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The Texas Golden Triangle

A History in Articles by W. T. Block

The term "Golden Triangle" refers to a metropolitan area of extreme Southeast Texas near the Louisiana border, formed by the cities of which are the largest in the area, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange¹ ³. "Golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont in 1901¹ ². In an attempt to distance the area from the petrochemical industry, some area interests attempted to rename the Golden Triangle as the "Triplex." This name change did not catch on, and local residents still refer to it as the Golden Triangle¹.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 4/25/2023
1 Southeast Texas - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Texas Accessed 4/25/2023.
2 Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area - Wikipedia.
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont%E2%80%93Port_Arthur_metropolitan_area  Accessed 4/25/2023.
3 The Golden Triangle Region Capital Title of Texas, LLC. https://ctot.com/the-golden-triangle-region  Accessed 4/25/2023.
4 Golden Triangle (Texas) - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas) Accessed 4/25/2023.

"The Texas Golden Triangle" is a collection of newspaper and magazine articles that WT wrote over the course of his career as a Historian and Author.

WTBLOCK.ORG has worked to preserve WT's work and this is the 24th book in that effort.

William T. Block, III
W. T. Block's son

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Table of Figures 6
Introduction 7
  Source: Conversation with Bing, 4/25/2023 7
1921 School Review of Jefferson County, Texas 8
  {NOTE: the above chapter is about a 100 year old document which we
    also published here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2RRQDQ3 }

A Family Affair 14
A Love Story in a Blizzard 16
Alexander Gilmer 19
  Endnotes 28
All-Girl Schools Failed In Early Jefferson County 31
An Underground Cypress Pipeline To Port Arthur 33
Antebellum Orange Surpassed Its Neighbors 36
Area Knows Excesses of Cold 39
Area's History of Bootlegging Soared During Prohibition 41
Asa E. Groves 43
Asa Groves Dies at Port Arthur 46
  Port Arthur, March 27, 1923 46
Attakapas Indian Burial Mounds of Old Port Neches 48
Barbed Wire 57
Beaumont-Port Arthur Interurban Trolley, 1913-1932 59
Beebe D. Crary 62
Biographies of Early Jefferson County Physicians 64
  Biography of Dr. Sylvester Howard Mansfield (1828-1862) 64
  Dr. George W. Hawley of Beaumont (1812-1862) 65
Biography of Dr. James Saunders of Orange 67
Cow's Tail Procured Sale to Oil Company 69
Crossing Dryden Ferry To Orange 71
David E. Lawhon 75
Day the Block's Bayou Gar Fish got Drunk 77
DeYoung Fig Cannery at Hamshire 79
  Winnie-Hamshire Section has 1,100 Acres in this Fruit 79
  Care of Trees 80
  Canning Facilities 81
  Wider Market Sought 82
'Didja Knows' about Early Jefferson County 85
Early Beaumont and Orange Were Fire-Conscious 88
Early Ku Klux Klan in the Golden Triangle 90
Early Pure Oil Company's Smiths Bluff Refinery 92
Earthen Tanks 94
Extinct Asphalt Plant is Still Recalled 96
Ferries and Dirt Roads Once a Way of Life 98
'Fighting the Tiger' Texas-Style in 1900 100
