Hi, in the 1960's when I was Principal and teacher & bus driver in Walnut Springs I.S.D. , Bosque County we had 1 or 2 Strouds in school there Their dad was the foreman of Charles Pettit's Flat Top Ranch. , some also in Erath County. Mr. Pettit's son in law , a Major Long owned the Rough Creek Ranch, partially in Erath County. They had excerllent deer and Antelope hunting, the Antelope pasture being around the Flt Top Mountain- an Indian landmark. James Grady Roberts was head foreman and Mr. Stroud was second in the management team. Mr. Stroud also deliverred Registerred Hereford bulls as far as California in a 10 wheel trailer truck and even climbed Pike's Peak with it, much to the shock of the Park Rangers on the Peak. They kept Saying "You can't do that"> He just said "I did", The Stroud boy in school was an athlete in spite of a mangled calf of one leg. As a small boy, he was helping his dad and others throwing bulk hay and feed into a conveyor and grinder. He slipped and started down the Conveyor down towards the grinder and grabbed an overhead bar, as one leg bounced on the Conveyor elt until they could grab him and pull him out. Seems his sister was Barbara, if my memory is right. Oshoa was not around back then. If you look up the name in Texas records, watch out for the German Strauch being confused with Stroud. Henry Strauch (Hank Stroud) was a 6 man football coach there and at Covington, Aquilla, and Bynum Texas. He was Supt. at Aquilla;. All in Texas. and was still coaching last year, often taking 9 to 12 boys on a 6 man football team to Regional Championships. The Strauch, Sonnenburg, Hoker, Degner, Lehamn and other Germans all lived near Bynum and Malone, Texas with New Braunfels, Boerne ,Comfort Sisterdale, and other Hill country Texas German roots but all came straight from Germany to Fayette County, Texas to a Sons of Herman ( Hermanson) Lodge plantation and relocated into the area from Austin to San Angelo to San Antonio, then they spread all over Texas, even to the George Bush Ranch area at Crawford, Texas. Take care, Charles A. Wyly On Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:21:10 EDT JSAMACGL@aol.com writes: > > > In Southern -Trails-D Digest V 01 # 74, Mr Charles Wyly recounts a > story > about his family in Atlanta, GA before they migrated to Texas. His > knowledge > seems limitless! I am wondering if he has family notes on any of my > family > lines, some of whom were in business in Atlanta during this same > period as > the Wylys: The Morris, Patterson, and Stroud families all (I > believe) > migrated from South Carolina and Va. I may have missed previous > migration > routes that were published in this forum. > Sincerely, > Jacki Stewart McGlamory > > "Do not ask for a weak load but ask for a strong back." > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >