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H E A R N E O N T H E B R A Z O S |
Century Press Of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
© 1958 by Norman Lowell McCarver
Lone Star Printing Company, San Antonio, Texas
Used with permission of Norman Lowell McCarver, Jr. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format by other organizations or individuals.
Biographical Sketches - B
BACKSTONE,
WILLIAM DENNIS
was born in Georgia, October 8, 1880 and came to Hearne, Texas to make
his home
in 1912. His first employment in
Hearne was with R. R. Cole's General Merchandise Store and this
employment was
continued until 1919.
In 1919, in
partnership with
Herman W. Wilkerson he went into the retail grocery business for
himself, this
firm being located on Magnolia Street. He
later bought his partner's interest in this business and continued in
the retail
grocery business until 1943. After
discontinuing his retail grocery business he was a traveling salesman
for a
wholesale grocery firm for several years.
Always
active in all phases of civic life, he served on the Hearne City
Council for 22
years and was later County Commissioner of Precinct No. 2.
He
was married to Miss Fanny Wilkerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wilkerson.
The following are children of Mr. and Mrs. Blackstone: William
Dennis
Blackstone Jr. Ralf Blackstone, Alan Blackstone, Billy Blackstone, and
Frances
Blackstone Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackstone
were members
of the Methodist Church where he served for many years on the Board of
Stewards.
He was a former member of the Hearne Rotary Club, served as
chairman for
the Robertson County Red Cross Chapter, and a Director of the Hearne
Chamber of
Commerce. He was one of the most
ardent sports fan in the the community and followed the Hearne High
School
athletic teams for many years.
William Dennis
Blackstone died in
1952 after serving a very useful life to the Hearne community.
BANKS,
CHILDRESS F. SR.
was born in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1854, and came to Hearne in 1893.
He and his family settled on their farm located about five miles
east of
Hearne near the Blackjack Community. In
the late years of his life he moved into Hearne where he spent his
remaining
years.
He acquired
considerable farm land
in Robertson County and for many years engaged in farming, cattle
raising, and
vegetable farming.
Childress F. Banks was
married to
Miss Melinda Fuller who was also born and reared in Wayne County,
Tennessee.
Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Banks were: Jess C. Banks, W. Otis
Banks,
C. E. Banks, Clarence F. Banks Jr., Ollie Banks Tullous, Ethel Banks
Dotson,
Maude Banks Harrigan, and Cornelia Banks Barlett.
Childress F. Banks died
August 8, 1933 and is buried in the Bethany Cemetery.
BARLETT, JOHN RALPH,
was born in Forest, Ohio, May 1,
1882. His parents were pioneer settlers in Ohio and were formerly
from New York. His father constructed one of the first lime kilns
in the state of Ohio.
He moved to
Hearne, Texas in 1906 and worked as a switchman in the Hearne yards for
the H. & T. C. Railroad Company. In 1914 he moved to Boyce,
Louisiana and went into private business. Later in that same year
he returned to Hearne and worked for the I. & G. N. Railroad
Company.
In 1915 he was
employed as a salesman for a flour company and traveled throughout
Central Texas in this work.
During the
1920's, in partnership with Max Dotson, he owned and operated one of
the first drive-in service stations in Texas, this business being
located on the corner of Market & Fourth Streets in Hearne.
In the late 1930's he owned and operated the Mecca Tavern in Hearne and
later constructed and operated the Acme Tourist Courts on Brown Street.
After the death
of his first wife he was married to Cornelia C. Banks, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Banks of Hearne. Cornelia Banks Barlett was born
January 22, 1883 and died August 9, 1932. A daughter, Beth
Barlett Campbell, was born to John Ralph Barlett and Cornelia Banks
Barlett. Two other daughters, Dorothy Barlett West and Pauline
Barlett Hornsby were born to John Ralph Barlett and his first
wife. After the death of Cornelia Banks Barlett, John Ralph
Barlett was married to Ruby Dodson Long, a widow. Ruby Dodson
Long Barlett has a son, Raymond Long.
John
Ralph Barlett was most active in the Masonic Lodge. He first
joined the Masonic Lodge at Boyce, Louisiana, October 2, 1914 and his
membership was transferred to the Golden Rule Lodge of Hearne, Texas,
November 12, 1914. In the Golden Rule Masonic Lodge of Hearne he
served as Senior Deacon, junior Warden, Senior Warden, Senior Deacon,
and Worshipful Master. He was made a Life Member of Golden Rule
Masonic Lodge of Hearne, Texas in 1948. He was a member of the
Scottish Rite of Galveston, Texas and a Charter Member of the Ben Hur
Shrine of Austin. In 1949 he was Shriner of the Month and served
as Deputy Potentate of the Ben Hur Shrine Temple of Waco in 1953.
John Ralph
Barlett died May 27, 1954.
BEAUMONT,
HARRY DAVID
was born at Cuero, Texas, March 4, 1880. His
father was David Greenleaf Beaumont of Mississippi and his mother was
Emily
Lipscomb Beaumont. She was born in
Alabama.
Mr. Beaumont attended
private school
in Cuero and later attended the public schools in that city, His father
died in
1890 when Mr. Beaumont was a very young boy, so he had to go to work to
help
support the family. His early
employment was in a bank in Cuero and he worked for ten dollars per
month.
This job lasted for three years and then he worked the next ten
years in
the office of the Cuero Oil Mill. He
worked for two years for the Cuero Telephone Company, four years for
the Buchel
Light & Power Company of Cuero, and in 1909 came to Hearne and
worked for
the Hearne Light & Power Company, a privately owned company, for
two years and
then returned to Cuero to work for the Western Electric Company
installing
equipment. He also worked for this
same company at Mart, Texas. In
1912, he worked for the H. & T. C. Railroad Company in Hearne and
in 1913
began working for the City of Hearne as Superintendent of Utilities.
This employment lasted for 37 years, Mr. Beaumont retiring
January 1,
1951.
Mr. Beaumont became a
member of the
Hearne Masonic Lodge in 1910 and served for 22 years as secretary.
During his time of membership in this organization, he has held
every
office in the local lodge. He was a
member of the Hearne Volunteer Fire Department from 1913 through 1942
and also
served as Fire Marshal for the City of Hearne for 37 years.
He
was married to Miss Bertha Gode at Beaumont, Texas, August 6, 1913.
Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont have two daughters: Marjorie Beaumont
Quick and
Louise Beaumont Richards.
Mrs. Beaumont attended
Incarnate
Word Academy in Houston and Texas State Women's College in Denton,
Texas.
She served as secretary to Judge J. Felton Lane, a Hearne
attorney, for
20 years, and since 1939 has been Secretary of the Hearne Building
& Loan
Association.
