Texia Suit (1895 - 1959)

Born 15 Jan 1895 in Morgan, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Texia /Suit/^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 15 JAN 1895

Place: Morgan, Alabama, USA^[7][8]

Birth:

Date: APR 1895

Place: Alabama, USA^[9]

Birth:

Date: 1898

Place: Alabama, USA^[10]

Birth:

Date: APR 1895

Place: Alabama, USA^[11]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 15 JAN 1895

Death

Death:

Date: 03 OCT 1959^[12]

Census

Census:

Date: 21 JUN 1900

Place: Falkville, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[13]

Census:

Date: 22 APR 1910

Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[14]

Census:

Date: 26 JAN 1920

Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[15]

Census:

Date: 12 APR 1930

Place: Morgan, Alabama, USA^[16]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 21 JUN 1900

Place: Falkville, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[17][18]

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[19]

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[20]

Residence:

Date: 22 APR 1910

Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[21]

Residence:

Date: 26 JAN 1920

Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[22]

Residence:

Date: 12 APR 1930

Place: Morgan, Alabama, USA^[23]

Marriage

Husband: William Ransom Suit

Wife: Mary Melvina Bell

Child: Ruth Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Gracy Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Texia Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Carrie V Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ova Dora Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Margie L. Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Clara M Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Johnny R. Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Manning Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ida Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Clydia Novoda Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Virginia Snow Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Dicie P. Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary A Suit

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 11 JUN 1882

Place: Eva, Morgan, Alabama, USA^[24]

