Bagwell L. DeFreese

Bagwell L. DeFreese

• Bagwell L. DeFreese was born circa 1813 in North Carolina.
• He married Mary L. McElroy on 7 November 1833 in Bibb County, Alabama, with County Judge Thomas Crawford officiating.
• Bagwell L. DeFreese and Mary L. McElroy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Bibb County, Alabama. Also in the household were three children -- a boy and two girls under the age of five.
• Bagwell L. DeFreese and Mary L. McElroy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Also in the household were children Henry L. (age 14), Mary E. (13), Sarah D. (10), George W. (7), Annetah H. (5), Florance B. (4) and one without a name (2), not yet recorded.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• Bagwell L. DeFreese and Mary L. McElroy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Also in the household were children Annett H. (age 14), Florence B. (12) and Alice L. (10), not yet recorded.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1860 census.
• The following appeared on 27 August 1861 in The Daily True Delta: Hon. B. L. Defreese, state treasurer, has gone to Virginia to bring home the remains of his son, who recently died of fever at Richmond.
• Bagwell L. DeFreese became a widower at the between 1860 and 1865 death of his wife.
• He married Isa Runnels, daughter of Hosea H. Runnels and Elizabeth Wilson, on 26 June 1865 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Bagwell L. DeFreese and Isa Runnels appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Anderson PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Henry Bates, Franklin T. Bates, Bedie Runnels Bates, Charles Allen DeFreese and Albert B. DeFreese.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Bagwell L. DeFreese died on 29 May 1877.
• His wife Isa Runnels became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 5 June 1877 in The Galveston Daily News: (Grimes County. Navasota Tablet). . . Col. B. L. Defreese, an honored citizen of this county, died Sunday, May 29th. . . .

• Last Edited: 25 Dec 2012