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Thomas Fletcher Loader

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Contributor: Suzy Martinez


HUSBAND: Thomas Fletcher Loader
Birth date: 17 Nov 1844
Birth place: Southsea, Hampshire, England
Death date: 17 Feb 1920
Death place: Iredell, Bosque Co, TX
Burial place: Riverside Cem, Iredell, Bosque Co, TX
Father: Thomas Turl Loader
Mother: Mary Ann Copus

Marriage date: 23 Apr 1868
Marriage place: Bosque Co, TX

WIFE: Lucinda Elizabeth Martin
Birth date: 20 Nov 1846
Birth place: MS
Death date: 27 Jan 1909
Death place: Irdell, Bosque Co, TX
Burial place: Riverside Cem, Iredell, Bosque Co, TX
Father: Josiah Martin
Mother: Mary (nee?)-MARTIN

CHILD 1: Mary Minnie Loader
Birth date: 1 Feb 1869
Birth place: Bosque Co, TX
Death date: 14 Jan 1960
Death place: Eastland, Eastland Co, TX, Rising Star Cem
Spouse: Harfrey Holland Lee
Marriage Date: 7 Aug 1887
Marriage Place: Bosque Co, TX

CHILD 2: Elizabeth Loader
Birth date: 4 July 1861
Birth place: Bosque Co, TX
Death date: 21 Dec 1948
Death place: Bosque Co, TX, Riverside Cem
Spouse: James A. Knight
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1892
Marriage Place: Bosque Co, TX

CHILD 3: Josiah Loader
Birth date: 14 Apr 1877
Birth place: Bosque Co, TX
Death date: 13 Mar 1963
Death place: Walnut Springs, Bosque Co, TX, Riverside Cem
Spouse: Josie Lena Perry
Marriage Date: Sept 1888
Marriage Place: Bosque Co, TX

CHILD 4: James Henry William Loader
Birth date: 2 Aug 1883
Birth place: Bosque Co, TX
Death date: 19 Oct 1918
Death place:
Spouse: Minnie Pearlee Goyne
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1903
Marriage Place: Bosque Co, TX

SOURCES:
Debrett Ancestry Research Ltd, New Alresford, Hants, England, Public Record Office, London Eng; Hampshire County Record Office, England. Bosque Co Historical Commission, Bosque Co TX, County Clerk Office, Bosque Co, TX, Suzy Martinez, Abilene, Taylor Co, TX, Gene Blakley, Iredell, Bosque Co, TX.

NOTES:
Thomas Fletcher LOADER & Lucinda Elizabeth MARTIN were my g-g grandparents ... ...James Henry William LOADER & Minnie Pearlee GOYNE were my g- grandparents ....Thomas Fletcher LOADER came to Amearica as a young boy and was naturalized in Houston, Harris Co, TX ....the family migrated to Bosque Co in 1859.
Thomas Fletcher and his father Thomas Turl LOADER owned the general store in Iredell, LOADER & SON, during the 1800’s ....Thomas Fletcher died at age 75 in the home of his son, Joe LOADER. Lucinda died 11 years before Thomas, in 1909 ....They are buried side by side in the LOADER Section of Riverside Cemetery, Iredell,TX.
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