Friday's Photo: Ina Lou and her mother, Terrell "Bunch" Bryan Biggs

Terrell Little "Bunch' Bryan was born on 13 July 1861 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. She was my grandfather's sister and the daughter of Terrell Bryan and Harriet Albritton. 

Ina Lou Biggs was the youngest daughter of Terrell "Bunch" Bryan and James Daniel Biggs. She was born on 26 September 1894 in Erath County, Texas. The Biggs family lived in Morgan Mill. 

The photo was dated as about 1910 by Susan Pierce, daughter of Ina Lou Biggs. At that time, the Biggs family was still residing in Morgan Mill in Erath County. 

Additional Biggs family posts can be seen at the links below. 

Friday's Photo: Terrell Little "Bunch" Bryan

Friday's Photo: The Biggs Family + One in Erath County, Texas

Flowers and Family - A Letter from Erath County to Bienville Parish - May 3, 1913

Friday's Photo: Ina, Charlie, and Jimmy Biggs of Erath County, Texas

Friday's Photo: Four Unidentified Photos Found in the Biggs Family Bible

Friday's Photo: Another Biggs Family Photo

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41174153/ina-lou-chapman: accessed 30 June 2023), memorial page for Ina Lou Biggs Chapman (26 Sep 1894–4 Oct 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41174153, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Tamera (contributor 46830348).

Terrell Bryan Family Bible Records, 1836 - 1927, The Illustrated Polyglot Household Bible (Philadelphia: G. Zeigler, McCurdy, & Co., 1870), "Family Record," privately held by Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021

Terrell Little Bryan Biggs and Ina Lou Biggs, photograph, ca.1910; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Patricia Pierce Waas, TX, 2006.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41174153/ina-lou-chapman: accessed 30 June 2023), memorial page for Ina Lou Biggs Chapman (26 Sep 1894–4 Oct 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41174153, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Tamera (contributor 46830348).

Family notes from the Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1908

The following 1908 excerpts were found in Baylor County Banner issues on a microfilm reel labeled "Baylor County Banner Jan 04, 1907 thru Dec 25, 1908." These articles 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). 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. To search for your family name, use your browser's "Find" function. 

The 1908 issues seen in this post as well as many other issues from that year, can be viewed at NewspaperArchives. However, you must have a paid subscription. The 1908 issues are not found in the free The Portal to Texas History. 

I currently own this microfilm. If you would like to see the actual 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). 

January 3, 1908

J. D. Blanks is visiting his old home in Denton. His father is better. *

McGuire – Kinnibrugh wedding

Stanefar and Peek wedding

Nunn – Lawson wedding

Young – Ryan wedding

Blair – Parks wedding

Seaborn - Grandpa Haggerton, father of Mrs. Fails and Mrs. Hughs

Grandma Shackleford passed away

 

January 10, 1908

Born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. William Hague, a girl*

McMinn – Randal wedding

1908 is leap year. But so many marriages have taken place this year that there won’t be many old maids left. *

Ample - Thomas-Swindell wedding

Friday's Photos: Sisters!

These two little girls, pictured above with their parents (Edith Giddens and Claude Davis), celebrate their birthdays just a week apart. My mother, on the left, will be 91 on Sunday, and her sister was 90 this past Sunday.  

Happy Birthday, Mom and Aunt Janet!

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Diana

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Family notes from the Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1905

The following 1905 excerpts were found in four Baylor County Banner issues on a reel of microfilm labeled "Baylor County Banner misc scrapbook 1905 thru 1929." The newspaper issues were in small pieces and missing pages. The few marriages, births, and deaths 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). In case the pages get lost, I am adding the content to this blog.

More complete copies of these issues can be found at The Portal to Texas History. 

Jan. 27, 1905

Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Burnett arrived home last week. Mr. Roy B. Jr. is a great social favorite and is kept busy entertaining his many friends. Mr. Roy is very proud of his new title of Papa and is rapidly becoming familiar with the duties of his new position.* 

Feb. 3, 1905

Dr. J. A. Richardson’s mother died in Brownsville, Tennessee.

