Augustus Frazier Poovey and Mary Ann Newman
Husband Augustus Frazier POOVEY 1 2
AKA: Gus Born: 20 Oct 1853 - Rock Hill, York Co, South Carolina 1 2 Died: 12 May 1938 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: 12 May 1938 - Pleasant Valley, Dallas Co, Texas
Father: David POOVEY (1815-1873) 3 Mother: Christian Lucretia McCALLUM (1818-1900) 3
Marriage: 8 Nov 1874 - Dallas Co, Texas
Events in his life were:
• Census, Dallas Co, Texas, 1900
• Census, Dallas Co, Texas, 1930
Wife Mary Ann NEWMAN 1
Born: 10 Apr 1858 - Texas 1 Died: 17 Nov 1928 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: Nov 1928 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas
Father: Harmon Runnels NEWMAN (1832-1915) 1 Mother: Emmaline McDANIEL (1836-1878) 1
Children
1 F Senorah POOVEY 1 4
AKA: Nora Born: 18 Aug 1875 - Texas 1 Died: 30 Jan 1959 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: Feb 1959 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, TexasSpouse: Frank S GARRISON (1870-1899) 1 Marr: Abt 1893 - Dallas Co, TexasSpouse: Rufus Hedge CLARK (1886-1959) Marr: Abt 1900 - Dallas Co, Texas
2 F Cara Belle POOVEY 1
AKA: Carrie Born: 26 Feb 1877 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Died: 22 Jun 1967 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: Jun 1967 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, TexasSpouse: Harry Philip PELTON (1874-1938) 1 Marr: Abt 1898
3 M Duncan Frazier POOVEY 5
AKA: Bud Born: 4 Dec 1878 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 5 Died: 28 Feb 1950 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: 1 Mar 1950 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, TexasSpouse: Sumpter Elizabeth PENDERGRASS (1880-1924) 1 5 Marr: Abt 1900 - Dallas Co, Texas 5
4 M George Lafette POOVEY 1
Born: 10 Apr 1881 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Died: 14 Jun 1882 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: Jun 1882 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas
5 F Infant POOVEY
Born: 24 Feb 1884 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Died: 19 Mar 1884 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: Mar 1884 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas
6 F Ida Ethel POOVEY 4
Born: Jul 1885 - Dallas Co, Texas 4 Died: Deceased Buried:Spouse: William C SCOGGINS (Abt 1778- ) 1
7 M David A POOVEY 1 4
Born: Oct 1889 - Texas 1 Died: Dec 1918 - Dallas Co, Texas 1 Buried: Dec 1918 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, TexasSpouse: Vela Inese ADAMS (Abt 1895- ) 1 Marr: Abt 1917
8 M William H POOVEY 4
AKA: Willie Born: Sep 1891 - Liberty Grove, Dallas Co, Texas 4 Died: 4 Jun 1975 - Rockwall, Rockwall Co, Texas Buried: 4 Jun 1975 - Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co, TexasSpouse: Lillian May CAMERON (1899-1963)
9 M Nolan Everrt POOVEY 4
Born: 1 Dec 1894 - Dallas Co, Texas 4 6 Died: 30 Jan 1979 - Dallas Co, Texas 6 Buried:Spouse: Bessie Elma KNIGHT (1899-1960) Marr: Dallas Co, Texas
10 F Lucretia POOVEY 4
Born: Aug 1897 - Texas 4 Died: Deceased Buried:
11 F Ruth POOVEY
Born: 15 Dec 1897 - Dallas Co, Texas 6 Died: 16 Mar 1992 - Dallas Co, Texas 6 Buried:Spouse: Bryant Herbert POORE (1897-1973) Marr: Abt 1915
General Notes (Husband)
Misc. Obituaries from various Dallas County Newspapers
Most from Garland News
6-25-1915 Harmon Newman died... Born at Alabama on 5-27-1832, he came to Tx in 1856, married Miss Emmaline McDaniel in 1857..She died in 1878. She is survived by 9 chldren, 2 preceded her in death. The 9 are: 6 daughters Mrs... M.C. Raney, Gus Poovey, Ernest McCallum, Dave Compton, Lum Weaver
and Obe McCallum and 3 sons, Dr. G.W. Newman, J.D. Newman and Sam Newman.
