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Brazos Genealogist CONTENTS PAGE Brazos County residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 3 From the Editor’s Desk . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 10 Internet resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 12 Last Confederate Veteran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Blair 15 Business issue -Apr. 22, 1913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janis Hunt 17 Roster of Co. D, 10 Texas Infantry
. . . th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott McKay 20 Civil War Ancestors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Blair 26 When I was
21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janis Hunt 27 Index compiled by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Allen Dean 37 BRAZOS GENEALOGIST VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 1 WINTER 2003
BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION P. O. BOX 5493 BRYAN TX 77805-5493 OFFICERS 2003 PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN BLAIR email: johnblair83@hotmail.com VICE PRES . . . . . . . . .
. . . TREY HOLT email: holt@txcyber.com SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . JOAN BAILEY email: vbailey@gte.net TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY email: rhary@txcyber.com COMPUTER GROUP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLEN DEAN email: allendean@compuserve.com PAST PRES . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN BLAIR STAFF EDITORS RESEARCH/QUERIES
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY LOCAL HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY and JANIS HUNT CONTINUING
SERIES . . . . . BILL PAGE PRINTING/INDEXING . . . ALLEN DEAN MEETINGS Meetings held the third Monday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm in the Bryan Public Library. Please arrive
early as the library closes at 9:00 pm. Membership is on a calendar year basis, January through December. $15.00 a year. Quarterly picked up at meetings. $20.00 a year. Quarterly mailed.
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will correspond with the membership year. Dues cover the cost to members. WEB SITE The web site for the Brazos Genealogical Association is: http://user.txcyber.com/~bga/EXCHANGE The
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We solicit queries, family charts, copies of Bible records, articles and stories with Brazos Valley ties. Family charts should be 8 1/2 x 11 and fit a 3 ring binder. EDITORIAL POLICY
Neither the Brazos Genealogical Association nor the staff of the Quarterly will be responsible for error of fact or opinion expressed herein. Every effort is made to publish reliable
information. The editorial staff reserves the right to accept appropriate material with editing privileges on a space available basis. Members are encouraged to submit pictures/articles
of interest concerning the Brazos Valley. Research pertaining to deeds, Bible records, schools, churches, and other groups or organizations are desired. Research on material before the
turn of the century is especially welcome. The Association will do limited local Brazos County research for $10.00 an hour. Write for details and please enclose a SASE.
3 Brazos Genealogist Volume XXIV Number 1 Bryan/College Station Winter 2003 Texas Brazos County Residents by Bill PAGE Sample of families who have lived in Brazos County. A continuing
series. 14 Feb. 1996 LUZA family --Czech American family "LUZA-HANUS," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 30 Sept. 1915, p. 8. John LUZA "Brazos Soldier Suffers Wounds on French Beach," Bryan Daily
Eagle, 21 June 1944, p. 1, col. 2. Charles J. LUZA "Memorial Service For Pvt. LUZA On Monday Morning," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 Nov. 1944, p. 1, col. 3. Johnnie LUZA "Sgt. Charles LUZA Hit
By Shrapnel; Now Recovering," Bryan Daily Eagle, 18 Nov. 1944, p. 1, col. 3 "Car Parked in Downtown Area Damaged by Fire," Bryan Daily Eagle, 29 Apr. 1958, p. 8, col. 2. Vince LUZA car
"Vinze LUZA Buys Shop on Cavitt," Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 July 1964, p. 5, col. 4 *Article about LUZA family, Bryan Daily Eagle, 27 July 1965, sect. B, p. 3, col. 4 "HEBRON-LUZA Nuptials
Held In St. Joseph's," Bryan Daily Eagle, 16 June 1966, p. 4, col. 1. Lydia Cecilia LUZA "LUZA-JANKOWIAK Wed in Catholic Ceremony," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 Apr. 1967, sect. 2, p. 1, col.
3. John William LUZA "Double Ring Service United LUZA-COURTNEY," Bryan Daily Eagle, 21 Apr. 1968, sect. B, p. 1, col. 1. Charles J. LUZA, Jr. LUZA, Baltaza (1 Led [Jan.] 1828-24 Uno
[Feb.] 1910) Buried Mt. Cavalry cemetery 26 Apr. 1890 naturalized; subject of Austria; lived in Burleson Co. in 1876. Brazos Co. County Court Civil Minutes Reel #1020036, pp. 453-455
"The LUZAs were one of the first [Czech] families to come to Texas and Brazos County. They came from Bohemia in 1873 to New Orleans, from there on a small sailboat to Galveston, then
on to Brenham by rail, and from there overland to Burleson [Co.] by
4 wagon...The LUZAs spent four years in Burleson and came to Bryan in 1876...Six [eight] other families came at that time...the STASNEYs, SHRAMEKs, KOPESKYs, KALINECs, SKOPIERs, WYMOLAs,
LANCEKs, and the BRANDESKYs ...." (Lois WILCOX, Early History of Bryan, Texas, masters thesis, Univ. of Tx., 1952, pp. 83-84) 1875 Burleson Co. Tax Roll, precinct 3 1880 Brazos Co. Census
p.270a, aged 50, b. Moravia; & his sons Jacob aged 19, b. Moravia; Wincent aged 16, b. Moravia 1900 Brazos Co. Census, p. 223b, b. Jan. 1828, Bohemia, arrived U.S. 1873, father of Vincent
LUZA "Mr. and Mrs. Vincent LUZA ... celebrated their golden wedding anniversary...," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 17 Nov. 1904, p. 3, col. 2. Although the article says "Vincent", this may refer
to "Baltaza" ? LUZA, Jacob (Jakob) (1863-1951) --Buried Mt. Calvary cemetery 21 July 1890 naturalized, b. 1 May 1863, subject of Austria, arrived New Orleans Nov. 1874. Brazos Co. County
Court Civil Minutes Reel #1020036, pp. 465-467 "Another Gin for Bryan," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 13 Sept. 1906, p. 2, col. 4 1910 Brazos Co. Census p. 224b, aged 47, b. Bohemia, came to
U.S. 1873, naturalized "Jacob LUZA Robbed," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 21 Oct. 1915, p. 6, col. 3 Obituary: b. 26 Apr. 1863, Czechoslovakia; came to U.S. when 8. Bryan Daily Eagle, 6 Aug. 1951,
p. 4, col. 1 LUZA, Vincent (1865-1951) --Buried Mt. Calvary cemetery 26 Apr. 1890 naturalized, b.5 Apr. 1865, Austria; arrived Galveston 6 Sept. 1873. County Court Civil Minutes Reel
#1020036, pp. 457-459 1900 Brazos Co. Census p.223a, b. Apr. 1865, Bohemia, arrived U.S. 1873 Vincenz LUZA, 1910 Brazos Co. Census p. 175b, aged 45, b. Moravia, came to U.S. 1887, naturalized
"Funeral Service Held Today for Brazos Woman," Bryan Daily Eagle, 30 Oct. 1934, p. 1, col. 7. Mrs. Angelina BARAK, daughter of Vincent LUZA "Mr. and Mrs. LUZA Celebrate Golden Wedding
Anniversary," Bryan Daily Eagle, 20 Jan. 1942, p. 3, col. 6 "Funeral Service for Mrs. LUZA To Be On Wednesday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 20 Mar. 1945, p. 1, col. 6. Marie, wife of Vince Vince
LUZA Obituary: b. 15 Apr. 1865, Czechoslovakia; came to U.S. when 8; moved to Brazos Co. 4 years later. Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 Nov. 1951, p. 3, col. 6 LYNCH family "From Bryan," Galveston
Daily News, 26 June 1874, p. 1, col. 2. M. LYNCH served on coroner's jury *G. B. LYNCH supported prohibition, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 1887, p. 1 MACHOS family --family members buried
Mt. Calvary "Funeral Service Thursday Morning for Mrs. MACHOS," Bryan Daily Eagle, 8 June 1938, p. 1, col. 6. Mrs. Alice MACHOS.
5 MacKENZIE, Allan A. (29 Dec. 1859-8 Mar. 1940). Jeweler; born in Edinburgh, Scotland "McKENZIE & Co.," Pilot-Eagle, 12 Sept. 1895, p. 3, col. 4. (Filmed with Bryan Weekly Eagle). "A.
