Family Group Record
Husband: Charles Leon Deason
Son of: Timothy Deason & Margaret Jane Welch
Born: 11/07/1877 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 08/19/1968 At: Dangerfield, Morris Co., TX
Buried:
Married: 05/11/1902 At: Brachfield, Rusk Co., TX
Wife: Willie Pearl Osborne
Daughter of: Thomas W. Osborne and Emily Ann Griffith
Born: 01/05/1887 At: Minden, Rusk Co., TX
Died: 11/08/1965 At: Henderson, Rusk Co., TX
Buried:
Children:
1. Thelma Arie Deason (female) Photograph
Born: 12/04/1903 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 03/17/1904 At: Rusk Co., TX
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Married: Died young, did not marry.
2. Maud Deason (female) Photograph
Born: 05/05/1905 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 05/05/1905 At: Rusk Co., TX
Married: Died young, did not marry.
Buried: Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Born: 06/25/1906 At: Brachfield, Rusk Co., TX
Died: 08/09/1998 At: Smith Co., TX
Married: Loma Lois Crook
4. Veda Mae Deason
Born: 1908 At: Rusk Co., TX
Died: 1989 At: Henderson, Rusk Co., TX
Married: Marvin Andrew "Andy" Anderson
Born: 06/03/1910 At: Long Branch, Panola Co., TX
Died: 03/12/1983 At: Dallas Co., TX
Married: Audrey Rogers
Born: 08/31/1912 At: Long Branch, Panola Co., TX
Died: 11/19/1937 At:
Married: Celesta Guy
Born: 11/29/1914 At: Panola Co., TX
Died: 06/05/1998 At: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Married: William Thomas Paulk
Born: 04/28/1919 At: Minden, Rusk Co., TX
Died: 04/23/1968 At: Lone Star, Morris Co., TX
Married: Willie Cleveland Tolleson
Census Records
Charles Leon Deason
1880 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Precinct 7 > District 79 > Line 7
1890
1900 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Justice Precinct 7 > District 91 > Line 79
1910 United States Federal Census > Texas > Panola > Justice Precinct 8 > District 130 > Line 26
Note: I had trouble finding this as Ancestry.com had the last name as Danson and Dawson
1920 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Mount Enterprise > District 65 > Line 26
1930 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Henderson > District 1> Line 67
Willie Pearl Osborne
1900 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Justice Precinct 7 > District 91 > Line 42
1910 United States Federal Census > Texas > Panola > Justice Precinct 8 > District 130 > Line 26
Note: I had trouble finding this as Ancestry.com had the last name as Danson and Dawson
1920 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Mount Enterprise > District 65 > Line 26
1930 United States Federal Census > Texas > Rusk > Henderson > District 1> Line 67
Photographs
Thelma Arie & Maud Deason marker,
Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Narrative
C. L. DEASON
The following bio was taken from page 172 of the book entitled “Rusk County History” compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.
Submitted by Marvin and Veda Anderson
Transcribed by Shirley Koym
Submitted by Gloria Briley Mayfield, Rusk County TX Coordinator
My mother and father were both born in the Brachfield Community. He was the oldest don of Dr. Tim Deason and Margaret Welch Deason. She, Willie Pearl, was the daughter of Tom and Emily Griffith Osborn. They were married May 12, 1902. When they first married, Papa taught school. Later he had a store in Brachfield. My brother, Burnette and Veda, were born there.
My first memories are of our home in Longbranch, in Panola County. Longbranch at that time was much larger than it is now. It was there that Papa became a full-time barber. Two other brothers were also born there – Jarrell and Earl, as well as a little sister, Vera. A great treat for us was to go to Henderson on the train, which ran from Timpson through Longbranch and Pine Hill.
When I was nine years old, Papa sold our home in Longbranch and we moved to Henderson. Later we moved to Mr. Enterprise for four years and then back to Henderson. For years Papa had a barbershop on South Main and built a home on Richardson Drive.
I graduated from Henderson High School in 1927 and went to Baylor College at Belton the following year. I met my husband, Marvin Andy Anderson, the year I was a senior. His family, the J. B. Andersons, lived two miles on the Tatum Highway, now owned by his sister and husband, James and Pearl Bynum and known as the “Four Oaks Gallery.”
When I returned in the spring, Perry Brothers was opening a new store and I went to work, instead of going back to school in the fall. Marvin and I got married on December 1, 1928. Marvin and his Dad were cement contractors and were doing work on the new Rusk County Courthouse at that time.
About that time Dad Joiner brought in the Discovery Well at Joinerville. People rushed in from everywhere. Every kind and every home that had a spare room was called upon to help to take care of the influx of people. All the businesses stayed open every night. “It was an oil boom.” New business came to town and I changed jobs and we built us a small home on Elizabeth Drive.
Then came World
War II and Marvin had to go. He was stationed in Florida where I joined him
until he went overseas. He was in the Eighth and Ninth Air Force attached to
the Special Engineers Brigade.
Finally after
three and one-half of the being away, the war was over and Marvin returned and I
quit work.
My family were all
Baptists and I was raised in the First Baptist Church and am still involved in
Sunday school and W.M.U. work. My husband and his family are Methodist.
We Andersons are
now retired on Cherokee Lake.
Submitted by Marvin and Veda Anderson
Photographs
Thelma Arie & Maud Deason grave, Zion Hill Cemetery, Rusk Co., TX
Sources
Henderson Times, Dec. 4, 1928
Licensed to Wed.
Virgil Bane & Miss Jessie Ray Watt, Roger Jacobs & Miss Mildred Allen,
Marvin Anderson & Miss Vada Mae Deason.