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Home My WebLink AboutBGA v26-3 summer 2005 Brazos Genealogist CONTENTS PAGE Brazos County residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 83 From the Editor’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 African-American volunteer state guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Blair 88 Business issue -Apr. 22, 1913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janis Hunt 94 Articles from Bryan Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Horn 100 How to approach a county clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen McQueen 103 When I was 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janis Hunt 106 Gillespie Lodge, No. 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald Simons 111 Index compiled by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen Dean 116 BRAZOS GENEALOGIST VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 3 SUMMER 2005 BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION P. O. BOX 5493 BRYAN TX 77805-5493 OFFICERS 2005 PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . JANE HORN jhorn@tca.net VICE PRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . VICKI SIMONS victsimons@aol.com TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY rhary@txcyber.com COMPUTER GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLEN DEAN allendean@compuserve.com PAST PRES . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN BLAIR STAFF EDITORS RESEARCH/QUERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY LOCAL HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY 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. QUARTERLY The GENEALOGIST is published as Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Issues. Each volume of the GENEALOGIST corresponds with the membership year. This publication is offered in print or electronic (PDF) version. With PDF you receive CD at end of year with four issues plus copies of handouts from meetings. $15.00 /year if printed version picked up at meetings or PDF selected and CD picked up. $20.00 /year if quarterly mailed or PDF version with CD mailed. Checks for dues may be mailed to the address at the top of the page. WEB SITE The web site for the Brazos Genealogical Association is: http://www.brazosgenealogy.org EXCHANGE The GENEALOGIST is available for exchange with other organizations or publishers who have publications to offer. Send inquiries or samples to P.O. Box 5493, Bryan, TX 77805-5493. SOLICITATIONS We solicit queries, family charts, copies of Bible records, articles and stories with Brazos Valley ties. Family charts should be 8 ½” x 11". 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 Co. research for $10.00 /hour. Write for details and please enclose a SASE. 83 Brazos Genealogist Volume XXVI Number 3 Bryan/College Station Summer 2005 Texas Brazos County Residents by Bill PAGE Sample of families who have lived in Brazos County. A continuing series. 14 Feb. 1996 SCHOVAJSA family "Buggy Overturned," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 5 Dec. 1912, p. 6, col. 3 "SCHOVAJA-STASNY," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 23 Oct. 1913, p. 8, col. 3. Henry SCHOVASJA "Hy. T. SCHOVASJA Has Installed Latest in Painting Equipment," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 12 Feb. 1925, p. 4, col. 5 "Hy SCHOVASJA In Charge of Rotary Meet," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 Dec. 1925, p. 1, col. 2 "Hy. SCHOVAJSA Auto Shop is Ultramodern," Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 Sept. 1933, sect. 2, p. 4, col. 3 "Couple of Bryan Injured Sunday; Auto Turns Over," Bryan Daily Eagle, 14 Jan. 1935, p. 1, col. 1. Joe SCHOVAJSA "SCHOVAJSA Installing Allignment Machinery," Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 June 1936, p. 7, col. 6 "County Appoints Hy SCHOVAJSA as Service Officer," Bryan Daily Eagle, 1 Jan. 1946, p. 1, col. 6 SCHRAMM family --German American family; family members buried at Kurten "Wm. SCHRAMM, 89, Dies Thursday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 1 Mar. 1928, p. 4, col. 3 SCHULMAN, Morris (1897-Oct. 23, 1935). Buried Bryan; theater owner; Jewish Bryan Eagle: Film N 557 "Bryan Opera House Opening Thursday --Vaudeville and Latest Plays Start Oct. 7," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 16 Sep. 1926, p. 1, col. 4 "When I Was 21," Bryan Daily Eagle, 28 Jan. 1927, p. 1 84 "Four Movie Distributors are Named by SCHULMAN of Bryan," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 30 June 1927, p. 3, col. 3 "SCHULMAN Party Promises Bryan Kiddies Big Time," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 13 Dec. 1928, p. 1, col. 3 "Offices of City Will be Moved to City Library," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 16 May 1929, p. 2, col. 6 "Mrs. SCHULMAN Hostess for Lovely `Talkie' Party," Bryan Daily Eagle, 28 Mar. 1930, p. 3, cols. 2-4 "Morris SCHULMAN Held up Saturday Night ...," Bryan Daily Eagle, 31 Mar. 1930, pp. 1, 6"Film Explosion at Palace; Loss is Set at $3,000," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 4 Sept. 1930, p. 7, col. 4 "Theater Man Arrested at Sunday Show," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 27 Nov. 1930, p. 3, col. 4 "Charge SCHULMAN With Violation of Sunday Law," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 4 Dec. 1930, p. 6, col. 3 "Justice Court Finds SCHULMAN is Guilty ...," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 18 Dec. 1930, p. 2, cols. 1-2 "Folks We Know: Morris SCHULMAN," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 Feb. 1932, p. 2, cols. 5-6 "Youth of Bryan is Initiated as Member of Jews," Bryan Daily Eagle, 10 Dec. 1932, p. 1, col. 7; p. 6, cols. 2-3. Alfred SCHULMAN "Theater Head Ends Life by Hanging Self," Bryan Daily Eagle, 23 Oct. 1935, p. 1 "Funeral Service Held Today for Morris SCHULMAN," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 Oct. 1935, p. 1"Funeral Service For A. SCHULMAN Is Held Tuesday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 24 June 1936, p. 1, col. 5; p. 6, col. 2. Father of Morris SCHULMAN "Monument To Morris SCHULMAN Unveiled," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 23 Sept. 1936, p. 5, col. 1 "Alex SCHULMAN Dies in New Orleans, La.," Bryan Daily Eagle, 4 Mar. 1941, p 1, col. 4. Brother of Morris SCHULMAN. Soundex Code: S455 1920 Harris Co. census: Abe SCHULMAN: reel T625-1814, Vol. 85, ED 76, sheet 1-B, line 83 1920 Harris Co. census: M. SCHULMAN: reel T625-1814, vol. 86, ED 89, sheet 1-B, line 67 SCHULMAN, Edna (1900-1989). Theater owner; wife of Morris SCHULMAN "Billy SCHULMAN Wins Many Honors at Camp," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 2 Sept. 1936, p. 1, col. 1 "Youth of Bryan Wins New Honor as T.U. Student," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 31 Mar. 1937, p. 6, col. 4. Alfred SCHULMAN. "Bryan Amusement Co. is Purchaser of Queen Theater," Bryan Daily Eagle, 15 Sept. 1938, p. 1, col. 2 "SCHULMAN is Boosted as `Steerage' Manager," Bryan Daily Eagle, 8 Feb. 1938, p. 85 1, col. 5. About Alfred SCHULMAN, son of Mrs. Morris SCHULMAN. "Young Bike Rider is Hurt When Hit by Pick-up Truck," Bryan Daily Eagle, 20 Apr. 1940, p. 1, col. 3. Billy SCHULMAN. "May Remodel Palace Theater; Plans Being Made," Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 July 1941, p. 1, col. 1 "Mrs. SCHULMAN Gives Picture Show Party, Tea for Navy Men," Bryan Daily Eagle, 18 Apr. 1942, p. 6, col. 5 "Palace Theater Much Improved; Decoration New," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 Apr. 1942, p. 6, col. 8 "High Honor Paid Albert SCHULMAN at TU Law School," Bryan Daily Eagle, 6 May 1942, p. 6, col. 2 "Albert SCHULMAN Again Ill With Meningitis," Bryan Daily Eagle, 23 Oct. 1942, p. 1, col. 3 "Theaters to Run from 1-11 p.m. Starting Sunday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 4 May 1943, p. 1, col. 2 "Names of Heroes are Being Placed on Palace Seats," Bryan Daily Eagle, 4 Feb. 1944, p. 1, col. 8 "Many Seats at Palace to Bear Names of Service Men...," Bryan Daily Eagle, 7 Feb. 1944, p. 1, cols. 5-6; p. 3, col. 8 "$17,000 in Bonds are Sold at Palace," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 Feb. 1944, p. 1, cols. 5-6 "Scouts Rewarded by Mrs. SCHULMAN for Work in Loan," Bryan Daily Eagle, 21 Feb. 1944, p. 1, col. 7 "Many Residents are Naming Seats at Palace for Service Men and Women...," Bryan Daily Eagle, 29 June 1944, p. 1, cols. 6-7; p. 8, col. 2 "Smoking Tobacco Given Marines by Mrs. M. SCHULMAN," Bryan Daily Eagle, 29 July 1944, p. 1, col. 1 "Memorial Gift of $500 Made to Children's Library," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 Dec. 1945, p. 1, cols. 2-4; p. 8, col. 5. By Mrs. SCHULMAN. "Pavement Pick-ups ... Generous Mrs. Morris SCHULMAN ...," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 Jan. 1946, p. 4, col. 2 "SCHULMANs Take Over Drive-In," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 June 1965, sec. A, p. 10, col. 7. Brief article about the SCHULMAN family buying the Skyway Drive-In Theater. "Mrs. SCHULMAN Entertains For Mrs. Panni," Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 Oct. 1966, p. 4, col. 1 "Skyway Twin Ceremonies Set Tonight," Bryan Daily Eagle, 27 Aug. 1969, sect. A, p. 11, col. 3 LANTERMAN, Ken, "Dixie Theater," Bryan-College Station Eagle, 24 24 Dec. 1983; sect. A, p. 1, col. 1 CAWLEY, Rusty, "New Theaters Should Please Moviegoers," Bryan-College Station Eagle, 3 Oct. 1981, sec. D, p. 3, col. 1. Construction of the Schulman 6 movie theater TOLAND, Joe, "Now Showing: Schulman History," Bryan-College Station Eagle, 21 Aug. 1994, section C, pp. 1, 2 SCHWARZ, Gabe (d.1911). Died in Houston; buried at Hempstead; Jewish; a merchant [ad] "Take time by the forelock and call at Gabe SCHWARZ's for fresh bread and cakes 86 of all descriptions...," Brazos Pilot, 1 Sept. 1882, p. 2 "Gabriel SCHWARZ's store was closed today...," Galveston Daily News, 13 Feb. 1883, p. 1 "G. SCHWARTZ & Co.," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 10 Jan. 1895, p. 3, col. 4 "The Eagle is pleased to learn...," Bryan Daily Eagle, 10 Apr. 1898, p. 4, col. 2 "Mrs. J. SCHWARZ," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 10 Mar. 1910, p.2, col.4. Jeanette, wife of Gabe SCHWARZ "Mr. Gabe SCHWARZ Dead," Bryan Daily Eagle, 28 Mar. 1911, p. 3, col. 3 SCHWARTZ, Jake "A Heavy Fine," Galveston Daily News, 29 July 1893, p. 3, col. 5 "SCHWARTZ v. State," 24 Southwestern Reporter 28 (1893). Jake SCHWARTZ "Manager Jake SCHWARTZ gave his benefit amateur minstrel performance...," Galveston Daily News, 17 Aug. 1893, p. 3, col. 6 "Remitted $1150 of the $1200," Galveston Daily News, 21 Dec. 1893, p.3, col. 2 "Morning Paper Rumor," Galveston Daily News, 9 Jan. 1894, p. 1, col. 1 "A.O.U.W. Installation," Galveston Daily News, 13 Jan. 1894, p. 3, col. 3 SEALE, Bradford T. (5 Mar. 1833-15 Dec. 1898) *On Brazos Co. grand jury, Galveston Daily News, 3 Mar. 1885, p. 5, col. 6 "Brazos County Contest," Galveston Daily News, 28 Aug. 1892, p. 1, col. 6 *Obituary, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 Dec. 1898, p. 1, col. 6 "Pioneer Resident of Brazos Passes; Funeral Monday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 Aug. 1936, p. 1, col. 1. Mrs. Bettie SEALE BELL, daughter of Bradford T. SEALE "Fete Benchley Twins on 75th Birthday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 13 Aug. 1938, p. 2, col. 3. Sons of Bradford T. SEALE SEALE, C. C. *Horses trained at C. C. SEALE's race track, Galveston Daily News, 25 Oct. 1882, p. 1 *Horse race at the C. C. SEALE ranch, Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 31 Dec. 1888, p. 2 "Burned While at Work," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 23 Aug. 1906, p. 4, col. 2. Miss Ellie, daughter of C. C. SEALE "PAYNE-SEALE," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 30 Aug. 1906, p. 4, col. 2. Ellie, daughter of C. C. SEALE "Death of Mrs. F. A. CAPPS," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 9 Apr. 1914, p. 5, col. 5. Kate, daughter of C. C. SEALE SEALE family "SEALE-BENBOW," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 25 Nov. 1915, p. 2, col. 5 SEARCY, A. J. (17 Jan. 1843-1 Nov. 1918) buried at Bryan; Confederate veteran; prominent Mason "Capt. A. J. SEARCY has returned from the meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas...," Bryan Morning Eagle, 9 Dec. 1906, p. 5, col. 2 "Grand Tiler A. J. SEARCY of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas left last night...," 87 Bryan Morning Eagle, 21 Mar. 1907, p. 5, col. 4 "Death of Mrs. Sam ADAMS," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 28 Nov. 1907, p. 5, col. 4. Daughter of A. J .SEARCY "Death of Mrs. A. J. SEARCY," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 15 Feb. 1917, p. 8, cols. 3-4 *obituary, Bryan Daily Eagle, 1 Nov. 1918, p. 1, col. 5 "Letter Written by A. J. SEARCY Tells of Fight of Confederacy," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 11 June 1925, p. 7, cols. 1-2 SEARCY, Claude Abner, Dr. (17 July 1880-3 May 1931). Buried Bryan "SEARCY-AMLER," Brazos Pilot, 13 June 1907, p. 7, col. 3. Marriage of C. A. SEARCY "Dr. SEARCY Will Move Here from Hempstead About January First," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 18 Oct. 1919, p. 4, col. 4 "Local Lions Club Actively Following Motto of Service Under Able Leadership of Dr. C. A. SEARCY," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 10 Apr. 1924, p. 1, col. 3 "Co-Eds from Dallas are House Guests in Dr. C. A. SEARCY Home," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 14 Nov. 1929, p. 5, col. 5 "Dr. Claude Abner SEARCY," Texas State Journal of Medicine, 27(3):270 (July 1931) From The Editor’s Desk Thanks to those who contributed articles for this issue. Even very short items are acceptale. Thanks to Clara MOUNCE for the following picture. 