I find myself anticipating mail from TXERATH. Thanks Mr. Wyly! Thought I would post some of my connects. THOMAS MCLEOD LEE, b. Sept. 7, 1857, Ala. married REBECCA ARIZONA SALMON, b. Dec. 8, 1870, Erath Co. 7 Children, among them my Grandfather, HOMER P. LEE. He married JESSIE M. JOHNSON, daughter of LEONIDAS K. JOHNSON and ERIE HERPS. All of these people lived in Clairette and surrounding area...Alexander, Salem, Hico, Walnut springs. THOMAS MCLEOD LEE came to the area from Barbour Co., Ala. with his parents and 1 sister, LUCINDA ELIZABETH LEE. His father was ANDREW V. LEE, m. NANCY MCLEOD. I have the LEES back to 1700's in N.C. I am having trouble with the JOHNSON and HERPS lines in my family. Anybody have any clues? Mr. Wyly, do you know anything of any of these people? Many Thanks, Donna Lee Cage Cedar Creek, Tx.

Mr. Wyly - I'd might as well add my Erath roots and see if you (or anyone else) know anything about them. I plan to visit Erath County in October 1998 and would love to meet you as you do seem to be quite an interesting character--my kind! Searching for information about the descendants of Thaddeus GUESS (son of Levi and Emily GUESS) and Mary Ann SENTER(dtr. Of William James Senter and Mary Penelope Works) and their progeny. (My 3rd great grandmother, Nancy Ross Works is listed in the 1880 Itawamba County, Miss. Federal Census as living with them—I'd like to know what happened to her—when she died, where, etc. and to Thaddeus and Mary Ann) Particulars below: Thaddeus Guess b. 1848 Marion Co., Ala md. Dec. 14, 1871 Mary Ann Senter b. 1855 Miss (they were married in Itawamba Co., Miss) Children: Robert b. 1873 Miss Cicero b. 1876 Miss md. Sept. 12, 1897 Mary M. Davis Bettie b. 1879 Miss md. Dec. 13, 1896 A.L. Greer Both children's marriages took place in Erath County, Texas. 1990 Federal Census lists Thaddeus Guess, age 52, his wife Mary (Senter) Guess, age 45 and 5 children and one daughterin-law, and one grandson are in Precinct 1, outside Stephenville lying NW of Rio Grande RR tracts. (Were they horse thieves or something?) William James Senter and Mary Penelope (Works) Senter migrated to Erath Co., TX around 1880. Also researching the WORKS, SENTER, DAVIS (the former singin' Gov is a relative) families in Ala., Ark., Miss., La., Texas and elsewhere. Ann Works Maynard 3814 Lake St. Houston, TX 77098 phone: 713/528-0682 e-mail: maynard@hti.net

