L. Edward Scriven II died in August 2007.

Spouse: Dorene Bates Hayes. Children were: Ellen Dorene Scriven, Teresa Ann Scriven, Mark Hayes Scriven.

Mariah Rose Scriven (private). Parents: Mark Hayes Scriven and Sue Egan.

Mark Hayes Scriven (private). Parents: L. Edward Scriven II and Dorene Bates Hayes.

Spouse: Sue Egan. Children were: Hayes Thomas Scriven, Mariah Rose Scriven.

Teresa Ann Scriven (private). Parents: L. Edward Scriven II and Dorene Bates Hayes.

Spouse: Frank Governali. Children were: Frank Charles Governali, Peter Joseph Governali, Francesca Christine Governali.

Blake Scurry (private). Parents: Bryan Murphy Scurry and Kathryn.

Bryan Murphy Scurry (private). Parents: Thomas Scurry III and Fumi Ogata.

Spouse: Kathryn. Children were: Blake Scurry.

Charles Richmond Scurry (private). Parents: Richardson Gano Scurry and Josephine Duvall.

Dona Lynne Sherman Scurry (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Jr. and Dona Lynne Sherman.

Spouse: Chris O'Neil. Children were: Leo O'Neil, Kara O'Neil, Margaret O'Neil.

Emma Gano Scurry (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Sr. and Marietta Jackson.

Spouse: Melville Virgil Ehlers , Jr..

Eugena Jackson Scurry (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Jr. and Dona Lynne Sherman.

Heather Schumaker Scurry (private). Parents: John Jackson Scurry and Evelyn Jacobie.

Spouse: Randy Ransom.

Holly Ethelene Scurry (private). Parents: John Jackson Scurry and Evelyn Jacobie.

Isabelle Alfsen Scurry (private). Parents: Maurice McLaurin Scurry and Isabelle Mildred Alfsen.

Spouse: John Herald Chapman , Jr..

John Jackson Scurry (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Sr. and Marietta Jackson.

Spouse: Evelyn Jacobie. Children were: Heather Schumaker Scurry, Holly Ethelene Scurry, Sara Caroline Scurry, Thomas Huntington Scurry.

Josephine Duvall Scurry (private). Parents: Richardson Gano Scurry and Josephine Duvall.

Spouse: Dr. Bruce Barnett Miller , Sr.. Children were: Bruce Barnett Miller , Jr., Richardson Scurry Miller, Josephine Duvall Miller, Michelle Duvall Miller.

Katherine Evantha Scurry¹¹ was born on 14 September 1902 in Austin, TX. She died on 19 August 1977 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Spouse: Jacob Woodley Boles. Children were: Emily Jane Boles.

Kristina Scurry (private). Parents: Richardson Gano Scurry , Jr. and Pamela McGinley.

Marietta Jackson Scurry II (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Sr. and Marietta Jackson.

Spouse: Henry Divel Johnson III. Children were: H. Scurry Johnson, Whitaker Maurice Johnson, Mariette Scurry Johnson, Kathleen Mabe Johnson.

Martha Welch Scurry¹¹ was born on 15 November 1900 in Austin, TX. She died on 11 March 1987 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Spouse: Raymond Monteville Potts , Sr.. Martha Welch Scurry and Raymond Monteville Potts , Sr. were married on 24 October 1924 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Children were: Raymond Monteville Potts , Jr., William Gano Potts, Evantha Ruth Potts.

Maurice McLaurin Scurry (private). Parents: Murphy Townsend Scurry and Jo Ellen Ours.

Spouse: Kim.

Maurice McLaurin Scurry¹¹ was born on 3 June 1910 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. He died on 25 December 1974 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Spouse: Isabelle Mildred Alfsen. Isabelle Mildred Alfsen and Maurice McLaurin Scurry were married on 22 March 1942 in Ann Arbor, MI. Children were: Isabelle Alfsen Scurry, Sara Emma Scurry.

Dr. Melani Pai Scurry (private). Parents: Thomas Scurry III and Fumi Ogata.

Spouse: Dr. Thomas Wilson Ryan. Children were: Benjamin Ogata Ryan, Natalie Rose Ryan.

Miriam Scurry¹¹ was born on 17 January 1897. She died on 27 January 1997. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Murphy Gano Scurry (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Jr. and Dona Lynne Sherman.

Spouse: Augie.

Murphy Townsend Scurry (private). Parents: Thomas Scurry , Jr. and Sarah Marmaduke Chambers.

Spouse: Jo Ellen Ours. Children were: Thomas Carl Scurry, Maurice McLaurin Scurry.

Nancy Marmaduke Scurry (private). Parents: Thomas Scurry , Jr. and Sarah Marmaduke Chambers.

Spouse: William Bowen.

Spouse: Russell Deane Minter. Children were: Laurel Minter, Darcy Scurry Minter.

Richardson Gano Scurry , Jr. (private). Parents: Richardson Gano Scurry and Josephine Duvall.

Spouse: Pamela McGinley. Children were: Richardson Gano Scurry III, Kristina Scurry.

Richardson Gano Scurry III (private). Parents: Richardson Gano Scurry , Jr. and Pamela McGinley.

Richardson Gano Scurry¹¹ was born on 17 February 1904 in Oak Cliff, Dallas Co., TX. He died on 19 August 1979 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Spouse: Josephine Duvall. Josephine Duvall and Richardson Gano Scurry were married on 29 November 1933 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Children were: Josephine Duvall Scurry, Richardson Gano Scurry , Jr., Charles Richmond Scurry.

