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Home My WebLink AboutBGA v28-1 winter 2007 Brazos Genealogist CONTENTS PAGE Brazos County Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 3 Many confederate Soldiers Buried Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Brazos County Included in Original Austin Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Friendly Spirits: The south Family Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mildred Collett 15 Miscellaneous Marriage and Divorce Notices, 1852-1889 . . . . . . . . Bill Page 19 Some Early Methodist Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Page 23 Index compiled by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Hambric 36 BRAZOS GENEALOGIST VOLUME XXVIII NUMBER 1 WINTER 2007 BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION P. O. BOX 5493 BRYAN TX 77805-5493 OFFICERS 2007 PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . DON SIMMONS dsimonsAL@direcway.com VICE PRES . . . . . . . . VICKI SIMMONS victsimons@aol.com SECRETARY . . . . . LOIS CARPENTER TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . RUTH HARY rhary@txcyber.com EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . RON HAMBRIC ron@hambric.us STAFF EDITORS MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . ALLEN DEAN asdean96@suddenlink.nett PUBLICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCI CASH RESEARCH/QUERIES . . . . RUTH HARY LOCAL HISTORY . . . . . . . RUTH HARY CONTINUING SERIES . . . . . BILL PAGE PRINTING/INDEXING . RON HAMBRIC 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. 3 Brazos Genealogist Volume XXVIII Number 1 Bryan/College Station Winter 2007 Texas Brazos County Residents by Bill PAGE Sample of families who have lived in Brazos County. A continuing series. 14 Feb. 1996 WOITON family --Polish American family "S. C. WOITON for Assessor," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 25 Apr. 1912, p. 5, col. 5 "John K. WOITON," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 28 Jan. 1915, p. 7, col. 4 "Saloon Burglarized," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 25 Nov. 1915, p. 1, col. 4. S. C. WOITON "Funeral Services for Mrs. WOITEN Held Thursday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 6 Mar. 1935, p. 3, col. 6. Mrs. Mary WOITON "Snake Swallows Eggs and Big Doorknob in Hen Nest," Bryan Daily Eagle, 1 July 1938, p. 1, col. 6. S. C. WOITON "In Early Bryan Saloons Played Important Part in Daily Life," Bryan-College Station Eagle, 4 July 1976, sect.C, p. 7, col. 1. S. C. WOITON WOODYARD family --family members buried Bryan "WOODYARD-PATRONELLA," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 16 Jan. 1908, p. 6, col. 2. Thomas, son of Jim WOODYARD "WOODYARD Makes New Bond," Bryan Weekly Weekly Eagle, 4 Feb. 1915, p. 7, col. 3. Tony WOODYARD "Tony WOODYARD Indicted," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 16 Sept. 1915, p. 3, col. 2 "Mrs. WOODYARD, Bryan Pioneer, Claimed by Death," Bryan Daily Eagle, 14 May 1938, p. 1, col. 3. Mrs. Lucy WOODYARD "Youth of Bryan is to Graduate from Texas Tech," Bryan Daily Eagle, 3 June 1938, p. 2, col. 3. Jack WOODYARD 4WOOTEN family "Pauline D. WOOTEN and Others v. William Dunlap," 20 Texas Reports 183 (1857) *Son of Mr. WOOTEN injured, Galveston Daily News, 2 Sept. 1879, p. 3 "WALLACE-WOOTEN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 1 Aug. 1912, p. 1, col. 1. Donna, grand-daughter of T. P. WOOTEN WORLEY family *Charles WORLEY was stabbed, (weekly) Dallas Herald, 7 July 1881, p. 3, col. 1 "MCGEE-WORLEY," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 June 1899, p. 4, col. 5. Mi s s L i l l i e WORLEY, daughter of A. WORLEY "Mr. Arthur WORLEY Dead," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 May 1913, p. 2, col. 3 "Death of Mrs. Marietta WORLEY," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 15 Jan. 1914, p. 6, col. 6 WREN family --family members buried Bryan *Ed WREN employed by H. KERNOLE, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 9 Jan. 1890, p. 1, col. 2 "Mrs. Kate L. WREN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 29 Mar. 1900, p. 1, col. 6 "Mrs. Raymond BLATHERWICK," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 5 Apr. 1900, p. 1, col. 6. Daughter of T. E. WREN "HIGGS-WREN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 7 May 1903, p. 7, col. 6. Belle WREN, granddaughter of T. E. WREN "Leyhe Piano Company," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 Apr. 1913, sect. 2, p. 1, col. 5. B.F. WREN "Colonel T. E. WREN," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 23 Sept. 1915, p. 8, col. 2 "Pioneer Building Here on Visit," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 9 Aug. 1928, p. 2, col. 4. W.E. WREN WYMOLA family (also see VYMOLA family). Czech-American family "Frank WYMOLA," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 Feb. 1900, p. 3, col. 3 "Death of John WYMOLA," Brazos Pilot, 20 Sept. 1906, p. 3, col. 3 "Death of Mr. John WYMOLA," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 20 Sept. 1906, p. 8, col. 4 "Funeral Service for Aged Woman," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 Sept. 1929, p. 1, col. 6. Mrs. Frances WYMOLA "Woman of Tabor Succumbs Friday; Burial Saturday," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 28 Dec. 1932, p. 1, col. 6. Mrs. Charlie WYMOLA "Funeral is Held for Bryan Woman This Afternoon," Bryan Daily Eagle, 12 Nov. 1937, p. 1, col. 7. Mrs. Josephine WYMOLA "Frank WYMOLA," Bryan Daily Eagle, 18 Feb. 1964, p. 8, col. 6; 19 Feb. 1964, p.12, col.1 WYSE family *C. H. WYSE was president of Building & Loan, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 19 June 1890, 5 p. 5, col. 4 "Bryan Personals," Galveston Daily News, 4 Sept. 1892, p. 3, col. 4. John T. WYSE "A. A. WYSE Dead," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 16 Aug. 1906, p. 5, col. 4 "Former Bryan Folks Write for City News," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 3 July 1924, p. 3, col. 4. Will WYSE "Mrs. Mary WYSE Once Bryan Citizen Recovering from Fall," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 6 Nov. 1924, p. 1, col. 7 "Former Bryan Man Dies at Austin," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 27 Aug. 1925, p. 7, col. 5. William R. WYSE "Former Resident of Bryan Passes Away in Houston," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 13 Aug. 1931, p. 6, col. 1. John T. WYSE YARDLEY family *W. D. YARDLEY served as road overseer, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 27 Feb. 1890, p. 5, col. 4 *R. F. YARDLEY president of White Man's Club at Harvey, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 May 1890, p. 8, col. 3 *Miss Stella YARDLEY of Macy visited a friend, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 12 June 1890, p. 5, col. 2 *R. F. YARDLEY announced Alliance Meeting, (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 10 July 1890, p. 5, col. 4 "Home of W.D. YARDLEY Burned at Harvey," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 27 Nov. 1913, p. 2, col. 4 "YARDLEY-ELLIOTT," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 27 May 1915, p. 5, col. 6. J a m e s T . YARDLEY YEAGER family "Paid After Sixteen Years," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 24 Feb. 1916, p. 7, col. 6. Joe YEAGER "When I was 21," Bryan Daily Eagle, 14 Dec. 1926, p. 1, col.1. E. E. YEAGER "YEAGER Store Enjoys Wide Spread Trade," Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 Sept. 1933, sect.3, p. 3, col. 5. E. E. YEAGER "Illness is Fatal to Mrs. BUKOWSKI of Steep Hollow," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 June 1935, p. 1, col. 4. Daughter of Peter YEAGER "Funeral Is Held for Mrs. YEAGER This Afternoon," Bryan Daily Eagle, 16 Mar. 1936, p. 1, col. 3. Mrs. Addie Brewer YEAGER "Funeral Service for Pete YEAGER Held Here Today," Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 Apr. 1940, p. 1, col. 7 "Ten-Pound Turnip Shown Here Today by Kurten Farmer," Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 June 1940, p. 1, col. 2 A. J. YEAGER "Youth of Wellborn Injured in Creek," Bryan Daily Eagle, 1 July 1940, p. 1, col. 1. Thomas YEAGER 6ZAK family "New Confectionery," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 3 June 1915, p. 4, col. 5. Owned by Willie ZAK "Mrs. Antone ZAK Dead," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 7 Oct. 1915, p. 5, col. 6 "ZAK-VIVIA," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 18 Oct. 1917, p. 1, col. 4. Antone ZAK "Death of Little Girl Baby," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 15 Sept. 1921, p. 1, col. 3. Daughter of Antone ZAK "ZACK-STASNEY Wed," Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 Feb. 1924, p. 4, col. 3. Willie ZAK "Rock Prairie Farmer for Diversification," Bryan Daily Eagle, 7 Feb. 1927, p. 1, col. 5. Antone ZAK "ZAK-SONKA Wedding Solemnized in Ennis," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 Jan. 1928, p. 1, col. 6. F. J. ZAK "Brief Sickness Proves Fatal to Mrs. Mary ZAK," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 23 Jan. 1930, p. 5, col. 6 "Well Known Pair Wedded Today in Catholic Church," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 1 Jan. 1931, p. 6, col. 7. Frances ZAK & B. J. ZUBIK "Frederick J. ZAK," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 22 June 1932, p. 2, col. 6 "To Have Services for Angelina ZAK Saturday Morning," Bryan Daily Eagle, 18 Sept. 1936, p. 1 , col. 7 "Funeral Service of Infant Child Held Here Today, " Bryan Daily Eagle, 19 June 1940, p. 1, col. 5 "Funeral Service for Mrs. Joe ZAK Friday Morning," Bryan Daily Eagle, 27 Aug. 1942, p. 1, col. 4 "Albin ZAK Jr. Winner of Many Honors at Texas A& M," Bryan Daily Eagle, 25 May 1955, p. 5, col. 2 "Mrs. ZAK Talks to Society on Trip to South America," Bryan Daily Eagle, 12 Jan. 1964, sect. 2, p. 1, col. 4. Mrs. Albin J. ZAK ZEMANEK family "Filling Station Attendant Victim of Two Hijackers," Bryan Daily Eagle, 3 Aug. 1940, p. 1, col. 8. Louis ZEMANEK "Rosary for A. ZEMANEK Set Tonight," Bryan Daily Eagle, 12 Apr. 1960, p. 5, col. 8 ZIMMERMAN, James M. (1820-8 Nov. 1904). Buried Tryon; minister; sheriff DEBO, Darrell. Burnett County History. Volume II: Family Histories. Burnett: Eakin Press, 1979. p. 353. *Member of Tryon Baptist Church, Texas Baptist, 21 Oct. 1857, p. 2, col. 1 *Brazos Co. sheriff, Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, 30 Nov. 1864, p. 2, col. 5 *Master of Tryon Grange, Waco Daily Examiner, 17 Feb. 1876, p. 2, col. 2 *Democrat, Galveston Daily News, 4 Apr. 1880, p. 1, col. 5. *Greenback Party candidate, Galveston Daily News, 8 Aug. 1880, p.1, col. 4 *Candidate for legislature, Galveston Daily News, 22 Oct. 1882, p. 1, col. 7 "J.M. ZIMMERMAN," Pilot-Eagle, 12 Sept. 1895, p. 8, col. 1. (Filmed with Bryan Weekly 7 Eagle). "Unique Wedding, Married in a Blacksmith Shop," Bryan Daily Eagle, 1 July 1896, p. 4, col. 2. Performed by ZIMMERMAN "Ordination of Rev. J. M. ZIMMERMAN," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 10 Jan. 1901, p. 6, col. 4 ZUBER, Margaret Louise (1893-1967). Buried at Bryan; teacher "Miss Margaret ZUBER, one of the primary