McKENZIE, Jeweler," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 Apr. 1913, sect. C, p. 8, col. 5 "Report on Court House Clock," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 21 Oct. 1915, p. 7, col. 6 "Town Clock Going," Bryan Weekly
Eagle, 4 Nov. 1915, p. 4, col. 6 "Fire At Home of A. McKENZIE Is Of No Damage," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 Aug. 1926, p. 2, col. 6 "60th Anniversary Is Celebrated By Couple of Bryan," Bryan
Daily Eagle, 5 Oct. 1936, p. 1, col. 2 "Funeral Service Held Today for Mrs. MacKENZIE," Bryan Daily Eagle, 3 May 1937, p. 1, col. 5 "Booming of Court House Clock After Years of Silence
Startles Many Bryanites Thursday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 Feb. 1939, p. 1, col. 3 "Stroke Suffered During Night by A. A. MacKENZIE," Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 Mar. 1940, p. 1, col. 1. "Aged
Citizen Passes Today After Stroke," Bryan Daily Eagle, 8 Mar. 1940, p. 1, col. 3 MALIK family --family members buried Mt. Calvary "Surprise Party Given Rosie and Joe MALIK on Their Birthday,"
Bryan Weekly Eagle, 23 Feb. 1928, p. 4, col. 6 "Huge Egg Found by Tabor Woman," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 June 1930, p. 6, col. 3. Mrs. Joe MALIK "Funeral Service for Brazos Woman to be
Wednesday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 July 1938, p. 1, col. 2. Mrs. Frances MALIK MALONEY, Joseph T. (1 June 1870-15 June 1953). Buried Bryan; Spanish American War veteran "Important Business
Change," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 9 Feb. 1905, p. 1, col. 2 "Exchange Hotel Sold," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 11 Apr. 1907, p. 7, col. 1 "Card from J. T. MALONEY," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 6 June
1912, p. 2, col. 4 "Big Real Estate Deal," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 19 Dec. 1912, p. 1, col. 3 "MALONEY Chairman Liberty Loan Week," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 May 1917, p. 1, col. 3 "Seventh
Birthday Observed," Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 Nov. 1917, p. 3, col. 3. Milton, son of J. T. MALONEY "When I Was 21," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 Feb. 1927, p. 1, col. 1 "Former Bryanite Played
Part in Atomic Bomb Job," Bryan Daily Eagle, 15 Aug. 1945, p. 1, col. 5. Joseph, son of J. T. MALONEY MANNING family "Mrs. MANNING," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 1 Nov. 1900, p. 7, col. 1 "Death
of Mr. COLLIER MANNING," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 12 Dec. 1907, p. 1, col. 2 "MANNING-LAND," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 23 Oct. 1913, p. 8, col. 4. Frank MANNING "Funeral Service of Brazos Woman
is Held on Friday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 Feb. 1936, p. 3, col. 7. Mrs. Mary MANNING
6"Funeral Service Held Saturday for Macy Man," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 18 Nov. 1936, p. 1, col. 7. J. F. B. MANNING "Critical Injury Result of Crash; Rams Into Wagon," Bryan Daily Eagle,
7 Feb. 1938, p. 1, col. 1. Sam MANNING "Funeral Service of Crash Victim This Afternoon," Bryan Daily Eagle, 8 Feb. 1938, p. 1, col. 8 MANTHEI family --family members buried at Kurten
"Leg Broken by Runaway Team," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 4 July 1907, p. 7, col. 4. Julius MANTHEI "Question of Feed," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 15 July 1915, p. 2, col. 5. William MANTHEI "Lime
as a Fertilizer," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 22 June 1916, p. 6, col. 5. Wm. MANTHEI "A Kurten Stockman Bought Good Stock," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 2 Mar. 1922, p. 2, col. 5. William MANTHEI "80th
Birthday Observed by Well Known Woman of Kurten Section," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 Apr. 1935, p. 5, col. 5 "Aged Resident of Kurten Dies; Funeral Tuesday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 28 January
1946, p. 1, col. 2. Mrs. Ernestine MANTHEI "August MANTHEI Kurten Farmer Dies Early Today," Bryan Daily Eagle, 11 May 1955, p. 10, col. 3 "Elaine MANTHEI Becomes Bride of Daniel JOBSKY,"
Bryan Daily Eagle, 16 Feb. 1964, sect. 2, p. 1, col. 1 "Local Woman Found Dead in Her Home," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 July 1964, p. 10, col. 5. Mrs. Olga MANTHEI "Mrs. Manthei," Bryan Daily
Eagle, 10 July 1964, p. 10, col. 7 MARAUN, Earnest (b.1830-d.1926). Buried Bryan; tailor; father-in-law of Charles NITCH & John WITTMAN; their family made Texas A&M Corps uniforms for
many years 30 Sept. 1878 declared intent to be naturalized. County Court Civil Minutes Reel #1020036, p. 133 Ernst MARAUN aged 43, tailor from Germany, arrived New York city 6 Nov. 1874
on ship Suevia, sailing from Hamburg; & his wife Amalie (45) and daughters Auge. (17), Minna (11) and Marie (6). (Germans to America, vol.31, p. 390) "Arrived Steam-Ship Suevia (Ger.,
new) Franzen, Hamburg Oct. 21 and Havre 25th, with mdse., and 100 cabin and 448 steerage passengers..." New York Times, 7 Nov. 1874, p. 12, col. 4 Earnest MAROUN, 1880 Census p. 242a,
aged 49, b. Prussia, father-in-law of John WITTMANN "During the afternoon the German-Americans paraded the town ...," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 7 July 1898, p. 6, col. 4 "Mr. E. MARAUN was
knocked from the railroad track...," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 24 Aug. 1899, p. 7, col. 4 "The suit for $20,000 damages by Ernest MARAUN against the H.& T.C. came up for trial yesterday...,"
(weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 Mar. 1900, p. 6, col. 2 E. MARAUN, 1900 Brazos Co. census p. 256b, b. Nov. 1830, Prussia, arrived U.S. 1874
7 "Mrs. MARAUM Dead," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 5 Nov. 1903, p. 2, col. 2 Earnest MARAN, 1920 Brazos Co. census, ED 8 sheet 4a line 27, aged 89, b.Prussia, arrived U.S. 1874, naturalized
1885 "Ernst MARAUN at Age of Ninety-Three Enjoys Good Health," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 29 Nov. 1923, p. 3, col. 4 "Prominent Pioneer Business Man of Bryan, Ernest MARAUN, Died Today --Aged
Over 95," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 21 Jan. 1926, p. 1, cols.7-8 MAREK family --Czech American family "Mr. MILBERGER and Rosalie MAREK were married...," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 17 Jan. 1895,
p. 3, col. 4 "Sheriff's Sale," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 25 Feb. 1904, p. 3, col. 3. V. C. MAREK "Old Resident Passes Away," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 15 Aug. 1912, p. 11, col. 6. Mrs. B. MAREK
"Bernard MAREK," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 21 Nov. 1912, p. 7, col. 4 "Frank MAREK Dead," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 Sept. 1914, p. 6, col. 6 MARINO family --Italian American family "Mrs. Lucie
MARINO Was Buried Friday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 10 Apr. 1924, p. 2, col. 6 "MARINO Funeral Services Held Today," Bryan Daily Eagle, 6 Jan. 1925, p. 1, col. 4. Steve MARINO "Short Sickness
Proves Fatal to Mrs. Chas. MARINO," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 8 May 1930, p. 5, col. 4. Mrs. Johnnie MARINO "Whiskey and Mash Found by Sheriff," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 Feb. 1931, p. 5, col.
8. Charles MARINO "MARINO Furlough Revoked; to Go Back to Prison," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 10 Dec. 1931, p. 5, col. 3. Charles MARINO "Funeral Service of Brazos Woman Sunday Afternoon,"
Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 Apr. 1937, p. 1, col. 1. Mrs. Lena MARINO "Louis MARINO," Bryan Daily Eagle, 14 Feb. 1964, p. 10, col. 6 MARTIN family *James MARTIN, of Brazos Co., was married
near Pleasant Hill, Houston Co., Galveston Tri-Weekly News, 8 Dec. 1871, p. 3 "The store house of Mr. James F. MARTIN of Brazos Co. was robbed ...," (Austin) Daily State Journal, 10
Apr. 1872, p. 1 "BARRON-MARTIN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 Mar. 1900, p. 1, col. 6. Mrs. Mary E. MARTIN "LACEY-MARTIN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 17 Jan. 1901, p. 6, col. 4. Miss Carrie MARTIN,
daughter of James James W. MARTIN "Mr. J. W. MARTIN Dead," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 31 Jan. 1901, p. 2, col. 1. James William MARTIN, son of S. C. MARTIN "MARTIN-TUCKER," (weekly) Bryan
Eagle, 2 Apr. 1903, p. 2, col. 2. Grandchild of Rev. S. C. MARTIN "Rev. S. C. MARTIN Dead," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 31 Dec. 1903, p. 1, col. 1
8"Death of Mrs. V. M. MARTIN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 24 Mar. 1904, p. 3, col. 2. Mrs. Virginia Matilda MARTIN, widow of R. B. MARTIN "Death of Mrs. W. S. MARTIN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle,
19 Sept. 1907, p. 8, col. 1 "DANSBY-MARTIN Wedding," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 26 Dec. 1907, p. 1, col. 5. Nellie Ruth, daughter of W. S. MARTIN "Mr. Thomas H. MARTIN Dead," (weekly) Bryan
Eagle, 23 Apr. 1908, p. 1, col. 6 "Oscar MARTIN Found Dead in Houston Hotel," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 31 July 1913, p. 2, col. 2. Son of Will MARTIN "MARTIN-BOND," (weekly) Bryan Eagle,
15 Oct. 1913, p. 5, col. 5. Esker MARTIN, son of T. B. MARTIN "MARTIN-DEAN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 8 Jan. 1914, p. 7, col. 2. Paul MARTIN, son of Mrs. O. L. WILCOX "J. F. MARTIN Helped
Print Here in 1856," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 12 July 1917, p. 3, col. 4 MARTINSEN, Ole (9 Jan. 1879-17 Feb. 1951). Buried Bryan; Swedish immigrant; contractor for Varisco Building "MARTINSON-OPERSTENY,"
(weekly) Bryan Eagle, 4 Jan. 1912, p. 8, col. 3 "Tourists Coming Home," Bryan Weekly Weekly Eagle, 10 Sept. 1914, p. 8, col. 2 "Excavations for Halsell Motor Co. Building Begun," Bryan
Weekly Eagle, 17 Nov. 1927, p. 6, col. 5. O. MARTINSEN was the contractor. "Marie MARTINSEN Has Party Celebrating 14th Birthday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 30 May 1934, p. 6, col. 6. Daughter
of Ole MARTINSEN "Young Bryanite is Maker of Violin; Hearers Praise It," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 31 Mar. 1937, p. 1, col. 5. Henry O. MARTINSEN, son of Ole MARTINSEN. "Ole MARTINSEN Barn
Destroyed by Fire," Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 Dec. 1938, p. 3, col. 5 "Miss Marie MARTINSEN, Prospective Bride, Honored With Shower," Bryan Daily Eagle, 18 Apr. 1944, p. 2, col. 3 "Miss Marie
MARTINSEN Complimented With Party Monday Night," Bryan Daily Eagle, 23 May 1944, p. 5, col. 1 "St. Joseph Church Is Scene of Wedding Ceremony of Lt. PITRE and Miss MARTINSEN," Bryan
Daily Eagle, 26 May 1944, p. 7, cols. 4-5 "Funeral Service for Ole MARTINSEN Will be Monday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 Feb. 1951, p. 1, col. 3 "Funeral Service for Ole MARTINSEN Held Here
Today," Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 Feb. 1951, p. 1, col. 5 MARWILL, Harry --liquor dealer "Harry MARWILL," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 Apr. 1913, sect.1, p. 7, col. 2 "Bryan's Oldest Firm Retires,"
Bryan Weekly Eagle, 8 July 1915, p. 7, col. 3 MATHIS, James E. (4 Aug. 1838-14 May 1930). Buried Tryon; Confederate veteran Brazos County History--Rich Past, Bright Future, p. 239 *Served
