BRANDON, MR. AND MRS. GEORGE A.
Told by their daughter,
Mrs. Brandon Bryan, Jasper, Tenn.
My father and mother were married in Burnet County, Texas, in 1878. There were four children; Emma, the eldest, married Chas. Coss, who passed away some years ago. Emma is in a retirement hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. Walter, the second child, was a newspaperman most of his life. He was a volunteer (then under age) in the Spanish War and was sent to the Philippines with the 11th Cavalry. Before returning to the States, he was made a corporal. Maude, the third child, now lives in Jasper, Tenn. John Rudolph, the youngest, was named for a national figure whom my father admired. He was a sheep rancher in Burnet and Lampasas until his death.
Mother was born in Missouri to W. W. Bebout and wife, the oldest of nine children. Grandfather Babout moved his family to Texas, where he became a Texas Ranger. On retirement, he settled on his farm on the Lampasas River, in the northern part of Burnet County. The youngest girl still is a survivor of this family.
Father was born in England. His father lived in the "North Riding" of Yorkshire. He father, a naval officer, died at an early age. Father was put in a boarding school from which, at about age fourteen, he ran away to America. Since he was a stowaway, he was to be taken back to England and was not allowed to go ashore, although ships at that time had to anchor way out because of the shallow harbor. Kindly longshoremen looked after him.
It seems that Texas, even then, was a dream place for the young, so he drifted south, being cared for by various people, who sympathized with his plight - a young boy alone in a strange land. In Texas, he did whatever he could find to do, building rock houses and chimneys was one. After his marriage, he studied law at home, and as was the custom then "having produced a certificate from the Commissioners Court that he was 21 years of age, of good Moral Character and moral deportment, and having been examined touching his knowledge of the law in open court by a committee and the court being satisfied with the legal qualifications of the applicant," he was "admitted to the bar." I have the document; 1885 is the date. Father became well known in that county and beyond. His signature is on my old documents on file in Burnet County.
His hobby was the newspaper business, and for several years he owned and edited the Burnet Bulletin, one of the oldest papers in the State. It is still being published.
Although it is considered difficult for a professional man to change residence, my father let nothing interfere with his desire for adventure. He was always able to quickly establish himself wherever he settled, as, for instance, when he and Mother retired to California, he became an appraiser for a branch of the Bank of America.
My older brother, Walter, married in 1901, and Father, wishing to establish him in the newspaper business, in which Walter had some experience, bought the "Stayer" from Mrs. Morgan in Canyon City, and all of us except brother John, moved there in March of 1903.
At the time of this move, we were temporarily located in Lampasas, Texas, awaiting Father's decision on a location.
We went by train to Amarillo, where, the one train to Canyon City having departed, a 'hack' was hired which took us to our destination.
Walter and his wife, Father, Mother, Emma and I lived in the 'Stayer' office building which was located across from the Lusby Studio and consisted of a small front office, a large room for the printing equipment, living room and kitchen back of that and bedrooms upstairs.
The house was poorly constructed and dust was almost as bad inside as out. Having left a pleasantly wooded country, you can imagine how we suffered both in mind and body.
The town was so desolate looking, tumble weeds and trash rolling over vacant lots carried by dust-laden winds. There were only two houses with trees, as I remember it - the Oldham house and the O'Keefe home. The Lester home had just been built, hence bare of shrubbery.
Wagon freighters still came in from the South, since the R. R. south had not been built.
Ranchers who had their "ears to the ground" had already begun to sell. Mr. Lester had sold and invested in banks. He was president of about five at this time. They were scattered all over the inland towns South. Mr. O'Keefe was still ranching, also DeGraftenreid, Hutson, Word and Ballard. Their families lived in town (except Hutson who was not married.) He made his headquarters at the Victoria Hotel.
Families there then were the above mentioned and; Wirt's (drug store on the North side of the square); Jim Gamble (dry goods) Charlie Burrow and his sister Mary; Brattons, whose daughter Rose, was the town belle; Coffees; Dr. Howell, Hensons, County Judge; A. Ernsberger, Supt. of Schools; Hellers; Knights; Thomas (furniture); Youngs; Lairs; Conners; Buie (lawyer); Willards; Dr. Stewart; Longs; Pipkins; Donahoos. Bachelors were Travis Shaw; Jim Gamble; R. A. Snowden, A. S. Rollins (last two recently graduated lawyers) Jim Pipkin, Claude Harrison and Charlie Burrow.
Mrs. Charlie Burrow organized the first "Literary Society," a few years later. Sister and I were charter members.
My Father and Mother are entombed in Forest Lawn, California. Source: The Randall County Story From 1541 to 1910 (1969). Found on the Texas Genealogy Trails website.
