last updated 3 Feb 2016
William Kiser was born in North Carolina about 1798, was in Arkansas by 1824 where all his children were born. He moved to Texas between 1842 and 1850. Son Jacob Kiser married in Arkansas in 1848, and was in Texas shortly after when his first son was born there.
Davis (or Dawson) Lassiter was born about 1840 in Mississippi. He married Sallie Britton (born in Alabama) about 1864. They were in Texas by 1870.
Listed below are the Lassiter and Kiser descendants. Click on the family menu above for photos and on the reports menu for printable charts and genealogy reports (in pdf format) with more information on the family. It is in the reports that you will find even more information like stories.
1-unknown Lassiter
+Rebecca b. Abt 1800, North Carolina, d. After 1880, Texas
...2-Davis A Lassiter b. Feb 1840, Mississippi
+Sarah "Sallie" Britton b. Dec 1844, Alabama, m. Abt 1864
......3-Woody Britton Lassiter b. Sep 1871, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas,
d. 2 Jun 1949, Austin, Travis County, Texas
+Ada Belcher b. 17 Dec 1878, Tennessee, m. 15 Aug 1895, Navarro County,
Texas, d. 28 Jun 1900, (Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro County, Texas)
.........4-Wylie Jones Lassiter b. 10 Jul 1896, Blooming Grove, Navarro County,
Texas, d. 29 Jan 1961, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
+Ada Ozella Kiser b. 24 Mar 1894, near Mason, Mason County, Texas, m.
Between 1918 and 1919, d. 2 Sep 1979, Irving, Dallas County, Texas, par. Albert
Wesley Kiser and Matilda A
............5-Gwendolyn "Honey" Lassiter b. 23 Jan 1920, Ranger, Eastland
County, Texas, d. 11 Aug 2004, Dallas, Texas
+Lloyd Lionel Gwinn b. 14 Aug 1916, Allendale, Wichita County,
Texas, m. 17 Dec 1937, Morton, Texas, d. 25 Oct 2009, Texas, par. Henry Claude
Gwinn and Nora Taylor
...............6-Lloyd Lionel Gwinn Jr
+Wilva Beth Creed , par. William Bryan Creed and Mary Evelyn
..................7-Michael Glen "Mike" Gwinn b. 11 Jul 1958, Dallas County,
Texas, d. 12 Jun 1971, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
..................7-Gina Kay Gwinn
..................7-Larry Dan Gwinn b. 4 May 1960, Dallas, Dallas County,
Texas, d. 6 Sep 2014, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
..................7-Steven Wayne Gwinn
+Billie Jane "B.J." Jourden , par. Troy Neval Jourden and
Margaret Jane Brotherton
...............6-Barbara Sue Gwinn
+William Scott Sanders b. 7 Aug 1935, Collin County, Texas, m.
17 Aug 1959, Irving, Texas, d. 3 Dec 1999, Dallas, Texas, par. Willie Bert
Sanders and Allie Bea Walls
..................7-Bryan Kent Kennedy
..................7-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
+Bill Kent Kennedy , par. Hubert Ottis Kennedy and Anner Kate
Davis
..................7-Bryan Kent Kennedy
..................7-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
...............6-Kay Ann Gwinn
+James Raymond Jones , par. Everett Raymond Jones and Virginia
Ella Wren
..................7-Jason James Jones
..................7-Jamie Kay Jones
............5-Bobbie Ruth Lassiter b. 26 Oct 1926, Iowa Park, Wichita County,
Texas, d. 13 Feb 2008, Dallas County, Texas
+Robert Emmett Clark b. 6 Aug 1922, East Haven, Connecticut, m. 31
Oct 1946, Irving, Texas, d. 21 Feb 1993, Irving, Dallas County, Texas, par.