in Georgia Artillery, Bryan Daily Eagle, 27 June 1922, p. 1, col. 5 "MATHIS' Reunion and Birthday Dinner," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 7 Aug. 1924, p. 1, col. 3
9 "MATHIS Family Hold Reunion at Bryan Home," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 13 Aug. 1925, p. 2, col. 5 *Obituary, Bryan Weekly Eagle, 22 May 1930, p. 4, col. 3 MAURO family --Italian American
family; family members buried Mt. Calvary "Miss Mary CASH and Dominec MAURO Were Married on Saturday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 27 Nov. 1924, p. 3, col. 3 "Crop Prospects on MAURO Farm Now
Thot Good," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 July 1930, p. 1, col. 5. Frank MAURO "First Cotton of County in Bryan Today," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 13 Aug. 1931, p. 2, col. 1. Frank MAURO "Funeral
Service Tuesday Morning for Brazos Girl," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 27 Sept. 1933, p. 1, col. 4. Miss Josephine MAURO "Frank MAURO, 81, Early Settler Dies Today," Bryan Daily Eagle, 23 May
1955, p. 8, col. 1 MAWHINNEY family "W. S. HIGGS," in Frank Clark ADAMS, Texas Democracy, vol.2, pp. 310-311. Son of Thomas W. HIGGS & Esther MAWHINNEY HIGGS "Death of Mrs. T. W. HIGGS,"
(weekly) Bryan Eagle, 17 Jan. 1901, p. 1, col. 4. Esther Jane MAWHINNEY HIGGS "New Dry Goods Stock," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 8 Aug. 1907, p. 7, col. 4. J. H. MAWHINNEY "Hymenial," (weekly)
Bryan Eagle, 30 July 1908, p. 6, col. 4. Miss Sadie MAWHINNEY "Mrs. J. H. MAWHINNEY Dead," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 Apr. 1908, p. 6, col. 5 "MYERS-MAWHINNEY," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 11
July 1910, p. 3, cols.4-5 "MAWHINNEY-STONE," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 14 Jan. 1915, p. 2, col. 6. Robert S. MAWHINNEY MAYO, J. L. (d.1922). Buried Texas State Cemetary in Austin; Millican
mayor; Confederate veteran *Mayor of Millican, Galveston Daily News, 23 May 1879, p. 3 "The steam mill and gin of J. L. MAYOR was burned this evening...," Galveston Daily News, 25 Nov.
1879, p. 1 "Mr. Thomas McMICHAEL...," Galveston Daily News, 7 Sept. 1880, p. 1. Accident at MAYO's gin "Thos. McMICHAEL...," Galveston Daily News, 11 Sept. 1880, p. 1 *Ran for sheriff,
Weekly Brazos Pilot, 1 Sept. 1882, p. 3 "Bryan...an ice company has been formed here...," Galveston Daily News, 14 Oct. 1883, p. 4 *candidate for sheriff, Dallas Morning News, 10 June
1886, p. 5 *Married Married Laura BROWNLEE, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 30 Jan. 1890, p. 5, col. 3. "John L. MAYO," Austin Statesman, 27 Jan. 1922, p. 7, col. 5 "MAYO, John L.," Field and
Laboratory, vol.27, 1959, p. 144-145
10 Procession down Main St. -Bryan Air Force Base (official U.S. Air Force photo) ca. 1950's LaSalle Hotel in background; Potts Jewelry in middle; Caldwell Jewelers in foreground From
The Editor’s Desk We are starting another year. If you have an article or item of genealogy news or picture that you can send, we welcome contributions. Thank you. A list of web sites
is included in this quarterly. See p. 15 for a web site forwarded by Mildred COLLETT that has many links to genealogy sites. Thanks to Clara MOUNCE for the following pictures.
11 Army air field mechanics The picture at left was inadvertently left out of the article “The Forgotten President” by John BLAIR in the fall 2002 issue. William S t u a r t L o r r
a i n e B RI NGHURST wa s president of A&M College for 7 months in the early 1890's.
12 Some Internet Resources Which I Think are Interesting by Bill PAGE Florida Florida Confederate Pension Application Files http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/Pensionfiles.html Georgia
Digital Library of Georgia http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/Illinois Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/datcivil.html Indiana Indiana
State Archives. The Naturalization Data Base http://www.in.gov/serv/icpr_naturalization A partial index; ongoing project. Kentucky Kentucky Secretary of State Indexes to various land
grants. ttp://www.sos.state.ky.us/ADMIN/LANDOFFI/searchable.asp Kentucky Death Index for 1911-1986 http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/Louisiana ttp://nutrias.org/~nopl/info/louinfo/deaths/deaths.htm
New Orleans Death Index: Daily Picayune, 1837-1857; 1870 Confederate Pension Applications Index Database http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm Maryland Archives of Maryland
Online http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html Various records from the 1600s to the 1930s.
13 Baltimore County Newspapers Marriage & Death Notice Archive http://www.bcpl.net/~pely/archives/index.html Currently covers 1850 through 1857. Massachusetts Salem Witch Trials Documentary
Archive and Transcription Project http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm Covers
1867 to 1897 Missouri St. Louis Obituary Index http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/obit.htm Tedious, because you have to check each year separately; covers 1880-1919, 1942-1945, 1992-2002
North Carolina Loyalists During the American Revolution http://members.aol.com/HoseyGen/NCLOYAL.HTML Not complete, but an easy starting point. Ohio ttp://dxsrv4.cpl.org/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&nex
t=/html/obit_start.html&dbchoice= 1:dbname=necr&bad=html/authofail.html&style=noframe (Or, find this by searching on Google for "Cleveland Necrology" ) Cleveland (Ohio) Necrology File
The Cleveland Necrology File contains local cemetery records and newspaper death notices for the following years: 1833, 1847-1848, 1850-1975. A more complete description of the file's
contents can be found in the "About" section of the database. Ohio Historical Society War of 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/rosters.html Oklahoma
Index to Oklahoma Confederate Pension Records http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/archives/collections.htm 1890 Oklahoma Territory Census Index http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/lib/1890/1890index.htm
Tennessee The Memphis Appeal http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mckibben/
14 Various indexes covering 1843 to 1887. Texas Fort Worth Public Library Obituary Index http://www.fortworthlibrary.org/obits.htm Obituaries in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 1966-1993
and the Fort Worth Press from 1966-1976 Galveston Immigration Database http://www.tsm-elissa.org/immigration-main.htm Requires registration (but is free) The Residents of Texas 1782-1836
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/restx.htm Ongoing project. Virginia Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls http://eagle.vsla.edu/war1812/virtua-basic.html Virginia Runaways
ttp://www.uvawise.edu/history/runaways/Searchable database of ads for runaway slaves in Virginia; again, much data on the white owners. Plus, also some soldiers and sailors who deserted,
as well as runaway servants. Great Britain Search the London Gazette Archive Search by multiple criteria to find exactly what you are looking for. This archive contains all London Gazette
editions from the war years (1914-1920, 1939-1948), and all London Gazette Honours and Awards in the 20th Century. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSearch.asp?WebType=2&Referer=WW1
Ireland Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800 http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/Thousands of names, mostly in northern Ireland. MISCELLANEOUS American Slaves and Slave Owners ttp://www.afrigeneas.com/sl
avedata/manifests.html A Partial Transcription of Inward Slave Manifests Port of New Orleans, Record Group 36,
15 United States Customs Service, Collector of Customs at New Orleans National Archives This not only lists African Americans, it also indexes lots of data about slave owners. Capital
Punishment http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm Before the Needle: Executions in America Before Lethal Injection A strange website, but it lists over 14,000 deaths in various states,
some from the early 1700s. Clayton Library Finding Aids Microfilm Collection http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/clmc0.html Long lists of the materials on microfilm at the Houston library
County Records Public Records Online http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm Links to mostly recent records for each state. General Information American Memory (from Library of
Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/Wide variety of materials, including laws granting pensions, “American State Papers” (Grassroots of America), etc.; new materials added periodically,
so keep checking back. National Archives Archival Research Catalog http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html You can limit results to items linked to digital images. [Editor’s
note: Mildred COLLETT forwarded this web site that has a lot of genealogy links. Certainly worth looking at!] http://www.d230.org/stagg/LiskaLinks/genealogy.htm The Last Confederate
Veteran by John BLAIR On March 2, 1936 The Bryan Daily Eagle printed the obituary of William Edward SAUNDERS with the title "Last Brazos Confederate Buried Today." Actually, it would
be an additional thirteen months later that the last Confederate veteran would be laid to rest
16 in a little windswept cemetery in northern Brazos County. Who was this county's last surviving Confederate veteran? He was born October 14, 1843 in Sumter County, Alabama to Sampson
and Milly and moved with other families from that area to Texas in December 1852. In April 1862, he traveled to the city of Galveston to assist in preparing earthworks and fortifications
for the impending invasion by Federal troops. Later that year in July he would travel to Little Rock, Arkansas where he joined Company A, 13th Texas Dismounted Cavalry Regiment and would
serve faithfully in that unit until the end of the war. He remembered the grisly task of burying the dead and fighting with other members of his company at the battle of Pleasant Hill,
Louisiana in 1864. The war ended for him in May 1865. After the war, he returned to Texas to marry Lucinda CHILDRESS and together they began to raise a small family. In 1882 he moved
to Brazos County and began farming south of the nearby community of Edge. He applied for a Confederate veteran's pension through the State of Texas on November 16, 1923 and it was approved
on February 5, 1924. Lieutenant Horatio DURST of Company A vouched for his service and later recalled those years, "The battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, were what could
be called running fights, as we were in an almost continuous charge after the first encounter, which was hotly contested, the enemy making a stand every mile or so." AND "After marching
four days and nights in a continuous rain for ten hours just preceding this battle (speaking of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas), I look back on this incident with horror, as I know that a number
of the wounded must have died from exposure in the water where they fell. Everything was against us, and it was called a victory for the Confederates, but a very dear one, I think."
