Lois Almedia Randal

Daughter of Dr. John Leonard Randal & Sarah McNeil (Kyle), Lois Almedia Randal was born on February 11, 1832 in McNairy County, Tennessee. Her family moved to the new Republic of Texas in the late fall of 1838.

On February 25, 1851, Lois Almedia Randal (age 19) married William Thomas Hughes, Sr. in San Augustine, TX (Son of Issac Hughes - born 1792 in SC. Issac's family moved to GA (near Atlanta), and then moved to Caddo Parish, LA where Issac had a Plantation).

They had 3 known children:

  1. Horace R. Hughes - b. 25 Nov. 1852 in (Blossom Hill Plantation?) Caddo Parish, LA. Married 1st wife (unknown name). The 1870 U.S. Census indicated that he lived in Brazos, TX at that time. On Oct. 15, 1874 he married his 2nd wife, Kitty O'Mera (parents both born in Ireland) in Goliad, TX. In 1870, they lived in Brazos, TX.
  2. Sarah Elizabeth (Hughes) Fugate. Born January 14 (or 19th), 1854 in Dallas County, TX. Married George M. Sugate. Died June 10, 1940 in Ennis, TX.
  3. William Thomas Hughes, Jr. Born January 1857 in Dallas, TX. Worked as a Deputy Sheriff. Married to 2nd wife Nina Stella (Stella N.). Died 1927 in Kenton, OK. Buried in Kenton, OK Cemetery.

After William Thomas Hughes died (about 1857), Lois Almedia (age 26) married her 2nd husband, 22 year-old Thomas Logan Ledbetter (born on May 30, 1836 in Overton County, Tennessee), on December 2, 1858 in Dallas County, Texas.1) They had two children:

  1. Arthur Leonard "Lon" Ledbetter. Born Nov. 9, 1859 in Dallas County, Texas. Died January 14, 1922 in Dallas County, Texas.2)
  2. Lois Davis Ledbetter. Born Aug. 21, 1861 in Dallas County, Texas. Died September 17, 1938 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.3)

Lois Almedia died August 23, 1861, in Dallas County, TX., two days after giving birth to Lois Davis, and is buried in “Five Mile Cemetery”, Dallas, Texas.4) Thomas Logan Ledbetter, only 24 years old, was now a widower with five young children to care for. His step-mother, Elizabeth Ogle Ledbetter, who also had five young children of her own, tried to help out, but it was just too much for her. However, when Dr. Randal, Thomas Logan's father-in-law, learned of his daughter's death and the likelihood that his five grandchildren would not be adequately cared for, he came to Dallas and took them to his home in Smith County to live with him.

During the War of Northern Aggression, Thomas Logan Ledbetter served in the Confederate Army, Co. K, 19th Regiment, Texas Cavalry.

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

Name: Thomas Logan Ledbetter
Battle Unit Name: 19th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Burford's)
Side: Confederate
Company: K
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M227 ROLL 21
Plaque Number:
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Source Citation: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=2C1590B2-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A), acquired 2018.

Thomas Logan Ledbetter died on March 1, 1876 (aged 39) in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. He was buried in “Five Mile Cemetery”, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.5)

1)
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/ledbetter/894/
2)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11176109/arthur-lenord-ledbetter
3)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11176102/lois-davis-ledbetter
4)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11176133/lois-almeda-ledbetter
5)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11176134/thomas-logan-ledbetter