Eighth Generation

8706. Texas Catherine Cantwell was born on 26 July 1869 in Virginia. Texas died of heart disease on 4 April 1964 at the age of 94 at home in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX and was buried at Harpersville Cemetery in Stephens Co., TX on 5 April 1964.^26994,26995

Texas Catherine Cantwell and Reuben J. Dwiggins were married on 24 December 1895 in Strawn, Palo Pinto Co., TX. They appeared in the census on 29 June 1900 in Tarrant Co., TX.²⁶⁹⁹⁶ They^{²⁶⁹⁹⁶} appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 in Stephens Co., TX.²⁶⁹⁹⁷ Texas and Reuben^{²⁶⁹⁹⁷} appeared in the census on 12 January 1920 in Stephens Co., TX.²⁶⁹⁹⁸ Reuben J. Dwiggins was born on 2 March 1867 in Pikeville, Bledsoe Co., TN. Reuben died of cancer on 26 December 1950 at the age of 83 at home in Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX and was buried at Harpersville Cemetery in Stephens Co., TX on 27 December 1950.^26999,27000

Texas Catherine Cantwell and Reuben J. Dwiggins had the following children:

16046	i.	Jessie P. Dwiggins was born in December 1896 in Texas. Jessie died in Texas before 1910.
16047	ii.	Pearl D. Dwiggins was born about 1897 in Texas.
16048	iii.	Robert L. Dwiggins was born on 4 February 1898 in Strawn, Palo Pinto Co., TX. Robert died on 8 June 1910 at the age of 12 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX and was buried at Harpersville Cemetery in Stephens Co., TX on 9 June 1910.^27001,27002
16049	iv.	William Thomas Dwiggins was born on 26 May 1900 in Tarrant Co., TX. William died of a myocardial infarction on 18 August 1968 at the age of 68 at West Texas Medical Center Hospital in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX and was buried at Harpersville Cemetery in Stephens Co., TX on 20 August 1968.^27003,27004
16050	v.	Leona Dwiggins was born about 1904 in Texas.
16051	vi.	John Boyce Dwiggins was born on 13 December 1905 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX. John died on 18 February 1997 at the age of 91 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX and was buried at Harpersville Cemetery in Stephens Co., TX in February 1997 . Obituary, Abilene Reporter-News, Feb. 21, 1997 The Rev. John Boyce Dwiggins BRECKENRIDGE - The Rev. John Boyce Dwiggins, 91, died Tuesday. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Harpersville Cemetery, directed by Morehart Mortuary. Rev. Dwiggins was born in Breckenridge and graduated from North Texas State University, Hardin-Simmons University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He worked as a county school superintendent in Breckenridge in the 1930s and was a military chaplain with the rank of captain in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. He was a Baptist minister for more than 40 years in Louisiana, Texas and Colorado. Survivors include three children, Donna Woods of Houston, Darci Hill of Huntsville and John David Dwiggins of Austin; one sister, Leona Erwin of Farmington, N.M.; and four grandchildren. Memorials may be made to a ministerial scholarship fund at Hardin-Simmons University and left at the funeral home.
16052	vii.	Reuben J. Dwiggins Jr. was born on 16 October 1911 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX. Reuben Jr. died of a brain tumor on 25 February 1937 at the age of 25 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Bell Co., TX and was buried at Harpersville Cemetery in Stephens Co., TX on 28 February 1937.^27005,27006