Landrith Family Information

Martin Luther Landrith
[son of Thomas A. Landrith and Elizabeth Summers]
born: 3 December 1829 - Tazewell County, Illinois
died: 15 June 1910 - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
buried: Milford Cemetery - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
1860 Census - Ellis County, Texas
1870 Census - Ellis County, Texas
1880 Census - Ellis County, Texas
1900 Census -
married: 1 October 1857 - Ellis County, Texas
wife: Mary Matilda Groves
[daughter of Henry Groves and mary Ann Armstong]
born: 18 March 1826 - Clark County, Illinois
died: 28 March 1906 - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
buried: Milford Cemetery - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
1860 Census - Ellis County, Texas
1870 Census - Ellis County, Texas
1880 Census - Ellis County, Texas
1900 Census -

Children of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary Matilda Groves Landrith:

1. Finis Landrith
born: 19 January 1860 - Ellis County, Texas
died: 14 November 1868 - Texas
buried: Patterson Family Cemetey - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
1860 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)

2. Mary "Mollie" Susan Landrith
born: 8 March 1863 - Ellis County, Texas
died: 28 August 1940 - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
buried: Ridge Park Cemetery - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
1870 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)
1880 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas
married: 24 December 1884 - Ellis County, Texas
husband: Stephen Meigs Love
[son of John McSpadden Love and Malinda Ann Knox]
born: 25 February 1858 - Tennessee
died: 11 December 1930 - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
buried: Ridge Park Cemetery - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas

Children of Mary Susan Landrith Love and Stephen Meigs Love:

2.1. Claude Randolph Love
born: 11 November 1885 - Hill County, Texas
died: 30 September 1943 - Ovilla, Texas
buried: Ovilla Cemetery - Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
married: 1907 - Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas
wife: Orlena Roberts
[daughter of William Henry Roberts and Martha Elizabeth Monroe]
born: 30 April 1887 - Hill County, Texas
died: 29 October 1970 - Dallas, Texas
buried: Ovilla Cemetery - Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas

2.2. Vera Blanch Love
born: 3 October 1886 - Texas
died: 9 September 1975
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
buried: Ridge Park Cemetery - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
husband: George W. Finch
born: 30 April 1885
died: 10 September 1914
buried: Ridge Park Cemetery - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas

2.3. Edna May Love
born: 25 September 1890 - Texas
died: 30 March 1977
buried: Sardis Cemetery - Sardis, Ellis County, Texas
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
married: 25 September 1910 - Brandon, Texas
husband: Roger Quincy Mills Giles
[son of David Augustus Giles and Mary Susan Swint]
born: 18 April 1888 - Hill County, Texas
died: 25 March 1963
buried: Sardis Cemetery - Sardis, Ellis County, Texas

2.4. John Luther Love
born: 14 May 1892 - Texas
died: 22 February 1932
buried: Ridge Park Cemetery - Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)

2.5. Ruth Love
born: 16 April 1895 - Texas
died: 23 October 1973
buried: Milford Cemetery - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
1900 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
husband: Hubert H. Johnson
[son of Alvis Johnson and Willie Mae Booker]
born: 14 February 1899
died: 22 December 1961
buried:

2.6. Walter Meigs Love
born: 19 March 1899 - Texas
died: 20 February 1968 - Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
buried: Milford Cemetery - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
wife: Fay Williams
[daughter of John Dick Williams and Lena Hull]
born: 28 September 1900
died: 1 March 1996
buried: Milford Cemetery - Milford, Ellis County, Texas

2.7. Stella Alice Love
born: 30 January 1905 - Milford, Ellis County, Texas
died: 7 April 1979
buried: Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery - Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
1910 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas (living with parents)
husband: Clarence Oliver Bigham
born: 20 January 1907
died: 18 February 2000
buried: Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery - Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas

 

3. Ira Landrith
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
Presbyterian Minister, 1906-1941
born: 23 March 1865 - near Milford, Ellis County, Texas
died: 11 October 1941 - Altadena, Los Angeles County, California
buried:
1870 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)
1880 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)
1900 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee
1910 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee
1920 Census - Los Angeles County, California (listed as married, lodger in a hotel)
1930 Census - Allen County, Indiana (listed as widowed, guest in a hotel)
1940 Census - Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

1st marriage of Rev. Ira Landrith: 9 July 1889 -
1st wife of Rev. Ira Landrith: Stanford Corinne Burney
[daughter of Rev. Stanford Guthrie Burney and Susan Gray]
born: 22 November 1866 -
died: 3 August 1889 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee

 

2nd marriage of Rev. Ira Landrith: 21 June 1891 -
2nd wife of Rev. Ira Landrith: Hattie Canfield Grannis
[daughter of William John Grannis and Lucy Gates]
born: 28 June 1860 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: before 1930 (Ira is listed on 1930 census as a widower]
buried:
1870 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1900 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee
1910 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee

Children of Ira Landrith and Hattie G. Grannis Landrith:

3.1. Alma Cartmell Landrith
born: 2 November 1891 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: December 1891 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee

3.2. Miriam D. Landrith
born: 10 October 1892 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: 1892 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee

3.3. Grace G. Landrith
born: 8 May 1894 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died:
1900 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee
1910 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee (living with parents)

3.4. Ira DeWitt Landrith
born: 22 December 1897 - Tennessee
died: 19 November 1905 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
1900 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee

 

3rd marriage of Rev. Ira Landrith:
3rd wife of Rev. Ira Landrith: Sallie A. Alexander
[daughter of Rev. Joseph Lowry Alexander and Sarah Jane Wood]
[She was principal of Willamina School for Girls at Osaka, Japan 1914-1916]
born: 13 May 1866 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: 19 February 1960 - Duarte, Los Angeles County, California
buried:

 

4. Stella Landrith
born: 17 March 1868 - Ellis County, Texas
died: 2 March 1947 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
1870 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)
1880 Census - Ellis County, Texas (living with parents)
buried: Restland Memorial Park - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
husband: Rev. Junius Weldin Beck
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister until 1906.
[son of Lafayette Stockton Beck and Sarah America Dillard. Sarah was the neice of Rev. John Leath Dillard]
born: 18 December 1860 - Smith's Grove, Warren County, Kentucky
died: 9 January 1939 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
buried: Restland Memorial Park - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas