The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you the biography of Dallas Carvel (D.C.) Hopper contributed by his daughter-in-law, Jo Ann Hopper. D.C. lived in Tolar and Granbury, was a World War II military veteran, and was buried in Strouds Creek Cemetery in 1997. Biography: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/HopperDallasCarvel.htm Veterans Photo Gallery: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Veteran/VeteransPhotoGallery.htm WWII Roster: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIIvets.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Following is part of an e-mail I received from Donna Brand of Johnson County: The [Cleburne Memorial Cemetery] book should be ready for publication around October. It looks like the cost will be $40 plus $4 postage and handling. Yes, the book on Cleburne Memorial is a stand alone book. Its volume will be right about 400 pages. And yes, I still plan to do the other Johnson County cemeteries. I've already got a start on a lot of them. The ones I have (these are not indexed yet) are: Rae, Jones-Egan, Lightfoot, Lillie Evans, Marystown, and Union Hill. Rose Hill is scheduled to begin within a month after I finish Cleburne Memorial, then Old Alvarado, Balch Springs, Glenwood, Green Lawn, and Green Acres. Rose Hill will be another stand alone book. While Cleburne Memorial has about 12,000 occupants, Rose Hill has about 17,000 occupants. The others will be placed in volumes with about 12,000 occupancy. My comb threader won't hold more than 500 pages, so I'll have to limit my size. I believe its important to document the past also. Cemetery stones do deteriorate and information gets lost. That's a shame, but it does happen. It may not be but a few more years before some of the information compiled now will be washed away by the natural elements. That means the book(s) may be the only publicly available source of that information. It seems an urgent task too. I've also enjoyed being able to help family members locate their relatives. I watched many, many people drive and walk around Cleburne Memorial searching for that lost grave. That's why I've taken so many pains in offering maps and directions on how to find the grave. The book wouldn't be worth much without those things and an index. So all the information needed to locate a grave is in the book. I enjoyed taking one man straight to the grave he was looking for. He was from Galveston and just about as lost as he could be. So there are many pleasures I've enjoyed by doing the book. Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Thank goodness the Johnson County cemeteries are on line. I have already found graves of kin that I didn't know where they were. Thanks, Wanda Blair Ruby

Due to a technical difficulty, I am presently unable to upload the following Hood County articles. However, we can offer you "sneak previews" of new HCGS articles ready to go on-line! So kick back, and enjoy! BIOGRAPHIES: Ted Sears - Hood County Banker http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/SearsTed.htm Pig Williams - The Will Rogers of Hood County http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/WilliamsPig.htm THE COLONY: 1999 Juneteenth Celebration http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/Juneteenth1999.htm GRANBURY: American Legion http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/AmericanLegion.htm American Legion Auxiliary http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/AmericanLegionAux.htm Cherry Building http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/CherryBldg.htm Football Teams in Early 1900's http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/GranburyFootball.htm Granbury Cafe http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/GranburyCafe.htm Woman's Wednesday Club http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/WednesdayClub.htm HOOD COUNTY: Daughters of the Republic - Brazos River Chapter http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/DaughtersofRepublic.htm Hood County Home Demonstration Club http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/HomeDemoClub.htm Hood County Retired Teachers Association http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/ReitredTeachersAssoc.htm Hood County Watermelon Association http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/MelonMemories.htm TEMPLE HALL: 1893 Temple Hall Students http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/1893TempleHallStudents.htm THORP SPRING: History of Add-Ran College http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/AddRanCollege.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Hi Folks, I have a book on Cleburne Memorial Cemetery of Johnson Co., TX. Its a quiet evening so just for tonight I'll do a look-up. Please limit your request to 3 "specific" individuals. A request for everyone with a surname will be ignored. Good luck on your search. donna

Following are updates to the Military Veterans of Hood County, Texas web pages: Obituaries: Steve Abbott - 06/01/1997 USMC Vietnam War Herman Robert Campbell - 08/04/1999 USAF WWI: Walter A. Baker - additional information Hood Jones - new Civil War: Louis J. Caraway - additional information James Lewis - new James Oxier - new F.M. Peveler - additional information Berlin Monroe Thompson - additional information Contributions are acknowledged and appreciated from Vircy B. Macatee and J. T. Sears. Information can be accessed from: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/VeteranIndex.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you the story of David Peveler and his family who moved to the Republic of Texas in 1838 and became residents of Hood County. http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/Peveler.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Vircy B. Macatee has provided additional information following the HCGS story on WWI Gold Star Mothers. The Gold Star Mothers identification was a national honor to those who lost sons in WWI, not just Hood County. Learn more about about WWI personal and community sacrifices at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIGoldStarMothers.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County News described the mothers of the World War I Hood County military veterans killed in action as "Gold Star Mothers." http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIGoldStarMothers.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Visit the Hood County military veterans of the Republic of Texas. Birth and death dates have been obtained on Robert Patton Crockett, son of Alamo-hero Davy Crockett. http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/TexasRepublicVeterans.htm Traci Parsons-Holder of Aledo, Texas has contributed a great biographical story on Joseph Mitchell Holder. Joseph was a Civil War veteran who lived in the Lipan area. Read about the Holder family at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Veteran/HolderJosephMitchell.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

