Is there a cemetery in Brown with a name similar to the word "Help"? I have a death certificate that has what looks like "Help" as the place of burial? Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX

Check here for references to "Camp Bowie." Be sure that you get both lines. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/dataware/cgi-bin/web_evaluate?dataset=TSHA&dbs=TSHA&shs_action=&multi=1&num_docs=50&query=%22Camp+Bowie%22 Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX Carolyn Harrison wrote: > > Posted on: Brown County Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/703 > > Surname: HARRISON > ------------------------- > > Can someone tell me something about CAMP BOWIE TEXAS? Where was it located? > I have a long photo of JUD PLUMBING AND HEATING made 6-27-1942. There are > about 100 men in the photo and I would like to identify as many as possible. > We have identified ROBERT, GEORGE and ERVIN HARRISON. Do you know anyone > that worked for this Company? > Was this part of the W.P.A. program or could they have been laying water > lines to a town in the area? > Any help would be so appreciated. > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

CAMP BOWIE (Brown County). Camp Bowie was established at Brownwood in September 1940 as an infantry and artillery training center for the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division, Texas National Guard, and was named in honor of the Texas patriot James Bowie. It was the first major defense construction project in Texas in World War II. The camp was occupied by the end of December 1940 by the 111th Quartermaster Regiment of the Thirty-sixth Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead. By October 1942 Camp Bowie had expanded from an original 2,000 acres to a total of 120,000 acres and was occupied, in addition to the Thirty-sixth Division, by the 113th Cavalry of the Iowa National Guard, the Eighth Army Corps with its headquarters, and troops of the Third Army under Gen. Walter Krueger. The Third Army personnel at Camp Bowie was composed of special troops of the Seventh Headquarters Detachment of the Third Army, medical units ranging from the Second to the Seventeenth, some engineer companies, signal battalions, and chemical companies. The Eighth Corps comprised the 174th and 142nd Field Artillery groups. The Eighteenth Field Artillery Brigade, the Fourth Armored Division, and the Seventh Headquarters Special Troops of the Fourth Army were also stationed at Camp Bowie at various times. A WAC contingent was attached to the Tank Destroyer Group and the Service Command Unit. A rehabilitation center to serve all posts and camps of the Eighth Service Command was set up in January 1942, and in August 1943 a prisoner of war camp with a capacity of 3,000 prisoners was established within the post (see GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR). Camp Bowie was declared surplus by a War Department order, effective August 31, 1946. Recommended citation: "CAMP BOWIE." The Handbook of Texas Online. <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/qbc4.html> [Accessed Sat Nov 25 23:06:06 US/Central 2000 ]. The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu). © The Texas State Historical Association, 1997,1998,1999. Last Updated: February 15, 1999 Comments to: [email protected] Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX Carolyn Harrison wrote: > > Posted on: Brown County Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/703 > > Surname: HARRISON > ------------------------- > > Can someone tell me something about CAMP BOWIE TEXAS? Where was it located? > I have a long photo of JUD PLUMBING AND HEATING made 6-27-1942. There are > about 100 men in the photo and I would like to identify as many as possible. > We have identified ROBERT, GEORGE and ERVIN HARRISON. Do you know anyone > that worked for this Company? > Was this part of the W.P.A. program or could they have been laying water > lines to a town in the area? > Any help would be so appreciated. > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

HELLO FROM: san angelo texas. my name is craig chappell. i'm searching for some info on wendell rochester? i understand from my mom that he worked for the santa fe railroad bteween brownwood and fort worth. was his death date 01-09-75?? my grandfather was john mills alldredge. here is another name for you: bess hamilton , and another , i know her name was mabel. maybe this will jog somebody's memory. my great aunt ethel is buried in the cemetery in coleman. here is another name that some might recognize: william rucker(bill) he is a retired goodyear mechanic. i may have some of the names reversed or not as told by family members. bess nichols or cora hamilton. any information would greatly be appreciated. until may each of you have a great weekend . thanks a bunch CRAIG CHAPPELL i can be reached at [email protected]<br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/703 Surname: HARRISON ------------------------- Can someone tell me something about CAMP BOWIE TEXAS? Where was it located? I have a long photo of JUD PLUMBING AND HEATING made 6-27-1942. There are about 100 men in the photo and I would like to identify as many as possible. We have identified ROBERT, GEORGE and ERVIN HARRISON. Do you know anyone that worked for this Company? Was this part of the W.P.A. program or could they have been laying water lines to a town in the area? Any help would be so appreciated.

