Friday's Photo: Mr. William Roger's Niece

This photo was found in the Frye family's collection of photos taken primarily in and near Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Photos in this collection were often people from Fryeburg, Heflin, Ringgold, and areas nearby. On the back of this photo is written "Mr Wm Rogers niece." This young woman's dress with a high neck is indicative of those worn around 1900. 

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Mr. Wm Rogers niece, photograph, abt. 1900; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. Used with permission. 

Family Notes from Erath County, Texas - Bryan, Biggs, Keith, Latta, and Hairston

Terrell Little Bryan and her husband, James D. Biggs

Stephenville Empire

1 August 1885 

A Serious Accident

Last Sunday a few minutes after J.D. Biggs and family left Terrell Bryan's, his wife met with a very serious accident. The horses were somewhat playful, and Mr. Biggs suggested that his wife get out and walk. The wagon was stopped, and she put her foot on the hind wheel to get out. As she was getting down the wheel turned, throwing her to the ground and under the wheel. The cap of her knee was badly injured, and she was generally bruised up, and, up to last Monday evening, was in a critical condition, not being able to move. Her delicate condition makes the accident quite serious.

Note: Terrell "Bunch" Bryan was the wife of J. D. Biggs.  The Terrell Bryan mentioned was her father. Her son, Terrell Bryan Biggs was born shortly after this accident, on 3 September 1885.

Dallas Morning News    

5 Jul, 1891   

JAIL DELIVERY.  The Acting Jailer Overpowered by Two Outside Men. 

STEPHENVILLE, Erath Co., Tex., 4 Jul

Terrell Bryan (1836-1920)

Four prisoners escaped from the county jail about 1 o’clock this afternoon.  Sheriff
Shands and his deputy attended the celebration at Huckaby today and left R. Dunn in charge.  When Dunn went up to give the prisoners their dinner he was seized just as he entered the corridor by two strong men who had secreted themselves and had been laying for him since breakfast.  One of them held him secure while the other opened the cell,  They then told all the inmates who desired to celebrate independence day to vacate quickly.  Four prisoners walked out and four remained in their cells.  Mr. Dunn was then incarcerated, the lock thrown on and the four men ran down stairs, jumped the fence and were at liberty.

About 2 o’clock Mr. Terrell Bryant’s [Bryan] attention was attracted to the jail by Dunn’s loud cries for help, and going there he learned the facts.  After releasing Dunn they raised the alarm and soon every man that could muster a gun and horse was in pursuit.  T. M. Creswell brought in a pair of the boys this evening and the other two, Phil Roberts, wanted in Tennessee for assault to murder, and Jack Kimball, charged with horse theft here, are still at large.  A strong posse still pursues them.  The prisoners have with them a Winchester, and it is thought will make a fight when overtaken.

Stephenville Tribune

24 July 1896

R. E. Bryan will teach at the school at Center Grove this year.

Erath Appeal

Redic E. Bryan and J. Myrtie Hairston

21 Jul, 1898

Redic Bryan had the misfortune Monday night to have a wagon run over his leg
below the knee, fracturing the larger bone.

26 Feb, 1903

Harve Keith and his wife will soon move to Fort Worth where Mr. Keith has a position.

29 Sept, 1904

Mrs. Terrell Bryan went down to Fort Worth Sunday for a fortnight’s visit to her daughters, Mrs. Lon Latta and Mrs. Harvey Keith.

Stephenville Tribune

21 Jul 1905

Reddick Bryan will go to San Angelo to prospect and also to

visit relatives.

18 Aug 1905

Reddick Bryan and wife have returned from their visit to

Robert Lee, San Angelo and other points west. He reports lands out there as

higher than the same class can be bought for in Erath county.

Note: Redic was probably visiting his sister, Dollie Wylie, and her husband, Tom, in Robert E. Lee, Coke County.

11 Nov, 1905

Reddick Bryan and P.A. Hairston, who recently disposed of their property in Erath County, are nicely located on a fine piece of property they paid $20 per acre. They bought all the corn on the farm at 25 cents. They have already taken possession of their new homes.

1 Dec, 1905

Rev. R.A. Cox who recently purchased the Phil Hairston place will preach at Sylvan Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Cox has been in the ministry a good many years.

Note: P. A. Hairston was Redic's father-in-law. Redic, his wife, Myrtie, and their children along with Philip and Lodema Hairston, Myrtie's parents moved to the Levelview community of Baylor County in 1905.

15 Nov, 1909

Judge Terrell Bryan celebrated his seventy-third birthday on 17 Nov, and is receiving congratulations galore.  He served in the Confederate army and was desperately wounded, and has suffered untold torture from then up to the present time.  He has four children living and all are married.

