I'm looking for MARIE DOROTHEA FRIEDERKIE WEDDELER's (my gg-grandmother) obituary. She was the wife of FRIEDRICH AUGUST MUELLER (1844-1922). She was born Oct 29, 1848 in Prussia and died Mar 30, 1921 in Bosque County, Texas. They are both buried in Clifton Cemetery. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Terry _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

Thank you for passing along this information. I have been on this list a while and have recently learned that the Sedberry's lived in Bosque County. My greatgrandmother, Susan Alice Sedberry, was sister to Judge William Rush Sedberry. She married William McKerall and they lived in Waco. This is a terrific article. Thanks to all in Bosque County who makes the Lamp Post Project possible. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: <PBass2825@aol.com> To: <TXBOSQUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:53 PM Subject: [TXBOSQUE] Clifton Lampost Project > If interest to everyone that is researching their family ties in the > Clifton area would be the Main Street Lamp Post Project.. These write up > can be seen by accessing the Clifton Record at ..... cliftonrecord.com ... > click on photos if you are at the current copy of the record... then scroll > down til you see the lampost project listed on the right hand side. This > project started several years ago.. and you can go back in the archives and > read the storys submitted on all the different families. Keep in mind . .that > some errors may have occured when the articles are printed and some dates may > be wrong. Contact me if you have any trouble accessing the site and I can > guide you through it. > > This weeks 2 editions of the record contain ... the Bass family and the > Sedberry family. (William Rush Sedberry being the 2nd county judge of > Bosque county ). > > > ==== TXBOSQUE Mailing List ==== > Search the mail list archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

If interest to everyone that is researching their family ties in the Clifton area would be the Main Street Lamp Post Project.. These write up can be seen by accessing the Clifton Record at ..... cliftonrecord.com ... click on photos if you are at the current copy of the record... then scroll down til you see the lampost project listed on the right hand side. This project started several years ago.. and you can go back in the archives and read the storys submitted on all the different families. Keep in mind . .that some errors may have occured when the articles are printed and some dates may be wrong. Contact me if you have any trouble accessing the site and I can guide you through it. This weeks 2 editions of the record contain ... the Bass family and the Sedberry family. (William Rush Sedberry being the 2nd county judge of Bosque county ).

