Notes for WILLIAM (BILLY) LOVING:
William, along with cousin, Peter Eldredge, Jr., was sentenced to four years in Huntsville March 15, 1875 for breaking into a house. There is no further record or research except Elizabeth Jane Loving Neatherlin's letter of 1890 to their aunt Melissa Jane Loving in Moran, Sabine County indicating that William left one child and that Ben was the only brother she had left.
Notes for ELIZABETH (BETSEY) GRINDSTAFF:
Elizabeth and her two children were living in the home of her parents, Henry and Abigail Grindstaff, in the 1880 census of Burnet County, Texas. No marriage or divorce records found to date. William (Billy) Loving and Peter Eldredge, Jr. were sentenced to four years at hard labor in Huntsville March 15, 1875 for breaking into a house. Records in Burnet County Courthouse. No prison records to date. No information as to what happened to William or Peter beyond that time. Marriage record of Elizabeth Loving to Samuel D. Woods both of Burnet Co. July 13, 1881. There was no divorce record found to date for her. Not sure that daughter Martha was William's. No further record.
Land Patent - Mississippi
1/5/1911 SWSW 13/ 7-N 11-W No St Stephens MS Jones 40 acres
1880 United States Census for Southeast, Jones, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254651, NA Film Number T9-0651 , Page Number 338C
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Henry SUMRAL Self M Male W 53 MS Farmer MS MS
Nancy SUMRAL Wife M Female W 47 MS House Keeper MS MS
T. V. SUMRAL Son Male W 21 MS Field Hand MS MS
L. J. SUMRAL Son Male W 19 MS Field Hand --- ---
E. SUMRAL Dau S Female W 12 MS Field Hand --- ---
H. D. SUMRAL Son S Male W 10 MS Field Hand --- ---
E. F. SUMRAL Dau S Female W 7 MS Field Hand --- ---
M. F SUMRAL Dau S Female W 5 MS Field Hand --- ---
1880 United States Census for Southeast, Jones, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254651, NA Film Number T9-0651 , Page Number 334B
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
P. E. LANDRUM Dau S Female W 4M MS At Home MS MS