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in Alabama, settled in the eastern part of Wood Coun-
ty, north of present day Hawkins, in 1852. His first wife
was a Miss Raynor, his second was a Glenn. Mabry
farmed and is said to have been the first to float cotton
down the Sabine River using a poled raft. He is said to
have transported cotton to Sabine Pass in this manner,
where it was sold to freighters awaiting cargo. Mabry is
reputed to have been so frugal that he would not pay
for passage home; instead, he would walk and catch
rides when possible, carrying his money belt filled with
gold.
He and his first wife had three children. The oldest
was Amanda, who married Oscar Moody. Another
daughter married a Wells.
Joel Mabry also owned and operated a water run
sawmill. He owned several slaves, and was an agent in
procuring slaves for other people. Some of his neighbors
were the Glenns, Wells, Staplers, Wilbornes and
Shamburgers. Mabry died in 1882 and was buried in
the Haney Cemetery.
CHARLES B. MALONE, born in North Carolina
in 1823, married Harriet E. Burford, born 1828 in Butts
County, Georgia, came to Wood County before 1868
and settled in the Oak Grove Community. The
Malones were farmers, as were most of the people who
came to the county at that time. They were the parents
of 6 children:
John Henry, born 1844 in Georgia; married
Emily Ann Osbourn
Sarah E., married James Anderson Callaway,
Jr.
Nancy Baldwin
Mary
Susan
Sam, born 4 January 1867; received his medical
degree from Tulane University; died 27
February 1892, buried at Ebenezer Cemetery
Charles B. Malone died in 1889; Harriet Malone,
in 1911. Both were buried in Ebenezer Cemetery.
J. B. MANSELL, born 1815 in Tennessee, came to
the Pine Mills area in 1851. He and his wife Eliza
settled northeast of the present center of the com-
munity. Their nearest neighbor was Will Jordan who
came with them from Tennessee. The Mansell's
nearest post office was Quitman, but in 1886, a post of-
fice was established at Speer, a nearby community.A son of the Mansells, S. R., enlisted in the
Confederate Army, in Company B, 10th TexasCavalry. A daughter married Calvin Rutledge; another
married J. K. P. Davis. A son married Fannie Reed,
daughter of Jesse and Julia Reed, early settlers of the
county.
Source: Wood County Democrat, 1908 Edition
RICHARD J. MANSELL came to Wood County
with his family in the 1870's. He was born 2 May 1820
in Tennessee and was married first to Sallie Addison.
After her death he married Sarah Margaret Addison, a
cousin of his first wife.
The Mansell family settled in the Mount Pisgah
Community and engaged in farming. They also owned
and operated a cotton gin powered by mules and ran a
store at their home.
The following children were born to the Richard
Mansell family: Mary, Martha E., James H., Margaret
A., Wade B., Laura, John W., Sarah Savannah, Burl
J., Henry M., Richard J., Jr., Emma B., Florence V.,
Walter B., Sarah V., Grace and Exa.
Mary F., born in 1851, married Poke Davis. Wade
B., born in 1859, married (1) Carrie Olivia Wells; (2)
Beulah Ray. Children by his first marriage were Annie
Laura, Carrie O. and Chester. Those by his second wife
were Wade Manning, Ann and Mabel.
Chester T. Mansell married (1) Cora Estelle
Smith; (2) Thelma Ray Dunahoe. Carrie Olivia
married Henry Climer. Ann married Emmett
Hazelwood, and Mable married Arthur W. Osburn.
Source: Chester Thompson Mansell
W. MONROE McCARRELL was born in
Springville, Wood County in 1847. This area became a
part of Rains County in 1870 and the community was
called Emory.
McCarrell moved to the southern part of the coun-
ty about 10 miles east of present Mineola prior to 1870.
He was twice married. His first wife was Martha E.
Jaco, by whom he had two children, Lizzie, who
married George Ewing, and Andrew, who married
Carrie Block. After the death of his first wife, he
married Martha Elizabeth Jones. The family moved tothe Redland Community where on 1 April 1879, a
daughter, Viola Jane, was born.114
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