Hi Jim: It may have been me. My mother's aunt, Ellie Thoms, married Harris Clifton Brantley on March 17, 1918 at Lone Pine. I probably have this cemetery information but will print it and compare. We replace many of the headstones several years back Beverly Bakersfield, CA

Linda, I just now have time to go back a read some of the e-mails over the past week or so. I sure enjoyed your report on your "back roads rambling". Makes me want to hit the old roads again, but time is still tight for now. Jim Giddens Paris/Reno, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Halesboro Cemetery > I just returned from Red River Co. last week! It was such a great trip. I > visited Lone Star Cemetary where my great grandparents, grandparents, and > mother are buried. DAVISON and CROW surnames. I have a few MALONE relatives > buried there as well. There is a "cemetary working" every year there in > October. > Then I was able to go to Old Shamrock Cemetary. My great grandmother is > buried there, Easter Alabama MCGUIRE. I found out while there my grandfather > made the headstone. That made it that much more special. She died in 1902, > so it's an old grave. I have other DAVISON relatives buried there as well. > That cemetary has received a "historical marker". I don't know what > requirements need to be met to receive that. > Then I traveled on down the road to Bagwell......the little town Sharon > spoke of. My MALONE family lived there in the 1950's. I found the nicest > little man, Charlie Dodson......he bought the house my great grandmother > lived in. I ask directions to find the house, not knowing it even still > stood. He gave me directions.......and I made a few curves in the road to > reach a house that perhaps I went in when I was only 4 years old. Drove on > down the road a little, to turn around, and saw about 6 or 8 BUFFALO in a > pen. Talk about "where the Buffalo roam....." well, my trip was great. I > visited with people I'd never met that knew my grandparents. I live in > Colorado now, but Texas and Red River Co. and Lamar Co. is still home to me. > > My surnames: CROW, DAVISON, MCGUIRE, DULANEY, SPARKS, MALONE, HOWELL, > WILLIAMS. > I also enjoy reading all the "happenings" in Red River Co. My sister still > lives there, and has all her life. > Linda Anderson > > > >From: Kitty Huddleston <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Halesboro Cemetery > >Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:58:23 -0700 > > > >Please continue to share info on cemeteries of the area! Information such > >as this and the material Jim Giddens shares makes this mailing list the joy > >it is the receive. Living in the wilds of Washington State I have never > >been able to visit TX but y'all make it all so alive! Keep it up! > > > >thanks, > >Kitty > > > >PRISCILLA MERRIMAN wrote: > > > >>This is Bob Merriman. I sent the piece on Halesboro Cemetery, but I forgot > >>to sign my name. The default e-mail is in my wife's name, so that's why > >>her name appeared on the piece. > >>Bob Merriman > >> > >> > >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > >>Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&t argetid=5429 > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Pardon me for not remembering who I talkedwith about Brantley. In case it is of interest, I a looking at my notes in made Aug 03 when walking Hopewell Cemetery (Red River Co) Emma Brantley (sand block marker, hard to read) B 3- __ - 1852 d. 3-__-19__ J.H. Brantley (sand block marker) b 1-14-1853 d. 8-31-1927 Children of Cliff and Ellie (Thoms) Brantley son Carl E. 8-17-1029 to 1-5-1929 daughter Bethel 6-28-1920 to 11-7-1921 Jim G

I can not remember know who I was e-mailing with about 3 weeks ago and I told them I would search for my Grandmother Odie Mae Manning Watson's siblings. When I went to the old Bible to get them, they were not there to my puzzlement (is that a word). Finally, today doing searching for another matter, I dug out the correct old Bible. So here are the siblings. brothers Wylie is one that I have several pictures (WW I vet) and 2 more brothers which the names are not clear. Best I can make out on this list is Iria and Bobbie but I will look for clarification elsewhere's. sisters to Odie "Mae" Manning (she was called Mae) Birdie, Mattie, Mirtie, and Carrie. I know I have pictures of Carrie. My mother spoke of Aunt Carrie often. Mae's Manning parents are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Paris, Lamar Co. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx

Kelvin was very helpful to me several years ago in my reseach of my great grandmother, Victoria Sheppard.