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The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you extensive information on our military veterans of the Civil War. First we would like to acknowledge the recent contributions submitted by Traci Parsons-Holder, Lee Snider, and Tim Sears. 15 additional military veterans of the Civil War have been identified as follows: Thomas W. Arrington Henry Ator J.N.S. Baker Francis M. Brown Larkin C. Cleveland Joseph Mitchell Holder Jessie C. Ellis Madison Right Hale (my great-grandfather!) Tom W. Hayhurst Bevley Lineberry Nathan A. Patterson F.M. Peveler Benjamine F. Powell William H. Rhoades R.J. Smith Significant additional information has been obtained on 57 Hood County military veterans of the Civil War as follows: Thomas M. Atkins Napolean Baker John Barrett Joshua Barton D.C. Bills Sam Blevins Andrew Green Bobo Andrew Jackson Bobo George Alexander Bradley Benjamin Bransom James Jasper Brewer George W. Carlton Charley Powell Carter Aaron A. Casey John Randolph Cherry Andrew Jackson Collins George Crum William C. Deaver John B. Deering George Washington Dunagan W.S. Ethridge Levi Fine Frank M. Goodman James Newton Ashberry Goodwin Perry Green Dr. J.W. Holden T.H. Howard Moses E. Huggins Reverend J.T. Hunt George W. Hunter W.H. Iverson John Walden Jones John Mayfield - Hood County's "Last Confederate Veteran" Junior N. Meredith [Meridith] Thomas Jefferson Merrifield John Wesley Miller William Ervin Norman James M. Peters William Fletcher Peters Leander Eliphus Rhodes William Hamby Roberts William J. Robertson Frank Smith Pleasant Marion Smith Samuel Hancock Smith W.M. Smith Elmore H. Snider A. Wesley Tankersley W.G. Terrell Dallas Tidwell Christopher J. Tinnin [Tinning] J.M. Vincent George W. Waltrip J.W. Ward Robert J. Ware Andrew Jackson Wheeler Harvey Wilson The information can be viewed at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Veteran/CivilWarVeterans.htm Thank you for your continuing interest and support of this project. Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

An edition of the 1929 Granbury News revealed information regarding John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. What was hidden and found at a house at the corner of East Bridge Street and North Cleburne Street in Granbury in the 1870's? Read about it at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/HoodCountyChurches.html Do you know who used to live at this location? Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Visit some of the churches of Hood County, Texas at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/HoodCountyChurches.html New articles added are: First Baptist Church of Granbury Ministers of First Christian Church in Granbury Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you three new biographies: Thomas Love Burns - Circuit Riding Preacher from Mambrino http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/BurnsThomasLove.htm Leopold Stavenhagen - A stowaway from Germany who owned a bakery on the Granbury Square in the 1870's http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/StavenhagenLeopold.htm The West Family of Tolar - Early Pioneers of Squaw Creek http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/WestFamily.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Desperately seeking information on Martha Ward. She married William Hadley and the only children I know of are as follows; WILLIAM7 HADLEY was born 1846 in Alabama. He married MARTHA WARD. Children of WILLIAM HADLEY and MARTHA WARD are: i. SIMON8 HADLEY, b. 1875; m. IDA. ii. EMILY ANN HADLEY, b. 1876; d. December/16/1933, Baytown, Harris Co., TX.; m. PERRY DAVID HELLUMS; b. July/29/1860, Arkansas; d. August/04/1934, Houston, Texas-Buried at White's Cem. Highlands Tx. iii. BELLE ZORA "ZOE" HADLEY, b. 1878; m. (1) WINES; m. (2) JIM GROVES. The above family lived in Johnson Co, TX. for a period of time, they also live in Hood Co., TX, Bosque Co.TX. and Bobbie and Jimmie Taylor of Highlands, TX. Searching Surnames ; Phillips,Taylor, Morris, Williams, Hallmark, Ross Bobbie and Jimmie Taylor of Highlands, TX. Searching Surnames ; Phillips,Taylor, Morris, Williams, Hallmark, Ross Bobbie and Jimmie Taylor of Highlands, TX. Searching Surnames ; Phillips,Taylor, Morris, Williams, Hallmark, Ross

Desperately seeking information on D. Frank WARD. Lived in Acton Texas, Hood County. Married Fannie A. WILSON: D. Frank WARD, b. 1860 or 1867, d. ? sp: Fannie WILSON, b. 7 June 1871, Acton Tx; d. 26 Aug 1919, Acton Tx married: 15 Mar 1888, Acton Tx Children: Charley WARD, b. 4 Oct 1890, Acton, Tx; d. ? Ethel WARD, b. 3 Aug 1899, Acton, Tx; d. ? John Harvey WARD, b. 1 Aug 1901, Acton, Tx; d. 12 Jun 1965 (my grandfather) D.F. WARD Jr., b. 25 Jan 1903, Acton, Tx; d. ? Wilson WARD, b. 4 Oct 1904, Acton, Tx; d. ? Walker WARD, b. 19 Aug 1906, Acton, Tx; d. ? Fannie Bell WARD, b. 6 May 1908, Acton, Tx; d. ? Lizzie WARD, b. ? Essie WARD, b. ? Ruth WARD, b. ? Pruman WARD, b. ? Earl WARD, b. ? If anyone can help with the above, I would greatly appreciate it. I have come to a brick wall with D. Frank WARD. Thanks, Karen

The military veterans of Hood County have been updated due to the recent passings of the following individuals: Donnie Ray Henson 07/15/1999 - Vietnam War and Cato Hightower Jr. 07/20/1999 - Korean War The individual war rosters and their obituaries have been posted at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/VeteranIndex.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale virginia@computron.net WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- Looking for the parents of Carolyn Adelia Daniel(s), b. 1856;d 1937; married David Edward Watkins of Tolar. She had a brother Will Daniel(s) who had a general store in Granbury. Jo Ann Hopper <JHopper494@AOL.COM> Salado, TX USA - Saturday, July 17, 1999 at 14:15:39 (PDT) - ----------------------------------------------------

New - biographical note on Rev. Milton Henry Jones, Methodist minister. View at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/JonesRevMiltonHenrySr.html -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa