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Daughter of Wm M & Sarah L White
| Index of Family Records | ||
| Family Census Records | Tax List Bowie Co 1877 - 1899 | Red Lick Methodist Members - 1892 | 
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		Earnest Family Record and  Earnest Marriages from Bible Record  | 
		Picture - Essie & Anne and Family | 
| James L Earnest - Runs for Public Office | Brother George D and Wife | 
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	Sarah
      Jane White b. 5 Oct 1854 Bowie Co TX d. 7 Feb 1915 Bowie Co TX Buried: Red Lick Cemetery Bowie Co ![]()  | 
		
		 ------ Married: 4 Oct 1877 Bowie Co TX James Leonard Sylvester Earnest (son of Elisha & Levisor [Caldwell] Earnest) b. 8 Sep 1855 Carrol Co GA d. 2 Dec 1931 Bowie Co TX Buried: Red Lick Cemetery Bowie Co ----- James L married 2nd: (aft 1915) Rosie "Rossie" L ???? b. 21 Dec 1882 TX d. 3 Apr 1963 Buried: Red Lick Cemetery Children from this marriage: 3 Total Children: 12  | 
	
| Children of James & Sarah | ||
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		 Anne (Annie) Louise 
		Earnest b. 26 Jun 1878 Bowie Co TX d. 23 Jun 1947 Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (B-3) married: 15 Jan 1905 Bowe Co William "Willie" S Kyles (Richard A & Eliza [Shaw] Kyles) b. 28 Nov 1868 Clanton Chilton Co AL d. 24 Sep 1957 Texarkana Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (B-3) Known Children: 10 Norman, Mable, Robert A, Herman A, Lela, Niven S, Virgie E, Virgil, Annie L, Noel  | 
		
		 John (Will) 
		William Earnest (also listed as James?) b. 14 Apr 1880 Bowie Co TX d. 9 Feb 1938 Texarkana Bowie Co bu: Red Lick Cemetery (E-7) married: 17 May 1902 Bowie Janie Pearl Jones b. 10 May 1883 Miller Co AR d. 13 Jul 1975 Texarkana Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (E-7) 
		Known Children: 9  | 
		
		 Daniel Victor Sr 
		Earnest b. 28 Dec 1881 Bowie Co TX d. 24 Feb 1943 Texarkana Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (B-8) married: 11 Feb 1906 Bowie Co Leila M Rogers b. 31 Oct 1882 AR d. 24 Dec 1957 bu: Red Lick Cemetery (B-8) Known Children: 1 Daniel Victor Jr Earnest,  | 
	
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		 Infant 
		"Little Sweetie" (Female) Earnest b. 8 Apr 1883 Nash Bowie Co TX d. 3 Sep 1883 Nash Bowie Co TX buried: Red Lick Cem Bowie Co TX ![]()  | 
		
		 Effie Earnest 
		 b. 24 Aug 1884 Nash Bowie Co TX d. 2 Jun 1944 Little River Co AR bu: Oak Hill Cem Little River AR Obituary married: 13 Sep 1903 Bowie Co TX Rev Marvin Taylor Rose b. 6 Apr 1883 d. 12 Oct 1975 Little River Co AR bu: Oak Hill Cem Little River AR Known Children: 6 James Taylor, Marvin Lee, Wm Joseph, Jasper, Earnest Travis, Samuel V Rose Family on 1910,20,30 Census Little River  | 
		
		 Sarah Essie 
		Earnest b. 11 Dec 1887 Bowie Co TX d. 19 Dec 1967 Bowie Co TX buried: Red Lick Cemetery (H-6) married: 24 Jan 1910 Bowie Co Rufus E Martindale (son of Wm & Mariah [Huret] Martindale) b. 29 May 1884 Hope Hempstead Co AR d. 22 Feb 1944 Hooks Bowie Co TX buried: Red Lick Cemetery (H-6) Known Children: 6  | 
	