Drew, thanks for answering my question. That sounds wonderful. I really think you would enjoy and treasure the genealogy one. Rosalie/New Boston In a message dated 9/11/2005 8:50:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: She is a Creative Memories consultant. CM is a scrapbooking company. They sell products and teach people how to scrapbook. At first, it just seemed like another way to have a photo album to me. I have since discovered that they really are promoting saving your family history. Their products and method truly preserves photos and historical information. My wife and I now have multiple books about our family and life. It is something that I wish I had from my parents. My wife does a book for each year and then more special things like our baby books, vacations, etc. One day our children will literally have a historical trail of our lives for many years...it is really cool, IMHO...We are thinking about doing a Geneaology book that will have our direct lines using photos of people, houses, towns and tombstones... Thanks, Drew Slate Fort Worth, Tx > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2005/09/11 Sun AM 09:59:25 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > May I ask? What is a creative consultant? Thanks, Rosalie/New Boston

She is a Creative Memories consultant. CM is a scrapbooking company. They sell products and teach people how to scrapbook. At first, it just seemed like another way to have a photo album to me. I have since discovered that they really are promoting saving your family history. Their products and method truly preserves photos and historical information. My wife and I now have multiple books about our family and life. It is something that I wish I had from my parents. My wife does a book for each year and then more special things like our baby books, vacations, etc. One day our children will literally have a historical trail of our lives for many years...it is really cool, IMHO...We are thinking about doing a Geneaology book that will have our direct lines using photos of people, houses, towns and tombstones... Thanks, Drew Slate Fort Worth, Tx > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2005/09/11 Sun AM 09:59:25 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > May I ask? What is a creative consultant? Thanks, Rosalie/New Boston > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

A couple of posts about the Marries Chappell Cemetery brought back some memories to me. It is not Genealogy, but about Three Red River County citizens that have gone on to their finial reward. Delete if you wish. Several years ago, when you left Hgy. 271 and went south towards the Marries Chappell Cemetery, the First house was that of Mr. & Mrs. Guy Stephens. Now Mrs. Stephens was a very nice and polite lady. Mr. Stephens was a nice person too, but he really liked a good prank. He was out working in his garden one day, and Mr. Pat Beadle of Clarksville came along, looking for votes in his effort to win the Red River County Attorney position. He saw Mr. Stephens and stopped to talk a bit. Mr. Stephens said he would vote for him, and if he wanted to walk down to his house, hw would have his wife give them a cold drink of water, and he could probably get her vote too. As they walked to his house, Mr. Stephens told Pat that his wife could hardly hear, but if you looked in the ! face and talked loud, she could hear a little, and read his lips enough to have a conversation. Reaching his house, he invited Mr. Beadle to sit on the front porch in a rocking chair, and he would get Mrs. Stephens and the ice water. While in the house, he told his wife that Pat Beadle wanted to talk to her, but he warned her that Mr. Beadle could not hear very well, but to look him in the face, and talk loud. Imagine, when she came out and brought the water, she and Mr. Beadle stood there shouting at each other, both thinking the other was hard of hearing. They were so loud, some neighbors thought something was wrong. Anyway, they are all passed on now, but Mr. Stephens told me that as far as he knew, they never knew the difference, and he was not about to tell them. Thank you for letting me share a lighter moment about those that lived in the county, but have since passed on Sam Paris

This information came from Johnie Lee about the RRTGS meeting tomorrow night. Sounds good, hope to see a bunch of y'all there. Cynthia The speaker for this month will be Kelvin Meyers, whose subject will be "The Hand That Rocked The Cradle Could Rule The World". His goal in this lecture is, that those attending will leave with a basic knowledge of sources created about and by women, and how to locate these sources. A professional genealogist for the last eighteen years, and an avid researcher-historian for the last twenty-eight years, Kelvin brings a great knowledge of social sciences, history, genealogy and some PI techniques to his work. The Dallas Public Library employed him for ten years in the Genealogy Department. Now, Blake and Blake, a company engaged in missing heir and adoption searches, employs him in the research field. A native of Crosby County, he has published two books on his home county; deed abstracts and a compilation of records, including, church, marriage, and census. For a fall of 2005 release, his third book will feature abstracts of the probate minutes. He is also abstracting the births, deaths, and marriages from the Semi-Weekly Farm News.

