James Harvey Gideon

First Generation
 
1.  James Harvey Gideon was born on 24 Dec 1813 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He died on 3 Oct 1881 in Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas.
 
1850- US census - Missouri - Taney Co, Swan
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1870 - US census - Caldwell Co, Texas - Lockhart
1880 - US census - Brown Co Texas - District Clerk
 
Sheriff of Brown County Texas
 
J. H. GIDEON was elected on December 2, 1873, and served until February 15, 1876. Contributed by Patsy in Brownwood at ikesis2@juno.com
“Ranchmen met in Brownwood with Sheriff J H Gideon, in March 1874, and demanded that he break up the Hardin gang. Gideon appointed Charles Webb as deputy sheriff with the special assignment of keeping watch on the Hardin crowd. Meantime, Hardin learned of the demands of the Brown county men on the Sheriff and boasted that he would not ease his activities.” (The Nice and Nasty in Brown County by Ruth Griffin Spence pg 28) Webb was shot by Hardin in May of 1974.
“In 1874 J H Gideon, Sheriff of Brown Co appointed Charles Webb as deputy sheriff to watch the Hardin Gang.” (Something about Brown, A History of Brown Co, TX by T R Havins, Banner Printing Co, Brownwood, TX pg 24)
Robbery was a common crime. Five times during September and October 1875, the stagecoach from Fort Worth was robbed between Brownwood and Comanche. (Something About Brown, A History of Brown County, Texas, b,y T R Havins, Banner Printing CO, Brownwood, TX pg 30)
Settlers were upset about him not quelling the rustling.
“The State of Texas, County of Brown: January 31, 1882, now on this day come on to be heard the application of Mrs H C Gideon for administration upon the Community Estate of J H Gideon, deceased and it appearing to the Court that Administration is necessary upon Said Estate, and that the Said Mrs H C Gideon is the Surviving wife of the Said J H Gideon Deceased and has filed in this court a good and Sufficient Bond as administrator of Said Estate in the Sum of two hundred and Seventy five dollars the amount as appraised by John J Ramey and W H Martin appraisers appointed by this court of Said Estate, which Bond is hereby approved by the court it is therefore ordered by the court that the Said Mrs H C Gideon have the management and control and disposal of Said Estate and that the Bond and Inventory be recorded. J Stewart Cleveland, County Judge” (page All 80 Court Archives Brown CO, TX)
“State of Texas, Brown County: Know all men by these presents that one Mrs Henrietta C Gideon as principal and John V Rankin and W N Adams as sureties are held and firmly bound unto the county Judge of Brown county Texas and his successors in office in the sum of two hundred and seventy five dollars for the payment of which said sum we bond ourselves our heirs and legal representatives. Conditioned that said Mrs Henrietta C Gideon shall well and truly administer the community estate of herself and her deceased husband James H Gideon and shall after the payment of all debts which the property is charged and liable for shall firstly pay over to the persons or persons entitled to receive the same one half of the remainder then this obligation to be null and void otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Witness our hands this the 31st day of January. A D 1882. Signed H Clay Gideon, John V Rankin, W N Adams approved J Stewart Cleveland. Co Judge. Filed and record Jan 31st 1882 and duly recorded February 3rd 1882 at 81/4 o’clock AM signed Henry Ford Co Clerk B Co by E B Lartigue, Deputy” (page N/181 Court Archives Brown Co, TX)
“State of Texas, Brown County: We Mrs Henrietta C Gideon surviving wife of James H Gideon dec’d and W H Martin and John J Ramey appraisers appointed by his Hon J S Cleveland, co Judge of Brown county Texas to make our an inventory and appraisement of the community estate of Mrs Henrietta C Gideon and her dec’d husband Jas H Gideon would respectfully submit the following inventory and appraisement as a full fain and complete inventory & appraisement of said community estate so far as the same has come to our knowledge to wit. A part of Block no 15 A in the town of Brownwood proper and improvements thereon valued at $270. Approved. Signed J Stewart Cleveland Co Judge.” (page A/181 Court Archives Brown Co, TX)
“State of Texas Brown County: Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority Mrs Henrietta C Gideon, W H Martin & John H Ramey who after being by me duly sworn on oath deposes and say that the foregoing inventory & appraisement is a full fain & complete inventory & appraisement of said community estate so far as the same has come to our knowledge. signed H Clay Gideon, John J Ramey, Wm H Martin. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the day of January AD 1882. Signed John W Goodwin Notary public Brown County Texas Filed for record Jany 311882 and duly recorded this 3rd day of February 1882 at 9 o’clock AM. Signed Henry Ford Co Clerk by E B Lartigue Deputy.” (page Ni 82 Court Archives Brown Co, TX)
 
Guns have been integral to Texas since its earliest days.
 
