The following 1906 excerpts were found in Baylor County Banner issues on a reel of microfilm labeled "Baylor County Banner misc scrapbook 1905 thru 1929." The newspaper issues were sometimes in small pieces and missing pages. All marriages, births, and deaths found were recorded on my web pages almost twenty years ago.
Those web pages have not been updated since about 2012 but can still be found at my Rootsweb Freepages site. However, Ancestry, who now owns Rootsweb, is retiring the pages in 2024, and when returned, they will be static (I will not be able to make changes). Just in case the pages get lost, I am adding the content to this blog.
An asterisk * indicates that all of the information from the article is included in the notes below. Some issues can be found at The Portal to Texas History. Click on the link next to each issue date to see the available newspaper.
If an article cannot be seen online and you would like to see the entire article, I will take a photo of the microfilmed article. To request this, please comment below this post, or comment on my Facebook page, or send me an email (go to the "About Me" tab at the top of this page).
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The daughter of Mrs. J. S. Shaffer of Indianapolis, Indiana, died on the train between Dallas and Hillsboro.
D. H. Mayfield died after falling under a train.
John B. Hall of Harrison County died.
Under “Level View Items”
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cox, February 5, a baby girl. Mother and baby doing well.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. George Tyler has died. Burial in Henson Cemetery.
Obituary for Mrs. Julia Maris (nee Hill)
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The fuzzy photo on the right was found in a Baylor County Banner issue with the date torn from the page. It was from the same film as the 1906 issues. The house in the fuzzy photo belonged to W. A. Bennett at the time of the photo. Many years later, my grandfather bought the Bennett property and was planning to move the house to another lot where he would combine it with another purchased house. I wonder if parts of this Bennett house were used to make the house on the left.
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Spring 1906
There is no date for this issue. It appears to be in the spring of 1906. The May 11 issue of the banner is available on The Portal to Texas History; however, it is missing parts of pages, and with the exception of the Banner being sold, none of the other articles seen below can be found in that issue. These articles might have been found in a different spring issue.
A letter was printed in the Banner from Mr. W. T. Foreyth, of Santa Cruz, CA, to his father, Mr. L. A. Donnell of Seymour. The letter was dated April 29th and gave a lengthy description of the San Francisco earthquake of that year.
J. W. Stone, a real estate man from the Falls, came over with three prospectors. There are lots of people who have their eyes on this country. *
Under "Additional Local," the following names were mentioned: Edna Randal, Frank Hursh, Carl Williamson, E. A. Rogers, Stella Tugwell, Dr. John Richardson, Dave Palmer, Judge Britain, and J. Q. Word.
J. T. Branch and J. F. Lewis are late arrivals into the community from Collin County.
Mrs. Dr. Burnett is going to Tennessee to visit family.
Sam Harm, an immigration agent from Oklahoma, was locating people into the county.
George Richardson and his wife of Erath County visited the home of J. L. Knight.
The Baylor County Banner has been sold to O. C. Harrison.
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Deaths of John D. Warren and wife, formerly of Hillsboro
Baskin – Burnett Marriage
Little–Mayo Marriage
Charlie Caldwell is a proud father of a new boy.
Buie – Landess Wedding
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E.R. Brice died
In Memoriam (for those listed on behalf of Shady Grove Baptist Church)
Julia Maris, who died on February 10, 1906
Alice Wren, who died on November 18, 1905
Jennie Bell, who died on February 27, 1906
Bomarton Briefs
Born – To Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Smith, a boy, Wednesday night.*
Obituary for Mrs. Emma J. Cartwright
Bomarton Boomlets - Born – To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Posey Monday night a fine girl.
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Mrs. M. A. Scott, the mother of J. G. Scott, the weigher, left this week for Estelline to visit her daughter, Mrs. Nick P. Green. * Note - MaryAnn Scott was a Selman and a cousin of my great-grandmother, Lodema Criswell Hairston.
The following 1906 issues were found mixed in with the 1907 issues on a microfilm reel labeled "Baylor County Banner Jan 04, 1907, thru Dec 25, 1908." All marriages, births, and deaths were recorded. Note that some of the online sources may have more marriages, births, and deaths as the issues I looked at did not appear to be complete. You cannot view the links at Newspaper Archive unless you have a subscription to the site.
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October 12, 1906 - This issue cannot be found online.
Mr. Charles Taylor married Leona Ellison
Clivey Parham married Miss Addie Robertson
Lonnie Spears married Miss Lee Fish
Vera and Truscott – Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Horn are the happy parents of a fine girl.*
The History of the Mackey Lodge #122, 1954; digital images, 2016, from the privately held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Records were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas, on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.
