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    1. [TXGRIMES] Fwd: Grimes County, TxGenWeb
    2. --part1_98.89427f7.26bf6f1b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If anyone has an answer to John Germann's question please email him at [email protected] neosoft.com. Also, cc the list if you would. I am interested in the answer myself. Eleanor Colson --part1_98.89427f7.26bf6f1b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yg05.mx.aol.com (rly-yg05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.5]) by air-yg02.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:34:00 -0400 Received: from mail3.iadfw.net (mail3.iadfw.net [209.196.123.3]) by rly-yg05.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:33:47 -0400 Received: from neosoft.com from [205.241.160.188] by mail3.iadfw.net (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.4) with esmtp for <[email protected]> sender: <[email protected]> id <mP/[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:34:16 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:38:54 -0600 From: "John J. Germann" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Grimes County, TxGenWeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Ms. Colson. Like your website!!! I am the publisher of "Texas Post Offices By County" (see Handbook of Texas references) and have not been able to find the name origins for a few of the Grimes County post offices. I have checked county histories, cemetery and census records, etc. - to no avail. Just wanted to check to see if by any chance you would happen to know "off the cuff" (**no research requested**) where any of these got their name from. They are "toughies" for sure, but on the chance that you might have an inkling, I just had to write. They are: Aid(1905-1913)) - 1st postmaster was James T. Gofford Erwin(1896-1923) - 1st PM was Simon Fuqua Northwood(1914-1915) - 1st PM was Victor L. Webb (was Ulmer) Thanks very much. Look forward to hearing from you. Take care......John J. Germann --part1_98.89427f7.26bf6f1b_boundary--

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