Pryor Fonval HOLDER

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1943; auto repairman
• Residence: 1943, , Williamson, Texas, USA
• Military: 6 Jan 1943, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; US Army
• Obituary: Jun 2005; newspaper

Notes:

has two girls and 4 stepchildren?
Shirley, Bud, Darlene, Shirl, Donna

Military:
Warrant Officer, Ft Sam Houston

Obituary:

Pryor F. Holder, 82, of Liberty Hill died Saturday, June 25, 2005, in Liberty Hill.
Pryor was born November 15, 1922, in Rockdale to William Albert and Nettie Jean Shepherd Holder.
On June 20, 1956, he married Anna Lou Cantrell Holder in Georgetown.
He retired from Williamson County where he worked in road maintenance. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army. Pryor was a member of the First Baptist Church of Liberty Hill, a very active volunteer of the Local Food Bank, the community outreach center and many church ministries.
He is survived by his wife,, Anna Lou; his children, Shirley Dodson of Sandy Creek, Bud Dodson and his wife Nelda of Florence, Darlene Champlin and her husband Lee Roy of Briggs, Shirl Kirk and her husband Ben of Liberty Hill, and Donna Champlin and her husband Joe of Georgetown.
He also leaves behind his bothers, Donald Holder of Round Rock and Lee Holder of Andice; grandchildren, Bobby, Tammy, Missy, Diana, Troy, David, Adam, Marshall, Elizabeth, Crystal, Keyla, Treva, Terry, Matt, Candice and Christopher; great-grandchildren, Tammera, Thomas, Andrea, Michael, Kelsey, Jacob, Macie, Connor, Zachary, Dylan, Sierra, Kayla, Blake and Taylor, and honorary grandchildren, Luis, Jonathan and Mario.

Pryor married Anna Lou CANTRELL on 20 Jun 1956 in Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA. Anna (daughter of Henry Miles CANTRELL and Floy Melvina PEARSON) was born on 6 Apr 1933 in Leander, Williamson, Texas, USA; died on 12 Oct 2020; was buried on 16 Oct 2020 in Liberty Hill, Williamson, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events:

• Name: Will Holder
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 69, pg 4B
• Residence: 1915, Buckholts, Milam, Texas, USA
• Military: 5 Jun 1918, , Milam, Texas, USA; draft
• Census: 28 Jan 1920, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 124, pg 5A
• Census: 14 Feb 1920, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 124, pg 12A
• Residence: 1928, Rockdale, Milam, Texas, USA
• Census: 1940, , Williamson, Texas, USA; ED 246-13, pg 5B
• Military: 1942, Liberty Hill, Williamson, Texas, USA; draft
• Census: Apr 1950, , Williamson, Texas, USA; ED 246-24, Sheet 4

Notes:

Possibly Scottish?
William bought his first farm in Friendship (now Davilla), Texas. Then moved to Rockdale where Ima grew up.
All of Mamaw's family "was in Texas before the Alamo".
His death certificate, signed by Uncle Willie, says his mother's name was Sally Brendell.

(Medical):One of the stories I was told about Grandpa Will was that he died of "Rocky Mountain spotted tick fever". All my young life, I had this vision of him sitting down under a tree, getting bitten by a tick and dying there. He actually died at Shepperds Hospital in Burnet.

Birth:
Will's death certificate and tombstone make him a little older than he really wa.

Census:
Precimct 6
Frank Bingham Head M 28 Texas
Allie Bingham Wife F 18 Texas
Will Holder Boarder M 21 Texas
Frank is a farmer and Will is a farm laborer.

Military:
William A Holder, age 28, 29 Sep 1888, lives at Buckholts and is a self-employed farmer with a wife and a child. He is of medium height and build with black eyes and dark hair.

