Origins of the Cleary Family Name - Ireland
Components of the Coat of Arms - The Shield is: Three green nettle
leaves on a gold background.
Dianne's Mother's line
Descendants of William Cleary
Generation No. 1
WILLIAM1 CLEARY was born 1800 in South Carolina. He married (2) MATILDA
Abt 1848 in Murray, Georgia. She was born 1828 in Georgia.
Children of WILLIAM CLEARY are:
- PERRY G.2 CLEARY.
- WILLIAM E. CLEARY, b. 1835, South Carolina.
- CAROLINE CLEARY, b. December 29, 1840, South Carolina; d. August
30,
1898, Texas.
- LENOIR CLEARY, b. 1844, South Carolina.
Children of WILLIAM CLEARY and MATILDA are:
- GEORGE W.2 CLEARY, b. 1850, Columbia, Arkansas.
- ELIZA P. CLEARY, b. 1852, Columbia, Arkansas.
- EDWARD F. CLEARY, b. 1854, Columbia, Arkansas.
- MARY CLEARY, b. 1857, Columbia, Arkansas.
- SARAH CLEARY, b. 1858, Columbia, Arkansas.
Generation No. 2
PERRY G.2 CLEARY (WILLIAM1) Child of PERRY G. CLEARY is:
- THOMAS ERVIN3 CLEARY.
CAROLINE2 CLEARY (WILLIAM1) was born December 29, 1840 in South Carolina,
and died August 30, 1898 in Texas. She married (1) WILLIAM JEFFRIES February 11,
1857 in Columbia County, Arkansas, son of GAINOR JEFFRIES and MARY ARMSTRONG. He
was born 1834, and died in Civil War. She married (2) JOHN M.
GOTCHER October
02, 1866 in Coryell, Texas, son of WILLIAM GOTCHER and
MARY BOX. He was born
March 15, 1832 in Alabama, and died November 04, 1916 in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Texas.
Children of CAROLINE CLEARY and WILLIAM JEFFRIES are:
- JOHN THOMAS3 JEFFRIES, b. 1858.
- RICHARD GAINER JEFFRIES, b. January 15, 1861.
Children of CAROLINE CLEARY and JOHN GOTCHER are:
- RUTH ANN3 GOTCHER, b. July 15, 1867, Coryel Co., Texas; d. November 17,
1942, Carlton, Hamilton, Texas.
- MARTHA JANE GOTCHER, b. March 21, 1869, Coryel Co., Texas; m. H.
ROBERT
ARMSTRONG, February 28, 1886, Comanche, Texas; b. Abt 1868.
- JOSIAH S. GOTCHER, b. August 03, 1870, Coryell, Texas; d. 1945, Carlton,
Hamilton, Texas; m. ANNIS T. SPARKS, August 01, 1995, Comanche, Texas; b. Abt
1870.
- FRANCIS LENORA GOTCHER, b. March 25, 1872, Texas.
- GEORGE W. GOTCHER, b. March 02, 1874, Coryell Co., Texas; d. March 15,
1956; m. (1) EVA REDWINE, November 05, 1899,Comanche, Texas; b. Abt 1875; m.
(2) LILLIE IRENE LEDBETTER,
August 16, 1902; b. Aft. 1875.
- ADAR PARLEE GOTCHER, b. December 07, 1876, Texas; d. December 27, 1891.
- SARAH M. GOTCHER, b. September 13, 1878, Coryell Co.,Texas; m. DOVE EATON,
December 27, 1896, Comanche, Texas; b. Abt 1875.
- ROBERT N. GOTCHER, b. July 07, 1881, Comanche Co., Texas; d. 1925; m. EDNA
TRIBBLE, Aft. 1897; b. Abt 1881.
Generation No. 3
THOMAS ERVIN3 CLEARY (PERRY G.2, WILLIAM1) Child of THOMAS ERVIN CLEARY is:
- JOE GRADY4 CLEARY.
RUTH ANN3 GOTCHER (CAROLINE2 CLEARY, WILLIAM1) was born July 15, 1867 in
Coryel Co., Texas, and died November 17, 1942 in Carlton, Hamilton, Texas. She
married BENJAMIN LEWIS SMITH 1885 in Carlton, Hamilton, Texas, son of LEWIS
SMITH and MALVINA PARKER. He was born February 14, 1862 in Searcy, White,
Arkansas, and died February 08, 1952 in Carlton, Hamilton, Texas. Children of RUTH GOTCHER and BENJAMIN SMITH are:
- SMITH4, b. ERATH, Texas.
- NORA EVALINA SMITH, b. March 26, 1886, ERATH, Texas; d. December 26, 1971;
m. BENJAMIN AARON MADDOX.
- LELA ANN SMITH, b. November 29, 1887, Near, Carlton, ERATH, Texas; d. April
13, 1978, Corsicana, Texas; m. CLINTON DEWITT RICHBOURG, July 31, 1906, Carlton,
Hamilton, Texas; b. November 08,1885, Near, Carlton, ERATH, Texas; d. October
15, 1976, Corsicana, Texas.
- MODA RUTH SMITH, b. December 12, 1890, ERATH, Texas; d. October10, 1963; m.
ANDREW B. "DOC" FINLEY, July 03, 1910.
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