Dear Mr. Martin, Check the Erath County Cemetery readings completed since 1990 by Marilyn Ewers. She was born to a Duffau minister Bro. Giesekie of the Church of Christ and married Vernon Mills of Johnsville. when he went to WW11 in the South Pacific. He worked for dad and farmed the Jim English place on the Hurley branch of the Little Duffau Creek in Johnsville. One son is a Stephenville Contractor and one is , or was, a Highway patrolman in Hamilton County area. Would look it up, but I have stirred my records a few times and it just don't seem to come to the top. Will keep looking. Fred and Marilyn Ewers, 400 Glen Rose Hwy Stephenville, Texas 76401 Take care, Charles Wyly On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:04:12 -0600 jdmartin <jdmartin@psl.nmsu.edu> writes: >Since there is so much traffic on this site now I will repost my >request. > > > > >I am looking for parents of my ggfather Daniel Rocky Martin: >b apr 7 1810 >d dec 21 1897 >bur Erath Co., Tx.(Heavenly Branch cemetary)) >m Rebecca Seay >b mar 12 1822 >d mar 10 1904 >bur Erath Co., Tx.(Heavenly Branch cemetary) > >1860 US census of Bexar Co.,Tx states he is from Georgia (place not >stated) >and she is from North Carolina > >Children as Follows: >Helen >America >Adaline >J. Marshall (buried in Erath Co.,Tx Heavenly Branch) >William >Rebecca >Matilda >George Edgar (my gfather b 1862 San Antonio, Bexar Co.,Tx buried >House,NM >Quay Co.) >Molly >Alice > >Appreciate any connection or information you may have on the above. >Thanks > >John Martin >1510 Rayos de Luna >Las Cruces, NM 88005 >jdmartin@psl.nmsu.edu > > >My father John Daniel Martin was born in Alexander in 1895 >My mother Mary Escal Bond was born in Milsap, Texas > >I have cousins living in Dublin and Stevenville. > >Rocky Martin at one time drove a wagon team hauling freight until the >railroad came in. >My uncle Lewis (Blackie) Martin Worked as a deputy sheriff and was a >Judge also. > >Sure like to have more info about my ggrandfather where he came from >and >his parents names. > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Since there is so much traffic on this site now I will repost my request. I am looking for parents of my ggfather Daniel Rocky Martin: b apr 7 1810 d dec 21 1897 bur Erath Co., Tx.(Heavenly Branch cemetary)) m Rebecca Seay b mar 12 1822 d mar 10 1904 bur Erath Co., Tx.(Heavenly Branch cemetary) 1860 US census of Bexar Co.,Tx states he is from Georgia (place not stated) and she is from North Carolina Children as Follows: Helen America Adaline J. Marshall (buried in Erath Co.,Tx Heavenly Branch) William Rebecca Matilda George Edgar (my gfather b 1862 San Antonio, Bexar Co.,Tx buried House,NM Quay Co.) Molly Alice Appreciate any connection or information you may have on the above. Thanks John Martin 1510 Rayos de Luna Las Cruces, NM 88005 jdmartin@psl.nmsu.edu My father John Daniel Martin was born in Alexander in 1895 My mother Mary Escal Bond was born in Milsap, Texas I have cousins living in Dublin and Stevenville. Rocky Martin at one time drove a wagon team hauling freight until the railroad came in. My uncle Lewis (Blackie) Martin Worked as a deputy sheriff and was a Judge also. Sure like to have more info about my ggrandfather where he came from and his parents names.

Hi anyone out there ever hear of Blue Moon Tx.An ancestor of mine is supposed to have died there. Kay (Newcomb) Harper ...Check out my page Searching: Newcomb-Fore-Farquar-Haney-Sanders-Wren-and Harper -at-http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6514 e-mail--katty@texoma-ok.com

Hi: We are really enjoying your stories about the families. We were just there in Dublin, Lingleville and Stephenville finding and taking photo's of headstones in the cemetaries. We did our hunting, early evening, when it was not QUITE so hot. The information you are sharing, is it from a publication that can be purchased? Would you check these surnames for any entries. Sharon Texas Panhandle

Ancestors??? Help!!! Hezekiah Smallwood I born about 1799 in NC/SC married Elizabeth ? about 1822 1820 Census? 1830 Laurel Cty, KY Census has Hezekiah Smallwood with wife born about 1807 and 4 sons born 1822-1828 1840 not in Laurel or Rockcastle or Pulaski, KY Census records (still have to ck 5 surrounding counties--McCreary, Whitley, Knox, Clay, Jackson) 1850 Hezekiah I is in Rockcastle, KY Census Hezekiah II (born in KY in 1828) is on Laurel, KY Census with Pruitt family 1860 Hezekiah I and Hezkiah II are in Schuyler Cty, MO Census records with other Smallwood sons, W. James, John around them. 1863 Keithsburg, Mercer Cty, IL and then Savannah, Jackson Cty, IA (two oldest sons of Hezekiah II, Lafayette Napoleon and Andrew stayed in IA) 1870 Census? 1873 back to MO where Hezekiah III was born 1880 Census? 1884 on to Taylor, Williamson Cty and Stephenville, Erath Cty, TX (where Robert Lee son stayed) 1890 Census? 1896-98 to Woodford, Newport, Ardmore, Carter Cty, OK 1898-1900 to Custer Cty, OK where Hezekiah II died in 1917 and Hezekiah III died in 1940 buried in Red Hill Cemetery in Hammon, Roger Mills Cty, OK, don't know where Hezekiah I died??? 1900 on Census would be in OK Do you know anything about any of these Hezekiah Smallwood families? Regards, Mary Ann (Smallwood) Bolton Bailey, CO & Mililani, HI