teachers...," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 June 1920, p. 4, col. 4 "Miss ZUBER in Arizona," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 21 June 1923, p. 4, col. 5 "Miss Margaret ZUBER Undergoes Operation in Denver Hospital," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 Nov. 1928, p. 6, col. 6 "Bryan Woman Attends Funeral for Uncle," Bryan Daily Eagle, 6 July 1942, p. 1, col. 5. James ZUBER, uncle of Margaret ZUBER "Miss Margaret ZUBER Entertaining Former Mates at College," Bryan Daily Eagle, 31 Mar. 1947, p. 5, cols. 2-3 "Funeral Service for Neill ZUBER Monday Morning," Bryan Daily Eagle, 20 Jan. 1951, p. 6, col. 4. Brother of Margaret ZUBER "Miss ZUBER," Bryan Daily Eagle, 16 Oct. 1967, p. 2, col. 5 "Miss ZUBER," Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 Oct. 1967, p. 8, col. 5 ZUBIK, Frank (1881-1956). Buried at Mt. Cavalry; tailor "Mr. Frank ZUBEK and Miss Annie WYMOLA were married...," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 5 Nov. 1903, p. 10, col. 1 "Death of a Babe," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 30 Jan. 1908, p. 3, col. 1. child of Frank "Zubic" "Building New Store," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 28 Oct. 1915, p. 5, col. 6 "Stolen Gold," Bryan Daily Eagle, 12 Oct. 1917, p. 4, col. 3. "Special Notice," Bryan Daily Eagle, 13 Oct. 1917, p. 2, col. 4 "Bryan Man Gets First Letter in 3 Years from People," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 June 1919, p. 1, col. 5 "Frank ZUBIK Will Move His Tailoring Shop," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 Nov. 1925, p. 3, col. 6 "Frank Zubik and J. ROSPRIM Go to Taylor," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 14 Jan. 1926, p. 2, col. 5 "Tour of Europe by Frank ZUBIK; Leaves Tonight," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 6 June 1929, p. 4, col. 3 "Well Known Pair Wedded Today in Catholic Church," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 1 Jan. 1931, p. 6, col. 7. Frances ZAK & B. J. ZUBIK "Folks We Know," Bryan Daily Eagle, 10 Mar. 1932, p. 2, col. 1 "Frank ZUBIK, Sr. is Honored on His Birthday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 Mar. 1940, p. 5, col. 4 "Bronze Star is Given Sgt. ZUBIK; Was in Germany," Bryan Daily Eagle, 24 July 1945, p. 1, col. 1. Jerome ZUBIK "Jerome ZUBIK is Re-elected Head Local KC Lodge," Bryan Daily Eagle, 9 June 1955, 8 p. 6, col. 3. Son of Frank ZUBIK "ZUBIK Heads Knights Again," Bryan Daily Eagle, 7 June 1956, p. 5, col. 1. Jerome ZUBIK "Rosary for Mrs. ZUBIK Set Sunday," Bryan Daily Eagle, 25 June 1961, p. 6, col. 2 ZULKOWSKI family --family members buried Bryan "Tame Coyote Brought Back From Bremond by BERGER and ZOLKOSKY," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 Apr. 1924, p. 1, col. 3. Pete ZULKOWSKI "Peter ZULKOSKI Given a Year and a Day for Manufacturing Booze," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 5 June 1924, p. 2, col. 1 "Pete ZULKOSKI Been Arrested on Charge Possession Liquor," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 30 Apr. 1925, p. 7, col. 4 "Funeral Service on Saturday for Aged Resident," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 25 May 1932, p. 1, col. 4. Mrs. Rosa ZULKOWSKI "Contest of Will Lost Wednesday in County Court," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 29 June 1932, p. 1, col. 5. Rosa ZULKOWSKI heirs "Rosary Set for Mrs. ZULKOWSKI to be Tonight," Bryan Daily Eagle, 28 Feb. 1958, p. 10, col. 5 From THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE -Centennial Edition -June 24, 1962 MANY CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED HERE Many Confederate soldiers came from this area, others moved to Bryan and neighboring_________ ________ the war. As a result there are many Confederate graves in the Brazos County Cemeteries. Each year these men are honored in special commemoration services by the Daughters of the Confederacy. The known list of Southern soldiers buried in Brazos County are: In the Bryan City Cemetery: ADAMS, J. J. (Co. H, 4th Alabama Reg.) ANDERSON, J. G. (GASTON's Rangers, Tenn.) ARNETT, J. A. ASTIN, James H. (Co. I, 4th Texas, HOOD's Brigade). 9 W. B. BAKER, (6th Georgia Battalion); W. B. BALL; Col. Briscoe G. BALDWIN, Chief of Ordanance, LEE's Staff W. A. BANKS, Typographical Eng. Dept. N.C. Daniel E. BATTE, Co. E, 5th Texas, HOOD's Brigade James H. BATTE J. A. BARNETT, Co. _, 5th Texas, HOOD's Brigade Joe BEARD J. A. BEARD Mac P. BEARD C.B. BECK, Co. G, 21st Alabama Inf. Dr. T. C. BITTLE T. P. BOYETTE, Co. C., 15th Texas Inf. R. T. BOYLES A. C. BRIETZ, 5th Texas Reg., HOOD's Brigade P. F. BISHOP, Commissary Dept. Texas Div., HOOD's Brigade. A. B. CARR, 2nd Texas Infantry R.W. CARR, GIDDING's 19th Alabama Reg. R. K. CHATHAM, Co. B, TERRY's Texas Rangers J. N. COLE, 3rd Texas Cavalry N .B. COLE, 1st Texas, TERRY's Rangers. Thomas H. DARWIN, Co. C, 114th Reg. David D. DAWSON, Co. E, 4th Alabama Cavalry James C. DAVID T. H. DEARING E. M DERDON, Co. A, Texas Cavalry Dr. H. T. DOWNARD. E. L. EDDLEMAN, Tennessee Cavalry William EDDLEMAN Dr. L. ERWIN, Medical ____ Mississippi Reg. J.F. ETTLE, Beinville Guards, La. Infantry J.P. EVANS, Co. B, 11th Alabama Reg. J. Harrison FORD, 3rd Alabama Reg, Joe WHEELER's Cavalry J. Spencer FORD, WAUL's Legion James A. FOUNTAIN, SHELDON's Alabama Artillery J. S. FOWLKES, Mississippi Reg. W. C. FRILEY, Co. B, 18th Mississippi Reg. Battalion P. P. CARROLL, Co. A. John W. GEE, Co. 5th Texas Reg., HOOD's Brigade J. L. GARTH, 8th Texas Reg. Thomas J. GRAY 10 Dr. F. M. HALL, Surgeon, BRADFORD's Reg. K. C. HARDER, Alabama Cavalry W. H. HARMON, Co. K, 6th Texas Rangers Joe L. HEARNE, Co. I, CARTER's Reg., Texas Cavalry John N. HENDERSON, Co. E, 5th Texas, HOOD's Brigade Thomas Walter HIGGS, Co. C, 12th Texas Infantry F. F. HOOPER, Co. F, TERRY's Rangers, Texas Cavalry J. W. HOWELL, BARNES Brigade, Texas Reg Sam M. HUNTER, Sr., 4th Texas Reg. HOOD's Brigade Dr. James R. JOHNSON, Surgeon, 12th Tenn. Reg. J. W. JOHNSON T. B. JOHNSON, Co. A, 34th Texas Reg. F. M. JOWERS, Co. F, 40th Reg., Georgia Volunteers Joe KOELSCH, GREEN’s Brigade B. H. KNOWLES, GREEN's Brigade F. M. LAW, D.D. Chaplain, Conf. Navy James C. LAWRENCE, Co. E, 2nd Texas Reg. B. L. LEMON E. Ligon LOUGHRIDGE, Co. C, 18th Texas Inf. James W. MARTIN Robert B. MARTIN Thomas J. MAWHINNEY, Co. I, CARTER's 21st Cavalry Lynch MEREDITH D. MIKE, Sr., Co. D, 59th Arkansas Militia L. E. MITCHELL W. S. MINKERT, Co. G, 33rd Texas Volunteers J. S. MOORING, Co. G, 4th Texas Reg, HOOD's Brigade. T. T. McCASLIN John John McCORQUODALE, Co. I, 28th La. Infantry Allie McLELLAND, Secret Service R. C. McLELLAND H. S. NEWLAND. Milton PARKER, Co. G, 2nd Texas Reg. J. F. PARKS, CHISOLM's Reg., Texas Cavalry M. R. PHILLIPS, Co. A, LITIN's Reg. Capt. George POLK Mat A. POSEY, Co. E, 4th Texas Reg., HOOD's Brigade Joseph S. PUGH, Co. M, HARRISON's Brigade 11 Wiley REED Asa W. RHODES James M. ROBINSON, PARSON's Brigade A. J. SEARCY, WALKER's Div. A. B. SHELBURNE, Co. A, 20th Texas Inf George SIMS, Co. E, GILLESPIE's Reg. Dr. J. R. SIMS, Surgeon 43rd Miss. Reg. M. W. SLIPS, BAIRD's Exp. Commissary George W. SMITH, MOSEBY's Battalion R. L. SMITH, 26th Texas Cavalry Elijah SPELL John STACY, 5th Texas Reg., HOOD's Brigade Peter STACY, 5th Texas Reg., HOOD's Brigade. George N. STEIN, MYER's Reg. W. A. STUART, Co. E, 21st Texas Cavalry W. S. STUART H. B. STODDARD, Co. E, 13th Texas Cavalry J. H. SUBER, South Carolina Reg. J. W. TABOR, 17th Texas Infantry A. E. TAYLOR J. B. THOMAS, Co. A, WAUL's Legion J. A. UPRIGHT M. B. WALDROP W. B. WALKER R. L. WARD Dr. B. F. WATKINS, Surgeon, Alabama H. K. WHITE J. C. WILLIAMS, Alabama Reg. P. E. WILLMON John W. WILCOX James H. WILSON W. H. WILSON, Medical Dept. Texas Reg. C. H. WEAVER, Co. F, 34th Texas Reg. Joe B. WOODYARD, Co. E, DEBRAY's Cavalry J. H. ZIMMERMAN, Co. E, CARTER's Reg., Texas Cavalry Buried in Garden Acres: Bester SOUTH, Co. I, CARTER's Reg., 21st Texas Cavalry Buried in Benchley Cemetery: 12 Samuel Givens EVETTS, Co. F, 10th Regiment, Texas Infantry Buried in Boonville Cemetery: W. H. BOWMAN James COOPER T. B. COLLINS James DEAN J. T. EVANS of Co. C, 9th Reg. La. Infantry Col. A. FOSTER Albert HANNEMAN Harvey MITCHELL J. F. MITCHELL, Co. I, 39th Miss. Reg. W. Gillie MITCHELL, Co. K, 14th Va. Reg. W. J. MOORE Thomas P. MOSLEY White MONTGOMERY H. P. RAMSEY Tom SANDERS R. L. WEDDINGTON. From The Bryan Daily Eagle -June 24, 1962 -Centennial Edition BRAZOS COUNTY INCLUDED IN ORIGINAL AUSTIN GRANT (Editor's note: The following historical and biographical sketches related to Brazos county and some of its early citizens were provided for the special Centennial Edition by F. L. HENDERSON, attorney at law in Bryan). Brazos County was created out of Washington and Robertson Counties by the Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1841, named Navasota County and renamed in 1841 as Brazos County. The town of Boonville was established as the county seat in 1843. Brazos County was included in Stephen F. Austin's second colony, and became part of the Washington Municipality under the Mexican government. Between 1821 and 1831 the colonists who lived in this territory were Elliott MILLICAN, James H. EVETTS, Melvan LANGHAM and Mordicai BOON. 13 The MILLICAN Family The name "Millican" is one of the oldest in Brazos County if not the oldest. Elliott M. MILLICAN, the son of Nancy and Robert MILLICAN was born in South Carolina in 1806 and came to Texas in 1821. He represented Brazos County in the Ninth Congress and was a signer of the resolution protesting the moving of the capital to Austin. MILLICAN was constable in Washington County in 1830, sheriff of Navasota County in 1841 and sheriff of Brazos County in 1843. He served in the House of Representatives in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Legislatures and in the Senate of the 5th and 6th Legislatures. James D. MILLICAN, a son of Robert MILLICAN, was one of S. F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists and received title to a sitio of land in present Brazos County on July 16, 1824. The census of March, 1826 classified MILLICAN as a farmer and stock raiser, aged between 25 and 40. His household included his wife, Charity, two sons and two daughters. Robert MILLICAN, James' father received title to two and one-half sitios of land in Brazos County on the same date as his son, and sometime before November, 1824, his house became the site of an election of the militia officers. He was classified as a farmer and stock raiser, aged over 50, in the 1826 March census. His household included his wife, Nancy, four sons, two daughters, three servants and two slaves. The census carried a note that MILLICAN was building a grain mill on the Brazos River. Records indicate that he was dead by 1837. Another MILLICAN, Witt William T. MILLICAN, one of S. F. AUSTIN's Old Three Hundred colonists, came to Texas in 1821, probably from South Carolina and received title to a sitio of land on the same date in 1824 as his two relatives. His household included his wife, Letitia, two sons, two daughters and one slave. In July of 1826, his house was a poling place for a selection of delegates to from a provisional judiciary for the colony. MILLICAN was a delegate to the Consultation in 1833. He was agent for various Washington County residents in 1840, and in March of 1841 he was elected justice of the peace in Navasota County. He died sometime before November of 1848. The town of Millican was named for its first settler, Elliott M. MILLICAN. In 1860, the city which was already a post village, became the terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and was shipping point for a wide area until railroad building was resumed after the Civil War. Extension of the road in 1866 and a yellow fever epidemic in 1867 reduced the population from 600 to 300. The first court held in the county, Judge R. E. B. BAYLOR presiding, was held in the home of Joseph FERGUSON about 14 miles from Bryan. 