Researching this line: Kim Biffle
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Researching this line: Kim Biffle
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| John T. Biffle | ||
| Born: July 21, 1857 | Place: Wyne County, Tennessee | |
| Married: December 19, 1880 | Place: Texas | |
| Died: August 15, 1936 | Place: Cooke County, Texas; he and his
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| Parents: Jacob Barnett Biffle and Sarah Ann Lusk | ||
| From Texas Family Land Heritage Program,
v. 12, #2, 1992, p. 104, Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture. John T. and Mary Jane Biffle came from Wayne County, Tennessee, John Biffle's father, Col. Jacob B. Biffle, fought in both the Mexican and Civil wars. Biffle's family fought in the Confederate Army, even though Wayne County was for the Union. Biffle bought 3,000 acres in Cooke County, Texas, in 1883 and began raising cattle. He drilled a dry oil well on the land in 1900 and abandoned it in 1902. He drilled the first oil well in the county in 1893 on the George E. Ball Ranch. Mary Jane Biffle and Betty Gatewood established a Methodist church in 1883. The Biffles had seven children, and a son, Jake G., took over the ownership of the land in 1916. Jake raised sheep, cattle, silage, wheat, and corn. He also designed and built the first terraces in Cooke County in 1930. He and his wife, Lexa, had four children. Their son, Jake G. Biffle, Jr. owns and operates the property, raising cattle, wheat, and Coastal Bermuda. He won a conservation award in 1973. The ranch is two and one-half miles south of Myra. |
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| Wife | ||
| Mary Jane Brown (Jenny) | ||
| Born: October 6, 1864 | Place: Cooke County, Texas | |
| Died: June 2, 1950 | Place: Cooke County, Texas; she is buried in Reed Cemetery, Myra, Texas | |
| Parents: G. L. Brown and Sarah Ann Triplett | ||
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| 1 | Lela Belle Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: October 5, 1882 | Place: Texas |
| F | Married: ca. 1901, Leslie Newton Payne | Place: Cooke County, Texas |
| Died: December 23, 1948 | Place: She and her husband are buried in Reed Cemetery, near Gainesville, Texas | |
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| 2 | Jacob Gion Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: December 24, 1883 | Place: Texas |
| M | Married: Lexa Mae Aldridge | Place: Texas |
| Died: July 13, 1968 | Place: Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas; he and his wife are buried in Reed Cemetery, near Gainesville, Texas | |
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| 3 | Maude Lusk Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: May 1885 | Place: Texas |
| F | Married: ca. 1903, Charles David Gillette (1874-1960) | Place: |
| Died: 1967 | Place: She and her husband are buried in Reed Cemetery, Myra, Texas | |
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| 4 | Ernest Fletcher Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: February 22, 1887 | Place: Cooke County, Texas |
| M | Married: Bessie McFarland | Place: Cooke County, Texas |
| Died: May 8, 1967 | Place: Cooke County, Texas | |
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| 5 | Corine Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: March 21, 1889 | Place: Texas |
| F | Married: | Place: |
| Died: December 22, 1891 | Place: Cooke County, Texas; she is buried in Reed Cemetery, Myra, Texas | |
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| 6 | Irene Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: November 1892 | Place: Texas |
| F | Married: William Byrd | Place: |
| Died: August 23, 1957 | Place: Jefferson County, Texas | |
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| 7 | John Theodrick Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: August 14, 1894 | Place: Cooke County, Texas |
| M | Married: November 26, 1916; Myrtle Cary Duggan | Place: Texas |
| Died: May 26, 1956 | Place: Near Gainsville, Texas; he is buried in Reed Cemetery | |
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| 8 | May Marcella Biffle | |
| Sex | Born: November 1896 | Place: Texas |
| F | Married: Frank M. Aldridge | Place: |
| Died: September 28, 1918 | Place: Texas; she is buried in Reed Cemetery, Myra, Texas | |
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