88 September 25, 1909, The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot At the corner of Bryan and Anderson Streets (on the Post Office block), Mr. M. H. JAMES is having an elegant 2-story brick building built. The building will be 27 x 100 feet in dimension, and built with Elgin pressed brick and cement; the first floor is to be laid in tile. The building will front the south facing A. J. WAGNER & Co. Store, and will have 2 entrances for customers. The second story has been designed especially for physicians offices, an iron stairway on the outside of the building leads up to the offices on the 2nd floor. This building subsequently became Vick Pharmacy, and later Vick’s Drug Mart and Medical Center Pharmacy. African-American Volunteer State Guards at Bryan, Texas By John P. BLAIR Many local citizens are unaware of the continued existence of a black militia company stationed in Bryan following the end of Reconstruction to 1902; however, this lack of knowledge in local history is understandable since even most historians discount these JAMES Drug Store 89 men and their presence during this period in our State and nation's history. While additional study is warranted to understand further the dynamics of how this unit functioned within the segregated social structure, their presence in many towns and cities across the South under arms and under their own elected leadership create questions about the complex racial relationships within these communities. Scratching only the surface of this research, two muster rolls, currently housed in the Texas State Archives, have been reprinted below. The first roll, notarized and sealed by Justice of the Peace A. W. CEARNAL on May 24, 1880 lists the members of the GREGORY Rifles, who existed for only a brief time. This roll, unfortunately, contains only the last name, initials and rank of each man; yet, it is valuable to see the earliest members who exercised their rights as new citizens by forming this volunteer company. The second roll, signed in October 1887, lists the original members of the "Brazos Light Guard" officially designated Company B, Battalion, Colored Infantry, Texas Volunteer Guard. This roll provides not only details for the genealogist, but is valuable for both historians and sociologists alike. It contains full names in most instances, occupation, nativity, some ages and a brief physical description revolving around "color." These descriptions provide the researcher with some insight into the multitude of characteristics assigned to each category of eyes, hair and more importantly, complexion. Ranging from the lighter skinned individuals, listed under the commonly known term "mulatto," to other terms used to describe ever-darkening skin hues, such as brown or black, but also include such foreign terms to us today as "reddish" or "freckled." Moreover, those familiar with early African-American families in Bryan will recognize many of the names listed below. R. B. BANNER, probably Reese BANNER, was a barber, active politically and buried in the "Freedmen Burying Grounds" in Bryan City Cemetery. W. H. HAMILTON, probably Wade HAMILTON, was his brother-in-law. HAMILTON, also a barber, was later stabbed to death by A. B. THORNTON, who is listed as this company's 4th Corporal. L. C. VAN HOOK is no doubt Lewis VAN HOOK, the son of Reverend Willis VAN HOOK, former city alderman, political activist and minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church. Lastly, L. A. NEAL is most likely Levi NEAL, one of the first black law enforcement officers in the county. He was later killed in the line of duty in February 1900. The inclusion of these two muster rolls also allows the researcher to see continued involvement for several members who got involved in 1880, endured the period of no company only to become re-involved seven years later with the creation of the Brazos Light Guards. This unit remained active in Bryan until around 1902; therefore, additional muster rolls are available and will hopefully be published in the quarterly as a courtesy to our readers. The Gregory Rifles "This certifies that we the undersigned citizens of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas met and organized ourselves into a company of volunteer State Guards known as the GREGORY Rifles, and elected the following officers . . . ." BANNER, R. B. Captain 90 CALHOUN, H. C. 1st Lieutenant JACKSON, J. D. 2nd Lieutenant HAMILTON, W. H. 1st Sergeant MINOR, W. R. 2nd Sergeant ADAMS, W. E. 3rd Sergeant McINTOSH, A. D. 4th Sergeant JONES, S. J. 1st Corporal MONROE, J. M. 2nd Corporal JEFFERSON, J. J. 3rd Corporal THORNTON, A. B. 4th Corporal ADAMS, A. C. Drummer HILL, P. H. Drummer Privates AUSTIN, E. A. BROWN, F. B. BAILY, S. B. CALHOUN, W. C. CAMPBELL, H. C. DAVIS, W. M. GLOVER, P. G. GLOVER, W. G. HICKMAN, R. H. HILL, V. H. HILIARD, E. H. HERINGTON, H. H. JACKSON, G. J. JACKSON, J. D. JOHNSON, D. J. JONES, ALEN JONES, A. J. LANE, W. L. MIX, D. M. NEWMAN, E. A. NEAL, L. A. PETY, G. P. ROBINSON, M. R. STERLING, L. S. SCOTT, L. S. TURNER, J. T. VANHOOK, L. C. WOODS, J. W. WILSON, S. W. WHITEN, S. W. WHITE, C. S WILSON, J. M. WEST, A. W. The Brazos Light Guard Company B, First Battalion Colored Infantry* Captain D. A. JEFFERSON age 26, laborer, born Tennessee, brown eyes, black hair, brown complexion 1st Lieutenant Jack NICHOLAS age 27, drayman, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion *2nd Lieutenant Levi NEAL age not listed, deputy sheriff, born Texas, brown eyes, sandy hair, mulatto 1st Sergeant Lewis C. VAN HOOK age 33, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion 2nd Sergeant Sam W. WRIGHTON age 46, farmer, born North Carolina, brown eyes, black hair and complexion 91 3rd Sergeant William DAVIS age not listed, drayman, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion 4th Sergeant Jack WOODS age not listed, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion 1st Corporal Verge HILL age not listed, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion 2nd Corporal Willis GLOVER age 24, porter, born Mississippi, black eyes and hair, mulatto 3rd Corporal Frank BROWN age 24, laborer, born Texas, black eyes and hair, brown complexion *4th Corporal George PETTY age not listed, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair, brown complexion Commissary Sergeant John N. JOHNSON age 35, farmer & lawyer, born Maryland, brown eyes, black hair, brown complexion Chaplain E. W. KNOX age 30, teacher, born Texas, gray eyes, black hair, mulatto Privates *AVEYHART, F. C. age not listed, blacksmith, born Texas, black eyes and hair, brown complexion BOWENS, Bailey age not listed, bar tender, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair, brown complexion BANKS, Walter A. age 23, farmer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion *CALHOUN, Richard age not listed, laborer, born Mississippi, brown eyes, black hair and complexion ELLIS, Frank age and nativity not listed, laborer, black eyes, hair and complexion ERWIN, Lewis age not listed, blacksmith, born Tennessee, gray eyes, black hair, mulatto FRANKLIN, Benjamin age 27, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion 92 GRAVES, Harrison age 27, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion *GREEN, James age not listed, laborer, born Texas, gray eyes, black hair, mulatto GREER, Joseph age not listed, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion *HALL, James age not listed, laborer, born Texas, brown eyes and complexion, black hair HAYNES, H. T. age 18, teacher, born Georgia, brown eyes and complexion, black hair *HICKS, S[amuel] Emmett age not listed, laborer, born Texas, gray eyes, sandy hair, freckled complexion HOLLAND, R. B. age not listed, teacher, born Texas, brown eyes and complexion, black hair JOHNSON, Lewis age 22, laborer, born Mississippi, brown eyes, black hair, mulatto *JOHNSON, James age 22, laborer, born Texas, gray eyes, black hair, brown complexion JOHNSON, Robert age and nativity not listed, laborer, brown eyes and complexion, reddish hair JOHNSON, George age 21, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion JONES, A. F. age not listed, bartender, born Texas, reddish eyes, black hair and complexion JONES, William age not listed, laborer, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair and complexion JEFFERSON, Richard A. age not listed, laborer, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair, mulatto LYRES, Dillard J. age 26, teacher, born Texas, black eyes and hair, mulatto 93 LEWIS, Romulus S. age 26, teacher, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion MITCHELL, Jessie age not listed, barber, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair, mulatto *McINTOSH, A. D. age 24, laborer, born Louisiana, brown eyes, black hair and complexion *McINTOSH, Jacob age 32, drayman, born Louisiana, brown eyes, black hair and complexion McLEWIS, Silas age 22, laborer, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair and complexion REED, James H. age 24, teacher, born Texas, brown eyes and complexion, black hair ROGERS, Henry age not listed, laborer, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair and complexion STEARNES, Zedrich age 27, laborer, born Texas, brown eyes, black hair, mulatto THOMAS, Edmond age not listed, teacher, born Texas, brown eyes and complexion, black hair WASHINGTON, Richard age not listed, laborer, born Texas, black eyes, hair and complexion *WILLIAMS, Kinzi age and nativity not listed, laborer, gray eyes, sandy hair, reddish WILSON, Jake age 36, laborer, born Georgia, gray eyes, reddish hair, mulatto *WILSON, Paul W. age 21, laborer, born Texas, black eyes and hair, brown complexion [Those with an asterisk (*) in front of the name are buried, or thought to have been buried in the Freedmen Burying Grounds at the Bryan City Cemetery.] 