Category Archives: Wilkinson

Peacock School for Boys in San Antonio, Texas also known as Peacock Military Academy

Posted on 2012-01-09 by Jan Wilkinson

My husband’s grandfather; Wilson Lamar Wilkinson was the fourth child of Nancy Mires and William Jackson Montgomery Wilkinson; born 17 September 1882 in Menard County, Texas.  As a young boy, Lamar attended Peacock School for Boys.  It was also known … Continue reading →

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Rafter on Mississippi Early Menard Settler

Posted on 2011-05-21 by Jan Wilkinson
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Hungry hummingbirds in Menard County, Texas

Posted on 2011-04-19 by Jan Wilkinson

Watch a video of hungry hummingbirds in Menard County, Texas.

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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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Various Wilkinson’s photos

Posted on 2011-04-04 by Jan Wilkinson

Four generations of Wilkinson’s taken at the Wilkinson Clear Creek Ranch, Menard County, Texas in 1949.     Nancy Mires Wilkinson     William Jackson Montgomery Wilkinson taken at Clear Creek.

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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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First Sheep in Menard County, Texas in 1876

Posted on 2011-04-01 by Jan Wilkinson

Here is the San Angelo Standard Times article about the first sheep in Menard, Texas in 1876.  This is an interview of Nancy Mires Wilkinson in her later years of such an important event in her life and the new … Continue reading →

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Wilkinson’s – Pioneers of Menard County, Texas

Posted on 2011-03-27 by Jan Wilkinson

  Nancy Rosary Mires Wilkinson was born in Athens, Henderson County, Texas on 6 February 1860, to Patrick Henry “Paddy” Mires and Vianna Tidwell.  Nancy lost her mother in 1864.  In 1865, Mr. Mires brought his family to the new … Continue reading →

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