Told by their daughter,
Mrs. Brandon Bryan, Jasper, Tenn.
My father and mother were married in Burnet County, Texas, in 1878. There were four children; Emma, the eldest, married Chas. Coss, who passed away some years ago. Emma is in a retirement hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. Walter, the second child, was a newspaperman most of his life. He was a volunteer (then under age) in the Spanish War and was sent to the Philippines with the 11th Cavalry. Before returning to the States, he was made a corporal. Maude, the third child, now lives in Jasper, Tenn. John Rudolph, the youngest, was named for a national figure whom my father admired. He was a sheep rancher in Burnet and Lampasas until his death.
Mother was born in Missouri to W. W. Bebout and wife, the oldest of nine children. Grandfather Babout moved his family to Texas, where he became a Texas Ranger. On retirement, he settled on his farm on the Lampasas River, in the northern part of Burnet County. The youngest girl still is a survivor of this family.
Father was born in England. His father lived in the "North Riding" of Yorkshire. He father, a naval officer, died at an early age. Father was put in a boarding school from which, at about age fourteen, he ran away to America. Since he was a stowaway, he was to be taken back to England and was not allowed to go ashore, although ships at that time had to anchor way out because of the shallow harbor. Kindly longshoremen looked after him.
It seems that Texas, even then, was a dream place for the young, so he drifted south, being cared for by various people, who sympathized with his plight - a young boy alone in a strange land. In Texas, he did whatever he could find to do, building rock houses and chimneys was one. After his marriage, he studied law at home, and as was the custom then "having produced a certificate from the Commissioners Court that he was 21 years of age, of good Moral Character and moral deportment, and having been examined touching his knowledge of the law in open court by a committee and the court being satisfied with the legal qualifications of the applicant," he was "admitted to the bar." I have the document; 1885 is the date. Father became well known in that county and beyond. His signature is on my old documents on file in Burnet County.
His hobby was the newspaper business, and for several years he owned and edited the Burnet Bulletin, one of the oldest papers in the State. It is still being published.
Although it is considered difficult for a professional man to change residence, my father let nothing interfere with his desire for adventure. He was always able to quickly establish himself wherever he settled, as, for instance, when he and Mother retired to California, he became an appraiser for a branch of the Bank of America.
My older brother, Walter, married in 1901, and Father, wishing to establish him in the newspaper business, in which Walter had some experience, bought the "Stayer" from Mrs. Morgan in Canyon City, and all of us except brother John, moved there in March of 1903.
At the time of this move, we were temporarily located in Lampasas, Texas, awaiting Father's decision on a location.
We went by train to Amarillo, where, the one train to Canyon City having departed, a 'hack' was hired which took us to our destination.
Walter and his wife, Father, Mother, Emma and I lived in the 'Stayer' office building which was located across from the Lusby Studio and consisted of a small front office, a large room for the printing equipment, living room and kitchen back of that and bedrooms upstairs.
The house was poorly constructed and dust was almost as bad inside as out. Having left a pleasantly wooded country, you can imagine how we suffered both in mind and body.
The town was so desolate looking, tumble weeds and trash rolling over vacant lots carried by dust-laden winds. There were only two houses with trees, as I remember it - the Oldham house and the O'Keefe home. The Lester home had just been built, hence bare of shrubbery.
Wagon freighters still came in from the South, since the R. R. south had not been built.
Ranchers who had their "ears to the ground" had already begun to sell. Mr. Lester had sold and invested in banks. He was president of about five at this time. They were scattered all over the inland towns South. Mr. O'Keefe was still ranching, also DeGraftenreid, Hutson, Word and Ballard. Their families lived in town (except Hutson who was not married.) He made his headquarters at the Victoria Hotel.
Families there then were the above mentioned and; Wirt's (drug store on the North side of the square); Jim Gamble (dry goods) Charlie Burrow and his sister Mary; Brattons, whose daughter Rose, was the town belle; Coffees; Dr. Howell, Hensons, County Judge; A. Ernsberger, Supt. of Schools; Hellers; Knights; Thomas (furniture); Youngs; Lairs; Conners; Buie (lawyer); Willards; Dr. Stewart; Longs; Pipkins; Donahoos. Bachelors were Travis Shaw; Jim Gamble; R. A. Snowden, A. S. Rollins (last two recently graduated lawyers) Jim Pipkin, Claude Harrison and Charlie Burrow.
Mrs. Charlie Burrow organized the first "Literary Society," a few years later. Sister and I were charter members.
My Father and Mother are entombed in Forest Lawn, California. Source: The Randall County Story From 1541 to 1910 (1969). Found on the Texas Genealogy Trails website.
