Samuel Elmore was the son of James & Martha Hammer Elmore who left TN in late 1890's with seven of their eight children and their worldly possessions in a covered wagon on their way to Colorado to establish a ranch. A married daughter stayed in Tennessee with her husband and children.
James and Martha Elmore stopped for a few years in Texas where their oldest child, Samuel Thomas Elmore, married Rosa Lodema Williams. Samuel and Rosa had their first two children in Texas.
James & Martha and family, and Samuel & Rosa and family purchased a herd of cattle in Denton, Texas and drove the cattle up the trail to Baca, Colorado where they arrived prior to July, 1907, when they homesteaded side by side, tracks of land for each of them.
The ranches were steadily improving until the area was blanketed by the devestating Dust Bowl storms of the 30's. The fertile grass lands were blown away and the barren devestation destroyed all remaining livestock and caused the ranch closings.
All of Samuel & Rosa nine children are listed below in the family links section.
Samuel Elmore was the son of James & Martha Hammer Elmore who left TN in late 1890's with seven of their eight children and their worldly possessions in a covered wagon on their way to Colorado to establish a ranch. A married daughter stayed in Tennessee with her husband and children.
James and Martha Elmore stopped for a few years in Texas where their oldest child, Samuel Thomas Elmore, married Rosa Lodema Williams. Samuel and Rosa had their first two children in Texas.
James & Martha and family, and Samuel & Rosa and family purchased a herd of cattle in Denton, Texas and drove the cattle up the trail to Baca, Colorado where they arrived prior to July, 1907, when they homesteaded side by side, tracks of land for each of them.
The ranches were steadily improving until the area was blanketed by the devestating Dust Bowl storms of the 30's. The fertile grass lands were blown away and the barren devestation destroyed all remaining livestock and caused the ranch closings.
All of Samuel & Rosa nine children are listed below in the family links section.
Family Members
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Martha Addie Williams Virdell
1872–1900
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Louisa Elizabeth "Lizzie" Williams Baxter
1874–1964
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Mary Ellen "Mollie" Williams Myers
1878–1961
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John Samuel "Sam" Williams
1880–1964
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James David Williams
1883–1950
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William Edward "Bill" Williams
1886–1969
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Robert Elexander "Bud" Williams
1890–1945
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Maude Bell Williams Tipton
1894–1962
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Clarence Dewey Williams
1899–1960
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Minnie Ann Elmore Jackson
1904–1976
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Bessie Mae Elmore Holcom
1907–1967
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Oline Ruth Elmore Burr
1910–1997
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Clarence Welborn "Capp" Elmore
1912–1969
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Murriell Maude Elmore Bosley
1916–2000
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Roy Shaldon Elmore
1918–1995
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Helen Nelodine Elmore Cornick
1923–1968
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Mary Gladys "Dood" Elmore Beat
1925–2000
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Velma Louise Elmore
1932–1934
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