Robert Lee SMALLWOOD (carpenter and Baptist preacher) and Julia Martha DANSBY married May 4, 1887 of Stephenville, Erath County, TX, had eight children, Thomas Green, Sibyl Ann, Ruth Leola, Talmage Dewitt, Grace Annette, Lafe, Carey and Virginia. I do have some family history from a Smallwood Family website by one descendent, but wonder if there are more cousins out there??? Robert Lee is a brother to my GF Hezekiah Smallwood. Regards, Mary Ann (Smallwood) Bolton Bailey, CO & Mililani, HI

The nearest I know to Defore was a Mister Devore who ran the Itasca grain elevator and Itasca Tractor supply. One of John Sevier's sons or grandsons told his family to meet him at Milford, Texas . he rode ahead and checked it to California and came back and said The Milford- Itasca area in Hill County was as good as any he had seen. I attended high school with Preston Hook. He married Wanda Pendleton from Selden. he runs a Stephenville tire store just north of the RR on Huckaby Hwy (Graham Street.) Boone Brown was a Stephenville business man in the 1940's. I think Marclene that I attended school with was his daughter. Another Erath County Brown was the mother in law of Elmer Johnson's wife and attended Selden and Pony Creek Churches. I taught a Brown boy in West High School. - McLennan County. Sorry I can't be more specific, but maybe these might be hints to check out. Charles Wyly On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:11:18 -0500 Mike & JoAnn Brown <mikeb@dfw.net> writes: >I am seeking information on the Hook,Brown & Defoor(Defore) families >of >Erath County.I have very little information on these families.I was >told >that Emma Marks married a Hook & that she is buried in the Smith >Springs >Cemetery in Erath County. > I know that Elizabeth married James DeFoor. > I am also trying to find the connection between ? Brown who played >with >Bob Wills & his band.I know he is buried in the Smith Springs >Cemetery.I >was told he was a first cousin of my grandmother Mefford. > I am also trying to find out what happen to a Sarah Stevens who >married Jacob Mefford on August 16,1876 in Erath County. > While doing research on the Corinth Cemetery,I read that another >cemetery named the Plainview Cemetery is supposed to be located on the >road south toward Dublin. > I was wondering if any one knew anything about either of these >cemeteries.Was there a town or city located near or by these >cemeteries. > > My parents,sister & grandmother are buried in the Corinth Cemetery.I >remember there was a one time a church located by it. > I do have names of some of the people buried at both cemeteries if >anyone is interested in it. > JoAnn > > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I think Mr. Hailey cut my hair a few times at Hico. Hugh Heering married Connie (Ripley?) They lived next farm over at Johnsville in 1939- 1940,s. She taught atr Selden and they were very active in Stephenville Foster Home and other Church of Christ activities. They retired in Stephenville selling Real Estates. She was a member of the bandage rollers and quilters who met in Selden Auditorium building in WW2 and I have her name on a quilt they made, He raised peanuts on Great Aunt Susie Moxley's farm on Hico Hiway. EDWARDS- here's a few- connection, if any, not known. Dewey Edwards was Superintendent at Walnut Springs and halpped me considerably. His son Donnie