This pension would amount to $25.00 a month for the remainder of his life from the State of Texas in recognition of his service. At the 1928 Annual Hood's Brigade Reunion he traveled
to downtown
Bryan to visit and talk over "old times" with some of his fellow veterans. When he died on April 3, 1937, he was 93 years old. His burial the next day would pass with little to no fanfare
and perhaps was only noticed by his family, church and the man who paid for his funeral, Charles M. PAYNE. No one seems to remember this veteran, Frank S. SIMS, who was black. He not
only carries the distinction of being the last Confederate veteran; he is also most likely the oldest veteran of African descent buried in the county.
17 This issue continues another series on individuals in The Bryan Daily Eagle Business Issue on April 22, 1913. Transcribed by Janis HUNT. Harry MARWILL, Wines and Liquors One of the
oldest and most prosperous liquor dealer's establishments in the city of Bryan is that conducted by Harry MARWILL, which has been in operation for seventeen years in this city. The stock
carried by this establishment consists of the finest imported and domestic wines, liquors, and cigars, including every line usually carried in stock by modern establishments of its kind.
This house has the enviable distinction of being the second oldest business of its kind in the city of Bryan. Mr. Harry MARWILL, the enterprising, accommodating and affable proprietor
of this place, is a man highly esteemed by his large circle of friends and patrons. He is a worthy citizen, who has contributed substantially and often to all enterprises and policies
for the advancement of the interests of the city and that of its citizens. * * * * * Judge L. D. D. McGEE, Judge of the Peace Judge L.D. McGEE, Justice of the Peace of Precinct No. 4,
Brazos County, was born in McNairy County, Tennessee, and reared in Henderson County, in that State. In October, 1877, he came to Bryan, where he has resided since. During the first
year of his residence here he engaged in teaching school during the winter, devoting himself to farming during the remainder of the year. In 1890 he was elected Justice of the Peace,
serving with ability and distinction for one term, after which he re-engaged in farming. He returned to Bryan in 1905 and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1906, in which position
he served so satisfactorily to the people that he has been re-elected three times since. In December, 1878, he was married and has reared a family of four children, all of whom are married
and are valuable additions to the communities in which they live. Judge McGEE is a prominent, leading and popular citizen, esteemed by all, and made a noted success in every line of
business in which which he has engaged. * * * * *
18 A. McKENZIE -Jeweler The jewelry establishment of A. McKENZIE, which was established in Bryan in 1883, is one of the noteworthy modern business enterprises of its kind in this locality.
Mr. McKENZIE carries a full line of jewelry, and makes a specialty of the best watch repair service to be had in this section of the country. He has been in successful business at his
present stand since 1906. Mr. McKENZIE is a pioneer citizen of Bryan, having resided here continuously since 1880, and is one of the leading substantial and reliable business men of
the city who has aided in its advancements to its present prosperous condition. Mr. A. J. ROBBINS, clerk in this establishment, came to Bryan from Smith's Point, Chambers county, Texas,
about eight years ago and has resided here since. He is a graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, mechanical engineering department. He has served in his present position
for about six months, and during that time has shown marked ability in the discharge of his duties. He is popular with all his acquaintances and is known as one of the most enterprising
young business men of this city. * * * * * MENDLOVITZ Department Store The MENDLOVITZ Department Store is one of the recent and notable additions to the important business establishments
which swells the rapidly growing list of creditable enterprises incident to the great prosperity of the city of Bryan. This business was established here two years ago, upon the removal
of its proprietor from Houston to this city. The store maintains an extensive well selected stock of the best grades of goods, including ladies' and gentlemen's ready-to-wear garments,
outfittings, notions, and accessories including all the lines incident to stocks of first-class department stores of its kind. A special and important feature of the stock of this store
is the extensive line of shoes carried in its shoe department, consisting of all the staple brands manufactured by the best known factories in the United States. Mr. MENDLOVITZ is a
man of extensive business experience who has always been successful in every enterprises and undertaking he has engaged in during the years of his commercial activities. His fair dealings,
courtesy, and attentiveness to his patrons have resulted in the building up of a volume of trade for his establishment that is a credit to his methods and the staple quality of his goods.
He is a prominent, respected and highly esteemed citizen, who is a valuable adjunct to any city where public spirited men are
19 necessary to its continued prosperity and progressive improvement. The gents' furnishings department of the store is in charge of Mr. William PALASOTA, who has been with the store
since it first opened. He is a man of experience and capacity in the duties of that important department. The extensive ladies' ready-to-wear department is able supervised by Miss Myrle
CALHOUN, one of the most efficient, capable and courteous sales-ladies in the city. She, too, began service with the store on its opening day. * * * * * Bryan Marble and Granite -C.
R. MONTGOMERY, Manager The Bryan Marble and Granite Works is a creditable enterprise of this city. It was established in July, 1912, and has been under the capable management and supervision
of Mr. C. R. MONTGOMERY since it opened for business. It is the best equipped marble and granite plant in Southern Texas, having recently installed a pneumatic air tool plant, which
is a great labor-saving machine and invaluable in polishing and engraving stones. This concern makes a specialty at the manufacture and engraving of the highest grades of first-class
tombstones and monuments turned out by any modern scientific and artistic manufactory of its class in Texas. Mr. MONTGOMERY is an experienced man in his business and this enterprise
has been a success under his direction. He is a believer in the future of Bryan, and is giving the full measure of his support to all policies for its improvement and advancement. He
is a reliable, energetic business man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens. * * * * * John A. MOORE, Jr. -General Insurance One of the substantial and solid insurance
agencies which enjoys an extensive share of general insurance incident to the progress of the city of Bryan, is that conducted by John A. MOORE, Jr. of this city. This agency conducts
a general insurance business, including life, fire accident and liability insurance, representing for that purpose some of the oldest, leading and most reliable insurance companies in
the world. The office of this agency is located in the First National Bank building, where the public is always welcome when desiring information relative to any matters in the insurance
line.
20 Mr. MOORE is a man of extensive and successful experience in his line of business and is prepared to render patrons the best service procurable in all matters relating to reliable
insurance. He is assisted in his work by capable and efficient assistants who are experienced in the insurance business, thus insuring prompt attention to the wants of all patrons. Roster
of Co. D, 10th Texas Infantry Organized by William C. WILSON At Fairfield, Freestone County Texas, On October 26, 1861 Researched & Compiled By: Scott McKAY Officers Name Rank Age Enlisted
Remarks WILSON, William C. Capt. 32 Oct. 31, 1861 Resigned Comm. f rom Illness -Jul. 28, 1862 WORTHAM, John L. Capt. 19 Oct. 31, 1861 D i e d o f D i s e a s e i n Arkansas -Aug. 24,
1862 KENNEDY, Reuben D. Capt. 23 Oct. 31, 1861 Surrendered Near Durham, NC -Apr. 28, 1865 TAYLOR, William L. 1Lt. 28 Oct. 31, 1861 Surrendered Near Durham, NC -Apr. 28, 1865 WATSON,
John C. 1Lt. 22 Oct. 31, 1861 Escaped Capture at Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 TACKER, John B. 2Lt. 47 47 Oct. 31, 1861 Resigned Comm. f rom Illness -Aug. 1, 1862 CAMPBELL, Jeff. G. 3Lt.
29 Oct. 31, 1861 Escaped Capture at Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 Non Commissioned Officers Name Rank Age Enlisted Remarks ROBERTSON, Abe OrdSgt 19 Oct. 23, 1861 Absent In Trans Miss Dept
-Jan. 11, 1863 COWSER, John F. 1Sgt. 24 Oct. 23, 1861 Last Recorded Present in Ga. -Apr. 31, 1864 BUSBY, Milton 1Sgt. 18 Oct. 23, 1861 Ki l l e d a t J o n e s b o r o , Georgia -Sep.