Hello List Here's this week's column, more rough weather and storms expected around here this afternoon, so I'm sending the column out early again. Please be sure to send in your Bosque County stories, queries, family reunion information or anything you would like to share in the column here online and in the local newspaper The Bosque County News. Best of luck to you all in your research and thank you to all who have contributed. Thanks LaDawn Garland Bosque Co, Tx garland@htcomp.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Out Of Our Past Tracing Our Bosque County Roots by: LaDawn Garland April 10, 2002 This week Jim Culver of Austin contributed a wonderful biography he has written on his grandfather. It is so wonderul to see someone preserving their family history in these wonderful stories. A sister of my grandmother married into this Adkison family, so I really enjoyed having this sent in. Please be sure to send in your stories, memories, queries and family reunion information for Bosque County, they will be included here in the newspaper column and online as well. Good luck to everyone in their family research. Biography of Roy Adkison Roy Adkison was born 24 September 1895 on a farm between Iredell and Hico, TX. He was not given a middle name at birth, but he later noticed that his other siblings had one (his sister had two). So, he gave himself Lee as a middle name. He registered for the draft, for social security, and used the name when he got married. Thereafter, he was known as Roy Lee Adkison. Roy was a farmer and laborer who served in World War I. He registered for the WWI draft at Hico, Bosque, TX as a white male born 24 Sept 1895. His family lived in Bosque County, near Hico, Texas. In 1917 he married Cleo Hazel Murphey of Coleman. His first three children were born near Hico between 1918 and 1924. The family later moved to Lamesa and their twins Fay and Ray were born there in 1926. Then they moved from Lamesa to Fort Worth, Texas in 1927 on Panola Street. In 1930 the family moved from Panola Street in Fort Worth to 804 Perkins in the same city. Their last child, Ellie Lewis was born in Fort Worth in 1932. They lived at the Perkins Street house during WWII and until Roy's retirement in the mid-50's from the U.S. Postal Service. His son Roy Lee, Jr. was killed in World War II in 1942 aboard the USS Enterprise. When Roy Jr. was killed, Roy joined the Seabees and served until the war's end. Witness this newspaper article quotation. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Father Signs Up to Avenge Son Killed in Battle R.L. Adkison Jr., seaman second class was killed in action in the Solomon Islands August 24th. Since that time his whole family at 804 Perkins has been getting fighting mad. This week, R.L. Sr., whose age isn't far from the Navy's top limit of 50 years, did something about it. He quit the mail carrier's job he's held for 15 years and enlisted in the Navy. He's been sworn in the Seebees as a seaman first class and will begin active duty when called. Meanwhile he's anxious for his two sons, 15 and 10, to get old enough for the Navy. R.L. Jr, he says, needs avenging. Roy's wife Cleo Hazel (Murphey) Adkison died in 1952. After his retirement from the US Postal Service, he married Lola Mae Lasswell of Iredell, TX and soon thereafter they moved back to Iredell, Texas where he and Lola lived until their deaths in 1982. They lived in a red brick home that was next to the church and caddy corner across the street form the Riverside Cemetery. Roy died in February of 1982 with services held at the Iredell Baptist Church where he and Lola were members. He was buried with is first wife in Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth, TX. Lola died a few months later in July of 1982. She is buried with her first husband, Peter Thomas Lasswell, in Riverside Cemetery. She and Peter share one large headstone, but they died 35 years apart. Roy's father was Charles Lewis Adkison who was born in 1866 in Desha County, Arkansas. Charles' father, Hampton Peter Adkison, was born in Saline County, Illinois in 1817. Hampton died in Bosque Co., TX in 1895 and is buried in the Hico Cemetery. Hampton moved to Arkansas after his first wife Elizabeth Shults died. There he met Mary Jane Parker. Hamp and Mae, as they were called, were married on 18 March 1858 in Desha County, Arkansas. Hampton had seven children by Elizabeth. Other than Nancy Roevinia Adkison, there is not much evidence of what happened to the other children of the first marriage after they arrived in Texas. Mary was born about 1843 in Desha County, Arkansas, the first child of five, to Elias and Marian Parker. She had nine children; the first five born in Desha County, AR and the last four born in Bosque County, TX. She died in Hico, TX some time after 1907. Charles Lewis Adkison had six children by his first wife Julia J. Arrington. Julie was born 11 February 1870, the second of twelve children, to Alfred Marion Arrington and Emily Jane Doyle. Alfred was from Alabama and Emily was from Rome, Floyd Co., GA, where they were married on 3 December 1867. Alfred died in 1914 and his daughter Julia died in 1901. So, Emily lived with Charles and helped raise the children for several years. Emily died on 13 February 1939 in Lamesa, TX. Charles second married Inez Blair Acrey in 1904 and they had eight children together, all born in Bosque County. Charles and his father Hampton both lived on farms between Iredell in Bosque Co. and Hico in Hamilton Co. Their mailing address was Hico; so many records indicate Hico or Hamilton, even though they lived in Bosque County. In his obituary, his name is incorrectly spelled AdkiNson. C.L. Adkinson Obituary (18 November 1943, from the Iredell Newspaper I believe) Mr. Charles Louis (Lewis) Adkinson was born October 26, 1866 in the state of Arkansas, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Adkinson. He moved at an early date to Texas with his parents, settling at Iredell. When a young, man he was converted and joined the Baptist church, and remained a member until the time of his death. He was united in marriage to Miss Julia Arrington, and to this union six children were born, two of whom with their mother preceded him in death. He was married to Miss Kenny Acrey Sept. 4, 1904, and to this union eight children were born, two of whom preceded their father in death. Mr. Adkinson died Nov. 18, 1943, being 77 years and 22 days of age. He had many friends here as he had lived here for many years. He was well liked by all, was a good old man, tried to do all the good he could. He was of a friendly turn, would speak to one and all. He would go to town most every day, which he enjoyed doing, and also enjoyed church services. He is missed very much by his wife, children and friends. He lived out his days. God called him and he went home to rest forever more. He was a good husband and father. Besides the widow of Iredell, he is survived by three sons, Ray (Roy) of Fort Worth, U.S. Navy; Earl of California, and Earnest of the U.S. Navy and seven daughters, Mrs. Kate Ward of Gatesville, Mrs. Ruby Murphy of Big Spring, Mrs. Nevada Howard of Iredell, Mrs. Opal Reed and Doris Reed of California; also 28 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; and one brother, Andy, of Iredell, and one sister, Mrs. Delice Spinks of Hico. The funeral was held in the Baptist church Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. Rev. Cundieff, the pastor, delivered the funeral sermon and paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of the deceased. The floral offerings were large and beautiful. Internment was in the Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Adkinson and children have the sympathy of their friends, for which they are very lonely without him. A large crowd of out of town relatives and friends attended the funeral. All the children attended except the two from California. Mrs. Doris Reed and Earnest, also of California, came after the funeral. The son remained a few days, Mrs. Doris Reed is here with her mother, and may remain till the first of January. Charlie died in Big Spring Texas while visiting his daughter Ruby, but was returned to Iredell for burial in Riverside Cemetery. -Written by Roy's grandson Jim Culver of Austin jculver2@austin.rr.com Old News From Around Bosque County The Bosque Citizen Thursday, Nov. 10, 1887 Residence Burned The residence of Mrs. Mary Thompson, near Clifton, was destroyed by fire Friday evening last including the entire contents. The family were visiting her son in law, Mr. Arch Anderson at the time and no one being present to check the flames, the building, furniture, wearing apparel and all valuables were consumed. Incendiarism is suspected but there is no clew to the perpetrator. This is a heavy loss to Mrs. Thompson and her children, it is not doubted that the sympathy of their friends will take tangible shape. THE CITIZEN regrets to learn of the accidental killing of Mr. Robert Floyd at Walnut Springs late Tuesday evening by a Mr. Holt of Waco. It seems that the two young men were out hunting and Mr. Holt's gun, a small target gun, was accidentally discharged, the ball entering Mr. Floyd's forehead just above the eye. Mr. L. W. Chase, the leading sheep man of the Cayote neighborhood drives the prettiest bay team and outfit in the county. Dr. Joe Kemp came in Monday to preside over the Bosque County Medical Association. For the third time a quorum was lacking and the doctor declares himself off. It is supposed Bosque folks are so healthful that the doctors have concluded they need no further instructions on the treatments of disease. Valley Mills Nov. 7 - Ho death has occured here for a long time that has been as unanimously deplored as that of Lee Sears. Only a short time has lapsed since in the vigor and health of young manhood he left his home for a term of school at Dublin, Texas. He was liked and loved by all, none held out a hand to him in search of aid or friendship in vain. His remains were brought here for enterment and the funeral on Monday was the largest ever at Valley Mills. His father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. J L Sears were both in Dublin when he died of Typhoid fever. Morgan Items Mr and Mrs. A J Cooper went to Hico Thursday to attend the funeral of their son in law, Mr. Jim Stovall who died Wednesday night. Thursday was the natal day of Miss Mollie Moseley and Miss Anna Hawkins and on that night a reception was tendered them at the residence of Captain Hawkins. Be sure to visit the Bosque County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ there's a wealth of information on Bosque County and it's families provided by volunteers and other researchers. Be sure to contribute your family information, you might just find information on your ancestors there. The Bosque County Collection in Meridian has a treasure trove of history just waiting to be explored. From the many newspapers covering the county through the years, census, death and marriage records to the old deeds. There is sure to be something there for every researcher, for more information visit their website at http://www.htcomp.net/bcc Good luck to all who are researching their Bosque County roots. If you would like to submit a query, family story or reunion information on your Bosque County family, please email me at garland@htcomp.net, or mail it to Bosque County News, P.O. Box 343, Meridian, Tx 76665 or fax it to 254-435-6335.

This article from today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram is interesting. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/health/2996328.htm

Brownswood, TX News Tuesday, April 2, 2002 Dora Turner Graveside services for Dora Turner, 92, of Brownwood, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 4, 2002, in the Antioch Cemetery with David Harris officiating under the direction of the Heartland Funeral Home. Mrs. Turner died Monday, April 1, at the Brownwood Regional Medical Center. She was born in Bosque county to the late Elzy and Delsie Doty. She married J.B. Turner in Brown County on Dec. 26, 1928. He preceded her ind death on May 11, 1984. She retired from the Brownwood Regional Medical center in 1972. She was a homemaker and a ember of the 4th Street Church of Christ in Brownwood. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in -law, Floyce and Marilyn Turner of La Mirada, Calif. and Hilton and Mildred Turner of Early; two daughters and sons-in-law, Audine and Forest Lancaster of Lawna nd Lana and Danny Webb of Zephyr; four brothers, Arvil Doty of California, Frank Doty of El Doado, L.D. Doty of Crystoval and Carol Doty of Crystoval; eight grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; 12 brothers and one sister. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

