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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: garylynm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2780/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for descendents of former slaves Sophia Sampson and Robert Sampson who lived in Burnet County Texas 1850s; 10 children, including son, Eugene Sampson. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdtfm Surnames: Bebout Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.1.3.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is a picture I found online of Ben Bebout. I don't have all my records in front of me right now, but he is related to Vincent Bebout, who is Wilson Bebout's father. Wilson Bebout also had a son named after his father Vincent Bebout. PS I Also have a photo of Peter Bebout the brother of Vincent Bebout, this would be Wilson W. Bebout's uncle. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdtfm Surnames: Bebout Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.1.3.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Photo of 3 of Wilson w. Bebouts daughters taken in 1920. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdtfm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.1.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wilson W. Bebout is my Great-Great-Great-Grandfather, and Sally Mea Bebout is my Great-Great- Grandmother. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdtfm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've been told that W.W. Bebout (he went by WW)was a Texas Ranger, but have never really tried to find records to prove that. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdtfm Surnames: Bebout Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, sorry it has taken so long to respond to your message, I see you even posted one in 2005. I still have the Wilson Bebout family photo, its a great photo. I'm going to try to attach the photo file to this post. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanworrell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: would love to see what winfield and his crew looks like. Blessing Jworrell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanworrell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/72.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Not sure if you are still checking this but I would love to meet with you Vincent and Susie are my husbands ggrand parents. I have been doing search and have located them but no pics, would love to find some one who does. blessing jwrrell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: james_norred Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Coincidence is a funny thing. Today while going through some great old pictures and papers with my mother this copy of an old drawing slides out. It is a copy of a hand drawing of the Reed - McGill building by Bob Klingensmith dated 1973. Anyone know anything about this or the artist? It was found in a folder of pictures and papers on the Norred's among my Aunt Lena May Norred's family history files that were passed down to my father. This is almost creepy like I have an old ancestor trying to point me to something. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi folks, I guess maybe I can jump in here and talk a bit about the old D. C. Reed Building. I was born in Bertram and lived there until 1941 when we moved to Hamilton. My name is Keith Reed and my father & mother were Wayne & Mattie (Whitley) Reed. A bit about my ancestors in Burnet Co. I am not related in any way to D. C. Reed who built the building. My earliest ancestor in Burnet Co. was John & Sarah (Harris) Jennings. John & Sarah came to the area in 1850 when it was still in Williamson Co. When Burnet Co. was created in 1852 John was elected as the first County Commissioner in the Oatmeal area. At that time this was called the Jennings Creek area of Burnet Co. He gave the land for the creation of Mt. Zion Cemetery there in the Oatmeal area. He was elected for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd. & 5th term of office. About the old building, I can well remember going to that store with my mother and/or father to purchase any number of items. I remember there was an alley running behind the store with a large door opening in the rear area. That was where the elevator was located. It was used to take larger & heavier objects up to the second floor. I always loved to ride that elevator when I got the chance. In the picture of the interior of the building looking south, look at the ceiling in the rear of the building, you can still see where the elevator was located. Also in that picture, look at the very right hand side of the photograph and you can see the railing of the staircase leading to the second floor. That is how the customers went to the second floor. The building was so well constructed that even some of the farming machinery was located on the second floor. During the 1930's and very early 1940's my father had a grocery store there in Bertram. He had this grocery store until the depth of the depression forced him to close. My mother had a Cafe in Bertram during the time of the construction of Buchanan Dam and prepared lunches for the workers as they came through Bertram on their way to the construction site. She would open the Cafe on Vaughn St. about 4:00 A.M. in order to have lunches prepared and ready for pickup about 6:30 or 7:00 A.M. There is another building in Bertram that I remember well. It was Rufus McFarland's Drug Store. Dr. Vaughn had his office on the second floor. After visiting the Dr. on the second floor, you could go downstairs and get your medecine as prescribed by the Dr. Dr. Vaughn delivered me as well as my three sisters at our home. My father always said that he paid Dr. Vaughn about $6.00 for my delivery. I cannot remember his first name but, Mr. Gay was the Supt. of Schools. His son was named John Edward Gay and he and I played together for quite some time. Keith Reed 1101 Crowley Rd. Arlington, Tx.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 4accord Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, the railroad was there by 1882. The Reed building was built in 1905. Loved your comments about the buiding and the furnishings, James. For access, you might call Carl Daywood Realtors at 512-474-8845. They could let you in and would know who has it for sale. Funny - I blew up a very small section of one of my photos, and there was their for sale sign in the window! That was as of October 1, 2011. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: james_norred Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Adder here. Looking closer at the pictures it looks like all hand cut and fit native rock. The corners and caps are all limestone. Was the railroad there at the time of construction? There was a old limestone quarry just North of Marble Falls I just happen to know of from another family line I am looking into. There is supposed to be a quarry near there where one of the grinding stones (I guess you would call it) for Mormon Mills came from. Not confirmed now mind you, just a rabbit hole I went down. Nick, who do you speak with to gain access for the inside picture? