Merchant, Kennedy and Holcombe Families


Photos, family information and comments provided by Chad Harris and posted with his permission

Merchant

Caleb Horton Brinson and Margaret America Eve McGee Merchant, Haskell County, Texas
Caleb Horton Brinson Merchant and Margaret America Eve McGee, great-great-great-grandparents of Chad Harris.
Caleb Horton Brinson and Margaret America Eve McGee Merchant, Haskell County, Texas
These are my gr-gr-gr-grands, Caleb H. B. Merchant and Margaret America Eve McGee at their home in Haskell Co.
Merchant children, Haskell County, Texas
Children of Caleb H. B. Merchant and Margaret America Eve McGee.
Top row L-R: William Beary, Viola Caroline (my gr.gr. grandmother), Daniel Brinson and John Oliver (Jack).
Center: Richard Caleb, Margaret Ophelia and Robert Barton (Bob).
Front: Clabe Arthur, Ralph Theodore and Eva Lola.
I believe Eva is holding a picture of the house on which porch they are sitting on.
Caleb Horton and Ralph Theodore Merchant, Haskell County, Texas
Caleb H. B. Merchant and youngest son, Ralph Theodore.

Kennedy-Holcombe

Caleb Horton Brinson and Margaret America Eve McGee Merchant, Haskell County, Texas
My gr.-gr. grandfather John Franklin Kennedy (tall gent. white suit and hat). His Texaco station, was located in the square, east of the Haskell County courthouse. I believe it is a furniture store now. The man at the gas pump is Frank Williams, husband of Hettie Rowena (white dress), John Franklin Kennedy's daughter.
Holcombe Family, Haskell County, Texas
L-R Margaret Nona Holcombe (my gr. grandmother), Luther Del Holcombe, Dee Roy Holcombe, Viola Caroline Merchant (my gr.gr. grandmother) and Bertha Amy Holcombe.
Margaret Nona married Robert Lowery Kennedy, after his death, she married Houston Edwards. Bertha Amy married William Atchison. Buried in Willow Cemetery, Haskell TX.
Holcombe Family, Haskell County, Texas
L-R Margaret Nona Holcombe (my Gr. Grandmother), Luther Del Holcombe, Viola Caroline Merchant-Holcombe (my Gr. Gr. Grandmother), Dee Roy Holcombe (WWI uniform).
Holcombe Family, Haskell County, Texas
These are my great grandparents: Robert Lowery Kennedy and Margaret Nona Holcombe.
Their only child, my grandmother, Margaret Viola Kenned, is in the buggy.
Holcombe Family, Haskell County, Texas
This is the Cottonwood Sunday School 1910 or 1911.
My great grandmother, Margaret Nona Holcombe is in the first row, near the center, white scarf on head, dark dress w/white trim. It is a profile of her face. She moved to Haskell in 1906 after the death of her father.
Photos © Chad Harris, 2006.