William Lawrence Byler.William married Charity Wren.
Charity Wren.Charity married William Lawrence Byler.
They had the following children:
M i John William Byler was born on 2 Apr 1866. He died on 7 Jun 1897.
Henry Hill Harris.Henry married Lucy A. Dillard.
Lucy A. Dillard.Lucy married Henry Hill Harris.
They had the following children:
M i Robert Dillard Harris was born on 2 Nov 1868. He died on 21 Sep 1959.
Harold Edward Harris [Parents] was born 1 on 30 Sep 1921 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 in Washington. He married Louise Teague.
Louise Teague.Louise married Harold Edward Harris.
Joseph Sim Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 15 Feb 1884 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 on 14 May 1951 in Paris, TX. He married 3 Maude Evaline Sims on 13 Jan 1906 in Paris, TX.
From Carroll Hayden:
TRAGEDY ON PINE CREEK OVER FAMILY AFFAIR
M. H. Sims of Hugo, Ok., a former resident of Lamar county, was killedabout 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon [Sep. 11, 1917] at the home of hisson-in-law, J.S. Landers, between eight and nine miles northeast of Parison the D.S. Hammond farm on Pine Creek. The tragedy was the result offamily trouble which resulted in the separation of Mr. Landers and hiswife a year or two ago and the institution of a divorce suit by Mr.Landers, which is still pending. Two of the children, boys six and eightyears old, are staying with their father and the mother has possession ofthree of them. The two little boys were the only eye witnesses to thekilling.
According to the statement of Mr. Landers the deceased arrived at hishome from Hugo in a jitney with two men who put him out at John Irwin's,half a mile from where Landers lived, and drove away about 1:30 o'clock.He and his two little boys were were in the field picking cotton and thedeceased went to where they were and drew a pistol and made him shed hiscotton sack and march in front of him at the point of the pistol toMarvin Bailey's, a neighbor living about a quarter of a mile from hishome. When he reached Mr. Bailey's the deceased stopped to talk to thelatter's wife and while he was talking to her Landers gave him the slipand went around the house and across the field to his home.
When the deceased got through talking to Mrs. Bailey and discovered thathe was gone he went to Irwin's in search of him, but failing to find him,then went to his home, Landers stated that when he saw the deceasedcoming he got his shotgun and sat out in the hall to protect himself, andthat the deceased approached the house from the back way and came aroundthe smokehouse with his pistol in his hand. As soon as he turned thecorner of the smokehouse in view of the gallery Landers fired at him witha shotgun loaded with No. 6 shot.
Only one barrel was discharged while he was about ten steps away and thecontents took effect in the lower part of his face and neck and all overthe breast. The deceased turned and walked five or six steps and fell andexpired. The two little boys of Mr. Landers were standing in the roadnear the house when the shot was fired. As soon as the shooting occuredLanders got his neighbors, Bailey and Irwin, to notify Sheriff Clarkson,who went out to the place accompanied by Deputy Sheriff McDonald andCounty Attorney Grady Sturgeon, and they found him at home waiting tosurrender, he claiming self-defense. Sheriff Clarkson brought the body ofMr. Sims to Paris in his automobile and turned it over to Emberson &Brown, undertakers, who notified his wife.
The examining trial of the defendant will be held before Justice of thePeace Jay Hall at 8 o'clock this...... SOURCE: The Paris Morning News,Wednesday Sept. 12, 1917
THE DEFENDANT WAIVED AN EXAMINING TRIAL
J. S. Landers, charged with killing his father-in-law, M. H. Sims, on theHammond farm eight miles northeast of town Tuesday afternoon, and who hadbeen released on a temporary bond, was arraigned before Justice of thePeace, Jay Hall yesterday morning and waived preliminary examination. Hisbond was placed at $500, the same amount as the temporary bond, which hemade with the same sureitys. A number of persons called at Emberson &Brown's undertaking shop yesterday morning to view the body of the deadman, he having had a large acquaintance.
The wife of the deceased and daughter, Mrs. Landers, arrived in Paris onthe 11 o'clock train Tuesday night in response to the message that hadbeen sent to them announcing his death. The funeral service was held at 3o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Palestine graveyard of Powderly.SOURCE: The Paris Morning News, Thursday Sept, 13, 1917.
Landers Funeral
The funeral of Joseph S. Landers, Rt. 6, Paris wil be held Thursday at 3P.M. in Brown-Roden Funeral Home here. Dr. H. Glenn Smith of ImmanuelBaptist Church will Officiate and interment will be made in Red HillCemetery in the northeast part of the County.
