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 permitting me to post these clippings.
Grandma Skinner was Clarinda Flora “Clara” Jones Skinner. She was the daughter of Milton Jones and Rhoda Lessenbee of Johnson County, Illinois. Her husband was Esau Skinner, who was killed in Throckmorton in 1894.
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Diana
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O. C. Harrison, The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 26 Jan 1926, Vol. 31, Number 19, print; Texas State Library and Archives, Austin, Texas, 2019.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68067973/clarinda-flora-skinner: accessed 04 April 2023), memorial page for Clarinda Flora “Clara” Jones Skinner (5 Feb 1840–28 Jan 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68067973, citing Old Seymour Cemetery, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Mark Schmidt (contributor 47148723).
