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Figure 6. Eugene B. Baugh (1857-1946) was a carpenter and house
builder. Photograph was taken about 1882 in Moody, McLennan
County, Tx. (“Gene” married Lucetta Wasson on 1 Feb 1882 in Johnson
County, Texas.)
Bono, Johnson County, Texas, until after their two
children, Estelle and Bert, were born and then they
moved to Snyder, Scurry County, Texas, by 1900. 66
In 1909, Gene moved to Plains, Chaves County,
New Mexico, with his sister, Nettie, and her children,
and his brother, George, and George’s wife, so they
could file for land grants. 67 Lucette stayed in Snyder
until she sold their house and then she joined them
in New Mexico. They returned to Snyder, Texas
sometime before 1920. 68 Lucette died on 2 April
1929 at the age of seventy-seven in Snyder, Scurry
County, Texas. 69 Then Gene married Mrs. Martha
Ellen (Mangum) Sims, on 12 July 1936 in McLennan
County, Texas. 70 Martha was born on 3 December
1877 in Tennessee, and died on 29 October 1942 in
Snyder, Scurry County, Texas, 71 at the age of sixtyfour.
According to Janet Youker, Eugene lived with
his daughter Estelle (Baugh) Wylie for the last few
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years of his life. Eugene died on 25 July 1946, one
month before his eighty-ninth birthday, in Snyder,
Scurry County, Texas. 72 Gene and Lucette Baugh’s
children are listed below.
a.
b.
Lena “Estelle” (Baugh) Wylie; b. 15
October 1882; d. 27 August 1966. 73
John Bertram “Bert” Baugh, Sr.; b. 20
September 1886; d. 11 June 1958. 74
2. Brunette “Nettie” Rebecca Baugh was born on 17
October 1864 in Logan County, Kentucky. 75 Nettie
married Irvin Washington Wasson on 5 December
1883 in Johnson County, Texas. 76 Irvin was born
on 7 August 1861 in Tennessee. 77 He was a store
merchant in Bono, Johnson County, Texas. In 1890,
they moved to Snyder, Scurry County, Texas, where
he became a furniture merchant in that city, as well.
Irvin died on 2 April 1904 in Snyder, Scurry County,
Texas, at the age of 42 after contracting a severe flu. 78
In 1909, Nettie moved to Plains, Chaves County,
New Mexico, with her two youngest children, her
brothers, Gene and George, and George’s wife to file
for land grants. 79 They returned some time before
1920 to Snyder, Texas. 80 According to the family,
Nettie’s daughter, Vita Wasson, taught school and
took care of her mother in Nettie’s later life. Nettie
died at age 90 on 11 March 1955 in Snyder, Scurry
County, Texas. 81 Figure 7 shows Nettie when she
was probably in her 70s, wearing a big hat. This
photo is from Rob Pawlik’s collection that was
passed down from his mother, Rita “Ann” (Wasson)
Pawlik, his grandfather, Wayne Wasson, and his
great grandmother, Nettie (Baugh) Wasson. The
photographer is not identified. Nettie and Irvin
Wasson’s children are listed below.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Ethel (Wasson) Benbenek, b. October
1884; 82 d. 1944. 83
Vita Violet Wasson, b. 22 January 1887;
d. 22 May 1969. 84
Alta (Wasson) West, b. 19 May 1892; d.
December 1976. 85
Lucille “Lucy” (Wasson) Duke, b. 3
March 1895; d. December 1980. 86
Irvin “Wayne” Wasson, b. 1 August 1902;
d. 16 November 1976. 87
3. George R. L. Baugh was born on 1 December 1866
Figure 7. Nettie (Baugh) Wasson, shown wearing a big hat in Snyder,
Scurry County, Tx. She was probably in her seventies at this time.
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