Biographical Notes Concerning Hood County Families and Citizens
Including Lipan Area – Portions of Erath, Palo Pinto, and Parker Counties
NAME | COMMENT |
ABBOTT, Waddy Thompson | Confederate Veteran |
ABERNATHY, Mollie | Rancher & Businesswoman |
ADDISON, N. C. | Farmer |
ALFORD, John Reddin | |
ALLARD, Aaron H. | A Freighter Headquartered in Granbury |
ALLEN, John H. | County Commissioner |
ALLISON, John Carlton | Acton Farmer & Stockman |
ALLISON, Willis (Lyhugh) Family | From Camden County, Missouri |
ANDERSON, Aaron Benjamine | Farmer & Stockraiser |
ANDREWS, W.A. | Brazos Valley Farmer |
ANGLIN, Valentine | |
ARCHER, Bill, Reverend | Pastor of Southside Baptist Church in Granbury in 1960’s |
ARCHER, Joel C. | Teacher & Justice of the Peace |
ARRINGTON, Joseph Edmond | Farmer & Stockraiser |
ASTON, Andy C. | Saloon Owner |
ATOR, Henry ATOR, Carl Dean | Educator from Lipan |
AUTRY, Robert Lee | |
BAKER, Bob | Oil Developer |
BAKER, Ed C. | Realtor Educated in Granbury in 1880’s |
BAKER, Ellis J. | Confederate Veteran |
BAKER, Jess Alexander | Merchant, Sheriff, Banker & State Legislator Introduced Woman Suffrage Bill |
BAKER, John Harrison | Moved to Hood County in 1893 |
BAKER, Oran Christopher | Sheriff Who Befriended Jesse James |
BAKER, W.W., Reverend | Pastor of Granbury First Baptist Church in 1950’s |
BARBEE, Elias | Paluxy Farmer |
BARCLAY, James B | |
BARCLAY, Thomas Humphrey | |
BARKER, Wilson | |
BARLOW, Thomas J. | |
BARNARD, Charles E. | |
BARNARD, George | |
BARNARD Josephine Cavasas | |
BARR, James Taylor | |
BECKHAM, Tol G. | |
BERRY, Francis Marion | Began Farming in Hood County in 1877 |
BERRY, Hugh Thomas | Teacher and Public Servant |
BIRD, McLin (Maclin) | Early Settler |
BISHOP, Sallie Francis Landers | 1873 – 1947 |
BLACK STAR | A Comanche Woman |
BLACKWELL, Leta | Grew up in Lipan |
BLANTON, Elisha, Reverend | Baptist Pastor at Paluxy in 1882 |
BOBO, Andrew Green | Organized Cresson U.C.V. |
BOLTON, J.W. | Paluxy Farmer |
BOND, Amon | Came to Texas in Early 1850’s |
BONE, B.F. Jr. BONE, Jim Kinder | Cresson Cattleman World War II Hero from Cresson |
BOSTICK, J.T. | |
BOWERS, Adam Pierce | |
BOWERS, Lillian Lloyd Hockersmith | |
BOYD, Elsie Edora Duckworth | 1878 – 1963 |
BOYD, Sam | NFL Player & Baylor Coach |
BRADLEY, T. J. | |
BRANTS, Cynthia | Granbury Artist |
BRAZELL, William Monroe | Civil War Veteran Comes to Tolar in 1880 |
BRISBY, Doyle C., Reverend | Lipan Baptist Pastor in 1950’s |
BROCK, George Franklin | Began Farming in Hood County in 1874 |
BROOKS, J.V. | Hood County Farmer |
BROOKS, William Leslie | Shot Down Over Laos in 1970 |
BROOKS, Zachariah | Paluxy Settler in 1860 |
BROTHERS, Thos. Lawrence BROTHERS, Mildred Slocum BROTHERS, Naomi | Cresson Farmer A Prairie Blueblood Survived 1946 Airplane Crash in Cresson |
BROWN, Cora Mae Trimble | Candy Kitchen Owner on the Granbury Square |
BROWN, Jefferson Davis | President of City National Bank |
BROWN, Joe | County Commissioner for 16 Years |
