Category Archives: Texas

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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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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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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1914 Tivy High School Graduating Class

Posted on 2011-04-13 by Jan Wilkinson

My grandmother, Gussie May Brown (Mrs. Dan Auld, Sr.) graduated from Tivy High School on Friday, May 29, 1914, in Kerrville, Texas.  She describes many events in her leather covered diary, embossed in gold, “The Girl Graduate and Her Own … 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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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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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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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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