Jordan Zachariah "Zack" Licett and Julia Ann Reese
Husband Jordan Zachariah "Zack" Licett 1
Born: 26 Apr 1849 - Georgia Christened: Died: 12 Mar 1939 Buried: - Pecan Cemetery, Erath Co., Texas 2Marriage: 8 May 1887 - Hill Co, Texas 3
Other Spouse: Jeffalona King (Abt 1857- ) - 4 Oct 1874 - Limestone Co., Texas 4
Wife Julia Ann Reese 1 5
Born: 1 Sep 1868 - Texas Christened: Died: 29 May 1957 - Beaumont, Riverside Co., California 6 Buried: - Pecan Cemetery, sourth of Purvis, Erath Co., Texas
Father: Hubbard N. Reese (Abt 1823-1889) Mother: Nancy T. Rainbolt (Abt 1841-1875/1877)
Children
1 F Ora May Licett
Born: 10 Mar 1888 - Texas Christened: Died: 20 Sep 1904 Buried: - Meridian, Bosque Co., Texas 7
2 M Chester Jordan Licett
Born: 27 Mar 1889 - Texas Christened: Died: 23 Dec 1950 Buried: - Pecan Cemetery, Erath Co., Texas 8
3 F Eva Lena Licett
Born: 26 Sep 1891 - Texas Christened: Died: 10 Mar 1971 - Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas Buried: - Pecan Cemetery, Erath Co., Texas 9Spouse: Harman H. Carter (1886-1969)
4 F Bessie L. Licett
Born: 5 Mar 1894 - Texas Christened: Died: 8 Jan 1980 Buried: - Pecan Cemetery, Erath Co., Texas 10Spouse: Vernon S. Pickett (1890-1967)
5 F Rema E. Licett
Born: 5 Apr 1896 - Texas Christened: Died: 10 Nov 1991 Buried: - Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Tx 11Spouse: Milton L. Wood (1895-1944)
6 F Eula Hortense Licett
Born: 8 Jul 1898 - Meridian, Bosque Co., Texas Christened: Died: 22 May 1970 - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas Buried: - Breckenridge, Stephens Co., Texas 12Spouse: Wylie J. Hicks (1898-1949)
General Notes: Husband - Jordan Zachariah "Zack" Licett
CENSUS:
In 1850 J. Z. Licett (2, M, Ga) is living in Lee Co., Georgia in the household of Willis Licett (41, farmer, $250), his wife, and 7 children. He is also in the Lee Co. census as Jordan Lyceette (1, M, Ga) in the household of Andrew J. Tison (33, farmer, $400).
In 1860 Zackariah Licett (10, Ga) is living in Lee Co., Georgia in the household of Andrew J. Tisan (45, farmer, $3200/$2529).
In 1870 John Z. Lassett (21, farm laborer, Ga) is living in Lee Co., Georgia in the household of Arthar Lipsey (69, farmer). Lipsey is at 885/885 and Andrew J. Tisan is at 894/894.
<pre>1880 Limestone Co., Texas, ED 96; June 26; pg 57
/557
J. Z. Licett 27 Ga Ga Ga farmer
Jeffalona " wife 23 Tx Tx Tx
Lulor " dau 1 Tx Ga Tx
Alonzo Glassgow 19 Tn Tn Tn farmer </pre>
<pre>1900 Bosque Co., Texas, Justice Precinct No. 5, ED 8; June 23-25; sheet 18A
290/290
Jordan x Licett Apr 1849 51 Ga Ga Ga M13 Farmer
Julia " wife Sep 1868 31 Tx Al Tx M13/7/6
Ora M. " dau Mar 1888 12 Tx Ga Tx S
Chester J. " son Mar 1889 11 Tx Ga Tx S
Eva " dau Sep 1890 9 Tx Ga Tx S
Bessie " dau Mar 1894 6 Tx Ga Tx S
Rema E. " dau Apr 1896 4 Tx Ga Tx S
Eula " dau Jul 1898 1 Tx Ga Tx S </pre>
<pre>1910 Erath Co., Texas, ED 24; May 13; sheet 17A
216/219
Jordan Z. Licett 54 Ga Ga Ga M2/23 Farmer/General farm
Julia " wife 42 Tx Al Tx M1/23/7/5 none
Chester " son 21 Tx Ga Tx S Farmer/General farm
Eva " dau 19 Tx Ga Tx S none
Rema " dau 14 Tx Ga Tx S none
Ula " dau 11 Tx Ga Tx S none </pre>
He rents a farm.
<pre>1930 Erath Co., Texas, Justice Precinct 3, ED 72-14; Apr 25; sheet 15A
346/348 Purves & Wilson road
Zack J. Licett 75 Ga Ga Ga M35 Farm operator/General Farm
Julia A. " wife 61 Tx Al Tx M18 none </pre>
He rents a home.
CHILDREN:
In a letter to her great nephew Louis Bogy dated April 4, 1976, Roxie Wilson Haston says:
Eula & I was real close she has been gone several years I know where Rema (Eula's sister) is she is in Ft Worth I called her one time when I was there visiting a Friend she did not seem interested in me. I hear from Bess another Sister thru, Ethel some time, she is blind, Mabe you know Aunt Julia had a Daughter Ora, who was killed by lighting when is[sic] was about grown they think that is the cause of Bess being Blind they were in the Field
TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 12610
J. Z. Licett, white, male, married
Name of wife: Julia Ann Licett
Died: March 12, 1939 7:30 pm, aged 84 yrs, 10 mos, 14 days
Place of death: Erath Co.
