Cozart/Carrington/Barkley/Bertrand/Bessonette/Barnes
My William Cozart m. Holly Mangum. Their daughter, Frances Cozart (b. 6/11/1793, d. 11/26/1876) m. William Davis Carrington (b. 1/3/1792 in NC, d. 9/7/1849). They had 2 children:
Duncan Cameron Carrington
Rianna Carrington
Duncan Carrington m. Rachel Whitehouse.
Rianna Carrington m. William Patterson.
Duncan and Rachel's children were
Fannie Ryanna Carrington (b. 9/6/1845, d. 2/8/1934, buried in Murphree Cemetery, Evant, Coryell Co., TX)
Selina Carrington (known as Aunt Sis)
Dewitte Carrington
Fannie Ryanna Carrington m. William Cathcart Barkley (b. 4/25/1835, d. 7/8/1913) on 11/27/1865. He's buried in Evant, too.
Their children were
Lilla Darst Barkley (b. 8/26/1866 in Leona, Leon Co. TX, d. 11/25/1889 in Sugar Land, Ft. Bend Co TX)
Duncan Barkley
Charles Barkley (b. 11/26/1877, d. 6/21/1960, buried in Evant)
William Wood Barkley
Richard Willis Barkley
Lilla Darst Barkley married Edward Gaston Bertrand 2/23/1886 in Leon Co., TX.
Their children:
Lyda Lilla Bertrand (b. 11/26/1887 in Coryell Co., TX, d. 1970) iin Belton, Bell Co., TX).
Edward Gaston Bertrand, Jr.
Lyda Lilla Bertrand m. Van Kincannon Bessonette. Their children:
William Van Bessonette (b. 2/1/1910, d. Jan 1968, buried Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio TX).
Lilla Pearl Bessonette (b. 12/4/1916)
Lilla Pearl Bessonette m. Joseph Cullen Barnes. These are my parents. Dad will be 89 August 12, 2002 and still swings a mean golf club. Mom is very active in community theatre, summer reading program for children at the local library, and trying to keep track of their 2 daughters, my sister Bettie and me. We're in our 50's, but some things just don't change.
Email me at
joelle.barnes@alumni.utexas.net if you need more info or want to talk!
I don't have any Cozart information, so I would welcome anything anyone would be willing to share.