Augustus Frazier POOVEY b. 20 Oct 1853 Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, USA d. 12 May 1938 , Dallas, Texas, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1853 - 1938 (84 years)

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Name	Augustus Frazier POOVEY [1, 2]
Born	20 Oct 1853	Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, USA [3, 4]
Gender	Male
Census	1900	, Dallas, Texas, USA
Census	1930	, Dallas, Texas, USA
Name	Gus Poovey
Died	12 May 1938	, Dallas, Texas, USA [1]
Buried	12 May 1938	Pleasant Valley, Dallas, Texas, USA
Obituary	13 May 1938	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Dallas Morning News
County Pioneer Dies; Leaves 86 Descendants Leaving eighty-six living descendants, A F (Uncle Gus) Poovey, 84, Pleasant Valley community pioneer, died Thursday at a local hospital after a short illness. He moved to Pleasant Valley in 1873 from York County, South Carolina, his birthplace. Ten years ago Mr Poovey retired from farming. In 1874 he married Miss Mary Ann Newman, who died in 1927. Surviving are three sons, B F Poovey, W H Poovey and N E Poovey; four daughters, Mrs R H Clark, Mrs P H Pelton, Mrs Bryant Poore and Mrs W C Scoggins, all of Garland, and forty grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at Pleasant Valley Methodist Church at 3 pm Friday. Burial will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Person ID	I6887	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	9 Jul 2016

Father	David POOVEY, b. 15 Nov 1815, , Burke, North Carolina, USA , d. 7 Aug 1873, , , South Carolina, USA (Age 57 years)
Mother	Christian Lucretia MCCALLUM, b. 15 Feb 1818, Comrie, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom , d. 8 Sep 1900, Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
Married	24 Oct 1839	, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
Family ID	F2207	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Ann NEWMAN, b. 10 Apr 1858, , , Texas, USA , d. 17 Nov 1928, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 70 years)

Married 8 Nov 1874 , Dallas, Texas, USA [5]

Children

	1. Senorah POOVEY, b. 18 Aug 1875, Pleasant Valley, Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 30 Jan 1959, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)
	2. Cara Belle POOVEY, b. 26 Feb 1877, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 22 Jun 1967, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 90 years)
	3. Duncan Frazier POOVEY, b. 4 Dec 1878, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 28 Feb 1950, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 71 years)
	4. George Lafette POOVEY, b. 10 Apr 1881, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 14 Jun 1882, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 1 years)
	5. Infant POOVEY, b. 24 Feb 1884, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 19 Mar 1884, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 0 years)
	6. Ida Ethel POOVEY, b. Jul 1885, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. Deceased
	7. David A POOVEY, b. Oct 1889, , , Texas, USA , d. Dec 1918, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age ~ 29 years)
	8. William H POOVEY, b. Sep 1891, Liberty Grove, Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 4 Jun 1975, Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA (Age ~ 83 years)
	9. Nolan Everrt POOVEY, b. 1 Dec 1894, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 30 Jan 1979, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 84 years)
	10. Lucretia POOVEY, b. Aug 1897, , , Texas, USA , d. Deceased
	11. Ruth POOVEY, b. 15 Dec 1897, , Dallas, Texas, USA , d. 16 Mar 1992, , Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 94 years)

Last Modified 9 Jul 2016

Family ID F2866 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Misc. Obituaries from various Dallas County Newspapers
Most from Garland News
6-25-1915 Harmon Newman died... Born at Alabama on 5-27-1832, he came to Tx in 1856, married Miss Emmaline McDaniel in 1857..She died in 1878. She is survived by 9 chldren, 2 preceded her in death. The 9 are: 6 daughters Mrs... M.C. Raney, Gus Poovey, Ernest McCallum, Dave Compton, Lum Weaver and Obe McCallum and 3 sons, Dr. G.W. Newman, J.D. Newman and Sam Newman.

5-12-1938 Gus Poovey buried at Pleasant Valley..born at Rock Hill,York Co SC. He married Miss Mary Ann Newman in 1874. She died in 1927. Survivors are 3 sons: D.F. W.H. N.E. and 4 daughters : Mrs. D.H. Pelton, Mrs. Bryant Poore, Mrs. W.C. Scoggins and Mrs. R.H. Clark.

