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Descendants of Dock Randall Lefner




Generation No. 1


1. DOCK RANDALL1 LEFNER was born May 01, 1858 in Virginia, and died October 17, 1935 in Brawley, California. He married EFFIE VICTORIA WATTS December 29, 1889 in Bastrop Co., Texas, daughter of UNKNOWN WATTS and UNKNOWN FERRELL. She was born May 26, 1872 in Texas, and died March 23, 1950 in Paromount, Los Angeles Co., California.

More About D
OCK RANDALL LEFNER:
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Brawley, California
Cause of Death: Acute Mycarditis

More About E
FFIE VICTORIA WATTS:
Burial: Long Beach, California

More About D
OCK LEFNER and EFFIE WATTS:
Marriage: December 29, 1889, Bastrop Co., Texas
     
Children of D
OCK LEFNER and EFFIE WATTS are:
  i.   ROBBIE CHRISTINA2 LEFNER, b. March 31, 1891, Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas; d. Unknown; m. JOHN TRAVIS WHITE, Unknown; b. Unknown.
  More About JOHN WHITE and ROBBIE LEFNER:
Marriage: Unknown

  ii.   JOSEPH WRIGHT LEFNER, b. February 05, 1893, Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas; d. July 18, 1953, Died at work, train switchman in Los Angeles, California; m. FLORENCE, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  More About JOSEPH WRIGHT LEFNER:
Social Security Number: 700-14-7994

  More About JOSEPH LEFNER and FLORENCE:
Marriage: Unknown

  iii.   STEPHEN GRANVILLE LEFNER, b. July 16, 1895, Clodine, Texas; d. September 25, 1953, Long Beach, California; m. MARY ELIZABETH WEEDON, February 09, 1918, Tacoma, Washington; b. December 01, 1895, Weedon Ranch, Brown Co., Texas; d. March 04, 1977, Hemet, Riverside Co., California.
  Notes for STEPHEN GRANVILLE LEFNER:
From Ancestors and Descendants of Herschel R. Weedon and his wife Pattie Lee Cross as compiled by Mrs. Herschel R. Weedon in 1981:

Stephen was an officer in the first World War. After the War he retained his commission in the reserves and went to work for the rail road. He was called back to active duty in the army at the beginning of the Second World War. He saw service in Germany, Holland and France where he received the Purple Heart and other decorations and obtained the rank of Colonel.


  More About STEPHEN GRANVILLE LEFNER:
Burial: Veterans Cemetery, Satel, California
Military service: United State Army, Retired Lt. Col.
Retirement: Santa Fe Railroad
Social Security Number: 700-12-9183

  Notes for MARY ELIZABETH WEEDON:
From Ancestors and Descendants of Herschel R. Weedon and his wife Pattie Lee
Cross as compiled by Mrs. Herschel R. Weedon in 1981:

Betty was able to join Stephen at the end of World War II in Japan and Germany. They came home to California where Stephen died. Betty continued to live in Long Beach until her mother, Susan Ellen Lovell, at the age of of 93 fell and broke her hip. Betty sold her home in Long Beach and came to Brownwood, Texas in order to help care for her. After the death of Susan, Betty returned to Hemet, California where her daughter Nyo lived.

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Notes by Carolyn Markham Lowe, February 2000:

Grandma Lefner was a small woman not quite 5' tall and around 95 lbs. She was active up until the day of her death in 1977. I remember that she had to drive the little ladies to Church and Bible Study, and she was the oldest one!! Grandma Lefner took great pride in her appearance and her home.

Our son Robert was always going to Great Grandma's as she usually had a treat for him and truly loved him.

Robert was the one that found her laying on the floor the day she died. He came running to us saying that Grandma had fallen and couldn't get up. We went to her and made her comfortable until the ambulance arrived. She was wanting to see Robert and the ambulance people said it would be okay. Grandma reached up and touched his face and smiled, she passed away in the emergency room of Hemet Valley Hospital in Hemet, California.

This tiny lady loved her family very much and we all miss her.

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  More About MARY ELIZABETH WEEDON:
Burial: March 06, 1977, Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas
Church Affiliation: Baptist
Social Security Number: 700-12-9183

  More About STEPHEN LEFNER and MARY WEEDON:
Marriage: February 09, 1918, Tacoma, Washington

  iv.   BENJAMIN MACKEY LEFNER, b. January 10, 1899, Clodine, Texas; d. June 17, 1966, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., California; m. (1) HELEN; b. Unknown; m. (2) VERAL; b. November 20, 1905; d. December 27, 1998, Los Angeles, California; m. (3) MARGARET; b. Unknown; m. (4) FLORENCE, Unknown; b. Unknown.
  More About BENJAMIN MACKEY LEFNER:
Social Security Number: 560-07-7418

  More About VERAL:
Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 564-10-7264

  More About BENJAMIN LEFNER and FLORENCE:
Marriage: Unknown

  v.   JOHNNY MARJORIE LEFNER, b. Unknown, Lefner Ranch, Brown Co., Texas; d. Unknown, San Bernardino Co., California; m. JOSEPH WILLIAM SESSOMS, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  More About JOSEPH SESSOMS and JOHNNY LEFNER:
Marriage: Unknown


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