BECKHAM,
BEVERLEY W. "BEV" was born in Hearne, February 15, 1885, the son of Beverley W.
Beckham and Sidney
Carr Beckham, and spent his entire life in Hearne and the Brazos Bottom.
His parents were early planters in the Brazos Bottom.
He attended private
school in Hearne
and in his later boyhood attended school at Bingham College in North
Carolina.
He was married to Miss
Lillian
Easterwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Easterwood.
Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beckham: Bevely W. "Beck"
Beckham and Henry Lawrence Beckham.
Bev Beckham was
one of
Hearne's "old timer's" and operated large farming interests in the
Brazos Bottom for many years. He
was prominent in business circles in Hearne.
For
a number of years he owned and operated an automobile agency in Hearne,
later
selling this business but continuing in this type of business with
another firm
up to the time of his death.
He
became a member of the Hearne Masonic Lodge upon reaching manhood and
held
several offices in this organization. Bev Beckham was the quiet,
unassuming type of person who went about attending to his own affairs
and
accumulated a legion of friends in this area.
The
passing of Bev Beckham, October 4, 1951, marked the end of a career
long
prominent in the great Brazos Valley, his family having been among the
original
planters and settlers that accumulated and put into cultivation large
acreages
of cotton.
Mrs.
Beckham died in 1944.
BECKHAM,
SIDNEY CARR,
the daughter of Lewis Whitfield Carr and Sidney A. Westbrook, was born
in
Mississippi in 1857 and came to Hearne in childhood with her family to
make her
home. She was educated at Nazareth College
in Kentucky and was
married to Beverly W. Beckham, a native of Virginia.
Her husband, Beverley W. Beckham, was born in Virginia, April
11, 1845
and died in Hearne October 5, 1888.
Three children were
born to Mr. and
Mrs. Beckham; a son Beverly W. Beckham, and two daughters; Floy Beckham
Robinson
and Lee Beckham Grogan.
Mrs. Beckham was
a member of
the Baptist Church, the Woman's Missionary Union, and a charter member
of the
Norwood Cemetery Association. She
possessed a sweet and Christian disposition and was greatly loved by
family and
friends. Mrs. Beckham died in 1930.
BERRYHILL, ROY EDWARD,
son of
Frank Berryhill and Gertha Morrison Berryhill, was born May 7, 1912 at
LaRue, Henderson County, Texas. He was reared in Corsicana, Texas
and attended the public schools of that city, graduating from Corsicana
High School with the Class of 1929.
Upon graduating
from high school he attended horology schools in Oklahoma and
Illinois. In 1939 he established a jewelry store business in
Tishimingo, Oklahoma and continued his business in that city for three
years.
In 1941 he moved to Hearne, Texas and
established a jewelry store and watch repairing business. In 1942
he entered the U. S. Army Air Corps as a private. He served in
the European theater during World War II and received his discharge
from military service as a staff sergeant in January 1946.
He was married
to Eulala Jayroe, daughter of James I. Jayroe and Lela McDonald Jayroe
of Corsicana, Texas, March 24, 1932.
Roy Edward
Berryhill has been a member of the First Baptist Church of Corsicana
since 1924. He has served as a member of the Board of Education
of the Hearne Independent School District; is a former member of the
Hearne Rotary Club; is a member and Past Master of the Golden Rule
Masonic Lodge of Hearne; is Past President of Norwood Cemetery
Association; a member of the Miles Scriviner American Legion Post of
Hearne; a member of the Scottish Rite at Austin; Vice President of the
Scottish Rite Association at the Sul Ross Lodge of College Station,
Texas; served on the Board of Tax Equalization for the City of Hearne;
served as a deputy sheriff of Robertson County, Texas; a member of the
police force of the City of Hearne; and a member of the National
jeweler's Board of Trade.
BISHOP,
ANNIE LAURIE KIRKSEY
was born in Talladega, Alabama, January 11, 1876, the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs.
William Kirksey.
Her
family moved to Dawson, Texas when she was a small girl and lived in
that city
during her girlhood. The family
then moved to Hearne shortly before the turn of the century in 1898 and
it was
here that Annie Laurie Kirksey met William Charles Bishop.
On February 11, 1901,
Annie Laurie
Kirksey and William Charles Bishop were married at Corsicana, Texas and
made
their home in Hearne. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop
had two children: John Kathryn Bishop and
Thomas W. Bishop.
With the exception of
the period
between 1909 and 1917 when the family moved to Palestine, Texas, Mr.
and Mrs.
Bishop resided in Hearne during the remaining years of their lives.
Annie Laurie Bishop was
a long time
resident of Hearne and for many years was a familiar figure in the
business and
social life of Hearne. As a member of the
staff of the Hearne Democrat for 23 years
and as a correspondent for several of the state's daily newspapers, she
was
widely known as a newspaper woman of unusual ability.
She was a resident of Hearne for more than 50 years and she had
a large
number of friends in church circles and women's clubs in Hearne.
She was actively engaged as associate editor of the Hearne
Democrat until
January 1, 1948, at which time she retired due to failing health.
After her retirement she retained her interest in newspaper work
and
continued to serve as correspondent for some of the state daily
newspapers. Her church membership was with
the Methodist Church.
During World War I, she taught a kindergarten school in Hearne.
Annie Laurie Bishop died August 8, 1950.
BISHOP, LONNIE CALVIN, son of Webb Bishop and Losia Guynes
Bishop, was born February 13, 1892 at Bishopville in Robertson County,
Texas. He attended the rural school at Elliott, Texas. When
he was a boy, he farmed with his father.
In 1921, he began cotton farming on his own at
Elliott and farmed at this location until 1935. In 1935, he moved
to Hearne and farmed on the Wilkerson farm on the Blackjack road east
of Hearne. In 1940, he returned to Elliott and farmed there
through the latter part of 1945. In 1945, he moved back to
Hearne, Texas and on May 8, 1946 accepted employment with the U.S. Post
Office.
Lonnie Calvin Bishop married Morine Murry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Murry, December 13, 1921. The
marriage was performed in Moody, Texas. The following children
were born to Lonnie Calvin Bishop and Morine Murry Bishop: Emily
Jo Bishop, who married Glenn West; Mary Elizabeth Bishop, who married
Jack Seelye; and Calvin Webb Bishop.
Both Lonnie Calvin Bishop and Morine Murry
Bishop are members of the First Baptist Church of Hearne.
Lonnie Calvin Bishop entered the U.S. Army,
Company C, 359 Infantry, April 22, 1918 and served during World War
I. He served 10 months overseas duty and saw action in
France. He received his discharge from military service April 7,
1919. He is a former member of the Miles Scriviner American
Legion Post of Hearne.
