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Elizabeth, Waco; and Lesa Inez, Waco.
8. Edgar Anthony (1904-1961), married
Jennie Ruth Martin. Their children are
Kenneth, married Sandra Sears and is Assis-
tant District Attorney in Dallas; Billy Ruth,
married Edward Chapman and lives in Waco.
9. Travis Martin (Dick) (May 31, 1913),
married Helen Ruth McMillan, worked for
the City of Clifton and is now a retired
farmer. He lives on the farm at Fairview and
is a member of the Baptist church there.
Their children are Beverly Ruth, and Sheila
Lynn.
10. Pearl Lorraine (1917), married B.
Echold (deceased); she lives in Houston. Her
children are Nelda, Linda, and Debbie.
Tomsey died at Cayote, Bosque County.
Reese continued farming and living in var-
ious places until the children married; he
then lived with them until his death in Waco.
by Dick BlassingameBLASSINGAME, TRAVIS
MARTIN "DICK"
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Travis M. (Dick) and Helen Blassingame
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Beverly B. Snider
Travis Martin "Dick" Blassingame was
born at Mosheim, near Valley Mills in Bosque
County in 1913. He was the son of Reese
Hambley Blassingame and Tomsey (John-40
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Sheila B. Howard
son) Blassingame. He went to school
Cayote, Lane's Chapel, and Valley Mills.
grew up on the family farm. In 1937
married Helen Ruth McMillan. Helen w
the daughter of James Ananis McMillan a
Iva Pearl (Bearden) McMillan. She was bc
in 1919 at Fairview, Bosque County, whi
she attended Merrival (Fairview) School.
Helen worked at Walls Manufacturi
Company from 1957 until 1962. She retire
from Clifton Mercantile Company, where s
had been employed 20 years. Helen h
written the Fairview Community News m
than 40 years for the Clifton Record, and
the Valley Mills Tribune a total of six yea
A plant lover and craftswoman, she a
enjoys cooking and sews most of her cloth
Though retired, she is called upon often
help at Walls Outlet Store in Clifton.
Dick, being a farm lad, always liked fish
and hunting, and he loves the land. He enj(
playing dominoes. He is a past employee
the City of Clifton, a carpenter, and n
enjoys being retired. His mother passed aw
at Cayote when he was twelve years old, a
he learned to take care of himself. Today,
always, he helps in the home.
In 1943, a daughter, Beverly Ruth, w
born to this marriage. In 1947, a seco
daughter, Sheila Lynn, joined the fami
Both were born at the Goodall-Witch
Hospital in Clifton.
Beverly married Douglas Finstad of C]
ton in 1959, in the Fairview Baptist Chur
She continued her schooling and graduate
in 1960 from Clifton High School, finishi
a year before her class. Their son, Ba
Travis Finstad, was born in 1960 at I
Goodall-Witcher Hospital. He attend
school at Jack and Jill in Waco, Hewitt Hi
School, Longview, and graduated from G
dewater High School in 1979. He was atte
ing Kilgore Junior College at the time of
death in 1981, after a battle with cancer.]
is buried in Clifton Cemetery.
Their son Michael Brent Finstad was b(
in 1965, also in the Goodall-Witcher Hos
tal. He attended school at Waco a
Longview, and he is nowa senior studentKemper Military School and College in
Boonville, Missouri. He plans to attend law
school. He is a member of the band and has
been promoted to Cadet Corporal.
Beverly, a Baylor University graduate and
a realtor, married Elliott Snider in 1978.
They own and operate an airport in
Longview.
Sheila Lynn graduated from Clifton High
School in 1964. She attended McLennan
Community College, worked as a secretary,
and is now employed at First Federal Savings
and Loan in Hewitt. She enjoys sewing and
working in her yard. She married Jerry
Howard in 1965 in the Fairview Baptist
Church. He is a Clifton High School graduate
and has a degree from Texas A & M
University in architectural engineering. They
live in Hewitt, where Jerry is fire chief. He
is employed as Chief Estimator for Central
Texas Iron Works in Waco.
Sheila and Jerry have three children.
Robin Ruth was born in 1966 in Dallas. She
is a junior at Midway High School. Bradley
Arthur Howard was born in 1969 in Dallas
and is in the ninth grade at Midway School.
He is active in all sports and is Hewitt
residents "lawn mower boy." Rhonda Lynn
was born in 1970 in Dallas and is in the
seventh grade at Midway.
at The family are all active members of the
He Woodway First Baptist Church, where Robin
he is a member of the choir. That group enjoyed
as a week's trip to California in the summer of
nd 1983.
)rn Travis and Helen still live on their farm in
ere the Fairview community and are active
members of the Fairview Baptist Church.
ng
ed by Helen Blassingame
she
has
ore BLUE FAMILY
for F111
.rs.
lso The Blue family is of Dutch origin, having
es. migrated to the area that is now West
to Virginia in the mid 1700's. From Virginia;
they went to Tennessee, Alabama, and
ing Arkansas.
oys Moses Henry Blue (born 1792) arrived in
of Henderson County, Texas, in the 1840's, and
ow later moved to Palo Pinto County, Texas. He
ay married Julia Ann Phillips (born 1812). Both
nd are buried in Palo Pinto County.
as Moses and Julia Blue were the parents of
two sons: (1) Moses F., born in 1847, in
vas Arkansas, died in Palo Pinto County, Texas,
nd and (2) Winfield Scott, born in 1850 in Texas,
ily. died in 1938 in Iredell, Texas. He first
her married Nancy Jane Reasoner, and later
married Symantha Gibson.
lif- Winfield Scott Blue and Nancy Jane
ch. Reasoner were married in 1871 in Palo Pinto
ed County. They moved to Hico, Texas, in 1904,
ng and to Iredell in 1906. They were the parents
rry of five children: (1) Moses F., born 1872, died
the 1889, near Gordon Texas; (2) Annie Caroline,
led born 1874, near Gordon, Texas, married
gh George Elder; (3) Louis L., born 1876 at
la- Gordon, Texas, died 1962, married Fannie
nd- Pierce, buried Riverside Cemetery, Iredell,
his Texas; (4) Jesse Milt, born 1878, married
He Nora Masalety; (5) Nancy Jane, born 1880,
married Jim Follswell.
orn Nancy Jane (Reasoner) Blue died 1880,
pi- and is buried in Palo Pinto County, Blue
nd Flats Cemetery.
at In 1880, Winfield Scott Blue again
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