(CCG Hilery Windham and Minnie Preston)

Children:

1. Warnie Winfield WINDHAM (b. 30 Apr 1920, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 23 Sep 1999)

m1. Mildred ALLEN on 18 May 1940, TaylCtyTX

m2. Mary E. IRBY on 21 Dec 1945, TaylCtyTX

m3. Doris Laverne REID on 15 Aug 1950, LynnCtyTX

Child:

1. Morna Anne WINDHAM (b. 25 July 1941, CallCtyTX; online birth record)

Notes:

Warnie and Mildred Windham lived in Farmington, San Juan County, NM.

2. Monterey WINDHAM Sr. "Montie" (b. 17 June 1922, Oplin, CallCtyTX; d. 19 June 1996, TaylCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 31009407, TX)

m. Patricia Ophelia ASHLEY "Grammy" (b. 2 May 1924; d. 1 Feb 2007, TX; Find-A-Grave 58003685, TX) on 15 Nov 1941
Parents: Charley ASHLEY / Maggie JONES

Children:

1. Private

2. Private

3. Private

4. Private

Notes:

3. Stanley Wayne WINDHAM (b. 8 Aug 1925,Tecumseh, CallCtyTX; d. 6 Apr 1993, Norwalk, LosACtyCA; Find-A-Grave 72156763, CA)

m. Doris Faye ADAMS ¹ (b. 16 Apr 1928, Dickens, DickCtyTX) on 10 Oct 1953, Las Vegas, ClarCtyNV; Find-A-Grave 198943135, CA)

Children:

1. William Robert WINDHAM ¹ (b. 29 June 1955, San Pedro, LosACtyCA)

2. Vivian Anne WINDHAM ¹(b. 16 Sep 1956, San Pedro, LosACtyCA)

m. Monte Karl BRADSHAW

3. Stanley Wayne WINDHAM, Jr. ¹ (b. 17 Mar 1958, San Pedro, LosACtyCA)

Notes:

Doris' parents were William ADAMS and Ona PETTIGREW.

4. Infant Son WINDHAM (b. 22 Jan 1927; d. 23 Jan 1927, age 1 day; Find-A-Grave 10290372, TX)

Notes:

Online birth record.

2nd Marriage

Hilery WINDHAM

Born: 5 July 1899
Died: 31 May 1983, TaylCtyTX
Find-A-Grave 31590438, TX
Father: Hilary T. WINDHAM
Mother: Lenora CONNELL

Married:
15 Apr 1928

Ellen JONES (McBride)

Born: 12 Aug 1899
Died: 14 Dec 1974, TX
Find-A-Grave 89795266
Father: J. J. JONES
Mother: Mary Ellen KIRKENDALL

Notes:

Hilery and Minnie Windham are both buried at Tecumseh Cemetery, CallCtyTX.

Ellen is buried at Oplin Cemetery, CallCtyTX.

Hilery married Minnie Belle Preston and they had four (?) children before her death in 1927 at the age of 23. She is believed to have died of dropsy. On her gravestone, it reads: "She was too good, too gentle and fair, to dwell in this cold world of care."

Hilery was a blacksmith and welder in Oplin, CallCtyTX for most of his later years. The blacksmith shop still stands today in old downtown Oplin, Texas. My mother and I visited his shop a few times. I remember he had a gruffed voice and could not hear very well. This however did not hinder him from being a top-notch blacksmith. He made us a fireplace grate with my cattle brand (bar J or -J) on the face plate.

He learned his welding while working at the shipyards. There are two stories passed onto me from my father, E. Earl Durham and uncle C. T. Straley. The first story tells of how Hilery deployed a very dangerous technique to fix a leak in metal gasoline tanks (on cars, trucks, tractors, etc.), and they claim to have seen him do it. He would weld the tank, with it still attached directly onto the vehicle, but only after completely filling it with gasoline. Hilery told them if the tank was full, there would be no fumes to ignite. This somehow kept the tank from exploding, even when subjected to intense heat of the welding arc! I don't know about you, but there is no way I would stand close to this event.

The second story relates to Hilery's days working at shipyards. One day on the job, his foreman needed a long, warped beam of solid iron straightened out. No one there could figure out how to easily accomplish such a feat. They sought Hilery's opinion on the matter. He instructed two teams with blow torches to heat the length of the iron beam. He then took a single drop of ice water and dropped it on the center of the red-hot beam. To their amazement, the iron beam instantly straightened! Believe it or not!

Page Sources:

Descendants of James Pettigrew, Jr., Generation 6 on Family Tree Maker Online.

ModLog:

Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes

20 Apr 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.

Names Added to Name Index: YES