April 15, 1921 there was a tornado in Avinger, Texas . Avinger (formerly Hickory Hill) is in precinct 2 of Cass County. Mr Fred McKenzie's book AVINGER TEXAS, USA gives an account of the tornado on pages 204 - 211 of the book. There is even a map of the area with the path of the tornado shown. I imagine the Linden, TX library has a copy of the book and you could possibly get it on interlibrary loan or buy a copy from Mr Mckenzie. Some of the names mentioned as having suffered in the tornado are: Ferrell Wicker Brown Chism Mims Clark Johnson McNiel Dunbar Jackson Jenkins Vernon Barnes Rogers Rhyne Young Neal Webb Alford Fowler Powell Alsup Daye Turner Orr Jenkins Pendley " A freakish aspect of one family tragedy was the manner in which the tornado removed the roof and walls of the family home without disturbing its household furnishings. Those who got there right after the disaster said that the dining table that had been set for lunch was completely undisturbed with all the chairs still in place all around it." Two weeks after this tornado there was another in the Mims Chapel area and some of those names are: Lock, Doyle, Duncan Brown, and Beane. The book gives a vivid account of these events and is well worth the trouble to find the book and read about it. Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [TXCASS-L] Fw: CassFeedback > My dad and his sisters told me there was a tornado that tore up their barn in > Smyrna when they were kids. This would have been about the right timeframe. > I will email the person. ora jane johnson > > > ==== TXCASS Mailing List ==== > Do you have source material you'd be willing to do lookups from? If so, please let me know at: [email protected] > >