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Home My WebLink AboutSpring 1989je nealogical ert iser Seventy -five Years a Widow 43 Georgia Locke & Naomi McCormick Queries (see also below) 45 American Roots (puzzle) 46 Editorial 47 President's Message 47 Some Aspects of the New I.G.I. 48 (International Genealogical Index) Family Stuff, from .Tanis Hunt 52 Bryan City Cemetery Records 57 Courtesy of Mary Cooper A Few Miscellaneous Items 65 Gden Family Bible 65 Ralph Cowgill Book Review® Names George Thompson 68 Brazos County Census - 1870 (cont'd, 69 courtesy of Mary Cooper) BGA Library Inventory 75 Index of Surnames 77 More queries 79 Volume X Number 2 Spring 9 s Bryan Station,, Texas THE BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ADVERTISER P.O. Bo '54?3 Bryan, TX 77805 OFFICERS 1989 PRESIDENT ..........DONALD F. SIMONS VICE PRESIDENT ......VICTORIA SIMONS SECRETARY ..............L. A. MADDOX TREASURER .............HARRY PORTZER LIBRARIAN ........DORIS FRANCESCHINI EDITOR. -IN- CHIEF .........To be named PAST PRESIDENT .........L. A. 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Your dues geed to be paid before you will get this issue of the ADVERTISER; if not paid soon enough there will be none waiting for you, until you do pay! $12.00 ............single membership $1 8.00 ..............dual membership You may mail your dues check either to us at the above address, or else to our treasurer, H. J. Portzer, at 2501 Sumter Dr., College Station TX, ?7540. Vol. K, No. 2, Spring, 1989 We solicit queries, family pedigrees, copies of family Bible records, stor- ies and articles with Brazos Valley ties. Family charts should be 8 1/2 x 11, should fit a std. 3 -ring binder and should contain no text outside of our specified margins of 1" top, 3/4" bottom, 1 1/4" at side to be bound: this could turn out to be either left or right: and 3/4" at unbound side. EDITORIAL POLICY Neither the Brazos Genealogical Asso- ciation nor the staff of the ADVERTI- SER will be responsible for error of fact or opinion expressed herein. Ev- ery effort is made to publish inform- ation from only reliable sources. The editorial staff reserves the right to accept suitable material with editing privilege on a space - available basis. Members of the Association are encou- raged to submit articles of interest concerning the Brazos Valley. Items pertaining to deeds, Bible records, schools, churches, cemeteries, and other groups or organizations are de- sired. Research on material before the turn of the century is especially welcome. PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Published quarterly: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall issues, in sequence. The dues cover the cost. Non- members are charged $4.00 per issue. { i B razos e ea o zca VOLUME X NUMBER �. SPRING 1989 SEVENTY -FIVE YEARS A WIDOW (Submitted by Georgia LOCKE) ertiser BRYAN - COLLEGE STATION TEXAS About a year after the close of the Revolutionary War, Rose BERRIMAN . LOVING was born 9 September, 1784 in Amherst County, Virginia. She was the daughter of George LOVING and Mildred STEVENS. Rose died 29 January, 1887 in Talladega County, Alabama at the age of 102. Her two grandfathers had taken part in the American Revolution. Captain John LOVING was in the battle of Yorktown; while James STEVENS furnished beef for the army. Rose, on her mother's side, was a descendant•of several Magna Carta Barons. On 25 November, 1802, at age eighteen, Rose was married to Abraham Bond SEAY.iA Amherst County, Virginia. His father, Abraham SEAY, III, had also been a soldier in the Revolution, and had furnished supplies as well. Rose's husband was the fourth in a direct line of descent from the original Huguenot. immigrant, Abraham SEAY (De Sa.ye). Abraham Bond SEAY was born in Fluvanna County, Virginia in 1780. Rose and Abraham had five children. They were Elizabeth Ann, called Eliza Ann; Armista, called Amy; Mildred, John Loving and Jacob Brown. Just nine days after war was declared against England in 1812, Abraham enlisted in the United States Army at Lovingston, Virginia on 27 June, for a term of five years. He was stationed first on the Canadian line with head- quarters at Buffalo, New York. He participated in the Battle of Lewiston, and was probably also in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Abraham wrote an interesting letter to Rose's father, George LOVING, while stationed at Buffalo. Dear Sir, I embrace this favorable opportunity of writing to you. I will inform you that I am well, except a desperate cold, and hope these few lines will find you and all your good family well. We have been stationed here since the battle of Lewis- town, which was over the 16th of ?. whitlh I a- detail of in my last letter. For fear you did not get it, I will inform you the results of it. Our men crossed the Nilgary in the morning about 3 o'clock. There was some considerable number of our army killed, though they re- pulsed the British in the first assault and took their battery. They killed more British than the British killed of them, but the British took about 500 Volunteers and regulars. The Volunteers they have released on a parole..of honor, the balance are yet prisoners. There was within ten days arrived on the line about 8,000 soldiers, as replacements and we are making our preparation to cross again. It is certain there may be a hasty pass in a few days. It may be my unhappy lot to fall victim in the attempt. But I trust in God, and hold out this confidence of a brave soldier. 43 44 I want you or some other of my friends to write to me as soon as possible as I am anxious to hear from you all. You may direct a letter to Buffalo Island, N. Y. Write Sgt. A. B. SEAY in the 20th Regiment, U. S. Infantry. And, if I cross into Canada I can get it also and if I get killed I shant want it. But if I live you will sure hear from me. I am still Orderly Sgt, for Capt. STANARD in the 20th Regiment, and am recommended by our quartermaster whose name is CAMP. He is a cousin to William CAMP of Nelson County, Virginia. He wishes me to have the place of the Sgt. Major, which is soon to be vacant. I will write you something relative to this country, the soil is black and rich, though you can't dig a hole 3 ft. deep, but you come to a solid limestone rock. It is sickly here, the soldiers die very fast, from 1 to 3 die every day. Though none of the Warren Re- cruits have died yet. James JOHNSON is well and respected as a soldier, James THOMPSON, John DAVIS and James BRYANT are well. THOMPSON is in my company. Nothing more of in- terest to write at present. John PLYRAVES, and James EDWARDS are here in the 5th Regiment, Give my compliments to my wife and little children, and all others of my friends. A. B. SEAM Norfolk, Virginia was Abraham's next assignment. He was able to come home for a short furlough, then was transferred to New Orleans, where he later participated in the Battle of New Orleans. At the end of his five - year term, Abraham received an honorable discharge at New Orleans. A land warrant was issued to Abraham upon his discharge. He started home, but never reached-Virginia. After arriving at Augusta, Georgia, he incurred a debt, and decided to return to Louisiana to teach school and earn the money to repay, the debt. His land grant was sent home. It was for land in Phillips County, Arkansas. Abraham wrote home regularly for a while, then the letters ceased. Rose and the family supposed that he had died until 1838. At that time their daughter, Eliza Ann, and her husband, Robert W. MARTIN, were moving to Texas with their family. In passing through Louisiana, they found Abraham in Catahoula Parish, where they visited with him for a period of time before continuing on to Texas. They kept up a steady correspondence with him until his death in 1845. Through the MARTIN'S, Rose was able to get word of her husband. But that is getting ahead of the story. Rose and the children left the state of Virginia in 1829, and traveled to Franklin County, Tennessee. Groups of families traveled to- gether in those days for safety reasons. Daughter, Eliza Ann, and her husband, Robert MARTIN, accompanied the family in their trek south. The couple had married in Virginia around 1825, and at the time of the jour- ney they had a three year old daughter. A son was born in Tennessee. Rose's son, John Loving SEAM, was converted at a Cumberland Presbyterian Camp Meeting while the group was in Tennessee. 