BURNS, Parthania Cauthron | |
BURNS, Thomas A. | Founder of Lipan |
BURNS, Thomas Love | Circuit Riding Preacher From Mambrino |
CAMPBELL, John G. | Lived in Kristenstad & Granbury |
CAMPBELL, William M. | Baptist Minister in Tolar |
CARAWAY, Jesse CARAWAY, Louis J. | Paluxy Valley Farmer & Stockraiser County Judge & Confederate Veteran |
CARLILE, Lewis Edmond | Lived in Tolar in 1890’s |
CARLTON, George Washington | Drove Freight Wagons in 1800’s |
CARMICHAEL, Arch, Major | “Oldest Texas-Made Mason” |
CARTER, Benjamin John, Rev. CARTER, Calvin Guy, Rev. | Moved to Hood County in 1875 Grandson of Rev. B.J. Carter |
CARTER, Forrest Bland | Granbury Teacher & Principal 1954-1976 |
CARTER, William Lewis, Rev. | At Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church ~1888 |
CASH, Charles D. | Spur Maker in Paluxy |
CHANDLER, E.H. | Deputy Sheriff in 1881 |
CHANDLER, Joseph Newton, Reverend | State Legislator & Baptist Minister |
CHANDLER, Susan Madora | Professor of Music |
CHERRY, Estelle | Teacher at Rocky Point & Granbury |
CHRISTENSEN, John B. | Founder of Kristenstad |
CLARK, Addison CLARK Brothers, Addison & Randolph CLARK, Joseph Addison “Joe” CLARK, Joseph Lynn CLARK, Randolph CLARK, Randolph Lee CLARK, Thomas Marshall | Minister & Founder of Add-Ran College Book Review of “Reminiscences” by Randolph Clark Minister & Family Patriarch Teacher, Administrator & Author Minister & Educator Teacher & School Administrator Educator & College Administrator |
CLEMENTS, Jim | Granbury Restaurant Owner |
CLEMMONS, Howard | “Mister Granbury” |
CLEVELAND, Frederick Moss CLEVELAND, John Fred CLEVELAND, Samuel Larking | A Prosperous Farmer Community Leader in Acton County Attorney |
COGDELL, Daniel Calhoun | Early Hood County Businessman |
COGDELL, Gertrude Irene | Aided Texas Indians in 1920’s |
COGDILL, William COGDILL, F. Patton | From Scotland to Texas Confederate Veteran |
COLEMAN, Jim & Norma | Tolar Educators |
COLLINGS (Collins) Family | Stopped at Pulltight in 1875 and Stayed |
CONWAY, John | County Commissioner from Canada |
COOKE, Jesse G., Reverend | Pastor of Granbury First Baptist Church in 1930’s |
COUNTS Family | Originally from Erath County |
COVINGTON, Josiah | Early Pioneer |
COWAN, Isaac F. | In 1859 called Hood County “the land of fritter trees and honey ponds” |
COWAN, Mary Lou Mamie Adaline | Vinegar Hill Pioneer |
COX, Alfred | 1833 – 1866 |
CRESSON, John | Founder of Cresson |
CROCKETT, Elizabeth Patton | Second Wife of Davy Crockett |
CROOK, Wiley Mitcham | First Store Owner in Cresson |
CROSS, Arthur/Andrew Buck | Hill City Teacher, Farmer & Merchant |
CRUCE, Ben H. | |
CUNNINGHAM, Sarah Jane | Of Tolar |
CURL, Sam | College Dean of Agriculture |
DABNEY, Thomas Henry, Dr. | Beloved Hood County Physician Pioneer Doctor Performed at the Granbury Opera House |
DANIEL, Richard J | |
DANIEL, William Buchanan | Prosperous Grocer & Land Owner |
DAUGHERTY, Mathew | Attorney |