The birthplace of Colt firearms is Hartford, Conn. However, the company first gained prominence when Texas Rangers used Colt revolvers in their battles with the Comanche. A Colt 6-shooter called, “The Peacemaker” became the handgun of choice among citizens of the Western plains.
 
In 1870, legislation was passed banning the carrying of concealed handguns in Texas but the public did not widely follow the law until the 1880s. A letter written in 1876 by Brown County officials to the governor of Texas, Richard Coke, is an example of the gradual shift away from concealed handguns.
 
Having become thoroughly satisfied it is no longer necessary to allow the carrying of pistols in Brown County we respectfully ask a suspension of that law... Our county has settled very rapidly in the last few months and when lawless men are disarmed we will have no trouble enforcing law and order. Besides that, law-abiding citizens are more liable to commit crime when allowed to carry 6-shooters. With the assurance it will work no hardship on any citizen and in our judgment prevent the commission of crime...
 
James married (1) Lucinda Hays daughter of Ranson Hays and Jane Carpenter on 22 Mar 1832 in Tennessee. Lucinda was born about 1817 in Claiborne, Tennessee.
They had the following children:
 +2M      i.              Stokley D Gideon was born on 5 Mar 1833. He died after 1880.
 3M        ii.             William C Gideon was born in 1835 in Tennessee.
 +4M      iii.            Melissa Jane Gideon was born in 1837.
 5M        iv.           F M Gideon was born in 1839.
 6F          v.            Sophia Jane Gideon was born in 1841 in Missouri.
 7M        vi.           James Madison Gideon was born on 23 Aug 1843 in Tennessee.
He died on 25 Sep 1917.
James married Marie Sears. Marie was born on 20 Dec 1856. She died on 25 Sep 1917.
 8M        vii.          Burton A Gideon was born in 1846 in Missouri.
 9M        viii.         Lafayette H Gideon was born in 1848 in Missouri.
 10M      ix.           Frances Gideon was born in 1852 in Missouri.
 11M      x.            Charles H Gideon was born in 1854 in Missouri.
 12F        xi.           Hester E Gideon was born in 1854.

James married (2) Henrietta Clay Bassore daughter of Lemuel Gustin Bassore and Martha Henrietta Pleasants on 26 Oct 1867 in Arkansas. Henrietta was born on 25 May 1844 in Arkansas. She died on 17 Oct 1919.
 
In 1860 Henrietta Clay (Clay for short), at the age of 16 married Joseph Hall in Benton CO, Arkansas, and had a son named Herbert. It is unknown what happened to Joseph Hall but by 1867 she was married to James H Gideon, who was 31 years her senior and had children older than her. They moved to Texas after the Civil War and had 2 daughters. James Gideon died leaving Clay with the young girls. (By Darrell and Rita Holcomb)
There is Henrietta Clay Bassore Gideon who was left a widow with 2 small daughters and entered the World’s Oldest Profession to feed her daughters, in Restoration Texas. The stories go on. “Clay” Gideon inherited her husband James Gideon’s estate in Brownwood, Texas in 1881. Where she went and what she did was a mystery after that point. Family history says she was a madam in a brothel when her two daughter were young. This is unproven. Her name is listed has H C Baker in her daughter Mollie’s bible.
 
James and Henrietta had the following children:
 +13F     xii.          Mary Campbell “Mollie” Gideon was born on 6 Apr 1871. She died on 19 Oct 1944.
 +14F     xiii.         Susan “Dora” Alice Gideon was born on 6 Aug 1875. She died on 6 Aug 1922.
 