Sources

1. ↑ Suit-61 was created by Jeanette Barott through the import of barottTree.ged on Jan 22, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S75 Data: Text: Line 53 _____, Texas daughter white female April 1895 5 Alabama
3. ↑ Source: #S72 Page: "William Ransom Suit and Mary (Molly) Bell" Data: Text: "William Ransom Suit was born in Morgan County Alabama September 17, 1860. His parents were John W. Suit and Mary Ann Redmond Suit. He grew up in the Eva area. On June 11, 1882 he married a neighbor girl....They settled on the top of Wilhite Mountain near his family, where they raised their large family. William was a country doctor. He used a horse and buggy to visit his patients. Later, before 1920, he bought a model T Ford and hired Coleman Childers to drive it for him. His patients lived in a large area of Morgan County and cullman County. He delivered all the babies and dispensed medicine, lots of bootleg whiskey, to the flu and colds victims. One rememdy I remember well was whiskey over rock candy for coughs. He delivered all his children, grandchildren, and four of his great grandchildren, including me who is the oldest great child. He got paid with meal, hams, sugar, and about anything they had around the house. Doctor Suit died February 11, 1944 of a heart attack. He was 83 years old. Here is a paragraph of his obituary. "Dr. Suit had practiced medicine in Morgan County for over forty-eight years. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and was one of the most widely beloved residents of Morgan County." "On June 11, 1882, he married a neighbor girl. She was Mary Melvina (Molly) Bell. She was born April 6, 1863 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Her parents were Joseph and Mary Bates Bell. Her father had died in the Confederate war. He did not get to see his baby daughter. In his last letter home, he named her. She kept the letter framed, hanging on her wall along side a picture of her father until she died October 19 1937 in Morgan County Alabama. A copy of the letter can be found in the article on her mother, Mary Bates Bell Hall. They settled on top of Wilhite Mountain near his family where they raised their large family." "All of the Suit children were all born in Morgan County Alabama. They were: Ida Suit, born April 16, 1883, died January 27, 1946. She married Rev. Jack Engle. They had three children. William Manning Suit, born March 26, 1885. He married Buford Suit. They had six children. Johnny R. Suit was born October 15, 1886 and died April 9 1887. Clydia Novoda Suit was born January 23, 1888, died March 8, 1920. She married Lewis G. Haynie. They had two children Dicy Suit was born May 11, 1891 and died January 20, 1892. Mary A. Suit was born in october 1891. She died June 5, 1965. She married George Morgan. They had four children. Virginia Snow Suit was born January 20, 1893. She died March 18, 1972. She married William Elmus Grant. They had 11 children. Texia Suit was born January 15, 1895 and died October 3, 1959. She married William Hampton Goodwin. They had 8 children. Gracy Suit was born September 21, 1896 and died November 3, 1896 Ruth Suit was born January 9, 1898 and died July 18, 1974. She married Horace Anderson. They had 1 child. Carrie Suit was born january 8, 1901 and died April 17, 1977. She married John Roy Grant. They had one child. After Roy died, she married a second time to Levi Moore. .Clara Suit, born April 22, 1902 and died January 7, 1897 (sic). Margie Suit, born December 5, 1904 and died in 1905. Ova Suit, born June 30, 1905, died July 3, 1974. She married Paul Lindsey. They had five children. "Dr. Suit and Molly, and most of their children, are buried at Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Morgan County, Alabama."
4. ↑ Source: #S141 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Falkville, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: T623_35; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 129. Data: Text: Record for William R Suit Or Snit
5. ↑ Source: #S143 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: T625_32; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 177; Image: . Data: Text: Record for W R Suito
6. ↑ Source: #S142 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Willie R Suit
7. ↑ Source: #S72 Page: "William Ransom Suit and Mary (Molly) Bell" Data: Text: "William Ransom Suit was born in Morgan County Alabama September 17, 1860. His parents were John W. Suit and Mary Ann Redmond Suit. He grew up in the Eva area. On June 11, 1882 he married a neighbor girl....They settled on the top of Wilhite Mountain near his family, where they raised their large family. William was a country doctor. He used a horse and buggy to visit his patients. Later, before 1920, he bought a model T Ford and hired Coleman Childers to drive it for him. His patients lived in a large area of Morgan County and cullman County. He delivered all the babies and dispensed medicine, lots of bootleg whiskey, to the flu and colds victims. One rememdy I remember well was whiskey over rock candy for coughs. He delivered all his children, grandchildren, and four of his great grandchildren, including me who is the oldest great child. He got paid with meal, hams, sugar, and about anything they had around the house. Doctor Suit died February 11, 1944 of a heart attack. He was 83 years old. Here is a paragraph of his obituary. "Dr. Suit had practiced medicine in Morgan County for over forty-eight years. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and was one of the most widely beloved residents of Morgan County." "On June 11, 1882, he married a neighbor girl. She was Mary Melvina (Molly) Bell. She was born April 6, 1863 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Her parents were Joseph and Mary Bates Bell. Her father had died in the Confederate war. He did not get to see his baby daughter. In his last letter home, he named her. She kept the letter framed, hanging on her wall along side a picture of her father until she died October 19 1937 in Morgan County Alabama. A copy of the letter can be found in the article on her mother, Mary Bates Bell Hall. They settled on top of Wilhite Mountain near his family where they raised their large family." "All of the Suit children were all born in Morgan County Alabama. They were: Ida Suit, born April 16, 1883, died January 27, 1946. She married Rev. Jack Engle. They had three children. William Manning Suit, born March 26, 1885. He married Buford Suit. They had six children. Johnny R. Suit was born October 15, 1886 and died April 9 1887. Clydia Novoda Suit was born January 23, 1888, died March 8, 1920. She married Lewis G. Haynie. They had two children Dicy Suit was born May 11, 1891 and died January 20, 1892. Mary A. Suit was born in october 1891. She died June 5, 1965. She married George Morgan. They had four children. Virginia Snow Suit was born January 20, 1893. She died March 18, 1972. She married William Elmus Grant. They had 11 children. Texia Suit was born January 15, 1895 and died October 3, 1959. She married William Hampton Goodwin. They had 8 children. Gracy Suit was born September 21, 1896 and died November 3, 1896 Ruth Suit was born January 9, 1898 and died July 18, 1974. She married Horace Anderson. They had 1 child. Carrie Suit was born january 8, 1901 and died April 17, 1977. She married John Roy Grant. They had one child. After Roy died, she married a second time to Levi Moore. .Clara Suit, born April 22, 1902 and died January 7, 1897 (sic). Margie Suit, born December 5, 1904 and died in 1905. Ova Suit, born June 30, 1905, died July 3, 1974. She married Paul Lindsey. They had five children. "Dr. Suit and Molly, and most of their children, are buried at Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Morgan County, Alabama."
8. ↑ Source: #S142 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Willie R Suit
9. ↑ Source: #S141 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Falkville, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: T623_35; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 129. Data: Text: Record for William R Suit Or Snit
10. ↑ Source: #S143 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: T625_32; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 177; Image: . Data: Text: Record for W R Suito
11. ↑ Source: #S75 Data: Text: Line 53 _____, Texas daughter white female April 1895 5 Alabama
12. ↑ Source: #S72 Page: "William Ransom Suit and Mary (Molly) Bell" Data: Text: "William Ransom Suit was born in Morgan County Alabama September 17, 1860. His parents were John W. Suit and Mary Ann Redmond Suit. He grew up in the Eva area. On June 11, 1882 he married a neighbor girl....They settled on the top of Wilhite Mountain near his family, where they raised their large family. William was a country doctor. He used a horse and buggy to visit his patients. Later, before 1920, he bought a model T Ford and hired Coleman Childers to drive it for him. His patients lived in a large area of Morgan County and cullman County. He delivered all the babies and dispensed medicine, lots of bootleg whiskey, to the flu and colds victims. One rememdy I remember well was whiskey over rock candy for coughs. He delivered all his children, grandchildren, and four of his great grandchildren, including me who is the oldest great child. He got paid with meal, hams, sugar, and about anything they had around the house. Doctor Suit died February 11, 1944 of a heart attack. He was 83 years old. Here is a paragraph of his obituary. "Dr. Suit had practiced medicine in Morgan County for over forty-eight years. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and was one of the most widely beloved residents of Morgan County." "On June 11, 1882, he married a neighbor girl. She was Mary Melvina (Molly) Bell. She was born April 6, 1863 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Her parents were Joseph and Mary Bates Bell. Her father had died in the Confederate war. He did not get to see his baby daughter. In his last letter home, he named her. She kept the letter framed, hanging on her wall along side a picture of her father until she died October 19 1937 in Morgan County Alabama. A copy of the letter can be found in the article on her mother, Mary Bates Bell Hall. They settled on top of Wilhite Mountain near his family where they raised their large family." "All of the Suit children were all born in Morgan County Alabama. They were: Ida Suit, born April 16, 1883, died January 27, 1946. She married Rev. Jack Engle. They had three children. William Manning Suit, born March 26, 1885. He married Buford Suit. They had six children. Johnny R. Suit was born October 15, 1886 and died April 9 1887. Clydia Novoda Suit was born January 23, 1888, died March 8, 1920. She married Lewis G. Haynie. They had two children Dicy Suit was born May 11, 1891 and died January 20, 1892. Mary A. Suit was born in october 1891. She died June 5, 1965. She married George Morgan. They had four children. Virginia Snow Suit was born January 20, 1893. She died March 18, 1972. She married William Elmus Grant. They had 11 children. Texia Suit was born January 15, 1895 and died October 3, 1959. She married William Hampton Goodwin. They had 8 children. Gracy Suit was born September 21, 1896 and died November 3, 1896 Ruth Suit was born January 9, 1898 and died July 18, 1974. She married Horace Anderson. They had 1 child. Carrie Suit was born january 8, 1901 and died April 17, 1977. She married John Roy Grant. They had one child. After Roy died, she married a second time to Levi Moore. .Clara Suit, born April 22, 1902 and died January 7, 1897 (sic). Margie Suit, born December 5, 1904 and died in 1905. Ova Suit, born June 30, 1905, died July 3, 1974. She married Paul Lindsey. They had five children. "Dr. Suit and Molly, and most of their children, are buried at Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Morgan County, Alabama."
