This is a picture of the Charles Sidney DuBose Family.

The following are the recollections of Jackie Yvonne DuBose Cary and Betty Dawn DuBose Hamilton.

Here's what I figured out from records that I have. The parents in the picture are Charles Sidney DuBose, about 35, and Margaret (Maggie) Cole Morgan DuBose, about 34. The children are Willard Morgan DuBose, probably 10 or 11 (still in short pants), Aunt Katie (Katie Elizabeth) age 7 or 8, Uncle Lee (Lee Pitts) age 4 or 5. Lewis Allen was the baby, about 2 or 3? We think the older lady was Lizzie (Elizabeth) Pitts Morgan who must have been about 65 or 70 years old (Maggie's mother).

Aunt Katie is named for her paternal grandmother Amanda Katherine (Kate) Smith DuBose and maternal grandmother Elizabeth Pitts (Lizzie) Morgan. We think Amanda Kate Smith DuBose (Charles Sidney's mother) was buried in Sagerton, TX, but so far we haven't found a grave site or records. She was supposed to have died about 1890. We *did* find C. S.'s father John DuBose's grave at Little River, TX, and the grave stone said "Husband of Amanda Kate Smith". There were other Smiths buried there, too.

The house was in Knox County, Texas, where Dad was born. Dorotha said she went back there in the 70s and it was still there but overgrown with weeds. She has a picture of it, and you can see the same roof line.

The family had probably moved between 1902 and 1905 to Knox County since Lewis was born in Bell County (1902) and Jack was born in Knox County on April 9, 1905. I would guess that this picture was made in late March or early April before Dad was born. Since Katie is standing in front of Maggie, you can't tell if she's pregnant. Or perhaps it was made in 1904, the year before Dad was born. We think it was spring because of the leaves on the bushes, but it could be summer or fall, I guess.

"Old Hamp" stayed with the family by choice until he became ill enough that he needed *his* family to take care of him. When they sent him home (Alabama) on the train, he cried because he didn't want to leave "Baby", his name for Uncle Willard.

Uncle Willard's kids tell the story that Old Hamp told Uncle Willard that he would see him "before he left this earth." Sure enough, once when Uncle Willard was up early to build a fire in the stove, he saw Old Hamp's image floating up in the corner of the room. They learned later that Old Hamp had died. Strange story -- I don't think they would have made that one up, but maybe Uncle Willard had a vivid imagination as a child? Who knows?

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Interesting! That story about the ghost of "Ole Hamp" being sited by Willard makes me wonder just who did see what early one morning. I thought Dad said it was he who was up building a fire early one morning and the ghost of the owner of the house passed across the ceiling and out the corner of the room. It seems Dad told that or did Doris tell it?

Anyway, it was a woman who owned the house and needless tosay, Dad was terrified. Apparently someone saw something. It could be we cousins got the stories mixed up and embellished a little bit. I always feel sorry for "Ole Hamp" because he did not know his people to go home to. His position in the photo indicates that he was kept at a distance but the boys must have been fond of him. So sad but I don't remember the trunk being tossed into the cellar. I do remember that Grand-dad kept it in his room and occasionally we got to peek at it. There was also a prayer book which had belonged to Maggie DuBose but I do not know what happened to it. I think Mother did give it to Aunt Katie because it was beginning to fall apart.

Thanks for sharing this information. I don't know if I can get to the web site from here on juno. I think I shall go to the Public Library and try it.

Bye now
Jackie Cary