Below is a e-mail from Marion's sister after she talked with M.L.'s wife, Suzanne from Mayo Clinic in Wisc. This is not genealogy but I think many of you may remember a mom and pop grocery store across the street from the Clarksville baseball field on the east side of town. It was "Lowe & Barry Grocery" Lowe is Buster Lowe, father of Marion. Marion and us boys spent a lot of time there when we were practicing for playing games of baseball. Marion and a few other of old gang are meeting at Dimple Mall about every morning for breakfast about 6 a.m.. Marion is not always there and I have never made it, but Eddie Pryor keeps me posted on there high level conference meeting <grin> Well, it isn't really a Mall, but that is what Eddie calls the grocery/station on Hwy 37 at Dimple and they do server breakfast and other meals. I do ask for your prayers for Marion. Jim G +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I just talked to Suzanne. The diagnosis of Amyloidosis was confirmed (it is NOT Cancer.) It is an abnormal protein that is being stored in the kidneys. It is only in the kidneys & not in the bone marrow or any other organ. This doctor has him on a list & estimates that it may take as much as 6 weeks for them to have a place for him for treatment. When he goes back for treatment, he will have his stem cells harvested & will then take a high dosage of chemo - 1/2 one day and the other 1/2 the next day. The third day they will give him back his stem cells. He would then be there 6 weeks or until all signs of infection has passed. Of course, this treatment has risks but the folks at Mayo Clinic know what to look for and how to treat it. He will continue to need your prayers. The doctor told them that overall Marion is in excellent physical condition. Please continue to pray. He and Suzanne are flying to Dallas early in the am. Thanks for all your love, concern and prayers. Love, Barbara

May I ask? What is a creative consultant? Thanks, Rosalie/New Boston

This reply from Marion Lowe, another classmate of mine, once removed. Pray for Marion, he is very sick. He will return to Mayo Clinic for treatments soon. It is not cancer, but a rare disease that is very deadly and no real treatment. I will have to look back to get the name of the disease Jim G ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: old house in Clarksville Good morning to all, The house was moved to Ft Worth by Sonny Ross. His grandparents were W.H "Dock" and Ethel Brown and his uncles are Bobby and James Martin Brown of Clarksville. His mother and dad live north of Paris, Bill and Iva May Ross. He dismantle the top floors of the house and numbered all parts of each room and then moved the bottom floors on a truck to Ft Worth. The house stayed parked outside of Ft Worth for sever weeks while permits were obtained in order to move it on into the city. It took Sonny several years to reconstruct the house but he did get the job done. Suzanne and I went buy to see it several years ago. He and his family lived in it for many years but now has sold it. I don't know the address of the house but I will get it and let you know.ML ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Giddens Subject: old house in Clarksville Do any of you guys remember this old house in Clarksville? It was moved in the 1970s to Ft Worth. Jim G