First Midcounty Post Office Opened in 1859 103
Five Ghost Towns of Jefferson County 106
Foreigners Arrived Last Tuesday to Take Up Farming Land 108
French Acadians Leave Rich Legacy 111
Ghosts from Spindletop's Past 113
Ghosts of Grigsby's Bluff 116
Grigsby was a Proprietor of Original Beaumont Townsite 120
Grigsby's Bluff Voting Scandal 122
Guy Mansfield Operated Last Beaumont Ferry 124
Henry J. Lutcher 126
Houseboat People 129
I'll Never Forget Miss Eunice 132
Jefferson County, Texas 134
  Part A: The Geological and Physical Description 134
  Part B: The Pre-Texas Revolutionary Periods. 135
  Part C: Early Agriculture, 1830-1900 137
  Part D: Jefferson County Agriculture After 1900 139
  Endnotes 141
Jefferson County's First Legal Execution 144
Jefferson County's Forgotten Place Names 146
Jefferson County's Old Cypress Courthouse 148
John Kelly Robertson 151
July 4 Picnics at Grigsby's Bluff 153
KFDM 550 on Your Dial 155
Killing Old Blinky 157
'King Cotton' Never Materialized Here 159
Legend of the Lynching of Pete Sweeney 161
Lemonville 163
Lone Grave Sites Spark Curiosity 165
Lost Graves Along the West Bank of the Neches River 167
Lynching of Peter Sweeney 172
  Endnotes 175
Midcounty Catholics had All-Day Travel To Attend Church 177
Neches River Logs Were Branded Like Cattle 180
Nederland Colony is Coming 184
Orange County Pioneer Signed Declaration of Independence 186
Orange Received Mail Before Orange Existed 189
Peyton Bland, Sr. 191
  Endnotes 196
Port Arthur Picnic Grounds 198
Rainbow Bridge 1938 Opening Brought an End To Area Ferries 201
Review of Timmerman's 'Early History of Port Arthur, Texas' 204
Rice Still Dominates Jefferson County Agriculture 206
Robert B. Russell 209
  Endnotes 210
Sacred Heart Hospital of Orange, Texas 212
Sawmilling–Jefferson County's First Industry 215
Scarlet O'Hara's Kid Sister 228
Shipwrecks in the Sabine River 230
Smith's Bluff and Grigsby's Bluff, Texas 232
  Endnotes 244
Some Unusual Incidents in the Orange County Sheriff's Office 246
Sparks' Settlement Preceded Port Arthur 249
Spindletop and Beaumont's Lumber Aristocracy 252
Steam Sawmilling Came Early To Beaumont and Orange 256
Steamboat Florilda Found Permanent Berth at Orange 259
Survey of Jefferson County's Western Boundary 261
Terry, Texas 263
That Infernal 'Northern Methodist' Member 266
There's a Story on Lone Grave Near Texas 347 268
Tuberculosis 270
Two Lynchings in Jefferson County 272
Two Rice Canal Systems 274
Underground Oil Tanks of Southeast Texas 276
Wartime Winnie the Welder Traded Apron for Overalls 278
When Floto the Elephant Came To Orange 280
When Moby Dick Came To Port Arthur 282
Willard Lovell and His Lovell's Lake Project 286
William McFaddin 288
Index 291

Table of Figures

Table of Figures
Figure 1-School Review Front Cover 10
Figure 2-School Review Back Cover 11
Figure 3-1921 School Review Dedication 12
Figure 4-Guy W. Danielson 13
Figure 5--Snowstorm in Beaumont 17
Figure 6-Alexander Gilmer 20
Figure 7-Asa E. Groves 43
Figure 8-Indian Artifacts 55
Figure 9-Attakapas Oil Jug 56
Figure 10-Interurban Trolley 60
Figure 11-Gladys City, Texas 101
Figure 12-Henry Jacob Lutcher 126
Figure 13-J. Biddle Langham 138
Figure 14-First County Courthouse 150
Figure 15-Rev. Fred B. Hardy 179
Figure 16-William A. Fletcher 181
Figure 17-Floating Saw Logs 182
Figure 18-Claiborne West Park 186
Figure 19-Peyton Bland Marker 195
Figure 20-John W. Gate Day 199
Figure 21-Rainbow Bridge 203
Figure 22-Will Block Rice Harvest 207
Figure 23-David R. Wingate 217
Figure 24-John Fletcher Pipkin 218
Figure 25-James M. Long 219
Figure 26-Frank L. Carroll 220
Figure 27-Valentine Wiess 222
Figure 28-The Lucas Gusher 252
Figure 29-Main Street at Spindletop 255
Figure 30-George Alexander Pattillo 263
Figure 31--Moby Dick Whale 285
Figure 32-William McFaddin 288

Index

A
Ables, James 259
Adams, Francis 224
Alderan, Texana 193
Alexander, James 219, 256
Alger, Horatio 19, 28
Allen, Jack 92
Allis, E. P. 216, 223
Anderson, C. L. 190
Anderson, David 247
Andrew, John 289
Anthoney, St. 177
Anthony, Saint 177
Anthony, St. 178, 266
Anthony's, St. 178, 266
Ardasal, Turner 247
Armiger, J. H. 160
Armstrong, Barney 174, 273
Arthur, William 144
Ashworth, Sam 144, 145, 246
Ashworth, William 98, 201
Astaire, Fred 106
Austin, Capt. William T. 196
Austin, Miss Belle 32
Austin, S. F. 71, 196
Austin, Stephen F. 71, 72, 137
B
Bainbridge, Barton 228
Baird, C. O. 8, 117, 198
Baker, Joe 125
Baker, S. F. 37
Ballast, D. 109
Ballew, Richard 98, 201
Barnes, James 86
Barr, J. W. 94, 276
Barton, F. 103
Barton, William J. 151
Baxter, Charles 36, 259
Beaks, Sue 193
Beard, W. C. 98, 201
Beaumont, Emma 250
Beaumont, Emma Lee 249
Beaumont, Frederika Gentz 249
Beaumont, Jack 249
Beaumont, Jack C. 249
Beaumont, John 168, 241
Beaumont, John A. 148
Beaumont, John C. 44
Behlke, Frederick 168
Behlke, Wilhelmina 240
Bell, Alexander Graham 221
Bell, Josiah 230, 259
Bell, Josiah H. 21
Bell, W. H. 22
Berenger, Capt. Jean 135
Berenger, Jean 51
Berly, Charlsie 220
Bettis, Capt. W. D. 154
Bibb, D. A. 87
Bibb, Dandridge A. 103
Blanchett, Sr., Alexis 111
Blanchette, Alexis 112
Bland, Charles L. 196
Bland, Henry 280
Bland, Peyton 4, 6, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197
Bland, Sr., Peyton 4, 191, 196, 197
Bland, Susan 192
Bledsoe, A. B. 196
Block III, William T. 1
Block Sr., Will 14, 104
Block, Albert 103, 168, 234, 235, 236, 241
Block, Augusta 241
Block, Charlotte 241
Block, Earnest 168, 169
Block, F. 168, 236
Block, F. W. 236
Block, Friedrich W. 236, 237
Block, G. F. 235, 241
Block, George F. 33, 180, 235, 241
Block, George Frederick 235
Block, Karl Charles 236
Block, Katie 237
Block, Leopold 241
Block, Lorna 241
Block, Louisa 241
Block, Margarethe 241
Block, Martin 140, 169
Block, Mary 170, 239
Block, Mary Flora 237
Block, Mrs. Jane Staffen 170
Block, Nancy 241
Block, Sr., Will 169, 236
Block, Ursula 241
Block, W. T. 1, 29, 30, 46, 79, 84, 105, 142, 143, 171, 195, 196, 244
Block, Will 6, 14, 104, 131, 169, 207, 236, 240
Bonnell, George W. 137
Booth, R. E. 189
Bordages, Louis 206
Borromeo, St. Charles 132
Bos, Mr. M. R. 184
Bossier, Nora 193
Bourg, Eunice 132
Bourg, Miss Eunice 133
Bourg, Mrs. 132
Bracht, Viktor 137
Brady, Pearl 279
Brewer, Caroline Hillebrandt 165, 170, 268
Brewer, Elisha 170, 250
Brewer, Elisha O. 165, 268
Brewer, Mrs. 165, 166, 268, 269
Brewer, William 177
Brewton, Frank 250
Bridgewater, S. W. 225
Briscoe, Capt. Andrew 288
Brontsema, K. 109
Brooks, A. L. 69
Brooks, Altha 19
Broussard, Deenaville 111
Broussard, Joseph Elois 112
Broussard, Moise 177
Broussard, Sevan 112
Brown, Dr. E. W. 127
Brownrigg, Lavinia 209
Bryan, W. J. 156
Bryant, Capt. B. F. 189
Bryant, Capt. Benjamin 209
Buchel, A. 260
Buckley, C. S. 139, 144, 159
Burk, Glen 93
Burlingham, Laura 103
Burson, Alanson 104
Burton, John 36
Butler, Dr. J. D. 25
Byrne, C. E. 178
C
Calder, Alexander 76, 148, 151
Calder, Luanza 124
Canfield, Alanson Wyllys 209, 210
Canfield, Elizabeth 209
Carlyle, Beatrice 279
Carouthers, Ed 206
Carr, Mary Holtz 243
Carr, Nancy 76
Carroll, A. B. 156
Carroll, Frank 21, 215, 219
Carroll, Frank A. 146
Carroll, Frank L. 6, 220
Carroll, G. W. 215
Carroll, George W. 107, 183, 224
Carroll, Joseph A. 220
Carter, S. F. 223
Caswell, C. C. 170, 224
Caswell, Capt. Jack 49, 136
Caswell, Columbus C. 165, 223, 268
Caswell, Mrs. Elizabeth 223
Catron, George 264
Cayard, Allie 104
Chadbourne, R. 155
Chaison, McGuire 111, 112, 289
Chamberlain, H. H. 40
Chessher, Capt. James 120
Chessher, James 98, 191, 201
Chiasson, Jean Baptiste 111
Chick, Nina 196
Choate, David 111
Choate, Wiley 45
Christian, George 235
Clay, Samson 91
Cline, Emeline Kline 241
Cline, John 168
Collins, Capt. E. W. 209
Collins, Warren J. 262
Combs, Joe 14
Connor, H. N. 39
Cook, J. B. 46
Cooke, Mr. J. B. 44
Cookes, John Bunyan 44
Cooper, C. W. 93
Cooper, Tom 59, 61
Cooper, Uriah 193
Cordrey, Nathan 36
Corie, G. R. 204
Corie, George R. 204
Cox, Edward F. 68
Cozzens, Capt. John 246
Craig, George 57
Craig, John C. 88
Crary, B. D. 62
Crary, Beebe D. 2, 62
Crary, Beebe Denison 62
Crary, Denison 62
Crawford, Rev. W. H. 264
Creel, George 30
Cronea, Charles 191, 196
Cummings, C. R. 225
D
Daniel, E. H. 103
Danielson, Guy W. 6, 13
Darnell, W. L. 8
Davis, Fletcher 270
Davis, Henry T. 190
Davis, Jeff 112
Davis, Susan 190
Dearing, Willis 72
DeBlance, Hannah Staffen 245
Delabye, H. P. 109
Delaney, Luther C. 104
DeMille, Cecil B. 228
Dengler, Dr. F. S. 97
Denison, Betsie 62
Derouen, Ferdinand 177
Derouen, Lloyd 177
Deutser, E. 89
DeYoung, Herman 79, 80, 82
DeYoung, N. 79
Dixon, S. H. 211
Dobbs, John 193
Donne, Fred 259
Dorman, Capt. John 262
Dorsey, Tommy 156
Douglas, W. C. 155
Dowdy, Wade Preston 196
Dugat, J. L. 111
Dupre, J. B. 111
Dyer, Joseph O. 51
Dyer, Mike 259
E
Elizabeth, St. 91, 132
Ellings, A. J. 109
Ellwood, I. L. 58
Ellwood, Isaac 57
Ender, Charlotte 243
Enquirer, St. Louis 75
Ernsting, N. 109
Eunice, Miss 3, 132, 133
Evans, Sarah 44
F
Fairchild, S. A. 37
Feldman, Jim 118
Fennel, J. C. 247
Filson, H. S. 25, 27
Filson, Harry S. 26
Finn, Huck 129
Fisher, Orceneth 137
Flanagan, C. M. 172
Fletcher, Emmett 215
Fletcher, Emmett A. 59
Fletcher, W. A. 215, 219, 220, 223, 257
Fletcher, William A. 6, 180, 181
Fletcher, William Andrew 216
Floyd, F. A. 64
Floyd, F. R. 124
Friedman, W. L. 164
Fullerton, James 259
G
Gailey, Ted 155
Gallagher, Bridget 259
Gallier, Joseph 111
Garner, Anna 186
Garner, Capt. David 187, 191, 196
Garner, J. H. 194
Garner, Jacob 186
Garner, Jacob H. 191, 196
Garner, Sr., Bradley 186
Gatchet, Dr. Albert 135
Gee, John C. 226
Gee, Tom 15
Gentz, Charles 241, 243
Gentz, Charlotte 235, 241
Gentz, Christian 235, 240
Gentz, Fred 250
Gentz, Frederike 241
Gentz, Ida 238
Gentz, Matilda 238
Gentz, Welby 250
Gibson, Alice 193