94 This issue continues another series on individuals in The Bryan Daily Eagle Business Issue on April 22, 1913. Transcribed by Janis HUNT. The A. & M. College of Texas The Object, Purposes and Magnitude of This School of Learning --Agriculture Taught to All Texas The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas has a three-fold purpose to conserve: it must train the army of young Texans who each year enroll as students; it must carry the college and the training to the farmers of Texas; and it must conduct investigations with the idea in view of developing the State and its resources. All of these things the college must do to be a successful A. & M. College. That the College is succeeding in this first mission is readily shown by a glance at the positioning held by the graduates of the school. Important posts in the field covered by the A. & M. are held by her graduates not only in Texas, but in other states as well. More about the graduates is said in another article in this issue. Sufficient funds to permit the proper instruction of those who cannot attend school have never been given by the State and consequently that work has been hampered and greatly curtailed. The organization of an extension department and the employment of a capable man, an A. & M. graduate by the way, to head that division two years ago has resulted in the accomplishment of much good along this line. Demonstration trains have been operating, instructing thousands of farmers on farming questions, problems of road building, and domestic science short courses have been conducted where farmers could be given much practical training in a very short while, and corresponding courses wherein farming, dairying and such questions are taught by experts, have been organized and are offered free of all costs save sufficient fees to cover the actual expenses. But the work of that department is also explained in another article. As to the research work, Discoveries by Dr. M. FRANCIS, at the head of the Veterinary science department, have meant a saving to Texas livestock growers that triples in value all the money given to the A. and M. College by the State. When Dr. FRANCIS discovered that a fat steer, a fine animal for exhibit purposes, a registered cow, could be vaccinated against the Texas fever tick and brought below the quarantine line without danger or loss, he preformed a greater service for the livestock interests that any man or set of men, or any institution has ever performed. The death rate of cattle shipped below the line has been reduced from an almost total loss to a per cent that is so slight as to be of no importance. Thus the Fat Stock Show may be held in Fort Worth, the fairs over the State conducted and fine cattle exhibited with a fear of their falling a victim to the deadly fever which has its inception in the fever tick. 95 But Dr. FRANCIS did not stop there. He and his associate Dr. R. P. MAYSTELLER, have put in years compounding a serum which will deliver the knockout blow to hog cholera, the disease that has reduced so many men from plenty to want. Already this serum has resulted in the saving of thousands of dollars to Texas farmers and stockmen and the great men have not stopped their labors. The A. and M. College serves as an information bureau to hundreds of citizens. The agricultural department answers yearly 30,000 letters, the State experiment stations record runs even higher; the textile, civil, chemical and electrical engineering departments solve hundreds of problems for the Texas people and Texas institutions and answer literally thousands of questions. Dr. G. S. FRAPE, state chemist analyzes soils, fertilizers and feeds and prescribes fertilizers for wasted lands. The plant pathologist, Dr. BLONDETT discusses problems of plant production; in fact, anything that a Texas farmer, gardener or live stock grower wants to know can be answered at the A. & M. College, either by the college instructors of by the staff of experts maintained at the experiment station. For the student the A. & M. College offers an amazing variety of work. For the mechanically inclines youth there is the school of mechanical engineering. Under E. J. FERMIER, head of that department, a boy is given instruction in carpenter work, blacksmithing and in fact all work that will fit him to design, construct and erect machinery, power plant equipment, and to operate this with the greatest degree of efficiency at the lowest possible cost. The electrical engineering department is one of the best equipped departments in the school. Prof. F. C. BOLTON, a practical electrician and capable instructor, heads this department. The college has its own power plant and the cadet are taken there often times for practical applications. Graduates of this school are to be found in the highest positions in the electrical field. "Jimmie" NAGLE and D. W. SPENCE have turned out more capable civil engineers than any two men in the South. Men who are instructed by these two are to be found in every quarter of the globe. The department is well equipped and before another year has passed a hydraulic laboratory will be constructed. Instruction along the lines of highway construction, maintenance and location, construction of waterworks systems, protection levees, irrigation and drainage canals and ditches, reservoirs, bridges, masonry structure, the surveying and mapping of areas and drafting is given. To the end that the A. and M. might __ men to become city chemists and all positions in the big laboratories of manufacturing industries the department of chemical engineering was added to the college curriculum. Under the direction of J. C. BLAKE, this department has grown into a well established division of the college. The laboratory is equipped with every known modern convenience. 96 In other articles something is said of the departments of textile engineering and the architectural school. Suffice it to say here that these departments are thoroughly equipped and are headed by capable and experienced men. Now for a word about the agricultural department. This is the department which has sent back to the farm or contributed to public schools and higher educations of learning as instructors in agricultural studies, seventy per cent of its graduates. It has disseminated knowledge on important farming questions to thousands of Texas farmers. It hasn't been many years since the agricultural school was the little end of the horn, so to speak, at the Texas A. and M. College. But you can't keep a squirrel on the ground and neither could the intelligent farmers of the State be kept from realizing that their sons could not succeed as farmers unless they fitted themselves properly to perform that calling. So the enrollment in this school has grown with the years and instruction on every topic of of possible interest to the farmer is now given. Four separate courses are offered: Agronomy, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and a Teachers's course. Instruction in soils, farm machinery and farm management, crops, dairy farming and creamery management is given in the Agronomy course. The Horticultural department has a twofold purpose: First, to develop scientific horticulture, and secondly to properly equip students to become practical truck and fruit growers. Especial stress is laid on fruit growing and students are given work along the lines of tree dentistry, budding, grafting, spraying and other branches of work essential to practical fruit production. Judging, feeding and breeding of livestock is taught by the department of AnimaL Husbandry and, in addition to these subjects, particular stress is placed on the study of veterinary science. Instructors with a nation-wide reputation for fitness in the branch of work are members of the College staff. In view of the present laws requiring that agriculture be taught in public schools of Texas, a course for teachers has been instituted at the A. & M. College. These teachers are fitted to teach elementary agriculture. In addition to the subjects peculiar to the various branches of the school of agriculture students in this department are given instruction in biology, entomology, history, mathematics, English, and special work in the sciences to the end that they may be well rounded men. The College farm affords ample opportunity for practical work, and the large supply of tools and farm equipment is ever available for the students. Blooded horses, beef cattle, dairy cows hogs and sheep furnish good subjects for the students of animal husbandry. 97 * * * * * Who A. & M. Students Are "Show me an alumnus of the A. and M. College and nine times out of every ten I'll show you a man who is making good in his profession," says President MILNER of the big State school. And the figures justify this optimistic statement by the head of the school. On the farm, in the civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering worlds, in the textile mills, in the big laboratories chemical, graduates of this school are to be found, and they are all making good. Many former A. and M. men stand at the top rung of the ladder of their profession, and practically all A. and M. men are making creditable records in their work and casting a favorable light on the work done at the college. While more than 70 per cent of the graduates of the school of agriculture are following that work, over 90 per cent of the electrical engineering graduates pursuing that line, and 80 some odd per cent of the civil engineering graduates engaged in that field, still the A. and M. students are to be found in banks, law offices, hospitals, and in the pulpit. Dr. J. Allen KYLE, one of the leading surgeons of Houston, was a former student at A. and M. College. Dr. E. Y. MULLINS, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., the leading educator of that faith in the south, received a degree at the A. and M. College of Texas. P. L. DOWNS, banker and capitalist of Temple and the eternal friend of the farmer, a man who has worked unceasingly for the farming interests of Texas, received his education at College Station. Col. R. B. CUSHING, chief engineer for the Southern Pacific lines in Texas, is an alumnus of the engineering school. B. YOUNGBLOOD, a graduate of the agricultural department at A. and M. is serving his second year as director of State experiment farms and stations of Texas. A few of the hundreds of graduates who are filling positions of trust in Texas and other States follow: E. H. ASTIN, president of the City National Bank, Bryan; Searcy BAKER, manager South Texas Lumber Company, Houston; J. C. BURNS, professor animal husbandry, A. and M. College; J. M. CARSON, treasurer A. and M. College; J. W. CARSON, director State experiment farm, Harris County; James CRAVENS, insurance man, Houston; J. F. NICHOLS, attorney, former mayor of Greenville; F. E. GLESECKE, instructor in architecture, State University, Austin; J. J. HOOPER, professor of animal husbandry at the Kentucky State College; F. D. HUDGINS, general superintendent of street construction, St. Louis; H. J. HUTSON, chief engineer for Locket Engineering Company, New Orleans, La.; E. W. KERR, professor of mechanical engineering, Louisiana State University; J. LEWIS, professor of veterinary science at Mississippi A. and M. College; L. L. LEWIS, professor of veterinary science at Oklahoma A. and M.; R. G. LITTLEJOHN, city tax assessor and collector, Fort Worth; F. M. LAW, cashier of Commercial National Bank, Beaumont; Lamar McLENNAL, State feed inspector Oklahoma; Hal MOSELY, engineer, Dallas; H. NESS, horticulturist at Texas Experiment 98 Station; R. J. POTTS, highway engineer A. and M.; Charles HOGAN, prominent attorney, Austin; T. D. ROWELL, member Legislature; H. S. SHMIDE, assistant veterinarian State Experiment Station; G. C. STREET, architect, Houston; C. C. TODD, attorney, San Antonio; P. S. TILSON, city chemist, Houston; W. A. TRENCKMANN, editor, San Antonio; L. W. WALLACE, instructor in car and locomotive designs at Purdue University; W. WIPPRECHT, county tax collector, Brazos County; and hundreds of others. * * * * * The Growth of A. and M. College At no time in its history has the A. and M. College enjoyed such a rapid yet healthy growth as has been its portion during the administration of Col. R. T. MILNER as president. Since September, 1908, when Colonel MILNER took over the reins of the college, the attendance has practically doubled; new branches of study have been incorporated into the curriculum; physical conditions at the college have been bettered and greatly improved and the entire tone of the college raised by several several degrees. Those were troublous times when Colonel MILNER retired as a member of the board of directors and entered the office of the presidency of the institution. And it took just