1. | Walter McCuistion was born on 19 Jan 1884 in Calico, San Bernadino County, California (son of Robert Tolaver McCuistion and Lucy Emma Mahrley); died on 4 Jan 1910 in Calico, San Bernadino County, California. Notes: Birth: |
2. | Robert Tolaver McCuistion was born on 27 Mar 1855 in California (son of Noah McCuistion and Nancy Theresa Cox); died on 12 Mar 1892. Robert married Lucy Emma Mahrley in 1879 in California. Lucy was born on 14 Apr 1856 in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan; died on 3 Jan 1933 in Needles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Lucy Emma Mahrley was born on 14 Apr 1856 in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan; died on 3 Jan 1933 in Needles, California.
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4. | Noah McCuistion was born on 7 Oct 1822 in Cumberland County, Tennessee (son of Robert Newton McCuistion and Elizabeth McQuerter); died on 10 Jan 1903 in Westminster, Orange County, California; was buried in Orange County, California. Notes: Probably went to Texas with his father in 1837. Noah served five years with Samuel Houston, the first governor of Texas. The state gave him land in pay for his serviced in the War with Mexico. He was in Bosque after being in Robertson county. When he returned from the war and found his mother had died, he started west to Arizona and California. Noah married Nancy Theresa Cox on 24 Sep 1850 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, and was divorced after 1870. Nancy was born on 20 Sep 1827 in South Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1883 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Nancy Theresa Cox was born on 20 Sep 1827 in South Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1883 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. Notes: Although the original genealogy lists the name as Merguson, the record spells the name as indicated. Notes: Married:
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8. | Robert Newton McCuistion was born on 2 May 1770 in Guilford County, North Carolina (son of Thomas McCuistion and Ann Moody); died on 31 Aug 1851 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. Notes: Robert's mother, Ann Moody McCuistion, gave him the little keg of gold coins because, she said, "he has Texas in his blood and he needs an inheritance that he can take to Texas with him." The gold was a family legacy handed down from the McCuistion ancestors and brought to America by Ann Moody McCuistion. Through Ann's lifetime she never used any of the gold and when she died, in 1819, the keg of coins was passed to her son, Robert. After San Jacinto, the Texas Republic was without funds and its only resource was land. The Texas dollar was worthless. Sam Houston knew his only hope to bolster the economy was to exchange public land for gold. To accomplish his purpose, the hero of San Jacinto invited seventeen men to exchange their gold for seemingly worthless land. Robert McCuistion was one of the seventeen men. By their contributions the value of the Texas dollar rose to almost par value on the world market and the Republic was saved. ..."the ten thousand acres of land accepted in exchange for the McCuistion gold remained worthless but Robert never regretted his gift to Texas." Robert married Elizabeth McQuerter in 1807 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of George Barnett McQuerter and Elizabeth Wahob) was born in 1775 in Western District, Tennessee; died in 1839 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Elizabeth McQuerter was born in 1775 in Western District, Tennessee (daughter of George Barnett McQuerter and Elizabeth Wahob); died in 1839 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. Notes: Carleen Dagget reports Elizabeth's last name as McWhorter. Notes: Married:
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