DAVIS, Mary Louisa Hayes | From South Carolina to Hood County with Second Husband Henry Davis, Schoolteacher |
DAVIS Holmes | |
DAVIS, Henry | Judge |
DAVIS, L.H., Reverend | Pastor of Tolar Baptist Church 1945-1949 |
DAVIS, Nathan S. | County Commissioner & Deputy Sheriff |
DAVIS, W. Ben, Reverend | Photographer & Singer |
DEAN, William L. | County Attorney |
DEAVER, William C. | Farmer & Cattleman in Brazos Valley |
DeCORDOVA, Jacob Raphael | Texas Colonizer, Land Agent & State Representative |
DENDY, Julian Texas, LTC | Grandson of Dr. T.H. Dabney |
DENNIS, E.B. (Dick) | Wounded by Indians in 1865 |
DICKSON, John Bennett, Major | |
DODSON, A.J. | 1899 Masonic Burial & Honoring |
DODSON, William Ernest, Reverend | Baptist Pastor in Tolar 1960-1962 |
DOYLE, James Hogan | Granbury Merchant Confederate Twins |
DOYLE, William E | |
DREW, Thomas Stephenson | 3rd Governor of Arkansas Gov. Drew’s Years in Hood County |
DUCKETT, William Pierce | |
DUCKWORTH, Elsie Edora | 1878 – 1963 |
DUCKWORTH, Wm. Jefferson | Cotton Ginner & Political Leader Baptist Leader |
DUMAS, Margaret Susan | Married into Brazell & Neely Families |
DUNAGAN, George Washington | School Teacher in Vinegar Hill area |
DUNN, Robert Franklin | Pioneer Methodist Minister & Vice President of Granbury College |
DURANT, Julian | Built an Auto Legacy |
DURHAM, Mary Kate | Hood County Historian |
EARLS, John McCurry, Rev. | Baptist Pastor in Paluxy & Tolar ~1899 |
ECHOLS, John Richard | Tolar’s 19th Century Doctor |
EDDLEMAN, David | Patriarch |
EDDLEMAN, Asbury F. | CSA |
EDDLEMAN, David Henry | CSA |
EDDLEMAN, Ban Turner Covey | Teacher |
EDENS, Francis Marion | Confederate Veteran |
EDWARDS, R.D. | Colony Cemetery Caretaker |
EDWARDS, Ross | Became Mayor of Lubbock |
ELAM, James L. | Cresson Farmer & Stockraiser |
ELLIOTT, George Washington | Lipan Residents |
ELLIOTT, Mary Alice Compton | |
ELLIS, William | Texas Lawman |
ETHRIDGE, William S. | Paluxy Postmaster & Store Owner Engineer and County Surveyor |
ETHRIDGE, John Harvey | |
EWELL, Thomas Taylor | Prominent Granbury Attorney & Author of Hood County History (1895) |
FERGUSON, Mary Jane | |
FLINN, Enoch | Justice of the Peace |
FORMWALT, Jacob | Major in 10th Texas Infantry |
FORMWALT, John Alexander | |
FORMWALT, John McEwan | |
FOSTER James D. | Furniture Store Proprietor |
FOSTER, Robert T. | Founded Foster/Compton Farm in 1872 |
FOUST, Seaborn J., Reverend | Baptist Minister in Hood County |
FOWLER, William Frederick, Reverend | Pastor of Granbury First Baptist Church 1959-1964 |
FRY, Sadie Inez Smith | A Global Nurse |
GAFFORD – HALE Families | Of Lipan |
GARDNER | First White Baby Also First County Agent |
GARLAND, Peter | |
GARNER, J.J. | |
GATEWOOD, A.B. | Bosque County Stockman Married Into Oxer Family of Hood County |
GEE, Charles Arthur | |
GIBSON, Frances Newman | At Rankin’s Restaurant for 20 Years |
GIDEON, Eula | Traveled the Covered Wagon Highways |
GILBERT, Franklin Monroe | Doctor |
GILBERT, Jackson Marion | Doctor |
GILBERT, John Wesley Sr. | |