Stephenville Tribune

March 4, 1910

During the serious illness of Mrs. T. L. Biggs  Mr. B. was unable to attend to his farming operations, but his neighbors evidenced the true christian spirit and he will not suffer from a loss of crops.  The came and broke his land, hauled wood, and did other neighborly acts for all of which he is deeply grateful.  And the dear, good women did their part nobly. 

It is now believed that Mrs. Biggs will recover.  She suffered from blood poisoning.

Note: Terrell Little"Bunch" Bryan was the daughter of Terrell Bryan and Harriet Albritton and the wife of J. D. Biggs.  

These excerpts 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 and if they are returned, the pages will be static (I will not be able to make changes). 

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"A Serious Accident," Stephenville Empire, Stephenville, Texas, 1 August 1895. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

"Jail Delivery. The Acting Jailer Overpowered by Two Outside Men," Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, 5 August 1891. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

Redic Bryan at Center Grove, Stephenville Tribune, Stephenville, Texas, 24 July 1896. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

Reddick Bryan, Stephenville Tribune, Stephenville, Texas, 21 July 1905. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

Reddick Bryan, Stephenville Tribune, Stephenville, Texas, 18 August 1905. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

Reddick Bryan, Stephenville Tribune, Stephenville, Texas, 11 November 1905. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

The Phil Hairston place, Stephenville Tribune, Stephenville, Texas, 1 December 1905. Transcribed by C. Shipman and shared with Diana Quinn before 2011.

Redic Bryan fractured leg, Erath Appeal, Stephenville, Texas, 21 July 1898; Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, 2005. 

Harve Keith and wife, Erath Appeal, Stephenville, Texas, 26 February 1903; Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, 2005. 

Mrs. Terrell Bryan, Erath Appeal, Stephenville, Texas, 29 September 1904; Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, 2005. 

Terrell Little Bryan and James D. Biggs, photograph, ca.1880; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Patricia Pierce Waas, TX, 2006. 

Redic E. Bryan and J. Myrtie Hairston, photograph, 1900; scanned image, original in the privately held photo collection of D.B. Quinn, 2023.

Terrell Bryan, photograph, ca. 1900; scanned image, original in the privately held photo collection of D.B. Quinn, 2023.

Friday's Photo: The Hammett Family in Erath County

John Regan Hammett, Alice Amanda Bryan, and three of their children - Lucy Mae (the baby) and twins, Monte Rose "Mont" and Susie. Lucy was born in 1902, and the twins in 1901, all in Erath County. It appears that the Hammetts were in Erath County, Texas in 1890 or soon after. By April 1907, the family was living in Baylor County, Texas. 

John and Alice Amanda can be seen many years later in Friday's Photo: An Unknown Man With John Regan Hammett, his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan

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Diana Bryan Quinn "Family notes from the Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1907," blog entry, 28 July 2017, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/family-notes-from-baylor-county-banner.html: accessed 9 October 2023).

Hammett family, photograph, n.d., scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the J. McAlister, TX, 2001.

Friday's Photo: An Unknown Man With John Regan Hammett, his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan

My father's cousin shared this photo with me. In her album, the man in the middle was identified as John Regan Hammett, and his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan, was named on the right. The unknown man on the left was identified as Buster. It was assumed that Buster was my father's brother, but this man was much too old. Dad's brother, Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, was born in 1906. 

John R. Hammett died in 1935, so the photo had to have been taken prior to that time, and Buster would have been no older than 29 years old. I don't know the location. Below is a comparison of the unknown man and a photo of Buster, taken about the time Buster married in 1935. 

Could this unknown man be my grandfather, the father of Buster and Dad? Alice Amanda was my grandfather's sister. Below are two photos of my grandfather next to the unknown man. The first photo of my grandfather, Redic Eli Bryan, was taken in 1900, and the the one on the right was taken about 1910. 

My grandfather died in 1929, and I don't have any photos taken closer to that time. However, I was told that my grandfather was very tall. My father was 6'2", and he said his Dad was taller. The unknown man looks much shorter than John Hammett, whose sons were taller than 6'2." The photo of the man holding the paper in the photo on the left is my grandfather. He appears to be a tall person. What do you think? 

John Regan Hammett and Alice Amanda Bryan

John Regan Hammett, born in Louisana, was the son of Robert E. Hammett and Dorothy Elizabeth Bryan.  Dorothy was the sister to my great-grandfather, Terrell Bryan. Alice Amanda Bryan was the daughter of Terrell Bryan and Harriet L. Albritton. 

The location of this photo is unknown. John and Alice Amanda lived in Texas - Erath County, Red Springs in Baylor County, and Post in Garza County. When he died, John was living in Portales in Clovis County, New Mexico. 

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Redic and Buster Bryan, photographs, n.d.; scanned images, original photographs from the privately-held collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022. 

