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Nancy Elizabeth Hodges
1. Nancy Elizabeth Hodges was born in Dec 1869; died on 10 May 1925 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas. Nancy married Alfred Chesney on 21 Jun 1881 in Goliad, Goliad, Texas. Alfred (son of Thomas Perry Chesney and Nancy Taylor) was born on 2 May 1859 in Karnes County, Texas; died on 7 Aug 1883 in Goliad, Texas; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Goliad County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Thomas Perry Chesney
was born on 16 Apr 1882 in Nordheim, DeWitt, Texas; died on 3 Nov 1905 in DeWitt County, Texas; was buried in Runge City Cemetery, Runge, Karnes County, Texas.
Nancy married Jacob Young in 1888. Jacob was born in 1861; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
- 2. Thomas Perry Chesney
Generation: 2
2. Thomas Perry Chesney
(1.Nancy1) was born on 16 Apr 1882 in Nordheim, DeWitt, Texas; died on 3 Nov 1905 in DeWitt County, Texas; was buried in Runge City Cemetery, Runge, Karnes County, Texas. Thomas married Minnie Jane Custer on 11 Sep 1902 in DeWitt County, Texas. Minnie (daughter of Andrew Jackson Custer and Sarah Elizabeth Holliday) was born on 12 Aug 1885 in Beeville, Bee, Texas; died on 20 Jul 1963 in Garden Grove, Orange Co. CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Alfred Jackson Chesney
was born on 20 Jan 1904; died in Nov 1992. - 4. Ernest Holdon Chesney
was born on 8 Aug 1905 in Nordheim, DeWitt, Texas; died on 18 Jun 1966 in Wharton County, Texas; was buried on 20 Jun 1966 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas.
- 3. Alfred Jackson Chesney
Generation: 3
3. Alfred Jackson Chesney
(2.Thomas2, 1.Nancy1) was born on 20 Jan 1904; died in Nov 1992. Alfred married Virginia Douglas Brunner on 18 Sep 1970 in Matagorda, Matagorda, Texas. Virginia (daughter of Floyd Judson Bruner and Sarah Phipps Hale) was born on 1 Mar 1908 in Alvin, Texas; died on 30 Jun 1997 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas; was buried in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Alfred married Clara Mae Dodd on 21 Jun 1923 in Bay City, Texas. Clara (daughter of Edgar Jackson Dodd, Sr. and Fannie Lee Miller) was born on 26 Jun 1905; died on 27 Jun 1962 in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Alfred Jackson Chesney
was born on 21 Jul 1924; died on 20 Mar 2002; was buried in Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. - 6. Perry Lamar Chesney
was born on 15 Aug 1925 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas; died on 21 Jul 2002 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 5. Alfred Jackson Chesney
4. Ernest Holdon Chesney
(2.Thomas2, 1.Nancy1) was born on 8 Aug 1905 in Nordheim, DeWitt, Texas; died on 18 Jun 1966 in Wharton County, Texas; was buried on 20 Jun 1966 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas. Ernest married Virginia Douglas Brunner on 16 Feb 1930 in Brazoria County, Texas. Virginia (daughter of Floyd Judson Bruner and Sarah Phipps Hale) was born on 1 Mar 1908 in Alvin, Texas; died on 30 Jun 1997 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas; was buried in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Donna Ruth Chesney
was born on 25 Nov 1934 in Bay City, Texas; died on 26 Oct 2025 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas.
- 7. Donna Ruth Chesney
Generation: 4
5. Alfred Jackson Chesney
(3.Alfred3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Nancy1) was born on 21 Jul 1924; died on 20 Mar 2002; was buried in Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. Alfred married Lois Irene Byrd on 3 Jun 1951 in Harris, Texas. Lois was born on 22 Dec 1926; died on 2 Aug 2021. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. Perry Lamar Chesney
(3.Alfred3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Nancy1) was born on 15 Aug 1925 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas; died on 21 Jul 2002 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Perry married Lucy Lou Van Bibber on 15 Aug 1949 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. Lucy (daughter of Cyrus Biggs VanBibber and Florence Lee Holliday) was born on 26 Feb 1927 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; died on 16 Feb 2011 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; was buried on 19 Feb 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Donna Ruth Chesney
(4.Ernest3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Nancy1) was born on 25 Nov 1934 in Bay City, Texas; died on 26 Oct 2025 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas. Donna married Reuben Burch Loggins on 26 Jan 1953 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas. Reuben (son of Reuben Burch Loggins and Elizabeth Weems) was born on 10 Feb 1934 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 2010 in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
