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Descendants of William Hamilton Tedford

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM HAMILTON⁶ TEDFORD (JOHN MILTON⁵, ROBERT⁴, CAPITAN JOHN³, ROBERT², ALEXANDER¹) was born 1851 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 1928 in Hale Center, Tx.. He married MARY ELLA COCKE 1876 in Kerr County, Texas, daughter of FREDERICK COCKE and ELIZA ROGERS. She was born 1858, and died Abt. 1906 in Kerr County, Texas.

Notes for WILLIAM HAMILTON TEDFORD:
William H. Tedford, sixth child of John Milton and Julietta (Burney) Tedford, born May 5, 1851, is listed in the 1880 Kerr County, Texas census, page 27, as 29 years old and born in Tennessee, thus is the same son listed in the 1870 census of Kerr County as 19 years of age. By 1880 he was married to Ella Cocke, 22 years of age, also born in Tennessee. Williams mother, Julia Tedford, was living with them, with her age given as 60, and born in North Carolina. William Tedford settled later in Hale Center, Texas, and still later in or near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

William and Ella (Coke) Tedford had, in 1880, two children:
Milton, age 3
Norman, age 1
Mrs. Fannie Williams, of Bryan, Texas, niece of William and Ella Tedford, recalls that they later had a daughter named Annie, as well as three younger daughters (This information from the Detty Book page 81)

OBITUARY

W. H. Tedford of Friona, Texas, one of the earliest settlers on the Plains and a former citizen of Abernathy, Texas, died Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. F. Michael, and interment was made in the Strip cemetery west of Abernathy, where so many of the pioneers of this section sleep their last long sleep.
W. H. Tedford was born in Eastern Tennessee on May 10, 1851. In 1858 he moved to Kerr County, Texas and was married in 1876 to Mary Elien Cocke, who preceeded him in death almost thirty years ago. To this union 11 children were born, of whom 6 survive: Milton, Alton, Ralph, Mrs. Annie Brown, Mrs. Ethel Morton, and Mrs. Jessie Crow. Among the deceased children was Mrs. Earl Maupin of Abernathy.
About thirty-five years ago, Mr. Tedford moved with his family to Hale County, being one of its earliest settlers and living in the vicinity of where Abernathy is now. Eight years ago he moved to Parmer County, where he resided until being taken to Lubbock, Texas, to undergo an operation. Early in life he united with the Methodist church, and through out his life he was an active and untiring worker for his church.
His many friends, both in this immediate section and in his home country will learn with deep sorrow and regret of the passing of this estimable citizen. To the bereaved The Review extends its sincere expressions of sympathy.

More About WILLIAM HAMILTON TEDFORD:
Burial: Abt. 1928, Strip cemetary west of Abernathy, Tx.

Notes for MARY ELLA COCKE:
BORN 1858
MARRIED 1876 IN KERR CO. TX
DIED 1906 IN KERR CO. TX.

More About MARY ELLA COCKE:
Burial: Abt. 1906, Kerr County, Texas

Children of WILLIAM TEDFORD and MARY COCKE are:

MILTON⁷ TEDFORD, b. 1877, Kerr County, Texas; d. Abt. 1940, Friona, Tex., Parmer County.

Notes for MILTON TEDFORD:
MILTON TEDFORD:
b.1877
d.abt.1940

MILTON TEDFORD OWNED A SHEEP RANCH 40 MILES WEST OF HEREFORD, DEAF SMITH, TEXAS. DATE OF DEATH MARCH 11, 1940. DATE OF BIRTH MARCH 8, 1877 AT KERR CO., TEXAS. HE WAS SINGLE.

HE WAS BURIED AT THE STRIP CEMETERY WEST OF ABERNATHY, TEXAS.

More About MILTON TEDFORD:
Burial: Abt. 1940, Strip Cemetary, Abernathy, Texas
Cause of Death: Coronary Thrombosis

ii.

NORVAN TEDFORD, b. 1879, Kerr County, Texas; d. 1919, McKinney, Texas.

Notes for NORVAN TEDFORD:
NORVAN TEDFORD:
b.abt1879
d.1919
m. (never married)

OBITUARY

THE DEAD BODY OF NORVAN TEDFORD ARRIVED IN ABERNATHY, (TEXAS), FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM MCKINNEY WHERE HE DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE HOME OF RELATIVES. HE WAS BURIED AT THE STRIP CEMETERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:30, WHERE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE CROWD OF SORROWFUL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

MR. TEDFORD WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST SETTLERS OF THIS PART OF THE PLAINS, HAVING LIVED IN THIS SECTION ABOUT THIRTY YEARS. FOR A LONG TIME HE HAD MADE HIS HOME IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWN NOW AS STRIP SCHOOL COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HE HAD BEEN IN NEW YORK AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES SEEKING RELIEF FOR A CANCER WITH WHICH HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FOR MANY YEARS. ALL HIS EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET CURED OF THIS TERRIBLE MALADY PROVED FRUITLESS. HE RETURNED TO TEXAS ONLY A SHORT TIME AGO, STOPPING AT MCKINNEY, FROM WHERE HE WAS RELIEVED FROM HIS GREAT SUFFERING AND CALLED TO THE GREAT BEYOND WHERE ALL PAIN AND SUFFERING ARE UNKNOWN. HE LEAVES A FATHER, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS TO MORN THE LOSS OF A TRUE BROTHER AND A TRUE FRIEND. HE WAS ABOUT FORTY YEARS AND WITHOUT A FAMILY.

More About NORVAN TEDFORD:
Burial: 1919, Strip Cemetary, Abernathy, Texas

	iii.	ANNIE TEDFORD, b. Abt. 1882.
2.	iv.	ELIZA MARY TEDFORD, b. 1884, Kerr County, Texas.
3.	v.	ETHEL TEDFORD, b. Abt. 1887.
4.	vi.	ALTON TEDFORD, b. 1893, Roswell, New Mexico; d. 1972, Fayetteville, Ar..
5.	vii.	RALPH B. TEDFORD, b. 1895, Roswell, New Mexico; d. 1974, Fayetteville, Ar..
6.	viii.	JESSIE E. TEDFORD, b. 1899; d. 1967, Fayetteville, Ar..

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