45 In 1834 the families traveled to Talladega County, Alabama. Rose's son, John Loving SEAY, later purchased a home in Munford, several miles from the town of Talladega. John stated in his mother's pension appli- cation papers that he had taken care of his mother since he was sixteen. On 12 December, 1838, he married. Rose lived out her long life there in Alabama in her son's home. He became a Methodist minister, and served many years in Talladega County, There was a Seay Chapel there near where they lived.. Rose was granted a pension of $8 .00 a month on the service of Abraham SEAY after many tedious efforts had been made confirming her as the widow. She was then eighty -five years old. As Rose celebrated her 100th birthday; a friend, Judge W. E. HORNE visited her and dedicated a lovely poem on this occasion. To Mrs. Rose Berriman Loving SEAY, in Her 100th Year "The lights and shadows of a century fall, Around the bent and honored form, About thy brow seems centered all The forces which outline the storm. From life's apex an hundred years, Fax below lie- green As memory through its mist, its tears, Recalls again a happy scene. Close by thy side through all these years A son has walked, a help and stay, Who honored thee, and all the tears, With loyal hand, he brushed away. Full rounded days; with every pain With every joy which life can bring, Thy wintered age shall know again, Through faith in Him eternal spring.' In January of 1887, one cold, rainy night, the SEAY home was des- troyed by fire. Rose had to be moved during this inclement weather; consequently, she took pneumonia and died at the age of 102. She is buried in the Seay Cemetery which is the grounds near where the old Seay Chapel stood. Georgia LOCKE Thank you for submitting this story, Georgia. Naomi McCORMICK QUERIES #3 PARKER Seeking a correspondent descended from Milton PARKER and his wife Mary JOHNSTON PARKER. For reference, see the ADVERTISER, Vol IX, No. 2, Spring, 1988: "Biography of Mollie Parker", page 44. Mrs. Perkins, Rt #2, Box 193, Franklin, TX 77856. 46 QUERIES (continued) #4 STUBBLEFIELD Seeking information on King STUBBLEFIELD of Mississippi, son of Joseph STUBBLEFIELD of Pickens County, South Carolina #5 YOUNG Seeking information on Ezekiel YOUNG, who married Minerva A. CAMPBELL of Rankin County, Mississippi, about 1843. They lived in Concordia Parish, Louisiana before 1850. 46 ESTEP, ESTEPP, EASTEP Seeking information on this family, who lived in Mississippi and /or Louisiana 1800 - 1840. Looking for Joseph, Daniel, Narcissia. Above three queries submitted by Nadine Billingsley, 706 Pershing, College Station, TX 77840. #7 MARTIN, SEAM Seeking information on birthplace and parents of Robert W. MARTIN, born Virginia ca 1808, died ca 1879 in Brazos County, TX. Married ca 1825 Eliza Ann SEAM, probably in or near Nelson County, Virginia. No records found in Virginia Courthouse search. Went to Tennessee in 1829, to Talladega County, AL 1834, to Sabine Co., TX 1839, then to San Augustine County, TX, where he was District Clerk 1845 - 1854. Brazos County 1855, lived at Boonville. Georgia Locke, 511 Southern Lane, Bryan, TX 77802. #8 COTTON, NEWMAN, STRAUB, THURMAN Seeking information on parents of Cora E. COTTON, born Kentucky 1873, died March, 1902 in Brazos County. Married 1. Lem NEWMAN 1889, 2. Louis STRAUB ca 1893, 3. Wylie L. THURMAN 1894, in Bryan. Ann Thurman, 4702 Toreador Dr, Austin, TX 78746. (512) 327 -6362. AMERIVAN ROOTS By M.xerskovitz In a remote Appalachian Mountains village where all who were born or came there still live, there are just 17 villagers in five houses. Additional to the founding couple, two men and two women from outside arrived. In the first house lives a childless couple. In two of the houses live couples with one child each. In the fourth house are a two - children couple and in the fifth and last house, a couple with three children. Two families are named White; two families are named Black; one family is named Grey. The total number of children in the two families named White is larger by three than the total number of children in the two families named Black. Besides these children who, being unmarried, live with parents, there are also married children among the 17 members of the community. One couple has a total of four offspring; two couples have three offspring each; one couple has one offspring and the last couple is childless. Furthermore, one couple has six grandchildren. (1) Uhat is the surname of the founding family? (?) How many married daughters do they hare? (3) How many married granddaughters do they have? (4) How many great- grandchildren do they have and what is (or are) their surnames? Your ed. will trot to solve this puzzle in time for the August issue! 47 #9 GEORGE Seeking information on persons wishing to attend family reunion of des- cendants of James ( "Jim ") Wesley GEORGE and Jane LIVINGSTON GEORGE, who moved from Alabama to Edge, Brazos County in 1850. Reunion to he held in August, 1989 in Oklahoma City. Lynece George Pfledderer, 1513 Augusta, Benbrook, TX 76126. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Our Editor, HARRY PORTZER, has requested your help in securing articles of interest to our members for publication in our ADVERTIZER. We need to support his outstanding efforts in bringing a very informative, readable document to this organization. He is asking for ancestor charts, queries, personal events, and items of general interest from all sources. Submit these items today and be watchful for others as you continue your search for your ancestors. One of the joys (perhaps the only one) of having the key to the post office box is being able to read all of the exchange publications from other organizations interested in genealogy. I would recommend to our members that you sample these on a regular basis. They expand your opportunities of a connection with a line that may have ended temporarily. It also gives you the opportunity of comparing the quality of all of our efforts in making available the results of our investigations. It also provides an additional source for those descendants who will be trying to find out information on us. Isn't it fun to be involved in genealogy. You meet the most interesting people, providing they will listen to your newest interest. We need your help years' goals in cemetery listings, having our cemetE bounds ", and i information on ` families. in reaching this publishing the the ADVERTISER, tries "metes and securing more our individual EDITORIAL__________________ "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times!" This slight exxag- eration is heard daily in some households, and here I am saying it again. I refer of course to my continual harping on the necessity of paying your 1989 dues which are $12 for single and $18 for a dual membership. Also your Spring ADVERTISER was not waiting for you on the table on May 15 if you had not yet paid. "A fine time to tell us, now that we got none! ", you say. True. Pay and you will get one! Our address is on the inside of the front cover, or mail to H.J. Portzer, 2501 Sumter, College Station, TX 77840 for quickest results. Tell your friends, who may not have gotten their ADVERTIS- ER's; ask them to guess the reason! GOOD NEWS DEPARTMENT! As of this writing (21 Apr) Carl LANDISS is recovering nicely from triple- bypass surgery at Houston's Metho- dist Hospital. He is now at home. H. Portzer, Ed. pro ttempore Donald F. Simons 46 SOME ASPECTS OF THE NEW I.G.I. Dr. Martin A. A. Diestler 201 Naperville Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187 The I.G.I. or International Genealogical Index published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has recently appeared in a new edition (July 1988). Since it is probably the largest single index readily available to genealogists throughout the free world, and since the new edition has some significant improvements, over the last (1984) edition, it could prove to be of great benefit to many of our readers. For those not already familiar with the I.G.I., it is essentially a computer generated collection of dead people. It organizes by geographic area, by name and by date some 121 million genealogical events — mostly christenings and marriages from all over the world, covering a period from about 1500 to the present, with the dates depending largely upon the availability of records. The input is largely by members of the LDS church at a present rate of about 10 million entries per year. It is available at all LDS branch Family History Centers and is being purchased, in whole or in part, by 1 a number of other libraries and genealogical societies. For our readers the two most interesting changes in the new edition of the I.G.I. are the 50% increase in size, and the fact that the German section is no longer 1. The I.G.I. is one of several computer files now being merged into a much larger -file — The Ancestral File — which will allow indexed access to considerably more than the 121 million entries in the I.G.I. The Ancestral file will accept direct electronic input from floppy discs generated through the PAF (Personal Ancestral File) computer program version 2.1. The subtle but remarkably important change in PAF 2.1 is that the output of the program can now be directed either to a .temple file, for LDS church members, or directly to the Ancestral File,•which strictly a file with . none of . ; the - religious.. oveirtones -that have concerned some • non —LDS genealogists_ "in.;the :-. past. 49 divided into separate states according to the 1871 boundaries. All entries for the whole of Germany are grouped together, though the location is still identified by the jurisdictional boundaries in effect when the record was created. If you are researching a relatively uncommon name like Diestler, you have the advantage of having all the Diestlers gathered together. That might not be considered an advantage by those named Schmidtl There is one major drawback in the alphabetization system used in the I.G.I. Being aware of it will allow you to circumvent it, otherwise it can lead you astray and diminish the value of the file. In order to allow broader access to names, regardless of spelling, Salt Lake has grouped names with similar .roots. The advantage is that whether the name is spelled Schmidt or Schmitt, entries will appear together. The disadvantage is that some of the