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The following letter was received from Myrtle Rosamond Hyde in early 1995 following a visit to her from my sister Dolores. Myrtle
was very close to my father and mother and we saw her frequently when we were growing up. When Dolores visited Weldon, she
stopped at the only gas station in town (almost the only business) and asked if the attendant knew of any Rosamonds still living in the
area. He pointed to the house across the street and said he thought Myrtle Hyde used to be a Rosamond. Dolores went across the
street and had a very nice reunion with Myrtle and later Myrtle's daughter Patsy Ruth. Their discussions led to my sending Myrtle a
copy of the family tree I had, and in turn she responded with the following letter.
Dear Jimmy Rosamond -
I was so glad to get the family tree and your letter. I'm sending this is some things I have. I'm going to get some copies of what you
sent for others in the family.
Yes, I knew your mother Annie, she was so pretty. I went to see her when she was in the hospital, Herman Hospital in Houston. We
lived in Sugarland, Texas and I really loved her and Ennis. We used to have good times when they were living here in Weldon. I sure
miss all of them.
If you are ever down this way come see me. Myrtle Hyde, Phone xxx-xxxx, Lovelady, Texas 75851, Box 152.
William A. Rosamond and his wife Canzada (Coleman) Rosamond and their six sons and other members of the Rosamond Family
came from Kosciusko, Mississippi, where his parents owned a plantation on Big Black River. They came here in covered wagons in
1866 and experienced all the hardships on the way - wild animals and other threats to their lives.
They first settled for a short time in White Rock Creek where they were near water. Next they moved to Houston County. W.A.
Rosamond, my grandpa, owned a gin and also a grist mill. And, was a farmer here in Weldon, Texas near the ole Huntsville and
Crockett road. On this road was a stage stop, a short distance from their place. They had to hunt for their meat and other food.
(Weldon?) was not a very clear settlement.
Canzada, my grandma, was a good hunter. She would go out and kill wild turkeys and other wild animals for their food - wild hogs.
(She) cured meat by smoking it a long time. (They) had to make their lye soap as they saved grease. Their wash days were not easy -
had to go to a tank & wash, boil (their clothes) in a black wash pot. Then had to Battle their clothes to dry them - beat them with a
paddle.
William A. Rosamond (my grandpa) told of a hunt he was on - it was nite time. He and a friend had one shell left. They saw something
so they climbed a tree. They saw two eyes shining so they used their last shell, didn't know if they killed the animal or not because
they could still see two eyes shining. But, when it got (to be) daylight, they could see a panther and it was dead.
W.A. Rosamond (my grandpa) found a baby girl in the mill hopper when he went to work one morning. This was in the late 1800s. They
raised the baby.
One place they owned here (Weldon), Canzada planted some pecan trees. They are over a hundred years old - still bearing
pecans.
I do not have records or dates of the land they owned - only one small farm, about 40 acres - here in Weldon, Texas. It belonged to
Joseph A. Rosamond (my papa) and all of his children were born on this place.
Willam A. & Canzada Rosamond - Sons
Benjamin H. Rosamond, Nov. 11,1852, deceased Oct. 19, 1934, buried in Weldon Cemetary.
Joseph Absolum Rosamond, April 14, 1862, deceased March 5, 1946, buried in Weldon Cemetary.
Enoch R. Rosamond, 1896, buried in Weldon Cemetary.
Joseph (Big Joe) Rosamond, married 1902 to Ida Mable Harper here in Houston County, Weldon, Texas, and they moved on the old
Rosamond place here in Weldon. Their four children were all born on this old place.
Emmett Joseph Rosamond - April 16th 1903
Walter Glover Rosamond - October 19, 1907
Myrtle Beatrice - January 1, 1910
Mattie Dell Rosamond - October 24, 1914
One of the sons (Glover Rosamond) lives on the place.
William and Canzada Rosamond have grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren living in Houston County.
John W. Rosamond, one of the sons, owned a store here in the late 1800s- (early) 1900s. He was also one of the early
postmasters.
Children and their marriages -
Benjamin H. Rosamond married Lula Chandler
Jonas Lever Rosamond married Martha Atkinson
John W. Rosamond married Mary Peacock
Bill/William Rosamond - Don't know if married.
Enoch Rosamond - Never married
Joseph Absolum Rosamond married Ida Mable Harper, 1902
Minnie Rosamond married Will Fortner
Rosamonds buried in Antioch Cemetary - Between Weldon and Lovelady on Road 230.
William A. Rosamond - Nov. 29, 1900
M.C. (Coleman) Canzada Rosamond - Sept 2, 1898
Nola Rosamond - July 31, 1887 - Jan. 4, 1889, daughter of Jonas and Martha Rosamond
Jonas Lever Rosamond - 1870-1946
Martha Ellen Rosamond - Nov. 26, 1873 - April 13, 1942
W.N. Rosamond - Son of J.N. and M.I. Rosamond
Mary I. Peacock Rosamond - November 12, 1873 - March 3, 1918, wife of John Rosamond
John N. Rosamond
-Buried in Elhart, Texas.
Marion Franklin Rosamond (your great-grandpa) Sept 13, 1848 - July 8, 1935
Lela Rosamond Masier - February 24, 1894 - Feb. 9, 1981
Birdie Rosamond (Thompson) -
Buried in Evergreen Cemetary, Crockett, Texas
George Arthur Thompson - Crockett, Texas, 1994.
Buried in Weldon Cemetary
Benjamin H. Rosamond - October 19, 1934
Lula A. Rosamond -October 19, 1934
Joseph Absolum Rosamond - March 5, 1946
Enoch Rosamond -
Ida Mable Harper Rosamond - June 28, 1964
Benjamin H. Rosamond and Lula Chandler married - to this union
Ida Rosamond married Dee Appleton
Lillie Rosamond married Will McMillian
Jessie Rosamond married Clarence Bishop
Edward Rosamond - missing in World War I
Lillie Rosamond and Will McMillian - to this union
Howard, Forrest, Willard, Jessie B., N... Lou and Cleo. All deceased escept N... Lou Turner.
Some of Ben and Aunt Six - great-great-grandchildren live here in Weldon. Most of the ones that are deceased are buried here in
Weldon Cemetary.
Ida and Joe Rosamond (my parents) children
Emmett Rosamond - April 16, 1903 married Vida Schofield - January 11, 1906. To this union -
John Edwin - October 13, 1925
Viola Mae - January 13, 1929. Buried in Baytown, Texas
Mary Florene - October 28, 1932
John Edwin Rosamond - October 13, 1925, married Mildred Goudett - Sept. 10, 1929 - - To this union
Joe Douglas - deceased Nov. 7, 195x
Vickie Lynn - Feb 24, 1952
Billy Wayne -
Kim
Mary Florene Rosamond married Leslie Barrow - to this union
Bob - born Feb. 19, 1951
2nd marriage - Mary Florene to John Hanon
Vickie Lynn (Rosamond) married Dennis Krolczysk. 1 child, Mikaela Rae, January 25, 1983.
Billy Wayne married Susan Tyer, son Nathan
Kim Rosamond married -
John Edwin Rosamond - deceased - veteran, July 25, 1984, buried in Baytown, Texas
Glover Rosamond - no marriage
Myrtle Beatrice Rosamond - January 1, 1910, Weldon, Texas married Cleo B. Tanner - April 12, 1908, born in Spring, Texas. Mr. Dick
Doan married us April 12, 1928 at Volga, Texas. To this union -
Patsy Ruth Tanner - October 19, 1932, born in Sugarland, Texas - hospital
Cleo B. Tanner, Jr. - March 23, 1942 - born in Sugarland, Texas - hospital.
Dr. Carlos Slaughter for both children.
Cleo B. Tanner - deceased March 30, 1947, buried in Talba Cemetary between Huntsville and Midway. Later his remains were moved
to Weldon Cemetary, August 1986.
Later - Myrtle Tanner married Robert Henley Hyde (Bobby), Dec. 22, 1951 in Trinity, Texas. Bobby deceased, My 2, 1990. Buried in
Weldon Cemetary.
