Life History

Notes

• "[Name lost in typesetting of original printed article] ... born 1827, Louisiana and married first, Nancy (maiden name unknown), born South Carolina. Their children, all born in Cass County, Texas, were David, Laura, George, John and Robert.  His second marriage was to Frances Elizabeth Christian in 1877.  They had six children and he disappeared in 1889."
  --  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971, p 9G
  
  Francis Elizabeth Christian
  Birth abt 1855 in Texas, Death Unknown
  Spouse Kiper Posey (no data)
  Daughter Louisa Elizabeth Posey b 1880
  --  Lemley-Funston, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19818372/person/893050963
  
  Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
  Francis E Christian
  Gender Female
  Spouse George K. Posey
  Marriage 5 Jul 1877 Cass County, Texas
  
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  MRS. G. FUNSTEN Bilbrey, Rt. 2, 824 N. 5th, Frederick, Okla. 73542, is re …[missing wording here in the original published story; George H Posey], born 1827, Louisiana and married first, Nancy (maiden name unknown) [Allen], born South Carolina. Their children, all born in Cass County, Texas, were David, Laura, George, John and Robert.  [Records report also Thomas and James, born between David and Laura.]  His second marriage was to Frances Elizabeth Christian in 1877.  They had six children and he disappeared in 1889.
  
  The Christians [sic] children included Joseph Benjamin, Frances Elizabeth, Lucinda and Emily, all born in Cass County between 1854 and 1862.  Joseph Benjamin married Catherine Smith; Lucinda, Larkin Dycus; and Emily, Jason Forsyth.
  
  Their mother, Louisa, married a second time, J. S. Jenkins, March 7, 1872, and had one son, Henry.  After her death in 1900, Joseph Benjamin Christian sold the family farm to Lonzo Hicks.  Family tradition states that there is a lineage connection to the Hensley family but this has not been proven.
  
  --  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971, p 9G
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  Frances and George's first two children, Joseph and Louisa, were enumerated in their houehold in teh 1880 cnsus.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, page 17 (scan 128A), Hse/Family #143
  Posey, G K 51 W M Farmer Cannot read or write LA GA LA
  Posey, Fannie W F 26 Wife Keeping House TX TX MS
  Posey, Laura 17 W F Dau Single Farming TX LA SC
  Posey, David W M 25 Son Single Farming TX LA SC
  Posey, George W M 15 Son Single Farming TX LA SC
  Posey, John W M 13 Son Single Farming TX LA SC
  Posey, Robert W M 7 Son Single Farming TX LA SC
  Posey, Joseph W M 2 Son Single Farming TX LA SC [Texas]
  Posey, Louisa W F 3mos b March 1880 Dau TX LA SC [Texas]
  
  Since George (G K) Posey married Fannie (Frances Elizabeth) Christian in 1877, the last two children enumerated here are Fannie's children.  The enumerator erred in reported the birth state of their mother the same as for the older children.  Fannie Christian was born, as correctly reported here on her record, in Texas, not South Carolina, as Nancy Allen, George's first wife.
  
  In 1910, Frances was enumerated under the name of Fanny Poesy [Posey] in her daughter's household in Wichita County, Texas.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Wichita County, Texas, 6 May, Justice Precinct 3, District 233, page 11A, Hse/Fam #148
  Funston, Lawson H Head M W 33 Married 13 yrs TX KY IL Paper Hanger Owns
  Funston, Lizzie [Louisa Elizabeth] Wife F W 27 Married 13 yrs 5 children/4 living TX Unknown Unknown
  Funston, Gladys M Dau F W 12 Single TX TX TX
  Funston, Clara Dau F W 8 Single TX TX TX
  Funston, Eveline Dau F W 2 Single TX TX TX
  Funston, Baby Dau F W 2mos Single TX TX TX
  Poesy [Posey], Fanny Mother-in-law F W 55 Widow 6 children/4 living TX TN MS
  
  I found a city directory record from 1923 that appears to be our Frances E Christian, in Denver, Colorado.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1923, p 1799
  Posey Frances E (wid Geo K) r 3111 Vallejo
  
  But if this was the same Fannie Posey in Denver, she was back in Wichita County, Texas, when she died just a few years later.
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Certificate #42207
  Frances Posey
  Death 19 Aug 1930 Wichita County
  
  Texas Death Certificates
  Frances Posey
  Age 76 years, 1 month, 12 days
  Birth 7 July 1854 Texas, USA
  Widowed, Occupation Housewife
  Residence 1503 Seventeenth St, resident of Wichita Falls for 22 years
  Father Given Name Unknown Christian, birthplace unknown
  Mother Given Name Unknown Taylor, birthplace unknown
  Informant Mrs H L Funston, Wichita Falls, Texas
  Death 19 August 1930 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA
  Cause of Death Myocarditis chronic for 3 years, no contirbutory causes
  Burial 22 August 1930 in Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, by Albert's Funeral Home, Wichita Falls
  Certificate #42207 filed 22 August 1930
  
  Frances E Posey
  BIRTH 7 Jul 1854
  DEATH 19 Aug 1930 (aged 76)
  BURIAL Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, Block 5, spc 063
  Created by ProgBase 26 September 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 59263854, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59263854

Sources

• 1. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1923, p 1799
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, page 17 (scan 128A), Hse/Family #143
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Wichita County, Texas
  • 6 May, Justice Precinct 3, District 233, page 11A, Hse/Fam #148
• 4. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
  • Certificate #42207
• 7. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
• 8. Cass Male Marriage Index 1847-2002
  • Book 4, Page 199
• 9. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • Lemley-Funston, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19818372/person/893050963
• 11. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 12. Ancestry Trees
  • Vychopen Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2507356/person/1610844684
• 13. 1900 Federal Census, Bexar County, Texas
  • 2 June, San Antonio, District 99, page 3B, 811 Ave C, Hse #60, Fam #70
• 14. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014