Census:
Satty Road
Holder, Will A head M 30 M Texas farmer
Nettie wife F 24 M Texas
Ima dau F 5 S
Wilburn son M 11/12

Census:
Precinct 4, Gardener Road
Will A Holder Head M 30 Texas
Nettie Holder Wife F 24 Texas
Ima Holder Dau F 5 Texas
Wilburn Holder Son M 11/12 Texas

Census:
Precinct 3
Holder, Willie A head M 52 M farmer
Nettie wife F 46 M
Wilburn son M 21 S
Pryor son M 17 S
Emitt son M 13 S
Joyce dau F 11 S
Dennis Lee son M 7 S
Donald L son M 4 S

William married Nettie SHEPHEARD on 13 Jun 1911 in Davilla, Milam, Texas, USA. Nettie (daughter of David Samuel SHEPHEARD and Texanna TUCKER) was born on 10 Nov 1894 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 21 Oct 1963 in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA; was buried on 23 Oct 1963 in Davilla, Milam, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1963, Liberty Hill, Williamson, Texas, USA
• death certificate: 22 Oct 1963; Wilburn S Holder

Notes:

Dennis' birth certificate has Shephard. There are some Sheppards on the same page on the 1920 Federal Census. There are three spellings within Dave's family, Shepheard, Shepherd and Sheppard. It is NOT the result of a fight or a feud, just that spelling wasn't a real important issue in that era.

Nettie died when I was in the second grade and I remember three things vividly. My mom cried, so I cried. I remember trying to stay with her and people trying to get me away from her to calm me down. I remember walking behind the hearse from the chapel to the gravesite. It was an incredibly long walk to a 7 year-old. I also remember lying on my back on the ground in a field by her house and watching the clouds. There was an older person with me, possibly Uncle Bill or one of Mom's cousins.

Other Events:

• Tax List: 1884, , Atascosa, Texas, USA
• Tax List: 1893, , Atascosa, Texas, USA
• Census: 1920, Temple, Bell, Texas, USA; ED 21, pg 6A
• Census: 1930, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 20, pg 12A
• Census: 1940, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 166-18, pg 5B

Notes:

He moved to Galveston for a while then moved to Bastrop after the Great Storm of 1900, then Davilla. [I think that's the wrong hurricane but it's the one that everyone remembers.]
Pryor had a syrup mill and raised cane.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has his name as Prier Fonvil HOLDER.
International Genealogical Index (R)
AUTHOR: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBLICATION: Copyright (c) 1980, 1997, data as of February 1997
REPOSITORY: Family History Library
ADDRESS: 35 N West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
REPOSITORY: Family History Library
CALL NUMBER: 1985347
ADDRESS: 35 N West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Census:
Ward 2
M F Suddarth Head M 26 Illinois
Ellie Suddarth Wife F 29 Texas
Willie Suddarth Dau F 12 Texas
Pryor Suddarth Son M 10 Texas
Ruby Suddarth Dau F 7 Texas
P F Holder F-in-l M 60 Texas

Census:
Precinct 5
P F Holder Head M 70 Texas
Homer Talbert Gson M 20 North Carolina
Ruby Talbert Gdau F 17 Texas

Census:
Precinct 5
Head Emmit Holder M 48 Texas
Wife Minnie Holder F 48 Texas
Son Robert Holder M 17 Texas
Dau Josephine Holder F 15 Texas
Dau Katherine Holder F 13 Texas
Son Ray Holder M 11 Texas
Father Pryer Holder M 84 Texas

Pryor married Sarah Jane JOBES on 22 Oct 1887 in , Bexar, Texas, USA. Sarah (daughter of JOBES and Laura BARNES) was born in 1873 in , , Texas, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Sallie Brendel
• Name: Sallie Jobes
• Name: Sarah Jane Brendel

Notes:

Had a boarding house. Wm Albert stayed with her for a while.
What was her name really?
Mamaw says her name was Anetta Parker. "Annetta said Quannah Parker was her uncle" [unfounded]. Emmitt's SS App says Ellen Black. Laura's birth record says Sarah Jane Black. Wm Albert's death certificate, signed by Uncle Willie, says his mother's name was Sally Brendell. Mamaw says she moved to San Antonio because she had family there. Mary Black Holder lived in San Antonio until she died about 1919.
This is a mystery that I would really like to solve; my grandmother never knew her.
Something happened between her and Pryor and she moved to San Antonio and lived to be 94-95 years old. She wanted to take Emmit with her because he was only 2. Grandpa told her to take all or none because he didn't want them separated. She left them all. Ellen was 4. William was 6. Mom said the 1900 Storm was what made her want to move away but that was much too late. There was a storm the summer before Prier was born but I found nothing that would have affected this family just after he was born.
Laura's birth record gives her mother's name as Sarah Jane Black. Prior F Holder married Sarah Jane Jobes. Emmit's death record gives his mother's name as Sally Brendell, Sarah Jobes' mother married Emil Brendel. I believe I'm on the right track here but Prior and Sarah married after William was born. Did the kids have different moms and that's why Prier's mom wanted to take only him? Is William's birth date actually a little later? Mom and Mamaw both told me that Grandpa never remarried, that they never divorced.
(This may all sound a little disjointed because I've made these notes over a period of 25 years but here is what I have found recently. [2017])
YES. When Will gave his age or date of birth, he gave 1888 or 1889, only his death record and the cemetery have 1886 and 1887. So I think I've had this backwards all along. Sally is the first (only?) wife. Her mother was Laura STEVEN and her aunt was Ella STEVEN, her grandmother was Mary. Mary only had the 2 children with her on the 1880. JOBES must have died when Sarah was very young and Laura married Emil BRENDEL, a German immigrant. I still don't know where Ellen BLACK came into it; possibly just confusion. Maybe Sarah remarried or Ella married a BLACK. And where did Anetta Parker fit in? The 1900 Census says Laura S had two children, both living.
So, Pryor married Sarah in San Antonio (1887) where Will was born (1888) then they moved south to Atascosa where Laura was born (1890). By the time Emmitt was born (1891), they had moved north to Bastrop County. So, instead of dropping her off in League City (as the family lore says), she probably left and went back to San Antonio (to Emil and her mother) during the move to Milam County (about 1893). By the 1900 Sarah was elsewhere, her mother and stepfather had no one else with them on the census.

Other Events:

• Census: 13 Jun 1900, , Bastrop, Texas, USA; ED 13, pg 8A
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, Davilla, Milam, Texas, USA; ED 85, pg 79
• Census: 13 Jan 1920, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 128, pg 9
• Census: 5 Apr 1930, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 166-19, pg 3A
• Residence: 18 Apr 1943, Buckholts, Milam, Texas, USA

Notes:

I was told that he came to Texas with his sister.
Another family member says his name was Davidson Samuel Shepheard.

(Research):Columbia County Land Records
Sheppard Hutchins 25 18s 22w 80 1855/03/01
Sheppard Hutchins 25 18s 22w 40 1855/03/01
Sheppard George W 22 19s 22w 0 1859/07/01
Sheppard George W 22 19s 22w 120 1859/07/01
Sheppard Hutchins 36 18s 22w 80 1859/07/01
Sheppard Hutchins 25 18s 22w 40 1906/06/08

Samuel, son of Hutchins Shepherd, married Sarah Diana Atchley in Hopkins County. He is NOT our Dave. George W is the son of Hutchins.

Check David K Shepherd of Carroll County, Arkansas, 1860. Wife Edith/Ada [Oliver] in Missouri with kids in Missouri in 1870. This David married Susan and lived in Missouri.

