Person:Fred Christopher (5)

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Fred C Christopher Source: Birth: Feb. 27, 1889

Death: Sep. 10, 1952

	According to the 1900 United States Federal Census, the siblings match the children of Mary Lou Bullard Christopher and James Dubois Christopher. Unfortunately, the 1900 United States Federal Census is not clear about the father of Fred Calhoun Christopher because the mother is listed as MA for some reason and James Dubois had died due to severe burns caused by an accident earlier in the year.

James Dubois Christopher's mother's Mathews line out of Abbeville, SC was Calhoun on the maternal side, hence his middle name. Here is a bio for James Dubois written by one of my aunts. It's lengthy but mentioned Fred:

Source: History of Houston County, Texas 1687 - 1797; compiled and edited by the History Book Committee of Houston County Historical Commission, Crockett, Texas James Dubois Christopher

James Dubois Christopher was the son of George A. Christopher and Jane Matthews Christopher of Abbeville, South Carolina. He was born in 1846 in Abbeville, South Carolina and came to Texas shortly after the end of the Civil War. He served with Byrd's Battalion in the Civil War. He and his family first settled in Texas near Jonesboro, Texas. He married Mary Rhoda Bullard and they came to Houston County in 1893 and purchased a farm on Hickory Creek on the old Bates Ferry Road. He had seven children, George E., Walter, Claude, Percy Scott, Fred C., Melville and Hattie. He had a gin and saw mill in what is now the Daniel Belleview Community. He also had a blacksmith shop on Goliad Street in Crockett near the present Post Office Building. He had an accident while working at his gin and died from injuries sustained in this accident in 1900.

	The children of George continued to own a portion of the original farm until the 1970s. Mary later moved to Teague and died in 1933.
	

George E. married Mary L. Sheptrine [sic] and they had three children, Elaine, Lela and George, Jr.

	 Walter married Jennie Sheprine, sister of Elaine, and they had seven children, James, Irene, Kathryn, Lorene, Horace Walter, Francis and Randolph. 
	
	Hattie married Alvin Marchbanks and lived in Fort Worth for many years before moving to California. They had three daughers, Eleanor Marie, Meta and Willa Dell. Claude, Fred and Melville did not have any children. 
	
	Percy Scott married Ida Lou Jackson and they had five children, Irma, Lou, Hattie Mae, J. E., Merle and Della. 
	
	Percy was the only child of James Dubois who continued to reside in Houston Country. He was a farmer, general contractor and for many years had teams & wagons that delivered freight for Missouri Pacific RR in Crockett. He helped to build many of the early road beds in Houston Country with mules and fresnos. He also helped design and build the first golf course at Spring Creek Country Club near Crockett. His hobby was fox hunting and listening to the hounds. He died in 1964 and Ida died in 1967. 
	
	Irma Lou married Robert Aldrich Von Doenhoff and they had one son, Robert Christopher Von Doenhoff. He married Kitty Eckardt and they had two daughters, Shaley and Kristen and reside in Crockett. Merle married Oren Edens rials [sic] of Grapeland they had two daughters, Glenda and Debbie. They live in Groves, Texas. Della married Charles Morris and they had two daughters, Peggy and Vicki and they live in Abilene. Hattie had no children and lives in Arlington, Texas. 
	
	J.E. married Sally Lou Davis and they had two sons, Larry Jay and David Lee. Larry Jay married Karen Northcutt and has two sons, Robert A. and William R. J.E. is a rural carrier with the Postal Service and he and his wife still reside in Crockett.

By: J.E. Christopher

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Parents:
 James Dubois Christopher (1846 - 1900)
 Mary Lou Bullard Christopher (1856 - 1933)

Spouse:
 Alice Christopher (1907 - 1955)

Siblings:
 Walter W. Christopher (1880 - 1944)*
 Jack Claude Christopher (1882 - 1965)*
 Fred C Christopher (1889 - 1952)
 Melvel Christopher (1891 - 1967)*
 Hattie V. Christopher Marchbanks (1894 - 1976)*

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1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1995: [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Freestone, Texas; Roll: T624_1553; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 1375566.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Houston, Texas; Roll: 1646; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 1241646.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
   Year: 1940; Census Place: East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: T627_880; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 82-57.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} United States. Social Security Administration. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
   Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Tarrant; Roll: 1953358; Draft Board: 1.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Ancestry.com. Web: Wyoming, Find A Grave Index, 1850-2012. (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} United States. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100991063, in Find A Grave.