Etheldra C. Roby

Etheldra married Alfred Burton DeLoach on 12 Sep 1832 in Somerville, , Morgan County, Alabama. Alfred (son of John DeLoach and Frances Gilliam) was born about 14 Jan 1808 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died on 30 Jun 1854 in Livingston, , Sumter County, Alabama; was buried about 2 Jul 1854 in Livingston, , Sumter County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"In his official report of the battle of Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863) Major General Patrick R. Cleburne expressed his indebtednes to Dr. D.A. Linthicum, the chief surgeon of his division, Surgeon A.R. Erskine, the division medical inspector, and Assistant Surgeon Alfred B. DeLoach. Assistant Surgeon DeLoach particularly distinguished himself by his unselfish devotion, going repeatedly far forward under fire and among the skirmishers to attend the wounded." (p.260, 261 from "Doctors in Gray" by H.H. Cunningham)

1880 Gregg County, TX Census
Longview
Household 72
A. B. Deloach43AL TN GAPhysician
Fannie30TX SC TN
Lawrence 7TX AL TX
Ethel 6TX AL TX
A. B. Jr. 5TX AL TX
Mary 1TX AL TX

1900 Bowie County, TX Census
Texarkana
Household 111
Fannie DeLoachFeb 1849 51TX SC TN Widow
AlbertFeb 1876 24TX AL TX Book Keeper
MaryJan 1879 21TX AL TX Teacher
FannieJan 1882 18TX AL TX
AnnieJun 1883 16TX AL TX

1910 Bowie County, TX Census
Texarkana
Household 12
Fannie E. DeLoach61TX SC TN Widow
Mary 30TX AL TX Stenographer
Fannie 28TX AL TX Teacher
Will P. Littlejohn 34TX LA VA Salesman, son in law
Annie 26TX AL TX Daughter
Robert 6TX TX TX Grandson

1920 Bowie County, TX Census
Texarkana
Household 76
F. E. De Loach 71TX SC TN Widow
Mary 40TX AL TX Stenographer

Alfred married Fannie E. Young on 22 Nov 1871 in Marshall, , , Texas. Fannie was born on 4 Feb 1849 in Marshall, , , Texas; died on 5 Mar 1933 in Texarkana, , Bowie County, Texas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, , Bowie County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unknown GEDCOM info: Murdered

Found murdered in a camp ground near Nine Mile Post in Travis County, Texas. Also found slain were Charles S. Hervey of Columbus, GA, and W.H. Jones.

Notes:

H.B. Boon appeared before W.R. DeLoach,Judge of the Probate, in the county
of Sumter, Al. on July 1,1889. Being duly sworn in, Boon stated that when
a private in Co.E of 7th Regiment of N.C. Infantry and while in the discharge
of his duty in September of 1864, near Petersburg,Va. he lost his left
leg. He also state that on the 28th. of February, 1889,he is a resident
of Al. engaged in farming and that his taxable property does not exceed
four hundred dollars in value.


(Research):CAPT. WILLIAM R. DELOACH.

Comrade William R. DeLoach was born June 4, 1842, and reared in Sumter County, Ala., and died in Memphis August 5, 1910 At the age of eighteen DeLoach enlisted as a private in the 5th Alabama Regiment, commanded by Col. (afterwards Maj. Gen.) R. E. Rodes. His service throughout the war was of the very best type. An old comrade once pointed to him. as the only man he ever knew who was absolutely devoid of personal fear. This statement is not literally true. DeLoach's intelligence recognized the hazard of battle, but his true moral courage rose above it. To him "duty" to himself and family and love of country were higher than all else, and made him bear himself as if ignorant of fear. He served with honor in Virginia, being badly wounded at Sharpsburg while climbing over the Federal breastworks, and later on was shot down at Mine Run while voluntarily leading a charge which was the duty of superior officers. He fell at the head of his men, with a jagged hole in the neck, which!
kept him out of the service for three months. Receiving his promotion at his return, he was assigned to Forrest's Cavalry and made captain of a company of independent scouts. Near Decatur, Ala., he was captured and kept on Johnson's Island until July, 1865.

The hardships of war bore lightly upon the youthful soldiers of the South. Their courage was inherited, the strength and joy of comradeship were theirs, and, like their ancestors, they met the foes of their country with inborn steadfastness. It was natural for DeLoach to fight, he had a knowledge of the questions at issue.