Census:
Precinct 8
SHEPPERD, Dave S head 6/1857 42 AR m. 12 yrs.
Texana wife 11/1866 33 TX 8/7 children
Rebecca dau 8/1887 12 TX
Arminta dau 7/1889 10 TX
Mary E. dau 6/1891 8 TX
Rachel dau 1/1893 7 TX
Nettie dau 11/1894 5 TX
William D. son 3/1898 2 TX
Annie B. dau 11/1899 6/12 TX
TUCKER, Ruth mil 2/1834 66 GA
GODFREY, Eliza aunt 1/1822 78 GA

Census:
Precinct 5, near Davilla
Shepard, David head 52 AR m. 20 yrs.
Texana wife 42 TX 11/10 children
Lizzie dau 19 TX
Nettie dau 15 TX
Willie son 13 TX
Annie B. dau 11 TX
Narris dau 9 TX
Eula dau 6 TX
Jessie son 4 TX

Census:
Precinct 5, near Davilla, Cameron and Davilla Road
Shepherd, D.S. W head 65 AR
Texana wife 56 TX
William D. son 22 TX
Narcissa dau 18 TX
Eula May dau 15 TX
Jessie son 14 TX
Raymond E. son 9 TX

Census:
Precinct 5
SHEPHERD, Dave S head M 74 AR AR AR
Texana wife F 64 TX LA GA
Jesse son M 22 TX AR TX
Eula dau F 24
Raymond son M 18

David married Texanna TUCKER on 2 Oct 1887 in , Lee, Texas, USA. Texanna (daughter of William M TUCKER and Ruth JOINES) was born on 10 Nov 1866 in , Lee, Texas, USA; died on 12 Sep 1956 in Belton, Bell, Texas, USA; was buried on 13 Sep 1956 in Davilla, Milam, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 29 May 1956, , Bell, Texas, USA; County Hone
• death certificate: 13 Sep 1956; Mrs Jesse Shepherd

Notes:

Mamaw says her name was not Tucker but Joines. I know her mother's name was Tucker when she died and was Joines before she married Tucker. It is possible she was married to a Joines before she married the Tucker. Census records usually record step-children as such and with their father's surname. If Ruthie married a Joines first, she would have married before the 1850 census on which she is shown to be 15 years of age. Girls did not normally marry that early in that time period. [Now that I've had several years to study this family, I realize that Mamaw was getting Ruthie and Texaanna confused. She knew that Ruthie's name was Joines but didn't realize that was her maiden name.]

Texanna died a month after I was born, her great-great-grandchild. Dad carried Mamaw, Mom and me to see her just before she died. He says that's when he realized he needed a camera. He bought Mom an old Brownie and got himself an 8 mil movie camera. I wish he had bought them before we visited.

Residence:
County Home Records - Bell County, Texas
Name: Mrs. Texana SHEPPARD
Age: 91
Date Entering Home: May 29, 1956
From or Near What Place: Holland, Texas
Relative or Friends: J. T. SHEPPARD son, Phone Bob GRAY 280F3-Holland, Texas
Address: Holland, Texas Route 2
Left the Home:
Date of Death: Sept. 12, 1956
Remarks: Policy with James L. COLEMAN-Cameron, Texas-Burns Funeral Home-Cameron, Texas
Original Record book page #: 56

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1840, , , Arkansas, USA
• Occupation: 1 Sep 1846, Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA; teamster
• Census: 16 Sep 1850, , Bastrop, Texas, USA; pg 170, f/d #184/197
• Military: Between 24 Mar 1862 and 26 Aug 1863, , , Texas, USA; Co. K, 17th Rgt., Texas Volunteer Inf., CSA
• Census: 9 Jul 1870, , Atascosa, Texas, USA; pg 31 (188B), d/f #232

Notes:

The 1850 Census gives his age as 37 (1813), the 1870 as 50 (1820).

ATASCOSA County Texas
Survey Blk Grantee Leag Section Abs
MARY HOLDER M. HOLDER 106 423

Born in Kentucky, reared in Alabama. After parents death, moved to Arkansas with brother Jack. Jack died there and William drifted south to Bastrop, TX. enlists as a teamster at Port Lavaca Sep 1, 1846. Discharged Nov 1, 1846 in San Antonio, TX because of illness.
He is described as dark complexion, black eyes and black hair on his Soldier's Discharge. The honorable discharge is dated 8/16/1863 and is signed by S.T. Risler, 2nd Lt. Comp. C, 17th Regt. Tx Vol Inft. and Saul J.P. McDomell, Capt. Co. K Comd. Regt. in Camp Tx, La. The discharge is as a result of the recommendation of the Medical Board. In lieu of cash, he was provided clothing and transportation to Bastrop, Texas.
Look at Atascosa County History p. 225.