groupings separate variant spellings rather than merging them. For example, looking up "Diestler" alphabetically in the 1988 I.G.I. gives the following message, "DIESTLER * * SEE DISTLER." Looking then to DISTLER gives all.of the DIESTLER entries in Germany, along with all of the DISTLER, DISTELER, and DIESTELER entries. Since little attention was given to spelling of names prior to the 20th century, it is no great surprise to find variant spellings, and grouping them is a splendid idea. HOWEVER, it not only does good things for us, it gives us a false sense of security. Witness the following: I happen to know that the DIESTLER family has in the past spelled its name DIESSLER, and there are no DIESSLER entries in the I.G.I. under "DISTLER." Looking up "DIESSLER" we find the message, "DIESSLER * * SEE DIESEL." When we then look up DIESEL, we do indeed find DIESBLER entries along with DIESEL, DISLER, DISSLER, DISSLIN, DISS�L, DIZEL, TIESELER, TIESSLER, TIESLER, AND TYSSLER. Of even greater interest is the fact that many of the variants are found in the same village and even in the same nuclear family, e.g. Bertha Luise DIESSLER, daughter of Carl August DIESSLER and Eleanore Mathilde von. .." NOTE THAT "T" AND . "D are often interchanged as the. °,: first letter of a German, surname. Me PUTTKAMMER is surely the sister of seven other DIESTLER children born to Carl August DIESTLER and Eleanore Mathilde von PUTTKA109R in the same city, regardless of the variation in spelling. But note that in the I.G.I. Bertha appears under DIESEL, while her brothers and sisters appear under DISTLER. Unfortunately the problem does not end there; the variants DIESTELERS, DISTLERS, DIESSELLER, and DIESSELER all appear separately, i.e. not grouped with the others under DISTLER or DIESEL. Now this is not intended to be a criticism of the diligent information handlers in.Salt Lake City. They do an outstanding job and follow certain guidelines to produce a consistent product, What we as users of the I.G.I. need to recognize, however, is that they have not done everything the way we might do it ourselves, and when using the I.G.I. we must check all known variants if we are to get full coverage. Another aspect of the I.G.I. that prompts caution is that the majority of the entries are extracted from original parish registers in which the handwriting is often less than clear. In addition, the original writer of the parish register was not the holder of the name and frequently spelled it according to his own inclinations. Add to that the fact that the computer program into which the information is fed does not have space for endless names, and the result is a record that must be read with some circumspection. As an example of what can be lost in translation, witness the entries of the children of my great - grandparents. The following variants are listed as the parents: Carl Albert August DIESTLER & Bertha von PUTTKAMER Carl Albert DIESTLER & Wilhelmine Eleanore von PUTTKAMER Carl August DIESTLER ..& Eleanore Mathilde von l PUTTKAMM , Carl August DIESTLER & Eleanore Mathilde PUTTKAMMUR Carl August DIES = & Mathilde PURTKAMMER Carl August DIESSLER & Eleanore Mathilde PUTTKAMM In actuality Carl Albert August. DIESTLER was married to Charlotte Wilhelmine Eleanore Mathilde Bertha vcn PUTTKAMMER, and knowing that, there is little doubt that each of the above entries refers to the same parents. In light of what we know about the opportunities fot error in the primary source, 51 compounded by the opportunities in the secondary source, we must approach the I.G.I. with the same caution given to all secondary sources. There is considerable comfort, however, in the fact that every one of the 121,000,000 entries in the I.G.I. identifies its source. We can, and should, examine the source for ourselves, and rely on the I.G.I. for what it is, an index— probably the most universally useful of genealogical indexes. The most common use of the I.G.I. , to search for specific individuals or families will not be described here. Let us turn instead tj one of the most useful but most underused options available in the I.G.I. Frequently we have no idea where a German ancestor came from, or we may trace the family to one location in Germany only to find that they disappear when we go back two more generations. The I.G.I. may provide solutions to these problems (unless your name is Schmidt!). At the risk of offending some by continuing to use a personal example, let us examine what the 1988 I.G.I. suggests about the origins and distribution of the DIESTLER family. There are only about forty entries under the names DIESTLER and DIESSLER in the I.G.I., which is statistically a very small sample, but the entries suggest some very enlightening possibilities. There are some twenty —six locations given for the family, which at first blush suggests that they were scattered all over Germany, especially when we note that they are as far apart as Koenigsberg in Prussia, Herrstein in Oldenburg, and Frankenthal in Pfalz. A closer look, however, shows that the locations can be divided into three groups. Of the forty entries twenty —one ar = villages and towns within about twenty miles from Kusel in Pfalz. Fourteen or so of the remaining nineteen entries are in eastern Prussia. The remaining five are in isolated locations in other parts of Germany. The other interesting observation is ghat the earliest entry from the northeast is 1775, whilst the southwestern entries go back to 1649. With a sample this small, it is dangerous to rely heavily on the implications, but certainly as a working hypothesis for tracking origins and movements it has value. It does not require much imagination to hypothesize that the DIESTLERS were originally in the southwest, and that they were among 4, M the tens of thousands who migrated from the sourthwest to the northeast in the government- funded relocatons of the mid- 1700's. This example worked out very fortuitously, because from other sources I have determined that the DIESTLERS arrived in Berlin about 1747 from the area of Zweibruecken. The point is that using just the I.G.I. I could have reasonably hypothesized that they did just that. If you have a rel&tively uncommon surname, the I.G.I. could provide the basis for a hypothesis that will allow you to track ancestors lost in Germany. Like all other secondary sources, use the I.G.I. with caution, but do use it. It is an invaluable tool. 3. Editor's note: The author has promised an article about this migration for a future issue of the Immigrant along with extensive lists of names and data on those who migrated, many of whom later emigrated to the U.S The narrative which follows was submitted by Janis HUNT. Though it is not directly concerned with the Brazos Valley, it is related to Janis' husband Jim, and is so much the kind of thing that did happen in this area that we thought our readers should have an opportunity to enjoy it. It is quite long, so we are running it in installments. The relationships involved are as follows: "Old Jacob" PHIFER was born in Germany March 10, 1762. His wife Rachel, whom he married in America, was born November 29, 1777. They had a large family, but in the tabulation be- low we only list those descendants who make up the two lines we are follow- ing. Silas was their eighth child (fifth son). Silas PHIFER (1812 -1886) married Harriet BARBER (1813 -1898) Sarah Lucinda PHIFER (1836 -1907) (sisters) PHIFER ( - ) m. James Wm. GILLESPIE (1809 -1882) m. James Morgan TRUITT ( - ) Lelia T. GILLESPIE (1865 -1937) (cousins) Hallie TRUITT ( - ) m. W. B. RICHARDSON (1851 -1923) M. I YENNI ( -1934) Emma T. RICHARDSON (1886 -1962) m. DeWitt B. TURNER (1885 -1953) Ruth Stone TURNER (1909- m. Henry A. HUNT (1904 -1987) Now you are ready to read the story! James Stone HUNT (1931 - m. Janis Pearl JONES 53 FAMILY STUFF Recorded by Hallie Truitt Yenni for her children - December 1941 i Once a good many years ago I remember hearing an old negro say, in speaking of a worthless young colored boy who was the son of an equally worthless parents, "I reckon de Lawd ain't do so bad by him when you takes 'count o' de 'grejents he had put into him." So I am writing this to tell you something about the ingredients that have gone into you. I'm not delving back into remote and unknown ancestors, just to prove you really had them, but I'm trying to tell real human stories of those I actually know about. Now and then you may find yourselves responding to some trait in your great great grandfather, and feel a real kinship with the old fellow. At any rate, here goes, and heaven help me to make it interesting - or I should say, heaven help me to keep from dulling the interest I know is there. To begin with, I'll copy the family record as taken from the old Phifer family Bible. This will give you something to go on in case any of you might be bitten by the genealogy bug.. Jacob Phifer Rachel Phifer Michael Phifer Elizabeth Phifer Mary Phifer Anna Phifer Cornelius Phifer John Phifer Freeman Phifer Silas Phifer James Phifer Lucinda Phifer born March 10, 1762 November 29, 1777 March 1, 1796 (his mother 19 years old) May 20, 1799 October 9, 1800 January 27, 1803 November 28, 1804 April 7, 1807 January 23, 1810 August 10, 1812 (my grandfather) July 3, 1815 March 11, 1820 This was my grandfather's family as far back as I know anything about it. The father, Jacob Phifer, was born in Germany. My