HEZEKIAH CALHOUN H. BAGWELL^[1]

1848 - 1925  (77 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	HEZEKIAH CALHOUN H. BAGWELL
  Born	27 Feb 1848	GAINSVILLE, HALL, GEORGIA   [2]
  Christened	METHODIST FAITH
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1925	CANTON, VAN ZANDT, TEXAS
  	HE'S BURIED IN STARR CEMETARY. IT IS A METHODIST CHURCH CEMETARY AND THE CHURCH THAT HEZEKIAH ATTENDED WHEN HE LIVED AT CANTON. HIS SECOND WIFE IS BURIED BESIDE HIM. GRANPAW'S BROTHER, DANIEL, AND MOM'S SISTER, MARY MAGDALINE IS THERE.
  Died	31 May 1925	POWELL, MARSHALL, OKLAHOMA
  	HEART ATTACK
  Age	77 years
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  Person ID	I1129	Caudle Descendants
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	HENSON BAGWELL,   b. Abt 1806, SOUTH CAROLINA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	LOUISA [DEMPSEY?],   b. Abt 1815, GEORGIA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1835
  Family ID	F472	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	MARY ELIZABETH FANNIN,   b. 21 Oct 1856, ALABAMA ,   d. 30 Sep 1882, ELLIS (?)COUNTY, TEXAS   Age: 25 years
  Married	6 Mar 1876  [3]
  Children	1. MARY ELIZABETH ("MAE") BAGWELL,   b. 6 Mar 1878, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS ,   d. 11 Mar 1951, CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS   Age: 73 years 2. DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL,   b. 25 Feb 1880, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS ,   d. 30 Mar 1954, GILBERT, MARICOPA, ARIZONA   Age: 74 years   3. DANIEL LARKIN BAGWELL,   b. 25 Feb 1882, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS ,   d. 19 Apr 1915, CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS   Age: 33 years
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	MARGARET L. HARDIN,   b. Abt 1865,   d. 22 May 1912, CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS   Age: ~ 47 years
  Married	1887
  	Married	1887
  MAY HAVE BEEN HILL COUNTY TEXAS WHERE MARGARET WAS FROM.
  Children	1. JOHN STREETER BAGWELL,   b. 23 Sep 1888, CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS ,   d. 10 Mar 1949, CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS   Age: 60 years 2. JAMES OSCAR BAGWELL,   b. 1 Oct 1892, CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS
  Family ID	F452	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 27 Feb 1848 - GAINSVILLE, HALL, GEORGIA Child - MARY ELIZABETH ("MAE") BAGWELL - 6 Mar 1878 - ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS Child - DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL - 25 Feb 1880 - ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS Child - DANIEL LARKIN BAGWELL - 25 Feb 1882 - ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS Child - JOHN STREETER BAGWELL - 23 Sep 1888 - CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS Child - JAMES OSCAR BAGWELL - 1 Oct 1892 - CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS Buried - Apr 1925 - CANTON, VAN ZANDT, TEXAS  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  CALLED HEZEKIAH. ALSO CALLED HENRY ON THE 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS. THE CENSUS SHOWED HENRY C. H. BAGWELL. HEZEKIAH DIED IN THE COTTON FIELD. MOM SAID THAT THEIR DOG, BOUSER, WENT TO THE FIELD WITH HEZEKIAH AND CAME BACK WITHOUT HIM. BOUSER RAN BACK AND FORTH TOWARD THE FIELD UNTIL HE GOT THEIR ATTENTION. GRANDPA WENT TO CHECK AND FOUND HIS DAD ON THE GROUND DEAD. DISTRICT 90, STAR SCHOOL, H. C. BAGWELL, TEACHER, SESSION 1888. H. C. BAGWELL, DISTRICT 90. HE