14 Boonville The town of Boonville was laid out of the John Austin League Survey by Hiram HANOVER. The 1850 census showed 500 whites and 148 Negro settlers. The only two post offices in the county in 1850 were at Boonville and Millican. The Houston and Texas Central Railroad was built to Millican in 1860, and in 1866 the railroad was built to Bryan; in that same year Bryan became the county seat of Brazos County. The moving of the county seat to Bryan from Boonville came about when the railroad was built past the former city. Boonville was located approximately two miles northeast of the present city of bryan, established in 1841 by John MILLICAN, John H. JONES, J. FERGUSON, E. SEALE and Mordecai BOON whose name it bears. A jail was built in 1843, and in 1846 a courthouse was established. Boonville enjoyed prosperity from 1842 until 1866 when a railroad missed the town and instead went to Bryan. Realizing the handicaps of their location, residents of Boonville voted to move the county seat to Bryan. In 1950, a cemetery and a Texas Centennial monument was placed at the site of Boonville. The Bryan Family William Joel BRYAN was the son of James and Emily (AUSTIN) BRYAN, born in Staine Genevieve, Missouri on Dec. 14, 1815. In 1831 he moved to Texas with his mother and stepfather, James F. PERRY. In 1832 he became a farmer in Brazoria County and three years later he served in the Brazoria County volunteers in the Texas Army and was with his uncle Stephen F. AUSTIN, during the siege of Bexar. In 1860 Bryan granted the Houston and Texas Central Railroad a right-of-way through his land in Brazos County,and the projected townsite was named in his honor. William Joel BRYAN was the grandfather of Travis B. BRYAN, Mrs. L. B. HERVEY and W. P. BRYAN. In April of 186?, W. J. BRYAN conveyed the townsite of Bryan to Groesbeck-Baker, as trustees of the H&TC Railroad. There may have been some building before 1866, because there were some sale of lots in the early 60's, but the town did not really commence until 1868, when the railroad arrived. The first newspaper published in Bryan was the Bryan News Letter, published in 1868 and 1869. It was succeeded by R. R. GILBERTS, publishing the Brazos Eagle in 1869. 15 First Probate The first probate proceedings in Brazos County occurred on the Estate of Willis I. ELLIS, a Battle of San Jacinto Veteran, who died in 1844. The first order appointed commissioners to take an inventory of all the property and make a return of the valuation to the court at the next term. The order was dated march 25, 1844, and is recorded in Volume "A" on Page 1, of the Brazos County Probate minutes. The court appointed William YOUNG, E. M. MILLICAN, and Allin JONES to make the inventory, and Elizabeth Jane ELLIS, Widow of the deceased, and James H. EVETTS, were appointed administrators. Inventory showed that he had 640 acres of land surveyed on a San Jacinto warrant valued at $100 and lying in Brazos County on Peach Creek. The San Jacinto donation was not patented until after his death, however, which was the balance of a bounty warrant issued by the Republic of Texas. The administrators got an order to sell 221 acres of land on the waters of Wicksons Creek in the County, and the land was sold on August 5, 1954, to Harvey Mitchell for $60, who was the highest and best bidder. Inventory further showed the headright labor of the deceased lying in Brazos County on the waters of the Brazos valued at $44.25; a tract of 3,952 acres in Limestone County on Sheets Creek valued at $1,476, and two cows and calves and three yearlings valued at $21. W. I. ELLIS left a minor daughter, named Mary Jane ELLIS, who afterwards married James MILLICAN. She and her husband conveyed part of the bounty land, containing 410 acres to Thomas H. GREEN for $350 on December 3, 1858. Green conveyed to Charles P. PATTERSON, and he conveyed to W. R. EDISON, a tract of 100 acres for $500 on July 24, 1860. The land stayed in the EDISON family until now, and the land is being sold for $500 per acre. FRIENDLY SPIRITS: The South Family Cemetery by Mildred COLLETT The SOUTH Family Cemetery is in a small park in Bryan where the street of Garden Acres curves around into Inwood Drive, and the streets of Stanfield, Tanglewood, and Vine, come into the half-circle like wheel spokes. The park is in a pleasant area of family homes, a portion of the early home site of the SOUTH Family. Many persons drive by without realizing a cemetery exists within the little fenced area under the evergreen trees. There are four persons buried there, two children, a young man, and his father. 16 Two years ago, a young woman walking her dog noticed the tombstones amid the large pieces of petrified wood, and wondered how they came to be there. A neighborhood party provided the incentive to check the records. The South property was part of the original grant received by Richard CARTER and his wife from the Mexican government. The grant was for a league, 4428 acres. The Carter family settled in the Carter Creek area in 1831, moved briefly to Tinninville, but returned to Brazos County. In 1841, a guest visiting the CARTER's one room log cabin described the country as "unbroken canebrake...with bear, panthers, wild cats and other enemies of hogs and cattle, as well as of men..."1 At the beginning of the Civil War, CARTER was considered a wealthy man. This changed by the time of his death in 1863. His wife died in l876, and heirs found 2342 acres remained of the original Richard CARTER headright. It stayed in the family until 1903.2 Bester SOUTH, also a native of Alabama, was born in 1826. He arrived in Brazos County in 1852, and married Martha H. HARDY on November 16, 1855.3 She was originally from Virginia, according to the 1860 National Census for Brazos County, Boonville Post Office. It also shows SOUTH's age is 33, he is a carpenter; his wife is 25, and "keeping house", with Frances and Frank, both 3 years old, and baby Charley, 6 months of age. Bester SOUTH took the Amnesty Oath in Boonville on June 25, 1860, before Chief Justice G. S. REED, according to W. Brodus SMITH's book on local pioneers.4 Twenty years later, in the 1880 census, Bester's age is 54, and his occupation is listed as farmer. Martha is 45, and appears as "keeping house" with seven children, from 3 to 23 years old. Their names are: Fannie, Charley, Matty, David, John, Hammett, Lucy, and Betty. The South's first boy, Frankie, is not listed, but there is another set of boy and girl twins, six years old at that time. Under the census "occupation" column, "works on farm" is shown for the boys, age 13 and older. For the two older girls, girls, the census recorder wrote: "no occupation". There is also a male boarder, a laborer, at the South's farm. On January 12, 1883, Bester SOUTH purchased his home site from Canna HARDY for $1250. It was 192 acres of a 332 acres tract conveyed to her by William MCINTOSH, on Dec. 31, 1866. MCINTOSH had obtained it from Sam BURTON, and Burton, (Carter's son-in-law)5, had received it from Mr. and Mrs. Richard CARTER. According to the description it was south and west of Burton's Creek. The first family member buried in the cemetery was Charley, he was 25 years old. Inscribed on the upright marble tombstone is: Charles W., son of B. and M. H. SOUTH, and the message, "What hopes have perished with you, my son." The date of death was Feb. 18, 1885. A repair made to the tombstone blots the date of birth.6 Other sources indicate he was born January 4, 1860.7 He would have been the infant listed on the census 25 years earlier. 17 The 1900 National Census shows Bester, age 73, and Martha, 68, his occupation is "farmer", but no occupation is listed for Martha. This census asked for marital status, number of years married, the number of children born, and how many were living. Martha had 9 children, and 7 were still living at that time, some may have lived nearby. In the South Cemetery are three other markers. One is flat, of marble, and has information on two children: Johnnie SOUTH, Feb. 25, 1899 -June 1, 1902. The other part of this marker reads: Maggie SOUTH, Mar. 21, 1896 -Aug. 26, 1904.8 Death Records at Brazos County Court House indicate Maggie died of congestive malaria, at 8 years, 3 month of age. Names of the parents are not given. The children may have been grandchildren of Bester and Martha. Eighty acres were conveyed to John SOUTH by his parents, for a token amount on March 20, 1901. The following year, on April 21, 1903, the parents deeded an additional 112 acres, situated south and west of Burton's Branch, of an estimated 192 acres conveyed by Canna HARDY on January 12, 1883, (described in the deed from M. MCINTOSH to Canna HARDY,) The record states that John South is now the owner of the whole 192 tract of land. On October 28, 1904, the following notice appeared in the Bryan Morning Eagle, it was headed: DEATH OF BESTER SOUTH Was 79 Years Old and Fifty-two Years a Resident of Brazos County. It continues: "After a week's illness Mr. Bester SOUTH died at his home a few miles south of Bryan yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. SOUTH was 79 years old and a native of Alabama. He came to Brazos county in 1852 and was one of the old landmarks of this section of the state, having resided here continuously for more than half a century. "He was a farmer and stockman, and led an active life. Of splendid physique and remarkable vitality Mr. SOUTH hardly knew what it was to be ill until his last sickness, although almost an octogenarian. He was a typical old Texan and a man who had behind a seemingly brusque exterior a heart full of generous impulses. He was faithful as a friend, kind as a neighbor and a good citizen. He gallantly served the cause of the south throughout the civil war. "Mr. SOUTH was married to Miss HARDY, a sister of Hammett HARDY, and his wife and seven children survive him, John SMITH of Simonton, Hammett SOUTH of Navasota, Dave SOUTH, Mrs. Jerry SUTTON, Mrs. William ANDREWS and Mrs. Tom BOND, all of Brazos county. "The funeral service will be held this morning at 10 o'clock with interment at the family burying ground."9 18 The obituary continues with names of the pallbearers, but seems to have omitted the name of one daughter from the list of survivors. There are two cemetery markers for this last site. The inscription reads the same on both: BESTER SOUTH/Texas/Pvt Co 1 21 Regt Texas Cavalry/Confederate