Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Robert Edward Lee Stringfellow and Nannie Hulum Maddox

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Husband Robert Edward Lee Stringfellow [7559]

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           Born: 1866 - Brazoria, Texas, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 1941
         Buried:  - Stringfellow Mausoleum, Brazoria, Brazoria Co, TX
FamilySearch ID: 9QXR-19S

       Marriage: 8 Mar 1923 - Harris, Texas, United States

Events

• Event: Mr.Woods,
I infrequently visit the internet but tonight saw your message which was answered by Kay Jones. She was accurate. Robert Edward Lee Stringfellow of Brazoria was my uncle. He was a remarkable man, born in Brazoria in 1866 his mother reared him in Houston. His father died in 1868 and had lost h is fortune during the War Between the States. Uncle Bob returned to Brazoria in the l870's and lived with his father's friends, the Matt Williamson's and The Stangers.
He amassed a fortune in the cattle and land business. He did drive a model T Ford as his personal car. He also had a 1926 Cadillac Limosine with a driver. I still have the car and am having it restored now. He died in 1941 and is buried in the Stringfellow mausoleum in the old town of Brazoria. Please relate to me your father and how they know each other. I have the old Stringfellow bible etc and all of the old family records. Percival Beacroft.

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Wife Nannie Hulum Maddox [7556] ¹

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           Born: 6 May 1891 - Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, United States 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan 1971 - Brazoria, Texas, United States
         Buried: 1971 - Old Brazoria Cemetery Brazoria, Brazoria, Texas, United States 1
FamilySearch ID: K6WK-PT7

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         Father: Koger Thomas Maddox [7554] (1854-1924)
         Mother: Amanda L Cowley [7555] (1858-1924)

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Events

• Biography: The Handbook of Texas Online. STRINGFELLOW, NANNIE MADDOX (1891-1971). Nannie Maddox Stringfellow, entrepreneur and ranch owner, daughter of Amanda (Cowley) and Koger Thomas Maddox was born in Caldwell County, Texas, on May 6, 1891. Her parents moved to Texas from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, after the Civil War.qv Soon after Nannie was born the family moved to Velasco at the mouth of the Brazos River. Her father bought land on Cox Lake in Brazoria County, where he engaged in raising livestock and planted cotton and sugar cane. Nannie Maddox began a drygoods business in Freeport in 1916, after her father had been financially ruined by the great hurricane of 1915. Her business prospered, and she married Robert E. L. Stringfellow, a prominent cattleman in 1923. By 1932 she had assumed management of the vast holdings of land and cattle held by her husband. He died in 1941. She operated large ranches and greatly expanded the land holdings of her husband. She built and owned over 150 rental investment buildings, was a bank director, and had other diverse investments until her death on January 15, 1971. She and her husband were well respected and very generous to all philanthropies in Brazoria County. They had no children. She was very active in the Brazoria County Beautification Association, which sponsored the construction of parks and planting of wildflowers throughout the county. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. Her estate was operated by her nephew in the 1990s.

Percival T. Beacroft, Jr.

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Children

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 29 Nov 2025), entry for Nannie Maddox, person ID K6WK-PT7.