Name: James Starkey
Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1896
Spouse: Eva Sewell
Marriage County: Coke
Marriage State: Texas
Source: Texas Marriages, 1814-1909
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data:

I think that there is a connection to Thomas Jefferson Starkey born in Alabama who settled in Runnels county, perhaps his brother was James Starkey's father or a cousin ?

Miss M A [Madora Ann] Sewell married L H Spencer 23 Jan 1895 Coke County
D. N.[Dempsey Neal] Sewell married Dora Augusta Mitchel 24 Aug 1900 Coke County

1900, JP 2, Coke, Texas
William Henry Sewell Sept 1851 TN married in 1876 mother born TN
Martha Jane BALDWIN Sewell June 1857 AR bore 4 children 4 were living nee Baldwin
Dempsey N Sewell Sept 1878 AR son - Dempsey Neal Sewell born 03 Sep 1878 registered WW I Draft in Torrance, NM
Alton Z Sewell Sept 1891 TX son - Alton Zedach Sewell born 07 Sept 1891 TX registered WW I Draft in Lynn Co TX

Lewis/Louis H Spencer Feb 1872 TX AL AL married in 1895
Madora Annie SEWELL Spencer 17 Feb 1876/1877 Searcy White Co AR bore 3 children reported by family trees died 20 July 1947 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co
Maggie Spencer Dec 1895
Mamie M Spencer Sept 1897
Willie U Spencer Mar 1900 dtr

1910 JP 5, Lynn, Texas - 1920 McIntosh, Torrance, NM
Dempsey N "Swall" 1880 AR AR AR - born 3 Sept 1878 died Aug 1967 Estancia, Torrance, NM
"Sara" Dora 1880 TX AR TX
Judson 1902
Oliver 1903 - Oliver T Sewell 22 Nov 1902 died 30 Aug 1989 SS issued NM before 1951
Ales Lee/Asylee 1905 dtr
Genwy/Geneva 1906 dtr
Lenneso Sewell 1913 TX
Alton Sewell 1892 brother 1910 household

1920, McIntosh, Torrance, NM - 1930 Pct 3, Lynn, TX
Alton Sewell 1892 TX - Alton Zadock Sewell born 07 Sept 1891 TX resided in Lynn co when he died 28 Jan 1959 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co buried in Lubbock, W H Sewell father, Martha "Balden" mother
Dee K Sewell 1893 TX wife - Katie Dee Lemond Sewell
Jewel Sewell 1913 TX not in 1930 household
John H Sewell 1915 TX

1910 & 1920 McIntosh, Torrance, NM
Louis H Spencer 1871 TX TX LA
Madora Anna Spencer age misread as 24 AR TN AR
Maggie L 1894 TX
Mamie M 1898 TX
Willie W 1900 TX dtr
Lona E 1905 TX dtr
Vernon 1917 NM

Albuquerque Journal, 7 Feb 2009
SPENCER -- Lewis Vernon Spencer went home to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. He will be missed by his family and friends. He was born to Lewis Henry and Annie (Sewell) Spencer on August 31, 1917. He was born in the Estancia Valley. His father, Lewis, was so excited he had a boy after four daughters that he announced "The King of the Valley is born". He helped his father on the farm.

He married Dorothy Brown in 1935, and to this union was one son, Walter Spencer, three daughters, Shirley, Margaret and Irene Spencer. Dorothy died in 1940.

On May 24, 1942, he married Lucille Timmons. To this Union, was born one more son, Don Spencer, two daughters, Janet Nelle and Karen Spencer. After a fifteen year drought on the farm, he moved the family to Albuquerque in 1951.
Vern worked at ICX Trucking Company for nearly 30 years before he retired in 1982. He was a racing enthusiast, and raced at the old Speedway Park. He loved watching NASCAR racing on TV. He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Margaret Spencer, Mamie (Spencer) Maxwell, Willie (Spencer) Miller, and Lona (Spencer) Kellogg; two nephews, Miller Maxwell and Gene Miller; two nieces, Willie Mae (Maxwell) Maiden and Patsy (Miller) Rawson; three daughters, Shirley Spencer, Janet Nelle Spencer and Margaret (Spencer) DeMoss. He is survived by his wife of over 65 years, Lucille Timmons Spencer; two sons, Walter Spencer and wife, Dot of Moriarty and Don Spencer and wife, Adele of Plano, TX; two daughters, Irene Spencer Thein of Issaquah, WA and Karen Spencer of Albuquerque; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren; many cousins and friends. Service will be held Monday, January 28, 2008, 10:00 a.m., at Heights First Church of the Nazarene, 8400 Paseo del Norte, NE. Interment will be at Estancia Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, January 27, 2008, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at French Mortuary, Lomas Blvd. Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his memory to UNM Cancer Center Research, 900 Camino de Salud, NE, MSC 084630, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001. French Mortuary, Inc. 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE 505.275.3500. www.frenchmortuary.com

1870, Clay, White, AR
W C Baldwin 1817 AL
Margaret C Baldwin 1825 MS
Israel S Baldwin 1850 TN
Thains/Thaddeus C Baldwin 1853 AR
Andrew D Baldwin 1855 AR
Martha J Baldwin 1857 AR
Georgia A Baldwin 1860 AR
Josephene Baldwin 1868 AR

1860 Mountain, Van Buren AR
William C Baldwin 43 1817 AL
Margaret E Baldwin 37 1823 MS
Robert F Baldwin 17 1843 MS
Israel T Baldwin 10 1850 TN
Thaddeus C Baldwin 8 1852 AR
Andrew D Baldwin 6 1854 AR
Martha J Baldwin 4 1856 AR
Georgian Baldwin 4/12 1860 AR

Amanda Starkey did not marry in Coke county. Coke county established 13 Mar 1889, West Central Texas, one county west of Runnels county. Here is link to Texas county map for genealogy. http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/txmap.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txcoke/

Dora Avous Breedlove born 17 Dec 1900 Texas died in Lubbock 14 May 1969, father J H Pettit mother Amanda Starkey.