Would it be at all possible for somebody to find out for me if Albert Wyche and Jesse McKisick Thomas had a son? I know that they had four daughters. Albert was born June 14, 1867 and died July 13, 1949 in Bosque County [they owned much acreage off of FM 1713]; Jesse was born Sept 20, 1874 and died Sept. 18, 1936 in Bosque. Jesse was the daughter of Edward McGary and Lily Barry McKissick [McKisick]. I seem to have lost my information on them. Woe is me. Thanks. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.336 / Virus Database: 188 - Release Date: 3/11/02

thought I would share this with Bosque researchers in case it might help someone: my great grandfather George Sutton Allison had land just across the county line in McLennan County. He sold his land to a John A Mayfield in May 1883, Mayfield then sold the land in Nov to someone (and I can't read the writing on the deed) named J. H. (not sure if it is H) G??ldy. In noticed in the Bosque County History book that I saw in the Waco library that a Robert Mathews bought land from John Mayfield. The land described as three miles east of Mosheim on Hog Creek. Interesting thing is that my great grandfather's land was near Hog Creek. But the dates in the history book don't match so could be different property. If anyone recognizes J H G??ldy, let me know what the surname is. I am looking for Allison or Thornhill information in the Valley Mills area. thanks.. Gil

Hello List Here's this week's column. I'm sending this out early this weekend, while we have a break in the weather. We've had some pretty rough storms sweeping through and more on the way. Luckily we weren't hit as hard as Hamilton County, I understand they had damage in Hico and a few tornados touch down not far from there. I hope everyone is safe and no injuries. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the column, the story included this week on Bill Flemin was sent to me by Gene Blakely and he was kind enough to let me share it with our readers in the newspaper. You may have already seen it on the list before, but it's such a great story, it's worth reading twice. Be sure to send in your Bosque County, stories, memories, reunion information, etc. to share with the readers here on the list and in the local newspaper The Bosque County News. Have a wonderful Easter. Thanks LaDawn Garland Bosque Co, Tx garland@htcomp.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Out of Our Past Tracing Our Bosque County Roots The Bosque County News April 3, 2002 I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Easter. Please take a minute to send in your queries, family stories or memories, reunion information or anything you would like to share on your Bosque County families. Thank you to everyone who has contributed and shared their families and stories with us here in the column. Bill Flemin There's a small marker in the Riverside Cemetery in Iredell. It is easily overlooked, it is kinda hard to find, and few are even aware of its existence. The marker reads "Bill Flemin 1896-1918 Killed in WWI" The small concrete marker, laying flat on the ground, was poured by John D Smith based on information supplied by Jim McCoy. Jim used to care for some of the graves in the local cemeteries, and Flemin's marker initially was only a small rock with some writing on it. Most markers for veterans and soldiers found in cemeteries are those supplied by the government, at no charge. That's as it should be. But Bill doesn't have a government marker, and I guess now I'm one of the few people around to tell his story. I thought Bill should have an appropriate government marker, so I figured I'd go to the Bosque County Historical Commission's Meridian Tribune microfilm file and see if there was anything in a contemporary newspaper about "Flemin". To save me some time, since Jim McCoy only lived a block or so from the cemetery, I decided to ask Jim if he remembered the guy. That way I wouldn't have to search for as many news articles. Jim was in his early nineties at the time I think. Or maybe he was in his late eighties. This was in May of 1995. Anyway, I knocked on his door and was invited in. I told him I was seeking information about the "Bill Flemin" buried in Riverside. Jim said yes, he did recall that burial. He explained that in 1920 he and his family were living at Chalk Mountain, and that in the Fall of 1920 a Mike Flemin, said to be a former police officer in Dallas, and his wife had moved to an adjoining 320 acre farm. Jim described Mike as being a big Irishman who had been married three or four times. Jim said Mike was then 53 years old, and his current wife was just 23. Jim said that in 1921 Mike told him that his son's body was being returned from France and would be buried in Riverside Cemetery at Iredell. Mike said that his son, whom Mike always called "Bill", was the only child of his marriage to his first wife. He said Bill had been in the Army in World War I and that he had been wounded while in France. He had been carried to a hospital in France, and that subsequently the Germans had bombed the hospital and Bill was killed. This was in 1918. Mike said that by 1921 soldiers bodies were being returned to the states, and Mike was contacted as to where he wanted the body shipped for burial. Mike told them to just ship it to Iredell, that it was on a railroad, and he explained that they would be moving one of these days, and he could have his son's body shipped to wherever they moved to. Jim said the body was shipped back, and that Mike opened the casket, and saw there Bill's mother's ring which Bill always wore. Jim said Bill's body was returned for burial in June 1921 and that later the Flemin's moved away, but Bill's body had remained at Riverside. (As you have probably already figured out, Jim McCoy was one of those rare folks who had a photographic memory. Jim died a year or so after telling me this story.) The same day I talked to Jim I headed for the Bosque County collection and those old microfilmed Meridian Tribunes. Sure enough, in the July 29, 1921 I found the following news article: Bodies of War Heroes Returned in County Remains of H.T. Harris of Morgan, and William M. Fleming, of Iredell, soldiers killed in France during the World War were shipped to their respective homes from Little Rock, Arkansas on Monday, July 25. Funeral services for Mr. Harris were held at Morgan Wednesday and for Mr. Fleming at Iredell the same day. In the Interesting Items from Iredell Community news in the same paper I found the following article: The body of Private William Fleming arrived home from France Tuesday night and was buried in Riverside Cemetery Wednesday about noon. The soldier went from Dallas, but since the war began his father has moved near here is the reason the young man was buried here. This young man was wounded and carried to a hospital and was recovering when the hospital was blown up and killed about four hundred and he was one of them. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. George Smith in the presence of a large concourse of people; after which the soldier boys took hold and gave some military ceremonies and laid the remains to rest. This is the fourth body of soldiers shipped here from France and buried in this cemetery; and as far as we can recall there will not be any more shipped here. Using the above information, I went to the National Archives Branch in Fort Worth and searched the World War I Draft Registration cards now on microfilm there. In doing so I found a William Madison Fleming, 1223 Peabody, Dallas, born Aug. 23, 1890, natural born at Dallas, Texas, occupation Painter, employed by J.F. Fleming at the same address, described as single, slight build, having brown eyes and black hair. He registered in Pct. 22 in Dallas County on June 5, 1915. Using that information, I wrote to the National Personnel Center (Military Records) in Saint Louis and requested a photocopy of any records pertaining to Fleming. They replied with a form and checked thereon was the block saying they were unable to identify a military service record from the information given. And there Bill's story has ended for now. But he hasn't been forgotten, even if his existence is marked only by that small concrete marker and this tale. You might look for Bill's marker the next time you visit the cemetery. That would be nice. Gene Blakley Iredell geneb@htcomp.net Old News From Around Bosque County Bosque Citizen Thursday, July 28, 1887 Personals: Mrs. A N Tandy visited her relatives in Temple this week. Miss Lorena Wirtz of Morgan with her friend Miss Mattie Nelms of Trinity County, paid the Citizen a complimentary visit Tuesday. Mr. E E Hudson of Kopperl was on the jury this week and honored the sanctum with a call. Billy Adams took in the anti grand rally at Ft. Worth. All the members of Mr. Kinsolving's family have been down with Malarial fever, but are now improving. Mr. John Patton and family and Mr. Wm. Wate, old Virginia friends of the Kinsolvings, now of McLennan county, paid a visit to Mr. Kinsolving's family last week. Miss Janie Johnson is visiting friends and relatives in DeLeon. Messrs. Cicero Jenkins and Cary W. Styles will speak at Norse today. Married Jennings - Vickery Seated in a buggy at the foot of the mountain just across the Bosque from Meridian, with the young moon's silvery rays resting upon them on the night of July 25, 1887, Mr. Robert Jennings, aged about 18, and Miss Cora Vickery, aged about 15, both of Meridian were joined in Wedlock, E. B. Harris, Esq. officiating. Vickery - Welch At the residence of Mr. John Rizer, Monday night, July 18, 1887, Mr. John Vickery to Miss Bettie Welch by Rev. J. R. Randle. George W. Leaverton died in his room of the Arlington Hotel, Dallas, about 5 p.m., Friday, July 22, 1887. Mr. Leaverton had for some months been working in the office of the Western Newspaper Union and was at his post of duty until near 4 o'clock the afternoon of his death, when complaining of dizziness, he went to his room and was dead in an hour. He had been drinking excessively for sometime which probably occassioned his sudden taking off. Mr. Leaverton's home was in Bosque County, and here he had many friends who will drop the tear of sympathy. He was a kind, good-hearted man and whiskey was his worst enemy. The artesian well is now cased with galvanized iron to a depth of 470 feet, and the drilling was resumed on Tuesday. Mr. W. A. Potter manufactured and inserted the casing and made a most satisfactory job of it. Later She flows! She flows! A few minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday morning the artesian water flowed over the casing and formed minature lakes on the street. The sand stratum was entered late Tuesday evening but the drilling was suspended to repair the drill. As soon as the break is mended and the stratum is penetrated five or ten feet a vigorous and bountiful flow may be expected. Give Thanks ye suffering denizens of Meridian and ye incubi get out and give the town a chance. Be sure to visit the Bosque County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ there's a wealth of information on Bosque County and it's families provided by volunteers and other researchers. Contribute your family information, you might just find something on your ancestors there. You're quite likely to find others researching your family line as well. There you can check out the new project for the TxGenWeb archives, you can submit Texas Family Group Sheets, be sure to submit your Bosque County family. The Bosque County Collection in Meridian has a treasure trove of history just waiting to be explored. From the many newspapers covering the county through the years, census, death and marriage records to the old deeds. There is sure to be something there for every researcher, for more information visit their website at http:www.htcomp.net/bcc Good luck to all who are researching their Bosque County roots. If you would like to submit a query, family story or reunion information on your Bosque County family to be included here in the column in the newspaper as well as online, please email me at garland@htcomp.net, or mail it to Bosque County News, P.O. Box 343, Meridian, Tx 76665 or fax it to 254-435-6335.