Wilbur Admiral Clark and Elizabeth Veronica Barry
...............6-David Emmett Clark b. 3 Apr 1949, Champaign, Illinois, d. 4
Sep 2014, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
+Sandra Kay Cook
+Nancy
...............6-Judy Clark
+Richard Wayne Towery , par. Harvery Donavan Towery and Dorothy
Katherine Beard
..................7-Casey Wayne Towery
..................7-Zach Douglas Towery
..................7-Megan Towery
.........4-Robert E Lassiter b. 9 Sep 1898, Navarro County, Texas, d. 25 Jul
1965, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
+Rachael Shoemaker b. 24 Oct 1887, Texas, m. Abt 1908, Texas, d. 3 Dec
1984, Scurry County, Texas, par. unknown Shoemaker and unknown
.........4-Adala Orea Lassiter b. 25 Aug 1910, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas,
d. 17 Apr 2005, Brownfield, Terry County, Texas
+Henry Laverne Drennan b. 4 Oct 1910, Cordell, Oklahoma, m. 7 Jul
1932, Portales, New Mexico, d. 13 Jun 1952, Hermleigh, Scurry County, Texas,
par. Joseph Francis Drennan and Ethel Viola Quaide
.........4-Paul Dressler Lassiter b. 21 Aug 1913, Sweetwater, Nolan County,
Texas, d. 26 Jul 1999, Dallas County, Texas
+Jerlene "Jerry" Martin b. 4 Oct 1921, d. 5 Sep 2001, (Oak Grove
Memorial Gardens, Irving, Texas)
............5-Martin Coker Lassiter
......3-Mary Lassiter b. Abt 1876, Texas
......3-Lucy W Lassiter b. Apr 1881, Texas
......3-Adelad R "Addie" Lassiter b. 29 Sep 1885, Texas, d. 17 Mar 1904,
(Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro County, Texas)
+Dee Christie
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1-William Kiser b. 1798, North Carolina, d. Between 1850 and 1860, probably
Williamson County, Texas
+Frances b. Abt 1801, Tennessee, d. 11 May 1867, Texas
...2-Jacob Anderson Kiser b. 18 Oct 1824, Washington County, Arkansas, d. 17
Dec 1902, Mason County, Texas
+Nancy Jane Parsons b. 12 Feb 1832, Missouri, m. 20 Apr 1848, Washington
County, Arkansas, d. 14 Oct 1911, Bell County, Texas
......3-George Washington Kiser b. 12 Feb 1849, Arkansas, d. 6 Oct 1906,
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
......3-Malalia Jane Kiser b. Abt 1852, Texas, d. 11 Mar 1925, Bell County,
Texas
......3-Jessie A J Kiser b. 18 Jan 1854, Texas, d. 19 Dec 1924, Coke County,
Texas
......3-William Henry Kiser b. 30 Nov 1856, Texas
......3-James Anderson Kiser b. 27 Apr 1859, Bell County, Texas, d. 15 Jul
1930, Milam County, Texas
......3-Mary E Kiser b. 24 Mar 1861
......3-John H Kiser b. 30 Jun 1863
......3-Albert Wesley Kiser b. 21 Aug 1865, Bell County, Texas, d. 29 Dec 1938,
Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
+Matilda A b. Jul 1873, Texas, m. Abt 1889, d. 9 Sep 1948, Wichita
County, Texas
.........4-Cicero Wesley Kiser b. 25 Mar 1890, Mason County, Texas, d. 19 Dec
1978, Levelland, Hockley Co, Texas
+Nellie Gertrude Anthony b. Abt 1892, Arkansas, m. Abt 1915, d. 20
Apr 1993, Hockley County, Texas
............5-Alton Wesley Kiser
+Sylvia Pauline Herrington
...............6-Jerry Alton Kiser
...............6-Larry Dewanyne Kiser
............5-Gracie L Kiser
............5-Cicero Wesley Kiser Jr
+Frances Olene Cooper
...............6-Carl Wayne Kiser
...............6-Frances Darlene Kiser
............5-Geneva O Kiser
............5-Kenneth Maron Kiser
............5-Harvey Daniel Kiser
............5-Charlie Edmond Kiser
.........4-Myrtle A Kiser b. 28 Mar 1892, Mason County, Texas, d. 7 May 1974,
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas
.........4-Ada Ozella Kiser b. 24 Mar 1894, near Mason, Mason County, Texas, d.
2 Sep 1979, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
+Wylie Jones Lassiter b. 10 Jul 1896, Blooming Grove, Navarro County,
Texas, m. Between 1918 and 1919, d. 29 Jan 1961, Irving, Dallas County, Texas,
par. Woody Britton Lassiter and Ada Belcher
............5-Gwendolyn "Honey" Lassiter b. 23 Jan 1920, Ranger, Eastland
County, Texas, d. 11 Aug 2004, Dallas, Texas
+Lloyd Lionel Gwinn b. 14 Aug 1916, Allendale, Wichita County,
Texas, m. 17 Dec 1937, Morton, Texas, d. 25 Oct 2009, Texas, par. Henry Claude
Gwinn and Nora Taylor
...............6-Lloyd Lionel Gwinn Jr
+Wilva Beth Creed , par. William Bryan Creed and Mary Evelyn
..................7-Michael Glen "Mike" Gwinn b. 11 Jul 1958, Dallas County,
Texas, d. 12 Jun 1971, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
..................7-Gina Kay Gwinn
..................7-Larry Dan Gwinn b. 4 May 1960, Dallas, Dallas County,
Texas, d. 6 Sep 2014, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
..................7-Steven Wayne Gwinn
+Billie Jane "B.J." Jourden , par. Troy Neval Jourden and
Margaret Jane Brotherton
...............6-Barbara Sue Gwinn
+William Scott Sanders b. 7 Aug 1935, Collin County, Texas, m.
