This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lanier Bolleter Penman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/912 Message Board Post: I would like to know if anyone could help me research the above family's who lived in Beaumont from the1880's to present. Junius Fisher Lanier was a founding backer of Spindletop and 2 x mayor in the 1880's. His daughter, Annie married a Dr. Clarence Axtell Penman. Dr. Penman was murdered in his sleep in July 1927. His mother Alice Penman lived there until her death. He also had a Sister, Edith who taught Piano. He had been married 2 x's. 1st wifes name was Carmen. The Bolleter's moved to Beaumont in about 1902. T J Bolleter worked for the telegraph company.