WAS ONE OF 102 TEACHERS IN VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN 1888 - 1889. IN ACCOUNT WITH COUNTY TREASURER D. F. CLARK. H. C. BAGWELL RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED, SUCH AS RENT, TAKING CENSUS, STOVES, MAKING DESKS AND BENCHES, REPAIRS, DIGGING WELLS AND SUPPLYING WOOD FOR HEAT. THERE WERE 105 SCHOOLS OPERATING IN VAN ZANDT COUNTY, TEXAS, TERM 1888 - 1889. ALL BUT ABOUT TWO OR THREE WERE ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS, SALARIES RANGED FROM $30 TO $50 PER MONTH. ONE EXCEPTION APPEARS TO BE THE WILLS POINT SCHOOL WHICH HAD FOUR TEACHERS, TWO OF THEM RECEIVING $70 PER MONTH. THE DISTRICTS ARE LISTED, WITH THE NAME OF SCHOOL, TEACHER OR TEACHERS, AND MONTHS SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION. SOME WERE IN SESSION MORE THAN OTHERS AND SOME CHANGED TEACHERS DUING THE TERM. SOURCE: 1890 - 1891 SCHOLASTIC RECORDS OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY, TEXAS. MOM REMEMBERS SEEING HEZEKIAH LOOK EASTWARD TOWARD GEORGIA AND HEARING HIM TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE HE DIED. SHE REMEMBERS SEEING HIM STRETCHED OUT ON A BOARD AND HER DAD PUTTING SILVER DOLLARS ON HIS EYES TO KEEP THEM CLOSED. SHE REMEMBERS THAT HER DAD HELD A WAKE FOR HIM. SHE ALSO REMEMBERS THAT HER DAD RENTED A FLAT BED TRUCK TO HAUL HEZEKIAH'S BODY BACK TO TEXAS. SHE REMEMBERS THAT THE FAMILY OPENED THE CASKET AFTER THEY ARRIVED AND FOUND THAT HEZEKIAH'S BODY HAD SOMEHOW TURNED IN THE CASKET LEADING SOME OF THEM TO SAY THAT GRANDPA HAD PUT HIM IN THE COFFIN BEFORE HE WAS DEAD. HEZEKIAH'S BODY PROBABLY TURNED SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF THE ROUGH RIDE BETWEEN POWELL, OKLAHOMA AND CANTON, TEXAS. FANNIE BAGWELL NABORS SAID THAT HEZEKIAH MARRIED HIS LIEUTENANT'S DAUGHTER AFTER THE WAR. HE SERVED UNDER LT. ABE FANNIN AND HE WAS MARY ELIZABETH FANNIN'S FATHER. FANNIE SAID THAT HEZEKIAH WORKED FOR HIM BEFORE THE WAR. I ASKED VIARETTA ROBINS KEITH TO CHECK AT THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND SEE IF HEZEKIAH DREW A CONFEDERATE PENSION FROM OKLAHOMA BEFORE HE DIED. SHE DID AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND A PENSION APPLICATION FOR EITHER HEZEKIAH CALHOUN BAGWELL OR HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. HOWEVER, IN AN ARTICLE HANDWRITTEN FROM ONE OF THE BAGWELLS SHE FOUND THAT H. C. DID SERVE (ONLY SIX MONTHS) FROM ALABAMA. SHE HAS WRITTEN FOR THAT APPLICATION (APRIL 24, 1995). THE FUNERAL HOME THERE AT MADILL, THE COUNTY SEAT, DID NOT HAVE ANY RECORD OF HIS DEATH. I CHECKED IN APRIL 1994. MOM BELIEVES THAT HEZEKIAH HAD BLUE EYES AND RED HAIR. 1880 ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD: H. BAGWELL 30 YEARS OLD BORN GEORGIA E. " 22 " " WIFE " ALABAMA M. M. " 2 " " DAU " TEXAS DEMPSEY " 2/12 " " SON " TEXAS JAMES GUTHRIE " 21 " " BRO " GEORGIA 1900 VAN ZANDT COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD: HEZIKIAH BAGWELL b. FEB 1848 GA FATHER SC MOTHER NC MARGARET " b. OCT 1854 TN FATHER SC MOTHER TN DEMPSEY " b. FEB 1880 TX FATHER GA MOTHER AL MARY " b. MAR 1879 TX FATHER GA MOTHER AL DANIEL L. " b. FEB 1882 TX FATHER GA MOTHER AL JOHN S. " b. SEP 1889 TX FATHER GA MOTHER TN JAMES C. " b. OCT 1892 TX FATHER GA MOTHER TN

  
  

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  [S1398] DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELLGILBERT, ARIZONA. [S1397] DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL'S BIBLE THAT HE GAVE MINNIEC. [S11748] VIARETTA KEITH, 601 GOLDEN EAGLE DRIVENORMAN, CL.