CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
John Wesley Spikes was born Sept. 29, 1841, in Alabama. His parents were John Edward Spikes and Nancy Colquhoun (Calhoun). After serving in the Civil War, John Wesley came to Kaufman, Texas with his father's family. He was attached to Captain Kizer, 12th Texas Cavalry, Parson's Brigade, where he soon became a lieutenant.
They settled in Kaufman when it was a frontier where they ranched. John Wesley married Julia Ann Fox, daughter of Dr. Joseph Fox and Elizabeth Shaw, July 3, 1861.
After years of living in Kaufman, John Wesley moved his family to the Texas Plains bringing three or four hundred head of cattle with them. These cattle froze to death the first winter.
When they arrived near what was to be Emma in Crosby County, Texas, they lived in a tent in Estacado until their two-room house was built. Capt. Spikes helped establish the town of Emma.
John Wesley wasn't at Emma very long before he was killed by the kick of a vicious horse. He is the third person buried in the Emma Cemetery.
Additional Children:
Unknown Baby Spikes
Wesley Ernest Spikes (1876 1959)
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
John Wesley Spikes was born Sept. 29, 1841, in Alabama. His parents were John Edward Spikes and Nancy Colquhoun (Calhoun). After serving in the Civil War, John Wesley came to Kaufman, Texas with his father's family. He was attached to Captain Kizer, 12th Texas Cavalry, Parson's Brigade, where he soon became a lieutenant.
They settled in Kaufman when it was a frontier where they ranched. John Wesley married Julia Ann Fox, daughter of Dr. Joseph Fox and Elizabeth Shaw, July 3, 1861.
After years of living in Kaufman, John Wesley moved his family to the Texas Plains bringing three or four hundred head of cattle with them. These cattle froze to death the first winter.
When they arrived near what was to be Emma in Crosby County, Texas, they lived in a tent in Estacado until their two-room house was built. Capt. Spikes helped establish the town of Emma.
John Wesley wasn't at Emma very long before he was killed by the kick of a vicious horse. He is the third person buried in the Emma Cemetery.
Additional Children:
Unknown Baby Spikes
Wesley Ernest Spikes (1876 1959)
Family Members
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Ella Spikes Paschall
1862–1926
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Robert Spikes
1864–1881
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Joseph Jefferson "Jeff" Spikes
1867–1964
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Etna Spikes Paschall
1871–1960
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John Julian Spikes
1872–1902
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Elizabeth Ann Spikes Ellis
1874–1963
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Wesley Ernest Spikes
1875–1959
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Frederick Henry Spikes
1879–1951
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George Richard "Dick" Spikes
1881–1902
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Samuel Israel Spikes
1883–1955