Place of residence: Dublin, Texas R8
Length of residence: 31 yrs
Occupation: Farmer all his life
Born: April 26, 1854 in Atlanta, Georgia
Father: Mr. Licett born in Atlanta, Georgia
Mother: Julia Ann Reese born Hill, Texas
Informant: C. J. Licett, Dublin, Route #8
Primary cause of death: nephritis & senility
Contributary cause: arthritis
Physician attended: from March 9 to March 12
Last seen alive: March 9
Burial: Pecan Cemetery, March 13, 1939
BIRTH YEAR:
Jordan Z. Licett is buried in the Pecan Cemetery in Erath Co., Texas as is his second wife. The dates on the small horizontal tombstone are April 26, 1854 and March 12, 1939. See Memorial # 25426606 in Find-a-Grave. The census makes it clear that he was already alive in 1850. The dates on the stone match those on the death certificate. The informant for the death certificate was the son of the deceased. He probably knew his father's birthday but was confused about the year of his birth or about his age. The precise age on the death certificate was calculated in one way or another on the basis of the birth and death dates.
I conjecture that he was born April 26, 1849.
General Notes: Wife - Julia Ann Reese
TWINS:
I do not know whether Julia Ann and her twin sister Lula Ann were identical or not. I have a photograph of their half sister Alice and her twin sister Ada Lecy made when they were more or less 40 years old. It shows clearly that they were identical.
BIRTH YEAR:
The birth date in the 1900 census for both Julia Ann and her twin sister Lula Ann is September 1868, which is consistent with the following obituary. The birth date on both their death certificates is September 1, 1868. The date on Julia Ann's tombstone is September 1, 1869. I conclude they were born September 1, 1868.
OBITUARY:
The following obituary is from an unknown newspaper. June 1957.
Woman, 88, Will Be Buried Near Purvis
DUBLIN, June 1 (Spl).--Mrs. Julia Ann Licett, 88, who died Wednesday while visiting a daughter, Mrs. Eva Carter, of Beaumont, Cal., will be buried in Pecan Cemetery, south of Purvis, after funeral services in Harrell Chapel here at 3 p. m. Sunday.
Mrs. Licett was a native of Hill County. She had lived in the Purvis vicinity, eight miles southeast of Dublin, for 50 years.
Survivors include three other daughters, Mrs. Bessie Pickett of Hamilton and Mrs. Rema Wood and Mrs Eula Hicks of Fort Worth; a son E. Licett of Hamilton; 18 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren; a brother, W. H. Reese of Coleman, and a twin sister, Mrs. Lula Vodon of Garland.
FAMILY REUNION:
I have in my possession a sheet of paper on which the following has been typed. It appears to be a copy of an article which appeared in the Coryell Courier in December, 1905. Lampasas County adjoins Coryell County, and Adamsville in Lampasas County is close to the county line. The reunion in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Licett took place near Dublin in Erath County, a significant distance away. In July 2013 I was at the public library in Dublin. I looked carefully at 4 issues of the Dublin Progress from December 15, 1905 (#31) through January 12, 1906 (#35; the January 5 issue is #33 and #34). I found no reference to the family reunion. More generally I did not see any news from Purvis although there were regular reports from some other small communities around Dublin.
The text of the article follows:
A happy meeting took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Licett on the night of December 22, 1905, when Elder J. B. Reese of Adamsville, Lampasas county, came to visit his half-sister, Mrs. J. Z. Licett, also to meet his twin sisters, Mrs. Alice Walton of Armstrong county and Mrs. Adlecy Young of Wise county, it having been twenty-one years since Elder Reese had seen his twin sisters. They arrived at the home of Mr. Licett Sunday morning, also W. H. Reese of Hill county came over the same day. They remained at Mr. Licett's until Tuesday evening when they left for the home of W. H. Reese in Hill county, where they were joined by Mrs. M. P. Wilson, sister of Mrs. Licett,and W. H. Reese. As we have stated, Mrs. Walton and Mrs. Young are twins and own sisters of Elder Reese, and Mrs. Licett and Mrs. Wilson are twins and own sisters of W. H. Reese. They are the children of Elder H. N. Reese, deceased, who was the father of twenty-two children, only eight of whom are living. The two that were not present are J. T. Reese of Bartlett and W. T. Reese of Talpa. It is needless to say that they had a good time -- Coryelle Courier.
CHILDREN:
See notes under her niece Ethel M. Wilson.
1 Shirley B. Cawyer & Weldon I. Hudson, Erath County, Texas Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol 1, pg 112. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 25426606.
3 "Hill County, Texas Marriage Records," Vol 4, pg 187. Repository: Hill County Courthouse, Hillsboro Texas.
4 Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2M3-5WH. Repository: http://www.familysearch.org.
5
6
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 25426633.
7
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 25333725.
8
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 25426561.
9
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 25322205.
10
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 25527922.
11
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 103552813.
12
"Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 86531837.
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