BISHOP,
WILLIAM CHARLES
was born February 2, 1872 at old Boonville, a few miles from where the
present
city of Bryan, Texas is now located. He
was the son of Peter Bishop of Kentucky and Catherine Golden Bishop, a
native of
Louisiana.
He
came to Hearne as a mere youth, and his fine intellect and excellent
clerical
ability aided him in securing employment with business concerns as
bookkeeper
and clerk, prior to his entering railroad clerical employment in his
early
manhood.
William
Charles Bishop was married to Miss Annie Laurie Kirksey, daughter of
Dr. and
Mrs. William Kirksey, February 11, 1901. Two
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, a daughter, John Katheryn
Bishop and
a son, Thomas W. Bishop.
Six years of his
married life was
spent in Palestine, Texas in the employment of the I. & G. N.
Railroad
Company, in clerical lines. He returned to
Hearne to accept employment with the H. &
T. C. Railroad and this employment continued for the remainder of his
life.
In addition to his
railroad work, he
found time for various other activities, having served two years as
editor of
The Hearne Democrat, during the time this paper was owned by his
brother, Judge
John E. Bishop of Hearne; served two terms as justice of the Peace of
the Hearne
precinct; served as a member of the Hearne School Board and as
Secretary of the
Board; served the local K. P. Lodge as Chancellor Commander and as
Keeper of
Records and Seals. He was a member
of the Methodist Church. Mr. Bishop
was one of the most scholarly and widely read men who ever lived in
Hearne, his
reading covering a wide range, extending from classical literature and
ancient
history, down to all of the latest topics engaging the public mind.
During his editorship
of The Hearne
Democrat, his vigorous editorial policy and discussion of public
questions, and
his activity in combating local evils and corrupt local and county
politics
which were in vogue in that day, made his paper widely read and
discussed
throughout the county. His paper wielded a
wide influence for good government and
for civic betterment. He was a
quiet and modest man, and in his passing November 6, 1934, Hearne lost
one of
its noblest and best citizens.
BIVIN,
HARRY,
son of William Worth Bivin and Elizabeth Peel Bivin, was born January
12, 1874,
at Hearne Texas.
He
began his work with the railroad as a mere lad, continuing with the
same
company, the Houston & Texas Central Railroad which later became
the
Southern Pacific Railroad, over a period of 52 years, said to have been
the
longest record of continuous service known to the company.
In
his railroad career he never left the Hearne yards in his operation of
locomotives. He held the throttle
of all types of yard engines ranging from the locomotive 30-tonners of
the early
days to the giant locomotive of the 1940's.
Wood, coal, lignite and
oil had been
the fuels used in engines up to the time of his retirement in 1941.
No accident more serious than a derailment occurred during his
long years
of service at the throttle.
He was married in
August of 1909 to
Miss Annie Cook, daughter of Professor Jacob E. Cook and Augusta Cook.
Mr. Bivin brought his bride to Hearne that same year.
Mr. and Mrs. Bivin had one child, a daughter, Dorothy Bivin
Murchison.
Mr. Bivin was a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge,
and
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He
died July 24, 1946 and Mrs. Bivin died in 1936.
BIVIN,
WILLIAM WORTH
was born at Monroe, Alabama, December 21, 1849.
In early manhood he came to Hearne, Texas where he was married
to Miss
Elizabeth Peel. His wife passed
away in 1907.
After the death of his
wife he
continued to reside at the family home on the corner of Easterwood and
East
Fourth Streets with his daughter Mrs. Clara Shaw.
During the more than
half a century
of Mr. Bivin's residence in Hearne, he filled many positions of trust.
For thirty years he was an employee of the H. & T. C.
Railroad. In 1921 he retired from the
railroad to give his entire time
to the office of City Secretary, which office he managed for a number
of years
along with his railroad duties. Altogether,
Mr. Bivin looked after the City's affairs as city secretary for thirty
years,
serving also at different times as a member of the City Council and a
member of
the school board. He was cited in
the local newspaper just prior to his death for his many years of
faithful
public service.
He was known to
everyone of
Hearne and was affectionately called "Judge" Bivin by his many
friends. Judge Bivin was a pioneer member of the Hearne Methodist
Church.
He passed away November 28, 1924. He
was the father of W. Harry Bivin and Clara Bivin Shaw.
BOGUSKIE,
DR. WILLIAM MICHAEL,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Boguskie, was born March 10, 1900 at
Anniston, Alabama
and at the age of 12 his family moved to Kingsville, Texas where he was
reared.
After
graduating from high school in Kingsville, he attended pre-medical
school at
Southern Methodist University at Dallas where he was a member of Delta
Sigma Chi
fraternity. He attended Baylor
Medical School and was graduated May 27, 1929.
At Baylor Medical School he was a member of Phi Chi Medical
fraternity.
His internship was at Herman Hospital in Houston, Texas.
He
was married to Miss Thelma Stovall, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Robert
Stovall of
Abilene, Texas, May 29, 1929. Mrs.
Boguskie received her nurse training at Baylor Hospital at the time Dr.
Boguskie
was receiving his medical education.
Upon completion of his
interneship
in 1930, Dr. and Mrs. Boguskie came to Hearne where their daughter
Janis
Boguskie was born October 13, 1931. Janis
married Lawrence David Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brady of
Hearne.
Dr. Boguskie took over
the practice
of Dr. S. J. Alexander during the time the latter was attending medical
clinics.
In Hearne, Dr. Boguskie served the town as a doctor during the
depression
of the 1930's and gave his services whether he got paid or not to
deserving poor
people.
In 1943 he built
Hearne's and
Robertson County's first hospital on Third Street and later made
several
additions increasing the capacity for caring for the sick and injured.
He always kept pace with advances in the medical profession and
his
hospital was equipped with the latest type of equipment for anything
other than
major surgery.
He enlisted in the U.
S. Army at the
age of 17 and served as a Corporal in World War I. At the outbreak of
World War II, he offered his services and was ordered to duty with the
45th Division,
which was in training then at Camp Barkley in Abilene, Texas.
While undergoing the strenuous training there, he suffered a
heart attack
which led to his hospitalization and eventual medical discharge from
the army.
At the time of his discharge, he held the rank of Captain.
It was one of the greatest disappointments of his life, that he
could not
serve his country in its armed forces in World War II.
However, he returned to Hearne, and despite his physical
condition, drove
himself to continue to serve the people of his community throughout the
critical
period.
Dr. Boguskie was a
prominent citizen
and widely known, both in his professional field and as a Hearne civic
leader.
He had many hobbies but he loved practicing medicine most of all.