5-12-1938 Gus Poovey buried at Pleasant Valley..born at Rock Hill,York Co SC. He married Miss Mary Ann Newman in 1874. She died in 1927. Survivors are 3 sons: D.F. W.H. N.E. and 4 daughters : Mrs. D.H. Pelton, Mrs. Bryant Poore, Mrs. W.C. Scoggins and Mrs. R.H. Clark.
Poovey, Augustus F.
Augustus Frazier & Mary Ann Newman Poovey
Augustus Frazier "Gus" Poovey was born October 21, 1853 in York County, South Carolina. Gus was too young to serve during the Civil War, so it was his job to protect the family horses from the Yankee soldiers who would ride through the communities in an effort to exchange their tired and sick horses. Gus would hide out with the family's horses for a week at a time when he was only eight years old. He came to Texas with his mother, Lucretia, and sisters after the war had ended. They came to Jefferson, Texas by river boat in the summer of 1871 where they were met by Lucretia's sons Duncan and Robert Poovey.
"On the trip to Jefferson, Lucretia was quite shaken when a river boat slave slipped overboard and was eaten by an alligator. She was scared for weeks." Ruth Poovey Poore.
Several wagon loads were required to move the family to a rural area near Henderson. Gus stayed here with his family for while. Then Gus decided it was time to saddle up his horse a take off for a visit with his McCallum cousins at a place called Pleasant Valley. Here he stayed with his uncle, Peter McCallum, who helped him get a start at farming and doing some carpenter work.
While living with his uncle, Gus met and married Mary Ann Newman. Mary Ann was the daughter of Harmon and Emeline McDaniel Newman. Harmon Newman was one of the earliest pioneers to settle at Pleasant Valley. Gus and Mary Ann were wed in the home of Harmon and Emeline Newman on November 18, 1874.
Several of those on the guest list included Peter and Violet Ann Wallace McCallum; Thomas Jackson and Sarah Compton McClain, along with Langdon C. McCallum and his new bride Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Foote. Minister Oliver Parker of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church conducted the ceremony.
Prior to their marriage, Gus had erected a little log cabin close to Mary Ann's parents. Their first two children, Senorah and Carah Bell Poovey, were born in this modest little cabin.
Gus and Mary Ann built a house at the old Liberty community sometime around 1878. They lived here until all the children were grown and married. Then they built another house just a short distance away.
This grand old house has a porch that completely encircles the front and sides. And now after 120 years, that old house still sits near the intersection of present day Yeager and Liberty Grove Road. It was in this same house that they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary back in 1924. (Note: story writen in 1998. Neither the house nor Yeager Road exist in 2005.)
Parents of Gus Poovey were David and Christian Lucretia McCallum Poovey. David Poovey was born November 15, 1815 at Burk County, North Carolina. Parents of David Poovey were Mathias and Polly Herman Poovey. Mathias was born around 1785 in Germany.
Parents of Lucretia McCallum Poovey were Duncan and Catherine McNeil McCallum. Duncan was born April 22, 1784 at Perthshire, Scotland, and Catherine was born March 15, 1789 in Perthshire, Scotland. Lucretia, born February 15, 1815 was also a native of Perthshire, Scotland.
Lucretia became a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Pine Grove (Henderson, Texas) during 1871. And according to her obituary, she remained faithful until her death which occurred September 8, 1900. She is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery. See biography on W. A. J. McCallum for more details.
Augustus Frazier and Mary Ann Newman Poovey had ten children. They were namely, Senorah who married Frank Garrison, then Hedge Clark; Carah Belle who married Pard Pelton; Duncan Frazier who married Sumpter Pendergras (Uncle Dunk and Aunt Sump); infant George Lafette; infant Perley; Ida Ethel who married William Conley Scoggins; David Alexander who married Irene Adams; William H; who married Lillian Mae Cameron; Nolan Evert who married Bessie Elma Knight, and Ruthie Lucretia Poovey who married Bryant H. Poore.
Augustus Frazier and Mary Ann Poovey were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pleasant Valley. Their names are recorded on the earliest records of that church. Mary Ann lived until November 17, 1928, and Gus lived until May 12, 1938. Both are buried in Pleasant Valley's pioneer cemetery. According to their grandson, A T Poovey, "They left a legacy of love and honor."
Augustus F. and Mary Ann Poovey
50th Wedding Anniversary, 1924
Back Row, Left to Right: 1. Frank Sperling; 2. Chester Kirby; 3. Clarence Scoggins; 4. Leslie Garrison; 5. William C Scoggins, Sr holding Horace Fay; 6. Roy Garrison holding Harold; 7. Bill Poovey holding William Bryant; 8. Pard Pelton; 9. Bud Poovey; 10. Nolan Poovey; 11. Horace Pelton; 12. Hedge Clark; 13.Oscar Scoggins; 14.Jess Malone; 15 Dub Scoggins, Jr; 16. Bryant Poore; 17. Luther Poore (Bryant's brother); 18. Ray Bozeman.
4th Row, L to R: 1. Jack Henrie; 2. Edith Scoggins Henrie holding Billy Jack; 3. Belle Pelton Wells holding Howard; 4. Bessie knight Poovey; 5. Allie Garrison; 6. Ruth Poovey Poore; 7. Senorah Poovey Garrison Clark; 8.Carah Belle Poovey Pelton; 9. Ethel Poovey Scoggins; 10. Marie Poovey; 11.Mae Cameron Poovey holding Louise; 12. Oscar Merritt.
3rd Row, L to R: 1. Child unknown; 2. Irene Poovey; 3. Carrel Poovey being held by his mother; 4. Rennie Poovey Bozeman holding Dorothy Rae; 5. Ida Poovey Malone holding Bonnie; 6. Nan Poovey Garrison (Aunt Nan) sister of Gus; 7. Augustus Frazier Poovey; 8. Mary Ann Newman Poovey; 9. Clemmie Knight Garrison; 10. Nora Pelton Sperling; 11. Maxie Poovey Kirby; 12. Della Fay Bozeman Scoggins; 13. Beatrice Pelton Merritt.
2nd Row, L to R: 1.Vera Poovey; 2.Theo Pelton; 3.Clera Poovey; 4.Louise Scoggins; 5. Homer Scoggins; 6 Howard Scoggins; 7.Woodrow Scoggins; 8.Troy Scoggins; 9. Buck Poovey; 10. Bryant Poore, Jr; 11. A. T. Poovey; 12. A. J. Poore; 13. J. L. Garrison.
Front Row: 1.Vera Poovey; 2.Lawrence Poore; 3.Oneta Poovey; 4 Ray Scoggins; 5. LaVoyce Garrison; 6.Junita Garrison; 7.Virginia Poovey; 8.George Malone 9.Unknown; 10.Alexander Poovey.
By Jim Foster
General Notes (Wife)
Misc. Obituaries from various Dallas County Newspapers
Most from Garland News
11-28-1928 Mrs. Gus Poovey ..born Apr.10,1858, married A.F. Poovey 11-8-1874. They had 8 children, all but one are still living. Dave died 1918, Mrs. R.H. Clark, Mrs. P.H. Pelton, Mrs. W.C. Scoggins, Mrs. B.H. Boone and Duncan and Nolan Poovey. Her brother and sister also survive her.
1 Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dallas Co, TX.
2 1860 York Co, SC Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/york/census/1860/), 417.
3 Garrison, Doug.
4 1900 Dallas Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), E 132 S 17.
5 Ibid, E 132 SS 3.
6 Social Security Death Index (http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi).
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