GILBERT, John Wesley Jr. | |
GILKEY, John [Gilka] | Paluxy Veteran of War of 1812 |
GILLIAM, DeWitt T. | Teacher |
GILLILAND, Newton Jasper | Confederate Veteran |
GINN, Loveless Savage II | Once Owned Comanche Peak |
GINN, Thomas Madison | |
GLENN, Walter Braley | |
GLENN, Francis Caroline Weatherby | |
GLENN, Columbus Bonapart | |
GLENN, Mary James | |
GLISSON, Jerry L., Reverend | Baptist Pastor in Acton & Allison |
GOODMAN, George Saunders | |
GOODWIN, Josiah Clinton | Farmer & Stockraiser |
GORDON, Alonzo Peyton | State Representative 1899-1900 Began Teaching in Granbury in 1893 |
GORDON, Susie Baker | |
GORDON, Blanche Dabney | Performed at the Granbury Opera House |
GORDON, Joseph Brown, Dr. | Paluxy Physician |
GORDON, L.F. | Successful Merchant |
GRANBURY, Hiram Brinson | Brigadier General, CSA |
GRANGER, Stanley Lee | |
GREEN, A.P. | Confederate Veteran |
GREEN, Jeremiah | Killed by Indians in 1863 |
GREEN, Johnny | Korean War Veteran |
GREEN, “Aunt” Mary | Of Thorp Spring |
GRESHAM, Isaac Newton | Founder of Farmers’ Union |
GRIFFITH, Hardin | A Gentleman Among Scoundrels |
HADLEY, Gene B., Reverend | Pastor of Granbury First Baptist Church |
HAGGARD, James Lafayette | |
HALE, America Jane Iles Reynolds | Lipan Pioneer Cotton Buyer Lipan Farmer |
HALE, Thomas C. | |
HALE, William Houston | |
HALE, Charles Haynes | Educator & Administrator |
HALFORD, James M. | Baptist Minister & Son-in-Law of Davy Crockett |
HAMILTON, Arnold Dean | U.S. Air Force Pilot |
HANNAFORD, Edwin Augustus “Doc” | Hannaford House |
HARDIN, Milton Ashley | Early Settler |
HARRIS, James Knox Polk | Renowned Confederate Fiddler |
HART, A. J. | State Representative in 1874 |
HAYWARD, Meredith | |
HENSLEE, Maxfield F. | Farmer & Stockman |
HIGHTOWER, Simon | Community Leader |
HINER, John J. | Attorney at Law |
HOBBS, Robert William | |
HOLDER, Joseph Mitchell | Civil War Veteran |
HOLLAND, William Henry | A Determined Man |
HOLLOWAY, Robert Fanning | Mathematics Professor at Add-Ran |
HOLMES, Mary Louisa Hayes Davis | From South Carolina to Hood County |
HOLT, H.L., Doctor | An Erath County Physician Who Married Into the Gordon Family of Hood County |
HOLT, Nathan | Killed by Indians in 1859 |
HOOD, John | Descendancy of many Hood County families |
HOOD, John Bell | Lieutenant General, CSA |
HOOD, William | Came from Mississippi in 1880’s |
HOPPER, J.T. Sr. | Tolar Farmer & Store Owner Rancher & Granbury Businessman |
HOPPER, “D.C.” Dallas Carvel | |
HOPPER, Bonnie Lee Watkins | |
HOWARD, Bobbie Haralson | Owned Lipan Water & Telephone Co. Mr. Lipan |
HOWARD, Herman D. | |
HOWARD, Frances Charley | Hypnotist |
HOWARD, Henry Ervin | |
HOWARD, Homer Lee | World War II Veteran |
HOWARD, William Taylor | Farmer & Stockman in Fall Creek & Acton |
HOWETH, John Wesley | |
HUFFMAN, Grady Lee | The Bad Luck Bandit |
HUGGINS, John Wesley, Rev. | Baptized at Fall Creek |
HUGHES, William M. | |
HUMPHRY/HUMPRESS, Mitchell Brown | |
HURST, Thomas J. | Employed by Baker Hardware Company |
