My Grandfather Worked at this Courthouse in Baylor County, Texas

My grandfather worked in this courthouse from about 1911 to 1915 while serving two terms as tax assessor. [1] A few years later the courthouse was remodeled.[2] 

See the planned changes for the courthouse and why they were making some of the changes at Courthouse to be Remodeled.[3]

There is a good Baylor County Banner article about the courthouse remodel published on 2 August 1917. It is not online but, you can see my 2012 transcription here.[5] 

The tall man on the right is my grandfather, Redic E. Bryan. The photo may have
been taken in 1911 as a long carriage Oliver typewriter was purchased for the county at a cost of $160 in June 1911. [6]

I purchased the photo of the Courthouse on eBay around 2001. I am sure that it was copied from a postcard. I know that it was taken before the remodeling in 1917 and the name on the horse or maybe donkey is Waller. According to the Baylor County Banner issue dated 9 September 1915, Mrs. W. R. Waller was in the "photographic business."[7]

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    1. "Tax Assessors of Baylor County," The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 5 September 1929, Golden Jubilee Number, no page or issue number; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429414/m1/30/zoom/? : accessed 15 January 2022). 

    2. "Courthouse to be Remodeled," The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 12 October 1916, p.2, col. 3; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429865/m1/2/zoom/? : accessed 15 January 2022). 

    3. Ibid.

    4. "The New Courthouse, Cut Shows How the Baylor County Temple of Justice Looks After Finished," microfilm, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 2 August 1917,  p.1. Microfilm accessed April 2012 from the privately-held collection of D.B. Quinn.

    5. Diana Bryan Quinn "Family Photos: The Courthouse in Seymour" blog entry, 11 April 2012, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/family-photos-courthouse-in-seymour.htmll: accessed 28 December 2021).

    6. Redic E. Bryan, photograph, ca. 1911; digital image, from the privately held photo collection of D.B. Quinn, 2022. Also, Tax assessor, R. E. Bryan, purchased a long carriage typewriter, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 9 June 1911,  p.5, col. 2; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429359/m1/6/zoom/? : accessed 15 January 2022). 

    7. C. L. Downing has gone into partnership with Mrs. Waller who is in the photographic business, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 9 September 1915,  p.3, col. 2; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429451/m1/3/zoom/? : accessed 15 January 2022).