Silas Franklin George

Silas — Virginia White. Virginia was born 1886; died 1946; was buried , East Hill Cemetery, Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

1. Olan McDonald George, Sr. was born 3 May 1908, Texas; died 26 Apr 1993, Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, Texas; was buried , East Hill Cemetery, Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas.

William — Didema Lucretia Stembridge. Didema (daughter of Silas Right Stembridge and Rebecca VanHooser) was born 5 Apr 1857, Warren County, Tennessee; died 19 Nov 1908, Comanche County, Texas; was buried , DeLeon Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

Silas married Rebecca VanHooser 1849, Warren County, Tennessee. Rebecca (daughter of Sampson Samuel VanHooser and Mary Webb) was born 1830, Warren County, Tennessee; died 1859, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

William married Sarah Mullican Abt 1823, Warren County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of William Mullican and Wilmoth Bruce) was born Abt 1806, Casey County, Kentucky; died 29 Aug 1879, Lee County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The following article on Sampson S. VanHooser is in the CALDWELL COUNTY KENTUCKY HISTORY BOOK, page 386.

SAMPSON VANHOOSER
Sampson Samuel Van Hooser was born on February 4, 1805, in Virginia. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca--Isaac born in 1753 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and Rebecca born about 1761 in Virginia. By 1826 Sampson S. was living in Warren County, Tennessee. He married Mary (Polly) Webb, who was born in 1812 in Warren County, Tennessee. They were the parents of eleven children: James Webb, who was born October 18, 1827, and married Melissa A. Cantrell; Isaac M., who was born about 1832; Didama, who was born February 10, 1834, and married Daniel Trammell; Elizabeth, who was born in 1836, and married Henry R. Stembridge; John, who was born November 21, 1837, and married Melvina Williams; Huston, who was born in 1840 and died January 5, 1863, in the Civil War; Andrew Jackson, who was born March 1, 1842, and married Martha Ann Riley; Nancy C., who was born in 1844 and married Andrew J. Eskew; Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1846 and married A. E. Pippin; Sampson G., who was born in 1848 and married Marie W. Dodds; Robert W., who was born August 22, 1850 and married Margaret Jane Travis. Mary (Polly) died before 1855. All the children except James Webb, John and Huston lived in Caldwell and Crittenden Counties of Kentucky after the Civil War.
The 1860 Census of Warren County, Tennessee, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 55, farmer; Elizabeth Trammell, age 31, wife. They had one daughter, born in 1856. Elizabeth died before Sampson came to Kentucky in the late 1860's. The 1880 Census of Caldwell County, Kentucky, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 74, farmer; Rebecca Sarah Morphett, age 52, wife; Sarah Barbara, age 9, daughter. Sampson S. died in 1889 and was buried in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Rebecca Sarah died July 3, 1895. Sarah Barbara married A. S. Lucas, who preceded her in death. At the time of her death in 1957, she was living in Fredonia, Kentucky, with Billy Sherrill, a relative. She and her husband were buried in Livingston Cemetery in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
Source: Family and Census Record.
Submitted by: Geneva Van Hooser Smith

Sampson married Mary Webb Abt 1827, Warren County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Webb and Didama Webb) was born 1812, Warren County, Tennessee; died 1852, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]