24th Generation

120. LORA IRENE BROWN was born on 19 September 1923. She died on 11 March 2003. 17 DECEMBER 1990 I SPOKE TO IRENE (BROWN) KOLINDA OF 1530 STACEY,
NAVASOTA, TEXAS 77868, 409-825-6661 ON 16 DECEMBER 1990 REFERENCE HER
PARENTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT HUGH C. CLOPTON. IRENE'S MOTHER WAS ADA
EDITHIA (CLOPTON) BROWN, DAUGHTER OF HUGH C. AND PHEBE EDITHIA (McCULLOCK)
CLOPTON, SPOUSE OF ROBERT DANIEL BROWN. IRENE TOLD STORIES OF HER MOTHER
AND HER MOTHER'S SISTER ALICE CORNELIA (CLOPTON) NICHOLS. IRENE SAID SHE
WAS TOLD THAT JOE LAWRENCE NICHOLS SR. WAS REALLY HER FATHER, NOT ROBERT
DANIEL BROWN WHO WAS MARRIED TO HER MOTHER. IRENE SAID SHE WASN'T TOLD
UNTIL LATE IN LIFE THAT JOE WAS HER FATHER. IRENE SAID HER MOTHER, ADA
KNEW THAT ROBERT WAS RUNNING AROUND ON HER AND HID BY A CREEK NEAR THEIR
HOUSE IN GONZALES, COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH A SHOTGUN. ADA SAW ROBERT AND AN
UNNAMED WOMAN COME BY IN AN "A" MODEL FORD AND SHOT AT HIM BUT MISSED.
IRENE SAID THAT HUGH CLOPTON DELIVERED MAIL IN PLEASANTON, HELNEA, KARNES
CITY, FALLS CITY, AND JOURDTON, TEXAS. SHE ALSO SAID THAT HUGH DELIVERED
MAIL FROM CARROLLTON, TEXAS TO CAMERON, TEXAS. CARROLLTON IS NORTH OF
DALLAS QUITE A FEW MILES FROM CAMERON, WHICH MAKES THIS PLACE SUSPECT.
IRENE SAID THAT HUGH LIVED IN FALLS CITY WHEN CARLTON CLOPTON WAS BORN.
THEY LIVED IN A PLACE CALLED CONQUESTO AN OLD STONE CASTLE TYPE BUILDING.
IRENE MENTIONED RELATIVES IN HEARNE, TEXAS WHICH IS IN BURLESON COUNTY. WE
NEED TO CHECK OLD NEWSPAPERS AND SUCH IN ALL THESE COUNTIES. IRENE SAID
THAT GREEN McCULLOCK WAS HANGED IN PLEASANTON, TEXAS FOR KILLING A
POLITICIAN. THE STORY THAT I HAVE HEARD IS THAT THIS BROTHER OF PHEBE
EDITHIA McCULLOCK WAS HUNG FOR STEALING A HORSE. NEED TO CHECK THE OLD
NEWSPAPERS. IRENE TOLD A STORY ABOUT OLLIE GREEN CLOPTON, BROTHER OF ADA
EDITHIA CLOPTON, THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD AND QUOTE HERE FOR REFERENCE FOR
FUTURE REASEARCH. IRENE SAID THAT "OLLIE SAW A NIGGER WITH HIS HUNTING
DOG, OLLIE TOLD THE NIGGER THAT THE DOG WAS HIS. THE NIGGER REFUSED TO
RETURN THE DOG TO OLLIE. OLLIE WENT HOME GOT HIS GUN RETURNED AND KILLED
THE NIGGER. OLLIE SPENT TIME IN PRISON WHERE HE BECAME A PREACHER. OLLIE
THEN WENT TO OKLAHOMA." I HAD HEARD THAT OLLIE AND MY GRANDFATHER THOMAS
LATHON CLOPTON SR. HAD AN ARGUMENT OVER A HORSE IS WHY OLLIE LEFT AND
MOVED TO OKLAHOMA. I TALKED TO ROBERT WELBURN BROWN, BROTHER OF IRENE
BROWN. WELBURN LIVES IN WILLIS, TEXAS. HE SAID HE DID NOT REMEMBER
ANYTHING ABOUT HUGH CLOPTON. LAST KNOWN ADDRESS 1530 STACEY ST. NAVASOTA,
TEXAS 77868.

LORA IRENE BROWN and CHESTER FABIAN KOLENDA were married on 15 July 1947. CHESTER FABIAN KOLENDA (private).

LORA IRENE BROWN and CHESTER FABIAN KOLENDA had the following children:

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BARBARA KOLENDA.