succeeded him. His mom or Grandmom was a Derrick of Selden- Clairette- Stephenville area. EVANGELIST EDWARDS- or Evan Eddards, killed by Indians, 1796, Cumberland Gap. he had married Jemima Cleveland Wyly after James Wyly left her with two Wyly Kids. Col Ben Cleveland of North Carolina Militia and REv. War had some land in Tennessee or Kentucky and they had lived there a year or so. A hunting party was ahead and the Indians attacked, killing and scalping Mr. Edwards and injuring others before the hunting party rescued them J.R. Wyly, age 12 or so, jumpped through bushes into a stream and hid under the bank. Elizabeth Wyly grabbed two Edwards children and hid them in a bush. Jemima then took 3 Edwards children to some of Col. Ben;s land in Clinton , East Felicians Parish, La. I wrote Mattie Roberts Somerville of La.- a Wyly grandchild and geneaologist if this was the family of Gov. Edwards of La. who flew into Stephenville in a private plabe while governor and paid for a ranch with cash from a brief case. She died in 1988 Ice storm of diabetes and heart before she answerred- but she sent me a few pages of Wyly, Cleveland, and Edwards history from Clinton La, court records, when Gen. J.R. Wyly and cousin Gen Ben Cleveland, both of Ga. Militia, and John Cleveland all testified as to family claims and reclaimed the La. land from Daniel Cleveland for Col. Ben's estate and the Edwards children. I am a descendant of SARAH HAWKINS CLARK- A DAU. OF Maj Clark and Elizabeth Sevier who died when Sarah was 7. She told her children and grandchildren in Ga, when she lived with some Wylys who came to Selden and Stephenville that her grandad John Sevier raised her in Sevierville and Knoxville. she was married to James Rutherford Wyly there and they built Inns up and down Tugaloo Turnpike from Tennessee to Toccoa, Ga. where coaches from Charleston and Atlanta crossed hw bought Walton land from cousin Gen Joseph Martin and sold the Traveller's Rest Inn to the Lucas- Jarrett families. It is over 150 years old and is a Georgia State park on the internet- Tales told there to Sarah Clark by her grandad Gen. Sevier then to her grandkids ended up in Erath County. Wish I had listened closer as a child. Their son married an Eddins and a Mitchell descended from Yowell families and Co. Von Moller (Moulder) If any of this rings a bell, I can send some dates & more info. Careful- if you do geneaology long enough you may meet yourself going the other way. Charles Wyly Janice Ranee Clark a geneaologist from Houston and Crockett is descended from a different line of Clarks AND a Wyly and a Hatchett from Selden On Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:00:18 -0700 "Judi Clark" <jaclark@cts.com> writes: >Mr. Wyly, > >I certainly am enjoying all of the interesting stories you have been >sharing with >all of us. Just thought I would throw out my surnames with the hope >you might >have a story to tell about one of them. My gg-grandparents were John >and >Sarah Bryson Herring. My g- grandmother, Pearl Herring, was born in >Chalk Mountain >and the family later moved to Duffau. She married Michael Edwards who >is said >to have been a U.S. Marshall. My grandmother, Hattie, married an R.L. >Hailey >and they lived in both Dublin and Hico. Do you know anything about >any of them? > >Thank you, > >Judi Clark > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

