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tion. Silas and Ola James Lipscomb were the parents
of Lalla, married Leonard Tucker, Charles M., married
Edna Sullivan, and George Jr., married Mary Lee
Cain.
Olga Lipscomb Wright, left a widow shortly before
her last child was born, supported her family by
teaching school and boarding students who attended
Quitman School from outlying communities. She
taught in the Greenville public schools and also taught
22 years in Quitman. Born in 1877, Olga Wright lived
to celebrate her 90th birthday.
The children of Olga. L. and A. G. Wright were
Oliver, Pauline, and Alonzo G. Wright, Jr.
WILLIAM SEWARD LITTLE first came to
Mineola in 1889. He was a son of Eli S. and Abbie Van
Gelder Little, born in Steuben County, New York, 16
November 1859. Later the family moved to Christian
County, Illinois, where Eli Little farmed and worked as
a carpenter.
In the 1880's. William Seward Little and his
brother, Eugene, were employed by a railway company
and, in 1889, were transfered to Mineola. On 1 May
1890, W. S. Little married Valula Virginia Power of
Mineola. The Little family made their home in
Mineola, except for time spent in Floyd County where
they had acquired several sections of land.
William Seward Little bought 150 acres of land in
Wood County and was engaged primarily in farming.
He and Valula Power Little were the parents of ten
children:
Herbert Horace, married (1) Gussie Iler; (2) Ola
B. Pritchett
Thomas Edsal, married (1) Birdie Harp; (2)
Lillian M. Jennings
Sarah Frances, married Edwin Burford Haley
William Carl, married Daisy Pearl Williams
Wilbur Younger, died in infancy
Mary Alice, married Eugene Mallory
Margaret Eleanor, married Emerson Leroy
Barnett
Lula, married C. B. (Bertrand) Holbrook
William Seward, Jr., died in infancy
Ruth Power, married Fred C. Darnell
William Seward Little was buried in Floydada,
Texas. Valula V. Power Little was buried in Roselawn
Memorial Gardens near Mineola.
Source: Bettye Little PayneHIRAM YOUNG LIVELY settled in Wood Coun-
ty 1852. He was born to Philip and Susan Young Lively
22 November 1829 in Monroe County, Virginia. Philip
Lively taught school in the vicinity of Nacogdoches in
1839 but died in 1840.
In 1852, H. Y. Lively purchased 80 acres of land 4
miles east of Quitman on the Big Glade and built a
house. This same year he married Delilah Roberts,
daughter of Stephen G. and Lucretia Roberts. Eight
children were born to this marriage. They were:
Irena, did not marry
Susan, did not marry
Mary, married Hack Dean
John J., no information
Stephen Philip, no information
Theresa, married John Range
Nannie, married -- McCain
Delilah Roberts Lively died in 1872. In 1873,
Hiram married Abbie Williams, who died in 1894. In
1895, he married Mrs. Fannie Rhodes Walton.
From 1862 until 1865, H. Y. Lively served as Coun-
ty Commissioner of Precinct Number 3. He was re-
elected after the war but refused to take the oath of of-
fice demanded by the military government. In 1868, he
was ordained a Baptist minister and held a number of
pastorates. Reverend Lively moved to Dallas County in
1881 and purchased 150 acres of land near Mesquite.
Delilah Roberts Lively was buried in the Lively
Family Cemetery.
Source: Ona Wood
M. S. (SMITH) LONG and his family moved to
the Stagner Community in Wood County in the late
1890's. He was born 2 November 1860 in Upshur Coun-
ty. He married LaVerna Cumbie born 2 July 1872 in
Upshur County. They were the parents of four
children, Maude, Clyde, Bonnie, and Guy Long.
Smith Long's father, M. S. Long, Sr., came to
Upshur County at an early date. It was at his home
that the Enon Baptist Church of Upshur County was
organized 13 May 1848. Peter Gunstream and J. D. J.
Davis, who lived in an area west of the church site,
which later became Wood County, were among the
charter members of this church.
Smith Long's early-day neighbors in the Stagner
Community were the John Stagner family, W. A.
McIntosh, J. A. Carlisle, Vance, Bartlett, LaForce,
Collins, and Robbins families.Source: Mrs. Bonnie Long Carroll
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