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Surnames: Caldwell, Bennett, Gray
Classification: Query
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Jasper (called "Jeff") and Brazoria (called "Oakie") were my great
grandparents. My mother (their granddaughter), whom they raised, told me they had four
children: Sara Elizabeth (married Alfred King Gray, died in 1911 or 1913 and is buried in
Long Creek Cemetery as "Lizzie"), Benjamin, Carson (died as an infant), and Mae.
The Caldwells were cotton farmers and apparently quite successful; they gave the land to
Long Creek Church for the cemetery. "Oakie" was a midwife and expert in pulling
people through typhoid fever; she and "Jeff" raised about 25 foster children,
according to my mother. My mother, Gerta Gray Bennett, was the daughter of Lizzie; she,
her sister Stella Mae, and three brothers were raised by the Caldwells after their
mother's death. I would very much like to know more about these dear people.
Elizabeth Johns