910; d. Apr 28, 1997, ColeTX).   1900 US Census for Coleman County, TX: Dwelling number: 349   Name Rel. Race Sex Birth Date Age Mar. Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Occ. Popnoe, Charles C. Head W M Apr 1869 31 M TX LA TX Stock Raiser Popnoe, Nora B. Wife W F Oct 1871 28 M TX AL GA   Popnoe, Bonnie C. Son W M Sep 1893 6 S TX TX TX   Popnoe, Charles C. Son W M Mar 1895 4 S TX TX TX   Popnoe, Nora J. Dau W F Jun 1898 2 S TX TX TX   The census also indicates Charles and Nora had been married 7 years.
	8. James William POPNOE "Will" (b. Nov 19, 1866, TX; d. Dec 31, 1900; m. Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth COPE (b. Apr, 14, 1870; d. Mar 3, 1920))  Children: Carrie Casper POPNOE (b. Sep 1894) Rilla POPNOE (b. May 1896; m. Mr. ATNIP) Carney William POPNOE "Connie" (b. Feb 22, 1898, ScurTX; d. Feb 4, 1966, Snyder, ScurTX, age 67;  m. Freda Madge WHITE (b. Nov 16, 1904; d. Oct. 22, 1998) Ora Lee POPNOE (b. Oct 6, 1900, TX; d. Nov 16, 1963, Snyder, ScurTX; m. Henry Jack WHITEHURST (b. Jul 17, 1903, TX; d. Apr 9, 1982, Snyder, ScurTX)) Edythe POPNOE (b. Mar 20, 1903, ScurTX; d. May 21, 1990, Brownwood, BrowTX; m. Clifford C. BURROUGHS (b. Jun 20, 1900; d. Jun 11, 1956, TX)) Flora Lela POPNOE (b. Apr 9, 1906, TX; d. Jul 15, 1973, Imperial, PecoTX, age 67; m1. S. T. JOYNER "Buck" (b. Mar 6, 1904, TX; d. Jun 9, 1977, LubbTX); m2. Mr. FREEMAN) Reuben Charles POPNOE (b. Apr 8, 1908; d. Apr 14, 1983, Odessa, EctoTX; m. Lois Lucille LEATHERWOOD (b. Apr 26, 1914, TX; d. Dec 15, 1964, Snyder, ScurTX, age 50) Notes: James and Fannie (Cope) Popnoe are buried in Snyder Cemetery, ScurTX. View James' Find-A-Grave 47576667 Entry. View Fannie's Find-A-Grave 47576646 Entry. Connie and Madge (White) Popnoe are buried at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, DallTX. View Connie's Find-A-Grave 101423196 Entry. View Madge's Find-A-Grave 101423247 Entry. It is interesting that Connie ("Carney" on his gravestone) is buried in Dallas, TX, but his death certificate says he was buried in Snyder, TX. Henry and Ora (Popnoe) Whitehurst are buried at Snyder Cemetery, ScurTX. View Henry's Find-A-Grave 126841653 Entry. View Ora's Find-A-Grave 126841522 Entry. Clifford and Edythe (Popnoe) Burroughs are buried at Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, ColeTX. View Clifford's Find-A-Grave 67956841 Entry. View Edythe's Find-A-Grave 86717164 Entry. Flora (Popnoe) Freeman is buried at Snyder Cemetery, ScurTX. View her Find-A-Grave 62660423 Entry. Reuben and Lois (Leatherwood) Popnoe are buried at Snyder Cemetery, ScurTX. View Reuben's Find-A-Grave 126847965 Entry. View Lois' Find-A-Grave 66554666 Entry. From 1900 US Census for Justice Precincts 3 & 5, Stonewall, Texas:   Name Rel. Race Sex Birth Date Age Mar. Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Occ. James W. Popnoe Self W M Nov 1857   M TX LA TX   Fannie Popnoe Wife W F Apr 1870   M TX Unk Unk   Carrie C. Popnoe Dau W F Sep 1894   S TX TX TX   Rilla Popnoe Dau W F May 1896   S TX TX TX   Wm C. Popnoe Son W M Feb 1898   S TX TX TX   James Popnoe Sr. Father W M Dec 1816   M LA France LA     From 1910 US Census for Precinct 1, Scurry County, TX: Family 149   Name Rel. Race Sex Mar. Stat Est. Age Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Fannie Popnoe Self W F W 40 TX USA USA Casper Popnoe Son W M S 15 TX TX TX Kila Popnoe Dau W F S 13 TX TX TX Carey Popnoe Son W M S 12 TX TX TX Ora Popnoe Dau W F S 9 TX TX TX Edith Popnoe Dau W F S 7 TX TX TX Flora Popnoe Dau W F S 4 TX TX TX Rubin Popnoe Son W M S 2 TX TX TX

 