The Hillsboro Reporter Monday, March 25, 2002 HOMER HELMS Mr. Homer Helms, 81, of Clifton died Thursday, March 14, at a Clifton hospital. He was born October 1, 1920 in the Womack Community in Bosque County, son of William A. and Kate Augusta (Wichier) Helms. He served in the United States Army during World War II in the Military Police Department, 1848th Service Command Unit. He received the American Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and four overseas service bars. He married Inez Prince May 28, 1957, and she preceded him in death March 4, 1997. He had lived at the Woodland Hills Addition since 1962 and in Clifton since 1998. He was a member of Prairie Valley Baptist Church. Survivors include: one son, Homer Paul Helms, Jr. of Austin; two sisters, Fridia Nelson of Milano and Adelle Priobe of Caldwell; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney with Rev. Eddie Booth officiating. Interment was at Peoria Cemetery. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Hello List Here's this week's column, You may have seen the old news included before, but I had not shared it with the newspaper readers yet. Please continue to send in your family stories, memories, queries and reunion information on your Bosque County families, to be included here and in the Bosque County News, our local newspaper. Good luck to everyone researching Bosque County Roots. Thank you to all who have contributed. Have a great week! LaDawn Garland Bosque County, Tx garland@htcomp.net Out Of Our Past Tracing Our Bosque County Roots March 27, 2002 We have found a family for the Oswald photo that was in last week's column, Annelle Wells the grand-daughter of the couple in the photo emailed to let me know it was of her grandparents. She seemed very happy to get it back, her father was really happy as well, his mother in the photo had died when he was five years old and it was very special to him to have this photo that had been lost. Thanks again to PJ Holman for locating and saving the photo, I'm so glad we were able to find the right family. Please continue to send in your family stories, queries, memories and reunion information, they will be here in the newspaper column and on the internet as well. You never know what old friends or distant cousins you might locate. Sommerfeld-Behnke family in Bosque County I am still searching for early information on my paternal great-grandfather, his siblings, and parents. What I do know is that in the 1860's, Michael Sommerfeld and his wife Pauline nee Schulz immigrated from Posen Province, Prussia to Washington County, Texas. The area of what was Posen is now within the borders of Poland. My paternal grandfather, Gustav Sommerfeld was their youngest son, one of either 8 or 9 children. Grandpa Gus was born December 14, 1880, in Washington County. Family stories, records and headstones reveal that when Gus was about 9, his mother died, and his father soon remarried. At age 14, Grandpa Gus left home to live with some family friends who came from the same area of Posen and had settled nearby. This was the Gustav Behnke family. Documents, including ship's passenger manifests, prove that Gustav Behnke immigrated from Schokken (Skoki) Wrongowitz Kreis, Posen, Prussia, in 1875 with his wife Augusta nee Baier, arriving May 31, 1975, in Michigan, after first landing in New York. Entry through the Ellis Island system probably explains why their immigration was better recorded than the Sommerfeld side, who are believed to have come to Texas through Galveston, possibly after initially landing elsewhere. Because the Behnke's and Sommerfeld's were apparently neighbors in Posen, I am led to believe the Sommerfeld's also came from Schokken or nearby. Grandpa Gus was engaged to the Behnkes' daughter Marie, born in 1882. Unfortunately, Marie died in February, 1901, of malaria at the age of 19, reportedly shortly before the scheduled wedding. Subsequently, in 1902, Grandpa Gus married Marie's older sister Bertha Behnke, who was born in Washington County, Texas in 1878. They produced 12 children, with one infant, Anna, dying in her first year of life. Anna is buried in Bismarck Cemetery in Bosque County, off SH 56 on CR412. Gus Behnke had a brother Heinrich who immigrated to America in 1881, also initially coming to theWashington and Fayette County area. In 1896 Heinrich moved his family to Bosque County. He and his wife Augusta nee Winkelmann are buried in the Bismarck Cemetery. Many of Gustav Behnke's children followed, including Grandpa Gus Sommerfeld, and his bride, Bertha nee Behnke, after they married in 1902. They initially settled in the Walnut Springs area. My father, Rinert F. Sommerfeld, the 6th child and second son of Gus and Bertha, was born there April 7, 1910. In 1911, the family moved to the Clifton area, between Smith Bend and Cayote. Bertha Behnke Sommerfeld died unexpectedly on May 16, 1936. She was known to have a bad heart. Gus had taken Bertha to see the doctor in Clifton, and afterward they stopped off at their daughter Frieda's home. Frieda had married Fred Ludwig, and the family lived outside of Clifton near Womack. While sitting in the yard, admiring baby chicks, Bertha had a sudden attack and fell dead. Grandpa Gus still had 6 children at home. On March 10, 1937 he married married Emma Knuppel Naumann, who brought 7 children of her own to the marriage, with 5 still at home. Together, they had Ralph, born 1938, married Irene Riley; and Margaret, born 1939, married Raymond Klaehn. Children of Gus Sommerfeld and Bertha Behnke were: Ella, (1903-1954), married Joseph Urban; Adolph, (1904-1984), married Mary Urban; Frieda, (1905-1996), married Fred Ludwig; Alma, (1907-1998), married Peter Urban; Selma, (1908-1998), married Emil Schwartz; Rinert, (1910-1996) married Anna Urban.; Anna (1912-1913); Rudolph, (1914-), married Christine Mihlhause; Hilda (1916-2000), married Otto Zelmer; Leroy(1919-1977), never married; Lawrence, (1920-1978); married Sidonia Zander; Regina (1924-), married Richard Green. Much family information has come from Zion Evangelical Church records at Womack, and surviving records from St. John Evangelical Church, which once stood across the road from the cemetery at what was known as Bismarck Community. They are full of Behnke and Sommerfeld family baptisms, confirmations and weddings in the late 19th and early 20th century. St. Paul Lutheran Church was established in 1942 at Pleasant Hill, southeast of Clifton on FM 708, with Gus Sommerfeld as a founding member. Those records are now stored at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clifton, after St. Paul merged with Trinity in 1960. The Behnke and Sommerfeld family are mostly buried in the various cemeteries around Bosque County, primarily the Clifton Cemetery. Some family members are buried in Washington County. I continue to follow the trail of records and uncover more details all the time. I am hopeful that I will be able to identify the family roots in Posen. Pat Lyon patsroar@htcomp.net Old News From Around Bosque County The Bosque Citizen Thursday, Dec. 22, 1886 Married Johnson - Smith at Clifton, Monday evening, Dec. 20, 1886, Mr. Stewart Johnson of Albany, Texas and Miss Carrie Smith of Clifton were united in wedlock. Miss Delia Spears and Mr. O.D. Cheatham of Albany, accompanied the groom. The bridal party left for Albany, Wednesday morning where the couple will make their future home. Clifton Letter Clifton, Dec. 20 The funeral of Mr. Carl Questad took place Monday, 15th inst. Mr. Questad was 73 years old and was one of the earliest settlers of Bosque. He settled here 38 years ago and lived an honorable life. His funeral testified the esteem in which he was held by the people who knew and loved him. It was the largest concourse that ever assembled in this locality to pay the last sad tribute to the dead. Mr. Questad was stricken down on Monday 6th and died Monday 13th, 1886. Mrs Brisco was buried at 10 in the morning and Mr. Questad at 4 in the afternoon on the same day. On the following day the 16th, Christina, the ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Nelson, of Clifton was buried in same cemetery. On Thursday morning last, Mr. DeHart, father of our Justice of the Peace, had the misfortune to lose his stable, corn crib, hay and horse by fire. It is supposed the hay caught from a spark from the stove pipe. Improvements S.F. Ozburn has purchased the Frank Gaston house on the hill near the cemetery and will occupy it as soon as Mr. Cornelison can vacate. Col. Morrell is progressing finely with the work on his residence. V.H. Iley will build cottages on his new purchase. P. B. Ward's cottage is nearly ready for occupancy. Sam Harris has completed and is living in his new residence Be sure to visit the Bosque County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ there's a wealth of information on Bosque County and it's families provided by volunteers and other researchers. Contribute your family information, you might just find something on your ancestors there. You're quite likely to find others researching your family line as well. There you can check out the new project for the TxGenWeb archives, you can submit Texas Family Group Sheets, be sure to submit your Bosque County family. The Bosque County Collection in Meridian has a treasure trove of history just waiting to be explored. From the many newspapers covering the county through the years, census, death and marriage records to the old deeds. There is sure to be something there for every researcher, for more information visit their website at http:www.htcomp.net/bcc Good luck to all who are researching their Bosque County roots. If you would like to submit a query, family story or reunion information on your Bosque County family, please email me at garland@htcomp.net, or mail it to Bosque County News, P.O. Box 343, Meridian, Tx 76665 or fax it to 254-435-6335.

