Category Archives: 1800’s

Menard County, Texas

Posted on 2011-05-29 by Jan Wilkinson

In the “Free State of Menard” by N. H. Pierce states; County Created by Legislature in 1858.  Menard County came into existence by an act of the seventh Legislature, passed January 22, 1858, when eight new counties were created. Menard … Continue reading →

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Cousin of Menard County Namesake

Posted on 2011-05-26 by Jan Wilkinson

MENARD, MEDARD (1814-1887). Medard Menard, businessman, politician, and Confederate officer, was born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, on March 8, 1814. Menard spent his youth along the frontier. He moved with his family to St. Genevieve, Missouri, and fought in the Black … Continue reading →

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Rafter on Mississippi Early Menard Settler

Posted on 2011-05-21 by Jan Wilkinson
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Do you recognize anyone? Library of Congress receives Liljenquist Family Civil War Photographs

Posted on 2011-04-28 by Jan Wilkinson

A complete collection of Civil War Faces can be seen at this link. Items are from between 1856 & c.1863. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157625520211184     In remembrance of the Union and Confederate soldiers who served in the American Civil War (1861-1865), the … Continue reading →

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Joshua D. Brown first settler of Upper Guadalupe River and James Kerr Lower Guadalupe River

Posted on 2011-04-22 by Jan Wilkinson

On January 26, 1856, Kerr County was formed from Bexar Land District No. 2. At the request of Joshua D. Brown, the name of Brownsboro was changed to Kerrsville, for his friend and fellow veteran of the Texas Revolution, Major … Continue reading →

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My ggrandparents, Grace Ida and Alonzo Potter Brown share April 17th birthdate

Posted on 2011-04-17 by Jan Wilkinson

My mother’s, maternal grandmother was Grace Ida Stulting.  Grace was born on 17 April 1869 in Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas to Christopher Columbus Stulting and Elizabeth Virginia Tyler.  [Note: the death certificate shows birth year as 1870 and also on … Continue reading →

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Battle of Flowers Parade now Fiesta San Antonio

Posted on 2011-04-07 by Jan Wilkinson

                                      FIESTA SAN ANTONIO. Fiesta San Antonio, previously called Fiesta San Jacinto, is a ten-day festival held every spring in San Antonio. … Continue reading →

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Obituary of Nancy Mires Wilkinson

Posted on 2011-04-05 by Jan Wilkinson

Pioneer Ranch Woman Dies at Her Menard County Home As published in the Fort Worth Star Telegram MENARD, July 16, 1955— Mrs. W. J. Wilkinson, Sr., 95 a pioneer Menard County ranch woman, who died at 4 a.m. Friday at … Continue reading →

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Centuries of History

Posted on 2011-04-02 by Jan Wilkinson

Centuries of History By John Hallowell Mon, Oct 18, 2010 Menard has a century more history than most Hill Country towns, since the Spanish built a presidio here in the mid-1700s. Menard has a longer history than most Hill Country … Continue reading →

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W. J. Wilkinson Family Portrait

Posted on 2011-04-01 by Jan Wilkinson

About 1890, portrait of only part of the W. J. and Nancy Mires Wilkinson family.    

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