The fact that he was
loved and
respected by the citizens of this area is evidenced through the many
honors and
public positions he held. He served
as President of the Hearne Chamber of Commerce after serving several
years on
the Board of Directors of that oganization; President of the
Brazos-Robertson
Medical Society; City Health Officer; Member of the Board of Stewards
of the
Methodist Church; President of the Hearne Rotary Club; Division Surgeon
in
Hearne for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Resident Physician
for the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company; and was a licensed civilian pilot
and member
of the N.A.P.A.
Dr.
William Michael Boguskie, affectionately known to his many friends as
"Dr. Bill," died suddenly of a heart
attack November 15, 1947
while he was on a deer hunt in San Saba County, Texas, thus ending the
career of
a great man and doctor who had a very sympathetic and understanding
attitude
toward his fellowman. He had the
capacity for making friends and being a friend. His
courage was unwavering in the face of the knowledge of
his physical condition as he carried on to the end looking after the
physical
welfare of the citizens of the Hearne community.
BOSWELL,
RICHARD
was born on a farm between the line of Milam and Burleson counties
April 12,
1847, and continued to live at the farm home until he was sixteen when
the Civil
War called him into the Confederate Army as a volunteer under the
command of
Captain Murray of Bonham. Later he
was assigned to Carr's Company, Giddings Batallion for service on the
Texas-Mexico border. His record
shows that he was at Brownsville, Texas under Lieutenant Means,
guarding cotton
wagons from the interior, seeking markets at Matamoros, Mexico and in
various
other positions of trust. Much of
this cotton was shipped from the Hearne area during the Civil
War. While
never on the firing line in battle, his post of duty forced him into
rough and
exciting conditions which as a patriot he met with the courage the time
demanded.
Returning from the war,
he sought
the home of his parents, which during his absence had been changed to
Robertson
County, where he claimed a home for the remaining seventy years of his
life.
He engaged in farming
and stock
raising at his new home at Elliott. In
1879 he was married to Miss Eugenia McGaw.
He was very successful in his chosen field of work, and, when
with his
wife and children he moved to Hearne in 1902, the family was able to
enjoy
advantages that were denied at the farm home.
In later years, he was
known
affectionately to his many friends as "Uncle Dick," and was a number
of times honored by Robertson County citizens and Hearne citizens in
his
election to offices of public trust and responsibility.
As County Commissioner, Flotorial Representative in the
Thirty-First
Texas Legislature, member of the Hearne City Council, and member of the
Hearne
School Board, he demonstrated his ability and worthiness of office in
all his
dealings.
For many years as the
last survivor
of Camp Moorman United Confederate Veterans, in which he registered as
a charter
member along with Dr. W. H. Kirksey, Captain C. C. Stone, Major R. H.
Martin, T.
W. McNeel and Judge Albert G. Cobb, he held dear the memories of the
lost cause
and his association with comrades of the 1860's.
Mr. and Mrs. Boswell
had five sons:
Ancil Boswell, Ran Boswell, Norman Boswell, Raymond Boswell and Henry
Boswell;
daughters, Inez Boswell Biggerstaff and Estelle Boswell Lacy.
"Uncle Dick"
Boswell passed away January 5, 1930 ending the life of a great and
noble Texas and Southern gentleman.
BOYD,
ALFRED BOYCE
was married to Miss Della Hitchins, daughter of M. Hitchins and Martha
Jane
Hitchins.
Mrs.
Boyd was born at Rusk, Texas. After
their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd made their home at New Birmingham,
Texas near
Rusk. New Birmingham was a
"boom" town and at one time produced minerals in large quantities.
Mr. Boyd established a drug store in this town and operated it
for
several years.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd moved
to Hearne in
the early 1890's and for 53 years Mr. Boyd owned and operated Boyd's
Drug Store
that was located on the corner of Magnolia and Third Streets.
Boyd's Corner was one of the most popular gathering places for
Hearne
citizens for many years. It was a
very common expression in Hearne to hear someone say, "OK, I'll meet
you on
Boyd's corner."
Children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd
were: Alfred B. Boyd Jr. and Ruth Boyd Welborn.
Grandchildren were: Robert Boyd, Arthur Boyce Boyd, and Betty
Ruth Boyd.
Mr. Boyd died in 1946
and Mrs. Boyd
died in 1957.
BOYD,
DR. ELVIN MARVIN,
son of Carroll E. Boyd and Luc Whitener Boyd, was born December 2,
1914, in
Dawson, Texas.
He
spent his boyhood in Oklahoma and attended public schools in that state. Entering the University of Texas in 1939 he
attended this
school through 1943 when he received a B. S. Degree in Pharmacy.
From 1943 through 1947 he attended the University of Texas
School of
Medicine at Galveston and here received his Medical Degree.
His internship was at Wichita Falls Clinic-Hospital at Wichita
Falls,
Texas.
He
enlisted in the U. S. Army in October 1942 during World War II and was
discharged in March 1945. Since
1949 he has served in the Texas National Guard as Medical Corp Officer,
and in
1958 was serving on the Staff of the Commanding General of the 49th
Armored
Division as the Division Psychiatrist with the rank of major.
He
moved to Hearne in December 1947 where with Dr. Henry C. Guynes he
purchased the
Hearne Hospital that had been established by Dr. W. M. Boguskie.
Later, in 1952, he and Dr. H. C. Guynes built the Hearne General
Hospital.
He
was married to Miss Vera Ione Reagan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Reagan of
Marquez, Texas, August 20, 1941, the marriage being performed in
Austin, Texas.
Two children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Boyd: a son, John Reagan
Boyd; and
a daughter, Nancy Ann Boyd. Dr. and
Mrs. Boyd and their children are members of the Hearne Church of Christ
where he
serves as a teacher.
Dr.
Boyd, a physician and surgeon, is a member of the Medical and Surgical
Clinic of
Hearne where he is associated with Drs. Gallagher, Cruse, and Varvel.
He is a partner in the operation and ownership of the Hearne
General
Hospital with Dr. H. C. Guynes.
He
has served as Robertson County Health Officer since 1949, is a member
of the
American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, the
Brazos-Robertson
County Medical Association, the American Academy of General Practice,
Fellow
American Geriatric Society, and a former member of the Hearne Rotary
Club.
In 1957 he helped to organize the First State Bank of Hearne
where he is
a stockholder and a member of the Board of Directors.
He is also very active in the Hearne Parent-Teacher Association.
BRADY, ALFRED BERNARD,
son of Peter Louis Brady and Jessie Mathews Brady, pioneer citizens of
Hearne,
was born November 18, 1901 at Hearne, Texas.
During
his boyhood he attended the Hearne Public Schools and was graduated
from Hearne
High School with the Class of 1921. When
he was a young boy he worked at his father's mill and cotton gin
becoming
acquainted with the cotton business which he later found employment as
a cotton
buyer.