ILES, America Jane | From Missouri to Hood County |
JACKSON, Andrew . | Settled on Paluxy River in 1857 Paluxy Stock Breeder & Farmer Raised Clydesdale Horses |
JACKSON, George E | |
JACKSON, J.P. | |
JACKSON, Duke Allen | |
JACKSON, Philip | State Representative 1903 – 1904 |
JACKSON, William E. | Cresson Area Farmer & Stockman |
JAMAR, Scott | Iraqi War Hero |
JAMES, Peter H. | |
JAMES, Nancy McKenzie | |
JARRETT, A.R., Dr. | Physician in Acton & Granbury |
JARVIS, Ida Van Zandt | Civic Leader Cattleman, Banker & Mayor of Fort Worth |
JOHNSON, Henry Clay Jr. | Patriot Missile Developer |
JOHNSON, Hiram, Reverend | Methodist Minister for 53 Years |
JONES, John Wasdin | Teacher, Farmer & County Commissioner |
JONES, Milton Henry, Reverend | Methodist Minister and Principal of Acton Academy |
JONES, William Lorenzo | U.S.-Mexican War Veteran |
JONES, Oca Ola | Granbury Café Owner CA 1940s |
JONES, Wiley Palmer | Acton Businessman |
JONES, Reuben Ferguson | Confederate Tribute |
JORGENSON, Gene, Reverend | Lipan Baptist Pastor in 1960’s |
JOYCE, W.R. | Specialty Horse Breeder & Farmer on Paluxy Creek |
KEITH, Fleda Mae Williams | Granbury’s Movie Lady |
KENNON, Milt | Everybody Has a Story – Milt Has a Library |
KEY, Calvin | |
KNIGHT, Samuel L. | |
LAMBERT, Thomas | Donated Land for City of Granbury |
LANDERS, Abel | Elected First County Judge in 1867 |
LANDERS, John Dave | World War II Flying Ace |
LANGLEY, Jasper Newton | |
LANHAM, Charles Sharp | Cresson Area Farmer & Stockman |
LARNED, Frederick Sylvester | Teacher & Mercantile Business Owner County Clerk & District Clerk in 1950’s |
LARNED, Walter Andrew | |
LAUGHLIN, B.F. | Grew Up in Thorp Spring ‘til 1874 |
LEE, Walter Thomas | |
LEONARD, Obadiah Paul | Retailer and Investor |
LEWIS, Stephen or Thomas | |
LIKE, Joseph Benjamin | 1844-1933 |
LILES, J.W. Jr. | Worked for City of Granbury |
LOCKHART, John C.R. | Baptist Minister |
LOCKLIN | Only Family in 1890 Census |
LOMAX, John Avery | Folklorist |
LONG, Joseph Hugh “Hughie” | Cresson’s Rodeo Showman |
LUTTRELL, Andrew Jackson | |
MAHAN, Gideon Baxter | |
MALONE, William Burns | |
MANGOLD, R.P. & Mattie Landers | Owned a Toy Factory in Granbury |
MARTIN, George Lynn | Mortician & Owner of Martin’s Funeral Home |
MARTIN, Lucy Juliff | Granbury High Teacher in 1930’s |
MASSEY, William Alfred (Alf) Trimble | Families of Fall Creek |
MASSEY, “Dug” Hershell MASSEY, Julian | |
MASSIE, John Bramlett | |
MASSIE, William Andrew | |
MASTERSON, Junior | Korean War Veteran from Cresson |
MATTHEWS, J.J. | County Judge in Late 1800’s |
MAXWELL, James | Lived in Hood County Until 1890 |
McCONAL, Mac Griff | Cattleman and Teacher |
McDONALD, David W. | Civil War Veteran |
McEWEN, William Jasper | |
McGAUGHEY, William L. | State Legislator & Texas General Land Office Commissioner |
McILROY, Sherman D. | Pioneer Oilman |
McINTOSH, Virgil | 1880 Log Cabin Birthplace Restoration on Squaw Creek |
