Re: Brookeland, TX Fonvilles
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In reply to:
Re: Brookeland, TX Fonvilles
12/20/99
John Henry fonville (1862-1920) was the last child of Richard James John Henry Fonville (1819-1898) and Thursa (Carter) Fonville (1822-1912). Richard and thursa did not live in Brookeland which is in Sabine County but rather lived on the Joseph Shipp league in southeastern San Augustine County which place could be accessed from Brookeland via old Highway 8 or East San Augustine-Jasper Highway before the Sam Rayburn Lake built in the 1960s and is now under water south of the Wood Cemetery which is about two miles south of FM 83 and which road runs by the Fonville Cemetery where Richard and Thursa are buried. I am a double great-great grandson of Richard and Thursa as their daughters Eugenia Fonville (oldest child) and Sarah Elizabeth Fonville, are both my great-grandmothers.I was born and grew up in the area, although I did not know the Fonville were my great-grandparens until 1992.