States Army/Dec 9 1926 -Oct 27 1904. According to the first issue of The Brazos Genealogical Advertiser, one marker is the upright marble one at the head of the grave, the other is a metal one provided by the government, and placed at the foot of the grave.10 Reference to the SOUTH Family's property appears again in court house records when Sadie Elizabeth SOUTH, widow of John W. SOUTH, conveys 248 acres to W. J. ANDREWS on Feb. 13, 1924, for one dollar. The acreage consisted of three tracts; the two parts previously owned by Bester and Martha SOUTH which went to John SOUTH; plus some the parents had conveyed to H. H. SOUTH, who later deeded it to J. M. SOUTH. This was all from the original Carter league, plus an additional additional 10 acres from the Joseph E. SCOTT league. "...there is expressly reserved out of said 248 acres one acre, with four equal sides, used by and known as the SOUTH's family burial grounds,..." All this property became part of the community estate of W. J. ANDREWS and his wife, Mrs. Mattie ANDREWS. Mrs. ANDREWS died intestate in 1933. W. J. ANDREWS died intestate in June 1943. The heirs sold it to B. F. VANCE on November 24, 1943. Vance was developer of Garden Acres. The sale did not include a small tract"...dedicated for a cemetery as a monument to John SOUTH and Elizabeth SOUTH...". There would be no further interments. Results of these findings were passed along to interested neighbors at an autumn block party. Current residents of the area appreciate the shady trees, the variety of birds that inhabit them, the meandering creek, and their unique park, with the "Friendly Spirits". ------Notes Glenna Gourman BRUNDIDGE, e 1 d., Brazos County History: Rich Past--Bright Future, Texas Sesquicentennial Edition (Bryan, Texas: Family History Foundation, 1986). p.200, 201. 2Brundidge, p. 201. 3W. Brodus SMITH, Pioneers of Brazos County, Texas 1800 -1850, (Bryan,Texas: Scribe Shop, 1962). p.188. 4Smith, p. 188. 5Brundidge, p. 200. 6The Brazos Genealogical Advertiser, Vol.1, No.1, June-July, 1979, (Bryan, Texas: Brazos Genealogical Association), p. 9. 7Smith, p. 189. 8Brazos Gen. Adv., p. 9 9Bryan Morning Eagle, 28 Oct. 1904, p. 2 10Brazos Gen. Adv., p. 9 19 Other reference sources are the deed books and death records found at the Brazos County Court House, for the years indicated. Information on the census records and microfilms of the Bryan Morning Eagle newspapers are available at Evans Library, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. Other reference sources were found at the Bryan Public Library. Appreciation is expressed to Mary Collie COOPER, Bill PAGE, Katherine ROOT, members of the Brazos Writers, Brazos Genealogical Association, and the Texas Ramblers for their assistance. -M. COLLETT MISCELLANEOUS MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE NOTICES, 1852-1889 compiled by Bill PAGE The following articles were abstracted from microfilmed newspapers in the Texas A&M University Library. Married. On the 21st inst. at the residence of Mr. Willis RANDALL, in Washington Co., by the Rev. R. C. BURLESON, Mr. William RANDALL, of Brazos Co., to Mrs. Ann C. TERRELL, of Grimes Co. Texas State Gazette, 30 Oct. 1852, p. 86. Citation Notice. Suit for divorce, pending in the District Court of Brazos Co. John MILHANKS, vs. Sarah Ann MILHANKS...said John alleges...that he was married in said Sarah Ann, & lived with her in the discharge of his duties until about the 23rd of Apr. 1855.. Texas Baptist, 22 July 1857, p.3 Married. On Wed., the 28th of Oct., at the residence of Benjamin LYMAN, Esq., by the Rev. Edward FOUNTAIN of Austin, Mr. J.L. FULLER, of Boonville, and Miss Nellie BRYCE, of Bastrop Co. Texas Baptist, 4 Nov. 1858, p.3 Citation [for divorce] ... the petition of Sarah Ann LEMON ... Said Sarah Ann alleges that she was lawfully married to said William LEMON on the 17th day of July 1855, & lived with him for 2 or 3 months in the discharge of her duties ... Texas Baptist, 15 Sept. 1859, p. 3. Married--At the residence of the bride’s father Millican, Texas, June 6th, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop GREGG, Dr. Stephen D. CONGER, of Bryan, to Miss Mollie HASWELL. Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, 11 June 1866, p.5, col.2 Mr. Alfred CARSON and Miss DOUGHTEN were married in Bryan a day or 2 since. All well. Houston Daily Times, 20 Dec. 1868, p. 4. Mr. THOMPSON wishing to essay an experiment in the social equality line of business, the other day took to himself a rib from amongst the daughters of the accursed Ham. He 20 proceeded to the city of Bryan and there had the woolly knot tied. Upon his return with the dusky object of his affections to his olden stamping ground, some of his former fellow citizens, not much admiring his selection of a spouse, wished to make the merry bridegroom's craig acquainted with the hangman's noose, and THOMPSON fled, whither, no man knoweth, leaving his disconsolate saddle-colored bride to her lonely honeymoon. Galveston Daily News, 13 Mar. 1869, p. 2. A white man married a Negro woman at Millican 3 or 4 weeks ago, & the ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. W. TAYS, who has been elected chaplain of the radical Senate at Austin. For this offence against decency many of his flock at Bryan refused to hear him preach. Times (Houston), 12 May 1870, p. 1. A few weeks ago a white man married a Negro woman at Millican, the Houston Times says that J. W. TAYS, chaplain of the Senate, performed the ceremony.. Tri-Weekly State Gazette, 16 May 1870, p.1 Bryan ... I take this occasion to say that in Feb. last the Rev. J. W. TAYS did, at the town of Millican, unite in the bonds of holy matrimony, one J.H. McDONALD, a white man, to one Ann PERRY, a freedwoman, & that the marriage licence is now on file at the clerk's office in this county, & that the clerk has refused to furnish me a copy of the same. W. H. FARNER. Times (Houston), 12 June 1870, p.2 Mr. W.K. HOMAN, of the Milam Telegram, published at Cameron, was married on the 20th ult., to Miss Virginia E. BROADDUS, of Bryan. Galveston Daily News, 8 Sept. 1871, p. 4. Married --At the residence of the bride's father, near Pleasant Hill, Houston Co., Texas, on the evening of the 26th Nov., by the Rev. David R. WILSON, Mr. James F. MARTIN of Brazos Co., to Miss Anna M. WILLIAMS, of Houston Co. Galveston Tri-Weekly News, 8 Dec. 1871, p. 3. Marriages --Mr. R. H. JONES, of Falls Co., was married on the 17th inst., to Miss Elizabeth CARREVON, of Bryan. Married --on the 18th inst., by the Rev. F. M. LAW, at the residence of Dr. LYNCH, Arthur WORLEY and Miss Marietta PRESTRIDGE, both of Bryan. In Millican, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. J. W. PHILLIPS, Mr. James M. McMICHAEL and Miss Gustine Adela RUE, both of Millican. Galveston Daily News, 1 May 1872, p. 4. Bryan ...The single blessedness of 2 old sweethearts, Miss Josie FORD, daughter of Judge FORD, & Dr. J. C. KENDRICK, happily terminated in double felicity last night. The good wishes of a large circle of friends attend them. Galveston Daily News, 10 May 1878. Bryan ... A sudden, & to some unexpected, marriage took place here last night, the parties being Miss Fannie CAVITT & Mr. C .L. TRIGG, of this place. The happy couple took the 11 o'clock train for St. Louis, carrying with them the good wishes of their many 21 friends. Galveston Daily News, 21 June 1878. Rev. H. V. PHILLPOTT, of Bryan, is always going about doing good. He is one of the earnest & devout men we now & then encounter in this sad world. He pronounced Dave DAVENPORT & Julia E. CURRIE man & wife last week at Bryan, as he did Minnie ELLIOTT & R.B. COVEY. There will be 2 nice little coveys in those parts at an early date. Austin American Statesman, 29 March 1879, p.2 Clem S., son of Gen. H. P. BEE, has married Miss Mittie MORRISON of Bryan. She hived him. Austin American Statesman, 31 May 1879, p. 3. Mr. E. C. HUCKABEE, of the Pilot, was married last night to Miss Kate SOLES, an estimable young lady of Bryan. Galveston Daily News, 10 July 1879, p. 1. 6 of the bills returned by the grand jury are for miscegenation. Galveston Daily News, 16 Sept. 1879, p.1 Bryan ... The following cases were to-day disposed of in the district court ... FORCHE, unlawful marriage, 2 years. Galveston Daily News, 24 Sept. 1879, p. 1. Bryan...The following cases have been disposed of in the district court...State vs. Annie FORCHE, unlawful marriage, acquitted...State vs. JONES, SCOTT, unlawful marriage, not guilty. Galveston Daily News, 28 Sept. 1879, p. 1. Bryan...Mr. C. E. TILLER & Mrs. Prudence HUBBY, a runaway couple from Milam Co., were married here, sold their team, etc., at a low price, &, we are informed, took the train at Hearne on Saturday for Georgia. It is reported that her lawful husband is now in Milam Co. jail, that she has not been divorced from him, & that this causes her flight. She stated, however, that she had procured a divorce, & assigned other reasons for running away. She is said to be of a respectable family. Galveston Daily News, 30 Sept. 1879, p. 1. Bryan...The following unfortunates were sentenced by Judge FORD this evening: Ramon FORCHE, 2 years. Galveston Daily News, 11 Oct. 1879, p. 1. Bryan...Judge FORD granted a divorce to Major B.H. DAVIS ... Houston Post, 23 Sept. 1880, p.1 Bryan...J. S. McCLINTOCK, of Palestine, & Miss Beckie WHITEAL, of Bryan, Bryan, were married at the Christian Church yesterday, Rev. Mr. PEYTON officiating. Numbers of friends were present to witness the ceremony. The groom & his fair young bride leave on to-morrow's train for Palestine, carrying with them the best wishes of a host of friends. Galveston Daily News, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 1. Mr. W. B. RAGLAND, of Waco, & Miss Delia WILKINSON were married at Bryan last Wednesday morning. Dallas Herald, 3 Feb. 1881, p. 6. 22 Millican...On Tues., Mr. Thos. MUNN, of Bryan, was married to Miss Bettie CUNNINGHAM, of this city, Rev. Mr. MICKLE officiating. Last night, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. W. REINSTEIN, of Chappel Hill, was married to Miss Julia RUBENSTEIN, of Millican, Rabbi VOORSANGER, of Houston, officiating. Galveston Daily News, 8 Apr. 1881, p. 1. Lucian W. CLARK, editor of the Brazos Pilot, just married Lucy SIMS. Mr. CLARK is a lawyer, the present co. attorney of Brazos Co. & proprietor & editor of the Brazos Pilot. Galveston Daily News, 29 Oct. 1882, p. 2. The first wedding in Brazos Co. was celebrated on the 18th of Dec. 1828. John C. READ and Susan FISHER were the couple married. John HENSLEY played the fiddle for the dance that followed. Brenham Daily Banner, 12 July 1883, p. 2. Bryan ... The Bohemians are celebrating the day here with plumed horses, ribbons & music, over a marriage in upper-crust Bohemian circles. Galveston Daily News, 21 Aug. 1883, p. 1. Bryan ... Mr. George L. SMELLEY was married to-night to Miss Fannie ANDERSON, daughter of Mr. J. G. ANDERSON. Mr. SMELLEY is editor of the Enterprise. The bride received a large number of handsome presents, & those present were handsomely entertained with choice music & a table laden with the richest delicacies. Galveston Daily News, 7 Dec. 1883, p. 1. Bryan ... District Clerk A.J. BUCHANAN arrived to-day from Belton with his bride, formerly Miss Stella ALLEN. The Bryan Rifles & many friends sent telegrams of congratulation. Mr. V.B. HUDSON, Co. Attorney; Mr. Frank MAULDIN, of the Pilot, & Mr. J.H. BUCHANAN accompanied Mr. A. J. BUCHANAN to witness his marriage. The new couple have the well wishes of the community for future happiness. Dallas Morning News, 13 Dec. 1885, p. 4. Bryan ... Mr. Claude MITCHELL and Miss Mary REED were married this morning at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. T. B. COLLINS. Both were born in this county, & have many friends to congratulate them. Mr. MITCHELL & bride left on the north bound train for a visit to Tennessee & elsewhere. Galveston Daily News, 7 June 1888, p. 1. Bryan ... Married Thurs. morning at the residence of the bride's father, Col. J.P. WILSON, Miss Laura WILSON & Mr. J. W. BARTON of Dallas. Mr. & Mrs. BARTON left immediately for the Paris exposition. Galveston Daily News, 6 July 1889, p. 5. Bryan ... Miss Pearl TABOR of this city & Mr. W. W. ROBERTSON of Lockhart were married yesterday at the residence of the bride's grandparents, Rev. F. M. LAW officiating. They left for the home of the groom on yesterday's train. Galveston Daily News, 16 July 1889, p. 2. 