| "... Mary (Snodgrass)
Dibrell was left a widow with seven children under twelve years of age.
She was appointed Postmistress of Seguin (Texas) and lived there until
the early 1900's, when her brother, Frank L. Snodgrass, an early attorney
in Coleman, built her a two story home on his land, just west of his home
on Cottonwood Street, where she died, November 7, 1935, buried at Coleman.
... Children: ... (5) Ina James, born September 10, 1885
in Seguin, married Will Clark Gay, and had three children. (A
History of Coleman County and Its People, Edited by Ralph and Judia (Gaines)
Terry, and Vena Bob Gates, Vol. I, page 568.)
"In 1929, William C. Gay, and his wife Ina, were residing at 816 Cottonwood Street. He was a ranchman. Mary E. Gay, widow of W. C. Gay, was also living at this address. Mabel Graves (colored) was a domestic working here. She and her husband lived in a dwelling at the rear." (Coleman City Directory, 1929 - Hudspeth.) |
