Dennis Pace Ratliff (1899 - 1985): Our Stories and Family Tree

1899 - 1985 (85 years) Has 26 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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Name Dennis Pace Ratliff

Birth 23 Oct 1899 Valley View, Cooke County, Texas

Gender Male

Death 15 Mar 1985 Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas

Burial 17 Mar 1985 Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Haskell County, Texas

Siblings 10 Siblings

	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.

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

Lemuel David Ratliff, Sr., b. 26 Dec 1874, Hickman County, Tennessee

d. 14 Dec 1942, Haskell, Haskell County, Texas

(Age 67 years) (Father)

Martha Hamilton d. Abt 1757, VA

(5 x Great Grandmother)

Person ID I66252 FeldmanTree

Last Modified 9 Aug 2007

Father	Lemuel David Ratliff, Sr., b. 26 Dec 1874, Hickman County, Tennessee d. 14 Dec 1942, Haskell, Haskell County, Texas (Age 67 years)
Mother	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
Family ID	F13697	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Beulah Golden
Marriage	1 Jan 1922	Bomarton, Baylor Co., Texas
Family ID	F14386	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

Birth - 23 Oct 1899 - Valley View, Cooke County, Texas

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Notes

Dennis graduated from high school in 1916 and entered Decatur Baptist College (Texas) the following fall, and attended the year 1916-1917, and then the summer session. He dropped out in the fall of 1917 and went to the old Metropolitan Business College across the street from the Y.M.C.A. in Dallas and attended it until the spring of 1918, when he went home to work in his father's law office.

In the fall of 1918 he entered Decatur Baptist College again, and enlisted in the Army Training Corp until they were discharged 20 Dec. 1918. His picture appears in the Summit for 1919 in the senior section, and also in the group of Army students stationed at the College during the fall of 1918. "J.L. Ward, the president, [of DBC] was rather strict, and the Army had us doing things he did not like at all, and we almost ran him crazy, but he was a great and good man."

Dennis again dropped out of college and went to Austin and worked in the Senate for the Senator who as a neighbor theirs in Decatur. In the fall of 1919 he went to Tennessee to old Cumberland University Law School in Lebanon, and finished up hsi law course and was admitted to the Bar before he was 21 years of age. In October 1976, he had been practicing law since 21 July 1920, and was about to retire.

Dennis lived in Haskell, Texas. He served as Texas State Representative and was also District Judge for the 39th District for eight years. Dennis was a member of the Church of Christ, and served as an elder for a good many years. He was a fourth generation elder, as his great grandfather, Hilliard Beasley, was also an elder.

!LETTERS: Dennis P. Ratliff, Haskell, Texas, to Leonard J. McCown, 3 August 1976, 20 August 1976, 16 Sept. 1976, and 11 Oct. 1976.

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Dennis Pace Ratliff

Dennis Pace Ratliff

Beulah Golden

Theodore John Ratliff

Emma Catherine Grimes

Roy Lemuel Ratliff

Sylvia Jones

Sula Mae Ratliff

Cody T. West

William Paul Ratliff

Margaret Ann Grant

Hugh Crockett Ratliff

Mary E. Kimbrough

Lemuel David Ratliff, Jr.

Marie Bybee

Oscar Branch Ratliff

Living

David Wade Ratliff

Priscilla Gladish

Frances Jane Ratliff

Paul Pearson

Myra Marjorie Ratliff

Lynn Pace, Jr.

Lemuel David Ratliff, Sr.

Martha Hamilton

Lemuel David Ratliff, Sr.

Myra Texas Pace

Beulah Golden