Family Notes From The Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1916

Four eldest children of Floyd W. Thompson and Ora Cox
Juanita, Clarence, Ina Lucille, and Andy Bowie
An announcement of the birth of Ina Lucille is found below
in the issue dated 14 September 1916. Ina Lucille Thompson
was born on 8 September 1916. 

The following 1916 excerpts were found in Baylor County Banner issues on a microfilm reel labeled "Baylor County Banner Jan 07, 1915, thru Dec 28, 1916." 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.

I only abstracted issues from September 7 to December 28 for2016. You can view most issues from January through December at the free The Portal for Texas History. 

Many times, when adding information, I only gave the names of those who died, were married, etc. There is often much more to be found in the actual paper, so please check The Portal to Texas History to find complete articles. An * at the end of an extract indicates that I copied all that was mentioned about that person. 

September 7, 1916

Mary's Creek - Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crabb, a fine girl. All doing well.*

Bomarton - Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McGlothlin, a ten pound boy, last Sunday.*

Truman - Buchanan wedding in Midlothian

Levelview - L. E. Cox of Richland was down in our community on Monday. Mrs. Burnett spend a week with Mrs. T. A. Cox. *

Levelview - Mrs. Ura Cox will attend school at Seymour this fall and winter.

Caldwell - Phillips wedding

W. H. Reynolds and Wilma Gibbs married in Stamford

 

September 14, 1916

Laundry Improves - Morrow and Gilbert, proprietors of the Seymour Steam Laundry are keeping it up in a class with big city establishments. They have recently added a big tumbler, at a cost of $500.00 which is used for washing underwear, pillow slips, etc. Steam is forced through the cloth and drying is by means of a fan on the inside, blowing hot air. Another machine is a hydraulic press for handling towels, etc. , leaving them fluffy instead of flat.*

Mr. and Mrs. Olsen are the proud parents of a fine boy, born a week ago Saturday.  He is getting to be quite a youngster by this time.*

Mary Townsen weds in Oklahoma.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blanks went to Denton Wednesday to see the former's mother who has been sick for some time.*

Bohac and Pastusek wedding in Megargel

Westover - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dormier, last week, a son, also to Mr. and Mrs. Webb, a daughter. All are doing well.*

Westover - J. F. Hawkins and family of Loving visited Mrs. Hawkins parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Webb, and incidentally the new girl at Georgie's.*

Westover - J. P. Elam is very low at this writing.  He is not expected to live.*

Westover - Ira White has lumber on the ground for a 20 foot extension to his storehouse.*

Levelview - The stork has visited our community lately presenting Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Meuse with a girl babe. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Earlee Samsill with a new girl.*

Levelview - Mrs. Bertie Hammett came in from Haskell to visit her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. T. A. Cox.*

Levelview - Floyd Thompson of Plainview visited kinfolks here Wednesday.*

Mrs. Frances is dead (Ruth Durham, wife of W. H. Frances) - very long obituary

A fine girl arrived last week to make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thompson. Everybody is getting along splendidly.*

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - January 26, 1926

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

© 2023

Sources 

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).

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - April 19, 1923

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.  

If you want to know more about the families I research, click here to like my Facebook page where you will see each post and other genealogical finds. 

Diana

© 2020 

Sources 

Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, TX.), Vol. 27*, No. 30. 19 Apr 1923. Print. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

*Note that January and February issues were part of Vol. 28. This and all March and April issues were printed as Vol. 27. In May, it goes back to Vol. 28. 

#52ancestors Post Forty:Transcriptions from The Baylor County Banner - 1910

This is post #40 of #52ancestors. I am a little behind as I have not yet posted #38 (new information about the Giddens store in Phillipsburg) and #39 (Terrell Bryan and the Poor Farm).  They will be up soon. 

Post #40's writing prompt was 10 so I decided to post my transcriptions of the 1910 issues of the Baylor County Banner, a newspaper published in Seymour, Texas. 

