Category Archives: Families

Guy Moreland Powell – Kerr County Agent 1947-1959

Posted on 2023-11-24 by Jan Wilkinson

My grandfather, Guy Moreland Powell was County Agent for Kerr County from 1947 to 1959 when he had a stroke and retired with total disability. We lost this wonderful man too early, when he died October 19, 1960 at the … Continue reading →

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Another photo trip in the pasture in Real County, Texas

Posted on 2021-05-29 by Jan Wilkinson

Today, May 27, 2021, I had a nice slow drive in my Ranger behind a Dozer and skid-steer Bobcat headed to the back of our ranch to start work replacing a fence.  I was the ride home, but could take … Continue reading →

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Afternoon photos Real County Texas

Posted on 2021-05-23 by Jan Wilkinson

We are blessed to live in Real County, Texas on the original ranch first owned by my great grandfather, Alexander Kennedy Auld in the 1870’s. The headquarters are on the top of the Divide on the West side of US … Continue reading →

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Harryman/Bradford photos c1915-1925 Menard County, Texas

Posted on 2021-03-16 by Jan Wilkinson

I scanned a 28 page little black photo album that belonged to Laura Forrest Harryman Bradford. The photos are not labeled but are such a wonderful look at a time during the early years of circa 1915-1925 in Menard County, … Continue reading →

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Who was Martha Carolyn Spiller who marries W. J. Wilkinson?

Posted on 2019-07-17 by Jan Wilkinson

Who was Martha Carolyn Spiller and what is her family genealogy, has been asked by many family members.  This is the research I have been able to put together from many sources. Martha Carolyn Spiller was born 22 Dec 1852 … Continue reading →

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Wilkinson Family Photos

Posted on 2019-04-13 by Jan Wilkinson

We are lucky to have many family photos in our collection.  Facebook works for sharing but makes it hard to find in the future. Here are three Allen Studio, San Angelo, Texas photos of Wilson Lamar and Mayme Turner Wilkinson … Continue reading →

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Joshua D. Brown, Founder and Father of Kerrville

Posted on 2018-06-11 by Jan Wilkinson

THE FIRST SETTLER OF KERR COUNTY, TEXAS; JOSHUA D. BROWN, FOUNDER AND FATHER OF KERRVILLE Paper and oral history by Jan Powell Wilkinson for the Edwards Plateau Historical Association meeting and publication. Those of us here today love history and … Continue reading →

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Pate and Martindale family photos

Posted on 2017-07-08 by Jan Wilkinson

My husband’s maternal grandmother was Laura Forrest Harryman, in 1921 married to George H. Bradford; her mother was Margaret Isabelle “Maggie Belle” Pate wife of William “Willie” Albert Harryman (she is a sister of Martha Jane Pate) and their mother … Continue reading →

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Aunt Kate Bradford Recalls Menard “Back When”

Posted on 2016-03-02 by Jan Wilkinson

Menard News article published May 16, 1963, interview of Kate Glasscock Bradford at the age of 90. When Catherine Ann Glasscock was born on May 7, 1873, in Burnet, Texas, her father, Joseph Glasscock, was 37 and her mother, Eliza … Continue reading →

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1906 Menardville Texas killing of Tom Turner, hotel man

Posted on 2016-02-29 by Jan Wilkinson

After a decade long search for information on my husband’s great-grandfather Thomas Augustus “Tom” Turner; father of Mayme Louise Turner Wilkinson, wife of Wilson Lamar Wilkinson, I have finally found enough information to write a blog post. I found some … Continue reading →

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