such a man as him, lovable, tender, solicitous about the welfare of each student and each instructor, to dissipate the bad feeling that existed, in a word, to soothe the troubled waters. But Colonel MILNER is a builder and a doer and the slogan of his administration has ever been "more students, better students; more buildings, better buildings; more equipment, better equipment; and (accent this please) better work." With such a slogan on the masthead of the president's boat what could the old school do but grow and prosper? When President MILNER began his administration, the College was not caring for the farmers of the State. She was educating her sons, true enough, but doing nothing to better farming conditions. "Establish an extension department," said the President, "and convey the college to the farmers." Then he demanded demonstration trains. The establishment of a department of highway engineering, the establishment of a school to instruct along lines of cotton classing and farm terracing, followed. Last year he signed a contract whereby demonstration agents of the Federal department of agriculture were placed in co-operation with the A & M extension department. All these things and many more did he and he has plans yet for the broadening of the work of the institution. to make it more of a farmers school. To increase its efficiency in all departments. It has been an era of building, has this administration, and an era of good. Now the main building and mess hall are under construction. The electrical engineering building, the steam plant, MILNER, LEGGETT and MITCHELL halls, all modern structures, have been put up during his term. 99 In 1876, when the A. & M. College was established with Major GARTHRIGHT as President, the College had an enrollment of 106 students. In 1908, when Colonel MILNER became President, there were 645 students. He began an active campaign to increase the enrollment and the next year there were 854 students. The following year 1030 were enrolled; then 1129; this year there are 1013 names on the roll. Any student, any instructor, or other employee of the College always feels at liberty to take their problems to Colonel MILNER. They find in him a kindly, sympathetic listener and a counsellor of much wisdom. The door of his office is open to every student and every cadet knows it. * * * * * New Buildings at A. & M. With the completion of the new $200,000 main building, the $100,000 mess hall, and the $75,000 Y.M.C.A. building, the A. and M. College will have three of the most handsome public buildings in Texas. Work on the main building is being rushed more rapidly than on the other structures. The mess hall construction has been delayed seriously by the failure to receive shipments of steel. All the steel has arrived, however, and this building soon will be completed. In fact it is expected that the rood will be on by commencement. The new mess hall, which has been named the Bernard Sbisa Hall, in honor of B. SBISA, head of the subsistence department, will be fireproof. Another distinctive feature is that it will be flyproof. Every step has been taken to insure proper ventilation and sanitation. Accommodations for 1800 cadets will be provided. The new main building will be by far the most handsome structure on the campus. Constructed of reinforced concrete with gray brick, its brass dome will stand "head and shoulders" above all other A. and M. structures. The administrative officers will be housed there and classrooms will be provided for mathematics, English, and history departments. The Y.M.C.A. building, which is being erected by the alumni of the college, will add materially to the comfort and pleasure of the cadets. The building will be equipped with reading rooms, rooms for class meetings, etc., and every kind of wholesome amusement will be provided. Failure to secure brick is holding up the work on this building for the time being. 100 Transcribed by Jane HORN Bryan Weekly Eagle, March 23, 1922 Bryan Boys Receive Daily Reports From over the Nation by Radiophones (Raidophoned TO Bryan Eagle, Courtesy of Charley GRIESSER) From Saturday's Daily. Washington, D. C. March 18 -Senator Tom WATSON of Georgia attacked Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Andrew F. MELLON as holding that high position illegally. "MELLON is to near to Wall Street" to qualify for the post of head of the nation's treasury, the Senator asserted. Washington, D. C., March 18 -Secretary of the Navy Edwin H. DENBY has decided to complete construction of the battleship ---buzz---buzz (then followed the strain of that popular song "hit" called "Dapper Dan" from somewhere over the United States). The above reports were picked up by the Eagle from the valuable radiophone of Charles GRIESSER at his home on 24th Street. Mr. GRIESSER is the first man in Bryan to own and operate a radiophone, the marvelous now invention which makes it possible for a man in Bryan to hear human voices voices and music sent out from stations all over the United States from as far north as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to as far west as points in California. Mr. GRIESSER was given government wireless license before the World War, but coming of the war cancelled it. He was re-issued a license March 1921. His radiophone is one of the best in this part of Texas, the receiving set along being worth $246 and his sending set about $75. His aerial is one of the highest in Bryan, one pole being 70 feet and the other 50 feet above the ground, and the span of two wires 60 feet each across. Members and officers of the Brazos County Radio Club, the organization of young men of this county who own wireless radiophones are. W. A. TOLSON, president. (he is a licensed operator who operates the big wireless radiophone station at College); P. H. ROBERTS, vice-president, licensed operator, (call number 5abx, owns both a receiving and sending set); Charley GRIESSER, secretary-treasurer, (call number 5mx, owns both receiving and sending set); Charles NITCH, publicity man, (receiving set only); Ralph SMITH, Sergeant-at-arms (call number 5zp, owns private station at College); Sam NOTO, (licensed operator owns both receiving and sending sets); other members owning only receiving sets are Harry WILLIAMS, Euwell WHEELER, Abney STALLINGS and George MARTIN. Some of the interesting things heard last night over Mr. GRIESSER's radiophone were: Orchestra Concert at Pine Bluff Arkansas at 8:45 o'clock, music very clear and the beat of the bars sounded as rhythmic as if we were standing 30 feet from the band; a concert sent out from the Government Recreation Hospital at Denver, Colorado, clear and forceful; (this can be heard practically every night); speaking by a man in Nebraska; then the Washington reports mentioned above; some excellent Victrola music, among pieces being "Dapper Dan", a song sent out by Mr. W. S. JOHNSON from Sedalia Missouri; conversation 101 between Mr. JOHNSON at Sedalia, Missouri and a man at Hutchinson, Kansas; wireless sending by commercial station somewhere on the Texas Coast. The fartherest GRIESSER has heard is from the Catalina Islands, California on the west to East Pittsburgh on the east. Last Sunday night GRIESSER heard Williams Jennings BRYAN announce from the giant Westinghouse station in East Pittsburgh that he, Mr. BRYAN, has just assumed the office of publicity manager at the big Westinghouse Station. This report was also heard by College and several of the operators at Bryan. It is strange, uncanny, almost unbelievable that one can sit down at his desk and tune in a human voice speaking a thousand miles away. With the invention of the radiophone, one of the most remarkable devices of this remarkable age the states of the Union can be linked together just a little bit closer than ever before. Country newspapers will be able to receive newspaper reports from every part of the United States whenever they desire with the promised development of the radiophone in the next few years. Already the Dallas News is broadcasting news each night. Harry WILLIAMS, 3520 30th Street, an 8th grade Bryan High School student has a receiving set situated in the parlor of his home and whenever the family wants to hear music they simply tune in a concert or two from 8"15 to about 10 o'clock. Denver, Dallas and Austin have been furnishing the best music. Vocal numbers, orchestra and band concerts and pieces from the violin and other stringed instruments are the kinds of music heard. Last Saturday night Harry heard: A conversation between a man in Denver, Colorado, and a man in Florida between 8 and 8:30 o'clock, concerning market reports and weather forecasts. On Friday night he hears a talk between the Denver man and one in California, in addition to violin and other stringed instrumental music, a song by a woman and an orchestra in action. Tuesday before last two pianos played at the same time, an orchestra later, then a woman sang, followed by a man singing and closed with a violin piece. WILLIAMS has his aerial 14 feet from the ground, of two wires each 70 feet long. One of the "City Fathers" of Bryan who has become a radiophone "faddist" is City Commissioner H. A. BURGER, who is an uncle of Harry WILLIAMS. There are several other valuable radiophones situated in this city which help place Bryan "on the map" radiophonographicalogically speaking. * * * * * Bryan Weekly Eagle, October 16, 1924 Radio Concert Given at Smetana on Friday Night Drew Rather Large Crowd C. E. GRIESSER and wife gave the people of Smetana community a radio concert when he took a large set, without overhead aerial to the school house and placed it on the from steps where all could hear it out in the open air. Static was bad for the opening hour, but about 9:30 to 10 it cleared away as the evening became cooler and some fine music was heard. The Smetana school, under the leadership of Prof. Dixon I. TURNER, is planning to purchase a radio set as a means of bringing the community community together in a more 102 friendly spirit. A community club is another thing that is being planned by Principal TURNER and this is to be formed in the near future. * * * * * Bryan Weekly Eagle, May 9, 1911 Kurten Cemetery Association The citizens of the Kurten community have organized a cemetery association and secured a deed to the property used as a burying ground, and laid it out in lots with nice walks and driveways between the lots. They have arranged for keeping the cemetery cleaned up and beautified by working it four times a year. The members are divided into four groups and will work the cemetery by turns. Following are the officers of the association: William MANTHEI, president; Oscar KURTEN, treasurer; Hugo ENDLER, secretary. * * * * * Bryan Daily Eagle, August 5, 1924 Shiloh Barbecue Netted $112 for the Cemetery Though the only donations to the Shiloh Barbecue were: $7.20 worth of ice by The Stephen Bottling Works and five cases of soda water for $2.75 by Brazos Bottling Works, all else including meats, being purchased, the net profits of the occasion, after deducting all expenses, were $112, which, it is stated will go for the improvement of Rector Cemetery in Shiloh community. The profits were made from the sale of the barbecued meats and picnic dinner, together with the revenues derived from the sale of ice cream and cold drinks at the stands operated on the grounds. The report on the figures was furnished the Eagle by V. J. BORISKIE, chairman of the committee on arrangements. His associates on the committee were: Tom SEBASTA and Will TAUBER. Mr. BORISKIE expressed the appreciation of Shiloh community to the candidates and all attendance and liberality in the purchase of good things to eat and drink made the day a success and the cemetery improvement possible. A new fence, barbed wire type, with posts of the best on the market, will soon be built around the cemetery with money derived from the barbecue. * * * * * 103 Bryan Daily Eagle, July 15, 1924 Graveyard Working There will be a graveyard working at the Alexander Cemetery, near the Alexander school and church, on Thursday, July 17, Everybody come and bring tools; also well filled baskets, as a basket dinner