The Concord Connection
Barzillai Wright Fentress was one of the first persons to be buried in Concord Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas. He migrated to Waco from Little River County, Arkansas with his wife Mary Frances Lippard Fentress and their children before 1872. They settled on farmland east of Waco. Also making the trip were the parents of Mary Frances, Daniel Lippard and his wife Lucinda B. Goolsby Lippard.


The 1880 McLennan County census records show B. W. Fentress, age 33, born in Arkansas, wife Mary, age 27, born in Mississippi, one daughter, Josephine, age 12, born in Arkansas, and two sons, Daniel, age 8, and John, age 6, and daughter Mary, age 2, all born in Texas. The Lippard Family was listed as Daniel Leopard, age 78, farmer, born in North Carolina, Lucinda, age 66, born in Georgia, and son John, age 27, farmer, born in Mississippi.

Descendants of William Dewitt Collier

1 William Dewitt Collier 1845 - 1918 b: June 01, 1845 in TX d: June 18, 1918 in Waco, McLennan County, TX . +Lucretia Louisa Cagle 1840 - 1874 b: 1840 in Wisconsin d: October 04, 1874 in McLennan County, TX Buried in Greenwood Cemetery m: February 15, 1870 in McLennan County, TX

........ 2 Virgil Steward Collier 1871 - 1938 b: July 12, 1871 in McLennan County, TX Buried in Concord Cemetery d: November 28, 1938 in McLennan County, TX ............ +Clara Mae Stanton 1879 - 1952 b: February 10, 1879 d: October 06, 1952 in McLennan County, TX Buried in Concord Cemetery m: September 23, 1899 in McLennan County, TX

........ 2 Augustus Collier 1873 - 1894 b: 1873 d: July 05, 1894 in McLennan County, TX

........ 2 Vernon Andrew Collier 1874 - 1946 b: October 04, 1874 in Waco, McLennan County, TX d: October 17, 1946 in Waco, McLennan County, TX ............ +Pearl Garrison 1889 - 1925 b: July 22, 1889 in Waco, McLennan County, TX d: September 27, 1925 in Waco, McLennan County, TX m: December 14, 1904 in Waco, McLennan County, TX ........ *2nd Wife of Vernon Andrew Collier: ............ +Birdie King m: March 02, 1929 in McLennan County, TX *2nd Wife of William Dewitt Collier: . +Martha Sibbell Sinclair 1856 - 1924 b: May 01, 1856 in Little Rock, AR d: May 31, 1924 in Waco, McLennan County, TX m: September 26, 1877 in Waco, McLennan County, TX

........ 2 Cordelia Elizabeth Collier 1880 - 1954 b: August 20, 1880 d: June 27, 1954 ............ +George Washington Magness 1878 - 1967 b: January 26, 1878 in Waco, McLennan County, TX d: January 18, 1967 in Farwell, Parmer County, TX m: October 02, 1898 in Waco, McLennan County, TX

........ 2 Katherine Madula Collier 1884 - 1977 b: February 20, 1884 in Elm Mott, McLennan County, TX d: December 27, 1977 in Waco, McLennan County, TX ............ +Thomas Richie McDaniel 1881 - b: December 28, 1881 in Whitehall, Greene County, IL m: March 03, 1901 in Elm Street Methodist Church, Waco, TX

........ 2 Annie Belle Collier 1890 - 1960 b: December 28, 1890 in McLennan County, TX d: 1960 ............ +Mr. Tessnow ........ *2nd Husband of Annie Belle Collier: ............ +Charles W. Dickens m: January 22, 1912 in McLennan County, TX

1 Wesley Henry Collier 1890 - 1969 b: June 18, 1890 in McLennan County, TX d: February 04, 1969 in Harrison, Boone County, AR . +Mary Lucinda Putman 1895 - 1963 b: March 15, 1895 in Big Fork, AR d: 1963 in Mena ........ 2 Richard David Collier 1936 - b: October 29, 1936 in Woodsboro, TX ............ +Barbara Ann Stewman 1939 - b: May 24, 1939 in Mena, AR ........ *2nd Wife of Richard David Collier: ............ +Heidimarie Schaffer Tragesser 1942 - b: September 06, 1942 in Raunheim, Germany *2nd Wife of Wesley Henry Collier: . +Addie 1890 - b: Abt. 1890 ........ 2 Peggy Loretta Collier 1926 - b: February 05, 1926 in Mexia, TX ............ +Robert Ernest Kennedy 1926 - b: February 02, 1926 in Mullin, TX m: October 01, 1943

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