#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

Friday's Photo: An Unidentified Photo - Family or Friend?

There's not a mark or clue on this photo. It was in a box of that once belonged to my father's family. Is this a cousin? A friend of one of Dad's sisters?  If he is family, he could be a Bryan, Hammett, Biggs, Wylie, Noah, Thompson, Hairston, Criswell, Selman, or Evans. Other names could be Albritton, Watts, Gilbert, and Regan. The possibilities are endless!

I enlarged the photo on the computer and saw his pin has a chain attached and a 20 at the end. Did he graduate from a school in 1920? 

My father's sister graduated from Seymour High School and attended Harland Simmons University in 1920. Knowing this, I checked the Seymour High School yearbook at Ancestry.com and the Hardin Simmons University 1920 yearbook at The Portal to Texas History. He was not found in either yearbook. 

If he is your family, I would love to hear from you!

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Diana

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Sources

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn

Friday's Photo: Mary Ann "Polly" Evans Criswell

This tintype of my great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann "Polly" Evans Criswell was found in my Bryan family bible. Mary Ann was the mother of my great-grandmother, Lodema Walker Criswell Hairston, and the grandmother of my grandmother, Myrtie Hairston Bryan.  

Mary Ann Evans was born on June 9, 1829 in Alabama. She was the daughter of Evan Evans and Nancy Selman. She married William Moore Criswell in Cherokee County, Texas on August 30, 1847 and was the mother to 13 children. Mary Ann "Polly" Evans Criswell died on May 31, 1883 in Falls County, Texas. She is buried in the Criswell Cemetery. 

Diana

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Sunday's Obituary: Grandma Scott Dies

I am so glad that we now use women's names in obituaries and other documents.  I have seen so many obituaries and other articles calling older women "Grandma" or referring to married women by their husband's name; e.g., Mrs. R. E. Bryan or Mrs. Redic E. Bryan.  

Mary Ann Selman Scott was the wife of Calvin C. Scott and a descendant of Thomas Selman and Jemimah Greenlease. She was a cousin to my great-grandmother, Lodema Criswell Hairston. Lodema’s grandmother was Nancy Selman, also a descendant of Thomas Selman and Jemimah Greenlease

Grandma Scott Dies

Sunday morning, May 8 at 4 o’clock Grandma M. A. Scott breathed her last.  She had been sick for a long time with kidney trouble and for several months had been gradually growing worse.  Anticipating the end, her children had all been here to visit her and all but one were present when she died.  The funeral took place at the residence on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Her pastor, Rev. O. E. Clark, conducted the services. A long procession of sorrowing relatives and friends followed the remains to the cemetery. 

          Grandma Scott died at the advanced age of 80 years and was the last one of nine children. She moved to Baylor County in 1879, being one of the first settlers, and lived a few years at Round Timber, after which she moved to Seymour.  During her long residence here, she has won the love and esteem of all those who have known her.  She had become a familiar figure in the town and her presence will be sadly missed.  For sixty years Mrs. Scott has been a faithful member of the Baptist church.  Her life has been an exemplary one and she could lie down in death without fear or trembling.

          Deceased leaves six children:  Ben Scott and Mrs. J. S. Foster of this place, J. G. Scott of Tahoka, Holly Scott of Roosevelt, Okla., Mrs. Reeder of Knox City, and Mrs. N. A. Green of Estelline.  People of Seymour join those in sorrow for the death of this good woman.  We have this consolation, though, that she had more than lived out her period of years and so lived that her memory will be revered. 

                        From the May 13, 1910 issue of the Baylor County Banner

                        in Baylor County, Texas

Diana

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