Eugenia Witty Booth's (1852-1875) oldest sister was Martha E. Witty Barnes, Sept 25, 1846 - April 18, 1914.
Martha Witty was born in Limestone County, AL on her parents' farm. Her father Carroll Witty (1818-1898) and her mother Susan Hoke Witty (1817-1895) moved to Marshall Texas around 1851 when she was about 5 years old, and her sister Eugenia was born there in 1852, as well as her sister Laura Dove Witty Patty in 1854 (maybe twin to William Wiley Witty,) and Susan Elizabeth Witty Moore (1856-1902).
There were the two oldest boys, John Witty (1843-1865) and James (1845-1904) then 2 other sisters who had also been born in Limestone County AL - Frances Malone Witty Gee (1850-1923) and Mary Elizabeth Witty Hughes (1848-1876).
I will be posting blogs about all the Witty children, including those younger siblings of Eugenia's, namely Laura Dove Witty Patty (1854-1935) and William Willy Witty (1854-1929) and Susan Elizabeth Witty Moore (1856-1902).
Yes Carroll Witty and Susan Hoke Witty had 9 children. And had them while moving from Alabama to Texas, staying just a few years in Marshall TX, then moving to the new settlement of Subdivision, Hill County, Texas. That was where Martha married John L. Barnes (1836-1914). He had also been born in Alabama, and served in the Confederate army, applying for a pension in 1911.
Martha and John didn't have any children, and lived quite long lives. They lived in the Houston Texas area, and Cleburne TX, then apparently died in Hill County TX, she was 67, and he lived to his 77th year.
J.L Barnes was a "Hotel Keeper" in Houston TX in the 1880 census. They had two elderly men (50 years old) living in their household, E.M. Witter, a hotel clerk, and A. A. Wilson, a physician.
They lived in Cleburne, Texas, where the City Directory of 1907 and 1909 listed J. L. as a gardener, and the Cenus of 1910 has them living in Jutice Precinct 1, Johnson County TX...he's still a gardener. But of interest it has him listed as being a veteran of the Confederate Army.
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