1, 1864 DRAKE, Matthew M. 1Sgt. 20 Oct. 23, 1861 I n a Mi s s . h o s p . wi t h Wound -Jan. 1, 1865 McSWANE, John W. 1Sgt. 26 Oct. 23, 1861 D i e d o f D i s e a s e i n
21 Arkansas -Aug. 13, 1862 CARTER, David L. 2Sgt. 25 Oct. 23, 1861 Discharged in Texas -Jan. 15, 1862 MAYO, William R. 2Sgt. __ Apr. 16, 1862 Surrendered Near Durham, NC -Apr. 28, 1865
WATSON, Charles L. 2Sgt. 20 Apr. 1, 1862 Wounded/Captured @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 BATY, Thomas F. 3Sgt. 26 Oct. 31, 1861 K i l l e d a t J o n e s b o r o , Georgia -Sep. 1, 1864 McSWANE,
Peter R. 3Sgt. 24 Dec. 20, 1861 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 QUIMBY, Hance R. 4Sgt. 34 Oct. 31, 1861 Detailed to Tex for Clothing -Sep. 1, 1862 BONNER, Oliver A. 5Sgt. 23
Oct. 31, 1861 Detailed to go to Texas -Nov. 5, 1862 SIMS, Thomas W. 2Cpl. 16 Oct. 31, 1861 Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. -Sep. 1, 1864 CLARK , Lawrence 3Cpl. 26 Apr. 1, 1862 Absent in Trans
Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 DRAKE, Thomas M. 4Cpl. 17 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 SMITH, William L. 4Cpl. 21 Nov. 16, 1861 Di e d f r om Wo u n d i n Georgia
-Aug. 4, 1864 WHALEY, Elijah M. 4Cpl. 19 Oct. 31, 1861 Surrendered Near Durham, NC -Apr. 28, 1865 Privates Name Rank Age Enlisted Remarks ADAMS, Peter L. Pvt. 19 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent
in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 ADAMS, William L. Pvt. __ Apr. 31, 1862 Escaped Capture at Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 AUGUSTINE, Joseph Pvt. 31 Oct. 31, 1861 Detailed to Division Hqrs.
-Jul. __ 1862 AWALT, Isaac R. Pvt. 30 Oct. 31, 1861 Detai led as Ordnance Guard -Jan. 16, 1862 AYCOCK, William Pvt. 16 Oct. 31, 1861 D i e d o f D i s e a s e i n Arkansas -May 27, 1862
AYCOCK, Yancey Pvt. 18 Oct. 31, 1861 Died of Disease in Texas -Feb. 28, 1862 BALDEREE, Sterling Pvt. __ Apr. 27, 1862 D i e d o f D i s e a s e i n Arkansas -Sep. 13, 1862 BARRINGTON,
Thos. B. Pvt. __ Apr. 12, 1862 Died of Disease in Texas -Aug. 10, 1862
22 BASS, John W. Pvt. 20 Oct. 31, 1861 D i e d o f D i s e a s e i n Arkansas -Aug. 12, 1862 BATY, John A. Pvt. 22 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent Sick in Dalton, Ga. -Apr. 31, 1864 BEAM, George
Pvt. 17 Nov. 7, 1861 Died of Disease in Texas -Nov. 7, 1861 BEAM, William Pvt. 21 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged -Apr. 11, 1862 BEAVER, Hugh K. Pvt. 22 Oct. 31, 1861 Died of Disease
in Virginia -Apr. 7, 1863 BEAVER, Thomas H. Pvt. 17 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged in Tex -May 24, 1862 BEAN, William P. Pvt. 20 Oct. 31, 1861 In Augusta, Georgia hosp. -Oct. 12,
1864 BETTS, Isaac R. Pvt. 24 Oct. 31, 1861 Furloughed from a Va. hosp -Apr. 18, 1863 BETTS, Joseph F. Pvt. __ Apr. 4, 1862 In Augusta, Georgia hosp. -Oct. 12, 1864 BETTS, William A.
Pvt. 21 Oct. 31, 1862 Died of Disease @Camp Doug. -Feb. 9, 1863 BONNER, Andrew S. Pvt. 26 ___________ Died at Fairfield, Texas -___, __, 1865 BONNER, Irvin H. Pvt. 18 Oct. 31, 1861 Furloughed
f rom a Va. hosp. -Apr. 28, 1863 BONNER, John L. Pvt. 31 May 8, 1862 De t a i le d Ord . Wa g g o n Master -Nov. 1863 BONNER, William S. Pvt. 41 ___________ -No Military Information
Available BOSWELL, William O. Pvt. 19 Oct. 31, 1861 Killed @Pickett’s Mill -May 27, 1864 BOWLES, Dawson Pvt. __ ___________ Released from a Ga. Hosp. -Mar. 14, 1864 BROOKES, William
Pvt. __ Apr. 1, 1862 Left Ill at Camp Douglas -Apr. 1, 1863 BUSBY, David Pvt. 18 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged -Jul. 25, 1863 CAMPBELL, Chas. C. Pvt. __ Apr. 30, 1862 D i e d o
f D i s e a s e i n Arkansas -Jun. 16, 1862 CAMPBELL, Robert B. Pvt. 25 Dec. 20, 1861 Furloughed from Virginia hosp. -May 1863 COLGIN, Charles Pvt. 25 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged
@Texas -May 24,1862 COLGIN, Richard E. Pvt. 21 Apr. 1, 1862 E s c a p e d Ca p t u r e @Arkansas Post -Jan. 1863 COLGIN, Saladin E. Pvt. 23 Nov. 20, 1861 D i e d o f D i s e a s e @
23 Arkansas -Sep. 13, 1862 CRAIG, Samuel R. Pvt. 34 Apr. 4, 1862 D i e d o f D i s e a s e @Arkansas -Jul. 18, 1862 DeBORDE, John J. Pvt. 29 Apr. 2, 1862 Surrendered as SgtMaj. @NC -Apr.
28, 1865 DRIVER, Marion Pvt. 25 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged -Jul. 25, 1863 ECHOLS, Benjamin R. Pvt. 22 Dec. 20, 1861 Ab se n t in Tran s Mi s s Department -1863 FERRELL, James
L. Pvt. __ Apr. 1, 1862 Orderly for Brg. Gen. Smith -Oct. 31, 1863 FERRELL, William H. Pvt. 18 Oct. 31, 1861 Teamster -Absent in Trans Miss Dept -1863 FIFE, James H. Pvt. 21 Dec. 20,
1861 Teamster -Absent in Trans Miss Dept -1863 FORD, John W. Pvt. 27 Dec. 20, 1861 Didn’t Return from Furlough -Mar. 1, 1864 GAIUS, George Pvt. 22 Dec. 20, 1861 Detached Duty as Gun
Smith -Jun. 5, 1864 GLENN, Jacob W. Pvt. 25 Oct. 31, 1861 Deserted In Trans Miss Dept. -Jan. 1863 GLENN, William M. Pvt. 23 Oct. 31, 1861 Died of Disease in Camp Douglas -Feb. 1863 GOODWIN,
John F. Pvt. 21 Oct. 31, 1861 Died of Disease in Camp Douglas -Mar. 1863 GRAY, Zebulon Pvt. __ ___________ Admitted to Macon, Ga. Hospital -Mar. 1864 HAGAN, Jesse Pvt. 16 Oct. 31, 1861
On Detached Duty in Trans Miss Dept -1863 HARRIS, Charles H. Pvt. __ Apr. 4, 1864 Died of Disease in Camp Douglas -Mar. 1863 HOGUE, Josiah F. Pvt. 18 Dec. 20, 1861 Wounded at Jonesboro,
Ga. -Aug. 31, 1864 HOGUE, Wm. A. F. Pvt. 25 Oct. 31, 1861 Died of Disease @Texas -May 6, 1862 HOGUE, William A. Pvt. __ Feb. 15, 1862 D i e d o f D i s e a s e @Arkansas -Aug. 13, 1862
JOBE, Moses Pvt. 22 Jan. 10, 1862 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 KENDRICK, Joseph G. Pvt. 25 Feb. 22, 1862 Surrendered Near Durham, NC -Apr. 28, 1865 LEE, Jerry W. Pvt. 27
Oct. 31, 1861 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 LEE, Jesse G. W. Pvt. 21 Oct. 31, 1861 D i e d o f D i s e a s e i n Arkansas -Oct. 16, 1862
24 LEE, John Pvt. 20 Oct. 31, 1861 P r e s e n t F o r D u t y i n Georgia -Apr. 31, 1864 LEE, John T. Pvt. 18 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged @Tex -Apr. 10, 1862 LEE, John Pvt.
22 Jan. 10, 1862 Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. -Sep. 1, 1864 LEE, John Pvt. 18 Apr. 25, 1862 Disability Discharged -May 24, 1862 LEE, Levi Pvt. 29 Dec. 20, 1861 Detailed as “Teamster” -Sep.
9, 1862 LEE, Robert Pvt. 21 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 MANLEY, M. D. Pvt. __ _____________ Died of Disease in Georgia -Jun. 11, 1863 MATHIS, W. N. Pvt. __
___________ Paroled in Meridian Miss. -May 17, 1865 MAYO, George W. Pvt. 17 Oct. 31, 1861 Deserted at St. Louis -Feb. __, 1863 McCHORD, Erasmus D. Pvt. 20 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent in Trans
Miss Dept. -Jan. 11, 1863 McCOULLOGH, W. Pvt. __ ____________ Prisoner of U.S. in Alabama -Jun. __, 1865 MILLER, Mannish Pvt. 22 Oct. 31, 1861 Detailed Gun Smith in Ark. -Jun. 5, 1862
MORELAND, Lucius L. Pvt. 24 Nov. 7, 1861 Detailed to QtrMaster Dept -Feb. 2, 1862 NEWBY, Uriah E. Pvt. Pvt. 20 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent In Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 OVERSTREET, Dan.