That would be great, Sharon. I'd like to know if that was the house. No hurry, just next time you're there, maybe you can drive by. Who knows, you might even see the Buffalo! ha ha (they actually were nice looking animals!) >From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Malone >Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:36:52 -0500 > >It didn't have any rock on it when I rented it in the late 60s but >someone may have remodeled it. I wish I'd gotten your e-mail yesterday. >I went to a Hastings family reunion in Bagwell today and could have >easily driven down that road and checked for you. >I'll look next time I'm down there and let you know what it looks like >now.. >Sharon. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:46 PM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Malone > > >Sharon, >A note from you below back in August: > >Now that I have been down that little road in Bagwell, can you tell me >if >the house with the rock porch is the old Malone homestead? I have >pictures >of the house in the 50's....and the porch is on the right end, looking >at >the house. So was the house with the rock on it. Of course, the rock >could >have been added anytime.........can you remember? I took pictures of it, >and >also the little road. They would have traveled that road many >times...........Wesley, Richard, and Pearl, my great aunt and uncles. >Thanks, >Linda > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Sharon, A note from you below back in August: Now that I have been down that little road in Bagwell, can you tell me if the house with the rock porch is the old Malone homestead? I have pictures of the house in the 50's....and the porch is on the right end, looking at the house. So was the house with the rock on it. Of course, the rock could have been added anytime.........can you remember? I took pictures of it, and also the little road. They would have traveled that road many times...........Wesley, Richard, and Pearl, my great aunt and uncles. Thanks, Linda >From: "Sharon Black" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Malone >Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 23:14:52 -0500 > >We lived next door to the Malones in Bagwell for several years. >Richard, Wesley and their sister, Miss Pearl... Really nice people. >This was way out on the northeast edge of town. >Sharon Stephens Black > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cynthia Samples" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:32 PM >Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Malone > > >Well, I am related to Ruth. Her maiden name was Carter. She was my >mother's first cousin. I lived out in the country there, too. > >Sharon and I went to the genealogy meeting tonight. Had a huge rain in >Clarksville, as far as I can tell, not a drop in Lamar County. > >Cynthia > >-----Original Message----- >From: linda anderson [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:58 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Elmore - Ala & Tenn > >Yes I am related to Jim and Ruth! He is my great uncle, brother to my >grandfather.....Robert Wilson Malone. Robt lived in Paris, TX. Jim also >had >bro/sis in Bagwell, Wesley, Richard, George, and Jim's mother lived in >Bagwell until 1952 when she died. Jim died in 1978 and Ruth in 1991. >They lived out in the country there and didn't come out very often. They >had > >no children. He'd come out and go down to Buster Ham's little grocery >store > >there in "Little Chicago" and sell eggs to him. They stayed pretty close >to >home I think! >So how in the world do you know Jim and Ruth? >It's a small world, isn't it! >Linda > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I do have a digital camera (in fact, we have 3, my wife is a creative memories consultant). Once I get by the house, I will let everyone know and email to whomever wants a copy. Thanks, Drew Slate Fort Worth, Tx > > From: "Debbie Blanton McCoy" <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/09/09 Fri PM 01:03:51 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > Drew, > > You're welcome. If you have a digital camera, will you take a picture of > the house and send it to me? I very rarely ever get to Ft. Worth anymore. > > Debbie McCoy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > Thanks Debbie, I had not seen Mike's message. > > I will look through some more county websites that list more than just tax > appraisals. That website is great though and I use it often for research > purposes. > > Meadowbrook was definitely a high quality neighborhood in the 70s. It > wouldn't surprise me if that is the house being talked about. I have some > friends that still live in that area, but rarely make it out that way > anymore. I will try and get out there in the next few days and take a look > at it. > > Thanks, > > Drew Slate > Fort Worth, Tx > > p.s. I have the GoogleMap on my laptop and it is awesome. I really like the > feature of being able to mark sites with notes. It isn't up to date though, > and I haven't figured out how far out of date it is. I know it is at least > over a year out of date, at least for my side of FW. > > > > > From: "Debbie Blanton McCoy" <[email protected]> > > Date: 2005/09/08 Thu PM 08:42:06 EDT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > Drew, > > > > Did you see Mike Gibson's message? He found a house on the Tarrant County > > Tax Appraisal District records that was once owned by Charles & Michelle > > Ross. He stated that the house was at 1929 Queen Street in Fort Worth. I > > looked on the appraisal district web site and that house was originally > > owned by a Charles W. Ross and wife Michelle. The value of that house is > > listed at $26,700 and is only 700 sq. ft. However, there is another house > > at 2001 Queen Street which was originally owned by a Charles M. Ross. It > > is > > valued at $200,000 