The Criswell School, Falls County, Texas I took this photo when visiting the Criswell Cemetery. To learn more, visit the Criswell Cemetery page. |
I've mentioned very little about my Criswell ancestors on this blog. My father, Whit Criswell Bryan, was named for his mother's favorite uncle, Thomas Leroy "Whit" Criswell. Dad's mother was Myrtie Hairston, daughter of Lodema Walker Criswell and Phillip Hairston who met and married in Falls County, Texas.
Lodema
was the 6th born of the 13 children of William Moore Criswell and Mary Ann
"Polly" Evans who settled in Falls County prior to the Civil War.
I
visited the Criswell Cemetery in 2005 where I saw the schoolhouse and burial
site of many of my Criswell family members.
While
researching the Criswell School, I learned that the original school was built
in the Criswell community, a farming community consisting of several hundred
residents in the late 1800s and early 1900s. According to an article found at
Newspapers.com, the original was rebuilt sometime in the 1920s and that newer
building burned on January 28, 1927. The building pictured was said to have
been erected soon after the fire.
I
don't know the date the original Criswell School was built, but did find
mention of Criswell's school house in the adjacent 1874 clipping found at
Newspapers.com.
Diana
© 2016
Sources
"Criswell Community School Pictures." Criswell Community School Pictures. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txfalls/School_Photo/School_Pictures_Webpages/CriswellCommunitySchoolPics.htm>.
"Patrons of Husbandry legal definition of Patrons of Husbandry." Patrons of Husbandry legal definition of Patrons of Husbandry. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. <http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Patrons+of+Husbandry>.
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