Occupation:
for two months

Census:

HOLDER William 37 M . Farmer 450 KY
HOLDER Polly 22 F . . . TX
HOLDER Elizabeth 2 F . . . TX
HOLDER Mary M 5/12 F . . . TX

Census:
Precinct 1, Pleasanton PO
Holder, William 50 m w Farmer IL
Mary 40 f w Keeping House TX
Eliza A. 18 f w At Home TX
William A. 16 m w At Home TX
John W. 14 m w At Home TX
Pryor F. 10 m w TX
Martha E. 8 f w TX
Alice B. 6 f w TX
Texanna 3 f w TX
Sarah J. 9/12 f w TX
This is indexed under Hilder.

William married Mary BLACK on 23 Feb 1847 in , , Texas, USA. Mary (daughter of Joseph BLACK) was born in Mar 1832 in , Matagorda, Texas, USA; died on 9 Apr 1919 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 10 Apr 1919 in Leming, Atascosa, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Polly Black
• death certificate: J H Holder of San Jose, Texas
• Property: 1879, , Atascosa, Texas, USA; 137.75 acres
• Census: 19 Jun 1880, , Atascosa, Texas, USA; ED 3, pg 17 (298A)
• Residence: 1899, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; 1231 N. Olive St.
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; ED 101, pg 19B
• Pension: 6 Jul 1903, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; ED 62, pg 4B

Notes:

Mary filed for a pension dated 4/4/1903. She states that she is 71 years old, lives in Bexar County, Texas and that William died 12/23/1872. She says they were married on 2/23/1847. She is crippled and cannot work. The application is signed Mrs. Mary Holder and is witnessed by Peter L. Watkins and W. A. Holder. Pension #9667.
The 1900 census indicates that Mary had 10 children and 7 are living but the 1910 says 8 are living; Mary M and Eliza A have died?

Property:
County: Atascosa
Abstract Number: 423
District/Class: Bexar Preemption
File Number: 513
Original Grantee: Mary Holder
Patentee: Mary Holder
Title Date:
Patent Date: 03 Feb 1879
Patent No: 323
Patent Vol: 8
Certificate:
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 137.75
Adj Acres:
Remarks:

Census:
District 3
Mary HOLDER Self W Female W 45 TX Keeps House NC NC
John HOLDER Son S Male W 22 TX Farmer TX TX
Pryor HOLDER Son S Male W 20 TX Farmer TX TX
Alice HOLDER Dau S Female W 16 TX TX TX
Texana HOLDER Dau S Female W 12 TX TX TX
Ida HOLDER Dau S Female W 10 TX TX TX
Christian TERRY Sis W Female W 80 MO NC NC
Mary KENARD Dau W Female W 29 TX At Home TX TX
James KENARD GSon S Male W 12 TX Works On Farm TX TX
Jane J. KENARD GDau S Female W 10 TX TX TX
Aaron KENARD GSon S Male W 7 TX TX TX

Census:
Ward 6, 216 Milam Street
Ellen Poteet Head F 38 Mar 1862 Texas 3/2 children
Albert Poteet Son M 18 Mar 1882 Texas
Lottie Harrison Dau F 21 Jan 1879 Texas 2/2 children
Vernon Harrison G-son M 2 Sep 1897 Texas
Vera Harrison G-dau F 1 Nov 1898 Texas
Mary Holder Mother F 68 Mar 1832 Tennessee 10/7 children
Ida Holder Sister F 26 Oct 1873 Texas
Ellen, Lottie and Mary are all widowed. Ellen is a dressmaker, Ida is a seamstress and Albert is a day laborer.

