New on HCGS WebPages: Granbury Opera House View at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/OperaHouse.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

About the renovation of the Historic Nutt House on Granbury Square View it at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/NuttHouse.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-L list moderator. Subject: Re: [TXHOOD-L] Granbury Square Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:30:48 -0500 From: Bill Caddell <bcaddell@hcnews.com> To: Frank Saffarrans <opa@hcnews.com> Frank, I have been so glad to find Hood County home page and List. You referenced "http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/SquareUses.htm". I am interested in history of the "Sellars Building" which was in 1964 the "Hood County News", now the "Downtown Store" on the north side of the square. In examining the misc files at the Hood Co. Library, I find a reference "Various old pictures show the downstairs of the building occupied at various times by Geo. & Henry Wright, meat market and restaurant; and the Icicle Restaurant with 'meat market' in small letters below." I have seen the pictures in Ewell's "History of Hood County" and on the wall in the "Ice Cream Parlor" on the west side of the square. Re: my previous msg of May 8th "I recently found out that my grandfather, Jasper Pinkney GREER (b. 15 Nov 1874, Ringold, LA) had a restaurant and meat market in Granbury, Hood Co., TX during the 1890s - 1905. My 82 yr old mother" (Jasper's daughter now residing in the Granbury Meadows Senior Citizen Apartments) "said she knew nothing about the details." Jasper Greer of Miller County (Texarkana), AR came to Granbury sometime in the 1890s and my mother seems to remember was in partnership with another man in a restaurant and meat market on the square. He was single, about 20 years old and, apparently, "came out west to make his fortune.". In checking tax and other records I noted there were about a dozen GREER listed, but not a Jasper. I suspect that Jasper was related to one or more of these GREERs. For whatever reason, he left and in 1906 married in Sulphur Springs, OK and moved to Miller County, AR where his parents and siblings lived. His father had previously settled in Miller County in about 1880 from Ringold, LA. That's all I have been able to glean from very limited info. Bill Caddell ============================== -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-L List moderator. PLEASE reply to: rchanc@att.emcee.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:54:30 -0700 (PDT) From: rchanc@att.emcee.com (Cheryl Chancellor) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- ADAMS-RHEA-(Pleasnt Vincent Uriah Jackson Harris Glen and Mary Elizabeth Fannin(or) Fannon parents of Mary Emma Rhea MJuly12,1883 Hood Co? George Francis Adams-parents Thomas Adams and Catherine Jarrell. Any information would be helpful. I do have some Adams and Rhea family information if it can help someone else. Thomas and Catherine buried Martin Cemetery betweeen Granbury and Lipan. I have Thomas's army dates. He, in a family account, took blankets to Indians camped near Granbury and never suffered Indian losses. I believe he was a blacksmith on the square. I know very little of the Jarrell family. Cheryl Chancellor <rchanc@att.emcee.com> FT Worth, TX USA - Monday, June 07, 1999 at 20:54:40 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-L List Moderator Subject: COLONY CEMETERY Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:01:53 EDT From: RickIPratt@aol.com To: opa@hcnews.com Hello Folks, Just an update on this years' Juneteenth Celebration. On Saturday June 19, 1999, the gate to the cemetery grounds will be open from 9 AM until 4 PM. As a part of the Colony Cemetery Committee, Inc. annual fundraiser, we plan to serve a barbecue lunch. There will be a $3.00 charge for plates. The lunch is scheduled to begin serving at Noon and will be served until 1 PM. There will be relatives of some of the original Colony area residents attending. Including Ms. Catherine McCormick who actually grew up in the Colony before moving on. Activities for the day include dominoes and horseshoes. We also want to mention that the cemetery has received an official historic designation by the State of TX and has been registered with the county clerk. In addition an application is currently being reviewed by the TX Historical Commission for a subject marker. Thanks to the support of the community towards last years fundraiser there are enough funds to purchase a large roadside marker. This year we will be setting up tents and gathering chairs and tables for the event on June 18th, Friday evening at 5 PM. We would welcome any volunteers for the setup and for the following cleanup on Saturday after the event. Also on Saturday June 12, there will be a sprucing up brigade gathering to police the area in anticipation of the Juneteenth celebration. If you would like to help please contact Joe Perkins (817)5732282 or Rickie Pratt (817)573-4591 wk#. As always, we will gratiously accept donations to continue our efforts to preserve a piece of our local heritage. We look forward to seeing you there. Rickie Pratt Director Colony Cemetery Committee, Inc. -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Due to the popularity and interest in the Civil War Military Veterans of Hood County, the Hood County Genealogical Society has expanded the Civil War section. New information has been added and more is in development. We hope you like "the look" also! http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/VeteranIndex.htm Your comments and suggestions, as always, are appreciated. Thank you, Virginia Hale virginia@computron.net WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