23 SOME EARLY METHODIST CHURCHES compiled by Bill PAGE The following notes are not complete, but do provide a starting point for persons researching Methodist history in Brazos Co. Deed records were useful in documenting these churches, but not all churches owned property. And, the fact that a church owned land doesn't necessarily mean that a church building was ever erected. A & M United Methodist Church BRISON, Fred R., The A&M United Methodist Church The FirstFifty Years: 1923-1973. College Station, 1973. "First $125,000 Raised by Texas Methodist Church to Go to A.& M.," Battalion, 24 Jan.1939, p. 1, col. 5 "Methodists Will Ask $125,000 for A.& M. Church," Battalion, 7 Oct. 1938, p. 1, col. 7 "New Methodist Church Planned for College," Battalion, 28 Oct.1938, p. 1, col. 1 Aldersgate United Methodist Church "New Church to Hold Tent Revival," Bryan-College Station Eagle, 13 Oct. 1979, sect.A, p. 4, col. 1 Alexander Methodist Church Brazos Co. Deed Book E, p.196: 2 Oct. 1856: Elizabeth BOATRIGHT & John SINGLETON, of Washington Co., Tx., gave land to an unnamed Methodist Church on land which was originally granted to George W. SINGLETON; church trustees at that time were James WALKER, William LAWRENCE, John B. WALLACE, Wm. S. GLASS, & Harvey MITCHELL. Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos County History: Rich Past, Bright Future, p.156: This church was organized about 1880 on the CRAMMER estate; the church trustees were J. McINTOSH, E.W. KNOX, S.W. RIGHTON, James HALL, A. LIGHTFOOT, R. HORTON, A. WEST, & D. LYRES. Eighteen persons joined the church during one service at the colored Methodist Conference at Allen Chapel Friday. Bryan Daily Eagle, 15 Nov. 1896, p. 4, col. 1 The Texas Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Church, colored, closed at Allen Chapel Sunday night ..., Bryan Daily Eagle, 17 Nov. 1896, p. 4, col. 6 24 Brazos Co. Mechanics Lien Book D, pp.231-233 (1920); Book D, pp.237-238 (1920) "A.M.E. Conference in Session in Bryan for Annual Reports," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 10 Nov. 1921, p. 3 Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book V, pp.151-152 (5 Mar. 1881): Robert TURK gave land to this church; trustees were not named; witnessed by W. VAN HOOK & Dan JACKSON Boonville African Methodist Episcopal Church Elmer G. MARSHALL thesis, The History of Brazos Co., p.192 Boonville Methodist Church (white) Appointments...Texas Conference [Methodist] ... for the years Boonville, R. CRAWFORD ... Texas State Gazette, 30 Nov. 1861 List of appointments of the Texas [Methodist] Conference, for the years 1862 & 1863... Boonville, R. CRAWFORD...Texas State Gazette, supplement, 3 Dec. 1862, p. 1 Appointments--Texas Conference...Boonville, J.L. CRABB... Galveston Weekly News, 18 Nov. 1863, p. 2 Texas Conference. Appointments of the Preachers for 1864-65... Boonville--W.S. SOUTH...Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, 18 Nov. 1864, 1864, p. Bowman Creek Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book V, pp.568-569 (7 Dec. 1881): J. C. SMITH gave land to this church in the Abner LEE, Sr., league; church trustees were Chance JEFFERSON, Frank GREER, & Ran ANDERSON. Brooks Chapel Methodist Church Brazos County History: Rich Past, Bright Future, p. 96 (Named after George BROOKS, a freedman, who was involved in the Millican Riot). Brushy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed of Trust Book M, p. 260 (1910) Brushy Creek Methodist Episcopal Church 25 Brazos Co. Deed Book V, pp.182-184 (12 Mar. 1881): K. WOMBLE sold land to this church; church trustees were not named Bryan Methodist Church We learn from the News-Letter, 13th, that Bryan is to have a new Methodist church. Galveston Daily News, 14 Mar. 1869, p. 2 The Galveston District (Methodist) Conference meets at Bryan to-day. Rev. Messrs. I. G. JOHN, B. T. KAVANAUGH, H.S. THRALL, R. ALEXANDER, O. FISHER, J. M. WESSON and F. A. WOOD are apointed to deliver sermons or lectures during the services. Galveston Daily News, 28 July 1870, p. 3 Bryan...The State Council of the Friends of Temperance met here yesterday...The fine new Methodist Church was thrown open for the public lectures of Dr. [James] YOUNG, indicating that the church properly appreciates the value and importance of good being accomplished...Galveston Daily News, 5 May 1871, p. 4 The 23rd session of the Texas [Methodist] Conference was held at Bryan December 4th to 10th... Appointments for 1873 ... Bryan, S. C. LITTLEPAGE; Bryan Circuit, E.E.H. HOLBROOK ... Galveston Tri-Weekly News, 16 Dec. 1872, p. 1 The supper at the Bryan Flower Garden, for the benefit of the Methodist Church, was numerously attended, pleasant and profitable to the church. Galveston Daily News, 22 July 1873, p. 4 ...The Methodist pulpit was filled as usual by Rev. E. S. SMITH, to a very fair congregation. This gentleman succeeded the Rev. Mr. LITTLEPAGE, and is greatly liked by his church, and much admired by miscellaneous attendants for his ability as a speaker and his excellence and liberality as a divine... Galveston Daily News, 3 Apr. 1877, p. 2 Brazos Co. Deed Book R, p.383 (21 June 1877): L. B . LECAND & his wife Virginia A. LECAND sold land in Bryan to the church for a parsonage; church trustees were DePorte SMYTHE, J.D. THOMAS, J. H. WEBB, Alex McKEE, J. A. BUCKHOLTS, Hammett HARDY, & A. M. DECHMAN Brazos Co. Mechanics Liens Book A, pp. 77-80 (10 Jan. 1878): J. L. GARTH had a mechanics lien against the church; mentions Dr. J. H. WEBB Brazos Co. Deed Book T, p. 221 221 (5 May 1879): L.B. LECAND & his wife Virginia A. LECAND of McLennan Co., Tx., sold land to the church for use as a parsonage; church trustees were: D. Port SMYTHE, J. D. THOMAS, J. H. WEBB, Alex McKEE, J. A. BUCKHOLTS, & Hammett HARDY Bryan Methodist Church has a new bell, weighing 1400 pounds. Galveston Daily News, 26 26 Apr. 1881, p. 1 Bryan...The ladies of the Methodist Church gave a supper last night, which was quite a success. (weekly) Dallas Herald, 27 Apr. 1882, p. 3 Brazos Co. Deed Book 4, p. 559 (8 Mar. 1888): I. Z. T. MORRIS & his wife Isabella MORRIS loaned money to to the trustees of the Bryan Methodist Church; trustees were: M. D. COLE, G. L. DEATON, J. T. WYSE, T. B. COLLINS, T. P. WOOTEN, J. D. THOMAS, & R. S. WEBB PHILPOTT, Horatio V. (1827 1900). Born Huntsville, Ala., 1827; came to Tx. at age 17; served in Mexican War; returned to Ala. after war & practiced law & entered politics; returned to Tx. as pastor at Methodist Church in San Antonio; a chaplain during Civil War; married Henrietta Clay BLEDSOE at Brenham in 1863; after war served as pastor at Galveston, Austin, Bryan & elsewhere; his wife & 2 children died before him; he died in College Station; remaining family was Prof. W. B. PHILPOTT of College Station, Mrs. G. B. MOORE & Miss Bessie PHILPOTT of Cuero, & Lillie PHILPOTT of Laredo; buried Bryan cemetery. (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 15 Nov. 1900, p. 2, cols. 1 2 "List of appointments...Bryan circuit--H. V. Philpott...," Houston Sunday Times, 3 Jan. 1869, p. 2 "Bryan's New Pastor," Galveston Daily News, 16 Nov. 1892, p. 5, col. 3 "Rev. H.V. PHILPOTT and family left today for Laredo...," Galveston Daily News, 21 Nov. 1892, p.1, col.1 "Two Weddings," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 30 June 1898, p. 3, col. 3. Wedding of W. B. PHILPOTT, performed by his father H. V. PHILPOTT. PHILPOTT, H. C., Mrs. Wife of Rev. Dr. H. V. PHILPOTT; died in Austin where she had gone for treatment; buried in Bryan city cemetery; left a "large" family. Austin Daily Statesman, 2 Dec. 1892, p. 2, col. 2. Galveston Daily News, 4 Dec. 1892, p. 2, col. 6 PHILPOTT, Horatio Lived outside Bryan; buried Bryan cemetery 2 Mar. 1896. Bryan Daily Eagle, 8 Apr. 1896, p.4, col.2 Christ United Methodist Church Current Telephone Directory College Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book V, pp. 370-371 (8 Aug. 1881): Dililah HUMPHREYS gave land to this church; trustees were: Diadem PHILLIPS, David BELL, & Hayse THOMAS 27 Ferguson Settlement Methodist Church (name ?) Brazos Co. Deed Book B, p. 90 (27 Feb. 1843): James L. VAUGHAN gave land on the Navasota River to an unnamed Methodist Church "in the neighborhood known as Ferguson's Settlement" for "the building and supporting parsonage"; the land was in the league originally granted to Augustus WILLIAMS & sold by WILLIAMS to James L. VAUGHAN; it bordered lands granted to Joseph FERGUSON & Robert FERGUSON; church trustees were Alexander THOMPSON, Hugh B. KING, James W. SCOTT, Joseph FERGUSON, Eli H. MITCHELL; witnessed by Samuel BURTON & J. I. BOWMAN First United Methodist Church (Bryan) "Bryan Methodist Church; Some Interesting Reminiscences by an Old Pastor," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 1 May 1902, p. 7, col. 3 Iglesia Methodista Unida Current Telephone Directory Italian Methodist Church "With the Churches," Bryan Daily Eagle, 14 Mar. 1925, p. 3, col. 2 Jefferson Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book X, pp. 541-543 (8 Aug. 1883): D. D. DAWSON gave land in the Abner LEE league to this church; church trustees were not named Lee Chapel Church Brazos County History: Rich Past, Bright Future, pp.151-152: The founders of this church were Willis VAN HOOK, James RUSSEL, Dorthulia MINOR, & Mavia TATUM. This appears to be one of the churches listed in: Brazos Co. Deed Book 4, p. 543: date of deed, Mar. 1874. L. ERWIN, mayor of Bryan & W. H. BOWMAN, marshal, sold the Freedman burying ground to Willis VAN HOOK & James RUSSELL, trustees of the A.M.E. Church; & to Edward CHESTERFIELD & Jacob ROBINSON, trustees of the A.M.E. Church; & to Abram TURNER & King ARCHER, trustees of the Baptist Church .... Brazos Co. Deed Book M, p. 253 (26 Sept. 1871; originally dated 22 Mar. 1868): W.R. BAKER & A. GROESBECK of Houston, Tx., gave land (lot # 1 in block # 34) to an unnamed Methodist Church; church trustees