Poovey, Augustus F.
Augustus Frazier & Mary Ann Newman Poovey
Augustus Frazier "Gus" Poovey was born October 21, 1853 in York County, South Carolina. Gus was too young to serve during the Civil War, so it was his job to protect the family horses from the Yankee soldiers who would ride through the communities in an effort to exchange their tired and sick horses. Gus would hide out with the family's horses for a week at a time when he was only eight years old. He came to Texas with his mother, Lucretia, and sisters after the war had ended. They came to Jefferson, Texas by river boat in the summer of 1871 where they were met by Lucretia's sons Duncan and Robert Poovey.
"On the trip to Jefferson, Lucretia was quite shaken when a river boat slave slipped overboard and was eaten by an alligator. She was scared for weeks." Ruth Poovey Poore.
Several wagon loads were required to move the family to a rural area near Henderson. Gus stayed here with his family for while. Then Gus decided it was time to saddle up his horse a take off for a visit with his McCallum cousins at a place called Pleasant Valley. Here he stayed with his uncle, Peter McCallum, who helped him get a start at farming and doing some carpenter work.
While living with his uncle, Gus met and married Mary Ann Newman. Mary Ann was the daughter of Harmon and Emeline McDaniel Newman. Harmon Newman was one of the earliest pioneers to settle at Pleasant Valley. Gus and Mary Ann were wed in the home of Harmon and Emeline Newman on November 18, 1874.
Several of those on the guest list included Peter and Violet Ann Wallace McCallum; Thomas Jackson and Sarah Compton McClain, along with Langdon C. McCallum and his new bride Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Foote. Minister Oliver Parker of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church conducted the ceremony.
Prior to their marriage, Gus had erected a little log cabin close to Mary Ann's parents. Their first two children, Senorah and Carah Bell Poovey, were born in this modest little cabin.
Gus and Mary Ann built a house at the old Liberty community sometime around 1878. They lived here until all the children were grown and married. Then they built another house just a short distance away.
This grand old house has a porch that completely encircles the front and sides. And now after 120 years, that old house still sits near the intersection of present day Yeager and Liberty Grove Road. It was in this same house that they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary back in 1924. (Note: story writen in 1998. Neither the house nor Yeager Road exist in 2005.)
Parents of Gus Poovey were David and Christian Lucretia McCallum Poovey. David Poovey was born November 15, 1815 at Burk County, North Carolina. Parents of David Poovey were Mathias and Polly Herman Poovey. Mathias was born around 1785 in Germany.
Parents of Lucretia McCallum Poovey were Duncan and Catherine McNeil McCallum. Duncan was born April 22, 1784 at Perthshire, Scotland, and Catherine was born March 15, 1789 in Perthshire, Scotland. Lucretia, born February 15, 1815 was also a native of Perthshire, Scotland.
Lucretia became a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Pine Grove (Henderson, Texas) during 1871. And according to her obituary, she remained faithful until her death which occurred September 8, 1900. She is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery. See biography on W. A. J. McCallum for more details.
Augustus Frazier and Mary Ann Newman Poovey had ten children. They were namely, Senorah who married Frank Garrison, then Hedge Clark; Carah Belle who married Pard Pelton; Duncan Frazier who married Sumpter Pendergras (Uncle Dunk and Aunt Sump); infant George Lafette; infant Perley; Ida Ethel who married William Conley Scoggins; David Alexander who married Irene Adams; William H; who married Lillian Mae Cameron; Nolan Evert who married Bessie Elma Knight, and Ruthie Lucretia Poovey who married Bryant H. Poore.
Augustus Frazier and Mary Ann Poovey were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pleasant Valley. Their names are recorded on the earliest records of that church. Mary Ann lived until November 17, 1928, and Gus lived until May 12, 1938. Both are buried in Pleasant Valley's pioneer cemetery. According to their grandson, A T Poovey, "They left a legacy of love and honor."
Augustus F. and Mary Ann Poovey
50th Wedding Anniversary, 1924
Back Row, Left to Right: 1. Frank Sperling; 2. Chester Kirby; 3. Clarence Scoggins; 4. Leslie Garrison; 5. William C Scoggins, Sr holding Horace Fay; 6. Roy Garrison holding Harold; 7. Bill Poovey holding William Bryant; 8. Pard Pelton; 9. Bud Poovey; 10. Nolan Poovey; 11. Horace Pelton; 12. Hedge Clark; 13.Oscar Scoggins; 14.Jess Malone; 15 Dub Scoggins, Jr; 16. Bryant Poore; 17. Luther Poore (Bryant's brother); 18. Ray Bozeman.
4th Row, L to R: 1. Jack Henrie; 2. Edith Scoggins Henrie holding Billy Jack; 3. Belle Pelton Wells holding Howard; 4. Bessie knight Poovey; 5. Allie Garrison; 6. Ruth Poovey Poore; 7. Senorah Poovey Garrison Clark; 8.Carah Belle Poovey Pelton; 9. Ethel Poovey Scoggins; 10. Marie Poovey; 11.Mae Cameron Poovey holding Louise; 12. Oscar Merritt.
3rd Row, L to R: 1. Child unknown; 2. Irene Poovey; 3. Carrel Poovey being held by his mother; 4. Rennie Poovey Bozeman holding Dorothy Rae; 5. Ida Poovey Malone holding Bonnie; 6. Nan Poovey Garrison (Aunt Nan) sister of Gus; 7. Augustus Frazier Poovey; 8. Mary Ann Newman Poovey; 9. Clemmie Knight Garrison; 10. Nora Pelton Sperling; 11. Maxie Poovey Kirby; 12. Della Fay Bozeman Scoggins; 13. Beatrice Pelton Merritt.
2nd Row, L to R: 1.Vera Poovey; 2.Theo Pelton; 3.Clera Poovey; 4.Louise Scoggins; 5. Homer Scoggins; 6 Howard Scoggins; 7.Woodrow Scoggins; 8.Troy Scoggins; 9. Buck Poovey; 10. Bryant Poore, Jr; 11. A. T. Poovey; 12. A. J. Poore; 13. J. L. Garrison.
Front Row: 1.Vera Poovey; 2.Lawrence Poore; 3.Oneta Poovey; 4 Ray Scoggins; 5. LaVoyce Garrison; 6.Junita Garrison; 7.Virginia Poovey; 8.George Malone 9.Unknown; 10.Alexander Poovey.
By Jim Foster

Sources

[S228] Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dallas, TX, A F Poovey.
[S45] 1860 York, SC, pg 417B.
Agustus Poovey
[S45] 1860 York, SC, pg 417B.
age 7, South Carolina
[S228] Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dallas, TX, A F Poovey.
20 Oct 1853
[S767] Obituary, Garland News?, 28 Nov 1928, Mary Ann Poovey.
8 Nov 1874