This is for all you hood county Folks who have asked me about my uncle Bill I cam across the on the net http://www.scopesys.com/cgi/bio2.cgi?bio=B142 it tells just how they went down in Laos , there is a link on the hood county Vet page that tells where they are buried or what they call there remains that were taken out of laos after the fact there were 1400 bone fragments but no DNA done. Thanks Evelyn Brooks Long

New On HCGS WebPages: KEY Blacksmith Shop, Lipan 1900 View at: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/KeyBlacksmithShop.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-l List moderator PLEASE REPLY TO: jholmes@imagin.net Subject: Holmes Hollow Valley Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 04:30:44 -0500 From: "Joe V. Holmes" <jholmes@imagin.net> To: granbury@emcee.com Is there any information on the "Holmes Hollow" valley (located between Tolar & Glen Rose) that's mentioned in your "Hood County Landmarks and Vanished Communities .... the places grandpa talked about" section? I'm tryin' to fill in some of the blanks in the HOLMES family history, and although my grandpa Henry Wayne HOLMES (2/12/85-11/12/18) died some 25 years before I arrived (they lived in the 2 story house that faces east towards town, at the very end of Bridge St.) , I don't even remember my Dad or Mother (who was from Tolar) mentioning anything about the "hollow". Although I didn't have the good fortune of havin' a grandpa to educate me about early Hood County life, ...... some of my fondest memories (early 40's & 50's) are of Saturday mornin' whitlin' sessions down on the Square and listenin' to the old timers spinnin' yarns(?) about my Dad's shenanigans. I hope to visit the "Depot" soon, (Dad worked there in the 30's as a railroad telegrapher) and although I've just discovered your web site (and really like it), I'm sure that a personal visit will be much more rewarding. Boy!..... what a treasure trove of stuff yawl have acquired !!! Thanks for any information you may find on the "Hollow." Joe V. Holmes Fort Worth -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Anyone got any information or history on "Holmes Hollow" valley (located between Tolar & Glen Rose) ..... that is mentioned in the HCGS "Hood County Landmarks and Vanished Communities ..... the places grandpa talked about" section? I'm tryin' to fill in some blanks in the HOLMES family history, and although my grandpa Henry Wayne Holmes (2/12/85-11/12/18) died some 25 years before I came along, I don't even remember my Dad - Patrick LaVon Holmes (5/20/11-2/11/72) or Mom - Joanna nee Thomason (Tolar & Lipan) mentioning anything about the "hollow." Although I didn't have the good fortune of havin' grandpa to educate me about early Hood County, some of my fondest memories as a child (early 40's & 50's) are of Saturday morning whitlin' sessions down on the Square and listening to the old timers spinnin' yarns(?) about my Dad's shenanigans. As a youngster, Dad set type at the newspaper and worked as a railroad telegrapher at the depot, as well as installing some of the first electricity, when REA came to Hood County. He also owned Holmes laundry & dry cleaning delivery service, as well as working over at the "bummer plant" in Cowtown. (Then Consolidated-Vultee which became General Dynamics and is now Lochkeed) They lived the 2 story house facing towards town, at the west end of W. Bridge St. Thanks to anyone who may be of help, Joe V. Holmes Fort Worth, TX

