1. | Robert Oliver McCuistion was born on 11 Jan 1889 in Damken, New Mexico (son of Noah Houston McCuistion and Susan Catherine Bradford); died on 2 Sep 1976 in Escondido San Diego County, California; was buried in Escondido, San Diego County, California. Notes: Robert O. and his second wife, Evelyn; lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robert married Nellie (Helen) Elizabeth Garland on 17 Nov 1910 in Sibley, Iowa, and was divorced before 1927. Nellie was born on 13 Jan 1894 in Iowa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Robert married Evelyn M. Ellis on 19 Jul 1927. Evelyn was born about 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Noah Houston McCuistion was born on 3 Aug 1853 in Mariposa County, California (son of Noah McCuistion and Nancy Theresa Cox); died on 18 Dec 1933 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Santa Ana Cemetery, Orange County, California. Notes: Noah's middle name is spelled Huston on the Social Security Application for his son, Robert Oliver McCuistion. Noah married Susan Catherine Bradford in 1882 in Silver City, New Mexico. Susan was born on 18 Jan 1866 in Texas; died in 1943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Susan Catherine Bradford was born on 18 Jan 1866 in Texas; died in 1943.
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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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