Hi, One of my Double First Cousins, Grace Evelyn Wyly Tarpley marrried Melvin Tarpley. One of his siblings married a Leatherman - her Leatherman family and kin lived in Cedar Point- Pony Creek area and used to have family Reunions in Cedar Point. Tarpleys attend church at Cedar Point School/Church house and Brush Arbor. One family of Leathermans attended Pony Creek Church when Tarpleys attended there. Grace used to come to Pony Creek Revivals and play for the "Booster Band" of kids before Bro. Emil Becker and others would hold summer Revivals under the oak grove by the church- it was cooler under the stars , but watch out for swallowing those bugs while singing . Grace and Melvin married when he was leaving for the Navy and they ,with the help of an Army Chaplain , were charter members of a new Baptist Church in San Diego, Calif. , late 1940's, shich is celebrating its 50 th Anniversary this summer.. Pony Creek Baptist.across the prairie branch from the Box Methodist Church, school, Lodge Hall, and community party house ( 1 2 story Building, now gone). . The Box Buildings were gone before my time, but Great Aunt Susie Moxley taught there. I have heard that Pony Creek church was inactive , like Mitchell Creekor several years but is now being rebuilt and opened as a mission of either Cedar Point or Rocky Point Church. Wonder if your Leathermans are involved in that ? Seems that one Burl Perry also married a Leatherman, best I remember. I do not know of a Head Reunion, but ida Head Gristy and Ned Gristy lived a mile or so from us, they lived on Hwy 67 and we used to farm their land after Ned was disabled. The Gristy family, and Tate Ford and Bob Stanley & others played Country music at parties- for listening to musical art - not Dancing in that community. Ned and Ida owned some land- an old Head home, I think,in Evergreen School area. where mr. Snow murderred his wife and step mom and step son , a Connally from Hico and dismemberred them , leaving Bernie Conally's head in a sack in a cellar in the old Crockett School area. The body was buried in the Leatherman pasture in Cedar Point and parts of the others were being burned in a fireplace when Mr. Snow was arrested. This one and the trial filled several editions of Stephenville and Fort Worth Newspapers and national "True Detective" Magazines, who usually had more error than fact. One of the Heads was Superintendent of Alvarado Schools when I was at Venus I.S.D., just down the road. Stephenville and Tarleton trained a lot of teachers and administrators back then. Ida's daughter taught at Seminole, Texas , I think. . Ida and Mom sometimes worked as midwives during the Depression. Take care, Charles A. Wyly On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:28:47 -0700 Julia Brewer <[email protected]> writes: > I wonder if there are ever any reunions in Erath Co. that include the > HEAD > and CARGILL and LEATHERMAN families? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 7:36 AM > Subject: [ERATH] 911 and Reunion mail addresses. Are you sure you > know where > you live??? . > > > > Hi, > > > > Our Reunion mailing list has dropped to 350 to under 100 in 10 > years. > > Why? > > 1. Some have died, been activated to Military or moved to Rest > Homes . > > Names are dropped if mail is returned. If one does not mail by > first > > class, the intended may not have Mail forwarding set up. In the > case of > > 911 Access areas, they may not have moved and/or their forwarding > > notices may have expired. Only first class will be returned. > > > > 2. Before 911 systems are activated, there is a Federal standard > of > > addresses which must be in place so the new system can locate the > address > > to dispatch the emergency vehicles to. Many Erath and adjoining > > counties are or have just had many addresses changed on their > family > > homes- and if they do not post the change at the Post office and > with > > Reunion Secretaries and all whoi send them mail and magazines, > they may > > never see the mail. This has happened in Morgan Mill- Lipan and > areas > > across the county lines and many other rural areas, where 911 > ispatchers > > may cover many square miles. > > > > 3. Some just won't send their addresses to the Reunion officers. > > > > 4. In McLennanCounty,Rural Metro ambulance has served 911 area > for over > > 10 years.Now, East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas is taking > over > > and keeping most workers , plus others and adding more stations > for > > faster service. Now the McClennan County ambulances will be > dispatched > > from Tyler Texas office to local standby stations. Someone that > far > > away can't say "Go past the old Selden Store and second road to > the > > rioght past Jones Dairy" - many roads in Erath County have been > closed in > > last 50 years and new ones added in the name of Progress. Now it > is 3 > > times as far from Selden Church to Selden Cemetery as it was in > 1940's- > > and some in these areas which were once in Stephenville mail > Routes > > aren't now. Hico Post Office serves most of Duffau, Chalk > > Mountain,Johnsville, and much of Selden rural routes. No, your kin > didn't > > move- just have a new address. > > > > Now, apply this to those back East who had lived in 3 States but > never > > moved- Boundaries of Tennesee & adjoining were re- surveyed. Much > of East > > Felicianna Parrish in Louisiana used to be in county with Tippah, > Miss. > > Several Erath County trails passed through there in 1800-s , > moving west > > . > > > > Also, it is possible to have lived in the same homesite in Central > Texas > > and been in 3 to 5 Counties as new ones organized and > bu=oundaries were > > re- surveyed. Bosque and Johnson Counties join at the Brazos. > Above that. > > Erath and Johnson Countiues joined for a short time before > Somervell > > County was organized and Hood County took some of Erath County > north of > > the Paluxy River, and similar situations with other counties may > make > > you think your family moved a lot when they may not all have > moved. Milam > > County or Old Milam district once stretched from below Waco > almost to > > Wichita Falls. > > > > Take care- and is anyone on this site home this summer? or you > all out > > running down your roots and visiting your kids? > > > > Take care, > > Charles A. 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