Hood
County Texas Genealogical Society
BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTES CONCERNING
HOOD
COUNTY FAMILIES & CITIZENS
Including Lipan Area - Portions of
Erath, Palo Pinto, and Parker Counties
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NAME |
COMMENT |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Rancher &
Businesswoman |
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Farmer |
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A Freighter
Headquartered in Granbury |
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County
Commissioner |
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Acton Farmer
& Stockman |
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From Camden
County, Missouri |
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Farmer &
Stockraiser |
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Brazos Valley
Farmer |
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By Twyla Gill
Wright |
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Pastor of
Southside Baptist Church in Granbury in 1960's |
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Teacher &
Justice of the Peace |
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Farmer &
Stockraiser |
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Saloon Owner |
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1906 Letter to
Arkansas Newspaper Educator from
Lipan |
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Oil Developer |
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Realtor Educated
in Granbury in 1880's |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Merchant,
Sheriff, Banker & State Legislator |
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Moved to Hood
County in 1893 |
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Sheriff Who
Befriended Jesse James |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church in 1950's |
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Paluxy Farmer |
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By Vircenoy B.
Macatee |
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By Lena Ratliff |
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BARNARD |
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Began Farming in
Hood County in 1877 |
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Teacher and
Public Servant |
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Early Settler |
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1873 - 1947 |
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A Comanche Woman |
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Grew up in Lipan |
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Baptist Pastor at
Paluxy in 1882 |
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Organized Cresson
U.C.V. |
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Paluxy Farmer |
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Came to Texas in
Early 1850's |
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Cresson Cattleman World War II Hero
from Cresson |
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1860 Letter -
"Mother I don't frollick now" |
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By Harvey H.
Bowers |
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The Life of a Remarkable
Woman |
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1878 - 1963 |
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NFL Player &
Baylor Coach |
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Civil War
Soldier's Letter to His Father |
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Civil War Veteran
Comes to Tolar in 1880 |
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Lipan Baptist
Pastor in 1950's |
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Began Farming in
Hood County in 1874 |
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Hood County
Farmer |
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Shot Down Over
Laos in 1970 |
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Paluxy Settler in
1860 |
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Cresson Farmer A Prairie
Blueblood Survived 1946 Airplane
Crash in Cresson |
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Candy Kitchen
Owner on the Granbury Square |
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President of City
National Bank |
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County
Commissioner for 16 Years |
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1868 Letter to
Her Brother |
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Founder of Lipan |
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Circuit Riding
Preacher From Mambrino |
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Lived in
Kristenstad & Granbury |
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Baptist Minister
in Tolar |
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Paluxy Valley
Farmer & Stockraiser County Judge
& Confederate
Veteran |
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Lived in Tolar in
1890's |
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Drove Freight
Wagons in 1800's |
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"Oldest
Texas-Made Mason" |
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Moved to Hood
County in 1875 Grandson of Rev.
B.J. Carter |
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Granbury Teacher
& Principal 1954-1976 |
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At Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church ~1888 |
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Spur Maker in
Paluxy |
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Deputy Sheriff in
1881 |
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State Legislator
& Baptist Minister |
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Professor of
Music |
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Teacher at Rocky
Point & Granbury |
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Founder of
Kristenstad |
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CLARK Brothers, Addison & Randolph |
Minister &
Founder of
Add-Ran College Book Review of
"Reminiscences" by Randolph Clark Teacher,
Administrator & Author Minister &
Educator Teacher &
School Administrator Educator &
College Administrator |
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Granbury
Restaurant Owner |
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"Mister
Granbury" |
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A Prosperous
Farmer Community Leader
in Acton County Attorney |
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COGDELL,
Daniel Calhoun |
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Aided Texas
Indians in 1920's |
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From Scotland to
Texas Confederate
Veteran |
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Tolar Educators |
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Stopped at
Pulltight in 1875 and Stayed |
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County
Commissioner from Canada |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church in 1930's |
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Originally from
Erath County |
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Early Pioneer |
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In 1859 called
Hood County "the land of fritter trees and honey ponds" |
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Vinegar Hill
Pioneer |
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1833 - 1866 |
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Founder of
Cresson |
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CROCKETT
Families |
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CROCKETT,
Elizabeth Patton Second
Wife of Davy Crockett |
Photo of Elizabeth
Crockett’s Monument Texas State Historic Site, Acton, Texas |
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First Store Owner
in Cresson |
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Hill City
Teacher, Farmer & Merchant |
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"At The
Breakfast Table" |
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Of Tolar |
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Tolar Family College Dean of
Agriculture |
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Eleven
Generations Pioneer Doctor Performed at the
Granbury Opera House Grandson of Dr.