After graduating from
Hearne High
School he attended the University of Texas from 1921 to 1924.
In 1924 he was employed by the firm of Adkisson k Martin Cotton
Buyers at
Hearne and was connected with this firm until 1928.
In 1928 he organized a
retail
grocery business that operated under the name of Brady Brothers, a
partnership
being formed with his brother E. M. Brady.
The firm of Brady Brothers also operated a cotton gin at Valley
junction
for several years. After a serious fire
completely destroyed the grocery store
located on Fourth Street, he built a modern super market on the corner
of Fifth
& Cedar Streets, this business being the largest retail grocery
business
establishment in Robertson County.
In 1935 he was honored
by the
citizens of Hearne in being elected to serve on the Hearne City
Council, and in
1938 he was further honored by Hearne citizens in being elected to the
office of
Mayor of the City of Hearne, he being the second member of his family
to hold
this office, his father having been in this office for many years.
Many of Hearne's improvements were planned and constructed
during his
administration as Mayor of Hearne.
Alfred B. Brady has
always been
active in the civic, religious, and business affairs of Hearne, having
served
several terms as a Director of the Hearne Chamber of Commerce, a former
member
of the Hearne Lions Club and a communicant of St. Mary's Catholic
Church.
He was elected Robertson County Democratic Chairman in 1946 and
again in
1948. A further honor in his
political career came in 1948 when he was elected a delegate from the
Sixth
Texas Congressional District to the National Democratic Convention
which was
held in Philadelphia.
He was married to Miss Alice
Ballerstedt of Manor, Texas, June 15, 1926.
The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brady: Alice
Claire Brady, Anne Therese Brady, Genevieve Brady, Alfred B. Brady Jr.,
and Mary McGovern Brady.
BRADY,
EDWIN MATHEWS SR., son of Peter
Louis Brady and Jessie Nora Mathews Brady, was born at Hearne, Texas,
November 27, 1893.
He attended the Hearne public schools and farmed
with his father during young manhood.
In 1911, he took over the bookkeeping and seed
buying job at his father's gin in Hearne. During 1914 he worked
with the county engineer in the good road program for Robertson County.
In 1918, he entered the U.S. Army during World War I
and was stationed at Camp Travis in San Antonio, Texas. He was
attached to the Depot Brigade.
After his discharge from military service, he
returned to Hearne and farmed on the Adams Plantation in the Hearne
Brazos Bottom. He continued his farming and cattle raising
business and worked at the Brady Gin until December 1928 when in
partnership with his brother, Alfred B. Brady, he purchased the grocery
store and gin owned by the R. O. Demming Company at Valley Junction in
the Brazos Bottom. This gin was remodeled into one of the finest
in the Brazos Bottom and in the fall of 1942, this gin won first prize
for making the best grade and staple in ginning for the six surrounding
counties. The first cotton dryer in this district was installed
in this gin. In 1931, he purchased the Branchville Gin in Milam
County and operated it until 1946 when it was sold.
During 1932, the Brady Brother's firm established a
grocery store on Fourth Street in Hearne. In 1936, this
partnership opened Brady's I.G.A. Store. After his father's death
in 1935, Edwin Mathews Brady became the owner of Brady's Gin located on
the corner of Fifth & Cedar Streets in Hearne.
During 1946, he sold his interest in the Brady
Brothers business and purchased the E. R. Vaughan farm on Little Brazos
River. At this location, he expanded his farming and ranching
activities. During 1950, his gin in Hearne burned and he
purchased the Woodall-Fagan Gin at Calvert, Texas. In 1958, he is
one of Hearne's biggest cotton and cattle raisers.
He was married to Evelyn Catherine Darnell, daughter
of Edward Franklin Darnell and Maggie Nanny Darnell of Stamford, Texas,
April 26, 1932. The marriage was performed at Walters,
Oklahoma. Evelyn Catherine Darnell Brady attended the public
schools at Wichita Falls, Texas.
The following children were born: Ruth Marie
Brady, who married Earl White; Edwin Mathews Brady Jr., who married
Josephine McNeil; Jesse Edward Brady; John Alfred Brady, who became a
Baptist minister and married Yvonne Scott; and Charles Darnell
Brady. The following are grandchildren of Edwin Mathews Brady and
Evelyn Catherine Darnell Brady: Edwin Mathews Brady III, Paul Bernard
Brady, Nancy Marie Brady, Scott Lloyd Brady, and John Alfred Brady Jr.
Edwin Mathews Brady is a communicant of St. Mary's
Catholic Church and Evelyn Catherine Darnell Brady is a member of Grace
Methodist Church.
All of the E. M. Brady children are graduates of
Hearne High School.
BRADY,
PETER LOUIS JR.
was born at Hearne, October 20, 1886, the son of Peter Louis Brady and
Jessie
Mathews Brady, his father being born in St. Louis, Missouri and his
mother in
Alabama.
"Uncle
Pete," as he was affectionately known to one and all, attended school
in
the Hearne public schools, and during his boyhood and young manhood he
worked
with his father in the Brady Gin and helped with the work around the
Brady
farms. He was also employed at his
father's light plant from 1902 until the plant was sold in 1906.
During 1906 he obtained
a working
interest in his father's gin in Hearne and this employment along with
his
farming interest was carried on until 1912.
On May 13, 1906 he was
married to
Miss Olive McWilliams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McWilliams of the
Blackjack Community. The following
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brady: Peter Louis Brady 111, Robert
McWilliams Brady, Patrick Brady, Eleanor Brady Reed, and Alice Brady
Schwethelm.
He was in the grocery
business from
1912 to 1919, this firm being located on the corner of Fourth and Cedar
Streets
in Hearne, this firm being operated along with his farm interest.
During the year 1921-22
he moved to
Rogers, Texas with his family and operated a gin and an ice plant in
this town,
returning to Hearne in 1922 and farmed in the Brazos Bottom from 1922
through
1934. It was also in 1922 that he
leased the White Switch Gin in the Brazos Bottom and in 1928 he bought
this gin
and continued to operate it until 1938. During
1938 he leased the Brady Gin in Hearne and operated this business from
1938 to
1943.
"Uncle Pete" was
honored
by the citizens of Hearne in 1941 by being elected to serve on the City
Council.
During the time he was serving as a member of the City Council,
he was
elected by the people to the office of County Commissioner of Precinct
No. 2,
Robertson County, and upon the expiration of his term of office as city
councilman took over the new duties as county commissioner January 1,
1943.
He was further honored
by the
citizens of Hearne when he was elected to the office of Mayor in 1953,
becoming
the third member of his family to be so honored; his father P. L. Brady
Sr. and
his brother Alfred B. Brady having served as Mayor of the city prior to
his
election to this office.