But it was after he returned home in 1865 that the real test of manhood came to DeLoach and to the men of his class. How he met this trial is known only to those who touched shoulders and divided counsel with him at that time. From that day till 1873, when the white people of Sumter came into their own again, was the time that tried men's souls in the Southland. From the town of Livingston, DeLoach's home, to the northern boundary of the county the proportion of blacks to whites was larger than in any other county in Alabama. The negroes almost from the first were under the control of aliens and renegades, and the struggle for existence was on in earnest. Reconstruction, with its deliberate plan to subject the native white people to their former slaves, was an unspeakable horror, to be resisted to the death. If the true story of reconstruction in the Black Belt of Alabama should ever be told, DeLoach's name would be written high up on the roll of honor. His judgment and courage were with him under all conditions. When the struggle was over, his kindliness made him resist any cruelty to, or oppression of, the negroes, when control was absolutely in the hands of the whites. He acted steadily upon this principle during his long service as judge, and no court was ever administered more fairly than his. His reelection time after time, making his term of office thirty four years, was a tribute to his integrity and intelligence.

The writer of this sketch states "Of all the men whom I have known and of all the comrades I have loved, DeLoach came nearest the right life, and his surviving friends will join me in this judgment of his character."

In 1867 Capt. W. R. DeLoach was married to Miss Susan Gibbs, a daughter of Col, Charles R. Gibbs, an officer of the War of 1812. Theirs was an ideal union. Will DeLoach and Sue Gibbs loved each other from youth through a long life, and parted only through that inevitable decree which "happeneth to all."

William married Susan Thornton Gibbs about 1867 in Sumter County, , , Alabama. Susan (daughter of Charles R. Gibbs) was born on 16 Dec 1842 in Sumter County, , , Alabama; died about 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Augusta married Dr. Robert William McCutcheon about 1873. Robert (son of Rev David Campbell McCutcheon and Priscilla Rebecca Hair) was born about 1847 in Gibson County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 Nov 1885 in Gregg County, , , Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Worked as a railroad conductor.

1920 Caddo Parish, LA Census
Shreveport
Household 227
Lawrence Deloach 43TX TX TXMd
Madge V. 41TX TX TXMd
Annie24AR TX TXMd
Nita21AR TX TXMd
William20TN TX TXS
Arthur17TN TX TXS
Ethel14LA TX TXS
Margaret 12LA TX TXS
John L.10LA TX TXS
Burton A. 3LA TX TXS
Dorris 2LA TN ARGranddaughter
John Campbell26TN TN TNSon in law

Lawrence married Margaret V. "Madge" Watts on 7 Nov 1895 in Pine Bluff, , , Arkansas. Margaret was born on 3 Sep 1878 in Texarkana, , Bowie County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Etheldra married William Littlejohn Martin on 14 Sep 1897 in Texas, , , . William was born about 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Hale County, TX Census
Plainview
Household 443
Alfred B. De Loach 44TX AL TN Widower, Grain Dealer
William Jacoby11TX TX GA Son

1930 Hale County, TX Census
Plainview
Household 443
Alfred B. De Loach 54TX AL SC Accountant
Emily C. 49GA GA FL 39 years old when married
[Emily Corrine Walker, md 15 Nov 1920, Miller County, AR]

Alfred married Emma W. Wisdom about 1907 in Texas, , , . Emma (daughter of Francis L. "Frank" Wisdom and Annie E. (Wisdom)) was born in Oct 1878 in Georgia, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married Emily Corrine Walker on 15 Nov 1920 in Miller County, , , Arkansas. Emily was born about 1880 in Georgia, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married William Littlejohn about 1903. William (son of Robert Payne Littlejohn and Anna P. (Littlejohn)) was born on 10 Mar 1876 in Texas, , , ; died on 20 Feb 1937 in Harrison County, , , Texas; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, , Harrison County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alferd Burton DeLoach was a well-known physician and surgeon in Memphis, TN

Alfred married Laura Belle Collier about 1911. Laura (daughter of John Marshall Collier and Sarah Newman) was born on 14 Sep 1869 in Vicksburg, , , Mississippi; died on 24 Feb 1931 in Shelby County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Campbell. John was born about 1894 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nita married David Morrison Lide, Jr. on 7 Oct 1917 in Louisiana, , , . David (son of David Morrison Lide, Sr. and Anna T. Wilson) was born on 26 Jul 1892 in Tipton County, , , Tennessee; died in Oct 1975 in Tensas Parish, , , Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Minnie Anne Armstrong on 1 Jan 1927 in Harrison County, , , Texas. Minnie (daughter of James B. "Jim" Armstrong and Minnie (Armstrong)) was born about 1905 in Harrison County, , , Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is living with his aunt Annie Lee DeLoach Littlejohn in the 1930 Tarrant County, TX census.

1930 Tarrant County, TX Census
Fort Worth
Household 674
William Littlejohn52TX
Annie L.46TX
Bert DeLoach12LANephew in law

There is a Tarrant County, TX death certificate for a Lawrence Eads DeLoach, Jr, born 1 Jan 1915 in Alabama, died 28 Aug 1940. The informant is Annie L. Littlejohn.

The 1920 census for Caddo County, LA lists Lawrence DeLoach and his family. Burton A. DeLoach is shown on this census, but there is no listing for a Lawrence Eads DeLoach, Jr.

It is quite possible that Burton A. DeLoach changes his named to that of his father.