These pictures are being provided courtesy of (my mother) Lillie Arredondo Lewis, daughter of Benjamin Arradondo and granddaughter of Mariah Arradondo.  My mom has gone back to the original Spanish spelling of the name Arredondo.  After her grandfather Jose Benito Arredondo died the family inadvertently changed the spelling to Arradondo.

Left to Right:  Elnora (Pat) Arradondo and Mariah Bagley Arredondo

1.  Mariah Bagley (right) married Jose Benito (Ben) Arredondo in Kaufman Texas in September of 1880.  Mariah Bagley Arredondo was born at Troup, Texas and raised in the Rusk area.  She was born a slave On October 23, 1858, the daughter of John Bagley and Hetty Johnson/Bagley (a woman of Color).  Mariah Bagley Arradondo had a son, Will Woodard prior to marrying Benito Arredondo (who had immigrated to Kaufman from Monterrey, Mexico).  Mariah and Benito had six children (Tom, Napoleon (Dink), Helen, Maggie, Benjamin and Pat) before Benito died in 1894.  Mariah later had one additional child, a son, James Albert Holbert.  Some of Mariah Bagley's siblings were Doss Bagley, Patrick Johnson and sisters Ollie/Allie and Easter Bagley.  Mariah Bagley died March 14, 1929 in Kaufman, Texas and was buried next to her husband Benito Arredondo in Kaufman County Indigent Cemetery.

2.  Elnora (Pat) Arradondo (left) was the sixth child of Jose Benito Arredondo and Mariah Bagley Arredondo.  She was born on the Arredondo "forty" in Kaufman County Texas 9/12/1893 and died at Kaufman 12/28/1981 and was also buried in Kaufman County Indigent Cemetery.  Aunt Pat (as she preferred to be called) had a speech impediment but an amazing memory and knew all of the family members' birth dates.  She was the keeper of the Arredondo family trunk and archives.

3.  We do not have a photo of one of Mariah and Benito's sons, Napoleon (Dink) Arredondo but he was the second child of that union and was born 3/26/1882 in Kaufman County.  He died at Terrell, Texas 12/26/1965.  He worked stock on the Cartwright Ranch.

4.  This picture is of Mattie Helen Arradondo Kinnon.  She was the second child of Jose Benito (Ben) Arredondo and Mariah Bagley Arredondo.  Helen (as she was known) was born on 8/29/1884 on the Arredondo "forty" in the County of Kaufman, Texas.  She died 10/20/1967 in Dallas Texas and is buried in the Kaufman County Cemetery.  Aunt Helen traveled in Texas and surrounding area, working as a caregiver for children.  She was a member of Mt. Arie Baptist Church, Kaufman, for over fifty years.

5.  This picture is of Tom Arredondo, first child of Jose Benito (Ben) Arredondo and Mariah Bagley Arredondo.  He was born on 11/28/1880 in Kaufman County, Texas on the Arredondo "forty" purchased by his father Benito (a stockman/vaquero who drove cattle along the Chisholm trail).  He died in Santa Ana, California 6/20/1951 and is buried in Kaufman County Indigent Cemetery.  Tom Arredondo spent his adult life as a horseman in Kentucky and at the Santa Ana raceways.

6.  Maggie Arredondo Hunter, fourth child of Jose Benito Arredondo and Mariah Bagley Arredondo was born 4/14/1887.  She attended the boarding school at Terrell, Texas along with her brother Napoleon (Dink) Arredondo.  She lived in Rice, Texas during WWI and later moved to Dallas where she worked for Neiman-Marcus.  Aunt Maggie resided in Dallas for fifty-four years before moving back to the "old home" in Kaufman where she continued caring for he sister Pat.  She nursed many family members in the last years of their lives.  She was always active in the Baptist Church and served as church treasurer for many years.  Maggie Arredondo Hunter died on October 29, 1977 and was buried in Kaufman County Cemetery.

7.  This picture of Reverend Benjamin Franklin Arradondo was taken on 9/21/1959 at the New Hope Baptist Church in Altus, Oklahoma.  Benjamin Franklin Arradondo was the third son of Jose Benito Arredondo and Mariah Bagley Arredondo. He was born on the Arredondo "forty" in Kaufman County Texas on 4/4/1890 (Good Friday).  He was the personal driver for a traveling medical doctor and operated his own Cab Line (jitney) in Kaufman during the early 1920s.  He farmed in Creek County and Kiowa County Oklahoma and operated his fleet of buses transporting children to public schools in Jackson County, Oklahoma.  He was called into the ministry in 1931 at Little Creek Baptist Church near Milfay, OK and preached his trial sermon at Mt. Harmon Baptist Church Newby, Oklahoma in 1932.  He continued preaching until his death on March 4, 1965.

8.  James Albert Holbert was born on 8/01/1896 in Kaufman County Texas.  He was the son of Mariah Bagley Arradondo and A.H. Holbert.  He married Jeffie Mary Jackson.  Their children were Gladys, Lillian, and James Albert (Bubba).  James Albert Holbert died 6/08/1937 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

This picture was donated by Joyce Holbert, wife of Bubba Holbert and provided courtesy of Lillie Arredondo Lewis