"Uncle Pete' was a
member of a
pioneer family of Hearne, his parents and grand-parents having moved to
Hearne
in the early days when Hearne was just a "boom town" railroad station.
Peter Louis Brady Jr.
died February
24, 1957.
BRADY,
PETER LOUIS SR.
was born in St. Louis, Missouri, October 31, 1859 the son of Daniel and
Mary
Brady. With his parents he came to Hearne,
Texas to make his home in
1869 and lived here for the remainder of his life.
He was married to Miss
Jessie
Mathews and to this union was born four sons; Peter Louis Brady Jr.,
Dr. Jesse
J. Brady, Edwin M. Brady, and Alfred B. Brady, and four daughters; Mary
Brady
Carson, Sister Irene Brady, Katherine Brady Hughes, and Elizabeth Brady
Thompson.
An outstanding figure
in Hearne, he
was a worthy, upright, conscientious and forward looking citizen.
He was called to various posts of honor and responsibility
during his
long and useful life, serving the City of Hearne as Mayor from 1896 to
1919 and
for many years serving as Precinct Chairman of the Democratic Party.
In his private
business, Peter Louis
Brady devoted his attention to his farming and gin interests.
He built the first electric power plant in the city under
private
ownership and was Mayor of Hearne at the time the city built the first
municipal
power plant.
Mr. Brady was a
Communicant of St.
Mary's Catholic Church in which faith he was reared by his parents, and
in which
he was followed by his family. The record
of many years of public service makes Peter Louis
Brady stand out among Hearne's pioneer citizens.
He died as he sat by
his fireside at
his colonial home December 4, 1935. This
home was very near the site where the Brady family settled upon coming
to Hearne
in 1869. Mrs. Brady died in 1933.
BRADY,
WILLIAM,
son of Daniel and Mary Brady, and brother of Peter Louis Brady, was
born in St.
Louis, Missouri in 1868.
He
came to Hearne with his family to make his home in 1869 when Hearne was
in its
infancy and was a part of Texas considered a mecca for many who
envisioned
bright prospects for the future.
William
Brady, affectionately known to all as "Uncle Big Willie," adopted the
trade of machinist, and for many years followed this trade in
connection with
his work at cotton gins. He was
considered an expert in both of these lines of work.
Mr. Brady, a bachelor,
lived in
Hearne from the time he was a boy until his death that occurred March
30, 1935.
BRASHEAR,
ALBERTA WADSWORTH
was a native Texan, born in Matagorda, September 16, 1855, one of eight
children
of the household of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wadsworth, Texas pioneers who
succumbed
during the Yellow Fever scourge in 1862.
The
male members of the Wadsworth family being at that time engaged in the
Civil
War, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth made their home with
friends until
the conflict was over and the home re-established.
In
1868, Mrs. Brashear, then in her early teens, came to Hearne with her
sister,
Miss Mollie Wadsworth, to visit with another sister, Sarah Wadsworth
Wilkerson,
who shortly after the close of the Civil War had married Jonathan
Gideon
Wilkerson.
It
was during 1868 that the H. & T. C. Railroad was built through
Hearne.
Mrs. Brashear did not return to Matagorda after the Civil War.
She was married to James F. Exum who died three years after
their
marriage, leaving the widow and one daughter, Sallie Exum Smith.
The second marriage was
to T. F.
Brashear and was solemnized in 1880, and shortly afterward Mr. and Mrs.
Brashear
moved to Calvert where two sons and a daughter were born to them; Ghent
Brashear
McNabb, Thomas F. Brashear Jr., and William C. Brashear.
Some years later they returned to Hearne with their family and
it was
here that Mr. Brashear died and he is buried in Norwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Brashear
was
affectionately known as "Grannie" and she helped to organize St.
Philips Episcopal Church and was one of its most active Communicants.
She also helped to organize Norwood Cemetery Association, being
a charter
member of this organization and the President for many years.
Mrs. Brashear died August 12, 1935.
BRASHEAR,
THOMAS F.,
the son of Thomas F. Brashear and Alberta Wadsworth Brashear, was born
July 13,
1882, and was a resident of Hearne the major part of his lifetime.
He
was married to Miss Annie Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Griffin of
Hearne. Mr. and Mrs. Brashear had
two children: a daughter Ann Brashear Newton, and a son, Thomas F.
Brashear.
Until his retirement,
he had been a
representative for the Frost Lumber Industries for over fifty years,
traveling
out of Hearne and Austin.
During his many years
of residence
in Hearne, he was active in community affairs, was a member of the
Hearne
Masonic Lodge, and a communicant of St. Philips Episcopal Church,
serving many
years on the Vestry.
Thomas F.
Brashear died in
1955 and is buried in Norwood Cemetery in Hearne.
BRAZELTON, ANDREW JACKSON,
was
born November 2, 1903 at Houston, Texas, the son of Enos William
Brazelton and Mollie Mills Brazelton. Later his family moved to
Palestine, Texas where he attended the Palestine public schools and was
graduated from Palestine High School with the Class of 1921.
After completing high school he attended Texas A. & M. College for
three years and the University of Texas for six years. While
attending the University of Texas he played the piano in the Steve
Gardner orchestra.
In 1930 he
returned to Palestine, Texas and engaged in the insurance business
until 1940. During 1940 he moved to Houston, Texas where he
served as an accountant with the Houston Shipyards, Crown Central
Petroleum Company, and Knox Drilling Company. He also worked as
an auditor for the LeBlanc General Contractors and later joined the W.
S. Bellows Company as field accountant. In 1951-53 he worked for
the W. S. Bellows Company in San Antonio, Texas. During 1953 he
moved to Harlingen, Texas where he became Chief Accountant for McKelvey
Industries. During the latter part of 1953 he accepted employment
as an accountant for the Lucien Reed Motor Company in Hearne, Texas but
made his home in Franklin. On August 1, 1957 he moved to Hearne,
Texas.
Andrew Jackson
Brazelton married Annie Ruth Bush, daughter of Judge Henry A. Bush and
Annie Mae Powell Bush of Franklin, Texas, August 24, 1930. A
daughter, Janis Carroll Brazelton, was born to Andrew Jackson Brazelton
and Annie Ruth Bush Brazelton. Janis Carroll Brazelton married
Louis Grinnell Gray of Franklin, Texas. Two children were born to
Janis Carroll Brazelton Gray and Louis Grinnell Gray,: Rena June Gray
and Joyce Ruth Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Brazelton are both active
communicants of St. Philips Episcopal Church; Mr. Brazelton being a
member of the Vestry and Superintendent of the Church School. He
is a member of the Hearne Lions Club and while attending the University
of Texas was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Mrs.