Census:
Ward 8, 46 Parker Avenue
Mary Holder Head F 78 Texas 10/8 children
Ida Holder Dau F 39 Texas
John Holder Son M 54 Texas
Lallie Holder G-dau F 14 Texas
John is a housebuilding carpenter. Mary is widowed, John and Ida are single.

married Laura BARNES about 1872. Laura (daughter of Jonas BARNES and Mary ???) was born on 8 Sep 1855 in , , Texas, USA; died on 20 Jan 1910 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 21 Jan 1910 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; ED 2, pg 5 (40A)

Notes:

Census:

Mary Steven ?tab?Self ?tab?F ?tab?52 ?tab?Mississippi
Laura Jobes ?tab?Dau ?tab?F ?tab?24 ?tab?Texas
Ella Steven ?tab?Dau ?tab?F ?tab?16 ?tab?Texas
Sara Jobes ?tab?G-dau ?tab?F ?tab? 7 ?tab?Texas

Other Events:

• Census: 10 Jun 1880, , Lee, Texas, USA; ED 91, pg 21 (11A)

Notes:

Wm Thomas' death cert says father born Mississippi.
Are his parents William F and Delilah Tucker of Marion County, Alabama? William F has a son named Thomas and a daughter named Jincey Jane. See 1850 Marion County, pg 117A, image #52, last line. There is a Thomas Tucker, age 66 on this page and a George Tucker, age 106. But William and Delilah don't seem to be old enough - they're 37 and 36, the younger William is 21.
Yay! I think I've added three more generations here!

(Research):Washington Co, TX Marriage Records
Tucker, William M. Joines, Ruth Vol 2 Page 190 Jun/15/1863
Johnson, Thomas Joines, Tracy M. 2 124 Jan 28 1861

Census:
Precinct 1
Wm Tucker Self M 50 Alabama AL AL
Rach A Tucker Wife F 43 Georgia GA GA
Thomas Tucker Son M 15 Texas
Texas Tucker Dau F 13 Texas
Louisa Tucker Dau F 9 Texas
Jenney Tucker Dau F 5 Texas
1880 was the first census to include newly formed Lee County. It's parent counties are Bastrop, Burleson, and Washington. This is the only record I have for William besides the marriage to Ruthie.

William married Ruth JOINES on 15 Jun 1863 in Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA. Ruth (daughter of James JOINES and Rebecca ???) was born on 12 Feb 1834 in , , Georgia, USA; died on 1 Apr 1919 in , Milam, Texas, USA; was buried on 2 Apr 1919 in Davilla, Milam, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Rach A Joines
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, , Bastrop, Texas, USA; ED 13, pg 8
• Census: 1910, , Milam, Texas, USA; ED 65, pg 36A

Notes:

I don't know why she is listed as Rach A on the 1880 census; she's Ruth, Ruthy or Ruthie everywhere else. Until someone shows me some proof that her name is Rachel, I'll stick to Ruth.

(Research):Mamaw said her name was Louisa and the third daughter is Anita. She said the girls' name was Joines and that her great Grandma Joines married Tucker after Grandpa Joines died. Tommy Tucker was a stepbrother to the girls.

Census:
Precinct 8
SHEPPERD, Dave S head 6/1857 42 AR
Texana wife 11/1866 33 TX
Rebecca dau 8/1887 12 TX
Arminta dau 7/1889 10 TX
Mary E. dau 6/1891 8 TX
Rachel dau 1/1893 7 TX
Nettie dau 11/1894 5 TX
William D. son 3/1898 2 TX
Annie B. dau 11/1899 6/12 TX
TUCKER, Ruth mil 2/1834 66 GA
GODFREY, Eliza aunt 1/1822 78 GA

Census:
Precinct 5, household 92
Emmitt Holder Head M 19 Texas
Minnie Holder Wife F 19 Texas
Lillian Holder Dau F 1 Texas
Ruthie Tucker G-mother F 74 Georgia