EARLY LINCOLN COUNTY FAMILIES
JOHN ANNIS LAFFERTY FAMILY

John Annis and Mary H. (Lipsey) Lafferty with Children: Mary Eliza, Sophronia, and Sarah L. John Annis Lafferty was a Methodist Preacher of the Lincoln County area.  Born 11 Sept 1883 in Carollton, Carroll County, Arkansas,  he relocated with two sisters to Parker County and later with his wife and two young children he returned to Arkansas with his in-laws to bring back their widowed daughter and children.  There John and Mary had another daughter.  They returned settling in Wise county with their father-in-law and had another child, a son this time.  Then moved to Young County, Texas where several more chidlren were born.  When the children were grown his yougest son relocated to New Mexico where he talked his family into moving there.  John and Mary then moved with their daughter to Lincoln County, New Mexico in the early 1900's. Their other son William and family followed them there.   There they farmed and ranched.    John Annis Lafferty died 26 April 1911 on his ranch near Richardson with only his wife Mary Hannah Lipsey Lafferty, daughter Sophronia  and younest son James Annis. Mary Lipsey Lafferty was born in Johnson County, Indiana 31 July 1945 and her family were early settlers of Wise County Texas.  She raised her family in Parker County Texas and from there  moved to New Mexico with a trip to the Texas Panahande and into Oklahoma.  They purchased land near their children.  William Binks Lafferty and wife Mary Della McKenny and family, and also their daughter Sophronia Lafferty and son James Annis Lafferty.  Grandmother Mary Hannah Lipsey was burried at the Cemetery near the School in Slaton, New Mexico.There are 8 graves there, hers is the third one from the South West Corner, second row. She was living with her youngest son James Annis Lafferty and his wife when she died.   Her death registration is listed in the Chaves county archives as Lafferty, Mary H. 72 Roswell, New Mexico Housekeeper, died of Acute Indigestion, Nov 16, 1917.     William Binks Lafferty was murdered by thieves on the Capital Mountain while checking out his land (18 April 1873-7 Mar 1909).  Leaving a wife and six young children.  Sophronia outlived her parents and moved to Black Mountains, Near Ruidoso, NM where she died unmarried without issue - 12 Dec 1869 in Arkansas died 4 Nov 1918.

Submitted by Mary Lafferty Wilson Photo: From personal family collection of submitter.

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