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/701 Surname: McNulty ------------------------- Looking for info on John Roger McNulty, supposedly born in Brown county, Ohio in 1821! His mother's name was Isabella, no mention of who the father was! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jim McNulty

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/700 Surname: Blake ------------------------- The Texas Online History Handbook is a good site to check such questions. Click below to find more information on BLAKE related subjects, including the Blake area of Brown County. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/dataware/cgi-bin/web_evaluate?dataset=TSHA&dbs=TSHA&shs_action=&multi=1&num_docs=50&query=Blake

Blake Oil fields were named after the small community, Blake. Who the town was named after I'm not sure. ----- Original Message ----- From: Maria B. Brown <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:54 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] Blake oil fields > Posted on: Brown County Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/699 > > Surname: Blake > ------------------------- > > Does anyone know for whom the Blake oil fields in Brown County near Cross > Cut were named? My father was orphaned in about 1905 and lived with relatives > named Alec and Isabel Blake for a while. They were ranchers. I have never > been able to trace Dad's early years or any of his family. I just thought > that the name Blake in Brown County might be a connection to his folks. > Also, I was curious as to why the Brownwood Museum has a collection of > MacArthur memorabilia. Did Gen. MacArthur ever live there? > TIA, Maria > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

http://www.hamrick.com/names/ This might be of use, also. Becky York

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Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/Brown/699 Surname: Blake ------------------------- Does anyone know for whom the Blake oil fields in Brown County near Cross Cut were named? My father was orphaned in about 1905 and lived with relatives named Alec and Isabel Blake for a while. They were ranchers. I have never been able to trace Dad's early years or any of his family. I just thought that the name Blake in Brown County might be a connection to his folks. Also, I was curious as to why the Brownwood Museum has a collection of MacArthur memorabilia. Did Gen. MacArthur ever live there? TIA, Maria

Dear Dennis Welty: I have some Eoff's that married into my JONES descendants family. Here is how it goes; I hope that this information that I have will be helpful in your search. William Harvey Jones m. Rebecca Jane Gabbert (son of Wm.H & Rebecca J. Jones) William Thomas Andrew Jones m. Mattie Wilkerson (daughter of Wm. T. Andrew Jones & Mattie Wilkerson) Edna Pearlie Jones m. Willie Thomas Dickerson (daughter of Edna Pearlie Jones Dickerson & Willie T, Dickerson) Ella Marie Dickerson m. L. B. Lancaster (daughter of Ella M. Dickerson & L. B. Lancaster) Theresa Ann Lancaster m. Travis Eoff Benjamin "Ben John Jones, the half brother of William Harvey Jones, had step children that lived in and around Erath Co., TX. One of these step children, Cecil Payne married a Carrie Eoff. From what I have been told the Eoff Family came from Germany to America in about 1701 and all have descended from one common ancestor. Carrie Eoff was the daughter of George Washington Eoff and Amanda Jane Nixon. George Washington Eoff was the son of Robert M. Eoff, and Virginia H. Butler. Robert M. Eoff was the son of John Eoff and Lucy Shaw. Some of Carrie Eoff's family descendants still live in the Blanket area. I do not have their names. It appears that these two Jones brothers both have Eoff family connections. I welcome any information on these and other related families. Sincerely, Jean Gilliam -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Welty <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 16, 2000 1:41 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] Eoff and Welty families >Posted on: Brown County Queries >Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/698 > >Surname: EOFF, WELTY >------------------------- > >I have James Alexander Eoff married Gipsy Unora Welty in 1893 in TX. James >was the son of George W. and Mary Eoff and was b. March 16. 1865 in AR. >He died on Sept. 23, 1934. > >Gipsy was the dau. of Joseph and Martha Welty and was b. May 19, 1874 in >Boone Co. AR. She died on May 22, 1947. They are both buried in Blanket >Cemetery in Brown Co. TX. > >I don't have any info on there children except that one daughter Leva is >still living in Blanket TX and was 94 yrs old last August. I have pictures >also. > > >==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== >********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > >============================== >Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/698 Surname: EOFF, WELTY ------------------------- I have James Alexander Eoff married Gipsy Unora Welty in 1893 in TX. James was the son of George W. and Mary Eoff and was b. March 16. 1865 in AR. He died on Sept. 23, 1934. Gipsy was the dau. of Joseph and Martha Welty and was b. May 19, 1874 in Boone Co. AR. She died on May 22, 1947. They are both buried in Blanket Cemetery in Brown Co. TX. I don't have any info on there children except that one daughter Leva is still living in Blanket TX and was 94 yrs old last August. I have pictures also.