and has 3,740 sq. ft. in it, so I think that would more > > likely be the house that everyone is talking about. > > > > Queen Street is located in east Fort Worth, right off Meadowbrook Drive. > > It's not very far from Meadowbrook Jr. High School where I went to school. > > It was moved there in 1970 which is after I graduated from high school and > > left Ft. Worth, so I have never seen it. If you will go to Mapquest and > > put > > in the address, it will show you where it is located. > > > > Debbie Blanton McCoy > > Kilgore, TX > > > > Jim, > > > > I looked in the on-line Tarrant County Tax Appraisal District records, > > under > > past owners. I found a Charles Michael and Michelle Ross that once owned > > land at 1929 Queen Street in Fort Worth. > > > > According to Yahoo!Maps, it is located in the Southeast section part of > > the > > city bounded on the north by I-30, east by Loop 820, south by Highway 80, > > and west by Oakland Avenue. > > > > Mike Gibson > > Mesquite, Texas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:11 AM > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > Jim, > > > > I only have what you and John have mentioned. If you have any > > information > > that would help me track it down, I will be glad to see what I can find. > > There are a few local museum/history places that might be able to help. > > > > Do you have any idea what year it was brought here? That might point me > > to > > a certain part of the city. FW expanded and built in a way over the years > > that I could quickly narrow it down to certain parts of the city. There > > are > > a few pockets of very old historic homes, but since it was brought in I > > doubt it would be in one of those areas. > > > > When I was in Clarksville a few years ago, I remember a Victorian home not > > to far off the square that I think had just been restored. It was one a > > fairly large lot and I believe yellowish color. It was on the west side > > of > > the square and a block off US-82 (I think). Is this a private home or a > > business? > > > > Thanks, > > Drew Slate > > Fort Worth, Tx > > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > > > Date: 2005/09/07 Wed PM 11:15:45 EDT > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > Drew, > > > Did you get the Ross names that bought it and moved it and do you have > > > a > > > picture of it. The Gateway to Texas has a photo copy of it. I could > > > scan > > > an send to you if it would help. It is a huge 3 story Victorian Home. > > > It > > > was never a school but music lessons etc were given to individuals > > > according > > > state books and statements. > > > Jim G > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 6:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > John and Jim, > > > > > > > > If you can give me a little more information on this home, I will see > > > what I know or can dig up here in FW. There are many historical homes > > > here, > > > but I am not aware of any history that moved one here from Clarksville. > > > > > > > > Was this the hotel that you are referring to or a school as one > > > > person > > > mentioned? Do you know any special connection to it that I might be > > > able > > > to > > > connect with? If it is still standing, I bet I have seen it at some > > > point > > > and if not I will drive by and get some photos, this city ain't that big > > > that I haven't been all over it. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Drew Slate > > > > Fort Worth, tx > > > > > > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: 2005/09/04 Sun PM 06:37:26 EDT > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > John, > > > > > I read about it somewhere in recent times, must have been in the > > > > > RRR > > > but > > > > > not sure. > > > > > I will check it out later, on my way out right now. Don't remember > > > > > if > > > it > > > > > gave the names of buyer or not. > > > > > Jim G > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:12 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone tell me how to identify the "Victorian House" that was > > > moved > > > > > to > > > > > > Ft. Worth? I visited it as a child, when it was home to a distant > > > in-law > > > > > of > > > > > > mine, and would like to see it again. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 3:25 PM > > > > > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Red River Group: below is the reply to me (Jim G) from Jim > > > > > > > Lovett. > > > > > I > > > > > > > am still a little confused but will give it all a good look next > > > time I > > > > > am > > > > > > > in Clarksville. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim Giddens > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > ++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forgive my tardiness in replying, but my computer has been out > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > commission with a virus. I am just now getting it going again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My office, located immediately west of the Episcopal Church (now > > > > > > > the > > > Old > > > > > > > Church Theater) was converted from the Dorsey Hotel in 1969 by > > > > > > > Bert > > > > > > > Holster. My mother first moved the Red River County Credit > > > > > > > Bureau > > > into > > > > > it > > > > > > > and I moved in January 1, 1970 when I finished my term as County > > > > > Attorney > > > > > > > and moved out of the courthouse. As best as I can recall our > > > > > > > street > > > > > > > address was 506 West Main. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It was located where the washateria is now located. The Connerly > > > house > > > > > on > > > > > > > the north side of my office, where Dr. Kumar's office is now > > > located, > > > > > was > > > > > > > also destroyed when my office burned. The fire was on September > > > > > > > 17, > > > > > 1980, > > > > > > > right at the end of the hottest summer on record. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The three story Victorian was immediately west of my office and > > > > > > > was > > > > > moved > > > > > > > and restored in Ft. Worth sometime in the early 1960s. I > > > > > > > attended > > > > > > > kindergarten there with Miss Hattie Hocker in 1938-9. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One of the early homes was located in the center of the block > > > > > > > where > > > > > Piggly > > > > > > > Wiggly was built. The house was the only structure in that block > > > > > > > and > > > the > > > > > > > vegetation had covered it almost completely. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Main Hotel was located east of Stiles and, indeed, behind > > > > > > > all > > > the > > > > > > > businesses on the east side of the square. The hotel spanned the > > > entire > > > > > > > block north to south. I understand that there was an overhead > > > walkway > > > > > > > across the street from the Main Hotel to the Opera House, but > > > > > > > that > > > was > > > > > > > before my time. Indeed, I never remember seeing the Opera House, > > > which > > > > > was > > > > > > > just east of the Main Hotel. Our friends Bill Wright and Gladys > > > Walker > > > > > > > operated a restaurant in the Main Hotel for many years and it > > > > > > > was > > > the > > > > > > > principle meeting place for all our local civic organizations. > > > Bobbie > > > > > > > Wright and Stanley were their children. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like your group has fun with reminiscing. So enjoy ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon Aug 29 13:06 , 'Jim Giddens' <[email protected]> > > > > > > > sent: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > > My Red River County e-mails buddies (Rootsweb site) have been > > > > > > > discussing old hotels in Clarksville. > > > > > > > One is the Dorsey Hotel. It this the same building you had > > > > > > > your > > > > > office > > > > > > > in that burned? > > > > > > > I remember being in it. In fact you did wills for Sue and me > > > > > > > in > > > 1972. > > > > > > > I look at the wills package, but the street address is not on > > > > > > > it. > > > > > What > > > > > > > was the address? > > > > > > > What year was your building burned? > > > > > > > Just where was this building in comparison to where the present > > > > > > > day > > > > > Piggy > > > > > > > Wiggly is. > > > > > > > Am I correct that a huge 3 story old Victorian house was where > > > > > > > the > > > > > Piggy > > > > > > > Wiggly is, and the house was purchased > > > > > > > and moved to Ft Worth. > > > > > > > Also what was the name of the old hotel that was behind the > > > > > > > Stiles/Blackmon Drug? > > > > > > > I tried to call Lucille at home, but no answer. > > > > > > > Pardon me for taking you time but thanks for your help. > > > > > > > Our group likes to dig into history and memories of places and > > > people > > > > > of > > > > > > > Red River Co. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim Giddens > > > > > > > Reno, Tx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > > > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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I just returned from Red River Co. last week! It was such a great trip. I visited Lone Star Cemetary where my great grandparents, grandparents, and mother are buried. DAVISON and CROW surnames. I have a few MALONE relatives buried there as well. There is a "cemetary working" every year there in October. Then I was able to go to Old Shamrock Cemetary. My great grandmother is buried there, Easter Alabama MCGUIRE. I found out while there my grandfather made the headstone. That made it that much more special. She died in 1902, so it's an old grave. I have other DAVISON relatives buried there as well. That cemetary has received a "historical marker". I don't know what requirements need to be met to receive that. Then I traveled on down the road to Bagwell......the little town Sharon spoke of. My MALONE family lived there in the 1950's. I found the nicest little man, Charlie Dodson......he bought the house my great grandmother lived in. I ask directions to find the house, not knowing it even still stood. He gave me directions.......and I made a few curves in the road to reach a house that perhaps I went in when I was only 4 years old. Drove on down the road a little, to turn around, and saw about 6 or 8 BUFFALO in a pen. Talk about "where the Buffalo roam....." well, my trip was great. I visited with people I'd never met that knew my grandparents. I live in Colorado now, but Texas and Red River Co. and Lamar Co. is still home to me. My surnames: CROW, DAVISON, MCGUIRE, DULANEY, SPARKS, MALONE, HOWELL, WILLIAMS. I also enjoy reading all the "happenings" in Red River Co. My sister still lives there, and has all her life. Linda Anderson >From: Kitty Huddleston <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Halesboro Cemetery >Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:58:23 -0700 > >Please continue to share info on cemeteries of the area! Information such >as this and the material Jim Giddens shares makes this mailing list the joy >it is the receive. Living in the wilds of Washington State I have never >been able to visit TX but y'all make it all so alive! Keep it up! > >thanks, >Kitty > >PRISCILLA MERRIMAN wrote: > >>This is Bob Merriman. I sent the piece on Halesboro Cemetery, but I forgot >>to sign my name. The default e-mail is in my wife's name, so that's why >>her name appeared on the piece. >>Bob Merriman >> >> >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >>Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv >> >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