 

Feb. 24, 1905

No births or deaths were found. The personal notes found in this issue are seen on the left. 

 

April 21, 1905

Peter Donahue, the father-in-law of Michael Hilti, died in Fresno, California.

 

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Baylor County Banner issues from the year 1905, microfilm images, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 1905. Microfilm titled "Baylor County Banner misc scrapbook 1905 thru 1929."  accessed from the privately held collection of D.B. Quinn.

Family notes from the Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1907

This obituary was found in the July 19, 1907 issue. 

The following 1907 excerpts were found in Baylor County Banner issues on a reel of microfilm labeled "Baylor County Banner Jan 04, 1907, thru Dec 25, 1908." Some newspaper issues were missing pages or parts of 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. 

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). 

The 1907 issues seen in this post as well as many other issues from that year, can be viewed at NewspaperArchives. However, you must have a paid subscription. The 1907 issues are not found at The Portal to Texas History. 

January 7, 1907

Marriages

Oscar Young and Zerelda Taylor

Cora Burnett and W. E. Palmer

J. C. Whitehead and Ona Reeves

Married.

       On last Sunday afternoon at the Baptist parsonage, Mr. T. Lawson and Miss M. M. Lee were united in marriage by Rev. J. W. Brice.  The young couple were accompanied by a great crowd of their friends who came to see them make a start on the matrimonial sea.  They were married in the buggy and returned at once to their home at Richland.

       Mr. Lawson is the son of I. Lawson who lives northwest of town.  He is well known in that community as a young {sic - word 'man' missing here} of integrity and industry and well calculated to make a good home for his wife.  Miss Lee is the daughter of Russell Lee of Richland.  She was raised in that part of the country and has the esteem of all who know her.  The BANNER wishes them a long and happy life.                               {transcribed by Jeanette Simkins}

 

Jan 18, 1907

John Saunders died

Henry Franklin married Lou Clayton

Mrs. J. T. Wilson who recently moved to Baylor from Brazos died January 1.

The dog tags are now ready, and henceforth, I am required by law to apprehend and shoot all dogs not wearing one.  Jno. B. Self, Marshall *

Jennie McIntyre married a Mr. Robinson in Holly, Colorado

Ad for Mrs. Wallers Picture Gallery

Free Genealogical Resources: Bienville Parish, Louisiana

I've thought of writing about free Bienville Parish genealogical resources for a while, but a happy find last week inspired me - I found both volumes of History of Bienville Parish available to read online courtesy of the Bienville Public Library and Advantage Archives' Community History Archive. 

At this Community History Archive, you will find searchable digital copies of both volumes of the History of Bienville Parish, The Bienville Democrat (issues from 1900-2022), census records, appointments of postmasters (from abt 1870), and Bienville Police Jury Minutes. 

During the last month, I have been posting items relating to the Mackey Lodge in Ringgold. At Louisiana Masonic Library/Museum - Past Proceedings, I found past membership rolls and other information about the lodge.

Not all books can be accessed online. Books 
marked Public or Full Permission can be 
viewed online, and some can be downloaded.
Protected books cannot be viewed online and
those with Limited Permission can be viewed 
but not downloaded or printed. 

Find more free resources, including many books, periodicals, newsletters, and
family histories, at the FamilySearch Digital Library simply by searching for "Bienville Parish." Use the quotation marks in your search to only see search results for Parish following Bienville. 

Adding a name to your search will greatly narrow your results. To find resources mentioning my Bryan family in Bienville Parish, my search looks like this: "Reddick Bryan" AND "Bienville Parish." Note that I kept the quotation marks around both Reddick Bryan and Bienville Parish, and I added the word AND in all capital letters to indicate that I wanted to search for all items that contained both "Reddick Bryan" AND "Bienville Parish." 

If there are several spellings for the name, try using wildcards. Learn how to use wildcards on this post - Friday's Photo: It Worked! Using a Wildcard in my Search to Identify this Photo of Henry Green Davis of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Below are a few of the Bienville Parish resources I have used from the FamilySearch Digital Library. Make sure you sign up for a free account before trying to use the library. 

