My grandparents, Redic E. Bryan and Myrtie Hairston, and my great-grandparents, Phillip A. Hairston and Lodema Criswell, moved to Baylor County in 1905. My father, Whit Criswell Bryan, was born in Seymour in 1920. He was the youngest of seven children born to Redic and Myrtie.
In April 2019, I visited the Texas State Library and Archives to read Baylor County Banner issues that could not be found online or on microfilm. I photographed articles with information about my father's family, who lived in Seymour. While sorting through my family finds, I realized I had photos of articles that might interest others looking for family. I have pictures of numerous articles from 1923 and a few from other years. I will post as time allows.
Thank you to Matt Gwinn at the Baylor County Banner for giving me permission to post these clippings.
My father's sisters, DeRay and Marie Bryan attended this shower. From what I could find, the couples were Joe Blanks and, wife, Thelma Smith, and Thomas E. Brock and, wife, Essie Melinda Swilling. Thelma Smith attended Seymour High School with my aunts. In her 1919 yearbook photo, Thelma (left) appeared to have a fur collar or wrap of some kind around her neck. It reminded me of a photo of my Aunt DeRay (right) that was also seen in the 1919 yearbook photo.
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Diana
© 2023O. C. Harrison, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 22 November 1923, Vol. 9, print; Texas State Library and Archives, Austin, Texas, 2019.
Seymour High School, The Jackrabbit (Seymour, Texas:1919), no page number, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/467135737:1265? : accessed 7 Feb. 2022).
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