memories of what I heard about his home are vague and scrambled. I distinctly recall having heard that he lived within sight of the great clock at Strasburg, but I also seem to recall talk of the Black Forest. He was unlike the quiet, peaceful Black Foresters - or, in the light of more recent times, were they so quiet and peaceful after all? At any rate he ran away from home at fifteen and joined the 54 army of the boy Lafayette, himself little older than Jacob, and so arrived in America. What his occupation after the Revolution was over I do not know. I only know that at the time my grandmother first met her husband's family they were living on what seemed to be a rather large and prosperous farm in New York state. I have heard Grandma describe this family that seemed so strange to her. She told of a great attic where the family hung all of the soiled clothes across lines and racks until the semi - yearly wash day rolled around. They had vast chests of hand woven linens and woolens, constantly being added to by the women of the family, and twice a year, in the spring and autumn, they gathered together all the clothing and bedding they had used during the time and spent a couple of weeks just washing and ironing. They did somewhat the same thing in regard to their baking. There was a huge brick oven in the yard, and they baked about once a month - big hard crusty loaves and kuchen and pastries. I don't think my grandmother approved of them a whole lot and they probably thought her a trifling huzzy. One of her most vivid memories of the was the sight of old Jacob - who was then nineties - raging up and down the road in curses because he was too old to get into he had any special sympathy one way or ani get into it and be adoin'. family, on a later visit, a very old man in his front of the house roaring the Crimean War. Not that Dther - he just wanted to I remember only one story of Grandpa's youth, and the event with which it deals occurred when he was only seven. It gives a good key to his character, however. He had gone to look for his pony, and before he came in sight of it-he could hear its screams of pain and fear. When he reached it he found it being attacked by a "big gray dog" and he set upon the attacker in a fury, beating it with the bridle, banging it over the head with the iron bits, and yelling imprecations at the top of his lungs. One of his older brothers heard the commotion and came running to find him actually lambasting a huge timber wolf, and the wolf giving ground. To the day of his death when he, old and feeble and with not so much as a penknife by way of a weapon, followed a man armed with the pistol that had just killed my father, trying just to get near enough to carry out some terrible vengeance with his trembling, crippled old hands, he had never known the meaning of fear. Since I know no more of Grandfather's youth than this brief glimpse, I'll take up the story of Grandma, who has always been one of the most interesting members of the family to me. 55 ` Her name was Harriet Barber and she was born somewhere in New York state on March 10 (the same birthday as old Jacob, if you'll notice), 1813. She knew nothing of her parents except that she was of English descent, and that they were Quakers. Both of her parents died in her infancy and she was adopted by a wealthy family by the name of Webb. Whatever her background was, she must have been descended from good stock, for I have never known anyone in all my life who was more essentially an aristocrat than my little Grandmother. She had no "company manners ", no moments of relaxing into second best. I never saw her anything but neat. To the day of her death at eighty -six, her figure was as straight and her back as flat as it could have been at sixteen. But to get back to her adoption by the Webbso her life would have been very different if her foster mother had lived, but when Grandmother was quite small she died, and left the little girl motherless. Apparently Mr. Webb had been very devoted to his wife and-after her death he went to pieces. He began drinking heavily. In the meantime, as there were no schools in the neighborhood, Grandmother had been taught to read and write in the Sunday School. This was all the schooling she ever had. As she grew older, Mr. Webb became more and more demoralized from drink, until the time came when it was no longer safe for her to stay in the house with him. An older sister who lived in a neighboring town heard of the situation and came after her one night on horseback. Harriet tied what few things she could take with her in a bundle, slipped out of the house and ran away, riding behind,her sister on the horse. The sister was a milliner's apprentice and she got Harriet a similar job. For several years she worked in the milliner's shop, learning a business that was to be of great help to her later. I don't know how or when she made her way into Ohio. At any rate, it was in Cleveland that she met and married my grandfather. In connection with this marriage there is a story. I stood near Grandma's bedside when she was dying and suddenly, just before the end, she opened her eyes and clearly and distinctly called a man's name, a name I had never heard before. I wondered about it, and later asked my cousin Lelia, in °whose home she died. She had called the name of the man to whom she had been engaged before she married my grandfather. Some woman - a relative of Harriet's - had told the man that Harriet was unfaithful to him and had so thoroughly poisoned his mind against her, that he had married the woman's own daughter which of course was what the old hellion was working for. And Harriet, with the wedding dress all ready, had hurriedly married Grandfather before the other wedding took place. Cousin Lelia's 54 mother, Aunt Sally, had learned the story on a visit to the family in Ohio and Illinois. Knowing her as I did, I could feel perfectly sure that the name had never passed her lips from the day of her wedding until that far distant day when she lay dying. She must have been a beautiful little bride. Her features were marvelously regular, with deep blue eyes and dark brown hair that grew unstreaked with grey until the end of her days. She was tiny, not over five feet tall, and always slim. She was married in a white Empire dress with a pink fichu of something soft and sheet, like chiffon. She wore pink silk stockings and little black slippers with ribbons that crossed around her ankles, and a big leghorn poke bonnet trimmed in pink roses. That was about the last pretty gay thing she ever had, for when she married my grandfather she was marrying the spirit of restlessness and adventure. Soon after they were married Grandfather decided to strike west, and they made their way into Texas by wagon, pushing as far west as possible at the time. When Grandfather felt that he had reached the back of beyond, he cleared ground and built a log cabin. It was summer, so he left the filling in of the chinks between the logs for a more convenient season and went about the business of raising a crop. Grandmother was terrified because the Indians would slip up and peek in through the cracks. She would suddenly look up from her work to see a row of black eyes staring unblinkingly in at her. Since she lived in mortal terror of everything connected with this wilderness, that must have been a bad note to go to bed on, so she spent all of her spare time nailing strips of anything she could get over the chinks, using a flat iron as a hammer. She kept a fire in the fireplace all the time for fear panthers would come down the chimney and bears and panthers used to chase the pigs right under the house. They lived bountifully on game of it that they would use only the the rest to the dogs. Venison and then bear meat - were common fare. of every kind. They grew so tired breast of wild turkeys, feeding quail and squirrel - with now and I have heard them tell of one time when Grandfather found a bee tree. He and several other men came on it while hunting, and they felled it - after smoking the bees into a state of insensibility. They found that it held literally barrels of the finest honey. For want of anything else to carry the honey home in, they tied their buckskin shirts at the neck (first removing them, of course), filled them full of honeycomb, then tied them to a long pole, and then carried it home!. It must have been like the old picture in the Bible of the Children of Israel carrying a gargantuan bunch of grapes on a pole carried between two men. (To be continued) 57 Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Page- 25 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLOCK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 25 (Contd) April 11 1898 Irif Dau Jack MESSENA 1 da 68 2 Convulsions Tex. • May 26 " Judge Jno. A. BUCKHOLTS 73 yrs 9"''4 2 Brights Diease Miss June 9 " Mary Henrietta BORE 3 mo 78 3 Gastro Enteritis Tex 26 " Inft PJs & Mrs. Tex Born 88 3 Born Dead E. D. BEACH Dead of 28 " Miss Verienne.WEBB Tex 14 yrs 7 1 Aug 2 " Solomon J. CLUTE 71 83 NE 4 4 Yalarcial fever New York it 3 " Antonio TRIVINO Mexico 80 " 42 3 Old Age 8 " M.iss Mollie V. HIGGS 17 42E2 2 Malarial fever Texas " 20 " Mss Dinah DICKSON Tex 52 " F.M.Grounds Malarial fever 22 Burton CARR Texas 2 mo 36 3 Gastro Interetis 3 1 " Simon PINSKI Europe pe 47 yrs Hebrew Tuberculosis Inclosiour " 29 " Cora Lucile HOLIMAN 5 yrs 81 3 Double Tonsiletis Tex Sept 30 " Samuel HALL Texas 30 " 3 3 Sucide by Cocaine " 27 " Jeremiah WILSON Tenn. 75 " 3 Old Age " 29 " Col. Briscoe G. BALDWIN 70 " 5 3 Old age Va. Oct 26 " Mrs. Sallie LANDERS 25 " 8 1 Peritonitis (S) Tex Nov 8 " Hallie LAURENCE Tex 1 79N2 4 Meningitis it 11 " Milton RHODE Tex 9 97 3 Peritonites " 13 " Mrs. M. J. KING Tex 59 4 Consumption Dec 29 " ,Vm. R. CU 59 yrs 49 4 Consumption • Indiana Jan 11 1899 W. J. PIERCE Kentucky 84 41 3 La Grippe of 13 " Mrs. Naoma BEARD Ga. 85 " 9 3 Old Age Feb 3 " Col. R. K. CHATHAM 64 2 Heart failure Alabama 58 Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Pages 25,26 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLOCK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 25 (Contd) Feb 3 1899 Mrs M. M. MOORING La 70 yrs 87 3 Paralysis °0 8 �o Yxs Dora NEVZIkN Tex 42 " 79 79* Burned to Death Page 26 Feb 18 1899 Col. Wm. FALCONER 80 yrs 31 2 La Grippe Alabama Pear 6 " N.iss E. H. MjcPFJLLAN 65 4, 4 Heart dease Miss " 9 " Inft Yx & Nrs R. STUART 3 wks 80 3 Ydnitlons Tex " 12 " Robt H. NEWLAND Tex 20 yrs 23- 2 Congestion " 31 " Harris FORD Tex 1 it 5SEC 2 Cholra Infantium Apr 8 " Margret J. TEASDALE 4 to 96 3 Dysentery Tex it 10 " Burt Morris TURNER. 