Robert Hightower

grand-father

John D. Hightower

father

James Hightower

uncle

Thomas Jasper Hightower

son

GABRIEL MEEK KEITH HIGHTOWER
born: 14 December 1846 Mt. Vernon, Titus (now Franklin) Co., TX
died: 11 December 1898, Talco, Titus Co., TX
buried: Old Hagansport Cemetery, Hagansport, Franklin Co., TX
married: 29 December 1870 Mt. Vernon, Titus Co., TX

Spouse:     GEORGIA ANN DUKES
            born: 06 December 1850, Macon Co.,AL
            died: 05 February 1940, Chicota, Lamar Co., TX
            buried: Littlejohn Cemetery, Chicota, TX
       parents: MARHTA ANN SMITH and ABRAHAM J. DUKES

Children:

[1]  JAMES HENRY HIGHTOWER
           born: 11 November 1870 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 17 March 1940 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
       spouse: ELLA ROGERS (married: 18 March 1899]
[2]  J. CLARK HIGHTOWER
           born: 11 April 1874 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 20 June 1951 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
       spouse: WILLIE POGUE [married: 09 October 1900] 
[3]  JOHN WESLEY (WES) HIGHTOWER
           born: 13 January 1877 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 05 July 1942, Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA
       spouse: MARY LEMMA CORBETT [married: 30 December 1899]
[4]  IDA LEONA HIGHTOWER
           born: 12 October 1879 Hagansport, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 28 Septemebr 1972, Chicota,Lamar Co., TX
       spouse: EBBID AZEL (EBB) GRANT [married: 02 October 1899]
[5]  WILSON HOWARD HIGHTOWER
           born: 22 October 1882 Wilson, Indian Territory, (OK)
           died: 01 September 1963 Lawton, Comanche Co., OK
       spouse: NINNE FAY CUNNINGHAM [married: 12 August 1917] 
[6]  THOMAS JASPER HIGHTOWER
           born: 26 October 1885 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 14 August 1968 De Valls Bluff, Prairie Co., AR
       spouse: (1) VERDA MAE CAMPBELL [married: 19 April 1923]
               (2) LAURA ANN BATTERALL (HALE) [married: 07 July 1937]
[7]  VIRGINIA ANNN (VIRGIE) HIGHTOWER
           born: 09 July 1888 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 13 February 1967 Amarillo, Potter Co., TX
       spouse: WILLIAM HURK DEARING [married: 21 January 1909]
[8] ROBERT LEE HIGHTOWER
           born: 02 August 1891 Mt. Vernon, Franklin Co., TX
           died: 14 November 1981 Paris, Lamar Co., TX
       spouse: OLLIE CAMPBELL [married: 13 July 1919]