McMILLAN, Van McMILLAN, Bill | Orphaned Brothers in 1860’s |
McPHERSON, S.R., Dr. | 1693 to 1970 Acton Physician 1861-1881 Acton Farmer & Union Soldier |
McPHERSON, William Loury | |
MENEFEE, E.L., Dr. | |
MEYER, Andon Louys “Aloyce” | Immigrated from Germany in 1857 |
MEYER, James Milton | County Judge 1970-1990 |
MILHOLLIN, Robert Lee | Lipan Justice of the Peace & Postmaster |
MILHOLLIN, Annie Belle | |
MILHOLLIN, Quinton | |
MILLER, Charles Washington | |
MILLER, Norman | |
MILLINGTON, Ira | Ranch He Established is Over a Century Old |
MILLWEE, William Harvey | First Attorney in Hood County |
MITCHELL, Dora Jarrett “Dodo” | |
MITCHELL, Nelson A. “Cooney” | Only Man Legally Hung in Hood County |
MOLDER, George Washington | |
MOORE, Isaac | Settled on Pony Creek in 1869 |
MOORE, Jack, Reverend | Pastor of Lipan First Baptist Church |
MORAN, Nona | |
MORGAN, Andrew Jackson, Reverend | Enrolled in the 4th Grade at Age 20 & Graduated from College 10 Years Later |
MORRIS, Thomas Jefferson | |
MORRIS, Thomas L. | Civil War Veteran |
MORRIS, Lon MORRIS, Toby | Granbury Attorney Oklahoma Congressman & Judge |
MULLINS, Thomas Patrick Sr. | |
MUSICK, Austin | |
MUSICK, Henry | |
MUSICK, Vernon H. | |
NASH Zelma | Rock Church School Girl |
NEELY, Harrison L. | Granbury Assessor & Collector |
NELSON, Charles | |
NEWMAN, Weldon Allen | Restored Granbury Power & Light Plant |
NEWTON, Robert Milton and Dora | |
NISBETT | Nisbett Brothers Came to Texas in 1849 |
NORTHCUTT, John R., Rev. | Baptist Minister |
NUTT, Jesse F. | Contributors to the Development of Granbury |
NUTT, David Louis | |
ODOM, Sarah Rippetoe | From Lipan Area |
ORUM, Caroline and Henry | Came to Texas from Alabama between 1870 and 1875 – settled in SW Hood County near Bluff Dale |
O’NEAL, Herbert E. | Worked for Soil Conservation Service |
PAGE, George Columbus | |
PAINTER, Leander, Rev. | Preached at Rock Church |
PAIR, Bridges, III | Of Hood County |
PAIR, William Riley | Hood County Family |
PARKER, Columbus Campbell | |
PARKINSON, Thomas | Owned & Operated a Flour Mill & Gin |
PERKINS, Joe Herman | |
PERKINS, Willie | |
PERKINS, Allen | |
PERKINS, Johnny | |
PERKINS, Jimmy | |
PERKINS, Mary | |
PERKINS, Florence | |
PERKINS, Emma | |
PERKINS, Hazel Kennon | |
PEVELER, David | |
PEVELER, James M | |
PEVELER, Francis Marion | |
PEVELER, Lola Maude Sears | |
PEVELER, Sallie Alford | |
PINSON, Harvey | Confederate Veteran |
POE, John Asbury | Farmer & Carpenter Farmer & Stock Dealer |
POE, William Clayton | |
POWELL, Oscar Bernard (O.B.) | |
POWELL, W.G.W. & POWELL, John R. | Squaw Creek Pioneer & County Commissioner Built First House in Tolar 1854-1856 Migration to Texas |
PRICE, Alice Merrill | Educator & Newswriter |
PURSELLEY, Caswell | |
PURSELLEY, Frank Morris | |
PURSELLEY, Odessa Mahan | |
RANDLE, John Henry | |
RATLIFF, D.R. “Dick” | Known as the Peanut King |
RATLIFF, James Naulon Jr. | World War II Veteran |
RATLIFF, Lena Owens | Hood County Teacher for More Than 40 Years |
REAVIS, Lewis Andrew | |
