Vinson Family
Austin Vinson, Sr.
Austin (1830-1869) and Evelyn Mantooth Vinson (1833-1893), originally of Tennessee (perhaps Cocke County), came to Angelina County 1856-9, probably at the same time as Evelyn's father Thomas J. Mantooth, who served as Chief Justice of Angelina County. Evelyn was a sister of Lufkin merchant Calvin Mantooth and William Blackburn Mantoon who also lived at Burke. They settled at Renfrow Prairie and Evelyn still lived there in 1880.
- Calvin (1851)
- Jane R. 1853)
- Andrew Jackson (1856)
- Reese (1859)
- Lydia (1861)
- Austin (1865)
- Ella (1867)
Austin Vinson, Jr.
Austin Vinson (????-~1900) and Lula T. McCarty (1869) Vinson:
- Evelyn
- Grover E. (1892)
- Sudie (1894)
- Elias (1897)
Austin first married Annie Belle Fenly. He married Lula around 1890. She was a daughther of Elias D. and Melissa Elizabeth Smith McCarty. After Austin's death Lula married Amos DuBose.
Grover Vinson
Grover (1896) and Lola (1899) Vinson
- Lois (1928)
- Verna Mae (1929), who married J. L Bell
Source
- 1880 U. S. Census, Angelina Co., Precinct 2, Page 28, Dwelling 243 (Evelyn Vinson)
- 1900 U. S. Census, Angelina Co., Precinct 4, Page 22, Dwelling 209 (Vinson)
- 1910 U. S. Census, Angelina Co., Precinct 4, Page 10, Dwelling 96 (Lula T. DuBose)
- 1930 U. S. Census, Angelina Co., Precinct 4, Page 13, Dwelling 148 (Grover)
- One World Family Tree
- M. Lee Murrah, Personal Recollections