An Unknown Man With John Regan Hammett, his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan, photograph, n.d., scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the J. McAlister, TX, 2001.

The Lewis Devereux Giddens and Margaret Louisa Ireland Bible 1866 - Part 3: Deaths

The Bible, published in 1866, contains four pages of vital statistics for the Giddens and related family. This is my transcription of the family record page detailing deaths. Part 1: Births and Part 2: Marriages can be found on this blog by clicking on the links.  

FAMILY RECORD

DEATHS

Column 1

David Giddens died Feb 4th 1867 Aged 66 yrs: 8 mth: 23dys.

Father of L.D. & H.B. Giddens

Sophia Giddens died June 21st 1877

Mother of H. B. & L. D. Giddens

S R Ireland Father of M L Giddens died July 16th 1888 age 86 yrs.

J F Ireland Brother of M L Giddens died March 21st 1867

Eliza Newton Ireland mother of M. L. Giddens died at Faison N C Aug 8, 1896.

Margaret L. Giddens Smoot d. July 18, 1972

Margaret Va Smoot died Oct 31, 1979

FAMILY RECORD

DEATHS

Column 2

Samuel Ireland son of L. D. & M. L. Giddens died March 21st 1869 - aged 8 months 17 days. 

Charlie Henry son of L. D. & M. L. Giddens died June 30th 1870 aged 10 m. 5 days. 

Willie infant son of L. D. and M. L. Giddens died October 8th 1881 [The 8 along with some markings after 1881 were not legible - the "8" was found on the cemetery stone] aged 18 months. 

Wesley, son of L. D. and M. L. Giddens, died Sept. 26th 1885 [Note that Sept. was written over July]

Lewis Devereux Giddens

William B. Giddens Brother of L. D. Giddens Died Oct 10 1849 Born Aug 3rd 1841

L. D. Giddens died in Goldsboro Nov. 1, 1909 - "All Saints Day".

M. L. Giddens died in Golds - Feb. 15th. 1915

James Ross Smoot died in Golds. Jan 19th 1915

Ross I. Giddens died Goldsboro Dec. 21 - 1931

Mrs. E. Giddens Died Aug 29 1949 Fay, NC 

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Giddens Family Record pages from a Giddens Bible and photo of Lewis Devereux Giddens, scanned images, original scans from the privately-held collection of Kathryn Ryan, NC, 2023. Used with permission. 

Family Notes From The Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1913

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thompson were mentioned throughout these issues. This is a photo of their 
double wedding in 1912. Pictured are Terrell Bryan Hammett and his wife, Birdie Cox (left), and Floyd Thompson and his wife, Ora Cox (right). 

The following 1913 excerpts, from 3 January 1913 to 6 June 1913, were found in Baylor County Banner issues on a microfilm reel labeled "Baylor County Banner Oct 04, 1912 thru Dec 31, 1914." These excerpts 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.

The Portal to Texas History has many Baylor County Banner issues on the site, but there are no issues from 1913. All 1913 issues, from January to December, can be viewed at NewspaperArchive with a subscription. 

If you want to see one of the articles mentioned below, email me to receive a photo of the article from my microfilm. 

January 3, 1913

I am assuming the lost handbag mentioned
belonged to my grandmother Mrs. Redic E.
(Myrtie) Bryan.  The photo above shows my
grandparents on their wedding day in 1900. 
At the time of this article, they would have been
 married 13 years. Myrtie was pregnant, and
they had children Marie, DeRay, Buster, and
Willa Mae. They would probably have been
walking or riding in a wagon to and from
church, as Redic did not buy his first car
until 1914. 

Jirasek - Ozymy wedding

Elam - Allison wedding

Westover - It is reported that Clarence Robertson and Eula Gleghorn were married on Sunday afternoon. 

St. Clair - Carney wedding

Francher - Henson wedding

Dr. T. F. Burnett left Tuesday for a three or four weeks visit to his old home in Tennesee.*

Lost - A ladies dark blue handbag between Mrs. R. E. Bryan's and the Baptist Church containing one $5.00 bill and some silver. Reward by return to this office.*

John Francher died.

Bomartin - Deering and Adams wedding

Bomartin - B. J. Stone and family spent Sunday in Seymour with Mr. Stone's brother*

Deep Creek - Little Miss "Claudia Janette" has taken up her abode at Walter Franchers *

Lake Creek - J. E. Stone and family spent the holidays with relatives at Benjamin *

Cache Creek - Homer Andrews and Sister Nannie were seen at Cache Creek Sunday evening. *

Mary's Creek - Chester Welch, Walter Woods, and Homer Andrews went to Wichita Falls Christmas Eve *

Mary's Creek - Mrs. Andrew's mother is here visiting her.*

Mary's Creek - All report a nice time at Nannie Andrew's birthday party Christmas night.*