1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Runnels, Texas; Roll: T623_1667 Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 128.
I H Pettitt Jan 1869 TX AL TX married in 1893
Amana L Pettitt Aug 1873 TX MS TX bore 4 children
Andy Z Pettitt June 1894
William E Pettitt Dec 1895
Ollie Pettitt Nov 1897 dtr
Herbert Glen Pettit 22 March 1899 died in Humboldt Co CA 26 July 1989
Winnie O Pettit, male, born 01 Feb 1907 TX died 05 Apr 1992 Orange Co CA, mother Starkey

James Stanley 25 - Starkey June 1875 TX bro in law married in 1896 born 09 Jan 1875 died 27 July 1942 San Bernardino
Eva J SEWELL Stanley 18 Nov 1880 TX AR AR died in San Bernardino Co CA 26 July 1966 mother was a Baldwin
James Cecil/Cecil James Stanley June 1897 TX
Mattie E Stanley Sept 1899 TX
Ora L Starkey 1901 TX dtr
"Gaves" Gertrude Starkey 1905 dtr
Herman E Starkey 1908
Eunice Mae Starkey 1909 TX
Ima Loreta 1913 TX
Velma 1915 TX

Pettit's removed to Lubbock by 1910, John H Pettit indicated was married but Amanda is not with him and children, Robert L Pettit born abt 1909. J H Pettit then married a Mamie born 1888 Texas.

Finding Starkey's fitting ages to be father of James and Amanda born in Alabama not Mississippi and this one couple in Kosse in 1880 newly married.

1880, Kosse, Limestone, Texas - 1900 Thornton Town, Limestone, Texas
J W Starkey 1858 AL AL AL married - "Jim" Starkey born AL 1857 father/mother AL married in 1880
M J Starkey 1862 MS AL GA wife - Martha Starkey born MS Aug 1861
Ella June 1882 - Ella Elizabeth Starkey Black born 27 June 1881 died in Amarillo, Potter Co 07 July 1937, father James A Starkey mother Martha Hill
Nana June 1885
William Jan 1888
John July 1890
Alimo Feb 1892
Clinton June 1894
Bryant Nov 1895
Charley Oct 1898

1860; Census Place: Division 1, Jackson, Alabama; Roll: M653_11; Page: 457; Image: 460.
John Starkie 40 1820 GA
Susan M Starkie 35 1825 AL
Sarah E Starkie 16 1844 AL
Nancy J Starkie 13 1847 AL
Margaret C Starkie 12 1848 AL
Andrew J Starkie 5 1855 AL
James W Starkie 4 1856 AL
Chitnipa N Starkie 1 1859 AL female

1860 Township 3 Range 7 East Jackson AL
Jesse Starkey 1804 TN
Mary Starkey 1815 TN
Mary Jane Starkey 1837 AL
Nancy Starkey 1844 AL
Rhoda Starkey 1846 AL
James Starkey 1848 AL
Thomas Starkey 1850 AL
Sarah Starkey 1854 AL


T J Starkey born 27 Mar 1852 Alabama per death certificate died 07 Sept 1930 Ballinger, Runnels Co, father G W Starkey of AL, Miss Tommie Starkey, informant. T J was in Runnels county in 1880 census listed as Starkie, son Vachal Starkie born 1876 dtr Lucy 1874 Fanny 1875 and Robert 1878, Berry ? 1879.

Tom J Starkey reappears in Ballinger in 1910. Thomas Jefferson Starkey was in San Marcos, Hays Co in 1900 with wife Hester M Cunningham who died 05 Feb 1926 in Ballinger, dtr of W H Cunningham, born in Texas 03 Jan 1854

Ruby Orell Starkey Caskey born 1895 died 23 Mar 1975 in Kerrville, Kerr county, dtr of Thomas Jefferson Starkey and Hester M Cunningham.

Burnice Mary Starkey McKay born Texas 08 Jan 1878 died Los Angeles 26 Nov 1951 mother Cunningham
Lula Eva Starkey 08 Aug 1884 Texas 08 Mar 1959 Los Angeles mother Cunningham
Tommie Rae Starkey born Texas 15 Apr 1886 died in Los Angeles 18 Nov 1956 mother Cunningham

Published family trees says Thomas Jefferson Starkey was son of Jesse Starkey and Mary/Polly Price. Siblings James Knox "Polk" Starkey 1848 Jackson AL died 1894 in Lampasas county, married Mary Jane Sublett. Rhoda Starkey 1846 Jackson AL - 1877 Hill Co TX, married James W Bolton.

Minnie Belle Starkey Hick 10 Mar 1872 Lampasas Co died 08 Mar 1964 Merkel, Taylor Co, Texas father James K Starkey, mother Mary Jane Sublett. 1880 census says she was born in Alabama, only child in 1880 census.

Two trees show James Starkey born 09 Jan 1875 in Kosse, Limestone Co to be son of Jeff Starkey, mother unknown, married Eva Josephine Sewell. "Walden Family Tree" and "Spencer Family Tree"

James Starkey, no middle name, born 9 Jan 1875 registered WW I Draft in Torrance, NM.

Texas death certificates 1890 - 1976 and census records
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