Hi Jean, I have seen some things written about T. M. BAGBY who I believe was a businessman in Houston in the 1800s. Looking in my Houston books, the only thing I can find right now is a sentence in the book "Ray Miller's Houston": >>>B.A. Shepherd and T.M. Bagby organized the first National Bank in 1866.<<< If you can get to Clayton Library in Houston, I'm sure you would find some items about him there. I don't know if he is any relation to your William L. Bagby, but I just thought I'd mention this in case it would help. Good luck, Marianne Gilbert Phoenix, AZ >A new message, "William L. Bagby family," was posted by Jean Crossler on >Wed, 29 Sep 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page >Queries section: >--- >NAME: Jean Crossler >EMAIL: tler-char@primary.net >DATE: Sep 29 1999 >QRYTEXT: I am looking for the William Lewis Bagby family. His son Claude >L. Bagby was born in Galveston, Tex. in 1884..