S. Pvt. 29 Apr. 4, 1862 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 OVERSTREET, James Pvt. 22 Oct. 31, 1861 Absent In Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 OVERSTREET, Thomas Pvt. __ Apr. 26,
1862 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 OVERSTREET, William Pvt. 26 Oct. 31, 1861 Discharged with "Acphrites" -Aug. 31, 1862 OWEN, James J. Pvt. 21 Oct. 31, 1861 D i e d o f D
i s e a s e i n Arkansas -Jun. 24, 1862 PATTON, William T. Pvt. 26 Nov. 6, 1861 Transferred to 4th Texas Inf-Mar. 8, 1862 PRAUL, Joseph C. Pvt. __ ___________ Released from a Ga. hosp.
-Mar. 7, 1865 PRUITT, Francis M. Pvt. 20 Jan. 10, 1862 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 PRUITT, John H. Pvt. __ Apr. 7, 1862 Died of Disease in Texas
25 -Apr. 7, 1862 ROARK, Barney P. Pvt. 16 Oct. 31, 1861 Surrendered Near Durham, NC -Apr. 28, 1865 SHANKS, James H. Pvt. 23 Dec. 31, 1861 Killed at Chickamauga -Sep. 20, 1863 SHANKS,
Robert J. Pvt. 21 Dec. 20, 1861 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 SHELTON, Thomas Pvt. 18 Apr. 21, 1862 Disability Discharged @Ark -Sep. 23, 1862 SIMMONS, W. F. Pvt. __ ___________
Discharged for Disability -Apr. 23, 1862 SLAUGHTER, Geo. W. Pvt. 21 Nov. 7, 1861 Killed at Franklin, Tenn. -Nov. 30, 1864 SMALL, John K. Pvt. 24 Oct. 31, 1861 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post
-Jan. 11, 1863 SMITH, Presley S. Pvt. 25 Apr. 1, 1862 D e t a i l e d T e a m s t e r @Supply Train -May 1863 SPILLERS, Wm. A. Pvt. __ Jun. 14, 1862 D i e d o f D i s e a s e @Arkansas
-Oct. 27, 1862 TACKER, John R. Pvt. 21 Apr. 4, 1862 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 TACKER, Joshua E. Pvt. 23 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged @Tex -Jan. 15, 1862 TACKER,
Wesley S. Pvt. 26 Oct. 31, 1861 Wounded @Jonesboro, Ga. -Sep. 1, 1864 TULL, Isaac W. Pvt. 26 Apr. 26, 1862 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 WALKER, James Pvt. 17 Apr. 27, 1862
Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 WELCH, Henry B. Pvt. 19 Oct. 31, 1862 Escaped Capture @Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 WHITESTON, W. D. Pvt. __ ___________ -No Military Information
Available WILLIAMS, David H. Pvt. __ Mar. 29, 1862 Absent in Trans Miss Dept -Jan. 11, 1863 WILLS, Simon W. Pvt. 21 Apr. 1, 1862 Escaped Capture A Ark. Post -Jan. 11, 1863 WOOLEY, John
W. Pvt. 25 Oct. 31, 1861 Took Oath in U.S. Prison -Feb. 28, 1863 WORTHAM, James W. Pvt. 17 Oct. 31, 1861 Disability Discharged in Ark. -Jul. 1862 Copyright 1998, Scott McKAY
26 Civil War Ancestors -"going Beyond the service Record" part 1 by John BLAIR The American Civil War, or War Between the States, holds a fascination for most Americans. Many genealogists
who share this interest have a strong desire to pursue their family's involvement during this historic and tragic event in American history. Since it is the most studied and published
conflict in our nation's history, there are volumes of information and records available. The problem for most is simply where to begin? While it may be relatively easy to find our ancestor's
service information, i.e. State, Rank, Regiment, and Company, this information leaves the more experienced genealogist searching for more. The basic service record can be equated to
the vital statistics of birth, marriage and death. These are the foundation from which we all begin to build our family's history. To begin your pursuit, let's start with attempting
to obtain a couple of documents, if they are available. The State of Texas enacted the legislation to provide Confederate veterans who were considered indigent in 1899. These files are
housed at the Texas State Library in Austin and a quick check on-line can determine if your ancestor or his wife has a pension record on file. Please remember that even if the pension
was rejected, there still will be a record. If your ancestor was a Union veteran, then the United States government provided for their pension (guess who had to fill out the most paperwork?).
These pension records are full of genealogical and service information such as when they came to Texas, how long they have resided in the county that they filed the pension in, units,
and the wife's pension record states the date and place of both marriage and death of her veteran husband. The other document is the service record itself. The U.S. Regional Archives
in Ft. Worth has the service records on microfilm for the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Kentucky. These records primarily consist of muster rolls -usually a sergeant would
call the roll at a gathering of the company and mark a man as present or absent (if absent, most state why). The record also might contain a "muster-in" roll, which will provide information
on physical description, residence and location of enlistment. If you would rather not travel to Ft. Worth and have the patience to wait for three to four months, or your ancestor served
from a different state than those mentioned above, then you can order a copy of the service record from the National Archives for $17.00. I would highly recommend that you travel to
Ft. Worth if your ancestor fought for one of those states because there is a very important feature of these microfilm records that you will miss if you simply order the record. The
film is organized first by regiment, then alphabetically by veteran's last name. They also contain what is referred to as regimental and company "returns." These documents provide the
locations of where the units were when the muster roll was taken, description of engagements and some even include the names of those men killed or wounded in that battle. The Regional
Archives are now open one Saturday a month and late on some Tuesdays. It will be a worthwhile trip. BUT, if you need to order
27 because your ancestor fought with a state unit other than those listed above, then you will have to obtain the proper form from the National Archives website. Once you obtain that
form, complete it and forward to Washington, D.C. Just for everyone's information, the other southern states' records are housed at another regional facility in Atlanta, Georgia. I must
apologize for my Yankee readers as I have not done too much with my blue bellied ancestors other than order documents from Washington. If you make the trip to Ft. Worth, or if you are
traveling north on I-35, then another important location for information is the Confederate Research Center at Hill College at Hillsboro, Texas. Its facility is loaded with microfilm
records and histories, but a word of caution -they have very brief hours of operation in the morning and afternoon, and they follow the school's schedule, i.e. closed at spring break,
Christmas, etc. Closer to home is the Sterling Evans Library on the campus of Texas A&M University. More to come regarding their holdings next time . . . This series continues on individuals
remembering what their life was like when they were 21 years old published in The Bryan Daily Eagle. Transcribed by Janis HUNT. "When I Was 21" -December 27, 1926, p. 1 Walter COULTER
"When I was 21 I had just finished A. and M. College and was working for my father, John W. COULTER, in the dry goods business in Bryan," stated Walter COULTER, successful local business
man and world traveler, who starts today for a trip around the globe. Mr. COULTER adds that when he started out he received $50 per month, and "I saved half of it." After working for
his father for a year he went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he attended business college. He borrowed the money from his father to receive his training which he realized he would need
in his future business dealings. He returned to Bryan and in 1901 he purchased his father's store, buying 90 per cent of it on credit. But the dry goods business was good in those days,
stores often declared from 30 to 50 per cent dividends, and in four years he had paid it out. He says they opened the doors at 6:30 in the morning and closed at 10:00 at night to accommodate
the buyers who poured in from five counties. It is interesting to note that Mr. COULTER worked but for one man--his father--and in only one building.
28 He conducted a dry goods business for about 15 years. He sold an interest to J. Tom SMITH and simultaneously bought half interest in the HENSARLING Mercantile Co. He later incorporated
his dry goods store under the name of W. J. COULTER Co., with W. J. COULTER, J. Tom SMITH, and Will HIGGS as stockholders. The firm is now known as SMITH and MORGAN. Mr. COULTER started
traveling when he was 21, he says, and he made his first foreign tour in 1913. He has the distinction of having been in every State in the American Union, and in every large city in
the world except Moscow. He has made nine foreign tours. When asked what country he thought the most interesting, he unhesitatingly stated, "Brazil." He said that Brazil has more natural
resources and offered greater possibilities for a young married man than any other country in the world. Later in his discussion he admitted that a young single man would have a fine
chance "if he played Spanish society and married a pretty and rich senorita." He seemed to know of several young Americans who had increased their rating by promising "to obey," than
by any other business sagacity they had displayed in Brazil. Brazil is almost what the United States was at the time of the American Revolution, he pointed out. There are many American,
French, British, and Germans in Brazil, with Spanish and Portuguese the chief languages. He said the chief industries are coffee, sugar cane, tobacco, cattle, and hardwood. The scale
of wages is low, both for natives and foreigners, but everything else was proportionately cheap. There are millions of unclaimed acres of land, and a man can obtain considerable property
without money if he is willing to take up a homestead. There are several Americans newspapers there, one of the being conducted by a Mr. ROSS of Missouri, with whom he became well acquainted.
He said American newspapers seemed to be on a profitable basis. Saloons in Brazil are known as coffee houses. These cafes are conducted outdoors, and are very fascinating to the tourists.