The Conways have several pages in Sevier Family History with letters of Gen and Gov. John Sevier of Fort Watayga, 1780.s and Rev. War. One Sevier married a Conway and they, like Wylys and Kings, are listed into Texas. One of Sevier's kids married a Cherokee- John had followed orders to complete the Trail of Tears. His grandson Daniel Sevier, on Cherokee rolls, was a Governor of Arkansas. In Scotland, if one was invited to a social function and the Conway Rose was over the door, anyone could speak freely about anything and the one who repeated it later anywhere to an outsider was subject to death at the hands of a Conway. Seviers in Waco, Itasca, and Killeen have the same Family history I do. Source: Sevier Family History and speakers at one Sevier Family Reunion we arrended about 1988 . Tuckers in Hillsboro and West run lumber yards. I attend church with one in Hewitt who is retired Military. Check your internet phone book to find these, or I could send them if they are your line. Sleep tight and don't let the Bedbugs bite. (In Ga. & Tennessee that meant you tightened the ropes under your mattress each night- no slats or springs- or it would sag and you would not sleep tightif your back went out sagging) Charles Wyly On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 06:20:55 -0700 "lana" <lana@chatlink.com> writes: >William Bye Whitacre, md 2nd Phebe Jane Boydstun-Tucker ca 1901 Phebe >1sr >husband was John C. Tucker, son of James Madison Tucker & Susana >Laughlin. >Anyone have any info on a town called Desdemona ? Any info >appreciated. >Lana > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Dear folks, Don't remember name Morrison in Erath County, but come east from Alexander on the old, now gone, Texas Central Railroad (Katy) , through Hico, Iredell, and Walnut Springs, where the Texas Central Roundhouse, college, hospital, and shops were before Katy moved them to Waco. Half way to Morgan an Earl Morrison lived on a sheep and grain ranch, across the hiway from the RR in a brownstone house. Judy was in high school in the 1960's- her twin brother died on the football field (6 man football) they year before I moved there. She was a cheerleader and basketball player. She had an older brother. Earl was a deacon at Walnut Springs and gave my kids each an orphan lamb to feed. The bottles were soda pop bottle, so a Massey neighbor named them Pepsi and Billy and showed the kids how to feed them. Earl lived near the Morgan- Campbell ranch. Squire Morgan, brother to the owner, was our neighbor. Mrs. Morgan gave me a pendolum clock in their family for over 100 years as a graduation present when I finished my M. Ed. at Univ. of North Texas. Walnut Springs, Bosque County, joins Chalk Mountain, Erath County on the south side of Chalk Mountain ( Three Way School District. ) Johnsville, Chalk Mountain, Pony Creek, and inactive Marble(Greasy) past Skippers Gap to create Skippers Gap consolidated to create Three Way Schools between Stephenville and Glen Rose Districts- pretty long bus routes. PLAINVIEW CHURCH AND CEMETERY WERE NEAR THE CHALK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. THE CHALK MOUNTAIN LODGE, THE OLDEST ACTIVE IN TEXAS, WAS 3 OR 4 MILES TOWARD GLEN ROSE. Chalk Mountain, Johnsville, and Skippers Gap post offices are gone now. Happy hunting. On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:30:54 -0500 jmoor@swbell.net writes: >I'm looking for descendents or anyone researching the William MORRISON >family. He lived in Alexander around 1890 but I don't know the names >of >his wife or children. He was born in Bradley Co. AR ca 1854 and died, >presumably in Alexander, after 1890. He was the brother of Leucretia >Ann MORRISON who was married to Silas JACKSON - the Jacksons lived in >Stephenville. This has been a very difficult family to find any info >on >so I would really appreciate any information you might have. > >Thanks, > >Jan Morrison > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I am seeking information on the Hook,Brown & Defoor(Defore) families of Erath County.I have very little information on these families.I was told that Emma Marks married a Hook & that she is buried in the Smith Springs Cemetery in Erath County. I know that Elizabeth married James DeFoor. I am also trying to find the connection between ? Brown who played with Bob Wills & his band.I know he is buried in the Smith Springs Cemetery.I was told he was a first cousin of my grandmother Mefford. I am also trying to find out what happen to a Sarah Stevens who married Jacob Mefford on August 16,1876 in Erath County. While doing research on the Corinth Cemetery,I read that another cemetery named the Plainview Cemetery is supposed to be located on the road south toward Dublin. I was wondering if any one knew anything about either of these cemeteries.Was there a town or city located near or by these cemeteries. My parents,sister & grandmother are buried in the Corinth Cemetery.I remember there was a one time a church located by it. I do have names of some of the people buried at both cemeteries if anyone is interested in it. JoAnn