T.H. Dabney |
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Prosperous Grocer
& Land Owner |
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Attorney |
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From South
Carolina to Hood County with Second Husband |
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Pastor of Tolar
Baptist Church 1945-1949 |
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County
Commissioner & Deputy Sheriff |
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Photographer
& Singer |
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County Attorney |
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Farmer &
Cattleman in Brazos Valley |
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Texas Colonizer,
Land Agent & State Representative |
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Grandson of Dr.
T.H. Dabney |
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Wounded by
Indians in 1865 |
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By Mary Kate
Durham |
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1899 Masonic
Burial & Honoring |
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Baptist Pastor in
Tolar 1960-1962 |
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Granbury Merchant Confederate Twins |
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DREW,
Thomas Stephenson |
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1878 - 1963 |
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Cotton Ginner
& Political Leader |
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Married into
Brazell & Neely Families |
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School Teacher in
Vinegar Hill area |
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Pioneer Methodist
Minister & Vice President of Granbury College |
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Built an Auto
Legacy |
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Hood County
Historian |
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Baptist Pastor in
Paluxy & Tolar ~1899 |
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Tolar's 19th
Century Doctor |
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David Eddleman,
Patriarch Asbury F.
Eddleman, CSA David Henry Eddleman, CSA Bun Turner Covey Eddleman, Teacher |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Colony Cemetery
Caretaker |
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Became Mayor of
Lubbock |
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Cresson Farmer
& Stockraiser |
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Memories of Lipan
Residents |
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Texas Lawman |
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Paluxy Postmaster
& Store Owner Engineer and
County Surveyor |
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Prominent
Granbury Attorney & Author of Hood County History (1895) |
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Experiences of
Early Settlers |
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Justice of the
Peace |
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FORMWALT |
Biography of John Alexander Formwalt |
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Furniture Store
Proprietor |
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Founded
Foster/Compton Farm in 1872 |
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Baptist Minister
in Hood County |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church 1959-1964 |
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A Global Nurse |
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Of Lipan |
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First White Baby
Also First County Agent |
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By Barbara Thorp
Wilkins |
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1918 Obituary |
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Bosque County
Stockman Married Into Oxer Family of Hood County |
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Family Reunion |
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At Rankin's
Restaurant for 20 Years |
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Traveled the
Covered Wagon Highways |
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GILKEY, John [Gilka] |
Paluxy Veteran of
War of 1812 |
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Teacher |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Once Owned
Comanche Peak His Descendants |
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GLENN |
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Baptist Pastor in
Acton & Allison |
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Farmer &
Stockraiser |
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State
Representative 1899-1900 Began Teaching in
Granbury in 1893 |
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Performed at the
Granbury Opera House |
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Paluxy Physician |
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Successful
Merchant |
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GRANBURY,
Hiram Brinson, Brigadier General, CSA |
General Granbury's Statute on Town Square General
Granbury Monument Fundraising General Granbury Biographical Notes |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Killed by Indians
in 1863 |
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Korean War
Veteran |
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Of Thorp Spring |
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Founder of
Farmers' Union |
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A Gentleman Among
Scoundrels |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church |
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Lipan Pioneer Don't You Tell My Mother—WWI Letter
Cotton Buyer Lipan Farmer |
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Educator &
Administrator |
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Baptist Minister
& Son-in-Law of Davy Crockett |
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U.S. Air Force
Pilot |
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HANNAFORD |
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Early Settler |
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Renowned
Confederate Fiddler |
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State
Representative in 1874 |
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Farmer &
Stockman |
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Community Leader |
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Attorney at Law |
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Civil War Veteran |
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A Determined Man |
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Mathematics
Professor at Add-Ran |
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From South
Carolina to Hood County |
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An Erath County
Physician Who Married Into the Gordon Family of Hood County |
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Killed by Indians
in 1859 |
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Descendancy of
many Hood County families |
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Lieutenant
General, CSA |
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Came from
Mississippi in 1880's |
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Founding Member
Hood County Genealogical Society |
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Tolar Farmer
& Store Owner Rancher &
Granbury Businessman Obituary |
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Owned Lipan Water
& Telephone Co. Mr. Lipan |
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Hypnotist |
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World War II
Veteran |
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Farmer &
Stockman in Fall Creek & Acton |
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The Bad Luck
Bandit |
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Baptized at Fall
Creek |
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1882 Obituary |
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Employed by Baker
Hardware Company |
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From Missouri to
Hood County Obituary |
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Settled on Paluxy
River in 1857 Paluxy Stock
Breeder & Farmer Raised Clydesdale
Horses |
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State
Representative 1903 - 1904 |
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Cresson Area
Farmer & Stockman |
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By Vircenoy B.