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		 Ola Earnest b. 15 Jul 1888 Bowie Co TX d. 25 Sep 1971 Phoenix Maricopa AZ bu: 29 Sep 1971 Red Lick Cemetery (G-2) married: 25 Nov 1915 Bowie Co David William Davis (WWI Draft Card) b. 30 Dec 1889 Independence Montgomery Co KS d. aft 1940 census bu: Unkn Known Children: 10 David W Jr, Leonard E, Meryl M, Melva Ola, Joseph W, Oran A, Floyd Hamar, Sarah Elizabeth, Ruby Covenant, Heber John Davis Family on 1920, 30, 40 Census  | 
		
		 Ninnie (Nina) Evelyn 
		Earnest (all census show Minnie) b. 8 Jul 1890 Bowie Co TX d. 17 Jan 1963 Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (I-6) married: 8 Jan 1911 Bowie Co Albert Young Sr Martindale WWI Draft Card b. 25 Nov 1889 Hope Co AR d. 7 Jul 1964 Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (I-6) Known Children: 7 Alma T, Earnest A, Welmer, Helen M, Margaret, Albert Y Jr, Warren, William C Martindale  | 
		
		 Leonard Earnest b. 27 Jul 1892 Bowie Co TX d. 25 Aug 1967 Texarkana Bowie Co TX (Residence Leary Bowie Co TX) bu: Red Lick Cemetery (A-1) married: 24 Dec 1916 Bowie Co Sarah Viola (Ola) Evans (dau of Dad Evans & Mom Taylor) b. 2 Feb 1889 Anderson Co SC d. 2 Jul 1980 Texarkana Bowie Co TX (Resident of Leary Bowie Co TX) bu: Red Lick Cemetery (A-1) Known Children: 6 Kathrine, Bruce, Marshall, Leo, Curtis, Eugene  | 
	
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		 Infant 
		(Daughter) Earnest b. 14 Feb 1900 Cass Co TX d. 14 Feb 1900 Bowie Co TX buried: Red Lick Cem Bowie Co TX ![]()  | 
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| Children of James L and Rosie - aft. 1915 - 3 known children | ||
| Angie E Earnest
		 b. 8 Jun 1917 Bowie Co TX d. 20 Nov 1975 Titus Co TX Death Certificate bu: Red Lick Cemetery (I-11)  | 
		Morris Stevens Earnest Sr b. 2 Jan 1920 Bowie Co TX d. 9 Jun 2000 Texarkana Bowie Co TX bu: Red Lick Cemetery (??) 
		m. Unkn date Known Children: Unkn  | 
		Ray Earnest (WWII 
		Vet) b. 8 May 1925 Bowie Co TX d. 7 Jun 1989 Cpl WWII Army bu: Red Lick Cemetery (??) 
	
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		 James L S Earnest 
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		 Heber John Davis son of David Sr & Ola 
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		Part of the Family of: Anne (Annie) L. White & husband Willie (Will) S Kyles (Anne & Essie (pictured) are the children of J. L. & S. J. [White] Earnest) Anne & Essie are Grand Daughters of Wm M & Sarah L White 
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		Pictured: Essie the daughter of James. L. & Sarah Jane [White] Earnest is Standing behind her Sisters (Anne's) Family, Will and Annie Kyles. (currently not sure of the children's names as there were 9 children)  | 
	
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		TOP J. L. Running for Public Office 
		 
		J. L. Earnest on the 1892 Roll ran for Political 
		Office according to the Political Campaign   | 
	
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		TOP George D. & Katie Earnest Brother of 
		James L, 
		Sarah E [Earnest] White,  & Minta [Earnest] White  | 
	
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		Earnest Family 
		Three of W. M. White's Children Father of James L., Sarah E., Minta S Earnest 
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		Descendant Surnames: Earnest, White, Bonner, Batton, Roy Goodwin, Birdwell, Taylor, Hicks, Watson Armstrong, Price, Barkman, Simmons, Smith 
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| James L Earnest'ss Bowie County Tax List Records 1877 - 1899 | 
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					Tax List - J L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & 
					Sarah White, JL & Sarah married 1877] 1 poll, total state & co tax $3.00 
					1878 - Tax List - J L 
					Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1879 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1880 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1887 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 
					1888 - Tax List - J L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White 
					d/o Wm & Sarah White] 
					1889 - Tax List - J L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White 
					d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1896 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1897 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1898 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White] 1898 - Tax List - J 
					L Earnest - [husband of Sarah J White d/o Wm & Sarah White]  | 
				
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