Finders Keepers, Volume 11, Number 1, Winter 2013 Page: 2
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Looking Back ...
This new year has brought a new editor for
Finders Keepers. Since this is a publication about
Johnson County genealogy, I thought I would
share a little about my own family.
I'm not a native of Johnson County, and I
haven't lived here all of my life. Until I moved
back to Cleburne at the start of this century, I
had lived only one-eighth of my life here, at
scattered intervals. However, my ancestors first
moved here from Kentucky before the Civil
War. They, too, moved away and back again.
But this was the place much of my father's
family called home for more than a century and
a half.
My great-great-great-grandparents, William
Moody and Jane McMillin, came to Texas in a
covered wagon in the late 1850s. They didn't
travel alone. They were accompanied by their
five children and their families, as well as
neighbors (and possibly other relatives) from
Monroe Co., Ky., and the surrounding area.
Their only son, John W. Moody, was married to
Eleanor Valentia Martin. At the time of their
journey here John and Eleanor had four
children: three sons (Joseph J., Archibald R. and
William J.) and one daughter, Sarah Jane.
Sallie was my great-grandmother. I never
knew her, but one of my favorite family stories is
about her. She was 8 years old when they
moved, and she always told her grandchildren
that she walked every step of the way from
Kentucky to Texas.
She married Joel Nixon Wimberly, from
Alabama, in 1884. They had three children.
There were two boys (one died in infancy) and
my grandmother, Mary Eleanor Wimberly
(named for her two grandmothers). Both sons
are buried in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery with
their parents. My grandmother, who married
John F. Buckner in 1916, is buried in Rosehill
Cemetery alongside her husband, their daughter
and two of their four sons. My own father,
Arthur Robert Buckner, grew up in Cleburneand lived here off and on as an adult until
health problems acquired during the Korean
Conflict forced him to move out west.
I know a lot about the Moodys and the
Wimberlys for three reasons. When I was young
I asked my grandmother about them. And, my
aunt devoted her genealogical research to those
two families. But, perhaps most important is
that my Grandmother Buckner never threw
anything away!
She either inherited this trait - or learned it -
from her mother. My great-grandmother also
apparently never threw anything away. One
round-top trunk was filled with poetry she had
clipped from newspapers and magazines. My
father's sister, Marietta, was also inclined to
keep everything that came her way. She threw
away the poetry - but only after she sorted
through it to make sure there was nothing
mixed in that pertained to the family (there
wasn't). She did save one poem (that's a kind of
interesting story that I might share some day - if
I run out of better topics).
I have inherited all those boxes of letters,
postcards, clippings, photos and other
memorabilia. And I haven't thrown any of them
away either - at least, not yet!
We have great plans for the magazine, and
hope you will enjoy this issue and future ones.
We also hope to hear from you, not only about
corrections and changes you would like to see
made, but also any suggestions you might have
for topics we should cover.
We would especially appreciate contributions
from you about your own genealogical research.
As long as it pertains to Johnson County, we are
interested in publishing it. Please write or email
us using the guidelines for contributions printed
on p. 33.
Wishing everyone a very productive
genealogical year,
Marsha Buckner
editor2
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Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.). Finders Keepers, Volume 11, Number 1, Winter 2013, periodical, March 2013; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth613771/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Johnson County Genealogical Society.