Macatee |
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Iraqi War Hero |
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JAMES |
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Physician in
Acton & Granbury |
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Civic Leader Cattleman, Banker
& Mayor of Fort Worth |
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Patriot Missile
Developer |
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Methodist
Minister for 53 Years |
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Teacher, Farmer
& County Commissioner |
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Methodist
Minister and Principal of Acton Academy |
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U.S.-Mexican War
Veteran |
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Granbury Café
Owner CA 1940s |
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Acton Businessman |
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Confederate
Tribute |
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Lipan Baptist
Pastor in 1960's |
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Specialty Horse
Breeder & Farmer on Paluxy Creek |
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Granbury’s Movie
Lady |
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Everybody Has a
Story - Milt Has a Library |
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Contributed by
Lance E. Key |
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"The Soul of
Honor" |
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Donated Land for
City of Granbury |
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Elected First
County Judge in 1867 |
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World War II
Flying Ace |
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Cresson Area
Farmer & Stockman |
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Teacher &
Mercantile Business Owner County Clerk
& District Clerk in 1950’s |
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Grew Up in Thorp
Spring 'Til 1874 |
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An Autobiography |
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Retailer and
Investor |
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1844-1933 |
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Worked for City
of Granbury |
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Baptist Minister |
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Only Family in
1890 Census |
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Folklorist |
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Cresson's Rodeo
Showman |
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1836-1879 by Joy
Luttrell Tubbs |
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By Odessa Mahan
Purselley |
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Contributed by
Roy Malone |
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Owned a Toy
Factory in Granbury |
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Mortician &
Owner of Martin's Funeral Home |
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Granbury High
Teacher in 1930's |
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MASSEY
Families of Fall Creek |
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MASSIE
Brothers |
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Korean War
Veteran From Cresson |
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County Judge in
Late 1800's |
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Lived in Hood
County Until 1890 |
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List of Mayors of
Granbury |
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Cattleman and
Teacher |
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Civil War Veteran |
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State Legislator
& Texas General Land Office Commissioner |
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Pioneer Oilman |
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1880 Log Cabin
Birthplace Restoration on Squaw Creek |
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McMILLAN |
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1693 to 1970 Acton Physician
1861-1881 Acton Farmer
& Union Soldier |
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Menefee Family
History |
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Immigrated From
Germany in 1857 |
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County Judge
1970-1990 |
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Lipan Justice of
the Peace & Postmaster |
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Ranch He Established is Over a
Century Old |
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First Attorney in
Hood County |
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Local Resident
Looks Back on Nearly a Century of Living |
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Only Man Legally
Hung in Hood County |
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His Descendants |
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Settled on Pony
Creek in 1869 |
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Pastor of Lipan
First Baptist Church |
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100th Birthday
Celebration in 1999 |
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Enrolled in the
4th Grade at Age 20 & Graduated from College 10 Years Later |
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By Jeanell Morris
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Civil War Veteran |
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Granbury Attorney Oklahoma
Congressman & Judge |
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A Family History |
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MUSICK |
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Rock Church
School Girl |
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Granbury Assessor
& Collector |
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By Charles
Brashear |
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Restored Granbury
Power & Light Plant |
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Robert &
Dora Celebrate 70th Wedding Anniversary in 1999 |
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Nisbett Brothers
Came to Texas in 1849 |
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Baptist Minister |
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Contributors to
the Development of Granbury |
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From Lipan Area |
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Came to Texas
from Alabama between 1870 and 1875 - settled in SW Hood County near Bluff
Dale |
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Worked for Soil
Conservation Service |
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Preached at Rock
Church |
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Of Hood County |
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Hood County
Family |
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Owned &
Operated a Flour Mill & Gin |
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Siblings: Joe
Herman, Willie, Allen, Johnny, Jimmy, Mary, Florene & Emma |
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90th Birthday
Celebration |
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PEVELER |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Farmer &
Carpenter Farmer &
Stock Dealer |
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Amulet &
Tolar School Memories |
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Squaw Creek
Pioneer & County Commissioner Built First House
in Tolar |
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Educator &
Newswriter |
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PURSELLEY |
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By Mary Kate
Randle Durham |
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Known as the
Peanut King |
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World War II
Veteran |
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Hood County
Teacher for More Than 40 Years |
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County Attorney
in 1890's |
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Settled Near
Barnard's Mill in 1869 |
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Minister &
Druggist |
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Excerpts from
World War I Diary |
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RIPPETOE |
Hite Rippetoe
Lipan Pharmacist |
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Lived in Nubbin
Ridge Community |
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Rancher &
Banker |
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By Carla Pommert
Cherry, Hood County News |
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Last Sheriff to
Work Out of the Old Hood County Jail, 1972 - 1980 |
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Appointed Special
Chief Justice of Texas Supreme Court in 1925 |
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Lived in Stockton
Bend in 1900 |
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Colorful Minister
& County Commissioner |
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Organized
Churches in Acton & Paluxy |
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Cresson High
School 1932/37 |
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Letter to
Grandchildren |
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Of Granbury |
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Early Settler
1856 |
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World War II Memories |
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Superintendent of
Granbury College |
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Granbury City
Marshal in 1920 |
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Granbury’s Movie
Lady |
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Pastor of Tolar
Baptist Church in 1950's |
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Gunfighter |
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A Genteel Woman |
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Born 1872 Near
Thorp Spring |
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Baptist Minister |
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From Georgia to
Texas |
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1907 - 2000 |
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Contributed by J.