In 1920, my father was born in Baylor County, his siblings spent most of their childhood there, and his maternal grandparents and his parents died in Baylor County before 1930. One of the few ways to learn about Dad's family has been through old newspapers. 

I originally obtained copies of the Banner on microfilm through interlibrary loan from the Texas State Archives and Library. I was spending so much time at my local library viewing the films I finally purchased my own and was able to view the films at home on an old microfiche machine purchased on e-bay.

I began posting my transcriptions onto a Rootsweb website in 2006.  I transcribed articles or parts of articles containing information about my family and extended families. I also made note of all births, marriages, and deaths of all Baylor County families.  I have transcribed many issues available from 1905 to 1920 as well as parts of a scrapbook found in the library in Seymour with many clippings from the 1930s and 1940s. You can see this information on my old web pages by clicking on this link. 

HOWEVER, I no longer see a reason to transcribe additional issues of the Banner. Many of the issues can be searched at The Portal to Texas History (FREE) or for a fee at NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES.com.

Transcriptions from The Baylor County Banner - 1910

These transcriptions are from the Baylor County Banner issues dating from January 14, 1910 to June 24, 1910.

* indicates that the entire article is included in the notes below. 


January 14, 1910

Terrell Hammett came Dec. 31 from Oklahoma to attend the bedside of his younger brother, Howell, who is very sick with dropsy. *


February 4, 1910

D. T. Gleghorn, on E. B. Fuller’s place, paid his subscription the other day and says he is not kicking about the way his crop turned out the past year.  He had in 70 acres of cotton and gathered 23 bales.  He sold it for an average of 14 cents, three bales brought 15 cents which together with the seed would make $85 per bale or about $2,000 for the crop.  I wouldn’t kick either.*


February 18, 1910

Bomarton News - Homer Cox Dead  -  Homer Cox died Friday night at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jno. Y. Elliott, with heart trouble.  He had not been sick enough to take to his bed.  His father, T. A. Cox and brother, Paul Cox both live here. Another brother and Prof. Tibbett came up from Alvord to attend the funeral Sunday. Prof. Tibbett spoke a few appropriate words at the grave.  Deceased was 23 years of age. *


March 4, 1910

Levelview - Tom Cox’s little boy has been sick with cold.

Levelview - Messrs. Gleghorn are moving to the house vacated by W. W. Slaughter and J. L. Castleberry will move into the house vacated by Mr. Glegghorn

#52ancestors: Post Two: Juanita Pearl Thompson Gleghorn, a Hairston Descendant

Juanita, Clarence, Ina Lucille, and Andy Bowie Thompson

This week's writing prompt for #52ancestors is "favorite photo." This is one of two of my favorite Hairston photos. The below cropped and enlarged version of the photo of four of children of Floyd Thompson and Ora Cox has appeared on my blog three times. 

• Letters From the Past: Juanita Thompson Gleghorn November 21, 2000 - Part I  
• Forgotten Family – Part IV: The Letter
• 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #41 Floyd William Thompson 

My cousin, Jackie, sent this photo with over 100 other photos - most not identified. My quest to identify the people in the photos led me to several cousins, one being the youngest child in this photo - Juanita Pearl Thompson Gleghorn, my second-cousin-once-removed. 

Juanita 1917

Juanita 2005

Juanita was born on April 29,1918, in Seymour, Texas, and was the daughter of Floyd William Thompson and Ora Ellen Cox. She married Donald Victor Gleghorn on Dec. 29, 1937 in Seymour. 

According to her obituary, Juanita was a longtime member of the Eastside Church of Christ. She was a homemaker, an avid seamstress, and an excellent cook. She was an art teacher for over 30 years and was the first president of the Duncan Art Guild. 

Juanita lived in Duncan, Oklahoma when I received my first letter from her in 2000. She remembered playing with my father when he was a small child, the hand-painted china that my grandfather brought my grandmother from his trips, the lye soap that her mother made for my father’s older brother, and the deaths of my grandparents.  Her family had furniture and china that had once belonged to my grandmother, Myrtie Hairston Bryan.  

