Lemuel David Ratliff, Sr.

1874 - 1942  (67 years)    Has no ancestors but 27 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Lemuel David Ratliff
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	26 Dec 1874	Hickman County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Wise County, Texas
  	World War I - Draft Registration Lemuel David Ratliff Resides: Decatur, Wise County, Texas b. Dec 26, 1874 Ocupation: Attorney, Decatur, Wise County, Texas Wife: Myra Terod Ratliff Height: medium Build: medium Eyes: Blue Hair: Light
  	Age: 44
  Death	14 Dec 1942	Haskell, Haskell County, Texas
  Burial	15 Dec 1942	Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Haskell County, Texas
  Origins
  Person ID	I64833	FeldmanTree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2008

  
  

  Family	Myra Texas Pace,   b. 6 Sep 1876, Collin County, Texas d. 5 Apr 1964, Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1898	Valley View, Cooke County, Texas
  Children	1. Dennis Pace Ratliff,   b. 23 Oct 1899, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas d. 15 Mar 1985, Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas (Age 85 years) ▻ Beulah Golden  m. 1 Jan 1922 + 2. Theodore John Ratliff,   b. 5 Mar 1901, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas d. 3 Dec 1972, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age 71 years) ▻ Emma Catherine Grimes  m. 25 Dec 1924   3. Roy Lemuel Ratliff,   b. 2 Sep 1902, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas d. 17 Oct 1965, Austin, Travis Co., Texas (Age 63 years) ▻ Sylvia Jones  m. 16 Mar 1927   4. Sula Mae Ratliff,   b. 4 Jan 1904, Era, Cooke County, Texas d. 19 Oct 1990, Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas (Age 86 years) ▻ Cody T. West  m. 28 Dec 1927 + 5. William Paul Ratliff,   b. 19 Aug 1905, Ada, Pontotoc County, Indian Territory d. 17 May 1984, Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas (Age 78 years) ▻ Margaret Ann Grant  m. 9 Dec 1935   6. Hugh Crockett Ratliff,   b. 12 Feb 1907, Ada, Pontotoc County, Indian Territory d. 2 Nov 1991, Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas (Age 84 years) ▻ Mary E. Kimbrough  m. 12 May 1934   7. Lemuel David Ratliff, Jr.,   b. 13 Nov 1908, Decatur, Wise Co., Texas d. 24 Jan 1976, Matador, Motley Co., Texas (Age 67 years) ▻ Marie Bybee  m. 12 Mar 1933 + 8. Oscar Branch Ratliff,   b. 11 Aug 1910, Decatur, Wise Co., Texas d. 21 Jul 1993, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas (Age 82 years) + 9. David Wade Ratliff,   b. 20 Apr 1912, Decatur, Wise Co., Texas d. 21 Mar 1995, Stamford, Jones Co., Texas (Age 82 years) ▻ Priscilla Gladish  m. 17 Jul 1931   10. Frances Jane Ratliff,   b. 30 Jun 1914, Decatur, Wise Co., Texas ▻ Paul Pearson   11. Myra Marjorie Ratliff,   b. 07 Jul 1921, Decatur, Wise Co., Texas ▻ Lynn Pace, Jr.
  Family ID	F13697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 18 Dec 1898 - Valley View, Cooke County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Lemuel attended rural schools, but was largely self-educated, having constantly augmented his knowledge by reading, experience and observation. He was a young man of about thirty with a wife and several children when in 1904 he was admitted to the bar at Gainesville, Texas. He began the practice of law at Ada (Oklahoma) then Indian Territory. He served by appointment as Master of Chancery of the Federal Court during the years 1906 and 1907, and enjoyed the distinction of being the only Democrat to hold a Federal office during a Republican administration in Pontotoc Co. in the Indian Territory. In 1907, following his resignation, he located in Wise Co., Texas where he was elected County Attorney in 1908, and served four years. In 1921, he came to Haskell to take over the law practice of the late H.G. McConnel, a pioneer West Texas attorney, with his won, Dennis P. Ratliff, and here he lived and practiced law until ill health compelled him to retire prior to his death. Lemuel was a member of the Christian Church. !SOURCE: Felker, Rex, History of Haskell County. Typescript contained with letter, 3 Aug. 1976 from Dennis P. Ratliff. Note, Lemuel David Ratliff was not a direct descendant of John Beasley from Ireland, who served in the Revolutionary War in 1775. He was a descendant of John Pitts Beasley, but no proof can be located that he fought in the Revolutionary War, or came from Ireland. !LETTER: Dennis P. Ratliff, Haskell, Texas, to Leonard J. McCown, 3 Aug. 1976. !LETTER: Dorothy (Ratliff) Blackwell, Shreveport, La., to Leonard J. McCown, 23 July 1994.

  
  

• Reference

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