Johncy Helen Embry (1880 - 1930): Our Family History

1880 - 1930 (50 years)

Name	Johncy Helen Embry
Birth	4 Dec 1880	Alabama, United States [2]
Gender	Female
Family Search ID	LW8F-RZM
Photos	Ω Residence Child		Between 1887 and 1889	Texas, United States
Came to Texas from Alabama in late 1880's Witness Role: Principal: [I443] James Blackston EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I459] Clayton Benjamin EMBREY Witness Role: Child: [I458] Arthur Blackston EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I457] Charles Francis EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I462] Georgia Ann EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I460] Johncy Helen EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I455] Martha Adeline EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I232] Mary Elizabeth EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I456] Nancy Jane EMBRY Witness Role: Child: [I461] William Wallace EMBRY Witness Role: Spouse: [I444] Martha Ann SUTTON
Name	From 1896
	Johncy Helen Dyess
Ω Census wife	1 Jun 1900	Ellis, Texas, United States [3]
	Per census, he and his wife had been married for 5 years, which would have made Johncy 15 at the age she married. He was a farmer, they had their first two children, sons, at this time. Witness Role: Principal: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: head of household: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: wife: [I460] Johncy Helen EMBRY Witness Role: son: [I2908] Samuel Jonathan DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2907] William Everett DYESS
Ω Census wife	15 Apr 1910	Jones, Texas, United States [4]
	Per the 1910 Census, William was working as a farm laborer on a rented farm, where he lived with his wife Johncy and their 7 children. All the children had been born in Texas. Witness Role: Principal: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: head of household: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: wife: [I460] Johncy Helen EMBRY Witness Role: son: [I2908] Samuel Jonathan DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2907] William Everett DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2905] Ira Albert DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2903] Bessie Clayton DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2902] James Blackstone DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2901] William Ervin DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2900] Thelma Lillian DYESS
Ω Census wife	1 Jan 1920	Ellis, Texas, United States [5]
	Per the 1920 Census, William and Johncy were farming in Ellis County, with 7 children. They rented the farm. All of the children over the age of 6 could read and write, the school age children were in school, and were also listed as farm labor. Witness Role: Principal: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: head of household: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: wife: [I460] Johncy Helen EMBRY Witness Role: son: [I2908] Samuel Jonathan DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2903] Bessie Clayton DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2902] James Blackstone DYESS Witness Role: son: [I2901] William Ervin DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2900] Thelma Lillian DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2904] Gertrude Lee DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2906] Morene DYESS
Burial	1930	Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States [6]
	$gravestones\DYESS Johncy Helen d1930$	gravestones\DYESS Johncy Helen d1930
Ω Census wife	1 Apr 1930	Ellis, Texas, United States [7]
	Per 1930 Census, William and Johncy were renting a farm in Ellis county, their two youngest daughters lived with them. Witness Role: Principal: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: head of household: [I2897] William Thomas DYESS Witness Role: wife: [I460] Johncy Helen EMBRY Witness Role: daughter: [I2904] Gertrude Lee DYESS Witness Role: daughter: [I2906] Morene DYESS
_UID	4B1E896909F040AC8A6178936C1499EF3E40
Death	22 Dec 1930	Ellis, Texas, United States
Person ID	I460	My Genealogy
Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

Father	James Blackston Embry, b. 30 Nov 1837, Marshall, Alabama, United States d. 16 Oct 1893, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States (Age 55 years)
Mother	Martha Ann Sutton, b. 8 Jan 1842, Alabama, United States d. 19 Mar 1893, Boise, Oldham, Texas, United States (Age 51 years)
Marriage	11 Mar 1863	Marshall, Alabama, United States [2, 8]
	Solemnized at the residence of James M. Sutton of Marshall County. Mr. Sutton was first thought to have been Martha's father, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Perhaps he was an uncle, perhaps he was the pastor in the area. Justice of Peace Eli Campbell presiding. Co-signer on the marriage bond was a man named William Bondurant. Family Bible gives the marriage date of 12 March (1862, which is probably wrong). Possibly the bond and license were done on the 11th and the ceremony on the 12th. It was wartime, the first child came along only 5 months later.
Family ID	F67	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Husband William Thomas Dyess, b. 3 Oct 1874, Alabama, United States d. 18 May 1962 (Age 87 years)

Marriage Est 1896

Children

+	1. Samuel Jonathan Dyess, b. 23 Nov 1896, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 24 Jan 1998, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States (Age 101 years)
>	2. William Everett Dyess, b. 28 Jun 1898, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 8 Mar 1965, Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States (Age 66 years)
+	3. Ira Albert Dyess, b. 21 Jul 1900, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 15 Apr 1993, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 92 years)
+	4. Bessie Clayton Dyess, b. 29 Sep 1902, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 24 Mar 1986, Ellis, Texas, United States (Age 83 years)
+	5. James Blackstone Dyess, b. 30 Jan 1905, Avalon, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 30 Aug 1969, Seminole, Gaines, Texas, United States (Age 64 years)
+	6. William Ervin Dyess, b. 6 Jul 1907, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 6 Dec 1976, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 69 years)
+	7. Thelma Lillian Dyess, b. Sep 1909, Texas, United States d. 5 Nov 1999, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 90 years)
>	8. Gertrude Lee Dyess, b. 31 Jul 1913, Howard, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 15 Jul 2002, Mansfield, Tarrant, Texas, United States (Age 88 years)
	9. Baby Dyess, b. 23 Feb 1915, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 23 Feb 1915, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States (Age 0 years)
	10. Infant Dyess, b. 27 Dec 1915, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 2 Jan 1916, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States (Age 0 years)
	11. Morene Dyess, b. 1918, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F867 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 May 2021

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Dec 1880 - Alabama, United States
	Ω Residence Child - Between 1887 and 1889 - Texas, United States
	Ω Census wife - 1 Jun 1900 - Ellis, Texas, United States
	Ω Census wife - 15 Apr 1910 - Jones, Texas, United States
	Ω Census wife - 1 Jan 1920 - Ellis, Texas, United States
	Burial - 1930 - Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States
	Ω Census wife - 1 Apr 1930 - Ellis, Texas, United States
	Death - 22 Dec 1930 - Ellis, Texas, United States

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Photos
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Sources

[S72] Debbie Price's Collection.
[S1204] FamilyRecord - Embry Family Bible.
[S1153] Cens1900 - TX Ellis Precinct 1 p10.
[S515] Cens1910 - TX Jones Precinct4 ed140 pg23a.
[S513] Cens1920 - TX Ellis Precinct 1 pg2b.
[S952] Find a Grave: Johncy Helen Embry Dyess.
[S1161] Cens1930 - TX Ellis Precinct1 ed708 p9.
[S99] Marriage Certificate - James B. Embry.

Johncy Helen Embry[1]

Johncy Helen Embry^[1]