These places claim many of the stalwart young Americans who go to Brazil in search of wealth and fame, said Mr. COULTER. Bryan City Cemetery Walter James COULTER Born: 1875 Died: 1960
Parents John W. COULTER Born: 1847 Died: 1920 Nannie (Nancy Ann) ROBINSON COULTER Born: 1851 Died: 1938 * * * * *
29 "When I Was 21" -November 2, 1926, p. 1 J. E. COVEY "When I was 21 I was farming in the Brazos Valley," stated J. E. COVEY of the COLE Hardware Company. Mr. COVEY is like scores of
other business men in Bryan--he moved in to town from the country qualifying him to endure the hardships of a business career. Mr. COVEY placed his hands on the plow handle when he was
just a stripling of a boy. He went to school in Bryan, attending both private and public institutions. In the public school he studied the blueback speller from Miss O'BRIEN and Miss
Annie WOODLIFF, while he went to private school to Professor JAMES. His school was located upon the present site of the Catholic church. Mr. COVEY says that Professor JAMES would clutch
three switches in his hand, and that he possessed a stroke that eclipsed any of the modern golf players. He started working in the COLE Hardware Store 27 years ago. In those days, persons
came to Bryan to trade from all nearby counties. Families would come in late in the afternoon, trade until 10 or 11 o'clock that night and sell their cotton the next morning. The wagon
business was especially brisk, and frequently when it would rain they would sell out of wagon bows and sheets. Mr. COVEY said that in the old days all of the stores from below LAWRENCE
Grocery Co. were on log blocks from four to six feet high in order that these stores would be on a level with the firms up the street. Mr. COVEY became reminiscent and showed a legal
document where the late J. N. COLE and several others went as surety for a traveling salesman. This was back in 1888 and the case was carried to the State Supreme Court. They had to
pay out $891. The late J. N. COLE had the document framed with the admonition: "This is the result of reckless signatures." Bryan City Cemetery J. E. COVEY Born: 10 Dec 1865 Died: 19
Apr 1944 Edna E. COVEY Born: 10 Sep 1881 Died: 15 Feb 1948 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -February 8, 1927, p. 1 R. M. DANSBY "When I was 21 I was working for Albert WORLEY in the laundry
business in Bryan," said R. M. DANSBY, proprietor of the American Steam Laundry, who is one of Bryan's chief advocates of clean living.
30 Mr. DANSBY was born near Kurten, but moved to Bryan at the age of 6. After attending Bryan's public schools, he says he became a "charter member" of ALLEN Academy. When he was graduated
from ALLEN he started working for WAGNER and BRANDON, who were in the dry goods business where WALLACE Printing company is now located. "We did some business in those days, too," he
added. He then went to Tyler Commercial College, and completing his course, he came back to Bryan and worked for a year in the office of Mr. WORLEY. After that he started working in
the laundry plant. In 1905 Mr. DANSBY and W. O. HEARNE purchased Mr. WORLEY's laundry. After being in partnership for two years, Mr. DANSBY sold out to Mr. HEARNE. For
15 years Mr. DANSBY farmed near Bryan, stating that he "liked farming all right, but I found trying to make a living out of it something else again." In 1921 he purchased his present
laundry from Mrs. T. P. BOYETTE and Mrs. Edna I. HATTE. The laundry business had undergone many changes in the past 20 20 years, but the prices have not advanced much. On many articles
the prices are no higher, while 25 per cent is the largest advance that has been made on any article. He says laundries receive much more business now than formerly, but that the rate
of profit is considerably smaller. "Yes, we do as much business in a day now as we used to do in a week," he stated. Laundries have strived to increase volume and to compete with progress
in family washings. In the old days shirts and collars constituted about all the business they received. When asked if people are cleaner today than 20 years ago, he said he thought
they were but that we still have "some families who could stand improvement." Mr. DANSBY belongs to the Texas and National laundry associations, the Rotary Club, Knights of Pythias,
Dokeys and Woodmen of the World lodges, and the First Methodist church. Bryan City Cemetery Romney M. DANSBY Born: 26 Sep 1883 Died: 28 Aug 1958 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -December 30,
1926, p. 1 Rev. R. E. DAY "When I was 21 I was working on a farm in Walker county, trying to support my wife and baby," said Rev. R. E. DAY, popular pastor of the First Baptist church
of Bryan.
31 Mr. DAY is a real Southern gentleman, down from the country where the pronunciation of the letter "r" has never been heard except when spoken by Yankee visitors, "Ole Mississippi."
He is a native of Free Run, Yazoo county, Mississippi. After finishing rural school he began his career on the farm, and made money out of agriculture, too. At the age of 27 he yielded
to the call to preach which had rancored him for 10 years. He first attended Rusk College for three years, and while there he preached part time at Deboll and Corrigan. He then went
to Southwest Seminary at Fort Worth for three years, and while there he preached at Ballard, Frankston, Ogandall, and Kemp. After finishing school, he worked for two years as seminary
evangelist. His first full-time pastorate was at Conroe, where he remained for five years and while there built a $60,000 church. From Conroe he went to Uvalde, where he built a $50,000
plant. And from Uvalde he came to Bryan, arriving here about a year ago. He has already successfully launched a campaign for a $110,000 church. Reverend Mr. DAY has always liked evangelistic
work, and in 1922 resigned at Conroe to enter this field. Throat trouble, however, compelled him to forego this ambition. When asked if it were much of a disadvantage to enter the ministry
late in life he said that at good literary education was essential for a pastor to reach the highest success. He said that he had gleaned much valuable experience during the many years
before he entered the pulpit that have proved invaluable to him. In answer to what he thought were the essentials for a great preacher, he enumerated, common sense, honesty, and sincerity.
"People still come to church services for spiritual food," was his laconic comment. Bryan City Cemetery Rev. Robert Elisha DAY Born: 11 Oct 1883 Died: 20 Nov 1960 Florence STANFILL DAY
Born: 30 Mar 1885 Died: 26 Dec 1977 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -January 1, 1927, p. 1 J. E. DISHMAN "When I was 21 I was telegraphing," stated J. E. DISHMAN, manager of the Bryan cotton
exchange and one of the veteran telegraphers of Texas. Mr. DISHMAN started his telegraph career in 1888 at Valley View, Texas, with the Santa Fe railroad. His next job was with the same
railroad at Sealy, where he remained
32 for three years. He quit the Santa Fe and went with the Cotton Belt railroad at Malakoff, Texas, where he was employed for two years. From there he was transferred to Blooming Grove,
where he was agent for the Cotton Belt for 10 years. His third railroad was the Texas and Pacific, and worked as assistant freight agent and operator at Donaldsonville, La, for two years.
He was transferred from there to Gretan, near New Orleans, where he was ticket agent for four years. He resigned this position to go back to Milford to engage in farming, remaining on
the farm about seven years. From the farm he went to work for the Western Union at Marathon, Texas, and from there was transferred to College Station, where he served during the war.
Later he was transferred to Bryan as manager of the local office and the balance of the time has been spent as manager of the cotton exchange. "I like my present job better than any
I ever had--the hours are shorter and the pay higher. It also is more interesting," said Mr. DISHMAN. The cotton future business has been dull the past year on account of the huge crop,
but he looks for it to pick up soon. He points out that the large estimates will never be realized as much of the cotton will be left in the fields. Cotton speculation is a good thing,
he believes, and no substitute could be found. He says that speculation furnishes a market for cotton throughout the year, instead of only in the fall of the year. He says it is ridiculous
to think that anyone can manipulate the cotton futures since the interests of the "bulls" and "bears" are opposite. He also is an advocate of government reports on cotton yield, but
thinks they should be decreased from two to one a month. "Two reports a month are too frequent and do not afford enough time for the government to make thorough surveys. If we did not
have government reports we would have private reports, which probably would be doctored," he said. Bryan City Cemetery John E. DISHMAN Born: 1866 Died: 1952 Dovie J. DISHMAN Born: 1867
Died: 1941 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -January 14, 1927, p. 1 Harry S. EDGE "When I was 21 I was a senior in Southwestern University," said Harry S. EDGE, manager and half-owner of the
EDGE Dry Goods store, and one of Bryan's most progressive young business men.
33 Mr. EDGE was graduated in 1917 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and majored in economics and minored in public speaking. Despite Bryan's proximity to A. and M. College, many local
persons are former or present students of this old Methodist school, including T. D. WILSON, W. H. COLE, Lyndall YOUNG, Nat ALLEN, W. S. HOWELL, C. G. COX, Mary HYMAN, Mrs. R. W. HOWELL,
Dr. and Mrs. John W. BLACK, Sam CRENSHAW, Ross PRIDDY, Mrs. E. W. CRENSHAW, Mrs. Nat ALLEN. Mr. EDGE is strictly a Bryan product, having attended local institutions of learning. He was
graduated from ALLEN Academy in 1913. After finishing at Southwestern in June of 1917, he soon joined the colors, being in the Navy. His experiences in the Navy were thrilling and highly
enjoyable, he says. As a pharmacist's mate he was stationed in England, Scotland, France and Ireland. He was in the service for 18 months, and had the opportunity of enjoying four furloughs,
two of which were spent in gay Paris and two in foggy London. After being discharged from the service in 1919, he returned to Bryan to become affiliated with the EDGE Dry Goods store.
About five years ago he was made manager of the firm, and he has proved to be as good a skipper in dry goods as he was over the ocean. His father, M. L. EDGE, still owns half interest
in the store. He says he is enthusiastic about the dry goods business, and his firm has enjoyed prosperity even in the past two years. This store has been in operation in Bryan for more
than 25 years. He looks forward twice a year to going to market, but claims that he is kept so busy buying that he has little time to see the attractions of the Northern cities. While
in college he was president of the San Jacinto Literary Society, and it seems that his classmates would not have been surprised if he had developed into a chautauqua lecturer. "Wait
until he received his Ph.D. in public speaking," is ascribed by his name in the college annual. Mr. EDGE is a member of the Bryan Lions Club and a former secretary of the organization.