• No land -- only slaves; v. 08  by Smith, Edith G. Heflin and Vivian Lehman
• History of Ringgold and Lake Bistineau, Bienville Parish, Louisiana by Ida G. Tooke
• Bienville Parish by J. Berton Gremillion
• Liberty Hill, Brush Valley, Friendship : the churches, the schools, the community and the people by Eva Loe McDuffie
• Biographical and historical memoirs of northwest Louisiana 

For links to additional resources, visit the Bienville Parish pages at FamilySearch Wiki and Linkpendium. 

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Diana

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Friday's Photo: A Dublin, Texas Postcard

Written around the edges of the card - 08 July 6, Will write you if I can get a minutes time.
Was so glad to get a letter from you. Wish you many returns. Ever Yours, Frannie E Bryan

I used to love to spend time looking at postcards in antique shops. I would buy local-to-me cards and cards from places my family lived. This card is from Dublin, a town in Erath County, Texas.

My grandparents, Redic Bryan, and Myrtie Hairston, lived in Dublin when they first married in 1900. Redic owned the Exchange Saloon until about May of that same year when it was written that he sold his business to I. A. "Dutch" Allard. 

The postcard was sent on 6 July 1908 to Mrs. J Tom White in Midland, Texas, by Frannie E. Bryan, whose address is unknown. I did a cursory search for each of them with no success. There was a J. Tom White buried in Midland with only his name on a stone, but there were no other clues in census records or otherwise for J. Tom White. 

I thought that Frannie Bryan might be the wife of Hardy Hooker Bryan of Granbury but Hardy did not marry his wife, Frances Almeda Gorden (also seen as Franeee and Fannie), until 1914. This postcard was sent in July 1908. 

A much more thorough search needs to be completed to find Frannie's family. I don't believe that Frannie is connected to my Bryan family. 

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Exchange Saloon, The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Texas), 4 May 1900; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth531077/m1/4/zoom/? : accessed 27 January 2020).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41666604/j-tom-white: accessed 9 June 2023), memorial page for J Tom White (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41666604, citing Fairview Cemetery, Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Knightchow (contributor 46543031).

leisureladynozark, Childers/Gordon Family, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/41206900/family/familygroup : accessed 8 June 2023).

"Patrick Street, Looking, North Dublin, Texas," ca.1908, scanned image, original card found in the privately held collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2023.

R E Bryan sold fixtures and business, The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Texas), 18 May 1900; database and images, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth531077/m1/4/zoom/? : accessed 27 January 2020). 

Mackey Lodge Centennial Program - Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana 1854 -1954

The following program, created for the 100th anniversary of Mackey Lodge in Ringgold, was found in Marguerite Cook Clark's family files. Find more at these links. 

The History of Mackey Lodge #122, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana : 1854 to 1862  

The History of Mackey Lodge #122, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana : 1866 -1911

The History of Mackey Lodge #122, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana : 1912 - 1954

Photos of Mackey Lodge Members

Friday's Photo: Mackey Lodge Members?

Friday's Photo: Another Funeral for Mackey Lodge Members

Friday's Photo: Another Funeral for Mackey Lodge Members - Part II: A Work in Progress

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Mackey Lodge Centennial Program, 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.

Friday's Photo: Young Woman in 1860s Dress

This wonderful photo of a young woman was found in the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Under the photo, written by Marguerite's mother, was "maybe Aunt Josie Cook ?" 

The earrings, the plaid dress, the trim on the skirt, the sleeve shape, and the neckline all indicate that the photo was taken in the 1860s. Josie was born in 1856. She would have been a little young if this photo was taken in the 1860s. I compared this photo to a known photo of Josie on the Related Faces website, and they did not show a match. 

This could be Josie but also one of so many Bryan, Martin, or Cook family women in Bienville Parish. Do you have this photo? 

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Diana

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Young Women in Plaid Dress; digital image from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos 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.