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James M. Popnoe was of French ancestry. Some believe this middle name was "William". He could not read or write. Susan (Watts) Popnoe is buried at Silver Valley Cemetery, ColeTX. Mattie Popnoe McKenzie, on C. C. Popnoe's death certificate states that Susan Watts was born in Jasper County, TX. Her parents were Thomas Watts (b. Ireland) and The following information comes from Joy (Hancock) Vasquez, Allen Don Davis, Mary Ann Woodward, and Gordon Sloan: James William (the "William" is traditional, some say M. for Marion) Popnoe, Sr. emigrated from Louisiana and immigrated to Texas (See land returns for 3 Aug 1838). He received a Second Class Certificate for 640 acres of land in Jasper County, Republic of Texas. Church affiliation is listed as Church of Christ. A "J.S. Popnoe" is listed in Civil War Muster Rolls as a private in Chambers' Battalion Texas Reserve Corps Infantry, Company E. Other Popnoes listed were from Ohio and one from Illinois. Listed in 1850 census in Sabine County. Listed in 1860 & 1870 census in Fannin county. It was only in 1991 that we first established the connection between the Popenoes and the Popnoes although some members of both families had long thought that there might be a connection. What you will read below draws on the work of many people who have researched the Popnoe family, in particular: the late Allen Don Davis of Baytown, TX, a descendant of Mary Magdalene Popnoe Straley; Mary Ann Woodward ([email protected]), a descendant of Lucretia Popnoe Basham; and Gordon Sloan ([email protected]), not related but an avid genealogist who has been helping some Popnoes uncover their ancestry.   There is no conclusive evidence that our Peter Popenoe was the father of James. However, the Popnoe family tradition was that James' father's name was Peter, that he was of French extraction, his place of birth unknown. James and Peter are both Popenoe family names. The name of Peter's wife is unknown, although she was reported in the census to be born in Louisiana and perhaps met and married Peter in the area that is now Polk County, Arkansas. Since James' first son was named Peter Vastine, it may be that she was a Vastine. Her first name might have been given to one of her daughters. According to the censuses, James could not read or write. His father, Peter, could and James' illiteracy may be due to his father's having died when James was very young and his frontier upbringing. In early records the name contains a middle vowel: Popiner, Popeno, Popenough and it is still often pronounced that way. Two of James' daughters, married in 1867 and 1869, were listed as Popinoe. Eventually the middle "e" was dropped and James' name and that of his descendants is now spelled Popnoe. His middle name is also a matter of dispute. Some Basham family records call him James Marion, another says James Monrow, and Allen Don Davis says James William Popnoe Sr. Davis may have interpreted that from the 1900 census that listed James Sr. living with the family of his son, James William. Early censuses stated James Marion's birthplace as both Louisiana and Arkansas. On the back of his picture, in possession of Sue Rodgers, James' granddaughter wrote that he was born in Polk County, Louisiana. There is none such in Louisiana, but there is in Arkansas, which became a state after James was born. The Louisiana Territory was created in 1805 and became Missouri Territory in 1812. In 1810, what is now Polk County was still Indian Land. In 1819, the Arkansas Territory was created in the southern part of the Missouri Territory, encompassing what is now Arkansas and Oklahoma and with an uncertain Southwestern border with Texas. In 1820 the Arkansas Territorial Legislature established three counties which shared parts of present Polk County: Clark, Hempstead and Miller. Sevier County was formed from the latter two in 1828 and Polk was formed from Sevier in 1844. The Polk County courthouse burned during the Civil War and again in 1883. Anyone researching the Popenoes in that area from 1816 or before