The Popham Family and Their Ancestors

by Hollie Popham McGowan

1966 H.P. McGowan (Houston, Texas), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall paperbound in pale orange printed covers with black cloth spine, parts typescript and mimeograph, printed only on recto side of each leaf, illustrated with numerous high-quality black-and-white photographs tipped onto pages in the middle of the volume, paginated by section, [5], 22, 26, 85 ff. Date from dedication. Slight to moderate soiling, abrasions and creasing to covers. Former genealogy library copy, with a couple of number and discard stamps. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare genealogy and family history. OCLC has a listing (No. 1120725586) but locates no copies at collections worldwide. 

Looks at the ancestry of, and traces descendant families of, Edward Popham (d. 1610) of Huntworth, England, with a particularly detailed section covering the descendants of Alfred Popham (1826-1895), born in Joplin, Missouri, and died near Groveton, Texas, and his wife Mary Titsworth. 

In addition to hundreds of Pophams, other surnames which receive extensive coverage include: Boyers, Blakeway, Bianco, Bridgewater, Brown, Davis, Dominy, English, Gill, Hawkins, Hicks, Ivie, Johnson, McClain, McGowan, Moore, O'Banion, Parker, Polk, Prewitt, Recer, Rogers, Smelley / Smillie, Steed, Taggart, Thomas, Thurman, Triplett, Vessels, Wallace, West, Westbrook, White, Ziegler.