REEDER, Crawford B. | County Attorney in 1890’s |
REEVES, J.H., Dr. | Settled Near Barnard’s Mill in 1869 |
REEVES, W.F. | Minister & Druggist |
RHEA, Charles Jefferson | |
RIPPETOE, Hit | Lipan Pharmacist |
ROBERSON, Hezekiah K. | Lived in Nubbin Ridge Community |
ROBERTSON, Andrew Briggs | Rancher & Banker |
ROBERTSON, Arminda Barton | |
ROBERTSON, Henry | Last Sheriff to Work Out of the Old Hood County Jail, 1972 – 1980 |
ROBERTSON, Nellie | Appointed Special Chief Justice of Texas Supreme Court in 1925 |
ROBINETT, Mace Martin, Rev. | Lived in Stockton Bend in 1900 |
ROBINSON, Joseph “Fighting Joe” | Colorful Minister & County Commissioner |
ROBINSON, William “Choctaw Bill” | Organized Churches in Acton & Paluxy |
RODGERS, Raymond E. | Cresson High School 1932/37 |
ROGERS, William Leroy | |
RYLEE, Mrs. J.T. | Of Granbury |
RYLEE, Young J. | Early Settler 1856 |
SAFFARRANS, Frank Lauderdale, Jr. | World War II Memories |
SANDEFER, Jefferson Davis | Superintendent of Granbury College |
SAVAGE, William Poole | Granbury City Marshal in 1920 |
SCHULTZ, Fleda Mae Williamson Keith | Granbury’s Movie Lady |
SCIRRATT, James E., Rev. | Pastor of Tolar Baptist Church in 1950’s |
SCURLOCK, Josiah Gordon “Doc” | Gunfighter |
SEARS, David Crockett | |
SEARS, Carrie Virginia (Hubbard) | A Genteel Woman |
SEARS, George Timothy | Born 1872 Near Thorp Spring |
SEARS, Henry Jefferson, Rev. | Baptist Minister |
SEARS, John Bryant | From Georgia to Texas |
SEARS, Lola Maude Peveler | 1907 – 2000 |
SEARS, Susan Townsend | |
SEARS, “Ted” Edwin Hansford | Hood County Banker |
SELF, Nathan Benjamin | |
SELF, Pleasant Dewberry | Bronc Buster of NW Hood County |
SELLARS, William Thomas | Saved His Future Brother-in-Law in the Civil War |
SHANNON, William R. | 1866 State Senator & Confederate Veteran |
SHIPLEY, Enoch Tolbert | Baptist Minister in Acton |
SHIRLEY, James Travis | County Commissioner |
SIMMS, Jacob Milton | |
SLOCUM Brothers | Prosperous Cresson Ranchers |
SHOEMAKER, Louis Dean | Granbury Businessman |
SMITH, Samuel Hancock | Public Servant & Granbury Businessman Escaped from New Orleans Prison |
SMITH, Thomas B. | Cresson Legacy |
SMYTHE, David Porter | Surgeon, Professor & Botanist |
SNELSON, John and Gresella | Burial Information |
ST. CLAIR Families | Many Families in Lipan Area |
STALCUP, John Phillip | Saddlemaker |
STARNES, Edna Claunch | Lipan School Teacher |
STARR, Belle | Bandit Queen |
STAVENHAGEN, Leopold | A stowaway from Germany who owned a bakery on the Granbury Square in 1870’s |
STEPHENS, Isaac Weatherstone | Lawyer & Judge |
STEWART, Joseph Clark (Dick) | Cresson Farmer & Stockman |
STRICKLAND, Thomas Jefferson | Civil War Veteran |
STRONG, Henry W. | Scout, Rancher & Frontiersman |
SUBLETT, William Caldwell | Discovered Gold |
SWITZER, David S. | President of Granbury College |
SUE (ZUE) | |
TANDY, John C. | Banker |
TARRANT, Samuel Levert, Rev. | Baptist Minister in 1880’s County Judge |
TARRANT, George | |