It didn't have any rock on it when I rented it in the late 60s but someone may have remodeled it. I wish I'd gotten your e-mail yesterday. I went to a Hastings family reunion in Bagwell today and could have easily driven down that road and checked for you. I'll look next time I'm down there and let you know what it looks like now.. Sharon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Malone Sharon, A note from you below back in August: Now that I have been down that little road in Bagwell, can you tell me if the house with the rock porch is the old Malone homestead? I have pictures of the house in the 50's....and the porch is on the right end, looking at the house. So was the house with the rock on it. Of course, the rock could have been added anytime.........can you remember? I took pictures of it, and also the little road. They would have traveled that road many times...........Wesley, Richard, and Pearl, my great aunt and uncles. Thanks, Linda

In a message dated 9/10/2005 2:47:42 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Phyllis, I'm sure I mentioned the Kennedys' burial in the story I did, since there are not that many such early dates even in old cemeteries. I have two volumes of Neville's works, and I will look up the story. Thanks. Bob Merriman Sulphur Springs, Texas Hi Bob, Thanks so much for your reply. I have pictures of Hiram and Sarah Kennedy taken later in their lives. Phyllis

Probably the reason that the wife's date of death was not on the tombstone is that the tombstone had been purchased and inscribed while both were still living. This was a practice for some people back then. Later, when Mrs. Thompson died, she was not buried with her husband in the Halesboro Cemetery and her side of the stone was never completed. Charles Lawson Huntsville, TX At 06:13 PM 9/9/2005 , you wrote: >I was in Halesboro Cemetery southwest of Bogata several years ago, looking >at old tombstones and making notes for a newspaper story. I came upon an >obelisk, one of those old tombstones that is about 4 ½ feet high, with the >husband's name on one side and the wife's name on the opposite side and >usually a Bible verse on the front. On the north side of the obelisk was a >woman's name and "Wife of . Thompson." Her birth date was listed, but not >her date of death. That was surprising, since tombstones of that time >always have dates of death. The stones were not inexpensive, and people >whose graves the stones marked were the kind of people who stay around, >who don't just move away. I walked to the other side of the obelisk and >saw the name of the husband, last name Thompson, but I don't remember his >first name. The stone listed his date and place of birth - in the 1850s, >in one of the Carolinas, and the date he died, in the 1880s. And beneath >his name, the explanation: "MURDERED." That word, and the fact that the >obelisk did not have his wife's date of death, was but one of those >questions I always have when leaving any cemetery. Always there are >questions. A few days after the cemetery story was in the newspaper, I got >a letter from a woman who said she was the murdered man's granddaughter. >She said all the family knew about his death was that there was a >nighttime knock at the front door of his house, and when he answered, >someone shot him dead. She said the family does not know what happened to >his wife, where she went, or when she died. The only other tombstone I saw >with the explanation "MURDERED" is in a cemetery in Delta County. I don't >remember the name of that cemetery, but when I went there, it was all >grown up in weeds, and many of the tombstones had been knocked over. >Later, a group of people got together and cleaned up the cemetery, put the >tombstones back where they belonged. The man buried in the Delta County >cemetery was killed by Wild Bill Longley. I always enjoyed visiting old >cemeteries and writing about them, but the newspaper told me to stop. I >have a stack of letters from people whose relatives are buried in those >old cemeteries, all of the letters congratulatory, but newspaper managers >oftentimes aren't impressed by what readers like to read.

As for me, it is a pleasure and it certainly is a pleasure to have a man like Bob in our group with his knowledge. I don't have near as much time to spend on this computer as I use to, but I try to make good use of the time when I do. Bob, don't get scared off and go away because of all the questions. It will slow down in a couple of years <grin>. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty Huddleston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Halesboro Cemetery > Please continue to share info on cemeteries of the area! Information > such as this and the material Jim Giddens shares makes this mailing list > the joy it is the receive. Living in the wilds of Washington State I > have never been able to visit TX but y'all make it all so alive! Keep > it up! > > thanks, > Kitty > > PRISCILLA MERRIMAN wrote: > > >This is Bob Merriman. I sent the piece on Halesboro Cemetery, but I forgot to sign my name. The default e-mail is in my wife's name, so that's why her name appeared on the piece. > >Bob Merriman > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > >Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429