Great piece, Charles. Maybe you can clear something up. Cousin Debby, this is for your ears too. If Zack (I always thought it was Jack) Barrow (married to my g-aunt Dora Head) and was the brother of Clyde, why did they document that he (Clyde) grow up in Dallas and not Erath Co.? Here is a strange irony....my mother and father were but babes when B & C went on the muderous journey. My mother's side of the family being from Erath Co. and my dad's being from Grayson Co. B & C killed my paternal grandfather's cousin in OK. What a sad connection of families. Julia Charles A. Wyly wrote: > Hi, Bill, > > Why did a 12 -14 year old Clyde Barrow used to spend Summers in Hico and > camp out with older brothers of kids I went to school with? I know > several whowent fishing and overnight campouts with him. He , Bonnie, and > Raymond Hamilton used to sleep in or near the Johnsville Church of Christ > building. I walked to school with a cousin in 1934 as a visitor to get > familiar with the school. We were warned if we saw a Model B Ford or an > early 34 Ford with the Suicide Doors (opened to the front) at the church > or cemetery to mind our own business and hurry home. I think we ran all > the way. There was an article in the Dallas Paper about Clyde's sister in > a better part of Dallas and her two sisters did not live in the Dallas > area. I think you may know where they were living a few years ago. > > I know of a house on the Duffau Creek where Clyde & Bonnie hid while the > man went to the door for Sheriff Gilbreath, Erath County. He stood and > talked and left. Had he come into the house Bonnie would have killed all > witnesses, but they were not afraid of Clyde. > > Oh, yes, Bonnie had a crooked knee and walked on one toe, knee slightly > buckled. > She ran with a halting limp, not at high speed like the Movie showed in a > Kansas robery. > > One set of settlers of Hico- Duffau were German from Lake Hico- Hico > Louisiana. and Arcadia, La. Must have lived in Hico, Ky, first, but they > left cousins in Arcadia, La. near where Clyde was shot. I talked to one > of them. I do not know if any Barrows were in that wagon train or not. I > cannot remember the name the man there told me was his kin but at the > time I knew the name from seeing it on a mailbox on the road from > downtown Duffau to the Stephenville- Hico road. I got the impression the > Germans and maybe a few French wanted to come to Central Texas to get > away from the Mulato owned plantations- they definitely had a motivation > to leave La. My family there included Roberts , Higdon, Higbee and others > . One Higdon married Tom Arendell's son & one of dad's Great Moxley aunts > married his brother. > > We were told at the Sevier Reunion and one Geneaology workshop that many > in Texas, some very religious, had civil or misdemeanor charges filed > against them in Tennessee and the Carolinas. The next day or so their > records showed Charges dropped- G.T.T- Gone to Texas. > > I am glad to know that Clyde was not close kin to the Hico group- that is > not the story I had always heard. > > If Poverty caused Clyde's life of crime, why weren't our entire first > Grade at Johnsville > criminals instead of land and buiness owners and teachers???We had our > 60th anniversary at the Three Way gym and we were all there- Dr. Morris > Johnson, a Cox grandson was there. He was a Tarleton teacher after Army > officer retirement. > > Thanks and take care > Charles Wyly > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com