to the 1830s will have an interesting time. According to a granddaughter, at one time James hauled freight by ox wagon from Jefferson, Texas to Dallas and later by horse wagon before there was a railroad. The freight was sent from New Orleans by river boats to Jefferson (near Shreveport), then freighted by wagon to other towns. The granddaughter said she had only seen her grandparents one time and that she remembered her grandmother's hair and eyes were black and she was very pretty. Mexican Texas became the Republic of Texas in 1836 and the following year James Popnoe moved to Jasper County (in east Texas bordering Louisiana) where he received a second class certificate for 640 acres. On 28 Sep 1841 he received an unconditional certificate (#471) for this land. In 1845 Texas became a U.S. state and in 1847-8 James married Susan Watts whose family were living in the same county. In November 1850, James and Susan and their first born, Lucrecia were listed in the first U.S. Census in Sabine County, just north of Jasper County. By 1860 the family had moved to Fannin County, more than 200 miles away in north Texas bordering Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. In 1866 James paid a Civil War tax on one carriage in Fannin County. Between 1870 and 1880 the family moved again to a ranch in Coleman County, more than 100 miles NW of Austin. The ranch was located near Robinson's Peak, about 9 miles NW of Coleman town. James brought in masons from east Texas to build a two story stone house with chimneys at both ends. After it was abandoned many years later it was struck by lightning and the stones were hauled off by local farmers for their own use. A Coleman County history shows a cattle brand, SU for Susan Popnoe, recorded in 1878. James may have been a slave holder. The 1880 census shows both a mulatto Popnoe and a black Popinaw in a Popnoe county. and the 1900 census shows a black Poponwy (?). In 1900, the censuses showed Susan Watts Popnoe still living in Coleman County, with her daughter Maggie Popnoe Straley, while James was living in Stonewall County, NW of Abilene, with his son James William Popnoe.   From 1870 US Census for Precinct 1, Fannin County, TX: Family 153, Dwelling 153   Name Age Gend. Race Occ Land Value Pers. Est. Value Birth Place Papinau, James 54 M W Farmer 1000 1000 LA "  ", Susan 38 F W Keeping House     TX "  ", Peter B. 14 M W At Home     TX "  ", James W. 12 M W At Home     TX "  ", Martha E. 10 F W At Home     TX "  ", Addie V. 8 F W       TX "  ", Maggie 3 F W       TX "  ", Charles O. 1 M W       TX "  ", Due 1/12 M W       TX   County/State Abbreviations: AtokOK - Atoka County, OK BexaTX - Bexar County, TX BlanTX - Blanco County, TX BrowTX - Brown County, TX CallTX - Callahan County, TX CascMT - Cascade County, MT ChavNM - Chavez County, NM ClinKY - Clinton County, KY ColeTX - Coleman County, TX DallTX - Dallas County, TX EctoTX - Ector County, TX FannTX - Fannin County, TX FayAR - Fay County, AR FergMO - Fergus County, MT FishTX - Fisher County, TX GoliTX - Goliad County, TX HamiTX - Hamilton County, TX HarrTX - Harris County, TX JaspTX - Jasper County, TX JoneTX - Jones County, TX LampTX - Lampasas County, TX LincNM - Lincoln County, NM MitcTX - Mitchell County, TX NolaTX - Nolan County, TX NuecTX - Nueces County, TX PecoTX - Pecos County, TX PolkIA - Polk County, TX RunnTX - Runnells County, TX ScurTX - Scurry County, TX SterTX - Sterling County, TX TarrTX - Tarrant County, TX TaylTX - Taylor County, TX TituTX - Titus County, TX TravTX - Travis County, TX WichTX - Wichita County, TX WinkTX - Winkler County, TX   Page Sources: Popenoe/Poppino Family Website, look for "Popnoe family". Joy (Hancock) Vasquez Allen Don Davis Mary Ann Woodward Gordon Sloan basham9a on rootsweb.

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