I thought it was named for the Harvey community outside Stephenville- southwest of town a few miles. My Uncle attended there untilhe had to go to nursing home. Charles Wyly On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:23:51 -0700 David & Dawn Roberts <djroberts@worldnet.att.net> writes: >There is a church in Stephenville near Tarlton college. Soes anyone >know which Harvey this church was named after? > >Dawn > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I forgot to give you Ramsey Information. Someone else also wanted Ramsey info. Bob Ramsey was around 50 when I attended church at the Pony Creek (Box) Church. He and his son Bobby and wife attended there but lived near the Mitchell Creek Church past Miller Hill and Pony Creek School. He was a Deacon. Don't know if Ted was his son or brother. Ted lived near the old Crockett School across from where the Selden Paved road hits U.S. 67. Cedar Point is a few miles farther north There was a cluster of houses across from Ned Gristy, farm. Ted and Billy and Bobby lived there near Elvis Riggs, by the celar Elvis Riggs found Mr. Snow's stepson's head in a tow sack. By the way, a gun did not kill those 3- it was an axe- Let's all outlaw axes. They are too easy to get. ???? When I returned from the Army in 1952 Beth Ramsey was in Tarleton, Ted's daughter. About this time was when Crockett Ross was killed by Dan White ant Robert Bagwell. The teenager who shot him, robbing a station by Tarleton got life- his Uncle was was outside in the car and was later converted and baptized by a Selden pastor who held Jail Worship and I think the Selden Church accepted him, bur he made no appeal and was executed. He had trained his nephew to rob and steal. Another Ramsey, Bob's sister, married Oscar Eades, not long out of Georgia, and a Selden Deacon. One of their daughters, Ruby, is now past 90. She married Glen Kay, who was David Hensley Kay's son. "Uncle Hense" married Lenora Estelle Wyly in Georgia and lived next to Grandad. "Aunt Nora" was one of the 23 kids and 3 others raised by Oliver Cromwell Wyly in Hiawassee and Habersham County, Ga. Glen's brother was Roy Kay who was Supt. of San Marcos Academy. His daughter Velma Kay Hutchins of Houston is a certified genealolgist. Her brother Roy Roland lives in Stephenville now. Jump back- don't know the connection, but Velma does if it is there. The first Tennessee Historian was Dr. J.G. Ramsey who was born at Swan Pond, Strawberry Plains at the Junction of the Tennessee (Holston) and Hiawasse Rivers and the Presbyterian Church - oldest in Tennessee is on the hill there by the cemetery. Only the giant columns and slab remain. The first church was log. The Ramseys built the present 2 story house called Swan Pond before 1830It has guided tours now. My wife's ancestor Jeremiah Jack, my John Sevier, the first Governor and Rev. War Hero who won 45 + battles with British and Indians backing the British, and sometimes White, Gillespie, & Mc Allies ( my wife's ancestors) worshiped at the church (Holston I think - Scottish Presbyterian) in A,M,. and often met at the Ramsey home for social life, singing, and worship. They had come to Tennessee on the same type single trail Daniel Boone used, with a backpack and a pack mule with narrow load. They traded with Nancy Ward and friendly Indians at the Blue Peace City of Refuge (Cherokee) No photos or graven images were allowed in Scottish homes but parent photos and the President's photos on the wall. They had a small window about chair high by the fireplace- about 8" square, glassed- This was the Welcome candle window. If someone was home the candle would be burning and anyone- Indian- Black- or white could come into the kitchen, pull the swinging iron soup pot out, dip some food, and sleep on the kitchen floor- and be gone before the Ramseys needed the kitchen. the next day. Today someone would drop drugs in the pot. They there or nearby told us that if one on the underground railroad saw a Log Cabin Quilt on the clothes line and the center was brighrt red or orange, that meant keep moving, the house was being watched. If the center was black or dark blue it meant come on in and eat. They would have a cellar entrance under a deer hide or hook rug and if someone knocked on the door, visitors hid in the cellar and rug and table were back in place before the soldiers or bounty hunters were admitted. Knoxville area was mostly Republican - some slave owners- just one or 2 and mostly live and let live. Baylor museum workers had never heard this. A teacher at Lake Air Waco school said her family has at least 3 of these quilts with the home fire out- a dark center. Check Greeneville College (Now part of Tuscullum College , ) Greeneville, Tennessee and Blont College (Now Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville) for family records. Robert & other Wylys are recorded there. John Sevier was a trustee of both- the two oldest west of the Apalachians and both the first two co-educational in the U.S. Not sure te boys and girls took all the same courses- but co-educational.I bet Ramseys had students in one of them. . Seems Geneaology is not a study of lines but of the loops and swirls we did in elementary handwriting. Will quit boring you. Charles Augustine Wyly On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:49:24 -0700 jollyj@u.arizona.edu (Kay Jolly) writes: > >Charles, > >Thanks for the info on the Keiths. Seems like I descend from a long >line >of ministers. My Thomas C. Capell, Born August 11, 1834, Died July 3, >1914 >was a Methodist minister. My Reuben D. Ross, Born September 26, 1824, >Died >December 29, 1908 was a Baptist minister. I understand Reuben was one >of >the first ministers in Erath County and was known as Comanche Rube. > >Kay > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

