Posted By:	Judith Butler Langford
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	Subject:	Munson, Parker, Langford in Tx. & Wyoming
	Post Date:	November 13, 2001 at 14:46:24
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	Forum:	Sheridan County, WY Genealogy Forum
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Researching Mary Ann Munson & her husband, James G. Parker, & her younger half-brother, Josephus Langford. Mary Ann was the daughter of Swedish immigrants, Christiana C. (Johnson) & Anders Mönson. Her parents sailed from Goteburg, Sweden on 7/16/1852, & landed in Sept./Oct. in Boston, Ma. Christina C. (Johnson) & Andrew Munson both "Americanized" their names. The Munson's had 6 children & lived in Williamson Co., Tx. After Andrew Munson's death in 1866 on a freighting trip, the widow Munson married William Ainsworth Langford. Mary Ann (Munson) Parker had 5 Langford half-siblings. Her half-brother, Marcus L. "Mark" Langford, Sr., is an ancestor of my sons. Another half-brother, Josephus Langford, migrated to Mt. or Wy. abt. 1905. He visited his family in Tx. in 1910 or 1911, but his family never heard from him again. Christina Catherina Johnson [Swedish - Christiana Catherina Johnson] b. 1834 in Barkeryd Par., Smaland Province, Sweden d. 9/15/1918 in Georgetown, Williamson Co., Tx. Migrated from Sweden to Boston, Ma. in 1852. Arrived in Austin, Travis Co., Tx. on 4/21/1856. m.1st - 4/21/1856 in Austin, Travis Co., Tx. Andrew Munson [Swedish - Anders Mönson] b. abt. 1823 in Sweden d. 7/13/1866 near Benchley, Brazos Co., Tx. Migrated from Sweden to Boston, Ma. in 1852. Buried in an unmarked roadside grave near Benchley. m. 2nd - 8/29/1869 in Georgetown, Williamson Co., Tx. William Ainsworth Langford s/o Charlotte (Collier) & Simeon Ainsworth Langford b. 12/21/1841 in Lincoln Co., NC d. 3/26/1895 in Georgetown, Williamson Co., Tx. Buried in unmarked grave in Round Rock Cemetery. Civil War veteran [Union] U.S. Deputy Marshall in Williamson Co., Tx. Migrated to Tx. from Wayne Co., Tn. in 1869. Mary Ann Munson d/o Christina C. (Johnson) & Andrew Munson b. abt. 1858 in Williamson Co., Tx. d. 1911-1918 in Wyoming m. 1878-1894? in Tx. or Wy.? James G. Parker b. ? d. ? The Parker's migrated from Williamson Co., Tx. to Sheridan Co., Wyoming 1878-1894? According to the 1894 Sheridan City Directory, James G. Parker was a cowman living on E. Brundage in Sheridan Co., Wyoming. On 7/27/1907, Mary Parker of Sheridan Co., Wy. signed a conveyance document, granting her mother, Christina C. (Johnson) (Munson) Langford permission to sell her father's land in Williamson Co., Tx. Josephus Langford s/o Christina C. (Johnson) (Munson) & William A. Langford half-brother of Mary A. (Munson) Parker b. 1876-1878 in Williamson Co., Tx. d. after 1911? - Prob. in Mt. or Wy. Migrated to Mt. or Wy. abt. 1905 Does anyone have information to share on Mary Ann (Munson) & James G. Parker or Josephus Langford? Anyone know when & where they were married, when they migrated from Tx. to Wy., when & where they died, & where they were buried? Judy