Mr. Landers, 67, a retired grocer of Slate Shoals community, died Mondaynight in Lamar General Hospital here.
Maude Evaline Sims [Parents] was born 1 on 3 Mar 1888 in Texas. She died 2 on 10 Jun 1968 in Los Angeles, CA. She married 3 Joseph Sim Landers on 13 Jan 1906 in Paris, TX.
They had the following children:
F i Nellie Mae Landers was born 1 on 5 Jun 1908 in Noble, TX. She died 2 on 23 Mar 1924 in Paris, TX. M ii Marvin Landers 1. M iii James Owen Landers 1. M iv Bennie Ray Landers was born on 25 Sep 1909. He died on 29 Dec 1976. M v Neil Landers was born 1 on 23 Sep 1911 in Noble, TX. He died 2 on 8 Oct 1924 in Paris, TX. F vi Johnnie Eugene Landers was born on 17 Mar 1915. She died on 15 Jul 1998.
Lawrence Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 14 Feb 1888 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 on 20 Oct 1942 in Dallas, TX. He married 3 Eva Standerfer on 5 Dec 1909 in McKinney, TX.
Eva Standerfer was born 1 on 10 Apr 1894 in Sanger, TX. She died 2 on 2 May 1971 in Dallas, TX. She married 3 Lawrence Landers on 5 Dec 1909 in McKinney, TX.
They had the following children:
M i Clarence Shelby Landers was born on 18 Sep 1910. He died on 22 Aug 1996. M ii Cecil Van Landers was born on 25 Apr 1912. He died on 27 Oct 1987. M iii Chester Hugh Landers was born on 16 Nov 1914. He died in 1989. M iv Clifford Lawrence Landers was born on 4 Jan 1917. M v Cletis Landers was born on 2 Dec 1921. M vi Clyde Eugene Landers was born on 18 Jan 1925. He died on 2 Apr 1950.
Raymond Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 4 Sep 1890 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 on 31 Aug 1930 in Pensacola, FL. He married Isabell Jesamine.
Isabell Jesamine was born 1 in Scotland. She died 2 in Oct 1934 in Pensacola, FL. She married Raymond Landers.
They had the following children:
F i Isabell Landers was born on 27 Oct 1919. M ii Raymond Landers. M iii James Joseph Landers was born on 22 Sep 1923. F iv Middie Ann Landers. M v Roy Landers 1.
Lewis Harter Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 24 Jun 1893 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 on 9 Nov 1976 in Bonner Springs, KS. He married ? ?.
Other marriages:Williams, Melba Elizabeth
Conductor, Santa Fe Railroad
? ?.? married Lewis Harter Landers.
They had the following children:
F i Ardeth Landers 1.
Lewis Harter Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 24 Jun 1893 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 on 9 Nov 1976 in Bonner Springs, KS. He married Melba Elizabeth Williams.
Other marriages:?, ?
Conductor, Santa Fe Railroad
Melba Elizabeth Williams was born 1 on 26 Sep 1913. She died 2 on 24 Jun 1978. She was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Wyandotte, KS. She married Lewis Harter Landers.
They had the following children:
F i Nancy Lou Landers was born on 4 Nov 1941. M ii Richard Lewis Landers was born on 5 Jun 1943. F iii Melba Lee Landers was born on 23 Jul 1945.
Archie Houston Landers [Parents] was born 1 on 8 Jan 1897 in Melbourne, AR. He died 2 on 15 Nov 1918 in McKinney, TX. He married Willie Mae Odle.
A photo of Archie's tombstone is posted at
http://www.landiss.com/family/images/archiehoustonlanders.htm
Willie Mae Odle was born 1 on 26 Oct 1899 in Collin County, TX. She died 2 in 1986 in Dallas, TX. She married Archie Houston Landers.
They had the following children:
M i J. C. Landers was born on 7 Dec 1914. He died on 3 Aug 1992. F ii Oleta Landers was born on 12 Jun 1916. M iii Willie Houston Landers was born on 1 Oct 1918.
William Bailey Marchant.William married Lucy Ann F. Arnold.
Lucy Ann F. Arnold.Lucy married William Bailey Marchant.
They had the following children:
F i Virginia Caroline Marchant was born on 21 Mar 1865. She died on 15 Nov 1943.