Gilbert, John N. 107, 215
Gilbert, John W. 224
Gill, W. A. 247
Gilmer, A. 24, 27, 30
Gilmer, Alexader 30
Gilmer, Alexander 2, 6, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 88, 163, 259
Gilmer, Alexander Sandy 19
Gilmer, George 19
Gilmer, George C. 22
Gilmer, Jane 19
Gilmer, Mr. 23
Gilmer, Mr. A. 20, 23
Gilmer, Sandy 22, 25, 28
Glaze, Dr. P. H. 65
Glidden, Joseph 57
Glover, Edward C. 246
Godfrey, Dewey 281
Goelet, E. B. 113
Goodman, Benny 156
Goodman, C. G. 190
Graham, R. B. 25
Graham, Sarah 120, 121
Granger, Ben 262
Gray, William F. 120
Gray, William Fairfax 54, 85, 187
Green, H. R. 36, 37
Green, Henry R. 219, 256, 260
Green, Rezin 36
Greer, F. Wyche 157
Grigsby, Enoch 120
Grigsby, J. 244
Grigsby, Joseph 44, 52, 116, 120, 121, 160, 234, 239, 244
Grigsby, Nathaniel 120
Grigsby, Sarah Graham 121
Groves, Asa 2, 44, 45, 46
Groves, Asa E. 2, 6, 43, 46
Groves, Henry S. 44
Groves, John W. 47
Groves, Jonas 44
Guedry, Lefroy 111
Guffey, J. M. 94
Guidry, Ursin 98, 201
H
Hahn, John 259
Haish, Jacob 57
Haizlip, Dr. J. H. 105
Haizlip, William O. 105
Haltom, Dr. N. G. 65, 218
Hancock, M. P. 30
Hanks, H. M. 249
Hannah, J. H. 37
Happe, Mary Plata 238
Hardin, Capt. F. 187
Hardin, Capt. Franklin 272
Hardy, Fr. Fred 91, 132
Hardy, Fred 14
Hardy, Fred B. 178
Hardy, Rev. Fred B. 6, 179
Harmon, Elizabeth 192
Harmon, Elzy 193
Harmon, John 36
Harmon, Sarah Rachel 186
Harmon, Susan Susannah 192
Harrington, Jerry 259
Hart, John T. 190
Hassler, Rev. W. E. 69
Hathaway, Fred 47
Hausinger, Mary 238
Hawley, Dr. George 64, 65
Hawley, Dr. George W. 2, 65
Hebert, Fr. Donald 111
Hebert, Joseph 111, 112, 177
Hebert, Martin 112, 145
Hebert, Wilton 112
Heisler, Henry 237
Helton, J. W. 281
Hemmingway, Charles A. 103, 167
Hensley, J. D. 14, 155
Hepburn, Audrey 229
Herald, Arthur 33, 108, 172, 175
Herring, W. P. 121
Herring, William Perry 289
Heslar, J. H. 92
Hewson, Dr. D. C. 189
Hewson, Dr. William 36
Hewson, Mrs. W. 37
Hicks, J. H. 9
Higgins, Pattillo 182, 224
Hillebrandt, Cassandra 117
Hillebrandt, Christian 165, 194, 216, 249, 268
Hillebrandt, Lastie 116, 118, 168, 242
Hillebrandt, Levi 116
Hillebrandt, Mary Ann 116
Hillebrandt, Mary Moseley 242
Hinman, W. G. 18, 39
Hoggatt, James 144
Holmes, Ralph C. 96
Holst, Herman 237
Holtz, Frederike 243
Holtz, Oscar 243
Hopkins, James 57
Houston, Sam 58, 139, 209, 289
Howell, Bronson C. 104
Howell, Maude 231
Huff, H. C. 225
Hughes, Mrs. 37
Huling, T. B. 120
Humphreys, Albert 92
Huston, Almanzan 249
Huston, John 228, 229
Huston, Walter 229
Hutchinson, Nancy 98, 120, 201
Hydra, Dr. F. 25, 213
I
Ikin, Arthur 137
J
Jackson, Mrs. 187
Jackson, Mrs. Susan 187
Jackson, R. A. 36
Jackson, Robert 210
Jackson, T. R. 160
James, Harry 228
Jane, Lucinda 44
Jett, Mrs. John 247
Jirou, Patsy 112
Joachimi, Mr. H. W. 184
Johnson, Benjamin 151
Johnson, C. X. 105
Johnson, Cave 76
Johnson, Charles X. 104
Johnson, Elizabeth 116
Johnson, J. T. 32
Johnson, John T. 116, 117, 217
Johnson, Mrs. John T. 168
Johnson, Robert 36
Jones, L. Q. 228
Jones, Melinda 249
Jorritsma, M. 109
Jose, Don 53, 136
Joseph, St. 212, 259
K
Kappas, Mary 241
Kawatz, B. 243
Kawatz, Bernhard 242
Keith, Capt. K. D. 85
Keith, Frank 106
Keith, J. Frank 215, 225
Keith, John L. 215, 220
Keith, John W. 219, 223
Keith, Margaret 167
