Okay, I finally got in touch with my Aunt Mary Helen and she tells me that it was Mr. Tom Yerby, who (per local legend) single handedly held the armed bank robbers at bay at Grandpa White's store. She said this must have been about 1934. She said the Yerby family lived in a house at or near where Grace Tabernacle is now. Mrs. Lucy Yerby always wore a hat to church and loved flowers. She recalls that Mr. Tom Yerby was a county constable and occasionally imbibed (despite prohibition). She remembers children Marvin, Evie (married a Lancaster), Annie (married Bob ? and lived in Arp, TX). She also vaguely remembers a story about Bonnie and Clyde coming through Dew, but not if this was the same time. Ann, Have you ever heard the story about when the Gypsies came to Dew? My aunts (especially Mary Helen DeShazo) have lots of stories heard about and lived through all surrounding the Dew area. Maybe we can get them to give a program for our genealogy meeting sometime in the future. It could be interesting! Jackye Penney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hildred A Carlson" <ra-n-hacar@juno.com> To: <jdpenney@glade.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [TXFREEST] YERBY Family > > > Jackye, > > Your E-mail story about the Mr. Yearby and the Bank robbers really > fascinated me. I had never heard the story but would like to have it for > his genealogy file. > > I have checked my records on the Yerby's living in Dew, TX or near there. > Could the Mr. Yerby have been Thomas Lee Yerby, born 1868 and died 1948? > Or maybe his son, John "Johnny" Albert Yerby, born 1892 and died 1959? On > of these two would be the most likely to be the Yerby man. > > A little info about each one might help you to decide the one who > captured the robbers. > > Thomas Lee was a farmer and an excellent carpenter who built many houses > in Dew. He also worked at some time in the T & BV Railroad Shops in > Teague, TX, however, they were living in Dew, TX on a farm when their > sons Wade and John returned from WWI. His wife's name was Lucy Ann > (Yarbrough) Yerby. They had six children. The first three were born in > Buffalo, the fourth in Teague and the last two in Dew. > > The son, John, whom I mentioned, was born in 1892 and died in 1959. The > only info I have on him other than that he served in WWI is that he > worked for a Railroad Co. and lived in Houston, TX. He married Florence > C. Varnell and they had three children, birth dates 1920, 1924 and 1927, > all born in Houston, TX. Looks like John was living in Houston at the > time of the robbery. My guess is that it was Thomas Lee Yerby. Then it > could have been some other Yerby. > > If you can get your Mom and Aunt to relate the story to you, I sure would > like to have it. I like to have human interest stories such as this to > "spice up" my genealogy records. Other than being interesting, they give > info about the character of the person. > > Thanks so much for telling me about this. Anxiously waiting for more on > the story. > > "Still shaking my Family Tree in search of those who walked this way > before me." > Hildred Carlson > > > >