17 mo 13 1 Enter Colitis Tex ; - 14 Johnson C. WILLIAMM.S 53 yrs 22 3 Mini igitis Ala. May 7 " Webb M. SPELL Texas 2 82 4 Infamation of bowls it 9 " Dr. J. H. WEBB 78 yrs 16 3 Brights lease Carolina " 24 D91.iss Mary Jame HOOKER 57 " 119 3 Cholra. Morbus Arkansas " 30 Wm. R. RHODES Ala 76 if 45 2 Brights dease June 9 °° Robt. TEASDALE Texas 17 mos 96 3 Ehtercitis it 10 °° Herchel E. ANDREWS 17 9 4 Measels 1/ 14 " Alleen DOBSON Tex 2 yrs 101 3 Measels July 9 Claud WARD Arkansas 21 62 4 Sucide it 21 Mary Virginia BURGER 2 mo 54 2 Cholra Infantium 9 it 22 '° Jas. P. WILSON 80 yrs 109 3 Old age Kentucky ° " 24 Chas S. °WYSE MIiss 46 4o 1 Heart dease Aug 10 0. P. P�IcROY N.Carolina, 79 86 4 Old age " 22 '° Ella E. TUCKR Tex 12 68 4 Pertonitus M Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Pages 26,27 DATE OF DEATH NAND AGE LOT BLOCK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 26 (Contd) Aug 25 1899 A. B. CARR Sr. Miss. 56 yrs 36 3 Heart desease it 26 " W. J. PICO Lousiana 46 " 29 2 Paralysis Sept 2 " Mrs. Mariah ROWHAN 65 " 7 3 Gastritus Ala " 5 " Miss Ethel N. BULLOCK 13 " 684 4 Heart desease Texas " 9 " William WARD Texas 21 62 4 itryelo Meningitis Oct 17 " Mxs. Elizabet RHODES 57 53 2 Senility Ala " 22 " Mrs Peary A. JONES 73 64 2 old age Miss " 27 " Irfft Mr & Mrs. W. P. Born 20 3 Born dead WOOTEN Tex dead " 27 " Col. J. C. GILLESPIE 84 yrs 22 3 Chronic Diarrhoea Va. 3� Mss. Charlotte SANDERS 49 8 1 Congestion of bowls Tex Nov 1 W. S. STUART Texas 51 98 3 Chronic Gastritus of 15 Geo. W. JAMESON 30 92 3 Tuberculosis Tennessee Dec 4 " W. M. YALONE Ky. 60 61 2 Brights dease 24 Little Lena BANKS, Texas 3 Plat 1,Lot 4 Burns in easter part of cemetary Page 27 Dec 26 1899 Ernest E. HIGGS Texas 3 yrs 11O 3 Congestion of 27 " Norma C. FOSTER Texas 9 " 1 C 2 Congestive Chill Jan 3 1900 Mxs. A. E. EAVES Texas 30 " 83 2 4 Tuberculosis " 13 " Mss Estille CARSON, Mi 32 " 68 4 3 Child Birth " 25 " Mrs. Emma STUART Texas 23 98 3 Heart failure Feb 1 " Mss. Mary H. WEBB 76 " 16 4 Heart desease N. Carolina of 10 " Mrs. Banner SNAPP Tex 23 yrs 68 3 Typhoid fever " 28 " Isaac P. WOOLF La 32 " 3 Hebrew Sucide by pistol inclosiour 60 Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Page 27 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLOCK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 27 (Contd) Nar 3 1900 E. B. WILLIAYS Ga. 38 yrs 1214 3 Heart desease it 20 " Louis Seamon GROGINSKI 1 mo 3 Hebrew Phneumonia Tex Inclosiour Apr 4 " Mrs. Della V. BLATHERWICK 42 yrs 7 4 Cancer of Womb Miss. " 9 " Mrs BELLE DICKERSON 46 " 3 4 3 Consumption May 4 Samuel H. HIGGS Tex 52 '° ill 3 Heart desease " 20 " Wm. Jennings ZUBER 1 " 8 3 Cholra Infantium Tex. it 27 " Beulah L. GILES Tex 2 121 3 Cevebral Congestion it 28 Florene HARRINGTON Tex 2 6 SE 4 4 Intestinal Infliction it 28 T. P. WOOTEN Georgia 63 °' 73 3 Heart desease June 26 Florene EDGE Texas 1 110 3 Whooping cough If 26 '° Geo. J. YAWHDVEY Texas 40 " 118 3 Obstruction bowels July 7 Jas. A. FOUNTAIN 72 '° 30 2 Cystiles S. Carolina " 30 " Peter WINTER France 51 " 78 4 volvulus Aug 6 " Mrs. Sallie J. BECK 48 °' 30 3 Chronic Gastro Ala. Enteretic of 10 " Miss Orille LINCOLN 35 '° 77 4 Consumption La 12 " J. C. COLLINS 57 °' 95 3 Heart desease Temessee " 19 " Inft . Mr & Ms's Cliff Permiture 22 2 Permiture HARRIS Tex " 23 " Jno BERGER Germany 48 yrs 59 N 4 Black Jaundise 24 " Oliver P. PATE Texas 20 57SE4 4 killed by oil mill Sept 14 " Thos A. BOYER Tex 18 mo 36 sw 4 4 Cholra Infantium 9 Oct 17 A. G. BOARD Jr. Tex 1 yr 29 2 Intestinal Affection Soloman J. CLUTIS taken up from the north north east 4 of lot 83. Block 4 and shipped to New York. Nov. 2 1900. Nov 9 Dr. H. P. PHILPOTT 74 yrs 72 4 Chronic Dysentery Ala M Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Pages 27,28 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLOCK RIInARKS Month Day Year Page 27 (Contd) Nov 15 1900 Mrs Rosiline WOOLF 53 yrs Hebrew Consumption Germany Inclosiour Dec 11 " Jas. W. JOHNSON Va 52 " 31 3 Suicide to 19 " Mrs Mamie CARR Tex 23 " 36 3 Typhoid fever Page 28 [sic] Dr. Tilley died in FOWLKES died in Tom Green Texas 30 yrs. when he died in 1898 was taken up and reburied here on Dec. 29, 1900 on Lot 26 Block 2. he was first buried in Tom Green Co. and brought here and reburied. Dec 31 1900 Geo. P. CASTLES Texas 42 yrs 2 4 Consumption Jan 15 1901 E. L. EDDM.AN Georgia 62 '° 22 1 Consumption " 15 Mrs. E. J. HIGGS Tex 45 117 3 La Grippe " 23 Maggie E. McDOUGALD 43 " 8 3 Phneumonia N. Carolina " 24 Jno. C. DAURIN Texas 27 37 3 Tuberculosis " 25 Maj. J. W. TABOR 78 2 4 Senility Alabama " 31 Jas. W. MARTIN Georgia 54 53 4 Phneumonia Feb 5 Wm. H. MI =T 64 53 1 La Grippe Missouri " 9 " Dr. B. L. LAWLESS 71 " 92 N 2 3 Phneumonia Kentucky Mar 12 Hugh. Thos. HARRIS 5 mo 23 N 2 2 Marasmces Tex " 28 Mrs M. J. MI 53 yrs 41 4 Dropsy N. Carolina " 31 " Mrs. Elizabeth McCRACKEV 63 " Plat 1 Phneumonia Ky designated, on map place to bury strangers " 31 " Jno. D. MCCRACKEV Ky 35 " Plat 1 designated on map as a place to bury strangers the eastern portion of the City Cemetery F . Apr 27 " Douglas REED Texas 11 yrs 38 2 Drowned 8 " Lillie Mae HIGGS Tex 1 ill 3 Teething 62 Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Pages 28,29 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLOCK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 28 (Contd) June 17 1901 R. F. BOYLE Virginia 69 yrs F.M.Grounds Consumption July 31 " Horatio B HODES Alabama 56 " 53 2 Heart prostration Aug 9 " Catherine HINES Tex 1 4 89 4 Cholra Infantium if 18 " Inft. of Mr & Mrs. permiture 47 4 Permiture Lot No 3 in Pottersfield to block No 4 West 7 1 2 N. B. COLE Tex of lot 63. Jan 12, 1902. " 30 " R. W. JONES Tex 30 yrs 42 4 Black Jaundis Sept 2 " Mss. S. G. YATES 75 4 59 4 Paralysis 1902 Dr. F. M. HALL Tenn 79 yrs Kentucky 1 old age it 16 " if 7 " Mrs. S.E. THOMIOROW ( ?) 54 °' 68 3 Paralysis• 81 4 Heart failure Ala. [THOM.SON ?] 17 Frank DARNER not Plot in It 12 "• Henry WILSON Tex 3 " 71 4 Dysentery to 23 " Inft Mr & Mrs. E. W. KE 5 dys 83 SE 3 Congestion Tex Nov 11 Inft Dr & Mrs 2 dys In Hebrew Permature Joe GROGINSKI Tex Inclusuris Oct 9 Mrs Bettie PARIS Tex 40 yrs Compact Bowels Nov 13 " W. B. SCRD =RE 40 70 3 Phneumonia Alabama 21 " Mrs Maude BARKER Tex 30 . " 22 1 Consumption " 29 " Mrs RHEHL Germany 75 78 4 Phneumonia [ROEHL ?] Dec 12 1901 August HAIVES Tex 18 yrs 54 1 Fits " 16 " Dorthy WALDROP Tex 17 mo 5 4 Dysentery Inft of Dr & Mrs. W.C. FOUNTAIN remove- fron Lot No 3 in Pottersfield to block No 4 West 7 1 2 of lot 63. Jan 12, 1902. Dec 2 1901 Emnett WELCH Tex it mo 37 4 Bowel trouble ° if to If Inft Mr & Mrs E. PARKS Permture 64 4 Permature Jan 2 1902 Dr. F. M. HALL Tenn 79 yrs 7 1 old age it 16 " F. C. T OUHELL Texas 14 121 3 Brights desease it 18 " Mr. P. E. W=JAN Germany 81 4 Heart failure " 17 Frank DARNER not Plot in killed by train known Potersfield 63 Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Page 29 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLOCK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 29 (Contd) Feb 11 1902 Erwin BENBOW Ala 23 yrs 52 4 Phneumonia it 11 " Mrs Margret FOMAN La 56 " 54 4 Phneumonia " 23 " Mrs L. A. LINCOLN Ala 79 774 4 old age Mar 8 Mss SDVMON S S . Carolina 45 Buried in Phneumonia Potersfield No 2 Mar 10 °' Mrs Mary A. SOUTH 66 64 2 Paralysis Miss 21 Mr. A. B. BALLARD Tex 31 24 2 Consumption Apr 22 Mr. Geo. JENKINS 39 99 3 Hydrophobia England May 22 Mrs J. J. ADAMS Ala 55 " 5 3 Loss of mind " 4 '° Mr. R. H. SMITH Ala 48 108 3 Phneumonia " 7 Inf. Mr & M.E.JENKINS permiture 22 3 Permiture Tex " 8 Mrs MORTON Temn 82 yrs 49 2 old age " 16 Eugene H. JOHNSON Tex 17 " 37 4 Hooping Caugh " 25 Mr. D. C. ZUBER Tex 50 " 8 3 Consumption June 9 1902 Dr. F. M. LAW 74 of 4 4 Hemorage S. Carolina of 17 " Raysor BOYETT Tex 6 mo 14 1 Lock Bowels it 22 " Inft Mr. & Mrs-STANLEY Still 119 3 Still Born Tex born June 26 Mrs.Sallie C. SPELL 29 yrs 82 4 Malarial fever Miss 11 28 " Mrs. B- C. BLACKBURN 88 42E2 4 old age N. Carolina July 14 '° Famie POLK Texas 6 55 1 Malarial fever [ Sa ] " 16 Inft Mr & Mrs.B.A.SMITH 7 3 Permiture Tex Rermiture " 31 Inft Mr & Mrs.ALPHIN 2 wks 71 4 Permiture Tex " 31 '° Inft Mr & Mrs. G.McGEE pemature 15 4 