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/697 Surname: Price, Allgood, Head, Cook, Redwine, Bradford ------------------------- Please go to Pioneer Families see (Joseph Price Family) photo maybe someone can identify some of these people in the back row is (Lovie Allgood Head)tall man in light suit (Charlie Price) ---Jessie Cook Price (wife of Hershall Price) Babe Redwine one of the girls that lived with Coy and Charlie Price) (Brad and Iva Bradford) E-mail if you can help Thanks Roxie

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/696 Surname: Gideon ------------------------- Family legend says that Jim Gideon was the first sheriff of Brown County TX. I believe this ancestor to be James H. Gideon. If so, he was from MO, was married to Lucinda Hays(?) and would have been born c. 1820. Can anyone confirm or deny the name of the first (or early) sheriff of Brown County as Jim Gideon?

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/694 Surname: Pike, Price, Wilson, Edwards, Grounds, Mclauchin, Gardner, Gravitt, Gifford ------------------------- Counties include: Brown, Bell, San Saba Towns include: Brownwood, Bangs, Coleman, Holland, Little River, Chappel Hill, Bowser, Indian Creek, Holt Cemeteries include: Greenleaf, Varga Chappel, Dallas, Holland Have many photos, deeds, marraiges, etc. to share with identifiable lineage. Particularly seeking Pike and Wilson cousins to identify photos.

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/691 Surname: prices ------------------------- All of my relatives are from texas, my gg grandfather was rice price sr, g grandfather was sam price sr, and father was named sam price jr. They live in a small town called Hawkins, Tx. I don't know if we are relatives or not, but they are part of my heritage. Vickie

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/690 Surname: Rogers, Williamson ------------------------- Looking for information on my gggrandfather Wilson Rogers b. January 22, 1843 in Mississippi and died May 26, 1899 in Llano Co., Texas. Both of Wilson's parents were born in Mississippi. Wilson is buried at Flat Rock Cemetery in Lone Grove, Llano Co., Texas. Wilson served in Company H 2nd Texas Infantry and later was ordained as a minister, he was of the Methodist faith. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-tx.html I can first account for Wilson in texas in the 1860's but he could have been here before this time. His first child was born in 1867 and he married Sarah Elizabeth Williamson prior to this birth in Coryell County, so maybe the mid 1860's. Wilson's children: Daniel Martin Stephen Edgar William Thomas Marion Allen George Washington There could be other children but these are the only ones I have documentation on. Wilson was married twice that I know of, his first wife was Sarah Elizabeth Williamson born abt. 1848 in Texas and his second wife was Prudia J. Williamson born abt. 1851 in Arkansas. I have no idea who Wilson's parents were or his siblings. Do you connect to this Rogers line or have information to share? If so please contact me at [email protected] Thanks, Nicole in Kempner, Texas

Hi, Patsy. Would you please look up St.Clair and Alexander in your book? Lorenzo Dow St.Clair/Sinclair in particular. Thanks, Mickey Shanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy Johson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [TXBROWN] Cemetery Records > You are right about the footnotes, I am the the worst when it comes to > documenting my own research and i find myself going back and looking for > something in a place where I've already been. > All the cemetery postings I've sent to this list have been from a book > called "Early Communities of Lake Brownwood", a history of the first > families who settled in the northern part of Brown County between the > Pecan Bayou and the Jim Ned Creek. This book was compiled by Pattie Lee > Cross Weedon and was updated in 1980. There are some very interesting > biographies about these early settlers. Some of the women of these > families are especially interesting. If you would like me to check to > see if someone may be from your family just let me know and i will see if > I can find them for you. > Good searching,,,,,,,Patsy Johnson,,,,[email protected],,,Brownwood, Tx. > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/search > >

Posted on: Brown County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Brown/689 Surname: Smith, Griffin ------------------------- Seeking information on William Giles Smith born February 27, 1845 Tn, and died April 08, 1884 in Brown Co., TX. He had children John P. Smith, Martin Lee, and Dora. Any help appreciated.