Keith, Oliver 167
Kellie, E. I. 63
Kemp, L. W. 211
Kennedy, W. 142, 244
Kennedy, William 52, 137
Kent, Atwater 155
Keyes, Evelyn 228
Kilsdonk, G. W. J. 184, 185
Kilsdonk, Gerardus 104
Kilsdonk, Jr., G. W. J. 184
Kimbell, George C. 188
King, Capt. Lewis 241
King, Clarence S. 104
King, M. L. 225
Kinsey, H. M. 209
Kirby, John H. 22
Kishi, Kichimatsu 265
Kline, Emeline 241
Kline, Johan 243
Kniffen, Fred 50
Knodell, Emile 241
Knost, Christian 243
Koch, Theodore 83
Koelemay, Dieuwertje 236
Koelemay, Klaas 105
Koelemay, P. 109
Koot, M. 109
Kopperl, M. J. 21
Krumbach, Gus 173, 272
Kucher, Hannah Staffen 237
Kucher, Johan 170, 235, 236, 237, 238
Kucher, John 239
Kuhlmel, Charles 242, 243
Kuipers, Albert 110
Kuipers, Miss Mary 109
Kuipers, Mr. 109, 110
Kuipers, Mr. A. 108
Kuipers, Mr. Albert 109
Kutcher, Ellen 237
Kutcher, John 69
Kutcher, Laura 237
Kutcher, Plato 237
Kyle, W. W. 274, 290
L
Lafitte, Jean 49
Lamb, Mrs. T. A. 32
Landrum, Willis 191
Langham, J. Biddle 6, 137, 138, 160
Lans, R. H. 109
Lans, W. H. 109
Lawhon, D. E. 75, 76
Lawhon, David E. 2, 75
Lawhon, Dr. John 76
Lawhon, Dr. John C. 75
LeBleu, Arsene 194
Lee, C. B. 22
Lee, R. E. 85
Lee, Sam 250
Lee, Samuel 44
Leonard, John W. 149
Levingston, Samuel 259
Lewis, Alonzo W. 193
Lewis, William 151, 218
Liles, Capt. J. M. 154
Logan, Capt. William 288
Logan, William G. 75
Lombardo, Guy 156
Long, Davis 219
Long, James 219
Long, James M. 6, 219
Looney, Robert J. 190
Lovell, P. S. 286
Lovell, Willard 5, 286, 287
Lovell, Willard G. 286
Lutcher, Frances 127, 128
Lutcher, Frances A. 213
Lutcher, H. J. 126, 127
Lutcher, Henry J. 3, 19, 126, 128
Lutcher, Henry Jacob 6, 126
Lynn, Charley 174
M
Maas, Charlotte Gentz 241
Maas, William 160
Madre, Sierra 229
Mansfield, Asa 125
Mansfield, Capt. Dr. 65
Mansfield, Dr. 64, 65, 66, 124
Mansfield, Dr. Sylvester 124
Mansfield, Dr. Sylvester Howard 2, 64
Mansfield, Guy 3, 64, 99, 124, 125, 202
Mansfield, Nathan 64
Mansfield, Sophronia 64, 65
Mansfield, Sophronia Spencer 124
Manuel, William 163
Maratta, Capt. Joe 230
Margaret, Dutch 261, 262
Margaret, Matilda 121
Mark, St. 266
Martin, Branch 103
Martin, Jack 174
Martin, Jake 273
Mary, St. 178, 212
Maxey, J. M. 144, 262
McCormack, Emelia 104
McDaniel, James 235
McDonald, Gilbert 22
McFaddin, David 289
McFaddin, Elizabeth 288
McFaddin, Perry 253
McFaddin, W. 274
McFaddin, W. P. H. 221, 290
McFaddin, William 5, 6, 86, 216, 288, 289, 290
McFarland, Capt. T. S. 76
McGaffey, John 71, 72, 194
McGaffey, Mary 86
McGill, Kate 261
McKinley, Ruth 152
McKinney, T. F. 120, 234, 235
McKinney, Thomas F. 48, 121
McQueen, Justus 228
Meade, George Gordon 85
Meinke, Wilhelmina 236
Merriman, A. C. 246
Merriman, Capt. John 194, 197
Merriman, John 19, 36, 149, 256
Merriman, Marion 168
Merriman, W. R. 95
Merriman, Will R. 277
Michael, G. W. 23
Michaels, George W. 247
Milam, Ben 187, 288
Millard, Henry 98, 120, 201
Miller, L. 127
Milmo, Bernard 224
Milspaugh, Capt. William 187, 192
Moore, Charles H. 23
Moore, G. B. 126
Moore, John 246
Mora, Jose Maria 234
Morfi, Fray J. A. 142
Morfi, Rev. Fr. Augustin 50
Morgan, Bud 157
Morris, Elizabeth Frances 151
Moseley, Mary Ann 116, 118, 168
Moseley, Sarah 32, 116, 117, 168
Moseley, W. S. 116, 160, 168
Mosley, W. S. 239
Muller, J. H. 109
