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 1811 - 1904 (92 years)
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| Name |
Elbert Early |
| Prefix |
Colonel |
| Born |
04 Dec 1811 |
Christian County, Kentucky  |
| Gender |
Male |
| ELECTED |
Feb 1844 |
Lamar County, Texas |
| Sheriff |
| Died |
20 Apr 1904 |
Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma Indian Territory |
- Obituary:
The Dallas Morning News
22 Apr 4 1904
Ladonia, Texas Col. Elbert Early, the last of Capt. Jas. Bourland's company of volunteers of 1841, died at Durant, Indian Territory, and was buried here yesterday. He was 92 years, 4 months, and 17 days old.
Colonel Early was one of the people present when Capt. John Denton was killed by the Indians.
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| Buried |
21 Apr 1904 |
Ladonia Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas |
| Notes |
- Col. Elbert Early & Mary Ann Dent Early
Elbert Early was born in Christian County, Kentucky on Dec. 4, 1811. He married Mary Ann Dent on May 23,1837 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. The family moved to the Republic of Texas, Red River County, on Nov. 21, 1839. Elbert and Mary Anne Early were among the first settlers at Fort Lyday. Elbert Early and James Bourland were business partners in Mississippi and Tennessee. They came to the Republic of Texas in 1839 and purchased land grants in Lamar County. The Fannin County line later cut through the middle of Elbert Early`s property which was also close to Hunt County on the south. In 1841, Early was a lieutenant in the Texas Rangers. He and Bourland were both involved in the 1841 skirmish on Village Creek. In 1844, Early was the second Sheriff of Lamar County. In 1861, as a Fannin County delegate to the Texas Secession convention in Austin, he voted to secede. At least two sons and a son in-law served in the Confederacy. He was a founder of Cumberland Presbyterian Churches in Ladonia and Dial. Elbert Early and his wife Mary Anne Dent had eleven children, all born in Texas. Elbert died on April 20, 1904. He and his wife are both buried in the Ladonia Cemetery. Mary Early Dishner and Honey Sue Lanham Dodge are descendants of Elbert Early.
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| Person ID |
I59 |
Root Tree |
| Last Modified |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Family |
Mary Ann Dent, b. 04 Apr 1824, South Carolina , d. 24 May 1897, Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
23 May 1837 |
Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi |
| Children |
| + | 1. Emmaline Catherine Early, b. 27 Jun 1840, Lamar County, Texas , d. 18 Feb 1929, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas (Age 88 years) |
| | 2. Helen Jane Early, b. 1842, Texas , d. 1842, Texas (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Matthias John Bourland Early, b. 12 Apr 1844, Texas , d. 21 Aug 1896, Texas (Age 52 years) |
| | 4. Seldon Yound Early, b. @1846, Texas |
| + | 5. Samuel Corley Early, b. May 1848, Texas |
| + | 6. Elbert Manion Early, b. 27 Mar 1850, Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas , d. 26 Mar 1901 (Age 50 years) |
| + | 7. William Dent Early, b. 08 Sep 1851, Fannin County, Texas , d. 18 Mar 1941, Irving, Dallas County, Texas (Age 89 years) |
| + | 8. Doctor Luther Washington Early, b. 1854, Fannin County, Texas , d. 31 Jan 1923, Phoenix Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 69 years) |
| | 9. Louis Simeon Early, b. 1857, Fannin County, Texas , d. 1940 (Age 83 years) |
| + | 10. Mary Helen Early, b. Sep 1860, Fannin County, Texas , d. 30 Jun 1953, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age ~ 92 years) |
| + | 11. Jefferson Davis Early, Senior, b. Jun 1862, Texas , d. 21 Jul 1938, Tulsa County, Oklahoma (Age ~ 76 years) |
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| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2011 |
| Family ID |
F21 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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