Generation Five: Jasper Elijah Gober 1^st.(Seated above) Our Great Grandfather, was born the second child to Charles Lewis Gober 1^st and Mary A. ? in June 1842, in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi.   He had three sisters; Louisa, Martha E, and Mattie Melissa. Five brothers; Henry, James N., William W., John Milton, and Charles Lewis Jr.   On August 24, 1861 at age 19 he enlisted in Company K, 4^th Mississippi Infantry, at Granada, Mississippi - and he served with his father, until his father was taken POW in Shiloh, near Fort Donaldson,TN. in June 1862…After hearing about his father in June 1862, Jasper, in his attempt to see his ill father, was captured at Fort Donaldson, TN. Then sent to Camp Morton in Indianapolis Ind. as a POW. On September 12, 1862 Jasper was exchanged, for his ill father, in a POW exchange and sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Jasper escaped, but was captured and taken POW a second time on July 4^th, 1863 at Vicksburg.    He was paroled on July 9^th, 1863.   Again on December 15^th, 1864 he is captured a third time at Nashville, Tenn. and sent to POW prison in Lewisville, KY. until December 20^th, 1864 when he was transferred to Camp Douglas, Ill.     In June of 1865 the war was over.    Jasper was given an Honorable Discharged on June 19, 1865 - after having taken the oath of allegiance to the United States �?he went home to Attala County, Mississippi.    Sometime in 1870 he married Margaret ‘Maggie�?Barnes Green (Seated center above) of Leake County, Mississippi. On May 15, 1878 they moved to Bell County, Texas.    Jasper died on October 1, 1920 at age 78. Margaret died about 1912. They are buried in unmarked graves at Greenleaf Cemetery in Bownwood, Brown County Texas.    They had nine children; Infant Gober, Mary Elizabeth, William E, Astelia, Falba, Infant Gober,  Rufus Smith (Above right, back row.  Married Minnie Emmaline James), Hattie Green and Sarah A.

Generation Six: Rufus Smith Gober Our Grandfather, was born February 17, 1883 in Coryell County, Texas to Jasper Elijah Gober and Margaret ‘Maggie�?Barnes Green. About 1903 married Minnie Emmaline James, born November 21, 1885 to John Hunt James and Margaret Evaline Sullivan.   They had eight children:  Generation Seven: Marvin Edward born July 20, 1904; Margaret Evelyn born 1905; Vessie Mae born 1908; Alma Rachel born April 23, 1910; Leta born & died 1912; Arby born 1915; John Elijah born June 24, 1917; Nettie Mae born November 4, 1920.    Rufus died December 16, 1956 at the age of 73.    Minnie died September 10, 1962 at the age of 76. They are both buried in Greenleaf Cemetery at Brownwood, Brown County, Texas.  BRB 6-8-02. Compiled from Family record's by BRB, 1996-2002.

Generations Eight through Ten: Some of those who served in the Military, are pictured on "Our Hero's" Page.

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 There's a Family Bible on the table, it's pages torn and hard to read,but the Family Bible on the table, will ever be my key to memory.     At the close of day when work was over, and the evening meal was done,    Dad would read to us from the Family Bible, and we'ed count our many belssings, one by one. ..... I can see us sitting 'round the table, when from the Family Bible Dad would read. I can hear my Mother softly singing, 'Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages cleft for me.'........This old world of our's is lost and dieing, but it would oh so better be,  If we had more Bible's on the tables, And Mother's singing 'Rock of Ages' cleft for me. (Writer Unknown)

I give thanks to God every day that I had a praying Mother, who tought me about the Love of Jesus....otherwise I might still be lost!!  God Bless all..Betty Rose Brown.