Hi all, I'm not sure if any of ya'll have heard of this or seen it, but I thought you might like the opportunity to revue & post. "Texas In The Civil War http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/txcwmb/ Hope you find something. Bettie <>< -- All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002, http://www.symantec.com/ -- One Nation, Under GOD, Indivisible... Viva La Bosque!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~garichmo/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/

Hi Folks, The Union Hill Cemetery of Johnson County, Texas is now on line at my web site. From the home page click on "Cemetery Inventories" and then on Union Hill. This was my first survey and I didn't know what to look for or do, so this is all there is. The inventory was done in the early part of 1999 so there are a lot of new listings. Good luck with your research, donna http://www.htcomp.net/donnasdigs Donna's Digs

Harper Cemetery Work Day and Association Meeting 9:00 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2002 at the Cemetery Frazier Road Elk, Texas Please bring lawn mowers and equipment, tools, work gloves, lawn chairs, and join us to clean and restore one of McLennan County cemeteries. We'll break for lunch at noon and have short business meeting. Our thanks to Mr. and Mrs. William Helm for permission to publish the list of graves they surveyed. Many hours and weeks were spent to survey the cemetery and we thank them for their hard work. Please see the listing at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/mclennan/cemetery/harper.txt or http://www.usgw.org/tx/mcclennan/ and click on Harper Cemetery <<I apologize if you are getting this more than once, as I sent to several lists.>> Thank you, Sandra Carter Van Wyk