T. (Tim) Sears |
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Hood County
Banker |
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SELF,
Nathan Benjamin |
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Bronc Buster of
NW Hood County |
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Saved His Future
Brother-in-Law in the Civil War |
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1866 State
Senator & Confederate Veteran |
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Baptist Minister
in Acton |
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County
Commissioner |
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Prosperous
Cresson Ranchers |
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Granbury
Businessman |
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Public Servant
& Granbury Businessman |
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Cresson Legacy |
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Surgeon,
Professor & Botanist |
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Burial
Information |
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Many Families in
Lipan Area |
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Saddlemaker |
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Lipan School
Teacher |
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A stowaway from Germany who owned a bakery
on the Granbury Square in 1870's |
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Lawyer &
Judge |
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Cresson Farmer
& Stockman |
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Civil War Veteran |
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Scout, Rancher
& Frontiersman |
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Discovered Gold |
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President of
Granbury College |
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By Hettie Lena
Hayworth |
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Banker |
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Baptist Minister
in 1880’s County Judge |
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Civil War Veteran |
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Lipan Resident |
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Civil War Veteran |
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Owned Dub's Place
on the Square |
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Brothers Wed
Twins in 1901 Killed on USS
Savannah in WWII |
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By Barbara Thorp
Wilkins |
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1st Mayor of
Granbury |
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Tolar Family by
Pauline Tidwell |
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Lipan Baptist
Pastor in 1960's |
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Paluxy Resident |
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Town of Tolar
Named After Him |
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Trader &
Manufacturer |
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Shot Between the
Eyes in 1902 |
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1824 - 1904 |
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Sheriff, State
Legislator & Mayor of Dallas |
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Pastor of 1st
Baptist Church of Granbury |
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Music Teacher |
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Descendents Since
1814 Last Will &
Testament He Lived on Both
Sides of the Road Successful Hood
County Farmer Cattleman &
Prayer Warrior Family Group
Sheet |
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Early Settler |
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Thorp Spring
Physician & Farmer |
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Of Hood County |
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Early Granbury
Physician |
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County
Commissioner from Fort Spunky |
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Lipan Farmer
& Chicken Rancher |
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Pastor of Acton
Baptist Church |
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An Orphan in 1870
Hood County |
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Attorney &
State Senator |
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WATKINS
Families of Tolar |
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Historical
Preservationist |
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Father of Hood
County Educators |
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Killed by Indians
in 1871 |
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A Union Officer |
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Early Pioneers of
Squaw Creek Captured by
Indians in 1868 Near Tolar |
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Preacher &
Carpenter |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Granbury’s Movie
Lady |
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Baptist Minister |
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Squaw Creek
Pioneer Considered the Wealthiest Man in Hood County in 1896 |
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Owned a Dry Goods
Store on the Granbury Square 1934-1945 |
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Vinegar Hill
Pioneer |
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The Will Rogers
of Hood County |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Granbury City
Councilman 1970 - 1974 |
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WINDSOR |
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Elected State
Representative in 1893 |
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Settled on the
Paluxy in 1869 Farmer &
Breeder of Clydesdale Horses |
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Cresson Area
Farmer & Stockman |
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Settled Near
Barnard's Mill in 1874 |
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Deputy Sheriff in
1885 |
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First Settled on
Lambert Branch in 1858 |
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© 2005 HOOD COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Revised 23 November 2007
Revised 7 March 2008