General Notes

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When John was courting Lula Florence Ponton in the summer of 1906 a
cousin of his that he did not know, Faustena Olive Johnson visited the
family. She was from Hillsboro, Texas and the granddaughter of John
William Spradley. While she was there John and Lula were invited to an
ice cream party of young couples. Faustena wanted to go with them, and
they wanted to go without her. They did not like company on a date, but
since she was a visiting guest they took her along. They were a long time
getting over being interfered with.
On November 11, 1906 John and Lula were married at the home of the bride,
the daughter of Joseph (Joe) P. Ponton, Jr. and Martha Caroline Parker,
two early Texas pioneer families. He was the son of Dr. Joel Ponton, a
doctor, minister and Texan soldier with Sam Houston, in Harrisburg for
the Battle of San Janinto, and grandson of William Ponton who was killed
March 20, 1834, in Gonszales County, Texas by a band of roving Indians.
Martha C. was the daughter of Willis Parker and Louisa Jane Larrison and
granddaughter of Wiley Parker who was in Sam Houston's Army at Harrisburg
for the battle of San Jacinto, and the son of Jesse Parker who was
representing Sabine area in the 1835 Committe meeting. Jesse lived March
12, 1822 in the Sabine area. Wiley parker was married in 1825 to Lucinda
Fulcher the daughter of Francis Fulcher. Louisa Jane Larrison was the
daughter of Daniel Larrison who funished corn to the North Carolina
Militia on the way to joining Sam Houston's Army. John Fulcher who
settled in Milay County in 1835 was the grea-Uncle of Lula Ponton.
John and Lula had one son B. Elmer Spradley while they were living on the
Worley place, then moved to Thorndale. John worked for a dray line there.
In 1913 they moved to the farm in Lee County to get the children of town.
To this union were born ten children.
John and Lula are both buried in the Forrest Park Lawndale Cemetery in
Houston, Texas.