Joseph L. Richerson was born on January 30, 1876, near Moody, Texas. While he was still a young lad, his father, William Richerson, moved to Granfills Gap, Texas, where Joe and his brother and three sisters grew up.
In 1900 he married Evie Ellington, whose parents lived on a farm at Boggy Creek, a small community near the Gap. His father gave each son a farm.
Joe traded his for a farm nears Pottsville. Before moving there he became a father of two daughters, Anna Mae, who died in infancy. and Hallie. After moving to Pottsville, another daughter was born, Alma.
Another move came along to Hamilton, Texas. He and Evie had another daughter, Nettie. Evie passed away in 1911. Joe kept the family together alone for several years.
He hired a man to work most of the land andhe worked the land that was nearest the house. He made a little set to fit across the plow and took Alma and Nettie with him on the plow. Hallie was in school.
He took the girls to church and Sunday School on Sunday morning. Sunday night he would read to them from a book called "Aunt Charlotte's Bible Stores". They would sing sacred songs. The favorite was "At The Cross".
He married a widow, Mrs. Effie Cooper. To that union another daughter was born, Hazel.
All the girls grew up in Hamilton. They are Mrs. Jim (Hallie) Smethers of Odessa; Mrs. Henry (Alma) McClintock of Granbury; Mrs. Tony (Nettie) Carlos of Pasadena; and Mrs. Erwin (Hazel) Beal of Coppell, Texas.
After all the girls were married, Joe sold the farm and moved to Fort worth, where he managed a parking lot in Fort Worth until he was 87 years of age. Then he retired to his hobby of gardening and yard work. He had a stroke at 98 and was in a nursing home until his death on April 10, 1976, at the age of one hundred years and four months.
He lived to know and play with some of his great-great-grandchildren.
(An article written by J H McClintock in A History of Hamilton County, Texas 1979 Hamilton Co Historical Commission Hamilton Tx -- Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas)
In 1900 he married Evie Ellington, whose parents lived on a farm at Boggy Creek, a small community near the Gap. His father gave each son a farm.
Joe traded his for a farm nears Pottsville. Before moving there he became a father of two daughters, Anna Mae, who died in infancy. and Hallie. After moving to Pottsville, another daughter was born, Alma.
Another move came along to Hamilton, Texas. He and Evie had another daughter, Nettie. Evie passed away in 1911. Joe kept the family together alone for several years.
He hired a man to work most of the land andhe worked the land that was nearest the house. He made a little set to fit across the plow and took Alma and Nettie with him on the plow. Hallie was in school.
He took the girls to church and Sunday School on Sunday morning. Sunday night he would read to them from a book called "Aunt Charlotte's Bible Stores". They would sing sacred songs. The favorite was "At The Cross".
He married a widow, Mrs. Effie Cooper. To that union another daughter was born, Hazel.
All the girls grew up in Hamilton. They are Mrs. Jim (Hallie) Smethers of Odessa; Mrs. Henry (Alma) McClintock of Granbury; Mrs. Tony (Nettie) Carlos of Pasadena; and Mrs. Erwin (Hazel) Beal of Coppell, Texas.
After all the girls were married, Joe sold the farm and moved to Fort worth, where he managed a parking lot in Fort Worth until he was 87 years of age. Then he retired to his hobby of gardening and yard work. He had a stroke at 98 and was in a nursing home until his death on April 10, 1976, at the age of one hundred years and four months.
He lived to know and play with some of his great-great-grandchildren.
(An article written by J H McClintock in A History of Hamilton County, Texas 1979 Hamilton Co Historical Commission Hamilton Tx -- Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas)
Joseph L. Richerson was born on January 30, 1876, near Moody, Texas. While he was still a young lad, his father, William Richerson, moved to Granfills Gap, Texas, where Joe and his brother and three sisters grew up.
In 1900 he married Evie Ellington, whose parents lived on a farm at Boggy Creek, a small community near the Gap. His father gave each son a farm.
Joe traded his for a farm nears Pottsville. Before moving there he became a father of two daughters, Anna Mae, who died in infancy. and Hallie. After moving to Pottsville, another daughter was born, Alma.
Another move came along to Hamilton, Texas. He and Evie had another daughter, Nettie. Evie passed away in 1911. Joe kept the family together alone for several years.
He hired a man to work most of the land andhe worked the land that was nearest the house. He made a little set to fit across the plow and took Alma and Nettie with him on the plow. Hallie was in school.
He took the girls to church and Sunday School on Sunday morning. Sunday night he would read to them from a book called "Aunt Charlotte's Bible Stores". They would sing sacred songs. The favorite was "At The Cross".
He married a widow, Mrs. Effie Cooper. To that union another daughter was born, Hazel.
All the girls grew up in Hamilton. They are Mrs. Jim (Hallie) Smethers of Odessa; Mrs. Henry (Alma) McClintock of Granbury; Mrs. Tony (Nettie) Carlos of Pasadena; and Mrs. Erwin (Hazel) Beal of Coppell, Texas.
After all the girls were married, Joe sold the farm and moved to Fort worth, where he managed a parking lot in Fort Worth until he was 87 years of age. Then he retired to his hobby of gardening and yard work. He had a stroke at 98 and was in a nursing home until his death on April 10, 1976, at the age of one hundred years and four months.
He lived to know and play with some of his great-great-grandchildren.
(An article written by J H McClintock in A History of Hamilton County, Texas 1979 Hamilton Co Historical Commission Hamilton Tx -- Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas)
In 1900 he married Evie Ellington, whose parents lived on a farm at Boggy Creek, a small community near the Gap. His father gave each son a farm.
Joe traded his for a farm nears Pottsville. Before moving there he became a father of two daughters, Anna Mae, who died in infancy. and Hallie. After moving to Pottsville, another daughter was born, Alma.
Another move came along to Hamilton, Texas. He and Evie had another daughter, Nettie. Evie passed away in 1911. Joe kept the family together alone for several years.
He hired a man to work most of the land andhe worked the land that was nearest the house. He made a little set to fit across the plow and took Alma and Nettie with him on the plow. Hallie was in school.
He took the girls to church and Sunday School on Sunday morning. Sunday night he would read to them from a book called "Aunt Charlotte's Bible Stores". They would sing sacred songs. The favorite was "At The Cross".
He married a widow, Mrs. Effie Cooper. To that union another daughter was born, Hazel.
All the girls grew up in Hamilton. They are Mrs. Jim (Hallie) Smethers of Odessa; Mrs. Henry (Alma) McClintock of Granbury; Mrs. Tony (Nettie) Carlos of Pasadena; and Mrs. Erwin (Hazel) Beal of Coppell, Texas.
After all the girls were married, Joe sold the farm and moved to Fort worth, where he managed a parking lot in Fort Worth until he was 87 years of age. Then he retired to his hobby of gardening and yard work. He had a stroke at 98 and was in a nursing home until his death on April 10, 1976, at the age of one hundred years and four months.
He lived to know and play with some of his great-great-grandchildren.
(An article written by J H McClintock in A History of Hamilton County, Texas 1979 Hamilton Co Historical Commission Hamilton Tx -- Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas)
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