BRANDON, MR. AND MRS. GEORGE A.
Told by their daughter,
Mrs. Brandon Bryan, Jasper, Tenn.
My father and mother were married in Burnet County, Texas, in 1878. There were four children; Emma, the eldest, married Chas. Coss, who passed away some years ago. Emma is in a retirement hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. Walter, the second child, was a newspaperman most of his life. He was a volunteer (then under age) in the Spanish War and was sent to the Philippines with the 11th Cavalry. Before returning to the States, he was made a corporal. Maude, the third child, now lives in Jasper, Tenn. John Rudolph, the youngest, was named for a national figure whom my father admired. He was a sheep rancher in Burnet and Lampasas until his death.
Mother was born in Missouri to W. W. Bebout and wife, the oldest of nine children. Grandfather Babout moved his family to Texas, where he became a Texas Ranger. On retirement, he settled on his farm on the Lampasas River, in the northern part of Burnet County. The youngest girl still is a survivor of this family.
Father was born in England. His father lived in the "North Riding" of Yorkshire. He father, a naval officer, died at an early age. Father was put in a boarding school from which, at about age fourteen, he ran away to America. Since he was a stowaway, he was to be taken back to England and was not allowed to go ashore, although ships at that time had to anchor way out because of the shallow harbor. Kindly longshoremen looked after him.
It seems that Texas, even then, was a dream place for the young, so he drifted south, being cared for by various people, who sympathized with his plight - a young boy alone in a strange land. In Texas, he did whatever he could find to do, building rock houses and chimneys was one. After his marriage, he studied law at home, and as was the custom then "having produced a certificate from the Commissioners Court that he was 21 years of age, of good Moral Character and moral deportment, and having been examined touching his knowledge of the law in open court by a committee and the court being satisfied with the legal qualifications of the applicant," he was "admitted to the bar." I have the document; 1885 is the date. Father became well known in that county and beyond. His signature is on my old documents on file in Burnet County.
His hobby was the newspaper business, and for several years he owned and edited the Burnet Bulletin, one of the oldest papers in the State. It is still being published.
Although it is considered difficult for a professional man to change residence, my father let nothing interfere with his desire for adventure. He was always able to quickly establish himself wherever he settled, as, for instance, when he and Mother retired to California, he became an appraiser for a branch of the Bank of America.
My older brother, Walter, married in 1901, and Father, wishing to establish him in the newspaper business, in which Walter had some experience, bought the "Stayer" from Mrs. Morgan in Canyon City, and all of us except brother John, moved there in March of 1903.
At the time of this move, we were temporarily located in Lampasas, Texas, awaiting Father's decision on a location.
We went by train to Amarillo, where, the one train to Canyon City having departed, a 'hack' was hired which took us to our destination.
Walter and his wife, Father, Mother, Emma and I lived in the 'Stayer' office building which was located across from the Lusby Studio and consisted of a small front office, a large room for the printing equipment, living room and kitchen back of that and bedrooms upstairs.
The house was poorly constructed and dust was almost as bad inside as out. Having left a pleasantly wooded country, you can imagine how we suffered both in mind and body.
The town was so desolate looking, tumble weeds and trash rolling over vacant lots carried by dust-laden winds. There were only two houses with trees, as I remember it - the Oldham house and the O'Keefe home. The Lester home had just been built, hence bare of shrubbery.
Wagon freighters still came in from the South, since the R. R. south had not been built.
Ranchers who had their "ears to the ground" had already begun to sell. Mr. Lester had sold and invested in banks. He was president of about five at this time. They were scattered all over the inland towns South. Mr. O'Keefe was still ranching, also DeGraftenreid, Hutson, Word and Ballard. Their families lived in town (except Hutson who was not married.) He made his headquarters at the Victoria Hotel.
Families there then were the above mentioned and; Wirt's (drug store on the North side of the square); Jim Gamble (dry goods) Charlie Burrow and his sister Mary; Brattons, whose daughter Rose, was the town belle; Coffees; Dr. Howell, Hensons, County Judge; A. Ernsberger, Supt. of Schools; Hellers; Knights; Thomas (furniture); Youngs; Lairs; Conners; Buie (lawyer); Willards; Dr. Stewart; Longs; Pipkins; Donahoos. Bachelors were Travis Shaw; Jim Gamble; R. A. Snowden, A. S. Rollins (last two recently graduated lawyers) Jim Pipkin, Claude Harrison and Charlie Burrow.
Mrs. Charlie Burrow organized the first "Literary Society," a few years later. Sister and I were charter members.
My Father and Mother are entombed in Forest Lawn, California. Source: The Randall County Story From 1541 to 1910 (1969). Found on the Texas Genealogy Trails website.