He says his only other affiliation is membership in the Free Baptist church. Bryan City Cemetery Harry Simpson EDGE Born: 01 May 1895 Died: 02 Mar 1961 * * * * *
34 "When I Was 21" -November 8, 1926, p. 1 Eugene EDGE "I am still just 21," insisted Eugene EDGE, Bryan dry goods merchant, when asked what he was doing when he was 21. When convinced
that "21" referred to years and not to enthusiasm or feelings, Mr. EDGE admitted: "I started out on my own hook when I was 16, and by the time I was 21 I was a traveling salesman working
over the entire state of Texas, and representing William R. WARNER & Co. of Philadelphia, a wholesale drug company." Mr. EDGE was born at Kurten and worked as a clerk in his father's
drug store there when a small boy. His father was a country physician. Before he was 21 he had attended Ohio Northern University, managed the Capital Pharmacy in Houston for two years,
and had been in Bryan with M. H. JAMES and WILSON-JENKINS Company. Twenty-four years ago he went into the dry goods business at his present location with the late Sam B. WILSON. Two
years later he purchased Mr. WILSON's interest in the store. Mr. EDGE has satisfied his ambition to build up a large dry goods business here by hard work, advertising, and offering good
values. "Bryan women are good buyers and you must offer the quality and price to sell them. They know good merchandise and will tolerate nothing else. The girls are especially good dressers.
This season blacks, jungle greens, and browns are especially popular. It was difficult for the girls to become accustomed to wearing blacks, but they have adjusted themselves to the
colors. They are going to wear whatever is the smartest color of the season," stated Mr. EDGE. The fickle decrees of style have played havoc in the dry goods line in the past 25 years.
A quarter of a century ago ladies' hose sold from 25 to 50 cents per pair, while now the well-dressed woman must have a $2.50 pair of silk hose. Hair nets used to be a profitable source
of income, while now they have no cause for existence. Twenty-five years ago ladies paid $7.50 to $10.00 for their hats; about 10 years ago ladies demanded $25.00 hats, while now the
pendulum has swung back to the $10.00 mark. There used to be practically no ready-to-wear dresses, and the buzz of the Singer sewing machine was heard in every home. Now ready-made dresses
are the order of the day. A decade ago Mr. EDGE ordered petticoats by the gross, while now he buys them halfdozen at a time for the elderly ladies. It used to require more than twice
as much yardage to make a lady a stylish dress. With the change in the times have come better quality of material and brighter colors. The dry goods business is better today than ever,
and the new styles and colors have enhanced the beauty of womanhood.
35 Bryan City Cemetery Eugene Henry EDGE Born: 12 Oct 1879 Died: 06 Feb 1954 Cora Zulch EDGE Born: NL Died: 25 Jan 1939 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -December 15, 1926, p. 1 J. L. EDGE
"When I was 21 I was working for John MIKE, who conducted a general merchandise store in Bryan," stated J. L. EDGE, local capitalist, who has been living in Brazos county for 49 years.
Before coming to Bryan he lived for several years at Kurten, when he worked on the farm with his father. He is a native of Georgia. "In those days on the farm we planted cotton and corn,
just as they do now. However, we often received only 4 1/2 cents a pound for cotton." After working for Mr. MIKE for a year, Mr. EDGE went to work for MISTROT Bros., where he was employed
for seven years. At the end of this time he and M. S. EDGE, a brother, went into the grocery and grain business at a location just below the LAWRENCE Grocery Company. Three years in
business here, and he opened up a dry goods store in connection with MISTROT Bros. This arrangement was continued for a year and then he purchased their stock. His next business move
was to organize the EDGE Dry Goods Co., and maintained this store for 18 years. Three years ago he sold out to M. S. EDGE and son, Harry EDGE. The dry goods business does not compare
with the way it used to be, he said. "It isn't half as good as it once was." Mr. EDGE says that his store always earned from $8,000 to $10,000 per year, while one year it netted a profit
of $18,000. One year his milliner bought $2,400 worth of millinery at the start of the season, while now $300 worth at the start of the season is as much as the stores in Bryan purchase.
He used to go to market and buy $20,000 to $25,000 worth of stock, and felt that he was not buying to much. If a merchant buys $5,000 worth of stock now at market, he thinks he has purchased
heavily. He sold on both cash and credit basis, and rarely lost any money by charging it. He sold practically no silk goods, but almost entirely cotton goods. In those days the ladies
bought bought 10 yards of material with which to make a dress, while now three yards will suffice. When asked what he thought was the best business today, he said, "Well, I'll tell you,
36 young man, it is a lot harder to make money today than when I was starting out. I believe the automobile business is the best money-making industry now, but it is not all velvet by
any means. Handling automobile paper where it is endorsed is the best way to make money that I know of--it is certain that you cannot make much out of dry goods. Why, years ago we used
to employ 16 to 18 clerks and stay open until 11 o'clock at night. To sell a man a $200 or $300 bill of dry goods was nothing unusual. People traveled 60 miles to trade then, but they
came in wagons. Those were the days," he said. Bryan City Cemetery James L. EDGE Born: 05 Apr 1868 Died: 21 Jul 1941 Lillie O. (FLANAGAN) EDGE Born: 12 Dec 1872 Died: 01 Dec 1976 * *
* * * "When I Was 21" -November 5, 1926 E. R. EMMEL "When I was 21 I was working under the same roof I am toiling today, except than I was working for Dr. W. H. WEBB, stated E. R. EMMEL,
of EMMEL's drug store, Brazos county's pioneer druggist. Mr. EMMEL said he received $30 per month for his energy and talent, while his board and room came to $12. He had just started
his career in Bryan, having come here from his home town of Columbus, Texas, where he had finished high school. Mr. EMMEL's drug store has a romantic history. The store was founded by
Dr. J. W. HOWELL shortly after the Civil War, and perhaps is the oldest business of its kind in Central Texas. This store has seen many owners come and go, among them being Dr. W. H.
WEBB, E. J. FOUNTAIN, Ben S. REED, and EMMEL and MALONEY. The store also has seen many changes in the policy of the business. When Mr. EMMEL was 21 Bryan's "400" was content with 25
cent powder, while now the $2 box is the best seller. The sales of toilet articles have increased amazingly. Sales were liberal on opium, morphine, and cocaine, while now the sale of
these drugs is restricted by the narcotic law. Some of the owners of this store sold whiskey with rather reckless abandon, while now the practice is tabooed by all Bryan drug stores.
Patent medicines alone remain a staple product. During the course of its long history, this store has filled prescriptions from every prominent physician in Texas. Mr. EMMEL, who has
been a member of the State Pharmaceutical Association for 12 years, was graduated from the Pharmacy School of Northwestern University of Chicago in 1897.
37 Bryan City Cemetery Edward Robert EMMEL Born: 18 Aug 1871 Died: 22 May 1950 Ellen Nicol (Ella) EMMEL Born: 22 Feb 1886 Died: 04 Jun 1975 INDEX ADAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 21 ALLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 33 AUGUSTINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
AWALT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 AYCOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BALDEREE . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BARAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 BARRINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BARRON
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 BASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BATY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 22 BEAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 22 BEAVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BETTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BLACK . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 BLAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 15, 26 BOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 8 BONNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 22 BOSWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BOWLES . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BOYETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 BRANDESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 4 BRINGHURST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 BROOKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BROWNLEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BUSBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 22 CALHOUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CAMPBELL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 22 CARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CHILDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 COLE .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 33 COLGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 COLLETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 10, 15 COULTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28 COURTNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 COVEY . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 COWSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 CRAIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CRENSHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 DANSBY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 29, 30 DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 DEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DeBORDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 DISHMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 32 DRAKE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21 DRIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 DURST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ECHOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 EDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-36
EMMEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 37 FERRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FLANAGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 FORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 23 FOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 GAIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 GLENN . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 GOODWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 GRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 23 HAGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HANUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HARRIS . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HATTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 HEARNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 30 HEBRON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HENSARLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 HIGGS . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 28 HOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HOWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 33, 36 HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 27 HYMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 JAMES . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 34 JANKOWIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JENKINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 34 JOBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 JOBSKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 KALINEC . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 KENDRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 KENNEDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 20 KOPESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 LACEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LANCEK . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
38 LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 LAWRENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 35 LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24 LUZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4 LYNCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 4 MACHOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MacKENZIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MALIK . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MALONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 36 MANLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 24 MANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6 MANTHEI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MARAUN . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7 MAREK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MARINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 7 MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8 MARTINSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 MARWILL . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 17 MATHIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9, 24 MAURO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 9 MAWHINNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 21, 24 MAYOR . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 McCHORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 McCOULLOGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 24 McGEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 McKAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 25 McKENZIE . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 18 McMICHAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 McSWANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 20, 21 MENDLOVITZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MIKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 MILBERGER . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MISTROT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 35 MONTGOMERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 20 MORELAND . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MORGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MOUNCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MYERS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 NEWBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 NITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O'BRIEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 OPERSTENY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
OVERSTREET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 12 PALASOTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PATTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PAYNE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 PITRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PRAUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PRIDDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PRUITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 24 QUIMBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ROARK . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ROBBINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 20 ROBINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SAUNDERS . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SHANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SHELTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 25 SHRAMEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SIMMONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SIMS . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 21 SKOPIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SLAUGHTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 25 SMALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 25, 28 SPILLERS . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 STANFILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 STASNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 4 STONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TACKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 25 TAYLOR . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 TUCKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 TULL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 25 WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WALLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 WARNER . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 WATSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21 WEBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 36 WELCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WHALEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 WHITESTON . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WILCOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 25 WILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 33, 34 WITTMAN . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 6 WOODLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 WOOLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WORLEY . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30 WORTHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 WYMOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 4 YOUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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