Dave was born to Matthew and Susan Angeline Willett Pickens in Tenn. June 09, 1852. They came to Van Zandt Co. Texas and settled South of Canton in the Phalba area when Dave was a small child. Dave married first Mrs. Helen A. Farmer. She died in 1890. He married second Mrs. Mary Farmer in VZC December 31, 1891. His children known to me were: Frank Pickens 1890; Robert Pickens 1896; Charlie Pickens; Sallie Farmer Pickens 1877; N. Farmer Pickens 1880.
Information and picture furnished by: Betty Pickens Phillips
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