Told by their daughter,
Mrs. Brandon Bryan, Jasper, Tenn.
My father and mother were married in Burnet County, Texas, in 1878. There were four children; Emma, the eldest, married Chas. Coss, who passed away some years ago. Emma is in a retirement hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. Walter, the second child, was a newspaperman most of his life. He was a volunteer (then under age) in the Spanish War and was sent to the Philippines with the 11th Cavalry. Before returning to the States, he was made a corporal. Maude, the third child, now lives in Jasper, Tenn. John Rudolph, the youngest, was named for a national figure whom my father admired. He was a sheep rancher in Burnet and Lampasas until his death.
Mother was born in Missouri to W. W. Bebout and wife, the oldest of nine children. Grandfather Babout moved his family to Texas, where he became a Texas Ranger. On retirement, he settled on his farm on the Lampasas River, in the northern part of Burnet County. The youngest girl still is a survivor of this family.
Father was born in England. His father lived in the "North Riding" of Yorkshire. He father, a naval officer, died at an early age. Father was put in a boarding school from which, at about age fourteen, he ran away to America. Since he was a stowaway, he was to be taken back to England and was not allowed to go ashore, although ships at that time had to anchor way out because of the shallow harbor. Kindly longshoremen looked after him.
It seems that Texas, even then, was a dream place for the young, so he drifted south, being cared for by various people, who sympathized with his plight - a young boy alone in a strange land. In Texas, he did whatever he could find to do, building rock houses and chimneys was one. After his marriage, he studied law at home, and as was the custom then "having produced a certificate from the Commissioners Court that he was 21 years of age, of good Moral Character and moral deportment, and having been examined touching his knowledge of the law in open court by a committee and the court being satisfied with the legal qualifications of the applicant," he was "admitted to the bar." I have the document; 1885 is the date. Father became well known in that county and beyond. His signature is on my old documents on file in Burnet County.
His hobby was the newspaper business, and for several years he owned and edited the Burnet Bulletin, one of the oldest papers in the State. It is still being published.
Although it is considered difficult for a professional man to change residence, my father let nothing interfere with his desire for adventure. He was always able to quickly establish himself wherever he settled, as, for instance, when he and Mother retired to California, he became an appraiser for a branch of the Bank of America.
My older brother, Walter, married in 1901, and Father, wishing to establish him in the newspaper business, in which Walter had some experience, bought the "Stayer" from Mrs. Morgan in Canyon City, and all of us except brother John, moved there in March of 1903.
At the time of this move, we were temporarily located in Lampasas, Texas, awaiting Father's decision on a location.
We went by train to Amarillo, where, the one train to Canyon City having departed, a 'hack' was hired which took us to our destination.
Walter and his wife, Father, Mother, Emma and I lived in the 'Stayer' office building which was located across from the Lusby Studio and consisted of a small front office, a large room for the printing equipment, living room and kitchen back of that and bedrooms upstairs.
The house was poorly constructed and dust was almost as bad inside as out. Having left a pleasantly wooded country, you can imagine how we suffered both in mind and body.
The town was so desolate looking, tumble weeds and trash rolling over vacant lots carried by dust-laden winds. There were only two houses with trees, as I remember it - the Oldham house and the O'Keefe home. The Lester home had just been built, hence bare of shrubbery.
Wagon freighters still came in from the South, since the R. R. south had not been built.
Ranchers who had their "ears to the ground" had already begun to sell. Mr. Lester had sold and invested in banks. He was president of about five at this time. They were scattered all over the inland towns South. Mr. O'Keefe was still ranching, also DeGraftenreid, Hutson, Word and Ballard. Their families lived in town (except Hutson who was not married.) He made his headquarters at the Victoria Hotel.
Families there then were the above mentioned and; Wirt's (drug store on the North side of the square); Jim Gamble (dry goods) Charlie Burrow and his sister Mary; Brattons, whose daughter Rose, was the town belle; Coffees; Dr. Howell, Hensons, County Judge; A. Ernsberger, Supt. of Schools; Hellers; Knights; Thomas (furniture); Youngs; Lairs; Conners; Buie (lawyer); Willards; Dr. Stewart; Longs; Pipkins; Donahoos. Bachelors were Travis Shaw; Jim Gamble; R. A. Snowden, A. S. Rollins (last two recently graduated lawyers) Jim Pipkin, Claude Harrison and Charlie Burrow.
Mrs. Charlie Burrow organized the first "Literary Society," a few years later. Sister and I were charter members.
My Father and Mother are entombed in Forest Lawn, California. Source: The Randall County Story From 1541 to 1910 (1969). Found on the Texas Genealogy Trails website.
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