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: james_norred Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was going to ask what happened to all those show cases. That is tragic indeed. All those fixtures were hand made and most probably some by local craftsmen. I would love to be able to study the history of each piece LoL, but I like doing that. I have always been considered unusual by some in that I like to study old things. In my defense lets take the Reed building which is the topic of the tread. Now I look at this building in many ways. I's construction first. I was build by hand without today's modern tools and equipment. Myself being in the construction and engineering trade all my life knows exactly what it took to erect it. The sweat and toil of many local workers who later traded with the store that occupied the building they built. The limestone was quarried in Marble Falls I bet. Hauled by wagons to the site. that wooden floor OMG! What that would cost today. I could go on and on in detail as you know but i will condense it to one sentence perhaps. To me that build! ing has a little piece of every body who was a part of it in it's soul. Including you Teresa ;_). It's like a fine piece of old furniture hand made by a craftsman that forever holds a piece of it's creator. I contrast to things built today, massed produced as modular components on an assembly line and glued together on site. They have no soul. I have to say Teresa that the only thing holding me back from finding an old house with a history in Burnet to fix up is my daughter. She was disabled at birth from Listeria Meningitis and suffered brain damage. She has the shut and had many complications over the past three years so we have to stay near Herman Children's Hospital here in Houston for the moment. Since the last issue things have been up hill for her so perhaps some day. Perhaps even Austin. It just always felt right in Burnet, and learning my linage I now understand why. The best advice I can give you Teresa is this. NEVER MOVE, you will not like it out here. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ttucker7 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I thought it was quite tragic that all of the beautiful old wooden showcases and counters were stripped from the store when it sold and sold separately. With those missing it does indeed look haunting. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: james_norred Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It's interesting to me that an inquiry about this old building can provide such a rich and educational conversation. I keep telling people "you never know" where something that might seem insignificant at first might lead you. I watch all these boards for hints of any kind that fits into a range of keywords. Here "Bertram" pulled up this gem. Does anyone know what is to become of this building? There is so much of the community history lurking within those walls. I am looking at the picture Nick took of the inside. Such a "haunting" image almost surreal looking with the light coming in through the windows casting bright rectangles of light on the old wooden floor. I mean you can see the paths worn where generations walked between isles. Anyhow yes Waldrip, my mothers mothers maiden name. Interesting bunch. There is a possibility that there were a few around Burnet County from like 1890 or so forward. I have some "hunches" of there presence in Milam, LLano and Burnet County's around that time. Just not sure if they are really from the same linage. My grandmothers family were share croppers on his fathers farm and she was my grandfathers Joseph Wiley Futrell) second wife. His first died during childbirth of their third child. He is shown on the 1920 census living on his fathers farm widowed at 23 with three children. He married Lois Mabel Waldrip 27 Jan 1921. They had 5 children, one son but he drowned at a young age. As to the Norreds we were from Burnet County, being farmers and ranchers. From what I know the Norred farm-ranch was North of where Mormon Mills was and the Norred Cemetery is still there. According to Gerald Watkins who has been there James Oliver Norred is burred there and the rest in Hairston Creek as it seems the family mostly lived there. James Oliver's son Edward is Gerald's linage and George Cullin is mine. he and I have been in touch lately and finding a lot of new stuff. I totally forgot about the Hibler building. Is it still there? I forget which Hibler it was (will have to look in my Hibler Book) but my linage is Felix Hibler. My grandfather James Calvin (mentioned above in reference to the auto garage) married one of his daughters, Annie Alice. Ada is an interesting name. My second wife was named Ada and she hated it. I always liked it probably because of my study of Charles Babbage (The Babbage analytical Engine)as Lady Ada Byron who was a famous mathematician (1860's England) worked with him. That old Reed building would make a fine museum wouldn't it? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ttucker7 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: CORRECTION: Mrs. Brewer's name was "Ada Reed" - not "Ada Ruth" Sorry for the mixup. Teresa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ttucker7 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is why we NEED editors and editing: I inadvertently wrote "Ada Ruth" - that is wrong - her name is Ada Reed (my husband's aunt is Ada Ruth - I didn't even realize that's what I'd written till just now!). So, thank you! Getting ready to send you an email. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 4accord Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That's great, Teresa. Thanks. May I send you my minor edits separately from the discussion boards? You can write me at nick.martin@mindspring.com The changes I made are very minor - can't imagine you'd object. I did have one question: yours is the only mention I have found of Ada Ruth...I wonder if that might have been an error - Ada Reed is how she is usually referred to? Thanks for your thoughts here. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ttucker7 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My daughter had a friend in high school from Bertram named Waldrip. That's really a fascinating story about the stone club. I'm going to have to ask my Mom if she's ever heard of it. Of course, Norred (actually the one I'm thinking of is Alvin Nored, a long time lawyer here), Newton, and Hibler are familiar names around here. One of the old stone buildings near McGills I know as the Hibler building... Burnet County is my home county and though I lived in Bertram about a year when I was in high school, I'm not really "from" Bertram (though I've got relatives that were). I also have ancestors that had shops in Burnet in the late 1800s and early 1900s - so they probably knew your relatives! Anyhow, sure, drop me an email - my Mom and mother-in-law probably know more about the older days than I, but they like to share too. In the meantime, I'll ask them if they've heard of James Calvin Norred. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.