Myers, Benjamin 144
N
Naezer, H. W. 184, 185
Nevis, Ben 232
Newton, John W. 155
Neyland, R. A. 37
Norsworthy, B. H. 264
Norwood, Uriah 193
O
O'Brien, G. W. 151
O'Brien, George W. 86
Ochiltree, Hugh 189
Ogden, F. W. 76, 151
O'Hara, Suellen 228
Overhue, Augustus 259
Owens, Pat 174
P
Packard, T. A. 259
Padilla, Juan A. 53
Palmer, Mr. 118
Parmentier, P. E. 106
Parsons, Mrs. Pearl M. 103
Patterson, Capt. 187, 192
Pattillo, George 189
Pattillo, George A. 32
Pattillo, George Alexander 6, 263
Pavell, F. 243
Pavell, J. W. 281
Payne, C. B. 163
Pedigo, H. C. 262
Pennington, Ed 164
Peveto, Casey 124
Peveto, Colan 193
Peveto, Jr., Michael 111
Peveto, Michael 111, 193
Peveto, Samuel 193
Peveto, Sr., Michael 111
Phillips, P. M. 178
Phillips, William 218
Pipkin, John Fletcher 6, 218
Pipkin, Rev. John F. 218
Plack, Ed 118
Plata, Charles 237
Plummer, Capt. Cott 282
Plummer, Fred 284
Poole, George F. 190
Porter, Capt. Shadrach 191
Potter, H. W. 221
Powell, Sam 225
Prescott, John 51
Price, John J. 259
Pulsifer, J. P. 120
Pulsifer, Joseph P. 148
Putnam, Rufus 210, 230
Pye, E. A. 149
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Rabb, Captain 49
Rabb, W. P. 49, 154
Rachford, H. 168
Rachford, J. H. 33
Rachford, James H. 198
Rachford, Jim 117
Rachford, R. E. 103
Rachford, Robert 87
Raguet, Henry 75
Rawlins, J. S. 79
Reimershoffer, John 206
Remley, Helen 116, 117, 168
Remley, Helen Mrs. Sam 168
Remley, Sam 32, 117, 217
Remley, Samuel 103, 116, 168
Revia, Anna Schneider 241
Rexas, Charlotte 168, 240
Rexas, Frederick 168
Rexas, George Friedrich 240
Rexas, Jr., George 240
Rexas, Mary 240
Rice, Arthur 34, 140, 198, 207
Rice, King 160
Rice, M. 8
Ritter, Tex 228
Roach, F. A. 104
Robertson, John Kelly 4, 151
Robertson, Samuel 151
Robertson, Will 152
Robinson, Frances Ann 127
Rodrigo, N. 109
Rogers, Ginger 106
Rogers, James 167
Rogers, Uncle Johnny 65
Rogers, Will E. 154
Rosenbaum, Capt. Lee 264
Rosenbaum, H. F. C. 242
Rosinger, Dr. Samuel 270
Ross, Dr. A. J. 64
Ross, John 219, 256
Roth, Jacob 243
Ruff, Charles 242
Ruff, Lucinda 160
Ruff, Otto 221, 242
Ruff, Robert 236, 243
Russell, Aurelia 209
Russell, Charles 190
Russell, R. B. 209, 210
Russell, R. E. 37
Russell, Robert B. 4, 189, 209
Russell, Robert E. 210
Russell, T. J. 261
Russell, Tom 290
Russell, Tom J. 152
Ruysenaars, A. J. 109
Ruysenaars, Mr. A. J. 109
Ryan, Isaac 111
Ryder, W. F. 106
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Sandell, Mary 8
Saunders, Delia 68
Saunders, Dr. James 2, 67
Savage, W. A. 114, 115
Savage, Walter A. 113
Savoy, Willie May 278
Saxon, Robert 247
Scherffius, Henry 21
Schleikel, Margarethe 241, 261
Schneider, Agnes 240
Schram, Agnes 240
Schram, Heinrich 242
Schram, Henry 259
Schram, Mary 240
Schuessler, Franz 243
Schupp, Franz 243
Scott, David 259
Scott, Helen 278
Scott, J. M. 9
Scott, Lilburn C. R. 190
Scurlock, Ruth 278
Seale, Elias T. 223
Selby, Mary 44
Shaw, Artie 229
Sherman, Sidney 209
Silvernail, L. B. 104
Simpson, H. E. 64
Skinner, A. A. 8
Slade, C. E. 265
Slocum, Milton 75
Smith, Dr. Niles F. 66
Smith, Drusilla 151
Smith, Elizabeth 191
Smith, H. C. 190
Smith, Mr. Howard 276
Smith, Stephen 64, 124, 144
Smith, T. J. 190, 261
Smith, Uncle Gus 73
Smith, William 19, 36
Smyth, G. W. 24, 69, 215, 235
Smyth, George 223
