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One-Room School
The school systems of the past, especially in farming communities often had a single school house for grades 1 through 8 and some even into the high school grades. Robert D. Hornbaker wrote this book to recount his experience growing up and attending the one-room school house in Van Buren county, Iowa, near the towns…
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First Wedding in San Marcos
The story of the first wedding in San Marcos has often been told, but each time it has either been incomplete or incorrect. Weddings are always interesting events. The wedding of Miss Sarah Pitts and Mr. Wilson Randle was exceptionally so. William C. Pitts, the father of Miss Sarah, and his brother, John D. Pitts,…
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Col. Hermon Aiken Story
Josephine’s father, Col. Hermon Aiken, had quite an adventurous life. Well after his death in 1860, his journals were found in a well. Evidently he had hid them. They were found and later published in the Frontier Times. The PDF of this particular article can be viewed and downloaded here: Col. Hermon Aiken Story. This…
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1908 Tornado Rolls House
In June of 1908, James and Josephine McGehee were visiting their children’s families and friends near Lockney, TX. One night, after a family dinner gathering, the weather became very threatening so they decided to stay at Lloyd & Mag (McGehee) Nichols home because it was closer than where they had planned to stay. The weather…
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George T. & Sarah Cherokee McGehee
This portrait may have been from a book called McGehee Descendants. George T. McGehee was the son of John Gilmer McGehee, who arrived in Texas in 1835, and the grandson of our 3rª Great Grandfather, Thomas Baytop McGehee. Sarah Cherokee Woods was the daughter of Dr. Colonel Peter Woods, a famous “” military leader during…
