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Hardy Joshua McCuistion

Hardy Joshua McCuistion

Male 1891 - 1964  (73 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hardy Joshua McCuistion was born on 12 Mar 1891 in Bosque County, Texas (son of Thomas Davis McCuistion and Lenora Clarinda Hardie); died on 7 Jun 1964 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 9 Jun 1964 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.

    Hardy married Grace Heare about 1916. Grace was born on 9 May 1895 in Wilbarger County, Texas; died on 9 Nov 1990 in Gray County, Texas; was buried in Miami, Roberts County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lewis Hardy McCuistion was born on 8 Sep 1915 in Roberts County, Texas; died on 13 Jul 1927 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas; was buried in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    2. Thomas Joseph McCuistion was born on 6 Jun 1918 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas; died on 10 Dec 2003 in Stuart, Martin County, Florida; was buried in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    3. Melvin McCuistion was born on 17 Feb 1924 in Roberts County, Texas; died on 20 Aug 1996; was buried in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    4. Velva Grace McCuistion was born on 17 Nov 1927 in Roberts County, Texas; died on 15 Aug 2016 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas; was buried on 19 Aug 2016 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas.

    Hardy married Alpha Lorraine Clark about 1930. Alpha (daughter of Oren Leroy Clark and Emily Baker Stuart) was born on 27 Jun 1902 in Texas; died on 4 Sep 1991 in Gray County, Texas; was buried in Miami, Roberts County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Davis McCuistion was born on 13 Aug 1862 in Robinson County, Texas (son of Joshua McCuistion and Mary Elizabeth McGuire); died on 12 Dec 1939 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona; was buried on 15 Dec 1939 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.

    Thomas married Lenora Clarinda Hardie in 1884, and was divorced between 1920 and 1930. Lenora (daughter of Charles R. Hardie and Mary Taylor) was born on 7 Nov 1865 in Georgia; died on 26 Nov 1946 in Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas; was buried on 28 Nov 1946 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lenora Clarinda Hardie was born on 7 Nov 1865 in Georgia (daughter of Charles R. Hardie and Mary Taylor); died on 26 Nov 1946 in Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas; was buried on 28 Nov 1946 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    Children:
    1. Maude Ella McCuistion was born on 19 Nov 1886 in Texas; died on 12 May 1964 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 13 May 1964 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
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    3. Mary Anne McCuistion was born on 18 Aug 1889 in Texas; died on 7 Oct 1971.
    4. 1. Hardy Joshua McCuistion was born on 12 Mar 1891 in Bosque County, Texas; died on 7 Jun 1964 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 9 Jun 1964 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    5. Addie Lee McCuistion was born on 2 Mar 1893 in Texas; died on 1 Jul 1963 in Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri; was buried on 4 Jul 1963 in Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri.
    6. Ruth Odessa McCuistion was born on 11 Apr 1895 in Texas; died on 16 Jun 1975 in Dumas, Moore County, Texas; was buried on 18 Jun 1975 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    7. Tommie Grace McCuistion was born on 20 Jul 1897 in Texas; died on 29 Jan 1985 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas; was buried on 1 Feb 1985 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
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Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joshua McCuistion was born on 2 May 1830 in (Shelbyville) Coffee County, Tennessee (son of Robert Newton McCuistion and Elizabeth McQuerter); died on 22 Mar 1906 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

    Notes:

    Was with his brother James in Robertson County, Texas in 1850, and is listed on the 1850 census.

    Died:
    Joshua owned land in the Blaylock Colony in Old Mexico. As explained by his great grandson, the Blaylock Colony was in Tamaulipas part of Mexico, South of Brownsville, Texas. Colony meant so many acres of land and the people on it.

    In 1905, Joshua bought a ranch in the State of Tamaulipas, Old Mexico, south of Brownsville; the deeds were ratified by the Courts of Tampico. The next year, during the Mexican Revolution, the army of President Diaz overran his ranch, were defeated and recrossed, pursued by the army of Pancho Villa. Joshua and all of his native Mexican employees were murdered on or about 22 March 1906. It is not known whether government or bandit forces committed the atrocities; although, it is assumed to have been Pancho Villa. Although, another account states, Joshua was shot in the leg while in bed, which caused him to develop blood poisoning and he died from this. Because of legal complications and the lack of proper embalming methods, he was buried there.

