Tombstone engravings can be incorrect. Family Bible entries can be illegible, misread, miscopied and reflect mistaken memories. Experts may have gotten it wrong even though a few of our kin paid researchers to get it right. Thankfully, cousin Reverend Jack Warren persisted when he couldn't locate Isaiah Warren Sr's grave where it was purported to…
Permelia Ann Phillips (1803 – 1885)
Second Great Grandmother Permelia Ann Phillips was a remarkable woman. She endured hardship, told and untold, that would fracture most today. Dependent upon her children for survival her last 30 years, she remained steadfast and kept her family forefront throughout her life. Permelia's birth year is unclear. Engraving on her gravestone has her age as…
Warren Migration to Fannin County, Texas
The genesis for our paternal Warren's becoming Texans is Fannin County. Fannin has a colorful history. Its historical commission administers a wonderful website (click "here") that includes early history, information on communities, cemeteries, churches, historical markers and so much more. Different voices describe pioneering spirits that are so clearly Texan. Fannin borders Oklahoma on the…
Johanna “Annie” Williams (1856 – 1929)
Johanna "Annie" Williams was the second wife of Great Grandfather Isaiah Warren Jr. As a result of their union we have three great aunts, a great uncle, and over sixty cousins added to our branch of the Warren family tree. Annie was born in Hunt County, Texas to George and Josinah Williams on June 24,…
Dora Elizebeth Warren (1873-1957)
I've perhaps overshared a family tragedy by including the story for each family member effected when half of their family died within days or weeks of each other due to typhoid fever. Regardless, I want to visit the tragedy at least one more time for Great Aunt Dora. At the impressionable age of five Dora…
Mary Ellen Warren (1872 – 1961)
Great Aunt Mary Ellen Warren was the first born Texan in our immediate paternal family. Her older brothers William Isaiah and Russell Ewing were born in Tennesee and James Anderson was born in Illinois. Mary Ellen's parents, Isaiah Jr and Francis Lourissa (Capps) Warren, migrated to Texas from Tennessee. Permelia, Isaiah Jr's mother, accompanied them…
Francis Lourissa Capps (1848 – 1879)
Great Grandmother Francis Lourissa Capps, wife of Isaiah Warren, Jr and mother to Grandfather Charlie Thomas Warren, was born about 1848 in Robertson County, Tennessee to Ewington "Ewing" Capps and Mary "Polly" Pitts. Francis died at the young age of 31, along with three of her children, due to typhoid fever. The first record found…
Isaiah Warren Jr (1843 – 1899)
Great Grandfather Isaiah Warren Jr faced unforgiving hardships throughout his life. At age 13 his father died with debt that likely left the family in financial ruin. His family was stressed by the Civil War. He lost his first wife and three of their seven children due to typhoid fever. Yet, with the help of…
Warren & Hanks: Migration West from Virginia, DNA, and Where They Are Now
For over 175 years our Warren's were in Virginia. Our earliest known ancestor, John Warren, was born in Virginia about 1635. Our third great grandfather, Jesse Warren, migrated from Virginia to Tennessee around 1812. Before 1869 our Great Grandfather Isaiah Warren Jr left Tennessee. After short stays in other states he migrated southwest and took…
Our Home Town: Floydada, Texas
Floydada is prominent in the more recent history for our family branches of Hanks and Warren's. Great grandfather Tobe Hanks migrated to Hardeman County, Texas from Arkansas but it was Floydada where he later made his home in 1911. Three years later, in 1914, two brothers, Grandfather Tom Warren and Great Uncle Russell Warren, made…
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