17 Aug 1959, Irving, Texas, d. 3 Dec 1999, Dallas, Texas, par. Willie Bert
Sanders and Allie Bea Walls
..................7-Bryan Kent Kennedy
..................7-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
+Bill Kent Kennedy , par. Hubert Ottis Kennedy and Anner Kate
Davis
..................7-Bryan Kent Kennedy
..................7-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
...............6-Kay Ann Gwinn
+James Raymond Jones , par. Everett Raymond Jones and Virginia
Ella Wren
..................7-Jason James Jones
..................7-Jamie Kay Jones
............5-Bobbie Ruth Lassiter b. 26 Oct 1926, Iowa Park, Wichita County,
Texas, d. 13 Feb 2008, Dallas County, Texas
+Robert Emmett Clark b. 6 Aug 1922, East Haven, Connecticut, m. 31
Oct 1946, Irving, Texas, d. 21 Feb 1993, Irving, Dallas County, Texas, par.
Wilbur Admiral Clark and Elizabeth Veronica Barry
...............6-David Emmett Clark b. 3 Apr 1949, Champaign, Illinois, d. 4
Sep 2014, Irving, Dallas County, Texas
+Sandra Kay Cook
+Nancy
...............6-Judy Clark
+Richard Wayne Towery , par. Harvery Donavan Towery and Dorothy
Katherine Beard
..................7-Casey Wayne Towery
..................7-Zach Douglas Towery
..................7-Megan Towery
.........4-Mary E Kiser b. Nov 1896, Texas, d. 12 Dec 1977, Wichita Falls,
Wichita County, Texas
+Ted Pitts
.........4-Lena Irene Kiser b. 3 Mar 1898, Texas, d. Feb 1980, Hockley County,
Texas
+Clarence William Davis
............5-Wilburn Davis
............5-James E Davis
............5-Maxine Davis
............5-Bobby Mac Davis
.........4-Lonzo Leroy Kiser b. 13 Dec 1899, Mason County, Texas, d. 7 Sep
1966, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
.........4-Edith G Kiser b. 1 Dec 1902, Texas, d. 6 Jan 1980, Wichita Falls,
Wichita County, Texas
+D L Owens b. 22 May 1897, d. 31 Aug 1995, Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Texas
.........4-Rubin Anderson Kiser b. 30 Nov 1904, Winters, Runnels County, Texas,
d. 10 Nov 1973, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
+Ruth Mae Tunnell
............5-Morris E Kiser
............5-infant Kiser
............5-Reba Jo Kiser
............5-Reubin Leon Kiser
+Mary Pauline Webb
...............6-Christy Lynn Kiser
............5-Jacqueline Ruth Kiser
............5-Dorathy Fay Kiser
............5-Elton Ray Kiser
............5-Mary Jane Kiser
.........4-Ruby Ivy Kiser b. 28 Jan 1907, Texas, d. 10 Mar 1996, Wichita Falls,
Wichita County, Texas
.........4-Ruth T Kiser b. 19 Dec 1909, Concho County, Texas, d. 11 Nov 1994,
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas
.........4-Marcelas Kiser b. 13 Sep 1912, Texas, d. 29 Mar 1942, Wichita Falls,
Wichita County, Texas
......3-Lucy Frances Kiser b. 1 Nov 1870, Texas, d. 2 Sep 1881
......3-Effie Linda Kiser b. 17 Aug 1873, Bell County, Texas, d. 1952, Mason
County, Texas
...2-Nancy Kiser b. 27 Oct 1827, Washington County, Arkansas, d. Aug 1912,
Archer County, Texas
+Lewis West b. Abt 1821, Illinois, d. Between 1850 and 1853, probably
Williamson County, Texas
......3-Reuben West b. Abt 1846, Arkansas
......3-Lydia J West b. Abt 1848, Texas
+Roswell C Guthrie
......3-James A West b. 1850, Texas
......3-Richard West b. 1853, Texas
...2-Richard Dave Kiser b. 5 Sep 1830, Arkansas, d. 2 Mar 1898, Mason County,
Texas
+Ruhamey Elizabeth Masters b. 3 Nov 1829, m. 16 Dec 1849, Washington
County, Arkansas, d. 26 Apr 1866
......3-Frances Kiser b. 2 Oct 1851
......3-Nancy Jane Kiser b. 10 Nov 1852
+William J Poyner
......3-William A M Kiser b. 20 Nov 1853, d. 31 Mar 1884, McCulloch County,
Texas
......3-Margaret E Kiser b. 4 Oct 1855