There is a church in Stephenville near Tarlton college. Soes anyone know which Harvey this church was named after? Dawn

Can someone tell me who the town of ALEXANDER TX was named for? Dawn

Joy, i attended Selden Schools 1942-1944 for the first 2 years of High school and Texas added a 12 th grade that year, between the 7 th and or 8 th and all us who were past that grade were diuble promoted, which allowed me to finish school in 11 years. My principal and main teacher at Selden was Lige M. Fox- he had one arm missing and was teaching when many his age were overseas. His twin sons were Jimmy and Sammy and they had a smaller brother His dad had lived at Tolar. He asked all 9 and 10 grade boys to go home or to a relative or friend's home and get a gun- we were sent out for two days hunting Rabid dogs so it would be safe for the elementary students to walk home, Try that today. We knew the gun was a farm tool to protect livestock and kill hogs and rabid animals of all kinds and kill snakes. . We "put down" our own old diseased pets and horses. It was what farmers did- vets like Dr. Scott & Hennessee were busy saving cows and horses which might have a future. wE DID NOT DUMP UNWANTED PETS IN A POISONED COTTON PATCH WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING TO EAT. Today coyotes would kill dumped pets and eat them in some of Erath,Bosque, and Hill County. Yes, as someone noted, we left houses unlocked, even with guns in them and I never heard of one being stolen before 1950. Every one had one , just like Alaska today. Out of this group came a Throckmorton Sheriff, a Texas Hiway patrolman, Several soldiers- some were Military Police or Shore Patrol, and several teachers. Mr. Fox said his dad was starting home from Tolar about sundown one Saturday, the family were settled in the wagon and he took out a cut plug of chewing tobacco and tried to bite the corner off. he tried again- and again- and held it up in the last rays of sunshine and turned it over. A mouse was pressed into the tobacco and he was trying to bite its head off. Bet that cured his habit. His dad also said he once had a car- many were made after WW1 with car body and surplus Aircraft motors. He kept his gun under the hood. Once a hitchhiker pulled a gun or knife on him while driving, and pretended the motor was missing by hitting his gas pedal, then adjusting his dash mixture control ( like a Model A Ford) the wrong way and the motor died. He raised the hood, reached to the motor, and pulled the pistol on the hitchhiker and put him out and away from the car and drove off. Take care Charles Wyly On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:57:27 -0000 "Zowie" <joyz@bcni.net> writes: >Mr. Wyly, > >Do you have any stories on the Foxes that lived in Erath Co. TX? My >Great >Great Grandparents were William A. Fox and wife Lettie Roberts Haile >Fox. >William A. Fox died in 1897 and is buried in Turnbow Cemetery. > >Thank you, >Joy Goade Zowie > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi! This is my first day on this list and I've read a couple messages about the Wylie Tales - can someone tell me what they are and where I can read them? Thanks, Jan

Charles, Thanks for the info on the Keiths. Seems like I descend from a long line of ministers. My Thomas C. Capell, Born August 11, 1834, Died July 3, 1914 was a Methodist minister. My Reuben D. Ross, Born September 26, 1824, Died December 29, 1908 was a Baptist minister. I understand Reuben was one of the first ministers in Erath County and was known as Comanche Rube. Kay