Second Generation
 
2.  Stokley D Gideon (James Harvey) was born on 5 Mar 1833 in Tennessee. He died after 1880.
Stokley married Catherine.
They had the following children:
 15M      i.              Gericho Gideon was born in 1866.
 16M      ii.             James Gideon was born in 1874.
 17M      iii.            Clinton Gideon was born in 1879.

​.  Melissa Jane Gideon (James Harvey) was born in 1837 in Tennessee.  Melissa married Joseph AW Logan. Joseph died in 1869/1870.
They had the following children:
 +18F     i.              Eliza Lucinda Gideon Logan was born in Aug 1864.
 
13.  Mary Campbell “Mollie” Gideon (James Harvey) was born on 6 Apr 1871 in Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas. She died on 19 Oct 1944 in Honey Grove, Fannin Co, TX.
Birth: 6 APR 1871 in Brown Co., Texas; Death: 19 OCT 1944 in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., TX (Massive Hemorrhage caused by Carcinoma of left Mammary gland which mastasized to left lung) Burial: 21 OCT 1944 Union Grove Cemetery, Paris, Lamar Co., TX; Occupation: House keeper and Nurse in Ector, TX; Note Signed sister’s death certificate as Mrs Dick Shea Note: Family History says that Mollie met and married John T Hudson when she was 16 years old. Where is un-proven. The story is that she was living with her mother in a brothel and J T married her get her ‘out of the house”. It is unknown if she was “working” there or just living.
Mollie and J T show up in 1894 in Erath CO, TX and later in Fannin CO.
1900 US census - Anderson Co, Texas
 
Mary married (1) John Thomas Hudson on 26 Nov 1887. John was born on 8 Jan 1851 in Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas.
They had the following children:
 19M      i.              George Thurston Hudson was born on 23 Oct 1889 in Erath Co, Texas.
 20F        ii.             Dora Helen Hudson was born on 22 Jan 1892.
 21F        iii.            Mary Alta Hudson was born on 29 May 1894.
 22F        iv.           Johnnie Laverne Hudson was born on 23 Apr 1897 in Tennessee Colony,
Anderson Co, Texas.
 23M      v.            Thomas Durwood Hudson was born on 8 Apr 1900 in Palestine, Texas.
 24M      vi.           William H Hudson was born on 23 Jan 1903.
 25M      vii.          Robert Campbell Hudson was born on 6 Jan 1907 in Whitewright, Fannin Co, Texas.
 26F        viii.         Alain T Hudson was born on 22 Jul 1908.
 27M      ix.           Paul T Hudson was born on 15 Nov 1910.
Mary married (2) Richard Shea on 5 Jun 1918.
Mary married (3) Matt Stephenson after 1920.
 
14.  Susan “Dora” Alice Gideon (James Harvey) was born on 6 Aug 1875 in Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas. She died on 6 Aug 1922 in Durant, Bryan Co, Texas.
Birth: 6 AUG 1875 in Brown Co., TX
Death: 6 AUG 1922 in Durant, Bryan Co., TX
Died from Typhoid Fever; Burial: Willow Wild, Bonham, Fannin Co., TX
Father James Harvey Gideon b: 24 DEC 1813 in Wilkes Co, NC
Mother: Henrietta “Clay” Bassore b: 25 MAY 1844 in AR
Marriage I Unknown Brooks
Marriage 2 J F Vann - 10 MAR 1895 in Erath CO., TX
Susan married (1) Brooks.
Susan married (2) J F Vann on 10 Mar 1895 in Erath Co, Texas.
They had the following children:
 28F        i.              Annie Vann.
 29M      ii.             Forrest Vann.
 
Third Generation
 
18.  Eliza Lucinda Gideon (Melissa Jane, James Harvey) was born in Aug 1864. Eliza married Dayton Thomas Davis.
They had the following children:
 30M      i.              Richie L Davis.
Richie married Bessie Lee Corbell ‘Dessie’ daughter of Britton Lawson Forest Corbell and Emma Elizabeth Schooler. Bessie was born on 15 Oct 1891/1 892 in Erath Co, TX. She died on 18 Apr 1983 in Cedar Park, TX.