The Hood County Genealogical Society would like to express our appreciation to the living veterans of the armed forces during this Memorial Day Weekend. We also extend our gratitude to the many families of the deceased for their loved ones' contributions to our freedom. We have identified 89 additional Hood County military veterans, and additional information on six military veterans, as listed below. We appreciate the contributions of Janet Jeffery and Maxine Jeffery for information on their father and husband, respectively, and his two brothers. World War I: Aiken, Cecil V. Arment, Frank H. Avery, William Ernest Baker, Claude Estes Baker, Walter A. Baker, William Guy Cox, Jesse Avington Dabney, Edwin Charles Dabney, Samuel Wyatt - additional details Davis, Ripley A. Fine, Julian B. Foreman, Warlick J. Harris, Frank Tom Hughes, Lennious Harry Jameson, Luther Y. - additional details Joiner, Arthur Elmer Jones, Sam Ivy - additional details Keith, Conner W. Kennon, John T. Morris, Toby Mullins, Roy Lee Peters, R. G. Rawls, Robert Nathan Robertson, Jesse Robertson, Tom - additional details Royalty, Willie B. Speed, Joseph R. Stacy, Barnie H. Walthall, Robert M. Williamson, W. Emmett - additional details World War II: Archer, Henry Arrington, John C. Arrington, Joseph L. Bell, Russell G. Boyd, Alfred Dee Chapman, Raymond L. Crear, David Earl Dodd, Bernard Buford Durant, William Truman Findley, Richard James Ford, Willis W. Gibson, James Boyd Glenn, Frank Pierce Griffin, Quincy W. Hamm, Emmett Alonzo Hartwell, Collis R. Jr. Haynes, Mary M. - Womens Army Air Corps Head, Landon D. Hiner, James Hampton Huffer, Paul G. Hughes, Samuel Hamock Jackson, Ira Coolidge Jeffery, Carroll Bryant Jeffery, Emmett Kay - Living Jeffery, Finis Breckinridge - Living Jordan, Robert W. Kelly, Mike Lewen Kennon, George W. Lester, Henry W. Matlock, Martin Jr. McCoy, William F. McInroe, Pat Newman, Lowell Lee Noonan, John Henry Jr. Parker, Frank M. Perry, George Buck Riley, Manassah Edward Roberson, Clyde W. Roberts, Herbert E. Roberts, Herman L. Roberts, Roy Cabell Strain, Sidney W. Terry, Albert M. Terry, Eugene M. Thomas, Cecil Allen Tidwell, James Douglas Tittle, Alvin E. Tittle, Joel Cleve - also served in Korean War Tittle, William B. Towson, Charles U. Ward, Bruce S. Williams, William Presley Please visit the Military Veterans of Hood County, Texas web page at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/VeteranIndex.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale virginia@computron.net WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Eunice Brown, Go to this web site, type Add-Ran College in the search box and you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about the college. If you do much research in Texas, you will probably want to bookmark this site. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX

Forwarded by TxHood-l List moderator PLEASE REPLY TO: mcmillen@arlington.net Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:23:23 -0700 (PDT) From: mcmillen@arlington.net (Jim McMillen) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- Seeking descendants of, or information about, Lucius E MAYHEW, born 1847, NJ, and his wife, Frances Bludworth "Nannie" WARREN (daughter of Dr David B WARREN and Jemima SNELLING) born Mar 1861, MO, married 1878 in Palo Pinto County. Their children, four of whom were living in Hood County with their mother in 1920, were: Georgia b.1882; Estella b.1885; Ross b.1887; Minnie b.1891; Pitts b. 1894; and Katharine b. 1897. All were born in Texas. Thanks, Jim Jim McMillen <mcmillen@arlington.net> Arlington, TX USA - Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 21:23:31 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-l List moderator. PLEASE REPLY TO prusse@parknet.pmh.org Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 13:32:32 -0700 (PDT) From: prusse@parknet.pmh.org (P. Russell) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- Looking for any information about W.F. Luckie who died in Granbury on September 15, 1941. Thank you. P. Russell <prusse@parknet.pmh.org> Dallas, TX USA - Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 13:32:27 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by TxHood-L List moderator. PLEASE REPLY TO EunieM@webtv.net Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 17:24:43 -0700 (PDT) From: EunieM@webtv.net (Eunice Brown) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- HOLLAND John Newton m. Orzilla Mahaley HEATH in 1852. One of their children, Retta Eugenia was my gmother and went to Add-Ran college. I would like any information on her siblings or the college or her parents. Thank you Eunice Brown <EunieM@webtv.net> Loleta, CA USA - Sunday, May 16, 1999 at 17:24:51 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 22:24:34 -0700 (PDT) From: hanajack@iglobal.net (Elaine Eades Mills) CC: recipient list not shown: ; The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- EADES SHIRLING GASTON: CORRECTION to previous post. John Thomas EADES WAS born in AL, but NOT in Attala Co AL. Attala Co is in MS. His birth county in AL is unknown at this time. John Thomas EADES is on the Pickens Co AL 1850 census with parents Thomas B & Jane M EADES. This family migrated to Attala Co MS in 1854 prior to migrating to Hood Co TX in 1894. Wife of John Thomas EADES, Sarah Louisa SHIRLING, was born 10 Apr 1850 Greene Co GA. Elaine Eades Mills <hanajack@iglobal.net> TX USA - Monday, May 17, 1999 at 22:24:45 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- EADES,SHIRLING,GASTON Researching paternal line of Thomas B EADES b 1818 GA d 1892 Attala Co MS m <1848 AL Jane M * b 13 Sep 1819 GA d 19 Oct 1903 Erath Co TX. (Jane M * 1st m John SEWELL, children Amanda J SEWALL b 1843 AL and Mary Quimby SEWALL b Apr 1846 AL d 1904 Cotton Co Ok m Robert Franklin BROWN 1867 Attala Co MS migrated to Hood). Thomas B EADES and Jane M *, children (1) John Thomas EADES b 2 Dec 1848 Attala Co AL d 2 Jan 1903 Hood Co TX m 04 Jan 1872 Attala MS Sarah Louisa SHIRLING d 11 Sep 1938 Dallas Co TX, daughter of Rayburn SHIRLING & Mary Ann GASTON. Migrated from Attala Co MS to Hood Co TX 1894 with children, James Francis EADES (+ Doretta HATHCOCK), David Buford EADES, Thomas Claude EADES (+Mary L DAVIS), John Sylvester EADES (+Margaret Louisa WOHLFORD), Charles Hubert EADES, Bascomb Galloway EADES (+ Lavena Deshield THOMPSON), Eric EADES Sr (+Ruby RANDLE, Fleta RHEA). (2) Sarah Frances EADES b 27 Sep 1852 AL d 07 Jun 1875 Attala Co MS m 09 Jan 1872 Attala Co MS James Alexander TOLAR no children (3) M A A EADES b 1854 AL (4) William Napolean EADES b 15 Oct 1854 d 17 Mar 193l m 1st 1878 Attala Co MS Sarah WHATLEY b 07 Apr 1863 MS d 07 Jul 1904 Erath Co TX also migrated to Hood>Erath Co TX 1894 with children, Tom EADES (+Millie JONES), Otis EADES, Oscar N EADES (+ Jessie RAMSEY), Missouri Arizona EADES (+ Ben BEACH), Charlie EADES, Minie Lee EADES (+Will BUSBY), Elmer EADES (+June PATTERSON), Noah EADES (+ Jewell DARNELL), Mary EADES (+ Vernon MILLER), J D EADES (+ Anna SCOTT), Vernon EADES (+ Pauline HARMAMS). William Napolean EADES m 2nd Eliza DAVIS, children Eunice EADES (+Bill BRAMBLETT), Lizzie EADES (+Curly JONES), Iva May EADES, George EADES. Elaine Eades Mills <hanajack@iglobal.net> TX USA - Monday, May 17, 1999 at 21:37:45 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by txhood-l moderator. PLEASE REPLY TO timvic@flash.net Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 21:39:25 -0700 (PDT) From: timvic@flash.net (Vickie Ballow Slagle) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- SNIDER(SYNDER),KARNES Looking for information on David Snider and his wife Cleopatra Karnes Snider, 1 known daughter, Mildred. Cleopatra was the daughter of W.A. & Sally Karnes of Hood County. Thank you, Vickie Ballow Slagle Vickie Ballow Slagle <timvic@flash.net> Aledo, Tx USA - Sunday, May 16, 1999 at 21:39:36 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

Forwarded by txhood-l moderator. PLEASE REPLY TO tblife@bigfoot.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 12:16:19 -0700 (PDT) From: tblife@bigfoot.com (Tim Byars) The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- LOFLIN>HINES>TIDWELL. Researching Josiah LOFLIN and Catherine Elizabeth HINES. They moved to Texas before 1860 from Maury/Lewis Counties Tenn. Their son, John LOFLIN married Mary TIDWELL in Hood or Johnson Counties. Seeking information on these three families. Tim Byars <tblife@bigfoot.com> USA - Sunday, May 16, 1999 at 12:16:22 (PDT) - ---------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- BAKER BITTICK Surnames BAKER, John Alexander - he was a dentist or barber in Lipan in the late 1800's or early 1900's he also lived in Henrietta, Pilot Point, Weatherford, Arlington and Ft Worth. He also lived in Comanche and Ryan Ok. Would like dates he lived in these places BITTICK, Samuel G. - he was a doctor in Lipan during the same timeframe. Alice Dollahan <dollahan@crosswind.net> Seagraves, Tx USA - Thursday, May 27, 1999 at 11:37:20 (PDT) - ----------------------------------------------------

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- JONES GOODLETT An article in the Navarro County GS newsletter indicates that Rev. Milton JONES, Wiley P. JONES (his son), and James GOODLETT were in business in Acton, Texas, about 1870. Later Wiley JONES is in Childress County and a small town east of their is Goodlett. Does anyone know if this is the same Goodlett? Jim Moody <nl7c@mtaonline.net> Wasilla, AK USA - Tuesday, May 25, 1999 at 10:39:50 (PDT) - ----------------------------------------------------