John Ellis Courtney & Sappho Shearer

Twelfth Census of the United States (1900); unincorporated area, Young Co., Texas; June 27, 1900

Courtney, John E - head - white male - born April 1863 - 37 years old - married 14 years - born in Tennessee - father born in Tennessee - mother born in Tennessee - farmer on a rented farm

--------, Sappho - wife - white female - born August 1866 - 33 years old - married 14 years - born in Texas - father born in Kentucky - mother born in Kentucky [other records show her born in Texas]

--------, George E - son - white male - born July 1886 - 13 years old - single - born in Texas - farm laborer

--------, Edith - daughter - white female - born September 1887 - 12 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Florence - daughter - white female - born July 1890 - 9 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Cecil - daughter - white female - born October 1891 - 8 years old - single - born in Oklahoma

--------, Kate - daughter - white female - born December 1894 - 5 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Zillah - daughter - white female - born December 1897 - 2 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Ruth - daughter - white female - born January 1899 - 1 year old - single - born in Texas

Thirteenth Census of the United States (1910); unincorporated area, Young Co., Texas; April 27, 1910

Courtney, Sappho - head - white female - 43 years old - widowed - 12 children born - 10 children living - born in Texas - father born in Kentucky - mother born in Texas - farmer

--------, Geo E - son - white male - 33 years old [this is probably an error; likely should be 23] - single - born in Texas - farm laborer

--------, Edith - daughter - white female - 22 years old - single - born in Texas - teacher

--------, Florence - daughter - white female - 18 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Cecil - daughter - white female - 16 years old - single - born in Texas [other records show her born in Oklahoma]

--------, Kate - daughter - white female - 14 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Zillah - daughter - white female - 12 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Ruth - daughter - white female - 11 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Hazel - daughter - white female - 9 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Lethel - daughter - white female - 7 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Johnnie - daughter - white female - 3 years old - single - born in Texas

*The next head of household on this form, Geo C Shearer, is Sappho Courtney's father.*

Fourteenth Census of the United States (1920); Olney Road, unincorporated area, Young Co., Texas; January 25, 1920

Courtney, Sappho - head - white female - 53 years old - widowed - born in Texas - father born in Kentucky - mother born in Kentucky - farmer

--------, Cecil - daughter - white female - 25 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Ethel - daughter - white female - 16 years old - single - born in Texas

--------, Johnnie - daughter - white female - 12 years old - single - born in Texas

*The previous head of household on this form, Jehu G Shearer, is Sappho Courtney's brother.*
*The next head of household on this form, Arthur N Ward, is Sappho Courtney's son-in-law (married to her daughter, Kate).*

Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death


Miss Cecil Courtney - died December 30, 1921 in Floydada, Floyd Co., Texas of heart failure following operation for appendicitis - white female - single - born October 21, 1894 in Oklahoma - stenographer - father J E Courtney born in Texas - mother Sappho Shearer born in Texas - buried January 1, 1922 in Floydada Cemetery, Floydada, Texas

Fifteenth Census of the United States (1930); 329 East Tennessee Road, Floydada, Floyd Co., Texas

Courtney, Sappho - mother-in-law - white female - 64 years old - widowed - born in Texas - father born in Kentucky - mother born in Kentucky

*At this time, it appears that Sappho Courtney was living with her daugther, Kate, her son-in-law, Arthur N Ward, and her three grandchildren.*

Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death

Mrs. Sappho Courtney - died June 17, 1940 in Floydada, Floyd Co., Texas of apoplexy - white female - widowed - born August 30, 1866 in Denton Co., Texas - housewife - father G C Shearer born in Kentucky - mother Martha W Hawkins born in USA - buried June 18, 1940 in Floydada, Texas


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