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1.5.5.1A.2B.3. Elizabeth H. Worsham b abt 1815 AL md Pleasant S. Gilbert 24 Sep 1833 Washington Co., AL. Pleasant was b 1799 & was a Physician in Gilbertown, Choctaw Co., AL 1850-60. Pleasant had previously been md as their first three children were b between 1828 & 1830. Gilbert children by first marriage: O. B. Gilbert should be Orlanus B. Gilbert; Plotinus Gilbert instead of Balomas according to Peggy Morphew, 1999.
1.5.5A.2B.4.3. James
Albert Worsham b 5 Jun 1817 Washington Co, AL md.
Maria Grimes
(pictured) 2 
Jul 1844 Washington Co, AL. She was born 11 Jun 1823 and
died 24 May 1912 Hopkins Co., TX. Maria Grimes was
the d/o Wm. S. & Ashe Page Grimes. (USGENWEB by Christine Grimes Thacker,
2001, Grimes Marriages in Alabama 1820-1934) According
to Pioneers of Hopkins Co., TX: "James and his wife came to Texas in 1853
with a company consisting of more than 100 families from Alabama and Virginia
and settled near Elysian Fields in Harrison and Panola Counties. James served
during the Civil War in the Confederacy under General Magruder as a private in
Company D of the First Cavalry, Texas State Troops, from August, 1863, until
February, 1864. In the late fall following the Civil War, James and his wife
sold their farm in Panola Co. and headed for Hunt Co., where they planned to buy
a black land cotton fram. Maria was traveling ahead with their daughters in a
buggy. James and the boys followed in a wagon loaded with their household
furnishings. They camped on Rock Creek near Col Weaver's place when an early
snow fell. He invited them to move into his empty slave quarters until the
weather cleared. While waiting for better weather, they decided that Hopkins Co.
would be a good place to settle, so they bought property which was later known
as the Peck Place. They later bought a farm in the Union community and also a
place in the Gafford Chapel area."
Picture from "Cousins By The Dozens" by Billie Neal Anderson II and edited by Marynell Bryant, 1982
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1.5.5A.2B.4.3. Mary Elizabeth Worsham
born 16 Nov 1846 Washington Co, 
AL
was the daughter of James Albert Worsham and Maria Grimes. Mary's first husband,
shown with her in picture to left, was Wade Hampton Anderson born 7
Mar 1844 Elysian Fields, Harrison Co., TX. He served the Confederacy with
Terrell's regiment of the 34th Texas Cavalry. The photograph on the right
is Mary E. Worsham & her second husband William Lindley Gafford
with her granddaughter, Bennie Anderson.
Pictures from "Cousins by the Dozens, The Story of the Andersons", by Billie Neal Anderson II, edited by Marynell Anderson Bryant, Sep 20, 1982 Sulphur Springs, TX, Echo Pub. Co, p 45
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1.5.5A.2B.4.3. Albert Worsham change to Albert Abner Worsham. Laura Knight Worsham d. 1944. (Pat Regan, 2001) Update children information:
1.5.5A.2B.4.3.4. Louis Welton Worsham b Mar 1877 TX.
1.5.5A.2B.4.3.4.1 Welton Worsham b abt 1914 Harris Co., TX md. 1st) Ruth Genell Schulze abt. 1940 of Bee Co, TX. Ruth b. 31 Jan 1919 & d. 1 Mar 1993 Welton md 2nd) Lillie M. Sobotik 24 Sep 1994 Refugio, TX. Ruth’s children: Bruce David Worsham, John Louis Worsham, Gary Wayne Worsham.