were S. M. KINGSTON, Willis VAN 28 HOOK, & H. T. DOWNARD Brazos Co. Deed Book 45, pp.194-195 (24 Oct. 1916): J. W. HOWELL who held a deed of trust & a mechanic's lien against this church gave them additional time to pay their debts; W. Hartley JACKSON was the pastor & Tom PETERSON, Oscar PIERCE, Granville BAKER, A. S. KEATTS, & D. HOUSTON were trustees "Colored Y.M.C.A.," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 23 Jan. 1913, p. 2, col. 5. Organized at Lee Chapel "Bryan Colored People Hear Great Evangelist," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 13 Mar. 1930, p. 3. Spoke at Lee Chapel. "Davis Addresses Negro Audience; Advises Veterans," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 12 Mar. 1931, p. 3. Spoke at Lee Chapel. BROWN, Walton African American minister "Corner Stone Laying," Brazos Pilot, 25 Oct. 1906, p.10, col. 1 "New Colored Church," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 25 Oct. 1906, p. 4, col. 4 "A Good Report," Brazos Pilot, 29 Nov. 1906, p. 6, col. 4 "Colored Rescue Home," Brazos Pilot, 14 Mar. 1907, p. 5, col. 6 "Opening of the New Lee Chapel," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 2 May 1907, p. 1, col. 5 "New Lee Chapel Opening," Brazos Pilot, 2 May 1907, p. 6, col. 3 Live Oak Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book V, pp. 298-299 (8 Oct. 1880): Thomas C. CLAY of Washington Co., Tx., gave land located on the SUTHERLAND league line to this church; church trustees were not named Macy Methodist Church --name not certain; referred to in deeds as "Methodist Episcopal Church, South" at Macy Brazos Co. Deed Book 2, pp. 242-243 (4 Mar. 1886): Matthew McDONALD & his wife Nancy McDONALD gave land to this church; church trustees were J. T. LOVE, O. V. HUNT, & G. A. HUNT Brazos Co. Deed Book 3, pp. 547-548 (4 June 1887): John WINDSOR & James W. GEORGE, trustees of Hemphill Masonic Lodge No. 452, gave this church the right to build on the lodge's property, given to the lodge by William & Mary E. MACY; the land was located "more or less" on Carters Branch & in the headright originally granted to Thomas JAMES; the church trustees were J. T. LOVE, O. V. HUNT, & G. A. HUNT Millican Charge Methodist Episcopal Church 29 Brazos Co. Deed Book 2, pp. 537-538 (24 Aug. 1886) Millican Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book B, p. 45 (17 Mar. 1842): Elliot M. MILLICAN & Elizabeth MILLICAN gave land in the league granted to Elliot & Elizabeth MILLICAN to an unnamed Methodist Church for the purpose of building a meeting house & parsonage; church trustees were Alexander THOMPSON, Hugh B. KING, James W. SCOTT, Joseph FURGUSON, Eli H. MITCHELL, Shepard T. BAILEY, Isaac S. ADDISON, Peter JACKSON, & Philip B. SCOTT Brazos Co. Deed Book M, p. 205 (10 July 1871): This church sold land which was originally given to the church by E. M. MILLICAN & his wife Elizabeth MILLICAN & recorded in Deed Book B, pp. 44-45, to Lucinda J. DUNLAP; church trustees were R. P. McMICHAEL, W. C. POOL, William DUNLAP, & J. D. THOMAS; witnessed by W. A. McMICHAEL Brazos Co. Deed Book N, p. 251 (30 June 1871): A. GROESBECK, acting for the Houston & Texas Central Railway, gave lots 1 & 2 in block 115 to this church, to be used as a church & school; church trustees were J. D. THOMAS, R. T. McMICHAEL, Flournay COLE, J. T. LEE, H. W. DUPRIEST, W. C. POOLE, & William DUNLAP Rev. P. C. ARCHER is conducting a protracted meeting in the Methodist Church at Millican. Navasota Tablet, 20 July 1877, p. 3 The Rev. P. C. ARCHER will attend the Conference of the Methodist Church, to be held at Houston next week. All of his congregation at this place, as well as at Millican, are anxious that the Conference return him to the same places for the next year. Mr. ARCHER is desirous of returning, and thinks the Conference will accede to his wishes in this respect. Navasota Tablet, 14 Dec. 1877, p. 3 Brazos Co. Deed Book S, p. 3978 (21 Nov. 1878): M. R. MILLICAN & W. A. MILLICAN sold land on the north boundary line of Millican & located in the Andrew MILLICAN league, which they had inherited from their mother to this church; church trustees were not named Brazos Co. Deed Book 1, pp. 618-619 (2 Dec. 1884): W. A. McMICHAEL sold land to this church; church trustees were R. P. McMICHAEL, W. P. HAYSE, H. H. SPROTT, W. C. POOL, & H. P. EDWARDS Brazos Co. Deed Book 40, p. 330 (8 Oct. 1917): W. A. SMITH sold land to this church; church trustees were W. C. POOL, C. B. McGREGOR, W. A. SMITH, & F. H. POOL _______________________ ________________________________________ Nelson Chapel Methodist Church (African American) --Nelson Chapel Methodist Church is mentioned in Brazos County Deed Book 35, pp. 228-229 (1910). On p. 28 the 30 church trustees (J. P. NELSON, H. T. NELSON, Jacob ROBINSON, & W. P. PETERSON) sold property in the Dyron WICKSON survey; on p. 229 is recorded a deed whereby the same men purchased land, also in the Dyron WICKSON league. Brazos County Deed Book 35, p. 233 (1911) lists another deed for land in the Dyron WICKSON survey. The Dyron WICKSON survey is located on Wickson Creek, a few miles from the Navasota River. New Gallie Methodist Church Brazos Co. Deed Book U, p. 557 (5 Oct. 1880): John N. HENDERSON gave this church land in the Saml. DAVIDSON league; church trustees were Mose SHANNON & Caesar CRAMER Queen Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book 13, p. 299 (10 Mar. 1894): Ellen CRAMER, widow of Caesar CRAMER, gave 1 acre of land for church & school purposes "upon which the Queen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church now stands"; the land was in the McLAUGHLIN league; church trustees were Charles DAVIS, Nat ADAMS, & Andrew JAMES; witnessed by J. W. BARRON & S. L. THOMPSON Rector Chapel (church not named in deed) Brazos Co. Deed Book M, p. 196 (28 Mar. 1870): William G. RECTOR & his wife Josephine E. RECTOR gave land in the league originally granted to Crawford BURNETT to an unnamed Methodist Church; church trustees were Francis (?) D. JAMES, N. F. CARSON, & H. MITCHELL St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book S, p.150 (or 160?) (9 Feb. 1878): Milton PARKER gave land to an unnamed Methodist Church in the James CURTIS league; church trustees were Jordan BENNEY, E. LEE, A. THOMAS, A. TURNER, & John FORD Brazos Co. Deed Book 71, pp.137-139 (1926): Tom TURNER purchased land in the James CURTIS headright from trustees of this church, who were: Wesley GILBERT, Tom HILL, Hal THORNTON, Robert MOORE, Cornelius LEWIS, John DANGERFIELD, Jesse KILPATRICK, & Jerry WILLIAMS St. Lukes Methodist Church SYPTAK, Virginia, "St. Luke's Church Two Years Old," Bryan Eagle, 31 May 1957, p.4, col.4 31 St. Paul's United Methodist Church McCORMICK, Naomi & Ralph, A History of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Copy at Bryan Public Library SYPTAK, Virginia, "St. Paul's Church Growing Rapidly," Bryan Eagle, 24 May 1957, p. 3, col. 4 Smetana Methodist Episcopal Church South Brazos Co. Deed Book 42, pp.503-504 (9 July 1913): John KOSAREK sold land to this church; church trustees were Tom MALLY, Joseph MALLY, & J. J. HOLIK Brazos Co. Deed of Trust Book N, pp.559-561 (13 Jan. 1916): this church was indebted to the Board of Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Louisville, Ky.; signed by Ed HALL, E. J. JENKINS, C. E. JENKINS, Jas. H. WEBB, & R. S. WEBB, trustees Steep Hollow Methodist Episcopal Church South A Steep Hollow Methodist Church,@Bryan Daily Eagle, 5 Nov. 1909, p. 1, col. 4 Brazos Co. Deed Book 35, p.285 (10 Nov. 1910): W.B. ENGLISH & his wife Sallie R. ENGLISH sold land to this church "beginning at the n.w. corner of the Steep Hollow school house"; church trustees were J. W. W. BEAL, B. L. FOSTER, J. D. BARNETT, T. P. HALL, & J. J. VANDIVER Brazos Co. Deed Book 36, pp.143-148 (8 July 1910): B. L. FOSTER & his wife M. M. FOSTER sold land to this church "near the Steep Hollow church and school house"; church trustees were J. W. BEAL, B. L. FOSTER, J. D. BARNETT, T. P. HALL, & J. J. VANDIVER Sterne Chapel (African American) --Sterne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is one of the oldest African American churches in Brazos County. Stearne Chapel is now located on West 28th Street in Bryan, which does not appear to be its original location. Brazos County Deed Record, book Q, pp.402-403 (Feb.1875) records the original acquisition of land for this church. George STERNE and Diana STERNE sold one acre of land in the S.F. AUSTIN survey to the African Methodist Church for five dollars. That land was described as being 2 or 2 1/2 miles west of Bryan --probably in what is now the western part of Bryan. At that time, the church trustees were Horace HALL and Jacob ROBERTSON. The actual church predates that deed, however, for the deed states "being the ground on which the Church House known as Sterne Chapel is now situated." The deed also implies that the church building was being used both as a church and as a school. The date the STERNE family came to Brazos Co. has not been determined. George 32 STERNE was here by Dec.1867, when he bought 20 acres of land from W.J. BRYAN (Brazos County Deed Records, Book K, p.46). That land was in League Number 9 of the Stephen F. AUSTIN Survey. STERNE bought some adjacent property, also from W.J. BRYAN, in Feb.1874 (Brazos County Deed Records, Book O, p.321). Research has failed to locate George STERNE in either the population census schedules or the agricultural census schedules for Brazos County in 1870. George STERNE married Dinah HERRINGTON on 2 May 1872; the ceremony was performed by Charles B. FOSTER (Brazos County Marriage Records, Book C, p.445). The ages of George STERNE's oldest children as listed in the 1880 census, combined with the date of his marriage to Dinah, indicates that George had been married previously; it seems likely that his first wife had died. The 1880 Brazos County census (p.308b) lists: STERNE, George 46 brick mason , Dinah 35 wife , George W. 23 son , Samuel 21 son , Elmore 18 daughter , Tennessee 16 daughter , Zeddy 19 son , Franklin 12 son , Andrew 1 son , Minnie L. 2 grandchild Neighbors of the STERNE family in 1880 included the LITTLETON, WALKER, ISRAEL, & BANKS families--all of whom have connections with the STERNE Chapel Church or cemetery. The dates George & Dinah STERNE passed away have not been identified, but the 1900 Brazos Co. census (ED 7, sheet 1a) lists: STEARNS, Diana, b. May 1830, widowed, mother of 4 children, 2 of whom were living at the time of the census. George W. STERNE was certainly dead by Sept. 1901, when a newspaper article noted that the Social Tie Lodge had purchased a monument in his memory (Bryan Morning Eagle, 22 Sept. 1901, p.3, col.2) The 1910 Brazos Co. census (ED 7, sheet 4a) lists: STERNS, Dina aged 60 widowed The next mention of the church in the county records appears in the Brazos County 33 Commissioners Minutes, Book 1891-1897, p.63 (8 Feb. 1891). Those records mention "a petition signed by Wash STERNE & 12 or 15 others asking the court to grant a new road of the Third Class commencing at the Moseley Ferry Road and ending at Sterne's Chapel Church." The church is again mentioned in the Brazos County Mechanics Liens Book