Permiture Tex 64 Bryan City Cemetery Book No. 5 Pages 29,30 DATE OF DEATH NAME AGE LOT BLACK REMARKS Month Day Year Page 29 (Contd) Aug 11 1902 Moselle P. WILSON & Inf 24 yrs 61 2 Child Birth Tex " 24 " Mr. J. N. LAURENCE 47 " 79NI 4.... Diabetice Tex '° 26 " August SC= 27 " 95 4 3 Congestion Germany June 30 1902 Mr. J. E. PONDER 32 51 4 Heart Failure Page 30 Aug 31 1902 Mrs. SCHISM Texas 31 yrs 95 SWI- 3 Consumption Sept 14 '° Geo. McLENDON Tex 1 " 63 3 Deptheria [son] if 16 Col. W. A. BANKS 79 " Plot No.1 Sun. Stroke Virginia Lot 4 in Potersfield Oct 1 °' Mrs. Lousia dunnica 42 " 75 4 Consumption it 6 Mrs GAINES Tennisee 87 73 4 old age it 6 P+llyrtle P Tex 22 95 3 Bowell trouble of 17 " Inft Mr & Mrs.D.S.HART 3 mo Hebrew Inclousior Tex Nov 6 '° W. H. HARMAN Tex 59 yrs 28 2 Bowell trouble " 11 '" 1 . A. B. TAYLOR 75 " 6 - / NW !, 4 old age Carlona 6 rrS. Martha H. S6 TH ? L 75 " 34 4 Applexey " 13 °' Inft Mr & Mrs.O.E. Permature 71 3 Permature SANDERS Tex. 21 °' W. M. KOPPE Germany 55 yrs 58 4 Sucide by pistol Dec 4 Mrs. Bulia B. CHATHAM 23 46 - 2 Child Birth Tex 11 W. E. HARRIS Tezrn 46 12 Henry HARRINGTON Tex 22 mo 26 Inft Mr & Mrs.T.JOHNSON Still Tex born " 29 '° Ralph CHATHAN Tex 4 wks Jan 4 1903 Iona ANTHONY Tex 17 mo 57 2 General Debility 6SE4 4 Permature 37 4 Still Born 46SE4 2 Bowell trouble 52SE7'- 4 La Grippe 65 PROFESSIONAL HELP For those of our readers who cannot conveniently do their own research in Brazos County, we offer the following list of local genealogists who are available to perform a certain amount of research for "outsiders ": i.e., of other communities. Your initial inquiry should be accompanied by a stamped self- addressed envelope. Mrs. Mary L. Bell P.O. Box 885 College Station, T)4 77841 Mrs. Nadine Billingsley 706 Pershing College Station, TIC 77840 Mrs. Mary Cooper 740 Garden Acres Bryan, T)4 77802 Mrs. Marie B. Vick 2105 Vinewood Drive Bryan, TX 77802 A REMINDER There are available in the ADVERTISER files complete tables of contents and alphabetized indices (not cumulative) of every ADVERTISER number ever published, since its inception in June -July, 1979. Any or all of these will be copied at cost for any person desiring them. INTERESTING TRIVIA From The Eagle, Jan. 9, 1989: Souvenir Vol. Mo. 2: The first town to be established in what is now Brazos County was Millican, founded as early as 1831 by Elliott Millican, the first sheriff of Brazos County. The settlement became ]mown as Millican Community, or Millican Crossroads, by 1845. ODEN FAMILY BIBLE We have been fortunate in obtaining from our own Ralph F. Cowgill of Hurst, Texas a transcription of birth, marriage and death data from the fam- ily Bible purchased by George Alexander Oden (1818 -1879) on 11 Mar 1844. It is from the files of the late J: Ray Oden, a former member of this Associa- tion. The founder of this Texas family, George Alexander Oden, was born in Georgia. He relocated to an Alabama farm, and again moved to Hill County, Texas, near Hubbard. His son Joshua Wyche Oden (1852 ), Rag's father, is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Hubbard. Ray Oden was born at Hubbard. 59 G. A. ODEN BOOK Bought 11 of March 1844. Do not steal this book for fear of shame for look above and you will see the owner's name. /s /G. A. Oden THE NEW TESTAMENT Of Our LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Translated Out of the Original Greek and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised with MARGINAL READINGS AND REFERENCES 0 and Chronological Dates -' It is recorded in the files that the following could once be seen on the main leaf, front of the Bible: Printed by T. Mason and G. Lane, 1839. BIRTHS George A Oden was Born on the 22 of January One Thousand Eight hun- dred and Eighteen Frances C Oden was Born on the 22 of May One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty a John Demcey Oden was Born on the 24 of January One Thousand Eight hun- dred and forty two William Henry Oden was Born on the 6 of November One Thousand Eight hundred and forty three Sarah Temperance Oden was born 10 day of February One Thousand Eight hundred and forty five George Washington Oden was born October the eleventh One Thousand Eight hundrd and forty seven Martha Ann Rebeca Oden was born on the 29 of May 1849 Emily C Oden was born on the 15 day of December 1850 Joshua Wyche Oden was born August the 4 - 1852 Henreeta V. Oden was born February the 25 - 1854 67 y Walter Alexander Oden was born October the 26 - 1859 Martin Forney Oden was born Nov. 5th 1861 Rebecca Lee Oden was born December the 14 1863 Ada Jackson Oden was born February the 11 1866 r g Willie Albert Radford was born the 2nd of July 1870 James Albert Oden was born January the 31 1873 Robert Clifford Oden was born March 22nd 1876 Walter Lee Oden was born on the 5th day of August AD 1878 William Henry Oden Jr was born, Sept 16 1882 Mary Elmira Oden was born Oct 4 1883 Jennie Oden was born on the l day of April 1885 Ada Lee Oden was born on the the year 1887 W. E. Frost was born Sept the 27th 1882 M. R. Frost was born November the 21 1884 Ada Florence Oden was born the 4 day of October 188 Clyde Elmo Oden was born Nov. 22nd 1890 Dick J. Oden was born Dec. the 1 1893 Mary Francis Short was born November 5th 1883 E 0 Short was born th 1 day of May 1885 J. F. Short was born the 26 day of December 1886 J. G. Young was born Dec 11 AD 1885 F ances Jane & Geor e Demcy Oden was born February the 28 1870 Twins MARRIAGES George A Oden and Frances C Davis was Married on the 10 of December AD 1840 A W Davis and Emily Oden was Married the 12 of July 1838 James W Peeples & Palatiah Oden was married 8 of August 1839 John L Oden & Nancy West was Married 25 of April 1846 Joshua B Oden and Rebecca Peeples was Married 7 of Oct 1847 E. G. Oden and L. D. Peeples was married January 1848 S. B. Harvill and L. P. Oden was married May 23rd 1850 Wm M Radford & Sallie T. Oden was married on the 16th day of August 1869 J. W. Oden & Lucy Helen Petty was Married on 24th`day of Dec AD 1876 J. W. Oden & Frances Louesta Black was Married on 26th of Oct 1881 C. A. Frost and Ada J. Oden Was Married on the 20th of Dec 1881 M. F. Oden and Lizzie Young was Married June 23th 1886 R. S. Short and Rebeca Lee Oden was Married on the 23th day of January 1888 C E Oden was married May 1903 C E Young was married Sept 28 1904. J T Young was married feb 22 1902 DEATHS Alexandre Oden Departed this Life John D Davis Departed this Life o Sarah A Davis Departed this Life John N Davis Departed this Life o Eliza J Davis Departed this Life Moses Davis Departed this Life on the 26 of May 1834 the 19 of July 1843 - aged 56 years • the 12 of August 1843 - aged 57 years the 24 of July 1843 • the 17 of August 1843 the 18 of September 1843 RE; John Demcey Oden Departed this Life on the 11 of July 1844 aged 2 years 5 months and 13 days George Washington Oden Departed this Life on the third of September 1848 aged 10 months and 23 days Polly T Peeples Departed this Life on the 13 day of November 1849 Rebecca Oden Departed this Life on the 11 day of November 1863 Frances C Oden Departed this Life on the 30 day of December 1850 age 30 years 7 months 8 days. Martha An R Oden Departed this Life on the 15 day of November 1850. Emily C Oden Departed this Life on the 18 of December 1850 Henreetta Virginia Oden Departed this life on the 3 of July 1855 age d year and 5 months Walter A. Oden Departed this Life on the 24 of August 1862 Age 2 years and 10 months George Demcy Oden Departed this Life Oct 8 1870 age 7 months and 10 days. Wm. M. Radford Departed this life on the 28th of Nov. 1870 aged 28 years W. H. Oden Departed this Life 17th of March 1877 - died at Waco Texas G A Oden departed this life 5th of June 1879 Aged 61 years & 5 months M. J. Oden Departed this life on the 19 day of December 1887 aged 53 years 11 months 7 days. Lucy H. Oden departed this life on the 10th day of March 1879 Aged 20 years and 4 months Mary Elmira Oden departed this life on the 27th day of Dec 1884 Aged 14 months and 23 days Mary F. Short departed this life on the 4 day of July 1887 aged 3 years 8 months and 1 day This Bible record was submitted by Brazos Genealogical Association member Ralph F. Cowgill, 333 Circleview Drive North, Hurst, Texas. The Bible is in possession of Mrs. J. Ray Oden, whose deceased husband was a member of Brazos Genealogical Association. JAMES GEORGE THOMPSON, 1802 - 1879 The Sterling C. Evans Library of Texas A &M University has published an encyclopedic work of James George Thompson, his ancestors, and hundreds of contemporaries on the Arkansas - Oklahoma -Texas frontier. Thompson was of Scotch -Irish ancestry and his forebears migrated through the Carolinas, Ten- nessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Thompson's ledger and day book (which is photographically reproduced in the book) chronicles the operations of a frontier trading post from 1832 to 1836. Mary and Mavis Kelsey, compilers of JAMES GEORGE THOMPSON,.amassed a wealth of data on the individuals in the day book, including new information on Jesse Chisholm and many local Chero- kee chiefs. JAMES GEORGE THOMPSON is 578 pages -- 20 of which comprise an exhaust- ive name and subject index. The book was designed by Cameron Pouiter and printed by Thomson -Shore and is a unique combination of quality and utility. Copies may be ordered at 1;35 each (plus shipping and handling) from Texas Asti University, Sterling G. Evans Library, College Station, TX 77843. M BRAZOS County Texas 1870 Census �i Page No. 158 Post Office: Bryan 12 Sep 1870 Printed #79A aD o ' S a o as as w m o o 1286 1286 HALL, Lucy 46 F W K house S.C. LOVETT, Jemima 26 F W Seamtress Ala SPENCE, Jeff 9 M W Tex Nary SPENCE 8 F W La HALL, Elmira 19 F W at home Tex Wade 12 M W " NE= Y, John 24 M W Farmer I11 87 87 MATHEWS, Sarah 43 F W K House S.C. Lyddia 22 F W at home Tex Lacy 16 F W " " " David 10 M W of if if James 5 M W of 88 88 BAKER, John 28 M W Farmer Ark Frances 18 F W K House Ga Temperance 4 F W Tex 89 89 HARRIS, Evan 36 M W Farming Ala Angelina 35 F W K house is Julia 16 F W at home Tex Elizabeth 13 F W it Eldridge 11 M W it Laura 8 F W Corene 6 F W Sarah 1 F W " 1290 1290 RICHARDS, Frank 46 M B Farming Miss Catherine 35 F B K house Va Martha. 