Brazelton is active in church work and is also a member of the Green
Thumb Garden Club and the Hearne Shakespeare Club.
BREEDLOVE,
IVERSON D.
was born at Florence, Arkansas, November 1, 1871 and attended school at
this
location. On February 31 1892, he
was married to Miss Mary Catherine Aycock who was also born and reared
at
Florence, Arkansas. Mrs. Breedlove
was born November 22, 1872, and her parents were Sam E. Aycock and
Elizabeth
Aycock.
In 1900, Mr. and Mrs.
Breedlove
moved to Hearne to make their home, Mr. Breedlove being employed by the
H. &
T. C. Railroad Company.
In 1918 he moved to
Houston where he
entered the retail furniture business and continued in this business
until his
retirement in 1940.
Both Mr. and Mrs.
Breedlove were
members of the Methodist Church and Mrs. Breedlove was a member of the
Royal
Neighbors of America.
Four sons were
born to Mr.
and Mrs. Breedlove: Neuland Breedlove, Garland Breedlove, and Roy
Breedlove, all
of whom died in infancy. The fourth
son was Iverson D. Breedlove Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Breedlove also had two
daughters;
Elizabeth Breedlove Easterwood and Eddie Breedlove Biggs.
Mr. Breedlove died August 5, 1944 and Mrs. Breedlove died
March 27, 1949.
He attended the
Morgan rural school during his boyhood. With his family he moved
to Wheelock, Texas in 1893. He continued his work in farming
until 1910 when he became a rural mail carrier from Hearne to
Wheelock. He was rural mail carrier for 19 years. During
the time he was employed as a mail carrier he had a very unfortunate
experience in the fall of 1926. As he was on his route he stopped
at a rural mail box to deliver some mail and two masked men stepped out
of the bushes near the mail box on the roadside and attacked him and
robbed the mail sacks he was carrying in his Model T Ford. He
retired as a rural mail carrier in 1929.
Sam B. Brock
married Maggie Jane Melton, daughter of William Melton and Nancy Jane
Garrett Melton, December 18, 1898. Her parents were pioneer
citizens of the Wheelock community. The following children were
born to Sam B. Brock and Maggie Jane Melton Brock: Annie Mae Brock
Roberts; Bertie Brock Boyd; Aubeatrice Brock Wilson; Katie Brock
Hairston; William Worth Brock; Woodrow Wilson Brock; and Jane Brock
Clark.
Sam B. Brock
and his family moved to Hearne in 1924. After his retirement as a
rural mail carrier in 1929 he continued his farming and stock raising
activities until 1940 when he retired. He is a member of the
First Baptist Church of Hearne and serves on the Board of
Deacons. He is a former member of the Woodmen of the World.
BROCK,
WILBURN WORTH,
son of Sam B. Brock and Maggie Jane Melton Brock, was born July 4, 1916
at
Wheelock, Texas. His parents were
pioneer citizens of the Wheelock Community in Robertson County.
He
attended grade school at Wheelock and when the family moved to Hearne,
Texas in
1925 he entered the Hearne Public Schools and was graduated from Hearne
High
School with the Class of 1933. He
was prominent in athletics and was Captain of the Hearne High School
football
team in 1932.
Upon
graduation from high school he was employed by the Pat Hall Company, an
automobile agency in Hearne and worked for this firm until 1939 when he
opened a
service station on the corner of Market Sc Brown Streets.
In
1944 he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served 13 months in the Pacific
area
during World War II. Upon receiving
his discharge from military service in 1945 he returned to Hearne and
operated a
service station on the corner of Market and Fifth Streets.
He
married Elaine Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campbell, of
Rogers,
Texas, July 21, 1940. Children born
to Mr. and Mrs. Brock are: Linda Katherine Brock, Robert Neil Brock,
and Charles
Benton Brock.
Mr.
and Mrs. Brock are members of the First Baptist Church of Hearne and
Mr. Brock
is a member of the Hearne Lions Club, the Hearne Chamber of Commerce,
the Miles
Scriviner American Legion Post, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Brock was a member of the committee that organized the
Little League
Baseball program in Hearne. He is
very active in this organization and other youth work of the community.
BROWN, LEONARD S. SR. was born October 28, 1908 a Madisonville, Texas,
the son of Simpson J. Brown and Willie Estell Leonard Brown. He
attended the public schools of Madisonville and Madisonville High
School.
After his high school days, he became employed
with the State Highway Department as an inspector. He moved to
Hearne, Texas in October 1935 to continue his employment with the Texas
Highway Department and in 1958 is the Chief Inspector for the State
Highway Department in the district.
Leonard S. Brown married Christine Connor,
daughter of Ruben Westmoreland Connor and Minnie Mael Nichols Connor of
Madisonville, Texas, July 22, 1911. She attended the public
schools of Madisonville and was graduated from Madisonville High School
with the Class of 1928. She later attended Sam Houston State
Teachers College at Huntsville, Texas.
A son, Leonard S. "Pat" Brown Jr., was born to
Leonard S. Brown and Christine Connor Brown. Leonard S. Brown Jr.
attended the Hearne public schools and was a member of the Hearne High
School Eagles football team for three years, playing in the quarterback
position. He was graduated from Hearne High School with the Class
of 1950. He enrolled at Texas A&M College and was graduated
with the class of 1954 with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Leonard S. Brown Jr. married Wanda Frost, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Frost of Hearne, Texas. Two children, Cara Lynn Brown and Steven
Dean Brown, were born to Leonard S. Brown Jr. and Wanda Frost Brown.
Leonard S. Brown and Christine Connor Brown
are members of the Hearne Church of Christ and the Hearne
Parent-Teacher's Association. She is a member of the Hearne
Garden Club.
BROWN,
RHUEL EMMETT,
son of Thomas Greenwood Brown and Beulah Carolyn Tamplin Brown, was
born July
16, 1893 at Hearne, Texas.
He
attended the Hearne public schools. After
completing his schooling he was employed for five years with the
Planters Cotton
Oil Company in Hearne. On October
1, 1921, he began work with the Southern Pacific Railroad in Hearne as
a
locomotive fireman. Most of his
years of railroad service have been in the Hearne yards in switch
engine
service.
On
March 26, 1931 he was married to Mable Lou Carson, daughter of Robert
Calep
Carson and josie Mattie Copeland Carson. The
marriage took place in Calvert, Texas. A
son, Rhuel Emmett Brown Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown.
Rhuel Emmett Brown Jr. married Elaine Anderson, daughter of Roy
Leonard
Anderson and Ernerline Laura Lee Sterns Anderson of Houston, Texas.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rhuel Emmett Brown Jr.:
Belinda
Brown and Jill Brown.
