A History of Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, 1836-1936
by Mrs. Arch McKay
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About this eBook
- Author
- Spellings, H. A., Mrs.
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F350.5: United States local history: Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West
- Subject
- Jefferson (Tex.) -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57886
- Release Date
- September 11, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A History of JEFFERSON — 1836-1936 — A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON — JEFFERSON — EXCLUSIVE SOCIAL SET — STOCKADE — THE CORRAL — CHIEF JUSTICE HAUGHN — TEXAS’ FIRST FEDERAL COURT — THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS as a MANUFACTURING DISTRICT IN 1871 — CITY OF JEFFERSON — JEFFERSON AS A MANUFACTURING DISTRICT — ARTIFICIAL GAS — JEFFERSON HAD FIRST ARTIFICIAL ICE — CHURCHES — EPISCOPAL CHURCH — PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — JEFFERSON METHODIST CHURCH SOUTH — Pastors — The Famous Bell — The Church Buildings — Great Meetings — Gifts to the Church Now Recalled — Property — The Gas Heating System — The Organ — ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — EXCELSIOR’S HISTORY — The Post Office — “Queen Mab” — McDonald’s Machine Shop — Sedberry’s Drug Store — THE KELLY PLOW WORKS — SMELTER WAS BUILT IN 1887 — The Nash Iron Works — HOMES — SCHOOLS — PROMINENT CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON IN HER EARLY DAYS — Col. D. B. Culberson — W. L. Crawford — Hector McKay — Captain Moss — Mr. T. L. Lyon — Royal A. Ferris — Nelson Phillips — W. B. Harrison — The Bateman Family (King, Andy, and Quincy) — Benj. H. Epperson — W. P. Torrans — Story From Past Recalls Worth of Two Jefferson Men Captain DeWare, Col. H. McKay, Have Sons Prominent Here Now — James Jackson Rives — R. Ballauf, Merchant and Banker — Robert Potter — Rogers National Bank — ONLY ONE BANK IN FIVE CAN QUALIFY FOR THIS HONOR — David Browning Culberson — CLUBS — The 1881 Club — THE WEDNESDAY MUSIC CLUB — MARION COUNTY — STERN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN — WALNUT GROVE — MURDER ALLEY — THE STORY OF DIAMOND BESSIE — THREE “CITIZENS” OF JEFFERSON — “Aunt Viney” — “Aunt Maria” — “Sugar Boy” — JIMPLECUTE — WHAT IS THERE IN A NAME — JIMPLECUTE HAS SEEN 23 FAIL — CADDO LAKE — OAKWOOD CEMETERY — General Ochiltree’s Tomb — “DIAMOND BESSIE” — Humor There — Rose and Robertson
- 2.Transcriber’s Notes
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