Bud Pilcher and Jessie Brown married in Grayson County, Texas on July 11, 1900 [Grayson County Marriage Records Vol. P; pg. 542].  Before 1907, Bud and Jessie Pilcher and three children moved to Oklahoma to homestead.  The only child born in Oklahoma was Amanda Leota Pilcher.  While living in Oklahoma, the family lived in a dirt dugout.  By 1912, Bud brought his family back to Texas and purchased a farm located in the area outside Collinsville known as "County Line".  His property sat in two counties - Grayson County and Cooke County.  They had moved approximately ten miles from their parents' home and lived their remaining days there.

A grandson, who lived in Oklahoma, was interested in the family history and was known in the area for his expertise in genealogical research.  One day in the mid-1990s, he received a telephone call from an acquaintance telling him that a farmer was plowing his field and uncovered a pistol.  On the handle was carved the initials - G. R. P. - for General Robertson Pilcher. This grandson, who was the son of the only child born in Oklahoma, was given the pistol which is a valued treasure in the Pilcher family.

Bud Pilcher was a farmer and raised peanuts, along with other crops.  When it was harvest time, he would hitch his cook shack to a team of horses and make the circuit to help others during harvest time.  Jessie, his wife, would stay in the cook shack and fix meals for the workers.  

The family home for twelve family members and many in-laws and grandchildren consisted of two front rooms, a long kitchen on the back of the shingled house plus a small room where all the preserved foods were kept.  Jessie and a daughter-in-law would 'paper' the inside of the house each spring with newspaper.  The family lived in this home until the mid-1960s and never had running water or an indoor toilet.  In the photograph below is the well that provided all water and a long front porch that provided many hours of relaxation and conversation.  The photograph was taken around 1946 with a son-in-law, W. C. Nall, standing at the well.

Bud Pilcher was in the field plowing one day and suffered a heart attack which killed him.  Sometime after his death, Jessie married Clyde Riddles, whose wife had passed away.  Both families had been friends through the years.  Jessie and Clyde Riddles lived on the home place until the late 1960s.

The children attended a one-room school in County Line.  To obtain a higher education, those that went on to high school went to Collinsville High School.  Bud and Jessie Pilcher's children were:

Ethel Mae Pilcher  1902 - 1990
Lignum Vitea Pilcher  1903 - 1976
Lewis Robertson Pilcher  1905 - 1987
Amanda Leota Pilcher  1907 - 1990
David Oliver Pilcher  1912 - 1996
Luther William Pilcher  1914 - 1990
General Ralph Pilcher  1916 - 2004
Mackie Fern Pilcher  1918 - 2011
Julia Lee Pilcher  1921 - 1996
Jessie Darlene Pilcher  1923 - 2009