Yes, Gene, I will look for 'Bill' the next time I visit Riverside......it would be a very nice gesture, but not near as nice as your efforts to reveal more about one of our country's patriots........may none of us ever take them lightly.............. Suzy "You can complain because rosebushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Blakley" <geneb@htcomp.net> To: "Ronnie Locker" <rwllocker@htcomp.net> Cc: <TXBOSQUE-L@rootsweb.com>; <bosquecountycollection@htcomp.net> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 4:56 PM Subject: Bill Felmin There's a small marker in the Riverside Cemetery in Iredell. It is easily overlooked, it is kinda hard to find, and few are even aware of its existence. The marker reads "Bill Flemin 1896-1918 Killed in WW I" The small concrete marker, laying flat on the ground, was poured by John D Smith based on information supplied by Jim McCoy. Jim used to care for some of the graves in the local cemeteries, and Flemin's marker initially was only a small rock with some writing on it. Most markers for veterans and soldiers found in cemeteries are those supplied by the government, at no charge. That's as it should be. But Bill doesn't have a government marker, and I guess now I'm one of the few people around to tell his story. I thought Bill should have an appropriate government marker, so I figured I'd go to the Bosque County Historical Commission's Meridian Tribune microfilm file and see if there was anything in a contemporary newspaper about "Flemin". To save me some time, since Jim McCoy only lived a block or so from the cemetery, I decided to ask Jim if he remembered the guy. That way I wouldn't have to search for as many news articles. Jim was in his early nineties at the time I think. Or maybe he was in his late eighties. This was in May of 1995. Anyway, I knocked on his door and was invited in. I told him I was seeking information about the "Bill Flemin" buried in Riverside. Jim said yes, he did recall that burial. He explained that in 1920 he and his family were living at Chalk Mountain, and that in the Fall of 1920 a Mike Flemin, said to be a former police officer in Dallas, and his wife had moved to an adjoining 320 acre farm. Jim described Mike as being a big Irishman who had been married three or four times. Jim said Mike was then 53 years old, and his current wife was just 23. Jim said that in 1921 Mike told him that his son's body was being returned from France and would be buried in Riverside Cemetery at Iredell. Mike said that his son, whom Mike always called "Bill", was the only child of his marriage to his first wife. He said Bill had been in the Army in World War I and that he had been wounded while in France. He had been carried to a hospital in France, and that subsequently the Germans had bombed the hospital and Bill was killed. This was in 1918. Mike said that by 1921 soldiers bodies were being returned to the states, and Mike was contacted as to where he wanted the body shipped for burial. Mike told them to just ship it to Iredell, that it was on a railroad, and he explained that they would be moving one of these days, and he could have his son's body shipped to wherever they moved to. Jim said the body was shipped back, and that Mike opened the casket, and saw there Bill's mother's ring which Bill always wore. Jim said Bill's body was returned for burial in June 1921 and that later the Flemin's moved away, but Bill's body had remained at Riverside. (As you have probably already figured out, Jim McCoy was one of those rare folks who had a photographic memory. Jim died a year or so after telling me this story.) The same day I talked to Jim I headed for the Bosque County collection and those old microfilmed Meridian Tribunes. Sure enough, in the July 29, 1921 I found the following news article: Bodies of War Heroes Returned in County Remains of H.T. Harris of Morgan, and William M. Fleming, of Iredell, soldiers killed in France during the World War were shipped to their respective homes from Little Rock, Arkansas on Monday, July 25. Funeral services for Mr. Harris were held at Morgan Wednesday and for Mr. Fleming at Iredell the same day. In the Interesting Items from Iredell Community news in the same paper I found the following article: The body of Private William Fleming arrived home from France Tuesday night and was buried in Riverside Cemetery Wednesday about noon. The soldier went from Dallas, but since the war began his father has moved near here is the reason the young man was buried here. This young man was wounded and carried to a hospital and was recovering when the hospital was blown up and killed about four hundred and he was one of them. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. George Smith in the presence of a large concourse of people; after which the soldier boys took hold and gave some military ceremonies and laid the remains to rest. This is the fourth body of soldiers shipped here from France and buried in this cemetery; and as far as we can recall there will not be any more shipped here. Using the above information, I went to the National Archives Branch in Fort Worth and searched the World War I Draft Registration cards now on microfilm there. In doing so I found a William Madison Fleming, 1223 Peabody, Dallas, born Aug. 23, 1890, natural born at Dallas, Texas, occupation Painter, employed by J.F. Fleming at the same address, described as single, slight build, having brown eyes and black hair. He registered in Pct. 22 in Dallas County on June 5, 1915. Using that information, I wrote to the National Personnel Center (Military Records) in Saint Louis and requested a photocopy of any records pertaining to Fleming. They replied with a form and checked thereon was the block saying they were unable to identify a military service record from the information given. And there Bill's story has ended for now. But he hasn't been forgotten, even if his existence is marked only by that small concrete marker and this tale. You might look for Bill's marker the next time you visit the cemetery. That would be nice. Gene Blakley Iredell