Smyth, George W. 76, 121, 223
Smyth, J. G. 223
Smyth, Sr., George W. 76
Solinsky, Henry 224
Spaight, Ashley 139
Spencer, Don 41, 77, 124, 130
Spencer, Sophronia 64, 124
Springmann, Friedrich 243
Spurlock, Henry 104
Staffen, Albert 198
Staffen, Caroline 170, 239
Staffen, Charlie 33
Staffen, Emma 238
Staffen, Flora Block 69, 237
Staffen, Hannah 237, 238, 245
Staffen, Henrietta 166, 236, 269
Staffen, Jane 239
Staffen, Johan 236
Staffen, Johan Mikiel 236
Staffen, Michael 166, 269
Staffen, Mrs. 69, 70
Staffen, Mrs. Flora 87
Staffen, Otto 170, 239
Staffen, Robert L. 239
Staffen, Wilhelmina 170, 239
Stark, W. H. 26, 30, 127
Stark, William H. 190
Steinman, F. W. 271
Stephenson, Erastus 247
Stephenson, Gilbert 54, 136
Sterling, Ross 254
Sternberg, S. 89
Sternenberg, John A. 223
Stewart, B. 238
Stewart, Mrs. Alvina Gentz 241
Stilwell, Arthur 44, 204
Stoudenmier, William R. 197
Stovall, George 32
Swanson, Peter 173
Sweeney, Austin 42, 78
Sweeney, Pete 4, 161
Sweeney, Peter 4, 100, 161, 172, 272
Sweeney, Sarah Jane 239
Sweeney, Uncle Austin 86
Swinford, Eberle 23
Swinford, J. 30
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Taylor, Capt. John 85
Taylor, John 36
Taylor, Zachary 151
Teggelaar, A. 109
Terrell, G. H. 25
Terry, J. L. 264
Tevis, G. W. 76
Thames, Murray 270
Thatcher, Becky 31
Theobald, Charles 240, 241, 243
Theobald, Mary 240
Thomas, Cleora C. 25
Timmerman, Jr., William McKissick 204
Timmerman, W. M. 57
Todd, Michael 229
Toronjo, Mrs. Juanita 196
Trahan, Joseph 112
Trasher, W. R. 103
Trevey, Clyde 155
Tromp, Jan 109
Turner, Maria 166, 234, 269
Tynkema, L. 109
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Vaughn, A. N. 75
Vernor, R. L. 92
Villa, Pompeiian 57
Vincent, St. 26
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Waerdrink, Miss 109
Wahl, Alexander 236, 237
Wahl, Luisa Wiltz 243
Walker, Tom 59
Walles, Ellen Nora 193
Ward, J. F. 221
Ward, John C. 215, 223, 224
Ward, Tom 174, 273
Wardell, Mary 168
Wardell, Mrs. 31
Ware, John R. 105
Washington, Archie 247
Webb, W. P. 28
Weeks, Joseph H. 104
Wendling, Ellen Kutcher 237
Wendling, Frederike 237
Wendling, Heinrich 170, 236, 237, 239
Wendling, Rudolph 237
Wendt, Frederike 170, 239
Wendt, Heinrich 237
West, Claiborne 6, 186, 187, 188, 189
Westbrook, J. E. 59
Whelply, Kenneth 105
White, J. T. 194
White, James 144
Wiess, Bill 253, 254
Wiess, Harry 227, 254
Wiess, Harry C. 254
Wiess, Harry Carrothers 254
Wiess, Mark 215, 216, 221, 257
Wiess, William 21, 215, 221, 227, 253, 254
Wilhelm, Friedrich 243
Wilkerson, Martha 193
Williams, Absolom 86
Williams, D. J. 180
Williams, Dr. Howard 67
Williams, Hezekiah R. 289
Williams, Rachel 289
Williamson, R. M. 25, 163
Wilson, D. W. 247
Wiltz, Christina 170, 237, 239
Wiltz, Johan 236
Wiltz, Luisa 237, 243
Wiltz, Mary 237
Wiltz, Wilhelmina 238
Winberg, Travis 15
Wingate, D. R. 24, 264
Wingate, Dan 206
Wingate, David 88
Wingate, David R. 6, 194, 216, 217
Wingate, David Robert 19
Winn, Maude Evelyn 278
Wohlers, Charles 243
Woodworth, H. 44
Woodworth, Mr. 47
Woodworth, R. H. 46
Y
Yates, Mrs. Mildred 279
Yentzen, George 132
Yocum, Chris 272
Yocum, Christopher 148, 272
Yocum, Thomas 272
Yocum, Thomas D. 272
Yocum, Tom 147, 272
Yocum, Young 272

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