13 F B at home La Danl 10 M B " " of Fenton 8 M B of Frank 4 M B Tex Wm 2/12 M B Apl is 91 91 BEARD, Tom 45 M B Farmer S.C. Martha 30 F B K House Ala Pricilla 12 F B Tex Frances 6 F B of ` Elliza 3 F B " Bethenia 1 F B " 92 92 E=, Pricilla 55 F B " FLEMING, Albert 44 M B Ala E M ET, Alf 60 M B Farming Tenn 4 93 93 MOSEL�EY, Louisa 60 F B House Va 70 BRAZOS County Texas 1870 Census Page No. 159 Post Office: Bryan 13 Sep 1870 Printed #80 O 4- 1 h O Cd O O U r- 1 M W 04 ,� O O N �� +, O U] 0 ® PQ > P . W v1 1293 1293 MOSELY, Acey 13 F W Servant Tex 94 94 BURNS, Robt 29 M W Farmer Ala Sarah 23 F W K House Tex Jeff 2 M W Tex SANDERS, Robt 23 M W Laborer Mo BAKER, Eugene 19 M W Ala 95 95 SHOOK, Funk 52 M W WagonMaker Mo Jane 35 F W K House Ala PHILLIP Mary 16 F W at home Tenn Lander 14 M W " '° " Wm 9 M W Tex Lizzie 7 F W it SHOOK, Jim 1 M W it 96 96 MITCHELL, Mary 65 F W K house Miss Jim 30 M W Farmer it Lewis 26 M W Of Jane 27 F W at home " Gillien 22 M W at school Walter 14 M W Laborer 97 97 Ham, John 52 M W Farmer 1000 200 Pa Nettie 32 F W K house Tex R.equile 15 M W at home Ga Robert 14 M W It " Claus 10 F W Volney 7/12 M W Dec Tex 98 98 HUDDLESTON, Eli 41 M W Farming Ark Emeline 22 F W K house Mo Leanna 4 F W Tex Robt 3 M W Tex Horace 1 M W to 99 99 SHORT, Robt 49 M W Farmer 1000 500 Tenn Frances 47 F W K house Yn Eliza 20 F W at home Tex X George 15 M W Laborer it X Robt 12 M W it X e Peirce 11 M W of X Fink 4 M W It X 1300 1300 SHERFIELD, John 26 M W Farming 300 -- " Harriett 24 F W K house " KING, Sarah 15 F W '° 71 • r BRAZOS County Texas 1870 Census Page No. 160 Post Office: Bryan 13 Sep 1870 zttz o 0 o m '� � • t a) O U aD o � 1301 1301 BARNETT, James 25 M W Farmer Mary 25 F W K house William 4 M W Martha 1/12 F W George 23 M W Farmer ELAN, Eliza 27 F W Servant Henry 8 M W Emeline 7 F W 2 2 LINDSAY, Harrison 26 M W Farmer Louisa 30 F W K house Allice 3/12 F W Jane 28 F W at home FRANKLIN, Ben 15 M W " " 3 3 SCOTT, John 70 M W Farmer Amelia 62 F W K house Wm 30 M W Farming Sarah 24 F W at home Mary 18 F W Ben 21 M W Laborer Isabel 19 F W at home John 15 M W Laborer 4 4 CARNY, John 35 M W Farmer Mary 33 F W K house W 15 M W Laborer Joseph 13 M W " Carles 6 M W Mary 3 F W Thomas 1 M W 5 5 WHITTEN, John 33 M W Farmer Antonetta 25 F W K house Melissa 8 F W Mary 4FW Alf 2 M W 6 6 STINER, Joseph 57 M W Farming Nancy 51 F W K House Sarah 25 F W at home WADDLE, Elijah 9 F W 7 7 INGLEDOVE, Eliza 58 F W K house Calvin 20 M W Laborer Laura 18 F W at home Printed #80A 4 4-q 0 o m '� � w aD o � a� a� t w Pq 2000 200 Miss Ala Tex May „ , „ , , Ala Mo Apl Tex Ala It 1000 200 Ky „ Mo „ , Ky Ala „ , Tex of 300 100 it Tenn Tex It it 1000 200 „ Va Tenn Ala Tex Tenn Ala it 7 2 BRAZOS County Texas 1870 Census Page No. 161 Post Office: Bryan 14 Sep 1870 o +� +� o ¢� M 0 ® 'pq 31 M W Farmer 26 F W K house o � a) 1307 1307 HONEYCUT, James �� 45 F W K House Morey 19 M W Laborer Granville 8 8 ADAMS, Allen 14 MW " M Eliza n Roland 6Mw Boland 40 M W Farming Henry 21 M W Laborer Druey 9Mw Geo. 42 F W K house Achy 36 F W K house Ben 13 M W at home James 9 9 SOMERS, Joseph 30 F W K House Joseph 15Fw John 13 Mw Frances 5Fw Nancy 1310 1310 SHAW, Thomas Sep 56 M W Farmer Martha 23 M W No occupation 60 F W K house John Sarah 11 11 PEIRSON, James 58 M W Farmer Julia 57 F W K house Emma. Allice 20 F W K house James Thomas Lana Mollie Ella RECTOR, Chas PEIRSON, Thomas 12 12 MITCHELL, Ann Nanc� Marg 13 13 BOWDEN, Henry Mary Agustus Julia o +� +� o ¢� M 0 ® 'pq 31 M W Farmer 26 F W K house o � a) 2MW 54 M W Farming �� 45 F W K House 19 M W Laborer 19 MW " 17 MW " � P- W 14 MW " M 12 Mw " n 6Mw 4Mw 40 M W Farming 21 M W Laborer 17 MW " 9Mw 42 F W K house 43 M W Farming 36 F W K house 13 M W at home 9FW 47 M W Farming 30 F W K House 18 F W at home 15Fw 13 Mw 9Mw 5Fw 2FW 11/12 F W Sep 56 M W Farmer 23 M W No occupation 60 F W K house 24 F W at home to Ala of it 18 F W " " 58 M W Farmer 57 F W K house 23 M W Laborer 20 F W K house 5000 1000 S.C. Ga Ala X it X Tex X to of it Tenn La Ala it of 1000 200 Va N. C. Miss Ark 0 Printed #81 a) o r w o � a) s- �Cd �� P- W PA M Ala eI Tex Ga Ala Miss �o ve Tex S.C. Ga Ala Tex Ga to Ala of it 5000 1000 S.C. Ga Ala X it X Tex X to of it Tenn La Ala it of 1000 200 Va N. C. Miss Ark 0 73 BRAZOS County Texas 1870 Census Page No. 162 Post Office: Bryan 14 Sep 1870 Printed #81A +Z C+--, (D >, o o ran w a) s- °' a �a) a � �� a�iM � as v TA o z > w w 1313 1313 BOWDEN, Robt 2 M W Tex JOHNSON, John 44 M W Farmer 800 200 Ark Rebecca 35 F W K house it 14 14 HICKS, Wm 25 M W Farmer Miss' Kate 22 F W K house Ky Mary Ann 2 F W Tex Robt 9/12 M W Feb of James 10 M W Ark 15 15 " James 23 M W Farming Miss Emma 17 F W K house Ala 16 16 FOSTER, wm 40 M W Farming 500 200 Ky Ellen 35 F W K house Tex Ida 2 F W " Sarah A 2/12 F W Apl " 17 17 PRATER, Jesse 33 M W Farmer La Ellen 35 F W K house of Viola 12 F W Tex Mary lO F W " Wm 6 M w " Printes 2 M W " Alberta 7/12 M W Jan " 18 18 KIRK-iAM, James 47 M W Farmer 3000 500 Miss Manda 48 F W K house to Susan 12 F W Tex X LANGLY, Sydney 47 M W School Teacher S.C. 19 19 FOSTER, Master 46 M W Farmer 600 Miss James 13 M W Tex 1320 1320 FOSTER, Geo 58 M W Farmer 3000 500 Miss Susan 50 F W K House " Virgil 21 M W Laborer Tex Emily 13 F W X 21 21 Calvin 23 M W Farming " j Medora 21 F W K House " Gibson 2 M W " 22 22 BOWDEN, Wm 29 M W Farmer 500 100 Va Leacy 30 F W Keeping House Miss Henry 4 M W Tex ' 23 23 DARRVIN ( ?),Reuben 51 M W Farming 1000 200 La Banks 21 M W Laborer of Ritson 24 M W it 74 BRAZOS County Texas 1870 Census Page No. 163 Post Office: Bryan 15 Sep 1870 Isora 20 F W K House Printed #82 Z:4-- James 6/12 M W Jan Tex 25 25 DARWIN, Howard 28 M W Farmer a� Ellen 22 F W K House Tex Theodsia 3 F W it James 1 M W of Overton 29 M W Stockraiser � HAYES, Stephen 27 M W Farming it w � a� a H PYELS, Jerry . a it 26 o (D o 0 YA � 1 a i ca 0 n 14 M B laborer ° o �+ 47 F B K house Md M 0 o as � 0 w w as M 1323 1323 DARWIN, Sarah 20 F W Keeps house Andy Ark to 27 27 HEARN, Eliza Codelia 2 F W Thomas 23 M W No occupation Ark Tex 19 M W Laborer Tex Sarah 1 F W Texanna 13 F W ' If John 13 24 24 HENDERSON, A. 21 M W Farmer Ark Isora 20 F W K House La James 6/12 M W Jan Tex 25 25 DARWIN, Howard 28 M W Farmer 600 300 La Ellen 22 F W K House Tex Theodsia 3 F W it James 1 M W of Overton 29 M W Stockraiser La HAYES, Stephen 27 M W Farming it DARWIN, Ellen 20 F W at home " PYELS, Jerry 14 M W it 26 26 MAYFIELD, Wm 55 M B Farmer YA Dennie 14 M B laborer Tex - Magg 47 F B K house Md Nelson 12 M B to Tex - Harriett 10 B at home If Miles 8 M B if Andy 2 M B to 27 27 HEARN, Eliza 44 F W K house Ala Thomas 23 M W No occupation Ark Sam 19 M W Laborer Tex Mary 17 F W at home to Texanna 13 F W ' John 10 M W X 28 28 FRIFFIN, Wm 59 M W Farmer 1000 200 S.C. Louisa 55 F W K house if Wm 19 M W Laborer Tex James 12 M W if McKINNEY, Allice 9 F W 29 29 HENDERSON, Jas 45 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Ill Jane 45 F W K house it Harriett 18 F W at home of m Rachael 17 F W " Sam 15 M W Wm 12 M W Tex Rebecca 10 F W If Andrew 8 M W ", 75 T. _. - - A `1nr.- Li�'rary o B�;A�CS oEN_Ai.O'�rICH tT ? - r BOOR:. :IL— A CALL TO ARMS A PLACE NAMED... DESPERATE! ALA,LA,MiSS, RECORDS ON MICROPRINT AN ABSTRACT OF THE 1865 YORE: CO.,PA ANCESTORS & THEIR FAMILIES VIOL. I ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIAN, THE AROUND THE BEND AROUND THE BEND AUSTIN GEN:. SOC. AUSTIN GE 4E. SOU. r:_? ArVE *: VOL 5 6� ? Al BALIN 6:A,F..