will be spread on the grounds at noon. How To Approach a County Clerk Prepared by Karen McQUEEN, Brazos County Clerk Texas is made up of 184 County Clerks, 184 District Clerks and 70 Combination Clerks. The clerk's office has been in existence in Texas since 1836. The duty of the County Clerk is to preserve, protect and maintain the records of the county. The individuals who hold these positions are very dedicated to and protective of the records that have been entrusted to their care. When working in a courthouse, the first thing to remember is that each clerk is different and has a different way of viewing how his or her records are kept. With 254 counties in the state, there are 254 different ways of doing the same thing. One of the things you never want to do is to tell the clerk that it is done differently in another county. As a county clerk, I like to know what is going on in my office throughout the day. I like to meet our visitors as they go through the records. Make an effort to introduce yourself to the clerk. If the clerk is not available, meet his or her chief deputy. Let the clerk know what you are doing, be it looking for marriage licenses, birth/death records, or property records. Don't be afraid to ask questions before you get started with your research. Where can you find certain records? Are there places, such as rooms or file drawers that are not for public use? What records can or can't be viewed or copied? What payment types will your county accept? Be sure you know the boundaries. Check with a clerk or deputy before you start making your copies. There are certain records that you can obtain a plain copy of and certain records you can only obtain a certified copy of. Some clerks will allow the index books to be copied while some won't. Some Some clerks don't want you to make copies at all, but would rather have their staff members do this job for you. 104Last but not least be sure to clear off your work area. Index books and record books should be placed back where they came from and not left out for the clerks to put up. If you keep these things in mind, you should be able to enjoy yourself at any courthouse in Texas and in other state courthouses as well. * * * * * Prepared by Karen McQUEEN, Brazos County Clerk As a child, I was always fascinated with going to work at the courthouse with my Mom. At that time, the courthouse had sub-buildings that housed different offices. Sidewalks ran to all the offices and were shaded by huge oak trees. There were picnic tables and benches scattered around for the employees and public use. I would come to work with Mom on the weekends and try to help out. By the next weekend it looked like we had not done anything at all. I was and still am amazed by the volume of paperwork that goes through the Clerk's Office on a daily basis. My first memory of Mr. Frank BORISKIE (former Brazos County Clerk) was when I was in the 3rd or 4th grade, and he was trying to get my sister and me into the car with him. Mom's car wouldn't start and they came to pick us up from school in his car. We had been taught, "you don't get into a car with a stranger," so we wouldn't go with him. Mom had to finally get out of the car and come and get us. But I remember that Mr. BORISKIE didn't seem to be upset by taking time out of his day to come and get us. He was like that. If someone needed his help, he was there. Mr. BORISKIE has three grandchildren that I remember playing with as a young child. They all lived out of town and would come and stay with Mr. & Mrs. BORISKIE during the summers. His oldest grandchild and only granddaughter was Courtney. Courtney was close to my age and she would always bring her roller skates with her when she came to visit. We spent time together skating around the courthouse after hours while the clerks worked late to finish the days recordings. He sure got a kick out of seeing us having such a good time. When I turned 15, Mr. BORISKIE hired me to do microfilming after school, during the summer and Christmas break. My first day at work was terrifying, but he spent all day with me, showed me how the office worked, giving me a tour of the courthouse and making me feel welcome. Mr. "B" as I called him was a great teacher. He told me that the voters put him into office, and they could also take him out. That I should always give 110% of myself to what I did and 120% to our customers. That is the standard I live by today. The customer comes first. I also remember a time, when I first started working with him when he received a call from an elderly couple wanting to get married. The gentleman was in the hospital and was 105 not able to come to the courthouse to purchase the license. Mr. B asked me to go to the hospital with him to issue the license. The smiles on the faces of that couple when we left the hospital made me realize what a great person I was working for. Not all clerks are that willing to go out of their way to help their fellow citizens. Mr B was one of a kind, always willing to help those in need. He was a great County Clerk, teacher, and friend. That was the same value that he taught to my Mom, Mary Ann WARD, who became County Clerk of Brazos County when Mr. B retired in December of 1990. She went to work for Mr. B in October of 1973 as a Deputy Clerk. She worked her way from Deputy Clerk to Probate Clerk, Chief Deputy and finally County Clerk. As a little girl, Mary Ann remembers standing across the street from the old courthouse building with her father and watching the columns fall in a cloud of dust. It was sad to watch such a beautiful building come tumbling down. At that time, there was a small replica of the new courthouse building on display in one of the storefronts downtown. She recalls telling her dad that it was not as pretty as the one that was being town down. When I asked her where the offices were moved to, she told me that she remembers that they were scattered downtown. Some just a block away while others were several blocks away. She also remembers when the jail was located across the street from the Courthouse. Unlike the jail today, the old jail had windows covered with bars. She was scared to pass by the jail because the inmates would wave and call to people out on the street. When the family would come into town and drive by the jail, she would hide so that they wouldn't see her.Mr. B taught Mary Ann and me that not only does the customer come first, but that the history of Brazos County was put into our hands to protect and preserve to the best of our abilities. That was and is a job that we both take very seriously. Although the records are open to the public, we still have to watch how the records are being treated. Mary Ann worked very hard to implement a recording system that would speed up the recording process and maintain the current records. Her main objective was to find a way to better serve the citizens of Brazos County and keep the records available to them. She was always quick to point out that our office was there for the records and the people. "These documents are the history of the county, and we should treat them accordingly. Never get rid of the old files and books," were her words to me as I took office. Once the records are gone, they can never be replaced. She strongly believes in that statement and still reminds me of it today. 106 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" -The Bryan Daily Eagle -December 4, 1926, p. 1 J. H. REED Yesterday we had a write-up of Hon. W. S. BARRON, the law-maker for Brazos county. Today we have a write-up of the sheriff, J. H. REED, who will try to enforce the laws passed by Mr. BARRON and other legislators. "When I was 21, I was working on a farm and helping my father with the cotton, cattle and horses on the home place at Harvey," stated Mr. REED, who has the unique distinction of having been elected to sheriff at the age of 61. We doubt if many other men in Texas ever were elected to the office of sheriff when past the age of 60. Mr. REED, who is as agile and alert as many men many years younger, has had much experience as a peace officer. For 18 years he served as constable of his home community of Harvey, and in those days, being constable was no soft job. He He has arrested as many as 37 men within a week when lawlessness was at its height. In addition to his duties as constable, he has served as school trustee and road overseer. In referring to the crime in Brazos county, he said that it simply kept him on the run to try to secure a customer for the jail. Bryan's hoosegow has been vacant for three days now, despite the fact that the rooms are in an inviting condition, and three hot meals are served each day. "I never saw anything like it," he laments. Only once in a while does the jail have a patron. Guests are so rare that they are as welcome as guests at the State fair. Mr. REED has had practically no thrilling experiences since assuming office last month. "I have had just one fight--this thing of being sheriff surely is an old man's job," he sighed. He said that crime was less now than any other time in his lifetime. He admitted there is considerable bootlegging going on, but under the law "my hands are tied. The search and seizure law handcuffs the officer. If I were to know that a man had whiskey in that car out there, but if he had it covered up with a blanket, I would have to go to the court house and get a warrant before I could arrest him. By that time he could be long gone on his way. I certainly hope that the next legislature will repeal or amend the law, and believe that it will", he said. Bethel Cemetery James Henry REED Born: 15 Aug 1865 Died: 19 Feb 1943 Mary Etta REED Born: 17 May 1870 Died: 14 Sep 1940 107 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -The Bryan Daily Eagle -December 31, 1926, p. 1 David REID "When I was 21 I was working for a big dry goods store in Manchester, England," said David REID, who has been in the grocery business in Bryan for 17 years. Mr. REID finished high school in Manchester, and immediately went to work in a dry goods store. He worked for four firms there and was manager of four departments when he quit to come to the United States. Greater business opportunities here caused him to desire to leave England, he said. He stated that employees did not rate so much in England, and if you ever lost your job, it was almost impossible to find new employment. After landing in New York City, he immediately came to Bryan and went to work for W. J. COULTER. When asked if he came here "broke" he replied, "No, indeed. Believe me, they will not let you land in New York City if you are without money." After staying here a few months he went to Dallas and attended HARRELL's business college for approximately 10 months. He then went to Alba in East Texas to work for the Consumers' Lignite company. In 1911 he came back to Bryan and purchased the retail grocery store of John M. LAWRENCE. Mr. REID says he likes it better in the United States than in England in every respect. Over there when you buy land it is not yours, but you merely obtain sort of a lease on it, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Land Commission. Property is much higher there, and every foot of land is utilized to good advantage. The English people are economical in the extreme, and Mr. REID says that an American family wastes enough for the average English family to live on. The English people are intrinsically different from Americans. They are for co-operation in everything while most Americans are strictly individual. England is far behind the United States in science and most things that smack of materialism, says Mr. REID. Electrical appliances are not nearly so well developed there as in Bryan, and things that are convenient do not have such a big premium. The United States lives for today--England for permanency. A house is built in the United States to sell--in England it is built to live in for 100 years or more. Roads are built in the United States largely for political reasons--in England they are built to last generations. All of the roads there are macadamized, built of rock in general, and limestone in particular, and have a base of six or seven feet. A corps of road workers is employed for every three miles of road, and they keep the thoroughfares in perfect condition. 