13. ↑ Source: #S75 Data: Text: Line 53 _____, Texas daughter white female April 1895 5 Alabama
14. ↑ Source: #S76 Data: Text: Gexia Suit, 15, Alabama, daughter
15. ↑ Source: #S77 Data: Text: Line 32 _____, Texis daughter female white 22 Alabama
16. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Centreville, Morgan, Alabama Supervisor's #2, Enumeration #52-15, Sheet #1B April 12, 1930 Family #19 Data: Text: Hamilton Goodwin Head White 30 AL AL AL Texie Goodwin Wife White 30 AL AL GA Waneta Goodwin Daughter White 4 3/12 AL AL AL Morris J Goodwin Son White 3 4/12 AL AL AL Willie B Goodwin Son White 1 3/12 AL AL AL
17. ↑ Source: #S75 Data: Text: Line 53 _____, Texas daughter white female April 1895 5 Alabama
18. ↑ Source: #S141 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Falkville, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: T623_35; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 129. Data: Text: Record for William R Suit Or Snit
19. ↑ Source: #S143 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: T625_32; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 177; Image: . Data: Text: Record for W R Suito
20. ↑ Source: #S142 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lacon, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Willie R Suit
21. ↑ Source: #S76 Data: Text: Gexia Suit, 15, Alabama, daughter
22. ↑ Source: #S77 Data: Text: Line 32 _____, Texis daughter female white 22 Alabama
23. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Centreville, Morgan, Alabama Supervisor's #2, Enumeration #52-15, Sheet #1B April 12, 1930 Family #19 Data: Text: Hamilton Goodwin Head White 30 AL AL AL Texie Goodwin Wife White 30 AL AL GA Waneta Goodwin Daughter White 4 3/12 AL AL AL Morris J Goodwin Son White 3 4/12 AL AL AL Willie B Goodwin Son White 1 3/12 AL AL AL
24. ↑ Source: #S72 Page: "John W. Suit and Mary Redmond" p. 767. Data: Text: "John W. Suit, son of Johnston and Nancy Suit, was born August 30, 1834 in Cades Cove in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. His family was in Polk County, Tennessee in 1850. His father and brother Ralph were working as Forge hammermen and John W. was a farmer. John W. and Mary Redmond, daughter of Moses and Sarah Redmond, were married August 26, 1856 in Duck Town, Polk County, Tennessee by William Man. They moved to Morgan County, Alabama between 1857 and 1860. Family legend said he was a turncoat or Yankee sympathizer. He was a little man with a long white beard in his older years. He chewed tobacco, but never had a stain on his beard. he taught his granddaughters to cheew tobacco. They would be outside playing in their "playhouse" when he would come for a visit. Before going into the house, he would give them tobacco, warning them not to tell their parents. He died August 9, 1909 at home near Lacon in Morgan County. His obituary in the New Decatur Advertiser on 28 August 1909 said He was a kind husband, an affectionate father and a devoted Christian. Rev. J. M. Bell conducted the funeral. Mary Redmond Suit was born Aprl 7, 1836 in Tennessee and die April 1, 1912 in Morgan County, Alabama. She died from pneumonia. John and Mary are buried in Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, in Morgan County, Alabama." "Johnson S. (Johnsy) Suit, born January 6, 1856 in North Carolina. He died July 9, 1929 in Morgan County, Alabama. His first wife was Mary E. Powell. They had five children. His second wife was Tammer Elizabeth Dutton. They were married February 14, 1900. They had nine children. Johnsy and Tammer are buried at New Hope North Baptist Cemetery." "William Ransom Suit Dr. was born September 17, 1860 in Morgan County, Alabama. He died February 11, 1944 at home in Morgan County, Alabama. He married Mary Melvina Bell June 11, 1882 at the Brides home, Eva, Alabama. They had 14 children." "John R. Suit was born July, 1863 in Morgan County, Alabama. He married Alice Knighten. They had seven children." "Sarah C. Suit was born in June 1866. She married Tom Williams." "Mary A.M. (Molly) Suit was born in June 1867. She married Walter Williams on June 21, 1899 in Morgan County, Alabama."

• Source: S102 Title: 1930 William Goodwin Census
• Source: S141 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 U.S. Census, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Repository: #R1 NOTE1900 U.S. census, population schedule. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Digital images. Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S142 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 U.S. Census, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Repository: #R1 NOTE1910 U.S. census, population schedule. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Digital images. Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2006, 2006.
• Source: S143 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 U.S. Census, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Repository: #R1 NOTE1920 U.S. census, population schedule. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Digital images. Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010.
• Source: S72 Author: Morgan County Heritage Book Committee Title: Heritage of Morgan County, Alabama, The Publication: Name: Heritage Publishing; Repository: #R3 NOTEThe quality of the research varies.
• Repository: R3 Name: Joseph T. Richardson Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S75 Title: William R Suit 1900 Census
• Source: S76 Title: William R Suit 1910 Census
• Source: S77 Title: William Ransom Suit 1920 Federal Census