There's a small marker in the Riverside Cemetery in Iredell. It is easily overlooked, it is kinda hard to find, and few are even aware of its existence. The marker reads "Bill Flemin 1896-1918 Killed in WW I" The small concrete marker, laying flat on the ground, was poured by John D Smith based on information supplied by Jim McCoy. Jim used to care for some of the graves in the local cemeteries, and Flemin's marker initially was only a small rock with some writing on it. Most markers for veterans and soldiers found in cemeteries are those supplied by the government, at no charge. That's as it should be. But Bill doesn't have a government marker, and I guess now I'm one of the few people around to tell his story. I thought Bill should have an appropriate government marker, so I figured I'd go to the Bosque County Historical Commission's Meridian Tribune microfilm file and see if there was anything in a contemporary newspaper about "Flemin". To save me some time, since Jim McCoy only lived a block or so from the cemetery, I decided to ask Jim if he remembered the guy. That way I wouldn't have to search for as many news articles. Jim was in his early nineties at the time I think. Or maybe he was in his late eighties. This was in May of 1995. Anyway, I knocked on his door and was invited in. I told him I was seeking information about the "Bill Flemin" buried in Riverside. Jim said yes, he did recall that burial. He explained that in 1920 he and his family were living at Chalk Mountain, and that in the Fall of 1920 a Mike Flemin, said to be a former police officer in Dallas, and his wife had moved to an adjoining 320 acre farm. Jim described Mike as being a big Irishman who had been married three or four times. Jim said Mike was then 53 years old, and his current wife was just 23. Jim said that in 1921 Mike told him that his son's body was being returned from France and would be buried in Riverside Cemetery at Iredell. Mike said that his son, whom Mike always called "Bill", was the only child of his marriage to his first wife. He said Bill had been in the Army in World War I and that he had been wounded while in France. He had been carried to a hospital in France, and that subsequently the Germans had bombed the hospital and Bill was killed. This was in 1918. Mike said that by 1921 soldiers bodies were being returned to the states, and Mike was contacted as to where he wanted the body shipped for burial. Mike told them to just ship it to Iredell, that it was on a railroad, and he explained that they would be moving one of these days, and he could have his son's body shipped to wherever they moved to. Jim said the body was shipped back, and that Mike opened the casket, and saw there Bill's mother's ring which Bill always wore. Jim said Bill's body was returned for burial in June 1921 and that later the Flemin's moved away, but Bill's body had remained at Riverside. (As you have probably already figured out, Jim McCoy was one of those rare folks who had a photographic memory. Jim died a year or so after telling me this story.) The same day I talked to Jim I headed for the Bosque County collection and those old microfilmed Meridian Tribunes. Sure enough, in the July 29, 1921 I found the following news article: Bodies of War Heroes Returned in County Remains of H.T. Harris of Morgan, and William M. Fleming, of Iredell, soldiers killed in France during the World War were shipped to their respective homes from Little Rock, Arkansas on Monday, July 25. Funeral services for Mr. Harris were held at Morgan Wednesday and for Mr. Fleming at Iredell the same day. In the Interesting Items from Iredell Community news in the same paper I found the following article: The body of Private William Fleming arrived home from France Tuesday night and was buried in Riverside Cemetery Wednesday about noon. The soldier went from Dallas, but since the war began his father has moved near here is the reason the young man was buried here. This young man was wounded and carried to a hospital and was recovering when the hospital was blown up and killed about four hundred and he was one of them. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. George Smith in the presence of a large concourse of people; after which the soldier boys took hold and gave some military ceremonies and laid the remains to rest. This is the fourth body of soldiers shipped here from France and buried in this cemetery; and as far as we can recall there will not be any more shipped here. Using the above information, I went to the National Archives Branch in Fort Worth and searched the World War I Draft Registration cards now on microfilm there. In doing so I found a William Madison Fleming, 1223 Peabody, Dallas, born Aug. 23, 1890, natural born at Dallas, Texas, occupation Painter, employed by J.F. Fleming at the same address, described as single, slight build, having brown eyes and black hair. He registered in Pct. 22 in Dallas County on June 5, 1915. Using that information, I wrote to the National Personnel Center (Military Records) in Saint Louis and requested a photocopy of any records pertaining to Fleming. They replied with a form and checked thereon was the block saying they were unable to identify a military service record from the information given. And there Bill's story has ended for now. But he hasn't been forgotten, even if his existence is marked only by that small concrete marker and this tale. You might look for Bill's marker the next time you visit the cemetery. That would be nice. Gene Blakley Iredell

