JAMES BENJAMIN HENRY STRAIN

JAMES BENJAMIN HENRY STRAIN, son of Robert Fulton and Mary Jack Wilson. born February 6, 1806 in Washington County, Arkansas, and died January 5, 1873 in Parker County, Texas.

He married Elizabeth Dee "Betsy" Maxwell in 1836 in White Water Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Arkansas. "Betsy" Maxwell was the daughter of James Maxwell and Hannah Novel.

James B. H. Strain died January 5, 1873 and was buried in what was Strain Cemetery and is now called Johnson Cemetery located about 12 miles south of Weatherford, Texas. The roads were icy and bad so James B. H. Strain couldn't be buried at Irby Cemetery.

"Betsy" Maxwell is buried in Irby Cemetery in Parker County, Texas.

Children of James Benjamin Henry Strain and Elizabeth Dee "Betsy" Maxwell are:

1. Martha J. Strain, born April 13, 1834 in Arkansas; died March 16, 1866 in Parker City, Texas; buried in Irby Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.

2. Mary Melissa "Polly" Strain, born December 20, 1835 in White River Township, Washington County, Arkansas; died February 18, 1899 in Deming, Luna County, New Mexico.

3. James Franklin "Jimmy" Strain, born April 3, 1838 in Arkansas; died July 3, 1911, in Weatherford, Texas; buried in Oakland Cemetery in Weatherford, Texas.

4. Hannah Lillian Strain, born September 8, 1840 in Arkansas; died January 16, 1862 in Parker County, Texas; buried in Irby Cemetery, parker County, Texas.

5. Robert Atkinson Strain, born March 6, 1843 in Arkansas; died July 18, 1921 in Parker County, Texas. Buried in Newberry Cemetery.

6. Elizabeth "Bettie" M. Strain, born September 20, 1845; died May 14, 1879 in Parker County, Texas; buried in Porter Cemetery, Weatherford, Texas. She married William Porter.

7. Sarah Abigail Strain, born April 14, 1848 in Fayetteville, Arkansas; died February 6, 1934 and buried in Clyde, Callahan County, Texas.

8. Henry M. Strain, born October 20, 1850 in Arkansas; died May 16, 1872. Buried in Johnson Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.

9. Susannah Catherine Strain, born March 9, 1852 in Arkansas; died January 15, 1917 in Parker County, Texas.

10. George Douglas Strain, born May 1, 1855 in Arkansas; died December 29, 1916 in Weatherford, Texas; buried in Oakland Cemetry in Weatherford, Texas.