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Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= Texas Coastal Pioneers of Chambers County As Compliled in 1952 by Varuna Hartmann Lawrence Royal Pub. Co., Dallas, TX The Gulf Coast Pioneers of Texas Authentic Reports Gathered from Many Reliable Sources. (Many things cannot be verified as the old Record Book burned in the fire that destroyed the old Court House at Wallisville, then County seat of Chambers county 1875 or '76) Have talked with many of those who had lived in these bygone days, and in whose word there was no question, concerning the things given here. Varua Hartmann (Mrs. A. B.) Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [p. 56] ICETT: A family of that name was in the coastal part of Texas. There were two daughters, MARY and KATE. Three sons, WILLIE, HENRY and DAN. KATE married a man named ORIN (or OREN). MARY married GEORGE MALEY. WILLIE married ??. HENRY married ARMILDA GRIFFITH and DAN married a MISS WILLIAMS. ILFREY: Two brothers AUGUST and CHARLEY ILFREY came to Texas about the time the BUSCH family came from Holland and settled here. AUGUST married a MISS BUSCH, and CHARLEY married ANNIE HARRIS. CHARLEY had a general merchandise store and at times ANNIE’S brother helped in it, as CHARLEY was a cripple from a back injury in childhood. CHARLEY and ANNIE had three children; EMMA, HENRY and OSCAR. ANNIE’S father was a photographer of some note, but of course there were only tin-types then. After CHARLEY'S death the family moved to the young city of Houston to live. AUGUST and his wife had seven. children; FRANK, WILLIE, JOHNNIE, SARAH, BESSIE, EDDIE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [p. 57] and JOSIE. All grew_up and married. FRANK to a MISS SCHOVERLING WILLIE to MARY COOKE, JOHNNIE to CAROLINE LAWRENCE, BESSIE to MAGRUDER KELLY, EDDIE to ELLA McLEAN, SARAH to JIM CASEY and JOSIE to FRANCIS GIBBS. JOSIE had no children and married again after FRANCIS’ death. SARAH and JIM CASEY had three or four boys. JIM was drowned in the Galveston storm in 1900. WILLIE and his wife had six children; ERETTE, MATTIE MAY, WILLIE, FLORENCE, VIOLET and MYRTLE. JOHNNIE and his wife had four children; ILMA, LAWRENCE, LOLA and MARJORY. FLORENCE married CHARLES CARDIFF, had two sons, but know of no other children. FRANK and his wife had one son, and perhaps more children, I do not know. ERETTE married and had one son. MATTIE MAY married WILLIE WOODALL, and had one son. WOODALL died; she married JOHN KILGORE of Baytown. WILLIE, VIOLET and MYRTLE all married, but do not know who they were, nor if they had children. KILGORE: There came from Ireland to Texas some members of a family of this name along in the 1860s or thereabouts, They were ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [p. 58] JOE, CHARLEY and JOHN KILGORE, a sister MAGGIE. They left their parents and one sister (ELENA) in their Homeland. CHARLEY and JOHN never married. MAGGIE married JOHN BRUCE, they had one little daughter, then MAGGIE died. JOE had married MARY HARTMAN, and they took the little girl and reared her as their own. When the little red haired girl was about twelve years old, her father married again and took her to his new home to live. He engaged in the sawmill business for some time in Wallisville. JOE KILGORE and MARY his wife had fourteen children. One died in infancy, those living were WILLIE, EDDIE, ELMER, ELENA, HENRY, MAGGIE, EMMA, JOHN, CHARLES, MARVIN, ROBERTA, MATILDA and HARTMAN. EDDIE was lost in Galveston storm in 1900 with his wife and baby. CHARLES died a few years ago, left a wife but no children. WILLIE died in an accidental fall in a tank, while on the way to work, he left two grown children. All the others have families und descendents. DR. HARTMAN KILGORE is a well known physician of Houston, on whose clinic staff is his nephew (JOHN’S son) DR. MORRIS KILGORE. KINGSLEY: A man of this name and his wife and adopted daughter lived on Cedar Bayou many years as highly respected people. He was a clerk in CHARLEY ILFREY’S store for a number of years. His name was LYMAN KINGSLEY. They were a cultured and refined family, who moved away near the center of the State. KIPP: The KIPP family consisted of father, mother, one son and several daughters. JOHN and ALICE are the names remembered. All left Cedar Bayou and reside in Houston and nearby towns. Were all: staunch members of Masons and Eastern Star. ===============================================================================