No, those names are not familiar to me, but there are so many Thorntons that there are lots of them I don't know!! LOL I'm not sure when my grandmother's family left Stephenville, but I know they went to Lamb County (Littlefield) and set up shop there. My great grandparents owned the Thorton Cafe there. Sarah ;) --- "Charles A. Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> wrote: > Hi, > Ever hear of MILES THORNTON? He was retired from > Texas Highway Patrol > early and was head Coach of football and > Basketball at Walnut Springs > High Schol. They had outstanding teams and his son > GLEN and 3 McCARTY'S > got football scholarships to College. Glen graduated > when I was Principal > and he was in the group we carried on a Senior Trip. > > > Miles remarried to the daughter of a Dr. Calhoun- > wANDA, Who had > inherited her dad's Calhoun Ranch where there were > Indian Burial grounds > on top of one mountain and another Indian Burial > Grounds in a valley > nearby. > > also. JENNA THORNTON was a sophomore in > Stephenvolle High and lived > with parents in Chalk Mountain- Plainview area on > their ranch near Moore > families. I was a Senior that year, and they had a > scotch- irish famil;y > party with ring games for all ages, mostly single, > while parents sat > under trees and made ice creasm, then we all ate > together and listened to > Country folk band music played by rural amateur > musicians. We rode the > same cus, and she had a 1 or mote bus ride. Oscar > Parham owned his School > bus and contracted to Stephenville High for student > transportation. He > ran about 100 miles a day, and between Runs he > worked at Stephenville > International Harvester tractor and truck House. > > MR. PARHAM WAS RAISED in Chalk mountain and knew > about the cavern > entrance which was filled in by locals who were > tired of loosing hounds > who chased Bobcats into it. The part visible today > has rock overhand > which would be dry shelter for a few hundred > sheep."Bull"ADAMS, a > retired Rhodes Scholar, also found 4 indian > burials under one overhang > of hill creek. this was where homer Stephen's uncle > lived when he ran the > ox cart supplies from Waco to Fort Graham and Fort > Griffin . > > Charles Wyly > > On Thu, 19 May 2005 15:01:38 -0700 (PDT) Sarah > Herring Claburn > <sbclaburn@yahoo.com> writes: > > Hi all! I haven't posted in awhile�been busy with > my 2 > > kids. Anyway, I had a WONDERFUL experience. I got > to > > see my Grandpa, Tullie Herring, for a few days. He > is > > 98? now and still has fairly decent hearing and a > good > > memory. I got him telling me stories - like when > he > > and Grandma Clara got married in a cotton field in > > Erath County for $2, and when he got 3 of his toes > run > > over by a train down in Willis, Tx. > > > > Anyway, my mother has her Thornton trilogy being > > re-published. Cindy knows about these books - it's > the > > story of the Daniel and Mary Anna Thornton > settling > > into Erath County. They should be on sale any time > now > > - they are in a set of 4 called "Texas Dreams" and > you > > can find them in Christian bookstores as well as > > WalMart. Oh, and her name is Linda Herring. > > > > Take care! > > Sarah Herring Claburn > > > > Sarah Herring Claburn > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=sarclaburn > > > > Researching: > > Herring - Thornton - Sechrist - Lammert - Timian - > Torrans - Squyres > > - Claburn > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your > mobile phone. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: > TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: > TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Sarah Herring Claburn http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=sarclaburn Researching: Herring - Thornton - Sechrist - Lammert - Timian - Torrans - Squyres - Claburn Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html