My grandmother, Myrtie Hairston Bryan 1900
Painted by Juanita Pearl Gleghorn

Juanita was a wonderful artist. She and her husband lived in San Diego during the WWII where she had her first art classes. During my first visit with her, in 2001, I saw so many beautiful paintings in her home. And, as a gift, she gave me a painting of my grandmother. 

Juanita also liked to write stories. Along with her interesting letters, she sent me stories to read to my children. Juanita wrote a wonderful book for her family, The Life of A Sharecropper's Family, telling of her life growing up and other family stories. 

Juanita died on August 13, 2011. Her husband preceded her in death on May 3, 2008. They are buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Comanche, Oklahoma.

Juanita Pearl Thompson Gleghorn is #54 in my Hairston Tree
The solid lines indicate that the connection to the family is documented while the dotted lines indicate that direct evidence has not yet been found to make the connection.
Click on the family tree to see a larger image.

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Diana

© 2018

Sources

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn. 

Juanita Gleghorn | Obituary | The Duncan Banner. 14 Aug. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2018. <http://obituaries.duncanbanner.com/obituary/juanita-gleghorn-1918-2011-745089352>.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #41 Floyd William Thompson

The solid lines indicate that the connection to the family is documented while
the dotted lines indicate that direct evidence has not yet been found to
make the connection. Click on the family tree to see a larger image.

No Story Too Small

Floyd Thompson was second son and one of five children born to John A. Thompson and Mattie Hairston. Floyd was born May 10, 1889 in Erath County, Texas. His father died when he was young. It was said that around the age of 16 he made the 139 mile trip from Erath County to Baylor County on horseback to work for his Uncle Phillip Hairston. During a phone conversation with his daughter Juanita, she told me that he got so lost that he ended up in Oklahoma. He slept in ditches and one night in someone's barn or home. 

This photo is labeled Floyd Thompson. It has been assumed that one of these
young men is Floyd. However, if not, could this be his sons Clarence and Bowie? 

The story told by Floyd's daughter, Juanita, was that Phillip Hairston needed someone to help him farm. I am sure that was true as Phillip and his wife moved to Baylor along with my grandparents, Myrtie (their daughter) and Redic Bryan. Both the Hairstons and the Bryans bought land to farm, but by 1908 Redic sold his farm and his family was living in Big Spring while the Hairstons were living alone on their farm in the Levelview section of Baylor County. 

At the Hairston home in Levelview. Floyd is behind the horses. My great-grandfather Phillip Hairston is standing next to grandchildren Buster Bryan and DeRay Bryan. The age of the children gives the photo a date of about 1909 or 1910. 

Bits and pieces found in the Baylor County Banner indicate that Floyd enjoyed life in Baylor County.  He attended parties, picnics, and singings. His brother Aaron joined him for two seasons in 1909 and in 1910, he purchased "The Enterprise Buggy." In August of 1912, he married Ora Ellen Cox.

Juanita wrote, "Floyd, Ora, Aunt Bertie, and Terrel Hammet set their wedding date; for a double wedding and they wanted it kept a secret. They set the date for August 17, 1912 hoping their secret would be kept. PM their special day the two couples left their home to be married by a Church of Christ preacher in Seymour, Texas. To their surprise when they got one and three quarters of a mile from their home at a cross road, there waiting at each road were their friends to follow them all the way to the church. When they arrived the preacher met them outside and stood between the buggies and performed the ceremony." 

The first time that I saw the name Floyd Thompson was on the back of this photograph

of a double wedding in Baylor County. 

From left to right: Terrell Hammett and Bertie Cox - Floyd Thompson and Ora Cox.

Terrell Hammett was the nephew of my grandfather, Redic Bryan. 

Floyd Thompson was the first cousin of my grandmother, Myrtie Hairston Bryan. 

Bertie and Ora Cox were sisters, daughters of Thomas Alvin Cox and Eliza Hannah Allen.