108The United States is far ahead in railway equipment. In England they have "dinky" passenger and freight cars, the latter carrying only 20 tons. Strange to say, the smaller type engine the faster the train. The limiteds and expresses that travel 65 and 70 miles per hour have the smallest kind of engines. Agriculture in the southern portion and coal mining and manufacturing in the northern and eastern parts are the chief economic resources of England. The court houses of England are magnificent in structure, and are noted for their artistic beauty. Court is a very solemn affair, and magistrates and policemen are everywhere in the temples of justice. Mr. REID says that the only public officials who have soft jobs in England--and by the way, they are chosen for a lifetime--are the judges or King's consulars. When they arrive in a city, they are met by a carriage and are accompanied by soldiers as a tribute of respect and honor. Crime is less, convictions are many and pardons are rare. English laborers work from 8 in the morning until 6 at night. The scale of wages there is lower than in the United States, but the cost of living is so much less that they do not suffer on this score. People in England enjoy their leisure time to better advantage than Americans, he said. Bryan City Cemetery David REID Born: 20 Sep 1885 Died: 11 May 1962 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -The Bryan Daily Eagle -January 27, 1927, p. 1 W. B. ROMAN "When I was 21 I was a student in the medical school at the University of Texas at Galveston. In fact, I finished there that year," stated W. B. ROMAN of the drug firm of ROMAN and VICK. Mr. ROMAN and Mr. VICK, in point of age, are Bryan's youngest druggists and among its most progressive. Mr. ROMAN was born and reared in Bryan, attending the local high school and ALLEN Academy. While still at student he worked part time for E. J. JENKINS, one of Bryan's pioneer druggists. He also worked there full time before going to school in Galveston. Mr. ROMAN also takes his place among Bryan's business men who started in a low salary, his first job paying him only $18 per month. He had been offered $16 a month by the local telephone company and Mr. JENKINS anted the bid and a couple of dollars and won. After finishing college, Mr. ROMAN again went to work for Mr. JENKINS, and was in his 109 employ from 1911 to 1919. In 1919 R. M. VICK, who was in the drug business, had the misfortune of experiencing a fire, and he and Mr. ROMAN became partners in the new store. During these eight years this firm has prospered, and only last year they purchased the JAMES drug store No. 2, and continue to operate it. This store sells only for cash, a method that is highly satisfactory, according to Mr. ROMAN. "Yes, I think it is better to work for yourself than for someone else," he admitted. "Another thing, you have the opportunity of spending more time on the outside when you are your own boss. I enjoy good hunting and have added considerable weight since I have been privileged to take outdoor exercise. It used to be that a man in a drug store had to come down at 7:00 in the morning, and worked until 9:30 at night." This drug store has a good prescription trade and Mr. ROMAN says this is a profitable business. When asked if the soda fountain was a paying investment, he answered by saying that "it is a good good drawing card and pays well in good times." In answer to the query of what organizations he belonged to, he answered, "almost everything that was ever founded here, including all of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges. Mr. ROMAN is another booster of the trade at home slogan, and practices this doctrine in both spirit and letter. Bryan City Cemetery William B. ROMAN Born: 05 Dec 1889 Died: 29 Aug 1966 * * * * * "When I Was 21" -The Bryan Daily Eagle -November 25, 1926, p. 1 W. R. SANDERS The grocery business ain't what she used to be. This is the sentiment of W. R. SANDERS one of Bryan's pioneer grocery merchants. He had been in the business 40 years, 10 years at Iola and 30 years at Bryan. The grocery business was more thriving here 30 years ago than it is now. In the "good old days" Bryan was the trade center for Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Leon, Robertson and Burleson counties. Today Bryan's grocery trade is confined mostly to Brazos county. Farmers used to come to town in their wagons and thought thought nothing of buying 200, 300, and 110 500 pound quantities. Mr. SANDERS says that one time about 30 years ago there was an old man in his store by the name of L. MCWHORTER. Someone came in and bought $1.00 worth of bacon, and he proceeded to wrap it up. "Good my," exclaimed Mr. MCWHORTER, "this is the first time in all my life I ever saw a grocery man wrap up a piece of bacon." A popular seller was snuff, which was bought by both men and women in all ranks of life. "Today, my snuff trade is confined almost entirely to darkeys," he said. Being in the grocery business is not without its advantages, however, he declared. In olden times practically all groceries were sold on credit, and credit meant the customer would pay up once a year. Canned goods of all kinds, fruits, vegetables, and canned milk are much more popular today. "The vegetable trade has increased with the popularity of apartment houses, and I reckon the doctors have helped the fruit industry," said Mr. SANDERS. Prices have changed, too. Coffee is much higher now than formerly, while sugar is considerably cheaper. The demand for candy, pickles, and chewing tobacco has remained about the same. Women are much more particular about their buying, and they demand quality rather than price. "When I was 21 I was on a farm near Macon, Ga. I came to Anderson, in Grimes county, in 1896, and farmed there three years before moving to Iola where I farmed and later when into the general merchandise business. I moved to Bryan about 30 years ago and have been in the grocery business at the same stand all of these years," he said. When asked why he moved to Bryan, he answered: "I came to Bryan on account of better educational institutions; I wanted to give my children a good education." We told him that we thought Bryan's splendid educational facilities caused many families to move here. And he said he thought so, too. Bryan City Cemetery Wm. R. SANDERS Born: 07 Mar 1850 Died: 10 May 1933 S. Elizabeth SANDERS Born: 28 Feb 1866 Died: 05 Mar 1954 111 Gillespie Lodge, No 55 At Boonville, and then Wheelock, Texas, 1849-1861 Abstracted by Donald F. SIMONS This is the first installment of Masonic Lodges begun in Brazos County, after Texas became a state in 1845. The Grand Lodge of Texas was formed in 1836 and began constituting lodges with consecutive numbers at that time: Holland Lodge No. 1 was formed in Houston. This abstract is presented in the interest of providing access to the names of the early citizens of Brazos County who were Master Masons in order that their descendants might have a working knowledge of their community activities, travels, involvement in business, ranching, farming, churches, and education. You can be assured that these early masons were the leaders of these small communities. One must also understand that the names listed were submitted by their lodges to the Grand Lodge of Texas. These names were then transcribed from the hand written submissions and published in the annual proceedings of the Grand Lodge. It is more than possible that your ancestor's name has been misspelled at some point along the way. The process of communication between the individual lodges and the Grand Lodge had many miles to travel, and arrive in time to be published. The responsibility was on the individual SECRETARY of the lodge to keep track of the members throughout the year. Included also, in this abstract, is the city of the annual meeting which will give a sense of place for the early meetings of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Usually, one or more of the officers of the individual lodges will travel and attend the Grand Lodge and participate in the deliberations reported in the proceedings, then return and report to the members of the individual lodge at their next meeting. All listing to follow were officers and members of Gillespie Lodge, No. 55. These abstracts from the published proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Texas, beginning with the Twelfth Grand Annual Communication held in Houston, Texas, January 15, 1849, set the Gillespie Lodge, No. 55, to work in Boonville, Brazos County, Texas, with the Lodge to meet on the fourth Saturday each month. The original slate of officers included Worshipful Master, Byrom WICKSON; Senior Warden, Joshua SEALE; Junior Warden, E. M. MILLICAN; and Secretary, Janes K. MARKLY. No other masons were listed in this return for the year 1849. (The Lodge was originally submitted for work under dispensation in 1848, with the name of Boonville as reported in the Committee on Work and Returns, and By-Laws of Lodges U.D. on January 16, 1848, but name adopted and designated by the Grand Lodge was Gillespie Lodge No. 55. on page xx of the Proceedings). The Thirteenth Grand Annual Communication was held in the City of Austin, January 21, 1850. Worshipful Master, C. VARNER Senior Warden, C. T. WILLIAMS Junior Warden, Wilson REED Secretary, H. MITCHELL 112 Treasurer, C. C. SEALE Senior Deacon, J. D. WILLIAMS Junior Deacon, J. C. SPENCE Senior Steward, H. FULLERTON Tyler, H. FULLERTON Past Masters: Bryan WICKSON; D. C. DICKSON. Master Masons: E. M. MILLICAN; A. G. PERRY; Josuha SEALE; T. H. M. ROGERS; J. W. DEVIBLISS; D. McGEE; John WALKER; Jehu STAKES; James M. PRICE; W. C. BOYLES. The Fourteenth Grand Lodge Communication was held in the town of Henderson, January 20, 1851. Note that the Gillespie Lodge, No 55, had moved it meeting place to Wheelock, in the County of Robertson, meeting on the fourth Saturday of each month. No explanation was given for the move. All future meetings of Gillespie Lodge No. 55 were held in Wheelock, in the county of Robertson. The same members continued and were joined by others. Worshipful Master, Wilson REED Senior Warden, W. R. ARNETT Junior Warden, C. C. COLLINS Secretary, Isaac C. SPENCE Treasurer, C. C. SEALES Senior Deacon, Harvey MITCHELL Junior Deacon, Henry FULLERTON Senior Steward, Henry FULLERTON Tyler, Stephen J. J. SPARKS Master Masons: William LAWRENCE; Francis L. BARZIZA; J. D. WILLIAMS; Robert JOHNSON; Thos. B. WILLIAMS; John FULLERTON; Ralph GRAVES; John WOODS; Wm. C. SPARKS; Henry REED; Samuel BURTON; James M. DIXON; James WALKER; B. BROOKS. Fellow Crafts: Thos. W. SYLES; B. F. JOHNSON; Reuben LONG. Entered Apprentices: A. H. SPENCER; C. C. CLAYTON; John F. CALWAY; Joseph WEBB; Thomas R. WEBB. Dead: James L. McMURRAY, E. A. 29th October. There were no returns filed with the Grand Lodge for Gillespie Lodge, No 55, during the Fifteenth (1852), Sixteenth (1853), or Seventeenth (1854) Communications. The Eighteenth Annual Communication held at the City of San Antonio, on the third Monday in January, 1855. Worshipful Master, J. C. SPENCE Senior Warden, William L. GLASS Junior Warden, B. BROOKS Secretary, Thomas L. WENKLER 113 Treasurer, A. L. BRIGANCE Senior Deacon, C. H. ATWOOD Junior Deacon, Jesse R. GROVER Senior Steward, Jackson K. WHITE Tyler, J. J. CARLTON Past Masters: Thomas B. WILLIAMS; Wilson REED; B. BROOKS; J. C. SPENCE. Master Masons: William C. SPARKS; F. L. BARZIZA; Henry FULLERTON; H. MITCHELL; C. C. SEALE; Jehu STOKES; Robert JOHNSON; Wm. R. ARNETT; John FULLERTON; William LAURENCE; Ralph GRAVES; Henry REED; C. C. COLLINS; James WALKER; Stephen J. SPARKS; A. H. C. SPENCER; Joseph WEBB; Thos. R. WEBB; William WALKER; John WOODS; J. J. BOWMAN; Hugh R. HENRY; John NAVARRE; Alfred KELLY; Wm. S. STEWART; Volney CAVITT; R. G. ANDERSON; N. J. STEEL; Cavitt ARMSTRONG; G. W. BANTON; Arthur WOODS; G. R. WHEELOCK; George PRICKETT; J. M. DOUTHITT; R. P. PRICE; D. A. NEILSON; Charles LEWIS; Jackson K. WHITE; J. J. LEWIS; G. H. LOVE; Joseph