http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/ Official Website of the Wren Family Association Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 Jerry Coffee Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:03:23 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/#comment-3356 My great grandfather William E. Gilmer worked on the Mace Ranch in Lampasas County Texas from 1874 through ca. 1892. The ranch was owned by Solon V. and Mary Elizabeth (Wren) Mace, a fine old southern family from Mississippi who settled in Lampasas County Texas in 1860. Mary Elizabeth's brother was William "Bill" Rudoliphis Wren and helped manage the Mace Ranch. In 1877, Bill Wren married Sarah Elizabeth Higgins, the younger sister of John Calhoun Pinckney "Pink" Higgins, a ranching partner of Solon V. Mace. In 1874, Bill Wren was seriously wounded in a gunfight in Lampasas Texas between the Higgins family and the Horrell brothers, who were a gang of professional cattle thieves and general troublemakers. Bill and Sarah Wren's young children are buried in the Smith School Cemetery in Lampasas County Texas, apparently victims of typhoid fever. My great grandfather is also buried in the Smith School Cemetery. I do not know where Bill and Sarah Wren are buried. My great grandfather William E. Gilmer worked on the Mace Ranch in Lampasas County Texas from 1874 through ca. 1892. The ranch was owned by Solon V. and Mary Elizabeth (Wren) Mace, a fine old southern family from Mississippi who settled in Lampasas County Texas in 1860. Mary Elizabeth’s brother was William “Bill” Rudoliphis Wren and helped manage the Mace Ranch. In 1877, Bill Wren married Sarah Elizabeth Higgins, the younger sister of John Calhoun Pinckney “Pink” Higgins, a ranching partner of Solon V. Mace. In 1874, Bill Wren was seriously wounded in a gunfight in Lampasas Texas between the Higgins family and the Horrell brothers, who were a gang of professional cattle thieves and general troublemakers. Bill and Sarah Wren’s young children are buried in the Smith School Cemetery in Lampasas County Texas, apparently victims of typhoid fever. My great grandfather is also buried in the Smith School Cemetery. I do not know where Bill and Sarah Wren are buried.

]]> http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Cheryl Wren Polk Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:47:50 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/#comment-37 Anna K. Wren is my 2nd great-grandmother. Her husband is Henry Crook Wren, son of Joseph Wren and Sarah Crook. Anna K. Wren is my 2nd great-grandmother. Her husband is Henry Crook Wren, son of Joseph Wren and Sarah Crook.

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