+T F Cypert
......3-Mary L B Kiser b. 10 Apr 1857
......3-William C Kiser b. 1859
......3-James Anderson Kiser b. 4 Mar 1859, Commanche County, Texas, d. 20 Aug
1902, Mason County, Texas
......3-Richard Dave Kiser Jr b. 25 Jan 1861
......3-Amanda John Kiser b. 10 Dec 1861
......3-George Franklin Kiser b. 20 Mar 1865, d. 10 Sep 1947, (Jones Cemetery,
Mason, Mason County, Texas)
+Mary Jane Moore
......3-Eobert E Kiser
......3-Martha L Kiser
......3-Jessie Lafayette Kiser b. 9 Dec 1867, d. 13 Jul 1939, Sutton County,
Texas
......3-Sarah J Kiser b. 17 Dec 1869
......3-Colonel Richard Kiser b. 2 Dec 1871
......3-Cynthia R Kiser b. 5 Sep 1874
......3-Samuel H Kiser b. 13 Apr 1878, d. 3 Dec 1955, Grady County, Oklahoma
...2-John H Kiser b. 25 May 1833, Arkansas, d. 16 May 1918, Mason County, Texas
+Martha E Nix b. 1838, Arkansas, m. 2 Apr 1857, Georgetown, Williamson
County, Texas
......3-William Kiser b. Abt 1858, Texas
......3-James Andrew Kiser b. 15 Oct 1874
......3-Napoleon Kiser b. 1878
...2-Rebecca Kiser b. 1836, Washington County, Arkansas, d. 27 Jan 1906
+Roberts
+Henry C Robbins
......3-Mary Jane Robbins b. 1855
...2-Ruth Kiser b. 30 Jan 1837, Washington County, Arkansas, d. 9 Nov 1916,
Lampasas County, Texas
+Asaac West b. 1826, Illinois, m. 19 Jan 1853, Williamson County, Texas, d.
1895, Nolan County, Texas
......3-John Louis West b. 1854
......3-George Washington West b. 19 Oct 1856
......3-William A West b. 1859
......3-Sarah J West b. 1862
......3-Hugh West b. 1864
......3-Ruby West b. 1866
......3-Newton Issac West b. 1868, d. 1960, Palo Pinto County, Texas
......3-Avis J West b. 1871
...2-Martha J Kiser b. Mar 1839, Arkansas, d. 13 Jun 1932, Texas
+William B Marshall b. 30 Dec 1832, Washington County, Arkansas, m. 30 Aug
1855, Williamson County, Texas, d. 24 Jan 1903, Bell County, Texas
......3-Martha Ann Marshall b. 16 Jun 1857, Spiro, Oklahoma
......3-John Pleasant Marshall b. 17 Mar 1866, Spiro, Oklahoma
......3-Mary E Marshall b. 16 Feb 1869, Bell County, Texas
......3-Ara Isabell Marshall b. 25 Dec 1871, Bell County, Texas
......3-James William Marshall b. 20 Sep 1873, Timple, Texas
...2-Mary Ann Kiser b. 10 May 1842, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas,
d. 10 Jan 1920, Choate, Karnes County, Texas
+Robert R Parsons b. 1 Jan 1833, Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri,
m. 1 Sep 1857, Williamson County, Texas, d. 17 Feb 1909, Kenedy, Karnes County,
Texas, par. Hugh Parsons and Nancy Smith
......3-Martha Elizabeth Parsons b. 1858, Texas
+John J Jones
......3-Jesse Parsons b. Sep 1860, Goliad County, Texas, d. 9 Jul 1932, Kenedy,
Karnes County, Texas
......3-William Hugh Parsons b. 11 Nov 1861, Goliad County, Texas, d. 17 Jun
1953, Uvalde County, Texas
......3-Robert Parsons b. 20 Jul 1864, Goliad County, Texas, d. 25 Sep 1922,
Hayden, Arizona
+Katherine Ann Brooks
......3-Miriah Frances Parsons b. 27 Sep 1867, Goliad County, Texas, d. 7 Jul
1895, Alpine, Texas
+Robert Claway Phelps
......3-Cordelia Parsons b. 23 Nov 1869, Goliad County, Texas, d. 19 Sep 1959,
San Antonio, Texas
+Sylvester P Choate
......3-Mary Emma Parsons b. 4 Mar 1873, Goliad County, Texas, d. 14 Jun 1949,
Karnes County, Texas
+Robert Calaway Phelps
+W C Townsend
......3-Nancy Parsons b. 30 Jan 1877, Goliad County, Texas, d. 3 May 1957,
Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas
+Daniel Boone Choate
......3-H Silas Parsons b. 15 Apr 1881, Bee County, Texas, d. 5 May 1961,
Choate, Karnes County, Texas
...2-William B Kiser b. 1843, Washington County, Arkansas
+Mannie Fikes
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