C, pp.329-331 (7 Aug. 1912). The church bought lumber and other materials to repair the church building, which had been damaged in a windstorm. Church trustees at that time were Minor WALKER, William BANKS, Thomas KNOX, Will HENDERSON, Lit LITTLETON, Wash STERNE, John KNOX, Shep WILSON, and Jacob LITTLETON. In 1929, the church bought new property, as recorded in Brazos County Deed Book 75, p.310 (1929). That property consisted of lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the Sunset Addition to Bryan. This may be the present site of the church. Tabor Methodist Church "Tabor Methodist Church Passes Centennial Mark," Bryan Daily Eagle, 12 Dec. 1954, p.7 Turner Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book W, pp.251-252 (17 June 1882): Henrietta TURNER & Sallie TURNER gave land to the church, out of land purchased by Ellick TURNER from Harvey MITCHELL; church trustees not named; witnessed by Robert A. ONEAL, F. C. MOORE, & Wade HAMILTON Union Hill Methodist Episcopal Church Brazos Co. Deed Book 54, pp.234-235 (1918); same deed re-recorded in Book 62, pp.449-450 (6 Sept. 1918): Mrs. Anna ROYAL gave land in the J.E. SCOTT league to this church; church trustees were F.H. BROWN, Preston HERRING, & Wade RAWLS Brazos Co. Deed Book 59, pp.51-53 (28 Aug. 1922): The Bryan Quarterly Conference, with trustees R. S. WEBB, E. J. JENKINS, C. E. JENKINS, J. B. PRIDDY, W. H. COLE, Wilson BRADLEY, J. H. WEBB, & E. W. CRENSHAW, sold land originally given to this church Wellborn Station Methodist Church Brazos Co. Deed Book T, p.381 (19 July 1880): Wm. E. FLETCHER Annie M. FLETCHER his wife gave land to this church; church trustees were N. D. WHITE, J. N. FARQUHAR, & W. E. FLETCHER Wesley Methodist Church 34 Brazos Valley Area Wide Phone Book, Feb. 1996/97 Wesson Chapel Was in existance by 12 Mar. 1882; see Ruth JONES HARY; Janis JONES HUNT, & Myrtle HICKS MARTIN, Wixon Community, Brazos County, Texas, 1986, p.25 Wesson Church Brazos Co. Commissioners Minutes, Book C, p.383 (11 Aug. 1884) The following deeds may refer to the Wesson Church, although that is not certain: Brazos Co. Deed Book P, p.199 (22 Oct. 1874): R.T. SHORT gave land to an unnamed Methodist Church in the Frances HENDERSON league; trustees were James M. MATHIS, Henry TIEBOT, R.P. McMICHAEL, Eli THOMPSON, Wm. M. WILLIAMS, Wiley PIERCE, & H. CRENSHAW Brazos Co. Deed Book P, p.200 (31 Oct. 1874): James Mc. MITCHELL gave land to an unnamed Methodist Church; trustees were James M. MATHIS, Henry TIEBOT, H. CRENSHAW, R. T. SHORT, R. P. McMICHAEL, E. W. THOMPSON, Wm. M. WILLIAMS, G. H. LOVE, & Wiley PIERCE Brazos Co. Deed Book W, p.316 (7 Aug. 1882): P. C. KIZER gave land to an unnamed Methodist Church in the J. F. MARTIN league; church trustees were E. W. THOMPSON, J. M. MATHIS, John CHATHAM, & Harrison CRENSHAW --------------------------------------------- --------------------MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES Articles: The Bryan Eagle says the Texas Conference of the African M.E. Church met there on the 14th, Bishop SHORTER presiding. The number of elders is 7; deacons 12. Rev. Johnson REED was the secretary... Galveston Daily News, 24 Dec. 1870, p.3 Brazos Co.--The religious exercises of a colored congregation were interrupted on Saturday last by the arrest of the Rev. Willis VAN HOOK, one of the bell-weathers leading the concern, on a charge of stealing five gallons of whiskey. Galveston Daily News, 23 Apr. 1876, p. 2 The cornerstone of the African M.E. Church will be laid on Saturday next at 2 o'clock p.m. by the colored Odd Fellow's lodge of this city [Bryan]. Galveston Daily News, 16 Feb. 1879, p. 3, col. 1 35 Moses GRAVES, charged with robbing a young man here about a year ago, was found guilty today, & the punishment fixed at 2 years in the penitentiary. The prisoner is the son of a Methodist minister. His accomplice, DUNNICA, too leg bail, & left his friend in the lurch. Houston Post, 6 Oct. 1880, p. 1, col. 3 Rev. R.H. CAIN, bishop of the A.M.E. Church for Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, has left Bryan, after a visit of a week. Galveston Daily News, 18 Jan. 1881, p. 1 "A.M.E. Church Revival," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 14 Aug. 1902, p. 1, col. 1 Deeds: Brazos Co. Deed Book O, p.255 (29 Mar. 1873): Henry TIEBOT gave land in the Francis HENDERSON league to an unnamed Methodist Church; trustees were T. D. JAMES, James WALKER, R. T. SHORT, R. P. McMICHAEL, E. W. THOMPSON, Wiley PIERCE, Wm. M. WILLIAMS, James A. CAINE, & James M. MATHEWS Brazos Co. Deed Book 23, p.170: Daisey MONTGOMERY & Mr. & Mrs. Lon GEORGE sold land to African Methodist Episcopal Church; trustees were Geo. JENKINS, Macoy RANSOM & Wesley SILAS; this replaced a former deed which was never recorded; this deed was recorded 26 Feb. 1900. Brazos Co. Deed Book U, p.190 (8 Oct. 1879): G. W. GREEN sold land to A.M.E. Church in Bryan, consisting of lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 in Block No. 54; church trustees were C.W. PORTER, Truly WHITED (or WHITEHEAD), Jeff HENRY, Geo. STERN, & Edmund JOHNSON Brazos Co. Mechanics Lien Book A, pp.90-91 (16 June 1879): The church gave a mechanic's lien to George L. DEATON on lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 in Block 54 in Bryan; church trustees were Chas. W. PORTER, Jeff HENRY, Truly WHITEHEAD, Jacob ROBINSON, Charles HALL, George STEARNE, Wilson EASTERS, & James ADAMS Brazos Co. Mechanics Lien Book A, pp.146-148 (4 May 1887): Isaac FULKERSON (of FULKERSON & LAWRENCE) had a mechanics lien again an unnamed church; church trustees were John WHITE, Wesley TRAVIS, Doc JOHNSON, Geo. WASHINGTON, & A. POLK Brazos Co. Deed Book U, p.120 (11 Oct. 1879): John LOVE & his wife Isabella LOVE gave land in Mary LAWRENCE headright on Big Cedar Creek to an unnamed African Methodist Episcopal Church; church trustees were Squire MOODY, Sam RHOADES, & Mallory MANLY Books: "On November 11, 1879, he [Robert ALEXANDER] & Mrs. Patience N. WILSON, of Bryan, 36 were married. She was a noble Christian woman and was a great aid and comfort to him in the few remaining years of his eventful life." Robert Alexander 1811-1882, by Anne Ayers LIDE, LaGrange: LaGrange Journal, 1935, p.100. "It was during this same year [1866 or 1867?] that F.A. MOOD was put in charge of Soule University...When a second yellow fever scare caused the pupils to leave. This caused MOOD to decide that the Methodist University should be where it would not be interrupted. He wrote a paper to present...He took this 'paper to a camp-meeting near Bryan to see Dr. ALEXANDER ..." cited to C. C. CODY, "Francis Asbury MOOD, D.D., p.228", in Robert Alexander 1811-1882, by Anne Ayers LIDE, LaGrange: LaGrange Journal, 1935, p.95 INDEX ADAMS . . . . . . . . . 8, 30, 36 ADDISON . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 ALEXANDER . . . . . . . . . 25 ALLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ANDERSON . . . . . 8, 22, 24 ANDREWS . . . . . . . 17, 18 ARCHER . . . . . . . . . 27, 29 ARNETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ASTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AUSTIN . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14 BAILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 BAIRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 BAKER . . . . . . . . . . 9, 27-28 BALDWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BARNES . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BARNETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BARRON . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 BARTON . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BATTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BEARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 BENNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 37 BERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BISHOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BITTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BLATHERWICK . . . . . . . . 4 BLEDSOE . . . . . . . . . . . 26 BOATRIGHT . . . . . . . . . 23 BOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BOWMAN . . . . . . . . . 12, 27 BOYETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BOYLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BRADFORD . . . . . . . . . . 10 BRIETZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BRISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 BROADDUS . . . . . . . . . . 20 BROOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 BRUNDIDGE . . . . . . . . . 18 BRYAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 BRYCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 BUCHANAN . . . . . . . . . 22 BUCKHOLTS . . . . . . . . . 25 BURLESON . . . . . . . . . . 19 BURNETT . . . . . . . . . . . 30 BURTON . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CARR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CARREVON . . . . . . . . . . 20 CARROLL . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CARSON . . . . . . . . . 19, 30 CARTER . . . . . . . 10, 11, 16 CAVITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CHATHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CHESTERFIELD . . . . . . 27 CHISOLM . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 COLE . . . . . . . . . . 9, 26, 29 COLLETT . . . . . . . . . 15, 19 COLLINS . . . . . . 12, 22, 26 COOPER . . . . . . . . . 12, 19 COVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CRABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CRAMER . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 CRAMMER . . . . . . . . . . 23 CRAWFORD . . . . . . . . . 24 CRENSHAW . . . . . . 34, 35 CUNNINGHAM . . . . . . . . 22 CURRIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CURTIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DANGERFIELD . . . . . . . 30 DARWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DAVENPORT . . . . . . . . 21 DAVID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DAVIDSON . . . . . . . . . . 30 DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 30 DAWSON . . . . . . . . . . 9, 27 DEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 DEARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DEATON . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 DEBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DEBRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DECHMAN . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DERDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DOUGHTEN . . . . . . . . . 19 DOWNARD . . . . . . . . 9, 28 DUNLAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 DUPRIEST . . . . . . . . . . . 29 EDDLEMAN . . . . . . . . . . . 9 EDISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 EDWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . 29 ELLIOTT . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 21 ELLIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ERWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 27 ETTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 EVANS . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12 EVETTS . . . . . . . . . . 12, 15 FARNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 FERGUSON . . . . . . 