I'm trying to help a friend research her family lineage which has it's roots in Newton Co.
According to information found in the MS Dept of Archives and History, James Edward Chapman married "Mollie" Brunch, which I believe is likely Bunch. Dec 27, 1886, Newton Co. J. Ed was born in 1862 and Mollie in 1869. Searching the 1870 and 1880 census has not been productive in locating the family of James Edward. I have tentatively identified Mollie as Mary, dau of J. Henry C. Bunch and Margaret mnu.
Nov 19, 1879, L. Adella Dansby married W. W. Parks. W. W. is actually William H. Parks. This family migrated to Hutchinson Co, TX by 1910. WWI draft registrations show one son born in Jacksboro, TX, another in Hurst, TX, and another in Clifton, TX. William and Adella are buried in Lieb Cemetery, Hutchinson, TX.
Their daughter, Ada Lorena Parks, married Charlie Robert Chapman, son of James Ed and Mollie. Census information is they were married in Texas and draft registrations show Charlie registered in Hutchinson Co. By 1920, the Chapmans are back in Newton, where they remained.
Who were Lorena Adella (or Adella Lorena) Dansby's parents? William H. Parks parents? James Edward Chapman's parents? Was Mollie, Mary Bunch, daughter of J. H. C. and Margaret Bunch, or is there a Brunch family out there?
Any information appreciated.