Rhuel
Emmett Brown is a member of the First Baptist Church; a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen; a member of the
Golden Rule
Masonic Lodge of Hearne; a member of the Hearne Chapter Order of the
Eastern
Star; and a member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine.
Mrs.
Brown is an active member of the Grace Methodist Church of Hearne; is
Past
President of the Women's Society of Christian Service; a member and
Past Matron
of the Hearne Chapter #722 Order of the Eastern Star; Secretary of
Hearne
Chapter O. E. S.; Grand Examiner, Deputy Grand Matron of the Grand
Chapter of
Texas, Order of the Eastern Star; a Charter Member and first President
of the
Hearne Study Club; a member and Past President of the Hearne
Shakespeare Club;
Past President of the Hearne Parent Teachers Association; and a member
of the
Hearne Study Club. Mrs. Brown has
also been employed in various secretarial positions including
bookkeeping and
clerical work for the Hearne Building & Loan Association.
BROWN,
SAM
was the son of Jim Brown and a nephew of Code Brown who ran the old
stagecoach
inn that was located in the north section of Hearne.
He was also a nephew of Greenwood Brown who was a partner in the
early
Hearne firm of Brown & Wilkerson.
Sam Brown was appointed
to fill the
unexpired term of Constable at Hearne in 1896 and served through 1927.
He was constable in Hearne during the wild and wooly days and
was famous
as a peace officer. Many times he
teamed with Chief Griffin in the capture of criminals in this area.
He was married
to Miss Nettie
Lockett, sister of Shad and Victor Lockett.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown: Travis Brown and
Mervin
Brown Fulton. Mrs. Brown died in
1897.
BROWNING, ALTON CARL, son of William Osborn Browning and Edna May
Pond Browning, was born October 10, 1911 in the Theo community in Falls
County, Texas. He attended school at the Theo rural school and
the Temple, Texas public schools.
After finishing his schooling, he opened a
general garage in Temple, Texas and operated this business for three
years. In 1933, he became a plumber and was employed by the H. L.
Kabella Company of Temple. He moved to Groves, Texas in 1935 and
employed by the Atlantic Pipe Line Company for six years. In
1941, he was employed doing industrial pipe work with several major oil
companies in the Port Arthur, Texas area, and continued this work until
November 1945.
He moved to Hearne, Texas, November 11, 1945
and established a plumbing contracting business on Third Street.
Alton Carl Browning married Alvera Bostert of
Belton, Texas, February 9, 1935. Alvera Bostert Browning was
reared at Belton, Texas and attended the public schools of that
city. The following are children of Alton Carl Browning and
Alvera Bostert Borwning: Rosemary Lawler Rowan, Gerald Alan
Browning, and Gene Irwin Browning. Grandchildren of Alton Carol
Browning and Alvera Bostert Browning are: Patricia Rowan, Susie
Rowan, Rosemary Rowan, Kathleen Rowan, Elizabeth Rowan, and Roberta
Rowan.
Alverta Bostert Browning is a member of the
First Baptist Church of Hearne. She was employed as a bookkeeper
in 1951 by the Farrar Lumber Company. In 1952, she became cashier
for the Monarch Grocery Company in Hearne.
Alton Carol Browning is a member of the First
Baptist Church of Hearne; a member of the Master Plumber's Association;
and is a former member of the Hearne Chamber of Commerce.
BURNEY, WILLIAM MORROW SR., son of Patrick Shields Burney and Sallie
High Burney, was born at Madison, Georgia, April 28, 1892. His
parents were native Georgians and his father was prominent in business
and political circles on the local and state level.
He attended the public schools of Madison,
Georgia, and the Agricultural & Mechanical College in Morgan
County, Georgia.
In February 1909, he came to Hearne, Texas to
make his home and lived with his brother-in-law and sister, Isaac David
Hall and Libbie Burney Hall. His first employment in Hearne was
with the electric power plant owned and operated by P. L. Brady and
Gerald Fitzgerald. He served this firm as a fireman and
engineer. He also worked with the Industrial Cotton Oil Mill and
the utilities department of the City of Hearne.
In 1912, he was employed by the H. & T. C.
Railroad Company and worked at the Hearne roundhouse of this
company. During this same year, he became a locomotive fireman
and fired on the switch engine of the H. & T. C. Railroad Company
in the Hearne yards. He went on the road as a locomotive fireman
for this same railroad in 1913 and worked on all divisions. He
was promoted to engineer in October 1921 and served in this capacity
until his retirement January 30, 1958, closing out 45 years, 11 months,
and 24 days of railroad service.
William Morrow Burney enlisted in the U.S.
Army in 1919 and received his military training at Camp Travis in San
Antonio, Texas. After receiving his discharge from military
service, he returned to Hearne, Texs to continue his employment with
the H. & T. C. Railroad.
William Morrow Burney married Ruth Moss,
daughter of John H. Moss and Adda Mathews Moss of Hearne, Texas,
November 17, 1920. Children of William Morrow Burney and Ruth
Moss Burney are Jack R. Burney and William Morrow Burney Jr. Both
Jack R. Burney and William Morrow Burney Jr. graduated from Hearne High
School where they were star football players on the Hearne Eagles
football team. William Morrow Jr. graduated from the University
of Texas. He was born December 26, 1926. William Morrow
Burney Jr. married Jean Florence of Tyler, Texas. The following
children were born to William Morrow Burney Jr. and Jean Florence
Burney: William Morrow Burney III, Cynthia Burney, and Carolyn
Burney.
William Morrow Burney and Ruth Moss Burney are
members of the First Baptist Church of Hearne. He is a member of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and a member of the Miles
Scriviner American Legion Post of Hearne.
BUSSA, EDD, son of Alfred Bussa and Fannie Jones Bussa, was born
May 4, 1892 at Milano, Texas. He attended the Liberty Rural
School in Milam County.
He was reared on the family farm and after
finishing his schooling he continued to farm in Milam County until
1926. On November 24, 1926, he moved to Hearne, Texas and
accepted employment with the Humble Pipe Line Company at the Hearne
station. He continued his employment with this company until his
retirement May 3, 1957, completing nearly 31 years of service.
Edd Bussa was married to Altha Silvey,
daughter of William Silvey and Lizzie White Silvey of Milano, Texas,
August 29. 1914. Two children were born to Edd Bussa and Altha
Silvey Bussa: Mercer Lynn Bussa, who married Lois Cox of Hearne,
and Katherine Bussa, who married William Young. Grandchildren of
Edd Bussa and Altha Silvey Bussa are: Eddie Glenn Bussa and Rene
Kay Young.
Edd Bussa is a member of the Humble Employees
Federation and Altha Silvey Bussa is a member of Grace Methodist Church
in Hearne.
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