The Baggett family tree goes back at least four generations. Cindy's dad, Joel Layton Baggett, Jr., who we knew as J.L., was named after her grandpa, Joel Layton (Joe) Baggett,Sr. While compiling the family history, I found that this namesake goes back to a minister, Rev. Joel Layton Baggett. Cindy's grandpa was one of fourteen children of Samuel Martin Baggett and Goldie Sarah Ruth (Royals). Samuel Martin's father and mother was Silas Baggett and third wife, Ann(Mitchell).
Silas Baggett and his first wife (name unknown to us) were natives of North Carolina. They had six children and we have no information on them. Silas married his second wife, Parby (Williams), in Mississippi and then moved to Arkansas. They settled in the woods near Rison, AR, in 1845. Of the seven children they had together, only one name is known - the Rev. Joel Layton Baggett. He was born in December, 1837, in Choctaw county, Mississippi, so he was about 8 years old when the family moved to Arkansas. Silas and Parby moved to Texas in 1856, and while there Parby died. Silas then moved back to Arkansas in 1857 and married his third wife, Ann (Mitchell). Cindy's father(b.1931), grandfather(b.1909), and great-grandfather(Samuel Martin b.1862) are from this wife. Samuel's brother(half-brother) would be the minister, Rev. Joel Layton Baggett(he was about 25 years old when Samuel was born).
Only a little more information is known about Silas Baggett - He was a farmer and mechanic by occupation. He fought in the War of 1812 with General Jackson. He and his second wife were members of the Baptist church.
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