Sara Caroline Scurry (private). Parents: John Jackson Scurry and Evelyn Jacobie.

Sara Emma Scurry (private). Parents: Maurice McLaurin Scurry and Isabelle Mildred Alfsen.

Spouse: John Thomas Fenoglio , Sr.. Children were: Sarah Mclaurin Fenoglio, John Thomas Fenoglio , Jr..

Thomas Scurry III (private). Parents: Thomas Scurry , Jr. and Sarah Marmaduke Chambers.

Spouse: Fumi Ogata. Children were: Bryan Murphy Scurry, Dr. Melani Pai Scurry.

Capt. Thomas Scurry¹¹ was born on 15 March 1859 in Walker Co., TX. He died Heart Attack on 17 December 1911 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.

SCURRY, THOMAS (1859-1911). Thomas Scurry, businessman, soldier, and adjutant general of Texas at the turn of the century, son of Evantha (Foster) and Richardson A. Scurry, was born in Waller County, Texas, on March 15, 1859. He was employed in the wholesale business in Houston in 1876 and later worked in the general offices of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. From 1880 to 1886 he was captain of the Houston Light Guards. Scurry established a real estate business in Dallas in 1886. During the Spanish-American War he was a major in the First Texas Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed adjutant general by Governor Charles A. Culberson on January 17, 1899, and had supervision of martial law imposed at Galveston during the flood of 1900. As adjutant general, he was instrumental in drafting a bill for reorganization of the Texas Rangers.qv In 1902 he was ordered to Brownsville by Governor Joseph D. Sayers to investigate cowboy-ranger difficulties in Cameron County. Scurry married Emma Welch Gano in Dallas in 1896. They had two children. He died in Dallas on December 17, 1911.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: C. W. Raines, Year Book for Texas (2 vols., Austin: Gammel-Statesman, 1902, 1903). Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1935; rpt., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982).

Claudia Hazlewood

The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.

Spouse: Emma Welch Gano. Emma Welch Gano and Capt. Thomas Scurry were married on 21 January 1896 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Children were: Miriam Scurry, Thomas Scurry , Jr., Martha Welch Scurry, Katherine Evantha Scurry, Richardson Gano Scurry, William Clarence Scurry , Sr., Maurice McLaurin Scurry.

Thomas Scurry , Jr.¹¹ was born on 9 April 1898 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. He died on 28 March 1944 in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Spouse: Sarah Marmaduke Chambers. Sarah Marmaduke Chambers and Thomas Scurry , Jr. were married on 27 November 1923 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Children were: Nancy Marmaduke Scurry, Thomas Scurry III, Murphy Townsend Scurry.

Thomas Carl Scurry (private). Parents: Murphy Townsend Scurry and Jo Ellen Ours.

Thomas Huntington Scurry (private). Parents: John Jackson Scurry and Evelyn Jacobie.

William Clarence Scurry , Jr. (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Sr. and Marietta Jackson.

Spouse: Dona Lynne Sherman. Children were: Dona Lynne Sherman Scurry, William Clarence Scurry III, Eugena Jackson Scurry, Murphy Gano Scurry.

William Clarence Scurry III (private). Parents: William Clarence Scurry , Jr. and Dona Lynne Sherman.

Spouse: Lee Greenwood.

William Clarence Scurry , Sr.¹¹ was born on 16 November 1906 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. He died on 11 February 1964 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Parents: Capt. Thomas Scurry and Emma Welch Gano.

Spouse: Marietta Jackson. Children were: Marietta Jackson Scurry II, William Clarence Scurry , Jr., John Jackson Scurry, Emma Gano Scurry.

Eleanor Seabrooke (private).

Spouse: Sylvester Welch.

Muriel Gurdon Seabury (private). Parents: William Seabury.

Spouse: William White Howells. Children were: Muriel Gurdon Howells, William Dean Howells.

William Seabury (private).

Children were: Muriel Gurdon Seabury.

Mattie Searles¹³² was born on 10 January 1859 in KY. She died on 24 December 1926 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. She was buried on 26 December 1926 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Section P, Lot 73, Part S

Spouse: Cornelius Suydam Scott.

Daniel Ray Sears (private).

Spouse: Joanne Goddard. Children were: Timothy Alan Sears, Ryan David Sears.

Ryan David Sears (private). Parents: Daniel Ray Sears and Joanne Goddard.

Timothy Alan Sears (private). Parents: Daniel Ray Sears and Joanne Goddard.

Spouse: Ann Margaret McCormick.

Angelina Thornton Seaver³ was born on 10 April 1828 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA. She died on 9 April 1856 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT. Parents: Horace Seaver and Sylvia Wheaton.

Spouse: William Emery Bissell. Angelina Thornton Seaver and William Emery Bissell were married on 30 November 1846 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA. Children were: William Emery Bissell, Minerva Wheaton Bissell, Angie Seaver Bissell, Sylvia Wheaton Bissell.

Horace Seaver (private).

Spouse: Sylvia Wheaton. Children were: Angelina Thornton Seaver.

David Street Sebring (private). Parents: Gerald Sebring and Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Street.

Gerald Sebring (private).

Spouse: Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Street. Children were: Richard Lawrence Sebring, David Street Sebring.