SNEAD; J. J. CHARLTON; W. H. WHEELOCK; John CASEY; David YOUNG; Joseph A. HAYNES; Joseph T. McNULTY; C. H. ATWOOD; Jesse R. GROVER; E. W. THOMPSON; Enoch POWELL; R. A. FULBRIGHT; John M. CROSBY; Morris LEVI; Robert HUDSPETH; C. C. HEARM; M. JACOBS; Wm. H. DELONG; William P. BLACKBURN. The Nineteenth Annual Communication held at the City of Galveston, commencing the third Monday in January, 1856. Worshipful Master, B. BROOKS Senior Warden, T. L. WINKLER Junior Warden, C. C. HEWNE Secretary, J. H. FEENEY Treasurer, C. LEWIS Senior Deacon, I. C. SPENCE Junior Deacon, R. HUDSPETH Senior Steward, G. R. WHEELOCK Junior Steward, J. J. CHARLETAN Tyler, J. J. CHARLETAN Past Masters: T. B. WILLIAMS; Wilson REED; B. BROOKS; I. C. SPENCE. Master Masons: Fifty-six members. (They were not listed.) The Twentieth Annual Communication held at the town of Palestine, commencing the third Monday in January, 1857. Worshipful Master, B. BROOKS Senior Warden, Jasper MILLER Junior Warden, V. CAVITT Secretary, T. H. HUDSPETH Treasurer, Charles LEWIS Senior Deacon, J. C. SPENCE 114 Junior Deacon, R. HUDSPETH Senior Steward, James CAVITT Junior Steward, J. WALKER Tyler, K. COOPER Past Masters: W. REID; I. C. SPENCE; B. BROOKS. Master Masons: F. L. BARZIZA; John WALKER; Jehu STOKES; Wm. LAWRENCE; John WOOD; W. C. SPARKS; G. R. WHEELOCK; George PRICKET; W. L. GLASS; J. W. DAUTHITT; R. P. RICE; J. J. LEWIS; H. FIEBOUT; J. S. BARTON; A. F. CAVITT; J. J. SAMPLE; B. J. HINDS; J. H. CALVERT; James WALKER; S. J. SPARKS; A. H. C. SPENCER; A. L. BRIGANCE; R. ANDERSON; N. J. STEEL; T. L. WINKLER; A. WOOD; M. D. McCALL; J. J. CHARLTON; John CASEY; D. YOUNG; R. HUDSPETH; C. C. HEARNE; J. T. McANULTY; J. H. FEENEY; J. F. BRITTON; J. W. DAVIDSON; H. CROSS; George DUNN; T. N. YARDLEY; R. M. CONNER; R. HENRY; H. L. LITTLE; Jos. JORDAN; K. COOPER. Entered Apprentice: D. DAVIS. The Twentieth-First Annual Communication held at the town of Waco, commencing the third Monday in January, 1858. Worshipful Master, B. BROOKS Senior Warden, J. H. FEENEY Junior Warden, R. HUDSPETH Secretary, T. H. HUDSPETH Treasurer, V. CAVITT Senior Deacon, I. C. SPENCE Junior Deacon, T. N. YARDLEY Senior Steward, H. YOUNG Junior Steward, N. J. STEEL Tyler, Francis KELLOGG Past Masters: W. REED; I. C. SPENCE; B. BROOKS Master Masons: F. L. BARZIZA; John WALKER; Jehu STOKES; Wm. LAWRENCE; Jno WOOD; G. R. WHEELOCK; Geo PRICKETT; Wm. L. GLASS; J. W. DOUTHITT; R. P. RICE; J. J. LEWIS; Henry TIEBOUT; J. S. BARTON; A. F. CAVITT; J. J. SAMPLE; B. J. HINDS; J. H. CALVERT; James WALKER; A. L. BRIGANCE; R. ANDERSON; T. L. WINKLER; Arthur WOOD; M. D. McCALL; J. J. CHARLTON; Jno. CASEY; C. C. HEARNE; J. T. McANULTY; Chas. LEWIS; Jasper MILLER; J. F. BRITTAN; H. CROSS; Geo. DUNN; R. M. CONNER; Josiah JORDAN; Rob't HENRY; H. L. LITTLE; K. COOPER; M. A. COLEMAN; J. A. CAVITT; H. HANOVER; G. M. DAVIDSON; D. DAVIS; Jno. REYNOLDS; M. JACOBS. Entered Apprentices: J. W. SPARKS; L. J. BUNDICK. The Twenty-Third Annual Communication held at the town of Crockett, commencing on the second Monday in June, 1859. (Officers were not listed.) 115 Past Masters: I. C. SPENCE; B. BROOKS. Master Masons: R. G. ANDERSON; F. S. BARZIZA; A. L. BRIGANCE; J. F. BRITTON; E. BROWN; Jno. CASEY; J. H. CALVERT; R. M. CONNER; A. F. CAVITT; J. W. DOWPHETT; G. H. DUNN; G. W. ELLIS; W. L. GLASS; Rob't. HUDSPETH; C. C. HEARNE; B. J. HYNES; Rob't HENRY; Hiram HANOVER; Josiah JORDAN; Wm. LAWRENCE; J. J. LEWIS; Chas. LEWIS; G. H. LOVE; H. L. LITTLE; J. McNULTY; J. MILLER; Geo. PRICHETT; H. I. C. SPENCER; Jehue STOKES; J. J. SAMPLES; Henry TIEBOUT; Jno. WALKER; Jas. WALKER; John WOODS; Arthur WOODS; G. R. WHEELOCK; T. L. WINKLER; T. YARDLY; D. YOUNG. Entered Apprentices: W. J. SPARKS; L. J. BURDICK. The Twenty-Fourth Annual Communication held at the town of La Grange, commencing on the second Monday in June, 1860. Worshipful Master, John H. FEENEY Senior Warden, G. H. LOVE Junior Warden, T. N. YEARDLY Secretary, John LLOYD Treasurer, J. J. CHARLTON Senior Deacon, T. H. HUDSPETH Junior Deacon, Robt HUDSPETH Senior Steward, A. F. CAVITT Junior Steward, John REYNOLDS Tyler, John REYNOLDS Past Masters: Wilson REED; J. C. SPENCE; Jno H. FEENEY; B. BROOKS. Master Masons: F. L. BARZIZA; Jesse STOKES; William LAWRENCE; G. R. WHEELOCK; Geo PRICKETT; J. W. DOUTHETT; J. J. LEWIS; Henry TIEBOUT; B. J. HINDS; Jas. H. CALVERT; L. WINKLER; John CASEY; C. C. HEARNE; Chas. LEWIS; Geo. DUNN; R. M. CONNOR; Josiah JORDAN; Robt HENRY; K. COOPER; J. A. CAVITT; H. HANOVER; D. DAVIS; N. J. STEEL; Francis KELLOGG; J. K. COLLINS; H. L. LITTLE. Fellow Crafts: Sheridan CAVITT; David FRAZIER. The Twenty-Fifth Annual Communication held at the City of Houston, commencing on the second Monday in June, 1861. Worshipful Master, G. H. LOVE Senior Warden, R. HUDSPETH Junior Warden, Jno. REYNOLDS Secretary, B. BROOKS Treasurer, J. J. CHARLTON Senior Deacon, T. H. HUDSPETH Junior Deacon, T. N. SEARDLY Senior Steward, H. TIEBOUT Junior Steward, J. LLOYD Tyler, A. F. CAVITT 116 Past Masters: J. C. SPENCE; B. BROOKS; J. H. FEENY. Master Masons: F. L. BARZIZA; J. STOKES; Wm. LAWRENCE; G. R. WHEELOCK; George PRICKET; J. W. DOUTHETT; B. J. HINDS; J. H. CALVERT; T. L. WINKLER; J. CASEY; C. C. HEARNE; Chas. LEWIS; Geo. DUNN; J. JORDAN; R. HENRY; K. COOPER; H. HANOVER; N. J. STEEL; F. KELLOGG; J. COLLINS; H. L. LITTLE; S. CAVITT; D. FRAZIER; V. CAVITT; J. WALKER; J. WOODS; A. WOODS; J. J. SAMPLE; Jno. WALKER; M. A. COLEMAN. Fellow Craft: T. A. WATSON. INDEX ADAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 ALLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 AMLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 ARMSTRONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 ARNETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113 ASTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ATWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 AUSTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 AVEYHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 BAILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 BAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 BANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 BANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 BANTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 BARRON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 BARTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 BARZIZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-116 BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 BENBOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 BLACKBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 BLAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 BLAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 BLONDETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 BOLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 BORISKIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 104 BOWENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 BOWMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 BOYLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 BRIGANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 BRITTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 BRITTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115 BROOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-116 BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91, 115 BRYAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 BUNDICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 BURDICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 BURGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 BURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 BURTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 CALHOUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91 CALVERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 CALWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 CAMPBELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 CAPPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 CARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 CARSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 CASEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 CAVITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 CAWLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 CEARNAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 CHARLETAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 CLAYTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 COLEMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116 COLLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113, 115, 116 CONNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115 CONNOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 COOPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 COULTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 CRAVENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 CROSBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 CROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 CUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 117 DAUTHITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 DAVIDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91, 114, 115 DELONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 DENBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 DEVIBLISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 DICKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 DIXON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 DOUTHETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 116 DOUTHITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114 DOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 DOWPHETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 DUNN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 ELLIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 115 ENDLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 ERWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 FEENEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 FEENY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 FERMIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 FIEBOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 FRANCIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 95 FRANKLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 FRAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 FRAZIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 116 FULBRIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 FULLERTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113 GARTHRIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 GLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 114, 115 GLESECKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 GLOVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91 GRAVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 112, 113 GREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 GREER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 GREGORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 GRIESSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101 GROVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 HAMILTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90 HANOVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 HARRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 HAYNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 113 HEARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 HEARNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 HENRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 HERINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 HEWNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 HICKMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 HICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 HILIARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91 HINDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 HOGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 HOLLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 HOOPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 HORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 HUDGINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 HUDSPETH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 106 HUTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 HYNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 JACKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 JACOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114 JAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 109 JEFFERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 92 JENKINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-92, 112, 113 JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 92 JORDAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 KELLOGG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 KELLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 KERR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 KNOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 KURTEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 KYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 LANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 LANTERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 LAURENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 LAWRENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 112, 114-116 LEGGETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 LEVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 LEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 97, 113-116 LITTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-116 LITTLEJOHN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 LLOYD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 LONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 115 LYRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 MANTHEI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 MARKLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 MAYSTELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 McANULTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 McCALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 McGEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 McINTOSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 93 McLENNAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 McLEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 McMURRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 McNULTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 115 McQUEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104 MCWHORTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 MELLON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 MILLICAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 112 MILNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-99 MINOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MITCHELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 98, 111-113 MIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 118 MONROE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MOSELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 MOUNCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 MULLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 NAGLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 NAVARRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90 NEILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 NESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 NEWMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 NICHOLAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 NICHOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 NITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 NOTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 PAYNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 PERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 PETTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 PETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 POTTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 POWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 PRICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113 PRICHETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 PRICKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116 PRICKETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 106, 111-114 REID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 108, 114 REYNOLDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115 RICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ROBINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 ROGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 112 ROMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109 ROWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 SAMPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116 SAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 SANDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109, 110 SBISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 SCHOVAJSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 SCHRAMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 SCHULMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 84, 85 SCHWARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 SCHWARZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 86 SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 SEALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 111-113 SEALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 SEARCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87 SEARDLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 SEBASTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 SHMIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 SIMONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 SNEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 SPARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-115 SPENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 112-116 SPENCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-115 STAKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 STALLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 STASNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 STEARNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 STERLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 STEWART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 STOKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 STREET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 SYLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 TAUBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 THOMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 THORNTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90 TIEBOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115 TILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 TODD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 TOLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 TOLSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 TRENCKMANN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 101 TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 VAN HOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90 VARNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 VICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109 WAGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-116 WALLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 WARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 WASHINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 WATSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 116 WEBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113 WENKLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 WHEELER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 WHEELOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 113 WHITEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 WICKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 112 WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 100, 101, 111-113 WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 93 WINKLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-116 WIPPRECHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 WOODS . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91, 112, 113, 115, 116 WRIGHTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 YARDLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 YARDLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 YEARDLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 YOUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115 YOUNGBLOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 PUBLICATIONS BY BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERS Persons interested in the publications of the BGA may order them at the address listed below. For information on publications by members, contact the author at the listed address. Any charge for the publication of members will be between the person interested in the publication and the author. When inquiring please enclose a SASE. ******** Title: "Recorded Births in Brazos County, Texas 1850-1910." Content: Recorded births in Brazos County plus some births in Madison and Grimes Counties. Alphabetical by surname plus maiden name index. 328 pages. Author: Nadine Billingsley, 706 Pershing, College Station, TX 77840. Title: "Descendants of Joshua JONES of Alabama and Solomon KING of North Carolina, 1771-1994" Content: Story of Joshua JONES of Alabama and Solomon KING of North Carolina and their descendants, 1771-1994. Over 8000 names, indexed. Author: Nadine Billingsley. Title: “Brand and Mark Registrations for Brazos County Texas 1849-1900" Content: The registration of a mark or brand may be useful to Genealogists as a finding aid when developing a time line, and may confirm the existence of a person or family in Brazos County. Registrations were compiled from Brand Book "A" and "B", and may contain such information as surname, first name or initials, date of registration, book, page, and any comments made at the time. It has 121 pages, soft bound, over 2900 registrations and is indexed. The cost is $17.97. Author: Nadine Billingsley. Title: Index to Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1876-1909, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Content: Indexed, intended to assist the researcher in locating records at this church. 96 pages. Compiler: Joanne Dominik Glowski, 4131 Bethel, Houston, TX 77092. Title: Marriage and Death Records, 1877-1909, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Content: A complete transcript of these records. Deaths start in 1894, with a few recorded before that date. Includes a list of places of birth. 83 pages. Compiler: Joanne Dominik Glowski. Title: "Italians of Steele's Store, Texas." Content: Historical account of the Italian settlement at Steele's Store, Brazos County, Texas. Author: Rosemary DePasquale Boykin, 8407 Shadow Oaks, College Station, Texas 77845-4603. Title: "Birds of Passage" Content: An annotated listing of Italian immigrants who departed Palermo, Sicily and arrived at Port of New Orleans, LA, 1859-1901. CD-ROM (MAC/PC compatible). Listing of 23,975 names. C & R Publications. College Station, TX. 2001. $35 plus $2 for shipping/handling. Texas residents add $2.90 for sales tax. Checks or money orders made payable to C&R Publications, 8407 Shadow Oaks, College Station, TX 77845. Brochure and order form at: http://members.tripod.com/~LWink2/Birds">BIRDS OF PASSAGE. Author: Rosemary DePasquale Boykin Title: "Italians of Steele's Store, Texas." Content: Brazos Valley Italians. A Series of Interviews." 279 pgs. C& R Publications. College Station, TX. 1996. $25 plus tax. The Brazos County cemetery book has recently been published and is now available. Included are 278 pages of names listed alphabetically from 85 cemeteries. Information listed includes (where available) name, date of birth, date of death, inscription and cemetery. Send your order to: Ericson Books 1614 Redbud St. Nacogdoches, TX 75961-2936 The price is $40. Add 8.25% Texas sales tax and $3.50 shipping/handling. BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 5493 Bryan, TX 77805-5493 Vol. XXVI No. 3, Summer 2005