Sessel Savannah Ledbetter 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 23 Oct 1868 - Franklin Co., Arkansas
    Christening: 
          Death: 18 Jun 1943 - Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas ( at age 74) 2 3
         Burial: in Evergreen Cem., Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: James D. Ledbetter (Abt 1856-      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Jane (Sally) Tooley (1849-1939) 1
Spouses and Children 
1. *Christopher Price Hinkle (Abt 1865 - 1894-1898)
       Marriage: 17 Feb 1885 - Ellis Co., Texas 4
       Children:
                1. Mattie Bell Hinkle (1885-1966)
                2. Nannie Mae Hinkle (1888-Bef 1920)

2. Joe Walter McEntire (3 Apr 1871 - 9 Jul 1945)
       Marriage: 24 Dec 1898 - Ellis Co., Texas 6
       Children:
                1. Raymond Walter McEntire (1900-1959)
                2. Thomas William (Tom) McEntire (1904-1983)
Notes
General:
Walter McEntire was a first cousin of Christopher Hinkle (her first husband) and of Jennie Hinkle, my grandmother. After her second marriage my father and his siblings referred to her and her husband as Aunt Van and Cousin Walter. -- Neal Parker

TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 29122:

Sessel Silvania McEntire, married, died June 18, 1943 in Ballenger, Runnels Co., Texas at age 74 years 7 months 24 days.
Length of stay in place of death: 16 years
Residence: 1003 7th, Ballenger, Runnels Co.
Born: October 23, 1868 in Arkansas
Father: Jim Leadbetter
Mother: Sally Leadbetter, born in Arkansas
Informant: Tom McEntire, Ballenger

[The informant was confused. The mother's maiden name was not 'Leadbetter' and she was probably not born in Arkansas.]
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Sources

1 Personal Communication -- Suzanne Price, May 2008.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 55857386.

3 Texas, U.S., Death Index 1903--2000, Certificate 29122. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

4 Ellis County, Texas Marriage Records, vol 2, 1878 -- 1886. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

5 Runnels County Historical Commission, In Remembrance, Cemetery Inscriptions in Runnels County, 1985, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

6 Ellis County Public Records, Marriage Records, Book J, pg 289. Repository: Ellis County Courthouse, Waxahatchie, Texas.

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