Tag Archives: Wilkinson

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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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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Obituary of W. J. Wilkinson of Menard County, Texas

Posted on 2016-01-24 by Jan Wilkinson

When I begin to write a historical blog post I always hope that I have everything but this one had many conflicts. This history of William Jackson Montgomery Wilkinson, son of Daniel King Wilkinson and Elizabeth Osborn Braden in Union … Continue reading →

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Col. W. J. Wilkinson’s Indian Experience

Posted on 2013-02-17 by Jan Wilkinson

Here is a story about William Jackson Montgomery Wilkinson written in the Hunter’s Frontier Magazine in May 1916. This story is also told in the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell. Col. W. J. Wilkinson’s Indian Experience … Continue reading →

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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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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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