13, 27 FISHER . . . . . . . . . . 22, 25 FORCHE . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 FORD . . . . . . . . 9, 20-21, 30 FOSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . 9, 19 FOWLKES . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FRILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FULLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 FURGUSON . . . . . . . . . . 29 GARTH . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 25 GEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 GEORGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 GILBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 GILBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . 14 GILLESPIE . . . . . . . . . . . 11 GLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 GRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 GREEN . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 15 GREER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 GREGG . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 GROESBECK . . . . . 27, 29 HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 23 HANNEMAN . . . . . . . . . . 12 HARDER . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HARDY . . . . . . . 16, 17, 25 HARMON . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HARRISON . . . . . . . . . . 10 HASWELL . . . . . . . . . . . 19 HAYSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 HEARNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HENDERSON . . 10, 12, 30 HENSLEY . . . . . . . . . . . 22 HERVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 HIGGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HIGGS-WREN . . . . . . . . . 4 HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 HOLBROOK . . . . . . . . . 25 HOMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 HOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 HOOPER . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HORTON . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HOUSTON HOUSTON . . . . . . . . . . 28 HOWELL . . . . . . . . . 10, 28 HUBBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 HUCKABEE . . . . . . . . . . 21 HUDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 HUMPHREYS . . . . . . . . 26 HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 HUNTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 JACKSON . . . . . . 24, 28-29 JAMES . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 30 JEFFERSON . . . . . . . . . 24 JOHN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . 10 JONES . . . . . . . . 15, 20, 21 JOWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 KAVANAUGH . . . . . . . . . 25 KEATTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 KENDRICK . . . . . . . . . . . 20 KERNOLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 KILPATRICK . . . . . . . . . 30 KING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 29 KINGSTON . . . . . . . . . . . 27 KNOWLES . . . . . . . . . . . 10 KOELSCH . . . . . . . . . . . 10 LANGHAM . . . . . . . . . . . 12 LAW . . . . . . . . . . 10, 20, 22 LAWRENCE . . . . . . . 10, 23 LECAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 LEE . . . . . . 9, 24, 27, 29, 30 LEMON . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 19 LEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 LIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 LIGHTFOOT . . . . . . . . . . 23 LITIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 LITTLEPAGE . . . . . . . . . 25 LOUGHRIDGE . . . . . . . . 10 LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 LYMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 LYNCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 LYRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 MACY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MARSHALL . . . . . . . . . . 24 MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . 10, 20 MAULDIN . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 MAWHINNEY . . . . . . . . . 10 McCASLIN . . . . . . . . . . . 10 38 McCLINTOCK . . . . . . . . 21 McCORMICK . . . . . . . 31-34 McCORQUODALE . . . . . 10 McDONALD . . . . . . . 20, 28 McDONALD . . . . . . . . . . 28 McGEE-WORLEY . . . . . . 4 McGREGOR . . . . . . . . . . 29 MCINTOSH . . . . . . . 16, 23 MCINTOSH . . . . . . . . . . 17 McKEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 McLAUGHLIN . . . . . . . . 30 McLELLAND . . . . . . . . . . 10 McMICHAEL . . . . . . . . . . 29 McMICHAEL . . . . . . . . . 20 MEREDITH . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MICKLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 MIKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MILLICAN . . . . . . 12, 13, 15 MILLICAN . . . . . . . . . . . 29 MINKERT . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MINOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 MITCHE1L0L, 12, 22, 27, 29, 30 MONTGOMERY . . . . . . . 12 MOORE . . . . . . . 12, 26, 30 MOORING . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MORRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 MORRISON . . . . . . . . . . 21 MOSEBY . . . . . . . . . . 11-12 MUNN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 NELSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 PAGE . . . . . . . . . . 3, 19, 23 PARKER . . . . . . . . . . . 10,30 PARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PARSON . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PATRONELLA . . . . . . . . . 3 PATTERSON . . . . . . . . . 15 PERRY . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 20 PETERSON . . . . . . . . . . 28 PEYTON . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 PHILLIPS . . . . . . . . . 10, 26 PHILLPOTT . . . . . . . . . . 21 PHILPOTT . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PIERCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 POLK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 POOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 POOLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 POSEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PRESTRIDGE . . . . . . . . 20 PUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 RAGLAND . . . . . . . . . . . 21 RAMSEY . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RANDALL . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 READ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 RECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 REED . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 22 REINSTEIN . . . . . . . . . . 22 RHODES . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RIGHTON . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . 22 ROBINSON . . . . 11, 27, 30 ROOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 ROSPRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 RUBENSTEIN . . . . . . . . 22 RUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 RUSSEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 RUSSELL . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SCOTT . . . . . . . . 21, 27, 29 SEARCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SHANNON . . . . . . . . . . 30 SHELBURNE . . . . . . . . . 11 SHELDON . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 22 SINGLETON . . . . . . . . . . 23 SLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SMELLEY . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SMITH . . 11, 16, 18, 25, 29 SMYTHE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SOLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SONKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SOUTH . . . . . . 11, 15-18, 24 SPELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SPROTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 STACY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 STASNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STEIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 STODDARD . . . . . . . . . . 11 STUART . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SUTHERLAND . . . . . . . 28 SUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 TABOR . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 22 TAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 TAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 TERRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 TERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10 THOMAS 11, 25, 26, 29, 30 THOMPSON19, 20, 27, 29, 30 THORNTON . . . . . . . . . . 30 THRALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 TILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 TRIGG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 TURK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 TURNER . . . . . . . . . 27, 30 UPRIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VAN HOOK . . . . . . . . . . 27 VAUGHAN . . . . . . . . . . . 27 VIVIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 VOORSANGER . . . . . . . 22 VYMOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WALDROP . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WALKER . . . . . . . . . 11, 23 WALLACE . . . . . . . . . 4, 23 WARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WATKINS . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WAUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WEAVER . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WEBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WEDDINGTON . . . . . . . 12 WESSON . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 WHEELER . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WHITEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 WICKSON . . . . . . . . . . . 30 WILCOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WILKINSON . . . . . . . . . 21 WILLIAMS . . 11, 20, 27, 30 WILLMON . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WILSON . . . . . . . 11, 20, 22 WINDSOR . . . . . . . . . . . 28 WOITON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WOMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WOODYARD . . . . . . . 3, 11 WOODYARD-PATRONELLA3 WOOTEN . . . . . . . . . 4, 26 WORLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WYMOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WYSE . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 26 YARDLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 YARDLEY-ELLIOTT . . . . . 5 YEAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 YOUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ZACK-STASNEY . . . . . . . 6 ZAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 ZAK-SONKA . . . . . . . . . . 6 ZAK-VIVIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ZEMANEK . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ZIMMERMAN . . . . . 6, 7, 11 ZOLKOSKY . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ZUBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ZUBIK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8 ZULKOWSKI . . . . . . . . . . 8 PUBLICATIONS BY BRAZOS GENEALOGICAL 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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. 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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. XXVIII No. 1, Winter 2007