�k, THE v VI #4 ..::, FALL BATON ROUGE NEWSLETTER BATON ROUGE NEWSLETTER BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRAZOS CO. HIST. BRAZOS COUNTY HISTORY BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ADV•ERTIZER BULLITT CO. KY MARRIAGES 1791 -1801 CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER, VOL 18 -1,2 CROOK CLAN, THE VOL. I ISSUE 4 CROOK CLAN, THE DIRECTORY OF GENE, SOC. IN THE USA E. TX FAMILY RECORDS, VOL. 10 # 3,4 E. TX FAMILY RECORDS, VOL. II # 1,3 E. TX FAMILY RECORDS, VOL. 12 # 1,2 EDWARDS JOURNAL, THE FAMILY CEMETERIES LAURENS CO,, SC FAMILY CEMETERIES LAURENS CO., SC FAMILY CEMETERIES LAURENS CO., SC FAMILY HISTORIAN QUARTERLY FAMILY HISTORIAN QUARTERLY FAMILY NAME EXCHANGE, THE FAMILY PUZ.L ERS u FR O N T IER S . .,.; FREESTO r i.R �, v V L. FREESTONE FRONTIERS, VOL, 8 4 1 GA CO RECORDS ON MICROFILM GENE. ABSTRACTS OF ADAMS CO., PA GENEALOGICAL COMPENDIUM OF BOOKS & GENEALOGICAL HELPER, 48 ISSUES GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY, CATALOG GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY, CATALOG GENIE, THE VOL. 21 NO. 1,2, ?,4 1987 GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE GREENVILLE CO., SC CEME SURVEY V. I GUSHER, THE V.2 13,4 V,3 #1,2,3 HEART OF TEXAS RECORDS, VOL. 29 # 3,4 HEART OF TEXAS RECORDS, V.30 t 1,2,3 j TAX A r, r iA; Ti L T / HEART OF it Xh RECORDS, VouL •�� # 1,x,0 HERALD, THE V.9 #3, 4V. 10 #1 -4 V°, 11 #2 -4 HIGGINSON GENEALOGICAL BOOKS INDEX THE NEW ENG HIST & GENE REG A' THOR P ,: T CLAYTON LIBRARY HEWITT, LAWRENCE... EDITOR VAAPR, INC. CLAYTON LIBRARY ASSESSORS MIL ROLL ;K INDEX S CENTRAL PA GENE SOC, INC COMPILED BY PUB. SMITH PAPERS SIM'S PUBLISHERS VOL. XVI #1 JAN,FEB,MAR AR GENE SOC FALL, SUMMER FT. BEND CO. GENE. SOC. SPRING, SUMMER FT. BEND CO. GENE. SOC. VOL. XXVIII NO. 2,3,4 4'OL. XXIX NO. 1,2,4 VOL. VII # 1,2 1918, WIN, SPR N AR GENE SOC. VOL. II # 2,3,4 VOL. III. # 1 BRUNDIDGE, GLENNA FOURMAN, ED. FAMILY HISTORY FOUNDATION BRUNDIDGE, GLENNA FOURMAN, ED. FAMILY HI IORY FOUNDATION VOL VI # 3,4 VOL VII # 1 -6 VOL VIII # 1 THE RESEARCHERS D'AT� 1982 19E7 1985 1978 1987 1988 198 1984 1982 198: 14B6 1 986 JUNE, SEPT. CONN. SOC, OF GENE., INC. 1985 VOL. I INDEX SUPPLEMENT VOL. II ISSUE 1,2 VOL. II INDEX MARY K. MEYER, EDITOR P'RIV'ATE 1986 FALL & WINTERt EAST TEXAS GENE. SOCIETY 1986 SPRING t FALL EAST TEXAS GENE. SOCIETY 1987 SPRING & SUMMER EAST TEXAS GENE. SOCIETY 1989 VOL. 3 NO. 1,2, -,4 1985 VOL. 4 NO. 1,2,3,4 1986 HOLT, JAB. LELAND & MARGARET E A PRESS, INC. VOL. I 1983 HOLT, JAS, LELAND & MARGARET E A PRESS, INC. VOL. II 19B3 HOLT, JAB. LELAND & MARGARET E A PRESS, INC. INDEX TO VOL. II '1983 VOL. 6 #1,2,3 VOL. 7 #1,2 MADISON CO. GENEALOGICAL SOC. 1986 VOL. B # i MADISON CO. GENEALOGICAL SOC. 19BB THE RESEARCHERS 1983 NO. 417,419,42 422,460,712 FEB., MAY, AUG. FREESTONE GO. GENE. SOC. 1987 FEB., MAY, AUG. FREESTONE CO. GENE. SOC. 1988 CLAYTON LIBRARY # 70, 31,32 S. CENTRAL PA GENE SOC., INC. 19'85 APTICLES IN PRINT MARTINiBARNETT GENE.CO., INC, 1981 1980 -1987 HEARTHSTONE BOOKSHOP 1986 GOODSPEED'S BOOK SHOP 1986 VOL. 22 NO. 2,3,4 198B Ake:- LA -TEX GENE. ASSOC INC. L UC A S, rTi �+ it A r LUCr�S, atLA, EMME IR., ED. R Ev. SILAS EMMEI T LUC AS, u T d. 1 198 + GREENVILLE CHT OF SG GENE SOC A PRESS, INC. 1971 11 ? '9 r. T rr 1 Arr r%TI i Y.4 #2,a if81 -1984 LIMESTONE oEFE. A3aOL.AlIO "� FALL & WINTER CENTRAL TX GENE. SOC., iNC. 1986 r k SUM., L r� 5 ,'Tr.n FFt. SO ., ., FA L 4-t RAL TX 0.., INC, 987 v= ., SUM.., F" CENTRAL IX UENE. SOU., iNC 1988 FALL, WI N,SPR,SUM,FALL,WiNTER MONTGOMERY CO. GENE. HIST, SOC 199$ CATALOG 3 HIGGINSON GENE. BOOKS INDEX IU GENEALOGIES & PEDIGRE in the REGISTERS, VOLS. 1 -50 76 FRAZOS G -I,P LC!SICAL SOCIETY -n -';` AU HR PUBLISHER , I;'"'.TE JOHN M. ADAM, A FAMILY HISTORY TRIPPET, FATTIE ROSE PRIVATE 1983 JOURNAL OV AL`ExANtER CHESNEY JONES, E. ALFRED, EDITOR JOURNAL OF THE JACKSON CO GENE SOC VOL. 4 # 1,2 VOL. 5 # 1,2 1987- 1988 KENTUCKY RECORDS ON MICROPRINT CLAYTON LIBRARY KENTUCKY WILL INDEX, VOL, II ELLSBERRY, ELIZABETH PRATHER LE BATON ROUGE, VOL VII NO. 1,2.3 FEB, MAY, AUG BATON ROUGE GENE. & HIS?. SOG. 1987 c LEON HUNTERS DISPATCH V.1 #6 1986 V.8 #1 -6 1986 -7 V.9 #1,2,4,5,6 '68 LEON CO. GENE. SOCIETY, INC. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1 1 977 LIFE OF GENERAL EDWARD LACEY MOORE, M.A.,SR. M.D. A PRESS, INC. ORIG. 1858 1961 LINEAGE CHARTS VOL. 1 SC GENE SOC HENDRIX & LINDSAY, EDITORS GREENVILLE CHT SC GENE SOU 1976 LINEAGE CHARTS VOL :I SC GENE SOC HENDRIX. & LINDSAY, EDITORS GREENVILLE CHIT SC GENE SOC 1977 LINEAGE CHARTS VOL III SC GENE SOC GREENVILLE CHT SC GENE SOC 1978 LINEAGE CHARTS VOL IV SC GENE SOC SNEAKY, EUGENE C., EDITOR GREENVILLE CHT SC GENE SOC LINEAGE CHARTS; SC GENE SOC CHARTS HENDRIX & LINDSAY, EDITORS GREENVILLE CHT SC GENE SOC 1976 MARRIAGE RECORDS OF CHRISTIAN CO., KY ELLSBERRY, ELIZABETH PRATHER ELLSBERRY MICR0F0RMS BELL & HOWELL 1977- 1978 MS GENE EXCHANGE, 128 ISSUES LACKEY, RICHARD S. & HOPKINS, GENE REFERENCE CO., INC. 1973- 1986 NC AIDS TO GENE. STUDY NC COUNTY RECORDS ON MICROFILM CLAYTON LIBRARY NEW ENG. FIST. & GENE. REGISTER JUL,OCT 1986 JAN,APR,JUL 1987 NEW ENG. HIST. GENE. SOC. NEWSLETTER, LEON CO., TX VOL I #1,10,11,12 II, III, IV. 1980 °1983 NEWSLETTER, LEON CO. GENE. SOC. LEON CO. GENE. SOCIETY 1962 NEXUS NEW ENGLAND HIST. GENE. SOC. 1986 NEXUS VOL 14 #1,2,3,4 THE NEW ENGLAND HIST.GENE.SOC. 1987 NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA THOMAS JEFFERSON HARPER TORCHBOOKS 1861 1964 OLD SPARTANBURG DISTRICT GENE. VOL I #1,2,3,4 1986 OLD SPARTANBURG DISTRICT GENE. VOL 2 #1 1987 OUR NAME'S THE GAME 'VOL 11 & 12 11 ISSUES 1986 -1987 S CENTRAL PA GENE SOC, INC. PALMER PALMORE REGISTER VOL I #1,2,3 VOL II #1,2,3 VOL IV 11,2,3 PASSENGER & IMMIGRANTS TO AM (2) CLAYTON LIBRARY POST HOSPITAL LEDGERiPORT HUDSON, LA HEWITT & BERGERON, EDITORS LE COMITE DES ARCHIVES DE LA SC CO RECORDS ON MICROFILM (2) CLAYTON LIBRARY SG MAGAZINE OF ANCESTRAL RESEARCH VOL IX,X,XI,XII,XIIi,XIV,XV 4 ISSUES EACH SHELBY CO., KY MARK BONDS 1772 -1800 w! INDEX 136 PAGES SMITH PAPERS, 14 ISSUES VOL.2(3),3(1,2.3),4(1,2,3) 5(2,3)46,17,18,19,20 1982- 1986 SPECIAL PUB. OF THE S. CENTRAL PA GENE Sac. # 31 1985,OCT # 32 1986, JAN/APR # 33 1967,JULIOCT SUNDRY GENE MATERIALS, S. CENTRAL PA S CENTRAL PA GENE SOC., INC. 1985 TENN. CO. RECORDS ON MICROFILM CLAYTON LIBRARY TERKEBONNE GENE. SOC. NEWSLETTER V.5 # 11, FEB V.6 # 3, MAY 1987 TERREBONNE LIFE LINES V.6 #1,2,3 SPR,SUM,FALL 7ERREBONNE GENEALOGICAL SOC. 1967 TEXAS COUNTIES, CATALOG NO, 4 MUNNERLYN, TOM, COMPILER STATE HOUSE BOOKS, AUSTIN, TX 1986 VA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS- SERIES 2 V.1 DUVALL, LINDSAY D. SOUTHERN HISTORICAL 1979 WAR OF 1812: THE 2ND WAR FOR INDEPENDENC CLAYTON LIBRARY WILL RECORDS OF SHELBY CO., KY 1794 -MAR., 1817 ELIZABETH PRATHER ELLSBERRY YESTERDAYS VOL. I #2 NACOGDOCHES GENE. SOCIETY 1981 YESTERDAYS VOL. III #Z NACOGDOCHES GENE. SOCIETY 1983 YESTERDAYS VOL. V #2 NACOGDOCHES GENE. SOCIETY 1985 YESTERDAYS 'VOL. VI 11,2 NACOGDOCHES GENE. SOCIETY 1986 - YESTERDAYS VOL. V1I #11,2 NACOGDOCHES GENE. SOCIETY 1987 YESTERDAYS VOL. VIII #2 NACOGDOCHES GENE. SOCIETY 1986 77 INDEX ADAMS 63, 72 DARNER 62 ALPHIN 63 DARRVIN 73 ANDREWS 58 DARWIN 74 ANTHONY 64 DARWIN 61 64, 69 DAVIS 44, 67 BAKER 69, 70 DICKERSON 60 BALDWIN 57 DICKSON 57 BALLARD 63 DIESEL 49, 50 BANKS 59, 64 DIESSELER 50 BARBER 52, 55 DIESSELLER 50 BARKER 62 DIESSLER 49, 51 BARNETT 71 DIESTELER 49 BEACH 57 DIESTELERS 50 BEARD 57, 69 DIESTLER 48, 49, BECK 60 50, 51 BELL 65 DISLER 49 BENBOW 63 DIESEL 49 BERGER 60 DISSLER 49 BERRIMAN 43 DISSLIN 49 BHODES 62 DISTELER 49 BILLINGSLEY 46, 65 DISTLER 49, 50 BLACK 67 DISTLERS 50 BLACKBURN 63 DIZEL 49 BLATHERWICK 60 DOBSON 58 BOARD 60 DUNNICA 64 BOHNE 57 BOW DEN 72, 73 EASTEP 46 BOYER 60 EAVES 59 BOYETT 63 EDDMAN 61 BOYLES 62 EDGE 60 BRYANT 44 EDWARDS 44 BUCKHOLTS 57 ELAN 71 BULLOCK 59 EMMET 69 BURGER 58 ESTEP 46 BURNS 70 ESTEPP 46 CAMP 44 FALCONER 58 CAMPBELL 46 FLEMING 69 CARNY 71 FOMAN 63 CARR 57, 59, 61 FORD 58 CARS94 59 FOSTER 59, 73 CASTLES 61 FOUNTAIN 60, 62 CHATHAM 57 FOWLKES 61 CHISHOLM 68 FRANKLIN 71 CLUTE 57 FRIFFIN 74 CLUTIS 60 FROST 67 COLES 62 COLLINS 60 GAINES 64 COOPER 65 GEORGE 47 \ COTTON 46 GILES 60 COWGILL 65, 68 GILLESPIE 52, 59 CUMMINS 57 GRIFFIN 74 GROGINSKI 60, 62 HALL 57, 62, 69 HARMAN, 64 HARRINGTON, 60, 64 HARRIS, 60, 61, 64, 69 HART, 64 HARVILL, 67 HAVES, 62 HAVES, 74 HEARN, 74 HENDERSON, 74 HERSKOVITZ, 46 HICKS, 73 HIGGS, 57, 59, 60, 61 HILL, 70 HINES, 62 HOLLMAN, 57 HGNEYCUT, 72 HOOKER, 58 HORNE, 45 HUDDLESTON, 70 HUNT, 52 INGLEDOVE, 71 IRSON, 72 JAMESON, 59 JENKINS, 63 JOHNSON, 44, 61, 63, 64, 73 JONES, 52, 59, 62 KELSEY, 68 KEU, 62 KING, 57, 70 KIRKHAN, 73 KOPPE, 64 LANDERS, 57 LANDISS 47 LANE, 66 LANGLY, 73 LAURENCE, 57, LAW, 63 LAWLESS, 61 LINCOLN, 60, LINDSAY, 71 LIVINGSTON 47 LOCKE, 45; 46 LOVETT, 69 LOVING, 43 64 63 78 INDEX MALONE, 59 MARTIN 44, 46, MASON, 66 MATHEWS, 69 MAWHIMEY, 60 MAYFIELD, 74 McCORMICK, 45 McCRACKEN, 61 McDOUGALD, 61 McGEE, 63 McKINNEY, 74 McLENDON, 64 McMILLAN, 58 McNEELEY, 61 McROY, 58 MESSENA, 57 MILLICAN, 65 MINKERT, 61 MITCHELL, 70, MOORING, 58 MORTON, 63 MOSELEY, 69 MOSELY, 70 NEILLY, 69 NEWLAND, 58 NEWMAN, 46, 58 ODEN, 66, 68 RADFORD, 67, 68 61 RECTOR, 72 REED, 61 RHEHL, 62 RHODE, 57 RHODES, 58, 59 RICHARDS 69 RICHARDSON, 52 ROEHL, 62 ROWHAN, 59 72 PARIS, 62 PARKER, 45 PARKS, 62 PATE, 60 PEEPLES, 67, 68 PEIRSON, 72 PERKINS, 45 PETTY, 67 PHIFER, 52, 53 PHILLIPS, 70 PHILPOTT, 60 PICO, 59 PIERCE, 57 PINSKI, 57 PLYRAVES, 44 POLK, 63 PONDER, 64 POULTER, 68 PRATER, 73 PRSNLY, 64 PUTTKAMM, 50 PUTTKAMMER, 50 PYELS, 74 SANDERS, 57, 59, 64, 70 SCHMDT, 64 S.CHMIDT, 49, 64 SCHMITT, 49 SCOTT, 71 SCRIMSHIRE, 62 SEAM, 43, 44, 45 46 SHAW, 72 SHERFIELD, 70 SHOOK, 70 SHORT, 67, 68, 70 SIMMON'S, 63 SMITH, 63, 64 SNAPP, 59 SOMERS, 72 SOUTH, 63, 64 SPELL, 58, 63 SPENCE, 69 STANARD, 44 STANLEY, 63 STEVENS, 43 STINER, 71 STRAUB, 46 STUART, 58, 59 STUBBLEFIELD, 46 TABOR, 61 TAYLOR, 64 TEASDALE, 58 THOMOROW, 62 THOMPSON, 44, 68 THOMSON, 62 THURMAN, 46 TIESELER, 49 TIESLER, 49 TIESELER, 49 TILLEY, 61 TOUHELL, 62 TRIVINO, 57 TRUITT, 52 TUCKR, 58 TURNER, 52, 58 TYSSLER, 49 WADDLE, 71 WALDROP, 62 WARD, 58, 59 WEBB, 55, 57, 58, 59 WELCH, 62 WEST, 67 WHITTEN, 71 WILLIAMS, 58, 60 W I LLMAN , . 62 WILSON, 57, 58, 62, 64 WINTER, 60 WOOLF, 59, 61 WOOTEN, 59, 60 WYSE, 58 YATES, 62 YENNI, 52, 53 YOUNG, 46, 67 ZUBER, 60, 63 r MORE QUERIES! #10 WEBSTER Seeking information (newspapers, court minutes, etc.) on shooting death of James Oscar WEBSTER 29 Mar 1912 possibly near juncture of Brazos/ Robertson/Leon Counties. 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