Mary Manerva Clark b. Abt 1841 Reynolds Co., MO d. 8 Feb 1931: Sorrell Family History

Abt 1841 - 1931 (90 years)

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Name	Mary Manerva Clark
Birth	Abt 1841	Reynolds Co., MO
Gender	Female
_UID	C4BCDAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4EFA20
Death	8 Feb 1931
Burial	Hays Co., TX
Person ID	I11865	sorrells
Last Modified	10 Mar 2001

Father	William Isom Clark, b. Abt 1797, SC d. Btw 1854-1856, Coryell Co., TX (Age 59 years)
Mother	Jane Williams, b. Abt 1805, Haywood Co., NC d. Aft 1880, Peters Colony, Van Zandt Co., TX (Age > 76 years)
Marriage	Abt 1817	Sevier Co., TN
Family ID	F4333	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 James R. Sexton, Sr., b. Abt 1833 d. 4 Oct 1863, Louisiana (Age 30 years)

Marriage 22 Jun 1858 Lampasas Co., TX

Children

	1. Zelpha Jane Sexton, b. 14 Feb 1860, TX d. 8 Dec 1938, Burnet Co., TX (Age 78 years)
	2. James Robert Sexton, Jr., b. 5 Jan 1864, Bell Co., TX d. 18 Nov 1937, Travis, TX (Age 73 years)

Family ID F5664 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Oct 2024

Family 2 David Watkins d. 1904

Marriage 9 Nov 1864 Williamson Co., TX

Children

	1. William David Watkins, b. 1870 bur. Hays Co., TX
	2. Isom J. Watkins, b. 1873
	3. John H. Watkins, b. Abt 1875, TX d. 1950, Odem, San Patricio Co., TX (Age 75 years)
	4. Mary M. Watkins, b. 1878
	5. Lilly L. Watkins, b. 1880

Family ID F5665 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Oct 2024

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Mary Minerva Clark

Notes

Applied for a Confederate Pension in Burnet Co., TX on the service of husband James R. Sexton. (The index for the pensions lists her husbands name as: James R. Watkins!) It was approved by the state of TX on 25 Aug 1925.

In that application she states that James R. Sexton died on October 4, 1863 in Lousiana while still in the service. A witness named Henry Perry also states that he does not rembember the exact date, but that he helped bury James Sexton in Lousiana in the month of October, 1863.

Now for some other good information. Mary states that she was married to James R. Sexton on June 22, 1858 in Lampasas Co. (I am going to order a copy of that marriage license). That would have made her slightly under 17 years old when she married. At that young age she was probably still living at home.

Mary lived with her son William David until her death.

Mary Manerva Clark, one of the daughters of Old Isom & Jane, was first married to James R. Sexton, Sr., on June 22, 1858, in Lampasas County. That date and location is listed on her application for a Confederate Pension due to the death of James R. Sexton, Sr., during the Civil War. The first child born to Mary Manerva and James was James R. Sexton, Jr. James R. Sexton, Jr. was married to Louvica Ann Loving. There is a high probability that she was kin to Oliver Loving mentioned above. Her family lived near Youngsport in Bell Co. at one time. Two of the daughters of James Sexton, Jr. and Louvicia Loving later married into the Felix Hibler family in Burnet Co. This Hibler family is traced back to some of my other kin in Rockbridge Co., Va. during the early and mid 1850’s. (Research by Keith Reed)