When first married, Floyd and Ora lived with my great-grandparents; Floyd's Uncle Phil Hairston and his wife Lodema. They only lived with them for a few months as by December of 1912, they were living in the Wiggins place on Benjamin Road. They welcomed a son, Clarence Edmon Thompson in 1913, Andy Bowie Thompson in 1914, and Ina Lucille Thompson in 1916. After she was born, the family moved to the Langley place in Plainview. Juanita Pearl Thompson was born April 29, 1918 and on October 16, 1920, Uelma Thompson was born. 

Juanita, Clarence, Ina Louise, and Andy Bowie

According to the 1920 census, Floyd Thompson's family lived on Levelview Road in Baylor County; very close to Ora's parents, Thomas and Eliza Cox. Floyd continued to farm and Ora sometimes sold eggs. 

In 1929, the youngest Thompson child, Uelma, died after being badly burned in a fire. Juanita said that watching her sister die was the hardest three weeks of her life. In her history of the Thompson family, she wrote how so many friends and neighbors helped by sitting with Uelma. 

Uelma Thompson 1920 - 1929

The house had burned to the ground and their landlord built them another home.  Floyd continued to farm and the 1930 census places him in Baylor County. Two more children were added to the family. It appears that the Thompson family remained in Baylor County through most of the thirties; however, the census record and a newspaper article place Floyd, Ora, and their two youngest in Wilson, Lynn County, Texas in 1940.

Ora and Floyd Thompson

Throughout most of the 1940s, the Thompson family was back in Baylor County; living in the Hash Knife and Red Springs communities. Click on the links below to read news about Thompson family happenings during the forties. 

Ora Thompson had the Baylor County Banner sent to Clarence. 

Ina Louise (Mrs. Stanley Elkins) came for a visit.

Sgt. Andy Bowie Thompson is visiting his parents. 

Sgt. Clarence E. Thompson is in France

Visiting Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Elkins 

The Thompson family lived in Red Springs

Cox Reunion

One of several Old Settlers Reunions attended in Baylor County

Ora and Floyd Thompson - undated

In the 1950s Floyd and Ora were reported to have lived at Howe Ranch and in Olney, Texas. Click on the links below to learn about the Thompson family in the fifties. 

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Thompson attended the 1952 Old Settler's Reunion

Mrs. Lewis Cox passed away

A Family Visit 

A 50th Anniversary 

A New Baby

Tommy Thompson

Family Reunion

Read what Floyd had to say

In 1961, Floyd is described as retired in an article about a Thompson Reunion. They were living in Olney, but would soon move to Bowie, Texas. Floyd died in Bowie on July 15, 1968.

Just yesterday, Floyd's youngest daughter wrote the following about her father. 

He worked on farms and ranches his entire life. He was respected by those whom he worked for. He took great care in watching over whatever task he was given. As I grow older, I realize how well he did in taking care of us. 

Floyd William Thompson  1889 - 1968

Diana

© 2014

Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Baylor County Banner [Seymour] 19 Nov. 1909: Microfilm.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn.

Family photographs from the collection of Juanita Thompson Gleghorn. Accessed September 2001. Used with permission. 

Family photographs from the collection of Nadine Thompson Waugh. Accessed September 2001. Used with permission. 

Harrison, O. C., editor. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1910, Newspaper, April 22, 1910; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429901/ : accessed October 25, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Seymour, Texas.

Harrison, O. C., editor. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1921, Newspaper, February 24, 1921; digital images, http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429490/ : accessed October 25, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Seymour, Texas.

The Vernon Daily Record at Newspapers.com." Newspapers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2014. <http://http://www.newspapers.com/image/43837746/

Gleghorn, Juanita Pearl Thompson. The Thompson Family, The Early Years. Duncan, Oklahoma. Print.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Baylor, Texas; Roll: T625_1774; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 680.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 4, Baylor, Texas; Roll: 2289; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 206.0; FHL microfilm: 2342023.

Year: 1940; Census Place:  , Lynn, Texas; Roll: T627_4098; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 153-9.