TAYLOR, James Monroe | Civil War Veteran |
TAYLOR, Joseph Isaac | Lipan Resident |
TERRELL, William Gabriel | Civil War Veteran |
TETER, Louis Curtis | |
TETER, Thomas J. | |
THOMAS, “Dub” T.W. | Owned Dub’s Place on the Square |
THOMASON, Roy | Brothers Wed Twins in 1901 Killed on USS Savannah in WWII |
THOMASON, Ernest | |
THOMPSON, Burlin Monroe | |
THORP, Pleasant Earl and Nancy | |
THRASH, Patrick Henry | 1st Mayor of Granbury |
TIDWELL Family | Tolar Family |
TIDWELL, Gerald, Reverend | Lipan Baptist Pastor in 1960’s |
TIDWELL, John Benton | Paluxy Resident |
TITTLE, Anthony | |
TOLAR, Alfred H.H. | Town of Tolar Named After Him |
TORREY, John Frink | Trader & Manufacturer |
TRACY, Bird | Shot Between the Eyes in 1902 |
TRACY, Justus F. | 1824 – 1904 |
TRAYLOR, John Henry | Sheriff, State Legislator & Mayor of Dallas |
TUMLIN, G.S., Reverend | Pastor of 1st Baptist Church of Granbury |
TURNER, Dera Blanche “Bun” | Music Teacher |
UMPHRESS, Mitchell Brown | |
UMPHRESS, Maggie Grubbs | |
UMPHRESS, Oscar Jr. | |
UMPHRESS, S. Erastus “Ras” | |
VICKERS, William Townsend | Early Settler |
WALKER, G.B., Dr. | Thorp Spring Physician & Farmer |
WALKER, H.P. | Of Hood County |
WALKER, William Samuel, Dr. | Early Granbury Physician |
WALSH, Thomas Benton | County Commissioner from Fort Spunky |
WALTON, David Hawkins | |
WARD, Edward Woodrow | Lipan Farmer & Chicken Rancher |
WARD, Glenn L., Reverend | Pastor of Acton Baptist Church |
WARD, Mary Jane Wilson Nickells | An Orphan in 1870 Hood County |
WARD, Pierce B. | Attorney & State Senator |
WATKINS, David Edward | |
WATKINS, Robert Clifton | |
WATKINS, Bonnie Lee Hopper | |
WATKINS, Mary Lou | Historical Preservationist |
WATSON, John Sloman | Father of Hood County Educators |
WEIR, William | Killed by Indians in 1871 |
WELLS, David Bruton | A Union Officer |
WEST, Owen Collins | Early Pioneers of Squaw Creek Captured by Indians in 1868 Near Tolar |
WHITAKER, Milford Flavious | Preacher & Carpenter |
WHITEHEAD, Robert S. | Confederate Veteran |
WILLIAMS, Fleda Mae | Granbury’s Movie Lady |
WILLIAMS, J. Walter, Rev. | Baptist Minister |
WILLIAMS, John Manoah | Squaw Creek Pioneer Considered the Wealthiest Man in Hood County in 1896 |
WILLIAMS, Marie Raifsnider | Owned a Dry Goods Store on the Granbury Square 1934-1945 |
WILLIAMS, Mary Lou, Mrs. | Vinegar Hill Pioneer |
WILLIAMS, “Pig” Elton Garland | The Will Rogers of Hood County |
WILLIAMSON, James C. | Confederate Veteran |
WILSON, Loren | Granbury City Councilman 1970 – 1974 |
WINDSOR, Eskel | |
WINDSOR, Stephen Decature | |
WOHLFORD, Ballard | Elected State Representative in 1893 |
WOOD, David Morton | Settled on the Paluxy in 1869 Farmer & Breeder of Clydesdale Horses |
WOOD, T.A. | |
WOOD, John A. | Cresson Area Farmer & Stockman |
WOOD, W.A. | Settled Near Barnard’s Mill in 1874 |
WOODS, Hugh W. | Deputy Sheriff in 1885 |
YEATS, Austin Newtin | First Settled on Lambert Branch in 1858 |
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