Hello List Here is this week's column, Thank you to all who contributed. In this column, there is mention of a photo and we are trying to find the family it belongs to. Temporarily you can see the photo on the web at http://users.htcomp.net/ladawn/oswaldphoto.bmp (It loads slow, so please be patient.) Good luck to everyone in their research, and please send in your stories, queries, memories and reunion information on your Bosque County families, to be included here on the web and in the Bosque County News, our local newspaper. Thanks so much, LaDawn Garland Bosque Co, Tx garland@htcomp.net **************************************************************************** *********************** Out Of Our Past Tracing Our Bosque County Roots This week we have a wonderful old photo to reunite with it's family. The photo was sent to my by PJ Holman, who found it in an antique store and wanted to try and find where it belonged. Since there were names written on the back, she was able to do a search and traced the couple in the photo back to Bosque County. The photo is of Sam Oswald and Lillian Belle Atchison Oswald, they were married here in Bosque County on April 14, 1906. Please contact us here at the newspaper or email me at garland@htcomp.net if you would like to claim this wonderful treasure. Also, a special thank you to PJ Holman for helping save these beautiful old photos and reuniting them with their families. R.F. And Ann Sommerfeld Family Rinert F. and Anna nee Urban Sommerfeld married October 6, 1932 in Meridian before Judge Word. In an earlier family story I wrote about my Urban antecedents and reported that the two families were very intertwined, with two sisters and two brothers from each side marrying. My maternal grandfather, Peter K. Urban, owned a large steam engine and thresher, which he used to reap hayfields all over central Texas. My father, R.F.Sommerfeld, became a "hand" at this thresher at about age 12. According to my mother's brothers, Charlie and Frank Urban, he was 14 when he was made the "engineer" (mechanic) for the machinery, a critical role to be entrusted to a young teenager! This speaks volumes about Grandpa Pete's respect and trust for my father, as well as my father's talent as a mechanic. I'm told my dad could take apart and put back together any engine and make it run. He literally built his first car at age 16, from a chassis and parts from a junkyard. I watched him work veritable miracles with old and worn-out machinery during my time with him. R.F. was 21 and Ann was 18 when they married. Initially they were tenant farmers. Their oldest daughter, Helen Marie, was born July 10, 1933 at Fairview community, in the house next to the old school. Helen weighed 5 pounds and was very small and weak. Ann's mother, Grandma Klara Urban, wrapped her in cotton and put her in a shoe box and put her into the oven of the wood stove, with the coals banked. The two Fairview schoolteachers boarded with them for one school year when Helen was a toddler. One of the teachers was Alice Rainbolt, a sister of Zora Rainbolt who married James Earl Gouldman. One of the Gouldman sons, Billie Earl, married Josphine Urban, a daughter of Ella Sommerfeld and Joseph Urban, another of the Urban-Sommerfeld family pairs. These intertwining branches are rampant throughout genealogy, making it both fascinating and frustrating. Helen attended China Spring school for first and second grade, then entered the Mosheim School at grade level four. She graduated as Valedictorian in 1950. She attended John Sealy Nursing School in Galveston (now University of Texas at Galveston School of Nursing) and graduated with honors in 1953. Helen married Daniel Allison Amundson in 1954. They had two children, Deborah Ann, born 1956, and David Alan, born 1963. Deborah married Randy Rohleder in 1980, and has one daughter, Amanda Marie, born 1981. She is married to Dennis Jones and lives in Lakeland, Colorado. David married Diane Ingraham in 1989. They have three children, Abigail Marie, born 1994, Rhetta Ann, born 1997, and David Alexander (Alex), born 1999. They live in Sugar Land. Helen lives in Clifton. >From Fairview, R.F. and Ann moved to China Spring in McLennan County. In 1941, they bought a farm at Mosheim, in Bosque County, and lived there until 1962, when they moved to Clifton. Their second daughter, Patricia Anne was born October 11, 1946. I (Patricia Anne) have a myriad of memories from growing up on a farm and in the Mosheim community. I also have a wealth of family stories. Some of these will be related in the future. I attended the Moshiem School from first through eighth grade, at which time we lost the high school due to low enrollment. I attended Valley Mills School for ninth and tenth grade. We were picked up on the regular Mosheim bus route, transferred to another bus at Mosheim and driven to Valley Mills. The route was reversed in the afternoon. Our family moved to Clifton in 1962 at the start of my Junior year in High School and I graduated from Clifton High School in 1964. Fortunately, I was not a stranger to Clifton. I attended Church with Clifton kids all my life, at St. Paul and then Trinity. Lutherans were the majority in Clifton in those days, so I knew a large number of kids who attended Clifton schools. My sister lived in Clifton and I spent many days and weekends at her house before we moved into town. R.F. had always been the neighborhood and family mechanic, and in about 1955 he went to work for "the public" as a mechanic, working in Waco, Clifton and Meridian at various times. He continued to farm. This left Ann with additional responsibilities around the farm. One of the chores she inherited was feeding the hogs. The first time she went out to feed them, she almost scared them to death. She had a habit of talking to the animals when she worked with them, something the cows were accustomed to, but not the hogs. When she took the bucket of feed to the hog lot and started to feed them, she talked to them, and they all ran and piled up in one corner! She was afraid some of them would smother or be injured, as pigs are prone to do. Daddy got a big laugh when she told him. It never occurred to her that he didn't say anything when he went about his work. The hogs eventually adjusted and the hard double labor continued. In 1962, the decision was made to give up on farming and move to Clifton. R.F. opened a mechanic and welding shop. He kept all the older farm machinery going for the farmers who still clung to the hardscrabble farm life, rebuilding old parts, and sometimes making them from scratch. When he was 78 his family talked him into retiring, only because he could put up a shop on Patricia's place at Womack where he could "piddle" to his heart's content. My mother, Anna nee Urban, reports that she knew R.F. since she was about age 10. Ann reminisces that he would pick wildflowers for her, but she wouldn't take them from him, so he would give them to her younger brother to give her. They began dating when Mom was about 16. Daddy would come calling in his homebuilt car, decorated with colored lights, a popular fad at the time. During one get-together of oldtimers, there was a lot of laughter over the fact that daddy tried to mislead people about who he was courting by going a backroad, but his friends pointed out that it was pointless, since his car could be recognized anywhere! I understand that my Grandma Klara Urban liked R.F. a lot, and when he would come calling, while he was opening the gate at the bottom of the pasture, she would pop a pan of kolaches into the oven. By the time R. F. had arrived at the house and said his "howdies" the fresh kolaches were hot from the oven. My mom says she used to tease him she wasn't sure of he was coming to see her or her mother. Daddy had a big appetite and "sweet tooth" and mom's cooking seemed to keep that under control. R.F. died October 19, 1996, after 64 years of marriage. Anna, at age 88, still lives in Clifton. Pat Lyon patsroar@htcomp.net Old News From Around The County The Bosque Citizen Thursday, Dec. 16, 1886 Morgan Tribute Morgan, Dec. 14 - The many friends of Mr A C McKay and his estimable wife, regret very much to have them leave, Morgan loses a good citizen and Meridian gains one. Mrs. Nash has been unable to attend to her duties for a few days on account of being sick. She is improving now. Mr. McDaniel of Ellis County visited the family of his cousin, Jim Wright last week. Maj. E.B. Carruth spend Sunday in Meridian. Variities From Valley Mills Valley Mills, Dec. 14 - The teachers meeting at Searsville Saturday night was a very pleasant one. Miss Hamer's recitations and Mr. Spencers address on "Ocean Currents" were excellent. Personals V H Iley's family will reach Meridian this week, and occupy their new home, vacated on Tuesday by JM Robertson. Sam Harris vacated his residence on Tuesday, and J M Robetson, the purchaser, moved in. Martin Sheafstead was contractor for Pierce Ward's residence and has completed it. Earle Wortham the eight year old son of Dr. Wortham has been seriously ill for several days. Col T C Alexander is building a small cottage near the Cumberland Church. Albert Crain has gladdened his many friends by returning to Meridian to stay. W.P. Siske of Kopperl has been reappointed Deputy Sheriff by Mr. Speer, and duly commissioned by the County Clerk. Be sure to visit the Bosque County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ there's a wealth of information on Bosque County and it's families provided by volunteers and other researchers. Contribute your family information, you might just find something on your ancestors there. You're quite likely to find others researching your family line as well. There you can check out the new project for the TxGenWeb archives, you can submit Texas Family Group Sheets, be sure to submit your Bosque County family. The Bosque County Collection in Meridian has a treasure trove of history just waiting to be explored. From the many newspapers covering the county through the years, census, death and marriage records to the old deeds. There is sure to be something there for every researcher, for more information visit their website at http://www.htcomp.net/bcc Good luck to all who are researching their Bosque County roots. If you would like to submit a query, family story or reunion information on your Bosque County family, please email me at garland@htcomp.net , or mail it to Bosque County News, P.O. Box 343, Meridian, Tx 76665 or fax it to 254-435-6335.

Charles, my mother and I will be in Iredell in the coming week. We are searching the SMITHS / SPARKS from there. We would like any information you may have to share with us. Please email us at this address: BosqueRiver@aol.com Thanks, Lisa (daughter of Ginger SMITH) and Ginger (daughter of WB SMITH) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Would Tom who sent me the pictures of Annire Urban & Vannie Mueller & Jewel Young please contact me? I thought I saved your messages & address but they don't seem to be here. Thanks. Pat Lyon

Hello List Here's some old news from the Bosque Citizen, thought someone might find something useful. Thanks LaDawn Garland Bosque Co, Tx garland@htcomp.net The Bosque Citizen Thursday, Dec. 22, 1886 Married Johnson - Smith at Clifton, Monday evening, Dec. 20, 1886, Mr. Stewart Johnson of Albany, Texas and Miss Carrie Smith of Clifton were united in wedlock. Miss Delia Spears and Mr. O.D. Cheatham of Albany, accompanied the groom. The bridal party left for Albany, Wednesday morning where the couple will make their future home. Clifton Letter Clifton, Dec. 20 The funeral of Mr. Carl Questad took place Monday, 15th inst. Mr. Questad was 73 years old and was one of the earliest settlers of Bosque. He settled here 38 years ago and lived an honorable life. His funeral testified the esteem in which he was held by the people who knew and loved him. It was the largest concourse that ever assembled in this locality to pay the last sad tribute to the dead. Mr. Questad was stricken down on Monday 6th and died Monday 13th, 1886. Mrs Brisco was buried at 10 in the morning and Mr. Questad at 4 in the afternoon on the same day. On the following day the 16th, Christina, the ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Nelson, of Clifton was buried in same cemetery. On Thursday morning last, Mr. DeHart, father of our Justice of the Peace, had the misfortune to lose his stable, corn crib, hay and horse by fire. It is supposed the hay caught from a spark from the stove pipe. Improvements S.F. Ozburn has purchased the Frank Gaston house on the hill near the cemetery and will occupy it as soon as Mr. Cornelison can vacate. Col. Morrell is progressing finely with the work on his residence. V.H. Iley will build cottages on his new purchase. P. B. Ward's cottage is nearly ready for occupancy. Sam Harris has completed and is living in his new residence.