(Myrtle) My children and grandones and great-grandones --
Patsy Ruth Tanner married John Kenneth Hinson - Jan. 27, 1951 - to this union
Daphne Kay Hinson - Sept 25, 1954, married Raymond Harold Craycraft, July 19, 1980, to this union
Clint Brandon Craycraft - August 19, 1983
Kyle Ruston Craycraft - November 13, 1987
Shaley Nikkai Craycraft - August 1, 1991
All born in Huntsville Hospital, Dr. Atkins
Brenda Gail Hinson, Sept. 1, 19xx, married Dec. 19, 1981 to Paul David Craycraft (Brenda and Daphne married brothers) - to this
union
Megan Rae Craycraft - August 4, 1984
Callie D. Craycraft - July 14, 1989
Case Hinson Craycraft - July 14, 1989 (Case & Callie are twins)
Cleo B. Tanner Jr. - March 23, 1942, married August 25, 1962 to Judith Lou Bridges. To this union -
Thomas Bridges Tanner - March 10, 1964
Traci Merle Tanner - Dec. 16, 1966
Jason Eugene Tanner - Dec. 1, 1971
Thomas Bridges Tanner married 1985 to Karen Robertson - to this union
Cori Alys Tanner - Dec 15, 1985
Traci Merle Tanner married 1989 to Tyler Hobson - to this union
Braden Thomas Hobson - October 6, 1994
Judith Lou Tanner divorced Cleo B. Tanner, later married Allen Berg.
Cleo B. Tanner Jr. married Judy Lea Caskey, Aug 15, 1987.
Judy Lea - 2 sons, Chris and Chad. Chris is married to Amy, Chad is in college.
Mattie Dell Rosamond, Oct. 24, 1913, married Norman Welch, deceased. Buried in Alto, Texas.
Wida Myrl Sept. 2, 1932, Mattie Dell's daughter, married Mack Ford (Buddy) - foster little boy (due to mother's illness) Cleve Marcus
Atkinson, Dec. 5, 1974. Buddy and Wida Myrl adopted Cleve Ford. (He is) in college at A&M, Bryan, Texas.
Second marriage, Mattie Dell (Rosamond) Welch married Emile Dunn, August 10, 1975.
Marion Francis Rosamond, Grandpa William A. Rosamonds half-brother. I don't know his first wife.
Children
Joe Rosamond (Little Joe) your Grandpa and Emma Rosamond. Little Joe Rosamond married Clara Russell. - to this union four
children
Ennis Herman Rosamond (Your dad), March 26, 1907
Jewel Christine Rosamond, Jan 9, 1909
RAymond Allen Rosamond, June 11, 1911
Iris Velma Rosamond,
Ennis Herman Rosamond married Annie Graham, deceased, Forest Park Cemetary. To this union -
Ennis Jr. Ramona, Dolores, Jimmy Dale
Ennis (Sr.) married again to Ruby, deceased, Ruby is buried in Forest Park.
Ennis (Sr.) married Nell. Ennis is deceased.
Jewel Christine Rosamond married K.C. Stedman. To this union.
Barbara - expired 1954 in a car accident.
Conrad -
K.C. expired. Buried in Forest Park Houston. Jewel (Rosamond) Stedman passed away August 11, 1994. Buried in Forest Park,
Houston.
Raymond Allen Rosamond - deceased July 2, 1974, married Irma Hunter. - To this union
Allen Jr., Kenneth Reagan (little Buddy), Peggy
Allen Rosamond Jr. married L... Armstrong. To this union
Russell Dewayne - August 5, 1962
Allen expired August 16, 1963, buried Forest Park Cemetary.
Kenneth (little Buddy) married Linda Jean Peppins. To this union
Rhonda, Sept 2, 1961; Cathy, March 2, 1966; Melinda, November 7, 1968; Leak, Sept 13, 1972. I do not know all about these.
Peggy Joyce Rosamond married Gary Wayne Mabry. To this union
Gary Wayne Jr., March 1969; Natalie, July 26, 1970
Iris Rosamond, deceased, buried Forest Park Cemetary, married Emile Dunn. To this union
Francis, July 1936; Dewitt, Sept. 1940; Clara, October 1945.
Francis deceased. buried in Forest Park Cemetary.
Emile Dunn married Mattie Dell Rosamond (After Iris' death).
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