    Joshua married Mary Elizabeth McGuire in 1861 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Dr. John McGuire and Mary Yell) was born on 30 May 1827 in Tennessee; died on 25 Dec 1898 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas; was buried in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Elizabeth McGuire was born on 30 May 1827 in Tennessee (daughter of Dr. John McGuire and Mary Yell); died on 25 Dec 1898 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas; was buried in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Is her name McGraw or McGuire?

    Died:
    This was the date taken from Mary's headstone in Lane's Chapel Cemetery, Bosque County, Texas. Bosque County history lists the date of death as 1893.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Catherine McCuistion was born on 8 Mar 1861; died on 9 Dec 1884 in Texas; was buried in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.
    2. 2. Thomas Davis McCuistion was born on 13 Aug 1862 in Robinson County, Texas; died on 12 Dec 1939 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona; was buried on 15 Dec 1939 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.
    3. Joshua Perry McCuistion was born on 18 Dec 1863 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas; died on 7 Mar 1956 in Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana; was buried in Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana.
    4. Naomi Elizabeth McCuistion was born on 26 Dec 1865 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 3 May 1947 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas; was buried on 4 May 1947 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.
    5. Sarah Jackson McCuistion was born on 29 Oct 1868 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 23 Jul 1941 in Bosque County, Texas; was buried on 24 Jul 1941 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.
    6. Virginia Caldonia McCuistion was born on 1 Apr 1870 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 30 Jul 1904; was buried in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.

  3. 6.  Charles R. Hardie

    Charles married Mary Taylor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Taylor
    Children:
    1. 3. Lenora Clarinda Hardie was born on 7 Nov 1865 in Georgia; died on 26 Nov 1946 in Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas; was buried on 28 Nov 1946 in Miami, Roberts County, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 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."
    All of Robert's children were born in Davidson and Bedford Counties, Tennessee.
    Robert went to Robertson County, Texas in 1835 and established himself at a strong spring of good water, later known as the McCuistion Headwaters. This is near the present village of Easterly.

    Birth:
    One source lists the date of birth 12 May whereas the other lists 2 May.

    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]


  2. 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.

    Elizabeth McQuerter McCuistion was well educated and her diplomatic qualities can be seen in the fact that she named her first child, being a girl, Charity, after the mother of her three step-children and thereby endeared it to them, closing forever the gap between the two sets of children. She is said to be a financial supporter and loyal colonist, according to the entry in "Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas."

    Died:
    Elizabeth McQuerter is buried in Old Franklin Cemetery, located on Daggett Ranch; 2 miles southwest of Franklin, Texas.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Carleen lists the year of marriage as 1806.

    Children:
    1. Charity McCuistion was born in 1808 in Bedford County, Tennessee; and died.
    2. Sarah McCuistion was born in 1810 in Bedford County, Tennessee; and died.
    3. Elizabeth McCuistion was born on 22 Jun 1812 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died on 3 Aug 1834 in Bedford County, Tennessee; was buried in Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee.
    4. Lavinia Jane McCuistion was born in 1813 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died between 1846 and 1853.
    5. Rachel McCuistion was born in 1813 in Bedford County, Tennessee; and died.
    6. James McCuistion was born in 1815 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died in 1864 in Robertson County, Texas.
    7. Milly McCuistion was born on 22 Jun 1817 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jan 1903 in Orange County, California.
    8. Ann Marjorie (Margaret) McCuistion was born on 22 Jun 1817 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died in 1879 in Robertson County, Texas; was buried in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas.
    9. Cynthia McCuistion was born in 1819 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died in 1830.
    10. Leathea McCuistion was born in 1821 in Coffee County, Tennessee; and died.
    11. Noah McCuistion was born on 7 Oct 1822 in Cumberland County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jan 1903 in Westminster, Orange County, California; was buried in Orange County, California.
    12. Nancy Agnes McCuistion was born in 1824 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died on 15 Aug 1871 in Chase County, Kansas; was buried in Chase County, Kansas.
    13. Naomi McCuistion was born in 1826 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died on 16 Sep 1869 in Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas.
    14. 4. Joshua McCuistion was born on 2 May 1830 in (Shelbyville) Coffee County, Tennessee; died on 22 Mar 1906 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

  3. 10.  Dr. John McGuire and died.

    John married Mary Yell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Yell
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Elizabeth McGuire was born on 30 May 1827 in Tennessee; died on 25 Dec 1898 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas; was buried in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.